GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9193, 6 May 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

GENERAL NEWS.

EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCES Of * I DETECTIVE. Among tho passengers by the garnia from Liverpool recently for Halifax wag Dtcective Murray, of Toronto, who returns to Canada, hav< in custody & man charged with obtaining lS.OOOdols. by forgery, Th details of the capture and the journeyim ° of the officer and prisoner are extraordinary' Prison'or fled to Mexico, thinking to esca extradition ; he wa* pursued at the insu,,? of the Canadian Government and arreef ? and in order to avoid obstacles luat wo M bo in the way by paging through H, United States, the officer determined , reach Canada by steamer. Tliev i» j through Vera Cruz, Cuba, Hnytj ? Jamaica without finding a vessel a Jamaica they embarked on the Atrato t Southampton, afterward* passing »hr , London to Liverpool for a Canadian etea The journey is calculated at 20.00(1 m,i m L r ' land and sea. ' ® Uwb /

DEATH or A RAILWAY H£k o The death has occurred at Crewe of of tho beet-known engine-driven j n ?l® service of tho North-western Railway c Eany, in the person of William J J!®' Deceased, who had been president ol th Locomotive Insurance Company, was t| 6 hero of the Bangor railway dieter l] 6 had crossed the Monai Tubular Bridge in charge of the Irish mail train, and Wag travelling at a terrific speed, when lie fca directly in front a broken-down goods train James immediately shut off steam and reversed his engine. His mate leaped and e«:apod, but Jamea decided to remain though ho said afterwards he regarded it aa certain death. His engine ran right throu-h tho guard's van of the luggage tram smashing it Into matchwood, mounted on the top of two preceding trucks, and then rolled over with him. His ribs were battered in, but he eventually pulled through after a long illness, and resumed his duties. His funeral was largely attended.

A FEARFUL TRAGEDY. At Atalanta, Georgia, Miss Julia Force, a sister of one of the leading merchants, and belonging to a family moving in the best circles in the town, had » violent quarrel with her two sisters. At length she seized a revolver and shot both of them dead. She had been suffering from mental disease for some time past, and had but recently recovered from an attack of mania when she committed the crime. Her mother, it eeeras, was absent, and Mies Force, having sent the servants out on an' errand, went to the room in which her sister Florence was lying ill in bed, and shot her in the temple, killing her immediately. She then proceeded to the kitchen, where her youngest sister Minnie was at work, and fired at her with equally fatal effect. None of the neighbours heard the reports of the shots, ana the first intimation of the tragedy came from Miss Julia Force herself, who, after calmly locking the doors of the house, went to the police station and gave herself up. There is no doubt she is insane, and committed the murders in an access of frenzy. She is aged about 38, while Iter sister* Florence and Minnie were 33 and 23 respectively.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A FUNERAL. In a remote village in Hungary a husband and his wife were found murdered, and their man servant being arrested confessed the deed, but stated that three brothersneighbours of the old couple—had persuaded him to murder them, and had divided the spoil — something like £500 — with him. These three brothers were immediately arrested. The judge did an unusual thing on the day of the funeral. He brought them in chains to the churchyard, placed them near the open grave, and bade the priest in his address praise the good qualities of the victims, and end with the startling words, "And here stand their vile murderers at their grave." This was done, and the judge in the meantime watched the three brothers' faces to sea if they looked guilty. This form of examination caused some indignation among the people of the neighbourhood. <

ITALIAN LAWSUIT INVOLVING TEX MILLION LIKE. An important lawsuit was commenced at Ravenna on April 10, the subjoct of dispute being the estate of the late Marchioness Guidi. That lady, who died last year, Itft the whole of her fortune, estimated A 10,000,000 lire, to the Society of Jesus, The heirs-at law of the Marchioness allege undue influence on the part of a Jesuit who administered to the lady's spiritual needs during her last illness. Great public interest is manifested in the case, which is likely to last for some time.

HOW A ROMANCII ENDED. Ab Westminster recently Ada Cole was charged with stealing the furniture, linen, and plate of Charles Leslie Lee, an independent gentleman, lately residing at Chelsea. Mr. Lee, it appeared, £ at met the defendant about December, 1891, outside the Empire Theatre. He accompanied her to 8, Drayton Gardens, South Kensington. Some days afterward* he called on the young woman, and asked her whether she would give up leading an immoral life and settle down quietly with the object of marrying him. This she consented to do. In the month of March he took a house, No. 7, Elm Park Road, Chelsea, and furnished it throughout. The girl Cole came to live there with him. In November he left her to go to his country residence at Derby, promising to see her oiii the January following, when aha was to marry him. Bub on or about December 24 Cole went off with all the furniture, plate, glass, and effects. He heard of the removal about January 9, and had since then been trying to obtain tidings of'the girl. The case was adjourned.

NOTABLE WOMEN BUDDHISTS. At a recent meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society, Prof. Bendall presiding, Mr. Bode read a paper on " Sotnj Women Leaders of the Buddhist Order." The paper wna intended to illustrate the important position held by women as teachers of the Buddhist doctrines in the early days of the reformation. The authority given was the commentator Buddhagosha (fourth century A.D.), extracts from whose writings formed the substance of the paper. The work quoted was the "Manoratha purani," or commentary in Pali on the collection of the Buddha's discourses, called the " Anguttara N ikaya." The latter is a very ancient work, containing allusions to contemporary" disciples of Gotama, among whom various women are mentioned. Buddhagosha gives short accounts of their lives, founded o& very early tradition, and therefore not without historical value, though legend and miracle form part of some of the stories, which are very picturesquely told. The heroines of these tales were members of tb Order of Bhikkhunis, or Sisters, founded b Gotama ; they were nob nuns, and they lived a life of entire freedom, though ol great simplicity and poverty. A few became renowned either for their virtue or intellectual gifts. The latter fact, pointed out with many illustrations ,by their biographer, is of great interest in Buddhist philosophy. The stories have also a distinct charm ana human interest, apart from thci« religious aim.

A DREAM FULFILLED. A remarkable instance of a fulfilment of a dream came before the notice of the Wisbech coroner at an inquest at Jlurrow, Carobs, England., Abraham Hawkins, a f ar . D labourer who had been recently d«* discharged from an asylum, was missing, and search was being made for him. One of the searchers, John Tegerdine, saw Mrs. Southwell, the man's mother-in-law. Mrs. Southwell told him that the previous nignr che had dreamed that the deceased came from the asylum and was drowned in the railway cutting. Tegerdine went at once to the piece of water locally known as thu railway cutting, and there he found the body of the deceased, ■ The jury returned ft verdict of " Suioide whilst temporarily >»' sane.

. ' ; A REMARKABLE IiIKD. The condor of the Andes is a remarkable bird. Sometimes its expanse of wing is 14ft, though the average is about 10ft. It lives on the summits of mountains, in air ibo rare that man's vitality is reduced so that he cannot stand. ' The condor sits on Its eggs seven weeks w It nourishes its young for « year, before allowing them to leave tno nesli. . It has a swift flight, a keen eye, ana can adapt itself to the r regions of perpetual snow, or the tropical gardens ab the DM® oi the mountains. -