CONTINENTAL CRIMES AND SENSATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 36, 11 February 1905, Page 13

CONTINENTAL CRIMES AND SENSATIONS.

HIPFOPTAifTjSES WITH CHII*BLAI>"S. Kippoptanrnses ar tie Jardin dcs Plantes, J the Parisian. Zoo. hav.e be>>n suffering from i ehiTblains, says the "Daily Telegraph."' One wonld not have supposed Their ; skm to' be partienlariy tender, yet in the co.!d weather it cracks under the sole" of their large feet, ami the lias* creatures feet wretched. They cannot wait with any j comfort, and their extremities hare to be ba&daged up Just as if they had the goot. Their keepers evesy evening rub the liipI popotamnfes' chilblains with glycerine, i cartioads of witich arensed for the pnr- J - pose. The creatures allow themselves to J be cared for with the utmost docility, and seem, to understand that it i≤ beins done ' for their good. GAMBLER'S TKAGI-COMEDY. 5 Consternation followed by amusement , W-.vas created among the onlcofeers at the tables at Monte Carlo in December, by an " attempt to victimise tha Casino officials wbich failed. A young Italian who had gambled withour luck demanded £200 of the administra- *| tion as a "viatlqnc." or tnivp-;liner money. I j The officials refused, but offered him .£4,1 which he disdained. Ho then seated himnslf in company with a. rour.z woman on one of tae benches facia, gthe eatrance to the Casino. Suddenly he kissed his companion, and producing :; revolver nr«»d at . himself, then threw up his arms, and fell backwards. No woand was visible but some one in t th" crowd pointed to blood on thf Italian's . arm. Then the mystery was cleared up. j He had carefully shot himself skin deep In tie forearm with a revolver el Ui<? Btnall- , «"5t caiibro. and the bnTet was found in sleeve. The itrni was bandajred. and the crpsrr : falifu gambler was escorted across the [ frontier. .; TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER. j An accident took plaf , at Porte <V la . Chapelie. Varis. three iuintn.es' distance l| from the <iare dn Nord. to a rraln carry- | I m;r Cbristmas holiday-makers to Paris. An , -j frrun Lille overtook and ran into; fc; aniitUer express corning from Boulogne. ! r | which was waiting for a signal. Th.oar-! l cldeiit. which was due to impenetrable fog. £ rook pln<-e opposite the fortiikatitms <j£ La I 5; Clijnciie. | A passenger from London .stares ihnc the ■i Bouiogiv-Faris express '.eft I h>- port nnc ' honr and riu-es»-miartprs behind time, in j cnnSequeiicp of tU" F-oiiieprone. boat, j iug abour i~>o English exenrsrfonists. beins delayed by til" fo£. Tts spectacle presented by the two wrpr kr-ri trains Tr.'l.f a rerrible ont , . The far van r-f the train run into W as literally !j smashed to pieces. ; The railway employees ititp ;rre;]t!y : hampered in ti» wors of rescue by rh<? ■| r'oirk fo;: prevailing, which rendered rbeir 'i lamps s.nd torches and by • ttK> in- which, i-oared t'.-.v way i l .iDd iinpenrri tapir moveinjitp. Toe r»rt<M! I <if r.i" iujurpd criliiT.s fo: a>-ip our of rh(> : r-""t.;- darkuess w>Te aud j "| rhf wlki> was oao >>f j horror. Iα one spot 3is or .i.'ad bodies were in a hoap. At the "t* th , * irup. € i' , t ; ".hen' was a frightful faiii ■ among rh» papsenjers in the rwo cruwded trains, [n . a rpsemvd i-umpartmeat t>f tap Boulogne 1 train, .in Kngli.sli passsengcr lef? th.? trnlu | j sivl has di.sa;>pcaretl. □;.•= !)••- ' 'I having appar>«arly become ■ ,j ment'il through ;h(» cjiastrophe. j Tbo sreoe of the ao-ideac is ;!iroo miles ; | fmra Paris, aud it appears that iho express ,! with The London piisscusers wn.s endea- ! voiirin:,' to muk? wp !osr time, and trail veiling iir ceariy furry ujik-s an ijonr. The j ciiiriiie-drivpr maintains chat tap I .1 svnro opeu and the line perfectly fre-e. and ; rU-at he only saw the Lille <?spr>>s:; when j j ho v.