Evening Express

The Far Eastern horizon darkens more aad nM!'e, and if the mad AdmiraJ does DOt move GiD. of hig own accord, or France compel him to do so, the cortaiu will riae on a. sanguinary drama- which may draw the whole civilised world within its toils. Fra-nce has no Rrmer friend than England today, and There is not a man of us who desires to see her humbled or crushed; there is not a man of us but would regard an Anglo-French war as one of the! greatest or calamities. But if things continue in their present course we cannot much longer, without disgrace, listen unrespo-nsively to the appeals of Mir gallant little alliea. They are nght- j ing for their nationa-1 existence against. a great overweening bully cxf an Empire, and they ha-ve done aR in their power to conrne the conmct between Russia.! and themselves. Not on their heads nor ours. but those of France and Russia rests the awful responsa.bility involved in an extension the struggle-. And to what end? That we shn.11 remain mist-ress of the seas we can scarcely doo.bl.: tha.t. Rozjestvensky. and bis compatriots win be wiped off the face of the main is equally clear. But at w'hat a cosL; and what a set back of the hands of the great timepiece of eiviLi,-4a- tjo<i! We can only earnest [y hope, in ocxmTnon with th-a 'n'hole ot our feHow- comnrynlea, that there may be so need to put in operation the terms of the ¡ Alliance, but inac France wiR once again help us lo-valli- m "keep- ing the ring." The well-considered aud tempera.lp j'efnarks'or the Mayor of Cardio' yehtcr- day serve to a.cnoa ever the Peniarrh m&nuseripts in ,t very nnfavoura-bie light, and v' a,wail (.he zeply (if there be one) with considerable interest. Alderman Hughes made his points oteariy, calmly; convincingly, and he carried his hearers with him from beginning to end. Aberystwyth has not played the game;, and by degrees the cards iM'e dropping out of her sleeves, even as they did out of the raiment of that heathen Chinee, whose ways were so dark and whose tricks were so vain. te in cr i U In giving a. decision never give your MeaSonS," is a good old piece of advice which tho Carcun' Health Committee did not follow '.viien they drew up their reso- lotion dignmssing Mr. Woosey. The legal meimbers or the corporation, skilled in such matters, wpre quick to spy the blunder yesterday, and as quick to puh forward its rectihcation. which was carried by a majority of six to one, despite a oonjuol little protest from Councii.lor Morgan Thomas, who objected to Councilor {cessions invadiug ttie legal sph<-re, and (aa he said) usurping the province of the learned town-clerk. The mayor said the original resolurioil w:n a thoroughly British and man!y piece of work: but. the ia.w Mkes no count of snell consideration. and the rea.sons have to be dieted. A venera.ble figurp. inK-t'J from Cardie Coun<*il fcr .t long time, was seen in the cbainb r yesterday. Counoilior Renwick was speaking, when Alderman Damcl aiid w ith feeble steps to a scat dose by the mayor. The old fannlLar smile lighted up hts kindly face b er I as nn'Qjbers tcok him by the i'atid. He scm" time, and then as quict!y dep 'rred. The TeMera,bl& gentleman is the father uf the eouncH. He has occupied a sea/- o'l tt for neariy a ita" bt""l an alcknnan for -[Marly titir;Y..He ;wa.; 'navor cf the borough for one Tear. wiz., 1878-9. t The vns ??)fero the ocqmcii -esterda-y, suci 21r., f. Crossman was aga.in at his eld game of m&king t-heir ne.sh creep. The importa- tion of m C'ardiS has grown to qmte formida.Me ciii-nensilor, viz.. from OO.COOlb. in 1898 to 419.0001b. in H'0.5. Tha.t, the rl-k of explosion, is not wbolly absent despite a<ll the care thar i- taken is proved from the circumstance that a few weeks ago a box containin'L; -)0ib. weight of the dangerous ;tuff feH a dis- tance of eight or nine feet. Had the coRtents exploded there would have. becu a Pon Arthur on a- small :;cale, yet fhe council ba.ve no power iti the matter of the la.D.Jing without goi!: to Pa,]iame11t. A &uggestiOG tha.t tenipera.nce teaching: should occupy a small portion of the time ,a"n i:p in Bible teaching at the CardiR' ,e, .tn -exe l'*Ii-?,- (1 i;&- schools produced quite, .an exciting d;s-' cushion, in which, o-f course, the tee-; totalc-rs ou the council took a leading part. Somebody quoted Scripture, whereupon. the ma.yo'' quickly brouglit up Sr. Paul's: classic injunctiou to Timothy aJbout: takiag a lit-tie Triuc for his stomach's; sajce. Couucinor Bil'd made oHe of the best speeches, excellent both m matter, and ma,nne'r. The couversa,tion wound up with a shaj'p little passage between Councillor Fred. Davia .tnd the mayor,' adding one more to the former' already! Jong liat. of woes and grievances. The tragedy of Bmns was feelingly dealt with by the Rev. James BaiHie the virtues nor concealed the vices of tha,t remarka,ole child of nature who was tJio very nower of his race. By the way, it was odd to not<n.oiY -N-Lr. Ba,inie j seve.ral tim-ea spoko of Burns M ha.7-mg lived in the of i the tongue, or was it of the. pen; Sad! was it to hear one or t.wo vocalists wed- ding the lovely Scottish airs to an English pronunciation. When you gang away, Janiie. is enough to &et the clay- moTes a.whiri, and we wondered how so stamich a gco*; as Mr. Baillle managed to control himself. With this exception. .however, the songs were feelingly and succetssmlly rendered, What would Burns have been. what would he have done had he had earlier advantages, had his life been a moraJ one. had he jiever written a line that needed blotting 'out. had he reached an honoured old age ? Would he have charmed the world as he did? Would he have wou the hearts of his countrymen for ever? we fear not. Bums ma.de shipwreck of his life but that very shipwreck was a corollary of im genius and of its bril- liance. Bums, as he lived and sang and died, with all his tenderness and wit and weakneM and wickedness, that is the Bums tha.t won Sc&t'and. An eminently respectable Burns could not have done it. It was bonnie Prince Charlie over again. Goodness is tlie best and most lasting of all things, but it is often humdrum, nevertheless.

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ONE LiTTLE NiGGER BOY. Puzzles the Guardians 1, A little black boy nam&d Jacks is some- what of a problem, and the workhouse' master brought his case before the High Wyoombe guardians yesterday. The youngster is aged eleven years, and sought refuge m the House." He had been; in service in the district, broke a de"an ter, and ran a.wa.y, thinking ha would be bea.t€Q. The custodia.n of the boy went to the work- hosse to apply for him, and told the mac-i-,r tha.t he had bought the bey from his parents, and he had to give an unÜel"takillg to tha powers in Africa that when he had done with him he would take the boy back. The custodian claimed the right to corr&ct the boy, whom the master of the workhouse described as "one of the dearest HtUe fel- Iowa in the world." One member sa.id t.ha.t if the boy was bcnght at a price he was a Ela-ve. A second guardian remarked that no boy should be allowed to bs kept in servitude and a.wa.y from achood in the British Empire. In the end the boa-rd resolred to consult the potice.

