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SERIES OF TRAGIC INCIDENTS. BRECONSHIRE FARMER'S TRAGIC DEATH. David Thomas, a well-known Breconshire tornier, residing at Wenallt, Talybont-on-Usk, ft home on Friday last to go to Dowlais. intended returning that evening by J^in. He called at Rhymney Bridge, and tKOIn t*lere made his way to Trevil. He left latter place some time in the evening, ■^th the intention of walking home along the Tran,-road from Tredegar to Talybont. Mis tram-road crosses the Duffryn Crawnou fountain, and is very dangerous in some The fact that he did not arrive home £ nat night and the next day did not alarm his later, with whom he lived, as he was in the ha.bit of staying away for Some time at the of the week. On Monday, however, began to get anxious, and inquiries ere as to her brother's whereabouts, she sent a man servant, named John Wil- >ani8, out early on Tuesday, and between n and eleven o'clock he and a gentleman 'rom Rhymney Bridge found the body of the unfortunate man Thomas lying at the foot of Precipioe—25ft. deep—on the Duffryn Crawnon Mountain. Hr. Thomas was 55 years of age, and was '*ell known in the county and highly t-Pected. CHILD FOUND IN A WOOD. On Sunday morning, while Mr. J. Hnrst ItBL8 proceeding through a wood in the Vicinity of Llandrindod Wells, he came across a. little girl. about eighteen months old. jj^cely dressed, but wet, and near by a shawl, child was immediately taken to a house by and fed, and dry clothes put on it. "e police were sent for, and the child wa« to the Rhayader Workhouse. Inves- 1-1 Nations have been made to find the mother Of the child, which, it is assumed, has been abandoned, but no clue has yet been found. /■ wa* providential that Mr. Hurst happened r* Pass the unfrequented spot, or the child 9Wd shortly have died from exhaustion. The police have been searching the country for gipsies on suspicion of having abandoned 4 child in a wood. but the clues have been Witless, and the gipsy theory has been aban- J|?Qed. The police are now dragging the **ver near where the child wa« found, on the 48gumption that the mother has committed ■mcide. rtItAGIO AFFAIR AT SYMOND'S YAT. 14r. John Gunter, Huntsham Farm, ^yaiond's Yat. found a, windmill well on biB premises out of order, and went down to matters right. He did not return* and dead body was recovered later. A. labourer, who attempted to rescue him. llegrly lost his life from the effects of the 90111 air. l^eceased, who was well known and much leaves a widow and four children. EXCITEMENT AT MACHYNLLETH. Some excitement has been caused in Machyn- leth by two deaths which occurred within a "Uple of days. In the first case a young man Gained Henry Lewis, Newcastle Emlyn, Employed by a local tailor, was found dead, ranging by a chain in the workshop. The Jltry returned a verdict that he committed 81icide daring temporary fhsanity. In the 1Iecond case a labourer named Richard Griffiths died suddenly. He was taken ill, and died about an hour after being removed to his house. The cause of death was heart failure, accelerated by exposure and eelf- ■teglect. DIED IN AN OUTHOUSE. On Saturday afternoon William J. Jones, ?^d 33, of 61, Seymour-street., Splotlands, vardiff, a gas plumber, died suddenly, t appears that soon after dinner Mr. «v*eS' PrePara,torJr to taking some of the -hildren to an entertainment, went to an out- |"<>Use, and the wife, noticing that his stay *k»re was rather long, on going out was bor- to find that life was extinct. Death is ~T°bably due to heart failure. He leaves a Fidow a.nd three children. ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH AT CARDIFF. An inquest was held at Cardiff on Monday •J1 the body of Lewis Lewis, aged 75. a. retired Maltster, of 89. El don-road, who died suddenly P*1 Saturday night. A verdict of "Death, from causes" was returned. DIED ON A MOUNTAIN. t An inquest was held by Mr. E. B. Reece, 'oroQer, on Tuesday at Henghenydd touching death of James Edward Jones, whose body "a.e found on the mountain at Senghenydd Saturday afternoon. The medical evidence *3* that death was due to heart failure, and verdict was returned accordingly. COLLIERS SUDDEN DEATH. jJ^ginald RiLS6el, son of Edwin Russel, 16, ^^ries-street, Aberdare, left his home at o'clock on Saturday to go to the Cwm- Colliery, where he was employed as a ^lier. His father saw him leave the house -ben, apparently, he was in his usual -ealth. Proceeded to the station from which the orknien's train starts for the colliery, and nile waiting for the departure of the train Varied against a fence and expired. Mr. R. j. Rhys (district coroner) held an finest at Aberdare Police-station on Satur- evening on the body, when a verdict of Death from natural causes" was returned. SUDDEN DEATH AT ABERTRIDWR. On Wednesday morning Edward Edmunds, ^^k-seller. one of the oldest reei j^Qts of Abertridwr and Groeswen, was found in bed by his son-in-law, Smauel Price, ^ceased was a foremost member of the Congregational Church, Abertridwr, deacon and treasurer. He attended the > .^ice on Monday evening, apparently in j.13 usual health. He suffered from occa- OQal attacks of asthma. The sad event hae a gloom over the neighbourhood. FARMER'S DISAPPEARANCE. Q 1fr. Albert Lewis, farmer and contractor, of hlover's Farm, Reigate, has disappeared from home under somewhat mysterious circum- (,jatlces. On May 3 he complained to his wife jj. Pains in the head; but after attending to cows, left home for Reigate, having in his Ij.sion a cheque and some loose gold and Since then he has not been seen, and family have not the slightest idea of his tb ereabouts. The cheque has not been passed ^e°ueh the bank. Mr. Lewis is 47 years of CROYDON TRAGEDY, '• Theodore Lloyd, a well-known Croydon dropped dead at his residence on ^5a y night. The deceased was a few ago a prominent member of the London Exchange. He was a very large con- utor to local charities.

