DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 175, 18 April 1908, Page 10

DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

WEEKLY SUMMARY BY MAlli,

Tho following weekly summary of. the world's news is taken from tho "Daily Mail" Overseas Editibn of March 7

; FEBRUARY 28. - ; Two bombs were thrown at tho Shah of Persia at Teheran. His Majesty escaped unhurt, thanks.to his prudence in driving ill -ail ordinary carriage bfchind his automobile, which had all the appearance of being occupied by its royal owner. The automobile was slightly damaged. After the oiitrago the Shall walked back to - 'tho palaco surrounded. by his. bodyguard, The boirtbs were thrown-from, the roof of a house in' a narrow street.. One \boinb ex-, ploded in the air, While the other Struck tho ground near. the Shah's motor-car, .. Hilling three;out-riders ilnd wounding the .: ohauffeur . and about ' twenty : ,others. : Mohammed AlrMirzah came t.o the throne in January, 1007, and has ever sirico been engaged in a constitutional struggle-with , his Parliament and people. ? ■ As the royal carriago containing King Alfonso drove .t9 'tlie Comedia . Theatre, at Madrid a suspicioUs-looking man with , one hand •in his coat pocket approached. Polico immediately rushed forward and ; arrested • hirii.. Hq. is - a dangerous Aliar- ■ chist,; who intended to attempt the King's life. Sendr Maura,. the- Preitiier, has de-.-blared in the Senate that though' the lives* of tho highest we're menaced he! ivould .pursue- his. policy of crushing the I Anarchists. "• ■ ■' ■; '■ ' V.' ; . - -,- ■ . ' FEBRUARY 29. A sensational murder occurred at Los Angeles, California, . when Mr. William,'l 5 . .; M'Conias, a wealthy milling engineer, shot Mrs;- Charlotte' Noyes for throwing, sul- ,■: plravic acid .Ji his face; • Mri~ M'Conias walked into .the' Hotel "during a ~ ball,'!and told."a police -official, who',was . ; on.©, of- the gtiests,' that he. wished to' giVB ,up f&r; murder. .- Mrs. Noyes ,;was ' found;, dead on tho flbbr of the diliingroom\inv.h'er, fesidencbjNal short •distai'ico . from; the hotel; Mr. M'Coinas, Svhose' face • v was badly . burned by acid, declared that he had been annoyed by the woman for /.months,.'. and that when he told , her that ! lib ,■ did not wish . to ' teeef her again-- she Vdashed, a':'.tuinbier,containing the acid,,into . ' his face. ; Mrs. ' was,, the\divorced' .. wife -of , a,' .pfbmiiieii't '.business 'ihan -of 'Lbs' '' Angeles.i'-;-/I.'.i At Goppenst-ein'i ill the canton of Wallis, a . great avalanche fell across the "entrance . ~to. tho tunhel of ; the- •Loetschberg Railway■, now;', being .^constructed; to connect, Berno ■ vrith the Simploh.The pS'essure' of' air displaced - by v . tho. avalanche: ■ \vrccked the hotel, . quite, recently built, for tke accom- , modatio(\/ of ..the .staff engaged' on. tho' I works.,. EloVen dead .bbdies;have been r'g- . covered, • antj'/tliere are fifteen injured. , ■

The-U.S/A. .House of Representatives Coi)i- ---' mitteo on Nival Affail-s .has acre©!; to re- . caniniend the construct! op of itwo, steel floating dry clocks ; capable - of v pcconiino- ;■ dating 20,000-ton on?, for tho . Atlahtic alid- '0110 ' for ■ the Pacific coast; -> also the /establishment of a nq.vnl statliii] at ; Pearl Harbour; near Honolulu. 1 1 •

, MARCH 1. The- downfall; of- Antoino Thomas, honest "• by . day. : and; cunning .thief by. -• night, was completed when , lie sen--Itericed -toljsix;' years':; penal; servitude'.'.at .Limoges : for''thefts. from churches: Consternation was caused 111 the largo town•of Clermont-Ferrand 'when, 111 October laStj the -wealthy merchant and: philan-arrested-oir a charge ofstealing a"n<-histotiC' cope-from a cliuHi m. a neighboring,..town—u-Tlio scandal grew when the; police: searched Thomas's house, found priceless- works of aft hidden in the collars, aivd .discoyer&d a cupboard ; full of poisons iiml hypodermic' syringes. Fear, that- ah woman'wM dimi. might bo involved .in-the-.icjiftdal caused'Thortas to confess;.,\.He ;relited-._an extraordinary . ■ story of .a gang of -thieves, \with he id- ... ~in .Paris aha,, agists, .in' ; \London tv ;Now.!Yprlcj , ahd all over Fratice.. He wns, ■;he. said, : .one ,of the /agents.,. Operating in , i a .motor-car. by night*. he successfully stole church treasures',which wheh sold gave a -.return -.of y.£86,000 in;.twp: years..i,

