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LLEG ED COMPANY FRAUDS. c aARGES. AGAINST HOOLEY AND LAWSON. A ^°oley p,O0eeding^ against Ernest Terah Jooshj an<i Harry J. Lawson for alleged ^dlo^y to defraud Alfred Joseph Paine, vr&at the Windsor Castle. ViQtoria- ] liesumed on Tuesday at Bow-street. Treasury counsel, several other Vre'%ntati' es now appeared. Mr. K*. jf a,11(i Mr. Maconochie defended Lawson, b^iri'J^k'Ul IIa. 11 and Mr. Clement Edwards °°ley a 'watching brief" for Mr. Paine. *1(1 jr V/as again defended by Mr. Avory k^her,'+1J- B- Matthews. *• DiXrv e Magistrate took his seat, Mr. John ^Dan*1, &acretary to the Dublin Distillers' I* Cv gave evidence as to the holding r^v,,&an 6 Hooley, wife of the defendant, *jon Qz1 1900 and 1903. The total considera- bles ll tran»fer from Mrs. Hooley of 2,550 Or at various times was 11,026 10s. -> liad exanlined.by Mr. Avory, witness said a, no record to show as to how many tljn been transferred to Mrs. Hooley ^th of November, 1900. Mr. Bradshaw, h?*001' was broker who sold the v6 Sttoa^ne(^ Mr. Mnir, Mr. Dixon gave tobe c c'at-'e's °f the transfer of shares in k! tra,n 8,11 November, 1900, from the register 11 Da^ers 'yrc(^uce(i). No dividend had i^y f oa the ordinary shares of the com- b0°r the pa<st year. (Witness then left to examine the transfer books, to > at Mr. Avory's request, how many i?0VeQibm. Wer3 dated before the 26th of ^rd f an(* which were not passed by the Thon? company until after that date.) ft3,8 Harding, a bank clerk at the South- ra,nch of the London and Westminster II.cco Produced an extract of Mr. Paine's of at the bank, showing the payments the^ anc* *^e numher °f cheques testified entries between October 15. 1900, and CroJ lA- 1902. °Uly "jammed, witness sasid the extract was *r°<W 1 cheques debited, but he qould *Cc°Unt J1 ^st °* rec8iPts into .Mr. Paine's Al^gJi firing the same period. tljc -o Edward Hole, a clerk from the offices ,0tOera t S*s*rar °f Joint Stock Companies at °al ti Souse, produced the file of the Elec- ;en*hCft n mways C°nstruction and Main- rat»rt "°nipany (Limited), which was incor- ?f the With a coital of £ 250,000. The object e'fen00111 pany was to use any British or caPahle being used for the 11 a?r n eiectricity as a motive power. *>any „ee?lent was come to between the com- "bich d Mr. Michael Olwright Smith, by l'ihts In r. Smith sold to the company his ^dela T, certain patents, investments, and fln^r.°wn in the. schedules. Witness also **Ua °f the shares issued and "the 'lci.eaB^e.lved. and also of the various A "1 t^e capital of the company and J°' names in the lists of the 'Jttie t a narrative of facts which did t^cordin s"staili the interest in the case, com S t^€ retnrns, the last meeting of eas held fourteen days bef ore that r2f° December, 1900. Up to the time of *6Hce i U ^9,957 ordinary and 25,000 prefe- s^OtD had been issued. The return also V>rr. that Harry John Lawson, of 40, Hol- W, "Viaduct, then held 34,450 and Mr. Paine tfj' 9-000 ordinary shares. The British Elec- itj j Street Tramways Company was registered 'tat with £ 30,003 capital, and its objects were «lec5'4 to be to construct, maintain, and work J'ic carriages, railways, and ctoamboats, 9^ t° promote syndicates, partnerships, and i^c^'ations. The list of directors, dated 1931, ^'r Kenneth Mackenzie, Mr. Gordon an(i Mr. Harry J. Lawson. There was ^SQOp ?teenient on the file, dated November 1, ^e'8+ etween the construction company and ^er)6^ C0InPany as purchasers for the sale ti0tls of contracts, inventions, negotia/- 'Ule't^nd concessions mentioned in the sche- ft consideration being 2C.000 fully-paid »>. om street company or cash, -with st^Tls° that £ 30.000 should be retained by >as ai et company as work:ng capital. There tr ILIBO alater agreement between the Elec- 'Ijjjjjj, Street Car Manufacturing Syndicate tQ Itp- ) and the construction company for ^On8j(rrchase of the business and the works in ifrati°n the payment cf £ 24.000. Mr. ^^Ith10066^61^ take the witness through a Wtyp detail relative to the dealings the British Electric Street Tramways "ece and varioua subsidiary companies, JitHjjj bating for considerably over an hour IDI 't() hia affirmatives from the witness in reply itb.IS queries, which all more or less dealt finance. During the whole tiiis tedious evidence, which I?e<^ little to the lay mind. ^^°ley'e secretary was busily occupied ^°c]j 5ln £ notes between the financier in the 01 P. his counsel. At times Mr. Hooley v. indulge in a whispered conversation l*ioat 18 oo-deJ|endant in the dock on some in- Var- Point raised. other dealings between the parent i*cl and its offshoots were recounted, the Founders' Company and the Jlj a Motor Traction Company. seCfetary of the Dublin Distillers' Com- ^called, and in. answer to Mr. MQJJ Proved that after a further examina- i^^PeR transfer-books there were 500 »^'onging to Mrs. Hooley, dated the Sii November, which were not registered the 17th of December. She was the tll\ el." of 1,500 shares at least on that date, might be more -which had not into the office. Prior to the adjourn- ^°r lunch Mr. Muir intimated that ft £ that day the prosecution would not be in 5m J ^tion to resume the case for a fortnight, r- Eenwick tlien arranged that next s^ou^ he to-day fortnight. ti, Joseph Paine, owner of the Windsor 'a°tel. Victoria Station, said that some '0 years ago he knew a man called Sims lQrv?e me^ accidentally in Septem- journeying to Brighton. He ^Isi ards received a letter addressed from ttgham nouse, Piccadilly, asking him to ses him, as he could put him in the >s °L making some money quickly. Mr. rptlvQ yliite introduced Mr. Hooley. After v* ISati°n with Mr.' Ilooley witness bought f^i(j in tho S.S." Syndicate and £ 1.500 for them. Aftrr other deal-, ^°tic Av^th Mr. Hooley ho bror.ght to the V?. °f witness the General Electric Con-1 v! chpl0a Company, and witness pave Hooley' A *0T ^TI' to this time witness Hooley just under ;CII,GOO. Later I,Iltt 819 complained that the Siberian share ^sig ?, had not gone up, and Hooley said he v?tlld -n hard up for money. If witness tigiVe him a cheque for £ 2,OCO and allow amount to come from Virginia he r°°le • S've wi*ness a half share in Mrs. interest in the Construction Rivijj^y- By that contract witness was jr^P his 5,000 Siberian shares for half ?y ch«°0l,ey'B interest, in addition to £ 2.000, -')r the Virginia shares. #^aresn aflfised witness to buy the remaining "longing to Mra. Hooley. the case was ad.ionrned Mr. Avory t the bail be made continuous. 0'<UV Sistrate said Mr. Avory must attend I)rtnitrht and th-?n malio apiilict'on. ^ftnig^8 were accordingly remanded for