FORTUNE IN CURIOS. On. ea-le of the late Duke of Cambridge's i ful collection of art treasures was °*^ded on Wednesday at Christie's, when a of jewels and decorations were dis- 30 Th °f" iict entire sale realised £ 91,023, of which the ma^e £ 34.112, silver £ 16,600, porcelain and snuff-boxes and medals, £ 26,728. Price yesterftny was made by a lesser of the Order of the Garter, which £ 1,750 An emerald and brilliant made 500 guineas. ijrtoiee3hell walking-stick, presented to ke by Napoleon III., was sold for 64 Th *iUirt ^arter of the Order of the Garter was uafawn from the sale.

A SENTENCE OF DEATH. At °^ord Assizes on Wednesday Davidge organ-grinder, v/as sentenced t> '°T another Italian, del Guildice, on Febmarv 6,

CORNISH MURDER MYSTERY. « DETAILS OF A SHOCKING CRIME. In a trench at Castle-au-Dinas, near St. Golumb, Cornwall, on Sunday, the body of Jessie Rickard, aged 16, was discovered, the face being so mutilated, by bullet wounds that recognition thereby was impossible. No trace of the aesailant has been discovered. The last time the deceased was seen alive she was in the com- pany of a man. Both had bicycles, which they were wheeling towards the spot where the body was discovered. The bicycles have been found, and have been identified. The inquest on the body of the deceased was opened on Monday, but only formal evidence of identification was given, and the inquiry was adjourned. In the opening address to the jury Mr. Morton Edyvean stated that Mis3 Rickard left her home, Trenowth Farm, near St. Golomb, on Saturday, stating that she was going to meet a Miss Berryman, of Mawgan, who had been teaching her music, and that she would meet her father in St. Oolumb at ten o'clock in the evening, in order that they might walk home to Trenowth together. About seven o'clock she arrived at St. Columb, and half an honr later she was seen in the company of a young man, Charles Berryman, aged twenty. Each was wheeling a bicycle, and they were going towards Oastle-au-Dinas, an eminence much frequented by tourists. Very soon afterwards a young man named Tabb, living on a farm close by, saw the deceased and Berryman walking up a rough path lead- ing from the roadway to the entrance to earthworks near the top of the hill. Next morning when two young men were walking across the hill they were horrified to see the body of a young woman in one of the entrenchments which encircled the hill. Her face was so shockingly mutilated tha.t identi- fication was then impossible. Charles Berry- man has not returned since Saturday even- ing. It seems that he came home to Mawgan on a bicycle on Thursday evening from Norwich, where he had a brother living. On Miss Rickard's face there were five revolver bullet wounds, and there was also one in her left shoulder. The deceased had not been outraged. Both bicycles were found at Castle- au-Dinas. The inquest was adjourned. The police have issued the following description of Berryman:—Charles Berry- man, carpenter, aged twenty years, height Sft., light brown hair. full face, fair com- plexion, blue eyes, dressed in dark cloth suit with small white stripes running through, grey skull cap, white linen collar (turned down all round), necktie tied in sailors' knot, and brown boote. Berryman is a native of St. Columb Major. where his late father was a solicitors' clerk and postmaster for many years. The deceased was a young lady of prepossessing manner and bright disposition, a.nd she is stated to have had more than one admirer. CLOSE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING MAN. A Truro correspondent, telegraphing on Tuesday evening, says that another day's searching in the neighbourhood of Castle-au- Dinas has resulted in no trace being found of the whereabouts of the young man Charles Berryman. with whom Miss RickaTd was last seen alive. Throughout Mgnday night the police were patrolling the neigbbourhood of the crime, and the search waF continued od Tuesday, but the stormy weather prevailing has rendered the task of the police in a naturally exposed district an especially diffi- cult one. It is asserted that on Monday Berrymati was seen close to Castle-au-Dinas, and the police believe that he is still in hiding. He had little or no money on him on Saturday, and he cannot be traced to any of the local railway stations. The brushwood in the vicinity is very dense. He will probably soon be forced by hunger to surrender himself. Several old mine shafta and pools in the district have been dyna- mited with a view of finding his body. Jealonsy was, undoubtedly, the motive for the crime, as the murdered girl was seen in com- pany with another young man, who lives in St. Columb. on the beach at St. Mawgan on Wednesday last. FUNERAL OF THE VICTIM: A WELSH CONNECTION. In spite of continuous searching by the police near Castle-an-Dinas, Cornwall, and inquiries in other parts Charles Berryman, wanted by the Cornish police in connection with the murder of Jessie Rickard, has not yet been found. The funeral of the victim of the tragedy took piaoe at St. Colomb on Wed- nesday, amid many marks of sorrow and sympathy. A brother of the murdered girl is working at Aberaman at present. He states that he was not aware that Berryman was more than an acquaintance of his sister.