The > wedding of ' Prince Ferdinand of Bulvgana- ; and' Princess .'Elconore : of", Rcuss- . Koestritz wg«' ! &t : ' l Cojfare?; cording to - tlie Roman Catholic 'rite,Ttj the Church of St.. Augustine. '■ ■ ' .V ,y:V O'J-

, ' MARCH 2. /V-Ov^'X King Ijeopold's .porpoiial claims as .owner ,bf' ; the. Crown-Poinain' within the Congo Freb State are Reported, to be financially, settled . with the'; Belgian Government, and the .arrangements'-for the. transfer. of' the. sovereignty • of the'; Congo ■ Free State 'in' its , .entirety; tij;.,the Belgian Government ate "thereby; advanced an inipoftant: istagc.' Tliat part; of the, special fund .'created in .'return.;, for.!., the King abandoning . .the \ Crown "Domain, which is to. be . spent in Belgium, will, apparently go 'to .maintain w'pi;ks_ ..hitherto defrayed from his -privy purse;' The .Government will Parliament.,the creation-'of. : a special fund ; '. ioxecution, of: works' for; the Colonial. :'Mtiscuin. ; „.;aiid'World 7, Sdiippl. J - at ~ Tervueren (the Congo . Museum), the;; '. 'plotioii of ' the wbrks at" Laeken" (tlio" re- ; . ''.■sidcnco;'; of" the' royal ■. family), =; andthe ■ [.'.carrying .'out of;.thS;.'.#brks; for'i'the-'im- ;' provenient" of Ostend,'in' whibh the King is. much' interested,: tlie icost of the • lastnamed works being estimated at '£800,005.'' 1, 1 The special fund will be under . £2,400,000. On the other hand, an annual credit of £120,000 will bo inserted in the Coiigo Budget for fifteen years, anil will be emt ployed for works exclusively Congolese, ■ such as- the building of hospitals, s&ria- ' tbria, and similar works. The ''Bulletin Olficiel" of tho Coiigo Free State will ; .'publish forthwith a decree issued by- the ■ King,' as Sovereign, of the Stated abolishing the. Crown Domain in-the Congo... ' A ferryboat, bvbrturiled while crbssing the liiver, Yonne, near-Avallon. Five of the

six .passengers were drowned. The sixth ■ swam to . tlio-.baiik; but liis -gone mad.': The French Government has decided'to send ; SQOO'- more : troops'to Morocco to strike a ' ..decisivo blbw :'(is soon as possible. - Tib ftampaign hns alroady cost verv nearly £4,000,000. There have been fifty' killed tind about 300: wounded.- . '■

■' MARCH 3. '' "A' determined attempt has. been mado,tb assassinaj.e tho Chief Af Police of Chicago, Miv George M. Sliippy, who .during' the last week' h&s drawii a'riiig of armed tectives arouiid the. haunts of Aiiarcliisin in that cityr His. son .Harry iras -severely wounded, wliild. his 'coaclimnh" es- . capcd with lighter injuries. Mr. • Sliippy himself, who shot his assailant dead, is badly out- about tho -hands and wrists. As : Mr. Shippy was about:to leave his residence for the Hall, a mail of sinister dSpect entered and handed, him 1 a letter. _ A sebond later . Mr, Sliippy was engaged iii: a life and death struggle with the strahger,; who was ar/iiccl with botii knife ahd v revolver. Mr. Harry Shippy " and tho coachman canie hnrrj ing 'to Mie scene.' • The Anarchist shot' Mr. Harry Sliippy in the lungs, and wounded the • doachnmii. _ Mr. Sliippy then succcedcd ill grasping his oivii revolver, and sent' four •bulk# into ''tliri assassin's brain. Mr. Shippy's assailant was an ltqlion or Slav, about twenty-foiir ybar's of age. Mayor Bubso,/ after ; consultation with tho chief .'of-polico, has decided.that it is urgently necessary. to organise a campaign (jf extorniinatioii agailiSt tho Anarchists. The l'ope has announced. his intention of presenting to his beloved City of Venice . tho «ilt angel Which is to croivn the Campanile of . St. Miirk'S wliferi completed. , Racing on. Orraoiid Beach, Florida, on a 60 li.p. Bom ear, Mr. Bergdoll won the 125milo raco. in tho romarkabla time of 113 min. SO 2-Ssoo. ,

