Evening Express

A question which seems likely to eclipse til others, from Kuropatkin's latest stand to the genuine character of the marble pillars of the new Cardiff Town-hall, is that of mixed bathing at Barry. We confess at the outset that, somehow or other, we do not connect Barry and mixed bathing together. Mixed bathing sug- gests Boulogne and Trouville and piquant mam'selles in the daintiest (and yet be it noted the modestest) of bathing dresses. But Barry! However, somehow or other, the waters of the great Atlantic have floated the mixed-bathing bacillus into the little Glamorgan resort, and now there is the very deuce to pay. Of course, the new problem gives scoffers occasion to blaspheme—no, no, we mean it gives the "unco guid" occa- sion for one of those little paroxysms of goody-goodiness in which they are wont to indulge. Just as there are extremely good, well-meaning people who howl at Zola and have yet never read a word of him, so there are equally well-intentioned individuals who rage against mixed bath- ing and yet have never seen it. Now we are not going to be so foolish as to suggest that mixed bathing is incapable of doing harm, but we certainly think that if conducted as people in this country usually conduct things there can be no harm at ail. At the concert, at the theatre, in the bail-room there are Jfadies who unveil their persons to an extent that puts the very mixedcst of mixed bathing wholly and completely in the shade. Let, therefore, the "unco guid" inveigh against this fashion, and leave mixed bathing to itself. The modest man and woman will be modest under alII circumstances, whether bathing together or not. But there are plenty of places where mixed bathing is not the rule, and yet where the fair sex disports itself in the water or at its margin, whilst dozens ol boys and youths look on and pass all kinds of observations. Occasionally, too, some of these fair bathers court the atten- tion of the crowd, as everyone knows who has taken any notice of the matter. Let mixed bathing be tried at Barry and deco- rum preserved, and we shall hear no more howls. It is foolish to cry before you are pushed, and worse than foolish to condemn a custom before it has ever been adopted. This is the kind of thing that makes us English laughed about on the Continent, where people remain virtuous and yet enjoy their cakes and ale and other innocent diversions. LEWIS MORGAN (LoQTrrrTJR). 0 gents, be not so sceptical ('Twas Lewis Morgan spoke). I know your business makes you doubt; But I'm a truthful bloke. Those pillars that you see around, They ape not shoddy stuff. I've watched 'em from the very start, I've seen 'em in the rongh. 0 gents, be not so critical Nor cast the winking eye. Indeed, we're bona-fide quite, Indeed, we are not fly." Just ask the biooraing ratepayers: They're in an awful w-,ay- They're brooding o'Lr the frightful bill That they will have to pay. And so would you if here you lived, Instead of on a trip; For when the tune is "Marble Halls" The piper you must tip! IDRIS. Mr. Swinburne (it seems an insult to prefix the Mr.) is, perhaps, the greatest living English poet, and certainly amongst the half-dozen greatest masters of Eng- lish verwe up and down the centuries he must command an honourable place. Nay, it may be said that he wields our mother tongue as no one el&e can wield it, just as some great warrior of old was wont to handle a two-edged sword which no one else could do more than draw from the scabbard. In saying this we are cer- tainly not depreciating the genius of a Byron or a Tennyson but very iew will be found bold enough to deny the abso- lute control of this great Englishman over our language; and in the latest volume of his verse we have examples in plenty. Let us quote just a few lines, for instance, from his wonderful poem entitled, "A Channel Passage," written, be it remembered, many years after the event, which occurred in the fifties, when (we presume) he crossed the "silver streak" as a youth for the first time. The passage was a troubled one, and the effect none the less because the small steamers of those days would not ride the waves with the security of their larger and more perfect successors. Minds cast in a common mould would, under such circumstances, be a prey to tumultuous, tifough melancholy, emotions. Not so our poet, who has ever loved the sea as his life: And the night was alive and anhungered of life as a tiger from toils cast free: And a rapture of rage made joyous the spirit and strength of the saW of the eea. All the weight of the wind bore down on it, freighted with death for fraught: And the keen waves kindled and quickened j -d- as t-y, ngstransfi-g ureort-h-in gs distraught. And madness fell on them laughing and leap- ing and madness came an the wind: And the might and the light and the dark- nesa of storm were as storm in the heart of Ind. Such glory, such terror, such passion, a« lighten and harrow the far fierce East, { Rang, 3hone, spake, shuddered around us: the night was an altar with death for priest. The channel that sunders England from shores where never was man born free Was clothed with the likeness and thrilled with the strength and the wrath of a tropic sea. As a wild Irteed ramps in rebellion, and rears till it swerves from a backward fall, The strong ship struggled and reared, and her deck was upright aa a sheer cliff's wall. Stern and prow plunged under, alternate; a glimpse, a recoil, a breath, And she sprang as the life of a God-made man I would spring at the throat of death. Three glad hours, and it seemed not an hour of supreme and supernal joy, Filled full with delight that revives in remem- brance a sea-bird's heart in a boy. It is impossible for either the lover of Nature on the one hand, or the possessor of fven a feeble flame of the poetic instinct on the other, not to be roused and thrilled by the magnificence of a passage like this. To study it is to be away upon the stormy sea, aspeckon the wild waste of waters, alone with Nature in her most majestic mood. In wonderful contrast to such strong and forceful description is the poet's reference to a dead child, a tribute so gentle and so tender that it is difficult to imagine it ss coming from the same source:— Love, whose light thrills heaven and earth, Smiles and weeps upon thy birth. Child, whose mother's love-lit eyea Watch thee but from Paradise. Sweetest sight that earth can give, "Sweetest light of eyes that live, Ours must needs, for hope withdrawn, Hail with tears thy soft spring dawn. Liafht of hope whose star hath set, Light of love whose sun lives yet, Holier, happier, heavenlier love I Breathes about thee, burns above, Surely, sweet, than ours can be. Shed from eyea we may not see, Though thine own may see them shine Night and day, perchance, on thine. It is as though some stout, bearded oars- man were to sit down and with hii great rough, horny hand paint a delicate and tender picture. The man who can do these things is of the mightiest, and we should rejoice that he still remains in our midst, and has not yet gone on to mingle with the immortals. ■ =