-as within ten yards. 1 All the persons Injnred. were I"rPti' - 'j. it - has now been aao-rtaincd that twelve per- i suns were killed, and r.tjont tweurr injur-! , Ml. I 1 The of the rralu mm- ■ pleteiy r.eiescopnd aud i-rusticd ilu; van -mil a paesengpr enrriase of rh." Llllo traiu. All tLic passengers in ■ j this carriage were tilled. I FH'CKY CHILD TRAVELLER. When t'ne Paris arrived at MarI seilles on llonday morniuß 2S. ■ a little girl of about six. with a biisket land a parcol nnder her arm. was 1 leaving a rainl class coraparr.mf.nt. She' ' wp«t up to ;i porter and asked him to di ' ! re--t her to tne boat for Algiers. The pniployw surprised .it 5' > einj such a little chiid all nloae. took her tn the Commissary ot Folk-e. to whom ?hc srnfpd rtat she was ou her from Dunkirk fo where tiT was living. 1 Shr> had only <fcl In her po^sessiou. "My motuer died bt a villase near : Dunkirk, - ' said, "wbore we were pas-| nin? the summer wit'- my grandfather. My faUi*-r conld aoi ■ iic aad fetch. mf>. ami: 1.15 m.T jranftf.ii' : was mo old to aeoom-j pany ia>* I w»- . ijy myself. I am not afraid, of travpiiir! Tb-. , Marseilles police, says the "Petit j Journal.'" are taiing of the plucky I Irttlr and barr , communicated with htn , • fa the". MOTORIST PUNISHED. Foi - tlie death of a s'onns lady named Frognr, whiK- driving his automo--1 bile in Taris. S>'cor Avellrtnala. son of a former President of tlie Arguirano Republic, was on December JSia sentenced to a month's imprisonment aiicl a line of sSO r aud was also orXkred to puy £400 damages ' to the relatives of the deceased. The accident happened last .Tnno. while Sonor AvcUanaia was driving at great speed j iloas the Hue Mongp. The young; ia«ly wa» knoefced down, and sneenmbed to her injuries two days later. fc'REXCmiKS WITNESS uV TRAGEDI OF THE SEA. The crrw of tho Frsoch ship G-uervenr j now lomlinp: himber r.r 1 'hcinJfciics for Eui roj;,». -riraes£ed a f':arfal tragedy of the ' sea when outward bound to that port, i On November 13th. ltith. and.lTtiu when , .1 storm w«i la fire no ighboarhcod jo* 'o* Flattery, the Guervcur <euconntar-! Jed i:be full rovce of a (treadfnl sale. On) Wednesday, the lijca. when the westherj was at its worst, a foar masted vessel' was sighted to th" north of the Gnervenr. i She was deeply hstten, and was labouring j heaviiy in the trough of the waves. I The vessel was evidently in ■ trouble. ! but in the fearful seaa running it was imI poesiblo to render any assistance. Cape I Corbiaais. Un ttie deck of the Guervt.-ar. -.vascbed the strange vt>ss3l shi- tosj on tne crest of one wave and thsn disappoar^ci; j from sig:bt. The Guervear passed acruss the! j spur, but there was no sign of tlio ship, j neither was tneve ai>y sign of her crew, j ! Xiij vessel crew were pnrr.'fpfi At ttie flistanca it was impossible to make crat her naem or 11 1 IT7. j tiirocgii i the fljins spray aad rain. It is presumed. j however, to be the four masted bartjcentlne I Maiaweli, of San Fraaciseo, coal ladea. j A lifebcoy has since been, fotind tn the I TieiniTy ot Cap* WUfttety, marked Masa- j \3gdk Sea iPwacMco. - J^