BARONESS SHOOTS HERSELF. A few da-ye a.go a- lady. dressed iu deep mourning, took apartaM-nta a.t a hotel in ZittaTi, Saxony. and retired to her room immediately after supper. As she did Dot appear a,t dinner next day, the landlord entered her room. and fou-nd the lady dead in bed, having nred a TCYolyer bcJIet th-rough her heaj't. With great diNcuIty the a-uthoritiea die- covered her identity, the lady proving to be Baroness Ama.lie 'Maria.nne Ton Gersdorn. She was bcrn in 1373, the daughter of a. clergryma.n of aristocra.tic fajniiy. She ma-rried. in 1898, Baron yon Gersdorff, a. Iri-rd-in-wo)itin, and the possessor of larg oata.tea. During last sammer he threw him-: self. in a, inomem of mental derangement, from a hotel wilidow, ea*using fatal injuries and this evidently ao preyed on hia wife's mind that she was driven to cominit suicide.. The baroness lea-ves a- daughtar. agei four)

GREEK FOR "FUNK." A discussion on tra.uma.tic neurastheciu. lightened tho hearing of a claim for damages brought in the Southwark County Court, London, yesterday, by Michael Butler, corn poj'ter, againist the Surrey Commercial Dock: Compa.uy. It was opened by Dr. Hertz, of Guy's Hos- pitaJ, who sta,ted that Butler was still suSer- ing from this disorder. Mr. A. Nelson (for the defence): I am only an igncra-nt Ia.ymaTi. but isn't tha.t only the Greek najne for funk? Dr. Heriz: It fs a. d&prees&d condition of the nervoua systeni. Mr. Nelson: It is sometimea ea.1led tht- jùmps." Dr. Hertz a.cqulesc&d. and Ia,t€r on stated tJia,t one could knock a mau on the head a,nd kill him without leè'.i.i.ng a.ny ?xtern?l sign of injury. "Tra-uma.tic neTirastbenIn." rema-rked Dr, Bec(-h Johnson, was common English ner- vou;mess, Mid in h:s young daya wag known <M funk." Butler Wag a"'rrd¡>[t £5,) damag&s.

V HERE THE GHOST WALKS The spectre wMc'h Lc,:i b<'en frequenting Hie WooddlUl"ch suburb of BirkenTiead con- tinues to lmhlie curiozity. The lat'e'-t persona,! expertence of note has occurred jnst after laidnig-ht to tTfo pecpie who wero concealed under the shadow of a. hedge. They ;<al'l' what appeared to be a littic ba<M of 6re, which appeared and sud- denly crushed. A few oiomcuta :t, peeu!iar and unearthly 'ry wa. heard, and a, da,"k form t,he roa.d tiot muny vards f:'oni thcu]. 1-!u""i,cr'lng up thMr courage, the wa.-tc.heM m.i.de n JU';h for the 6?ure. but it inet.a.ntJy

If vft a:e 3. suCere? from w-'ary :<;t. ,;o(!om p,,In t' but oae war.—BoMr!. LaBe, U!lroçod;t, 3, Dute-stMet. CA.RPE"l'S BEATE:-T tv Geld re3.1 Machinery, rubber bed A-!(I i:Itta p<'7c'M betters; M.tisftct(<tn CUMajltsed, carpet3 rei.Tned same day.Smd peet.. LcMd, 1, MiaBy-etieet, Cäwya. T?!. 7tl. <2M i

BOTH TIRED OF LIFE. CAMBERWELL LOVE TRAGEDY The death of Ellen Maria, Goodepeed, 24, ranker, !n.te of WestrnaCDtt-treet, Ca.mberwe'U. formed the snbject, of an inquc&t yesterday. expired in the innrmary vrh'ere !-Ii-e bud t,,iuii-.ted .õlffcrjng from wouuds in the throa.t. aiLeged t'o ha.ve been inai<:Ied by Alfred :e:11. her sweotbeart, Nvh.-j, lived next door. \<:a'. i.s Ùhùer a.rTe.?b in co.n- nection with the matter. The girl made ;;(),JoÙ uum SuudAy, when a relas c'ccarrpd. followed by deani. -N-eat a.t.:enG!td the inquest, but declined to give e-videnf-e. On the ai?ht of the occur- rence be f;d t.-) Polic.e-coll¡;,table 461 P, trho arrest Ml h'at, "I meant to do her in and myseif too." At the sta.t.ion two letters were fonnd on him, both in hLs handwrit-ing. In one Xeal eaid: 'n'e a:'e both tired or life. so agree to die together. Bad ha-, htopped our ma,r- riag;p. I ha.vc looked for work uut.il I a.m tired. Xobody win employ me. God ha-s forgiven the wrong I h&Tc done, and this is on. end. Good-bye, alt. Don't worry. a.bout spilt milk, it oa,n't be mended, i The jury rcturBed a, T€rd!ct of "Wilful: murder" aga-inet. Xeal.

South Wales Landowner SUMMONSES HIS WIFE FOR ASSAULT. Divorce Petition Said to be Pending. 11 At are Police-court on Mon- day Edward :Morg3.n Wbitting, of Tofter- down.near Weiton-c,iper-Mare, and the owner of large est.aL£".3 in GIamorga.nshire and Breconsbipc, charged his wife, Annie Whit- ting. who vas tho widow o: the late Colonel Ernest, .t. deputy-lieutenant and high-sheriff of the county cf Somerset, with unlawfully as.;aultin and beating him on the 16th of April; a.ud further with having threatened to kill him. He applied that she might he boi,nd over in sureties to keep the peace. M. Ivor Bowen (instructed by Messrs. Grovcr, Grover, qiid WiMiamscn. of Cardiff) was ior the plaintiff, and the defendant was repre- sented by Mr. Arthur Xewton. of London. Before evidence waa taken it was mentioned tha Mr?. Whitting intended to file a petition against the oomphinant in the Divorce Court. and she applied for a. summons for aesa.u.lt a.gain.1; her husband, but the application was refused. The husband deposed that on April 10 his wife threw a teacup containing hot water at him, and a<fterwa.rds used threats, whereupon he left the house and slept at the residence of his sisteT in the sa.me village. Between two and three :n the morning his wife arrived a.t the sister's house, and, on being told ho wa.s not there, ama&hed a door panel and a quantity of ?lasE. While she was at the side of the bouse he left by the front entrance, and, returning to Totterdown. packed up .some wearing a.ppaj'el, amd when daylight arrived left for his South Wales reside'nce at For the defence it was argued that com- plainajit was a man of vioient ha.bita and ofien drunk, ajid that the statement as to going in bodily fear of his wife was untrue. The threats had merely been uttered in temper because Mr. Whitting, it was alleged, h:id frequently U&tencd to m.it;tements by certain interfering relatives. The Bench dismissed both summonses. The complainant is well known in the show rmgs of the country ais a successful breeder of prize &tock.

