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A COLD AND A LOST VOICE. +__— ACTOR SUED FOR A COURSE OF TREATMENT. A case of considerable inteTeet to the thea- trical profession came on Friday before Judge Woodfall at Westminster County- court. where Mr Frederick Alexander, a specialist in voioe production and breath- ing, was the plaintiff in an action in which Mr Robert Loraine was the defendant. i-. Alexander mentioned that he practised Army and Navy Mansions, Victoria-street Jle came over here from Australia in 1904 to follow his profession. He said he wa.s called by telephone at about 11.30 p.m. to go imrae diatoly to Mr. Loraine, at Conduit-street, as liis voice was gone. He went by cab, and found Mr. Loraine highly nervous, and steep king1 in a hoarse whisper. Mr. Loraine paid that he knew all about his work, and did not want to dif-r-u-s terms. IVhat he wanted was to be put right. He told Mr. Loraine that his fee was a g-uinea extra for fit-tending a client at his residence, and called again the next day to see that he was all rig-ht for his matinee. In all he gave 2Tr Loraine fifteen lessons. In answer to Mr. Frank Dodd (for the defendant), Mr. Alexander said that he gavo -Uf> ya' four lessons. and he then ■■■■> \T-l_ on' Pra,ve Sir Herbert j^ernohm Tree four lessons, and Miss Tree to i.00 lessons. She had a. lesson last week i n'T, °]>e .°^ Patients was out of the >ii- during his treatment—Mr. Matheson Lang for three days. Miss Marie Lohr and iutss Kate Bishop had been to him for treat- ment. Miss Lohr having four lessons and if3 P one—a, special one. t1l ,H: B- Irvin^ stated that he had known e plaintiff for four ye<a,rs, and had derived benefit from his treatment-. :\1 r. Matheson Lang aim spoke to under- going defendant's course of treatment. The defendant said that he had a cold and lost his -voice, and called in the plaintiff after a per £ <>rmance one nip-lit. He stayed about an honr. In a sense it was true that t.nirty-five lesso-ns were fixed, but he did not agree to the plaintiff's suggestion. Plaintiff &1Jid that he would charge extra for calling, but he did not nwntion a.ny amount, and when witness received the bill on April 1 he thought it a joke. His cold departed, and lie recovered his voice in the nat,ural way in ■about a. .fortnight. He was very busy, and ■could not keep up the and offered to pay a. guinea a. losson for those he had had. He would describe hirnseif as a very un- businesslike person. Mr. Oscar Ar-cho recom- tmendod the plaintiff to him as being "clever tlat curing loss of voice." ,e. Mr. Lewis Waller said that he consulted "the plan'ntiff about his voice, and had heard mm say that he (plaintiff) refused to go on. but he (witness) thought "the boot wooS on the other log." His voioe recovered in the natural way. His Honour fotmd for the plaintiff for thirty-two guineas, with costs, made up of two guineas damages, and thirty guineas for iiessoras.

A SWIMMING FEAT. (MANACLED HANDS AND FETTERED FEET. Mr. Ju-les Gtautier lIWJde a. rema.rka.ble swim in the Thames recently. With hands .I'na.nacled, and feet fettered, and towing a b<)e.t, lioensed to carry eight persons, he swam •over the university b-n.a.t-IX10& course from Putney to Mo«"tla.ke in Ihr. 30min. 7sec., ^thereby winning a, wager of £ 100. He had to contend with a strong head wind from Putney to Hammersmith, and at the bridge appeared to Ix, in difficulties. Several hlur-drcd people watched t.he effort Mr Gaatier, who is a pianoforte maker, has been in t.raining for tbe swim for three mouths. He was attended hy his three sons. Throughout the four end a quarter miles Mr. Haulier swam only on his right side, bringing his manacled hands together with 9, sweep over his head at each stroke. Despite the great effort he had to make at Hammer- smith Bridge, he was comparatively fresh when he finished. Mr. Gautieir has many swimming feats of sndumnce to his credit. In 1888, when 32 rears of ago, he swam, with his hands a.nd feet mojiiacied. from Westmi nster to Cherry Sardens Pier, and in the following year from Putney to London Bridge. In 1889 he achieved the world's record high dive of 110ft. at ^eowil. His Longest swim in -the Thaanes vrit-h hands and feet manacled was accomplished last year from Lcnd.jTt Bridge to Bsohmosid a distance If seventeen ,wiles. :L-

ROCKEFELLER INFLUENCE INTERFERENCE RESENTED IN LOCAL QUESTIONS. The residents at Pocantioo Hills, New York-, and the other places about Tarry town resent the activities of tho Rockefeller family in their frequent interference in local questions. The other night there was an election for the school board for the district, and as the oil magnate and his family own practically the whole oo,untry.¡;;idf>, they a-re influencing the election (says the "Daily Chronicle''), with the object of patting certain candidates favoured by them put Lol office. Mr. John D. Rockefeller, jun., and hi? wife, who was formerly a school teacher herself, in sepojua-te motoj--ca.rs. dashed through the country, stopping at every fa.rm- h->us« and villaoe, butto-nhiodiug people, and seeking to gain their votes, a.n<i between the pair they pretty well rounded up the whole district. The school oommi.asionm take the part of toe raswenta against the Rockefellers, and threaten to challenge t,he votes of the Rocke- fellers themselves, ou tlie ground that tW c-rc resideaite of New York Oit.y. 'i'bJ8 "Oil King" has promised, if his can- .¿id ;1t..)S were elected, to establish manua-1 tca,in;in2, in domestic science in the schools and altogether, despite the reseutmcjit o.f the' country people, the Rockefelieis' influence in the neighix»uTho:Ni make« for good. It iQ, howwer, the int<wfpronce_aad asea-mpticvn ■of riches wiich tao p>o<-ple disliko.

