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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 92, 27 July 1910, Page 3

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royal i;;:si r,: \v. J KLXIj AND QI'KKN OK ITALY IX EARTHQUAKE AREA. Sane l'Y'lc. Juno 8. The King and Queen of Italy 'have been indefatigable in their efforts to succor the victims oi the earthquake. Tlwir Majesties, arrived Calitri at 4 o'clock this mornim.'. accompanied by Signor Sacchi, the Minister of Public Works. Their .Majesties proceeded to the hospital ami. whiic the' Queen remameu among the injured, t'he King made a .tour of the ruined district. Twenty bodies :had been recovered, and the work of searching the ruins continued in the presence of the King. While his .Majesty was watching the workmen. Queen Elena arrived, and they directed the work of rescue for some time. Afterwards the King and Queen motored to Fele, arriving 'here before S o'clock this morning. The Queen was enthusiastically received. When she walked thrbugh the devastated district many women ran and kissed her hand. King Victor Emmanuel paid a hurried visit 4o laviano and afterwards interviewed a number of the injured in the hospital here. He made the most minute enquiries respecting the earthquake. The Duke of Aosta has arrived at Benevento and is proceeding by motor car to visit the places affected toy the shock. -.—J BRIBES IN EGYPT. NATIONALIST3~SUBSIDISE THE EUROPEAN PRESS. Cairo, May 30. It has been noticed lately that some of the European newspapers have been making common cause with the Nationalists. Enquiries which I ihave made show that, with the exception of three newspapers, all the rest have been brought under the influence of the Nationalist party. They are receiving a monthly subsidy for the purpose of preaching Home Rule for Egypt and' the disappearance o-f British influence. It is clear from the amount of money which is being expended on this form of propaganda that the Nationalists are well supplied with funds, and that the agitation is being supported by wealthy Egyptians. •GERMAN NAVAL AIMS. LOOKING FOR COALING STATION IS THE FAROE ISLANDS. Copenhagen, June 6. Telegrams from the Faroe Islands state that the population are very excited, a? they believe that Germany is determined to establish a coaling station for the Atlantic fleet at V'estmanhaven, the principal port in the islands. Two German wa.rships are at present manoeuvring round the islands and making special surveys of Vestmanhaven. The Faroe Islands, which belong to Denmark, lie in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands.

The possession of a coaling station there would give Germany a great strategic advantage over her present^position. KAISER'S IjOVE OF THE BIBLE. "FOUNTAIN FROM WHICH I DRAW LIGHT." Berlin, June 8. The German Emperor has made some interesting statements to Pastor Stolte, of Schirmeiiitz, regarding his belie: m the Bible. During a recent conversation with the clergyman he said:— "I often study the Bible, and I love to read it every night. Th'- > v ble lies on a table beside my bed. iind the most beautiful thoughts expressed in it, I cannot understand how it is that so . many persons pay so little heed to Holy Script. Can anyone read the Gospels and other parts of 'the Bible without feeling convinced that they contain simple truth well authenticated and established on un questionable facts ? Whenever I have tc come to any decision I ask myself \ynal the Bible would teach me to do in thai particular case. The Bible is to me th< fountain from which I draw light anc strength in the hours of sorrow and de pression. I seek consolation in the Bible and I am convinced that many who hav< neglected religion will regain dettnrte re I'igious belief and will feel the need 0: communion with the Almighty 'if thei study it. Periods of dangerous doub' have always produced in their wake pe riods of enthusiastic religious .feeling, cannot understand how life can be livec without real communion with the A 1 mighty. We all must go through Geth genuine. There are hours in which ou: pride is humiliated. It is difficult for u to be meek, for each one of us desires ti be his own master." HAMMERED DOWN £40,000,000. GRKAT RAIDS ON AMERICAN SECURITIES.. 'New York, June 3. The leading Stock Exchange sccuritie: have fallen forty million pounds in valui since last Friday, when the bears begat a hammering campaign. It culminated with a heavy raid to-day sending all stocks still further downward The bears are assisted by an uneasy feel ing on the Stock -Exchange that Mr. Taft, smarting' under recent criticisms intends to adopt Rooseveltian "big stick' methods on dealing with trusts. This ireallv the principal reason for stock demoralisation. E A TEN' HV SHARKS. TKlilill'LH KATE OK SHIPWRECKED IWSSKNGKRS. Lisbon. June 5. A teleyTani to the Suculo describes the terrible fate of seven-teen persons who were eaten .by sharks in the Zambesi river -while journeying through Portuguese territory. The steamer Murao, loaded with merchandise. struck a .submerged rock and rapi.llv filled with water. The four.passengers and the. crew jumped into the Jioa'ts. which (hey-overturned in their fre-iuw When 1 liev tried to swim ashore they were attacked by sharks, and. despite the efforts at re-cue made by the Portuguese iiunboul- Tele and Sena, only the captain. one pcts>cn,i!<T. and two sailors were saved, the remaining thiee and fourteen of the. crew being eaten. MUI'DER BY CHOLERA GERMS. ASTOUNDING CONFESSION OK A DOCTOR. STRANGE COINCIDENCE. St. Petersburg, June 5. The poisoning of ex-Lieutenant Buturlin. the son of General Buturlin-, wfio belonss to one of the oldest and most aristocratic families in Russia, has-caused an almost unprecedented sensation in Russian -society. ,M. Buturlin. who became ill about a fortnight ago. was attended by Dr. I ant-, chenko. the medical attendant at the Warsaw, sjatiou In St. Petersburg. He

