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ASSASSINATION OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA. I ANARCHIST CRIME. GRIEF OF THE EMPEROR. UNIVERSAL SYMPATHY. On Saturday evening the whole of the civilised world was startled by the intelligence that the Em- press of Austria, who is well known in this country AS a dashing huntswoman, had been stabbed to death at Geneva. Her Majesty had been in weak health for some time past, and after a stay of a few weeks at Bad Nauheim with no greatly beneficial effect, she had one to Caux in the hope of there finding the re- invigoration which the visit to Nauheim had but barely afforded. On Friday of last week her Majesty paid a visit to Geneva, accompanied by her suite. Unfortunately she travelled in strict incognito, and no intimation of her visit was given officially to the Swiss autho- rities. It thus happened that no special escort or guard of any kind was told off to protect the Empress. The Imperial Suite left Geneva on Satur- day morning to proceed to Caux by rail, her Majesty's wish being to travel by steamer, accompanied only by a Maid of Honour and a manservant. The Empress had just left the Hotel Beau Rivage. where she had been staying, and had walked as fai as the Brunswick Monument on her way to the Steamboat Quay when an Italian Anarchist named Luccesi rushed forward and stabbed her with an iastrument which is believed to have been a sharp three cornered file. Her Majesty fell under the violent blow, but rose almost immediately GO her feet, and, with the assistance of those %t hand, went on board the steamer. She then fainted, and as she did not recover consciousness -he steamer, which had left the quay in the mean- time. was put back, and the Empress was carried ashore and into the hotel on a hastily-improvised gtretcher. Doctors and a priest were at once sum- moned, but all efforts towards restoration were unavailing, and her Majesty expired within a brief time of her arrival at the hotel. The murderer, who had meanwhile been captured, showed the utmost callousness, and even boasted of his crime. He is said to have declared that he came to Geneva t'l search for the Duke of Orleans, but failing to find this victim, he resolved to seek another in the Empress, of whose arrival he heard casually. The Emperor Francis Joseph was overwhelmed with grief when the terrible news was conveyed to him through the agency of his Ministers. Expressions of horror at the terrible crime and of sympathy with the bereaved Emperor have been de- spatched to Vienna by Queen Victoria, the German Emperor, and nearly all the other Rulers of Europe, and the President of the United States. EMPRESS UNAWARE OF HER WOUND. The Empress's lady-in-waiting, Countess Szapary, who was with the Empress, describes the details thus We arrived in Geneva on Friday at noon, the Empress being desirous to revisit the town which she was much pleased with last year. She took long walks on the shore of the lake, visited Baroness Rothschild's gardens, and the public park. On Saturday we were to return by steamer via Territet to Caux, the Empress preferring to go by steamer and allowing the suite to go by rail. The steamer was to leave at two. The Empress was in excellent spirits and per- fectly well. At half-past one we left the hotel, walk- ing along the quay Mont Blanc slowly side by side. Suddenly I noticed a man coming at a fast step from the lake up to the Empress. He came round a tree that stood between him and us, his foot slipped and he made a plunge forward, stretching out his hand, as I thought, to regain his equilibrium. He then ran away. I did not notice that he touched the Empress. As I looked her way I saw her sink down, and caught her in my arms, asking if she felt any pain. The Empress answered, I do not know. I think I feel a pin in my chest." It must be fright, I said. Will your Majesty take my arm ?" The Empress straightened herself, saying, No, thank you." I tried to support her, but she walked firmly. We went on board, where the Empress asked me if she was pale. I answered in the affirmative, adding, It is through excitement." The Empress sank upon a seat losing conscious- aess. I thought she was suffering from an attack of aerves, never dreaming of an attempt upon her life. Several ladies on board helped me to attend the un- conscious Empress. It all happened so quickly that aobody could suspect what had been done. I saw no weapon in the man's hand. As the ladies opened her bodice, we saw no blood. When her dress was open 3he recovered and rose to her feet, saying in a clear voice. Tell me what has happened?" She did not »peak after that, but sank back again, became deadly pale, and breathed hard and harder. In the meantime the steamer had left the shore. I ked the captain to turn back. By the time we landed the Empress had lost consciousness. She wa3 carried to the hotel, and laid on a bed where she died after a few minutes. I am positive she did not know she had been murdered. Only when her dress had been entirely removed did the blood and wound aecome visible. WHY THE DEED WAS DONE. According to fresh information, the assassination was the result of a plot hatched by Italian anarchists. It appears that Luccesi was prosecuted by the authorities of Bologna for inciting citizens to riot and revolt. Having been implicated in the dis- turbances at Milan he had been expelled from Italy and had taken refuge at Zurich. He belonged to the Anarchist group of Lugano. An Anarchist meeting had been held in the basement of a beershop at Zurich, a large number of Italian Anarchists, Luccesi among them, being present. Seven of these Anarchists, including Luccesi, were chosen to assassinate one of the sovereigns of Europe, and more especially the King of Italy. A French detective who was present is said to have in- formed the French Minister for Foreign Affairs of these proceedings. The Minister at once warned the Italian Government, and, as a result, the King was very closely guarded while in France very strict measures were taken for the protection of President Faui-e. A week ago another meeting was held at Zurich, the same anarchists being present. The seven who had been appointed not being able to accomplish their mission, were treated as cowards or as being connected with the police. Exasperated by these taunts, Luccesi said "Well, since it is so, you will see that I am not a coward. I must do something. I will kill someone: it does not matter who." He then left Zurich and went to Basle in search of a victim. Thence he proceeded to Geneva, where the Crime was committed. THE POST MORTEM. The Police Commissary at Geneva placed himself at the complete disposal of the Austro-Hungarian Minister. Doctors Reverdin, Megevaud. and Mayor Golday, the doctors entrusted with the examination of the Empress's wound on behalf of the judicial authori- ties, arrived at the Hotel Beau Rivage at eight o'clock on Sunday morning, but the investigation was post- poned until eleven o clock and afterwards until two in the afternoon.. In the meantime, the Emperor Francis Joseph had telegraphed to the Austro-Hungarian Minister giving his consent to a post-mortem examination, and at two o'clock this was accordingly proceeded with. The doctors found that death had been caused by internal hemorrhage from a triangular incised wound. They decided that the Empress's injury left no room for the supposition that her Majesty, who suffered from weakness of the heart, had succumbed simply to the shock caused by the blow. ILL-FATED HAPSBURG3. The house of Hapsburg is remarkable as being one of the most unfortunate of reigning families. The Crown Prince d;ed at Mayerlcng in 1889 under romantic and sadly tragic circumstances. The Duchess D'Alencon, sister of the Empress Elizabeth, was burnt to death in Paris last year. The Emperor Maximilian of Mexico lost his throne end was shot at Querctaro in 1867. The Archduke Johann, who dropped his ducal title and served as a common seaman, was drowned off the coast of Brazil. The Archduchess Matilda was accidentally burnt tc death. Prince Louis of Trani committed suicide by throw- ing himself into the sea. The Archduke Laislaus was shot while hunting. To these must be added the fate of two cousins of:, the Empress, King Louis II. of Bavaria, who com-, minted suicide, and the present King Otto, who is Oenfined in a lunatic asylum. THE MURDERED EMPRESS. The Empress Ei znbeth of Austria was the daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria. The Ducal House of Bavaria is a branch of the Royal House, and like the latter claims descent from the Counts ol Wittlesbach which flourished in the 12th century. Duke Maximilian I. of Bavaria was elevated to th\ rank of Elector of the Holy Roman Empire in ths > Thirty Years' War and Elector Maximilian Joseph was raised to f. wnk of King by Napoleon let ia 1805. she marr.. he Emperor of Austria in 1854; and they had thr-e children, Prince Leopold of Bavaria being the eldest. The Axotiduke- Budolf, heir to the Austria Crown, co:nr..itt"d it—•<* J fomantic circumsiaaces. The third clr.la thi 1 Archduchess Marie Valeria, who was horn in lFf The tragedy of the Crown Princes death > y.