LOST IN THE WOODS. 'WELSH CLETIGYM AN'S DEATH IN NEW BRUNSWICK. Lumbermen passing through the forest ir :N',)'7 Brunswick came upon a body with con- siderable camping equipment scattered around. On investigation they found mark1- on the clothing and some of the outfit, which they submitted to the authorities in St. John. Tho police there sot to work on these clues, and they have now identified the body as that of the Rev. Sydney Morris, of "Wrexham, I^nbighshiro. He came to Canada to recuperate bis health afier a breakdown from overwork, and took to the woods in peareh of quietude. Not being an experienced woodsman, be lost the trail, and miist have ?uiik, exhausted, in his endeavours to find a v-ny out. Tbe authorities had conducted a •jii'gent search for the past three months.

QUARREL WITH A WIFE. CHARGE OF SHOOTING A SON-IN- LAW. Charged with shooting his son-in-law, Thomas Barker, with intent to kill him, G<v>t"KA Winfield (63) was remanded by tho No*tir)gham magistrates on Wednesday. P/ifkor is now lying in hospital in a. some- what dangerous condition, suffering from many wounds. His wife had left him and returned to her father's house, taking the children. Barker, who is an Ilkeston collier, went- there on Tuesday night, when a violent quarrel ensued, culminating, it is alleged, the 'fa.ther-in-la.w discharging at him the coj.i<u»n<ts of a ejvortiug gun.

W' "KICKED ABOUT LIKE A CHILD IN A TANTRUM."—Page 7. _——————————— I,

TRIPS IN A MOTOR- CAR. 4 SOLICITORS WIFE AND THE CHAUFFEUR. Mr. Jamas Bishop Hartley, solicitor, peti- tioned in the Divorce Division on Saturday for the dissolution of hie marriage on the, ground of the misconduct of his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell Hartley, with the oo-respon- dent, John Hoi!is. her father's ehauifeur- The charge was not denied. Speaking for the petitioner, Mr. Willis said Mr. and Mrs. James Hartley were married in 1890 at Kensington Parish Churoh. The wife had giv en birth to five children, but the hus- band had his doubts as to the paternity of the lae-t born, and a.sked for custody of the four children only. His Lordship: And the mother does not object to maintaining the child? Mr. Herbert Smith (for the wife): No. object to maintaining the child? Mr. Herbert Smith (for the wife): No. Opening the case, Mr. Willis added that the misconduct charged was with the chauffeur employed by the lady's father. Husband and wiie made the co-respondent s acquaintance in September, 1905. The husband's suspicions of his wife were first aroused in 1906, when she was supposed to be at Southsea. and stayed away for one night. His Lordship: What is the age of this co- respondent? I see the wife has been married nearly twenty years. Mr. Willis said the wife was about 39 and the co-respondent 35. It appeared that Mrs. Hartley in May, 1W. told her husband she was enceinte. Ee thought it strange, ana in November. 1937. she gave birth to a child. In June, 1307, when she was ill, the wife was visited by the chauffeur, and on one occasion he actually was in the lady's own room. Mr- Hartley, when he heard of it, said he would not allow it, and the wife made some excuse about a collie dog, and the matter passed over. Later in the same year—1907—petitioner heard that his wife and the co-respondent were corresponding, and spoke to her again. She replied. "You must not be unkind to me," and gave a further excuse. At the beginning of 1908 the wife used to employ her husband's motor-car. Instructions had been given for the driver to record the runs made, but the petitioner had no idea she was employing the car to meet the co-respondent, whom she used to pick up on the roadside, and they went rides together to different places. The co-respondent also visited her in the fiat at Coleherne-couxt. The petitioner, giving evidence, said it was not until la-st January that he learned of his wife's trips in the. motor-car with the co-respondent. After he knew the oo-respon dent visited his wife at the flat witness refused to live with her any longer. USED TO SMILE AND WINK." Alioo Eleanor Pitt, a former servant, said she noticed that the oo-respondent, when he came to the house, used to smile and wink at her mistress (Mrs. Hartley). In July, 1907. the co-respondent called at the flat and asked to see Mrs. Hartley. Witness refused to let him go upstairs, and he went away. Later on. when Mrs. Hartley heard of it, she sent a boy messenger with a message to the co- respondent, who returned, and. going to her room, remained a few minutes. In June, 1908, she said Mrs. Hartley was often alone at, the flat, and would go out a good deal. Once a message sent by Mrs. Hartley to the co-respondent at some seaside resort was returned marked, "Insufficiently addressed," On opening it to fee who had written it the witness 6aw it was a. massage to the 00- respondent scying she (Mrs. Hartley) was better and would write. Mrs. Clara Davey, formerly servant at the Coleherne-court flat, said when she was engaged by Mrs. Hartley that lady drove up in a motor-car, in which sat a man Mrs. Hartley said was her husband. As a fact, it was the oo-respondent. His Lordship: You must have hoon very much astonished when she pointed out this man as her husband?—Yes, I was. Did you say anything about it?—No. Why? Did you think she had two hus- bands?—Oh, no. In January last, added the witness, the co-respondent was at the flat alone with her mistress for about two hours. Mrs. Hartley would say to witne-s, You may go out to-night, Clara." Once when she was retiring -he met the oo-respondent leaving the flat. The witness informed Mr. Hartley of what fas going on. Afterwards Mrs. Hartley asked if she had been telling tales to Mr. Hartley. a)Ju the witness admitted it. "Why did you?" asked Mrs. Hartley. I said (went on the wit- ness) because when that man came to the flat it was quite time Mr. Hartley knew a little of that was going on. Then Mrs. Hartley said. "Do you know what you have done? You have wrecked a home, and it will mean a divorce." I said, Oh, no. it won't. Mr I Hartley will forgive you." She (Mrs. Hartley) --aid thero would be no forgiveness in this case.. His Lordship said be was satisfied on the evidence, and granted a decree nisi, with costs and custody of the four children. DIVORCE FOR WIFE OF EX- SPEAKER'S SON. Mr. Justice Bar grave Deane in the Divorcc Court on Saturday made absolute a decree nisi granted to the Hon. Ada Isabel Gully, daughter of Mr. A. G. Pirie, for a. dissolution of I1e,r marriage with the Hon.-James William RerscheiL Gully, son of tlie late Si>eaker. The judge explained that he Pronounced the decree absolute in snorter time than usual for the reason put before him, which was a very good one, the Kings Proctor not objecting. When the case v.-as heard on April 24 last it was stated that husoand and wife lived together until 1903. when Mr. Gmly went to India with another 1ady. lie returned to his wife for a while, but went away again in July, 1905, since when he and the other lady ha-.l lived together. In February, i9oe, Mr Gully took his only child away abroad. The wife followed. Eventually the child was brought back to England, and Mr- Gully Was committed for contempt 01 court.