i Mainly About People. I The Lord Chancellor, who entered his eightieth year on Saturday, will, if the politi- cal prophets are to be relied upon, have relinquished the Keepership of the Great Seal before another anniversary of his birth- day comes round. As Sir Hardinge Giffard, i ord Halsbury was in his pre-Woolsack day one of the most vigorous and refreshing speakers ever heard on the political platform, and was always in great request in all parte of the provinces. With the retirement of his lordship, the Woolsack will lose much of the subdued gaiety with which it has been invested during Lord Halsbury's tenure of office. In the event of a Liberal Government supplanting the present Administration, his lordship's genial, rubicund face, so often wreathed in the broadest of smiles, will be sadly missed from the Upper Chamber, more particularly as the choice of a successor on the Liberal benches lies between two of the most serioua-visaged members of tho House of Commons—Mr. Haldane and Sir Robert Reid. Earl Grey, the newly-appointed Governor- General of Canada in succession to Lord Minto, was born in 1851, son of General the Hen. Charles Grey, and succeeded the third ear!, his uncle, eight years ago. His ances- tors distinguished themselves both in war and politics. Sir Charles Grey, in whose favour the title was created, was a distin- guiehed commander in the first American war. The second earl sat in the House of Commons for 21 years, became Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and, after succeeding to the title, Prime Minister. The third earl was Colonial Secretary from 1846 to 1852, and was well-known in later years as a sound and fearless critic of State affairs. Educated at Harrow and Cambridge, the present Earl Grey sat in the House of Commons from 1830 t 1836. After the Jameson Raid he was apointed Administrator of Rhodesia, and )i 1898 he joined the board of the British South Africa Company, of which he is now vice- precident.. A very beautiful picture is drawn of the late Bishop Ridding by a correspondent of the Manchester Guardian," who was a boy at Winchester under the late Bishop's head- mastership. George Ridding, my honoured headmaster and friend, was a living example of the Winchester motto, Manners maketh man '-kind, generous, stern, but just; far- seeing, a judge of character, a hater of hum- bug, thoughtful, considerate. It is 36 years since I left school, and the tie between a wayward boy and his master was never broken." The writer goes-on to describe one day that he spent with the Bishop—chiefly in the gar- den-15 years ago at Thurgarton. Amid the talk of things general he recalled old times, and the ball that took a wicket in the Eton match of 1868 with a real swerve,' only we did not report those things in the papers then. I had been ashamed of what I remem- bered as a most pernicious fluke, notwith- standing the humour of it. But the master had noticed it; and many other little things did he speak of that proved my old head- master's memory and power and manage- ment." Admiral Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas was born in Quebec just 62 years ago, and, like so many Canadians, he has deserved well of the Empire. From Quebec High School he went into the Navy, and having eerved as mid- shipman and lieutenant of the Arrogant on the Congo and Gambia, he became gunnery- lieutenant of the Aurora, and commanded a gunboat on the Canadian lakes during the Fenian invasion of 1866. Since then he has made himself a. very special authority on gunnery, who has been in command of the gunnery schools both at Plymouth, and Portsmouth; he has instructed the Japanese Navy, has helped to direct the Imperial Japanese Naval College, has captained the Serapis and other ships, hae won medals and decorations during the naval and military operations in the Soudan, has been a. mem- ber and vice-president of the Ordnance Com- mittee, and has commanded in the East Indies, on which station he was able by firm decision to bring home to the Sultan of Muscat the advantages of holding to his engagements with Great Britain, and so to sava a serious complication. He hoisted his flag am Commander-in-Chief on the North American and West Indian Station in 1902. after three years as a. Sea Lord at the Admiralty, on which he made his mark by untiring energy and wise decision. Without being too optimistic, he is always ready to face difficulty and danger, and he is kind and courteous to all who have dealings with him. Therefore, he is well esteemed in his profession. He is not much of a society man; for he is a typical saIlor-a. single-minded, upright, downright man. More remarkable, perhaps, for honest common sense than for brilliant ability, he has so much good and quick judgment that he may be depended on to uphold British traditions. He is a good sportsman, who cannot tell a Sargent from a Shannon, says "Jehu Junior" in Vanity Fair"; but he hae a charming wife, and his family adore him, for he is altogether a good, honest fellow. He is fond of going down into Devonshire to rub off the London rust." GTeaJt is the excitement in Athens over the coming competition in the throwing of the discus at he St. Louis Exhibition. The Athenian champion is Mr. Georgaratas; the Greeks regard him as the champion of all the ancient Eastern methods. The Western re- presentative is named Martin Sheridan (one may suppose him of Irish extraction), who claims that his reoord of 129ft. would be im- possible for anyone using the ancient style of hurling the disc. Sir Richard Jebb, M.P., perhape the finest Greek scholar in Europe, was born at Dundee 63 years ago. By the time he was 22 he had been Craven scholar, senior classic in the Cambridge Tripos of '62, and was a Fellow of Trinity. He followed up these successes by becoming Public Orator of the University, and finally, after some years epent at Glas- gow, its Regius Professor of Greek. There is certainly no greater intellectual treat at Cambridge than to hear Professor Jebb lecture in his ordinary classes at the Uni- versity Schools. He stands before his pupils (writes a correspondent) with nothing in his hand but the simple Greek text. Notes, emendations, the different views of this scholar and of that flow from his memory without check or omission. Sir Richard has been Conservative representative for Cambridge since 1891. His Appearance far less suggests the dry-ao-dust professor than the habitue of Clubland. He is handsome in person and immaculately dressed, especially as regards his patent leather boots, which drew from the Master of Trinity the caustic remark that "Mr. Jebb devotes to Greek epigrams the time he can spare from polish- ing his boots."