-f wei! in the public memory. He was fotind sli./l ::i tin* beginning of 1889 at his hunting lodw at jleyt-iiny. and the tremendous shock coiitr,o" t,, to linudv shatter the health of his mother. Racked by rheu- matism, she becamo a valetudinarian, wandering from cure to cure, and indulging rnwy eccentricities The finest testimony to the Empress's character wan given by the Emperor himself in tho bitter year 1889. When the deputation from Tn-vver House ap- peared before him to express »h~ empathy of th", whole country in the JCniperor"- grv-v- tcr the loss c his the Monarch said: t-nuch I-La vet.< thank my dearly beloved wife, *i>n press, in thegi* sorrowful days, what a comfos-i and support she has been to me, I cannot describe, nor ijweil upor. with sufficient warmth. I do not know how to thank Heaven enough that such a helpmate was given to Il1 r." In August, 1853, the Austrian Emperor made his customary journey to Ischl, there to keep his birth- day in domestic privacy. On this occasion hir mother, the Archduchess Sophia, gave a small ball. Among the guests then at Ischl was the Duchess Louise cf Bavaria, with her two elder daughters, Helena and Elizabeth. Francis Joseph desired that they, too, should be asked to the family party. The Duchess accepted for herself and Princess Helena, but refused for Princess Elizabeth, on the plea that she was not yet out, and that, further, they bad brought no dress in which she could appear. But the Emperor, who had already been charmed by a brief view of his young cousin, insisted, and would take no excuse, saying, in his simple, good-natured way, that the simplest of dresses, with a coloured rose in her hair, would suffice to make his pretty cousin Queen of the Feast. Upon this the mother yielded. It is related that the Emperor danced almost exclusively with her the whole evening, which naturally attracted attention. Towards midnight tea was served. During this pause the Emperor and Princes approached a table un which lay a huge album containing a collection of pictures of the various national costumes to be found in the 18 States of Austria. The Emperor turned over its pages, showing them to his partner. "They are my subjects." he said. Say one word, and you shall equally reign over them." The Princess, who, it must be remembered. had known the Emperor already as a child, in lieu of any answer, placed her hand in the hand he held out towards her. Later," he said, I will give you your betrothal bouquet." And, indeed during the cotillion, Francis Joseph presented his future wife with a magnificent bouquet of those curious white soft Alpine flowers, the edelweiss, which he had gathered himself in his intrepid rambles among the hills. Next day at ten o'clock, an Imperial carriage already stood at the door of the hotel where the Duchess of Maximilian was staying. Is the Princess Elizabeth up ?" the Emperor asked of the man in waiting. Yes, sire, but is dressing." No matter, I will go to the duchess." And then and there he asked for Princess Elizabeth's hand. Half an hour after the whole Imperial family present in Ischl assembled in the little parish church, and here, to the strains of Haydn's popular national hymn, the betrothal of the Emperor of Austria with Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria was celebrated with all solemnity. THE ASSASSIN'S CONDUCT. On arriving at the Geneva Police Station the prisoner Lucchini declared that he was an Anarchist without meanw, and that his animosity was only directed against the rich. On being interrogated by the examining magistrate in the presence of three members of the Cantonal Government, the Public Prosecutor, the Secretary of the Department of Justice, and the Police Commis- sary, Lucchini pretended that he did not understand French and refused to reply. On his pockets being searched his military pass- book was found showing that he was enrolled in the army at Parma, that his name was Luigi Lucchini, and that he was born on April 21, 1873, in Paris though of Italian parents. THE LYING-IN-STATE. The body of the Empress Elizabeth, robed in white, was laid at Geneva on Monday morning in the triple coffin in which it will be taken to Vienna. The coffin, which is lined with a profusion of white satin, was then placed in a saloon converted for the time into a chapelle ardente. Near the bier is a prie-Dieu, on which are a rosarj and a cross. The floor is covered with a black carpet with flakes of silver, and the walls are draped with black cloth relieved by silver stars. Nuns, sent by the Bishop of Fribourg. kneel beside the coffin. The adjoining rooms are filled with wrearhs of flowers, of which a great number have come from Geneva itself. Most of them are tied with red and yellow or yellow and black ribands. The foreign officers attending the military manoeuvres here have all sent wreaths. The doctors found that the assassin's weapon had penetrated over 3 1-3 inches, and had completely pierced the heart, the point having come out on the other side. That the Empress was, nevertheless, able to walk the 40 or 50 yards to the steamer can only be ascribed to her natural energy and will power. The wound made was very small, measuring only about l-6in. across. The file, which was found on the threshold of an unfurnished house in the Rue des Alpes, bears no trace of blood upon it. Its total length is 6 inches, 1 2 the blade being a little under 4in. The handle was a. round piece of wood roughly fitted on to the metal. The assassin declared that he had thrown away his weapon while passing the Brunswick Garden. The police, however, believe that the file was the actual instrument of murder. LUCCHINI'S ANTECEDENTS. Lucchini was taken to the Anthropometrical Insti- tute at Geneva on Monday, where he was measured and photographed. In the course of a further examination the pri- soner repeated that he was born in Paris, but had never known either his father or mother. At the age of 10 he left the charity school at Parma and ob- tained work as an unskilled labourer. At 20 he per- formed his military service, and on leaving the regi- ment he obtained a situation as valet de chambre to the Prince of Aragon, but only remained in that ser- vice for three months. Anarchist ideas begain to gain possession of his mind, and prevented his remaining in a state of servitude longer. In 1894 the hazard of a life of adventure brought him to Budapest, where he saw the late Empress for the first time. Miserable and out of work, he applied to the Italian consul to be repatriated, and was sent back to Italy from Fiuine. Lucchini's account of his subsequent wanderings was not very precise, but be seemed to have gone from place to place. It was during his stay at Lausanne that he bought outside an old curiosity shop the file with which he perpetrated the crime. He declared that he had not at that time any preconceived idea. He himself made the clumsy white wood handle fitted to the weapon. In prison Lucchini boasted of his terrible deed, and indited a letter to the Don Marzio, a journal of Milan, expressing a fear that he might be taken for one of the mentally deficient persons classified by the theories of Professor Lombroso. Dilating upon the objects of militant Anarchism, he says in the same letter: It is, above all, the great who must be struck. Not only presidents, sovereigns, and ministers will be reached bv the comrades, but all those who make men miserable on earth." He expresses no repentance for his deed, which he says he did not commit out of misery, which would have been idiotic, but in order that such crimes following one upon the other might cause all those who impoverish the people to tremble and shiver. He concludes the document with the words I am an Anarchist by conviction." PITIFUL MESSAGE. The Osservatore Romano publishes the text of the reply sent by the Emperor Francis Joseph to the Pope's telegram of condolence In the frightful misfortune which has struck me and my house, the words of your holiness, full of holy indignation and of affection, and inspired with that faith which is henceforth my only refuge, have conveyed sweet con- solation to my breken heart. "Holy Father, accept my profoundest and most devoted thanks for your words and your paternal benediction, and pray remember with pity in your holy prayers henceforward the saintly soul of my blessed and well-beloved companion, as also myself and my family. (Signed) FRANCIS JOSEPH."