MR. JUSTICE BRUCE HETIRES Mr. Justice Bruce has sent in hig resigna- tion to the Lord Chancellor on account of failing health, and it is understood that his last appearance on tho bench was on Fri- day. The learned judge, who Is in his seventieth year, was appointed a King's Bench judge on July 15, 1892; he had previously been Recorder of Bradford for many years, and had also held successively UR. JUSTICE BRUCE. the appointments of Solicitor-General and Attorney-General of the County Palatine of Durham. He represented the Finsbury Division of Holborn in Parliament (as Mr. Gainsford Bruce) from 1888 until his elevation to the bench. It ia understood that, as Mr. Justice Bruce retired in consequence of failing health after serving only twelve out of the fifteen years' service on the Bench entitling him to a pen- sion, the Treasury will grant him the full re- tiring pension of £ 3,500 a year. NEW JUDGE APPOINTED. The King has been pleased to appoint Mr. Reginald Bray, K.C., to be a judge of the High Court in pla-ce of Mr. Justice Gainsford Bruce, resigned. Mr. Reginald More Bray, K.C.. D.L., was born on September 26, 1842, son of Mr, Reginald Bray, of Shere, Surrey. He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was twelfth wrangler. He was called to the Bar in 1868, and became recorder of Guildford in 1891, and has been a bencher of the Inner Temple since the same year. Only a few day» ago he was appointed a commissioner of assize.

QUEER PLACE FOR A NEST. A pair of starlings have made their nest inside an old iron drum, lying close to the coal trucks in Bolton Abbey goods station yard. The iron drum is about 2ft. wide and 3ft. in diameter, and through two holes about 2in. wide the birds are ",e to pin admittance. The birds are now sitting on the em. Last year the same spot was retorted to by a couple oi lIta.riin-.

DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN DEVONSHIRE. EMPLOYER MURDERED BY A YOUTH. A shocking double tragedy occurred on Saturday at Warcombe Farm, about a mile- and-a-half from Kingsbridge, Devon. The tenant of the farm, Mr. Herbert Baker, had in his employ a youth named Albert Corner, who is described as having been of a. sulky and moroso disposition, and who, it is stated. had not bon getting on very satisfactorily with his master recently. On Friday, it is alleged, Corner attempted to strike Mr. Baker with an iron bar while the latter was engaged in shearing sheep. In consequence of this Mr. Baker insisted on Corner leaving his employ the following evening, and accordingly the young man packed his box and removed it from the farmhouse. During the evening, while Mr. Baker, accom- panied by the six-year-old son of a neighbour named Perrott, was proceeding towards the entrance to one of the fields a man named Edward Friend, who was clipping a horse in the buildings of the adjoining premises, heard two shots fired. Friend at first thought that someone was shooting rabbits, but shortly afterwards Mra. Camming, Mr. Baker's sister, who kept house for her brother, came to Friend and informed him that the little boy Perrott had told her that Albert Corner had shot Mr. Baker. Friend immediately pro- ce0ded to the gate of the field, where he dis- covered the dead body of Mr. Baker. The unfortunate gentleman had received terrible gunshot wounds in the right shoulder, and the left side of hie face was shot away. Friend obtained a hurdle, and while assist- ing in the removal of the body to the farm- house he heard two other gunshots. He rode into Kingsbridge, and, having obtained medical and police assistance, the man pointed out the direction from which he heard the last shots, and on search being made the youth Corner was discovered lying dead under a hedge, one side of his head and face having been blown completely away. At his feet was a double-barrelled gun belonging to Mr. Baker.

