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A LONDON MURDER MYSTERY. SUSPICIOUS DEATHS OF THREE WOMEN. Police evidence tendered in a case heard trat ■Panl Taylor, the Sonthwark magis- n»t °n ^onday was a most sensational jtQre. George Chapman, the lessee of the J-towu Public-house, 213, Borough High-street, few doors from St. George's Church, was aa.rged with the wilful murder of Maud March Kirl of twenty, who had been employed a barmaid at the Crown for some nine J°0aths, and had lived with the publican as wife) by poisoning her with arsenic, ^apman. as he stood in the dock, looked wild v. haggard—an appearance accentuated' by 18 disordered hair and sallow skin, his Usually prominent cheek-bones, and sunken •f^8- He was dressed neatly in a black jacket and carried a pilot's cap, which he Stocked with nervous fingers during the hear- of the case. Once only he spoke, and then Was with a muffled foreign accent. detective-inspector George Godley was the Only witness, but he told a. remarkable story enOugh. On Saturday, he said, he went, in COIIIP%ny with Polioe-sergeant Kemp, to the yrown, and there saw Chapman behind the ba-r. "Are you Mr. Chapman?" he asked. Publican answered Yes." I am an Inspector of police," said Godley, "and wish to speak to you quietly." Accordingly the V THE PRISONER. 11 n* —^ three retired to the end of the billiard^room, vrhere tike inspector spoke to Chapman againvj "Maud Mar ah. who has been living with you a* yonr wife," lie said, "ha« been poisoned by arsenic, and because of the surrounding cir- cumstances I shall take you to the police-1 station whilst I am making inquiries about the case." Chapman said: "I know nothing about it. I don't know how she got the poison. She has been in Guy's Hospital for the same sort of sickness." He was then taken to the Southwark Police- station. At 10.15 that night Godley saw Chapman in the station. "From inquiries i have made," he told the prisoner, "it is now 2ny duty to charge you with the wilful murder of Maud Marsh." PROTESTED INNOCENCE. "I am innocent," Chapman answered, and asked if he could have bail. But the inspector refused. "When did the woman die?" the magistrate asked. "On the 22nd of this month at the prisoner's residence," the inspector replied. "I may add, air. that from inquiries I have made it seems that Chapman was the only person who gave her her food. He would not allow anyone to be in the kitchen, either, while he prepared it- And this is the third woman who has died in his houses within the past five years." "A mere coincidence, probably," exclaimed Sydney, who appeared for the defence. "There were two Mrs. Chapmans," the officer continued, "and this would have been the third." Then, unwrapifing a brown paper Parcel he had with him. Mr. Godley added, "I found these five books, all on medicine, in the Prisoner's possession, as well as some white Powders which have not yet been analysed." The inspector said, too, that the analyst who had examined the viscera of the dead woman had told him that he had discovered arsenic in the liver. It happened that the doctor called in to see Maud Marsh had also been called in to see another woman who had died in one of Chapman's houses, and, noticing similar symptoms, his suspicions were aroused, and he Wow stated that this frst woman, who had Hied at tne Monument Public-house, Union-street, had been poisoned, too. Mr. Taylor asked how many remands were Drobable in the case. Inspector Godley: A dozen may be required if we have to exhume these bodies. An application for bail was refused. There Was nothing, said the police, to keep Chapman from flying this country, to which he came in 1893 from America. He had no money in the bank or anything else to keep him here. At the time of his arrest between E200 and JB300 in gold and notes were found in the possession of the accutied The magistrate thought this should be given to Chapman for the purposes of his defence, but the police said it might be desirable to retain the notes. though they were willing to hand over the £160 in gold. And in this arrangement Chapman concurred. The accused was then remanded in oustody .until next week. OPENING OF THE INQUEST. Dr. F. J Waldo, the Southwark coroner, sat on Tuesday to inquire into the death of Maude Eliza Marsh, aged twenty, who died on Wednesday last at the Crown Public-house. Borough High-street, London, S.E., where she was a barmaid, under circumstances of grave suspicion. George Chapman, lessee of the Crown Public-house, 213, Borough High-street, is now under remand from the Southwark Police-court on a charge of administering arsenio to the woman, with whom he was living. It was said that Chapman is a native of South America, and he came to this country about 1890. He had also had consider- able experience in Australia and the Cape. Mr. H. J. Sidaey appeared for Chapman. Detective-inspector Godley and Police-sergeant Xemp watched the case on behalf of the police. Mr. E. A. Newman, solicitor, repre- sented the relatives of the deceased. The pro- ceedings took place in Colliers' Rest Mission- hall. On the case being called, the Coroner said he understood that a publican, named George Chapman, at the Crown Public-house, was charged with causing the young woman's death under suspicions circumstances. He should, therefore, only take evidence as to identification. The father of the young woman, Robert Marsh, a labourer, of 14, Longfellow-road, West Croydon, was the first witness called. and, in answer to the coroner, said the deceased was his daughter, and was aged nine- teen. He knew she was at the Crown Public- house, but he believed she was Mrs. Chapman. The Coroner: That is as far as we will go to-day. It is necessary that the visoera and other organs should be examined and analysed, and I propose to adjourn the case until the 7th of November, at eleven o'clock in the xnorning in this room.