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) WOMAN HANGED AS SPY I I How a Japanese Girl Died I Captain Perventseff, who has just arrived a,t Moscow, invalided from Manchuria, has given to an interviewer the following, omang several other tragic stories:- It was during our rapid and unfortunate retreat from Telissu. Two of our Cossacks, pushing forward a dwarf, marched to Ria-binin with the words, Your Honour, this is a Japanese.' An ugly, little, clean-shaven mannikin, dressed in Chinese garments, stood before us. He bad been caught by the soldiers among the coolies, writing on slips of yellow paper, and our men, who suspect everyone, naturally suspected him. As we had no time for formalities, he was tried on the spot. There were no papers of value upon him, but those he had proved unmistakably that he was a spy. He was sentenced to be hanged. All the time the little fellow, with acon- temptuous look upon his ugly yellow face, kept chattering in good Russian, I don't deny it. Do what you like!' 'At any rate, they can meet death,' commented R. At four o clock he was strung up, and, when the poor wretch's body fell from the cart, a little silver chain jerked from under- neath his tunic and glistened a moment in the sun. An hour later we were sitting together, pouring vodka into our tea-pannikins, when in rushed one of the spy's ca.ptors.. Your Honour,' he shouted, it's a woman! We were taking this. And he put in my hand the silver chain with a pendant locket, oon- taiaing tha portrait of an unmistakable European in Russian officer's uniform. I looked at the Cossack in amazement, thinking he was drunk. The Jap's a woman,' he repeated. 'Go and see for yourself, your honour.' Good God, what a race of people!' said R. A terrible silence fell upon us all."

f BABES IN THE BUSH I Recently two baby girls (says a Durban tele- gram) of the respective ages of three and four years, disappeared from their mothers' home one evening, and for the time being all trace of them was lost. The evening paper learns that on the following day a cordon of 300 Kaffirs from the various police- stations. together with a number of Indians, was thrown out over the bush from Umgeni to the Point, and a search was continued throughout the day. Happily, what would have been a tragedy of the bush was averted. The children had entered the bush only a few hundred yards from their homes, and soon lost themselves. The poor little mites spent the night hidden among the scrub, and on the following even- ing they were discovered, half covered by sand and fallen leaves. One was in a dazed condition, and the younger child was asleep with exhaustion. The sand had entered their eyes and mouths, and they presented a. pitiable appearance. They were taken to their mothers' homes, and, after medical attention, soon recovered. ? ?a

I LORD DUNRAVEN AND IRISH REFORMS I Lord Dunraven, who is a prominent worker in the new association for bringing about Irish reforms was interviewed yesterday. He said that the Land Act of last year demonstrated two things—the desire of the Imperial Parliament and all parties in Eng- land to be generous towards Ireland, and the dynamic effect of any reasonable demand made nationally by Ireland. The land ques- tion was practically settled, and the system of dual ownership will be abolished. Ho expressed himself in favour of a National University, with a college for Roman Catholics within the university. The solution of the education question was urgently necessary, in order to give the people fair educational opportunities all round, and to do away with or curtail the effects of sectarian bitterness which exist in some paxte of the country.

UNLUCKY FOX. I A peculiar incident marked the first cub hunt of the Atherstone Hounde in Arbary Park, Nuneaton, yesterday. Several foxes were disturbed in the north woodlands, and one of them, being hard pressed, sought shelter in an enclosure set apart for the rearing of pheasants. He scaled wire-netting nearly six feet high. but the hounds followed him into the en. closure, and killed him there.

CARDIFF MODEL YACHT CLUB The above club sailed alto the Roath Park Lake the sixteenth race of the season and the fourth race for the cup given by Mr. C. Wall, vice-president. Previous competi- tions for this cup have been very keen, and grea.t interest was taken in this race, as Mr. A. Llewellin and Mr. W. F. Morgan already had two wins each to their credit. The wind was very light, and, coming from tho north-west, made the course a beat out, with a run down to the home mark, twice around. At 6.20 the following bo?ta were fte.nt away by Mr. Washer, of the St. German's club:—Sybarita 45in.), Irio 46iin.i, Kindly Light (47in.). May (471in.), Niobe (48in.), Coro- nation (48Jin.). Dorothy (49in.), and Penitent (504in.). Kindly Light (owner Mr. W. F. Morgan) was the winner. This competition is now closed.

TO CORRESPONDENTS I W. Irwin (Cardiff) .-Deeming was executed on May 23, 1892. A. Thomas (Barry- Island).-Yott do not say for what area you want the returns.

UNWELCOME LOVER. PURSUES HEIRESS ACROSS TWO CONTINENTS. The strange love affair of an Austrian count had in abrupt and unpleasant ending in Montreaux, Switzerland, yesterday. For nearly a year past this man had pur- sued an American heiress with unwelcome attentions. The young lady, who is a famous beauty in St. Louis, met the alleged count at a ball in Chicago last October. She was then engaged to a young Ameri- can, but, although he was informed of this, the Austrian persisted in making love to her. To avoid a scandal sihe was taken by her aunt to Europe. But the lover followed her and sent her imploring letters in London. He dogged her to Paris, and eventually sent her a threatening letter to her hotel in Montreux. This led to his downfall. The young lady appealed to an American gentleman staying at the hol: who called on the supposed oount, 8md threa-tened him that if he did not leave in six hours the matter would be placed in the hands of the police After some bluster this strangely persistent lover gave way, and left hurriedly for Zurich.

Dramatic Disclosure. I BIGAMiST'S STARTLING STATEMENT I There was a dramatic reversal of positions in the Northfleet Police-court yesterday. Charged with committing bigamy by marry- ing Mrs. Funnell at Hackney while his "first" wife, Miss Perry, was alive, at Portsmouth, Henry Blann, a good-looking young man described as a tram conductor, made this statement I wish to say that Mrs. Funnell is my wife, and Miss Agnes Jessie Perry is not my wife. While in the Marine Artillery I went to South Africa, where I eecretly married an Afrikander woman, named Lena De Kok. Six weeks after I had married Miss Perry I received a letter from South Africa in- forming me of Lena/a death. The date of her death was August 29. and I have committed bigamy with Perry, not with Mrs. Funnell. The first sentence of the statement drew from Mrs. Funnell an ejaculation of "Thank God!" Miss Perry, who was also in court, appeared too amazed and distressed to speak. Evidence was given by Mrs. Fnnnell-or Mrs. Blann, as she will, of course, be if the prisoner's story proves true-that she was the widow of a London policeman who lost his life in a fire whilst saving three men. In consequence of his heroism, a subscrip- tion was raised, and she and her two chil- dren became entitled to a pension. She for- feited her share of this by wedding Blann. The magistrates now sent Blann for trial.

