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íl Mr. BONNER MORGAN'S J NEW I Sight-Testing Rooms y 101, QUEEN ST., CARDIFF, Are devoted Exclusively to exact and Bciwntiflc sight-testing for Spectacles, and are specially equipped for this purpose. Charge* are moderate and inclusive of teethe. Send for free booklet. "The Why and Wherefore of Defective Eye- sight, and Spectacle Wearing."
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6 SWANSEA MAN FALLS INTO A…
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6 SWANSEA MAN FALLS INTO A TANK OF ACID. An inquest was held at Swansea oa Friday the body of a labourer named George Raker, a Somerset man, who died at the Swansea Hospital from the effects of burns by acid. It was testified that the deceased went to the coppcras works at Pontardulais in a drunken state on May 26, and fell into a tank of copperas water, which was partly, Sulphuric acid. He was not employed there.! The medical evidence was that deceased j ",as also consumptive, and a verdict of ^eath from that disease, accelerated by "urnj, was returned.
DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE AT PONTYPR!DD.
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DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE AT PONTYPR!DD. Mr. D. Eees conducted an inquest at Ponty- Pridxl on Friday 0:1 the body of a ma,:) Earned James Martin, who died upon his Admission to the infirmary on Tuesday even- ''Rg'. Deceased was seen to fall at Mountain Ash. Dr. Howard Davies, the medical officer, who had cond!leted a post-mortem examination cf the body, attributed death to inflammation of the membranes of the brain, caused by Exposure to the sun's rays, and the jury turned a verdict accordingly.
MAN DASHED TO PIECES AT LLANSAMLET.
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MAN DASHED TO PIECES AT LLAN- SAMLET. At an inquest held on Monday on the body Of William O'Brien, who was killed on the Great Western. Railway at Lla-nsamlet on Saturday, the engine-driver of the express eaid that after he had whistled the deceased appeared to rush right into the engine, not boticing it at all. The verdict was Accidental death," no c-De being blamed.
FALL INTO A TUB OF WATER.
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FALL INTO A TUB OF WATER. -tfr. R J. Rhys. district coroner, held an inquiry on Tuesday at Aberdare into the Circumstances attending T,iie death of Mrs. Margaret Lewis, of 21, Whitcombe-street, Aberdare, who was found dead on Sunday horning in the kitchen.—Sarah Gwcr. Smith, a servant, deposed that she came downstairs S*n Sunday morning, and saw the deceased lying on her right side on the floor near a tub of water. The head of the deceased did not appear to have touched the water.— w. Scale stated that when summoned to the he found the right side of deceased's bead and shoulder were saturated with WP,t-er. He thought that death was due to a sudden seizure of caj-diao syncope as the deopi^rl was in the act of removing the tub. A verdict ofnV^u^ dead, having XaJlen 1-nt, l t„b of witer after having been seized With an attack of cardiac syncope,' was returned-
.CMWWF WOMAN'S FATAL FALL.
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CMWWF WOMAN'S FATAL FALL. 1 -The city coroner (.Mr. W. 1.. Yorath} held an intji:e.-t ar Cardiff on Tix^uay on the! ^jjt>d,y of iiary Ann Weaver, aged 50, of Clare- who used to suffer from attacks of gdnegis. m^a. Ma,ry Ann M'Oarthy, occupying apart- coniM ^itJ] "^ceased, said the latter used to On fin a e(luently of pains in the head. When* if was ^0UII<^ lyintr on the floor, on hop t up witness noticed a big lump down T ^'head, and deceased said, I fell Br Vtf^ better directly." '^ntillon found deceased dead. Death -a-id the doctor in evidence) was due to Pressure on the brain, following a ruptured vessel, probably caused by the fall, ^he jury returned a verdict in accordance WIth the medical evidence.
CARDIFF CHILD'S DEATH.
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CARDIFF CHILD'S DEATH. Yr. W. L. Yorath, coroner, held an inquest at the City-hall, Cardiff, on Wednesday on the body of James Dremand, the seven Peeks' old child of James and Alice Dre- toand, 25, Cambridge-street. Dr. Sweeney certified that death was due to convulsions. Verdict accordingly.
CARDIFF BOY'S KKUlLL FRACTURED…
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CARDIFF BOY'S KKUlLL FRAC- TURED AGAINST A TRUCK. The Cardiff coroner on Thursday inquired *ato the death of .Albert Austin Marks, the _en.year-old son of Richard Marks, 13, Asoog- street. Th€ boy was found dead in Bland's tim- ^ryard on Wednesday morning. Glenelg Lewis, a companion, said the pre- •°us evening Marks and he were playing touch." Austin pulled out the pin of a 'door. The "flap" fell, striking Austin II the head. Witness and other boys then "•bout^t. and Were afra,id to tel1 ^yone t>r W. G. Williams attributed death to raeture of the skull. turn^rdi0t °f "AcoidentaJ death" was re- Cor?nor inQnired why the night it an bad ^nt found the hoy'e body, and was explained that possibly was obliged attend to duties elsewhere.