BLACK HAND GANG AGAIN CIII ID REN OF WEALTHY PARENTS KIDNAPPED. NEW YORK, Tuesday. A tolegra.m from fet. Louis (Missouri) states that two children, whoo".e parents are very prominent Italians of that, city and possessed of great wea-lth, were kidna-pped yesterday by members of the Black Hand gang. Later the unhappy paronts received aai intimation that the little victims would oaly be restored upon payment of .M.OOO. la the event of this ransom not being forthcoming within a certain number of days the children" wouM be killed. The police are making the closest inves :t gat-ions, but tho miscreants have covered their movements well, and there is at present no clue. at present no clue.

MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND General Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker. Governor of Gibraltar, has lseen appointed General Officer Commandrng-in-Chief and High Commissioner in the Mediterranean tenipomiiy, vioo Field.ma.rshal the Duke of Connauifot, who has resigned.

BATIIING COSTUME EPISODE. + WIFE'S PLAYFULNESS AT THE SEASIDE. Peculiar incidents were described (hiring the hearing of a judicial separation case before Sir John Bigham in the Divorce Court on Friday. The petitioner was Mrs. Sarah Parsons, and she accused her husband, Mr. Walter Parsons, of Acacia Lodge, Southend, of calling her names and being violent to her. In the witness-box Mrs. Parsons, a comely young woman, said that she was married in 1396. They lived at Ilford before they removed to Southend. In 1900 her husband struck her, and slapped her sister Barbara in the face. He was so penitent that he crawled on the lloor of her father's house at Ilford and begged forgiveness. He then made a settlement on her, allowing her £150 a year in addition to her housekeeping money, and they lived much more happily for soma time. Petitioner added that when they were on Southend Beach in the summer of 1908 ishe patted a certain male acqu-aintenoe on the hack with a spade as he ran past her. Mr. Parsons had behaved so cruelly about this that she took up a knife. He wrenched it from her and flung her across the roam. They perted after last New Year's Day ball at Ilford Conservative Club. After she had finished a dance, said the witness, her husband, who had been drinking at the bar, said to a guest who was sitting near her: "Take yourself off my wife's lap." lIe then challenged someone else, isaying. Sit down on her and see what you'll get." When she put her hand on his arm to try to persuade him to come home he had thrown her across some chairs. She had since been staying with her father. Cross-examined, Mrs. Parsons said her hus- band had £ 2.503 a year and a yacht at South- end. She denied that she had slapped him in the faoe. Was the man whom you struck with the spade in his bathing costume?—Yes. When your husband spoke to you about this did you get a riding whip?- y.2>S, but I did not attempt to strike him. Did he rush out of the house, and did you lock him out all night?—-I locked the door at twelve o'clock. One of the dancers at the Conservative Club ball g'ave evidence that Mr. Parsons pushed against his wife's partner, saying, "That to you!" He then caught hold of his wife and threw her so violently that the wit- noss thought she might have gone through the window if it hadn't been for the chairs. Mr. Parsons, who is a contractor a.n.d whar- finger, giving evidence, denied that he had ever been cruel to his wife. At the ball he had merely pushed his wife aside." He had had a disa-groement with a man who claimed the chair next his wife, and he had to speak strongly to him. His Lordship found the charges of cruelty proved, and granted a judicial separation

