Evening Express

A DANGER SPOT. ======= I The sad death of a little girl at Cardiff is, after all, but one item (though a very painful one) in a crowded chapter of acci- dents and narrow escapes. There are several places in Cardiff streets just now where it takes a sharp eye and active limbs to keep out of danger. One of these spots is by the Castle, another by the Royal Hotel, a third opposite our own offices. What with trams, 'buses, cabs, and cycles, the situation is at times labyrinthine, and the question arises, Could not the stopping-places of the 'buses be somewhat re-arranged ? This would, at all events, minimise the risk to alight- ing passengers and others, if it did not remove it. No blame could possibly be attached to the driver of the tramcar for the accident to the little girl. He was taking his car round the corner at the cautious speed necessary. Experience has, probably, taught the 'bus com- pany that the present stopping-plaoe is the most convenient to them and to their passengers; and on that account there may be some objection to removal. But the objection cannot be sustained in face of the sad accident on Tuesday, and of the fact that it is liable to be repeated if things are allowed to remain as they are.

do THE MISSING LADY. It is to be hoped that the mystery con- nected with the disappearance of Miss Hickman, the lady doctor, is about to be solved, and that the young lady will soon be restored to her friends. She is be- lieved to be in London-omewbere in the Italian quarter, where she is supposed to have been lured and dragged. So the sensational account published to-day gives us to understand. Strange though the story appears, it is quite possible that Miss Hickman's disappearance may be owing to some such reasons. A great number of persons disappear in London every year of whom no trace can be dis- covered and nothing is ever heard again. The Italian quarter is notorious for its desperate characters, and if Miss Hickman was so unfortunate as to fall into their hands one shudders at the idea of the treatment she may have experienced. If the surmises of the party in search of "her are well-founded, no stone should be left unturned to bring her captors to justice.

The distressing death of a lady and gentleman through falling from the cliffs at Iliracombe should prove a warning to visitors at precipitous seaside places. There are many such dangerous spots along our own and the opposite coast, and people whose heads are not of the strongest carry their lives in their hands when they venture near such. It is a curious, but well known, fact that lofty spots have a fascination for persons of a certain temperament, and that they feel » positive, compulsion to approach the qe. This fascination has, no doubt, been the cause of many a shocking and mysterious death.

At Rhyl a dead-set is being made against a respectable young newsvendor. The first time he was summoned he was bed; the next time he got off on a tech- nical point; on Tuesday he was again hauled up, and we are told that the bench, after a long deliberation," dismissed the ease, as their brethren at Llandudno had done with a similar summons the previous day. Will the Sabbatarian never learn ,that what keeps up the character of the ,day of rest is the tacit will and consent of the people and not the terrors of the law at all, especially of enactments which, in most parts of the country, have been allowed to become obsolete by common consent?

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. I The following are the readings since fie o'clock last II ,?eatB<. gl"n by th< bmenwtw in '!M ".t1bu}e of I ,,Lrvenin!T Express," St. Mary-street, CardUII, whicb -M ft- &bme mean sea level:-

