DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 170, 11 April 1908, Page 10

DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

, WEEKLY SUMMARY BY MAIL; Tho following weekly summary of -the world's news is taken from the " Daily Mail " Overseas Edition of February 29 FEBRUARY ,21. Tlio event of tho hour .in New York .is-tho appearanco of Mrs. James B. Eustis.in a scries of tableaux vivants arranged:, by. Mrs. Waldorf Astor.' Whon the curtain, , was rung up Mrs. Eustis was discovered posing as balainmbo, tho Carthaginian beroino of Flaubert, with a live-boa constrictor twinod :around her body... Tho spectators shuddered iii horror, lior weeks past society had boon preparing for tho tableaux, which jroro ''organised ifor charity. Mrs. Eustis rehearsed her. picture with a "property"-shako, .end-was forced to submit to much banter on tlio . unreality of tho cotton serpent with spring stuffings. Recently . one." of her. friends, '.'dared" her /to appear, with a genuine snako. Sho took, up the challenge,,/and a largo boa ; constrictor was obtained from tho Zoological Gardens. Tlio snako was ooaxed ■ around Mrs. Eustis's , waist and neck wiiilo. its head rested on her neck, Thunderous applause greeted tho'performance, but tho intrepid,.lady refused to respond to calls for an oncoro. ' . - j Mr. Andrew Carncgio ; has given £25,Q00 to tho Robert Koch fund in-Berlin for itb® canipaign against; tuberculosis.', / Tlio son of a well-known Muni»h merchant ; has been sentenced in Russia.;'to fifteen years' penal servitudo for caricaturing the : Tsar. \ , 1 - ' -- ■. - . .. 1 : . Mr. Edison, the celebrated- inventor, lias ■been operated on for'mastoiditis. . Mastoiditis is inflammation in the.-mastoid— j. tho large rnass.of bono which can..bo felt immediately behind tho ear.. ~/ / r I ; '::„''' /■/ FEBRUARY 22. 1 The social extravagances of Baltimore and .Philadelphia aro rapidly placing New York ■in', the shade. . 'At■; a reosn't' fancy-dress ball in' tho Quaker eity a beautiful young matron appeared in a'ravishing bathing suit. , W'hifq supper was .in progress' some- / one suggested .that. tho costumo- was iin-: oompleto i unless, it was..,wot. Two.:.gentlo- .. men, quiotlyV leaving the,tabic, ','in a leiv !minutes ./clrifgging 'an immenso . bath-tub 'filled with cold water. Immcdi-, '■ atoly tho young matron was lifted .by' f .doziai ..oager- arms and' deposited,-in' the tub, .whero tho guests surroundedi/licr■ and douched . her vigorously - with siphons' of aerated ,'.water. .-Tho .lady, of/the tub is ..well -known and a K great.favourite in' ; Now:' j. 'York and . t-lio guests iroro all leaders of Baltimore society. ':/. | Princo Eitei "Fritz, as Grand'Jlaster-of - tlio I .German/Knights of.St., John, 'received-'ajb tho . Castle of . Bellovuo t-lio Tibetan-.ox-: - plorcr, Dr. von 'Leoocqj and pinned- on : his !.• ; broast,:tho' gold medal for life-saving con-. I forrod'- oii.vhim. by -tho/'British -branch:, of the order, ror tho bravery, he displayed ' in '... saving-itlfov lifo of: Captain.- Slierer-,',-va';Bri- .. tislv officer, .in. tho., Karakorum, Pass.. -Dr. .von Lecocq. and Captain J: D. .Sherer.-wero travelling .-■together., from, - Kashmir;:intoIndia, when Captain Sherer/was.taken illy with enteric fever and pneumonia. .-Dr. /' von ';Lccoe'q" set' out- for'-'; assistance,. • and travelled' for nin6' days, during wliich. lie; ': lived on flo'ur balls dipped iii grenso. He had left meat and other stores behind in . order that Captain Sherer should" not run .short. " : FEBRUARY 23. Lisbbri is still simm'oririg; ,'tliough all has been on-.tho-s'urface ; since.'tho 'murder-'of . King Carlos and tho Crown Prince ■■on 'Fob--. -■ -ruary '1.'.-Th6;kt^st'' development is-, a rc- : actionary: intrigue planned ',by- tho followers .of .thoifallen.Dictatorji Seiihori'Era-nco. - Its object was to caus® public :'riots. which w-oulcl giyo.-'.oxcuso-for-a-rcsumptipn of repressive measures. Probably it was inspiral in 'part by - Republioah' adulation of- ;. tho regicides. Odes toj their ■ memory have .been published,.j*aiid splendid -wreaths, laid on their gravesh. Success almost came to . tlio/, plotters.