DHINGHA'S ECOENTRICITY. ATTEMPT TO GET THE SEXTEXCE COMMUTED. Madar Lai Dhingra, the murderer of Sir Gurzon Wyllie and Dr. Cawas Lalcaoa, who is now lying in the condemned cell, is to be ha.nged on August 17. Meanwhile, a strong effort is bei7ig made by his brother—who. by the way, he refuf^es to s(le-to secure t,he <x"mnJut-D fÏoon of the sentence of doa-th on the grounds of his .•alleged inwnity. Some "evidence" of this ha,s. a. London contemporary understands, been laid before thoR Home Secretary, who has, as yet, come to no decision. Dhingra himself, it is stated, persists in claiming that ho was justified in the assas- sination, and welcomes the prospect- or dying in what he says is his country's cause. Amongst the documents placed before the Home Offifte a-re a letter from the criminal's brother in India and a statement ITÙ<.1..de by his brother in England, both of which adduce "proofs" c.f infinity. The following are extracts from the fermer;- You can itnaeine tL° terrible shock ail V1" members of D1Y family have reoeivod at this insane deed of rny trothcr (writes the brother in India). My poor old father, who retire/i after serving tlie Government mcut loyally for 33 years, i? simply stunned. My ill-fatod brother was very eccentric, and often showed Mffns of insanity before he left for Ungland 'hroe years ago. It was, however, thought that a stay in England would probably improve his mental weak- ness. It seems, however, that ho was found an ?.ci4y tool in the hands of some extremists, who n.r.de him commit this dastardly crime. God knows what madness ovprtcok my brother. The sta-teraent. made by the brother in London, Bhagan Lai Dhingra, is more circum- stantial, and speaks of the condemned man's "peculiar manner while still studving at Amritear." Amongst acts of m.i.dne.ps alleged by his brother are:—"I rememiber to have often seen him actually throttling the children of our family, and when interfered with he would sometimes laugh and the next moment resent such intc'rference." lie was often absent, from home without giving any reason, and, when found, resisted attempts to bring him back. In London he behaved in all equally eccentric manner, and the landlord of the house in which he lodged asked if he "ever suffered from mental disease." "My own impression," the brother states, "ever since I came to London w-as that his eccentricity and mental d«fect was on the increase. My first thought the moment I read of the murder in the papers was that he must have actod in a fit of madness."

MUHDEBEH EXECUTED AT MANCHESTER. At Manchester on Tuesday Mark Shawcross was executed for the murder of the woman Emily Eamsbottom at Gorton on May 12. The brothers Pierpont were the hangmen. The woman was found strangled in a field, and the man was sublet] uently arrested and charged with the crime. Shawcross has per- sistently asserted his innocence. Death was jJ1"t¡¡nt:tne,)ûs. It is understood no confession was made. Since his trial he had written several letters, in which he protested his innocence. At the inquest on the body of Phawcross the prison authorities refused admission to the press representatives. Mr. J. Macdonald, deputy-coroner, wag not consulted, and he allowed the reporters to see the depositions at the conclusion of the proceedings. It was stated that the execution was skilfully carried out, and the usual verdict was roturned.

DISASTER IN MANCHURIA. ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE PERISH IN A FLOOD TOXIO, Saturday. Reports have been received here oC terrible floods in the province of Chergehun, ;• <i- cdiuria. One thousand people arc reportod to have been drowned at or near Kirin, 225 miles from Mukden. Seven thousand houses have been submerged, and the water is still rising. -Rout-er.

LATE M.P.S ESTATE. UNSUCCESSFUL CLAIM ON BEHALF OF A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. Mr. Justice Joyce on Saturday dismissed a.n action with costs brought against the trustees of the late Sir Andrew Torrance, M.P. for Central Glasgow, and former chairman of tlie London Comity Council, by Mr. and Mrs. MaePbail, fa-ther and mother of the wife of Sir Andrew's son. The judge found there was no agreement 011 the part of Sir Andrew to provide in his will ample provision for his daughter-in-iaw and her two boys.

DECEASE OF A FO R. ME H M.P. Mr. Alexander M'ArtJmr, ox-M.P. for Leicester, died on Sunday at his residence. Nortihootes. TIppeT Sydenham, after a hriof illness, in his ninety-sixth year. Mr. M'Arthur was a well-known Australian merchant, having gone out. to Sydney in the forties, where he became. a member of the Legisla- tive Council. He sat for Leicester from 1874 to 1S92.

A S EH 10 US PREDICAMENT. JOHN BULL: There's something else besides ships wanted now. I am an inaccessible island no longer:

