NEWS OF THE WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 125, 24 June 1909, Page 4

NEWS OF THE WORLD

ARMED BURGLARS OX BICYCLES. CHASED BY MOTOR CAR AND CAPTURED. London, May i. The Dunbar police and the servants of Mr. Kichard Hunter, of Thurston House, near Dunbar, captured three German burglars after an exciting chase early yesterday morning. Mr. Hunter's butler was awakened by the ringing of the burglar alarm at i a.m. He aroused the rest of the men servants, and after sending for the police, formed a cordon round the house. The .burglars were not aware that the servants had been roused, and they continued to ransack the house fo r .about half an hour. Then they made a dash down the drive, and succeeded in evading the servants and reaching bicycles which they had left by the roadside. One man was' overtaken by one of the servants, who was also mounted on a bicycle, about a quarter of a mile away, end overpowered. By this time the police had arrived in a motor car, and they took up the chase. The second man fell from his machine exhausted after a chase of three miles, and narrowly escaped being run over by the car, and the third man was captured half a mile further on, just as he had abandoned his cycle and was trying to climb a high wall skirting a wood. The men were well dressed and each had an extra outfit of clothing strapped to his bicycle. They were armed with revolvers and sheath knives, and one of them discharged his revolver in the struggle which preceded his capture. They left a complete outfit of burglars' took in the grounds. A return half railway ticket from London, issued on Saturday, was found in the possession of one of the men. TWELVE TOWNS DESTROYED. A TOBNADO'S WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION. New York, April 20. It is' reported that at least 100 lives have been lost and 500 persons have been injured by a tornado which has been raging for the last twenty-four hours between Vicksburg (Mississippi) and Duluth (Minnesota). A dozen small towns are known to have been levelled to the ground, but the telegraph wires are down, and itis at present impossible to obtain much information. Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois appear to have suffered most. There is lieavy damage in the towns 1 of Wcstmarion and Weakley, in Ar--1 kansas; many buildings were demolished ' and six persons wore killed in Louisville ' Kentucky; and a tidal wave on Lake ' Michigan did great damage at Wauke--1 gan and Kenosha. The prison at South-1 I bend, Indiana, was blown down. ' London, May 1. ' Router's Frankfort correspondent rc- -' ports that owing to a Severe gale the 1 shed intended to receive the Parsival ' balloon in the exhibition grounds of the 1 International Aerial Navigation Society : ' there collapsed yesterday. Three workmen were severely injured, while a considerable number of others were hurt. FLYING WARSHIPS. 300 GERMAN M.P.'s WITNESS A TRIAL. Berlin, May 5. Three hundred members of the Reichstag received an object lesson in aerial navigation this morning at Tagol, a northern suburb of Berlin, -where the headquarters of the military ballooning corps iire situated. The deputies, representing all political parties of the Imperial Legislature, drove out to Tagel, where they were received bv tlie Minister of War, General von Eincn; the Chief of the General Staff, General von Moltke; General von Kcssal, and Major Gross. Major Gross delivered a brief lecture on the construction of his new airship, Gross 11., which was then taken out of the shed for ascent.

Major Sperling was in command of tlio airship, which, however, only remained aloft a few minutes owing to the stormy weather. Gross 11., in spile of the strong wind, performed various manoeuvres a-t a height of about 200 feet, answered her helm readily, and landed again without a hitch. Subsequently an ordinary balloon ascended with three officers in the calie. and soon disappeared from sight in a westerly direction. The new airship, Parsev.il TT., could not ascend owing to the stormy weather.

BOY ELECTROCUTED. TWO MEX ALSO SACRIFICED. Paris, May 3. A boy was electrocuted yesterday at Epinetlcs and two young workmen who attempted to save his life shaved the same fate. The Accident occurred on the (Vinlurc railway, at a point where it runs along the Passage du Chatelet. A number of children got through the railing and were running along the line, when one of them fell and struck the wires. He was instantly electrocuted by a current of 0000 volts'.

A workman climbed the railing, lay down Hat on the ground and tried to jerk the child from beneath the wires by his feet. At the same moment he gave a shriek of agony and rolled among the wires. Another workman who went on the wires with the intention of finding means of stopping the current was also killed. STREET BATTLE. AX ALL-DAY SENSATION. Rome, May 2. 'A street battle has raged throughout the day at San Nicandro, in the province of Apulin, between the anti-Clerical and . the Clerical parties, some hundreds' taking part in the conflict. | Both parties erected barricades, from j behind which they kept up a constant fusilade with, rides and revolvers. In the afternoon a detachment of troops intervened to put an end to the fight, but without success. It is reported that a considerable number of persons has been killed and injured, but the actual figures' are not known. , FOUR DAYS' FUNERAL PAGEANT. Pekin, May 1. The remains of Kwang Su, the late Emperor, to-day began their long journey to tile Western Tombs, eighty miles distant, for the final interment. The ceremony was' one of unusual splendor and dignity ami was witnessed by n large number of foreigners, including the members of the Diplomatic Body and several missions sent by foreign Governments to represent them. The body of the late Dowager-Em-press will not lie interred until the autumn, and will in the meantime remain in l'ckin. The march to the Tombs will occupy four days. It took the pageant, which was two miles long, two and a-half hours to get clear of the Forbidden City.

"KILLING IS MY TRADE." ANARCHIST THREATENS KING FERDINAND. Sofia, April 27. Vladimir Naidonov was tried here yesterday for attempting the life of King Ferdinand by firing at his carriage. The entrance into court of the prisoner—a pale, beardless boy, with wavy hair falling on his shoulders—effused a sensation, He is a Macedonian who

studied in the Salonika Gymnasium, and was moved to avenge his countrymen, who, he declared, had been abandoned by the ruler of Bulgaria. "I wished to kill the Prince," said Vladimir, in a culm voice, "and I hope to kill him some day, for, as an anarchist, killing is my trade. Besides, Ferdinand is the vampire of Bulgaria. He compassed the death of Boris Sarafoil' and other Macedonian patriots, 1 iiin 'bound to avenge them." There was perfect silence while the prisoner, who defended himself, developed his theories of educating monarch* by means of revolver shots. 'He was condemned to four years' imprisonment,, and on leaving the court he turned round and said once more: "When 1 come out I will kill him. Tell him from. me he has four years' lease of life."