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Waikato Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1590, 24 June 1903, Page 2

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! FULFILLING A PROPHECY. ! Bkrlin. June 22. An extraordinary case has just been tried in the Criminal Courts, as the result of which a prisoner named t Caroline Pryzgodda was sentenced to. death for the murder of no less than four husbands, all of whom she despatched by means of arsenic. At the time of her arrest she was compassing the destruction of a fifth. Evidence went to show that the i woman had consulted a fortuneteller, who predicted that she was destined to lose six husbands and to be happy with the seventh. POLITICAL CRISIS IN ITALY. Rome, June 14. The political crisis which resulted from the resignation of the Zanardelli, ' Liberal - Radical' Cabinet, owing to the failure of the Radicals ' to support the Government, still con- . tinues. Signor Zanardelli's old Cabinet has remained in office since the resignai Hon-on June 14, and he and Signor ' Morin, the Minister for Marine, are for the time holding the portfolios j previously held by Signor Gioletti, the Minister for the Interior, and , Signor Bettoli. REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT IN ! RUSSIA. . St. Petersburg, June 22f [ A revolutionary proclamation has , been circulated in Odessa, Elizwetzi grad, and Kharkoff, warning the i people to keep the example of the Balkan Slavs like a frontlet before their eyes, if they desired the liberation and salvation of Russia. AN OLD ADAGE UPSET. Berlin, June 23. The Kaiser, when unveiling the statue of Frederick tire- 'Great at ! Doeberitz, declared :—" My • army remains an instrument to support, if i necessary, my policy. If 'the pen i fails, the keen edge of the sword will | support." ! THE WOOLWICH EXPLOSION. ' London, June 22. 1 President JUoubet has telegraphed [ to the King that he is deeply msved \ by the terrible accident at Woolwich, ( and expresses his keen sympathy j with the mourners. His Majesty replied that he was most grateful for the. President's message. THE PERSIAN GULF. St. Peteesbueg, June 22. The Russian Government has ■ granted the Odessa Shipping Com- ! pany a subsidy of 200,000 roubles for ' 12 years to establish a steam line with , the Persian Gulf. LORD TENNYSON. ; London, June 23. In the House of Commons Mr j Chamberlain, in reply to a question, announced that Lord Tennyson would I return to England in December. His term as Governor-General of Australia would not be renewed. ETHERGRAMS. New York, June 23. A newspaper started on the island of Santa Cataline, off the coast of California, depends on ethergrams from the mainland for the world's news. SOMALILAND. London, June 23. It is' rumoured at Aden that General Manning and Colonel Cobbe, after effecting a junction, have reached Bohotle. THE IRISH LAND BILL. London, June 23. The Standard states that the Nationalists will accept the Irish Land Bill without large amendments. .THE LATE CARDINAL. London, June 23. Cardinal Yaughan's body is lying in State in Westminster Cathedral.It will be interred in Millhill cemetery. OBITUARY. New York, June 23. Major Pond, the famous American, lecture agent, is dead. MISCELLANEOUS. London, June 23. The threatened anthracite coal strike in New York has been averted. The workers' representatives having been formally elected, were recognised by the employers. In a revolt in the Yladikavkos gaol, in Russia, the troops quelled the outbreak, but not before four prisoners had been killed and eight wounded. The Imperial Postmaster-General, Mr Austen Chamberlain, M.P., in> replying to a memorial from the Chambers of Commerce advocating all-Briti9h cables round' the world, indicated that it was unnecessary for the State at present to undertake, large extensions of the British cable systems. Mr Justice Farewell has decided that the famous Celtic gold ornaments found in Lough Yayle, Ireland, in 1896, and purchased by the British Museum, are treasure trove, and belong to the Crown. The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand announces an interim dividend at the rate of 7J per cent per annum. .Sir M. Hicks-Beach has been elected Chairman of the Select Committee appointed to inquire intolhe incidence of the income tax. The Governor of Malta, under instructions from the Home authorities, reduced the elected members of the Council to eight, and increased the official members to nine. Capetown, June 23. The Transvaal Government offers a reward of £'.'5,000 for a cure for the horse sickness.