NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 141, 23 September 1910, Page 7

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

THE STORY OF A LONELY COTTAGE. A series of dreadful crimes lias just been brought to light in Poland by the death of one Domeizenko. This old fellow, who was in his ninetieth year, lived in a cottage in a secluded spot. It was known that he was possessed of ample resources, though the terrible methods by which he acquired his money were never suspected. He lived alone, and his cottage was generally regarded as a house of mystery. After his death, however, Domeizenko's cottage was visited by the authorities, who, in overhauling the place, were starled by the discovery of a large quantity of human bonesgrim relics of a long series of ghastly I crimes, of which the villainous old Pole , was the author. The police have satisfied themselves that Domeizenko was in : the habit, whenever opportunity offered, of luring Siberian fugitives to his lonely cottage under promise of concealing and otherwise assisting them. His plan then was to murder them while they were asleep and possess himself of whatever money and valuables they had. In this way the old fellow is said to have accumulated quite a fortune.

LLOYD-GEORGEIS FAITH IN FREE

TRADE. To a press interviewer, Mr. LloydGeorge, Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared that he was a stauncher Freetrader than ever. "Everything that has occurred since Tariff Reform was hung, drawn and quartered in 1906," said the Chancellor, "has gone to strengthen our faith in the principle of Free-trade. Every doleful prediction of our adversaries has been falsi : tied by facts. Never in the whole course oi history has our trade been greater. In the fact of hostile tariffs we have more than held our own. Free-trade Britain leads the world in trade."

Mr. Lloyd-George added that as Chancellor he had had to raise £25,000,001) extra taxation. Every penny of that sum was needed for social reforms, such as old age pensions, labor exchanges, insurance against sickness and unemployment, but of every penny of the amount thus raised social reform could get only half, the other half being required for armaments.

NEW CARDINALS. It is rumored in high Romish circles that Archbishop Farley (of New York), Archbishop O'Connell (of Boston), and Archbishop Kennedy (of Philadelphia) will be created Cardinals at a Papal Consistory to be held in November. This will be the first Consistory that has been ■held for a period of three years, and no fewer than nine red hats are to he bestowed.

ROOSEVELT'S RE-ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE. Colonel Roosevelt, speaking, in Freeport, Illinois, made an interesting announcement regarding his possible return to public life. "I don't suppose "he said, "that the time will ever come when I shall be called into public Hfe again. However, if it does come, I shall feel it my duty to keep the word I gave when I retired, and to take up the burden. In that event I hope the people will be able to applaud me."

ALL BRITISH: A GREAT EXPOSITION.

Viscount Hill,, who is at present in I Toronto representing the Commission I that are making, arrangements for the British Imperial Exposition to be held in London in 1915, explains that the project will be carried out .on a scale never before attempted anywhere. No foreign country will be represented at the Exposition. It is intended to show the products of art, and. of manufacturing, agricultural, mining and timber industries of every British possession. There will be also exhibits of the arts and sciences, fruit and grain, and probably cattle and horses. Each, self-governing and Crown colony will have its own committee to arrange details, and, as far as possible, its own building to hold its exhibits. Viscount Hill added that it was not in- j tended to ask for any Government sub-1 sidy.

CATHOLIC TRIBUTE TO THE KING,

In proposing the toast of,"The King" at the luncheon given in his honor. In Montreal by the Canadian Government, on the Bth inst., Cardinal Vanutelli, the, Papal Legate to the Eucharistic Congress, commented upon the spirit of loyalty, prevailing among all classes of Canadian,! society. Cardinal Vanutelli paid a hiqli'! tribute to King George, and referring to, the cabled greeting he had,received from his Majesty, said that this message revealed the King's fair disposition to all, creeds.

AVIATOR'S HARD LUCK. With only forty miles to go, Weyman, the aviator, was compelled, owing to a dense fog, to abandon his attempt to win a prize of £SOOO that was offered to the first man who, carrying a passenger, flew from Paris to the top of the Puy-de-Dome, one of the Avergne mountains. Before returning to Paris Weyman circled the steeple of the cathedral in Clermont-Ferrand.

NEW YORK WORKERS' CONDITIONS.

The preliminary report of the Mayor's Committee on city congestion in New York has just been published. The Committee declare that the chief cause of house congestion is the low wages paid to the workmen in New York. It is pointed out that £l7O a year is the minimum wage on which a man and his wife and three children can live decently in Manhattan. The average wage paid, however, is £lO7. One of the witnesses examined (James Wilson, secretary of the Mechanics' Union) informed the Committee that the wages paid in normal times to the members of that body average only £l2O a year. BURNED TO THE WATER'S EDGE. A Winnipeg telegram reports that the steamer Wbinitoba, the finest passenger boat on the Red River of the North, has been burned to the water's edge. MISCELLANEOUS. General Wood, Chief of the United States Army Staff, has devised plans by which the expenditure on the army will be reduced by several millions of dollars.

The centenary of Mexico's independence is being held at present. A feature of the celebrations is an historic pageant in which thousands of men and women are attired representing various periods of the country from that of the Aztecs to the present.