ERBERT CHAMBERLAIN 4S SEs AWAY SUDDENLY IN LONDON. '11, e)(.Ó;;lolIrbert Chamberlain, brother of the on w? Secretary, died suddenly in Lon- 7^-s Co *ecinegday from heart failure. He j, nGctod with the Birmingham Small Altij ctory. ll' Chamterlain had been j °ntbg +tiat Precarious health for several 'ftnodht was no expectation of any atal result. He was out driving ♦ surirto but in the afternoon 1 e ailure. D taken ill, and died from heart den:ePh Chamberlain was. present at the iOn Thursday, and Mr. Austen n Was amongst the callers,

BISFHAM DIVORCE APPEAL. o FAMOUS SINGERS WIFE AND HER FRIENDS, In the Court of Appeal on Tuesday there came on for hearing the appeal of Mr. David Bispham, the well-known professional singer, from a decision of Mr. Justice Barnes and a special jury in the divorce action of Bis- pham versus Bispham, Shaw, and Studdert. The petitioner (Mr. Bispham) moved for judg- ment in favour or for a new trial on the ground that the verdict and judgment were against the weight of evidence, and that Mr. Justice Barnes had misdirected the jury. Mr. Belgrave Deane (for petitioner) said he complained of the whole tone of the summing-up. Proceeding, learned counsel' went more fully into the Hotel Cecil incident. Mr. Bispham was sitting with hia wife Oil his left, and Mr. Shaw one removed from him on his right. According to his evidence, his wife asked him after dinner if he would change places with the "good-look- ing young,man" beyond him. Mr. Bispham replied, "By all means," and places were changed. Later ehe introduced Mr. Shaw to him, and said she had asked him to call at their house. Mr. Shaw was then 23. and the lady 37. Mv. Shaw's diary disclosed a very remarkable state of things. Amongst the entries were the following: — May 7.—Arrived in London. America Society dinner. Met Mrs. Bispham. May 8 —Tea at Mrs Bispham's, 4.30. May 11.—Lunched with Mrs. Bispham, Prince's Restaurant. May 15.—Lunched with Mr. and Mrs. Bisp- ham, National Gallery with Kitten (Kitten being Mrs. BLspham's pet name). May 16.—Tea with Mrs. Bispham. Dined at the Barclay with Kitten. Drove in the park and went to Mrs. Bispham's party. May il.-Dined with Kitten. Went to the palace. May 18.—Lunched at Kitten's. Walked in park with her. Dined at Frascati's. May 19.-Dined at Richmond, Star and Garter, with Biephams. May 20.—Went to Woolwich with Kitten. Dined and spent, the evening with her. May 21.—Saw Madame Sans-Gene," with Kitten. Went home to supper with her. May 22.-Took the two (Bispham) children for 'bus rid.. Lunched at Kitten's. Spent the afternoon. Kitten dined- at the Barclay with me:' Home to supper. Necklace from Kitten. May 23.—Saw Kitte^ ;dn the afternoon. Left for Paris. n' May 25—Back. d dinner with Kitten. Spent the evening. All these meetings, counsel asserted, were entirely unknown to Mr. Biapham.' Mr. Hume Williams explained that on one occasion, when Mr. Shaw and Mrs. Bispham went to the opera, the petitioner himself, who was singing in the opera, gave them seats. Mr. Deane, continuing with the husband's statement, said Mrs. Bispham told him on May 26 or May 27 that she had something upon her mind. Mr. Shaw had called one after- noon, she went on, when she was lying on the sofa in her dressing-gown, suffering from a headache. He suddenly fell upon his knees across her and embraced her. The butler came in at the moment, and she ordered him to show Mr. Shaw the door and tell him never to come in again. She had insisted, she said, that Mr. Shaw should write an apology, which he did. The apology, continued the husband, was most abject, the co-respondent stating that he must have 'been mad, at the time. Petitioner told him ltot tc out&e too -id -ohl"- about the matter, as he (petitioner) had been accused of making a fuss about nothing, and he also told him that if he could make his peace with Mrs. Bispham he might call at the house again. He then dismissed the matter from his mind until a later time, when he thought it wise to make inquiries, and saw the butler, Boston. Boston, in his evidence, stated that on one occasion Mrs. Bispham sent him with a telegram: — Do come and stay the night.—Kitten. Bispham sent him with a telegram:- Do come and stay the night.