Mainly About People. The new Marquess of Salisbury has been in the House of Commons some years, and he has held office. He is a Cecil, which stands for much in the way of latent ability. As Lord Cranborae (says the Morning Adver- tiser ") he has been a, flat disappointment. To watch him there is absolutely nothing excep- tional or distinctive about him. He is just like the ruck of men. A truly great man rarely reminds one of others. Lord Cran- borne always reminded one of many medio- crities, but no great men. Passionate at times, indiscreet, wielding a cheap eloquence with a poor voice. snappy, and without an atom of that calm which distinguishes his cousin, often in difficulties, he never did him- self justice, and never made any impression except such as no man of ambition desireeØto make. 7 But Lord Cranborne is not the cocksure and always reckless man his mannerisms portray him. Any man with his eyes and look has courage. Did he not serve in the late war with distinction? His "blurty" speech sounds unsympathetic. At heart he is kind and considerate, as all know at Hatfield. Any man brought up as the yonng Cecils were is bound to have much good in him. Every even- ing the late Lord Salisbury's little boys gathered around their mother, and were taught by her for an hour. Those hours at the feet of a clever and lovable woman could not have been wasted, and those who know the new Marquess of Salisbury predict that now he is head of a great family, with great responsibilities, his real merit will be shown. Hatfield likes him, whatever Westminster. thinks. Mr. Le Queux can tell a story as excellenly as he can write one. One of his anecdotes is of the way a penny evening paper nearly pub- lished an erroneous report of the death of Queen Victoria. As sub-editor of that paper, he came in from luncheon one day, a.nd found on the Exchange Telegraph Company's "tape" the words, "His Majesty died at eleven a.m. to-day." Instantly the whole establishment was thrown into that state of lightning-like, yet methodical, energy incidental to such emergencies. The paper was put into mourn- ing, the news-bills got into readiness, the big types set up, the tidings were on the point of being launched into the world only-why was there no confirmation ? And, at the last possible moment of preventing so terrible a blunder, it was found that a careless office- boy had torn from the tape the first four words of the message. In its entirety it ran, John Frayling, coachman to Her Majesty, died at eleven a.m. to-day." Mr. Charles Green, of Brighton, who haP- just completed his one hundred and ninth year, is successor to a long line of cen- tenarians whose names have come down to us in history. The most familiar name amongst them is that of Old Parr," who lived from 1483 to 1635. It is not so generally known that his death was brought about by the exertion of visiting Jjondon at Lord Arundel's request, that he was buried in Westminster Abbey, and that John Taylor, the famous Water Poet," wrote a history of him called, The Olde, Olde, Very Olde Man or, The Age and J.ong Life of Thomas Parr." Amongst many other notable long-livers may be mentioned Agnes Sknner (1380 to 14(9), buried in Camberwell Churchyard, who survived her husband no fewer than 92 years. William Horrocks, a centenarian, born at Rochdale in 1657, married his second wife when he was 84, and at 87 had a son. The Rev. Patrick M'Evan, of Alnwick (1546 to 1657) got, when past his century, three new teeth, a fresh crop of flaxen hair, and a perfect restoration of sight that had failed him. The Countess of Desmond, who died at 140, early in the seventeenth century, pro- duced new teeth thrice in her old age. A Stafford&bire historian of 1686 tells how Mary Cooper, of King's Bromley, was able (on an interesting occasion) to say to her daughter, "Rise up, daughter, and go to thy daughter, for thy daughter's daughter hath a daughter." Then there was one Russell, of Streatbam (1669 to 1772), who, after going round the country as a gipsy, came to London and assumed female garb, so as to make a modest fortune by fortune-telling. Miss Elizabeth Gray, of Edinburgh (1748 to 1956), played a shrewd game of whist when she was over 100. Last, but not least, of the random list. may be mentioned the famous comedian, Charles Mackffn, who lived from 1690 to 1797. He had never been an abstemious man, and was a fairly heavy drinker of ale, porter, or white wine thickened with sugar almost to the con- sistency of syrup. No longer ago than in 1387 there were 31 deaths 01 alleged cen- tenarians registered in a year. Colonel Murray, of Polmaise, who died last week, was the owner of large and valuable estates in Stirlingshire, where his family have been settled since the reign of David II., and they have lived in uninterrupted succession at Polmaise Castle for nearly five centuries. He was decended from Murray of Bothwell and Sir Andrew de Moravia, and was chief of the Clan Murray. Colonel Murray was a generous and considerate landlord. He was very popular among his tenantry, and with all classes of his neighbours. He was very fond of shooting and salmon fishing, and was a keen curler. Colonel Murray served in the Grenadier Guards for many years, and he distinguished himself during the Crimean War. His first wife was the eldest daughter of the late Duke of Montrose, and his second wife (who survives him) was one of the daughters of the late Colonel Towneley of Towneley. He had no children by either marriage, and his brother, Mr. James Murray, succeeds to the estates. Major-general Sir, Edward Andrew Stuart colonel of the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), who died in London the other day, was born in 1832, and succeeded his brother in the baronetcy only in 1901. He entered the Army in 1852 and served at the siege of Savastopol, being severely wounded in the course of the operations. His services were recognised by the grant of the medal with clasp, the fifth class of the Medjidieh, and the Turkish medal. He also took part in the Carina, campaign of 1860, being present at the taking of Sinho and Tangkn, the occupation of Tientsin, and the surrender of Peking, for which he received a medal with two clasps. Prom 1885 to 1894 Sir Edward Stewart acted as Lieutenant- Governor of Chelsea Hospital. Sir Edward is now succeeded by his brother, the Rev. James Stuart, lately Rector of Portishead, Somerset, who was born in 1837. His father, the first baronet, was Chief Justice of Lower Canada, and was created a baronet of the United Kingdom in 1841. Father: Why, when I was your age I didn't have as much money in a month, as YOU spend in a day. Son: Well, pa, don't scold me about it. Why don't you go for grandfather? The marriage of Sir George Clerk's eldest son, Mr. George Oterk. of Penicuik, to Miss Dutton, a niece of Lord Sherborne, took place at Sherborne, in Gloucester, a huge house which somewhat resembles Windsor Castle on a small scale. Sir George Clerk has a. curious hereditary duty to perform when the King comes to Edinburgh. He has. to stand at a. particular point when his Majesty passes and blow three blasts of a horn. Penicuik was a most beautiful house, with a very fine hall, known as the Ifall of Ossian," which was famous for its exquisite painted ceiling. It was unfortunately burned down a few years ago. The founder of the family was John Clerk, born in 1611, a person of great ability and of an enterprising commercial spirit, who settled in Paris, where he aoquired a con- siderable fortune, with which he returned to Scotland and purchased Pcnicuik. His I eldetrt eon was created a. baronet by Charles II., and his grandson became a Baron of the Ex chequer and was one of the Oommis- owneim tar the Uniom.

THE LONDON PRESS I Examples of Their Views To-day. BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM LEADING ARTICLES, The Cape Election. I The struggle will be pregnant with great issues, and, it may be, with great surprises. Upon it will depend in no small measure the future of Cape Colony in the new South Africa, whose development no single colony can any longer thwart.— "Times." Cape Domestic Reform. I If the Cape electors are wise, they will realise that the country has had quite enough adventure and excitement to satisfy it for some years to come, and that it needs nothing so much as a period of domestic reform and" steady reorganisation.—"Stan- dard." The War Report. I Though people had a shrewd suspicion that I things had been very bad, they had no idea I that they were quite so bad as they have been proved to be. Consequently, disquietude arises, and a e-ense of angry irritation, for there is absolutely no guarantee that the whole weary muddle may not occur again.— "Daily Telegraph." County Cricket Championship. I in any event, therefore, the championship will come south this year, and in the interests of connty cricket it is, perhaps, not to be regretted that Yorkshiremen have at last been compelled to relinquish their coveted position.—" Daily Graphic." Powers and the Near East. The country, therefore, ought not to tolerate Mr. Balfour's blind professions of confidence in Austria and Russia. What have these Powers done? Nothing, and worse than nothing.—"Daily News." Free Church Campaign. We do not say that the plan of campaign of the Free Churches is unwise. If it is laid down on generous and comprehensive lines, it ought to be of great service to the Liberal cause. But if it is formed in a narrow, carping spirit, it will go far to wreck the prospects of Liberalism once more.—"Daily Chronicle." Asleep on Duty. The more the revelations of the War Com- mission's report are c?onsidered, the more aatonndmg seems the lethargy which pre- vailed at the War Office and in the Cabinet through the many months when the coming struggle was in sight "Daily Express." "Joe" to Blame. The report of the Commissioners on the recent war in South Africa placed it beyond all dispute that it was Mr. Chamberlain's deliberate policy, as we have throughout maintained, which forced on that terrible crisis.—"Morning Leader." Threatened War. The situation grows daily more menacing, and the chances of averting open war between Turkey and Bulgaria. less and less appreciable.—"Morning Post."

THE CONVICT BURGLAR. Graham's Numerous Escapades in Leeds. The convict-burglar Graham, who recently escaped from Exeter Gaol, and was re-cap- tared at Newton Abbot, had numerous escapades in Leeds, where he was known by the name of Brooks. He lived in a comfortable and well-furnished house, one room of which had a secret floor. Once when being shaved in a shop in York- road he caught sight in the mirror of an officer entering the shop. As "Brooks" was wanted at the time lie dashed through the barber's kitchen and escaped. Once he was in bed when the police arrived for him, and he got away by the attic window. He was generous sometimes. Once after the robbery at a large draper's shop in Leeds the police found dozens of poor people in the east end of the-city wearing and pawn- ing silk handkerchiefs, which "Brooks" had distributed out of the spoil.