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a THE Lancers in the .Belgian Army have adopted a white bamboo pole instead of the ash pole which they have hitherto carried. The new lance is 2*85 metres in length, and has its centre of gravity I-SO metres from the lance-head. Both ranks will carry the lance. A PIGEON recently reached its home at Blackburn, having taken seven weeks to make the journey of 630 miles from Bordeaux. THE famous castle Visconti, near Treviglio, which Manzoni took as the residence of his Innominata in his romance of "The Betrothed," has been sold to a society for the sum of 102,000 francs. The castle is very ancient and grand, and is surrounded on all aides by broad moats. Besides the Manzonian legend, others of a terror-striking description are told about the CRAIO.
THE SOIIDAX. >-
THE SOIIDAX. > A WHITE FORCE AT FASHODA. Important news reached Omdurman on tho morn- ing of Wednesday of last week. It appears that a few days before the arrival here of the Anglo- Egyptian army the Khalifa heard that a force of white men had occupied Fashoda. The Khalifa at once sent two of his steamers tc ascertain the truth of this report. One of these boats arrived back at Omdurman for the purpose of report- ing to the Khalifa. Finding the city in the hands of the Sirdar, the steamer surrendered to him. The captain reports that he arrived at Fashoda to find it occupied by a white force. His vessel was heavily fired upon, and narrowly escaped annihila- tion. As it was, he lost many men killed and wounded. Subsequent information tends to confirm the belief that the force at Fashoda is French, and the bullets found in the hull of the steamer are thought to be those of the French rifle. The Sirdar's flotilla of gunboats proceeds up the river as soon as possible. No tidings of the Marchand mission have been received in Paris, but the report of Europeans at Fashoda is believed to imply its arrival in that region, and the Liberte remarks that this will give French diplomacy a fresh and interesting basis for discussing the Egyptian question with England. The Tcr/ip.-i, while warmly approving the Sirdar's refusal to allow English correspondents to start for Fashoda, complains of the ill-humour and arrogance of London journals, and holds up the Niger negotiations as a model of the broad views with which s" 1US interests should be treated. IN OMDURMAN. The situation in Omdurman at present is that all important public buildings are held by guards. One Soudanese brigade is picketed in the city proper. The Khalifa only escaped by the narrowest margin of time, for while the Sirdar and General Maxwell's brigade were actually at the gates of the walled citadel, the Ombiya war horn was sounded, calling upon the remnants of the dervish forces to rally behind the walls.. A movement has been originated here, and is strongly supported by representatives of the daily Press, for the establishment of a suitable national memorial to General Gordon. It is suggested that the memorial should take some such shape as would carry on the idea of the great works which he began. A sum, it is thought, should be raised by public sub- scription, sufficient to found an educational system in the Soudan. This would, it is hoped, in time raise the country out of the deep slough of ignorance which has in the main been responsible for the recent sanguinary episodes. The steamer Bordein, which was found in a creek south of Omdurman, was brought down the river and anchored in front of the British camp. It is still in a wonderful state of preservation, and after a fashion is capable of steaming. Indeed, it was employed in ferrying for the Khalifa on the day that the British gunboats first shelled the dervish forts. The arsenal contained a most heterogenous collec- tion of arms, from the latest Italian magazine rifles to arquebuses of the Middle Ages. There were hundreds of stands of obsolete weapons of every age and in every stage of the evolution of arms of pre- cision, Camd guns, basket shields from Equatoria, Mogara drums from Bahr-el-Gazal, transport equip- ment for hundreds of camels, Hicks's sword bayonets, flint locks, barrels of saltpetre, a brass bell from Khartoum Church, very many boxes of gunpowder, charges for artillery neatly sewn in cloth packets, Chamberlain screws, and one old Crusader pike- man's helmet. In the corner of the building is a tower from which the war drum of the Khalifa was beaten when he called his troops to arms. The Sirdar, having inspected the-e, afterwards visited Yakub's town house, where the specie was originally found. There was a quaint collection of dervish war-gear—helmets, coats of mail, ancient Damascus swords, armour equipment for several troops of horsemen, and Mahdi banners galore- some showing the marks of many fights, and others quite new. This is certainly the last time (says the special correspondent who sent this message to a London news agency) that I shall visit the south end of the city. The stench is simply pestilential. In the more squalid quarters of the city hundreds of wounded from Friday's battle and from the shell fire have dragged their maimed bodies to die. Others have been conveyed there by the womenfolk of the town. No sympathy must be felt for these fiends incarnate. Wanderers about the battlefield have already disin- terred and mutilated our dead. If the Sirdar errs at all it is on the side of leniency. The camel corps have captured on the left bank of the Nile the principal wife of the Khalifa and the moflier of Osman Sheikh Ed Din. They were in a state of destitution. The British troops are pushing rapidly down the Nile to Cairo. Half the Seaforths and the 21st Lancers have been despatched-the former by boat and the latter by route march. Before their departure the Sirdar sent a few words f farewell to the Lancers. He was, he said, proud to have served with them their charge would live in the annals of the regiment for ever. The Khalifa is still being followed up by the tribal levies. Great dissension is reported in the ranks of the Khalifa's following. Many of the ladies of his harem have left him. SIRDAR TO KHALIFA. It is deeply interesting to know that in the cause of humanity the Sirdar sent a letter to the Khalifa three days before the bombardment, advising him to withdraw all the women and children from Omdur- man to a place of safety. Apparently the Khalifa was so confident of success that he treated the mes- sage with scorn. The military authorities have informed all the Press representatives now here that they must return immediately to Cairo. The whole countryside is combining to effect the Khalifa's capture, and full confidence in freedom is restored. Thousands are being released daily in Omdurman, and to-day, as an act of British grace, all the Abyssinian prisoners taken at King John's defeat by Abaanga were liberated. This is regarded as an incident of extreme political importance. Daily the Baggara are being brought to justice. The only dervish combination of which we have now any knowledge is the garrison of Gadaref, which was advancing about 5000 strong to aid the Khalifa. A gunboat will go to intercept them, and it is antici- pated that they will surrender. The rest of ths Khalifa's broken force is struggling into Kordofan. COLONEL RHODES'S COMMISSION RESTORED. COLONEL RHODES'S COMMISSION RESTORED. Lord Lansdowne has obtained the Queen's consent to the restoration of Colonel Frank Rhodes's com- mission and rank. THE GALLANT TWENTY-FIRST. The following telegram, dated September 12, has been received from the General Officer Commanding :he troops in Egypt: 0 In continuation of my telegram No. 624, nature of wounds 21st Lancers as follows "3444, Corporal Shoeing-Smith W. Harris, left knee, severe; 2105, Squadron Sergeant-Major E. :? A.) English, injury pot known, but slight; 1903 (? 1980), Staff-Sergeant Farrier T. Scholes, back, slight; 3579 (? 2579), Sergeant T. Hotch- kiss, hand, slight 3947, Sergeant A. Higgs, right hand, severe 1724, Corporal T. King, eontu- sion, shoulder, slight; 3061, Corporal F. Pothecary, left arm, slight; 2305, Corporal J. Range, right arm, back, slight; 3345,Private J. Hope, right hand, slight; 3304, Private W. Gardner, hip, slight 3299, Private T. Rice, shoulder, slight 3965, Private J. Varley, fingers, slight 3810, Private F. Woodside, right arm, slight 3636, Private W. (? J.) Woods, right shoulder and hip, slight 3268, Private J. Redfearn, right arui, slight 3952, Private J. Honeysett, right hand, slight 2998, Private T. Byrne, right arm and breast, severe 3525, Private T. Powles, left forearm, severe; 3231. Private E. Bushell, right shoulder, severe; 3850, Private W. (? G.) Brown, left shoulder, right hip, severe; 4064, Private J. (? G.) Baker, right arm, severe 3892, Private M. Reynolds, right arm, severe; 3512, Private J. (? T.) Porch, right clavicle, slight; 3593. Private E. Farndell, hand, severe; 3205, Private H. (? W.) Rowlett, left arm and right arm, severe. ''4623, Private W. Allen, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, died of dysentery, Badia, Jebal Royan." 1
TWO BRISTOL MEN DROWNED.