WHO IS HE? MYSTERY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO COMMITTED BURGLARY. Secure in the seclusion of 'Brixton Gaol, a young man, named Christopher Gregory, well educated and of good addrcee, has for the past five or six weeks baffled all attempts of Scot- land Yard to establish his identity, or trace his relatives or the people by whom he has been employed. All along he has maintained an attitude of obstinate silence, and, as the circumstances of his offence are of. an extra- ordinary nature, the police are anxious to trace his history. At the commencement of May Gregory broke into the residence of a heraldic artist, named Thomas Forster Reid, at Warwick-road, Paddington, and, after It CHRISTOPHER GREGORY. packing up booty worth j55, left the following missive upon the dining-room ta.ble:- Warwick-road, Maida-vale, W. Forster-Reid, Esq. Sir,-No doubt, you will be surprised to receive this note, but I take this means of securing a. place to rest my head. I have been very unfortunate, and for the last twelve months I have been out of employ- ment, and living goodness only knows how. I took an oath that the first day I wae without food I would get into the ha.nds of the police, aDd this is the first time I have been in want of food and shelter. I dare not sleep in the open air, for my health is not of the beet. I am sorry for the damage done to the shutters, also the tree in the garden. I judged the height of the wall from outside, and, of course, had an unexpected fall, happily without any harm to me. You will see that I helped myself to a little food, also a little wine, and for that I thank you. I shall give myself up at the polioe-sta-tion. I have taken a few articles to make up a eake-a cigarette-case and a card-case—from a whatnot in the drawing-room, a French coin (50 cents), and a jewel. Again assuring you of my regret for da.maging your house, but it had to be, and you will be tieing me a service if you prosecute.-I am, 6ir, yours respectfully, C Gregory. The next day Gregory surrendered himself to Detective-sergeant Yeo, and from that time he has refused all particulars concerning him- self. Gregory is described as 24 years of age, 6ft. in height, of slight build, paie complexion, and fair hair. Several teeth are missing in the upper jaw, and he has some indistinct Indian ink marks on his left forearm. Any information should be sent to Detective- inspector Ward, at Paddington Green Police- station.

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A FEMALE BURGLAR. ——— Mary Edith Church, alias Edith Kerby, a respeotably-dressed woman, refusing her address, was charged on remand a.t the South Western Police-court, London, on Wed- nesday. Four separate charges were preferred against her, all four houses being entered during the same night. Entrance was obtained by pushing back the catch of the windows. The thief appeared to have visited one house after another, and, helping herself to what she took a fancy to, mostly articles of wear- ing apparel, left by the front door, which she invariably left open. A record of the accused's previous convic- tions was produced by Detective Whitfield. Twice she has been convicted for burglary, a sentence of eighteen months haying been passed on each of those two occasions; and once she was sentenced for housebreaking. The Magistrate committed her for trial.

