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TEMPTED SUICIDE AT I CARDIFF. Ch T. Blackmore, a respectably dressed Jft SlnSle, and only 25 years of age, made ^ay night what would eeem to have tiojj ^Premeditated attempt at self-destruc- k l*V€d at *>5, Tewkesbury-etreet, and it *$ecti °wn that he had any weighty matters hiin mentally. The facts, so far as e'icited, are these. At 8.30 Police- *Uty 'e William Gurney was at his post of 111 w when a boy rushed up to SvS?, the information that a man had ^)^a(^°ison in Rumney-road. The police- J1 went there at once, and on 5S eaw Dr Cameron, who asked j Jtat was the matter, and did all j necessary in the case. Gurney man lying on the side of the road, | with a Pint bottle of strong- [ Poison alongside of him, and a letter 1 The poison is that which I Ve, for soldering purposes, and Blackmore, treatment, recovered consciousness, Herp taken by Gurney to the infirmary, liea a serious state. His letter Btiothdressed to his dear father and 8n~r'ar*d *n *t t°ld them they would I's at his end, but he could not live Oger, being in everyone's way, and .• U8t try to forget him. The letter bore C^?nature of Your broken-hearted son, e;y."

^WBRIDGE MAN'S SUICIDE. J- Everett, deputy-coroner, conducted f^Ues-t at the Police-station, Newbridge, VfardS^ay' touching the death of Morgan j «USt*8. of Panteg-terrace, who was found Isti t'^ to tile bed on Saturday.—Margaret 8^ated sister-in-law to the deceased, siric^ that he had been in South. Africa, and he he ha<i returned, about two years ago, worked as a colliery labourer, of nQ s^d had been out for about a quarter an 0Ur on Saturday, and looked ill, and "Data- 18e(* ^im, to go to bed. Deceased went WJ*. and was seen shortly after by Saunders hanging to the -k ttij^si'diot of Suicide whilst temporarily e" was returned.

J,, SUICIDE OF A SOLICITOR. *i4dKlnque8t on the body of Mr. Gregory Uto ^gton Byrne, solicitor, brother of the ^dncfS1" Jnotice Byrne, was held on Jir ^day at Westminster, London. °the Ye^ Widdrington Byrne, solicitor, a r °f the deceased, the deceased, .6 hi^8 unmarried, was 58, and lived alone. from paralysis for eome ^rv'f *5^ depressed him a good deal. He was JWo°j °*u brother, Mr. Justice Byrne, \fa^ considerably affected him. b taLn ,?.cver heard deceased threaten I ,i., 1 boyhood, however, i W th7v>a#bnl^ + irrilfcable, and when a |id to drown himself, because he to return to school after the fl€. ^ndge mode deeeased an jS-4, ,n°7 which, of course, etopped with f death. Beyond that deceased had troubles, and no debts worth Vloning. jury returned a verdict of "Suicide QIt temporarily insane." j

A DAUGHTER'S DOWNFALL. INDIGNANT FATHER'S THREAT IN COURT. A sad story was told in Mr. Justice Darling's court on Wednesday during the hearing of an action brought by George Ayres, a dairyman, of Tottenham, against George Cook, a con- tractor, also of Tottenham, for damages for an alleged assault on his daughter. Point- ing to Mr. Cook, whom he had previously threatened to shoot, Ayres, as he left the witness-box, exclaimed, "Don't you dare set a foot on my ground." In consequence of the assault, his daughter had. he said, suf- fered both in reputation and health. The daughter's story was that Mr. Cook met her in Church-lane, Tottenham, and assaulted her, she resisting, but ineffectually. While the father was telling his version of the matter, Mrs. Cook, who was sitting in the body of the court, cried bitterly. He had not, the father said, prosecuted Mr. Cook criminally, because he was not aware that he bad the power to do so. Mr. Cook, a fresh-coloured, healthy-looking man of somewhat fine physique, denied with a thump on the desk in front of him. any improper conduct towards the girl. He had been married twenty years, and had always lived happily with his wife. The Judge, in summing up, said that a few weok.3 before the assault was said to have been committed Cook had badly orushed his hand in a chaff-cutting machine, and had to carry it in a. sling. Yet he was said to have assaulted a resisting woman. That the assault had been committed by someone was proven, but it was a very common thing for a woman about to become a mother to accuse some other man in order to screen the father of her child. It was very wrong, and very immoral, but it was very common. The jury returned a verdict for Mr. Cook, with costs.

ESCAPE OF A PRISONER. LABOURER ELUDES A CARDIFF CONSTABLE. A labourer, named Albert Joseph Aeger, who had been arrested in London on a war- rant charging him with stealing a watch at Cardiff, eluded the constable who was bring- ing him to Cardiff at Swindon on Wednes- day. The policeman and the prisoner were travelling by the train which left Pad- dington at 6.10 p.m., and at Swindon Aeger complained of feeling ill, and asked to be allowed to have a, cup of tea. The constable, with creditable humanity, took his prisoner into the refreshment-room, and whilst they were there the bell rang and the whistle blew, indicating that the train was about to depart. There was a crowd of people on the platform aot the time, and in the rush Aeger managed to elude his captor and got clean away. He is described as about 25 years of age, 5ft. 6in. in height, of slight build, with a thin face and sunken cheeks, and downcast appearance. He is of fair complexion, with a small fair moustache. He wore a, bowler hat, a double-breasted dark grey overcoat, a dark suit, laced boots, collar and tie, all the worse for weaau