MORMON CHTTBCH TEWETS. STARTI/IXG REVELATIONS OF THEM j IX THE SENATE SMOOT LSQUIET. I Whether or not the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, w'aicb has just concluded the first part of its prolonged inquiry into the practices of the Sloumon Church, or. more properly, the Church of Jesns Chrisr of Latter Day Saints, as its members cull it. decides that Reed Smoot. an apostle in that church, is entitled to a seat in th.c United States Senate, the Lα«in.iry was not held in rain. From the revelations which h-ave been made before this j committee the people of the United States have had an opportunity to learn :i great deal about this rtHugioos organisation that was not detinite-iy known befure. Soae of these revelations were startling. It was shown that polygamous cohabitation, was ; b<*ins practised by the rulers of the hierarchy in defiance of the law and in violation, of th-c- promises of the Mormons made before Utah was admitted to the Union; that omV-ials of that church had added to che number of their wives since the promulgation of the Woodruff manifesto; that in was eommoniy accepted in Idaho and .Utah that the Mormon leaders attempted to ami diil Lnfluewce the action of tae lesidlatnres aud th>> tsoaiinatiofl. of (jandidates ! foe offltre; tkat hundreds ')f Mormon reli- \ gioua classes met ia rhe public sglioorbouses of f.'tah and were taught by the pufelie scaooi teachers, in disregard of the State I laws: tliat many Alormuus obligate themselves se<-retly to endeavour to avenge the mmrder of Joseph Smith, jun., the fownder ' of -the Church, upon ""this nation," and that mutilation of Shylock"s Kind is promised to those who rioi-ite cbp secret oaths of the Church, The hearing each day produced a new sensation, with the result that many columns of reports wire printed and read with deep Interest. The first revelation was that Joseph F. Smith, the president of the Thnrch, and a of £be aposT-ies. of which body Reed Snroot i? a member, not only condoned bnr practised cohabitation. Mr Smith admitted that II children had b«»n I Uoni to him by his five wives since rhe 1 WoortrufE manifesto was issued in ISSW. a<lt visinji the Latter Day Saints to "refrain j from consraccios any marriage forbidden by J the law of the land." He hati had 42 children h<» said, half of wham were hoys and rhe other half sirls. lie admitted that ho was I -T:.ikin?r bJUs chances with the law." and j cotild not <-oasiscer.tiy advise any of tae apnstles to desist from polygamous praotices so : us practised rhe system himself. This system, he declared, he thoroughly believed in. Apparently he has littlo- to fear from "tfje la-vr of the land," fir Smith iJp!are<l rtiat he had net been n>«i.-»st p(l. althonzh hf had not attempted to hido htfl rflatiocs with bis live wives. Th-ar sore» of rh-; "revelations" ro the president <>f rhe Thurch aro ?wnred at will at rcppi-iaJlj- appropriate momonts was in'liiat<vl hj- Prpsijifiir SJnitli's statr-mrnt rocardinr thf WoodmiT manifesto. It had hcpn .-c-trlPil in rhe T'nitPrd Srarps Supreme '""nort that plnral marriascs cr.u!<l not be imlulgpd in. -Bur. wp had a revelation on cer stntutp bc.okp In regard to plnral marj rlasfcs." said President Smith, "and ir was necfsaary ro oboy rhat n-.-der in oriler fn obtain certain blrsistnsrs that could not be received without ob<?yinj; it. Whether we i shonlri obpy thf» !a-nr of tb<* land <>r continue i» practise the law of the Church was a serious qTjostlon. Wp hold that the presii iLc-nr nf the Church is entitled to rc<2»'tve , revelations inspired by the Almighty God. Pn»sldf-nf Woodruff sonant guu!anoe from j the Lonl. am! the Lord mnric It manifeat Iro him that it was his dury to stop plural marriages." ♦ The iiormon Church apparently believes it has a sort_ of veto pmver on tUc Ix>ril when it ennii's to revflatioue. Wacn F. j \V. T yTTnin prusitleur t>C the Apos- | rii's, who was ruo fntnli r.n please some of. hK fpllo-v was ou rhe stand ! the following colloquy took ; place. — I "Do you mean to say," Senator Hoar i risltfnl. "Thar a reveiat'oa from the Lord J which been rejecreil by the people j w inld connt for noihiag?" ■The law of riie