Evening Express

SURGERY AND CRIME. Mental Warps Cured by Operation Surgical operations on children to pre- vent criminal developments are being watched with great interest in Philadelphia. A surgical expert, who has had great expe- rience in nervous diseases, remarked yester- day, that these operations are the result of c-ther common and uncommon operations. Many children," he said, possess bodily defects which tend towards a mental warp that need not necessarily be towards criminality. Some do not actually cramp the mind, but others directly affect the cere- bral centres. Long ago operations were carried out for releasing the brain which had become incar- cerated by premature formation of bone. Strips of bone were cut out of the skull with the object of breaking the rigid confinement of the brain.

ENGLISH SWIMMERS IN PARIS The return to form of the English long- distance swimming champion, J. Jarvis, was funher evidenced at Charenton yesterday, when he won the 500 metres championship somewhat easily. Jarvis is certainly showing remarkable staying power just now, and his powerful stroke, maintained with splendid vigour from start to finish, was a theme of admiration for the spectators who watched the race. His time for the 550 yards swim was 7min. 43eec. Another English victory was secured by W Henry, so weil known in London by reason of his present connection with swimming life-saving exhibitions. He won the 220 metres race for veterans in 3min. 4feec. Cecil Kealy, the Australian, won the :00 metres championship in the record time of lnii.ii. 8sec. The English representative in his case (Snow) had to put up with second place, but he defeated the French champion, Vaseeur, who was third.

SMUGGLERS SMARTLY CAUGHT A smart capture of a smugglin-g expedition has ta-ken place on the Franco-Swiss frontier. I Captain Atbertiiii, French chief of Customs I at Annocy, learning that a quantity of toba-eco was to be smuggled into France, formed an ambush, with three assistants, in a lonely road. When a landau drawn by two magnificent horses came dashing along towards Annecy the captain jumped into the road and ordered the driver to stop. Unheeding, the carriage partly swept on, attempting to ride over the officers, but the latter were speedily in pursuit on motor-cycles. One of the horses was shot, two occupants of the carriage escaped, but the driver, who proved to be a notorious smuggler, was caught, and the carriage, horsee, and ? lar?e q-aa-utity of the best tobacco were confiscated.

FREAKS OF LIGHTNING. Some curious freaks were played by the lightning during Thursday's great storm. In Alnwick an old lady and gentleman were sitting at dinner when a. flash of light- ning struck their house. It came through to the dining-room between them, then made for a gun iu the corner of the room, which it smashed to atoms, and finally went to earth through the floor. Neither of the two occu- pants of the room were hurt. In another ease the lightning came down the chimney, bringing bricks and mortar on to the top of a small boy who was playing in front of the fire. It then went acroee the room, killing a dog that was umter the table, ØQII1 <W»-A<I-T3»03I|PPIUC^