-,, Hurried.. conferences took / placo between; tho.King and ; his. Ministers, ~ regiments wore confined to.barracks, a.war- '« ship 'was/suddenly . sent awivy/pn ,a : .cruise,/ . and- an armal crowd assembled in Lislwn / streets. Prompt action by, the authorities' and tho..knowledgb that" to demonstrate '. : would .play into, tho' reactionaries'- hands kept tho populace quiet. Tlio coronation . of King Manuel. will' take on 'April : .' 29. / '/// /,: ',"/• 1 // An'ltalian smuggler, named Prodonij accomvpanied by"; his daughter/.Rosb,.. a-gc,d eigh-. v ''.teen,: nfter" having completed piirchasei', in- ' -.Switzerland- of contraband goods,. set out | 1 to cross tlio Fraelo Pass • (7290 ft. • high) into ■ Italy. Tho; two wero approaching tho suih- - init'. of 1 the pass when they, wero, overtaken, '>'by a : thick mistj/ in whichVthey dost their way. . Tlioy ■ roped, /.themselves ■ together. '; '■ Suddenly Predoni,- ; who was/leading,' foil : - ovor a' pr'ecipi'oe) jerking ;his daughter' off ,: - her- feet. By'means, of her ..icc-axe,'Rosa - stopped herself' from ibeing dragged,^over. '- th'e ; :precipico where her father, was .dangling, suspended l in., mid-air. ■ :- Her/father I hung in this terriblo position ;for;-ari: :hour :' - and-' a: half, .until : tlireo other, smugglers, ; V hearing tlio brave : girl's cries; cam'o;to■ tlio : ■ rescue.. . -'.v. . ■ ■ . .- -.- -a, - FEBRUARY 24. A crimo which has scarcely a: single parallel; ! 'in'all tho centuries'of Roman-Cathwic his- : '"~ : ,toTy was perpetrated at Denver, Colorado, whero an Italian-Anarchist, named Giusep- . po Guanacote-,-in tho -prescnco or a crowcl- ., ed congregation, brutally murdered Father. , Leo ■ BLeinrjchs . at,'''tho,. Communion stable., ' '• Guaiiaoote 'was kneeling -'at' the altar' railr. ihg of St./ Elizabeth's' Church-with , the 'consecrated wafer-of, the Holy Sacrament iii'his ,mouth.- Suddenly, as-|he venoi'able. ' priest laid his ' hand - on' tlio'. Anarchist's ; head/ and administered a •blessing, tho - ' Italian -rose''-to. his- feet witli a. dreadful ■ - curso, pressed a-revolver, against .his vic- .. "tifti's breast,' and' 1 pulled tho. trigger. l '-, Tho priest, with a cry- of agony, foil dead,; shot . .in the'heart. -When arrested; Guariacoto ■ explained that ho shot) Father-Heinrichs ■ rtot because her hated Kim ■ personally, but ; : ' ; because' ho had a grudge against- all priests)' who, he>said, opposed tho : rights' of work- • ing mon. ' ■ •.--- ; i'. ' Tho Italian "Black ' Hand"Society-' has' threatenod'to blow-up tho American Army , . magazines at. lona 'Island, 'in, tho'Hudson River, owing to the disohargo of: some Italian, workmen; j The guards have been . doubled. / • W'hilo'sheltering ' from a snowstorm, after hieing ■ their way for twonty-four . hours, / three \ railway surfacomen of Hazen, Novada, discovered a three-inch seam of gold in .tlio desert, twelvo miles from',,that. - place. . ... / . , ' , /, ■ FEBRUARY 23. Signor Nasi has been sentenced in Rome to imprisonment- for eleven months/ and twenty d.vs, and is also debarred- from' holding any public office, for four years.' So ends a trial/without parallel in'ltalian. ~ history.'- Signor 'Nasi' in' 1901 fillecl tho- ' post of Minister of Education. Young, pushing, and ambitious, the .Premiership 'scorned,'within his reach, when a new Cabinet camo into power in Novciffber, 1903. . To tlio general surprise, ho; was not invited to join.it. Then came ugly rumours of embezzlement of Government funds by Nasi. ' A Commission was appointetl to inquire, arid .reported against him. Ho fled' tho country. , Disgraced in Rome, Nasi became a hero-'in Sicily. He had sat/in.Parliament for tho town of Trapani. His constituents re-elected him five times, .. whilo tho Chamber refused to. accept him. , "A. "Hymn to-Nasi" bccamo a second na'tional. anthem' for"tho islanders. ' ''Nasi mania" bccamo so acute that his constitu- '. ents flung down; tho bust of tho King of Italy, and even hoisted tlio Frenoll "nag. A gunboat momentarily quenched their ardour for tlio "martyr's" cause.- But riots occurred in which some few were killed and many injured. All this timo Nasi, as a member of the Parliament in which ho, never sat, was imiuuno from arrest, and. as an ex-Minister could only bo tried by tho Senate, transformed into a higli court. But bis Boiiso of tho inolodramatic was his,