—Kitten. On the occasion when he found them on. the couch, Mrs. Bispham came up to him and said, "Boston, promise me faithfully you will not tell Mr. Bispham or anyone else what you have seen." Ought not evidence like that, submitted Mr. Deane, to have been accepted by the jury? Learned counsel next read a letter written in 1897 by Mrs. Bispham to Mr. Shaw, who was then in Holland:- 19, Kensington-gore. Why this illness? Surely the gods have been sufficiently brutal to us lately without this additional adversity. Oh, my.Bobbie, why cannot I come at once by to-night's boat to you, and nurse you back to health and happiness? I begin to be awfully superstitious of feeling this- power of des- I tiny. Could you not manage to forget me, or remember me only as a business friend, who owes you 4 per cent. on £ 1,000 every year? I know what you will say, but you must think of it seriously, will you? Answer next month. I cannot bear this. Of course you will come here for a few days, and you will net go until you have seen me, will you. darling boy? Everything is so awful. I foel as if death were the only thing left. Ah! Bobbie, what is it all worth if you are separated from me all this time?—Your devoted KITTEN. That letter, submitted counsel, was a piece of evidence of most serious importance, yet the judge did not read it, or even comment, upon it. That, he contended, was not doing justice to petitioner's case. Nor did the judge put it to the jury that Mrs. Bispham did not appear to go into the witness-box and deny the charges. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams: Where was she? Mr. Deane: She had gone away with the children so as to be out of the jurisdiction of the court. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams: If ehe had come back it was quite possible she might have had to give them up. Mr. Deane submitted that with all the evi- dence he had referred to, it was not in human nature to believe the meetings of the parties were quite innocent. Was it to be said that in our English society this sort of thing could go on and the husband be held responsible and accused of carelessness? It was proved upon evidence that he and his wife were not happy together. From 1890 they occupied separate rooms. Mrs. Bispham was extremely extravagant, and he had eventu- ally to sire up his London residence and eend ally to sire up his London residence and eend her and the childr<n to Berlin for economy. Mrs. Boston gave evidence to the effect that fthe had sren Majur Studdert and Mrs. Brsphrun sitting on the sofa kissing. That was not an act of misconduct, but, taken in conjunction with other incidents, it showed a course of conduct which might naturally result in the conclusion that there had been misconduct. Another butler in the employ of lef, Bispham gave evidence that Major Studdert had stayed week-ends at 19, Kensing- ton-gore, in 1898, and slept on a couch, and that h and Mrs. B-spham went out in a hansom and drove to the Star and Garter, Richmond. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams: That evi- dence comes to little. Mr. Deane: What could be the attraction, staying there all night, when Mr. Bispham was away? Lord Justice Vanghan Williams: There is no suggestion that he was in th3 lady's bed- room. Mr. Deane No. In 1899 Major Studdert went to South Africa, and while he was away he: kept up a oorrosnonrlence with M-rs. Bispham. In 1901 he came b?cl wounded. Mrs. Bispham had tbsn taken rooms at 166, Sloane-street, but as she was away at Birmingham, she arranged that Major Studdert should have one of them. The case was adjourned until Wednesday, when Mr. Bargrave Deane, continuing his opening of petitioner's case, dealt with the charge against Major Studdert. Counsel contended that on the evidence given in the court below the jury ought to have found that Mrs. Bisp- ham, at all events, bad committed misconduct. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams said that he ham. at all events, bad committed misconduct. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams said that he was not satisfied that the jury had been I. perverse because they did not bring in a verdict for petitioner on the evidence which was before them. The court, without calling upon respondent and co-respondents, dismissed the appeal with costs. They said they never heard a more fair summing-up than that of Mr Justice Barnes, and there was no. evidence whatever of misdirection. In their opinion the verdict was not against the weight of evidence and the appeal wholly failed. f