THE FORGED NOTES CASE. IMPORTANT SEIZURES BY THE POLICE. Members of the City Police detective force engaged in collecting evidence in connection with the forging and uttering of Bank of England notes have made several remarkable discoveries as a result of their persistent, and well-directed efforts. Within the past week they have secured printing plant which, they allege, has been used in making the notes, including a preas which weighs 25 tons, engraved copper and steel plates, and sundry tools, making an outfit such as they have never before had the good fortune to get pos- session of. It is asserted that the Bank of England authorities are now hopeful that the manufacture and circulation of the £5, £10. JE50, and, JE100 bank notes which have caused so much alarm to the trading com- munity during the last two years will cease with the capture of this plant. In view of these discoveries additional interest was given to the Treasury prosecution of the six prisoners now under remand from the Man- sion House Police-court on charges of forging and uttering Bank of England notes. It may be recalled that at the first hearing Mr. Fresh- field stated that notes to the full value of L13,500 were believed to be in possession of one of the prisoners. These notes are believed to be buried in a garden in a,, North London suburb, and the police are trying to discover them. POLICE-COURT PROCEEDINGS. Joe Zubesky, 27, giving an address at Rowton House, Fieldgate-street, a carpenter; Mathew Rome, 47, of no occupation, 114, Har- court-road; William Barmath, 26, cigarette maker, and Solomon Barmath, 48, cigar mer- chant, 25. Broad-lane, Tottenham; Salisbury Israel, 48. bookmaker, 63. Slater-street, Bethnal Green; and Morris Males, 73, glazier, 14. Short- street, Spitalfields, were charged on remand (before Alderman Strong) at the Mansion House, London, on Wednesday with forging and uttering Bank of England notes. Solomon Barmath, as on the last occasion, had to be carried in and out of the court by the police officers. Mr. Solomon Meyers defended Rome, and Mr. Simpson Males. „ Mr. C. Mathews, with whom wa* MT. Reeve (instructed by Messrs. Freshfleld), prosecuted on behalf of the Bank of Eng- land, and. in opening the case, said the charge was one of great gravity, con- sisting as it did of the allegation that Solomon Barmath was the manufacturer of the forged Bank of England notes which would be mentioned in the course of the hearing. Not only was he himself a party by the manufacture of the notes, but he sup- plied a portion of the plant by which the manufacture could be completed. It was alleged that William Barmath, son of Solomon Barmath. was not only cognisant of what was being done, but was an active par- ticipator in it, and on one occasion was engaged in supplying the plant with which the manufacture of the notes was carried out. With regard to Rome and Zubesky, they were active parties in the sale of numbers of the forged notes, while Males and Israel, who did not appear until later in the case, came for- ward as the agents or would-be buyers of the forged notes. A witness who would give con- siderable evidence in the case was a. man named Jacob Schmidt, who, as a matter of fact. was the manufacturer of the notes, and when they had been brought into exis- tence he was the intermediary, as between the Barmaths and Rome and Zubesky. for the sale of the notes, and between Israel and Rome, acting for the purchasers. Such a story as he would tell, no doubt, required the utmost corroboration in the most important material particulars. That corroboration would be forthcoming at the proper time, but since the last occasion they could not pretend to have obtained all the information they required. He should, therefore, ask the court, in the interests of justice, to grant a further remand after he had called some addi- tional evidence which the police officers had to give. They would tell tha alderman that the story of Schmidt, so far as they had gone, had been verified. At first Schmidt was not aware that he was under the obser- vation of the police, and he did not know of the fact until nearly the middle of October. Mr. Mathews said Solomon Barmath had been in the infirmary since the adjournment, and was being well cared for. He should now apply for an adjournment of the case upon the evidence given. There was another appli- cation he desired to make. A packing-case containing a printing press, or which did con- tain the press, was in the hands of Messrs. Carter and Patersons, who were perfectly willing to give it up to the police on the order of the court. He applied for an order. The alderman made the required order and the case was adjourned.