undoing. In Juno of last year lie suddenly 1 . ! reappeared in Romo, entered tho'Cliaiiil>er, ■ jJ an-d' delivered a dramatic epecch dixjlaring : liis innocence. Tho necessary steps wero ' j taken to enable the Senate to try hinvand<• /; ; ' bo was' arrested- and brought to trial.' Tho A evidence; showed . tlia't as Minister ho • • charged over £3000 for travelling'expenses,: . : .j although ho had a free jrnss on nil railways, i 1 Ho dispensed- £12,000. in "pensions.' - ' re- • ceipts for''which were signed, scores in tho ■ . santo handwriting,- by non-existent • per-• " ■ sons.,/.,.. .-■■■" ■ 'J '■ ■; ; • FEBRUARY 20. ■ Queen Wflbelmina'-' dftd her ■ consort, Prino* Henry, had a miraculous escape from » serious aceideut.vdjl.rmE'their customary ' . drive from, tho palace at Tho Haguo after lunch.; Tho driving two higlistepping greys in a.'high phaoton. Turning from, Oranio Straat into Park Straafc the Prince intended : to" pass to tho left of a'n "olefetric ,trairfway-car coming', from / SchoveniiigeiVv At ; tho last moment hi 3 . Royal' Highness, tried to cross the; rails in / front of .tlio car. Thb driver of ; the/ car,: put :ou the brakfc, .but. .tho yohiclo ran "into the back,whefels : of,tlie/pl;aeton with great' :, "t force, completely,; wrecking. the vohicle, 1 . '■ Tho Prince was ,throivn on. liis knees,.on tho-box-scat. Tho .Queen; ..who retained her scat,' in spitb, of,'tli6j-faot that/the vohicla ' was tilted sharply ; over-' on to' one ; side, V sprang'out arid seized the bridles of tho plunging horses. The Quoon ami tho .Prinoo'.were unhurt; .and walked, back to . "tho Palace.' A; telegram from HjiliiEaxi-(N.iS.)istates thafc: /;' ■ tho West Indian mail Beta, fromr Halifax for Jamaica,v.struclc a. rock when five miles off Turk's.lsland and was totally , wrecked.;,- All . Bishop Satterlee, who . was-regarded .as ono of., the most- accbmpli'shecl prelatesiin the . . Protestant Episcopal-Church of America, has died at Washington! of " pneumonia, •■■■■: . FEBRUARY 27.'. '<■ Mr. .Charles M: Sanfordj . ''V of Brooklyn,. \,lwoui»ded,in his .office rat;; NowV r l r prk"-.b'y ' '"'.young' and comely woman 1 ' namfcd : .Jj«mit Blunt, who declares that' Mr. Sanford treated her as Stanford White treated Mrs. . Evelyn Thaw. . Sho'.calnily announced that - in shooting him her hand had % b'fien".guYded : . by lleaveu. :Mr;;.Sanford is.itfot'..expected • ■ to-., -The-;deed/accomplished;' th<s '. woman rushed iijto th'o. crowded, street, where sho was- nearly, lynched; by a mob. . . L- Mr., Sanford, who, has recovered conscious'■riess, denies absolutely .the ydiifig woman's ■>. • story. ■/.' -, ; General Tung- Fusiang. who organised tho Boxer insurrection■ m 1900. has diod m ; , ■ exile- at Kangsou, .and tho..Chinese.;Gj)v^/ ; ' : ■ orument has confiscate his' property.':.;.,;' • medical;-officer, to. ,the i Mes-... sageries Maritimes, Company-' -at.v Mar■ -."soillcs,- has been, shot : dead "by?>9.;,sailor' .whom he had declined to. certify/as unfit 1 for. service.-/\ ; , : of :a. tramway-car. coriduetor ,ac- - o'cused of knocking down''and killing a little ; ; /girl, tho : jury ..of, ; the, Supreme Court' of v" . Now Jersey, anxious'',to' end tlio, ease, de- | cided to settle tho nian's 'fttto by spiiinihg. -' a icoin. Tho.".judge, coming, to hear of it . / • sharply, reprimanded the'jurors and.'tinea ' each of them £10. Four American Mormon v missionaries from - . ■ Utah, who were arrested recently at Coire, -» hayo beoli sentenced' to threedavs-'iiV-prionmerit without the option of a fiho and 1 also to expulsion from • Switzerland io'- " preaching polygamy.. /.;. >v, .-' . Our Brussels correspondent states that thera ■ is more or less a deadlock between thf King .of.-'the', Belgians and his 'Ministers. - -■ Leopold" 11. ''wants'a',substiritial ! quid -pro.-, i .quo ' in' exchango for;'thq' ; :Do'maino de lai .v \ Courcnno which. he'.'is tq -ldsoViinder; tho . .•.'.amended; 'prpjMt',(of''atauexation : .. of.', tli«. . Congo by Belgium ! '>