I FIGHT WITH BURGLAR. 200 PEOPLE WATCH DESPERATE STRUGGLE. A desperate fight between a detective and a burglar in Holborn was described at Cterken- well Sessions, London, on Wednesday. There had been two burglaries at a chemist's premises in High Holborn, from which property valued at over JE150 had been stolen, and there was no clue to the robbery until Detective-sergeant Hayman arrested Edward Mack in 18, Eagle-stTeet. For a. quarter of an hour there was a desperate struggle. Mack broke one of Haymon's teeth, seized him by the throat, and partly choked him. A crowd of some 200 persons witnessed the struggle, but oniy one gentleman assisted the detective. Mack, however, was taken to the station. The Judge (to Mack): Axe you disposed to give information as to what has become of the property? Mack: It has gone over to France, and it is absolutely useless to try and recover it. I sold it to a Frenchman, and I don't know his name. Mr. Purcell: From my own experience I know that a good deal of stolen property goes abroad. English receivers don't pay enough. It is very hard on English receivers, this foreign competition. Mack was ordered three and a half years' penal servitude, and the judge highly com- mended Detective-sergeant Hayman.

TREALAW FIREMAN KILLED. The circumstances attending the death of Herbert Jones, Brithwenydd Cottages, Ceme- tery-road, Trealaw, a night fireman, at No. 1 Pit, Glamorgan Collieries, Llwynypia, at about midnight last Wednesday formed the subject of an inquiry before Mr. Coroner Rhys at the Royal Hotel, Dinas. on Monday.—Evi- dence was given to the effect that whilst a journey of seven trams of rubbish was being taken out of the pit on the Tyntyla-road at a. gradient of about twelve or fifteen inches to the yard, the rope, which was 3,000 yards long, tJroke about 850 yards above the trams, with the result that these "ran wild" to the bot- tom. Subsequently Blake, a rider, found the deceased in a manhole. He was then alive, but immediately afterwards, before he could be removed, succumbed to the injuries he had sustained. It appeared to be a. dubious point whether deceased had been killed by the trams or by the swinging of the loose piece of rope attached to them, the latter theory being favoured.—Asked to account for the breaking of the rope, the manager (Mr. Thomas Evans) gave it as his opinion that the trams must have got off the rails, thus caus- ing an extra. strain on the rope.—The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

BOY KILLED AT CARDIGAN. A fatal accident has befallen Albert Cerri Sambrook. aged ten. son of Mr. Sam- brook, Pentooduchaf, close to Cardigan. The deceased and an elder brother had been cart- ing manure out to a potato field, and on their return the horse took fright about the middle of the field, throwing the brother, who was riding on the shaft, off, the other boy being left in the cart. The horse made for the gap leading out of the field, when the tail of the cart came into contact with the bank, throw. ing the boy out heavily on his head, causing instantaneous death. Medical aid was at once sent for. but, of course, was of no avail. The sad affair has cattt quite a gloom over the neighbourhood. Mr. and Mrs. Sambrook being much respected.

PONTYPOOL GIRL FATALLY BURNED. Lily May Davies, the cix-year-old daughter of Henry Davies, a furnaceman employed at the Lower Mills, Pontypool Road, died at Pontypool on Saturday as the result of burns sustained a. week ago whilat playing with the fire.

ACCIDENTS AT SWANSEA. A Swansea boatman, named David Morris, in trying to jump from the quay of the Prince of Wales Dock to the deck of the steamship Arpe, fell and fractured one of his ribs. On Saturday at Victoria. Park, Swansea, a Port Tennant man, named Samuel Chisholm, aged 26, fell and broke his arm. The unfortunate man Albert Brodrick, who was injured in trying to board a tug at the North Dock jetty, Swansea, as reported on Monday, has died at Swansea Hospital from the effects of his injuries. The deceased's father was, it appears, an eye- witness of the accident.

CARDIFF BABY BOY BURNT. Herbert C. Marwood, the thirteen months old child of Thomas Marwood, 32, Lionel-road. was admitted to the Cardiff Infirmary on Sunday night suffering from extensive burns. His condition at a late hour on Monday night was precarious.

ACCIDENT TO A LLANBRADACH HAULIER. Henry Powell (50), residing in High-street, Llanbradach, met with serious iniuries on Tuesday. He was in charge of horses taking a portable engine to Vochriw, and soon after reaching Bargoed one of the chains snapped, and Powell in his efforts to pacify the horses fell between them It is believed he bas received a compound fracture of one of hia arms and knee. The unfortunate man, who was engaged by Messrs. Thomas and Hughes, contractors, was immediately driven to Cardiif Infirmary.

INQUEST AT PONTYPRIDD. Mr. R. J. Rhys, coroner for the Parish of Llanwonno, held an inquiry at Pontypridd Polic2-court on Monday concerning the death of Hannah Griffith Evans, 19, a single woman, who lived at 20, Mill-street, Ponty- pridd. The evidence showed that the woman had suffered recentiy from diphtheria, and death resulted from heart failure, followi-c; on the disease. A verdict of "Death from natural c&uses" was accordingly returned.