SiUHY Oh A WtLL It is rumoured tha-t the late Lord Grim- tnorpe has creaited no littl'e contusion by leaving behind him more than one last will and teato.ment. If this be the fact he has erred in good company. The grea,t Lcrd St. Leonards made his will on the lobh of January, 1870, he then being 87 years of age. It was a. lengthy docu- nicnt, and was written on eight sheets of notepa.per. 'When it ha.d bee-n duly signed and witnessed, be read the contents to his daughter. Between that date and his death. whi.ch occurred in Jajmaj'y, 1875, he add'ed eight codiciLs, a,nd the substance of each of thtxe he also imparted to the sa-me daughter. After hLa death some of the codicils were dis- covered, but tho will had disa.ppea.red. Happily, Mg Sugdcn had a, good memory a.nd a. considerable knowledge of la.w. In the probate t-nit whj.ch fo'llowed she gave so clear a.n aeeonnt of the terms of the will and the varions miaeing codicils that Sir James Ra.n- nen, who tried the case. was able to act upon her evidence. The will, as recocstTructed by Eer, -was declared to be thwt of Lord St. LeoBca-rds.

MOTOR-WAGON ON f!RE Dtiring a journey from Paisley to Glasgow a very singular mishap befell a large motor* wagon yesterday. This vehicle was laden with seven tons of cotton, which caught nre. The van was soon n mass of names, and the ignited balew burned fiercely. No fire brigade assistance was within easy reach, so that the fire was unchecked, and the van and contents were reduced to a wreck. All traffic was stopped, the tramcars to Glasgow being considerably delayed. Three of them. it is true, made a dash past the blazing mass, but the experiment was not a. pleasant one for the passengers. The damage is estimated at about JE3,000.

SHAM DEl ECTlVE SENTENCED By using police note'paper and by telling plausible tales to the effect that he was very busy in connection with the Kensal Rise trunk murder, John Thurston Basham posed as a dstective and borrowed £7 from a young woman at Xorwood, whom he managed to meet regularly when she received her wages. He aiao extorted money from a BrixMc poiieman for a bicycle, which, however, he never delivered. At Westminster, London, yesterday Basham was sentenced to six months' hard labour.

STRUGGLE WtTH WOULD-BE SUICIDE William HuddlG=tonc, 55, formerly a Liver- pool licensee and owner of on esta.te at Crosthwaite. wa.s remanded at Lancaster yesterday, chafed with attempting sruicide in the Pre&ton and Kenda.1 Canal at Yealand Ijocks. The lockkeeper being suspicious of a suic-ida.1 intent ordered Huddlestone away, but he jumped in. After a g-rent effort the lockkceper rescTJed the man a.nd brought him round, but he immediately began to fight to get ba.ck. Bail was accepted.

WELSH JUDGE ON STRtKE The three judges of the Federal High Court of the CommonwcaHh who have gone on strike are Sir S..unuel Griffith, Sir Edmund Burtoa, ac'd Mr. Justice 0'Co.nnor. Sir Samuel is a 'Vlshmau a.ud nn. eJt-Premier of Queens- land.

At, the pohce-st:itiou. Gnnlthstown. on Mon- day afternoon an mq).M&t was held by Mr. M. R. Roberta-Jones respecting the degth of Benjamin rrh01.n.a. 61, a railway g'ua,rd. resid- iua' in Broad-street, GriBithstown, who wa.; tound dead in bed.—Dr. J. O'Keefe attributed dea,th u) accordingly. CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE. r This 'tcooua M6<Hc:M wjU cloaa3a the Woo4 from all impu. from whatever Quae arising. i A romed7 fOr Eœun. Bad I Leg3, Scrofula, Blood FoiaoD, Sore, of all kinds, BOUI, Erup. I UOJ1. Ucen, G1&Ð Swal- itc?B? te. m <a StoM*. Ac. Forty yMM' m M? Btwce et Lmi?ttet?

SKELETON IN MINE. tECHOOFABERCARND!8A8TER Story of the Explosion Retold. A sood many of the features of the story of the great and dicastrotis explosion of September 11. 1378—S7 years ago-at the Prince of )\"ala,s Colliery, Abercarn. wore re-told on Mond-a.y at an inquiry held on the. fpot con- sequent upon ihe finding of a skeleton of one of the 253 men &nd boys whoa& bodies were obliged to 00 left, in the iniuo Rfter it took nrp, and the waters of the canal were poured into to put the lire out. There were in the 'mine at t.he time of the explœ10u a, total of 3s9 hams.n bejn! Of tbesc only nineteen were rescued, and sixTeen of those died of tb,ei,r injuries. leaving 253 remains still in the pit. The relief fand hieh wa6 raised at the time was probabLy the geeače"t on record. viz., about £68,000. There is &.tin iu hand a 6um of a-bout .E12.0(. a.It.boug-h the liet of dependant.s has dropped to 23 widows and eievea others. But this fresh distovery haB opened ma:¡y a wound vhich it was hoped had b«n closed for ever. The iuquest was held by Mr. 'M'. Roberts-Jones. Robert Clevey, a collier, stated that he was working in the Cwmcarn district driving a heading on Thursday afternoon and cutting out the coal when his attention was called to what appeared to be human remains by Frank Xicholson, a man working alongside of him. Witness nrst s&w some boaes and then a pair of boo. Police-inspector Groves said the leg bones were still in the boots, and it was rather a gruesome thing to look upon. The jury had had a view of the remains. Frank Nicholson, of Pontywaun, stated that he nrst came across the boots at nve o'clock on Thursday morning. He took one of the boots away. marked the spot, and reported the matter to the manager. Skeleton mtact Dr. GnSii.hs, of Aberearn, stated tha.t he had examined all the bones which had ulti- wately been taken out, and found that the skeleton was practica.ll:r int&ct, though the bones were detached in parts. Everything about the skeleton was consistent with the cu'cnmstanc& that it was the bones of one of the men killed by the explosion 27 years ago. Judging by the appearance of the small bonee, he thought the remains were those of a person a.boTe the age of 21. He was pro- bably a small man, but had a good set of teeth. The thigh bone appealed as if it had only recently been fractured—say within the last two or three yeajie. Mr. John Harper, the manager of the pit, said the work which wae now in progress was the opening up of two narrow places. As to the possibility of finding other bodies it had been said that they would perhaps find four, or seven, or evan eleven, in the place where they were now working. It seemed to him that the body which had now been found had been carried to the place in bra-ttMe cloth. Detai)sof'heCa)amity Mr. David Bowen, one of the chief oS&cia.Is of the colliery, gave some details of the ca.la.mity. He said that a. very long inquest was held as to the death of one man, viz., John RaJl, and an open verdict was returned. Witness produced a pocket-book in which he had made some entries at the time. The book had been lost for &fteen years, and only that day (Mon- day) had been found again. The entries thaA he made were irom 6ta.t€inent6 made by Joha .M.aMb, one of the rescuing party, as to what he did before he had to leave the pit and the water was pea-red in. Marsh told witness that he wrapped up three bodies, viz.. those of Israel Lewis, Rees Howeils, and John &a<mes, in bra.ttice cloth and carried them to a, cross cut at the top of the "Jenny" in the Cwmca.m district. Witness was of opinion tha.t the skeleton which had now been recovered was that of John Games, but others thought dinereaUy. The Coroner sa-id Mr. Martin, his Ma.jesty'a inspector of mines, had written to say that he could not be present, but that he under- stood a. burial service waa held at the top of the pit for the bodies which had been left below. Mr. Bowen: No, I don't think there WM any burial service. Survivor's Story John Drew, of Cwmcajn. the Vn-ly present survivor of the calamity, sta-ted that he was now a. sweep. He was in the pit at the time of the a/coident, working neaj" the bottom of the shaft aa hitcher. He was then about twenty yeaja of age. It was because he was only three or four yards from the bottom of the shaft that he snppoecd he lived, though he was unconscious for three weeks, and had never been the man th&t he was before, and never would be again. Within twenty yards of where he was seventeen men and boys and twenty horses were killed. The C-oroner said that when Police-inspec- tor Groves nrst informed him of the finding of the bonea he (the coroner) decided not to hold an inquest, but. having regard to the wishes of some of the friends and rela.tivee of tha decea.eed men, who desired tha.t every detail should be inquired into, he a-fter- wards countermanded the order and decided to hold an inquiry. In this case an inquest had been held in consequence of the wishes of the friends and relatives, but he did not think it would be necessary to hold any more. The jury returned a verdict that the skeleton was that of an unknown man who died September 11, 1878. by the explosion in the Prince of Wales Pit, Aberca-ra.

