BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXI, Issue 13370, 24 February 1904, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

United Proas Association —Ey Electric Telegraph—Copyright. A DEMENTED COUNT. ST PETERSBURG, February 22. Count Dembslcy, who became demented and fired into a crowd at Warsatv, killed thirteen persons before he .was disarmed. Ho kept the police at bay for four hours. DEATHS FROM TINNED FOOD. BERLIN, February 22. Five deaths have occurred from tinned vegetables at Saxony. PERFORMING CHIMPANZEE. Tho performing chimpanzee, “Consul,’' died at Berlin. Ho wan insured for £29,000. ' (“ Consul ” was a chimpanzee monkey of unusual intelligence and high training, and was quite tho rage in London before Christmas.)'