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MAJOR RYAN AND HIS WIFE'S ADMIRER. In the Divorce Court on^Tuesday Mrs. Ryan applied for a divorce on the ground of the cruelty and misconduct of her husband. I Major Charles Montgomery Ryan, A.S.C., who made a counter-charge of cruelty against his wife. Counsel said that the marriage took place ia 1891 at Surbiton, and the parties had lived at Woolwich. Portsmouth, Leeds, Bradford, and Gibraltar. He added that respondent had violent scenes with his wife, that lie had struck her, and that be had stayed at a hotel with a woman. struck her, and that be had stayed at a hotel with a woman. Petitioner supported counsel's statement. She said there was one child of the marriage. After marriage she found letters to her hus- band from a girl in reference to an ille- gitimate child. Petitioner denied cruelty to her husband once when on board ship. The vessel lurched, and a glass in her hand acci- dentally struck respondent's head. She did not throw the glass at him. Petitioner VaiJ ..<4^ allegations miscon- duct against her husband in respect of three ladies, but she did not persist in those charges.—Asked whether her solicitors (Messrs., Osborn and Osborn) put the charges in the particulars merely on her suspicion, witness said. "I suppose so."—Asked why she swore in the affidavit that there was misconduct with those women, she said she did not know. The case was adjourned till Wednesday, when Mrs. Ryan, in the course of a severe cross- examination, told how she came to employ Slater's detectives to watch her husband. But before this was reached Mr. Priestley, K.C., asked Mrs. Ryan a number of questions with reference to a Captain Conlson, whom witness said was a subaltern under her husband in 1896 at Gibraltar, and is now in Ireland. Mrs. Ryan said that on her husband's return from South Africa she told him that Captain Coulson had given her a bracelet, a photo- graph, and a silver clock. "Wrat a pretty clock!" said the major on seeing it. Her present to Captain Coulson was a blotting pad. Her husband di, tell her she must not go about with Captain Couleon, but after- wards said he did not mind. Did you go with your husband to Robert- son's to te-aP-We went to lunch. Did yon give him your purse to pay the bill ?—Yea. Did he find a photograph of Captain Coul- aon ?—Yes. AT GLOUCESTER-ROAD STATION. Witness admitted meeting Captain Coulson at Gloucester-road station on June 28, 1902, by appointment. Captain Coulson had his brother with him. The major, who was pas- sing through to Victoria in another train, saw her with Captain Coulson on the plat- form, and there was a. scene that night when she got home. Did your husband send you away to Teign- mouth?—Yes; but I don't know what for. The President: But you must know why he turned you out?—I did not know; but thought it was on account of Captain Coul- son. Did you have a. quarrel that night over your meeting Captain Coulson ?—That had nothing to do with it. You are staying with the Russels?—Yes. They are great friends of Captain Ooulson's ? —Yea. When did you see him last?—Some time last summer. He is a very old friend, and we sometimes write to one another. Oh! you do write to him?—Yes, occasion- ally. CALLED HIM A CAD. Don't you know that your husband quar- relled with him because of his attentions to you and called him a cad?—I never heard of it. Later in the day. when another witness was being asked by Mr. Deane as to whether he had noticed any undue intimacy between Mrs. Ryan and Captain Conlson, the Presi- dent said he thought there was nothing suggested between the conduct of Mrs. Ryan and Captain Coulson to which exception could be taken. Mr. Priestley at once denied that he had suggested anything of the kind in his cross- examination. Mr. Deane said that imputations had been made against Captain Coulson. and it was only fair to him that they should be refuted. The President: There is not the least sug- gestion against Captain Coulson's honour. If he wants to give evidence, of course, he can. QUESTIONS ABOUT SLATER'S. Mr. Priestley next questioned witness as to the employment of detectives to watch her husband.. Was it Slater's who advised you to go to Messrs. Osborn and Osborn?—I did not always employ Slater's. Messrs. Osborn and Osborn ?-I did not always employ Slater's. In August, 1902, you put detectives to watch your husband?—Yes. Nothing caine of it, and a separation was entered into in January 1905?-Yes. You next. employed Slater's on your own account ?—Yes. Was it'a coincidence, then, that after you had employed Slater s you should go to Osborn and Osborn? Witness did not reply to this question, but afterwards said that Slater's told her that Mr. Osborn had seen her papers. So you did go to Messrs. Osborn and Osborn through Slater s? Yea. I The President: Of course. Mr. Priestley: Did you hand the detectives a photograph of your husband in uniform with his medals on ?—Yes. I -was asked to send a photo, and I had no other one. In reply to Mr. Bargrave Deane, K.C., Mrs. Ryan said that the first detective she em-1 ployed wa« a man named Morgan, who was instructed by Mr. Humbert., her solicitor. She did not employ Slater's herself, her; friend. Mr. Russell, engaging them. All the charges of misconduct brought against other! women when the petition was first presented had been withdrawn with the exception of the one against Miss Smith. QUARRELLED ABOUT BADEN-POWELL. Her husband fell out with Captain Coulson because the captain said something the major did not like a.bout Baden-Powell, and I he said, I forbade my wife to come here while that man is in the house." After that her husband gave her permission to go out with Captain Coulson and the Russells. Mr. Humbert, who was Mrs. Ryan's eolici- tor for a number of years, said the only con- dition on which Major Ryan would consent to a deed of separation was that a blotting pad containing writing by the major found by Mrs. Ryan should be returned. Witness handed o:er the blotting pad, but first of all took a copy of what was on it by means of a looking-class. This copy he handed up to the president. j BLOTTING-PAD EVIDENCE. Producing several sheets of pink blotting paper from among his papers, Mr. Priestley, dramatically handing them up to the witness, said he should be glad if he could prove anything out of it, as he could not. The President found an address: Army Nursing Sister Ethel Smith, South African Field Force, Cape Town. —which he read out, but he did not read the other matter. Then followed an argument between counsel as to whether the evidence was admissible, Mr. Deane contending that Mr. Humbert was right in taking a copy and Mr. Prisetley sub- mitring that he was wrong. "A MOST DISHONOURABLE THING." "The President said he was eorry the Motting.pap-cr incident had come into the case at all. He would not mince his language. If the dxument was given up to be destroyed it would be a, most dishonourable thing to keep a copy of it. Mr. Deane insisted on the blotting-paper being put in. and it was put in, but not read in court. Mr. Humbert said that out of Major Ryan's income of X400 a year he obtained JE240 for Mrs. Ryan under the deed of separation. Other witnesses having been called, the case was again adjourned.

