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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED-] TO-DAY'S STOUT. "EVENING EXPRESS" NEW SERIES. A Mysterious Affair. COMPLETE. EXTRACT FROM A MORNING NEWSPAPER. "Strange Disappearance.—A gentleman named Mr. G. Arm&trong left No. 7, Alfred- street. Pentonville, where he liad been a, lodger, on Tuesday afternoon last, and has not since been heard of. He informed his landlady that he haa an appointment to keep, but that he would return at eight unlock that .evening. He did not, however, make his appearance the whole of that night nor the next day. and the woman, growing alarmed, communicated before nightfall with the police, who have since been strenuous in their efforts to find the missing gentleman—unfortunately ■tfj^to the present without success. It is stated that Mr. Armstrong was of eccentric habits, and it is feartd he may have committed suicide whilst suffering from temporary men- ftat derangement." EXTRACT FROM AN EVENING NEWSPAPER. „ "The Mysterious Affair at Pentonville-Pind- tag of the Body.—Early this morning the. re- mains of Mr. G. Armstrong—whose strange <Hsaepearahce was noticed by us in our issue of the 14th inst.-were found in a shrubbery off one of the walks in a secluded portion of B Park. Life. had apparently been extinct some three days. No mblk* of violence-were discoverable upon the body, nor had any valtv ab,teig-sucli as watch, chain, two Bank of Eng- land notes, etc.—disappeared, leading to the supposition that death was the result rather of suicide than of ,foul play at the hands of others. Yet. should this hypothesis prove cor- rect, by what means, ur under what circum- stances the deceased accomplished his end re- mains at present aii iosoiuWe enjjgma. for no iveapon. poison, nor any agent by which the deed could have been perpetrated has as yet come to light. An inquest will be held forth- with." "Verdict of the Coroner's Jury.—That de- ceased was found dead in B- Park on the morning of the 14th inst. But how or by what means he came by his death there is not sufficient evidence to show." EIGHT MONTHS AFTERWARDS. EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF DR. CHARLES BUTLER. "To-day I met with rather a strange adven- ture. I was walking down Oxford-street, and turned into Great Portland-street. wOOn I.,was attracted by a crowd. On inquiry I was in- formed that a gentleman had been run over by a hansom-cab. I pushed through the by* standers. who soon gave way before the magic words. 'I'm a medical man'—knowledge, it seems. has at times almost as much power as money. I at once perceived that the man's in- juries were severe, the wheel having passed over the chest, breaking three ribs, and caus- ing them to press dangerously on the lungs. I had him put on a police-stretcher and carried to the Middlesex, where I placed him in Brown's charge. (Lucky fellow. Brown, to 'have arrived at house-snrgeonship in a metro- politan hospital, while I have only achieved a small practice in a suburb!) The man looked to me to be a foreigner; hut. if so. he tpoke very good English. Seeing how knocked about the poor fellow was, I asked him if I could communicate with any of his friends. He seemed extremely grateful for the offer, and begged me to drive at once to two addresses he thereupon gave me, where I should find two of his most intimate friends. I was to tell them where he was and what had happened. and they would immediately accom- pany me to the hospital. I was unfortunately away fully an hour, and when I returned with the men I saw that a change had taken place, and that the patient had not long to live. I was desirous of leaving him with his friends while I talked with Brown at the farther end of the ward, but he kept hold of my hand, pressed it gratefully, and begged me not to leave him, so I remained by the bedside. The two friends now; Befit (ver the dying man. I heard him pronounce the one sentence, 'It is safe.' The next moment he -sank back and died." ONE YEAR AND TWO MONTHS AFTER. WARDS. NARRATIVE OF A SURVIVOR OF THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL BKSS. "All I can remember is this: I was asleep in I my bunk. A pretty high sea "had been running all the day, but-nothiasj-tf> signify. Suddenly I bear a tremendous crash. I was awake in a second. and the next I had rushed up the com- panion. It's all nonsense for people to tell