A MANIA FOR WINDOW-SMASHING. At the Thames Police-court, London, yes- terday Allen George Page, a young man whose left arm was in a sling, was charged with wil- fully smashing three plate-glass windows, valued at 140, belonging to Frederick Rolfe, of the Sherwood Arms, Bow.M.r. Ware, who prosecuted, said Page entered the bar, and, without calling for anything, picked up a quart pewter pot and threw it through a large plate-glass window. He then picked up another pot, which he threw through a second window, smashing that also. Prisoner then went outside, and, placing both arms against a third window, smashed that. A police-constable, hearing the accused had been injured by the glass, went to the London Hos- pital, and met him coming out. He was then taken into custody.—Prisoner was com- mitted for trial.

FOUND IN A CUPBOARD. I Augustus Faulkner (15), a glass blower, of Grange-street, Hoxton, was charged at Clerkenwell, London, yesterday, with being a suspected person found concealed at 36, St. Pancras-equare. supposed for the purpose of committing a felony. William Wheatley, a foreman in the goods department of the Great Northern Railway, and occupier of the house, was aroused from his sleep that morning by hearing a noise. He made a search, and discovered Faulkner concealed in a cupboard in the passage. The prisoner had in his possession a gimlet, and the money-box of an automatic meter in the passage had been tampered with. When Faulkner was given into custody he said. I am out of work. and I oame here to see what I could find." Mr. d'Eyncourt sent him to gaol for three months.

RAILWAY" NEOPHYTES. I Several passengers on the new Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway could not understand why their names were not written on the tickets. One traveller thought as she had a ticket for Axminster she was at liberty to travel where she pleased on the main line, so she decided on going to Yeovil to spend the day. Another, an octogenarian, had never before been on a railway.

SILVER WEDDING WITHOUT WIFE Henry Miohac-l. a Tammany leader, of New York, gave a dinner and a dance to 1.100 people in celebration of his silver wedding, though his wife had been dead for two years. In an after-dinner speech he protested against the insinuation that he was giving this party because his wife was dead. n

DEATH OF MONSIGNOR GARGAN. The death is announced of the Right Rev. Monsignor Gorgan, president of St. Patrick's College, Mayncoth, since 1885. Deceased, who had reached a ripe age, had been in failing heillth for some time.

SEPTEMBER "STRAND." The "Strand" for September hae two articles of general interest, one by George Lynch on "Diving Experiences round the World," and the other anartist's symposium on the finest view in London. Max Pemberton, A. E. W. Mason, Barry Pain, and Florence Warden contribute fiction and humorous sketches. "Sunday Strand," "Wiler World Magazine," and "The Captain" maintain their usual excellence in letterpress and pictures. "The Century Book of Gardening" has reached its twelfth part, and is developing i %83J. Mefntoiw

INDIGNANT PRIMATEI Criticises Leaflet of the Liberation Society. WHY A PRINCIPAL LEFT WELSH TRAINING COLLEGE. The Archbiabishop of Canterbury on Tues- day adversely criticised a. leafie issued by th Liberation Society. The offending leaflet was entitled: "What some Church Teachers are Taught to Teach." It consisted almost entirely of extracts from a book called A Manual of Doctrine and Practical Notes for Church Teachers," and pointed out that this volume was written by a gentleman (the late Rev. J. Sidney Boucher, M.A.), who was for nearly 20 years Principal of the North Wales Church Training College. The extracts from this book, pilloried by the Liberationist leaflet, make extraordinary reading. Thus, to quote a few:- Nonconformist bodies are not Churches of God, but merely sectarian clubs.—p. 11. Dissent knows itself to be wrong, yet fights against its conscience and convictions.—p. 86. These "godly" professors, stooping to the basest arts, the most audacious falsehoods, to delude the ignorant, gratify their malice, and satisfy their greed, by robbing the Church to a.ggrandise themselves with plunder.—p. 105. Sensuality.—This motive, however it may be cloaked from view, is at the bottom of a very much modern as well as ancient separation from the Church, and evidently originates with the body, not the soul. Men of this loose stamp, finding Church rule irksome, from its self-denying requirements, are only too ready to desert it for any other system with an easier creed and a lower standard of morality that promises them licence under the pretentious name of Christian liberty. The Primate received the pamphlet a few weeks ago. Its effect, he said, was to startle" him. He, therefore, sent for the volume which contained such uncharit- able," "wrong-headed," and "mischievous" passages. But the extracts were correct. He accordingly pursued his investigations fur- ther, and then he discovered that the author of the book had left the college, of which he had been the principal 20 years ago and had left because it was found that his teaching, as regards Nonconformity and its relation to the Church, was so out of har- mony with Church principles and Church authority that it was thought to be impos- sible to allow him to retain the headship any longer. The book was published eight years after he left. Upon these facts the Primate based his lecture to tue Liberation Society. The editor of the "Liberator" (Mr. Howard Evaaxs), when seen by a. representative yesterday, characterised the Primate's ex- planation of the severance of Mr. Boucher's connection with the college as a. misrepre- sentation. "The real reason," he said, was given by the Bishop of Bangor at a, meeting of the Bangor Diocesan Society on the 5th of this month. It was, said the Bishop, on his teaching that baptism by Dissenting minis- ters was not valid that his connection with the college was reluctantly interrupted.' But on all the glaring doctrines of in- tolerance towards Nonconformists, such as were quoted in the leaflet, Mr. Boucher was never pulled up-and why ? Because they are esentialy the teaohing of the Estab- I lished Church."

CAERLEON RIVER SCENE. I [Alleged Determined Attempt at Suicide. At a special police-court a.t Caerleon this morning Frederick Roeser, of Caerleon, was charged on remand with attempting to commit suicide in the River Usk, at Caerleon, on August 20.—Fresh evidence was given by John James, cabinet maker, of Oaerleon, who said that he saw the defendant jump into the river with his clothes on and swim out to the middle. James and his son immediately pull off in a boat, and pulled towards the defendant. He, however, would not let them take him to the bank, and only cursed them for their trouble. A minute later he exclaimed "It's all over." James got him by the neck and took him to the bank, where -he became very violent.—Defendant was remanded until Thursday, when he will appear at the ordinary sitting of the bench at Cwmbran.

