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UR E C.ON N TIRATE.0 Not a stimulant merely for the moment, but a Permanent and Agreeable Form of Nourishment.

TRAGEDIES IN THE DISTRICT: FIGHT WITH A MADMAN AT DOWLAIS. Timothy Murphy, a single man of 45 years, deployed under the Gloucester Wagon Com- Pany at Dowlaie, committed suicide ait his lodgings. No. 16, White-street, Dowlais, in a. Inost determined manner by cutting his throat with a razor. The deceased had been drinking heavily of late, and on Tuesday morning Called at the Dowlais Police-station, and com- plained to Police-sergeant Venn that a. crowd had been following and molesting him. Observing that he was acting somewhat strangely, the officer accompanied him home, &od there inquired as to his conduct and State of mind. To Dr. H. Lewis Hughes, who visited him subsequently and ordered his Jfcnioval to the Merthyr Workhouse Infirmary, Murphy said that his landlord was trying to Poison him. About two o'clock Mrs. Owen Jenkins, with whom he lodged, sought assist- ance at the police-station, as Murphy was in a pfcving frenzy, and threatening to murder everybody in the house. Mr. H&bina Jones, landlord of the Cardigan Arms Inn, Victoria- street, who tried to appease the man, had •Iready been attacked, and when Police-ser- teant Phillips attempted to ascend to the room deceased threatened to shoot him.! ^olieosergeant Phillips, however, proceeded the bedroom, when he found Murphy on "is knees over the washing-basin, in the act cutting his throat with a razor. Rising fom hia feet on the appearance of the ser- MaTlt. he made a sudden dash at him with the irlstrument, but the officer, avoiding the blow, 8eized his hand, and then closed with his A desperate struggle ensued, and It was only with the assistance of Police- unstable Stubbs that the man was at last J^rpowered and deprived of the razor. Dr. Lewis Hughes arrived on the scene shortly 4tftelrwards but could no nothing for the who had made a terrible gash, Sin. long, across the throat and severed the wind- •irvif' d?6d a,bont twenty minutes after. *«d uvea in his dying moments the man tempted to further wrench the wound with both hands. The bedroom resembled a shambles, and "wed all over the floor were the oontents Diaii r yfl k°x' the dead man in his ^onees had destroyed. Murphy was a cor- Y B TIT11 Dowlais detachment of the 3rd ;«• Welsh Regiment, and a popular favourite ten comrades. He had also served for an in the 24th South Wales Borderers bgJofor seven years was drummer in the and H° wnt through the Zulu War of 1879, 1889 the Burma campaign from 1285 to ■ ror which he obtained the two medals. CARRIED WOMAN'S SUICIDE AT MERTHYR. jOn Wednesday afternoon a woman named -5ary Jane Hitchings, aged 33, wife of Morgan ohn Hitching, committed suicide by hang- i a ro.pf to the banirterB of the ■vW her r'81-^=e at 10, Re-^treet fc7i;n' M<*rtbyr. A ^hLour °"f^ W?n apprised of the Ij^^T^nce rdsbefl into the house and cut the deceased had been in a ^ssed state of mind for K>m« time past. ^■GUARD'S SUICIDE AT SWANSEA. *Uar-A °n 8xmda* morning a retired railway fo«nH' J"18?6? Jo3ln Jen'kille> aged 75, was *»oUo5 K^'Jh^n^ng by a rope in an <yut- 18, P^^r-street, Swansea, of f,aau^hter"in-Iaw, Mrs. Jenkins, the wife Ww 0?CTPi€T of house, found him just the eig,ht am- Hb toes were touching boli,. U She immediately called the «.nd ^nd Police-sergeant Cuff <cut him down Who called m I)r- Morgan, SomerserUplace, Pronounced life to be extinct. No is assigned for the aot. ^TAL FAINTING FIT AT MAESTEG Howol Cuthbertson held an. inquest of 111 to the cause death of Richard Thomas, aged 75 newsag-eut, who lived in Oastle-street, ^^c^aed's daughter gave evidence, and said ^^ter father went to bed on Friday night ocdock, and she heard him coughing Shortly after midnight she heard him v1* a. light, and immediately afterwards heard him faJl. She into the room, lound him lying oil the floor, with his .Cd resting on the hearthstone. She called bed brother, and lifted her father into the He never spoke, and died immedia-tely •Urn, Thomas eaad that the cause of ^ta waa concussion of the brain and syn- .1'" caused by falling in a. fainting fit.. according to the medical returned. ^1>Y FOUND IN A CARDIFF DOCK. ."]148 body of a man, of about 56 years of found floating in the East Dock. llht on Monday, and was conveyed to the ^•street Mortuary. ^teLil0cea80d i6 5ft' 4in- in and was bo^Jfcd in a blue aerge suit and laoed-up clothing was found a discharge note, "*i>, two or three ye^ra ago, which bore the of George Gilbert. s>f k°dy very much decomposed, ic Pposed that the body, which must have the water for a long time was d f.rom the seaiment at the bottom by •{ij.. ^rking nf the propeller of the steam- Aero, which was lea!ving dock. was later identified as that of e ^bert- a ship's steward, who has 8tf- mlfsiD? from his lodgings, 1, Eisteddfod- 3a.rd.ff, since a wsek before Christmas. nran' who wa8 th,s> landlord of the 5°^ reco'rnis«d the body. Gilbert's fcaJV118 ^t 6 Oriental Cottages, Wick, Little Ptcm, where his widow now resides.

