QUEER STORIES FROM THE FOREIGN PRESS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 299, 22 December 1906, Page 15

QUEER STORIES FROM THE FOREIGN PRESS.

A LUCKT CENTEHARIAS.

Tie other day, for the tenth time in his life, Joseph Maskl, 103 years old, believed to be the oldest person in Chicago, was rescued from a fire which threatened to destroy tie building in which he livwl,. at No. 5961, Superior Avenue, Soutn Chicago. Maski -was rescued from the Chicago flre In 1371, .and has been In two theatre fires and several other small Maizes. SHOT BY A CAT. At Harpster, Ohio, the other day, Caarles Tlzel's body was fatally Injured and Ms aged mother was seriously wounded In an accident caused by their pet cat. The rat, in attempting to climb up the cur- : talcs of a ld.teh.en window, caught its claws in the cloth, and in its straggles struct the trigger of a shot gun which Tizel had lett leaning against the wall Dear tie window. The gan was discharged, part of the charge strl!<tn? the baby In the back of the heaa, 'and some of it lodging in th-e arms, -reast, and face of Mrs Tizel, who was imamn-rg ! bread.

GREAT CONFIDENCE TEICK. Cables from Germany to Montreal disclosed tlie fact tUat Karl Cramer, wio claim? to hay» been a lieutenant in the German army, is tit* greatest confidence trie£ mam Canada lias ever known. Ou the strength of a single telegram from* confederate in Germany, Creroer, wlio is now Tind-er arrest at Montreal, bought ■thousands of dollars worth, of property, including houses, noises, ami jewels, and was on the eve of marrying a lady prominent in Montreal society. The cablegram alleged that Cremer, by the death: of his father in Thuringia, Germany, had become heir to half a million dollars and a large estate. The . bubble was finally pricked by a local bank with- whom Cremer attempted id open a credit, dud which wired to: Germany. Cramer waa formerly a afeipSrißg clerfc yritb. a lecal ccexpaey.