BOXING. Another Challenge for the World's Championship. New York exchanges of the 19th inst. state that Gus Ruhlin is out with a challenge to fight James J. Jeffries for the heavy-weight championship of the world. Rublin says that, in view of the fact that he defeated Sharkey twice, he thinks he is entitled to another bout with the champion.

DRUNK OR STUTTERING? I Thomas Joliffe (21), a baker, of Southampton was charged at Southwark Police-court yes- terday with being drunk and disorderly at I London-road, Southwark. A police-constable said the prisoner was surrounded by a crowd, and insisted on fighting. He was. the worse for drink.—The prisoner Excuse me. sir, but I stutter, and that made the policeman think I was drunk. I was at Waterloo Station when a lady came up to me, aAd I got into conversation with her. As we were walking up the road she took a sovereign from my hand. I held on to her, and the policeman came up and arrested me.-Mr. Paul Taylor Next time you come from Southampton to Waterloo take my advice, and don't allow I yourself to be approached by ladies. Pay 20s.. or go to prison for 14 days. 1

"ROOFS FLYING LIKE KITES." I The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steamer Tagus, which arrived at Plymouth last night with the fortnightly West Indian mails, was at Jamaica during the recent hurricane, which devastated that island. The Tagus was alongside a wharf, but sustained only trifling damage, although a number of smaller craft near her were dashed to pieces j on the shore. Describing the scene, those on board the steamer said that "the roofs of buildings were flying about on shore like huge kites in the air."

GREAT STORM IN GERMANY. Thunderstorms of extraordinarily de- structive force are reported from South Hesse, where the sky was darkened, lightning flashed, the roofs of houses were blown off, thousands of windows were shattered, and dwellings were inundated by the rain. One large build- ing was blown down, trees were uprooted. gardens destroyed, and several persons wounded.

I STRIKING FOR LOWER WAGES. At the boiler works of Messrs. Theodore Sijaith and Sons, Jersey City, U.S., the Union called out the men because the firm had decided to pay to some of its employes 15s. a day, instead of the regular 12s. All men. even those who got the 15s., have stopped working.

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WALKING MATCHES. Cogan Boys. A boys' walk took place at Cogan last even- ing. The course of four miles and a half in length was covered by the winner, G. Godfrey, in remarkably good time. Result:-lst, G. Godfrey (46min. 18eec.); 2nd, C. Morgan (46min. 36sec.); 3rd, F. Smith (46min. < £ sec.); 4th, J. Harris (47min. 40sec.); 5th, S. Middleton (48min. 35sec.); 6th, G. Wehrley (49min. 20sec.). Nine others finished within the time limit, viz., one hour. Cardiff Dairymen's Walk. A meeting was held at the Canton Hotel, Landaff-road, yesterday, Mr. H. R. Cypher presiding, when it was.decided to walk from the above hotel to the "Old Post" and back, a. distance of about 15 miles, on September 16, starting at 3.15 p.m.

A SCHOOLBOY'S ESCAPADE. At Tanswter to-day. Thomas Crossley, a schoolboy, was remanded charged with steal- ing 174 from the King-street branch post- office, Lancaster. He admitted taking the money from a desk during the temporary absence of the prosecutor. It was stated that he shared the money with three companions, and that they hid it in a. field at night, taking what they required each day for pleasure- making at Morecambe. The other boys said Crossley told them he found the money. 250 has been recovered.

PORTUGUESE AND BRITISH FLEET Lisbon, Thursday.-Admiral Wilson's fleet of 22 warships entered the Tagus Estuary this morning, on their way to Lisbon. SeveraJ Portuguese warships left to escort the British vessels down the Estuary. Admiral Wilson is visiting Lisbon for the purposes of thanking the King and the Government for the hospi- tality extended to the British fleets at Lagos Bay during the manoeuvres. A great banquet is to be given to the ofiicers of the British fleet, at which the King will pnresida.

CATTLE IMPORTS FROM CANADA. The importation of cattle from Canada to Liverpool has recently shown remarkable developments, probably owing 'to the continued restrictions from Soutli American ports. To August 19 the total shipments from Montreal were 91,000 cattle and 30,000 sheep, fully double the figures for the corresponding period last year. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is agitating strongly or tre removal of restrictions to the free importation of cattle, especially from Canada.

VESTA TILLEY'S FAREWELL. An illuminated address, a piano, and a pianola. were yesterday presented to Miss Vesta Tilley by managers and artists of the variety stage. The ceremony took place at a luncheon given at the Trocadero Restaurant, London, on the eve of Miss Tilley's departure on a tour through the United States. Miss Tilley will leave Euston at noon to-morrow for Liverpool, and embark on board the Cedric.

ROOSTER KILLS CHILD. The two-year-old child of a farmer in Osage, Iowa, was throwing sticks and pebbles at a Plymouth Rock cock, when the bird suddenly flew at the child and drove its spurs deep into the little one's head, neck, and back. The- child died before it could be rescued.

EIFFEL TOWER DOOMED. The special commission appointed to decide on the plans for the transformation of the Champ de Mars and the site of the last Paris Exhibition has voted the demolition of the Eiffel Tower after the concession expires in 1910. according to the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail."

A MYSTERY SOLVED. The Central News Lancaster correspoa lent telegraphs: The body of the lady found en the foreshore at Heyaham on Tuesday 1a8 been identified as that of Miss Jane Walters, aged 40. living at 26, Holderness-road, Leeds. She went for a walk in her dressing-gown and waterpoof on Tuesday night. She had been unwell and oonsiderably depressed recently.

INSOLVENT R; UGH KISSES. Miss Frances Pettit, of Galway, New York, was awarded E600 damages against James P. Tittemore, who had kissed her 1,236 times and promised ttiarriage. The lightning kisser has, however, declared himself bankrupt.

EXODUS TO SOUTH AFRICA. Melbourne, Thumclay.-There continues to be a. steady exodus from Victoria to South Africa. Three hundred persons embarked on the Persio for that country to-day.—Reuter.