DIED IN THE STREET.
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DIED IN THE STREET. Mrs. Gwendoline Tucker, of Coedpenmaen- ;oa.d. Pontypridd, wife of Mr. Tucker niiterer, was walking along High-stieet' "en sha was seen to stagger, but was ^evented from falling by the kindly assist- «,tv ,of a im^er-by- She was at once tended to, but expired almost immediately, art failure was probably the cause.
FITTER KILLED BY PIECE OF…
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FITTER KILLED BY PIECE OF TIMBER. The Cardiff coroner (Mr. W. L. Yorath) held of on Friday touching- the death ifcet E<3borts' fitter, a{?.-d 28 years, who .^th a fatal accident while following ;iis lH-ioL rl,t with the Cardiff Channel Dry J> vLan,d Poi)toon Company on Wednesday. *>oerts and his assistant, Thomas Jones, e carrying out some repairs to the ft-DrvM^hiP Castle Eden, and were crossing \vh r boat in dock with a piece of pipe, Roberts was struck by some timber jich va& thrown into it v^r- Alexander Ritchie i-aid death was due a fracture of the skull. >, A verdict of Accidental death" was () etUrIled, no blame being attached to any-
THE POLICE ACCUSED.
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THE POLICE ACCUSED. nLACKWOOD PRISONER'S SEMOUS STATEMENTS. Th ^a«0lllae Robeirte, a sinker, of Blackwood, fove in tllc doc-li at the local court da,.r which Mr. John Green presided) on Fri- 011 a ckarS'9 ot' assaulting Police-corii- ji ies Price and Cullen. to p ^-constable Cxillen sa.id that he spoke upon another alleged offence, and hlIa foir his name, but instead of viQj it he turned round and struck him a lip v? blow in the mouth, which made his witTless and Police-constable Price with him, and after a severe struggle h-a-ndctLffed and taken to the station. ^e-oaaistable Price corroborated, and jij^^eodaHit twisted his leg around him. ><iry v^r" wl10 appeared in court with a J»U bad black eye, and with blood tHjljCe°v<5r his face, stated that, the baawfled him in a most brutal hj- jj and inflicted the injuries to his face III Vkruins 11 im after they had handcuffed v^'Sea en brou;?ijt iRto the statiou the M 011 duty told him that he had not enoagh. ^eflt4S Police witnesses denied these state- f<,)f and said prisoner had bruised him- vf'-sOTj BeacJl' however, thought that the j.'t>!Cin<Vr 00not set these marks unless •'v.J''6 wa« used, and they discharged 'I'h told Superintendent Porter t1 'I lntJirits into tho case and to report j.'0 them. If -what the man said was e twu .WOTlld be a very eerious matter for k.
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ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO WELSH FARMERS.—See Page 9.
I-+-PENARTH COUPLE IN THE…
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-+- PENARTH COUPLE IN THE DIVORCE COURT. Before the President (Sir Gorell Barnes) in the Divorce Division on Thursday Mr. Eanford appeared m support of the petition of Mrs. Lilian Appleby for a divorce from her hus- rr band, Thomas Percy Appleby, on the ground of his cruelty and misconduct. Counsel stated that the parties were mar- ried on April 19, 1S00, at Holy Trinity. Seaton Carew, Durham, and they subsequently resided at 22, Archer-road, Penarth. There was one child of the marriage. They lived happily for some time, but in. March, 1905, the petitioner became very ill. and was attended by a Dr. Morrison. She did not know the cause of the illne-as until some time later, and then she filed the petition. Meanwhile, in 1906, she received certain information regarding her husband. She forgave him, but in October, 1907, he told her he was sick of her, that he was eo- respondent in a divorce case, and that he was going to Canada with another woman, Mrs. Appleby was called, and gave evidence in support of her petition. She said she was married on the 19th of April, 1900. Her hue- band was a shipbuilder and shipbroker and commission agent. Her married life at first; (she said; was a very happy one, and they had one child. She agreed with counsel's! statement with regard to what happened in 1905, and said that in 19C6 certain informa- tion was given her with regard to her hus- band and another woman, and she spoke tc him about it. He begged for forgiveness and promised to behave properly in the future, and she forgave him. In October. 1907, the respondent informed her >that he was co- respondent in a divorce case, and that he intended to go to Canada. He did leave the house ostensibly with that intention, and she then consulted her parents and her soli- citors. with the result that this petition was filed. Subsequently she received a letter from her husband from an address in Car- diff, in which he wrote:- Lil,—I received 'the divorce papers to-day from Vachell. Before matters go further, won't you re-consider your decision and try to forgive me for a.ll my past? I will promise to try and do better in the future. If we could only start together again am sure we can live happily. We have always been such good pals, and never had any rows during the whole of cur married life. For poor little Desmond's sake I think you should consider the step. I know it is a lot to fuSk you, but nothing will give me more happiness. If there is anything I can do to show I will give up my past ways I will do so, and be the best of friends. Well, darling, try and forgive me.—Tommy. Mr. Bayford, continuing, said she did not forgive him, and the petition was filed. Dr. Alfred Fdward Morrison, M.JBr'J.S., for- merly of Weilingrton-road, West Hartlepool, gave evidence of treating Mrs. ApplebY in 1905, and of the character of the illness from which she was suffering. A decree nisi was granted, with ooets, and the custody of the child. A decree nisi was granted, with ooets, and the custody of t-he child.