L<t>l i≤ wbacevor is (lone j by i-ommon consent," said Mr Lyman a I litt'.e later. I "TtwQ th" Lord submits to the people I whatever He desire to have done, and if j thp people like it they give rhoir consent, j That is your belief, is U?" asWed the Senator. "People have rights and they must be respected." replied Mr Lynran. "The Lord ! csin'E inaJri.' p<K>ple do right or accept His ' laws. Man is left to follow his own. agency '■ :ia regard to reßijicn. btisiness. and pnli- i tics." i i "Thsu." Senator Hoar, ■"ivhere ' rhe Lord bas chosen certain persooa as ' :ipestles. ami rile people iio not care to accept the wlectlna, what h-appens?" "The man always steps aside when the j people reject." I "They have a sort of veto power over I j the Lord, then," commented Senator Hoar. j Th«? methods which the Cbnrch nses to I hers are shown in tlio casos of Brigham H. ! Koberts and Moses Tfeatcher. -who endea- | j -onred elections to national office 1 without the consent of the Church. Mr ! ■ Rnberrs required "•enlightenment" before ; ihe fouid secure libs nlcctioo. Thatcher, sn apostle, announced j j niraself as a caudMace for oSr-_-e iind op- ! j posed ro Cburch interferaoce ia politics. four (ioys alter this announcement he was I deposed from his o!Hco Ln the church. When he tools th" stand and was asked about titis opcode in bis life, he said—and hia remark was pathetic: "I suppose I am the onlyman of my age in the Mormon Cttnrch who ha-s no priesthood."" " !, u were denied the right to enter i the Tenipls?" asked the chairman. j "Yes. «ir. The entrance of the temple i was denied wr- at rhe. order of the first pre- I sidency. Beforo I tooi my staad I had been in line for the presidency." Thare arc many ilormons living in Idaho. They seem to hold the political balance of power. Calvin Cobb. publisher of "The Boise Statesman," said at the inquiry that several attempts had been made to enact a statute against polygamous cohabitation, j L'nt ir had impossible to get oae ou | the boots. "The chairmen of both j political parties." said Mr Cobb, "go to ! I Salt Laif» City before each campaisn, and !on their return they each declare te tfcefr j foliowers that everythins has been, fixed. I After the ejection one or the other nstsally f"?l5 that everything was not 'fixed* all cisht." It is difficult to imagine a body of people living ia the United States taking sorae of the oaths which were revealed on the witness stand 2s a part or what i« called the ceremony of passing th" EndowJ cent House. These oaths are sepposed to ; be kept secret. Each person passing through ■is obliged za promise to ki?*»n die oatlis se- ; cret or submit to severe penalties. Tliese j are sose of the pena;t?2S as tt>ld oa the ; witness stand at TTashinjton by persons j who had pas3ed through the Endowment House severul times: "That the throat be ent from ear to ear and. the tonnes be torn oat. •That the breast be cut asunder and the heart and vitais be torn feom tie beds. "*TJ<at the bodj be ent asoader at eJw vut ika bowele cut out."

Those passing through the Temple cwreni anted *nd promised to "«s& Goct to avenge the blood of Joseph Smith, upen, this nation." and to teach "oar children and our children"* children ta do the same to the end of the earth." "Xot to take the obliS«tioß.'' one witness said, "is remarried, as . a sign ©f weakness ia the faith. Babes are worn in the ceremony. There are no- marls en the robes, bat there ace marks on the priesthood garments. These marks are to remind the person of the covenants he has Bade. There are marks of the compass and the s*juare oa the left and right breasts, a rent like a buttoabole «*er the navel, and another oier t&e knee.'" '"New York Tribune."