THE SOMALI CAMPAIGN. Renter's agency is informed that Lieu- tenant-colonel J. E. Swayne has been ordered to Soraaliland, and has sailed for Berbera, via Marseilles and Aden.

t THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. Rome, Thumday. The Me(litero.tapi-n Squadron arrived at Augusta, Sicily, lo-aar — Central News.

LOST ON MONT ROSA. I Padua, Thuiaday.-A cyclist, named Casati, while ascending Atont Rosa, was overtaken by a sudden storm. Nothing has been seen of him.CeaAral News. 1 11 ? -? 

I LOVE ROMANCE. Musician Marries a Countess. HAPPY SEQUEL TO A SECRET ENGAGEMENT. Herr Jan Kubelik, the world-famed violinist, was married on Tuesday at Deluezin, a small town in Hungary, to Countess Czaky. The young bride, who is strikingly handsome, is a near relative of Herr von Szell, the Hun- garian Premier. Her maiden name was Marianne von Szell. She is a typical Hun- garian beauty—tail, with full figure, large dark eyes, and brown hair. The story of the betrothal is quite romantic. Kubelik was performing at Debreczin, in Hungary, over three years ago, when the Countess, who was among the audience, fell violently in love with him. On the following night Kubelik was a guest at the house of her father, Herr Wolf- gang von Szell, lord-lieutenant of the county. Kubelik was then only nineteen, and the countess, who had been a widow for a. year, was 21. The young virtuoso is said to have declared his love for the countess after ten minutes' conversation, and a secret engage- ment was concluded. The countess defied all objections and persuasions of friends and relatives who were against the match. The young lovers did not meet again for some time, but when Kubelik was of age the countess wired to him to come to Vienna for the formal betrothal. This took place last February. After the wedding Kubelik took his bride to Prague to visit his mother, whom she had not previously met. The greater part of the honeymoon, is to be' spent at Marienbad, where Kubelik is expected to give a series of concerts. Some splendid wedding gifts have been received by the young couple. Among them are presents from the royal admirers of the great artist all over Europe.

ALLEGED CRUELTY. Shocking Charge Against a Lady. At Bideford County-sessiona Frances Mary Day, of Wood's Cottage. Northam, near Bide- ford, who was stated to be a person of good social position, was tried for assaulting, ill- treating, neglecting, and exposing her two children-Joan, aged thirteen, and Phyllis, aged nine-in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering and injury to health. Mr. Clark Hall prosecuted on behalf of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and Mr. Bazley, of Bide- ford, defended. The evidence of the principal witness, Joan, a pretty and intelligent child. disclosed a startling story. On a certain night in June, she alleged, her mother shook her to such an extent that her hair fell out in handfuls. On another occasion, she said, she waa taken to a loft and tied up to a beam, and whilst in that position her mother struck her across the mouth and made her nose bleed. She was left in that uncomfortable position for about seven hours, and when she was able to release herself her arms were black and blue, and the rope seemed to be buried in her flesh. About nine the same night she was permitted to enter the house to have a bath, and because, it was alleged, she was too long about the operation she was sent back to the loft, without any clothing, and there she remained the whole night. She also alleged that on another occasion her mother bit her finger; and on a further date in July, because she was some time in washing up the crockery, three buckets of water were thrown over her. On one occasion, the girl continued, she slept on the back door mat. One day while they were at Wimbledon her mother put the child's hand on the hot bar of the kitchen grate and burned it. On another occasion, because she rooted up some seeds, her mother took a knife and ohopped two pieces out of her arm and several pieces out of her hand. Several times she received a. hundred strokes with a carpet-beater when all her clothes had been taken off. Once or twice a stocking was tied round her neck by her mother and drawn until she was nearly choked. One Sunday, when at Wimbledon, her mother twisted her left arm till it broke above the elbow. She had many times been put in a dark cupboard beneath the stairs. There was no room either to stand up or to lie down. She had bread to eat on Christmas Day. On January 14 her mother cut off all her hair, and in the night stripped her and put her out into the garden. The child remained there till four o'clock in the morn- ing. It was a frosty night, and she was afraid to learve because someone at intervals looked out to see if she was still where she was told to remain. On another night in February of the present year her mother tied her to the orchard gate, and she remained there until eight o'clock the following morn- ing. Phyllis Day, the other child. gave evidence to the effect that in January she and the previous witness and another child were turned out into the garden at night without any clothes. Two of the children remained there only about five minutes, but Joan was there the whole night. Corroborative evidence having been given by neighbours, the defendant pleaded Not guilty," and reserved her defence. Bail was allowed, herself in X50 and two sureties of .£25 each.

I COURTESY REWARDED. I Mr. Richard Crawley, a well known Southampton gentleman who died recently, left a somewhat remarkable will. It was his practice during the later years of his life to spend a great deal of his time on board the Isle of Wight Company's pleasure steamers, and in consideration of the courtesy extended to him from time to time he has left all the captains he was personally acquain.ted with- a dozen or so in number-pne hundred pounds each. In addition he has bequeathed a thou- sand pounds to the Royal South Hants and Southampton Hospital, and smaller sums to other local charitiee.

I LEAP FROM AN EXPRESS. The adjourned inquest on the body of the man who jumped out of a Great Eastern Harwich express when travelling between Lincoln and Spalding was held at Sleaford yesterday afternoon by Dr. Cragg, coroner. The wife of David Dercaigne, agricultural labourer at Stadden. Belgium, identified the clothes the deceased was wearing at the time as those of her husband. She also recognised the photograph taken after death as tha.t of her husband, who had recently left her. The jury found That the man was David I Deroaigne, and that he jumped out of the train whilst temporarily insane."

I PIGEON EATS DIAMONDS. Recently a pigeon was shot on the depoeit floors at the De Beers Mine, Kimberley, and upon examination its crop was found to oon- tain a collection of amaH diamonds, worth many pounds. Pigeons require sharp, flinty substances to assist them in digesting their food, but there is no special virtue in diamonds.

I STRENUOUS SOCIALISTS. Padua, Thurisdvy.-I)uring the progress of the Grand Army manoeuvres in this district a number or Socialists endeavoured to spread their propaganda among the troops and to induce them to lay down their arms. Their efforts met with no ance-ess.Oentml News.

