Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-02-05
THE MISSION TO MENELlK
ABYsSINlA OFFERS NEW MAR
kETs TO AMERICANS.
Hundreds Of Russian Officers and Sol
diers Blown Up With Bridge-Death
of Jo.Jo, Dog Faced Man--Germans
Besieued in Africa.

F1uUuFeus oT Nuoo'dU OUSoTo anu wv
diers Blown Up With Bridse-Death
of Jo-Jo, Dog Faced Man-Germans
Besieged in Africa.
Details of the governmental mission
TO King Menelik of Abyssinia, which
was led by u. S. Consul Robert p,
skinner, have been obtained Mr.. Skin
ners party having reached Marseilles,
Saturday, Jan. 30. The party speak
enthusiastically of the reception ac-
corded them by King Menelik. on the
way to the coast they saw one ele-
plant and heard number OF lions.
Mr.. Skinner says, president Roose-
welt selected most opportune time for
establishing relations with Ethiopia,
as Americans heretofore have been too
Indifferent to the remarkable devel-
opment which is now going on in
Abyssina. our cotton cloths pass
through many hands before being sold
at high prices in Abyssinia but now
Americans have opportunities to con-
duct their own trade. King Menelik
Will send some of the products of his
country to the st. Louis exposition, as
well as commission composed of able
men, to show the Americans CONNER
cial opportunities in Abyssinia. The
king is broad minded statesman who
will welcome Americans"
The members of the American ex-
petition were impressed with the as
similative ability of the Abyssinians.
Consul Skinner says further that
the country is being rapidly mod
erniZed, and that new roads, bridges
water supplies, telephones and tele-
graph lines are being constructed. He
considers the Abyssnians to be the
japanese" of Africa. He points out,
| however, that the postal and banking
systems are defective and unsatisfac-
I tory. The money is on a silver basis.
/ Mr.. Skinner believes that Americans
/ viii find a large field for activity in
I the gold, coal. petroleum and asphalt
possibilities of Abyssinia.
4 An official report of the result of the
mission has been forwarded to Wash
I ington. 1t is not probable that King
Menelik will visit the St Louis ex-
position. There is already candidate
for succession to his throne, and he
fears that his departure would be a
signal for civil warfare among the diff
ferent chiefs
The noted millionaire brewer OF Ber-
lin, Berthold Scheler. was recently SUI
located by swallowing his false teeth.
He died before they could be removed
A Shanghai China, despatch to Lon
don says that placards have been cir
eulated urging the people of the pro-
vince OF Sunan to rise and resist for
eign aggression. The movement pos
sibly portends a national outbreak
Pope Plus X has expressed his
heartiest approval Of the anti-divorce
organization recently formed in New
York city and known as the Daughters
of the Faith, and said that he wished
the movement would spread to every
town in the United States.
The Cunard line has granted the
British government a lien on its en-
tire fleet of steamers in exchange for
loan of two and one half million
pounds. The money will be used to
pay for two new twenty five knot
liners.
The Berlin municipal authorities
have decided to make an attempt TO
exterminate the microbes In the public
libraries. Professor Koch having call
ed attention to the danger of thus
spreading infectious disease through
books. II is intended to adopt some
method of disinfecting books after their
use.
Jo-Jo the dog-faced man who
Travelled all over the world with the
Barnum and Bailey show, is dead at
Salonica, Macedonia, of pneumonia.
Jo-Jo had a face like Scotch terrier |
and drew a salary of several hundred
dollars a week. He was born in Fin |
land, had been presented to Alexander
III and introduced at the courts of
Italy Austria and England.
The porte has notified the Australian 4
and Russian embassies at CONSTANT
nople that the Macedonian committee (
have arranged with the Albanians for
liberal rewards to have them kill every /
foreign officer sent into the provinces (
in connection with the reorganization 1
of the gendarmerie under the reform /
scheme of the powers. The porte, K
therefore, objects to the officers wear
ing foreign uniforms, as their lives are
thereby endangered.
Mrs Florence Maybrick, serving
life sentence for the murder of her
husband. has been removed from the
Eng. prison, presumably to
a private institution for regeneration
She is still a prisoner, and under
guard. II is rumored that she Will
soon be released on condition that she
will not appear on the public stage or
write a book of her experiences and
shall in no way endeavor to attract
public attention to herself.
The commander of the German gun
boat Habicht lying at Swakopmand,
German Southwest Africa, cables Ber-
lin that he has received news that the
Kaffirs have effected a junction with
the Hereros who are besieging Okhan-
iia. which was already hard pressed.