SOLICITOR'S DIVORCE CASE. DOCTOR AND MILITIA OFFICER AS CO-RESPONDENTS. In the Divorce Court on Wednesday Mr. F. Walter Spink, a solicitor, of Hull, sought a divorce on the ground of the misconduct of his wife. Florence Edith Spink, with Mr. W. J. P. Benson, described as a Continental traveller for the Great Eastern Railway Company, and a captain in a Militia regiment, and Dr. Richard Henry Darwent, a medical man of Hull.—Counsel for the petitioner, in opening the case, said Benson was believed to be serving in a Militia regiment in South Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Spink lived happily, and peti- tioner had no reason to sudpect his wife of infidelity until a communication was made to him in the commencement of the year. Dr. Darwent had attended the petitioner and his wife. and became on friendly terms with the family. He had constantly called on the wife in her husband's absence, and when she did not require medical attention. Last January, when. accused, he confessed he had been guilty of misconduct with the wife. Benson had also been on friendly terms, and had taken advantage of the wife in her hus- band's absence. Mr. Spink, in corroborating counsel's state- ment. said there had been four children of the marriage. Respondent admitted miscon- duct on three occasions with Dr. Darwent, and sadd the first time was in the surgery in June last year. She also admitted misconduct with Benson. Counsel handed in documents, which he said were a confession by Darwent and a promise by Benson to marry the respondent. A domestio having given evidence, Elsie Spink, aged twelve, eldest daughter of the petitioner, spoke to a visit to London and to seeing Benson in her mother's bedroom. Petitioner was granted a decree nisi with the custody of the children.

SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS GRAVE PROBLEMS IN CAPE COLONY AND TRANSVAAL. Reuter's representative has had an interview with the Archbishop of Cape Town, who has arrived in this country. Asked concerning the attitude of the Dutch Reformed Church, his Grace said that both the laity and the ministers in a large number of instances had acted and spoken in such a way as to give strong colour to the presumption that they had not been loyal to the British Crown. The satisfactory settlement of the Cape Colony would be the greatest problem of the future. "The Bond is absolutely predominant. Only to-day we hear that a measure for prohibiting the sale of liquors to natives is thrown out by a large majority of the Bond. Whether in Imperial or in Colonial questions, it is all the same—the Bond is having everything its own way. I have no hesitation in saying that Sir Gordon Sprigg's position is an entirely uncon- stitutional one, inasmuch as he is holding office simply at the good pleasure of the Bond. It would be the best thing for South Africa if both Bond and South African League should cease to exist."

ALARMING EXPLOSION. An alarming explosion occurred on Wednes- day night at the powder mills between Houns- low and Feltham, where some green powder in prooess of mixing blew up and destroyed several sheds. Windows were shaken violently for miles round. A watchman was slightly- bvxnt.

SOCIETY SLANDER ACTION. LADY GORDON-LENNOX AND HER NIECE. In the King's Bench Division on Monday (before Mr. Justice Lawrance and a special jury) the libel and slander action of Neale v. Gordon-Lennox, which has aroused consider- able interest in society, was down for hear- ing. The plaintiff was Miss Dora. Beatrice Neale, and the defendant was her aunt. Lady Amelia. Susannah Gordon-Lennox, also known as Lady Henry Gordon-Lennox. The action arose out of certain letters written by the defendant. Sir Robert Reid and Mr. Dube appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, and Mr. Rufus Isaacs and Mr. Norman Craig for the defendant. The case was down for eleven o'clock, but it was evident long before that hour that negotiations were proceeding for a settlement. Sir Robert Reid and Mr. Rufus Isaacs and the junior counsel consulted at some length, and then, after a time, plaintiff and defendant came into court. After a quarter of an hour Mr. Justice Lawrance came in and took his seat on the bench. Mr. Rufus Isaacs said: We are very much obliged to your lordship for giving us a. little time, and I am glad to say it has enabled us to come to a settlement of the litigation. I desire to say. on behalf of the defendant, that the difference which has arisen is a very un- fortunate one. The plaintiff is niece of the defendant, and the controversy involves most painful matters, and that is especially so when the parties at issue are relatives. What defendant desires to say in regard to the matter is that she says now, as she has said in the only defence ever raised, that she has never made any imputation against the plaintiff's character. That the defendant re- asserts. I would also like to say on her behalf that there is no foundation lor any charge against the plaintiff's character, and that no imputation of my kind rests upon her. It has been agreed between my learned friend and myself that a. sum of money, which forms the sub- ject of an agreement between us, is to be paid by the defendant to the plaintiff, end the litigation will then cease, and there will be an end to all this controversy. Sir Robert Reid: I thank my learned friend for his statement. I may say my client. Miss Nee,le, was bound to vindicate her character here, as she has done. Your lordship will, no doubt, observe that there is no defence of an adverse character, and I accept the assurance of my learned friend that he repeats now that there is no foundation for the charges of any kind or sort. Without that no kind of settlement was in a-ny degree pos- sible to my client. If the defendant's language has been misunderstood, it certainly caused undeserved pain and loss to the plaintiff, but after the unqualified statement of my learned friend she is able to agree to the termination of the legal proceedings on the terms stated, viz., that a juror shall be withdrawn and an agreed sum of money shall be paid by defen- dant to plaintiff. Your lordship will be asked for an order to carry out these terms, if neces- sary. This closed the proceedings. The Exchange Telegraph Company under- stands that the agreed sum to be paid to Miss Neale as damages is C2,000, and all her costs are also to be paid. A STRIKING INCIDENT DURING THE KING'S RIDE THROUGH LONDON. Chelsea pensioners cheering his Majesty at the Horse Guards.

