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A question which seems likely to eclipse all 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 all. At the concert, at the theatre, in the ball-room there are ladies who unveil their persons to an extent that puts the very mixedest of mixed bathing wholly and completely in the shade. Let, therefore, the "unco guid" inveigh against this fashion, and leave imxed bathing to itself. The modest man and woman will be modest under all 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 of 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 (Loquitub). 0 gents, be not so sceptical I ('Twa,s Lewis Morgan spoke). I know your business makes you doubt; But I'm a truthful bloke. Those pillars that you see around, They are not shoddy stuff. I've watched 'em from the very start, I've seen 'em in the rough. 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 blooming ratepayers: They're in an awful way- They're brooding o'er 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! IDBIS. 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 verse 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 else 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 i over our language; and in the latest I volume of his verse we have examples in I plenty. Let us quote just a few lines, for instance, from his wonderful poem entitled, "A Channel Passage," written, be I it remembered, many years after the event, which occurred in the fifties, when (we presume) he crossed the "silver I 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 daJís 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, though 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 soul of the sea. All the weight of the wind bore down on it, freighted with death for fraught: Ajid the keen waves kindled and quickened as things transfigured or things distraught. And madness fell on them laughing and leap- ing and madness came on 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, as lighten and harrow the far fierce ];,=7, Rang, shone, 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 steed ramps in rebellion, and rears till it swerves from a backward fall. The strong ship struggled and reared, and her deck was upright as 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 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 even 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, a speck on 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 eye3 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. Light of hope whose star hath set, Light of love whose sun lives yet, Holier, happier, heavenlier love Breathes about thee, burns above, Surely, sweet, than ours can be. Shed from eyes 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 his 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
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, Lord Ilalsbury was in his pre-Woolsack days one of the most vigorous and refreshing speakers ever heard on the political platform, and was always in great request in all parts 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 serious-visaged members of the 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 Hon. Charles Grey, and succeeded the third earl, his uncle, eight yeafs ago. His ances- tors distinguished themselves both in war and politics. Sir Charles Grey, in whose favour the title was created, was a distin- guished 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 1380 tT 1886. After the Jameson Raid he was apointed Administrator of Rhodesia, and m 1898 he joined the board of the British South Africa Company, of which he is now vice- president.. 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. Georgo 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, tlfoughtful, considerate. It is 36 years since I left school, and the tie between u. 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 haa deserved well of the Empire. From Quebeo High School he went into the Navy, and having served 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 Japanesa Naval College, has captained the Serapie and other ships, has won medals and decorations during the naval and military operations in the Soudan, has been a mem- ber and vioe-president of the Ordnance Com- mittee, and has commanded in the East Indies, on which station he waa able by firm decision to bring home to the Sultan of Muscat the advantages of holding to. hie engagements with Great Britain, and so to save a serious complication. He hoisted his flag as 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 has 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." Greart is the excitement in Athens over the coming competition in the throwing of the discus at -he St. Louis Exhibition. The Athenian champion is MT. Georgantas; the Greelm regard him as the ohamrpdon of all the ancient Eastern methods. The Western re- presentative is named Martin Sheridan (one may suppose him of Irish extraction), who claims thajt his record of 125ft. would be im- possible for anyone using the ancient style of hurling the disc. Sir Richard Jebb, M.P., perhaps 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 besoming Public Orator of the University, and finally, after some years spent 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 haa been Conservative representativoa for Cambridge since 1891. His appearance far less suggests the dry-as-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 devotee to Greek epigrams the time he can spare from polish- ing his boots."
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Trades Union CongressI
Trades Union Congress I MR. BELL AND THE GOVERNMENT, I The second section of the Trades Union Congress at Leeds opened to-day with the speech of the chairman, Mr. Bell, MJP. Most of it was devoted to criticism of the Govern- ment's attitude towards trades unionists and laubour questions generally, but tha speaker dwelt on the loss of life and money in the Somaliland operations, and the Tibet mission, and commented on the fact that the outrages in Macedonia remained unchecked which showed that no gold mines existed there. As to Chinese labour in the Transvaal the Government inust have had it in view from the beginning, and would bring the same state of things into British industrial affairs if they dared. To the new fiscal proposals an emphatic reply had come from the country, but the Budget, nevertheless, introduced the thin end of the protection wedge. He urged Trade Unionists to stand by their unions as fortresses of their labour, and declared that the test questions should be the support of the Trade Disputes Buill, and the defence of free trade principles. The Parliamentary committee's report waa adopted, and a resolution passed declaring that the time had come for the establishment of a Minister of Labour with the Cabinet rank who should be responsible for taking the initiative in raspect of such matters as attempted cornering of raw material. Ie was decided to send through a delegate fraternal to the International Peace Congress to be held at Boston, U.S.A. in October.