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I WE ARE THE SAINTS <■ m I Popular Superstitions. BRITISH ATHLETES. BY LLOYD MEYRICK. I suppose no one wants to read any- thing on a Bank Holiday. Business, books, and papers are cast aside, and only the news column glanced at. Still, this column is like the brook of the poet —it goes on for ever. I have just been talking to a man who has recently returned from the Transvaal, and was full of local colour. I have nothing to do with party politics, but the views of the traveller are so different from the stay-at-home. To the former the Empire is everything, and to the latter the home problems are dominant. Every M.P. ought to beat the boundaries of our pos- sessions before he takes his seat in the House. There was much to be said for the old grand tour-it rubbed away all insularities and* broadened the outlook. If you talk to any old sea dog you will at once recognise that his politics smack of wide spaces and great Imperial responsibilities. He knows in his own person the power and splendour of the name of Britain, and with him it is his country, right or wrong, against the world. My friend told me many queer things about the character and aspirations of the Boers. I hope the latter are pacified and are content with their present posi- tion, but this is not the view of the man on the spot. The Boers (he said) are peculiar. They are a sort of an Old Testament people; they believe that they are a chosen race, and that the people whose lands they want to get possession of are Canaanites. They are very much like, in some respects, some of these old settlers, who on one occasion, when they wanted some adjacent lands-I suppose held by Indians-held a public meeting, and passed resolutions in the orthodox Anglo-Saxon style:- Resolution i (propoeed and seconded and carried): That the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof. Resolution 2: That the Lord hath given the inheritance thereof unto his saints. Resolution 3: That we are his saints. And so, having done all this in the most regular and (according to their ideas) the most sacred manner, they forthwith proceeded to take possession of these lands. I am afraid there is a sharp spice of truth in this story, and it is unplea- santly suggestive of the way we have Never- theless, the Boer, with no better title than our own, is a rival saint, and does not how to the sanctity of our claim. It appears that all work and business in the Transvaal is in a chaotic condition. No doubt, time will cause a settling down, but at present it offers no fair chance to the emigrant. The new Con- stitution may have the effect of building up a great community on the lines of representative government, but too much faith is not wise in the resignation of the Boer. I was never a pro-Boer, as I am not a pro- Zulu or a pro-Basuto, and, if all one hears is true, the trouble in South Africa may well recur. We tried magnanimity in which was mistaken for fear, and the Boer is now keenly alive to ony, false move which may give him an advantage. Popular superstitions are full of inte- rest, and are often very local in character. For instance, white specks on the nails are luck. On the thumb nail they mean "gifts," on the first finger "friends," and so on, with "foes. "letters to get," and "journeys to go." This superstition is well known all over Wales and parts of England. In some English counties white specks on the I nails are considered to denote great sick- ness and early death. The crowing of a hen indicates some approaching disaster, and this is allied to the Scotch proverb, "Whistling lasses and crowing hens are no canny." Holiday-makers roving over the country should bear in mind that whoever finds a four-leaf trefoil (sham- rock) should wear it for good luck. There is an Arab superstition that Eve brought a four-leaved shamrock from Paradise. It was composed of copper, silver, gold, and diamond, but broke and disappeared at her first step outside the gate. Great happiness would attend him who found the scattered leaves. Even now many old village dames will cry out in anguish if anyone rocks the empty cradle, as it is supposed to be injurious to the child. We all know we must not see the new moon through glass, but seeing the new moon through glass cannot have been unlucky in England when we had no window glass, nor in parts of the East where they have none. The origin is more likely a substitution for seeing the new moon in a lake or pool, the shadow being, in pre- historic mythology and philology, a form equivalent to ghost or soul. Horse-shoes cannot be of great antiquity, and yet they play a leading part. in superstitions. The use of this form is possibly derived from the crescent of the moon. It is quite a common thing to find in grubbing up old stumps of ash trees an iron Imrse-ahoe. The shoe is so placed to "charm" the tree, so that a twig of it might be used in curing cattle over which a shrewmouso had run, or which had been "overlooked." If they were stroked by one of these twigs the disease would be charmed away. Even a few days ago there was a striking instance of an old superstition given in a coroner's court. On a Sunday a strange cat entered the room of William Winkles, a saddler, which caused the old man to become very much excited, and he declared that something important would happen before night. The cat was driven out, and the people present laughed at the circumstance, but he appeared very grave. The old man died that night, and. his son, giving evidence, solemnly assured the coroner "that strange cat came to warn him of his death" Even the most hardy of us have our own pet weaknesses. We do not like to dine thirteen at a table, or walk under a ladder, for reasons other than that paint may fall on us. Superstition, after all, is the tribute we pay to all those dark and impenetrable forces among which we play our small and antic parts. The Americans are very fond of sneer- ing at British athleticism in their news- papers. They had a bad fit when Travers became the golf champion, and they have had recurring attacks ever since. The latest effusion appears in the "New York Sun," which declared that the English- man's athletic powers has fizzled down to tennis," and that before long that will be the only game in which England can be called supreme. There is no doubt there has been a great revival of tennis playing, which gives a good game and often a pleasing social function. The writer proceeds to elaborate his state- ment. Hackenschmidt," he says, ''can throw half-a-dozen Lancashire and Cor- nish wrestlers in half-an-hour. Jeffries, the pugilist, might be charged with assault if he went into the ring with an Englishman. The Old Country has ro swimmer who can take the measure of sprinter Daniels. The Colonists play cricket as well, or better, and if it had not been for Welsh Evanses and Joneses the New Zealanders would have made a clean sweep at football." We Welsh- people are proud of this American tribute to our Evanses and Joneses, but we can- not admit the truth of the indictment. It would be absurd to call Russia a country of athletes because it has produced one great wrestler, and the other heroes men- tioned are altogether of an exceptional cliaracter. The Old Country may well spare other countries a few meteors, but for all round efficiency in every branch of sport its supremacy is unquestioned. We may give too much time to it, but no fair critic can say that what we try to do we do not accomplish.