, A CARDIFF DECREE.
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A CARDIFF DECREE. COULD NOT ATTEND HER BROTHER'S FUNERAL. In the Divorce Division Oil Thursday the President had before him the undefended peti- tion of Mrs. Ada Gladys Fisk for the dissolu- tion of her marriage by reason of the cruelty and misconduct of her hustoaud, Mr. James Wilfrid Fisk. The parties were married in 1903 in London, and afterwards lived together at 1C3, Castle-road, Cardiff. While residing there the husband treated his wife with cruelty. Her brother having died, she wanted to go to his funeral, and her husband refused to let her gu, caught her by the throat, and threatened to strangle her. She then left the respondent, and went to live with her mother at 12, Wyeverne-road, Cardiff. Ulti- mately husband and wife separated by deed. A watch was set on the respondent's move- ments while he was in London, and he was seen to meet a woma-n and go to her house. A decree nisi, with costs, was granted.
DISCLOSURES AT AN INQUIRY.…
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DISCLOSURES AT AN INQUIRY. f INCIDENTS AT A WELSH WORKHOUSE. Mr. H. R. Williams, Poor-law inspector for Wales, on Tuesday resumed the inquiry into the charges upon which Mr. W. E. Weaver, schoolmaster of Wrexham Workhouse Schools, had been suspended. YT, T. 0. Bury appeared for the guardians, aaid Mr. R. C. Roberts for Mr. Weaver. Miss Laura Davies, assistant achoolmistress at the schools, was re-called, and said she had read the evidence given in camera by the children from the workhouse schools. Their statements that she smoked cigarettes were untrue. She had never attempted to bribe any of the girls to give evidence against Mr. Weaver. Miss Ma.y Roberts, formerly girls' atten. dant at the workhouse schools, said that she had seen Mr. Weaver on two occasions when he seemed to be drunk. She thought this by the way in which he spoke, and he also could not stand up straight. She was not sure as to the dates, but thought it was in November last. Miss Davies had told witness that Mr. Weaver had tried to kiss her in the dairk room. This was bafore the end of last year. In reply to Mr. Roberts, witness a-dlnitted she smoked cigarettes while at the schools. She had gone into the boys' dormitory when she had no business there. Mrs. Weaver had found four boys in witness's bedroom at four o'clock in the morning. They had just come into the room when Mrs. Weaver came in. They were dressed, and witness was also dressed. With reference to this incident Mr. Weaver told her to write a note and to say she was sorry, and she wrote a note to the effect that she was very sorry, and hoped Mr. Weaver would let the matter drop for ever, as she would- never be able to go home after being mixed up with such an awful thing. Witness left the workhouse a fortnight later. The boys who were in her bedroom were about fourteen years of age. The inquiry was adjourned.
PAPER MONEY SCATTERED.
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PAPER MONEY SCATTERED. WIND WORKS HAVOC IN AMERICAN CAMP. A telegram from Buffalo, New York, says a gaie of extraordinary violence raged at the large military State camp, doing great damage to the buildings and stores. The officers' quarters were wrecked, leaving all the occupants, including the cominander- in-chiof, General Frederick Grant, shelter- less throughout the night. Quantities of stores were scattered far and wide, but the nLost serious mishap was the demolition of the paymaster's quarters. About £5,000 of paper currency was blown over the camp, and a large proportion has not been re-covered.—Central News.
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SALE OF HISTORICAL MANU- SCRIPTS. A sale was commenced in London on Mon- day of the collection of historical manu- s-cripts belonging to the late Sir Thomas Phillips. Sir Thomas spent about a quarter of a million on his collection, and was one of the most famous collectors of ancient manu- scripts. There was hardly a county with ¡ which he was unacquainted. —-»•-
EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA.I
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EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA. VILLAGES ENGULFED HUNDREDS KILLED. A crevice, several miles long, has suddenly opened in a mountain near Tchang, in II China. Several villages and their inhabi, 1- tants have been engulfed. It is reported that hundreds of families j have poriahed in the disaster.—Exahamge.