MONUMENT TO LORD I SALISBURY. t lit INTERESTING DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT, In the House of Io-ds on Tuesday, The Marquess of LANSDOWNE moved the presentation of an Address to the Crown pray- ing for the provision of a statue of the late Marquees of Salisbury to be ereoted in West- minster Abbey. He said that he thought the House would be unanimous in desiring that this mark of respect should be shown to the memory of Lord Salisbury. Although he was a- great party jeader they had the right to think of him not so much as a party leader as a great servant ot the State-a great public man who gave his unrivalled gifts and abilities ungrudgingly to the service of the country. (Cheers.) When the late Lord Beaconsfield was taken away it was Mr. Glad- stone who moved in the House of Commons a resolution similar to that which he now moved, and when in time Mr. Gladstone him- self disappeared from the scene in which he was so bright an ornament for eo many years ,.it was Mr. Balfour, the present Conservative Prime Minister, who moved a resolution in favour of the erection of a monument in his memory. During thirteen years Lord Salis- bury was Prime Minister, and during over eleven years he bore the double burden of the Premiership and that of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. During the history of that long life they would find no single chapter that was idle or unprofitable. He was a great debater and a great master of language, but he never con- descended to the arts of the demagogue. He never was content with a mere forensic triumph. He compelled the attention of those who listened to him, not by studied effects or elaborate ornament of style, but by the spontaneous expression of a powerful and original eloquence. (Hear, hear.) As a Minister, he would be ¡most remembered for his successful' conduct of our foreign affairs. lie had calmness and self-restraint even in circumstances of the greatest difficult. (Hear, hear.) If at the present moment we stood high amongst the Powers; if our word was respected; and if our goodwill was desired, it was, surely, because Lord Salisbury laid it was, surely, because Lord Salisbury laid deep and strong the foundations of that international reputation for which he was a faithful and jealous guar- dian. (Hear, hear.) Earl SPENCER seconded the resolution. He entirely endorsed all that the noble marquess has said about the transcendant ability of the late Lord Salisbury. He was a man of '6 great political courage. He had the courage to support and proppse. measures which he thought right for the country. He was sternly loyal towards what was, done in 'Par- liament, even though it was opposed to his own views, if only he believed that- t)1 country had resolutely settled upon a certain policy. The resolution was then agreed to. TRIBUTES IN THE COMMONS. The House of Commons went into Com- mittee on the monument to the late Marquess of Salisbury. Mr. BALFOUR submitted a motion similar to that carried by the Lords. He said that he was hindered, for reasons which the hon. to that carried by the Lords. He said that he was hindered, for reasons which the hon. members would appreciate from saying all that came into his thoughts on' this subject- hindered not merely by political agreement. but by personal relationship and by close con- nection in politics, which dated from his earliest political experience. He did not think he would ever have been a member of that had it net been for I.r& advice and influence. The three great states- men—Lord Beaconseld, Mr. Gladstone, and Lord Salisbury-who had within living memory been the subject of this vote, not only differed from each other to a degree which was difficult to exaggerate, but were in them- selves very hard to classify. It might be that the perspective of time made a difference, but he would not have said the same, for instance, of Sir Robert Peel, Lord Palmerston, or Lord Russell. They seemed to fall more easily into the ordinary categories of description. Lord Beaconsfield, Mr. Gladstone, and Lord Salisbury, however, were all struck in so particular and special a mould that it was difficult for any but a great artist with unlimited opportunities before him to present to his fellow-countrymen a living portrait of the manner of men they were, and, perhaps, this was most difficult in the case of Lord Salisbury, because he was by nature reticent. He (the speaker) had never known him speak of himself. (Hear, hear.) He seldom, even in practical life, gave reason for or against any course of action which went beyond the actual needs of the moment, and where other men revealed themselves in easy generalisations, he was apt to illuminate the subject, but to shroud himself behind some -brilliant epigram. (Hear, hear.) He had also a certain self-con- tained simplicity which made it not easy for every man quite to understand him. It would be most unfair to say of Lord Beacons- field that he was theatrical, but it would not be unfair to say that he had no objection to a picturesque or dramatic situation in which he was an important figure. It would be most unfair to say of Mr. Gladstone that he was greedy of popular applause, yet, rightly, he was moved by the fervour of popular admiration which his genius was so eminently fitted to elicit. (Hear, hear.) Lord Salisbury was absolutely without any feelings of that kind. For good or for evil- he would not say it was wholly for good-he was oompletely indifferent to applause of any kind, public or otherwise, and that was eo apart from the ordinary failings, or it might be the weaknesses of humanity that made his portraiture very difficult. He was but a few years in the House of Commons. If Lord Salisbury had been able to have his way— had he remained, what he was born to be, an ornament to the debates of this Hlouee— it would have been quite impossible for him to have been Foreign Minister, for that most laborious department could never be filled by any man who both did his work in his office and did his work in this House. (Cheers.) Never did any man bring to the service of his country an intellect of greater distinction— (cheers)—never did any man spend himself in that service with more single-minded and whole-hearted devotion. (Loud -hee.rs.) Sir H CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, in sup- porting the motion, said that the tribute which Mr. Balfour had paid to the character of Lord Salisbury would remain a treasured possession of that House. (Cheers.) Lord Salisbury was to most of the members in that House personally unknown, but none the less on that account were they able and willing to rocognise the greatness of his services and his qualities. (Cheers.) IRISH OPPOSITION. Mr. JOFN REDMOND paid that, though it was distasteful to him to' raise a discordant note on an occasion like the present, he felt that he would not be fulfilling his duty if he did not give expression to what he believed were the views entertained by Irish National- ists. He admitted to the full that Lord Salisbury was one of the great men of.the British race, and by his statesmanship and by his labours he had earned and would receive the respect and honour of the British people. But what was Lord Salisbury to the Irish people? He was a mai. who all through his career wras a consistent and vehement opponent of every extension of the liber- ties of the Irish people. (Nationalist cheers.) He opposed the concession of the franchise to the Irish people; ho opposed the Land Act of 1831; he opposed through many long years any extension of local government in Ireland, and used a phrase in that connection which still rankled in the minds of the Irish people, for he com- pared the Irish race and their capacity for self-government to a race of Hottentots. Under those circumstances, they could not associate themselves with the object of the resolution. They would not, however, divide the Houee on the matter. WELSH SUPPORT. Sir ALFRED THOMAS, on behalf of the Welsh members, wished to join the Leader of the Opposition in the sentiment which he had expressed with so much grace and felicity. The political views of the late illus- trious statesman did not accord with those of the majority of the Welsh people, from whom he claimed origin and ancestry, but there was no part of the Empire in which his memory was held in higher respect and esteem. He neither feared contumely nor courted applause. He was a great personality, and a high-minded, Christian gentleman. (Loud cheers.) Colonel 8AUNDERSON supported. 1 The motion mi Adopted.