I -BABES IN THE BUSHI
I BABES IN THE BUSH I 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 learus 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' hoines, and, after medical attention, soon recovered.
BATTLE -WITH -POACHERS. _____j
BATTLE WITH POACHERS. 1 Sentence of three months* imprisonment j was passed at Winsford yesterday on three poachers, named Lewis, Pickstock, and Samuel Dickinson, who took part in a furious attack on three policemen. The policemen followed a dozen poachers whom they saw early in the morning cross- ing a field at Daru Hall. Turning on them, the poachers attacked the officers with bludgeons, and a fierce fight took place. All the policemen were knocked down, and Lewis admitted that one of the constables would have been killed but for his helmet. Twenty-four rabbits, 300 yards of netting, and stones and bludgeons, were found on the prisoners. Two men, named Slack and Charles Dickin- son, were remanded to give them a chance of proving an alibi.
CARDIFF MODEL YACHT CLUB I
CARDIFF MODEL YACHT CLUB I The above club sailed at 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 great 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 trftbn the north-west, made the course a beat out, with a run down t-o the home mark, twice around. At 6.20 the following boa.ts were sent away by Mr. Washer, of the St. German's club: -Sybarite, 45in.), Iris 46;in.J. Kindly Light (47in.), May (47in.). Niobe -T48in.). Coro- nation (48in.), Dorothy (49in.), and Penitent (50iin.). Kindly Light (owner Mr. W. F. Morgan) waa the winner. This competition is now closed.
CANDID ROGUE
CANDID ROGUE Found dozing in a car in the Highgate tramway depot, Henry Mather dreamily informed a oonstable that be had only gone to sleep until it was time to break into a jeweller's shop close by." "I'll doit on my head," said he to the magistrate who yester- day sent him to prison for three months.
NEIGHBOURS AT WARI
NEIGHBOURS AT WAR At Aberdare Police-court today Sarah J. Bowen, Aberamaa, accused Sarah Williams of using bad language towards her. Alderman Evans appeared for the com. plainant. I It was alleged that some choice expressions of profanity had been uttexed by both women. Defendant was fined 5s. and ccsts.
TO CORRESPONDENTS -1
TO CORRESPONDENTS -1 W. Irwin (Cardiff).—Deeming was executed on May 23, 1892. A. Thomas (Barry Island).—Yon do not say for what area. yon want the returns.
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UNWELCOME LOVER.1
UNWELCOME LOVER.1 PURSUES HEIRESS ACHOSS I I TWO CONTINENTS. The strange love affair of an Austrian count had an 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 ie 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 she 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 g4ntleman staying at the hotel, who called on the supposed coast, and threatened 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.
I Objected to Sunday LudoI
I Objected to Sunday Ludo I LLANDRADACH MAN AND HIS WIFE I At Oaerphilly Police-court to-day (before Dr. Maurice Evans and Mr. E. W. M. Corbett) John Cofeon Brown, stoker, LLanbradach, was charged on an adjournment with per- sistent cruelty to his wife, Louisa Brown. Evidence went to show that on several occasions defendant had struck his wife with his hands and with a. leather strap, and on one occasion, whilst playing a game of Ludo, because she had the better of the game, the defendem-t dragged her around the room by her haix. Miss Crocker, a nurse at 56, Court-road, Barry Dook, and sister to complainant, said that on Whit-Wednesdey she saw her sister's ,f,we swollen. During her confinement she wrote to Brown, and on his arrival she asked him to be kinder to her sister, and defendant promised that he would. Miss Frances Crocker, of Barry Dock, another sister to complainant, said that in AtigTKSt of last year she paid a visit to her sister at Llanbradach, and stayed with her two or three days, and during that time defen- dant was continually "naggling" with her, and threatened to knock her, and would have done so if she (witness) had not interfered. Defendant was called, and stated that the differences which existed between him and his wife were caused by his wife continually ranning him into debt. Cross-examined by Mr. Harold Lloyd: He had never struck her in the face, neither had he threatened her with a knife. With refe- rence to the game of Ludo, he denied pulling her by her hair, but he objected to playing Ludo on the Sabbath Day. All the witnesses that had given evidence against him had committed perjury. He had threatened her, and also threatened to publish her conduct in the newspapers. It was untrue that he went to Barry, where his wife was oofined at her mother's house, and went upstairs and created a disturbance in the bedroom. The Bench retired after other witnesses had been called, and upon returning dismissed I the case.