PORTH GIRL'S BABY, (')aLLIER ACCUSED OF A SERIOUS OFFENCE. Polic^couTt on Thumlay Percy > collier, Bedw-atreet, Cymmer, t^ac3 brought up in custody, on remand, \fe. he Criminal Law Amendment Aot on a criminally assaulting Violet ^^t r>C Emily lender, of 12, Argyle- Cymmer, Porth, during the months of °r May, 1904, she being then under year« of a-se. tL^ti remembered that a sensation was e-^used at Porth by the disoovecry of ,\|( 7 '>f a baby in a nude state at tbe jP 12, Argylc^treet, Cymmer, said to ^bsequently ascertained that the th a r^ild of the girl Va-llender, at at the inquest on the body the jury S^io ^d a verdict in accordance with the cV c'videnoe' which was to the effect that • had had no separate existence. t^>tj)(>1?ln^€nd€r!t Cole now applied for a a. f remand> explaining that the girl was v y<Jt a.ble to attend. Thomas James (of tihe office of •v^tyn ^^ter Morgan, Bruoe, and Nicholas, vf^), who appeared to defend, said 16 offered no objection. It had been that the superintendent would com- wivh him (Mr. Ja.mes), in the event „c^se being proceeded with next week, wi}}. ^tijjendiaTy Whore are the suretiesP ^^i/a-iies: He is not out on bail; he wfts jitj. to find sureties. .^mes then went on to apply for a 2%ti l<>n of the amount of bail to two JV of £ 15 each, and the defendant him- Defendant was a young man, and ger toO the distriot, hence the difficulty <Vv% fatter of bail. ^Wp«ndiary said that the application be acceded to. His colleagues who Hh^ian t^1'6 bench a week ago were of the that the defendant should not be bail. "4^ rther remand was then a i

WHIMSICAL WALKER AND HIS WIFE. PANTO CLOWN IN THE DIVORCE COURT. In the Divorce Court, on the stroke of four on Wednesday afternoon, "W'hdmsioaJi Walker," the well-known Drury-lane down, waa in the witness-box coaiteattiing his wife's acrtrion for divorce. Counsel looked at the hour, and, address- ing the president, asked that the oaee might stand over till the morning, as it was impor- tant that Mr. Walker should go elsewhere. Elsewhere was the Druny-lane Theatre. Mrs. Daisy Walker, whose etagoe name is "Mliss Daisy Baldry," petitioned for divorce against her husband, Mr. Thomas Henry Dawson Walker, on the grounds of miscon- duct and cruelty. These were denied by Mr. Walker, wno charged his wife with miscon- duct with Mr. Mack Olive, a gentleman who was playing with Mrs. Walker in one of the Belle of Now York" touring companies. These allegations were also denied. THEATRICAL MANNERISMS. The parties were married in 1890. Mi's. Wa.lker, a fine-looking dark woman, who car- ried her theatrical mannerisms into the witness-box, and frequently almost hissed out her charges with tragic earnestness, spoke to the unhappineas of their married life dating from her discovery a fortnight after the wedding tha.t her husband drank to excess. Mr. Walker, who amended counsel's description of him as a comedian by saying tha.t "he tried-to be one," declared that up to a few years ago their married life had been happy. I was always a. jolly fellow," he added o&nadentia.lly. Everybody knows me." He may have boon" jolly" two or three WHIMSICAL WALKER I times, but never vulgarly drunk." Merry! that's the word," said Mr. Walker emphatically. Mrs. Walker complained that the respon- dent stayed ait his club until early in the morriIlgJ, that she was so neglected that she IlH'd to walk about in the streets awaiting n.is -r«t,ur-"i, and had even brought Inim "home drunk from his olub a.t five a.m. She described several acts of cruelty, such as box- ing her ears and p.in.ching hex. "ttV A TERRIBLE TEMPER." He came home in a terrible temper on one occasion," said the witness dramatically. "Nothing ooud be done right. He clawed about all over the place, dragged me to the wall, and put hi3 hands round my throat." On another occasion, at Brighton, beT hupbatnd called her a —- fool. Counsel was anrio-us to el-icdt if there was any dtiheT language. Give us some speci- mens, a¡;!t-ed Mr. Barnard. Wha.t. oried the lady excitedly. "Do YOU wa.nt me to repeat the language he used! As specimens" had to be given to the court,, Mrs. Walker wrote them down, and they were handed to the president. When they were shown to Mr. Walker later in the day he indignantly repudiated using any such terms, and remarked a bit aggressively, She can swear, too. you kno-w "an aside which drew a laugh that was promptly rebuked by Sir Gorell Barnes. When Mrs. Walker came home from a tour with the Belle of New York" she w.as handed a letter by her husband's landlady, signed h" Vrs. Ellis, and found a slip of paper, "a little present in return for The lady refused to fill in the missing word. It wouldn't help you much, air," she told Mr. Barnard. After this communi- cation and discovery she ceased to live with her husband. "EVEN A WOEM In cmns-ex ami nation by Mr. Walter Fra-mpton, Mrs. Walker denied that the Brighton trouble arose throaerh her setting her little dog on an a c'tor at the Empire. She never picked n quarrel. In fact, you never spoke a cross word to your husband?" queried counsel. Oh, yes I did," fired up the lady. Even a worm will turn." (Loud laughter.) -How old is your hnsband?" I can't say." You said he TV33 thirteen years older than you; cannot you do me a little jump" Yes, let me see. Yes, I should say he would be 50, so far as my multiplication takes me." Did you show anybody the marks of his cruelty?"