CHANGED IN A BAD NOTE. MR. CANE, M.P., DECEIVED BY AN IMPOSTOR. A daring fraud has been perpetrated upon Mr. W. S. Caine, the well-known member of Parliament and Nonconformist leader. At the latter end of last week a man clad in mourning called at Mr. Caine's town residence, and, with considerable emotion, related that his wife had just died. As he was a stranger in the district, he begged that Mr. Caine would read the Burial Service over the body at his chapel. Mr. Caine promised to comply with the request. The stranger stated that he had just come from his insurance people, and that they had paid him in notes. Perhaps Mr. Caine would change one for him? Mr. Caine again obliged the stranger, and the man departed. Late in the day it was discovered that the note was a bad one, and all attempts to trace the caller have failed.

PARISH CLERK AND VICAR- PARISH OFFICIAL CLAIMS HIS POST IS A FREEHOLD. Mr. William Joseph Powell, late parish clerk at Leominster, asked the Lord Chief Justice yesterday to make an order commanding the vicar (the Rev. J. H. Charles) to restore him to office. Powell was appointed to office in May. 1900. In May, 1902, the vicar made a suggestion against him of past misconduct, and gave him "notice" for September 1. The vicar denied that Powell was ever appointed parish clerk; he acted as verger subject to a week's notice. Powell claimed that his office is free-hold.-The Lord Chief Justice said he could not assume that the office of parish clerk was freehold. He directed the applica- tion to stand over, saying counsel had better consider whether his remedy was not by action rather than by mandamus.

THE USE OF CLIENTS' MONEY SOLICITORS' METHODS CALLING FOR INVESTIGATION. j A well-known member of the legal profes- sion gave a London press representative some startling information regarding the wrong use of money entrusted to London soli- citors. A large portion of many solicitors' in- comes is derived from the use of clients' money," he said. By retaining for a few weeks the money of their clients a firm in good business will contrive to have a balance on deposit at their bankers all the year round of, say. £ 100,000. The interest of this sum may be taken largely at £ 2,000 a year. "This interest belongs to the clients; but the solicitor appropriates it. The appropria- tion is Absolutely dishonest. It should be jamde a ietapr."

ELECTRIC CAR OVER- TURNS. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM. A shocking accident occurred on the tram- line on Thursday at West Court-street, Old Brompton, Chatham, where there is a steep declivity. When near the dockyard a work- men's tramcar overturned, killing two and injuring seven others. The men on the tram were mostly employes at the dockyard. The primary cause of the accident appears to have been overcrowding. The company have had the greatest difficulty in dealing with this evil, as at times the people fairly stormed the cars, and as recently as last week a conductor was assaulted in endeavour- ing to keep passengers off. The car to which the accident happened started about 6.30 on Thursday from Chatham, and is known as the "Jezreelites Temple," being loaded with dockyard men. There were fully 80 men on the car, which is constructed to accommodate 50. All went well until Westcourt-street was reached. The driver applied the brakes, and was proceeding slowly and cautiously down the hill when the car suddenly got out of control and ran rapidly down the descent. On reaching the bottom, the car fell over. Some 30 people were injured, and on the car being raised there was found underneath the body of a man about 30 years of age, in whose pocket was a bunch of keys labelled E. S. Harris." It is not known whether he was a. passenger, but it is presumed that he was. The injured were conveyed to Melville Royal Naval Hospital, the gates of which institution were besieged by women and other relatives of dockyard men anxious to know if any of their family are among the injured. It is thought that the metals had become greasy by reason of the wet weather. The electric tramways belong to the Chatham and District Light Railway Company, and were opened last June. Traffic is temporarily suspended on the section pending an official inquiry. The number of injured treated at the hospi- tal was 51, twenty of whoitt were detained with very serious injuries. A rigger, named Thomas Hunt, with a fractured jaw, is one of the worst sufferers. ANOTHER DEATH. A second death has occurred as a result of the accident, a man, named A. Pellatt, having expired in the Melville Hospital from a frac- tured skull. Some others are in a critical condition. All the injured belong to Old Brompton Hospital

1,500 RELIGIOUS MANIACS I. Fifteen hundred Doukhobors have marched into Yorkton village, Manitoba, having aban- doned their farms in an attack of religious mania. The children, who are sick and lack- ing food, were carried on stretchers.—Reuter. The Doukhobors are Russians who, being persecuted on account of their religious Non- conformity, left Russia and settled in Canada. During the last few months they have developed religious mania, have sent all their farm animals adrift, and now have aban- doned their farms also.