BARMAID AND -HER mRING I
BARMAID AND HER m RING I Alleged Cardiff Man's Story I William Thomas Brewer, 39, was charged at West London Police-court with, stealing a diamond ring belonging to Florence Sawyer, employed art a public-house. Prosecutrix met the prisoner in the street, and he represented that he owned a. tobac- conist's shop at Cardiff, and was going to pell it and set up business at Earl's Court. She consented to become engaged to him, and he borrowed her ring on the pretext of taking it to a jewellers as a, model for an engagement riing. Mr. Rose committed prisoner for trial.
I CWMPARC COLLIER'S CHARACTER
I CWMPARC COLLIER'S CHARACTER At Ystrad Police-court a young collier, named James O'Brien, of Cwmparc, was tharged with assaulting the police. Police-constable Abraham stated that the defendant had been turned out of a public- house, and had afterwards avenged himself on the police. He dashed at the officer and tried to upset him. Having failed to accom- plish his object, he made another dash, but was again foiled. He, however, managed to kick the constable in the groin. Police-con- stable Abraham stated that the defendant was, nevertheless, a highly-respectable work- man, and Police-inspector Williams corro- borated this statement, remarking that there was nothing against the defendant. In fining him R3. the Bench explained that he would not be given the option of a fine but for the good character given him by the police.
GREAT JAM CONTESTI
GREAT JAM CONTEST Results of the great jam contest at Laon, in the northern department of the Aisne, are now known. The tasting was done in the town hall by a collection of experts, whose sensations were carefully noted and reg- istered as they sampled the jams by the director of the central laboratory of suga.r manufacturers. It is recorded that 120 pots of strawberry, raspberry, and currant jam, marmalade, rawed fruit and stewed fruit, were sampled by the "jury de gourmets." The grand prize was awarded, to Madfume Dine, a. confectioner, of Besny, St. Soisy, and the next to Madame Bauville. Thirty other persons engag-ed in the trade gained minor prizes or honourable mention. Madame Dine's recipe3 for making jam are to be enrolled among the archieves of the old city on the limestone rock wherein the jam contest took place.
EBBW VALE HOTEL BOMBARDED___I
EBBW VALE HOTEL BOMBARDED At Tredegar Police-court to-day Alexander Johnstone, tramping painter, and Arthur James, labourer, Victoria, were charged with smashing plate-glass windows to the value of nearly £10, the property of T. B. Yendoll, Heolymoyn Hotel, Ebbw Vale, to which they pleaded guilty. Both men threw stones through the windows. They were each fined L5 and damages and costs, or two months' imprisonment.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHORISTERS…
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHORISTERS I Tht Catholic Herald" announces that a joint pastoral will shortly be issued by the Roman Catholic 'bishops of England dealing with Church music. The pastoral will entirely prohibit certain masses belonging to what may be called the operatio school, and will strongly deprecate the further employment of women singers in Church choirs.
. LAPSE OF MEMORYj
LAPSE OF MEMORY At the Aberdare Police-court on Tuesday Wilham H. Thomas, Penrhiwceiber, was charged with having been drunk, and with giving a false name and address. Defendant ma-intaiimed that he had given a. wrong naine and address with no object of evading the police, He had simply given his old address in Aberdare, forgetting, that he had removed to his present address. He was fined 10s.
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-WIFE STRAN-GLED.1
WIFE STRAN-GLED.1 By Laughing Husband I at Grimsby. 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 telegratn 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 quarrels between him and his 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, anil, 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 his wife were 23 years of age.