Man Under the Bed. A LADY'S EXC!T)NG EXPERIENCE. Once again the woman's fear of a "man under the bed has been justined by fact. The step-daughter of the Rev. T. G. Little. vicar of Rutton Buscel, Yorkshire, ha<i an exciting experience the other night when the family and servants were at evening service. As she was changing her boots in her bed- room she saw Arthur Nichotson. a twenty- year-old labourer, of York, crouching under !the bed. With a shriek of terror, she Ced from the room, but had the presence of mind to lock the door behind her. When help arrived it was found that Nicholson had escaped by dropping out of the window, having, it is alleg&d. made off with two purses. He was arrested an hour or two later, and at the Scarborough Police-court yesterday was rema-nded.

HERO OF THE MERRtMAC A message from America, to the Paris Herald armouneee the engagement of Miss Grizelds. Houston Hull, daughter of Mr. &nd Mrs. &eorge G. Hull, to Ca<pta.m Richmond Peahen Hobson. The wedding is to take place on the 2obh of May, but it is to be a. very quiet a-{fa.ir, owing to the recpnt dearth of Ca.pt&iu Hobeon'g fa,the'. Ca.p&a'in, or, a.3 he m Mt.tor known to fame, Lieutenant., Hobeon waa the commander of the Mcrrimac. a.ud his great achievement uw the sinkijig of Ins boat in the entrance to Sauti<Lgo Ra-rbour. the idea, being to bottle up Admiral Cervera.'s nce't. He was imprisoned for a. month in a. Spanish fortress. When. young Hobe-on r&ached America, he was feted and made u!Tl<"b of a popular hero. He h'j,d to endure mu<A kiiug from the American piriS. He has aJt-o lectured ,in-I wriv,,eu on na.vat fubjcc',e. His age is 35.

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— ====- Motorist's Choice. LESS TERRIFYING OF TWO DtSASTERS Mr. Henry Proseer, a plaintiff who appe&red before Mr. Justice Wills yesterday, is the owner of two country houses-at Ted- dingtoc and Hurstboume Tarrant, in Hamp- shire-a yacht, and a motor-car. He uses the latter to travel between his country houses so he told the Court, and to meet bis yacht at various ports. One day in July last Year he was travelling from one country house to the other, and proceeding at a paoce that would saMsfy the most exacting po,Hcama.Q along the Basin g- stoke-road. Between Camberiey Rad Blackwater some Ga<rtB were obeerved mpproaching. Mr. Proa&ar, the Toad being very narrow a.t this point, had only a UtMe space in which to pass them. As he was doing so, to bis horror another motorcar jumped out from behind the carts, and came tearing towajde him, so that a terrible front-to-front coMision appeared unavoidable. In dœ¡>i:!ra.ti<>n, Mr. Proeser ran his car into one of the carte, amd escaped being smashed to pieces. But Ms oar sustained serious damage from the collision with the oarta, so he sued the ownea- of the other motor-<:a.r for the injury. The owner was GenefraJ Sir Hugh Mc- Ca.lmont, but he waa not on his car at the tim'e of the desperate adventure. Boferrmg to the general's chauffeur, Mr. PTosaer, who was very vivacious in the wit- naae-box, said: This mania<c came daahmg right at me. I considered the beet thing was to pull in towa.rds the carte, and taJn; the chance of it." The jury awarded Mr. Broeser .E50.

I Deaf Prisoner, RECORDER !N A PRED!CAMENT By reason. of the stone deafness of an accused man at the Old Bailey, London, yes- terday, the Recorder was placed in an awkward and entirely novel predicament. A warder shouted the charge in his ear, but the prisoner shook his head as much aa to say: "It is no use. I a.m not malingering." In the circumstances the Recorder called for a deaf-a,nd-dumb interpreter. That. hc.w- ever. was equally ueeless. as the prisoner had not learned the sign language. The next ou.-gaslion was that the evidence should be communica-ted in writing. But there -was still another objection to this course. The atSicted man could not read. After leaving the Bench to consult with the Common Serjeant. the Recorder decided that prisoner's counsel might lend his ears to his client, placing himself in the dock, &o to speak. The prisoner, who. strangely enough, could speak quite well, agreed to this, and the case proceeded.

I !NVAS!ON OF ADENS. Twetve Thousand Landed in New York. Al' immigration records were smashed on Sunday in New York, when 12,039 aliens landed within twelve hours at Ellis Island, where they are detained pending a strict examination reg'ajdiBg their qua.liBca.tioBs for Americana oitizensMp. Those who cannot stamd the test will be deported to the country where ? they embarked, ETigla.Qd being the favourite dumping ground. Three Italian stowaways oonoluded their voyage from Pa-lermo by jumping into the sea, and swimming ashore. If M-pturcd they would have been retimed to lLaly and imprisoned. As things are the Italian steajnship company is liable to a nne of JE200 in ea.c;h caep, tha.t being the penalty for allowing atowa;way8 to escape.

AN ILLEGAL ADVERTISEMENT A stationer at Southport recently erected in a prominent position a sign consisting of an enlarged facsimile of a postcard, drawing attention to the address of Tus ehop. The tr&deeniaji has now been notified by tl)e Poettmaeter-Genera-I that he must either remoTe the ei?n or obliterate the represen- tation of the King's head. It -was pointed out that under Sectjon 7 of the Post Office Protection Act the represeata.tiou of a, poetage etamp for adTertisiug purposes M contra.Ty t) the Act.