—"No, certainly not, I was too ashamed" Did you say that the world was not big enough for yoai and Olive?"—" No." "What did you My?"—"Am I bound toi give you your quotation?" (Taughter.) Mr. Frampton dived amongst his docu- ments and next essayed with the words, t.h« world is not big enough to part us." Yes, I did say that." ejaculated the wit- n?#s triumphantly, as she seated herself and awaited further cross-examination. She admitted telling her husband that phoe was going for a divorce, and that if he did not appear she would pay all expenses, and he should uever want. What she meant was that she know he would never want because of his business. A BROTHER ACTOR. Mr. Aynsley Burton. an actor, find a brother of Mrs. Walker swore that Mr. Walker calling on Mrs. Ellis. btft iT reply words with his wif<\ and had struck her, and on another occasion he saw Mi: Walker spit in the lady's face. Mrs. Leadeaf the keeper- of P theatrical boarding-ho-use. gaevidence ;11, to Mr. Watker calling on Rllis, buf in reply to Mr. Frampton she said these fisite never excited her suspicions. Theatrical people had many visitors. The next witness( was Mrs. Hopkins, with whom Mr. Walker had lodged for three Drnry-lane pant-o-mime seaaonrt. She spoke to three caJls by Mrs. Ellis, opii to finding a letter from that lady open. oh a cabinet in Mr. Walker's room. lay there the whole of the week-end Mrs. WI! kef spending with her husband. t Mr. Frampton, for Mr. W«ker, submitted that the evidence of crueltyftnd misconduct was very flimsy, and opened the counter charges against Mrs. Walkeil He said the reason for ?h«r taking "P the attitude had was tfiat in 1900-1 got an engagement in th« Belle of New York touring company. 9 which a gentle- man named Mack Olive I was Performing- He was much younger thMr. Walker, and Mrs. Walter showed a g#eat, partiality for him. He proposed to ralUevidanoe that Mrs. Walker had beer scan liltit)g on Mr. Mack Olive's knee, and that ^they kissed one j another. Mr. Walker denied th^t he frequently used foul language, but admitted calling his wife a — fool when f she seit her fox terrier to bite a man. j Je, oertainly bad never struck her or spat/fc ller, DID THE HOr*rtr°RK- M;r. "Whimsical" wi,iel, went on to describe bow he took the'ashes down a.pd did the housework while his sa ^wn. and smoked and read bookt When he saw Mrs. Ho^Kins aboflt th^ ments the had made c icerulng a 101 to his wife, the landlady to" nim tha.t Mker had told her she *»««, Led to get rid ot her' husba.nd, and she didn't care how much ii cosit. He coonplanned. ManeeM to hie wife about her being with M!r. Olive, and she replied thai the world was not big enough to part her and Olive, and on another occasion that she had never loved him and had only married him for his name. He saw her again when she was playing in "All at Sea" at Peckham, and tried to persuade her to come back to him. He said, I've a good mind to go down and give Macli Olive a biding for trying to steal my wife." Mrs. Walker replied, He's a fighting man, a dog fancier. (Laughter.) It is not his fault, I lured him on." In crow,-examinaOon., he said that when he and has wife were at Wolver- hampton in 1901 he heard that she wtas associating with Mr. Mark Olive, the co-respondent. When he spoke to her about itt she said "tihe world is not big enough to part us." The reply, said witness, was enough to turn my hai r white in a single night. He believed his wife had misoon. ducted herself in 1501, but &he denied it. It was a.fter the visit to Seacomoe in 1903 that he took proceedings. He wrote a letter to his wife from Oxford-road, Manchester, itll which he said: — My dear Daisy,—Your letter to hand. The contents very muoh upeert. me. I never thought yon could hate me so much. My God! what a scandal and expense it would be to only try to get a. divorce. Why, the judge and jury would never give us a decree nisi- Mr. Barna.rd, the wife's counsel, put it to witness that he did not then believe his wife guilty, and he replied that he did. The letter continued — It if something more than antful to think about it. • •. • Bwear since you ha.ve been away wis time I know no woman. Wit said it was a falsehood to sav that he had admitted misconduct. By the expres- sion in -the letter he meant that he had not committed misconduct at all. Further on in the letter he said he would never try for a divorce. In re-examination by his counsel (Mr. Frampton), Mr. Walker eaid that the -letter was wrobtett m reply to one written by his wife when^-he was at Peckham Theatre. In that letter she wrote: — A divorce would cost no money as I could g>rt a pauper one, and it would not be »n the Papers. I have to suffer for yoar wrongdoings. The innocent always have to suffer for the guilty. Mrs Emmeu*6 Ellifl( an a<rtTegs> said tna-t her name was May, started tiha-t her viisits to Mr. Walker had reference soledy to a theatrical engagement, a-nd s'hn had never committed