Monmouth Curate. I
Monmouth Curate. I THROWN FROM HIS HORSE I AND KILLED. The Rev. Kelk Wilson, curate of St. Mary's Church, Monmouth, was riding up Wyebridge- street, about eleven this morning, when his horse bolted. On reaching St. James-street, which runs at right angles, he tried to turn the horse and failed. He was thrown violently to the ground, and received such injuriee that he died a few minutes after reaching the hospital. The deceased, who was most deservedly popular, was single, and came to Monmouth a year ago. The late Rev. Kelk Wilson was educated in England, and then went to America, where he took orders in the American Episcopal Church. He laboured there for a few years, and, finding the climate unsuitable, returned to England. The deceased clergyman was a most zealous worker, particularly amongst the young. Much sympathy is felt with his mother and family, who are living at Scatter- ford, near Monmouth.
IBLAENGARW CONSERVATIVE CLUB.
BLAENGARW CONSERVATIVE CLUB. A pleasant evening was spent at the new I buildings of the Blaengarw Conservative Olub on Monday to bid adieu to three of its members, Messrs. Morris, Thomas John, I and William James Williams, three brothers, who are leaving the neighbourhood for America; and also to present them with tokens of appreciation upon their leaving. The chair was occupied by Mr. Richards, Conservative agent, Port Talbot, who delivered a very able opening address upon the principle of Conservatism. The meeting was interspersed with solos, recitations, and addresses. The spacious room was literally packed with an appreciative and enthusiastic audience. The presents consisted of a puree of gold, subscribed by members of the club and well-wishers.
DARING TtfEDEGAR BURGLARY
DARING TtfEDEGAR BURGLARY At Tredegar Police-court to-day Samuel Heaton, alias Harrison, and Thomas Grad- well, tramping painters, were charged with breaking and entering the Premium Trading Stamp Company's shop at Tredegar on the 30th, and stealing therefrom a stamp book an4 a scissors, value 26s. Mr. Spencer, Tredegar, prosecuted. Two brothers named Collis were sitting on the window sill of the shop at 9.30 p.m. when they saw the prisoners enter the shop by the front door. They watched their movements until they came out, and then put the police on their track, with the result that they were arrested. The stamp book and scissors were found in the possession of the prisoners.. The Bench characterised the burglary as a very impudent one, and they were each fined 410 or two months' imprison. ment.
FOUND GAGGED IN A POND I
FOUND GAGGED IN A POND I It was ehown at the inquiry yesterday into the death of the young domestic servant, Isabella Twist, who was found gagged in a pond near Blyth, that there was little justi- fication for the suspicion of foul play. There waa an absence of any evidence of violence, such as would have been expected if a second person had wilfully gagged the girl. She had left her purse, too, on her brother's table, as if she did not intend to return. A verdict of "Suicide" was returned.
-ACCIDENT AT --ABERDAREI
ACCIDENT AT ABERDARE I A man named Job Priest was standing on a ladder in the street at Aberdare to-day when the ladder was knocked down by a passing cart The man fell down and was greatly injured. He was conveyed to his I home at 17, High-street. Hopoe are enter- tained of his recovery.
I STAMPEDED HORSES I
STAMPEDED HORSES I Three hundred and seventy-one of the horses which stampeded at Baddesley Common, Southampton, on Sunday morning, left Romsey Station this morning by special trains for Aldershot. Many of the animals were in a pitiable plight, being injured chiefly on the legs.
IA GIANT IN THE DOCK-1
A GIANT IN THE DOCK -1 James Patrick Foley, 49, who is well-known as doorman as shows and advertising places of business in the East-end, entered the dock at Worship-street, London, towering high above every other man in court. He stands 7ft. 8in. in height. He was charged with being drunk and inoapia/ble, and admitted that "a little drop" had overcome him. He was fined 10s,
FRENCH'S FORCE AFLOAT_______I
FRENCH'S FORCE AFLOAT I Shortly before nine o'clock this morning ten transports carrying General French's force left Spithead for the Essex Coast, under convoy of the cruiseT squadron. It is under- stood that the Duke of Connaught is on board the flagship.
