NEWS OF THE WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 108, 25 April 1908, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD

SEARCH FOR -MAROONIii) SAILORS. New iork, February 27. 'lhe n ai'ship \iiiiklon. allachcd'lo thu Aineriivui battleship Heel, lias, according to a despatch lo the lleiald lroin Uilloa, Peru, lieen ordered lo leave iheie 10-nioirow for the - saiiids.. to search ior Frederick .lells, an Amerieau sfinuau who was abaudoiieili on Indefatigable Island last October.

•lells was one oi lhe crew of a Noru.gian iv,,el wieiKcd on the (.i-alapagos Islands. A ivlief ship rescued lhe oilers, bill -lells was in anotliei' pari of the island, and the relief expedition would not wail lor hiuu.

POLYLILOT UI'IUiLAR. Paris. .March o. The jKiliiv of Poutoise have had under lock and key for the last, six muiitlis ~ niysii'i-ioiis prisoner, whose identity tiiey cannot discover.

lie was caught, led handed in a burglary, and on being examined declared dial he is ;l man ot good faniily. for the

sake of w'hu'h lie will nol allow his .name to be divulged. The polho call him .Mar'itus Ibiran for want, of a better name.

Duraiid yesterday told his gioler. Iha i he could show them si grotto in which treasure wa.s hidden which hail been taken ji'uin a house in Mai-ons; l;alliile, near t'aii.s. lie led Hie police to a cave near the village of Satrouville, and where thvy louud a quauiuy of jewellery. He confessed that he had hidden the proceeds of twenty-seven robberies in half-a-dozen Iriding places which the police would never tind.

Uiirliud speaks French, tiennaii, English, Italian, the Alsatian patois, and other, languages, lie .say.s that he has worked on Transatlantic .steaineiv, and lias lived iu .Marseilles, Naples, Algiers, and New iwrk.

He litis been iu prison in Strasburg, in Culuiar 1 , and in several other places, but Ins name is dtill a mystery. ■

FATHER IIE-En.HTS SON'S BATTLE. Paris, .March 2. M. Archiinuaud has been elected deputy for Hie under amusing circumstances. His son was returned by the electors in September last, and he signalised his entry into the Chamber by attempting to reduce the salaries of liisi fellow deputies. It was then discovered tluit he had avoided his military .serviceby declaring himself to lie a Protectant .Minister. 11% election was invalidated by the unanimous vote of the Cluimber, and he became a conscript. His father instantly stepped into the breach, and the electors of Die expressed their approval by returning him with a majority of nearly 8(10(1.

UiNDOWNKU JIND FA.MILV .MUiDL'KED. , Odcs-a, Alarcll ± A wealthy landowner mvmed UiiluiT and bis tamily were murdered last night near Kherson by revolutionaries. A. band of armed men forced nit entrance, into the house and proceeded to butcher tlie inmates, imnoli, his wife, and live children were murdered before any resistance could be ottered. DA.NOEK OF ISEINIi A StX'O.N'D. Paris, .March 2. The .Mayor of .Mtii'scillcs and a member of the Ocncral v. mulled fought a duel at -even o'clock this morning iu the Velodrome of that town. .Neither ol the uiinliaalants were hurt, but one ol the seconds in hi„ excitement fell and broke hi> kneecap !lt ""-' ''''o' l -' moment when the mayor and the councillor exI'li.ing.'d pistoi shots. I'KOZFX MEAT 1(10,1)1)0 YF.AUS OLD. St. l'elersburg, March i. The Academy of Science has despatcneil a well-equipped expedition to the valley of Santaui-iaka, in Northern SiU'liu, to excavate tue remains of the mammoth « Licit ha* been di-covcrcd 2110 miles from the vllago of Kawaihia. The head and part of th,e right foreleg were exposed by til'., action of the Hater, and hair-covered llesh was found adhering to the bones. Arctic foxes had begun to eal I lie Ib-sh. ami water was poured over the exposed remains to form a protective mating of ice. The remain.- will be transplanted bv littv sleigh*, drawn liy reindeer, to the river Lena, and the liu-il -t.ige nf the joiiiliev-from .irkui-k to St. Petersburg, will lie completed by train.

Tllcsf lllilllllllolhs It.IV bclicU'd to haVei livt'tl itlioul IDii.ODll years ag'o. Tin- r<inn ills of the liisl cue discovered were in such all excellent ritiilo of prciici'va tiun that sum,, of the re mnts of llcsh, after being thawed, saJled, and iual;oil, were fa ten out of curiosity liy sonic. KusJian scientists.

AM ENGINEER'S KEVEXGE. New York, March 1. A seiiMitional murder occurred at Uis Angeles, California, early yesterday, morning, when Jlr. William I'. MeComas a wealthy mining engineer, shot Mrs. Charlotte Xoycs for throwing sulphuric acid in his lace. Mr. .Met omasi walked into the Hold IVpper during a ball, and tolil a police ollicitil, who was one of I lie guests, that, he wished to give liimwW up for murder. Mrs. Noyes was found dead on the lloor of Hie dining-room in her residence, a -holt distance from the hotel. Mr. MeComas. whose face was Ikkllv burned bv a<id. declared that he had been annovi'd bv the woman for months, and thai when he told her that lie did not wish lo see her again she dashed a tumbler containing the acid into his face. Mi*. Xoyes was the divorced wife of a prominent business man of Ixis Angeles. MAKING TIM-: IVXISIIMEXT KIT THE CRIME. Paris. March 1. .lules de Foix. who had been convicted of fraud and theft, tried to soften the heart of a magistrate yesterday by pleading his cans,, in a poem which lie composed while waitiii" for the ease In be heard, liefnre lie had finished the lii-t verse the magistrate sentenced him to thirteen months' imprisonment, and ordered him to be removed.

MID-OUEAN FUNERAL.

Lojtilou, March 1. A strange scene took place in inid-At-laiilie during t'liie hist homeward voyag? of the Luiania. A lady walked lo the side and scattered some ashes Irom an urn over 111-; water. Then she obtained from Hie capt iill a ecrtilicatc that she had dune -o, stating the longitude and latitude. The ashes were the remains of a. prominent New York business mail. He. had lell instructions in hi* will that his body should be cremated and the ashe.scaUered over the ocean from the Luca-i nia, which was a lav-wile liner of his. The lime and date had been lixed nl'ler his death, so that his relatives could attend a memorial service in New \ ork while bis titdies were being given this strange burial.

NATION'S WEDDINC. 11l FT (;Wi). Berlin, March 1. The marriage of Prince Fenlinaml of liulgaiia and l'rinc-e.s's Elouorc of RetissKocstritz according to lailheran rite, look place in the private chapel of tlr, Castle of Oslcrsk'iii, at Cera, today. Prince Ferdinand wore, the uniform «if a. llugariau. general, while lhe bride'i dress was of white silk. She wore some; magnilk-ent faniily jewels, which were, borrowed for tlw ''occasion, anil returned immediately after the ceremony. Alter lhe service a reception was held in, lhe great hall of the castle, where the, Bulgarian Minister, M. Slanicoll', handed the bride .Eli, as a present fiii.ni the Bulgarian nation,. Princess Eleoiiore gave the mo'ncy to charity.