CO-RESPONDENT THRASHED BY PETITIONER. In the Divorce Court on Tuesday Dr. John Stanley Manford, of Newcaetle-on-Tyne, was granted a decree niei on the ground of the misconduct of his wife. Mre. Charlotte Manford, with Dr. Percival Humble Watson, also of Neweastle-on-Tyne. No defence was offered. The marriage took place in 1858. Petitioner said that their married life was not very happy. Dr. Watson, the co-respon- dent, was a friend of his wife's family, and after the marriage had attended his wife. In 1902 the petitioner had to oomplain of the frequency of Dr. Watson's visits, bat his wife said that there was nothing wrong. In 1903 he received an anonymous letter enclosing a. communication written by respondent to oo- respondent, in which she wrote, "All my love, of course, my own darling. I will write every day," and signed herself "Your own Lottie." He spoke to his wife about it, and she asked if he intended to divorce her. After- wards petitioner wrote to Dr. Watson, who came to see him. He charged Dr. Watson with misconduct, and, as he said nothing, he thrashed Dr. Watson. Subsequently there was a separation, and respondent had written ask- ing for forgiveness. In one letter she said, I weakly went astray. There is no excuse for me. Do forgive me." Other evidence was given to prove that Dr Watson had frequently visited Mrs. Manford in her husband's absence. Petitioner was awarded a decree nisi, with cftsts.

DULWICH DIVORCE STORY. In the Divorce Division, London (before Sir Francis Jeune) the case of Hansom v. Hansom and Churcher was heard. It was a petition presented by the husband, Mr. R. Hanson, an architect .living at Dulwich, praying for the dissolution of his marriage Hanson, an architect living at Dulwich, praying for the dissolution of his marriage on the ground of the alleged misconduct of his wife. Mr. Deane, K.C., appeared for the peti- tioner, but there was no defence. The learned counsel said the marriage of the parties took place in 1884, and there had been four children, but some time after the ma.rriage the respondent gave way to intem- perate habits. The petitioner did all in his power to induce her to give up the habit, but he had to separate from her. She had been in a. home for inebriates. She had also been taken in hand by the Salvation Army, but without any good result. The petitioner at one time allowed the respondent L2 a week but it being found that she was spend- ing the greater part of the money in drink he reduced the amount. The respondent went to live at a house in Battersea Park-road. Subsequently he heard that the police were making complaints about the respondent, and then steps were taken to ascertain the respondent's mode of life. In the house in which the respondent lived, the co-respondent, a young man, also resided. On making his acquaintance the respondent borrowed money from him, and in the result misconduct took place between them. This coming to the knowledge of the petitioner, the present petition was filed. The petitioner, the co-respondent, and other witnesses having given evidence, Sir Francis Jeune granted the petitioner a decree nisi. and he also gave him the custody of the children.

TWO CO-RESPONDENTS. Another story of the alleged unfaithfulness of a. wife when her soldier husband was at the war was told in the Divorce Court. when Mr. George Henry Roberts, a staff sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, sued for a divorce on the ground of his wife's misconduct with two co-respondents. It was stated that they were living together in South Africa when the war broke out. and he eent her back to Ireland. While he was away lie received certain information as to his wife's behaviour from her mother, and he wroto to her and sent her money to re-join him. She. however, stayed in Ireland. Upon his return the petitioner found his wife living in one of the worst quarters of, Belfast, although he had allowed her 14s. a week of his pay and she had received the same amount, being separation allowance,! from the Government, and about 12a. a week. from the Soldiers and Sailers' Families! Association. The house, it is asserted, was in a deplorable condition, the children was dirty and neglected, and the woman's wedding ring and most of the household goods had been pawned. For the sake of the four chilren he forgave his wife and asked her to start afresh, but he declares that she did not reform, and after receiving a, signed statement from one man and finding her in company with another he brought the present suit. The wife has brought a petition in the Irish courts against her husband, and to enable her to give evidence the case was adjourned.

REMARKABLE LEGITIMACY SUIT. In the Divorce Court on Wednesday a case arising out of the suit of Evans v. Evans and Blyth came on for hearing as to the legiti- macy of a child of the respondent. Mr. Barnard appeared for plaintiff, Mr. James William Evans, a retired surgeon- colonel, and Mr. Rawlinson, K.C., for the defendant. Mary Blyth, otherwise Evans. The child in question appeared by her guardian, the official solicitor. Mr. Barnard explained that the plaintiff had obtained a divorce from his wife. Florence May. a,ud the question at iusue was all to the legitimacy of the child. It arose on the ques- tion of the variation of the manage settle- ment. The settlement went to the husband and infant for life, and, after their deaths, was to go to the children, if any. The question of variation, therefore, depended upon whether this was a j child of the marriage or not, as there were no other children living. Counsel further stated that Major Herbert Russell Blyth was alleged to have committed misconduct with Mrs. Evans. and to be the father of the child in question. Colonel Efang, in his petition for divorce, set out that marital relations between him and his wife ceased in 1900, and that his wife committed mis- conduct with Mr. Blyth, who was described as a retired major of the Warwickshire Regi- ment. The decree nisi was granted on June 9, 1903. and the child was born on July 31. It waa alleged that Major Blyth was in the house when the child was born, and that it was registered by him. and the name of the father was given as Herbert Russell Blyth. Major Blyth was called to give evidence for tho plaintiff on subpoena. It was stated that the wife had written a letter admitting that the co-respondent was the father. My dear Taffy (she wrote) it is horrible to me to have to put into plain writing the verbal confession I made to you the day before yesterday. But it is now inevitable that you should know the whole shameful truth. I committed adultery with Major Blyth at Fieldside early in November last. and he will be the father of the child. In deepest shame, your wife, FLORENCE EVANS.