SEVEN MEN KILLED AND SEVEN WOUNDED. TOKIO. Friday. The Japanese torpedo-boat No. 48 was destroyed yesterday while removing mines in Kerr Bay, to the north of -la-lien-wan. Seven of the crew were killed and seven wounded. This is the first war vessel that Japan has lost in the course of the war. Later. The torpedo-boat No. 4B was lost during a series of bombardments and surveying and sweeping operations carried out yesterday in Ta-lieu-wan, Kerr and Deep Bays, by Admi- ral Kataoka, commanding the third squad- ron. Admiral Kataoka arrived in Kerr Bay early in the morning. The cruisers Itsuku- shima, Nisshin, and Miyako were deta-ched, with orders to bombard the land batteries, while a flotilla of torpedo-boats swept the harbour for mines..A seoo$d torpedo flotilla, which was engaged in guarding Port Arthur the previous night, joined the squadron and assisted in surveying the harbour. The Miyaho discovered. a company of Russian infantry and a detachment of cavalry and dispersed them with a few shells. The sur- vey of the bays was completed by three o'clock in the afternoon. Two of the torpedo- boats, while reconnoitring and removing mines off the west shore of Kerr Bay, dis- covered a telegraph line extending along the Taiku-sha-n Peninsula. Lieutenant Hotta and four sailors landed, scaled the heights under the protection of the e'bips' guns, and destroyed the line. Tnree bodies of Rus- sians, two small and one large, were dis- covered, and the squadron advanced close to the shore and shelled tjbjem. The Miyako while reconnoitring in .P Bay discovered a Russian guard post ou. mountain to the north-west of Robinson Promontory and destroyed it. The IicasLun force was esti- mated to consist of ten companies. They took refuge behind the eminence, and then dispersed. Meanwhile the torpedo-boats 48 and 49 dis- covered a large mechainical mine in Kerr Bay. Various attempts were made to fire it, but they failed. Suddenly, however, it exploded, cutting No. 48 in two. The vessel sank in seven minutes. TJoats from the squad- ron were hurried up to ihe'rescue and picked up the wounded. Three other mines were discovered and destroyed.

BOMBARDMENT OF DALNY. TWENTY THOUSAND JAPANESE INVESTING THE TOWN. CHICAGO, Saturday. The "Gshiclgo Daily News" publishes the following^ telegram rrcrm Chi-fuAdmiral Kataoka s tieef, Tird Japanese Squadron. began a fierce bombardment of Dalny this morning, and the land-batteries were speedily silenced. Russian troops were afterwards again seen in the neighbourhood, but were driven out of the position by shells. Troops then landed under cover of the ships' fire, and a combined attack upon the city was undertaken. There is every indica- tion that the TOWD if aow in possession of the Japanese." Later. A further Daily News telegram from Chi- fu says :Wben the., Daily News' dispatch- boat arrived off Dalny early this morning a heavy bombardment was in progress. As far as it was possible to ascertain, the Yakumo and four other ci'V^e.'g, a gunboat, anq one battleship, having- cleared the channel. entered the harbour shortly after daylight, and began a heavy fire, which was still in progress at noon. It is estimated that 20,000 Japanese are investing the town. "The landing of the Japanese Second Army is understood to have been completed yester- day at Pi-tsu-wo." PARIS, Monday. The Eclair's" St. Petersburg correspon- dent confirms the news that the Japanese have entered Dalny. A telegram from Tokio to the Petit Parisien" states that the Russians, before abandoning Dalny, destroyed all the junks in the harbour.

FIGHT WITH CHUNCHUSES. OFFICIAL DISPATCH: RUSSIANS KILLED AND WOUNDED. ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. The General Staff has received the follow- ing telegram, dated May 15, from Lieutenant- general Sakhareff:- On the 14th inst., when the news was received that Chunchuses had appeared in some villages situated sixteen kilo- metres west of Liao-yang, detachments of riflemen, mounted and on foot, and a company of infantry were sent out. No Chunchuses were found in the villages where they had been reported, and the inhabitants, on being questioned, gave evasive replies. As the force was return- ing from the village of Shantaidza, twelve kilometres west of Liao-yang, a considerable band of Chuncbuses was discovered which had been concealed by the inhabitants. The riflemen, both mounted and on foot, attacked the Chun- chuses, who occupied the outskirts of the village, from which they were dislodged after a heavy fusillade. The Chunchuses left twenty dead on the field and a quantity of rifles and cartridges. We had two soldiers killed and three wounded. The Japanese have re- occupied Koundiansian. Note.-Kuantienhsien is, presumably, meant for Koundiansian, about 150 miles east of Feng-huang-cheng.

DISPATCH-BOAT LOST. THE DANGERS OF MINE-SWEEPING OPERATIONS. TOKIO, Monday. The Japanese dispatch-boat Miyako struck a mine and was destroyed in Kerr Bay yes- terday. There were eight casualties. The Miyako was a small twin-screw cruiser or dispatch-boat of 1,800 tons and twenty knots. She had a complement of about 220 men. Later. The Miyako was lost while assisting in the operation of clearing the Russian mines in Kerr Bay. Admiral Kataoka had returned there yesterday with the detachment of the third squadron which is protecting the two flotillas of torpedo-boats told off to complete the sweeping of the harbour for the removal of mines. Five more mines bad been dis covered and exploded, and the work had been suspended for the day when the Miyako struck a mine that had not been detected. It blew up with tremendous force under her port quarter, and did great damage to the Miyako's hull. The vessel, however, did not sink at once, it being 22 minutes before she finally disappeared. Two sailors were killed and six wounded. The rest of the crew were rescued. Admiral Kataoka reports that the Russians withdrew from the Robinson Promontory on the 12th, but afterwards constructed an extem- porised fortress on a height to the north-cast of Taku Mountain, placing six guns in it and throwing up protecting trenches. The squadron shelled the Russians throughout yesterday, but the enemy stubbornly retained their position. Tha Japanese flotilla sweeping the harbour were exposed to their fire all day, but con- tinued their work without being injured by it. The news of the loss of the Miyako has, coming on top of the loss of torpedo-boat No. 48, been received here with much sorrow.