INTERPRETER'S TOUGH TASKI At the Marlborough-street Police-court yesterday .Jacques Amar, 22, a Roumanian, was charged with being concerned with others in stealing jewellery and other property, worth about LZ5, from a. foreign woman named Ouesti Laurer, of Prince's-court, Whit- combe-eereet, W. Madame Laurer stated that the prisoner and others, who had lodged at her house, stole a quantity of her property, some of which wa3 traced to the prisoner. Those concerned in the case comprised a Turk, a Belgian, an Italian, a Frenchman, an Irishman, a Scotchman, and an Englishman. Mr. Fahrni.an interpreter, who is a Swiss, found French the most convenient language to use amongst so many nationalities. The prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, was committed for trial.

A CLEVER RAT I The following curious incident is recounted in the "Field" by Sir Godfrey Lagden, Johan- nesburg :-There were a lot of rats in the forage-room of my sbable, arft we had great difficulty in getting at them. They were shy of all traps, and did a, tremendous lot of damage at night time, lying quiet all day. At length I put in the room a square tin-lined box about 2ft. deep, and in it placed some burnt cheese. The rats immediately got interested in the cheese, climbed up the out- side of t'he box, and, having got inside, could not ascend the slippery tin lining. In this way we killed a great many. One morning my children took a cat, who was a. very good ratter,and placed it in the box, where there was already a good-sized rat. The cat, instead of tackling the rat, appeared to make friends with it. They put their noses together and frisked round, hurt no harm was done, and eventually the cat jumped out, refusing to tackle the rat. The children then put in a. keen dachshund, who immediately snapped at the rat and missed it. The rat cam round the box two or three times, dodging oleverly, and eventually, by olimbing on the dog's back adroitly, jumped out of the box and escaped.

BARON ERLANGER KILLED I Baron Carlo Erlanger, a member of the well-known family of bankers at Frankfort, wae killed on Sunday in an automobile acci- dent at Salzburg. The baron travelled in a motor-car from Frankfort to visit his cousin, Baron Haymerle, in order to join a large pa,rty in a long automobile tour. As he was proceeding to the Hotel de at Slav burg his motor collided with a tramcar. The baron sustained severe internal and external injuries, and was carried to the villa of Baron Haymerle, where he died after eeveral hours of suffering. He was 31 years of age, and was a lieutenant of Hussars in the Prussian Army.

ANDAMANS DELUGE I A Port Blair correspondent writes to the "Engliehman": TSiirty odd inches (enver mind the decimals) of rain during the past month: nearly two million solid tons of water to the square mile of sodden land in a period of thirty days. Small wonder thon, that an imaginative traveller of tho last cen- tury speaks of the Andamanese as "an amphibious race of savage beings, who wear no clothing and have webbed feet." So much for our weather and genial climate of these islands during the monsoon months

SAW HER DRINK POISON I Mrs. Mary Thomas was charged at Wor- ship-street Police-court, London, yesterday, with having attempted suicide by taking laudanum in the gardens of the Bethnal- green museum. A constable said he saw her sitting on a seat drinking from a bottle labelled "Poison" and found she had taken laudanum. She was remanded.

THE MISSING PRINCESS The Princess Louise of Ooburg and Lieute- nant Mattachich. are expected to arrive in Paris early next week. Friends of the lieutenant have been asked to prepare apartments for their reception, but absolute secrecy is to be observed until the couple are safely in Paris. It is generally supposed that the Princess is now in Switzerland.

ADOLF BECK'S MARTYRDOM I "The True Story of My Martyrdom," by Adolf Beck, is being told in Smith's Weekly," and the first chapter appears to-day. It is a dramatic story of real life, and will excite much interest. n -■

CL ARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE This Fimoiu Madielm wm cleanse the Blood from all Impa- rities from winterer ctuee wriaiag. A nle remed7 for Nezema. Bad Lots, Scrofula, Blood Foiaoa, Sores of all kitdo, Bolls, Xrnp- tiooi, Ulcers, GlandnUr Swel- 1iJap, 110. Of an Stana, 4a. J'on,.a' laitaUHMt

WIFE STRANGLED. By Laughing Husband at Grimsby. 1 MURDERER THEN SWALLOWSI LAUDANUM. At Grimsby early this morning a. seaman, it is alleged, strangled his wife and then attempted suicide. A little child was in bed with the couple, and it is stated that after killing the woman the man called her sister, who was downstairs, to see what he had done. The man was taken to hospital, and will recover. He only arrived from sea yester- day, and the murder is attributed to jealousy. A later telegram from Grimsby states that the man's name is George Osborne Turner. He has been a seaman on board the Great Central Railway Company's Hamburg steamer City of Leeds. Turner had only been married a few months, but quafrele between him and h'is wife were frequent. A fortnight ago after a quarrel the wife left the house, and, it is alleged, picked up with another man. They rented a house together, and with Mrs. Turner was an adult sister and a little daughter born before Mrs. Turner's marriage to Turner. The husband went to the house yesterday afternoon and seemed pleased to see his wife again. The other man had gone to sea on Sunday, and all in the house appeared on excellent terms. Turner remained all the afternoon, and at nine o'clock retired to bed with his wife, the sister sleeping on a couch downstairs. At one o'clock this morning the sister heard them moving about, and went upstairs to see if they were all right. Both replied that they were and were only larking. Shortly before seven o'clock this morning the sister, heard Turner shouting to her to come upstairs. She demurred at first, but, in response to his peremptory demand, went up. Turner, who was sitting up in bed. was laughing very heartily, and, pointing to his wife, he said, Look there. I've killed her." Mrs. Turner was black in the face, and Turner, still laughing, is stated to have added, "I've just strangled her." Between the couple was the little girl, and the sister begged Turner to let her take the child away, but he refused. The sister thereupon fetched the police, upon whose arrival Turner was in a comatose condition from laudanum poisoning. He was lying in bed, and the child still lay between the pair. Turner was given an emetic, and recovered sufficiently to be removed to the hospital. Both Turner and hie wife were 23 years of age.