REPRESENTATION OF SWANSEA.…
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REPRESENTATION OF SWANSEA. 4- SIR GEORGE NEWNES TO RETIRE. A meeting of the executive of the Swansea Liberal Association was held on Wednesday evening for the purpose of considering an important letter from Sir George Newnes, the borough member. In his letter Sir George Newnes said he thought, the time had come when he should formally intimate his intemtion not to stand for Swansea at another election. I need hardly say," continued the writer, that my retirement is not in any way due to political questions. I a,m more than ever convinced that it is to the Liberal party we are to look for effective legislation. My reasons are purely personal." Sir George went on to explain that he thought his long absence from the constituency since the election had been treated with a leniency which he wished warmly to reciprocate. It was, however, important that some eandidiatc should be selected who could give more of his attention to the constituency than he was able to do. He wished to express his great appreciation of the kindness he had received from all classes, and desired nj-o-st- cmphatica-llv to say that no man cdi-ild have been better treated in every way. There was no con- stituency it would give him greater pleasure to represent. A resolution was passed accepting tho decision announced bv Sir George, and placing on record the high appreciation of the executive of the many valnaMe ser- vices he had rendered to the party and the constituency during the time he had repre- sented them in Parliament. Preliminary steps werc taken for securing a fresh candidate, and it was understood that names would ue suhmitted in the course of a week or so at a further meeting of the executive.
--------FLED FROM LONDON.…
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FLED FROM LONDON. A WOMAN'S CONFESSION OF "TERRIBLE CRIMES." A woman with dishevelled hair and her clothing all torn and awry rushed into the police barracks at Excelles, a. suburb of | Brussels, and, with haggard looks, implored the officials on duty to arrest her. She described liersoif as a married woman, named Charlotte Tayio>\ and stated she had fled from London, after having committed terrible crimes. The unfortunate woman then foil -into a state of hysteria, and it was found advisable to convey her to the loc-a-1 hospital. On Monday she had to a great extent recovered her biit insisted, how- ever. on being arrested, maln'ny further ref-erenoss to the crimes she had committed. The Brussels police are communicating with Scotland Yard. ° An investigation shows that the woman arrived in Brussels on Friday la.st and hired' furnished rooms at Excelles. She had no luggage except one small bag.
DEATH-TRAP FOR CHILDREN
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DEATH-TRAP FOR CHILDREN CARDIFF CORONER CMUlEVT<-< .J CONTINUAL ACCID i S. Mr. W. L- Yorath, city an inquest on Monday on the body oi Grant, aged ten, who, in spite of parental warnings, would play on the banks of the Glamorganshire Oa'iil, and, like many ethers, met his doom in the death-trap. George Knapps, seventeen, said he saw several lads. of whom deceased was one, run- ning from one barge to another in the West Wharf, and deceased fell between the quay wall and the barge, and every effort to save him failed, including that of a man who was lowered as a rescuer. Dock-oonstable Alfred Gibby with a boat- hock recovered the body, and with two of the city police tried artificial respiration until Dr. J. J. Bu.ist- (police-surgeon) came and pronounced life j h-t- extinct. Early in the day (witness said) he drove away forty or fifty boys, and they continually ran from one place to another. The Coroner said these continual accidents were much to be regretted, and he failed to fpo what conJd be done unless the authorities tonk the necessary steps to fence the property or sltartioned a staff of officers there to be always on the alert. The verdict was "Accidentally drowned."
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r MB. L. LLEWELYN, New Chairman of the Newport Harbour Board.
BEAN IN BABY'S LUNG PASSAGE.
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BEAN IN BABY'S LUNG PASSAGE. At the inquest at the City of London coroner's court on Monday on the body of Leslie .James Anger, aged twenty months, of Saffron Walden, Essex, the mother stated that she was preparing some haricot beans, when she noticed the child choking, and believed he had swallowed one of the beans. was removed to tho hospital, and a comparatively new inventioi was tried to locate the bean by means of an electric light apparatus in a glass tube inserted into the lung passage. This, however, failed to reveal anything, and, though tracheotomy was performed, the child died. An examination had sineo shown that the child died from suffocation due to a bean in the right lung passage, which, however, wa3 so placed that it turned on its own axis, and thlliJ oluded observation. There had been only three such cases in St. Bartholomew's during five years. A verdict of Death from misadventure" was returned.
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GIHL'S FONDNESS FOR BOY'S CLOTHING. At Newcastle on Monday Elizabeth Archer. aged fifteen, who a week ago was a-rreeted in boy's clothing for having travelled by rail without a ticket, was remanded by the magistrates with a view to her being sent to a home. The police stated that she ran away eight weeks ago, purchased and donned boy's cloth- ing, and made her way to Harrogate, where she obtained employment as an errand, boy.
-----NOMINATIONS AT PUDSEY.