you what takes place in a battle or a ship- wreck. I've been in both, and I know. They can only fell you what take? place close be- aide 'em, and no more. They haven't time to tee more. All I saw when I gets on deck was a bit ship right atop of us. and a boat in front of me being lowered. Someone sings out to me: 'Jump in here, man! The women and chil- dren's all right.' So in I jumps'. And then they began to lower. All at once something ■ went. wrong with the. _davits—I expect they were lowering away to quickly-and the who:e lot of us were suddenly Hung into the water. Tliere we were, all sprawling about like so many porpoises. Then someone threw a life- belt close to where I was. and I caught hold of it. Just then up swam another chap, and he hangs on too. It was a good-sized belt, and able to keep us both afloat. When we had re- covered breath we seemed to feel quite safe and easy for a bit—at least I did. Presently the other fellow says: 'If I should get washed liay from this, or get numbed, and so have .0 give way, you'll know for certain I shall be drowned. I'm a poor swimmer, and could never live in a sea like this. Now, if yon are saved, do me this favour: Go to No. 1U.Clarke-street, Chelsea, London-should they take you into that port—and ask for a man named Ivan Marcovitch. and tell him you saw the; mail with the sear 1 he'll- know whom you mean) die. And say to him besides-from me. 'It is safe." I promised I'd do as he- askedv 4. few minutes after a heavy sea rolled past us, and I heard him say 'I can't hold on.' Then a big wave struck us. and when I looked up again the man was gone. I never saw him again. I was picked up by a boat about half an hour after, as near as I can guess, and be- fore many hours passed we. were shipped on board a vessel bound for London. Of course, its soon as I got a bit recovered. I went to No. 11, Clarke-street. Chelse-i. and. sure enough, there I found Mr. Marcovitch. I gave him the message a3 told me by the man I saw drown. He said nothing; only-heaved a deep sigh. But I could see by RTs fá"ce Hte was ferf iblycttt up." ONE YEAR AFTERWARDS. The room is nearly dark, the sole flight, a candle, surrounded by a red, perforated shade, imparting to the room a dull lurid hue. On a. bed lies a manv dying. On one side stands a gentleman of gr#«e*andk qoitit alien. On. the other a priest of ttJe "Greek ChurA. hokKng *n Nii hand a silver crucifix. The dying man C'\oe!l.ks '*1 am departing from the custom of our Church, am I not. Father Spiridon, in making I my last confession before-a magistrate as well as a 'pope'? But I want the facts I am about to relate to be made known, and this would not. of course. be the case were I to commu- nicate the-n to you alone. "M.:Tie is but a short confession, yet I feel I have hardly the strength tc make it without the aid of a stimulant. Be so good as to hand me the smaller bottle of those two. Mr. Ave- line. (tne half the wine-glass is the proper dose. Thank you I feel stronger now for the moment. "Now to my story. "You nanember the execution of the Czar of Russia—assassination you would call it; but we will not quarrel about terms. Several per- sons. as you may suppose, were implicated in the -.vorfc—foreign internationalists, as well ps Nihilists proper—though this latter fact is not gener.tlly known. The affair was generally thought to have been the result of Russian conspiricy alone. As a matter of fact, all who wc.-e interested in the cause of Freedom I found adherents in a society which had for its object t!*? ridding the world of a despot. You j will be surprised if I tell you we had even Englishmen among us. And this brings me near the subject of my deposition. "One of these Englishmen was named Andrews—you do not recognise the name? Probably he was more familiar to you under .the alias. George Armstrong. You may, per- I haps, recollect that George Armstrong's body was found under suspicious circumstances in i B- Park about three years ago. and that at tthe inqueut subsequently held an open ver- dict was returned. '•Well, I may now inform yon that this same George Armstrong was what you would call murdered. "The manner of his death came about thus; "As I have already told you, our society wAb pretty cosmopolitan, though naturally the large majority of us were Russian Nihilists. 'Among our raimber was George Andrews; hs | was a clever linguist, and could converse—

