Weekly Mail

Established 50 Years. 4 W. E. Vaughan & Co. LIMITED. DYERS, DRY CLEANERS, LAUNDRY PROPRIETORS, AND CARPET BEATERS. SEND POST-CARD FOR VAN TO OALL. Llandaff-road, CARDIFF. Nat. Tel. 2035 I Strongest and Best." I Fry's | Pare Concentrated y Cocoa I Over 300 I Gold Medals and Diplomas. E

TIIEPLANSOFEVAN ROBERTS. 4- — PORTLY RETURNING TO SOUTH WALES. hi¡¡ Evan Roberts is about to emerge from ^^irement. He leaves Leicester in the in ?e of a week or two to re-join his friends ^"a-h's and hopes shortly i-o re- •llleilce religious work. For the present '*tt^ "'accessible to callers, and the many UjqJ8. ,^e receives from well-meaning, but ijp Sitive, people go unanswered, a Roberts is staying at the residence of Leicester lady lecturer in r~rt>ad, Stoneygate—the suburb in which self-made men have their parti- modern villas. Much of his time he 8 in reading theological works. ( *ag in one 0f humblest of Oadby e that I had my first impression of £ v 'writes a special correspondent of the youv,0lnS News"). He sat talking to a frail f man far gone in consumption. ^Pt ?nc "wish of this young fellow—Her- iv^n a,tthewD by name—had been to see ofte Roberts, the collier preacher, who so tive Passed tiear his home. With instinc- t^t. 8ya,pa,thy, Mr. Roberts hastened to c^1 this desire within a few houTS of the being brought to his knowledge. 1% A. STUDY IN CONTRASTS. simply-furnished kitchen of the little at,ti,d %tD",eY dwelling furnished a dramatic lw" in contrasts. Like. Mr. Roberts, young if r s has been a miner and a preacher, his; Roberts sat on one side of the fireplace, ijg resting on his walking-stick, and a<5e craning forward eagerly listening frail invalid, propped up in the QO\ On the other side of the hearth, told *6; °'l€ day he had been converted at a t>(v, meeting, and how he had begun Afield* g at AVhifcwell« n 1116 1>erb^rsihire talked heedless of my presence. His with the excitement of the visit, told of his struggles, how he had ]n thirteen hours a day as a shoemaker %i«ie8oester, an,i then liad. gone to the ool- unaffectedly, the difficulties lie v breaking with old companaons, %ks h,e ba<d saved and scraped to buy ?%kg that he could study. I 6(pent Qve r Sot ^Paring my first eermon, and when 6 pulipit to preach it I wished E* «ould open and let me through. I u 6 years the evangelist hafi filled o,t. Wag hard to realise that this calm. Sr^-1 young man, with Powerful head, ^6 T4 cheeks, js the same hollow-eyed Welsh <S*1 a?UTre' d'Um]binaM^' 19(K' Prepay «>f, „dt Liverpool in t^e world out- tX }h(: 5fir iB curly at the S*s, ^he broad forehead is yet unlinecl, full hazel eyes lose nothing by S'V screened behind tlia spectacles which we:i "or, iwrha-p", more tlio air of tho v It'than he would otherwise convey. IN STRESS OF MODERN LIFE. till a. trzce of the old shyness, and ]\ lY f° ^Served. It was not easy, c<Hu°t jj.' V° „ aW Mm into conversation, X)s n diso himself. When we left the c,f 2; jj/ ^Sed the case of the young I fras ebbing away—at the age 1', e;it;. (;ho „ Hoberts whether he thought a0^ S:'ls^ ?°Wfloed their health in their afu °r religious work might not be °Tl&0ur all quite wroifgly and from an h .1 a,g-r! T'ew what duty demanded. Vlllt at said Mr. Roberts. There is a ^sgif „ ^hich a man ought to consider In first." t}jt tS*'r^ss and hurry of modern life the ev€'r5r hour ought to be spent in j0 far g a man's talents could be carried i^t>k J ar,d the only sa.ne view was a ^itat; €ooSnition by the individual of his I t? ns- iearnt that myself," went 011 Mr. bit^ In these five years I have learnt Jjt. j. /■esson. It is one I shall never for- fc *ai] ls. on? advantage that I have had it 'G\ e y in life. In some cases the warning "lzne too late. '1 carefu^ for the future. Never S a'l I undertake a six weeks' mission ^V:- ^ay be sure of that. I am going to iivj/1 a or two. At present I have 4Id pla.n. I am going to see what the Is-a-ld I shall be guided by circum- 1 thre no ^OT,k>t," he added, reflectively, ^^the multitude is cruel. It is merci- j those of whom it makes heroes. s48 Ve t>een able to sleep well, arid that Sain my reoovery. I am quite well jj how. a M^V" Leicester I have been very quiet. Ve ^en ki^d-they have left me fr^rt3 ie reti-oent on the subject of b&t Wts. revivals, but it is significant K*rio<ij ,^s a contributor to a religions 'which is just now publishing "fc&nt. °n the evils of revivalist io excite-