; y. I -.' MARCH 4. 150 little children, ranging in age from 9 to 12 years, lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the public school at Collin- , wood,! a suburb of Cleveland,'-. Ohio. Tho three-storied plain brick building was pramjned to tho last seat with little scho- ' lars When tho cry of "Fire I" startled them out o ftheir wits. rushsed to tha ' stairway, perceived : that tho'ilauies were . mounting from tho fir6fc .floor,' and straightway began screaming and/.fight- : ing ill''terror."• There.ware but tiro'exits. ; Onjy. a few were found at the one door whifcli led to. safety. ■ Others, converging . from all points, were in a few seconds jammed in an inextricable writhing mass . behind a door which, opening , inwards, • . barred them frorii all possibility of fcscapb. lieforo long, the hall was packed 1 to tho * ■ coiling .with suffocating, screalniiig, chil-i. \ ' • dron. ' Then, and then only, 1 spiiic boys and;girls, realising 'tlio impossibility of ' forcing a way,.:retreated to the wiiliin^.' and throw themselves iuto tho street. Mies • • Anna Moran, the principal, was iji , her office on the second iloor, when tho alarm rang'out. Sho tuched to tlio door. Down' i thestairway. long-lines-of children Were.'., inarching in straight lines with their tea- ~ ; chers beside ,thorn. ..Some of the- staallesfc : - ones were laughing. They; thought that itwas the customary fire drill. But .ou tha • lowor floor the flames Jeajied, toWard them. - They burst intb terrifyinf? 'scrcaihs aiid ' madly ran to the front door. ..which':immb--1 liately becamo jommcd with" mhsses-V'of - ( b6dics.'-pil^'-u().~ : 'behmd.::!'''lffisß.'Cai!i'd , ihQ.' : AYiler,.a. second-grade, teiichei - ,".sprang into tho' midstof : the; children/-'cdpinlandiiigY . .them to keep.cool. 'She was dragged down. and oi-ushed to/death. Miss Grace Fisk,. third-grade'.teacherj' shared-.the. samo teV- ; ,' riblo fato.Vßy this time the-fire-brigade. * was on the'scene. Every window was failed • v< ; ith the'pauic-st-ncken- faces of- saifcriiig ' > cliildrciii The.-ladders were."too.'short to' • reach the.third floor to rescuo tlife staaller • ohildren, who porisked ; miserably. Before • maby- minutes tho flooring,, .firsts of one . story and then of tho otliors, fell with a crash into.tho cellar. Around the burning : building was a harrowing spectacle. ■■ Scores - of mothers and fathers were assembled,'• screaming, cursing, —and praying, yet ' ■ doomed helplessly, to ..witness the deferuo tion of their own children.

, ' MUCH 5 Tho St. Petersburg. Acadom.v.; of" Science haa • : ]U6t despatched a ivell-aquipped expedition . to tljo• viilloy. of: Santauriauh,-.m NoHhern .. Siberia, in order .to excavate the remains > of a .mammoth- which has been di6coyerccl . 1 about 200 miles-from the village-of Kasa- ' 1 cilia; ■ Hairrtovorcd flesh : was found ad-; . . henng -:to. tho ■ bones; •; Tho remains will bo l ,:' trau3p6rW.-by sobme : 50! sleighs, ■ reindeer, to the River Lena, : aiid:. the Anal stages of the journey, from Irkutsk to Ste • . Petersburg, be. completed .by train. Tile mammoth is' heli.eved to. have' lived . about 100,000 years'ago.. > . 1 •A Buenos Airos .message; states, that a bomb was.thrown at President Alcorta as be; waa • .entering his".house,,/ in, the: pa[iitaU it failed to, cxnlodOj 'and Presideut Alcorta coooly sfefc th6;..'iuissUe: : ai^ds/f>a^\->^dd i while. l ;: his attendants' ' oxtinguMed ' the . fuse.. i■ ■. . : i 1 Tho ordeal of-enduring, a year of continuous . journeying 111 railway trams is now told . by tho oommercial travellor who' has won "a . £1200' bet with an American eportstfiin * • that -, he could perform tho feat. ; His- - routo -was from Vienna :to Lini, Salzbhrg, . and Innsbruck repeated without, missuig a "singlo train.':. ' ; V,,* r; - ■ The ship canal from ißorlm to, Stettin, which . will transform, tho capital into .a . seaport, accessible to vessels.ot moderate. size;:will, according to present, expectations; be com-.- ; pletod in 1912." Tho total cost of the canal 1 :will lie approximately £2,250,000.