DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 253, 18 July 1908, Page 10

DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

; WEEKLY SUMMARY BY MAIL. Tho following weekly summary of tho world's news is .taken from tho "Daily Mail" Overseas Edition of Juno 6:— MAY 29. A balloon piloted by Mr. Cooy is reported to have covered over 800 miles in eleven hours. It started from Quincy, Illinois, and came down nt Clearlake, South Dakota. Two schoolmasters of Morlaix, France, and a girl, the daughter of ono of them, have - been swallowod up by. tho soft mud in Morlaix Harbour. They ran ashore at low water. It was getting dark, and as they could not got the boat out of the mud they partially undressed and tried to scramble ashore. Shrieking for help, the three unfortunate peoplo wero engulfed in tho mud. Their bodies navo not been found. Tho German Emperor, accomp.micd'by tho Emprc-ss, tho l£ing arid Queen of Sweden, and a large naval and military suite, opened in Berlin in ponon an exhibition; tho object of which is to demonstrate the progress mado by Germany in naval architecture. Tho exhibition is most excellent of its kind, and not only illustrates the development of ship construction, but serves as an object-lesson .on the subject of instruments of naval warfare, . The most interesting models arc exhibited by the greafc shipbuilding firms, showing-how their business;'has extended, arid there is also a unique display of almost every -'appurtenance of niodorn war vessels, from cables ' to coiining towers. . Quarters for naval lieutenants and': hieher officers have been constructed.. Searchlights and "'lighthouses are shown in action, and specimens. arc exhibited of torpedoes, mines, cannons, and. projectiles of all sizes., .... A St. Petersburg telegram states that the Duma Commission on tho Drink Question has reported in favour, of removing the Imperial eagle fronv: tho labels of vodka bottle 3 and substituting a skull and crossbones, denoting poison; with 1 appropriate warnings against over-indulgence. ' MAY 30. M. Delagrange, tho well-known-aoroplanist, has in ltome mado a record flight ■ with his hoavior-than-air machine. : Describing his performance, M.. Delagrarigo said: "I mado an aoroplano flight lasting' 'fifteen minutes. and twenty-five seconds, '-and covering 12'. kilomotros and 7.50 metres (sixty-yards'.short of eight milos), over a courso marked out by posts. I .made thirty-five turns, Tho flight was watched by Italian officials.' 'Tho flight: was magnificent, the height of tho maohino from , tho ground boing frbm 9J-ft. to 16ft..' A light wind was blowing at ten to thirteen feet a second. I succeeded at tho first attempt and rose into tho air aftor a run of about a hundred yards. The courso, • measured outside the poles, was somo nine miles and'three-quarters long. After my flight tho Italian officials drew up an account of the ; proceodings, which will be sent to the' Aero Club of Franco to establish my claim to.tho.record. I have won ' tho Archdeacon Cup ■ for the' lougost flight, _ and, if tlio experiment had taken placo in Paris, should havo also won tho prize of £400 .for staying a quarter of an hour in tho • air . by MM. Arrnongaud and Moritefibre.' I havo made experiments beloro Queen Marghorita,- tho King of Italy's mother. TTnluokily, after, making three-quarters of the. circlo of tlio Piazza d'Armi, an unexpected" gust of wind drove tho machine towards the spectators and, colnpolled "a sudden stoppage, which' damaged tho chassis, further attempts being thus rendered impossible. Her Majesty, hopes soon, to be ablo to order an aoroplauo for hor own use and to experiment with tho new sport." _ Mr. Fannan : at Ghont has made ,'two flights, one of about, a milo in lmiri. 33soe. and anothor of ; 1250 yards in 57sec. A Ghent lady accompanied Mr. Farman in his aoroplano in a third flight, being tho first ' woman"to leave tho ground in a heavior-than-air machine. Mr. Wilbur Wright, tho American aoroplanist, has brought'ono of the machines, about which so much has been heard, to France, and will shortly begin experiments. • . Berlin is about to witness a romarkablo journalistic experiment 'in tho appearance of a nowspaper which will bo half Conservative arid half, Liberal. The sponsors aro tho proprietors of .tho old National-Liboral !■', organ, tho , " National ' Zeitung," .and. tho ■ Anglophobe high-Consorvativo " Die Post," Vvrliich' will bo amalgamated and.appear as ;-i. a single' journal. 'Top-paper will have two i., distinct political departments, under editors of opposite parties, who - will continuo to , advocate respectively, Conservative and Lib- • oral'principles within tho same columns. JUNE 1. ,' Threo schoolboys,- their brains teeming with-'lawless schemes of as the /result of much reading of- exciting literature, havo succeeded in " holding up" a ' Great . Northern passenger • train outsido Great Falls, Montana, U.SiA., aud in / robbing tho affrighted passengers of their ''purses. Their faces concealed by black ■ masks, tho lads, who wero armed with ■ revolvors, executed a daring plot with tho 'skill of tho accomplished Far Western highwaymon. Thoy stopped the train on : tho brow of a steep hill and ordered tho '| f;uard to pass his hat through'tho coaches, 1 1 Tho bearded official -demurred, and ■■ i promptly'received a bullet through his i sleovo as a warning to do as ho was-com-■'i manded. . Tho panic-stricken passengers i then dropped sovoral hundred dollars in ; tho : hat. • Olio of. • them, Mr.' William i Domsey,: a rancher, attempted .to escape, and' jumped .from tho • train on .'to tho • rails. He had not gono more than a few ' yards before orio of the lads who was on : guard shot him through the leg, fracturvi iiig tho linib so badly that it'had to bo ' amputated. Tho boys- wero captured' an I hour later by a posse of : polico sent out from Groat Falls. Their names were Albert Hatch, aged fifteen; Harry Rheams, fifteen; W. Randall, seventeen. The Vienna municipal authorities have : ' granted a concession to Messrs. Strakor 1 and Squire,' Ltd., of London ( to-operate 1 motor taximeter cabs iu ' Vienna for. ; a 1 long term of years. It is expected that ■ tho firm will begin tho sorvico in October ' with threo to four hundred cabs. ' " - : JUNE 2. M. Fallieres, the French President; accompanied by M. Piehon, the Foreign Minis- . tor, ' arid several oflicials of the French ;Foreign..Office, is oxpccted in Russia at ■tho beginning of August.' . A. thirteen-year-old girl,, Miss ! Margaret. Euler, is to > bo made an honorary iriember of tho Now York , fire brigade'in recognition of. her unexampled heroism during a fire in tho east sine of the city.which , rendered fifteen families lhomeloss. Whilo tho panic-stricken pooplo wero struggling madly to cscapo, tho mon trampling on the women, the girl mounted ono of tlio iron staircases attached. to the outsido of tho houso, forced a way into a smokefilled room, took a baby from its. mother's arms, and carried it to safety. Then sho returned, took tho woman'? second'child, assisted tho fainting mothor to her foot, and guided both-to tho fresh air. For a third time tho girl ventured intto tho suffocating room. "T bent low, as tho ■ firemen do," sho said afterwards, "and heard a woman's voice. Sho was helpless, and had a baby and an older child. 1 took tlio baby and pulled tho other with irio." Next the girl mounted to tho fourth floor -and rescued anothor .woman and hor baby. She wont back yot onco more, and led an oight-year-old boy to safoty, aftor which tho firemen arrived and relieved hor of •her task. One of the most oxciting races ovor witnessed bctweon a motor-car and a train occurred on Long Island, when Miss Marjorie Bourne, daughter of Commodore Frederick G.. Bourne, a well-known millionaire, attempted to pass tho eolobrated "cannon ball" express. Tho train was travelling at fifty-six miles an hour, when the passengers became awaro of tho figuro_

