A MANIAC.

Colonist, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8062, 5 October 1894, Page 2

A MANIAC.

Adelaide, October 4. A shopkeeper named Kneol, Buddtnly went mad, and made a violent attack upon a lady] oustomer. The polioe, with come difficulty, effeoted bis arrest, but one of tho constables, had b:s fiDger bitten c ff. The maniao was ' bowling like a dog, and presented all the symptoms of hydrophobia. SPECIALS TO PRESS ASSOCIATION} Shanghai, October 2. Song Kwei, the Emperor'a father-in-law, has selected 5000 men to defend the approaches from the ocast to tbe capital. Europeans living inland are rushing to coast cities to secure the protection cf the warships. The army cf 30,000 Japanese which reoent y Bailed frcm Hiroshima has landed at Shintung, in the Gulf of Pecbi'e, and is approaching Tientsin, The intention of marching upon Pekin is confirmed by the appearance of this forca in Chinese territory. Remnants of the Chinese army who j escaped from the slaughter at PiDg Yang have arrived at Moukden. The stories they tell of tbe horrors of tha flight have stricken , the garrison with pßnio. Washington, October 2. Beports have been published here that owing to British ships following and watohing him, the Russian Admiral at Yokohama ordered b>s vesfels to get ready for action, and signalled that he intended to open fire. The British demanded an explanation, whereupon the Admiral complained that following big fquadron was an act of belligerency, and the British ceased following.