SECRET MARKIAGE SEQUEL. In the Divorce Court on Friday Mrs. Muriel E. Gibbs was awarded a decree of nullity. The parties became acquainted at Harrogate, where the respondent, who said he was a man of independent means, was recovering from injuries received in the war. It was stated that they were secretly married, and after- warde respondent told his wife that he was not a widower, as he had stated, but that hie wife had divorced him. and was still alive. When she refused to appoint him trustee of her fortune he insulted her, and she had no more to do with him. The divorce bad been granted in New South Wales, and it was con- tended that the court had no authority to divorce the respondent, who was a domiciled Englishman. It was stated that the respon- dent's father was Archdeacon of St. Kitt's. Respondent himself had been a commercial traveller for various businesses, advertising agent, teacher, and journalist.

AMUSING CASE IN LIVERPOOL. Ivan von Rosen, a commercial manager, of Liverpool, was the plaintiff in an action heard by his Honour Judge Shand in the Liverpool County-court, when Rosen sought from Holmes Stewart, naturalist, either the return of a prize bull terrier or E3 its value. Defendant was neither present nor represented. Mr. W. H. Quilliam, on behalf of the plain- tiff, stated that Mrs. Rosen did not like the dog, which was a prizewinner at a recent Birmingham show .because it was continually barking. She, therefore, unknown to her husband, took the dog to the defendant's shop and exchanged it for a singing canary. Upon seeing the bird. and hearing what had become of the dog. Mr. Rosen became very angry. Learning from his wife that the transaction had been made subject to his approval, he requested her to obtain the return of the dog. Defendant, however, refused to comply with the request, and when inter- viewed subsequently by the plaintiff, he con- tended that a bargain had been made with regard to the exchange, and oould not now be altered, inasmuch as the dog had been sold. Plaintiff, an the other hand, alleged that at the interview he saw the dog on the defendant's premises. The dog cost him £3. The plaintiff's wifn gave evidence, and was asked by his honour what was the value of the canary. Witness: Well, I don't know; it would not sing. (Laughter.) The Judge: It may have been a hen? Witness: I aan told the price would be 7e. 6d. at most. The Judge: Do you think it was worth your L3 prize dog? Witness: No, sir. The Judge: You want the dog back? Witness: Yes, if I possibly could have it. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for JS3, or the dog to be returned.

BIRTH ON THE EIFFEL TOWER. A totally unexpected incident occurred on the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday. A number of people were standing on the first platform. when suddenly a lady sank on the floor. A few moments afterwards she gave birth to a child. The mother and her baby girl were speedily conveyed to the Charity Hospital. In order to commemorate the singular cir- cumstances attending her birth the little girl has been called "Eiffeliae."

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THE PERILS OF LONDON. r e 7 A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL DECOYED. Miasing, since last Sunday week, Annie L. K. Lofty, aged fifteen, of 67, St. Clement's-street, Barnsbury. The police authorities fear that behind this pathetic announcement—one of a character that has become increasingly frequent of late—there lies a painful story of crime and, infamy. Annie Lofty is an unusually pretty wirl, a.bout 5ft. 2in. in height, and with the figure of a young woman of eighteen. She went to Sunday School at St. Maihiae', Caledonian-road, a very short distance from her home. on the afternoon of last Sunday week, stayed to a baptismal service, left with the other scholars, and from that hour became one of the great army of the missing. Every day since the police have done their utmost to trace her. The case has now been put into the hands of the Salvation Army Investigation Department, and those experts in the tragedies of London life fear that the girl has been decoyed away. A GQOD GIRL. Everything seems to point to this," said a. Salvation Army official to a reporter yester- day. She was a good girl. had never given her parents trouble, was a regular attendant at Sunday School, and was popular with all who knew her. The police have made it Quite certain that. she is not in a workhouse or hospital. She I has not been seen by either of the only two: families in London with whom she is on visit- ing terms, and she had too happy a dispoaV tion to have committed suicide. Young girls keep on disappearing," he continued, "without any apparent reason. and while the police, and those who do social work in London have a definite idea as to the fate of many of them, they are almost powerless to prevent it. The men and women who prey upon these young girls go to work with almost incredible stealth. and the crime often enough is not discovered until the victim has been hustled off to the Continent." The official added that a favourite method of these girl-trappers is known as the fainting trick. A well-dressed woman will parade a busy thoroughfare until she sees an attrac- tive girl. will pretend to be seized with faint, ness, and implore the girl to accompany her home in a cab which, by previous arrange- ment, is usually close at hand. UNSUSPECTING VICTIMS. In other cases a well-dressed man or woman will accost a lonely looking girl as she gazes in a shop window, and ask her if she is looking for a, situation. Their promises rarely fail to allure their unsuspecting victim. It is the knowledge of these evils that con- vinces the Salvation Army officials and the police that Annie Lofty has met a, similiar fate. A press representative visited Mrs. Lofty yesterday. She had not yet abondoned all hope of finding her daughter, although every resource had been exhausted in the search. I can only wait," she said. Her daughter had no sweetheart, she said, and was quite happy at home. She had until recently been employed at a draper's shop in the neighbourhood, but at the time of her disappearance was without a. situation. Yesterday there came a rumour tha.t she had been seen on the Sunday she disappeared talking to a young man outside Kentish Town Station. The clue is being followed for what, it is worth. When she vanished the girl was wearing ft blue and white speckled coat and skirt trimmed with white braid, a hat of biscuit straw trimmed with black and green, and black lace-up boots. She has a small scar in the centre of the forehead.