I MR. HENRY LAMBEltT DEAD. FORMERLY GENERAL MANAGER OF THE G.W.R. Mr. Henry Lambert, formerly general manager of the Great Western Railway, died on Wednesday. Mr. Lambert had from an early age been associated with undertakings sifciilar to those of railway companies. He began his business career in the office of Messrs. Pickford and Co., the great goods carriers of London, and at one time he had entire control of this gigantic business. He was then appointed as deputy-goods manager of the Great Eastern Railway, and sub- sequently held a similar position on the London and North Western Railway, Dut in 1865 he was appointed goods manager on the Great Western Railway, at Paddington Station; but this appointment only related to the London traffic. In 1872 be was sent down to Swansea as district goods manager of the Great Western Railway, having the whole of South Wales placed under his charge. He remained there four years, and displayed so much business tact and judgment in the management of this department that, on the death of Mr. Joshua Williams, in 1876, he was brought back to London by the then general manager (Mr. Grierson) to take charge again of the goods department at Paddington. which had then a large district added to it; and then, in 1879. on the death of Mr. John Grant, he was appointed general goods manager, and had the control of the goods department all over the Great Western Railway system. He paid so much attention to his duties, and made so many improvements in the. manipu- lation of the goods traffic, that the attention of the directors was on more than one occasion directed to him, the chairman especially 'Sir Daniel Gooeh) entertaining a very high opinion of him. During the time he was goods manager he frequently visited all parte of the railway, and carefully inspected the facilities at the principal railway stations for the transmission of the goods traffic; and when Mr. James Grierson died, in 1887, he was unanimously selected by the direotors to fill the position of general manager. At the half- yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Great Western Railway held in February, 1888, the chairman (Sir Daniel Goocb) spoke Tery warmly of the zeal and fitness of Mr. Lambert for his new position. Mr. Lambert was one of the oldest officials of the company, having been connected with it for over thirty years.

RECTORSHIP OF ABERDEEN. The result of the Aberdeen rectorship cleo- tion was announced on Thursday as follows: — Mr. C. T. Ritchie, M.P 360 Mr. Asquith, M.P 232 Majority for Mr. Ritchie 188 A later telegram from Aberdeen states that the figures are:—Mr. Ritchie, 360; Mr. Asquith, 332. Majority for Mr. Ritchie, 28. The election aroused great interest, the parties being pretty equally divided. The result was received by Mr. Ritchie's suppor- I ters with great eatUiwIaem.