=- 4RTHQUAKE SHOCKS, 1 JOHANNESBURG AND SOUTH rkUSSIA. 4^' JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday. shock of earthquake was experi-! ^<Un e 63,1-1 >' this morning. Large centre of the town swayed kanside aud residents genei-ally were htt5EL^y alarmed, but no serious damage reported.—Central News. ^a,rlv ODESSA, Wednesday. ^lf-cLyeSt^rday morning and shortly after v six this morning, alarming earth- pfe 8"ocks occurred at Tiflis. The shocks t*"0^ ndlllatoTy in character, and travelled .°,uth-east to north-west. People flefl iiv^in homes in terror, and many ari«fS were damaged, but no personal Were sustained.—Central News.

FOUGHT ON BALCONY 1 FECTIVE INTERVENTION BY THE POLICE. W>ME. Wednesday. }>6tTCen General Prudente, the CX for War> an^ Signor "^n foi,fv lteimMlcan D^'ty. ha<3 at last .jS. and under remarkable circum- an 116 combatants, despairing of find- 0>i opportunity in any of the public lC1Yai?~?ay m,ct' to on the balcony of u:e- —K' Police endeavoured to v "f1 scale<i th,e balcony, but were V* on before they could interfere VSvn? officer, who eucoeeded in makine ♦ soen'e of llK «>nfli«>t, had the «xperienee of being thrown from '<%V + Rround' thoug-h, fortunately, 1,3 any e.erious injury. The in Sisnor (^hicsa being wounded tace. Central News.

COJVLET CAUSES SUICIDE. CAUSES SUICIDE. ^lt,^ud3Jn<xc+ BERLIN, Wednesday. a ]a r(».^JlrLessaere to tll€! Frankfurter the suicide of Adam 'iVi.ua, 10 !Szozona district, through said he preferred *• lng Wled by a etar.-Central

1 8IlOT BY SCHOOL BOY fJr- ra f TER.SBURG, Wednesday. Le^; reports th^t the Sl^ct CUrat°r of khe Vilna f;- was to-day shot dead L w, OW11 borne. The ) who s^-htiy wounded by 1 tbon corniced