CRUSHED TO DEATH AT CWMAMAV. Herbert, James John Lloyd, married, 39 yeara of age, and living at 28, Glydwr Cottages, Aberaman, met with a fatal accident at the top of Cwmneol Colliery, Cwmaman, on Mon- day He was a surface workman, and was engaged in oiling some machinery at the time of the accident. His coat was caught in a cog, with the result that he became entangled, in the machinery, and was crushed to death.

^°0RWEN DRAPER DROWNED. Thursday night Mr. lieece Jones, a who represented a local firm, and also the secretary of the Harp 'lli y Society, called, on the Rev. John and discussed with him the affairs s,ociety. He left the minister's house 0 clock, and from that time all definite him was lost until the discovery of y in the River Dee on Monday. Mr. leaves a young widow and family. V ^°TliER BODY FOUND IN THE DEE. extraordinarily mysterious dis- 'n Denhi&hshire waa solved on i ■pet€r Morris, an aged quarryman, tat Llantysilio, near Llangollen, fail- turn h°me on Tuesday, the police were I j ant^ the rural district thoroughly 1 tji i Morris's stick a<nd hat were found j 0> "anl^of the Dee, and shortly before J J°Ugi °™ Wednesday, by dragging opera- I .j?8 lifeless body waa recovered from the i deceased had been depressed through I .Unemployed recently, and had given intemperate habits.

t WOMAN DROWNED. I a^- J- Rhys held an inquest on Tues- | Jj <ly- the Swan Inn, Merthyr, upon the I ^0^ianna Sullivan, who was found I t + on Sunday morning in the 1 f,eeder. It was surmised that in I on to the bridge over the feeder I from Pond-side to Adam and Eve- I 4^4 where the previous Monday th* } • liad been laying with Mrs. Barry, t, ried daughter, she accidentally fell | ^o^rater' through the bridge railing k »y returned a verdict of Found i Ca ^ti and added a rider that the 1_ vs °f the district council should be I ° the state of the railings with a I Setting them repaired.

DROWNED AT NARBERTH. P ;tnii -^vonald, aged 51 years, of 2, Sheep- I d'^h V Narberth, was found drowned ]pe;.s face in a pail of water. The j vf M'ho had a small private income, t herself, and was subject to fits, and I flt "athe her fac?e in water when she felt on" n^ece 8aw ^er *n the f j! ,and ten minutes later found her <l» 11 i.18 suPIJOsed she was bathing her face Hue*^e fell forward in a faint and was

I H»!«AGIC AFFAIR AT LYDNEY. V* Benjamin, employed a# a saddler by r.lck, of Lydney, was found dead on lu a pig's cot. It appears that the to leave hio lodgings oin Satur- ^^>0 felt upset at not being to obtain ?r'^ and his employer if he v'Im sleeping in the pig's-cot till he on nSOBle- He complained of not feeling Of °H Z*n(i*y> aJ"'Peared- to be all right k-nuciay night. Deceased was 35 years l'

T44010 DEATH OF A GOLFER. has occurred at Edinburgh under aei'° circumstances, of E. Raphael a well-known competitor in the 1" championship. He was to undergo v atl°n for sore throat, but on chloro- lnS administered his heart suddenly o th6 "fnbull, who was a son of the manager l>a ^tish Widows Fund Assurance Oy ft,' competed at the Honourable Com- *o. Clnburgh) Golfers' meeting a \ve»k

J^^EARANCE OF A CARDIGAN o/'oU0 TRADESMAN. th iff. upon the sudden disappearance 'lmes Da-vies, confectioner, three fonnj0' an4 °f whom no trace has yet comes the news of a similar dis- aeto°e ^r' Watts, builder and -g. r> who has been missing for several last seen at WTiitland Station one fa ,eels> but since then nothing has ly bf»i? °J him- He leaves a wife and m°d him in Oardigran.

DEATHS AT CARDIFF. Sife^e&da"^eece (coroner) held an inquest tt?i osTthf vev«niD? at the Town-hall, Car- -r. body of William Donovan (63) a ai ♦?aeed wa6 admitted to the casual Vi??t hinc, » ,Markhouse on Sunday night. at& \i ° c ock on the following morning "{H fonnri°rfi' who in charge of the I a ^th d the man dead. A verdict of I *Vf >»?iiHitjir art failure" was returned. I Wt ^Uam cTe!dlct waa returned in the owe I at U n" a seafaring man, who I Haokett'e boarding-honae. No.

RUSSIAN ADMIRAL AND 900 MEN DROWNED.—See Page 7.