ADVICE TO MOTTIERS."—A'e you brottn in four re-st jy sick ch:;d suffering with the pain by cutting te<1.h? Go ''t once t<< a chemtat and get & botUe of Vrs. WiMlow's Soot!L;1g Syrup. It wtLl relieve the poor auCeier immediately. It is pieaaMt to tMte. It ) Modnoeo Ustural, quiet aLeap by MUevjng the ehUd fmm p*in. Md the Utt]< cboMb *watea xe bright M txttoh M tB ctwaMtt*. ta. ltd. p<t betUe. 405

ACTRESS'S PETiTtON. AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE. I Mr. Justice Ba.rgra.fe Deane yesterday beard the p-etition of Miss LiHa.n BraithwtcÛte, the well-known act/ress. for an order of the court for restitution of coujug'al rights. The case was undefended, and the order .petitioned for was granted. The lady is the wife of Mr. Gerald Leicester La.wreoM'. who is at prcs-srnt ap:pc'aring ia Sir H&nry Irviag's Company at Drury L;:¡nc, and is pLaying the part of Henry II. to Sir Henry's Becket. Mr. Bat-naj'd, who appeared for the peti- tioTter, said her nuime was FJorence Ulia.n Lawrence, aud she was married to Mr. Gerald Lcioester La;wrence at 8t. &t.ephcu"s Church. Gloucester-road, in 1897. Tb<*re was oae child. It WfMt stated that th<- rcspoodeut frequently absented himself from home,' sometimes on bminess and sometimes when be had no bu-Lie6s Tnatters to attend to. Their married ];fo WaE, therefore, not a particularly happy one The petitiomer spoke to her husband in October last. and he then declared it as hi& determination Not to Live with Her a.a:ain. She wrote to him n, note in these October 12, 1904. Dear Gerald.—I understand that you have reiterated your refusal to live with me again. Before taking proceedings I ask you once again to return to me, and rest-ore those rights to which I am entitled.—Yours. LILIAN. To thia the respondent replied:— I reoeived your letter of the 12th inst., a.nd WQuld meet certainly hay,& ret.-ur-Ded to you if there was the slightest possibility or chance of a. happy issue. Unfortunately, long experience has taught me only too well that this cannot be. Putting ourselves aside, I feel it is necessary for the sake of our child that it should not live in an atmosphere of open disa,gre,em-ent or armed neutrality as be- tween parents. I adhere to my former letter and confirm it. On receipt of that letter, said M-r. Barnard, the petitioner instituted the present pro- oeedings. The lady entered the wituess-bcx, and gave evidence in connrma.tion of the statement of her counsel. She was attired in a. smart bailor-m'a.de grey costume, ajid wore a largo picture hat and white stole. As stated above, the order applied for was grant-ed.

Mrs. Tom Thumb. HOW SHE WAS GREETED BY THE KtNG London is once more taking an interest in & midget, and is expecting a little band of pigmies. We wonder how many people eare awa,re that Mrs. Tom Thumb, whose visit with General Tom Thumb delighted tens of thousa.nde in this country 40 years ago, is still alive. Tom Thumb died 22 years ago, and his widow married an-other midget, Count Mag-6, and ldv,-s in Massachusetts viU'age in a house which is enitable in its small size to the tiny couple. Mrs. Tom Thumb is 63 years old, a.nd is pleased to re- ca.U the triumphal tour which ehc ajid her 1'a.te huaba.nd had tJu'oug'h Burope, when they ttere presented to Queen Victoria., the Empress Eugenic, and Napoleon III. My wedding was a grand o.S'a.ir," a,%ys the Countess. Commo- dorc Nutt was the be&t mao; he was a. ha,nd- acme little maji of blonde type. This photo- graph of our wedding was fajmous. It was ca-lled The Fairy Wedding,' and thousa.nds of copies were sold." King Edward, wfth his exfedlent memory, will probably reco.Iect seeing the lady and gentleman in mini&ture," as astute Mr. Bar' -mim described General and Mrs. Tom Thumb. I remember very well," said the Countess Magri, our reception of the Prince of WaJes,; the present King. and the Princess, at Ma.rl- borougb House. The Duke of Cambridge was with hhem. We received them as we received other people-they wa.lkLng paat," eaid the proud little lady. "The Prince greeted the (jenera.1 as a fellow Mason. I wao impressed with the cordial greettag of the Prince—he was a fine, eympatheftic young man." This reminiscence will, doubtless, re-ca<ll to many readers their own eight of the two little people whom the British public petted in 1364. ='

A Bri))iant 8cho!ar ?-, NhW M)N)SthH t-UH A UAHUtt-h CHAPEL The congregation of the C'alvinistic Metho- dist Church in Frederick-gtrect, Cardiff, who have for several years been without a pa-ator, received their newly appointed minister on Monday evening. The nsnaj induiotion service was diiepen&ed with, acd in its stead there was held a. social meeting of the congregation and friends, with several miniatei-a of the sect from English a-ntH Welsh ohut,oheo. The new paetor (Mr. David PhinipB, B.A.), who is taJdng the place of the I&te Rev. David Jones, is a native of MoTjntajm Ash, a,nd in 1894 entered the University College, C,&rdiff, as a Glamorgan county I scholar. He took his B.A. in the University of WaJes in 1898, and then proceeded to Trinity, Cambridge, gra.duating in that t University in 1901 with double Srst in the (mcnta-1 and moral science tripos. From Cambridge he went to St. Andrews as assistant professor in moral philosophy under Professor Knight, and latterly under, Professor Bosaaquet.

'A BUILTH WhLLS AFFILIATION CASE! At Builth Wells Police-court yesterday afternoon Marga-ret Arm Thorne, High-street, Builth Wells, summoned William Branstone, 41, Archlee-roatd. West Kensington, London, to show cause, Ac. Several letters were pro-) duced, and, ia the course of a selectiou regarding an engagement ring was the phrase, "I trust the little band of gold will always s-srvo to keep you trua to me," &c. (La-ughter.) Evidence was given by com- plainant, Dr. W. T. Rees, and Mrs. E. J. Jarvis (Beamville House). An order of Sa. per week was made till the child attained the age of sixteen years. Defendant was also ordered to pay .E2 5s. 6d. expenses.

MRS. MAYBRtCK NOT PARDONED I A diapatch from Mr. Choet.te. the American Ambaeeador in London, to Washington states thaA tbc Bri't<iah authorities have refused fur- ther clemency m the casB of Mrs. Maybrick. The State Department had &ought a full pardon in order to make her eJigiMe ae a. eitnesb in a pending civil ac.t.km by her mother to recover money on account of a 1laaid transaction in which her evidence is regarded as necesaary.—Reuter.

EDUCATtON DIFFIOULTY In the Houee of Commons the order for the second reading of the Education (Scotla-nd) Bill wa<s taken. In the course of the debate Mr. e'ra-,nk EdwarHs, the meznber for Radnor, said he thought the CoYernmcnt must now regret th&t they had not given WaJee such a. Bin ae they proposed to give to Scotland.

I TO CORRESPONDENTS Ptn-'k" (CaTdifF).-We have not dea-It with ths.t seriea for obvious reasons. We cannot undertake to answer questions in particular underta-be to a.uswpr qu<?tioas in p?rticu!a.r is=u<?.

SOPHtA GARDENS CONCERT The Ca-rdiif Military Ba.ad tuake their Rrst a,ppeara,uoo at the Sophia, Gardens to-morrow evening, uador the oonductorahip of Mr. J. tta,tt.t)ews. A e:pital progra.mjDe lipz beeD :arranged.