EARL AND SISTER- IN-LAW. + VERDICT AGAINST HON. MRS HAY. In the King's Bench on Saturday Mr. Jus- tic., Jelf res innau tho hearing of the cas-e brought by Earl Kinnoull and Mr. Ogle, high- sheriS of Northumberland, against the iloa. Mrs. Hay, sister of Lord Greville, and formerly wife of the Hon. Alistair Hay, to recover £ 110 and interest which plaintiffs had paid under guarantees given to Lloyds Bank. Mrs. Hay submitted that the guarantees were given at the request of her husband, who was a brother of Earl Kinnoull, and whom she divorced two years ago. She denied that 61103 gave her husband authority to obtain guarantees. Mrs. Hay stated in cross-examination that she received £ 2C0 for taking out a Miss Harman into society in Paris and purchasing clothes for her. Some of it she paid into a banking account in Paris opened in the name of the widow of Greville Hay, because the French law forbade married women to have an account in their own names. She emphati- cally denied that she wrote a letter to Earl Kinnoull thanking him for guaranteeing cheques. Replying to her counsel, she said her hus- band knew ail the circumstances under which she received £ 200 for Miss Harnian. Counsel: You told us last week that the main a.mounte poaid into Lloycis Bank were in respect of business transactions of your hueband's?—That is absolutely true. I am not in the habit of lying. Is it not the fact that all those sums were advanced to you on your promissory notes?— .N40. Produce my promissory notes. When they were re-paid they were destroyed?—Yes. Everything is destroyed, like my letter. His Lordship: You must not make observa- tions of that kind. The Defendant: But it is not true. His Lordship: They say it i6 true; and sarcastic observations will not help you. Oouneel: It is obvious the promissory notes were signed by you?—I do not believe it. Produce them. In another letter Mr. Hay says, "I enclose three promissory notes duly signed by Mrs. Hay."—I never signed them. At the time of the opening of the account in France you took a new flat in Paris at JMCC a year ?—About JMOO. You told us last time that your husband deserted you and your daughter in Paris. Was not your daughter at the time he left you staying with your husband's sister in Sussex ?— Y ee, for the Christmas holidays. She stayed there about four months. The defendant in further cross-examination denied that she received the money for the JE90 cheque, or that her husband told her he had obtained the guarantees. MB. ALISTAIR HAY AND A I1 ARM CLUB. 3jr. Alistair Hay was them called bx the Plaintiffs, and sUut-ed that he was a brother of Lord Kinnoull, and that he was divorced by the defendant in 1908. At one time he was a member of the Stock Exchange, and he had the misfortune to be suspended. He regarded the charge made against him as untrue. After his suspension he became a bankrupt. His bankruptcy wa.s m 1898, an.l he obtained his discharge in December, 1903 The banking acoount at Lloyd's was opened for the defendant before their marriage. He understood that her father, Lord Greville. opened it because she received a legacy front her godmother. At the time of his bank- ruptcy he bad a joint account with the defendant at Drummond's, and it was aftor wards transferred to her. The defendant kept the pass-book of Lloyds Bank, but he had access to it. Were the promissory note? handed to Mr. Ouvray signed by Mrs. Hay?—^They were signed by tho defendant. I was not in a position to sign them. There was a cheque paid to a. Mr. Levy, and the defendant said it was given for some gambling debt of yau,rs.-I never had a gambling debt in my life. What was it for?—Mr. Levy was a club friend of mine, and he had made an advance in order to assist my wife to pa the rent then due. Who drew the cheque for £ 90?—I might have done it myself and I might have cashod it. Who had the money?—I naturally ha;nded it over to her. The defendant cerrtainly knew I obtained the guarantees, a.nd I believe she wrote to my brother and thanked him. In oroae-examftiation. the witness said at the time the cheques were given he had 1.0 banking acoount of his own. The defendant was not called upon to pay any of the pro- missory notes. She miarht have signed blink cheques and he filled them in Were you once a member of a clnb in the Boulevard des Capucines, Paris?—Yes. Did you have to leave that club in conse- quence of cheques yon had given to members being dishonoured ?—I gave a cheque to one mc-mber which was dishonoured. In consequence of that were you expelled from the club?—I was not expelled. I was asked to resign. Mr. Matthews, in summing up the case, sub- mitted that it was not likely that a, laughter of the house of Greville would crawl to the feet of her husband's relatives and ask for assistance to enable hec to obtain clothes a.nd food. His Lordship held that Mrs. Hay had know- ledge of the guarantees, and gave judgment for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed, with interest and oosts Stay of execution with a view to an appeal wae refused.

BRUTAL ATTACK ON A MAN THREE MEN ARRESTED FOR HOUSEBREAKING. At Croydon orn Tuesday James Sampson, Joseph Francis, and James Christie were remanded on a charge of housebreaking and attempted murder at South Norwood. Mr. William Taunton, an elderly man, left his house unoccupied at ten a.m. on Monday, and, returning about four o'clock, was attacked by two men, knocked down, and left senseless, the men making away with a watch, rings, and other property. He recovered eventually and communicated with the police, who, after scouring the dis- trict all night, arrested the three men charged, on whom the stolen property was found. The police inspector stated when he went to Taunton's house he found the room smeared with bloodstains, and in a front room was a dead terrier. The animal's head was smashed in, and a broken gun was lying near by. When he arrested Francis at Thornton Heath a revolver was found hidden in the coal hole of the lionise, with a number of cartridges.

EARL DROPS DEAD IN THE STREET. The Earl of Cajnwath died in the street at Westminster on Tuesday. Lord Oarnwath left his house at Fulham about one o'clock on Tuesday, announcing that lie was going to the House of Lords, and at the time of his departure appeared in his usual health. On reaching Great ismith- street he fell as if in a fit and was naieed from the ground by a number of paseers-by. He was taken to Westminster Hospital, where on examination life was found to be extinct. The body was subsequently removed to Wcst- minster Mortuary, where it Was later identi- fied by one of the servants from tie deceased's residence, no relatives being at home. The deceased earl, who was 62, was twelfth of his line, and was the son of Lieutenant- colonel the Hon. Robert A. Dalzell, C.B. His heir is Lord Dalzell.

QUARREL OVER POLITICS. At Staffordshire Assizes on Monday David Harrison Jones, miner, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Henry Stokes at Walsall en January 15 The parties had beea friends and on the same side in politics up to the last genera,! election, when the accused changed his views. At a public-house, when tho men were under the influence of liquor, a quarrel arose about party favours, and o/ccused, in anger, struck the deceased, whose death followed. The judge said the case approached mis- adventure, ajid bound the aocused over to orntyt np for judgment when caJIed a