A WOMAN WEDS TO GET £100. OCTOGENARIAN'S TALE OF TYRANNY OF A WIFE. A second marriage has often been called the triumph of hope over experience. But when hope tries to triumph over two expe- riences it-shows a sanguine nature not often to be found in men, much less in a man of 81 years of age. Thus Mr. Plowden on Wednesday, when the white-haired octogenarian who "married his third wife for peace," and afterwards repented and expressed the deliberate opinion that she was the plague of his life, made public confession of his domestic humiliations at Marylebone, London. The octogenarian now introduced himself as Henry Lomaes, a retired pastrycook, living at Kilburn, and he summoned his wife for assault. She is thirty years his junior. Having lived as a lonely widower for seven years, Mr. Lomaes told the court, he married her—she was his housekeeper-in the hope that she would bring him peace and comfort in his old age. "But vain was the hope," said the ex- pastrycook. shaking his head sadly. "Dozens and dozens of times she has threatened to dash my brains out and jump on me till I was dead, and then be hanged for me. In addi- tion to that, she has Bprung upon'me when I was SMOKING THE PIPE OF PEACE, and pinned me to the chair, so that I could not move. On Easter Sunday she got fran- tically drunk, and, after jawing me for two hours and threatening to smash me, she again pinned me to the chair, and called me shamefully. Her pet term for me is 'a dirty toe-rag, added senior partner in resentful tones. "Why she should plague me in this way I don't know. I never wronged her. I aan too fond of peace and quiet." "Your first wife you divorced?" said the defending solicitor. "Yes." "The second, you say, drank herself to death?" "No," "And the third drinks, too?" "Yes." "What an unlucky man!" "He would have been more unlucky it he had had none!" declared Mr. Plowden. At this point Mr. Lomass re-called to memory another feature of the domestic campaign. He mentioned it as a sort of proof of his wife's earnest frame of mind. "When she attacked me as I was smoking in the chair," he said, "she took off her jacket to it, and rolled up her 6leeves. My own bad language is merely a repetition of hers." "Are there no good points about your wife?" inquired the Magistrate. "Oh, she's all right at housework and cook- ing." conceded Mr. Lomass. "But," he de- manded, energetically, "what's the use of a oerw giving good milk if she kicks it over the next minute?" When the general laughter that greeted this query had subsided, Mr. Plowden asked, "Is she kind?" In a small way," remarked the octogena- rian. I thought her very quiet when I mar- ried her, but x SHE ALTERED VERY MUCH. She is very terantified." But she is evidently an accommodating woman—she has offered to hang for you?" "Alt!" sighed the old man, so expressively that the court laughed again. Are you as nice to her as she is to you?" pursued the magistrate. Ten timed nicer," was the reply. I for- give her, but she says she hates me." Then Mrs. Lomass's version was heard. She repudiated the charge of assault, and said her husband had not treated her very nicely. She was a widow when she married him. It was true she had slapped hie face. He might have got worse if he had not begged my pardon," she added, with decision. "Oh," exclaimed the stipendiary. "What made you marry him?"—" Because he told me that when I was married I should have £ 100 put into my hand. That's the reason." "Did you get the EIOO?"No, not a far- thing." And you were a little disappointed1?"— Yea, greatly." Perhaps it has affected your temper?"— Yes, it has." It was clear, commented Mr. Plowden, that the parties did not marry for love. The man married for peace—although he had reached an age when, whether he liked it or not, he was pretty sure to get it soon-and rest while the woman married for £100. not having got which she became a disappointed woman, venting her spleen and temper on her hus- band. Such a marriage could not possibly suoceed. If they had their senses about them they would have remembered thaA May and December cannot mate." He dId not suppose that anything ho could do would secure the old man the peaoe he coveted, but, in view of the physical mastery which his wife's age afforded her over him and which she had used to sttoh purpose, she would be bound over in J520 to keep the peace. That, perhaps," concluded Mr. Plowden, is not the ypoact, Mr. Lomass wants, but it is all the peace which the law allows."