TO BLOODLESS GIRLS-On Pa.ge 4 is pub- liahed "A Box-Iaker's Cure." It doacribef) 1. the case of a- girl in dauge:r of dea.tji from j AnsMnia. who wae cured. amd by wha.t a simple method, etc

SUICIDE IN A CHA)R.! MAN'S HEAD BLOWN TO ATOMS! A MaJdon coroner's jury listened yesterday to the stra.ng'e story of the dea-th of Thomas Nunn, an aged man. He rose RR uf-ual on Saturday, aud told his wife he propped 10 ciM.u hi& gun, an old 'muzzle-loader. She had a, forebcdiug of iH, a,f)d a.tte-oipbed to t:tkc the weap<ju from h'm. Be kjssed her, asennng' th&b he 'merely wanted to put a Hew Bipple on the guu. But thf- paor woma.n, who has suffered from a ii,eak heart, wa.a OTercotnc, artd swooDed. On regainm? consciousueH. she found tha.t hsr huiSband bad }:med himself. He ba.d sat down in a. chu.ir in the middif of the rGJIn, a.nd, lia,vins put the gan in his moutJi, puIlGd th'o trigger, with the re&al.t tha-t hi.s head was blown to atoms, and the wa.IlB. ceiliug, and 'furniture were be- epa-ttered with bie brains and pieces of his; skull. "Tempora.ry insanity" was the verdict.

AN INGENIOUS SWINDLER, A bold attempt was maxle to dwindle the proprietor of a ca.fe on the Grands BouJe- yards, Paris, yesterday. A well-drefsed man ordered a drink, a.ad paid for it with a bank- note for 100 francs. Before parting with the note he wrote gome words in pencil on the back. The change was handed to him. and ho left the cafe m a hurry. A few minutes afterwards a young man sitting a,t a. neigh- j bouriag taMe asked for Tlis change, declar- ing that he had gireu the wa.iter a. cote for 100 francs some minutes previous. The wa,itcr denied that Tie had received a note from this customer, c.nd the parties vent before M. Pcchnrd. police commissary, in ordo" to have the dispute settled. I ca.n prove that I gave you a note for 100 franCo" &&id the young man, for I wrote my address, 38, Hue Moutma.rtre, on the b&ck." Happily another customer had seen the rujsc, and narrated it to the magistrate. The swindler was sent to the Depot. A search 13 being made for his accomplice.

SUICIDE IN A BATH. M. VovigQ'ier, an employe in a, fa.ct.ory a.t Ch,ai-m,e.s, in Hie department of the Aisne, has committed suicide under dra,ma-tic circum- Ntafnces. After putting the gas full on he lay down in the hruth amd fell sleep. The servant., not hiring him gtirriag. entered the ba.th-} ro(Hn with a. lighted candle. A terrible explosion occurred. It was followed by a, Sre, which completely destroyed the house. The serva.nt lies in a. critical condition. The motive of the suicide is not known. M. VovigTjier was to hare been married in throe days.

LANDLORD AND TENANT DRAMA. A PaTie landlord, named Ca,bna, ha.d a ten'mt who did not pay his rent. It was in i rain that he demanded th.'a.t arrears should ba paid up. M. Fterda., the tena-ut, waB always ready with pro-mases which he never kept. The la;ndlord w&ited a. momth, and iln!aliy lost patience. He told Fierda. that he' TtY)u.'ld evict him from the house on the fol- lowing da,y. .Pic-rda, did not reply, but retu-nMng to his room hanged him&elf. Cabha, wa.e a.t hea<rt a- good eoul. He thought tha,t his tenajit might do eomet-hi'ng despera.te and liaton'ed behind the door. Hearing a sigh, he under- stood what had happened. Rushing into the room he out Fi&rda. dowit, and eared the laltter's life. Aiterwaj'ds he gave way to the' enDotion of the moment and fainted. It was now the tsna.nt's turn to auccour the land- ICTd. Cambria, was brought round. The two men then The has now sworn to wait for his rent.

WALES AND TARtFFS An interesting' paper was read at Oaxton- hall, Westminster, last night, by Mr. J. Lortr Williams, Ll.B., the suujeot being: "The! Tariff Question as Affecting Wa,Ies." The lecturer pract.ica.Uy coniined himBelf to the tariff quesMoo in its Imperial ohara-cter, merely pointing out a.t the cloae of his paper that the proposals ho had advocated must of uefessity be beneScial to all those who carried on trade in Wales. In the discussion which followed. Mr. D. F. Peimant advooaaed Free Trade. Mr. P. R. Simner regrettad that the lectureT had not touched on the question of Welsh trade more. The slate trade was one which espe- cially suffered under existing conditiona, owing to the large quantity of cheap, but inferior American slate which was thrown on the ma.rkct. Welsh people were not well educated enough in the I'mpsrial question. Mr. Williams also reg-retted that the subject. of Welsh coaj had not been considered.

AFTER THRé.E TRIALS. AFTER THREE TRIALS. BM,uty in distress is ever aji object of masculine sympathy. Had Miss Na.n Pat- terson 'been subjected to the ordeaj of a. fourth trial, her friends and admirers in Englajid would have had cause for ocmplaint. In the United Kingdom there ie a tendency to a.pply the maxim whicil ordains that liti- gation should not be indefinitely protracted in criminal proceedings, a.n.d there ie, it i" b&lieved, no instaaice in the books of a cha.rgo being submitted to a fresh Jnry after three unsuccessful attempts to procure a. convic- tion. Mare than one prisoner, however, has been sentenced as the result of a. third tria.1. lu July, 1873, Sub-inspector Montgomery waa found guilty of the murder of Mr. Gla<ise, a bank cashier at Newton-Stewart, a-fter two I juries had failed to a.gree. And as recently as last year the ca.pita.1 case of R. v. Fee was tried for a. third time and ended in a ¡ conviction.

TELEPHONE GtRL'S ROMANCE. I A romantic marriage was celebra.tsd in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Cecilia,, yesterday, when Mr. E. Whitney, of Montreal, a wealthy Canadian contra-otor, with a fortune estimated a.t £4,000.000, was muted to Miss Ajinie Bennett, a. telephone caU-girI. The bridegroom is 70, and the bride 23. The love at nret sight of the Canadian and pretty Miss Bennett was described fully in the columns of the American press when the engagement was announced. Mr. Whitney gave his &ancee jE:20,(MO, and at the wedding yesterday the bride and tridemaids were resplendent with diamonda, also the gift of the ga-llant bridegroom.

METHOD IN HIS MADNESS I A Liverpoo'l lunatic, who was bent upon suicide, had his way &t Mat, though he wae tdsi.ted every ten minutes during the night. At on& of thoae visits a.u a<ttenda.nt notice Mia.t he was not breathing properly. Since, tthe la6t round he had fastened round hia neck & &tout thread, which he had drawn from the pillow.. a<nd with which he had choked iumsetf. He was too far g'o.iie to recover, a.nd died.

Much disappointment waB caused a.t Pena,rth nn Mouday owiug to Messrs. Sydney ) Kvauo and Sam Jen]¡ins beidg unabte to attend t.hc meetiag at- the Sta.nwcll-road B,t,pt.i-st Church.huong" thoae who spoke a.h the service vas Mj'. Qu'enton Ashlyn.

