EPITOME OF NEWS.

Lake County Press, Issue 499, 28 April 1892, Page 2

EPITOME OF NEWS.

j Winterly weather. I H. J. Walter, Dunedin, a bmltropfc. The proprietorship of the Dunst.vrt Times has changed hands. Mr Pylce jun,, is the new owner. Shareholders in the Globe newspaper have held a large- meeting, at which they decided to continue the publication of the paper. ; Mr A polios Dale, for many years 1 stationmaster at Port Chalmers, died in Dunedin hospital on Thursday slight: from injuries sustained while proceeding from Dnnediu to Port Chalmers jby the G. 15 p.m. train. He appearedi to have l>eon late in arriving on the ‘ pla f forrn at Dui.edin, and bad just time to jump on the guard’s van as the train was leaving the station. It is surmised that when he got to Ravensbnurne he vas desirous of shifting ! into a carriage, and had caught hold of

the iron stanchions of the carriage he wished to enter, when tlie train started and he fell between the railway platform and the train. The wheels of the carriage passed over both his legs. Both limbs were amputated at the hospital, hut he died & few hours after his admission. A special grain-lifting train made up of 54 waggons due at Winton on Fri-

day at 7.15 p.m., came to grief about thre j -quarters of a mile south of the st ition. Driver Graham noticing som& bullocks on the Hu < abut off steam and whistled for the brake s, but the engine overtoils tiie animals at the Winten Greek Bridge. The frightened c-eatnres attempted to cross the bridge; losing their footing, the engine was upon thorn, forcing one down through the bridge and carrying, four across.. All were terribly mutilated and presented a sickening spectacle, while the locomotive looked as if it had run through a shambles. Fortunately the engine kept the rails till it, the tender, and two trucks had crossed the creek, when it left the metals, tearing np thfr 1 permanent way and coming to a stand 1 almost broadside on, and none too soon for had it run a few yards further it would have toppled over the embank- ! ment, and loss of life would very likely have taken place.—Southland Times. At the District Court, Oamaru, on Friday, before his Honor Judge Ward, abankruptnamed Alexander M‘Naught was committed for contempt of Court. | The Deputy-official Assignee, when the j case for bankrupt's examination was called on, stated that, despite the vigorous efforts of the police, he had lien unaMe to serve him with a warrant to appear, and he was about to ask for an adjournment when someone pointed out the bankrupt sitting in the body of the Court. On being brought before the Bench he declared that he did not recognise his bankruptcy, and that he had been robbed by his creditors. lie refused repeat }dly to answer questions, and his Honor ultimately was compelled to commit him to the Dunedin common gaol for an indefinite period until he expresses his willingne; s to submit to examination. Just bfore he filed the bankrupt sold sheep to the value of £174. He declared he wrapped this sum, in hard cash, in a. blanket, and deposited it in a shed next his house, and that during temporaly absence the money was stracted. He made no effort to find it, and did not communicate to the polic-. He discovered his loss after the bailiffs had broken in and taken possrsaion.

Michael Power pleaded guilty to a common assault at South Dunedin. The others accused were discharged in the case, in which a man and his wife were said to have been assaulted and robbed ; bat the victims appear to have been drunk. M. Loubet has caused the arrest of 51 Anarchists in Paris and 92 in the provinces simultaneously, and it is hoped that one decisive stroke will paralyse the arrangements for the demonstration on May Day. !• A madman, armed with a revolver, managed to gainaninterview withjSenator Carvaltio in Madrid, and demanded the sum of LIOO. The latter paid portion of the amount and promised the remainder, but in the meantime the perpetrator of the outrage was taken into custody. Policemen have been granted permission in several of the Berlin suburbs to carry revolvers, which are to be used, however, only in extremely urgent cases. At Helena Bay, Auckland, on the 21st, Arthur Kattan stabbed Robert Butler, who in turn shot Kattan dead. Both men are said to be foreigners. Butler is in custody. According to The Times’ correspondent at Sofia, among the persons suspected of having been accessory to tl e 1 murder of M. Beltcheff was a ce t i n Tufektchieff. Ineffectual attemps were j made to find this man, and his younger brother, aged eighteen, was arrested. When the ordinary methods of investigation failed to extract the desired information as to his brother’s whereabouts, various tortures were used, in consequence of which the victim died shortly afterwards in a hospital. Signor Henri Bosquet, of Buenos Ayres, says there are some 16 m -n to one woman in that very interesting South American metropolis, and that any newly-arrived, fairly good-looking candidate for matrimony can readily ; have a choice of fully fifty eager swains. Gladstone thinks female franchise is premature. Fourteen dynamite bombs have been discovered in Ruslchuk, which, it is believed, indicate a fresh attack on public men by Bulgarian refugees.

A 15-year-old Negro girl was lynched at Bayville on March 12 for attempting to poison a family of nine persons with “ rough on rats.” it appears a colored woman employed about the house had offended her, and sh ft proposed to revenge herself by killing everybody in sight. The girl acknowledged whom she intended to kill, but said also she did not part'cularly care who else suffered.

The Manchester Courier positively declares that Prince George of Wales and Princess May are engaged, and that an announcement to that effect will be made shortly.

The Durham Miners’ Fe I ra f ion have invited the m; sters to a conference to discuss matters in dispute. The engineers on the Tyne and Wear have returned to work on the masters’ terms.

The spinners are parti \lly resuming work.

On March 17, in tha House of Commons, Mr Nolan moved tho adjournment of the discussion on the vote for an liish Teachers’ .Fund, on the ground that most of the Irish members were absent because of its being St. Patrick’s Day. Mr Balfour said that this was not tho fault of the Government, and after further debate he invoked the cloture. Mr Nolan’s motion was defeated by 121 to 41. The Irish members then withdrew in a body. Mr Conybeare and Mr Labouchere protested against the Government course, when Mr Balfour again moved the cloture, and the Teachers’ Fund Grant was adopted by a vote of 110 to 17. England accepts the prop >sal for a monetary conference in America if it is limited to the discussion of tho enlarged use of silver, but not if free coinage is to be debated. The Journal Pere Peinard (Paris) has been seized on account of articles appearing in it in sympathy with the Anarchists. The police have seized numerous papers in the lodgings occupied by alleged Anarchists which disclose a plot to dynamite the public offices including those occupied by the mayor, the Oommissiare, and also the church in Argonteuil. Thirty thousand copies of a violent placard inciting to revolt on May Day were also seized.