TWO BRISTOL MEN DROWNED. A party of six, including the boatman, left Bristol on Saturday morning for a sail around the fleet in Walton Bay in a small skiff. On the return journey, off Portishead, the skiff capsized in a stiff breeze, inflicting a gash in the forehead of Daniel Bobbins, of Bristol, whose dead body was afterwards found floating in the water. A young man named Wally Howe disappeared alto- gether. The rest, after a severe struggle with the choppy sea, were rescued by a boat.
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By means of a valuable toughening process, re- cently discovered, glass may now be moulded into lengths and used as railway sleepers. Glass rails are also produced by this same toughening process. It is therefore possible to have a complete glass rail- way. The glass rails are turned out in sizes and shapes similar to those of the ordinary steel rails. They are far tougher, and resist the Action of the elements more successfully than steel.
THE CRETAN TROUBLE."
THE CRETAN TROUBLE. PANIC IN CANEA. On Friday night of last week a signal was made from the international camp at Candia that the Bashi-bozouks were preparing to attack the camp. Decks were cleared for action and search-lights and guns were laid on the town, but no attack was made. There is great excitement throughout the whole island. At Canea the Christians are panic-stricken, and are seeking refuge on the ships; but the international force there is large enough to keep order. A force of 5000 insurgents have 0 assembled at a British outpost near Candia and are eager to co-operate with the British in an attack on the Turkish garrison. Transports have landed at Paleocastro 513 men of the Dorset- shire and Border Regiments, and a battery of artillery. They are marching on Candia. The President of the Cretan Assembly has officially addressed the admirals, ascribing the outbreak to the presence of the Turkish troops in Crete and intimating that the Executive Committee of the Assembly resigns until the Turkish Administration has retired. The admirals replied that they wished the committee to remain and help them in the present critical circumstances, assuring them of an approach- ing final settlement of the question. The Sultan has ordered a total abstention by the Porte from com- munication with the Embassies concerning tl,- Can- dia 11 incident. SITUATION VERY GRAVE. The Times correspondent at Candia says that the admirals have sent identical telegrams to their Governments in which they describe the situation as very grave. The Christians are assembling and marching on Candia. where a comiict is imminent; while at Retimo and Canea the Mahomedans have assumed a menacing attitude. The admirals are of opinion that the Turkish authorities are responsible for the situation. They have asked for reinforce- ments. and they also demand that the Turkish Government should withdraw"the Bashi-Bozouks now in Candia. and afterwards the Turkish authorities and troops. The British commander at Candia states that the Turkish troops fired on the British, and tlHtY certainly did nothing to prevent the rising. About 600 men, women, and children were burnt alive or massacred. The Times correspondent landed at Candia on Monday morning, and found Turkish soldiers patrolling and blocking up the streets, and Maholtledans lansacking the ruins in the burnt quarters. Turkish soldiers assured our correspondent that they had no orders to do any- thing during the outbreak. In conversation the Beys acknowledge that the conduct of the Bashi- Bozouks and troops was inexcusable but they lay the blame on the Powers for ignoring the wrongs and privations of the Mahomedan population. Admiral Noel, who has arrived in the battleship Revenge and taken the command, landed on Monday afternoon and had an interview with Edhem Pasha. II
CHAR-A-BANC ACCIDENT.
CHAR-A-BANC ACCIDENT. A char-a-bane accident of a shocking character took place on Saturday afternoon at St. Margaret's. near Dover, by which a dozen persons sustained severe injuries, and several are not expected to sur- vive. A char-a-banc from Deal was being driven by the proprietor, Mr. Brooks, down a sharp declivity tvhen it overturned, and the passengers were ;hrown with great force into the roadway. Some Df the injuries were of the most terrible cha- acter. The people were taken into neighbouring louses and medically attended. The injured nclude Miss Hughes, of Ciapham, skull fractured ind thigh fractured Mrs. Buteman, Ciapham, ;high fractured and eye knocked out Mrs. bollard. 78. East-hill. Wandsworth, broken leg ner daughter, shoulder dislocated Miss Kind, Spring-grove, Isle worth, fractured hip nnd injllry to ace Mrs. and Miss Nightingale, Ivy Dene, Reigate, severe fans and contusions Mrs. Sermon, Woodford tfouse, Deal, severe injuries to face; Mrs. Porter, 15. St. Step'aea's-road. London, injuries; and the Iriver Brooks, cOI1II1..ion". Seven cases have been sent into Dover Hospital, others being treated locally. DEATH OF MRS. SURIION. On Monday Mrs. Surmon, of Crouch-hill-road, London, one of the 16 persons seriously injured by the overturning of a char-a-banc at St. Margaret's, near Dover, on Saturday, succumbed to her injuries. Another lady named Hughes, of Clapham, lies in a very precarious state, butt the rest of the injured at Dover are doing fairly well, although the condition of some of them is serious. Mrs. and Miss Nightin- gale, of Ivy-dene, Reigate, who were reported to have been seriously injured, escaped with only slight bruises, and were able to assist the wounded into the Dover Hospital. ANOTHER MISHAP. On Sunday evening as a two-horse brake was pro- ceeding down a steep hill at Hawkwell the animals bolted, and whilst the vehicle was going at a rapid rate the fore part of the carriage and the two front wheels, from some unaccountable cause, parted from the body of the brake, which came to a stop and waa overturned. Nine of the 11 occupants were injured, Mr. J. O'Brien, an insurance agent, living at South- end. was the most seriously hurt, and his recovery is very doubt ful. Sergeant Watkin, a Crimean veteran, livni" at Shoeburyness, and a man named Robinson, also of Shoeburyness, received bad scalp wounds and bruises, and were severely shaken.
THE RIGHT THING AT THE WAR
THE RIGHT THING AT THE WAR OFFICE. When the occasion arises, and that somewhat fre- quently, perhaps, we are always prepared (observes tliq Morning Post) tocensure any mistaken action of the War Office authorities but we are quite as willing to praise, and could wish that tho opportunity oc- cured oftener. However, in the matter of the news of the Battle of Omdurman, nothing could have been better organised or mere courteously casried out than the arragements made in Pall-mall. As early as pos- sible a copy of the Sirdar's telegraphic dispatch announcing his splendid victory, and the deaths of Captain Caldecott and Lieutenant Grenfell, was posted in the entrance hall of the War Office for the perusal of all comers. There was quite a large staff present, though it was Sunday,, throughout the day in anticipation of further tele- grams which might contain news to be communi- cated by telegraph to the relatives of killed or wounded officers and men. The Assistant Under- Secretary of State was himself present to inteiview callers, and to courteously communicate the good news that but two officers had been killed. The rela- tives of these officers were informed of the sad news contained in the Sirdar's telegram, while quite a number of others were informed by telegraph of the good news that nothing untoward had happened to their friends in the Soudan. The same course was pursued when the telegram containing the names of the wounded was received, and telegrams without number from inquiring friends were courteously answered.