I HOLIDAY DISTRACTIONS AT ABERYSTWYTH. ■ + — SUFFRAGETTE BAITING ON THE BEACH. II Representatives of the Women's Social and Political Union created great excitement for an immense holiday crowd at Aberystwyth on Monday. Accompanied by the Misses .Marlcs and Thomas, two well-known local ladies, they planted their flag on the beach near the promenade pier, and were soon sur- rounded by several thousands of people, including a string contingent of South Wales colliers. The first speaker was Mi«s Phillips. I of London, who was gTeeted with ironical cheers and a shower of gravel picked up from the beach. Miss Phillips appealed to her a udieac-e not to throw stones, as they were not arguments. She went on to speak of the great cause of women's suffrage, when a. voice from the crowd called for "Three cheers for Lloyd George." There was a, hearty response to the invitation, in which Miss Phillips and her friends joined. "Afr, Lloyd George," said the speaker, is in favour of women's suffrage." A Voice replied: "Then why don't you let him alone?" .Miss Phillip? made several ineffectual attempts to proceed with her speech, but those a round her set. up a deafening din. and she could not make herself heard. She was exhorted by one person to go home and darn her stockings, and another a-sked if she had paid any taxes. Miss Phillips maintained a perfect sang-froid through it all, and smiled blandly upon a section of the crowd which commenced to sing the Welsh .Nationa.) Anthem. There was more gravel-throwing, and the chair on which the lady stood was almost swept away several times by the sway- ing throng. Miss Phillips during a lull in the noise said they were often told by the men to stay at home—(loud applause'*—" but many of us," she added, "have not got homes to go to." d. c" get married." Loud laughter.) Miss Phillips completely failed to get a hearing, and was succeeded by Miss young, of Birmingham, who was not per- mitted to say a word. '['11e crowd began to make ugly rushes, and attempts were made to capture the flag. The speakers, in the midst of the swaying mass, stuck valiantly to their standard, but even- tually it was wrested from their graiip and torn to shreds. The ladies were then rushed in the direction of the sea, but the interven- tion of a police inspector prevented any awkward con sequences. Eventually they were escorted from, the beach in the direction of their lodgings by some male sympathisers.

j DEATH OF A PEER'S SON SUCCUMBED WHILE UNDER AN I ANAESTHETIC. I The Hon. Thomas Atherton Powys, the only child of Lord and Lady L ilford, of Li If ord Hall. Ouudle, Northants, died in London on Tuesday afternoon under ail anaesthetic white undergoing an operation for adenoids. He was thirteen yea.rs of age. At the inquest on Wednesday at Westmin- ster Baron Lilforo said his son had good health, and had never been placed under a.u anesthetic before. I Dr. Harold B. Gardiner, who with the sur- geon conducted the operation, said the lad took the anesthetic without the slightest trouble. At the third movement, made by the operator the patient gave a. slight, retch- ing movement, which was immediately suc- ceeded by the cessation of breathing. The operation had gome on for barely two minutes. The patient never made the slightest improvement, either respiratory or museu- lia.rly- Oxygen was administered -:n fact, every known method for restoring life was t there wa.s no response. Dr. St. Clair Thompson, throat and nose specialist, said the operation was absolutely necossary, and he did not think the operation had anything to do with death. A verdict of "Accidental death" was r-aturned.

STUDENT'S SUICIDE. FOUND IN THERAAMES WITH HIS LEGS TIED TOGETHER. An inquest was held on Wednesday on Reginald John Charles Julian, a theological student, of King's College, London, whose body was found on the foreshore at Putney on Sunday, the legs t>eing tied together. It was stated tlie deceased's home was in Truro, and that on Saturday he received word of his failure in the divinity examination. He had been studying hard, and suffered fr()ill I nerves. I/Otters expressing his intentions I were left for the deceased's father and fiance. LesJie James Gotham, Bristol, with whom the deceased had been living at Bris- tol, said a wire about the examination de- pressed the deceased, who was morbid. Tho deceased left a letter in an hotel room at deceased left a letter in an hotel room at Putney. post-mortem revealed the fa-et that the docea.sod had taken carbolic acid. A verdict of "Suicide while temporarily insane" was returned. 1 m 1 ■ ,1 —

A SIGNALMAN'S NAHHOW ESCAPE. The Durham and South train, due to arrive at Sunderland on Saturday mortrug. jumped the raiis 011 entering Sunderland Station, and the engine crashed into a telegraph standard and then into a signal-box, which was com- pletely .ïe0küd. The signalman had a won- derful escape, only receiving slight bruises. Several passengers complained of shock, end one was slightly injured. M-uah delay and disorganisation of traffic occurred.

BATHERS IN PEHIL. GENTLEMAN DROWNED AFTER GALLANT RESCUE. Four persons, Mr. and Mrs. Clieston, Mr. Xormam Longbotham, and Miss Windhart, were bathing at Sa-ndsend, near Whitby, on j Tuesday, when the two ladies were carried away by tho heavy sea. Longbotham pluckily went to the rescue, and after ttvenuous efforts succeeded in bringing Mif. Cheeton safely to land. He again plunged into the water to attempt to rescue Miss Windhart, but himself was carried away by the current, The bathers' plight was noticed by a fisher- man, named Stamp, who plunged into the I see,, and eventually rescued Miss Windhart in the nick of time. A visitor named White, of Cheltenham, swam out in his clothes to the aid of Longbotham, but the latter sank before he could be reached, and the body w-ac wr,.stood out to aea. The party belonged to WnJiealeld.

UNIONIST M.P. SECEDES. Mr. Alexander Cross, M P. for the Cam- lachie Division oi Gia-s^ow, has definitely seceded from the Unionist party, ami will in future receive Liberal whips. Mr. Cross on Tuesday sat on the Ministerial tide of the House, and voted with tlie supporters of the Government. The chance of sides, which was not wholly unexpected, is mainly due to Mr. Cross's Free Trade views, but on temperance and other matters the hou. member has for some time expressed opiaiont at variance with those of the Unionist leaders. Ml". Cross's action has caused no surpriss in Glasgow—indeed, two months ago Ca.m- lachie Unionists unanimously threw Mr. Cross over, and cboE-e Mr. J. H. M'lndccr aa their candidate.