•ENCHANTRESS" ON TRIAL. f DR. NAUMOEF'S STORY OF THE CBIMB. VENICE, Tuesday. The court re-as?em,bled this morning for the trial of the Countess Tarnowska and her alleged accomplices on the charge of mur- dering Count Komarowski in 1907. There was no diminution of public interest in the case, and the »me crowds gathered to watch for the oountess's arrival, but the police were more Eeyere in their methods than on previous oooasions, and the hostility which manifested itself among the spectators in the court procincts was suppressed as far as poasible. Count Ornoke, the countess't. father, was agair. present, and encountered his daughter as she was being conducted to her place. The meeting was an affecting one, both giving way to tears. Generally speaking, however, the countess nmantaine remarkable compo- sure. and she soon recovered herself. Her whole bearing is in keeping with the lines of her defence. If the men brought "-into asso- ciation with her loved her literally to mad- ness, it is not to be considered that she is to blame. DR. NAUMOFF'S DEFENCE. The evidenco of Dr. Naumoff, who is alleged to have actually committed the murder, was further examined this morning. In his own defence Naumoll related that shortly after leaving the army he made the acquaintance cf Count Kamarowski. TIllS was about August or September, 1906. In the following April he again met the oount, who was accompanied by Countess Tai-now^a- In the meanwhile Countess Kamarowski died. Naumoff admitted that Countess ;,n nowska produced a great impression him, and this impression grew more proto every time he saw her. In the e time their friendship became of a mo intimate charaoter, Pausing now and again in order to pics the threads of remembrance, N^umolt scribed to the court how he followed, countess fr<j;m place to place, always at her bidding. "I felt." he said, "that I had become her slave." At Kieff he acconip her to the cemetery, where a man na- St ah! was buried. This person had suicide, said Naumoff, 'because the had refused him her love." According to Naunioff's statements, wi countess played upon his emotions she pleased, now inflaming him with ardent caresses now reducing him to despair by •x>ld disdain. At a certain period ehe to kindle his jealousy of Kaaiarowsk), anu when an insulting telegram, apparently by the latter, was received by the oountoo-95 at Kieff, Naumoff was ready to revenge her. He wianted to challenge Kamarowski to a duel, but the countess would not hear of it. She wanted him to be murdered. At this point Naumoff completely broke down, and, burying his face in his hands, sobbed violently. Prisoner proceeded to state that the coun- ters furnished him with Kamaroweki's address at Naples and accompanied him to the station. She said to mm ae be left, "I sec that you love me more than all the others, and I love you more than anybody." When Nammoff arrived at Venice he went to Karrmrowski's house, but feeling unwell he M'turned to his hotel. He went again the next morning. "On the door ope-.q.Ld," N-a.AiTnoff pro- ceeded, "I saw the count, and. without speak- inga word, I fired at him. Then I turned the weapon against myself, but it missed fire and I threw it away. as the countess had ordered me to do. When I Baw the poor man fall I waa thunderstruck. He spid to me, 'My dear fellow, why? What harm have I done you?' He asked me to call for help, and I opened the window and shouted. I did not want to escape, but when the people came they took me by the shoulders, lifted me up, and put me in a. gondola, which took me back to the hotel. Then I was overcome by a. horrible fear, and I was possessed by one t,honght-to get away." COUNTESS'S DEMEANOUR. The countess followed the prisoner's state- ments closely, dividing her attentions fairly equally between her fellow prisoner, the jury, and the newspaper correspondents who are reporting the case. Rumour is as busy as ever in connection with the case. The countess is now &ald w have received an offer of marriage from .a prince. Professor Bossi, of Genoa, declares that she is suffering from a serious malady, which makes her unanswerable for her a,clions. He recalls the fact that she has three time? attempted to commit guicide.oCentral News. == =

COLONEL IIENRY^LEWIS (Chairman of the Sanitary O^nittce of the Glamorgan Cm*, I =

BOUND TO A TREE. WOMAN'S REMARKABLE STORY IN IRELAND. A remarkable case came before a special bench of magistrates at Ardagh, County Roscommon, when two men, named Thomas Dolan and John Kavanagh, appeared to answer charges brought against them by Annie Fitzsimmons, a woman of 40- tne evidence showed that Fitzsimmons left -ier home last Sunday week, and two days jaier was found by the police in a plantation, whither they had been attracted by her ecreams. 1 She was in a sitting posture, tied hand and foot, and bound by a rope wound around her body to a tree, end she alleged that Dolan, assisted by Ka-vanag-li, had committed a serious offence. The yvoman has already taken proceedings against Dolan on several occasions for similar alleged outrages, but in each instance the jury either acquitted him or disagreed. The doctor new stated that OIl a former occasion he had expressed his belief Fitz- eimmonis was malingering, and she might be doing so again. Her appcan-Mice was not such as might have been expected if she had been, as she said, without food or dqjnk for two days. The woman herself gave evidence, and told of the alleged attack in detail. The magistrates, after a prolonged hearing, refused the information.