DECLARATION OF BRITISH POLICY. In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. BRODRICK (Secretary of State for India), who was received on rising with cheers from the Government benches, moved- That this House consents to the revenues of India being applied to defray the expenses of any military operations which may beooane necessary beyond the frontiers of his Majesty's Indian possessions for the purpose of protecting the political mission which has been despatched to the Tibetan Government. He said that the mission was, above all things a peaceful mission—(Opposition ironical cheers)—designed solely to secure peaiceful intercourse between the Tibetans and those States on the borders of Tibet for whose safety we were responsible. The mission took no hostile action, and was proceeding with a view solely to negotiations. But the whole situation had been changed by the encounter which had taken place on March 31, which had, undoubtedly, brought about those mili- tary operations for which the Government were bound to ask the sanction of Parliament. They might all regret that it should have been necessary for Indian troops, acting under great provocation, to shed blood, but it must be clearly understood that unless our troops had used their arms they would, with-. out doubt, have been annihilated. (Hear, i hear.) The further progress of the mission to the desired point had not been hindered. He had received a telegram from the Viceroy which proved that the mission had reached the point (Gyangtse) to which the Govern- ment determined to send it without further opposition. The Chinese Amban had decided to come without delay, and the Tibetan Government had sent representatives to meet Colonel Younghusband. For years the un- reasonableness of the Tibetan Government had been increasing. A condition of things existed which was practically unknown any- where else, and every effort had been exhausted to obtain, through the suzerain Power, a settlement of the questions arising between the Indian and the Tibetan Govern- ments. The Tibetan Government had made attempts to circumscribe their relations with the Indian Government, whilst at the same time endeavouring to open negotiations with another and still more distant Power. Boundary pillars had repeatedly been knocked down, obviously by preconcerted arrangement, and though the Tibetan Government had promised free trade, they had created a 10 per cent. ad valorem tariff. (Laughter.) The Tibetans, whilst they were showing themselves more than ever unreasonable to us. were sending a deputation on a 30-called religious mission, but to which it was clear the Tibetans attached very considerable political significance. His Majesty's Government regarded as perfectly satisfactory the assurances they had received from the Russian Government with regard to the latter's action in Tibet. His Majesty's Government were not moved by jealousy of the influence of any foreign Government at Lhassa, but they could not shut their eyes to the fact that Lhassa was within 300 miles of the Indian frontier, and was not less than a thousand miles from any part of the Rus- sian frontier. The Indian Government could not acquiesce in any change which would alter the status quo in Tibet by enabling any Power to establish a predominant interest in Tibet. They could not consent to a mission to Lhasa?, which would enable anyToreign Power to give advice to the Tibetan Govern- ment or control that Government in any way. Still less could they consent to any Power proposing to establish a protectorate at Lhassa. We had found that the suzerain Power waa powerless, and that the Tibetan Government mistook our patience for weak- ness and our conciliation for want of power. He desired to say nothing which was likely to give offence to Russia, but the Blue Book teemed with admissions, not of what the Russian Government proposed to do. but of what the Tibetans thought they could obtain from the Russian Government by way of support against the legitimate demands of his Majesty's Government. It was absolutely important that it should be laid down that if any Power was to be predominant in Tibet that Power must be Great Britain. That must be known to the people chiefly con- cerned, namely, the Tibetans themselves. Sir H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN said that the Government's policy did not agree with the policy approved or suggested by Lord Curzon, and what they wanted'to know was which was to be the master—the Imperial Government or the Viceroy of India. (Opposi- tion cheers.) There was no question of the industry, the knowledge, and the capacity in all respects shown by Lord Curzon. but he was often apt—at all events, in hie dispatches —to be led away by his rhetorical powers. The trespassing on pastures was a ridiculous cause for the expedition, and as to the knock- ing down of the demarcation pillars, Lord Cureon was satisfied that it was not done by any official person. Then there was the trade difficulty. The market had been open, and it was made a oause of complaint that, although the water was there, the horses would not oome to drink. As they all desired to see the mission safely withdrawn, he would suggest that the resolution should either be altered to read as follows, That this House consents to the charges for the armed escort to the politioal mission being defrayed from the revenues of India, subject to the undertaking given by his Majesty's Government in their dispatch of November 6, 1903." or, Subject to the undertaking given by the Government that, so soon as satisfaction is obtained for specific infractions of the convention, the expedition would withdraw. Lord G. HAMILTON (U., Baling) said that if Tibet were allowed to map her fingers at the treaty she had entered into with the Indian Government, many more powerful countries would be encouraged to do the same thing. The Government of India had made concession after concession to Tibet for the purpose of coming to a reasonable and fair arrangement, but from first to last the treaty had been a dead letter, because the Tibetans had quite ignored its provisions. At the same time, he would oppose our annexing any part of Tibet or making ourselves responsible for any portion of the administration. Sir H. FOWLER said that the main point was, What was the policy of the Government for the future? There was plenty of room for both Great Britain and Russia in Aeia. Mr BALFOUR said that some of the Opposi- tion regarded the pulling down of boundary pillars as a small matter and the occupation of pasture lands as a thing to be passed over, and they had seriatim demonstrated that nothing had occurred between the Tibetans and the Indian Government which was worth the cost' or the risk Involved in this Mission. That kind of political arithmetic was rotten from the beginning. They could not, by merely summing up the matters dealt with by diplomacy, say that this or that course should be pursued. Was it suggested that they were indefinitely to allow the Tibetan Government to violate solemn treaties entered into by them? No one could assert that the Government of India had ruelhed hastily irto action, seeing that there had been fourteen years' fruitless negotiations. tIe contemplated no such unhappy contingency as annexation and u it were to occur he should consider it one of the greatest mis- fortunes that could possibly happen to the Indian Government or to this country. (General cheers.) In heaven's name, let the Tibetans manage their own affairs. (Opposi- tion cheers.) Let them keep themselves to themselves. TIe desired nothing better. (Laughter and cheers.) Russia had absolutely declared, not merely that she did not mean to occupy Tibet in a military sense, but that it was outside her sphere of influence, and she did not desire to have a, resident there or to exercise power or autho- rity there. He accepted absolutely those statements. The Nationalist members challenged a divi- sion, but the motion was carried by 270 votes to 61—Government majority, 209.

THE TIBET DIVISION. The Liberals did not intend to challenge a division upon the resolution as to Tibet. Most of the occupants of the Front Opposition Bench abstained' from voting, and a large proportion of their usual supporters voted in the majority with the Unionists, but the Iriah Nationalist members were joined in the "No" lobby by about a dozen Liberal members, including Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Mr. Alfred JDavies, MT. H. Broadhurst, Mr. Chan- ning. Mr. John Burns, and Mr. W. Abraham (JUtonddal.

CATCHING A TARTAR. "STAND AND DELIVER!" "GREAT SCOTT! WHO'D HA' THOUGHT IT!"