So Much Better Wash once with Feis-Naptha, and you'H never again be willing to use any other. People don't like washing all day In hot water j and with a hot rire. Feis-Nttptha 3? Wilsoo street t-ondont: C

PRINCE OF WALES.! PROGRAMME OF CARDtFF VISIT The Prince of Wales, who will be accom' panied by a. small suite, will, it is stated, a'rrive by special train at Ca.rdiB' on the even- ing of June 28. He will proceed at once to St. Pagan's Caa'tle. About noon on the 29th he will leave St. Pagan's for Cardiff Cattle, where ha will be entertained at luncheon by the Marquess of Bute. The function (which ia not in the ofuciaJ. pTograjnme) will be a private one. At 2.15 the Prince leaves CardiS Cajstle and will drive round by the Grea.t Weatem Rail- way Station and proceed through the ranka of the trades' prooesaion to C-a-thays Park. At three the ceremony of laying the foun-1 &-Ltion atone of the new UrdYeraity College will taJte pla.ce. From 3.45 to 4..)0 afternoon tea. in the! grounds of Aberda/re-hall. To thia prifaAe) invitations only have been given. At 4.45 there will be the university coogre- gabion a,t the Pa.rk-haJl. when the Prince, as Chancellor of tte University, will confer the honora'i'y degreea. At 5.30 the Pricte returns to St. Fagan's. There will be a bachel<yr party at St. Fagan's Castle on the evening of the 29th. On the 30th the Prince will receive tha freedom oi! the bopcnigh. In t.he fotr&noon he will, we understatnd, inspect the docks,

Spaniard Spitted ON THE HORNS OF A BULL, I Three superb bnlla which arrived from the country were placed in a cage in the middle,, of the arena at Madrid in readiness for a6 combat. A crowd gathered round tha cage in order to obtain a, glimpse of the animals.. Suddenly one of the bulls began to beUo-w, and, dashLag his head against the cage, smashed one of HM sides to splinters. The three animals then escaped from the cage a,nd a.t-tacked the crowd. A frightful pa.nis OnBued. The people rushed into shops. A few climbed the trees bordering the street, while others sought safety in tra.mca.rs. One man was spitted on the horna of a bull, and taken to hospitaj in a dying condition. A womMi was nung high in Uie air, and fell to the ground a.bout twelve yajds away. The bulls next turned their attention to three cab-horses, and pierced them with their horns nntil the animals died. A strong force of gendarmes now arrived on the scene. A bull made a dash towards them, but the men Srod a volley, and the animal fell to the ground dead. The other bulls were subse- quently captured by the employes of the arena.

WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING The Bill to amend the We!sh Sunday Closing Act is presented by Mr. Herbert Roberts, and supported by Sir Alfred Thomas, Mr. William Jones, and Mr. Herbert Lewis. Its clansea deal with the sale of intoxicating liquors to travellers, leaving the bonar6de clause much aa it is, and Sunday licences. It compels the publican to enter the name and address of every traveller, together with Mie date and time on which he enters the premises. Any constable may inspect such book. The Bill is strong against "illegal at;StlCiat.WJ.lP" or clubs "of ten or more per- sons existing only for the purpose of supplying intoxicating liquor to its members." Each member of such a club is liable to a fine of five pounds or three months' imprisonment, The Bill is equally severe upon shebeens, the penalty for the nrst offence being ten pounds or two months' imprisonment, rising for the third offence to twenty pounds or six months' imprisonment. The wholesale trade and Sunday delivery is also dealt with. No beer sold for the purpose of re-sale shall be delivered on a Sunday at any hon&e or premises at which beer is sold or kept for sale by retail, or at a.ny place other than on board ships bound for a foreign port and ready for seàr. No beer shall be sold for re-sale, except between five a.m. and nine p.m. The county council is to keep a register of all premises upon which beer is manufactured or sold for the purpose of re-eale. Any constable may enter and inspect any premises (other than those of a brewery), in or upon which beer is sold for the purpose of re-aale, and examine all vessels found on such premises. The Bill proposes to repeal Section 4 of the Sunday Closing Act, 1881, and from the passing of this Act no intoxicating liquor shall be sold on Sunday at a railway station to persons arriving at or departing from such station by railroad or otherwise,

PATHET'C DOUBLE SUICIDE. A double suicide of & pathetic character M ipcportad from Paris. M. Nicholas Laubin, a. former under omcer, and his wife occupied thj porter's lodge of M. Lac, the banker, in the Avenue de Villiers. The couple were excellent eervamte, scrupulous and devoted. Some time ago the hu<sbajid became amicted with an mcura.ble malady, and latterly the wife f'elt t,hat she had the symptoms of the disease. Cast down by tthe prospect of a slow a<nd painful illness, husband and wife resolved to avert saCermg by dymg together. They staffed the doors and windows of the lodge, acd, lightiag charcoal, lay down to dig an unconscious death. The bajiker returned home late at Qiight, and had a presentim-ent that something was wrong when he rajig the door belL The couple were roused, and medical aid was rendered them. But help arrived too la.te. A letter which they left explained why they had resolved to commit suicide.

NAVVY'S PLUCKY CONDUCT. I At LinReld (East Suæe) yesterday aji inquiry was held respecting the dea,th of George Sa.yere, who was suSoca-ted in a aewer at Wa.l'stead. Deceased had to crawl up 39 pipes, each 29in. in diameter, to remove an obstruction at the other end. An hour and a. half elapsed, and as Sayers did not re- &pp@ar, amother wor]nna,a, Darned Devon, volunteered to go up the pipes to see what was the matter. A rope was tied round him, and on reaching Sayers he found the man unconscious. Devon placed a strap round hie comrade's body, and called to the men a.t the other end of the pipe to haul him oat. Devon also lost consciousness, in which state he rona-in-ed for a considcra.ble time after reaching the open air. The pipes were then smashed, and Sayers was found to be dead, having been suKocated by an .accumulation of carbonic acid gas. The coroner spoke in high terms of Devon'a plucky conduct, and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

FtVE CHfLDREN SHOT I Fh'e children in a, Ma-nohester street re- ceived, fortunately only with slight injuries, the contents of a shot-?nn fired by William Webb, who, it is a.lleged, a.imed the weapon at his own son. At the poLice-oourt Yest-erdaY the boy deola.red that his fa.t<her was trying to brmg down a< pigeon th-a.t would not rc-tiim to the coop. but a-nothpT wit-ness stated there was no pigeon, and tha.t 'ehb ]&MUed the gun aA his son, who just matla,g{d t-o jump out of the wa.y. j The boy Wobb a-dmitted thzt his fa.ther ha.d ha<d some dj.'iak. W.ebb, who is an exlvrt ahot, committed for tri<i!, bail being allowed.