misconduct with him. He did not imtroduoe her to the landlady as "My little sweetheart." She was living with her husband now. Mrs. Margaret Dyer, living at fleacombe, 8and that in September, 1902, "TIrE BELLE OF NEW YORK" Company came to Seacombe, and Mrs. Walker had apartments at her house. Mr.! Mack OEve was a frequent visitor. He came the fifest thing in the morning and during the day. They went out in the afternoon, and after the theatre had eupjjer together, and he used to stay until two o'clock in the morning. Witness had observed that they appeared to be on affectionate terms. They used to smoke cigaretrtes, and on several occasions witness had seen Mrs. Walker sitting on Mr. Olive's knee. On. one occasion she was lying on the rug smoking a. cigar ret-te and with her arm leaning on him. Cross-examined, witness eadd tha-t she did not fx>,e anything wrong between them. They were sjnokifl.g and oftat^icifr. When Mrs. Walker sat on O&fVe'i? Isoee they were nearly always smoking. When witness went into the room they still remained in the same posi- tion. As she lay on the rug Mrs. Walker was puffing the smoke up into Olive's faoe. Mrs. Walker was then called to give rebut- ting evidence as to the alleged misconduct with Olive. She had met Mr. Maok Olive, who was a, friend. She had gone to see him at Manchester in reference to a. dog, and had lunched with him. Once, when at Sea. oomhe, she had accompanied him to New Brighton. He was then performing at the pier. He had called to see her at Seacombe, but she dended that tJhere had been any mis- conduct. Mrs. Dyer says she saw you SMOKING CIGARETTES. Witness: That is perfectly correct; it is a habit acquired abroad. Have you ever eat on his knee ?—I may have done so, and I may have sat on the rug. Was there ever anything wrong be-tween you?—Nothing wrong eLtiher there or at a,ny other place. Cross-examined by Mr. Frampton, witness said she could not say whether she told her husband of her going about with Mr. Mack Olive. When he heard of it did he not oompiain ? —No. Then you said. "The world is not large enough to part us?'—Yes. Why didyou say that to your husband?— Well, I do not know. I cannot tell you what I meant by it. Witness admitted tho*- -be had gone about with Mr. Mack Olive'" for the pleasure of his oorapany." Hare you sat on his knee?—I may have done on occasions, but then I have eart. on other men's knees. "Evil be to him who "vil thinks." 'Laughter.) Are you aI,v} in the habit of lying on the rug and ;ign;inst a man's knee?—No. Had you any kffection for Mr. Ma.k Olive?— Well, r," do n't know about affection. I would rather call it regard and pity. But! you know pity is akin to love?—Yes. Have you ki-sed hiin?—Yes, I have, and lots of men. (laughter.) Wera you known as a. married woman?— Everybody knew I was. /Were yon wearing your wedding ring at ghat time?--No. because I was pla.ying single parte. Did you tell your husband you loved Mak Olive ?—No. Did you on iy tell him you married him for his name?—No, I did not. I married Mm because he worried mo 00. Waa that the o!:ly reason ?—Well, he was very much in love with me, and I was more in love wit.L him than anyone else. Then you had no affection for Mm wheai yoa married him?—I had a. certain amount of affection for him. Witness admitted that she had rcoe.nt.ly gone down in a railway car- riage to Greenwich where Mack Olive was playinp. Winnie Stewart,, an actrees, and Mias^Danhy, anothor octrees, gave evidence that they had SEEN NOTHING WRONG between Mrs. Walker and Mack Olive. The lattnr witness said she ha-d stayed at Sea- oorr.be with Mrs. Walker, and she had never .-een any familiarities. In croae-ex ami nation, witness said that the had not e^n Mrs. Walker sit on Mack Olive's knee. IT.ave you seen them kiss?—No, I do not knee. H.ave you seen them kamP-No, I do not think 80. but a kiss can take plaoe in a, second. (Laughter.) MAOK'f=! DENIAL. Mr. Mack Olive, the oo-respondent, was called, and gave a denial to the allegation of misoonduct with Mrs. WaJker. Counsel then addressed the jury. The further hearing Was adjourned until to-morrow.

=-= STAKR-BOWKETT LOSSES CARDIFF NEWSVENDOR AND HIS WIFE RECOUPED. J"}* *?n fown in Cardiff that those who SJienK j tb° Starr-Bowkett frauds of David » «Pherd were ^hieflyp^r peopie. One of ^'was Mr.WUliam Burt. a well-known kcep^ tte/wsvendo*. who, with his Hster-in-law, thrift shop at ?°rr}er of Elm-street. This SS couPl'e had mvested the bulk of their ^ocie^' about £ 30« m the Starr-Bowkett them the ^fter ajmo'unt wae to Lindly sen<Tls However, there were ^Ives ln w"ho bestirred them- ordcT to re-coup thean their teses. VKTZl tha,t Mr a-nd Mrs. Sre^t, ^tended aA the Queen's Oafe, Queen- w da7 whe™ the 811111 <>f £ iJT' Ww3 Presented to them. Mr Percv M^fdod' th^ present F' J■ W. Roberts, F. P^, I. Allen, and Henry Pinoombe. The pr^ta^ion was made by Mr. Nicholls, who ^Pj^ed the hope that the full amount rfiLr*1 be collected, with which object teJJ«i8tobe kejutopen a («w d«dralon«er. GOING! GOING! I A UarIONEER (Lord Balfour--cif Burltigh): Now, ladies, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. I shall knock it down to the highest bidder!