BOY SHOOTS HIS MOTHER, ? w TRAGEDY LIFT M' COUNTRY HOtjsfc. A tragedy of an astounaing character is reported from the little Cambridgeshire vil- lage of Meldreth, where ajlad of fifteen is alleged to have killed Ms mother with a revolver. Meldreth is miles south of n Cambridge; and here, jfct a comfortable country house,.known Gables," Mrs. Georgina Rogers, who to be the wife of a London solfcaBThas been resid- ing for the past eight^ja^Konths, with her son Frank and two youngMjjMighters. On Tuesday night the dEtily had dinner very happily together abodEight o'clock, and when it was concluded, two little girls d, t, retired to the dra wing- leaving their g_ mother with Frank, who; .fca&ted to talk things over" with her. Half itt^hour later the elder of the two girls, alamJnat hiring the report of an exploeion, nvn' Jfitt c&jtha drawing- room, and was terrified to find her mother lying motionless on the floor of the entrance hail. Frank was standing by his mother's side, and the girl saw that he had a revolver in his hand. "What is it, Frank?" she cried. "What has happened to mother?" "I have shot her," the lad replied calmly. I thought it was best" The girl sent a servant for Dr. Octavius Ennion, who lives close by; but he found that Mrs. Rogers was dead, having apparently been shot through the heart. Before the doctor arrived the lad had taken his youngest sister, Queenie, over to a neighbour's house, with the request that she might be allowed to stay there for the night. He appeared to be per- fectly collected and natural in his manner, and returned at a leisurely pace to "The Gables." Dr. Ennion, having satisfied himself nothing could be done for Mrs. Rogers, sent for the police, and notified the occurrence to the county coroner, Mr. A. J. Lyon. When the constables arrived at The Gables," they found Frank QUIETLY READING A NEWSPAPER. To their inquiries he replied: "Yes, I shot mother. I thought it best in the circum- stances." He refused to make any further staement, and was taken into custody and lodged in the police cells art MeSbourn, a mile and a half away. Mr. Coroner Lyon arrived at -The Gables on Wednesday for the purpose of hold- ing an inquest, but in consequence of some misunderstanding as to the date, no arrange- ments for the inquiry bad been made by the police. The lad Frank is described as a bright, intelligent,, and happy lad, and general incredulity is expressed in Meldreth at his alleged association with so terrible a crime. All the members of the family have been well known in the village, and there is no sugges- tion that they have ever lived on other than the most affectionate terms. Since his arrest Frank Rogers has maintained silence, but does not appear to be in any way affected by the tragedy. When the charge was read over to him he intimated that any explanation he had to make would be given to the magis- trates. The police are inclined to the opinion that the tragedy, if it occurred in the manner alleged, and was not an accident, is one of the class known as imitative crime." The lad was very found of reading the news- papers, and among those found in the room in which he was arrested was one containing an account of the tragedy at Small Heath, Birmingham, in which a boy of fifteen was charged with fatally stabbing has mother with a Ale.

SQUALID DIVORCE STORY. In the Divorce Court on Wednesday Mr. George Harry Summers, an actor, of liver- pool, now with Mr. Forbes Robertson's com- pany, was granted a decree nasi on the ground of 1 he misconduct of his wife, Mary Summers, with a Mr. Robert Anderson, described as a seafaring man. The suit was undefendOT. Petitioner said he was married when quite a young man to the respondent in 1887. He had lived with her for a time before the marriage, when she was leading an immoral life. He at the time followed the occupation of an insu- rance agent. His wife was very violent after marriage, and he had three scars on him now as the result of her violence. They had to leave their house in Sydney because it was alleged his wife was using it as a disorderly house. He tried to reform her, and when he complained to her about men she said she should do as she liked. In 1888 he brought her to England, and they afterwards went to Liverpool. While he was searching for employment, his wife, without his knowledge, took proceedings before the magistrates for desertion, and an order was made against him for payment of £1 a week. Some time later the order was discharged, on evidence being given that the respondent was keeping a bad house. Petitioner added that he was not in a position to bring proceedings earlier.

FIVE-FOLD MURDER. WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN KILLED. A shocking tragedy is reported from Kil- binrie, Ayrshire, where on Thursday Joseph Oolsbreeze, 40, an Italian ioe-cream vendor. killed his wife and four children, the latter of whose ages range from one to five yeare. After the committal of the crimo Colsbreeze informed a brother, and then proceeded to a medical man and asked for some strong poi. J son to kill rats. The doctor, however, gave him a mild poison, and Colsbreeze subse- quently went to the police office and sur- rendered. When the police entered the house they found the wife and four children with their skulls battered in, and not far off lay a Mood-covered hatchet. Colsbreeze has the reputation of beinc a. quiet, industrious man. bu& it stated that Uurt ni*te he waa driak.

