NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 57, 29 August 1911, Page 3

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

BRUTAL MURDER. TWO WOMEN KILL ANOTHER. Colden (U.S.A.). August l;l. A ghastly confession of a brutal murder has been made by an Italian woman, Mrs. I'ergione. who implicated a second Italian, Mrs. Oarninione, now serving a term of imprisonment for forgery. According to the confession, the two women lured a Mis. Laguardia into the mountains, o U the pretence that her husband, who bad been missing since three weeks before, bad been found, their object being to rob their victim of £l5O.

Mrs. Laguardia, becoming suspicious, took flight, relinquishing hor baby in the arms of Garramone. The murderess, however, soon overtook the fugitive, and slashed her throat with a bread knife, eventually kicking the corpse over a cliff into a' ravine. GERMAN RIYKKS INNAVIGABLE. EXTRAORDINARILY hot WEATHER. Berlin, August 1-2. Extraordinarily hot weather continues over Onnany. and deaths from sunstroke are being reported from all quarters. For twenty-one days the heat wave has existed unabated, and the navigation of the chief waterways is almost suspended. The Rhine at Rudeslieim is lower than at any time since 1811, and the passenger steamers on the Kibe have been discontinued above Dresden. Several cases of insanity caused by'the beat have been reported. CAPTURED BY BRIGANDS. Nalonica, August 12. j Some two months ago the well-known I German archaeologist, Professor Richter. j was captured by brigands while excavating on Mount Olymps. The brigands demanded .Ciid.OOO ransom as well as presents of jewels, but all that the captive's friends have been able to raise is £3OOO. The Turkish Government declines to recognise its responsibility in the matter, but has sent two bodies of troops to obtain information as to the whereabouts of the brigands from the inhabitants of the surrounding villages. Despite the fact, however, that many of the villagers have been soundly flogged, they have not betrayed the outlaws. Professor Richter has sent a letter beseeching the payment of his ransom to eild his sufferings. [The ransom has since been paid, and the professor released.] THE FRENCH ARMY. READY FOR WAR. Paris, August 13. General Zurlindcn, twice Minister for War, in a press interview, said that France has everything ready for war. j The uncertainties and disconcerting delays which occurred in 1870 at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war will not be repeated to-day. The Germans, General Zurlinden said, will find our army just as ready as their own. Our mobilisation and our concentration of railway transport are remarkably efficient, while our infantry, cavalry and artillery are all trained for a big war. They have been trained to act on the defensive, which alone can give success. Our soldiers burn with the desire to shout again the old battle cries. HEAT IX T LONDON. London, August 12. The heat in London was intense today. !)5 degrees in the shade and 113 degrees in the sun. For the first time in history of the House of Commons afforded the spectacle of members sitting in their shirt sleeves, while in the law courts wigs and gowns were generally discarded. ALLEGED BANK FRAUD. Paris, August 12. A warrant lias been issued for the arrest of the manager of the Credit Fonder, an American named Maurice Jean, following the raiding of the company's many offices throughout France. Jean is charged with having sold a large amount of stocks and bonds on American securities, which the French officials say were of doubtful origin. Jean recently arrived in New York and calling at the French consulate, declared that he was not a fugitive from justice, having left France a week before the warrant was issued. He said that his real business was to realise securities to pay investors. DOMIXIOX GOVERNORS. London, August 12. Mr. Arthur Lynch. National M.P. for West Clare, addressing the House of Commons on the Pensions to Governors Bill, said that the Governor of a colony ! earns his money, but the Governor of a dominion is a mere ornament, and a i very doubtful one at that. He was verylittle appreciated in the dominion he was supposed to govern. Mr. Lynch said that he had conversed with some of the most distinguished overseas statesmen, in whose opinions they had reached the stage when Governors' functions were absolutely useless. The statesmen added that Governors did no harm, because they did not dare lift their fingers in any State on any matter. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. .. Paris, August 13. Professor Kemerling, of Leyden, has placed bis laboratory, having' facilities for the production of the most intense cold 1 , down to 270 degrees centigrade (4.50 degrees below zero Fahrenheit), sufficient to liquefy even helium gas, at the disposal of M'nie. Curie, of radium fame. Mine. Curie is perfecting scientific researches, and is on the verge of announcing another great discovery. GERMAN FISHING BOATS AND WIRELESS. Berlin, August 13. Several German fishing smacks have been equipped with wireless apparatus to enable them to receive while at sea wireless storm signals from the shore meterological stations. Trials have been conducted with the greatest success. SHOP-LI ITING. Paris, August li 3. Five young ladies were arrested yesterday in a large emporium near the Opera House. They were found to belong to a noble Portuguese family, which was ruined by the revolution, and they said they had been obliged to resort to shop-lifting as a means of support. »' ■ ' ' ' " ' '■