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NOMINATIONS AT PUDSEY. The following candidates were era Monday nominated for the Pudsey Division of York shire, rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr. G. White-ley (L.) Mr. J. J. Oddy (Unionist). Mr. F. Ogden (Liberal). j Mr. J. W. Benson (Socialist). NO CREDIT DUE. LAZY BIG DOG (waking up): Ah glad to see you've got him at last, DAME WALP^S: Yes, sure, I have got him; but no thanks to YOU, look you.
I--.,--COLLISION WITH WARSHIP.…
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COLLISION WITH WARSHIP. AN IRISH CARGO STEAMER DAMAGED. ■^n if5!1!" was witnessed in Ports- mouth Harbour on Saturday afternoon, -he large stearner Bencore Head, belonging to the Ulster ^teamship Colv panv, narrowly escaping -ie rani 0f his Majesty's ship Revenge, an afterwards colliding with the battle-up cngeance, which sustained some damage as the rasU]t ) "'€ad was proceeding out of "ie n* -w* frotn Flathousc Wharf, near the to-m ltT'Cry School, under her own « ,'t' f strong wind and tide carried her oat of her coUrso b ghe drifted iu a very menacing lashion aoroSB the bow of the Re\enge, but, fortunately, cleared by a narrow margin. Sh& was not eo lucky, how- ever, in regard to the Vengeance, which was moored at the floating coal depot, and ti- <vnrd to crash into that vessel end on I Seeing the hangar, tho officer of the watch on tha 'Vengeance promptly took the pre- caution of having all the watertight doors c'osed and of getting out the collision mats, aif, the same time signalling for assistance and ordering the boats' crews to stand by for any emergency. The Irish vessel, despite every effort, was unable entirely to avoid the battleship, and struck her, carrying ar,ay the torpedo net shelves and torpedo booms on the port side, and al.r-o some of the gun ports,, but without, it is believed, actually damaging the hull, though the pre- cise extent of the injury has not been ascer- tained. The Bencore Head was very light, her pro- pellers being well out of the water, so that she was all the more subject to the high south-westerly -wind that was blowing at the time. It was low water, but there was a strong current running. In the collision with the Vengeance the Bencore Head had a couple of large holes knocked in her own bows just above the water line. The Admiralty tug Malta was sent to her assistance, and with considerable difficulty she was hauled clear, but again the wind and tide caught her, and she crashed against the side of the huge coal depot, carrying away an iron ladder attached to the side, and fouling the moor- ings, afterwards grounding on the mud off the Clarence yard. The tug hauled her off, and then the Ben- core Head once more started for the mouth of the harbour, but she made straight for Blockhouse Beach, and grounded' again. The Malta rendered aid, and the Bencore Head was eventually got off once more, and then in tow of the Malta was taken out of the harbour well out to sea. She proceeded in a westerly direction. The Benccre Head reached Southampton Water on Saturday evening, and anchored for the night. She will dock for repairs.
LOVE FOR A LEADING LADY
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LOVE FOR A LEADING LADY STUDENT'S BODY FOUND HANGING ON A TREE. An inquest was held on Tuesday at RamB- gate concerning the death of Rene Fohr- mamn, aged seventeen, a student, whose body was found hanging to a tree in the grounds of Townley Castle School in the early morning. The evidence showed that the deceased had become infatuated with the leading lady of a travelling theatrical company which recently visited Ramsg-ate. It appeared from letters road at the inquest that the parents of the deceased were artistic people, residing in Brussels, the mother's professional name being Romani. A carefully written letter, in which the unfortunate youth announced his intention of taking his life, and spoke of his love, was als-) read. This had been written in his room during the small hours of Tuesday morning. In this Fuhmann expressed a, desire to be embalmed, and referred to the rope with which he intended to hang himself. The evidence showed that the headmaster of the school had lately had occasion to repress the deceased, but they they were on good terms. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide whilst temporarily insane," and expressed sympathy with the parents and the head of the school
---.. HEAD SHAVED.
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HEAD SHAVED. AND PARADED ROUND CAMP ON A DONKEY. A telegram of Saturday's date from Melilla. to Madrid statesThere is a rumour that Schadly, formerly chief of the border camp, sent a letter to Muley Hand offering him sovereignty over the Guelaya Kabyles. Mulai Mohammed, who discovered this correspond- ence, is said to have arrested Schadly, and after having had his head shaved, caused him to be paraded round the camp on a donkey.—Renter.
DEATH OF LORD PETRE --
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DEATH OF LORD PETRE Lord Petre died on Tuesday at his resi- dence, Thorndon Hall, Brentwood, Essex. The late baron entered the Army in 1879, retiring as a lieutenant of the 1st Lincoln- shire Regiment in 1886. He was a large land- owner, possessing about 19,100 acres. The deceased baron came from one of the oldest and noblest of families, the first baron's father being a principal Secretary of State under Henry VIII., Edward VI.. Mary, and Elizabeth. The fourth baron was committed I to the Tower at the tdmie of the Oates plot in 1678, and died there in 1683. The title is now succeeded to by the Hon. Philip B. J. Petre. Lord Petre had been ill for nearly a. year, a.nd spent the winter at Mentone.
"NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS." 4-
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"NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS." 4- PERSONAL RELATIONS OF COMMANDERS. Captain MURRAY (R., Kincardineshire) • asked the First Lord cf the Admiralty in the House of Commons on lion- day whether he was aware that the relations existing between tire Commander- in-Chief of the Channel Fleet id the Oo-m- mander-in-C'hlef of the Fir>t Cruiser iSqnad- ron were now a matter of public comment and. if so, what steps he proposed to take to bring to an end the present situation having regard to the preservation of discipline in the Navy. Mr. M'KENNA: I am aware that observa- tions have been made in certain news- papers as to the personal relations between the officers referred to. but I do not suppose my hon. and gallant friend would wish me to pay attention ""•"sin of_ character. (Hear, hea".) 1 Captain, "MTTkEAY Is it the case that the Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet and the First Sea Lord arc not on speaking terms? (Cries of ONkr! ") No answer was returned. The Daily Chronicle" Naval correspondent writes When Admiral Sir Reginald Cns- tance left his flagship, his Majesty's ship ITiberi.'tv, to proceed on shore, Lord Charles Bereefor. issued the following crdeT"Ships are to turn the hands up as Admiral passo3 through the lines, they are to salute him with thret cheers." The correspondent aska what is the Navy coming to. Sir Reginald Custance is the author of a book expressing unbounded contempt for the poftey and dis- like of the reforms introduced by the present Board of Admiralty. Compulsory cheers and compulsory decoration of houses are characteristics of Russian life, but to compel ship's crews of the British Navy who are loyal to the Board of Admiralty to cheer Admiral Custance is indefensible. After ordering Sir Percy .Scott not to address him except in writing, Lord Charier Beresford's order to the Good Hope to cheer Sir R. Cns- tance, for whom limited enthusiasm is felt, is an error of taste. In -'ew of the Channel Fleet's visit to Norway it is desirable that the feud between the two Admirals should come to an end. MR. H. STUART MARTIN, Who has been appointed general manager of the gold-mining undertakings on the Rand of Wernher, Beit, and Co. [Photo. Bertram Owen, Merthyr.
FOUND DEAD IN A CHAIR. J
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FOUND DEAD IN A CHAIR. J A PROMINENT DRAPER SHOOTS HIMSELF. A sensation was created in Grimsby on Monday by the discovery of the dead body of I Mr. Harry Thornton Hart, the principal of the drapery establishment of H. T. Hart and I Co., of Victoria-street, Grimsby. Deceased was found by Mr. Harling, one of the assistants at the establishment, reclining in an easy chair in his private sitting-room. Mr. Hart waa quite dead, and had a bullet wound in his temple, from which blood had been flowing freeiy on the floor. By his side was a revolver containing a discharged cart- ridge and others undischarged. The body was still warm, but the lighted gas and other indications in the room showed that death had occurred before daybreak. Two letters were discovered, on the table, one addressed to the lady cashier in the shop and the other to Mr. Hart's sister. The revolver was always kept loaded in the room in which deceased was found. Mr. Hart was single, and aged 38. He came to Grimsby some years ago from Newark. He was last seen alive at nine o'clock on Sunday night.
THE KAISER: STORY OF A FRUSTRATED…
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THE KAISER: STORY OF A FRUSTRATED PLOT. I A Prague newspaper states it has just trans- J pired that while the German Emperor was driving from tho railway station to the Castle of 8choenbrunn during his recent visit to Vienna, a WOlllau among the crowd cf spectators was arrested by the secret police. It is stated ehe was carrying a bomb. which she was just about to throw at the Kaiser.
FIRST-CLASS TRAMCARS.
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FIRST-CLASS TRAMCARS. The Liverpool Tramways Committee have decided to make an interesting experiment on one of the most important routes in the city. First-class tramcars of a type superior) to the existing ones are to be provided. The passengers who use them will pay double fare. The experiment is to last three months.
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(WAITING FOR THE PROCESSION. 4 FREE FIGHT AT RELIGIOUS ¡ FESTIVAL. A religious festival at Teadington on Wed- nesday is thus described by a correspondent oi the Star Pandemonium reigned supreme in the principal streets. The occasion was the pa-t.ro nal festival in connection with St. A1 ban's Church and the proposed procession through the streets of the clergy with la-colyt.(s, choir, and banners. There were free fights in various parts of the streets. On all sides black eyes were received and given. Women in their mad excitement pulled off 'I each other's hats, and dragged off tufts of hair. Blood was drawn in severa-l instances. The streets were gaily decorated with bunt- iutT and national emblem?, and were tlirongea with parishioners, visitors from the j neighbouring districts, police, and detectives. ) At ten o'clock it was announced that the procession, which had been formed on the ground surrounding the church, would not proceed along High-street, "as the "weather would not permit." A rush was then made to the corner of Kingston-lane, where a band of the Thames Valley iCenr-it Crusade, with ten banners rolled up bad been in waiting for the pro- cession. These were accused of having stopped the procession. One of the Kensit leaders, a stalwart, middle-aged man, was struck in the faoe three times. He retaliated with a blow which sent his assailant rolling into the arms of the police. The women on both sides then joined in the fray. Amongst the injured was Mr. S. W. Rice, whose wrist was lacerated with a banner stick.