ROYAL VISIT TO INDIA. Fixed for October of Next Year. The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India, has been conditionally fixed for October next year. In view of the royal visit, a special train has recently been completed at the carriage works of the Eaet Indian Railway Company at Lilooah. It has cost X20,000, and engaged the attention of hundreds of native workmen, under European supervision, for three months. It consists of eight saloon carriages, six of which are seventy-two feet long, and are carried at .each end on six-wheeled bogie trucks. The remaining two, forming the front and raar brakes, are sixty-two feet long. The total length of the train is 556ft. 6ins., and its approximate weight is 300 tons.

CHILD SWALLOWS A HAT-PIN I How a little girl—Edith Helm, three years old—lived since May till last week after swal- lowing a steel hatpin, 4iin. long, was told at an inquest a.t the Westminster Coroner's Court yesterday. The mother, the wife of a painter's labourer, living at Chelsea, said that after a choking fit the child stated that she had swallowed a hairpin. A local doctor told her the thing was impossible, and the parish doctor also derided the story. The child was then taken to St. Geore's Hospital, where the nurses like- wise ridiculed the story of the hairpin. "I got sick and tired of the hairpin busi- ness," added .the woman, "and said no mor6 about it." The doctors at the hospital told her that the child was suffering from spinal complaint and tuberculosis. After being an out-patient the child was admitted to the hospital, and died last week. Dr. Freyberger said he found the shaft ol the hatpin lying point downwards in the child's body. The pin was covered with black rust, and the head, which was missing, hud apparently rusted off. The point had pierced the wall of the gullet. How the child could have swallowed such a pin passed his com- prehension. The Coroner said he could not see that any blame could attach to the hospital authori. ties, -as no one had told the doctors there anything about the pin.

DOING IT ON 'ER 'ED I At Cardiff Police-court to-day Catherine Jones, 38, was brought before the magistrates (Messrs. 0. E Dovey and W. T. Symonds) charged with being drunk in Cowbridee-road whilst in charge of two children, aged four yeara and nineteen months. There was a second charge of assaulting, in the execution of his duty, Polieewnstable Henry Edwards- hte champion chrysanthemum grower of our local constabulary. Edwards was in Cow- bridge-road, and saw the woman staggering along, in her cups, leading one of the children, and carrying the other in her arms. When the amateur nurseryman remonstrated with her, she kicked him on the shins for interfering. For this unseemly conduct she was fined 40s. and ooeta, or one month. Prisoner drew her shawl around her and walked below, saying she could do it on 'er Iea."

RELIEVING DEAD MEN The Grimsby Board of Guardians has besa swindled out of large sums of money by means of an ingenious fraud, which one of the relieving officers yesterday exposed. Many of the poor entitled to relief are tow old and feeble to attend the office in order to receive their dolea, and relatives have been allowed to draw the money for them. This practice has given rise to the fraud. For weeks the officers have been paying relief to a number of women on account of their hue- bands. In one of the eases the officer die. covered that the husband had died, but that the wife had continued drawing his relief money. Farther investigations showed that the practice had been carried on wholesale, and that a host of widows have been drawing money for the relief of dead men. The guardians have given instructions for an inquiry to be held, and have deferred action until their next meeting.

CARDIFF EXCHANGE MISSION The success which attended the services con- ducted on the Cardiff Exchange some time ago by the Rev. L. O'Neill, caused a number of gentlemen to take steps with a. view of getting the Rev. Silvester Home to address meetings; on 'Change during the dinner hour when he visits Cardiff in a few weeks to come in connection with the autumnal meeting of the Congregational Union. A petition to the directors of the Exchange with this end in view waa largely signed by docks gentleman thii moraine.

CARDIFF PALACE. I ELABORATE SCHEME OF ELABORATE SCHEME OF FURNISHING. Suggested Racquet Court for the Clerks. Elaborate and costly are the arrangements made for the furnishing of the palatia.1 new Town-hall buildings in Cathays Park, and several special meetings have already given, tihek whole time to the discussion of details. Two of these meetings have resulted in an effort to knock about E2,00 off the oast of furnishing one department, Messrs. Turner being asked for a reduction of £58, and Mir. J, P. White, of Bedford, of L145, off a tender of £ 3,135. Alderman Mil don wanted to know whether the tenders had previously been placed before the committee, and the reply of the Chairman (Alderman Oarey) was that the architect (Mr. Lanohester) had reported upon the lowest tenders. Alderman Mildon further remarked that. Messrs. Turner were asked to tender, and another firm was asked to tender as a check against them. Why was there not open com- petition? If more tenders had been invited, they would have effected a greater saving still. The committee then proceeded to allocate rooms for the borough treasurer, and Mr. Frank Beavan, after examining the plans, said, "We shall have a job to find the old ma.n there." Mr. Woosey, who was stated to have a, book- keeper and two general clerks, asked for four rooms, including a waiting-room. Mr. Frank -Beavan: There's room for six clerks in one room, and then they would be lost. Two rooms will be enough. Mr. Sbanfleld: I don't see provision made for a, racquet court for the amusement of the clerks. Mr. Robert Bird: We have five times too much room. Mr. Woosey was given three roomer, one to remain unfurnished. Then it came to the medicail officers1' tarn. Dr. Walford wanted seven rooms. Alderman Da.vid Jones suggested, that every inspector have a speoiially furnished room for himself. Mr. F. J. Beavan: I'll want one room for myself. Mr. Roberts: We'll have a strong room for you. Mr. Beayan moved that four furnished rooms be given Dr. Walford and his staff. This was agreed to. There was general commotion when the borough engineer's claim came to be con-j sidered, and Alderman David Jones opened the ball with the remark that the borough engineer's room was almost as large as Cow. bridge itself. There's the cartoon room," said Mr. Yorath; can't he use the Western Mail'?" Alderman Ebenezer Beavan; We have built a Town-hall double the required size, and we don't know what to do with it. Chorus of Councillors: No doubt about it." With the exception of a few rooms a whole block was given over to the borough engineer's department. Four rooms were allocated to the water. works department. There was more hubbub than ever when the biggest demand of all-that of the town- j clerk-was submitted. Mr. Wheatley wanted twenty rooms, one of which was to be for the clerk o fthe peace. Mr. Frank Beavan: Who is he but the town- clerk? I newer heard such a thing in my life. Mr. Stanfield: A regular Poo-bah. Hasn't he got a greenhouse there to cut his button. holes in the morning? Eventually eleven rooms, including two waiting-rooms, were ordered to be furnished for the town-clerk and his staff. Another big order was that of police accommodation, and it was decided that what was asked for by the chief-constable be granted. The chairman (Alderman Carey) and vice- chairman (Alderman David Jones) were appointed to confer with Mr. Lanchester, the architect, on the question of commission on furnishing, and report further to the com- mittee. The tender of Messrs. Mountford, Phillips, and Co., Cambrian Engineering Works, Llan- trisant, for the supply of iron railings at the Cathays Park, was accepted, subject to the I approval of the borough engineer. I I