SOLDIER PAUPERS.
SOLDIER PAUPERS. It was perhaps natural for the War Office, in making out their return of the number of paupers who had served in the army, to attempt, as far as possible, to minimise the evil complained of by the friends of the soldier; but we are sorry to see (remarks the Morning Post) that not only many daily newspapers, but at least one Service contemporary, accept the return as a vindication of the War Office, and comment on its contents in favourable terms. It may be quite true that the proportion of paupers among men who have served in the army is consider- ably less than among the civil population; but even if it be true, it is in no way to the^ point. (]ie truth of it is by no means proved. The way in which the proportion is arrived at is mere assumption, as is admitted in the return, and yet this point appears to have been entirely ignored by all who have commented on it: while even supposing the official guess as to the number of surviving ex-soldiers to be correct, which is doubtful, considering the undoubted fact that soldiers do not live as long as civilians, owingto the hardships undergone and the diseases contracted in the amy, no account whatever is taken of the numbers of tramps who are practically paupers, though not in actual receipt of relief, and the large numbers who, having relatives and friends, are sup- ported by them because they are unable to obtain work. If these classes, which are totally ignored in the return, had been estimated for, the proportions given would have been very different. In any case, however, the return fully bears out the statements which have been repeatedly advanced, that there are thousands of men scattered throughout the kingdom end i ng their existence as paupers after upholding in the field the honour and prestige of the richest nation in the world. Is it any wonder that good recruiti are hard to find? I
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WIIEN petroleum is barnt in a Jamp, the wick is employed as a medium for causing a very small portion of vapour to rise from its lightable end, and this, mingling with the air, gives a steady and con- stant flame. The rest of the oil in the fount of a properly constructed lamp remains too cool to give off inflammable gas. But should this arise, under the action of a large lamp flame burning immediately above a small quantity of oil left in a nearly empty fount, for example, the hot vapour may force its way cfitt'nhd burst into flame: The heat then produced will help to vaporise the rest oftheoil, and '"an explo- sion follows. The ease and rapidity with which a jrimnied lamp wick will light on applying a match affords a rough-and-ready means of judging the flash point of the oil feeding itf ¿<
FIGHTING IN UGANDA.
FIGHTING IN UGANDA. following despatch has been received at the Foreign Office from Mr. Berkeley, her Majesty's Commissioner in Uganda, dated Kampala, August 16: I have received a detailed report from Major Mastyr, which indicates the complete success of the action against the mutineers on August 4. The entire party was dispersed and pursued, and over 4C were killed, while 34 prisoners were taken. An act of conspicuous gallantry was performed by Major Price, of the 1st Baluchis, in capturing the enemy's outposts with a few Somalis. lIe approached the post on the 3rd at night, and, clearing the breast- work, went in single-handed, shooting down the men of the picket. The post was composed of 10 men, of whom nearly all were killed or taken prisoners. All their arms and ammunition were seized. Great courage was shown by a Somali corporal and an in- terpreter in supporting Major Price.'
TRAIN WRECKERS.
TRAIN WRECKERS. SCAFFOLDING POLES LAID IN THE WAY OF AN EXPRESS. Another attempt at train-wrecking on the Midland system—the third on three consecutive days—was discovered and frustrated on Saturday night. While a signalman named Jarvis was walking along the down passenger line from Bedford Station to go on duty at Oakley-junction he found about half a mile on his way an obstruction on the metals consist- ing of three lengths of 4in. square timber laid across. completely covering the metals. Across these, and lying parallel with the lines, were two long scaffold-potes, the ends of which were laid over cross pieces, and projected some feet beyond in a slanting position. The ends of the two poles were pointed towards Bedford, and were so low that they would pass under the buffer plate of the ap- proaching engine and jam into the works of the firebox underneath, and would cause the engine to rear, with results awful to contemplate. As the obstruction was not secured in any way. the signalman removed it, and quickly returned to Bedford to give the alarm. At the station he found the mail train, due out at 9.54, just ready to leave, and the obstruction was plainly intended for this, as another train had passed over the metals an hour earlier, when nothing wrong was observed. The scaffolding poles were obtained from a build- ing in course of erectionclose by, one having been untied for the purpose. This is, as stated, the third attempt to wreck the trains on the Midland line, which has been averted within the past few days. On Thursday of last week a large piece of grind- stone was discovered on the metals between Welling- borough and Northampton. The stone was a heavy one used by platelayers for sharpening their tools, but, fortunately, it was of such a nature that it was easily brokan, probably by an excursion train from Skegness.1 On the arrival at Wellingborough on the following evening of the Manchester express, which leaves St. Pancras at a quarter to seven, the driver reported that his engine had struck some object half a mile before reaching that place. Examina- tion of the engine confirmed the driver's statement. On the bogie cf the engine 1h1. found a piece of iron corresponding in thickness tc portions of those from the track after the train had passed. The guard on one side of the engine was bent. A search along the line resulted in a piere of timber being found on the side of the track. Three iron crowbars, obtained from adjoining navv:les,' nad been used in fixing the timber to the line, and it is regarded as almost providential that against an obstruction of this- kind the train kept the metals. The weight of the train, and the high speed at which it was travelling, no doubt saved it. The obstruction must have been placed on the rails with diabolical intent between five minutes to eight- and five minutes past, as the express was due at six minutes past eight p.m., and alight engine and break nad passed along the same track 11 minutes 1'/
MISERIES OF KLONDYKE.