Evening Express" r Specials- T.HISWEEK'Stlflt;' THURSDAY.—Famous Criminals: The Glanr raeth .Murder. A Carmarthenshire Tragedy FRIDAY. — Forward Play," by Mr. DANIEl'-L, of the English International XV

Passing Pleasantries. Doctor: Ah. you m,flch, better to-day. You followed my prescription exactly? Patient: No. doctor, I couldn't; it blejv out of the window. I Miss Freeman: Why. I thought you knew her. She lives in the same square with you. Miss Hautton: Perhaps, but she does not move in the same circle. Mistress: Are you not rather small for a iurse ? Nurse: No, indeed, madam. The children lon't fall so far when I drop them! i. 4 ► ■■ "I think I've heard of one man who died of pa-sickness." "Heavens! I hope I won't!" "Oh! You're not very bad, or you wouldn't are whether you'd die or not!" 'Twas said by a whig That a man with a gig Enjoyed a clear claim to gentility. But a man who would now Win the parvenu's bow Must belong to the automobility. Reporter: Can I see Miss Bouncer? Servant*: She's out, sir. Reporter: One of the family, then? Servant: All out. sir. Reporter: Well, wasn't there a fire here last night? Servant: Yes; but that's out, too. For two hours a fashionable lady kept the draper exhibiting his goods, and at the end of that period she sweetly asked: "Are you sure you have shown me everything you have?" "No. madam." said the draper, "I have yet an old account in my ledger I'll gladly show you." He did not need to show any more.

Vanishing Cardiff. I HOSTEL NAMES OF THE PAST. To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir,-When Friend Evans was in St. Mary- street he did not mention the Neptune Inn, kept by Mr. James Lee, a shipwright by trade. It stood about where Mr. Jenkins, the tailor's shop is to-day. As Mr. Evans says he has forgotten the Caroline-street pubs., let us walk up there, ana then up the Hayes and Trinity-street, and back to the Hayes Bridge. First, the Cambrian Hotel, then, a few doors up on the same side, the Black Bull, kept by Mr. Stevens, a few doors on the Bee Hive, kept by Mrs. Hole, and, as a bit of an. invitation to enter, there was the following in gilt words on the wire blind: In this hive we are all alive. Good liquor makes us funny; So, if you are dry, step in and try The flavour of our honey. Next door is the Neptune Inn, then kept by Mr. William Hannam. who, up to the time of his death, enlisted more men than any other recruiting sergeant in South Wales. Next to that was the Bristol Arms (it might have been the Happy Return previous, but I only remember it by the Bristol Arms), kept by Mrs. Price. Next door again was George IV. Inn, and still next door the Welcome Home Inn. On the other side now stands the King's Cross, but at the time I am speaking of it was a grocer's shop. Round in the Hayes was the Duke of Wellington. Then, before you came to the Pavilion of to-day (the Duke of Cornwall of old), Mr. Evans has left out the Colliers' Arms (I believe that was the name). It stood between the chapel and the now entrance to the arcade. Going on from the Paviiiou we come to the Royal George, and then the rising Sun, kept by Mr. Da vies, and next on in Trinity-street the Fountain Inn, on a part of Mr. Proger's premises of to-day. Further on the Wheat Sheaf, taken in by Mr. Howell's establishment, and next the Market Tavern, as it is to-day. Coming back, we pass the old Royal Hotel on the corner of Trinity-street, and, going on to Wording-street, we have the White Horse (now Fulton's), then the Car- penters' Arms (now the Oxford), then the Bunch of Grapes I think (now the Volunteer), then the Plougii and New Inn. In those days the latter was a little, old-fashioned house. From that to the Hayes Bridge I stood the Waterloo buildi.Q.g% (now the Sttfart- hall), where we boys used to put down our halfpennies on the tables that stood outside the old shop:, and turp. tho big needle round, hoping for it to stop at the biggest piece of rock that was placed round on it. And now, without going over the Hayes Bridge, one more, and I have done. Only a few yards into old Mill-lane and in a yard (you may call it) there was a pub. kept by a Mr. -Yard. I have penned this after reading Mr. Evans's sixth letter, so. if I have forgotten any in these streets, perhaps some other old Cardiff "boy" will put us right.-I am, &c.. C. H. QUICK. 16, Clive-road, Canton, October 24. [Mr. Charles Ifevana# firsf letter on the story of Cardiff- street names will appear in the Evening Express to-morrow (Thursday).—Ed. E. E."]

