GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 4 (Supplement)

GENERAL NEWS.

DOG ARRESTS TWO THIEVES. > ; pNE. of, the. new Jwlico ■ dogs, a. mastiff named Lion, arrested two railway thieves in Paris. He pulled on© down,from ■ the van i trai^ : iviiicli r robbing, and caught' the other one hiding sbenedtli' the train. Mf hroke away from the jtolico who •>i^! l . Lil,n . brought them •';s? *-& 1 ' " ' . GARIBALDI'S YACHT. •- which the English people presented to Garibaldi has just been r .delivered over -to shipbrcakevs -at Ancona. Garibaldi had to part.-with, in 1 "-latter ■ . "years and Qiieiftn'MatghctiKof Italy/bought ; V •it -to' save-' it from destruction. It was "then given to the navy, - and. is now but a iiul£. |» Is y ' '..> yi ■ --J. DANCE THAT COST A LIFE. W-Hcniy '■Wysaimiii' .was sentenced gvSt. ■Gall to live Tears' imprisonment foi killing S@£iu<ft<S /iVHho. •< Both men ? claimed the same' partner for -the last :daitco at a baJ , and when the girl's choice fell on Artlw, ' Wy-vsuian insulted fcnn. Ihe nvuls meton the way home, and after a fight • , Wyssman was twice '..thrown into a dittj, -/ Iks drew a knife and stabbed Artho to death. /w" - ABDUCTING HIS DAUGHTER. ""'Xsa result - of. his. action .in taking his daughter out of the jurisdiction • ,of . the i 1 "Court of Chancery, the Hon. James Gully, son. of Viscount belby, , Speaker of the House of Commons, was sentenced to six i : weeks'imprisonment. . Mr. Gully, .who •n d como kick to England to attend 111» sister J |funeral, surrendered, to the authorities at ' the offices .of his wife's solicitors on March Jk.L: , . • ■ ' . GERMANY BANNS FOREEIGNERS. " The great shipbuilding; firm of Sehicjuw, • ''Sir Danzig,' which is cmp oyed by the Geimau Admiralty hi buildmg warships, has %been notified that'm" future, no Government ' orders will !be given to firms employing foreignere, unless 'such foreigners consent to - . become German subjects. 4 / The leading engineer at tho ScluchaU' works, an Englishman; has ' resigned. - / / "TEAR OFF YOUR EPAULETTES." A dramatic scene occurred [at St. Peters- * : burg at the conclusion of a trial of 22 mem--9 bers of the army organisation of the revolutionary party, principally soldiers. When r> the • president ol the court pronounced sen»tence of eight years' hard 4 labour on seven i:« *' of the ' prisoners, a. girl who was among them shouted, "Comrades, tear oft your : ! epaulettes." The men obeyed, throwing in :V th« air scarlet' epaulettes which are worn by regiments "of the guard, to" which * they be- - :• longed. - , THtv WAITERS' HANDS. V ! -'i 'Milton asked but one quality in his waitress—that Phyllis should be .»neat-handed, It is a regreUablo fact that -the hands of "William, of Alphonse, and of. Giuseppi ; leave ; something- \to be desired, in this toatr tec of neatness. The Hotel des Anglais; at Cannes-'has taken-a decided - step towards lf ; V the Miltcnian ideal. S A manicurist is to call • regularly at this .hotel, and the fingers that v , : bring the soup plate will be reviewed by V) : '"him daily. Thus will be :removed, _in the wordi'of\a .local journal, "Th's hidioaty SSi 1 which arrives to disgust the least fastidious guest, even." tfef't :■''iw- ■ I .. ....../I'm*; .WOLF'S TOOTH AS MASCOT. '>r A singular revival is', taking . place :n v; - Paris for wearing the tooth of a wolf or H badger set in gold as" : a mascot-. An old connected the wearing of sucu •r - ■ ornaments as provocative. of good fortune. ■/' -. -The • custom 1 of-wearing a-thumb., ring is being resuscitated-, : and at this present v time a elurmiug young'actress oittlio Eng- • - stager 'ris t -demonstrating i the: vogue, . partly,'- no doubt,-<because it is in keeping '.with .the period in which she is living m . ■ • the'play, and partly in - recognition ;of the • -iriasla-on Paris is patronising. ; »' WOMAN TRACKED BY HOUNDS. : . ' " 'Bloodhounds ' were used successfully at Chattanooga, Tennessee, ;to run .: down a white woman. Tho employment of blood- . : hounds in tho trail cf criminals is common in. the South when negroes are suspected of ;i ji]*'crime,' but they are seldom used against whites, . and rarely, if ever, against a white ■ ; ,The fugitive- was Ada Palmer, ! a waiting ,1 trial on a charge of;. arson. She is Reused of setting lire to the costly resi- '. dence of Mr. ; H. L. McFarland, and the fact ' that a second 'charge I was brought against Asy her had much to do with the decision to use bloodhounds. ) Tho dogs promptly foilowipfpdit'fle ■■ scent-, and ,tho woman was arrested , without difficulty. .... * ' ; BULLET-PROOF POLICEMEN. - ( ' . Some "remarkable-experiments. have, been made at St. Petersburg with a bullet-proof • . ' 'alloy, the invention of Lieutenant-Colonel Tchenurzine, an officer of engineers. _' A cuirass made of the alloy, and of ' sufficient siz» to protect the chest and back, Weighs " only 51b, ; and' its presence cannot be ' de- ■ tested when worn tinder ordinary clothing. The - cuirasses arc now being '■ largely employed by.' the police in various parts _of V ' f ßussia, when invading the haunts of mili- " tant revolutionaries. Colonel Tcheiuerzine explains that the- fundamental- idea ; of his ' -invention> is "the doting of the pores of . " bhromo-nickel steel." Ho succeeded, in accomplishing this 1 operation by means' of ; great hydraulic pressure at a very high tern- •• • 1 CONSULTING-ROOM ROMANCE. - ' . Five -years ago a Paris doctor obtained a • divorce from : his • wife, who deserted' her ' home and her three children to elope with '■ another man. The doctor recently, receiv"z y.,ed an appointment as one of the visiting - physicians 'at a? public sanatorium 20 miles .from Paris J - - A few days : ago, while he was j i'.-.examining patients, a wan, consumptive woihan, still young and with the traces ' of .past good looks, was ; brought into his .i: consulting room. ■ /The doctor looked at the a: woman, and recognised her as his divorced |V' •wife. The woman turned pale and trembled violently, but > the doctor / gave: no sign of recognition and quietly : prescribed for her. Later he went" to the ward occupied by his wife, and had a long conversation with her. K Reconciliation followed, and the woman has left ; for the Swiss mountains, in the com- /. pany of the doctor arid her eldest son, to ,;'•;• tie pursed, back to health, vifi- _—.. WEIRD FEARS OF ELECTRIC CARS. A great stir was - caused in Shanghai by ■ l kjv.'->ilie opening of a ]K>rtion of the electric ;V; " /tramways in the International Settlement, . JWild reports ihave -foy months past beer circulated ;bv the - native-press about -tht j'\' - J ''danger of the electric power. One state | ment made was that during thunderstorm: : thoiuandii of people would be slain by lh< ' cars careering about at express speed. Ii |'".'Wrfs, feared that the opening of the line: > would start a riot-. The tramway authori '. '.ties, however, offered ; free i rides to tin .4 Chinese during several days' trial -trips •' and the idea was so great a success that tin native's mobbed' th? cars for f seats.'- / Tin "" Mrcots were lined with expectant crowds Who watched the cars witli'open-mouthec <i 5 astonishment. ; ' Each car has first, aric t<\^ '• iVfec^nd i claftS'- J compartments, : in which tlx rf' 'ftii-es 'aro' about' Jd and id per mile, respec \ f ' >r tiveljv tr ''' ' — • •y-• r , ; r ; c ; r ; l< .mCK: QN -brigands.; . -..Tho Heraldo, 'Madrid,: publishes .a .tele ■ - gram from Laa Palmas, which - states thai ; a v the, rescue of the crew, of the trawler Bal Sp^ine^ ; who .were captured by Moors at Cap* 'y ' Juby,. was not-due to the intemntion of i .1 Kara, but to a stratagem of Lord Mount '' morrcs. Lord Moimtmoncs, on his'arriva '. i at Cape "entered.into negotiation witl ; <r ~the -Moors for their release. - The captor; demanded,a ransom ', of ; £50,000. ! Lore Mountmorres invited the,^ two principa - k members ofi the tribe on board his yaclv .to effect a settlement of the affair. "Thcj duly proceeded on board, 1 where they won ' informed by' Lord Mountmorrcs that the; would bo kept prisoners as ; hostages . for th* -- lives of the French sailors, v They were toh that they must immediately give orders Jt. the tribesmen to band - over their captive to the Sultan's troops. They com plied witl , t , ihiy dcniand, and"thc i crew -( of Balciii ivcro thus rescued^ 'kfr ' ' . V v