'Cardiff Family's Legacy I LARGE FORTUNE TO BE DIVIDED I Mr. William Burris, mine host of the Blue t Anchor Hotel, Wharton-street, Cardiff, has just come into a share of a large fortune under somewhat remarkable circumstances. At the latter end of July Mr. Burris had occasion to appear in the capacity of prosecutor at Cardiff Police-court. As tho caeø was fully reported A the time in the press the atten- tion of one of the clerks in the office of Messrs. James Morgan and Co., solici- tors, was called to the affair. At that moment the firm were making inquiries about a Cardiff family of the name of Burris. Mr. Morgan communicated with Mr. Burrte, and after a lenghtened conversation, in which all douibte as to Mr. Burris's identity were removed, the solicitor informed him that, in conjunction with his mother, brother, and eiatera, and Mr. Albert Oollis, Bute Docks, he was entitled, under the will of the late Mr. J. J. West, one of Cardiff's oldest and moist prominent tradesmen, to a share of the estate, which consists of stocks, shares, lease- hold and freehold property, and which is computed to be worth between sixty and seventy thousand pounds. Mr. Burris's brother, who went abroad many years ago, heard of his inheritance, and a few days ago he made a surprising, but wel come, visit to the Welsh Metropolis. He is now residing in a little fishing village in Hampshire. The budding Rothschild was interviewed this morning by an "Express" representative. Mr. Burris wore a pleased look and a happy, self-satisfied smile. When congratulated upon his good luck, he feigned to know nothing about it. How much is it?" asked our representative. Can't say," responded Mr. Burris, with a gleaming golden twinkle in his eye. Thousands ?" Yes; can't say how many; but I shall get one-sixth of what the estate realises, and what it will realise, of course, I can't yet say."

SPANISH STEAMER WRECKED Crew Rescued by Pilot Boat During last night a. collision occurred off Biyth between the Spanish steamer Pena, Car- barga., of Santander, and the Swedish steamer Blanoka, of Osearehama. The latter had her bow stove in, but reached Blyth without assistance. The Spanish steamer, however, began to settle at once, a.nd eventually drove on the docks. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat and the lifeboat.

FLOODS AT STREATHEARN. Torrents of rain have resulted in a serious flood at Stxeathearn, Porthshire, the River Earn being in high flood, and the crossings and low-lying lands largely under water. A temporary bridge in use at Oomrie has been ewept away, and communication with Dalgin- rose and the district has been out off. People are being ferried across by boats. The piers of the new bridge under ooofftraotion are quite mbmorg"

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( ONE SOVEREIGN EACH. I Copies of the Evening Express were pur- chased yesterday from the following persons at the addresses given:- CARDIFF.—Mrs. L. F. Graham, 92, Ryder-st. I CADOXTON BARRY.-Mr. J. Morgan, 8, Spring-street. CLYDACH V ALE_Mrs. Mary Rses, 65, Cly- dach-road. I PONTYPRIDD.-Mr. John Roach, 5, Dany- coedcae-road. RISCA.—Mrs. Ada Richards, 1, Ggraig. YSTRAD.—Mrs. Miriam Lloyd, 172, Celli-road, Gelli.

PASSENGER STEAMER SUNK! Alarming Incident on the Thames A startling accident occurred last night to the pleasure steamboat Queen Elizabeth, which plies on the River Thames between London and Hampton Court. About half-past six, when near Rew Bridge, the vessel struck a pile or some such obstacle. The saloon began to fill, and, realising the serious position, the officers in charge made a dash for Kew Pier. There were about 150 passengers on the Queen Eliabeth, and the greatest excitement prevailed. On Kew Bridge, too, there were hundreds of spectators, who witnessed the accident with anxious interest. Fortunately all the passengers escaped safely. They were able to hurriedly make their way from the sinking vessel on to the pier. The whole of the money taken as passen- gers' fares was got ashore, together with a piano and some other articles. However, the bar money and a certain amount of cloth- ing had to be sacrificed, as there was nQ time to secure them.

I MR. PLOWDON BLUSHES. When a Preston man, with two othere, travelled to London by train without a. ticket, and was arrested and told that he would be taken to Marylebone Police-court, he expreesed great gratification. "I am very pleased," eaid he, "because that is where Mr. Plowden sits. I should like to see him. I would do three months if I could only see Mr. Plowden." It is recorded by a strictly veracious police-court reporter that when these obser- vations were repeated in open court yester- day Mr. Plowden blushed. The Preston man was remanded, so that he will have at least one more opportunity of feasting his eyes on the blushing stipen- diary.

I ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF DOCKS I This morning Edgar Woods, 21. labourer, residing at 16. Aberdovey-etreet, Cardiff, fell down the hold of a ship he was working on at the Docks, and sustained severe injuries. He was taken to the Cardiff Infirmary for I treatment, and is progressing favourably.

