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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7414, 2 October 1902, Page 3

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: BttiGrANI)S>KIDNAIV APRIOKv; ••;; Albahian brigands liavo r kidnapped the Prior" of the Monastery -plr-pes^ chanitt, near.lpok, and have cirtlcd him'to 'the mountains. They sent a messenger to the monastery^to-say that-if £200 was • riot paid -within a fortnight .the-Prior would be cut inr to four pieces, and that he would rel eelve the same: late it troops .were sent against them. ■-,. The irionks declare that they are too poor to provide the ranspui. ;■■•'..■ ■ < : AMERICAN OUTPOST RUSHED. A patty of Moros attacked an outpost -of the 27th Infantry at the camp -at Vicars, in the Philippines, early on August 12, and killed Sergeant Poley and Private Carey, am' severely wounded Private Vandorn. The entire outpost rushed to the relief of their comrades, but were temporarily overpowered. The ■ Americans who were killed and wounded were terribly hacked by the swords and spears of the assailants;' THE CZAR'S HOPE. :; On the departure of 'the KaiseV from Jleval the Czar ordered this signal to be flown from the yacht Stan-, dart:—" I hope we shall be friends for ever." The Kaiser repeated the: signal. The Hbhenzollern replied "Verily, before the whole world." I lie Stand art .'repeated this signal • •. . , JOTTINGS ; ■'•,. •■ 'V , For t murdering a tiny girl of four in Kolmar,. Alsace, a schoolboy, aged 13, has been sent.to prison for 13 years, i Under the pretence of giving her cherries he had Jed her to a cherry tree, and breaking off a heavy branch, struck her down with it and trampled her to death with his feet. Princess Nadeida Sutzu, a member of .; a.. Rounianian family of royal blood, has been converted from Greek Orthodoxy to . Roman Catholicism, and in her enthusiasm for her new faith she has'resolved to-take the veil. She is the'heiress to a fortune of about two millions sterling. Her father, Prince Alexander Sutzu, is in despair. -. - '■ - '

One of the most touching-incidents with regard to-the Coronation seems' to have been, oyprlooked by most, people. It was as the King was onhis way to the Abbey, he lafd his hand on Queen Alexandra's knoe, in response to which her Majesty clasped his hand with an affectionate- gesture is if to reassure him and give him confidence. It was a small incident but it spoke volumes. :

Three alligators left the river at Port Bassinger, Florida", and attacked a herd of cattle which was grazing on the banks. A desperate fight ensued.between a bull and one of the alligators, the. bull finally killing his antagonist by trampling it to death.

The trustees under Mr Rhodes', will have' entrusted to Mr G. R. Parkin, C.M.G., the task of preparing .a--scheme for colonial and American scholarships.