CARDIFF'S - PALACE-I
CARDIFF'S PALACE-I ELABORATE SCHEME OF FURNISHING. Suggested Racquet Court for I the Clerks. Elaborate and costly are the arrangements made for the furnishing of the palatial new Town-ball buildings in Gatihays Park, and several specdal meetings have aJready given their whole time to the discussion of details. Two of these meetings have resulted in an effort to knock about £200 off the cost of furnishing one department, Messrs. Turner being asked for a reduction of £58, and Mr. Jl P. White, of Bedford, of £ 135, off a tender of £ 3,135. Alderman Mldon wanted to know whether the tenders had previously been placed before the committee, and the reply of the Chairman (Alderman Carey) was that the architect (Mr. Lancfaester) 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 oom- 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 man there." Mr. Woosey, who was stated to have a book- keeper and two general clerks, asked for four rooms, ittckbding a waiting-room. Mr. Frank Beavan: There's room for six olerks in one room, and then they would be last. Two rooms will be enouglh. Mr. Sbanfield: I don't see provision made: for a racquet court for the amusement of the olerks. Mr. Robert Bird: We have five times too much room. Mr. Wooeey was given tihree rooms, one to remain unfa ran shed. Then it came to the medical officers' torn. Dr. WaJford wanted seven rooms. Alderman Daivid Jones suggested that every inspector have a specially 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. Beavan 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- 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 Alderman Ebenezer Beavan; We have built a Town-hall double the required siie, 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- clerk-was submitted. Mr. Wheatley wanted twenty rooms, one of which waa to be for the clerk o fthe peace. Mr. Frank Beavan: Who is he but the town- clerk? I never heard such a thing in my life. Mr. Stanfiedd: 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 J ones) 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 approval of the borough engineer.
Cardiff Family's LegacyI
Cardiff Family's Legacy A FORTUNE TO BE DIVIDED Mr. William Burris, mine host of the Bine Anchor Hotel, Wharton-street, Cardiff, has just come into a share of a 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 the case was fully reported at 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. Burris, and after a lenghtened conversation, in which all doulbts as to Mr. Burris's identity were removed, the solicitor informed htm that, in conjunction with his mother, brother, and sisters, and Mr. Albert Collis, Bute Docks, he was entitled, under the will of the late Mr. J. J. West, one of Cardiff's oldest and most prominent tradesmen, to a share of the estate, which consists of Stocks, shares, and leasehold and freehold property. 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 Metropol. 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 WRECKEDI
SPANISH STEAMER WRECKED I Crew Rescued by Pilot Boat Daring last night a collision occurred off Blyth between the Spanish steamer Pena Car- barga, of Santander, and the Swedish steamer Biiamcfca, of Oscarshasna. The latter had her bow stove in, but reached Blyth without assistance. The Spanish steamer, however, began to settle down at once, and eventually drove on the rocks. Her crew were rscued by a pilot boat and the lifeboat.
FLOODS AT STREATHEARN. I
FLOODS AT STREATHEARN. I Torrents of rain have resulted in a serious flood at Btreathearn, Perthshire, the Raver Earn being in high flood, and the crossings and low-lying lands largely under water. A temporary bridge in use at Oomrie has been swept away, and <xxmm.unicatkm with Dalgin- ross and the district has been cut off. People are being ferried across by boats. The piers of the new bridge under construction are quite submerged.
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Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein I and her daughter Princess Victoria, arrived I at Cape Town to-day on board the Walmer Gastl^.
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STOP PRESS QlUJL Latest Telegrams. I I "EXPRESS" OFFICE, 6.0 p.m. I • — LATE CRICKET. North v. South.—Nortl^ score Denton, lbw, b Blythe, 61; Hirst, not out, 23; Tunnicliffe, not out,.O; cxtrae, 3-total (for four wickets), 1. Later.—North, 173 (for five). LATE; SPOETINO: FEOHABLS STARTERS AND JOCKEYS FOR THE ST. LEG 13K. St Amanf .j. K Cannon Pretty Polly J/ W lane Alroscliffx V D 51 aht-r Andover M Cannon Henry tlia J:i.l't 0 3iad<icn 4.=OBett;nr—4"iIa??'?.n?o.lOtulag:? HdlC1 in Hand, nrl 2 to 1 a (tat Zaftoni. CORRECTED RESULT." KILGLASS, 1; VLDAME, 2; ASPENDALE, 3. Alsoran: American Boy, Gloriana, and Eaven- phoe. Betting—5 to 2 agst Kilglass, IS IT FOR RUSSIA. THE STOPPED COAL CARGO. On further inquiry we are informed that it is quite possible that the vessel referred to in the news under this heading on page 3 has been stopped through the action of tlie British Government. It is, we under- eUmcl, true that neither the Custom autho- rities no rthç Board of Trade authorities, 01' "ny other officials have acted at Cardiff, but it is considered pos- sible that the British Government had made representations to the .Germaa Am- bassador and that in turn the German Government had requested the owner of the vessel to cease loading. It is impos- sible at the present time to get any verifi- cation or contradiction to this statement, and the only fact that is plain is that the yessel has discontinued loading. BARRY ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL. The Barry Education Committee this afternoon dccldcd, by a majority of one. that, inasmuch an the managers of the local Soman Catholic School had refused tn accept'the offer recently made to them, that notice be given to the members of the teaching staff that after next month the education committee will not he re- sponsible for the payment of their salaries. —The Clerk (Mr. T. B. Tondoff) declared r :{"1- 1!
