NEWS FROM ALL PARTS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 October 1910, Page 6

NEWS FROM ALL PARTS.

(Per Independent Service.)

FATE OF A RUSSIAN SPY. BERLIN, October 7

Eugene Azeff, the notorious Russian spy, is reported to have been assassinated at Wiesbaden.

Ever since his exposure of the Russian Terrorists there has been a price m Azeff’s head.

Azeff came into prominence about 18 months ago at the trial of the ex-chief A the Russian police Lopukhin, on a charge of having in his official position, connived at various assassinaions, of which leading public men were the victims.

Azeff was employed by the secret police in Russia. Prior to that he was in active association with the revolutionaries and actually planned some )f the murders the latter perpetrated. Evidence of Azeff’s complicity was contained in a letter read by one of the members of the Duma. But the Premier (M. Stolypin) discounted the evidence, and declared that Azeff was nothing more than one of the ordinary spies, who, while the Terrorist’s organisations existed, were necessarily maintained. Azeff subsequently disapeared.

KING ALFONSO. LONDON, October 7. A startling report is being, circulated to-day. It is said that King Alfonso is suf•nng from a malignant disease, and that he is near deatil’s door.

Up to the present ho- has been kept in ignorance of the developments in Portugal.

JACK JOHNSON AS MOTORIST. NEW ORK, October 7. A motor-car race between champion boxer Jack Johnson and Barney Oldfield will be brought off on the Sheepshead Bay track, near Coney Island, on the 20th inst.

Johnson some little time ago challenged to race anyone in the world in high-powered cars for a distance of 100 miles on an enclosed track.

A STEAMER ROBBERY

VANCOUVER, October 3

A message from Seattle states that bullion and bank notes aggregating in value many thousands of dollars were stolen from the mail room of the steamer City of Seattle last night or , arly this morning. A sailors’ messboy named Buckley who worked on the vessel, has been arrested in connection with the robbery.

The police found on the boy eight gold bricks and a large number of notes.

WEST INDIES ENTHUSIASTIC LONDON, October 7.

The news of the approaching visit to the West Indies of Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada, has been received with enthusiasm, the people regarding it as proof of the sincere interest England takes in their affairs. Popular opinion in the islands favours the carriage of the mails via Canada instead of by way of the United States.

It was cabled recently that Earl Grey was going to the West Indies with the object of following up the recent investigation by a Royal Commission into the trade relations between the islands and Canada.

THE LOS ANGELOS OUTRAGE SAN FRANCISCO, October 7.

Workmen are still digging amongst the ruins of the Times office, at Los Angelos, in the effort to recover the seven bodies that are still buried beneath the debris.

To-day they unearthed the corpse of Mr Grant Moore, who was found in a kneeling position, with his hands clasped as if engaged in prayer when death came.

This makes the sixteenth of the victims of the great tragedy whose remains have been recovered. Seven more bodies have yet to be found.

A WONDERFUL METEOR. LONDON, October 7,

A huge meteor made is appearance over Johannesburg yesterday evening. It was about half the size of lire moon, and during its passage it lighted up the country with a brilliancy like that of broad daylight.

It is estimated that the meteor was only 150 miles from the earth. Scientific circles are puzzled over the phenomenon, which they declare is against all reason.

AMBUSHED BY BRIGANDS. ST. PETERSBURG, October 7

A telegram from Circassia stated that troops who had been sent in pursuit of Zelim Khan, a notorious brigand, had been ambushed. Four officers and 12 soldiers were killed and many others wounded. Reinforcements were being sent against the outlaws, but the absence of roads was hampering the operations. FIFTY YEARS HENCE. LONDON, October 7. Speaking at Queen’s College yesterday Professor Cromb predicted that in 1950 Australia would be as near to London as Yorkshire was to the metropolis 100 years ago. HILARIOUS JACK TARS. NEW YORK, October 7. , The Naval Board is investigating the capsize of a steam tender by which 29 blueiackets belonging to the battleship New Hampshire were drowned in the Hudson River while returning from shore leave on Saturday last. The inquiry as far as it has proceeded shows that the board will probably have to report that the sailors, were in hilarious spirits, and that their frolics alone were responsible for the overturning of the tender.. COUNTESS OF ANTRIM’S JEWELS OTTAWA, October 3. William Gardiner, a bell-boy at the Hotel Alexandra at Winnipeg, where the 'Countess of Antrim was staying when hex - iewels were stolen recently, has confessed that he is the perpetrator of the robbery. In his statement to the police young Gardiner said ho “simply walked into the room and just took the jewels.”