PROVING AN ABlBI STARTLING CROSS- EX,AMINA-, TION OF A WITNESS. ,> A remarkable cross-examination Wt- A remarkable cross-examination Wt- nesaed at the Old Bailey of a. witness put forward in sup-port of an alibi. In the dock was Lionel G. L. Holmes, 52, a, wclS^ressed man, charged with uttering a. forged cheque for £819, the cheque form being one' from a, olieqne-book lost on the Continent ttT Mr. E.. M. Fox, president of the American Spc&ty in. London.—A bank cashier and two wit- nesses swore that Holmes was the j&P- who' cashed the cheque at the VictofS^festreet branch of the London Joint Stock JJailK, a,a two more men declared him to bo, the persoiji who subsequentiy changed at Cool: the notes received for the cheqi*0n tl\« other hand. Ho hues absolutely d4ttjfed beitig. the individual in question, and led wit- nesses to prove an alibi. One oxjp*?e Mr. Talbot Bridgwater, described aSBj^Sfedi ca^ specialist, residing in the rietjfM^mB&owd'of Oxford-Street, ,wJjo. ;sai'i a cheque *«i prcsentea prisoner, "w&o J»'as MB assistant dispeneor, was engaged1^-ith affii G. U HOLrlCBS. I in an operation for toiusilitie.—Croes-emmined )y Mr. Muir: He remembered that EA various '.iiDos men employed to deliver his leaflets lad been prosecuted and fined for circulating indeoent literature. He denied, however, that there was anything indecent in his leaflets, and magistrates had taken different views on the matter. Probably as many as 50 men ha.d been fined in this connection. Witness usually paid the fines, except when the men preferred to take the seven days' imprison- ment, or whatever the alternative was, and to have the amount of the fine for themselves afterwards. (Laughter.—Who is Dr. M'Donach, M.D.. advertised) in connection with ytour business?—It is Eliza. MDoiiaeh. I don't know where she is at this moment, She is one of the women dootors first qualified in London.—Who is Madame Frickart?—That is the same person, as Dr. M'Donaoh went to Switzerland and married a man named Fxickart.—Further questioned, witness said ¡ that he had -employld a man named Shackell in connec,tion with the distribution of bis bills. He was aware that Shackell had made a faux pas—something to do with the forging of a bill of exchange for £ 500.—Among your acquaintances do you know any bank thieves? —What!—Do you know Billy Wigram?—I had a, pa-tient of that name some Yeam ago. As a professional man I get to know all sorts and conditions of m^a,, (Laughter.)—Do you know James Dunoan Robertson ?—Yes; I have known him for many years.—Have you been seen in his company?—Oh, yes. His father was a wealthy fquaitter in Victoria.— Mr. Muir, addressmjj; tihe jury, said DR. BI5 IDG WATER. I the evidenoe of identity, though not absolutely complete, was sufficiently reliable, n^d sug- gested that the brain-oentre from which this daring forgery had emanated was Dr. Bridg- water's collslllting-room.-Dr. Bridgwater: I protest against these disgraceful aspersions. —He was ordered to keep silence.-The Com- missioner, in summing up, said he ought to pornt out that, although the name of Miss Tovey, Mr. Fox's secretary, had been neoes- 6aTily introduced into the case, there was lot the slightest imputation upon her in any way. In connection with that question of inden,tity, a. very considerable responsibility I rested on tbe^jury. The witnesses from the bank, thougWrthey now identified prisoner, originally described the persorrlWho presented the cheque as over 6ft. high, and of American appearance, which did not tally with the facts. The prosecution had knocked Dr. Bridgwater about his advertase- m«nts and patients, and so on. but that would not be in itself a. reason for making prisoner Buffer.-Thc jury, after consulting for about three-quarters of an hour, intimated that there was no oharc-e of their agreeing to ,t voerdict.-The Commissioner said in those circumstances he would discharge them, a-nd • he oage must go over for re-trial to the next sessions. He would accept bail-prisoner in I £100, one surety in .E100, and one other surety n A

CLERGYMAN'S SON GETS A c DIVORCE. ,1; "Mr. Philip Ho&kyn Bryant, the son of a. clergyman 111 the West of England, obtained a divorce from lii3 wife. The case was heaird before Mr. Justice Deane. yfhcn quite young Mr. Bryant went out to ty- e his fortune in America. Returning home for a holiday in 1893, ho& met the lady who subsequently became his wife, staying at the -rec,tory as a friend of his sister. They were subsequently married in London and went out to West Australia, where they lived at Albany and other places. In Aus- tralia. Mr. Bryant got nothing to do, &o he Came hoiMt, His wife. tired of this sort of existence, told ihim one day tttyt she would not live with him any loigcj. ^pjatoall ma.ke your father keep -TO-S," she ?aid. So she went away, and Mr. ^Bryant, allowed her £ 130 a year. In 1500 Mr. Bryant reooived a letter from -o* Kh*« eso-resnxyrcdeaTJi. CMra.. Hogartibi) sa-ying that his wife, who was stay- ing with her, was vory ill. The Bryants mcl, tho Hogarths in Australia ajid became great friends, Mrs. Bryant and Mr. Hogarth being a good deal together. Upon receipt of the letter Mr. Bryant has- a good deal together. Upon receipt of the letter Mr. Bryant has- tened to see his wife, who was about to have an operation. The opera-tion was put off, and e. laittile later on Mr. Bryant was astonished to receive a letter from the co-respondent as follows: Sir,-You.r wife and I have been living together for some time past, and I can only ask too to take the necessary proceedings tfoa>t I may make her my wifo legally.- Yours truly, J. H. Hogarth. In May, 19,)4, Mrs. Bryarat gave birtoh to a abdld at Clarence-gaite-gardens, where she wae living with Mr. Hogarth.