A MISSION OF MERCY. I

THE KING AND HIS GUARDS. IMPOSING CEREMONIAL IN LONDON. The King, as colonel-in-chief of the Brigade of Guards, reviewed on the Horse Guards' Parade on Monday the Guards who have been serving in South Africa. The Guards- men, btpught from Aldershot and Windsor for the cerefljony, marched to their positions soon a.fter MO, and were formed up under the command of Major-general Sir Henry Trotter. They were placed in a series of lines facing the Horse Guards' buildings, with a backing of Household Cavalry. The massed bands of the brigade were grouped on the south side of the parade. There were just under 4,000 of the Guardsmen on the ground, the details of the parade being as follows:- Officers. Men. 2nd Grenadier Guards 39 286 3rd Grenadier Guards 39 624 1st Coldstream Guards 43 551 2nd Coldstream Guards 35 571 1st Scots Guards 32 555 1st Irish Guards M.I. 25 89 Massed bands 0 398 The men's bronzed faces spoke eloquently of their South African experiences. The men were attired in their ordinary full dress— scarlet tunics, black trousers, and bearskins. The Coronation stands were still in position, and all of them were well filled, as were also the windows of the Government offices. His Majesty left Buckingham Palace at 10.45 and rode down the Mall to the parade. He was accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught, and attended by a brilliant retinue, including Earl Roberts and the Duke of Portland and a number of mili- tary attaches of the various Embassies and Legations in London. The King wore the uni- form of a colonel of the Grenadier Guards. The Prince of Wales was dressed as a general, and the Duke of Connaught as colonel of the Scots Guards. The Duke of Cambridge witnessed the review from the window of the Levee Room at the Horse Guards. As the King and party arrived at the saluting base he was loudly cheered by the occupants of the stands and other spectators. The troops gave a Royal salute, and the massed bands played the National Anthem. His Majesty at once moved to inspect the line, and almost simultaneously a cheer from the direction of the Mall announced other important arrivals, and the Queen and Princess Victoria drove on to the parade in an open carriage. There was a renewal of the demonstration as her Majesty came into view. Contrary to expectation, the Queen and Princess did not go to the Levee Room, but. remaining in their carriage, drove round in the rear of the King's procession to take part in the inspection-a graceful compliment to the returned Guardsmen. At the close of the inspection the massed bands proceeded to the centre of the ground, and the Guardsmen, formed into companies, marched past. The King, the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and Princess Victoria were at the saluting base, and his Majesty took the salute. The Duke of Connaught rode at the head of his regiment until it had passed the base, when he re-joined the Royal party. A considerable number of Reservists formed part of the inspected force, and these were in civilian attire. ADDRESS BY THE KING. Subsequently the King addressed the men, as follows: Guards.-As your Sovereign and as your colonel-in-chief, I welcome you home from active service in South Africa. Ever since you left these shores I have watched with the greatest interest the manner in which you have conducted yourselves throughout that long and arduous campaign. I can only mete out to you that praise which is your due. You have upheld that great name which has made every soldier who has served with the Brigade of Guards a proud men. I myself feel proud to have as a young man served in your ranks, though I regret I had not the opportunity, like my brother had. of seeing active service in the field. I shall ever take the keenest interest in all that concerns the Brigade of Guards. Most sincerely and most entirely do I hone that it will always keep up the high efficiency which has been its pride, and that in years to come those who have served in the Brigade of Guards may look back with pride and. I hope, emulate those who have gone before them. The parade I have witnessed to-day has given me the most sincere satisfaction. A finer body of men it is not possible to wish to see. Officers and men, although they have gone through most arduous duties, have not forgotten their parade drill, and they have marched past to-day as well as, if not better than, I have ever seen them. I need hardly say how gratified I have been. It is a proud thing for me to have inspected this parade of Guards. My only regret is that the 2nd Battalion of Scots Guards has not arrived, as we had hoped it would, in time to take part in the parade." General Trotter briefly thanked his Majesty in the name of the brigade for his gracious words. and assured him that they would always endeavour to carry out his Majesty's wishes in all respects. He then called for three cheers for the King, which the troops gave with enthusiasm, their bearskins being raised aloft on their bayonets. The Royal salute and the National Anthem brought the function to a close. As the Royal cortege re-formed and set out for the Palace they had a most flattering reception, and the demonstration was con- tinued throughout the journey along the Mall. The Reservists, one of whom was on ctutches and minus a leg, were warmly applauded, and Lhe massed hands played Where are the Boys of the Old Brigade ? LORD METHUEN PRESENT. I Lord llethuen was present at the inspection. This was his lordship's first pUbMc appearaaoe in a xnfHtexy «apacity rinoo hi* retain from .the front* .ton front*

THE TURKS AND THE SOMALIS. DISQUIETING NEWS FROM ADEN. It is believed that the services of an Indian native cavalry regiment will be requisitioned in Somaliland. Should this be the case, the 9th Bengal Lancers. a fine regiment, which was formerly under the command of General Sir Power Palmer, the present acting-com- mander-in-chief in India, will probably be selected. It is also likely that a mountain battery will proceed to Somaliland. It has spow become known that the troops who are at present on their way to Aden are not going to Somaliland at all. As a matter of fact (says the Bombay correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"), their actual destination is the hinterland of Aden. Their duty will be to form an escort to the Boundary Com- mission. The action of the Turks on the frontier between the Yemen and British terri- tory is considered unsatisfactory, and recent developments at the Turkish fort. which is situated on the coast just opposite the island of Perim. are disapproved by the British Government. It is hoped, however, that the presence of a military force with the Boun- dary Commission may tend to expedite the proceedings of that body. So far the Turks have done practically nothing towards the work of delimitation. The above-mentioned arrangements do not affect the measures to be taken to strengthen the British forces in Somaliland, whither other troops will be sent. The 2nd Sikhs have already been warned to be in readiness for this duty. The British Ambassador in Constantinople had addressed a strong remonstrance to the Porte with regard to the lawless conduct of Turkish troops in the Arabian province of Yemen, which is adjacent to the territory described as the hinterland of Aden. The tribes dwelling here, who are under the protection of the British Government, have been set in agitation by the action of the Turks. The trouble first became prominent some months ago. when it was announced that a British force had demolished a fort which the Turks had erected in the country behind Aden. Since then, how- ever. there has been no improvement in the behaviour of the Turks. That the latter are acting in concert with their co-religionist, the rebel Mullah in Somaliland, on the opposite side of the Gulf of Aden, has not so far been suggested. The Mullah, as his title shows, is a priest or teacher of the Mahometan religion. A rebellion has existed in Yemen for a con- siderable peripd. THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR SOMA- LILAND. In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. HERBERT ROBERTS (R.. Denbigh, W.) asked the Secretary for War to state the com- position of the corps under the command of Colonel Swayne in Somaliland. Lord ORANBORNE (answering the question instead of Mr. Brodrick) said: On October 6 there were in Somaliland, under the oom- mand of Colonel Swayne. 300 men of the 2nd Battalion King's African Rifles, 500 men of the 6th Battalion King's African Rifles, 60 Sikhs from the Sikh contingent in British Central Africa, and also local levies 1.500 strong. Besides these troops, there were two 7-pounders and six 9-pounder R.M.L.I. No troops of the Government of India were then in Somaliland. Since that date 270 men and four officers of the 1st Bombay Grenadiers, forming part of the Aden garrison, have forming part of the Aden garrison, have already landed in Somaliland. The 2nd Bom- bay Grenadiers and 400 men of the 23rd Bom- bay Rifles, with six additional officers and two Maxims, and one-half of a field hospital, left Bombay on the 23rd, and, no doubt, arrived at Aden this morning. The second half of the field hospital is under orders, and is due at Aden on the 30th inst. Besides these. a further reinforcement is under orders, con- sisting of .100 Soudanese of the 3rd Battalion King's African Rifles with two Maxims, 100 men of the 5th Battalion with one Maxim, due at Berbera on November 11; and 300 men of the 2nd Battalion, and 300 men of the 2nd Battalion, and 390 men of the 1st Battalion King's African Rifles, with one Maxim, due between the end of November and the middle of December. The total force at our disposal will be 4,920 men. The transport and com- missariat are arranged locally. The Indian troops are armed with Lee-Metford rifles, the 1st, 2nd, and 6th Battalions of the King's African Rifles with the Martini-Enfield rifle, and the 3rd Battalion with the Martini- Henry. The expenee connected with these troops will be borne by the British Treasury.