of a- young girl standing in a motor-car urging the chauffcur to drivo faster. Every moment tho speed of tho train increased, but despite the utmost efforts of tho ongine-driver the car steadily forged ahead, until, at the end of four miles of straight road, it was level with tho engine. Then, amid the frantic choors of tho passengers, tho young lady's motor-car spurted ahead and, with disregard for safety, shot across tho railway crossing a hair's breadth in front of tho train as it thundered by. Eye-witnesses hold their breath. They, affirm that a delay of half a second would have brought destruction on both ear and train. Owing to a wide bond in tho road, Miss Bourno lost tho course for the next mile, but her car shot aoross a second crossing scarcely a foot behind tho rear carriage. Finally ■ the train drow up at Oakdalo Station, tho winner by half a length. An official telegram from Boma states that sovoral earthquako shocks havo been felt recently in tho Congo district. Thero have been no casualties, but tho natives . wero panic-stnckon. Many of thom ran for milos, and refused to return to their villages unless. they ; received guns and ammunition. , ■ " . ; . JUNE 3.. Count Zeppelin's fourth great airship is, now approaoliiug completion at' Friedrichshafon, '.Lake Constaneo, Switzerland.. . After .the count's six successful ascents—one of.whiob - .lasted, over < soren hours—last year,. the ( German Imperial Government. purchased Zeppelin No. 3, with .which that record flight was mado, together with tho model of No. 4, for £107,000. Tho conditions attached are that- the. new vessel shall remain in the-air'longer than No; *3, and shall be able to.come to rest without difficulty on the earth'. Hitherto : tho Zep- ■ pelin ships havo descended on* to tho, surface of the; lake. : Tho actual ■radius of No. i is given as 1400 miles, more than equivalent, to the.distance between Lake Constaneo and Manchester. Tho airship is being specially fitted . for night : service. . Tho spaco between the two cars is divided into a bedroom for-tho captain, of the airship and a small working, room with a writing-desk^... N0.,. 4 .will havo a . very powerful searchlight' and a complete installation of Marconi's wireless telegraph apparatus.. Twelve men will be able to sleep on board. Evidence 'of, a sensational character marked tho . trial at'Cotiiije. of the .'fifty-two'.'per-; , sons', oharged with conspiring to overthrow , .the. existing, regime' in Montenegro. by ■ 'means of bomb'outragos. One of the witnesses; a ' Bosnian journalist named. Nasties,, declared that the bombs which'were ...seized wore by: order,of tho Crown Prince George of Servia, intended for use against the Montenegrin Government,' and. were manufactured by, Servian artillery officers at the "arsenal of Kraguyevatz. The Servian Minister ' has declared that , in consequence qf this alleged revelation his further stay in Cetinje has beooiuoimpos-'