KILLED DURING A ROYAL SALVTK. Evidence in the inquest held oD Tuesday at Haslar on the body of Patrick I'oran, of the battleship Temc.rn.ire, who was fatal!v injured while the Royal salute was beim; fired at Cowes on Saturday, fhowed that t) a back-fire wouid not have occurred if tho gun had been brushed out in accordance witn regulations. The jury returned a verdict <i "Accidental death," the Coroner reauriif. that his Majesty was much concerned. The other three men injured on the same occasion are progressing, tut it is feared one will become totally blind-

fT 11 SHOTS FKOM A SHRUBBERY MAN AND J3ë)Y SERIOUSLY ¡ INJURED 1-\ IRELAND. A shooting outrage occurred on Sunday night at Tovaagh. near Nnnis, the victims being Michael M'Key and his nephew, named Dan Custy, aged eleven. M Key and Gusty visited Lisdoonvarna on bunday, and on returning home a volley of gunshot was fired from a shrubbery on uie Tovnagh Road. The boy was riddled m the baek and side with pellets. M'Key received a dozen pellets in the back and shoulder. The horse on which Custy was riding bolted, a.nd the Injured boy had the greatest difficulty in stopping it. The horse s hindquarters were badly wounded. The police have a clue. Among the reasons assigned for the outrage are that one of the parties wa.s seeking to have a labourer's co placed on a farm which it was sought to have divided amongst the people, and that a relative had taken some land surrendered under the eleven months' system.

MINER AND ASPHYXIATED COUPLE. At Newcastle-under-Lyme on Wednesday E. Bottom (55), collier, of Newcastle, was charged on suspicion with having caused the death of Elisabeth Bottom, who with her husband, Lhorra.s Bottom, brother of the prisoner, we,3 found asphyxiated, the house being filled with gas, which wa-s escaping from a severed pipe. The Chiie>f-const«,ble stated iha.t the gas pipe loading from the street main to the meter had been hanked through with the batchet produced, which bore traces of lead. Thomas Bottom recovered consciousness on Wednesday. A remand was granted, the prisoner being bailed on his own recog- nisances. The inquest was subsequently opened and adjourned.

SEQUEL TO A WESTON TRIP. + HOLIDAY PARTY OF WELSH- MEN ARRESTED. At Weston Police-court on Wednesday the following men were charged with breaking and entering a 1H igh bridge sjiop and stealing fruit and sweets to the value of lis. Sd.: —William White, Edgar Dodd, John Pritchard, William Henry I/ee, William James, Herbert i John, Thomas Robert. Henry James Aneurin Thomas, Thomas Tippis, Walter Da.Tie&. Robert Lloyu,. William Crowther, Thomas Morris, Jacob Harris, George White, and William Thompson, all of Crumlin, Mon.. and Roland Jones, Newbridge; Daniel Mack Hafodyrynis; John Roberts, Llanhilleth; Tom Marshall, Abertridwr; and William Joru' Triuaut. It appeared the accused were a party of minc-i-, and hauliers who were spending holidays at Weston-super-Mare in accord- ance with the annual custom, and frequently indulged in char-a-banc trips. They had their own secretary and tre;] f'.i¡ rer, and a* the time of the arrest had a sum of nearly £5{J in hand. A police-sergeant said while at Highbridge at 12.30 (midnight) he was informed that ,i quantity of sweets, bananas, gooseberries &c., value lis., had been stolen from a green- grocer's shop adjoining the hotel at whic-n tho prisoners' ehar-a-hane had stopped on the return journey from Bridgwater. He cycled ten miles to Weston, and saw the prisoners drive up to the inn which wes their headquarters. All appeared more or less the worse for Jiquor. He charged them jointly and a.sked for a spokesman, where- upon William Thompson S100d forward ani. said — AVhen I was at Highbridge I did net get off the ehar-a^banc I was ill and asleep, f and I don't know what happened there. Witness a,fterwa.rds found a medicine bottle in Thompson's pocket. The other prisoners rradf no reply to the charge. Thompson was the secretary. The accused's solicitor applied for bail on the police applying for a remand, pointing out the men were respectable and members of a holiday club, with substantial funds. The police superintendent opposed bail. 'fatinir that the bottles nnd jars in which the stolen s-oods were contained had not yet been found. at\d if b11il was granted the obj<-et of the police ir. corordrting their case would probably be frustrated. The prisoners wore then remanded until Friday on the understanding that if the Police had concluded inquiries in the mean- time they should be released from custodv on bail. WESTON OLD PIER SCENE. Henry Jones, who refused his address, was charged at Weston-super-Mare on Wed- nesday with i n g a gold watch, value L2, the property of William Wins- combe, Topaz-street, Roath, a general dealer. The prosecutor said he was standing- in the midst of a large crowd on the Old Pier and detected tho prisoner in the act of stealing the watch, the accused's movements being covered by two men. The prisoner was chased into the pier bar and arrested, but subsequently attempted an escape.—He was remanded urtil Tuesday next.

i MOTOR ACCIDENT: BANKER MORTALLY INJURED. BIARRITZ, Saturday. The New York banker, Mr. O. (?) C. Cuyler, was mortally injured in a motor-car accident I near here yesterday. lie was brought back to the Palace Hotel and lay nearly all night in great pain. His wife was also injured in the accidont, but not seriously.—Router. ACCIDENT TO SIR H. CILZEAN REID. An unfortunate^ accident befell Sir Hugh Gilzean Reid, v ho motored on Saturday raorni:ig to Bisley to be present, as vice- chairman of the Middlesex Territorial Asso- ciation, at the first shooting competition for the Challenge Shield recently presented by the county. The car on entering the camp over some rough ground plunged into a rut,, and Sir Hugh sustained severe shock and strain. After being medically attended Sir Hugh was able to motor back to his resi- dence, Tcnterden Hall, near Heudon. It is not expected that he will be able to get cut again for some weeks.