SOUTH AFRICAN LOYALISTS LORD MILNER AND THE SUG- GESTED PUBLIC APPEAL. Writing' to the Lord Mayor of London, under date Johannesburg, October 6, Lord Milner says there is no need for the suggested appeal to the British public on behalf of the loyalists in South Africa. It is, he says, too early to estimate accurately the extent to which the amount granted by the Government will meet the claims put in for compensation and assist- ance. but he considers that he may safely say that British subjects will receive at least 50 per cent. on the total assessment of their claims, whereas it is improbable that the burghers will recover in anything like the same proportion the losses sustained by them through the war. There is, therefore, no justification, in Lord Milner's opinion, for the common charge that the British Govern- ment are doing more for their late enemies than for their own people. His Excellency adds that arrangements have been made for inulliig immediate, aid in urgent cases of dliUm, •

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CARDIFF STEAMER SUNK. SERIOUS AFFAIR IN BARRY ROADS. The Bristol Channel just below Barry war the scene of a serio ia collision on Saturday evening, resulting in the total loss of the Cardiff steamer Penzance, considerable damage to a French barque (the Laennec), and also damage to the steamer Roath, ol Cardiff. The crew of the Penzanoe, number ing seventeen hands, were saved. The, incident will, of course, be the subject of official inquiry by the Board of Trade. The Penzance, which was a vessel of 874 tons register, belonging to Messrs. Walter Tillett and Co., shipowners, Bute Docks, Cardiff, had taken in a cargo of coal at Barry for Brest. She left Barry Dock just after six o'clock, the weather being then calm and the night clear. After running down Channel for about half an hour the steamer encountered the full-rigged French ship Laennec, which was coming up Channel making for Barry Dock in tow of the Cardiff steam tug White Rose. By some mishap in the management of one of the boats the Penzance cut in between the tug and the Laennec, with the result that she was broken into. So terrific was the impact that the steamer's side was smashed in right through to amidships, her foremast was knocked out, and in thirteen minutes she went down. The bows of the Laenneo were damaged considerably, and some of the des- truction reached as far as the No. 2 hatch. It was apparent at once that the steamer had been hopeleply damaged, and according to the statement of Chief-officer Hall she was making water rapidly, and there was every indication that she would quickly founder. The scene on board both ships was for the time exciting. The Frenchman, like the steamer, had been badly damaged, but mainly above her water line, and being light she was not in so much danger of sinking. The Pen- zance, however, began to founder, and the officers and crew had to bestir themselves. Some were able to clamber over the bows of the Laennec, for so severe was the impact that for some time the two vessels seemed to be coupled. Others were able to get away by other means, as a couple of Barry tugs and other boats were at hand. Captain Evans and his men were saved just as they stood, losing the whole of their effects. The rescued crew were brought back to Barry at about a quar- ter past eight. The Penzanoe, we understand, was not in oharge of a pilot when the collision took place, but the mae-ter was on deck either at the time of the occurrence or immediately afterwards, and it was largely through the coolness and judgment which he displayed between the time of the collision and the foundering of his ship that the whole of the crew were saved. The principal officers of the Penzance were:—James Evans, of St. Dog- mael's, Cardigan, the master; William Hall. of Brixham. Devonshire, first officer; A. Bills, Dover, second officer; —. Jones, of Cardiff. chief engineer; and —. Oswald, second engi- neer. The stewaxd was a Barry man, H. A. Jones, of 2, Oxford-street. SUDDENNESS OF THE DISASTER. Our Barry reporter saw several members of the rescued crew on their arrivaJ at Barry Pierhead on Saturday night, and they all stated that the affair was so sadden that they had no time to think of anything but the safety of their own lives. Everything they possessed on board—clothing, provisions, &c.- they lost. Several of them were taken to the Sailors' Home, Cardiff, on Sunday. The Laennec was got into Barry Dock, with her peak full of water. HOW THE COLLISION HAPPENED. The members of the crew of the Penzanoe are naturally reticent as to the precise cause of the collision, but in course of conversation on Sunday afternoon with a member of the crew of the Laennec, the ship with which the steamer collided, our Barry reporter elicited the information that the tug which had the ship in tow from St. Nazaire came up abaft the steamer and passed her, and the captain of the latter, apparently not realising that the tug had a vessel behind her, attempted to cross under the stem of the tug. He did not perceive the ship coming up behind till it was too late and a collision was inevitable. The damage to the Frenchman is more severe than was at first anticipated. She now lies off the tiers in Barry No. 1 Dock, and will have to undergo extensive repairs before she can be loaded. CARDIFF STEAMER DAMAGED BY THE WRECK. Another mishap ocourred in the roads early on Sunday morning. The steamer Roath, 2.814 (Captain Harding), belonging to MessrA John Cory and Sons, of Cardiff, coal-laden for Bos- ton. U.S.A., left Barry Dock about one o'clock on Sunday morning in charge of Channel- pilot Isaac Da vies, of Newport. The steamer had got into the fairway of the Channel and the pilot was endeavouring to steer clear of the foundered steamer Penzance, when he realised that he had actually come in con- tact with the wreck, and the bottom of the Roath was badly damaged. The Roath had to put back to Barry making water freely, and divers having examined the steamer in the basin on Sunday afternoon, it was found that her tanks had been much torn. The Roath will have to discharge her cargo before the repairs can be done.