IMPORTANT EVENTS IM- MINENT, PARIS, Wednesday. The "Journal" publishes the following tele- gram of yesterday's date from Mukden:- "Important events appear to /be imminent, and it may be that the two armies are already in contact in the district north-west of Feng-huang-cheng and south-east of Liao- yang. The Japanese army which is march- ing on Liao-yang is estimated at 100,000 men. "At. the same timo persistent rumours from Chinese sources state that another Japanese army is executing a turning movement, having for its objective a point situated between Liao-yang and Mukden The Japanese force landed at Pi-tae-wo, as to the strength of which accounts vary, is starohing northward*.

"THE HABIT DOES NOT MAKE THE MONK." [With apologies to Mr. G. F. Watts, R.A.

A SWANSEA TRAM- WAY CONTRACT. -0 SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS BY COUNCILLORS. The monthly meeting of the Swansea County Borough Council was held on Wednes- day afternoon, Mr. Griff. Thomas (mayor) presiding. Mr. Howel Watkins, on the minutes of the electric lighting and tramways committee being taken, asked whether the committee could not, even now, seriously consider the undesirability of carrying the tramway through Oxford-street. He knew the work had been started, but it was better to lose what had been spent than incur the grave expenditure proposed. The Chairman said he was afraid they could not Te-consider that matter. That route was a a connecting link between the west and St. Thomas. Mr. David Harris also said that the posses- sion of a complete and independent route was an important matter to the corporation. Without it they would be completely in the hands of the tramway company, and would have to Jease to them afresh at the end of 21 years. Mr. Merrels asked what steps had been taken with regard to the discovery of the use by the contractors of spruce blocks, contrary to the specification. Mr. David Harris asked the chairman to give him a distinct answer as to who had dis- covered the fault, and whether their respon-! sible officials had overlooked it. Mr. Tutton called attention to the extra- ordinary levels of the lines in Walter-road. They were many inches below the roadway in places. The expense involved would prove very serious, and he wished to know who, would bear it. Alderman William Watkins said that to rectify the streets would cost thousands of pounds. The Chairman said the contractors would bear the expense. Mr. Merrels said it should be distinctly understood that the present levels were taken by the instructions of the committee, and that was done in order that the wood blocks might at some future time be laid entirely over the street. 7 Mr. Dd. Harris: It is now known that inferior wood has been used. I want to know definitely whether the information came from an official. The Chairman: It came to me from two i members of the council. Mr. Htirris: Was it never officially reported? The Chairman: I have seen no report. The Chairman added, in reply to further questions, that the matter was being seriously investigated. The spruce had been laid in Uplands. Mr. Merrels: If the chairman says spruce has not been laid in Bryn-road I have never seen spruce in my life. Mr. David Davies said their inspector of paving should be immediately asked for an explanation, and if it was not satisfactory he should be discharged Mr. Merrels said spruce blocks were etill lying about in heaps. Why was not the job stopped and the stuff sent away? The Chairman: The contractor has received instructions that every spruce block must be taken away. Mr. Hopkin wished to know whether their inspector had not been employed in other towns where Messrs. Dick, Kerr, and Co. had had contracts. Mr. Solomon said that was an unwarrant- able aspersion. He moved that a minute dealing with a payment of X10,000 on account to the contractor be referred back. The Town-clerk advised that this could not be done where the certificate of the surveyor had been given. Mr. Tutton then, observing that it was a most serious matter, moved, that a special committee be struck to go immediately into the matter and report to the council, and this, after some further discussion, was accepted by the chairman of the committee and agreed to.

CANED BY A WOMAN. DIVORCED WIFE'S EXTREME VENGEANCE. A divorce oaise had a remarkable sequel in the Sheffield Folice-court on Wednesday. Mary Barber Bartlett was summoned by Samuel Trotman Bartlett foT assault, and the latter applied that the former should be bound over. The parties resided in Sheffield, and recently figured in the divorce court, complainant as petitioner and defendant as respondent. A petitioner and defendant as respondent. A decree was granted in favour of Mr. Bartlett. Complainant told the magiistrates that on the 21st inst. defendant came to his house saying she wanted to see "Sammy." She entered the hall, and when he came out she attacked him with a cane, kicked him, and broke an umbrella over his head. It was stated that since the divorce pro- cesdingi? defendant had received offensive postcards, and she thought complainant was concerned in sending them. Defendant, who was fashionably attired in a grey costume, went into the witness-box, and said, "My husband committed perjury from the beginning to the end. That is why I went to thrash him. He said at the divorce court-I have got it here (producing a news- paper) "She (defendant) further said that she had misconducted herself with a man (named) in Whiteley Woods on August 13 or 14.' I The man," continued defendant, was travelling for his firm in Lincolnshire .at the time, and I have never, never confessed, and never should, if my husband cut me into inch pieres, "I could not get redress, so I came from London with what little luggage I had, and I bought a cane. I went up to the house a«t 11.20, and when the door was opened I walked into the dining-room. He came out, and I thrashed him. I had no words. That is what I have done it for." Defendant was bound over in 910 and two sureties of L6 each to keep the peace for six months.