SUICIDE AFTER SHOOTING HIS SWEETHEART. A terrible tragedy occurred at Wolver- hampton just a.fter midnight on Saturday. Frederick Leightoll. cycle-turner, took his sweetheart. Emma Jane Cook, out shopping, and returned home with her. Subsequently his attention was called to a disturbance. On going outside he found that his mother had been locked cut. He obtained admis- -oa for her. and after running upstairs to his own bedroom returned to his sweet- heart's. He made a remark about his parents, and, producing a revolver, fired two shots a.t his sweetheart. They entered her left breast. He then shot himself dead. The girl's condition is critical.

BATHERS LOSE THEIR I LIVES. t ABERAVON AND POKTHCAWL! HOLIDAY TK AGE DIES. The public holiday at Aberavon on Monday was marred by a tragic event on the be&cn, the victim being Frederick Charles Evans (22), 'of the Poet-oUice, Cwmavon, employed m we Copper Miners' Tin-plate Works. He was bathing with a friend, when he was se:2,ec with cramp. An alarm was immediately raised by a large number of people on tiie j pier and beach who had been watching :r.e swimmers, and Mr. Harry Clark, of the Burgess Hotel, Aberavon, who had been riains horseback on the sands, went to the spot where Evans had been bathing, and after searching for a time found the body. and was assisted by Mr. Edward Moran in taking it ashore. Hundreds of people pressed round. and operations were much hampered, but artificial respiration was applied lor an hour by Police-constable Lister and Mr. W. Hughes, when Dr. EeliieT arrived, and found that these efforts could be of no "avail. The body was taken home to Cwmavon. TOO LOXG IX THE WATER. Mr. Howel Cuthbertsor., district coroner. held an inquest at Cwmavon on Wednesday touching the death of Charles Frederick Evan6, aged 23, of the Post-office, Cwmavon, who was drowned whilst bathing on the Aberavon beach on Monday. Rees Davies, Ystalyfera, said deceased was a good swimmer. Deceased had been in the water 25 minutes before he disappeared. Before going to the beach they each ate a quarter of a pound of roast pork and 'oread. I>r. W. Hellyer, Aberavon, in repiy to the coroner, said that 25 minutes was too long to be in the water, at" it was fatiguing. A verdict of "Accidentally drowned whilst bathing" was returned. f BATHING FATALITY AT PORT-H-, CAWL. On Bank Holiday a lad named Thomas J. Harris, was drowned near Sandy Bay, Porth- cawl. The deceased was only fourteen years liol a.ge, and was the son of Mr. James Harris, The Strand, Blaengarw, who came with his family to Porthca-wl in the morn- ling for the aay. The lad went to bathe very (shortly after noon, and was either seized with !cramp or got out of his depth. Mr. Albert Harvey, of :6, High-street, Pontycymmer. another bather, heard a shout, and immediately went to the lad's 8..Ssis,ance. He made two courageous attempts to rescue the lad. Twice he caught him, but the current proved too strong, and the lad was carried out to sea. ANOTHER FATALITY AT PORTHCAWX1. I Another bathing fatality occurred' at Porthcawl on Wednesday. About noon William Evans, collier, of 1, Beainetts-row, Church- street, 0;d Tredegar, a native of Howey, Liandrindod Wells, ent-erad the sea with Private William Price, of the Territorials, now in camp at porthcawl. They had not been in the water long before they were in difficulty. The men were roscr.ed. but shortly after being brought ashore Evans expired. Deceased leaves a widowed mother PONTLOTTYN COLLIER'S DEATH. Mr. R. J. Rhys, coroner, held an inquiry at the Picton Hotel. Pontlottyn, or. Wed nes- day, touching the death of David Lee (:1), a j collier, who worked a.t Xo. 5. Maelaren Pit, 1 Pontlottyn, and who died on the SOtii uIt. From the evidence given by Thomas Herbert, icollipr. and David John Evans, the deceased was struck on the back b." a iarge stone, which fell from th0, roof in his working-place. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

EXCITING RESCUES. BOYS STRANDED ON A WAVE- SWEPT ITER. Two boys. Alfred Carpenter and Harold Fowler, of Heme Hill, staying at Heme Bay for the holidays, Lad an exciting experience. At low water they walked cut to the end of tho ruined oyster pier, which is to the west of the town, for the purpose of fishing, climb- ing upon a portion that has eo far withstood the storms. ith the rising tide there sprung up a severe "north-westerly gale, and the boys found their return to the shore cut off. They shouted for assistance, and their plight was noticed, but it was impossible, owing to the heavy sea, to get to them till the ebb of the tide. The lads clulir to a post to prevent themselves being washed off the pier by the great waves that broke over them, As the tide ebbed in the afternoon tue wind became a little lose violent, and three boats put off, but their task was not an easy one. as the sea was still heavy and a great deal of water was shipped. One boat, manned by three fishermen, after a severe struggle, j managed to tret alongside and to take off the boys, amid the cheers of the crowd. The lade showed the effccts of their many hours' exposure.