WHAT HE SAID:— j Mr- &. ewtol1, of Tt rites: "YoM P!ll9 hftve cured me. four mouths on my ba.c.k." a pœitl.e cure for Gravel, PaIns in the Dropgy, niæaæ8 of the KidneTs. GQllt, Try one box; if not s..tI51ie.d 15. lid,, aJl chemists, Post frre 12 Medical BAH, C:ecMieat<t!L Yorits. ei3359-2 DrunkMda nia.y be P&rmamsNtIy cured; all cra.vinga kUlecL Thie ts genuine. Sa., 5a., ICa. Packets.—B. Croee, 62, St. Dai'1d'5 Hill, ]àet\jI; Md all ChMnlats. el06t

GOING THE PACE. HOWTO LIVE ON 115000 A YEAR Mr. Lewis Richard W. Loyd, et the Eccentric Club, a.nd of a hotel in Jermyn- street, has been trying to solve the problem of how to live on .815,000 a. year. He perse- vered herodcaJIy for three year's, a.nd now, a.t. the manure age of 23, has to adout that hie efforts have failed. A receiving order has been made against him upon the petition of Mr. Joeeph Ca.va'nagh, a ta.ilor, who has been una,ble to obtain payment of a. bill for JE762. Yeaterda-y a. meeting of Mr. Loyd's creditors was held, when a statement of affairs was presented showing liabilities JE20,851, of which .&&,04a was returned a-s expected to rajik, aad fm estima.ted surplus in assetB of E9,582. Amongst the creditors scheduled was <t jeweller, whose cL&im is for i2,39-2, and a hoaior, who mks for the settlemertt of M account of £501- Mr. Loyd stages tha-t ho has had neither occupation nor income, but had raised a. good deal of mo-ncy on his reversionary intersat under the la-te Lord Overstone's will, such money having amounted to about £45,000 in the paBt two yea.rs. AU his lia-biUties we for personal goode and services rendered, and ba.ve been incurred since his coming of age. Ris expenditure, Mr. Loyd abided, had averaged .815,000 a. year for the past three years. He demies that he is ÏDsolvent, &nd attributes his present position to his inability to ra<ise further money on his reversion. The meeting was adjourned till June 5 for Mr. Loyd to submit a. staAememt for the pay* ment of hie debts in full. Among the debts were .82.392 for jewellery and .E762 for clothes, of which .E500 w&s for a rur-Iimed overcoa,t. The debtor's life is insured for j3i50,0<M.

REMARKABLE SPEECH BY THE KA!SER. The Japanese a Scourge of God The "Evongelische KirohenzGitang" (Berlin) publishes a. report of & hitherto unpublished addrœ3 delivered by the German Emperor a.t the swearing in of recrmits &t NyilhelnishaTa on March 9. The report says that the Emperor referred to the heroic deeds of the Japanese. which, he said. sprang from Japaneae p.atriotí&n and Blia/t love, of which the ma;?- ni&ce'nt discipline of the army and na,Yy waa but the outcome. But, continued his Majesty, the conclusion muat not be drawn from the Ja.pa<nese victories that Buddha was superior to our Lord Christ. If Russia- were beatpu that would be chicny due to ttJ-e fact. that Rusaiaji Christisbnity must be in a very ba,d way, while the Ja<panese ha.d ma-ny Christian virtues to show. A good Christian was a good soldier. The Emperor went on to say tha.t in the German people ajso Christda-nity was in a bad way, and he doubted whether, in the event of a war, the Germans would be justified in praying for victory. The Japanese said the Emperor, were a scourge of God, like Attila. and Napoleon, It was for the Germans to see that God would not have to chastiBe them one day with such a scourge. The Emperor, ad<Is the journaj, delivered the foregoing addret-z in a, most eeriona

MOTOR ACCIDENT IN GOWER. Alleged Similar Case to the Margate Affair. Thomas Pearce (65), a cowman, in the employ of Admiral Lyona, of Gower, is in Swansea, Hospital soNering from serious injuries received in a motor-car accident in Gower. Pearce was driving a water-cart, and! his horse swerving, he was thrown off, taught by a, motor-ca.r and dragged some dis- tance, emstalninz a, compoond fracture of thi4 right a.rm, injuries to the left a.rni and shoaMer, and several contusions. It is alleged that the caj- did not slacken speed or stop. Admiral Lyons has taken the matter in hand and is investigating the incident.

THE TRtPLE TRAGEDY AT ABERSICHAN. Impressive Funerat of the Victims Not since the memora.ble funeral of the victims of the winding accident at Tirpentwya Colliery in 1902 has such a. vast concourse of people been seen a.t a funeraj in the neigh- bourhood of Pontypool M th&t which accom.- pa,nied the remains of the late Mrs. Dobbe, Abersychan, and the two little girls she poisoned on Thursday morning to their last resting-place on Monday afternoon. Moet of the co-Uieriee in the neighbourhood ceased work earlier tha.n usua,! in order to enable the workmen to be præent a.t the obsequies, while a half-holiday waa granted to the chil. dren attending Sna<tchwood School, as a tribute of respect to their late schoolmates. The cortege, which was over a mile long, was headed by the brethren of the Abersychaa branch of the Rational Friendly Society, who turned out over 200 strong, and all wore white rosettes and white gloves. They were followed by the workmen employed at the LLanerch Colliery and a long procession of the genera,! public. The comns containing the remains of the mother &nd her two children were literally covered wii,h wreaths and floral tributes, and were conveyed on biers. Just before the cortege left the house of mourning a short service was conducted by the Rev. A. S. Eva, of the Bible Christian Church, Blaen. &von, a.nd outside the house the hymn Bread of Sea-ven," to the tune Ebenezer," was most impressively sung by a mixed choir drawn from Mie Bible Christian Churches at Abersycha,n and Garndinaith a.nd the locaj Baptist, and Wesleyam Churoih-ee. Following the comns came the grief-stricken husband and father and Mrs. Dobbs' aged mother, together with about 50 mourn&rs, including little Florrie, whom Mrs. Dobba tried to poison, and, the deceased's two boys, Reggie and George. All aJong the route of procession vaet crowda of people .congregated, and doffed their bata aa the mournful cortege passed by. The interment took place in E'benez-er Burial. ground at Pontnewynydd, within a few yards of the graves of three of the victims of the Tirpentwys cage accident. Previous to the commitment of the dead a. memorial service wae held in the old Welsh chapel, conducted by the Rev. A. S. Eva and the other ministers in attendance, viz., the Rev. W. Maurice (Talywain), the Rev. W. E. Daviea (Abersychan), and the Rev. A. 0. Bopkins (Aberaycha.n). Hymns were sung all the way to the grave, and altogether the funeral was a profoundly impressive one.

KtLLED HIS WIFE'S LOVER. A terrible tr&gedy hae taken pLaee at Oouillet, near Cha.rleroi. A couple named Va,nd-eputte I-,opt a, little cafe. The husband objected to the attentions which Jean Va.n- develde, a custom<r, paid to his wife. a-nd left her. The wife went back to her parenta with her two children, but the old people did not desire to be burdened with this charge, and Ma-dajne Vamdeprttte returned vlnd took a. lodger, who was Vajadevelde. I.,aat night the husband, learning what h&d taken plac,,g, stole into the house. Armed with a revolver, he a.pproa<:hed the bed iu whi<;h Vajtdevelde la.y, and nred at the latter, the bullet enteredMig near his left eye. The wife who with her two childTeu l<iy on a n.LS.tt<re<.s .tried to disarm her husud, but he Sred a-nother &hot a.t Va.ndve1rle, thic time kim'ug him. Tha murderer voluntarily eurrendered.

SUGARS Gritty Beduced at all the DIRECT TRADING OO.'a BEANCEZS. elSHt Let your IjiteUlgence aa<! feet loop paM together.— Robert L.me, ChItOBodist, 2, Dute-street, CardiH. elJt CABTETS BEATEN.—70 per cant. imMa duet remoTact than by vacuum proceM, at halt the eost.—l, Minny. etnet, Cath&YA <a!W)