ONE SOVEREIGN EACH.
ONE SOVEREIGN EACH. Copies of the "Evening Express" were pur- chased yesterday from the following persons at the addresses given: CARDIFF.—Mrs. L. F. Graham, 92, Byder-st. CADOXTON BARRY .—Mr. J. Morgan, 8, Spring-street. CLYDACH YALE.—Mrs. Mary Rees, 65, Cly- dach-road. PONTYPRIDD.—(Mr. John Roch, 5, Dany- coedcae-road. RISCA.—Mis. Ada. Richards, 1. Ggraig. YSTRAD.—Mrs. Miriam Lloyd, 172, Gelli-road, Gelli.
PASSENGER STEAMER SUNK
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 Kew 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 no time to secure them.
MR. PLOWDEN BLUSHES.
MR. PLOWDEN 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 expressed great gratification. I am very pleased," said 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.
ICARDIFF EXCHANGE MISSION…
CARDIFF EXCHANGE MISSION I The suocess 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. Sylvester 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 was largely signed by docks gentlemen this morning.
I ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF DOCKS…
ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF DOCKS I This morning Edgar Yfoods, 21, labourer, I This mornng Edgar Woods. 21, labourer. residing at 16, Aberdovey-street, Cardiff, fell down the hold of a ship he was working on I at the Docks, and sustained severe injuries. He was taken to the Cardiff Infirmary for trestmemlt. and is progressing favourably.
ARSENIC -MYSTERY.
ARSENIC MYSTERY. More Exhumations at St. Helens. 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 the 1st of February this year the prisoners also Insured Her Life 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 lith of August. The prisoners, on the death of the child Jones, received R,20 12s. from one insurance society and £9 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 28th 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, on 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 arsenic-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 Burndreds in St. Helens has been much after the 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, arid 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, and there have been thirteen children, only one of which, Sophia, now nineteen years of age, survives. It is understood that the majority of the children died in infancy, and are buried at St Helens Cemetery, St. Peter's Church Burial Ground Stocks, and at St. Nicholas's Church, Sutton. The Mystery of the Watef Considerable interest and speculation have been aroused as 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 that she had thrown away her slippers. Up to yesterday afternoon the police authori- ties had failed to satisfy themselves upon that point, and it was stated that arrange- ments are being made for the old clayhole to be pumped dry and a thorough examination made. A St. Helens reporter visited the spot yesterday afternoon. The pond is one of several situated just behind tjie 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 '1 .J-- slippers is generally cusoeiievea, ouT, 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 mystery attaching to the water in the I course of the next few days. I 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 Jones. 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 that Dr. Unsworth shall make a post-mortem exami- j nation, after which the internal organs will be placed in sealed jars and analysed, as in the case 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 1887. Later. To-day an-other body has been exhumed. It 1 is that of Joseph Burndred, aged three f months, who died on September 7, 1900, and was buried in St. Helens Cemetery. Coroner Brighouse, was present at the exhumation, and subsequently Dr. Unsworth made a post-mortem examination, removing the internal organs for analysis. The inquest opens this evening. It is stated that the parents drew JE30 insurance in respect of the infant.
!——————-I RUNAWAY COUPLE CAUGHT
—————— I RUNAWAY COUPLE CAUGHT [Elopement Ends in a Tragedy. 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 his 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 autocar, 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 fatjier being at a fair. Farmer Simon, soon being informed of the elopement, saddled his best horse and rode after the runaways. He came up with them on the high road, and, presenting a revolver at Maillet, called on him to stop. The young man pulled up, and then ensued a tussle for tho revolver. Maillet got the better of the struggle and disarmed the old man. In the meantime, Maria Simon, frightened at the encounter between her father and her 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 wae drowned before his eyes.