ARSENIC MYSTERY. More Exhumations at St, Helens. I TWELVE CHILDREN DEAD OUT OF THIRTEEN. The trial at St. Helens of Joseph Burndred and his wife, Ellen, on the charge of murder- ing Sarah Ann Jones, aged fourteen, promises to develop in a sensational manner. The chief-constable, in stating the case to the magistrates yesterday, remarked that the girl was a pauper, who had been boarded out to the prisoners, who received from the guardians a weekly allowance for her main- tenance. On the 2nd of September, 1901, the prisoners insured her life in the Royal Lon- don Friendly Society. That was four days after she was placed under their care. On I the 1st of February this year the prisoners also I Insured Her Life I in the British Workmen's Friendly Society. On the 29th of July last Dr. Bellew was called in to see Jones, who was then ill, and he attended her up to the time of her death, which took place on the 7th of August. The doctor certified the cause of death, and the body was interred at St. Helens Cemetery on the 11th of August. The prisoners, on the death of the child Jones, received E20 12s. from one insurance society and L9 12s. from the other. On the 12th of August, the day after the child was buried, inquiries were made, and four days later .the result of these inquiries was reported to Mr. Brighouse, the county coroner, and on the 23th of August he issued an order for the disinterment of the body of Sarah Ann Jones. That order was carried out on the evening of the same day. On the following day Dr. Unsworth made a post-mortem examination, and placed the viscera in jars, which he sealed and handed over, oil the 22nd, to Detective-inspector Strong, who on the 23rd handed them over to Mr. Herbert E. Davies, analytical chemist, of 28. Chapel-street, Liverpool. Mr. Herbert Edward Davies, analytical chemist, 29, Chapel-street, Liverpool, was then called. He said: On Monday, the 22nd of August, I received! six sealed jars from Detective-inspector Strong. I found in the stomach, which was in one jar, in the intes- tines, which were in another jar, in the liver and kidney, which were in another jar, con- siderable quantities of arsenio-sufficient, in my opinion, to cause death. On this evidence prisoners were remanded until the 13th, and Mrs. Burndred was also remanded on the charge of attempting suicide. The career of the Burndreda in St. Helens has been much afte rthe style of that of ordinary working people, but during the last few years there has been a, somewhat remark- able changing of residences. The male prisoner, Joseph Burndred, is 50 years of age, and is popularly known among his fellow colliers as Staffordshire Joe," due to the fact that he originally came from that county. His wife, Ellen, is 48 years of age. They were married about 29 years ago, there have been thirteen children, only one of which, Sohpia, now nineteen years of age, survives. It is understood that the majority of the children died in infancy, and are buried in St. Helens Cemetery, St. Peter's Church Burial Ground Stocks, and at St. Nicholas's Church Station. The Mystery of the Water I Considerable interest and speculation have been aroused aa to what Mrs. Burndred threw into the water-filled clayhole at Parr before she attempted, as alleged, to drown herself on the morning of Sunday, the 21st ult. She was seen to throw some object into the water, and when asked about that matter she re- plied -aat she had thrown away her slippers. Up to yesterday afternoon the police authori- ties had failed to satisfy themselves upon tha.t point, and it was stated that arrange- ments are being made for the old clayhole to be pumped dry and a thorough examination made. Our St. Helen's representative visited the spot yesterday afternoon. The pond is one of several situated just behind the brick- works of Messrs. Tickle, off Fleet-lane, and is somewhat secluded. The water is stated to be 30ft. or 40ft. deep. The story about the slippers is generally disbelieved, but it is understood that Mrs. Burndred was found to be in her stocking-feet when she was dragged out of the water. After the discovery of arsenic in the body of the girl Jones, it is anticipated that the authorities will clear up the Wtery attaching to the waer in he I course of he next few days. More Bodies to be Exhumed I It was ascertained last night that the county coroner (Mr. S. Brighouse) and the police authorities are not to be content with the exhumation of the body of the girl JJones. Yesterday the county coroner gave instruc- tions for the disinterment of the body of the child Joseph Burndred, about three months old, who died on September 7, 1900, and was buried at St. Helen's Cemetery, and this work will be carried out to-day (Tuesday). It has been arranged that an inquest on the remains shall be opened, and tha £ Dr. Unsworth shall make a post-mortem exami- nation, after which the internal organs will be placed in sealed jars and analysed, as in the came of the girl Jones. The police autho- rities are also making inquiries in regard to three children buried at St.Peter's Church, Parr, and, it is understood, that their bodies will also be exhumed. The last interment of the Burndreds at Parr Church took place so long ago as 188(7. Later. Later. To-day another body has been exhumed. It is that of Joseph Burndred, aged t7,ee months, who died on September 7, 1900, and i waa buried in St. Helens Cemetery. r Coroner Bridhouee was present at the exhumation, and subsequently Dr. Unsworth made a post portem examination, removing the internal organs for analysis. The inquest opens this evening.

RUNAWAY COUPLE CAUGHT  Elopement Ends in a Tragedy, j At Gray, in the department of the Haute Saone, there has happened a tragedy which was caused by the obduracy of a father who would not allow hia daughter to marry the man of her choice. Such obduracy is cha- racteristic of many French parents, but it has rarely, if ever, led to such a tragedy as that reported from Gray. A girl of twenty, Marie Simon, loved young Maillet, of Beau- jeux, and used to meet him during the absence of her father, a. farmer, at a local market. Maillet meant to marry the girl, but when he went to ask for her hand her father showed him the door. Farmer Simon would on no account hear of his daughter's marriage to a young man of no expectations. This being the case, Maillet resolved to carry off Marie Simon. She consented to elope, but the lover did not hire an outocar, accord- ing to the Paris fashion. He merely char- tered a common, or country, one-horse cart, and in this he took away Marie Simon from the paternal residence, her father being at a fair. Farmer Simon, soon being informed of the elopement, saddled his beet horse and rode after the runaways. He came up with them on the high road, and, presenting revolver at Maillet, called on him to stop. The young I man pulled up, and then ensued a tussle for the revolver. Maillet got the best of the struggle and disarmed the old man. In the meantime, Marie Simon, frightened at the encounter between her father and her lover, lover, rushed like a madwoman across the fields towards the River Saone. Her father, divining her intention, ran after her, but before he could reach her she had jumped into the river, and was drowned before his eyes.