HUNTING DIVORCE. The story of a, hunting-field acquaintance and what it led to was told in Mr. Justice Bargrave Deaae's court. The judge had before him the pertdtion of Mrs. Helen Gardner for a divorce from her husband, Mr. Cyril Robert Preston Gardner, of Oaksey- park, Cirencester. Mr. Le Bas, who appeared for the peti- tioner, started that the marriage took plaoe in 1892 at Croydon, and Mr. and Mrs. Gard- ner afterwards lived together a.t Oaksey- park, Cirencester. In 1895 Mias Ethel Drake came to live in the neighbourhood, and was introduced to Mr. end Mrs. Gardner. Mrs. Gardner ai first refused to receive her sut the house, but eventually ghe became a visitor. Pieititioner notioed that her husband and Miss DTako became very friendly, and were much together. She spoke to her husha-nd abcut it, and be assured her that there waa nothing wrong. SHE LOOKED SO HORSEY." He said he liked Miss Drake because she looked "so horsey," but tha.t he had not flirted with her, and he should do exactly as he liked. Mrs. Gardner from time to time exprossed objiection to her husband associating with Mite Drake in the hunting field and else- where. She also spoke to Miss Drake, who assured her there was nothing wrong, and that the friendship was purely platonio," and wae based on her and Mr. Gardner's mutual love of horses. Onoe when they were in the hunting field Mrs. Gardner overtook her husband and Miss Drake riding side by side in a direc- tion opposite to that in which the bounds were going, and they then made the excuse that Miss Drake's horae had loet' a. shoe, which had necessitated a visit to the black- smith's. In February, 1902, Mr. Gardner told the petitioner that he intended to get a divorce, that she oould easily get evidence, and, he added, I am not going to have a beastly separation." If she would not get a divorce, he said, be would make her suffer, as he knew she would like to have the boy, and he would keep him, although he did not want him. Eventually he told her she must leave the house, and made preparations for shutting up the establishment. He had since gone away to a plaice near Frankfort, Germany, and then to Jersey, where it was said he had been living with Miss Drake. His lordship granted a decree nisi with costs, and custody of the child.

COITY DIVORCE RESCINDED I In the Divorce Court on Monday (before the president, Sir Gorell Barnes) the case of Phillips v. Phillips came on for hearing. This was a suit in which Mrs. Agnes Fleming Phillips, now living at Devon port, had obtained a decree nisi for divorce from her husband, Mr. John Henry Phillipe, of Coity, Glamorganshire, with whom she formerly lived at Swansea The King's Proctor had! intervened, alleging that petitioner herself had committed misconduct with Mr. Thomas Sullivan, and he asked that the decree nisi should be rescinded. A motion with this object, was made to the lats president, and intimation was then received that neither respondent nor Thomas Sullivan were in a financial position to contest the King's Proc- tor's plea, though they denied misconduct. In pursuance of a new rule, Sir Francis Jeune then ordered that the case should be set down in the undefended list for proof of the King's Proctor's allegations. Evidence was now given to show that the marriage took place in 1894, that the parties had lived together at the Welsh Harp, High-street, Swansea, and tha.t the wife had obtained a decree nisi for divofce in 1903. The wife subsequently went to live in Devonport, and had there cohabited with Sullivan in apart- mente and at the Carlton Hotel, which she kept. Sullivan was /stated to be a stoker in the Royal Na.vy. Mr. Graham CUnijiubell, who appeared for kthe King's Proetor, explain* the ciroam- stances, and related that the marriage took plaoe in 1894. The wife left her husband in 1902, and in 1934 brought the suit which resulted in the granting of the decree nisi. The case was undefended, and both the peti- tioner and Sullivan denied the* allegation which the husband had made of adultery. He said the wife after leaving her husband in 1902, went to live a.t Devonport. She toox a room at the house of a. Mr. and Mrs. Goodeve, and Sullivan went there and lived with her She had represented that her husband was a 6toker in the Royal Navy, and Sullivan occu- pied that position. She appeared, however, afterwards to have told Mrs. Goodeve that her husband was living at Swansea at the Welsh Harp, High-street, and Sullivan had been a lodger there. After that she took the Carlton Hotel at Devonport, and Sullivan went there and o oca pied the same bedroom with her. His lordship rescinded the decree nisi, and dismissed the petition, with costs.