POPE'S BLESSING. BESTOWED UPON MR, JOHN ROCKEFELLER. ROME, Monday. learning of the intention of Mr. John Rockefeller to devote his immense -fortune to works of benevolence and education, the Pope has telegraphed to the famous million- aire approving and praising his decision as being one which renders him worthy of the gratitude of the whole of mankind.—Oentral News. y

COURT OF REFEREES. Among the members who have been selected to act on the Court of Referees are Sir D. Brynmor Jones and Mr. Henry Vivian. This is a high compliment to the member for Bir- kenhead (writes the London correspondent of the "Liverpool Ptoet"). LANDED. FORTUNATE SOLICITOR-GENERAL: Thank Heavent I'm saiely out of it!

=- THE NEWPORT DOCK DISASTER. TASK OF RECOVERING THE BODIES. +h^HomeSS) (K"> &tokc-an-Trent) asked on SSSdJ^^bS ln lbe HOU^ °f T wha" -r- S2E toidiilps'of tho ^air contractors to recover the the HiVo«ter a.t AlVo,r3sjnen who were killed in h l kintti Wport iast yoar, and if he vw,t rnytion ee of the difficulties of t by the county- rt ju & "^Wport in the compensation claims to the failure of the people responsible to re^xca.Vate the collapsed trench, and, if -1, what action he proposed to take in the raottbr Mr. MASTKK-MA\: The Secretary of Rtate is informed y the fntpecrintendin £ inspector of fa^t^ories or the division that, owing to the shi la! 'ire of the soil, and to ths. incixrsi the cavity oontaining the wreok b&r an<^ tjje bodies had to be filled w ry garu} ast autumn, and the newly-made grouud required time to settle. n,,trl]„t °und to be unsafe to begin the j-o-wnstruchon of the trenoh owing pressure, and the construction of C^^nn+;r>r> OUo^ths was decided upon as a measure. The engineers Binavit- ^ese must be completed before llr] 1011 of the collapsed trench could with any measure of safety, °'rJ{ of constructing them is actively ? °r.' Secretary of State has no a Ion a* to the proceedings in the n y-court. He has no jurisdiction at *iri to works of construction 1S and there does not appear to be y action which he can usefully take in this matter. .Jf-V' J- WARD: Can the hon. gentleman 1 tiniate to the oounsty-conrt judge that cases ought not to be dismissed for want of evideuco of identification, if it is the absence of excavation which makes evidence of lueretifioation difficult? Mr. MASTERMAN: Perhaps the bon. member will oommunioate with me on that matter. DANGER IN DEEP EXCAVATIONS. Buying to Mr. J. Ward (R-, Stok<von. vrvnt). Mr. MASTERMAJNT (UndeivSeoreta-ry, lIe Offioe), stated. that, in view of the accidents which occurred last year at New- pcrt, Birfeenhead, and Liverpool, the Home Secretary proposed at the earliest possible moment to appoint a small expert committee to inquiry into the dangers arising from deep excavation work in connection with the oon. struotaon of docks.

VALIDITY OF BARONETCIES. PRivy COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY. The "London Gaaett-e" annonnoee the appointment by the King of the following cooamittee of the Privy Council to examine da.ims to be placed or to be retained, on the official roll of baronets in c-aees where the Seoreta/ry of Staite finds difficulty in advising as to the validity of snch claims:- The Lord President. The Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England. Ba-rl Beaucihamp. Larl of G-ranard. Earl of Pefnbroke and Montgomery. The Lord Chamberlain. Viscount St. Aldwyn. IJOINi BaJfour of Burleigh. Lord Ashbourne. Lord Dunedin. Lord Gorell. The Secretary of State fcr the Home Department. Sir Frank C. Lascellee. Mr. C. B. Stuart Wortley. Sir John H. Kennaway. Sir Herbert E. Maxwell. Sir Robert Homer. Sir Ja-mes Stirling. Any three or' mere of those mentioned may 1 constitute a Committee for the purposes named. I

"A GERMAN BARON." SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A HULL TEACHER. Edward Westernhagen, formerly a teacher at a well-known school of languages, was charged at Hull on Saturday with obtaining £ 40 by false pretences. The prosecution stated that prisoner had represented himself to be a German baron. Many complaints had been received from the Continent about prisoner's practises. It was alleged that he had been issuing advertise- ments stating that be was prepared to adopt ohildren, give them his title, and make them his heirs. It was further stated that the Vigilance Society were making inquiries into prisoner's alleged doings. Prisoner was remanded.