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MILITARY TYRANNY. Systematic Torture by a Sergeant. SHOCKING STORY FROM GERMANY. A Berlin message says:—Another case of the systematic cruelty practised on soldiers in the German Army has been brought to light at Halle, where Sergeant Nebelnng is 011 trial for continuous maltreatment of his men. The evidence given shows that Kebelung frequently beat recruits witii broomsticks and. pokers, compelled his men to run on the drill ground till they dropped from exhaustion, then goaded them with kicks and blows to rise again and run till they fainted. He made his men don heavy overcoats and stand close to heated stoves till they were overcome with faintness. Another of his practices was to make them go down on all fours and sing songs in that position while he sat astride the back of his victim belabouring his head. He forced men to take a rifle between their teeth and crawl round the drill ground on hands and knees while he goaded them with horsewhips. Blows on the face and boxes on the ear were of the commonest occurrence. Numerous other particulars were given of systematic torture. Curiously enough, the officers of the regiment gave Nebelung the best of characters, and stated that he was a smart soldier, who trained his recruits per- fectly. From this the Frankfurter Zeitung" deduces that the officers permit and even encourage systematic cruelty to the men.

I ALIEN RECEIVER SENTENCED. Harris Marks Goldberg, of Russian nationa- lity, 36, described as a tailor, was indicted at the London County Sessions yesterday for having stolen a quantity of silk and satin, value £ 5 !& the property of Mrs. Millie Meerlo, who carried on a fancy drapery busi- ness at 172, Whitechapel-road, and whose premises were broken into on July, 18. Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr. Keith Frith defended.—The case, ordinary and interesting in its facts, shed an instructive sidelight upon the conditions under which aliens lived and worked at the East-end. Part of the prisoner's business was the making up of articles of ladies' underclothing, and this was done, according to the evidence of Detective Leeson, in disgustingly dirty rooms occupied by Goldberg and other persons in Philpot, place, Commercial-road. They worked, lived, and slept in the same apa,rtments.-Accused staled in the witness-box that be executed private and shipping orders for underclothing to be sold in South Africa.-Goldberg was con- victed of receiving the property. He had been under the observation of the police for about twelve months.—He was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour.-He fell appa- rently in a swoon on the dock floor, and waa bodily removed.

WAKING UP LONDON. WAKING UP LONDON. At Southwark Police-court, London, yester- day, George Drummond, 29, a. powerful South Shields seaman, was charged with being dis- orderly in Lafone-street, Bermondsey, and assaulting Police-constable Rippingale, 262 M. —The Officer stated that at three o'clock that morning the prisoner passed through Lafone- street, and knocked loudly at every door in the thoroughfare. When one indignant householder put his head out of the window and asked what be wanted, the man replied that he meant to knock up everybody in London. When witness asked him for an explanation of his conduct, he immediately lifted his clenched fist, and, remarking, "I'll show you what they do with the Shields police," struck him a violent blow, which felled him.—Prisoner said he was in drink, and did not remember anything of the occur- rence.—Mr. Paul Taylor, observing that the aocosed was a very dangerous man to the police, sentenced him to three months' hard labour.

I COUNTRYMAN'S BAG OF GOLD. Two young fellows, "William Wicks and Wil- liam Buzar, were charged at Thames Police- court, London, yesterday, with stealing iCI8 7a. from the person of George Whitehouse, of 10, Portman Cottages, Upper Warlingham. Prosecutor said on Tuesday night he was in Bow-road talking to a. lady whom he had been to see respecting the taking of a bomekeepr's berth. Prisoners caught hold of the lady and said, "Give us a drink." Witness pulled out a bag containing zEl7 78., when Buzar snatched it out of his hand and passed it to Wicks, who ran away. When witness attempted to fol- low some women tried to stop him. He managed to get hold of Wicks. The Chief Clerk: But you haven't got your £18? Prosecutor: No, and I never shall. I Prisoners, who denied the charge, were com- mitted for trial.

I CROQUET. I THE CHAMPION CUP. I The Champion Cup Croquet Tournament, which is being played on the Roehampton Club's Lawns, was continued yesterday, when the first round was completed, and the second commenced. At the end of the first round the order was:—Mr. G. H. Woolston (holder) and Mr. C. E. Willis, 8 games each; Mr. R. C. J. Beaton, 6; Mr. C. D. Locock, 5; Mr. C. H. du Cane, 4; Messrs. A. G. Boumphrey; F. W. Croft, J. E. Austin, and F. R. D. Onslow, 3 games each; and Mr. M. Barry, 2. In the second round Woolston beat Onslow by 17 points and Barry by 16; Beaton beat Onslow by 26, Locock by 23, and Austin by 26; Locock beat Onslow by 23; Boumphrey by 6, and Du Cane by 25; Beaton beat Boumphrey by 14 a.nd Du Cane by 3; Croft beat Barry by 14; Barry beat Willis by 5; Boumphrey beat Croft by 26 and Willis by 6; and Da Cane beat Croft by 5.

I A LIGHTNING STORY. Steady and unimaginative Swiss vouch for the following story, so it must be true. At Le Pont, in the Canton of Vaud, twenty-five persons while at a. rifle match were struck and knocked over by lightning, which played along an electric bell wire. No one was killed, but several men were badly injured, falling senseless, and being revived with difficulty. On the bodies of all twenty-five persons were afterwards found photographs of fir-trees. The lightning had imprinted on the skin of those whom it struck views of the wood behind the shooting-range.

I THE LIFT THAT FAILED. I About 6.15 last night one of the electric lifts bringing up passengers at the King William-street Station of the City and South London Railway came to a. sudden stop in transit. There were about thirty passengers of both sexes in the lift at the time, and naturally many of them were somewhat alarmed. Six minutes, which seemed to the anxious passengers almost like six long hours, passed before they were restored to daylight and the busy hum of traffic round the Bank. The cause of the stoppage was the fusing of a wire and the consequent cutting-off of the current.

