THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 119, 11 May 1908, Page 4

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

UH'.VI'JiSS ASD Gil»*V IiUMAM-E. Berlin, March lb. The Counter Vilnia Fesletiea, tho young Hungarian noblewoman who eloped with the gipsy musician iS'yary, and subsequently married him, was reduced to extreme poverty by her love match. A way has becu found out oi her difficulties, however. >;yard and hid wife liave signed a contract to appear every evening at the Cafe Splendid here for a salary of £tiO a week. JS'yary will conduct the Hungarian gipsy band and the Countess has undertaken to siL by his side from seven every evening till two in the morning, in order that patrons of the establishment may gaze on her.

AOCIDKN'i IN A CIRCUS. Brussels, March 13. The brothers Saxon, who were appearing in a sensational ''turnat Bekotow's Circus here, were dangerously injured during their performance hut night. They supported a bridge, over which was run a motor-car containing live people. One. of the brothers gave way at the critical moment, and the motorist, feeling the bridge yield, put on full speed, and passed over in a llash. The bridge had, however, collapsed oil the performers. FAMINE CAUSES CANNIBALISM. St. Petersburg, March 11. Horrible descriptions liave reached St. i Petersburg of the famine now ravaging !he Tehuktchv and Yakuts tribes Starving children have been seen gnawing the bodies of members of the family who had died.of hunger. The distress has been intensified by the loss of hundreds of thousands of reindeer in last year' ri epidemic. In the tundra of 80l- i shezemlsky alone 301>,000 reindeer perished. '

CUT OFF BY THE iIDE. London, March 17. A mother's heroism saved her lour children from death near Scarborough on Smithy. Mrs. Kirk, who was slaving with her husband at Grist horpe. took her tour children, aged between live and ten, for a walk along the sinds at tho tout of the cliff* in the direction of Filey Brigg, where they thought tliey would Ik? able to climb to the top of the dill's. They found the water lapping up to the foot of. the cliff, however, beforthey reached the Brigg. They turned to go baek. but were eut oil by the tide. The cliffs ahovo them were ver, - -!<-t'p. Imt Mrs. Kirk pluekily elimlted up -trp liv step. taking ih• r diildren wiih h'T. until Aiv reached a >pol a!>o\c hi;:'Wiiter mark. Then; the live .-Laved till icn o'clock at night, when they wer l rc-iued froiy their perilous position by i -*ardi party, which had net out ait (, r tlivir absence had been noticed. They were helpless vitli cold and hunger, and reached Gristhurpe at one o'dock yesterday morning completely exhausted.

ISMWKKN CAS RESEKVOIKS AX;) POWDEIi MACAZINK. Li>l»on. March 1(5.

I he lire whi<'h destroy«'d the Moagiir..Mtp,iny's thmr milN. the large>t ia

>»•»!«• of the nio-l r\ciiing M-ems ever wil ne>-ed at a coiillagralinn jn tin* <M]iiial. The Hour mills adjoined a Gov "'i pment powder maga/ine on one .-id', •him the immiejpal gas reservoirs on tli'.other, and hundreds of tiremen. -ohlieiv. and. civilans worke-l desperately lor hours I'» prevent the liiv reaching them. Hatl the magazines or reservoirs been ignited, tho explosion would bav-» wrecked that section of Linlion, and [H'obnbly caused between two and three thousand fatalities.

Soldiers guarded the magazine, on the roof of which sfvenms of water were constantly directed, while gangs of men worked with almost superhuman energy

pulling down aome uld wooden buildings that intervened between the blazing mills and the magazine. All the residents of the district lied from their homes, many going into the open couulry. The loss iis estimated at £oU,UU().

BIU.KT-I'UOOI' POLICKMAN. St. Petersburg, March U. Some remarkable experiments have been made with a bullet-proof alloy, the invention oi Lieut.-(Jolonel Tcliemerzine, an ollicer oi engineers. A cuirass made of the alloy, and of sulHcient size to protect the chest and back, weighs only ijlbis.. and its pre-ence cannot be detected when worn under ordinary clothing. The cuirasses are now being largely employed by the police in various parts of Russia, when invading the haunts of militant revolutionaries. Colon.'! Teheiuerziin! explain- that the fundamental idea of his invention is "tie* dosing ol the pore rt of chromo-uickel sti'el.' ll e succeeded in aeeompli&liing this operation by means of great hydraulic pressure at a very high temperature.