LLANDAFF FIELDS. To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir_To what uses will Llandaff Fields be put next? I ask because this morning I was witness to a most cruel and disgusting sight. Hearing the barking of dogs, I passed through a, hedge, and there saw men and degs engaged in rabbit coursing. One of them was holding on to two dogs, while the other ran in front with a rabbit, giving it a start of some 25 or 30 yards. The dogs would then be let loose, and the chasing began. Eventually the rabbit was collared by both dogs, who tore and pulled at the poor creature until the men ran-up to them. The rabbit, which was still alivB, was taken up and held by its hind legs and given a couple of blows on the back of its head. I sew three rabbits thus killed. Surely this is a sufficient cause to secure better control for the fields. Even now at nights it is often dis- gusting to pass through them, but at- eight o'clock in the morning to have such affairs as I have described take place is most revolting. -I am. &c., J. S. BROWNE. Oct. 30.

COLLISION IN THE THAMES. At ten minntes to five this morning a large steamer, which was proceeding light down the Thames, collided with a timber-laden steamer. which was moored at the buoys off Grafesend. The extent of the damage and the names of the vessels had not been ascertained ashore up to six o'clock this morning.

ANOTHER STEEL COMBINE. It is rumoured m Ohio that the greatest steel corporation in the world will be arga- niasd in the beginning of next year. The "Cleveland Leader" says that the independent companies, who refused offers from the United States Steel Corporation, the billion-dollar trust organised by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, will be in the new concern, together with those manufacturers who sold out. Mr. H. C. Frick. Mr. Carnegie's former partner, will. it is said. be the president of the new corpora- tion. of which the capital is stated to be two bi'lions.

Southend Sensation. MYSTERY PARTIALLY SOLVED. The Southend mystery is a mystery no longer-at least, so far as the identity of one of the victims is concerned. It has been ascertained beyond doubt that the man who was found drowned, tied to a young woman, is Mr. Aubrey Cornwall Halfpenny, of Leyton- stone. He was one of the chief sorters at the General Post Office, where he had been employed for fifteen years. His brothers are also the, e. Halfpenny was separated from his wife. About eighteen months ago. in conse- quence of a letter the lady found in her hus- band's pocket, from a married woman in Devonshire, she refused to live with him any longer. Since the separation Aubrey has lived with his brother at Ferndale-road, L-sytonstone, allowing: his wife 15s. a week. Latterly he stayed out very late at nights, and his friends think it probable that there was another girl in the case. The deceased man contracted the Devon- shire liaison about five years ago. whilst he was a travelling sorter. It is understood that he and the lady were very fond of each other. Halfpenny left his brother's house at twenty minutes to seven on Friday morning, apparently to go to the office, but he never turned up. The next definite news of him was conveycd on a post-card received by his brother yesterday, sa ying,' Whcn you get this I shall be in the land of theunknown. The card concluded with a request that they would burn all letters ana. papers belonging to him. On receipt of the card his brother hurried away to the scene of the tragedy, and identified the body. He was unable to speak as to the woman, but it is believed she is the lady to whom reference has been made. On Saturday a letter arrived from Devon- shire. saying the lady was very ill, as a result of his cruel treatment of her—so ill that ehe would. be unable to read his letters; but she was coming to town to see him and face him once w-, re. The only mctive that has been suggested is a very insufficient explanation of the double suicide. It is that Halfpenny was worried by the fact that his payments to his wife were in arrears.

THE CHARGE AGAINST AN I ADMIRALTY CLERK. At Bow-street Police-court, London, yester- day, Walter Marston, a junior clerk at the f Ai'miraltv, living with his parents at Allfarthing-lane, Wandsworth, was charged on remand (before Mr. Maraham) with steal- ing a test letter addressed to Lieutenant Har- land. The facts of the case have already been reported. Detective-inspector Bowyers was re-called for cross-examination. He stated that, in conse- quence of letters having been stolen at the Admiralty, he made up a test packet, con- taining postal orders, a setter, and a circular. Th.? Lieutenant Harland to whom the packet was addressed was in the Army, and, of course, the prisoner wou d not find his name in the Navy list. He sent the letter as a test, and with the object of detecting the thief. It would net have been a. trap or a temptation to a bonest man. Detective-sergeant Ward gave evidence as to finding c-n. i table at which the prisoner had been sitting at his parents' house forty-six letters, addressed to naval officers, which had been sent to the Admiralty to be forwarded to various naval stations. Five or six of them us n' had been opened and re-sealed. The prisoner was committed for trial on all the charges, rw application to admit him to bail being refused.