SIR WILFRED AND THE WHISKY. I Sir Wilfred Lawsoai's teetotal friends would ha.ve been startled yesterday to see him seated on the Bench at Wigton Police-court with a large bottle of Scotch whisky before him. He did not sample the contents, how- ever. The bottle had been stolen by a. woman from a Wigton inn. She was advised to reform, and given a. month's imprisonment in wJúGb to QCBMdder the advioa.

I BAN K ER'S CAREER. I I Robbing a French Millionaire. SENT TO PRISON FOR A YEAR. Balensi, who was known for some time as the banker of the late Max Lebaudy, the young millionaire army conscript, was tried in the Seine Assize Court, Paris, yesterday, for breach of trust, and was condemned to one year's imprisonment. The prisoner was formerly a noted man on the turf, as well as on the Bourse, and he kept an important racing stud. He was appointed director of a financial establishment in 1891, and was accused of having appropriated 6,800,000f., as well as some jewellery. He next captured the confidence of Max Lebaudy, who is said to have deposited with him 17,000,000f., some of which Balensi used for his own purposes. When the illfated petit eucrier," or mil- lionaire conscript, died in 1896, Balensi ran away to America, as his accounts were to be audited. He got into trouble in New York over a diamond necklace, and was condemned to a long term of imprisonment, after which I he was handed over to the French Govern- ment, and was sent back to Paris for trial. Balensi, like Madame Humbert, tried to workj on the feelings of the jury by representing himself as an unfortunate speculator. He denied that he had squandered any money, especially that of Max Lebaudy, who, he said, had full confidence in him, and for whom he acted in an honourable manner. The jury only took into account that the ex-banker had been for Bix years in an American prison, and then found extenuating circumstances.

I PASSIVE RESISTERS. I I Distressing Scene in a Court. An extraordinary scene occured at Brad- ford, Wilts., yesterday, during passive re- sistance proceedings. The Rev. W. Atwell, Congregational minister, Limpley-Stoke, having had an order made against him, after a fervent protest, said to the Bench, If you think you can put down passive resistance this way you are mistaken. You may blot out the word passive, but resistance never." The Chairman ordered the police to remove Mr. Atwell, who refused to go, saying they could remove him to prison if they chose. Con- sta,bles laid hold of him, when Atwell's son, who has just passed the Royal College of Science, called out to the police to take thier hands off his aged father, and went towards him. Other constables seized the son by the arms and shoulders, and proceeded to eject him. A large number of the audience rose simultaneously, and for some seconds there was a heated scene, but the police continued to act on their order. Mr. Atwell, who had been summoned for refusing to pay the poor-rate, said he de- scribed this as a libel on his character, a falsehood, and a lie, for he had offered all but the educational portion. The Bench, however, refused to cancel the summons. I Exciting Scenes at Ashford. Exciting seenes were witnessed in Ashford Cattle Market to-day, when a sale was held of goods seized from local passive resisters. The auction was conducted by a Leytonstone auctioneer, the local agents refusing to act. He was greeted with groans and hisses, and the sale was greatly interrupted. Dr. Clifford afterwards addressed an indignation meeting. NOVEL MOVE AT NEWPORT. The other side of the shield is going to be shown to passive resisters at Newport. Pro- bably at the next meeting of theCorporation a now rate, with an addition of Zd. in the £ as compared with the previous half year, will be made—or will be proposed. If that addition be made, some ratepayers will give notice to the collectors that when demand is made they will strike off the extra 2d. in the £ as a protest against the stupid action of the Cor- poration and the waste of money thereby involved, in not assenting to such a scheme under the new Education Act as the Board of Education can sanction. The persons who are taking this course say that their action is a good deal more logical than either the action of passive resisters or of the Council in defying the Board of Education-that they had a legitimate ratepaying grievance to set right, and they propose asking ratepayers generally to take the only course now open to them, viz.. to stop payment until the Cor- poration is brought to its senses. Then a con- siderable saving in rates will result.

STABBED MAN'S LAST CRY. I The death of Vincenzo Mammone, an Italian, and a lodging-house keeper at Chatham, was inquired into yesterday. He died from wounds in the body, alleged to have been inflicted with a knife by Tomaso Valenti, a lodger, also an Italian. Another lodger said he heard a noise in the kitchen, and going in saw Mammone and Valenti embrace." He pulled I deceased away, but he ran back, seized Valenti by the throat, and struck him against the walL Blows were exchanged, and Mam- mone fell, crying out, "Knife, knife!" Valenti said, It is not a knife-it is my fist." He then jumped on the table, extinguished all the lights, and disappeared. The inquest was adjourned.

DETERMINED SUICIDE AT PENMARK At the Police-station, Penmark, on Tuesday afternoon, an inquest was held by Mr. E. Llewellyn Reece, deputy-coroner, on the body of Jane Watts, aged 42, who died from the effects of poisoning on the previous day. The evidence showed that the woman, who was the wife of WiUiam Watts, a butcher, had been for some time muctf depressed, and on Tues- day morning she took a dose of liquid poison, which caused her death before medical aid could be obtained. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity."

ARCHBISHOP BOURNE. I Whether instigated by Soman Catholics in England or not is unknown, but there is certainly a strong current in Rome against the appointment of Dr. Bourne to the Arch- bishopric of Westminster, and his opponents a.re even trying to induce the Pope not to gratify the choice of Propaganda. The Italie thinks that the Pope will postpone ratification of this appointment.

BETTING AT A SOCIAL CLUB I At Liverpool City Sessions yesterday, Ed- ward Samuel Corrie, bookmaker, was fined .i.2O for having used the Whitefleld SociaJ Club for the purpose of betting and a fine of ES was imposed on his clerk, Donaldson Watson. When the police raided the club they found Corrie and Watson seated at a desk sur- rounded by betting slips. There was also a tape-machine near them.

GERMAN MINERS AND SOCIALISM I It is stated that the miners in Rhenish r Prussia are joining the Social Democratic party at the rate of about 1.000 a. week. The movement is attributed to the dissatisfaction of the miners with their wages and general treatment.Central News.

NEWPORT RATEPAYERS AND THE CORPORATION. The Newport Ratepayers and Property Owners' Association have intimated to the Looa? Government Board that they intend to oppose the appiic&tMn of the row;rt Cor. poration for leave to borrow RSBAO fw pro- viding adctttSouikl -tfeotriml plant.