IBRECON OUTRAGE. J.P.'s Farm Buildings Set on Fire. THREE OUTBREAKS WITHIN FIVE WEEKS. Police Patrol Eluded Last Night Late last night a fire was discovered at Forest Ledge, Brecon, the residence of Mr. W. S. Miller, J.P., the well-known auctioneer, and some cow-sheds, stabling, and twelve loads of hay were destroyed. This is the third fire which has occurred at Foreet Lodge within five weeks, and the circumstances leave no doubt that in each case arson has been committed. The fiTFt fire took place on Saturday night, July ou, when a huge barn, containing about 140 tons of hay, and some valuable iniplemente were burnt, the total damage amounting to over ;CI,WO. No suspicion of foul play was then aroused. It woe thoug-ht that the fire might have been accidentally caused by one of the farm hands or a tramp who bad clandestinely taken a. night's lodging in the building. The seoond fire occurred on Monday night, the 29th of August, and on this occasion thirty yards of buildings, twenty loads of hay, and two ricks of hay were completely destroyed. It was then discovered that the fire had broken out in three places, and everything pointed clearly to arson. The police made care- ful inquiries, and a reward of EZO was offered, so as to lead to the arrest of the per. petrator of the outrage, but not the slightest clue could be obtained. Naturally, the family were very much' perturbed, fears being entertained that the dwelling house might next be set on. fire. At night the premises have been I Guarded by Police since the second outbreak. Last night Police- sergeant Powell, of Devynock, was on guard. He patrolled the building between ten and eleven o'clock, and then went to the house, where he was engaged in conversation with the inmates for some little time. Miss Miller noticed smoke issuing from the stables and at once raised an alarm. The farm hands proceeded to the spot, but failed to discover anyone who could have caused the outbreak.

I Slept for 17 Years. I STORY OF A FEMALE RIP VAN WINKLE. The Paris "Matin" publishes some wonder- ful details about a woman who has slept for seventeen years, and has only been awakened by an alarm of fire. These particulars are given by Dr. Paul Faraz, an eminent medical psychologist, who has studied the case. Gt)s,ii,c, M-, who lives in a little German village, is the victim of this strange experi- ence. Born in 1860, she enjoyed good health until in 1877 she fell from a cart and hurt her head. Bad pains followed, and she sometimes loat consciousness. Then a eemi-continuous sleep supervened and lasted for three months. After sleeps lasting days, weeks, and months, o nNovember 22, 1886, she commenced a slum- ber which lasted seventeen years, until she alarm of fire finally aroused her. How was she fed? Quite naturally. When phe was hungry she made queer sounds in her throat and gaped, and food cut np into mnaa pieces was given her. Deaf and Nearly Blind Cosine's senses during her sleep wem, diminished in some cases and mainta.ined or increased in others. She was deaf. She was nearly blind, but turned her bead away from light. The sense of touch was absent, but taste was intaot. If food woe given to her that she did not like she clenched her teeth. When she came back to life her condition of mind was curious. She called for a sister who seventeen years ago shared her bed. She viewed her father's aged appearance with, stupefaction. She wanted to know why her brother did not wear his uniform (this brother was in military service in 1886). She asked for her mother, but her mothei had died during the seventeen years. On hea-ring this the newly-awakened woman wept bitterly. Her senses became regular again. She oould stand up, but she had to re-learn how to walk. She did not sleep well, owing to a fear that she would not awaken. Gay, bright, and healthy, she has gone straight back to woman's work of various kinds.

CLOUD BURST IN ROUMANIA Lightning and Floods Cause Terror. A cloud burst, accompanied by terrific thunder and lightning, broke over the Galati district, in Roumania, doing immense damage and rendering homeless some 2,000 persons. The storm "burst with extraordinary fury, and in a. very few minutes the various water- courses, dry for many months on account of the drought, became raging torrents, carry- ing all before them. Children, cattle, sheep, and other live stock, trees and fenoes, besides the scanty stocks of forage which the Govern- ment is distrubuting to the peasantry, were all washed away. The howling wind struck the different villages in eucoeesion, unroofing the houses by dozens; in two villages alone one hundred and thirty houses are rendered uninhabitable. How many persons were drowned it is not possible yet to estimate, but the number must be large, especially among children. Several persons are known to have been killed by lightning, a gendarme and his horse being found lying dead and disfigured together on the wayside. It is reported that a party of gipsies, twelve in number, with their horses, mules, Ac., were all caught in a wateroourBe with high banks, and drowned.

SEAMAN NEGLECTS HIS CHILDREN These children have been in the union. on and off, for the last twelve months, and C daresay they have cast the ratepayers £ 50." This is what Mr. Pritchard (warrant officer to the Cardiff Guardians) told the Cardiff magistrates to-day respecting a foreign sea- man named Richard Anisworth (45) who was charged at the police-conrt that day with neglecting to maintain his family of four children. Accused, Mr. Pritchard explained, haa been some time at &ea, and shortly after his return he gave himself up. Prisoner told a, woeful story about his troubles. He had been from port to port in Australia, and when attacked by rheumatic fever was befriended by the Salvation Army. The magistrates remanded him until Friday hia own recognisances of L5 to give him an opportunity of putting his children under the paternal roof.

THE QUEEN'S VOYAGE At half-past nine this morning the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, shipped her buoy in Sheerness Harbour, and left the Medway for Copenhagen. The armoured cruiser Essex had precaded her, and awaited her arrivel in the North Sea to escort the Queen to Den. mark. The sea, this morning was compara. tivelysmootb. Royal salutes were fired on he* Majesty's departure.

GARTH MERTHYR COLLIERY DISPUTE The workmen of the South Merthyp Colliery, Maesteg, held a. meeting on Monday and condemned the men who are working on the day-by-day contract system. The first consignment of pumps waa brought out on Monday from the seams where the dispute is pending.