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MOTOR CAR'S PLUNGE. +
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MOTOR CAR'S PLUNGE. + FOUR PERSONS DROWNED IN THE HUDSON. An automobile, containing six persons, was proceeding along Fifty-sixth-street, Man- hattan, when, owing to the driver losing control, the car mounted the parapet and plunged into the Hudson, carrying all the occupants with it. Boats immediately put out to the rescue, but only two persons were saved, the other four being drowned.—Central News.
MOTOR-CAR OVER A BRIDGE
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MOTOR-CAR OVER A BRIDGE ONE MAN DROWNED AND ANOTHER INJURED. WliiLfeit John Cooper, chauffeur, and John Grierso-n, an apprentice chauffeur, both employed at the Clydesdale Hotel Garage, Lanark, were sea-ted in a disabled car guiding it down a steep incline- near Sandila-nd Station, a few miles from Lanark, the car collided with the bridge which crosses the Douglas Wateft' and went over, landing on the bank of ,-thc streta.m some considerable distance below. Grierson was thrown into the water and war- drowned before aid reached him, while Cooper, who was found amongst the debris of the car, was seriously injurcitt about the head and body.
; "WITH PAPA'S RAZOR."
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"WITH PAPA'S RAZOR." WIFE AND CHILDREN Willi THROATS CUT. A terrible domestic tragedy was enacted at the Clydoside town of Dumbarton late on Saturday night. An electrician, named Wells, employed on the borough tramways, on returning homo about ten o'clock, found the door locked. Summing that something was amiss, he Summing that something was amiss, he informed the police, and on the door being burst open a terrible spectacle met their gaze. The mother was lying on a bed in the kitchen, her throat fearfully hacked, while the dead body of her eleven months' old infant lay beside her, its throat cut from ear to ear. In the nest room the body of Wells's seven year old son, Daniel, was also found with the throat cut. Another girl, five years of age, had beeni attacked, but her injuries, though of a serious nature, are not dangerous. She explained to the policeman that" Mamma I did it with papa's razor." It is alleged that MTS. Wells, a woman of prepossessing appear- ance, had given way to drink, and that this was the cause of the tragedy. She was removed to the Cottage Hospital, Dumbarton, where she died on Sunday night.
i SHOT HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN.
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SHOT HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. At Worcester Assizes on Saturday Herbert David Collumbell, carpenter, of Selly Park, Birmingham, was found guilty of the mur- der of his infant daughter, but not respon- sible for his actions, and he was ordered to lie detained during his Majesty's pleasure. Prisoner shot his wife and two children, the baby dying.
TORPEDO V. BATTLESHIP.
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TORPEDO V. BATTLESHIP. INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS IN AMERICA. The American battleship Florida, which was built five years ago, and specially con- structed to represent the conditions in actual warfare, was attacked by a Whitehead torpe-do on Saturday morning in the Hampton Roads, in the presence of the Secretary of the Navy and many naval officers. The vessel was Beriously damaged, but her injuries were local, and not vital, affcoting only one compa-rtmcmnt. If the boat had been engaged in actual battle she could have continued fighting. < The experiment was a brilliant success, and further tests are regarded as unnecessary. The results obtained will be a guide to the construction of watertight compal-tments in the bUi.A.icads of the new battleships Dela- ware, Florida, North Dakota, and Utah.
--i - "ONE TO TWENTY YEARS."
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-i "ONE TO TWENTY YEARS." MILLIONAIRE- MOTORIST SENT TO PRISON. Guy Stratton, the millionaire lumberman, who was convicted at Seattle last month of manslaughter for running over a child with his motor-car, was on Saturday given an indeterminate sentence of from one to twenty years' imprisonment, in addition to a fine. It was the first conviction under a new law. During the trial the court was thronged with motorists, who while the jury were consulting made wagers in courts, giving odds that Stratton woulft be acquitted.
KILLED IN A SCUFFLE.
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KILLED IN A SCUFFLE. Joseph Slingsby, 38, a joiner, was reman.ded at Nottingham on Monday on a charge of causing ihe death of Isaac Handy, a second- band furniture dealer. The men had a scuffle,•after which Handy died.