DOCTOR'S STRANGE CONDUCT ^Mrs^ ^Maggie desertion and misconduct. In supporting the petition, which was unde- fended, Mr. Priestley, K.C., said that after the marriage, in September. 1892, the parties went to live at Folkestone, where respondeat practised has profession. Becoming diseatrs- fied, he, in the early part of 1901, bought some band at Vange, in Essex, ostensibly for the purpose of carrying on a fruit farm. He went backwards and forwards for some time, until, on June 20 of that, year, he left ail his effects at Folkestone. and refused to return. As the result of inquiries as to his conduct during his atbsence, these proceedings were instituted. Petitioner stated that in January of 1902, after her husband had been away six months, she wrote, him in the following terms: — I do hope you are very much benefited from the oomplete rest you have had, and tnat you will soon be able to join me again, as I am very anxious to see you. You spoke of going away for a. year, but you know I have no wish for a separation. I was powerless to prevent you going. It I has been a. great trial to me, and you have now been awtay for six months. I hope soon to see you again. I To this, petitioner added. she got no reply. While her husband was away her father sup- Ported her. Mr. E. E. Wa/d, solicitor, gave particulars of an interview which he had with respon- dent for the purpose of endeavouring to Induce him to return to his wife. Respondent, however, refused to go back, saying, No good would result from resuming cohabita- tion." Evidence was called to show that while away from Mrs. Ellis respondent lived for a. certain time at Southend with another woman, whom he represented as his wife. A decree nrisd was granted.

A NAVAL DISASTER. I I SIX MEN REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED. Intelligence has just reached Queeoetcwn that an explosion has taken place oa board the Submarine A5, which arrived at, Queens- town on Tuesday last, convoyed by the cruiser Hazard. The Prese Association correspondent te4e graphs that two explosions occurred or Thursday morning. A seaman who has landed from the cruiser Hazard states that six men have b"n killed. A number of launches and boats are now around the submarine, and the injured men are being conveyed to the Naval hespital at Haulbowline. When the two explosions were heard a-t Queeuiistown signials appeared oc tht Hasaard intimating that assistance was needed. It. :e eaid that the force of the explosions was 9G tel rift-c that some of the crew were blown into tho air. Two re on w^re subsequently packed up in the water. Tug assistance hae. been asked for to beach the submarine. The ill-fated vessel took fire inei<ie. The disaster occurred just as preparations had been completed for a cruise out of air- bour. Eleven men were aboard e.t tb* time, and no trace of two of these can YH be found. The first explosion took place <^r 9 4& u-nd the second at 10.10. The A5 is one of the improved Hollaed type, and is the first of the ten authorised by the last naval shipbuilding programme :o be delivered. By the first explosion a large volume of water was thrown into the air. and follov ing the second report a quantity of paper, books, &c., flew about. It is reported by a first-class petty office* p who has landed from Haul bowline, that *n» the first explosion occurred a rescue party from the cruiser Hazard boarded the sub- marine. They had been aboard a. few minutes when the second explosion took plaxie the whole of the men being more or less injured. Another correspondent states that the disaster was due to an explosion of gaeoline. Nine men have been conveyed to Haalbow- line in the naval ambulance boat. The sub- marine lies at the entrance to the dock basin, but as there seems to be some difficulty in getting her in she will probaibiy be beached. Some of the victims are terribly mutilated, having limbs and portions of the head blown away. Sub-lieutenant Skinner, of the submarine, died from the erfecte of his injuries at Haul- bowline Hospital. The dead bodies of an artificer and a. leading stoker have been discovered on board the submarine. The total number of men injured is fifteen. The officers and men were engaged in charging the tanks when the explosion took place. The men were hurled in all directions. Nine were picked up by boat* and conveyed to hospital. The first explosion was quickly followed by a second. Lieutenant Skinner, who is re- ported killed, was to have received promo- tion as full lieutenant on Friday. One of the injured seamen is reported to be in a dying state in Haulbowline Hospital Of the dead one man's head wae partly blown off, whiie anothar had both legs broken. The inquest will be opened to-morrow. COMMANDER BLINDED. Lieutenant Good, who wae in command ol the submarine, sustained very severe in juries a-bout thp head and face, and while there is every hope of his recovery, it if feared that his eyesight has been permar nently destroyed. The fire still continues on board, a.nd it has not been found possible to ascertain what additicnal bodies are below. Another effort is being made with the rising tide to get the submarine into dock. The submarine was driven by a moto. &nd at present it is surmised that th. eaaoline tank exfilodacL

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CARDIFF DIVORCE CASE. MEAT SALESMAN GETS A DECREE NISI. Mr. Frank Gerriab, a meat salesman, of Donald-street, Cardiff, obtained from Justice Bar grave Doane on Friday in the Divorce Court- a decree nisi for the dissolution of his marriage with Elizabeth Jane Gerrish (nee Evans), on the ground of her misconduct, with Mr. Phillip Fletcher, with whom she was said to have been living at 131, Windsor-road, Car- diff. No defence was offered. Mr. Le Bas (instructed by Mr. A. F. Hill, solicitor, Cardiff) a-Ppeared for the petitioner, and explained that the marriage took place in 1893 at Cardiff. At that time petitioner I was a ma-rine engineer, and both he and hie wife had a. little money. After the marriage petitioner got employment at the Eute Docks, and eventually set up as a meat sales- man. He and his wife had met the co- respondent and his wife at a. friend's house.

AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE, SCOTTISH BARONET DIVORCED BY HIS WIFE. Lord Ardwall, in the Edinburgh Court of Session on Wednesday, heard proof in the aotaon for divorce brought by Dame Mary Catherine Moncrieffe, or Gra- ham Montgomery, against her husband, Sir Ba6il Templer Gra-ham Montgomery, Bart., of Stanhope, Peeblesshire, and Kinross. Pkuntiff stated that she was married to defendant in October, 1880. Shortly after tho marriage he went into business as a stockbroker in London and still carried on that business. Her married life was a very unhappy one, and in 1900 there was an agreement for a separation. Since then plaintiff had not lived with defendant. Once she received a note from him asking her to go and see him in Grosvenor-street. She went and found him ill, and, at his request and that of a doctor, remained and nursed him till he got better. From that time she had not stayed even in the same house with defendant. Some time ago plaintiff had reason to suspect that defendant was misconducting himself, and as a result of inquiries instituted the present proceedings. Evidence was taken at a com- mission in January, and when attending the oommiseion plaint,iff was shown the visitors' book of »n hotel, and had her attention directed to date November 14, 1904, under which there was an entry, Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery." Plaintiff rooognised the handwriting as that of her husband. Evidence was then given that Lady Gra- ham Montgomery did not stay at the hotel O'l the night in question, and that Sir Basil and another lady, whose name had not been discovered, stayed there that night. Lord Ardwall said that it was clear that on the night of November 14 defendant stayed with a lady other than the plaintiff, and he accordingly granted plaintiff a decree aX divoro#- of divorett.

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REVOLVER DUEL AT BRISTOL. SWANSEA MAN ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE. On Wednesday night, at about 10.30, a police-constable on duty in St. Paul's, Bri80 tol, a somewhat rough neighbourhood, heard the report of firearms. Hastening to the spot whence the ominous sounds proceeded. he found two men. grappling together in deadly embrace. A bystander ha.d taken a revolver from one of the men, both of whom appeared injured. They were taken to tike Bristol Royal Infirmary, where their lnjKrie* were attended to. One of the men. William Wilson, aged 26 years, of 35. Alfred-street, St. Paul's, had a wound in his neck under his left ear, whefw apparently a. bullet had entered, issuing again some two inches above; whilst the other, Cornelius Richard Vale, of Swansea, had a furrowed wound in his right for* finger, also caused by a gunshot. As far as can be gathered from inquiries, Willi-on and Vale had differences over a girl, and in the ensuing fracas three shots were fired from a revolver, which was fully loaded, and was understood to belong to Vale, who was taken to the central polios* station and. detained pending inquiries. TtM girl ooncerned was also said to belong Itt Swansea. POLICE PROCEEDINGS. At Bristol Police-court on Thursday (befon Messrs. C. E. L. Gardner and W. Perry) Cor* nelius Richard Vale, of Swansea, was charged with attempting to murder Willitue Wilson, aged 26, of 55, Alfred-street, St. Paul's, Bristol. Vale. who was verj respectably-dressed and appeared to fed hit position, was remanded until to-morrow week, Deputy-chief-conetable Cann remark* ing that the bullet had not yet been extracted from Wilson's neck, and that the doctors thought it likely that a week would elapse before they could recover it. The Ben oh, therefore, agreed to tin request for a rcrfland and asked if defen- dant had anything to EaT. Vale quietly replied that he had not been injured. This afternoon our correspondent WM informed that Wilson's condition was M satisfactory as could be expected. He passed a fair night, but was in some little pain. THRILLING ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR. An eye-witness gives a thrilling account ol the affray. Sb.- says that Vale aaad Wilson, together with a young woman, were engaged in conversation at the corner of Alfred. street, when suddenly Wilson caught the young woman by the hand and tried to get her to his home, No. 35, Alfred-street, at the aenne time calling out, Run, quick, quick, Police," or words very similar. When they had gone a-bout 40 or 50 yards, and were still three doors from Wilson's house. Vale, who was following, is alleged to have fired the first shot. He was then standing 'by the side of a general dealer's shop, and Wilson and the young woma.n were at the raair? Bstr&fico. The^ aajop^eepor's wife, who '^ruTin ore~ff8eym ay; ■*&■ a f&th pass, ana thinks it wae this shot which inflicted the wound, because Wilson immediately turned on his assailant, who, before pulling be trigger, SHOUTED, "NOW, NOW, NOW," and closed with him, both Wling to tit. ground. It was whilst they were there thai the second shot was fired, the bullet nar rowly missing the shopkeeper's wife an4 embedding itself in the doorpost. They oon tinned to struggle fiercely, Wi-teon, appar ently, with the object of gaining poeaeseiot of the revolver, and, although he was bleed ing profusely from the neck, he suooeedec in forcing Vale to t&ke to the side door, where a report was heard for a. third time* and where marks of blood were stitf observable this morning. Here another man, who had come up, wrested the revolver from Vale, who stood awaiting the arrival of the police, whilst Wilson walked about calling for someone to fetch a doctor. Then Wilson was taken to the infirmary, and Vale, wbo is a married man, into custody.