WAR CORRESPONDENT BANISHED. Mr. Joseph Herrings, a German by birth, but now a naturalised American, who acted as war correspondent for the New York "Staats Zeitung" in Cuba in 1898, and for other American journals during the recent opera- tions in China, has received notice of expul-

SOCCER CODE. Hafod Association Team. A biography and half-tone photograph of the captain of Hafod "Soccer" team will appear in the Evening Express" of to-morrow (Thursday):

sion from Prussia. The notice was first served in July last on the ground of alleged evasion of military service in 1885, for which Mr. Herrings Was sentenced to a month's imprisonment after he had left the country. The sentence was annulled by the Bavarian Government under an amnesty of 1896, but the Prussian police now take the ground that the amnesty only cancelled the punishment, and not the offence, and they have accordingly ordered Mr. Herrings to quit the kingdom before November 1. The banished correspon- dent, who was on board the gunboat Islis during the bombardment of the Taku forts, was the first man wounded on the German side in that engagement.

FALL OF ROOF. Collier Killed at Gilfach Goch, About nine o'clock this morning a young man of about twenty years of age, named Joshua Bonner, living with his widowed mother at Sherwood-terrace, was killed almost instanUy by a fall in the Britannia Steam Pit, Gilfach Goch. #

Athletic Notes. TO-NIGHT'S 'COURT-MARTIAL.' Winfield Selected to Play for Midland Counties. I [By "FORWARD."] To-day's lighting-up time for cyclists: 5.40. Treherbert will pass through the final stages of their court-martial this evening, and the whole football world is looking forward with I eagerness and interest to the verdict of the Welsh Union tribunal. The expulsion of Aber- aman as a junior club did not cause any great flutter outside the Aberdare and Rhondda Valleys, and especially the latter district. To the Rhondda clubs is pointed the finger of sus- picion at the present time, and the future of the game there is wrapped up largely in what- ever decision will be come to this evening. lot is not uncommon to hear predictions of a regular upheaval or revolution once the powder is in the lire, and if the sweeping process is begun it will have to be carried right through the valley. The popular cry is that there is not a single club free from the taint of professionalism. I If this be true, then all the greater reason I why the Welsh Union should face the question boldly. It is assumed that some of the members of the union committee, as represen- tatives of those Rhondda. clubs, dare not act fearlessly and honestly. I will not discuss that aspect of the question beyond saying plainly that from what. I know of those gentlemen per- sonally they are as anxious to stamp out the evil as any other member of the union, and I believe they will have the courage of their convictions right through the whole of the unpleasant business. But, supposing that they play an unfair game, it must be remem- bered that there are other members of the union, and thsy constitute the majority, who will not stoop to any conduct having the sem- blance of dishonesty. It must be either pro- fessionalism or amateurism in Welsh football, I and the sport must be rid of hypocrisy, what- ever may be the result. So that nothing should obscure, I hope that Messrs. Rees and Chap- pell will accept the invitation of the com- mittee to say what they know of this Ponty- pridd and Treherbert affair. It will be equally unjust to both clubs to keep anything back which affects the points at issue. Dave Wallace and Ivor Thomas, of Ynyshir, were to have met at the Merthyr Circus on Monday next to contest the best of ten rounds with gloves for a substantial prize. A couple of days ago the promoters of the affair received an intimation from the Merthyr police that they would not allow the bout to take place, and, consequently, it had to be abandoned. The action of the police is the subject of criticism among the "fancy." H. B. Winfield. the Cardiff captain, has been chosen to play full-back for the Midland II Counties in their next county engagement, while Bryce, of Aberavon, will again don the Somerset jersey against Cornwall. It is the hope of Midlanders that Winfield will accept the position, as they are in a bit of a corner for a class custodian. Winfield, being qualified by birth, was given a unanimous invitation by the Midland clubs, Leicester and Moseley being his sponsors. Winfield may be relied upon to do justice to whatever county or club he plays for. Swansea pressmen who visited Cardiff on Saturday discovered before they had got home that they had two or three grievances. One was the method adopted in giving out tickets and the inadequacy of the arrangements in I passing a large crowd of people through the gates. The other was the weakness of the referee, especially in allowing the Cardiff halves to play so much on the wrong side of the scrimmage. The answer to the first is that I no one anticipated the record gate of 30,000, assuming that estimate to be correct. If the Swansea folk had .sent word to say that they were coming up in such force preparations might have been made accordingly, but as there were no bones broken, and seeing that so many of them skipped over the walls with- out troubling the men in the pay boxes, they have nothing much to grumble about. Then, with regard to ttie refereeirig, I must say that Carde made himself open to the charge of off-side tactics, but his side was penalised about half-a-dozen times for it. I see that Freelance," of the Post," claims that W. Joseph scored a try just at the close of the first half, when he is said to have planted the ball on the line. Joseph admits himself that it was on; and not over, the line lie grounded the ball. For this reason the referee ordered a scrum five yards out. The Post man argues that Mr. James thus gave himself away, .wlfich means that he did not act up to the rules. I have looked up the rule as it appears in the latest edition of the Welsh Union handbook, and my reading of it leads me to believe that the referee was right and that Freelance la-wrong. This is the exact wording of the clause relating to the scoring of a try:—" A try is gained by the player who first puts liis hand on the ball on the ground I in his opponents' in-goal." The wording is much more stupid than it need be, but there it is, and the words "in his opponents' in-goal" mean over the line. and not on the line. if they mean anything at all. It must be that Freelance had no rule book handy when I he wrote. Besides, one can allow for a little natural soreness when the ball is planted on I the line, and when Freelance was so ter- ribly keen on Swansea winning.