, -------THIRD EDITION. -
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THIRD EDITION. uVEltY MISERABLE CHARLIE." 4 FICKLE LOVER'S LETTERS TO "DARLING PET." Mr. George Isi-ac fcsa-t on behalf of Mr. H. H. ■ nndns at a sheriff s-court at Swansea on Thursday to assess damages in a breach of promise action brought by Anna Louisa Burton, a spinster, now of Bridgend, against Charles Atkins, a licensed victualler and blacksmith, of Lovington, Castle Carey, Somerset. Mr. Stockwood. who appeared for the plain- tiff, said the damages claimed were £200, The plaintiff was the daughter of an agri- cultural labourer, and the engagement b4-- tween the parties was broken off without reason. Subsequently it was found that another lady, who had some means, induced him to give up the plaintiff. He admitted in a letter lie had served her a dirty trick. The engagement was renewed last Septem- ber, the defendant having expressed contri- tion at the way he had behaved. From that time defendant was very attentive, and his conduct was purely affectionate and honour- able. The girl took a situation as house- parlourmaid at Bridgend. He wrote asking her to look for a situation in Wale6 for him. On December 6 he wrote saying that Miss Cooper, the other young lady, had come back from London. He then stopped writing, and she never got any explanation of his conduct to this day, except saying she could not expect him to write after her letter. He had since married Miss Cooper, who was the presiding genius at the public-house and the recipient of whatever income came from the public-house and forge. In one letter defen- dant wrote on the 17th of September:— "I HAP SOMEONE ELSE." Yes, I know when I wrote I told you I had someone else I liked better, but I do not know what I was thinking about when I said it, but shall never love another as I love you, so I hope you will make up your mind, and be the same to me again as you used to be, and I will promise you that I will never have anything to do with other girls.—Yours sincerely and very miserable, CHARLIE. Another letter ended: — I should like to be near you, my darling pet. They all send their love to you, darling, with a-H my fondest and truest love to you, my own precious darling.- Your own. truest, and loving and devoted sweetheart, CHARLIE. In another letter he wrote:—"This would be a very good plaoe for us, wouldn't it, darling, with a public and smithy together." He used heaps of crosses for kisses, saying, Real ones next Sunday. Roll on, Sunday, to see my darling pet once more." The plaintiff, a smartly-dressed, well-set-up girl, gave evidence. She could not say what means defendant had, but he kept a beer- house and smithy in a village of 6CO to 700 population. One of the jury: Perhaps his wife can pay. Verdict was given for plaintiff, JE79 damages. "LEFT HER IN THE LURCH." Mr. George Isaac, with a jury, sat at Swan. sea under-sheriff's office on Thursday to assess damages for seduction brought by Richard Morgan, of Tirydail, on behalf of his daughter against William Hopla, collier and greengrocer, Ammanford, in which judg- ment went by default. Mr. Edwatd Harris appeared for the plain- tiff. And said that in this case defendant could have been sued for breach of promise as well as seduction, but they did not want to multiply actions, but only to make some provision for this young girl. An affiliation order had been made against defendant. Mr. Harris asked the jury for substantial damages, stating that the defendant, who was 26 years of age, followed the girl, whose age is sixteen, and seduced her under pro- mise of marriage, actually putting in the banns, and he then left her in the lurch to go upon the world with her child. The jury returned the damages at £80.
RIVAL COMEDIANS. *
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RIVAL COMEDIANS. QUARREL OVER A MUSIC- HALL SONG. The music-hall artiste, Sam Mayo, was summoned at Bow-street Police-court, Lon- don, on Saturday on a charge of assaulting a colleague, Sidney Doody. It was stated that the parties were well- known music-hall artistes, and on June 4 they were both engaged at the Holborn Em- pire. On that occasion the complainant sang a song bearing the classical title of "Pom Pom. Tiddleom Pom Pom," and as he was leaving the stage the defendant (who was just going on)-asked him who it was by. Be replied, "Fred Allsop." After the com- plainant had dressed the defendant said to him, "The song you have been singing ifl mine," and struck him a blow on the jaw. A crowd at the stage door separated ;.he parties, the complainant being shut inside the stage door and the defendant outside. When the complainant again went outside the hall the defendant was waiting for him, and gave him a violent blow, which caused him to fall against a motor-car. In answer to questions defendant said he had expressed regret, and added, "Yes, I am sorry to think there's such an ignorant man on earth; that's all I'm sorry about." At this stage the defendant looked at the clock, and seeing that it was past three o'clock he exclaimed, I have to be at the Oxford at five minutes to three." Thereupon the magistrate, without con- victing the defendant, ordered him to pay JE3 3s., and said he hoped the parties would shake hands and be good friends for the future. The defendant caused some excite- ment by immediately producing the money and rushing hurriedly for the exit door.
I BATRVICAR'SSUDDEN DEATH
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I BATRVICAR'SSUDDEN DEATH Prebendary Angus Clerk, a well-known eva-r^elical wleTgyman, and vicar of St. Paul's. Bath, died sudd-^tv on Thursday.