MISERIES OF KLONDYKE. HARDSHIPS AND FAILURE BREAK DOWN HUNDREDS. Stories told in Montreal by returning Klondykers confirm the statement that the boom is ended. The reports of steamers returning with millions of treasure are greatly exaggerated. The miners exchange gold dust for drafts at Dawson City. Bankers ship this gold by the same steamers con- veying the men to whom they sold drafts when they arrive. Gold and drafts are reported as owned by the miners, whereas the latter's possessions are only drafts. Thus every steamer's gold is reported about double what actually it is. The situation has become such that there is little, if ^nv. chance for any except capitalists. Another fact has been proved on undoubted authority that the mining is entirely placer. No quartz is found. It is estimated that the entire field will be ex- hausted in two years or less An unfortunate feature is that many cases of insanity are arising through loss of outfits and failure to locate paying claims. In less than six weeks over 20 cases have been re- ported, and hundreds of men around Dawson are on the verge of mental breakdown owing to hardships and failures. Klondykers arriving at Victoria, British Columbia, report the rescue by the American collector of Customs, Ivey. of Arthur Parry, of Seattle, accused of stealing 17,500dol. from Mr. McDonald, an officer of the North-Western Mounted Police. The affair caused great excitement at Dawson. where the arrest was made, and threatens to develop into an international affair. The trouble grew out of a mortgage given by Parry on a claim owned by Mr. McDonald. Parry fled down the river, and an officer was despatched after him. Despite the fact that he was in American territory Parry was captured and was being taken back tc Dawson. Ivey boarded the steamer at Eagle City, and took him from the officer at the pistol's point after giving a receipt for him. The North-Western authorities are determined tc recover the prisoner at all costs. A full repoit of the affair has been forwarded tc Ottawa, and representations are to be made to Wash- ington.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. All the sections sat at Bristol on Monday, and most of them were engaged throughout the day in the reading and discussion of papers. Sections. A and B (Mathematical and Physical Science and- Chemistry) opened their proceedings with an inte- resting discussion on the results of the recent Solar Eclipse expeditions. The papers subsequently read in Section A included contributions on dilute solu- tions and a lecture experiment on the volatilisa- tion of ice. In Section B reports were presented of committees on the teaching of natural science fn elementary schools, on the promotion of agri- culture, and on the carbo-hydrates of the cereal, straws; and Professor H. E. Armstrong con- tributed a paper on Juvenile Research." In Section C (Geology) most of the papers were of a technical character, but more general interest attached to Mr. R. D. Oldham's account of the great earthquake of 1897, and to the report of the committee for seismological investigation, submitted by Professor J. Milne. In Section D (Zoology and Physiology) Professor E. P. Poulton and Miss C. B. Sfvnders furnished an account oi' an experimental inquiry into the struggle for existence among certain common insects, and attractive papers were contributed by Professor C. Lloyd Morgan on Animal Intelligence as an Experimental Study," and by Dr. A. J. Harrison on the so-called fascination of snakes. The proceedings in Section E (Geography) were of considerable interest. Dr. Scott Keltie, secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, read a paper on "Political Geography": Dr. H. R. Mill d iscussed the prospects of Antarctic research, and Sir B. Stone. M.P., gave an account of the progress hitherto made in carrying out the scheme of a national photo- graphic record. In the afternoon papers were con- tributed by Mr. Theodore Bent on Sokotra, and by Sir C. W. Wilson on the Upper Nile; while M. Louis de Rougemont gave an account of his geographical observations during his 28 years' residence among the aborigines of Central Australia, which was followed by a discus- sion. In Section F papers and discussions on muni- cipalities as traders, the rectification of frontiers between municipal management and private enter- prise, and kindred topics engaged the largest share of attention. In Section H (Anthropology) several inte- resting papers were read, the most important being one by Mrs. Bishop on The Mantzu of Western Szu- chuan." The papers in Section K (Botany) were purely technical in character. At a meeting of the General Committee, held in the afternoon, it was unanimously agreed to accept an invitatton from' Bradford to hold the meeting of 1900 in that town. Professor Michael Foster was chosen as the President- elect for next year's meeting at Dover, and Professor G. C. Foster was elected general treasurer in src. cession to Professor Riicker.
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MR. THOMAS E. ELLIS, M.P., the senior liberal Whip, has so far recovered from his serions illness as to be able to leave home, and is now the guest, ol Mr. Kearley, M.P., at his shooting-box at Hirdethog, North Wales.
CUEIIETvT SPORT.
CUEIIETvT SPORT. In the First of the Aspwisit.io?? -5'oot ch League competition, matches were won 011 Nitur- .:v by Sunderland ag:tiy,t Newcastle United.Blackburn Rovers againsi iJolto: = Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday against Notts Forest, Stoke against Burnley, aud Bury n,1i:I: Aston Villa. The following matches were dnsv.-n Wolverhampton Wanderers against Preston End, West Bromwich Albion against Derby County and Notts County against Sheffield L The Surrey Bicycle Club's annual autumn meeting was held on Saturday at lvennington Oval, in the presence of a large though scarcely the usoai number of spectators. Several grass records were beaten during the racing. W. H. Pepper, of Ipswich, setting up a new flying quarter time in the sixth heat of t lit level half-mile race. of 31 l-5sec.; whilst F. A. B Pettis, the American, was responsible for a new standing quarter record of 34 l-5sec. Handicap grass record was also beaten in the final heat t, of the mile handicap. Two valuable lap prize.- were offered in the 10 mile race, and the first of these was easily won by Pointer. For the second Bishop and Harris had six points each, but the last- named did not finish. The cup was won outright b} E. J. Callaghan, who scored his third victory in c ciever manner. The turf was in splendid: condition and except for an occasional gust of wind, theweathci was in favour of fast time. Four thousand spectators were present at Roch- dale on Saturday, to witness a 200-yards match between A. R. Downer, of Edinburgh, and Harry Hutchens, of Putney, the latter, who is now 44 years of age, receiving seven yards start. Downei won by half a yard. Leonard Hurst, of Edmonton, made an attack, at the Canning track on Saturday, on the professional 15 miles running record of Ih. 22min. by Jacksor (the "American deer"), at Copenhagen Grounds Islington, as long ago as March 29, 1852. Hurst ran well, but the record was never in danger; anC to make matters worse for the would-be record- breaker, there were discrepancies on Saturday ir some of the intermediate mile times. Hurst was for instance, announced as having run four miles in 21inin. 25 l-5sec. (as he probably did), five mile in 23min. 29 l-5sec. (obviously making thf fifth mile much too slow), and six miles in 32min. 19 2-5sec.; so that if the five miles time were correct the sixth mile would be run in 3min. 50 l-5sec.