EXPLOSION IN A MIS E. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FEARED IN ALASKA. NEW YORK, Friday. A terrible explosion occurred ye«ste.rday h: the Treadwell Gold Mine, in Alaska, owing tp the ignition of the magazine, which at the time contained a large quantity of high explosives. There were over 100 miners at work, and it is feared that at least two-thirds "have been killed. Twenty-five bodies have eo far been recovered.Oen-Vml Newe,

SEQUEL TO A VISIT I TO HAMBURG. + BARONET CO-RESPONDENT IN I DIVORCE SUIT. In the Divorce Court on Tuesday Mr. Richard Cecil Leigh, of Eaton-place, London, was granted a decree nisi on the ground of the misconduct of his wife, Kathleen, with Sir Wroth Periam Christopher Lethbridge, Bart. The case was undefended. Counsel said the petitioner and the r8POn- dent were married in 1895. The wife had been married before. There was no issue of the marriage. Their married life was not a happy one, .and in September, 1S04, the parties agreed to separate, and the husband allowed his wife a year. The dent vras a friend of the wife's family, and he visited her at the house on one occasion after the marriage, and counsel said he believed the co-respondent knew the lady was married, In 1909 the respondent went to Hamburg1. and was joined by a gentleman who passed as Mr. Leigii. The oo-reapondent was seen at the railway station, and he gave the name of Liddiard. Mr. Leigh grave evidence, and said he waa married to the respondent at the Registry- office, Chelsea. They afterwards lived at Eaton-place. The co-respondent had known the respondent many years before her mar- riage. In reply to Mr. Justice Hargrove Dear.e, the petitioner said he was not sure whether the co-respondent knew the respondent was a married woman, but he thought so. Witnesses from a hotel at Hamburg were called to prove that the respondent and co- respondent stayed there together under the name of Ligh. Mr. Kalh, managing-clerk to Wontner and Co., said when he saw co-respondent at Ham- I burg he asked him if his name was, Leth- hridge, and the co-respondent replied, "No; you have made a mistake; it is Liddiard.' Later witness saw the co-respondent in Lon- don, and said to him, "Sir Wroth Leth- bridge." He replied, "Yes." Witness said, "I have had the pleasure of meeting you before at Hamburg." He said, "Yes, yes," and seemed very excited. Witness thereupon handed him the citation papers.

[' DR. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, M.A. (Glamorgan ConrSty Medical Officer). Photo—Wills.

A GIRL'S ESCAPADE.. ALLEGED THEFT OF S100 FROM HER MOTHER. The extraordinary escapade of a Birming- ham girl na-med Doris Brett (16) had a sequel in the Birmingham Police-court on Monday, when she was charged with stealing L100 from her mother's banking account. It was alleged that she induced her mother to sign a cheque for the sum mentioned, which she cashed, and then disappeared. When arrested a fortnight later the girl, it was stated, told the police that a young man named Barker asked her to steal some money and go with him to America. He bought railway tickets for her and another girl for Manchester, where they were joined by Barker and a youth nilmed Wright. They, lodged at a hotel at New Brighton as the De Vere Acrobatic Troupe, en route for America, occupying separate bedroom^. Barker, it was alleged, took zC56 from prisoner's pocket, and when taxed with it he produced a revolver and threatened to shoot. her. Subsequently he gave her £ 2 10s. and told her and her companion to "clear out." Prisoner was comimitted for trial, the Sti- pendiary remarking that an application to withdraw the charge had better be made at J. V. "'c!Qi'7: Vl-l aOIJ'

"GARIBALDI OF TURKEY." ENVER BEY AND THE YOUNG TURK PARTY. The Balkan Committee on Monday enter- tained at luncheon Major Enver BeX, tile hero of the Youn,; Turk revolution. Proposing the toast of "The Turkish Con- stitution," Mr. Herbert Samuel said that Britain never had any quarrel with the Turkish nation. Her quarrel 'had been with the despot who spoke in the name of Turkey and with the regime he established. He described tho guest of the day as the Garibaldi of Turkey, who drew the sword not for conquest, but to win real peace for his people. Enver Bey, in reply, sa.id that there was no danger of a. second re-action. The Constitu- I tion of the Young Turk party would, be said, be gtrenglthened.

DEATH IN BOXING RING. 4 FATAL CONTEST AT WONDER- LAND. The fajaous London East End boxing-hall. Wonderland, was on Saturday night the scene of a fatal accident. Curly Watson, ex- champion of the Navy end winner of the lDst. Slb. championship belt of England, died after receiving a knock-out blow in a 10- rcnu-1 contest with Frank Inglis, a coloured man, of Birmingham, lOst. 81b. champion of the Midlands. Both men boxed the whole ten rounds, with Watson leading right to the end. But in the last minute of the last round Inglis hit Wat- son on the point of the jaw, knocking him out. An exciting scene ensued wheJ1 it was found that Curly Watson after some minutes still lay insensible and that all efforts to brinj him to were unavailing. All kinds of restora- tives were tried, but without result. Oxygen, boiling water, whisky, and smelling salts failed to restore the boxer's senses. Three doctors were summoned, but despite their efforts Watson, who was knocked out at about ten o'clock, was still lying unconscious in the dressing-rooms at Wonderland at mid-1 ni^ht and died at about one o'clock. The news of his death created a profound sensa- tion, His opponent, Inglis, was terribly dis- tres&d. The police, upon becoming acquainted with the news of the tragedy, immediately ordered the detention of Inglis and the seconds who acted during the fight. Only a few days ago CuTley Watson, who was about 28, fixed up a 20-round match with Jack Turner, it being arranged that the fight should take place at Birmingham.

