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February 3, and in the course of the compaign knife, lago, and bludgeon have been used, while there have also been ailempia al strangling. For all this time the
DUSSELDORF, EXCITED OVER | police confessed themselves baffled,
AN ARREST.
At last an arrest has been made
in Dusseldorf which the police be
ljeve may have some connexion with
GRAPHIC PICTURES OF THE “HAICHING."
These two pleturca show the result of the fire started
NEW DIFFICULTY IN AUSTRIA?
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BILL HELD UP.
MAJORITY TOO SMALL.
Vienna, Dec. B.
in graphic manner the damage caused to the 8.8. Haiching as by the pirates. Top, all that remains of the bridge; bottom,
burnt-out part of bridge deck.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S GRAPHIC STORY.
¡Continued from Page 1.)
FUNERAL OF MR. K. A. WOODWARD,
Full Naval Honours This Afternoon.
Ma 0. H. Farrar, the captain tar end of the bout-deck. Grad of the Halching, came ashore ually, the dames sonred higher early this morning and had Inter-.
til the heat became unbearable.} views with the Company's officials,
[also visiting the Commodore's Ofer and the Harbour Office,
Flume Chief Enenty. "Our crew stood loyally by damp ing the deck with buckets of sea; When the Constitutional Reform water and handing us ammunition One of the engineers, accom- Bill came up for its third reading with which to-reload. I saw people
The Bill was temporarily drop ped.
It is expected that the Federal Council will approve the Bill on Tuesday.
where he transacted the usual ship's business.
body иль there formally identified.
Full naval honours are to be accorded the late Mr. Woodward this afternoon. The body will be! placed on a gun Carriage in the Naval Yurd and the cortege will leave the main gate of the yard at 4.30 p.m.
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In yesterday's yacht racine re ported on another page, there is n slight error in the position and points of the Yacht Club bouts. Diana should be. fourth with 13 points, and Dorothea second with 15 points.
In the National Council, no comtrying to free two of the after-bontspanied by a police officer, visited promise was reached regarding its but their efforts were not success the Mortuary to which Mr. K. A. provisions and the Government ful. Finally, when a large number Woodward's body was taken last could not, therefore, secure the for them had entered
one of the night. The necessary two-thirds majority. nats if tilted and spilled them into the water. A large number must have been drained in this manner.
· "Captain Farrar then ordered us to take to the bouts and he, him- self, revolver in hand, prepared to The principal objects of the guard our departure. By this time Bilt to amend the Constitution the firing had ceased but the flames were to reform the legislature, were now our chief enemy." strengthen the executive author- Here, Mr. Duxon described the rity of the State, protect the Civil courageous manner in which Cap- Service against political Inter-Lain Farrar refused to abandon his ference and fix the status of command, He stayed on board and Vienna us a Federal Capital.
did his best to stem the flames with The Bill provided for the Na. the aid of the crew. tional Council to remain an at One feature of the affair was present, but the Federal Counell the fact that the wireless, operator, to be replaced by a "professional whose quarters and office are in a council in which cueh province separate part of the ship, was not would be equally represented, to- molested and stuck to his post send- rether with professional groups. Ing out signals. It is believed how-reach Hongkong under The Federal President, to be clect-ever that his first messages were steam. All of us lost everything ed by the whole people, was to be not received because of his equipwe possessed in the fire which, de- empowered to appoint and dis-ment being "jamined." The wire- miss the Government, dissolve the less operator left the ship with the "The fire burnt all electric con- National Council and declare a officers and later went back again nexions away but we started the state of emergency. Reuter. and despatched another message for ship's dynamo when we got on bourd. Concealed beneath a life- assistance,
hoot a shivering wretch half-dead I "We took to the boats and were should any with fright was discover- in them from about 2.30 am, untied and arrested as a suspected 6 am.," said Mr. Düxon, "and durpirate.. I might mention here that ing that time picking up several the gang who attacked us looked people who were struggling in the proper pirates. water Fishing boats put out from the shore and also picked up a number of people. Mr. Woodward
-DISASTROUS FIRE IN
HOLLAND.
SEVEN HOURS BLAZE IN MIDDLE OF CITY.
stroyed our cabins.
Veritable Shambles.
our own
"On the deck of our steamer we we carried off with us and the poor found a veritable, shambles. How Recently, in different parts of
follow died, I believe, in the boat brutally the attackers had behaved Amsterdam, Dec. 8. the town, three women were spoken A disastrous fire, one of thef
"Finally, we saw the smoke of was indicated by the discovery, of to, then followed and threatened most serious in Holland for some H.M.S. Sterling and I do not re the bodies of a little boy and a little with a knife by a well-dressed man time, broke out in Middleburg member a happier sight than that girl among the pile of corpses in the forties. He tried to run to-day and destroyed eight build-of her coming. Boarding parties which we found. These poor child. away with the child of one of the ings in the centre of the town, came off and boarded our ship....... ren had received shocking wounds women who was looking into a shop including the long tale of assaults und mur-window, but the mother seized it Hotel Versoput and several old everything in their power for us, thing but a ruthless crime."
the famous Grand "Immediately the. officers did and their murder can have been no- dora which have terrorised that just in time. town.
houses formerly Belonging to placing men at my disposal which Speaking of the late Third Of- A crowd pursued the man, who Dutch aristocracy. During the last nine month was finally caught by the police and
cnabled me to got up steam to con- cer,, Mr. Duxon described him as there have been 21 of such crimes, carried off struggling to the police rendered useless the efforts of the
A high wind for a long time trol the fire..
"A very good chap and a likeable all taking place in Dusseldorf or station.
"Down below in the engineroom messmate." Although the late Mr. Its outskirts. Victims have mostly
Fire Brigades summoned to we found an attempt had been Woodward must have suffered grent been women or girls, varying in to know whether any evidence can towns to aid the local fire-fighters. proved abortive.
Dusseldorf is excitedly waiting Middelbung from neighbouring made. to set fire to it but this had agony before his end he never mur- age from five to 55, but they also be found to connect him with the
mured or complained, enduring include men. The series, began on other previous crimes.
The flames eventually ent: off
Steering Gear Shattered,
the electric light for the town
which was plunged into darkness. "Our steering gear was
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Concluding, Mr. Duxon said that the piracy would always be an un-
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Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PELcy The fire was finally got andered when the bridge was destroyed pleasant memory. It was a pretty STAR
FRANKLIN, at 1, and 8. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria control this morning after raging but our emergency steering gear ghastly affair, were his final quiet- Hongkong.
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