—a quite impossible perform- ance. Later on, there was an endeavour to arrive at a reasonable conclusion by working out an average rate of progression for the fifth and sixth miles but, in the circumstances, the figures, of course, are value- less. Hurst, however, paced by a cyclist, and by his brother Joseph, and also by H. Anstead, plodded along pluckily, covering, it was said, 10 miles in 54min. 45 l-5sec., and the full 15 miles in lhr. 23min. 8 l-5sec.—which, probably, was not far wrong. It was not until 2hr. 22min. after the advertised time that Hurst commenced his task-a circumstance greatly to be regretted. First-class cricket having, with the finish of the Hastings Festival, terminated for the season, we pub- lish the batting and bowling averages of all the prin- cipal players. The figures are compiled, of course, from all the important county matches, together with the M.C.C. and University engagements, the Gentle- men and Players' matches at Lord's and the Oval, and the fixtures at Scarborough and Hastings. Con- sidering that the season opened with several weeks of continuous bad weather, the batting averages come out extraordinarily well, the first place being taken by W. G. Quaife, of Warwickshire. This young bats- man has had a brilliant summer, playing day after day in his quiet, steady way, with consistent skill and success. With eight not out to help him he has the splendid averages of nearly 61, a record which, except by Mr. W. G. Grace and Shrewsbury. has not, we fancy, been equalled by any batsman playing so large a number of innings. C. B. Fry, who stands second on the list, has made a wonderful advance upon his previous doings in first-class cricket. Except Ranjitsinhji in 1896, no one has ever batted so finely for Sussex. Abel, for the fourth time in succession, has made over 2000 runs, he being the only man this season to reach such an aggregate. For the rest, the batting figures may be left to speak for themselves, though one has especial pleasure in drawing attention to the fine averages of Mr. Grace, Shrewsbury, and Gunn. Mr Grace, as everyone knows, has been regularly playing first-class cricket since 1865 Shrewsbury played his first county match in 1875, and Gunn has been befor< the public since 1880. As regards the bowling, tht most noticeable fact is, of course, the splendid posi- tion secured by the new Yorkshire star, Wrilfric Rhodes. Since Mr. A. G. Steel, in 1878, no Eng- lish bowler has had such a record in his firs' season. After standing at the top of the aver' ages nearly all the summer, he had to give place during the last week or two to J. T. Hearne. The latter has never kept up his form more consis. tently, his bowling being just as good in August as it. was in May. Though Mr. Ernest Smith anc Hulme are nominalty ahead of him, Hearne, foi all practical purposes, is first on the list. Lock- wood. whose career had seemed to be over, came back to his best form, and Albert Trott, as soon its he recovered from a bad injury to his hand— sustained at Cambridge in May—exceeded the most sanguine expectations. Richardson finished dp the season in splendid form, but on the whole he was far indeed below his standard of 1897. taking only 161 wickets with an average of 19, as igainst 273 wickets, with an average of less than 1411, It will be noticed that three cricketers-—C. L. Towns- nd. F. S. Jackson, and Cuttell—accomplished the double feat of scoring a thousand runs, and taking a. Hundred wickets. It will be further seen that among the first eight bowlers, four are Yorkshiremen. BATTING AVERAGES. r* <0 '*■ *o 3 i" t v '■ tc 5 ? c o u OC = S Hi 55 C P3 H.2 ;HO jr •- r'< C ■< W. G. Quaife 28. 1219.J57*8.60'9/i C. B. Fry 37.17SS.179*4.54'18 Abel 45.2053.219 .3.48'88 F. A. Phillips 10. 390. 83 2. 48-7.5 W. Gunn 36.1484.236*5.47'87 A. E. Stoddart .25.1038.157 .4.4T18 Shrewsbury 34 1219 154-7 45-14. Havward 38. 1523.315 .2.42'3C W. G. Grace 41. 1513. 168 .5.42'Oi Storer 42. 1548. 109 .5.41-83 L. C. H. Palairet 29.1126.179*2.41*7C F. S. Jackson 43.1566.160 .5.41-21 Tunnicliffe 49.1804.243 5. 41-00 J. Douglas 13 451.153 .2.41 CXI Kinneir 13. 402. 78*3.40"2(i F. G. J. Ford .31.1152.135 .2.39-72 J.R.Mason 40.1531.152 .1.39'25 B,rockwell 46 1686 152 .2 38-,il C.M.Well s 10. 382.101 0. 38-20 Capt. F. W. D. Qujnton.13. 414.101*2.37'6:1 Tyldesley 52.1918.200 .1.37'GO W. Troup 32 989.180 5. 36-62 D. L. A. Jephson 35.1135.166*4.36*61 P. Perrin 35.1073.106*5.35*76 Capt. E. G. Wynward .13. 391. 140 .2.S5'54 S. Nl. J. Woods .27. 958.144 0 35-48 J. T. Brown 49 16,54 300 .2.3549 C. McGahey 33. 1089. 145 .2.35*12 W. H. Patterson 23 687 117 .3.34'3.5 C. L. Townsend 37.1270.159 .Q.34"32 Holland 33.1096.. 125 1.14-2;-) C. O. H. Sewell 36.1114.111 .3.33*75 Alec. Hearne 41.12i0.117 .5 33-61 C. J. Burnup .38.1172.131 .3 3,4.q W. N. Roe 9. 265.111 .I 33-12 S. H. Evershed 24 743.. 153 .1.32*30 R.N. Douglas 9. 258. 64 I. 32-2.5 R. W. Rice 15. 413. 63 .2.3T76 J. A. Dixon .26. 693.165 .4.31'50 P.F.Warner 30. 848. 88 3. 31-40 K. J. Kov* 24. 596. 85 .5.31*36 Lilley 31 934.112 .1.31*i3 Lord Hawke .38. 950.134 .7.3064 Lockwood 34 878 109 5. 30-27 A.. J. L. Hill .25. 662.199 3. 30-09 uhatterton 32. 872.142 .3.30 06 A. C. MacLaren .17. 478. 76 I 2t)-8, A. P. Lucas 19 472. 89 .3.29*50 A. Ward .51.1365.135 .4.2904 A. O. Jones.33. 882. 70 .2.28 45 Major R. M. -Poore 28 7-35 121* 2. 28-26 G. E. Winter .12. 310. 86 1.98-18 Deve-y 25 618. 93 .3.2809 Carpenter 39.1052 133 I. 27-68 H. B. Hayman .24. 575.104 .3.27*38 Q, Brann 31. 815.118 I. 27-16 Lord de Montezuma 14. 271- 80 .4.27*10 Baker 43. 1020. 70 .5.26*84 W. Quaife 27. 717.109 0 26-,i5 H.H.Marriott .17. 450.103 .0.2G4T A.C.S. Glover .23. 555. 73 2. 26-42 C.R. Hartley 33. 843. 88 .1.26*34 A. J. Turner 21. 473.102*3.26'27 E. I. M.Barrett H- 235-55 .2.26*11 E. A. English 10- 234. 98 .1.2600 Wainwright.40. 934. 92 4. 2.5,94 CutteU 46.1003. F. H. Sugg 42.1044,169 ..J.25*46 L. Brown 28. 662.110 2 25'46 C. J. B. Wood 32 759. 80 .2 25-30 Rev. W. Rashleigh.20. 471.10ft I 24-78 W. L. Murdoch .50.1149.121-3.24'44 A, Eccles 29. 658..439 .2 24*37 3*. L. Jessop 41. 873.112*5.24*25 Kin 1 242 77 ..1.24*20 H.G.Owen 33. 769. 92 .1.H);: L.G.Wright 27. 622.KU ..1.2:X-2 S*. Davidson 29. 658. 1«.1 .2^ 'f R C. N. Palairet 11. 258. >1 2* Bagshaw 22. 481.100x ..1.22 9I' R.E.Foster 12. 272. 65 ..0.22f''i Knight 31. 625. 93 .3.22 32 S. It. Day 12. 245. 79 .1.22 -7 C. P. Foley W. S. A. Brown 29. 508.186 .6,22*(H BOWLING AVERAGES. O. M. R. W. AV (Yorkslilre) 77 34. 123. 13. «.)*• J T. Ilearne 1802*2.781.3120.222.14 <>■"• Rhodes 1240 .482.2249.154.14 Gti Wainwright 515*3. 185. 1032. 69.14*95 Sr. Davidson 956*4.458. 1403. 91.15*11 Roche 163 4. 51. 469. 30. 15*63 F S..1aekson 904 3N) 1630 104 Baldwin (Hants) 470-1 1.5.5 973. 5() Lockwood 1002 .297.2228. 134.16-62 Reeves 92*2. 41. 184. 11.16*72 Mead 103S .382.2049.117.17*5! Lancaster 141 ••• 263. 15.17*o3 H. Bromley-Daven- port q,8-3 32. 1961. 11 I A. E. irind. 365 1.145. 627. 35.17*91 A. E. Trott 1004-1.354.2333.130.17*91 G. E. Winter. 115*1. 17. 309. 