MAJOR'S HUNTER. TROUBLE OVER A NEWPORT HORSB DEAL. "Buying a horse is like taking a wife. It ia a matter for better, for worse," wrote Mr. Thomas Spittle, J.P., of Newport, to Major D E. Williams, of Panteg, between whom there was a dispute in Judge Owen's court at Newport on Wednesday. It was a. horse warranty caee. Both gen- tlem-en are hunting men, or were till a bad accident to Mr. Spittle last September. The action was brought to obtain JES2 10s., th J price of the horse. That claim had been piii. but fhers was a counterclaim for JE18 56. 6d.. which now became the bone of contention, and the positions were reversed, Major Williams being the claimant, and Mr. Spitt'a the defendant. Mr. Sankey (instructed l'y Messrs. Le Braseeur and Bowen), appeared to" Major Williams; Mr. Parsons (instructed by Messrs. Dauncey and Sons) appeared for Mr. Spittle. Mr. Spittle advertised a hunter, 15.1. rising 6 years, warranted sound and quiet, for sale, which attracted the attention of Major Williams, and they got into communication, and ultimately into close contact and bat* gaining. Mr. Spittle wanted 40 guineas for her, but ultimately the price was agreed to at jE52 10s.. and she was warranted sound. The mare was sent to Major Williams on March 26, and it was arranged that there should be a week or ten days' trial. Major Williams was ill and could not try her. He did not send to Mr. Spittle to tell him so until April 26. Mr. Spittle was then written to, and told that the mare was FOUND TO BE LAME with low ringbone. Then came a number of letters between tie parties. Mr. Spittle wrote (inter alia) :— You are the most careful gentleman I have ever heard of. I wish I had a bit ol! your carefulness in me. The horse was1 your carefulness in me. The horse was1 sound on March 26. You must pardon me my caution; but buying a horse is like taking a wife—you take it for better for worse. Major Williams replied regretting that the mare went lame in the off foreleg, and that he would have to send her back. Mr. Spittle replied that to expect anyone to take a horse back after keeping it more than a month was too absurd for words. The mare was ultimately sold at Newport Market on May 11 as an animal under dis- pute, and fetched about iEl5 or JE16. and Major Williams received 114 14s. 6d. net. Both Major Williams and Mr. Storrar, vete- rinary surgeon, spoke to the mare's lame- ness, the latter stating that she had r diseased coronet and low ringbone. Mr. Spittle said he bought the mare in June or July, 1903, for £34. He decided to sell his horses off because of a. bad accident which he sustained on September 22 last. In cross-examination by Mr. Sankey, Mr. Spittle said he had not heard of the mare letting any one else down except himself. Well, how did she do it in your case? asked Mr. Sankey. I was TRYING TO JUMP A FENCE • that others couldn't do," replied Mr. Spittle. who being fetill farther pressed to stat-4. how the accident happened, said he put tL- mare to a jump which, on the side then in eight, was not more than 2ft. 6in. high, but when shfe got to the jump she saw that there was a very deep drop on the other side, and she stopped. His Honour: Do you think that she had more sense than her rider? Mr. Spittle smiled and said that. at all events, the ma.re overbalanced herself and fell upon him on the lower side of the jnmp. badly rupturing him and cutting his kidney out. He denied that tho fall was due to a weakness in the off fore-leg. In the result his Honour thought the oounter-claim was out of time, as Major Williams had kept the mare beyond the time for trial without permission. A person could not keep a horse for a month, after being allowed a week's trial, and then return the horse as unsound. Judgment was, therefore. given for Mr. Spittle.