Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-24
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF THE NEWS OF THE
EASTERN Or OLD WORLD.

EASTERN U6 OLU WUhLU.
Grave Situation in Hayti-sixty Drowned in
Russian River-Will Expel Jews-Russia is
Our Friend Countess WEEDS Coachman-
Plot to Kill the Kaiser'
According to a dispatch from st.
Petersburg, the steamer Peter, plying
on the river Volga, has been burned.
and 60 of those on board were drowned.
Before leaving Portsmouth the U. S.
squadron, which sailed for Lisbon Sat-
urday, was instructed to prepare to par
| ticipate in the winter maneuvres in the
Caribbean sea- After leaving Lisbon
Admiral Cotton expects to 60 north for
six weeks target practice in the Baltic
sea.
Emil Der, halter of Paris, has a
hat display on the sidewalk in front OF
his shop. Looking out Of the door Sat
urday he was astonished to see a cab
horse munching a fine panama. inyes,,
tigation showed that the animal had
wineshop.
The German war ship Fake called at
Kingston, Jamaica, Saturday for or
ders She proceeded to Port-au-
Prince, Hayti, Sunday, owing to the
gravity of the situation there. A dis
patch from Port Prince announced
that the conflict there between Presi-
dent Nord and the Chambers contin-
ued, and had resulted in the proclama-
ton OF state of siege and the calling
out of the national guards.
A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette
from Lisbon says that number of
officers of the 9TH Portuguese infantry
have been arrested on the charge of
conspiring against King Charles. They
will be tried by court martial. Sus-
picions of widespread conspiracy
against the dynasty have been enter
tanned for sometime, the instigators
being officers who were cashiered
sometime ago. Other reg iments are
said to be affected.
Mabel, Countess Russell, has decid-
ed to stick to William Brown the
coachman, who recently married her
under the assumed name OF Prince
Athrobald Stewart de Modena. for
which assumption he was sentenced to
two days imprisonment. The countess
saws: 81 have been wropged, but we
love each other and he is my husband.
| have much to forgive, but freely
forgive him everything, and thereby
give him a chance to start afresh. -
The Russian foreign office authorizes
the statement that the reason for its re-
fusal to accept the klshneff petitlon
was the unalterable objection OF the
Russian government to outside inter
ference in the internal affairs of the
4 hnd l.
tion been acceptable as diplomatic
document, Russia would have regarded
the publication of the text before trans
mission as unusual. The foreign office
saws it is willing to regard the incident
az closed. and adds that Russia con-
tinues to entertain American friend
ship.
The Russian police commissary of the
Kishnetf district has transmitted to
the police commissaries IN his Juris-
diction the following circular; AS a
result of the disturbances at klshneff,
April 10 and 20, and in consequence
also of the alarming reports in clrcuia-
ton and the possibility OF fresh DIS
orders. many Jewish families left kish-
neff and settled in villages of the dis
trict, contrary to the law of May, 1852.
Consequently, with a view OF avoiding
the very disagreeable results to which
this might lead, 1 herewith instruct
commissaries to take vigorous meas
ures for the expulsion of such Jews
from localities whore they have no
right to live. !"
A despatch to the London Leader
saws that the Norwegian police are
anxious regarding an anarchist plot
against Emperor William, who is cruis-
inc in norther waters. The despatch
saws that King Oscar received warn
ing from Chicago that two anarchists,
n man and a woman, the former a
Swede and the latter Norwegian, had
left America bound for Norway. They
we're traced to Tromsoe, thence to wal
moe. in the southwestern part OF Swe-
den. and thence to Copenhagen, where
a search is now being made for them.
IT is considered alarming that they
timed their movements in these local.
ties to correspond to the dates when IT
was known that Emperor William and
King Oscar would meet.
The preparations for the visit OF
King Edward to Ireland are completed,
and there is every indication that an
enthusiastic reception will be accorded
his majesty throughout his tour. In
official circles the hope is entertained
that good political and social results
will follow the royal visit. The Irish
cities generally agreed to present
addresses of welcome to the king: Inc
conservative press of the united king
dom declares that the action OF the
Dublin corporation in refusing to
present his majesty with an address IN
powise represents the general senti-
ment of the city, where the decora-
lions are unusually elaborate and the
preparations extensive, while repel
Cork" has not only agreed upon an
address, but like most OF the cltles IN
cluded in the itinerary is preparing
welcome for the sovereign on
generous scale.
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