! "" ~~ ' ~~ , .. i aiblo, and tliat he is only waiting instruo i tions from his Government. _ A complete . ' rupture of diplomatic relations between Sorvia and Montenegro is extremely prob- i able. | JUNE 4. .. .. j Major Alfred Dreyfus, tho hero of tho famous "affaire"and former prisoner on Devil's ' Island, was shot in the Pantheon during tho progress of tho national funeral acooTcled six years after his death t» Emile Zola, the novolist and Drejfna's champion. Major Dreyfus and -his family irero present in the Pantheon by Bpccial inritaiion. As tho ceremony, which was attended by M. Fallieres and the Cabinet Ministors, was drawing to a close, and tho people were , going out to witness tho inarch past of tho troops, a journalist named Gregory deliberately fired two shots from a revolver at the. Major. He aimed'directly at Dreyfus' s liaek. The first shot' took effect in tho right forearm, the bullet burying itself in tho flesh. Tho second bullet, after gracing Major Dreyfus's wrist, .struck tho stone flags of tho pavement. One of tho Pantheon guards, a man named Passant - saw the outrage, dr.ow his sword, and struck Gregory's arm with tho flat, causing him to lot tho pistol fall and slightly injuring him on tho wrist. At tho samo timo M. Mathieu Dreyfus sprang at hi 3 brother's assailant and gripped him ficrcoly by tho throat. . Seoing Major Dreyfus wounded, however,:, .tho peoplo near by > struck and bea.t Gregory violently.' '_M. Mathieu Dreyfus relaxing his hold, 'trifid' 1 to - protect tho man from tho crowd, but .Gregory was in the most .serious straits • when tho Prefoct 'of Police and a body of his men chme to the rescue. / Major Droy-. fus's wounds ..wero . bound'.at a surgery close by, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to,extract the bullet. His condition vis not serious.' Meanwhile, riotous scenes had occurred outsido tho Panthoou, where the public knew nothing of tho-attempt on Major Dreyfus. A largo forco of several ' thousand police had boon mustered to prorent disorder. As ' the troops marcncd through tho streets, to take up theirposi-. : tion for the march-past after the "inter- | inont,. loud shouts of '.'Vive l'Armeo"' and " A bas Zola " were raised. Ovor 300 arrests were made, and tho Boulevard St.' Michel was in uproar for a considerable time. Gregory, who was led after the outrage into the nave of tho Pantheon and summarily questioned, stated that he was • sixty-sis years old, and a journalist on tha : staff of tho Paris daily paper "Le Gaulois." ■ He said "I did not fire specially at Dreyfus, but at./Dreyfusism generally." Ho said that he fired the shots becausothe "glorification of Zola was an insult 1 to France and her. army." His'colleagues , attribute his act to the hea,t, and. the effects of "a recent bereavement as much as to political ... cassions.

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