If Cochfarf's II Comments. How changeable the world we live in is! Only a few months ago every man in Cardiff seemed anxious to become a tramcar conductor, but already the fever has passed away, for a citizen who saw nothing derogatory to his dignity in compelling his wife to enter domestic service in order to provide sustenance for' herself and child considered the prospect of being employed as a tramcar conductor too low for him. I am not quite sure that the members of the Cardiff Corporation will regret the change very much, for it will decrease the demand for the notes" which were so much in request by candidates for such an appoint- ment. I wish this was followed by a decrease also in the desire for some light job under the corporation," which is the most stereotyped request members of a municipal council have to hear. Has it occurred to seekers of "light jobs" that' the men to whom such requests are made would be glad to hear of a "light job" also ? There is a great deal of unconsciom, cruelty perpetrated during the holiday season. The seaside donkeys' sufferings have been the subject of many 8f comment, chiefly on account of the brutal treatment meted out to them by louts of riders, as well as by their owners, who care more for the twopences earned by the mute brutes than for their hides. The amateur fisher- man has long been exempted from cen- sure, because his victims are less in evidence than the larger and more familiar quadruped. The trouble has increased since it has become the fashion to give toy fishing nets to children, who, proud of having captured unoffending crabs or other shellfish which linger in miniature seaside pools when the tide ebbs, carry them to their lodgings, and when they have been exhibited to admir-. ing friends the defenceless creatures are doomed to die for the want of their natural element—seawater. This is done very often more from a want of thought than a want of heart, and a more general notice of the practice in the press may lead to an abandonment of this very common form of cruelty. The leading manufacturers of sweets are taking every care to place upon the; market nothing but the best sugar articles, and they have a strong trade combination, one of the chief purposes of which is to put down the manufacture of impure sweets. Few trades have manifested such great improvements as the confectioners, and it is regrettable that arsenical colour is still employed by persons who are un- scrupulous enough to think of nothing but big profits. The Royal Commission on Arsenical Poison is still collecting I evidence as to the extent to which manu- facturers of foodstuffs are using poisonous colouring agents. There are manufac- turers of sweets who guarantee that no colouring injurious to health is used by them under any circumstances, and their names are a guarantee that the articles they offer the public are of the purest kind. There is no doubt that the Com- mission above-named will make a suitable recommendation as to protecting con- sumers against a repetition of tiio com- plaints that have recently been made in the daily press. Dear Sir,—With reference to your notes in the Express," I have much pleasure in sending you the words of "Y Fwyalchen/' "Y Ferch o'r Sker, "Ffani Blodau'r Ffair," and Y Deryn Pur." I also intend sending you in a week or so the words of IT Ferch o Landaf."—With very kind regards, yours faithfully, T. BEES. 16, Norfolk-terrace, Ealing, W., Aug. 22. I am exceedingly thankful to Mr. Rees for this additonal response on his part to many of my inquiries for information on every variety of subjects. I had the words of "Y Deryn Pur" by me, but I have not seen the words of "Ffani Blodau'r Ffair or Y Ferch o Lan Taf many years. The words of Y Ferch o Scer" may be interesting through my reference in this column to the musio wedded to them: — Mab wyf fi sy'n byw dan benyd Am f'anwylyd fawr ei bri, Gwaith ei charu'n fwy na digon, Coro mae fy nghalon i; Gwell yw dangoe beth yw'r achos Nac ymaros dan fy nghur; Dere'm seren ata i'n llawen— Ti gai barch a chariad pur. Pwylla'r bachgen gwyllt ei anian 'Rwyf dan ofn rhwymo'm llaw, Gwaith cael digon o rybuddion, Oddiwrth gariadon yma. a thraw. 'Rwy n rhy ifanc eto i ddianc, Oym'raf bwyll cyn myn'd rhy bell; Pan bwy'n barod 'ryw ddiwrnod, Clyvred gei os byddi gwell. I This referenceto Welsh ballads reminds me of the translation by Mr. Ernest Rhys, M.A., of "Can y Blotyn Du" ("Song of the Black Spot"), which appears in the current number of The Speaker." The great difficulty in translating ballads arises from more or less of the lines being doggerel, and when such lines are trans- lated it is necessary to convey to the reader a sense of their necessity to the unity of the ballad story. All this Mr. Rhys has accomplished with "The Song of the Black Spot." The whole of the verses would take more space than I have at my command, but the story is of the return of a son from the Turkish wars, where he had "Spoiled the Spaniard, sacked the Turk, Till the guineas lined his coat." On his return to his native land he calls at his mother's gate." "He begs a bed and bids her keep O'er night his bag fuilfreight there," the "freight" of gold with which the son intended to free his parents' farm from the mortgage which weighted it. He preferred to hide his identity until the morning, however, and this is how Mr. Rhys tells us the result in English verse:- But when he's laid asleep- 'Tis whispering—whispering keep The old souls. Deep his bag of gold: Their weary debt as deep. There, when the candle shone. How should they know their son.? One blow, and Bwrla's (farm) debt is paid; One stab, and all is done. A sister had learned that John was in the neighbourhood, and soon after the, bloody deed was done she called upon heri parents Dear hearts! Your boy is come, Come, tanned and bearded. home Last night-the black spot on his arml The Black Spot "—they are dumb. Up to the loft they go there; And they had light enow there, I doubt, the "Black Spot" on his arm. Beneath the sleeve, to show there. Don't cry now, for his sake, Or all our hearts will break! The old man said, and turned the blads His own life-blood to take. Ca.n sorrow kill or not? Four in one grave forgot The weary debt on Bwrla fields, The doom of the Black Spot. Mr. Ernest Rhys is one of the latest converts to the bracing qualities of Porth- cawl air Mr. and Mrs. Rhys have been quietly pursuing their literary work and moving among the busy crowd which parade daily between the Rest and the Newtown Sands, and enjoying thoroughly their immunity from recognition, Tiaey return to London to-day.

STRANGE ABDUCTION STORY. I Mr. Rodwell, the husband of the woman who was charged at Stratford, London, the previous day with abducting a little girl named Braine, applied yesterday for bail for his wife.-Deteetlve-sergeaut Melville said the girl arrived home the previous evening, and under the circumstance-a the police would not oppose bail.—Bail was granted and a surety was forthcoming.