A IUNCE THAT COST A UEE. Ceneva, March 13.

Henry Wyssman was je-lerda.\ sentenced at St. Call to live year*' imprisonment for killing Au-ustc Ariho. Both men claimed the same partner for the last dance at ft ball, and when the gut's Hioice fell on Artho, Wysiinan in.sulled him. The rivals met on th-j way home, and after a light, in whi< h Wy-sinau was twice thrown into a ditch, he drew a knife and stabbed Artho to death.

TKAtiIU DUEL KOUUIIT BY FAMOUS GHNKBALS. ■St. Petersburg, Al;ireh 18. General Foek and General Smirnoff to-day fought a duel ill the Horse Guards' Hiding School, near the Winlei' J'alace. General Smirnoff received a wound truni whieh ho is not expected to recover. The duel was the outcome of evidence given at the trial of General Stoessel and other generals for the surrender of l'ort Arthur. General Foek considered his honour wounded by General Smirnoff's evidence, and sent him a challenge. were chosen, and it was agreed that the combatants should fire at each other at lifteen paces until one of them was wounded. At the ] third exchange of shots, General Smir I notr was gravely hit. General (iorliatov. sky afterwards sent another challenge to General Foek. Duelling is forbidden by law in Kussia, but is permitted by an ordinance ol' Alexander 11. Hitherto, however, it has been confined to oflieers holding commissions below the rank of captain. General Smirnoff won a great reputation for personal bravery in the llussoTurkish war, and was nicknamed by the troops "Seven Devils." He held the position of commandant of the fortress of l'ort Arthur during the siege. General Foek held several commands at Port Arthur, and at one period was chief of the main reserve. After the surrender he went into captivity with the troops. General Smirnoff charged him in n secret report to the Czar with cowardice and incompetence. The charge, which was made public at the trial, led to the duel.

SHOT BY BEDOUINS. Cairo, .March IS. Hi-. .Jolm Uulbert, whose murder by Bedouins was telegraphed yesterday, had rented from tlie Egyptian (lovernmeiit some gaiden land or. which lie L'ani]>ed in tents. lie had recently prosecuted a Bedouin thief, and hearing that Hi,. Bedouins meant to lie revenged oil him, he moved his camp to 13ul. Some Bedouins entered his tent at night, and shot him dead. His servants denounced the murderers, who have been tracked and arrested. Mr. Hulbcrt, who leaves a widow in England, was forty-live years of age. He lwd been in Egypt for some vears, having originally gone there for his health. He had lately been experimenting in growing fruit. He hud much trouble with the Bedouins, who used to steal his produce. £19,000,1)00 CANAL. Paris, March IX .M. Celiac will lay 011 the table of the Chamber oil Monday a Bill l'or the construction of a canal from Honlleur to Cennevillicrs, via jtougival It is estimated that the work will cost about UO.finn.WKl. The canal will be a tloveminent monopoly. The canal would extend from tile mouth of the Seine to the outskirts of Paris.

ixx": ARRESTS TWO THIEVES. Paris, March 111. One of the new police dog:-, a mastiff n.inieil Liioi. arrested two railway 1 liievcs last night. He pulled one down from the van of a train which li e was robbing, and caught the other one hiding Iwneath the train. The men broke awav from the police who took lliein in charge, but Lion brought them back. PREI'EItS CHINESE HUSBAND TO MONEY. Paris, March l!t. Tlie San Francisco correspondent of the New York Herald (Paris edition| states that Mrs. Howard Could. who was better known a ri Miss Catherine Clements, the actress, has offered to share her wealth with her sister, wlio married a Chinaman named Wong Sung Yue eight years ago, if she will leave her husband. Wong Sung Yue is now ill and penniless. and Mrs. Yue has replied that she is grateful for the offer, but would rather starve than desert her husband.