The Captive Missionary. MISS STONE IN A HAREM. New York, Wednesday.—The Sofia, correspon- dent of the "Journal" cables that the Bul- garian authorities declare that Miss Stone is at present in a Macedonian harem, and dressed in Turkish costume. Negotiations for her release are actively proceeding at Dub- nitza. The brigands, however, only responded when they learned that three different parties had been sent out to open communication with them. Ex-brigands and friends of the kid- nappers a.re now falling over each other in the scramble to be commissioned to negotiate with Miss Stone's captors, their only object, of course, being a substantial reward. Consul- General Dickenson yesterday left for Samakov to assist the missionaries there in the arrange- ments for Miss Stone's release. The American Legation at Constantinople is now in com- munication with a representative of the bandits, who are said to be willing to accept I considerably less than the original demand for ransom. The Bulgarian troops have fruit- lessly searched the Rila Monastery, near the Turkish frontier, where the brigands and fugi- tives from justice usually flee for asylum.- Central News.

EXTENSIVE JEWEL THEFTS. An Alleged Receiver on Trial at Manchester. At Manchester City Police-court yesterday an elderly man, named Robert Scanlan, who gave an address in Lytham-road, Blackpool, was charged on remand with receiving about JMOO worth of fitolen jewellery. In January last Mr. Melhuish, commercial traveller from Messrs. Murrie, Bennett, and Company, jewellers, of Cliarterliouse-square, London, was waiting on some clients in Glasgow, when his kit bag, containing various articles of jewellery, was stolen from the porter's barrow. From information which reached the Man- chester police Detective-sergeant Smith appre- hended at Blackpool the prisoner Scanlon, who, when shown certain articles of jewellery, said he had bought them from a man in Man- chester, whom he did not know. He informed the detective that he had paid for them at different times. Afterwards he said he would make a clean breast of the matter, as he was not going to stand the racket. He had not made a single penny out of the transaction, and was not aware until recently where the jewellery came from. JaTies Rainford, c-eneral dealer and mer- chant, of Fennel-street, Manchester, stated that he bought £ 54 wortvi of jewellery, consisting of gold bracelets, from the prisoner on Feb- ruary 3. He had krown the prisoner for 30 years as a dealer in jewellery. Prisoner was remanded for further inquiries to be made.

AFFAIRS IN CHILI. Santiago de Chili, Tuesday.—'The report pub- lished in London that Chili was preparing to mobilise her army is unfounded. The state- ment probably originated in the arrangements made for training recruits. It is stated offi- cially that a few battalions are about to be moved, probably to the Central Valley, but, in any case, they will not be sent anywhere near the territory which is the subject of dispute with Argentina.-Reuter.

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Newfoundlanders from the Royal .^iaval Reserve. St. John's, Tuesday,—The Admiralty has enlisted a further batch of 50 men here from the Naval Reserve. The men will ttvke part in the winter cruise of the Charybidis in the Caribbean Sea. Over 200 men offered them- selves for enlistment, but there was only room for 50.-Central News.