I MISCONDUCT BY A DRUNKEN WIFE. Mr. Justice Barnes, in the Divorce Division hea.rd the case of Smith v. Smith and Simmons. It was a petition presented by the husband, Mr. William T. A. Smith, a soli- citor in Weston-super-Mare, praying for the dissolution of his marriage on the ground of the alleged misconduct of his wife with the co-respondent, George Simmons, of St. Ives, Cornwall. Mr. Barnard appeared for the petitioner, but there was no defence. Mr. Smith said he was married to the respondent at the Parish Church, Weston- super-Mare, in June, 1887, and after the wedding they-fesided'la the,town Unfortu- nately, the respondent gave way to drink. He tried everything in his power to induce her to give the habit up, and made an attempt to send her to a home, in order that she might be cured, but without success. In July, 1894, the respondent left her home with one of the servants, and he was unable to find out where she had gone to until the servant wrote to another servant in his employment, and then he found she was staying in London and living at a hotel in the Strand. He took her back home with him. Up to 1900 he had no reason to suspect his wife of misconduct. At the beginning of October last year, when under the influence of drink, his wife seriously assaulted him. As a consequence a deed of separation was drawn up, by which he allowed her £ 78 per annum, and under the care of his father she went to St. Ives, her home. In con- sequence of what had happened he filed the present petition. A number of witnesses from St. Ives gave evidence with regard to the allegations in the petition. Mr. Justice Barnes granted the petitioner a decree nisi, with costs, and he also gave him the custody of the children.

AN UNHAPPY UNION. In the Divorce Court Mrs. Lucie Wilhel- mine Beattie Simm? sought a decree for restitution of conjugal rights, the respon- dent being Mr. Frederick Richard Simms, whose position was not stated, Mr. Barnard, who appeared for the peti- tioner, said that the parties were married on April 29, 1903. There were no children. The marriage was not a happy one, and in July, 1903, the husband told his wife that he had lost his affection for her, and suggested that she should go and Stay with her father in the Tyrol. She went there, and last Septem- ber Mr. Simms went to the Tyrol. He had there a shooting-box, and his wife joined him. They lived together down to October 15, when he told her that she had better go back to her parents for a few days. He returned to England, and afterwards suggested that there should be a separation. He agreed to allow her E200 a year, but this offer she refused. The following January she wrote to him ask- ing him to live with her, but he answered de- clining to take her back, stating it was quite clear that they were not suitable for one another. The petitioner, in the course of her eri- dence, said that in her letter she wrote: — My dear Fred,—I have now been in Eng- land for about three weeks, and it is per- fectly impossible for me to understand your behaviour to me. You do not understand or realise the duties you owe to me. You have now for months kept me away from you, instead of giving me the happi- ness of home. I now ask you for the last time to give me a roof, which I am entitled to as your wife. In answer to that letter he wrote that his candid opinion was that they would not be happy together, adding- I have come to the conclusion, from what I have learnt, that we are totally unsuited for each other. I cannot tell you how grieved I am I did not come to that conclu- sion before our marriage. Replying to Mr. Justice Barnes, the witness said that she was a German. Het husband waa also a German, but he was naturalised. Mr. Justice Barnes granted a decree for re- stitution of conjugal rights, with costs.

VESTA VICTORIA'S DIVORCE. Before Mr. Justice Barnes, in the Divorce Division, amongst the long list of appli- cations for decrees nisi to be made abso- lute was that which Mrs. Victoria M'Avoy obtained six months ago, on the ground of the misconduct of her xiut>band, Mr. Frederick M'Avoy, a music-hail manager. Mrs. M'Avoy was professionally known as Miss Veeta Victoria in the music-hall world.

CONFESSED TO BIGAMY. SEQUEL TO A SWANSEA WEDDING. John Jones, 45, tailor, of no fixed abode, was charged at the Guildhall, London, on his own confession (before Mr. Alderman Smallman) with going through a form of marriage with Margaret Jones, his wife Angelina being still aJive. Station-inspector Henry White said about six o'clock last evening the prisoner called at Bishopsgate Police-station, and said he wished to give himself up for committing bigamy, adding, "I can stand it no longer. I should like to be punished and get it over." Iu answer to a question, he said the first mar- riage took place nt Swansea on the 4th of March. 1887, and his first wife's njimc was Angelina James. The second marriage took I place on the 10th of October, 1896, at a registry office in Clerkonwcll-road. The lady's name was Margaret Jones. At this stage a remand was granted. The Prisoner: 1 have something further to 1 say. I want to give you the history of my life. There are some more very serious charges. The Magistrate said he could give any expla- nations he had to make to the officer in the cell.