SECRETARwf'S DOWNFALL. 1 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS DEFRAUDED. At the Old Bailey on Wednesday Qamw Martin (52), a secretary, pleaded guilty to em,beszlinc money belonging to his employers, the Royal Sooiety off British Artists, and to forgery- Prosecuting counsel said the prisoner was the keeper and ajssistant-secretary of the society. His duties, which were light, included the letting of the hall, receiving subscrip- tion. oAd selling pictures. Soane time ago irregularities were suspected. By the help of the prisoner, who gave every assistance in the search, serious defalcations were reveaJed. These had been going on for at I least three years. The prisoner received a, salary of L150 per annum, and he was also an art critic. The total defalcations amounted to £ 1,831. For the defence oonrwel said the prisoner was educated at lGng's College,, Brussels, and Paris. He was the grandson of John Martin, a well known painter of Biblical subjects, whoee works attained a great popularity in the early Vic- torian. era. During his career he had been a prolific writer, and had been editor of the "Whitehall Review" and London editor of the "Indian Pioneer." In addition, he had r frequently "contributed to nearly all the lead- ing daily papers. The prisoner, however, was I a victim of ill-luck, a.nd on several occasions had lost splendid positions by a very narrow majority. He took the money hoping to be Ilible to pay it back. The prisoner, in pleading for leniency, eaad he had not spent the stolen money on him- self, but upon those who depended upon him. Prisoner was sentenced to nine months in the second division.

MADAME STEINHEIL. VISIT TO PARIS DAUGHTER DECLINES TO SEE HER. PARIS, Wednesday. lime. Steinheil paid a flying: visit to Paris yesterday for the purpose of consulting her lawyer. She arrived in the morning, and left again for London at nine o'clock last night. According to a newspaper statement Mme. Stedilheil escaped recognition, by adopt- ing the very simple ruse of powdering her hair and playing the part of an old lady. Her daughter had been told of her coming, but is said to have declined to receive her, and she, accordingly, visited nobody save Maitre Antony Aubin, whom she desired to consult concerning the settlement of her per- sonal affairs. The "Petit Journal" says that Mme. Steinheil will shortly make an appear- a-nce on the stage of a London theatre — Central News.

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. ACCUSED ARRESTED ON HIS WAY TO AMERICA. Harry FranMin, formerly chief goods clerk i a.t Pontypridd Goods Station (Taff Vale Rail- way), was brought up on remand at Poraty- pridd on Wednesday and charged with embezzling £ 14, the mSfieys of his employers. fT. Ingledew (Cardiff), who prosecuted, stated tlfat his clients had not yet completed the investigation of prisoner's books, and asked foT a remand. Mr. Charles "• Matthews, for the defence, did not object, btut asked for bail. Mr. Ingledew pointed out that prisoner was arrested at Queenstown, and it appeared that he was going to America. Mr. D. Lleufer Thomas (stipendiary) remarked that this made it exceedingly difficult to allow bail. Mr. Matthews pleaded that Franklin had been of good character hitherto, and had only acted on impulse. Prisoner was remanded in custody. _———