BOILER BLAST AT CARDIFF. OFFICIAL REPORT OX THE CATASTROPHE. The Board of Trade on Wednesday published the report of Lieutenant-colonel E. Druitt on ,u the result of "lie inquiry which he held in conjunction with Mr. Thomas Carlton, of the Consultative Branch of the Marine, Department of the Board of Trade, into the Ccuse of the fatal accident which occurred on the R-hymney Railway at Cardiff Docks. In this case, it will be remembered, when an engine had jus:: returned to the locomo- tive sheds at Oardiff Docks to be overhauled, owing to ire injectors failing, the boiler exploded while the men were engaged in dropping the fire. Shed-shunter Thomas Parry, who was on the footplate, and Fireman H. Hawkes, who was in the engine pit assisting Parry to drop the fire, were killed, as wa- also a cleaner iW. Murphy), who was about tea yards away at the time. The explosion was a violent one, the entiie lire-box crown being torn anc blown out in one piece. The boiler was then wrenched from the frame of the engine and thrown about 05 yards distant. Mr. Carlton states that the erplosion. in his opinion, was cau-ed by the safety valve being inoperative, with the result that the stc-am pressure in the boiler accumulated to a point beyond that which the struc- ture wouid withstand, and the boilex" burst. Tiiere is no reason to think. Mr. Carlton says. that the boiler was otherwise than eocd. It wa? appa-ent that the boiler had burst at an exceedingly high pressure. Nothir.-t had beer, done to the steam gauge, and all the evidence pointed conclusively. Mr. Carlton says, to its being in order and cor- rect. The safety valve had, however, been ta.kan apart, and. after being put together, va." never seen to hit up to the time the I- burst, although the driver (Lewis) tried the lever to make the valve do 90. The joint under the lower part of the safety valve was re-made during the day preceding the night of the explosion, and the fitter in fitting the safety valve together placed the washers above the lever. This would load the valve to a pressure of lS3lb. per square met. The sa.fety links inside the spring were pro- vided with very little clearance, end the effect wa.s to render the valve immovable. No steam could escape, and the pressure in the boiler accumulated much beyond that shown C'J the gauge. Colonel Druitt concurred entirely with the conclusion drawn by )1:. Carlton t-ha., the cause of the explosion was the fact that the safety valve was inoperative. The lesson to be learnt from this explosion, he says, is that when safety valves are taken to pieces and re-fitted care should be taken when next steam is got up in the boiler' to see, that the valves blow off at the proper pressure. He understands that the company at ones gave instructions for this to be done. Commenting on the rider added by the jury to their verdict at the inquest regard- ing John Williams, the night foreman at the shed. Colonel Druitt says, though he should have satisfied himself as to what waswrong with the engine when Fitter Stuart went to him, yet Stuart's report was very vague, and wa.s only to the effect that the pressure gauge was wrong. Williams was unaware that the safety valves had been touched, but. he should have been made aware of it. Owing to the effect of the explosion on him. he was unable to do himself justice at the inquest when giving evidence, and that. no doubt, gave the jury the impression expressed in the rider (" That a more active and expert man should be in charge of the -bed at night, and one with some experience c f engines. With regard to the driver, Lewie, it was evident that the possibility of the safety valves being inoperative never occurred to him, or he would never have taken the engine away from the sidings. He had plenty of water in the boiler to return to the engine-pit at the shed, where the fire could be much better and more quickly dropped, and he acted to the best of hi-, judgment.

A FOOTBALL PLAYER IS A WORKMAN. + IMPORTANT COUNTY-COURT DECISION. A ease of considerable interest to football clubs was heard at West Bromwiuh County- cm rt on Tuesday, when Albert Evans, the well-known international player, applied under the Workmen's Compensation Act for compensation in respect of all accident. Playing for Wast Bromwic-h Club on Chrirt- nMLS Day against Gains borough Trinity, Evans, who woe captain of Weo"t Bromwich, bad his leg broken. The defence s:-t up oy the respondents, the West Broanwich Club, was that a professional footballer did non come under the Workmen's Compensation Act, and the insurance company had repu- diated liability. It was admitted that Evana was totally disabled, but it was contended that football was a. game, not a business, and that the club were not employers under the Act. In answer to the judge, plaintiff's solicitor said Evans joined the Albion under a con- tract, being paid A4 a week, and be thought 5l'ch a contract would apply to a. professional cricketer under the 1905 Act. Judge Smith said the matter wa-s of con- siderable importance m the district, where the people were stark, staring football mad. He would give judgment for the applicant, awarding him Zi per week compensation.

FUMES IN THE PIT. NEATH SINKER'S DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION. At an inquest at Cross Hands OIl Tuesday concerning the death of Richard Thomas, a colliery sinker, of Morg-an s-court, Neath, a- witness said tho sinkers had complained of fumes in the pit. Deceased had left his work to walk towards home, and his body wag found by a hedge, with the head in a ditch. Dr Licyd, who made a post-mortem ex:i- mination, attributed death to asphyxiation, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly, vrjtJi a ion that the pit should be ventilated, so as to avoid sinkers being affected by the fumes.