SERIOUS RIOT AT CLYDACH. SEQUEL TO MOND NICKEL WORKS DISPUTE. An exciting conflict occurred late on Satur- day night at Clydach (Swansea Valley) between police and strikers in connection with the Mond Nickel Works dispute. This strike has been some time in progress, and the management have at various times imported sufficient labour to carry on the works. The attitude of the strikers and their Union friends has up to recently been peaceable, and. although irritated by the importation of labour and the presence of county police officers, up to Saturday there had been no disturbance of a serious nature. The Dockers' Union had fostered peace, in the hope of tiring-out the management. On Wed- nesday stones were thrown at two persons "to the railway station, and they were injured. On Saturday matters culminated in an out- break. The imported men are in the habit of going to Swansea on Saturday, and it has been the custom of the non-sympathisers to gather at Glais Station and greet them with hostile cries. Last Saturday some 200 or so gathered to meet the 9.23 p.m. train, and stones were thrown at the police, numbering ten officers, under Police-sergeants Button and Thomas. Efforts were made by the offi- cers to get the crowd to leave, but without avail. Several officers were badly injured. including Police-constable Tanniers, who is now on the sick-list from a blow on the head. The police then made a baton charge, dispersing the crowd to a great extent. When the 11.10 train came in, however, the crowd re-gathered, and were reinforced by some strikers from Morriston. It was esti- mated that they then numbered some 300 men. Only two of the imported labour men arrived by that train, and they were at once set upon by the crowd. Police-sergeant Thomas took charge of one, but both the man and the police-sergeant were thrown to the ground, and. as stones and bricks were again freely thrown, the officers had to repeat the baton charge. Ifter a determined and well-directed effort the crowd was effectively driven away. Altogether about twenty people received injuries from the batons of the police. They have made no complaint, but retired to their homes to nurse their injuries in silence. The fact that they were put to flight by the small force apparently does them no good. Our representative who visited Clydach on Monday morning found everything quiet. Fresh police were being drafted into the neighbourhood. We learn that proceedings are likely to be taken against about twenty persons identified in the crowd. It is stated that the crowd chiefly consisted of colliers, and not of the works' employes. Dr. Langen, in the course of a conversation with our representative, said the Union offi- cials had been saying all along that the police were called to the district unneoeesarily and were entailing expense. What did they say now? It was evident that it was becoming more and more necessary to protect the free- dom of labow titor*

ACTRESS OBTAINS A DIVORCE. In the Divorce Court on Monday Mrs. Alice Edith Frederick Maule. an actress, was granted a decree nisi on the ground of the cruelty and adultery of her husband, Mr. Harvey John Maxle. an actor, with a woman »ajned Ctrace Desmond. The suit mm vn* 4«iended.

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