DOCTOR'S SEVERED ARTERY. 4 SUICIDE OF A FORMER SOUTH WALES RESIDENT. At Palddington on Thursday Dr. G. DamfoTd Thomas held an inquest on Dr. Charles Nugent Fox, aged about 50 years, who on Tuesday night was found dead in a lavatory at Paddinigton Station (Great Western Rail- v.-ay), with a severed vein in his left wrist. George Coleman, a marine, of Whitetabi#, said the deceased was his brothem-in-lajw. Elin wife was livinig at Canterbury. The deceased h&d been practising for a colliery in South Wales. He was paid his salary in that app,oint-ment a week ago, and was believed to have been on his way from Newport to Canterbury. He was not a temperate man. Dr. Bridger, of Ixwudom, said he had (tnly seen the deceased twice in the last twenty years. On Monday night witness saw him at his hotel. He was then intoxicated to such an extent that he was speechless, and witness could not make anything of him. Witness told him he would see him on t,11e following day and talk over the deceased s future, as witness was going1 to help him to do some- thdng. When he called on Tuesday at seven p.m. he found deceased was out. His miad was in a very peculiar state. He had had GREAT DOMESTIC TROUBLE, having lost a son a few months ago. He told witness he was going to Canterbury to commit suicide on his son's grave. Witneqp endeavoured to reason with him, but he was in such a state that much notice could not be taken of what he said. Evidence was given by employes at Pad- dington Station as to the finding of deceased, who was then apparently dead in the lava- tory of the departure side of the station. Dr. Deans; asEisant police divisional sur- geon, of Praed-street, deposed to having been called to see the deceased, who he found had died from hemorrhage caused by the sever- ing of the main artery on the left wrist. A constable deposed to being called to the station, and to fetching a doctor. He searched the body, and in the pocket of the deceased's coat found a knife. The instru- ment contained hail scissors, one blade- of which was blood-stained. Only 3Jd. in money was found on the deceased. The Coroner read a number of testimonials, which, he said, showed that the deceased, who had at one time practised in the West of London, was a man of some distinction in his profession- There were also found in his possession a number of applications for money, and that, coupled with the fact that only a few coppers were found on him, showed that he was in very low water. Evi- dently, at one time he had been a very able practitioner, but habits of intemperance had blasted him altogether. The jury returned a verdiot of "Suicide during temporary insswnity." IN SOUTH WALES PRACTICE. From further inquiries we find that papers found on the body gave an address near Cardiff, where Dr. Fox used to be in practice with another medi-cal man. Recently, bo-w- ever, he had lived at Canterbury. It is believed that Dr." Box mïlied"" at Owmbach, near Aberdare. up to abotú, eighteen months ago. From Cwmbacih he proceeded to Abertysswg, where he was en,gaged as a "scheme" doctor. He had always been of a roving disposition, and for some reason or other did not stay long in the district. His first visit to Aberdare was about ten years ago, when he was engaged as assistant to Dr. Llewellyn Rees. During this appointment he resided a.t Abercynon, and was regarded as a medioaj. officer of great skill

TRAGEDY AT A FEAST, BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM SHOT. ODESSA, Wednesday. Whilst e, wedding feast was in progtms in the village of Sukanatuban, near Tiflis, the house was raided by five armed and masked men, who opened are upon those present, with. the result that both the bride and "bridegroom were killed, while two men and two women guests were badly wounded, one of the latter, it is feared, mortally. The robbers then rifled the pockets of all attending the feeurt, including the killed and wounded, and decamped. The dispat-ch containing the above adds that the police are strongly suspected of hanring organised the oatrage.-CentraA News.

PHILADELPHIA RIOTS. + STRIKE-BREAKERS FIRE ON A CROWD. NEW YORK, Wednesday. Further fighting took place in the streets of Philadelphia yesterday, following upon stone-throwing by the strikers at the police and the strike-breakers who are maintaining the car service. After two or three men had been injured on the care, the strike-breakers commenced to use their revolvers, and poured several volleys into the crowd, with the result that three men and a young girl were shot a.nd badly injured. The infulristed strikers thereupon stolmodea number of the oars, and wholly wrecked thetm. There had been a further strike of 10,000 car employes out of sympathy with the present movement. --C-ent,ral News

THE ARREST OF. M. DUEZ. TWO OTHER ADMINISTRATORS UNDER SUSPICION. PARIS. Wednesday. The arrest of M. Duez, administrator of the estates of the religious congregations, has caused a deep eensation in the political world, and" is dealt with at length by all the papers this morning. The scandal is said not to be an isolated one. and two other administrators are reported to be under sus- picion of fraud. The "Echo de Paris" states that the malversations on which M. Dues is accused exceed £ 400,000.—Central News.

A RAILWAY MYSTERY. When the 1.35 train from Aahby ran into Burton-on-Trent on Wednesday afternoon a gentleman emerged from a compartment with his face bespattered with blood. It is stated that as the train passed over the viaduct over the River Trent there was a very loud report, and the glaes of the com- partment in which the gentleman referred to was seated was completely shattered, portions oong embedded in his face. An investig-ation into the circumstances wag at once made.

MAY YOHE AND HER HUSBAND. NEW YORK, Wednesday. A telegram from Oregon City states that Mrs. Strong, better known as Miss May Yohe. the once-famous vaudeville artiste, is suing for a divorce from her husband, Mr. P. E. Strong.—Central News.

COLLAPSE OF A GALLERY. ROM E, Wednesday. During the performance in a cinematograph theatre at San Benedetto, near Mantua, last night the gallery collapsed, carrying with it about eighty people. Two persons were crushed to death, but the others escaped with min/v— 7-n»r.T-w>c K — a -.——————-