IBRECON -OUTRAGE.
I BRECON OUTRAGE. J.P.'s Farm Buildings Set on Fire. THREE OUTBREAKS WITHIH FIVE WEEKS. Ponce Patrol Eluded Last Night Late last night a fire was discovered at Forest Lodge, 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 Forest Lodge within five weeks, and the circumstances leave no doubt that in eaoh case arson has been committed. The first ftm tóok place on Saturday night, July 3u, when a huge barn, containing about 140 tons of hay, and some valuable implements were burnt, the total damage amounting to over £ 1,000. No suspicion of foul play was then aroused. It was thought that the fire might have been accidentally caused by one of the farm hands or a tramp who had clandestinely taken a. night's lodging in the building. The second fire occurred cm 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 JE20 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 mtghfl 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.
CLOUD __BURST IN ROUMANIA.
CLOUD BURST IN ROUMANIA. I Lightning and Floods Cause Terror. A cloud burst, accompanied by terrifiu thunder and lightning, broke over the Galatz 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 01 the drought, became raging torrents, carry- ing all before them. Children, cattle, sheep, Und other live stock, trees and fences, besides the scanty stocks of forage which the Govern- ment is distrubuting to the peasantry, were all wa&hed away. The howling wind struck the different villages in succession, unroofing the houses by dozens; in two villages alone one hundred and thirty houses are rendered un inhabitable. 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, &c., were all caught in a watercourse with high banks, and drowned.
DOING IT ON 'ER 'ED
DOING IT ON 'ER 'ED At Cardiff Police-court to-day Catherinei Jones, 38. was brought before the magistrates) (Messrs. C. E Dovey and W. T. Symonds) charged with being drunk in Cowbridge-road whilst in charge of two children, aged four years and nineteen months. There was a second charge of assaulting, in the execution of his duty, Police-constable Henry Fdwar&- hte cha.mpion 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 shine for interfering. For this unseemly conduct she waa fined 40s. and ooets, or one month. Prisoner drew bershawl around her and walked below, saying she could do it on 'er 'ed."
SEAMAN NEGLECTS HIS CHILDREN
SEAMAN NEGLECTS HIS CHILDREN These children have been in the union, on and off, for the last twelve months, and daresay they have cost the ratepayers C50.11 This is what Mr. Pritchard (warrant officer to the Cardiff Guardians) told the Cardiff magistrates to-day respecting a foreign sea- man, named Richard Ainsworth (45), who was charged at the polii^jourt with neglecting to maintiin his family of four children. Accused, Mr. Pritchard explained, had been ,some time at sea, 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 ia his own recognisances of C5, to give hinj an opportunity of putting his children under the paternal roof.
.-.-THE MISSING PRINCESS
THE MISSING PRINCESS The Princess Louise of Coburg and Lieut*, naurt Mattachich are espected 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 unta the couple are safely in Paris. It is generally supposed that the Princess is now in Switzerland.
THE QUEEN'S VOYAGE
THE QUEEN'S VOYAGE At half-past ijine 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 preceded her, and awaited her arrival in the North Sea to escort the Queen to Den- mark. The sea this morning was compara- tively smooth. Royal salutes were fired on her Majesty's departure.
SAW HER DRINK POISON
SAW HER DRINK POISON Mrs. Mary Thomas was charged at Wois ship-street Police-court, London, yesterday, with having attempted suicide by taking laudanum in the gardens of the Bethnal- greeh 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.
I GARTH _MERTHYR -COLLIERY…
I GARTH MERTHYR COLLIERY DISPUTE The workmen of the Garth Merthyr Colliery, Maesteg, held a. meeting on Monday and condemned the men who are working on the day-by-da.y contract system. The first consignment of pumps was brought out on Monday from the sovms where the dispute is pending.
I ADOLF BECK'S MARTYRDOM
I ADOLF BECK'S MARTYRDOM "The True Story of My Martyrdom, by Adolf Beck, is being told in "Smithy Weekly," and the first chapter appears to-day. It is a dramatic story of real Rfo. and will excite much interest.
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