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aye, and co rreapojul. tco-in nearly all thf European lar guages. so wa# very useful to the section to which he belonged. I. myself, did not know the man personally, for I was a member of a different section from his; and it was not infrequently the case that members of one division were total strangers to those of another-nay. two Nihilists- might be sitting at the same ta.b¡é at a restaurant, and neither be aware that the other was engaged in the self-same work as himself. Secrecy was the motto of our movement. "What follows is historical. The plot was successful—the Czar died. Before long, how- ever. several of oar comrades began to be arrested. How, in the midst of such profound secrecy, could the names of so many of the conspirators have transpired? Treachery- must he at work. It did not take long to dis- r cover the offender. I am proud to say that the informer is a weed of almost purely Western growth—appears, indeed, to be in- digenous to what you, with exquisite irony, call your 'Umted' Kingdom. This, too, in the face of Ireland forming part-of your confede- ration! The rule held good in this instance- the traitor proved to be British-born. No other than tcis very George Andrews. "Upon discovery of this fact by the society, I received a message-veiled, I need not say. in language that no one cottld suspect-to track the man out, and, when found, kill him. "The reet of the story is too long to relate in detail. It must suffice to say that, after searching inquiries. I learnt that Andrews, alias Armstrong, having performed his in- former's work, had returned, under Russian Government pay, to his native land. Thither I was instructed to follow him. Further. I was ordered to repair on a certain day to a certain house in Westminster, and there to hire two rooms. Both commands I faithfully executed, and had not been in my apartments more than an hour when first one gentleman—a Russian—and then another—a German—called Russian-and then another—a German-called on me. Through a sign, we discovered that we were all members of the same organisation; and. what was more" it soon became known to us that we were all bent on the same errand. "Our plan was to separate and work singly, meeting at stated times in different parts of London to report progress. It was several days befoie we had anything of importance to communicate to each other. At last one cf my comrades—one Johann Golnitz, the Ger- man—informed us that our man was found, and thereupon furnished me with his address. J "The rest was plain-sailing. Through a cleverly-conceived scheme, by which it was < represented that 'one of us was an emissary of the Russian secret police, we were able to < lure the fellow to one of the outskirts of your I huge metropolis. Here he was met by me, and readily yielded to my suggestion that our con- versation should take place over a cigar :n the park hard-by. Of course our plans were fully arranged and mapped out even to the minutest detail. After a time I led the man Andrews to a retired part of the verdant and thickly-wooded enclosure. It was an hour when few were about—indeed, we appeared to have that quarter of the park entirely to our- selves. Suddenly lie was seized from behind by one, a chlofbform-pad held over his mouth ty another, and an evanescent poison—I pur- posely withhold its name-applied to the nos- trils by a third. A moment after he was diagged senseless into the adjoining shrub- bery, and watched. A very few minutes, and all was over-the work was accomplished. "We had that day. however, sworn a solemn oath, the terms of which were as follows: Never to confess to the murder—if such you wou.d call it—not even on the death-bed of any one of us. till such time as the last survivor of the three should know of a certainty that his last hour had come. One of my comrades—the man who was appointed to seize Andrews—died first-run over in the public streets nearly-three years ago; he sent for us to the hospital where he lay, and told us our secret was safe.. The next-the man who applied the pad—was drowned at sea, and sent me a message that lie, too, died without divulging. "I who speak am the last survivor, and, as divulging. "I who speak am the last survivor, and, as the doctor has informed me I cannot last out the night. I thus relieve my conscience, and prevent the possibility of a fellow-man being charged at any time with that for which we three conspirators were alone responsible. "If we. by slaying an informer, have usurped the function of One who has said 'Vengeance j is Mine,' we have bitterly repaid our inter- j ference with the divine attribute. Two of us have died violent deaths, while I am struck) down by consumption before even I have reached the age of twoscore years." As Ivan Marcovitch" concluded his confes- sion. a violent fit of coughing overcame him, lasting some minutes. When this was over the man sank back exhausted on his pillow, and the death-pallor overspread his cheeks. "Haste—fetch the doctor!" cried the priest in alarm; "a change is even now coming over him." "No r-se, Father Spiridon," replied the magistrate grarely; "the man is dead!"