THE PERILS OF COLLIERY LIFE. At Abersychan Police-station on Monday Mr. W. J. Everett, deputy-coroner for South Monmouthshire, inquired into the death of Charles Bartlett (26), a banksman, of 5, Blue Boar, Talywain, who was instantaneonsly killed whilst following his employment at the Llanerch Colliery of Messrs. Partridge, Jones, and Co. on Friday morning. Samuel Bowden, a labourer, residing at Pontypool, sa.id that the deceased had placed an empty tram on the cage. The cage had not passed down the fang3 when another empty tram ran in. As the carriage descended the top part of it caught the bottom of the tram, with the result that it was tilted upwards, and Bartlett, who was standing at the lever, was jammed to death between the tram and the framework of the shaft. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." CWMAMAN WEIGHER KILLED. Mr. R. J. Rhys (district coroner) conducted an inquiry at the Swan Hotel, Aber- aman, into the circumstances attending the death of William Venables, who lived in Jubilee-road, Aberaman. Evidence was given to the effect that the deceased employed as a weigher at the Cwmaman Col- liery, and that while crossing a railway he was knocked down by a coal-wagon, which ran over him in such a manner as to inflict; upon him severe inquiries, from which he ex- pired last Saturday. A verdict of "Acciden- tal death was returned. COLLIERY FATALITY AT LLANHILLETH. At the Temperance Hotel, Crumlin, an inquiry was opened by Mr. M. Robert Jonee, coroner, touching the death of William David John Holland, aged eighteen, who was killed at Llanhilleth Colliery.—Dr. Ryan said that he found three of the lower ribs broken, one of which penetrated the liver and lung. He also found severe bruises in the small of the back and on the left side, and extensive scratches from the shoulder down to the back. He gathered that a fall of earth occurred whilst he was in a stooping posi- tion. — Charles Adams, deputy examiner, said that a blower went off and a 'timber knocked down earth weighing about one cwt. Earlier in the day a pair of timbers had been knocked down, and he understood that Hol- land was sitting down on one of the posts. Mr. Brace suggested that the inquiry should be adjourned in order that Holland's fellow- workman should be present to give evidence. This the Coroner agreed to, and adjourned the inquiry until the 30th inst. KILLED BY A FALL OF STONES. An inquest was held on Wedneeday at the Workmen's-hall, Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, on the body of Robert Davies, 44, collier, of 20, Henry-street) Hopkinstown, who succumbed on Monday to injuries received on the 7th inst. by the fall of a large stone 2ft. 6in. thick at the Tymawr Pit (Great Western Col- liery Company). The evidence showed that Davies was en- deavouring to move a post when the accident took place. He received shocking injuries, his leg being severely fractured, necessitating amputation. Mr. William James, manager at the colliery, stated that the deceased was an experienced workman. Dr. Wade gave ii. as his opinion that death ensued as a result of a combination of injuries. A verdict of Accidental depth" was returned. KILLED BY A JOURNEY OF TRAMS. At an inquest at Pontlottyn on Monday on the body of William J. Morgan, of Farm-road, Pontlottyn, who died from injuries received last week at the Tynewydd Colliery, where he was run over by a journey of trams, the jury, returned a verdict of Accidental death." SCALDED TO DEATH AT SWANSEA. The Swansea police on Sunday were apprised of the death of Catherine Doris Mills, three years and a half old, of 2, Lynn-street, Cwm- bwrla, Swansea, and daughter of George Mills. The little child two or three days before walked backwards and fell into a saucepan of hot water which had been placed on the floor, and was severely scalded about the lower parts of the body. WELSH FARMER KILLED. The death of Francis Harrison, 47, a promi. nent Welsh agriculturist, of Plasycoed Farm, Overton, Ruabcn, was inquired into by the coroner. Harrison was exercising a young and spirited horse, when the animal stumbled or reared and unseated him. He was unable to get one foot out of the stirrups, and' was dragged a considerable distance. Deceased's half-brother discovered Harrison lying unconscious, with two broken ribs, which had penetrated his lungs and ruptured his heart. He recovered slightly, and explained that the horse bucked and threw him. Then he lapsed into unconsciousness and died. "Accidental death" was the verdict. CHILD FALLS INTO A QUARRY. At Cefn Mawr, North Wales, the two-year. old daughter of a collier named Robert Wynne, fell into a disused quarry, a distance of 30ft. Her dead body was subsequently rfound, and, as her skull was fractured, death most probably was instantaneous. LOOKING FOR A LEAK WITH A LIGHT AT NEWPORT. Shortly before closing time on Monday night an explosion of gas occurred at the Carpenters' Arms Inn, Chepstow-road, Newport, which caused somewhat serious injury to the landr- lord, Mr. Harry Hall, ard two other men, named John Morgan, of 35, Gordon-street, and Samuel Wilmott, of 38, Gordon-street. The landlord and his customers smelt gas in the hoixse. and Mr. Hall having procured a pair of ste)S went to look for a leak in the passage with a naked light—always a dan- gerous thing to do, and one which is con- stantly beiujr reprobated by gas companies and their ofiiiials. The usual result occurred. There was ar. explosion, and the three men were r, cdrel. ed. Mr. Hall had his hands and face badly burned, and had at once to be put to bed, and the other two. who were standing near and assisting Mr. Hall, had the'r hands scorched. They went home. It is jtated that the servant gir! was earlier in th. day clean- ing the gas fittings, and probably knocked a cork out of ore of the pipes, which had been used as a pl-cg to keep the gas from escaping. The gas company's officials were soon on the spot and repaired the damage. NEW TREDEGAR MAN DECAPI- TATED. On Wednesday, whilst a workman, named Thomas Davies, was engaged in oiling points on the sidings of the llowell-Duffryu Com- pany's Elliot Collieries, New Tredegar, he was knocked down and run over by a loco- motive and several loaded wagons, and instantly killed. The head was severed from the body. DROWNED AT BRIDGEND. An inquest was held on Thursday at Bridgend on the body of George Harris, which was found in the river at Bridgend on Tuesday. Mrs. Denley, 6, Gloucester-buildings, Pont. ycymmer, said that the deceased lodged at her house for five week6, and left on Tuesday morning to go to Bridgend. He was 31 years of age and a tailor by trade. He was a native of Gloucester. Evidence was given by Frank Hawkins and Alfred Harry as to the finding ef the body in the river, and his coat on the bank, in which was a purse containing 3Cs. A letter from the superintendent of police at Pontypool said that the deceased was known at Pontypool, and that he had Ie. cently told a fellow-workman that rather than go about suffering as he was from -on. sumption he would drown himeelf. A verdict of Found drowned" was u- tMMd.