17.18*17 Haiidi 873 .305.1880. 102.18*43 Geeson 362*3. 98. 820. 44.18*63 B. J. T. Bosanquet. 250 74. 561. ;30.J.S7!i & J. Ivortright 694*4. 179. 1843. 96.19-.1' Richardson 1223*4.342.3147.161. 19* Martin (Kent) 784*1.256. 1560. 79.19*7:1 Mold 861i-3. ):3 180,5. 90.2<Hv II. W. de Zoete 147 33. 347. 17.0*41 C. L. xownsend 1117-2.230.2988.145.2<G<I ll,inclford 106-1 40 227. 11 .20-63 H. 11. B. Hawkins. 232 72. 522. 25.2o-< W.Andrew 107*2. 34. 252. 12.2! Attewell 1113,3 517 I C) 8;-) 80 Cuttell 134-1'533 2419 414 21 F. G. Bull 952 293 2162 1 A. J. L. Hill 357'2. 93. 860. 40.21 C. Heseltine 204 4 1-5 3 8. 25 21-)2 Dickens -)56-1 79. 522. 24.21*75 F. E. Smith (Surrey) 198*4. 71. 418. 19.22*<> D. L. A. Jephson 304-2 49 848 38 F. W. Milligan 241-4 74. 560. 25 22-() G.L. Jessop 6821.190.1547. 69:22-12 Tate. 912-2.302. 1890. 83 22-7,7 J. T. Brown 94-3 11. 36,5 16.22-81 F. H. E. Cunliffe 552-4 184 1286 5 C) .2 Gill 395-2 122 1082. Alee Hearne 813*2.324.1497. 65.23*03 W.B.Stoddart 3071. 65. 856. 37.23 i.3 Pougher 246-4 71. ,580. 25.23*2 > Hayes 154 37. 351. 15.23*4)» San tall 806 .284.1592. 68.23*4 i J. R. Mason 719.4.251.1699. 72.23*59 INDIVIDUAL INNINGS OF THREE FIGURES. During the season no fewer than 147 indiv scores of 100 and upwards were hit in first-class cricket. Abel accomplished the feat seven times. Brockwell and C. B. Fry each six times, and F. S. Jackson and C. L. Townsend each five times. W. Gunn, J. T. Brown, Tunnicliffe, W. Troup, L. C. H. Palairet, and F. G. J. Ford each made four hundreds; Hayward, Lockwood, W. G. Quaife, Shrewsbury, W. G. Grace, Albert Trott, Alec Hearne, and Storer three each; while 19 othei batsmen reached three figures upon two occasions The highest individual score was hit by Hayward, who made 315 not out against Lancashire at the Oval. and. curiously enough, the only other individual score of 300 was hit on the same day, Brown scoring 300 against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. 0 A number of football matches were played on Monday, and in the First Division of the League competition Sheffield United beat the Wolverhampton Wanderers. In the club contests, Tottenham lloi- spur defeated the Surrey Wanderers, and Millwull Athletic proved successful over Wellingborough. Although there were slight threatemngs of rnin. The weather continued fine at Eastbourne on Monday. when the South of England lawn tennis tournament opened at Devon shire-park. The only event com- menced was the Gentlemen's Singles- (open), in which there are 43 entries, and only seven matches- were decided, but play will be resumed early on Tuesday morning. Results: First Round: GJ Greville beat A. IL Brooking (6--3,6.2); S. H. Smith beat S. E. Chesterman (6-1, 6—1); A. E. M. Taylor-beat F. J. Plaskitt (4-6, 6-4, 62); D. G. Chaytor-beat C. B. Weir (6-1. 6—1): G. C. Ball-Green beat L. E. Prett y !6—3, 6-2) and E. E. White, w.o. Second Round W. Robbs beat C. fl, Hartley (7-5,6-2); and A. H. 1 Urreening beat P. W. Sherwell (6-1, &-0).
DREYFUS DILEMMA.
DREYFUS DILEMMA. DISMISSAL OF COLONEL 1)U I'ATY DE CLAM. 1 • J The Council of Ministers met at the- EJysce, in | Paris; on Monday. The Tc,'iips says The Cabinet Council was almost "xchis-ively occupied with the question whether there tvas- ground for the revision of the Dreyfus trial. General Zurlinden, Minister of War. opposed, the suggestion that the trial should be reopened. At the suggestion of the Minister of War. Preai- aenl. Faure declared Colonel du Paty de Clam to- be placed on the retired list. This disciplinary measure has been taken as the result of the-inquiry made by the general staff of the irmy into the conduct of Colonel du Paty de Clanii in connection with the Esterhazy affair. M. Sarrien, Minister of Justice, stated thatan. ex- tension of time was necessary to enable him to com- plete the examination of the Dreyfus dossier, whichi had been handed to him by the Minister of War. The request for the provisional release of Lieu, tenant-Colonel Picquart made by Vie. Labori came before the Ninth Correctional Chamber. The judges decided that there was no ground. for granting, the- request.
GLOUCESTER FESTIVAL.
GLOUCESTER FESTIVAL. Monday was partly devoted at the Gloucester Musical Festival to the rehearsal of Prout's Organ Concerto, parts of the Elijah," Creation," and II Judas Maccaboeus." Much time and labour were Expended also on Basil Harwood's setting of the 86th Psalm and Sir Hubert Parry's Song of Dark- ness and Light." The last two works we-re new and withal somewhat difficult. Dvorak's Stabat Mater and' the two. works of Verdi took up considerable time. Besides all this there was Bach's Christmas Oratorio to be refurbished, and Professor Stanford's Adagio and Finale from the Symphony in D, Op. 55. A move having been made from the Cathedml to ;he Shire Hall, Mr. Coleridge-Taylor's new orchestral work, Ballade in A Minor," was rehearsed. The composer, who conducted, was well received and his music warmly approved. Miss Rosalind F. Ellicott's choral ballad Henry of Navarre" was also rehearsed. Sullivan's Golden Legend concluded a hard day's ivork, full of excellent promise for to-day's concerts, ivhich will include "Elijah," Dvorak's "Stabat Mater," and the first part of Haydn's Creation."
HARVEST CUSTOMS.
HARVEST CUSTOMS. In many parts of England the labourers employed m harvest used to call upon everyone who passed through the field in which they were at work foi largesse or "toll" money. This was the duty of some one saan, who was regarded as a kind of leadei by the remainder. Again, when harvest was over the men used to go the round of the farmers' houses. collecting "toll" money, which they subsequently spent at the public-house. The church bell was rung at early morn and at evening time to inform the labourers of the hour at which they should begin and leave work. Gleaners used to follow the reapers, and glean among the sheaves, instead of going int, the fieldrr when the corn is carried.
AN UNRECOGNISED CAMPBELL.
AN UNRECOGNISED CAMPBELL. A good joke at the expense of Lord Archibald* Campbell has been recorded by himself. While act- ing as the host of the detachment of Argyll :\1.) V Sutherland Highlanders during their route n-iarob through Argyll a week or two ago, he accompanied them to Lochgoilhead on the last day of the. inarch A vast crowd, composed principally of simimei visitors, who. knew not the local aristocracy, had assembled to witness the march in. Lord Archibald while busy with introductions, passed through the gateway to. the camping ground, and much to uis amusement overheard a bystander exclaim,Eh, my' look at the consate o' this wee yin, and him only a lance-corporal!"
A QUEEN AS GARDENER.
A QUEEN AS GARDENER. Queen Margaret, of Italy, who is passionately foncl of (lowers, cultivates her own little garden, an.t whether in Rome or at Monza, her first, daily act ia to walk in the gardens ta gather a bouquet for he King's table. In bad weather (says M.A.P.) she visits the hot-houses fo* that purpose. Her Majesty knows English, French. German, Spanish, andi Latin to perfection, is a good Greek scholar, a fine rauaician, perfectly familiar with classical literature, tfonnnenta Dante, Petrarch, and Goethe, and hl1.t. a special admiration for Shakespeare, Her latest accomplish- ment is a ruv skill with the bicycle, her 1 confined s.oteiy tu the park,t-t Honza^ .1. r,!