grow rapidly worse, and after his death | a post-mortem showed that he luid been ( poisoned. Dr. Pantohenko, who was immediately arrested, lias confessed that he deliberately poisoned Mr. Buturlin by injecting cholera, toxin obtained from the C'nmsiadt laboratory .The dose was calculated Lo ensure death in a few days, lie di flared thai he instigated by M. ll'Brien de the brother-in-law of the dead man. who is also under arre-t. M. Buturlin was formerly in the Preobrajensky Guards regiment, buv rvas obliged to resign owing to his marristue with a Herman music-hall singer. The father at first resented this marriage, but eventually became reconciled, and is now on very affectionate terms with his daughter-in-law. The General's only other child is a daughter married to M. O'Brien de Lassy. a Vilna landowner, and descendant of the famous French Marshal de Lassy. On the female side he descends from an Irish family. When M. Burturlin fell ill in St. Petersburg,, M. O'Brien de Lassy advised him to call in Dr. Pantchenko. The latter, who is nearly seventy years of age, invented a so-called "preventative against cholera" at the. time of the cholera epidemic, in the shape of copper discs inscribed with the representation of an angel and a number of people at prayers. The poisoning, of M. Burturlin occurred almost simultaneously with a mysterious murder, at AVarsaw, the victim being the son of a wealthy Polish landowner named Krjanowsky. He was found dead in a furnished flat which he occasionally frequented. By a most curious coincidence his brother-in-law, Count Roniker, who has been arrested on suspicion of having instituted the crime, is a distant connection of O'Brien de Lassy, who is now in gaol in connection with the Buturlin case. Young Krjanowsky, who was only seventeen years old, was apparently killed with a blunt instrument after a desperate struggle. The doors and walls of the room in which his body was found were bespattered with blood. Suspicion fell on the ownet* of the furnished rooms and his nephew, and they were both arrested. Further enquiry convinced the police that whoever might be the actual murderer, there was some-' one else who had prompted the crime. One of the newspapers mentioned Count Roniker's name in connection with the affair, and the Count, who was married to the victim's sister, went of His own accord to the detective department and asked that an explanation should be demanded from the editor of the paper. For some reason, which is not mentioned in the accounts published here, the ' chief of the secret police confronted j Count Roniker with the two men under arrest, and they identified the Count as the per.-or. who had rented the rooms. Count Roniker was forthwith arrested. Marks of scratches were found on his throat. A school fellow of Krjanowsky testified that he had seen the Count conversing with the deceased very shortly before the murder. Count Roniker is described as being r e very engaging personality. He enjoyed great popularity in Polish society, and s the author of several novels ana several plays.