LOCAL DIVORCE CASE. TAFF'S WELL WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND. In the Divorce Court on Wednesday (before Mr. Justice Barnes) a case was heard in which Mrs. Alice Jane Thomas, of Tirhugh, Taff's Well, sued for a divorce from her husband, Mr. Willie Jenkyn Thomas, builder and con- tractor, formerly of Treforest, latterly of Shirehampton, Gloucestershire, on the ground of his desertion, bigamy, and misconduct. The suit was undefended. Mr. Bayford, who appeared for the peti- tioner. said that the marriage took place on December 5, 1893, at the Pswish Church of Eglwysilan, Glamorganshire, and the parties aftenvards lived together at Park House, Trc- forest, and had two children. At the time the respondent was in a. partnership which was #Lortly afterwards dissolved. Respondeat^ *ubsequently got a place as inspectoriroads j»t Aberavon, but he did not kpepJil»i £ sitnareion long. In 1898 he left I his wife, and she heard no more of him until October, 1903, when she heard that he had gone through a marriage with Ada Louisa Bridge man at Shirehampton, Gloucestershire. He was afterwards convicted of bigamy at Bristol Assizes and sentenced to three months' imprisonme at. A witness, who formerly lived at Avon- mouth, said that the respondent had lodged at her house, and at the time he kept company with a young woman who was in the Salvation Army. After the marriage with the young woman the two "lived to- gether at Shirehampton. A decree nisi was granted.

TIBET GOAL REACHED. BRITISH MISSION'S ARRIVAL AT GYANGTSE. The Secretary of State for India has received the following telegram from the Viceroy of India, dated Wednesday: — Following from Younghusband, dated Chalu, April 13. Gyangtse, April 11 {by Chinese couriers). General MaedooaJd has brought the mis- sion hero without the loss of a mwie man. The Tibetans who opposed us highly demo- ralised. This valley is covered wrtto well- built hamlets; cultivation everywhere, and numerous treee. Inhabitants mostly fled, but the few who remain say this is on account of heavy demands of their own Government. Neowts just arrived Tibetans are fleeing from fort. Two Tibetan generals have left; and Chinese delegate Ma, with Tibetan Jong- pen, have come in. Ma says the Amban will oome as soon as he can arrange with Dalai Lama, and that four Tibetan delegates of unknown position are' on their way. Jong- pen is in great fear, a,nd will, doubtless, sur- render the fort to-morrow.

YOUNG LADY'S TEETH: CARDIFF DENTISTS CLAIM DIS- MISSED. William John, dentist, of High-street, claimed 5e. from Frederick CoRier, commer- cial traveller, 11, Pontcanna-road, Canton, a.t Cardiff Oounty-court on Thursday in respect of alleged professional services to the defen- dant's daughter. Plaintiff stated that he examined the young lady's teeth, which were irregular, and gave proper advice. Mr. Collier told Judge Owen that he took his daughter to see the plaintiff. He merely looked at her mouth and gave no advice. He was very excited, and. thinking John was drunk, witness took his daughter away. Then plaintiff started to abuse him. Plaintiff: Did I examine your daughter's mouth ? Defendant; No. Miss Collier was then called. "Did he examine your mouth ?" asked Judge Owen. "No, sir, he didn't," replied Miss Collier. "He took me into a room, and as he was so very excited I was afraid, and said to my father, 'We had better go away. Judge Owen (to plaintiff): There are two against you. I am sorry I know something about you. and what they say is possible. Plaintiff: What I say is true, air, every word of it. Judge Owen: Well, I cannot help it. There are certain oircumstanoes within my, know- ledge. Cue dismissed^ i it i-

DISASTER ON A WARSHIP. FIVE OFFICERS AND 25 MEN KILLED. A dispatch to the United States Navy Department from Pensacola states that one of the guns in the after-turret of the United States battleship Missouri exploded during turret practice, amd killed four or five ofticers and nine men.—Renter. Later official moseages show that the loss of life by the explosion on board the battle- ship Missouri is greater than at first reported. Five officers and 25 men were killed and five men were injured. Two of the injured can- not recover. The explosion occurred during target Practice. Three rounds had been fired from one of the Missouri's 12-inch guns, and the bags of smokeless powder were being rammed into the chamber for the fourth round when the powder ignited. It is conjectured that it may have been fired by eome burning fragment left in the gun after the previous dLaoharpe. Two bags of powder in the run and tiro mors bags on the deck of the turret exploded with terrifio force. The burst of flame reached down the ammunition hoist ehaft to the ammunition-room .just below, where 1,6001b. of powder was stored. The whole of this supply exploded, wrecking j everything within the turret. The flames were extinguished, but by that time the braes work outside the compartment of the magazine, where half the store of pow- der and projectiles carried by the vessel was stored, was melted by the heat. At the call of the commander, Captain Oowies, who ie a brother-in-law to tthe President, every one of the survivors volunteered for the work of ex- tangnishing the flames acd rescuing the in- jured. itforte were made to penetrate the (volumes of deadly gases with which the turret was filled, but for some time entrance was impoEsiMe. The first who entered found 25 men dead in a heap. One of the officers killed is Lieutenant Gridley, eon of Gridley of Olympia." fame. The first thought of the survivors wae for the magazine, which adjoined the ammuni- tion-room. If the flames had reached the mag-aekie the ship would have been com- pletely wrecked. "Fire Quarters" was sounded, and in a few seconds two streams of water were playing on the flames in the ammunit ion-room. Naval officers ascribe the disaster to the zeal of the gun's crews in the competition for prizes in the target firing. A system of prises for shooting in the Navy has been in force for some time, and the rivalry among the gunners of the different ships is intense.— Central News. Officers and men. with handkerchiefs over their faces, brought out the dead and dying. Captain Combes himself led the rescuers, many of whom became unconscious and were suffocated. The body of Lieutenant Davidson, who was in charge of the turret, was found lying on the top. This officer had evidently allowed the men to pass him before all were overwhelmed by the second ergptoeioa. All the bodies were perfectly nude, and barey recognisable, all the clothing having been burned off.—Renter.

CLERGYMAN'S SCRUPLES. NOT DIVORCE, BUT JUDICIAL SEPARATION. The Rev. Gilbert Lyon, of Cloford Vicarage, i Somerset. in the Divorce Court on Thursday j sought a judicial separation on the ground of the misconduct of his wife with a gentle- man named Biggs, formerly of Dawlish. Mr. Pritchard said the petitioner was married to his wife in 1892, at the Church! of St. Mary Magdalen, Paddington. They! lived happily together for some time, till the wife's mother caused trouble, and the reepon-1 dent made the acquaintance of Mrs. Biggs. The respondent went to stay at Dawlish with Mrs. Biggs, and the visit was subsequently returned. In consequence of some diffi- culties, the petitioner, while living in the same house with his wife, did not cohabit with her, and in January, 1902, they occupied separate rooms. On April 22. 1902, Mrs. Lyon left her husband's house, and in June of that year the husband received a letter from her saying that she was living with Biggs at Cape Town. Mr. Lyon sent money out to her to try and get her to return to him, but she would not, and it had since transpired that she and the co-respondent had lived in Australia together. The petitioner, aathough on the evidence to be adduced he would be entitled to a decree nisi, had conscientious scruples on the question of divorce, and only asked the court to grant a. judicial separa- tion. The Rev. Gilbert Lyon and other witnesses gave evidence. His Lordship granted a decree of judicial separation, with costs.

CHARGE AGAINST A PHYSICIAN. The hearing was resumed, at Marylebone, London on Wednesday of the grave charge preferred against Frederick John Hicks, aged 52, a physician, residing at 138, St. James- court, Buckingham gate, and Frederick Charles Davies, aged 31, clerk, of 101, Seymour- place, Maryleibone, of being concerned to- gether in committing an illegal operation upon Daviess wife, Beatrice. Mr. Williamson, who appeared to prosecute for the Treasury, now asked that the prisoner Davies should be discharged, in order that his wife might be called as a witness for the prosecution. Davies was accordingly released. Mrs. Davies, who said her husband had been the secretary of the Drouet Institute, then gave evidence. On one occasion she saw the prisoner at the Drouet Institute, wHere he was a physician, and he made an appoint- ment to see her at his private address. He afterwards called upon her. She was removed the following day to the Marylebone Work- house, where aile had since remained. Mr. Plowden ordered a further reøauL

OFFICIAL REFUSED A HEAR- ING AT AN INQUEST. An inquiry into the cause of death of John Pound (28), who was killed at the East Elliot Colliery. New Tredegar, was held at Tirphil on Monday (before Mr. R. J. Rhys, coroner). Mr Robinson (inspector of mines) represented the Home Office, and Mr. F. Wilcox and Mr. Dalers the Powell Duffryn Comp.any.-A ver- diet of Accidental death was returned. Mr. Walter Lewis, checkweigher, Coedy- moeth, was present (in the absence of Mr. Evan Thomas, miners' agent) on behalf of the fan:ily, and, on putting a question to the under-manager, he was interrogated by the coroner as to who he was and what authority he held for questioning a witness in a coroner's ccurt.—Mr Lewis explained that he was the district secretary of the Federation, and was appointed to attend the inquiry, but he had not a letter or credentials from those appoint- ing him —The Coroner in reply stated that he could not allow Mr. Lewis to question any witness at the inquiry, inasmuch as. he was unable to produce the necessary proof of appointment.

RUN OVER BY A COAL TRUCK. An inquest was held at Graigcefnparc, near Clydaoh, touching the death of Dennis Jones, who had been run over and killed by a coal truck on Graigcwm Colliery sidings. Mr. Robson, his Majesty's inspector of mines, was present. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

PENARTH BEACH MYSTERY WELL-DRESSED WOMAN THROWS HERSELF INTO THE SEA. A Cogan man named John Saundertt waa walking along the cliff near Seven Sisters, Penarth, on Wednesday afternoon when he saw a woman walking on the beach below. A couple of minutes later he observed her throw herself into the sea. He informed two other men of what he had seen and together they ran down to the beach. When they got there the body of the woman was floating within a, few yards of the shore. They got it out and meanwhile, Drs. Matthews and M'Mullen were called, and applied artificial methods for restoration, but without effect. Police-sergeant Davies had the body removed to the mortuary, where it was found that the woman had 6s. 8d. in her possession. Her clothing was marked with the initials "A.B." and a handkercmei Dore the name "A. Stephenson." In one of the pockets of the woman's drees was found a. cutting from the "Western Mail" of an advertisement a? follows:— Wanted, reliable barmaid for hotel vaults; good references.—Box O. Z., Western Mail- Newport, Mon. Despite these clues to identification the police, up to an early hour this (Thursday) morning, were unable to say who the woman was. The description of the body issued is as follows:—About 5ft. 5in. in height; age, 35 to 40 years; very stoutly built; good teeth; auburn hair. She wore a dark grey <MfeMlb blue serge skirt, black satin blouse, a whMII straw hat, and white kid gloves, and on one of her fingers wa8 a ring set with diamonds a blue stone.