CHURCH IMPOSED PENANCE. I Youth Made to Carry His Child's I Coffin. From a village in the Notting-ham district comes an amazing story of a penance inflicted on a youth by a curate of that town. It was discovered that the lad was the father of an infant child which died. The curate ordered the boy to carry the little one's coffin to the grave, where the funeral took place in the presence of several people. He then delivered on the following Sunday a sermon dealing with the boy's "rin," but there was only a small congregation, as the majority of parishioners severely disapprove of the curate's action. The curate declares he will stand by his action, which was taken on the best advioe.

i LONG-LOST PIGEON RETURNS Three years ago Mr. Fleming, of Heswall, sent a racing pigeon to Nantes, France, where, with a number of others, it was libe- rated. He heard nothing further about it until a. few days ago, when, reading an old newspaper, he noticed that his bird had been caught in mid-Atlantic. It had dropped on board his Majesty's yacht Victoria and, Albert in an exhausted condition. Mr. Fleming communicated with the commander of the vessel, and his bird was sent to him in a little basket, attached to which was a water-bottle bearing a notice which requested railway officials en route from Portsmouth to replenish the water when necessary.

I MORE POISONED FISH. The upper waters of the Granta at Linton have been poisoned by disinfectants washed j I from the streets by rain. Dead fish of good size can be seen floating in large numbers in the river, as many as I 30 having been counted in one spot.

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I TREASURE ISLAND. THE COCOS QUEST. Diamond Strewn Beach I XEMA EXPECTED TO CALL I AT CARDIFF. I The steamer Xema, a cargo boat of 1,100 tons, purchased by Earl Fitzwilliam in 1904, left Gravesend on Saturday on a voyage of discovery, bound for "a mysterious island in a remote part of the world, where there is believed to be hidden treasure of gold and diamonds of enormous value." This statement was made by four members of the crew, and they added that only the captain and one or two others knew the ultimate destination of the vessel. On the eve of departure the ship's cook, whose surname is Joseph, went ashore and applied to the borough magistrate for a warrant against two of the firemen, named Driscoll and Watts. Officers were sent aboard, and the two firemen were arrested and brought before the magistrates charged with assault. The charge was dismissed. None of the evidence threw any light on the Xema.'s I mission, but one witness described himself as a "miner." It is stated that the Xema is magnificently furnished, and that the passen- gers include ladies. According to the "Star," the Xema is being despatched in search of the pirates' buried treasure on Cocos Island, in the Pacific, 600 miles west of Costa Rica. Within recent years Lieutenant Maude, Mr. H. S. Gray, Earl Fitzwilliaan, and Mrs. Roswell D. Hitcboook (an American lady) have fitted out expedi- tions, none of which have discovered the treasure. It is suggested that Lord Fitz. william is interested in the present venture. The crew have pigned articles for 8t: Helena, but this is merely due to the fact that she will take in water, vegetables, and coal there. The Xema was expected to call at Cardiff for stores, including a large quantity of acida for testing quartz, and dynamite cartridges for clearing away rocks. She was expected 'last night, but up to this afternoon had not arrived. Indeed, it is now stated that her place of call will not be Cardiff. Mr. H. S. Gray, who has made several tripe to Cocos Island in his yacht Rosmarine, and only brought that vessel home last May, is said to be captain of the Xema, and to be closely associated with the German settler Giessler, who is called the Governor of Cocos Island. Giessler has lived there for twenty years, and has formed a strong view as to the locality of the buried treasure. I Syndicate with £ 50,000. I To convey something in the nature of an account of the genesis of the quest of the Xema (says the Shipping Gazette "), it is necessary to record a sea yarn dealing with a shipwreck and a rescued mariner. Some while back a ship was lost in a certain place, and one man reached the shore. Whilst awaiting rescue this castaway amused him- self by collecting pebbles of a rather unusual nature from the beach. After a time he managed to get back to civilisation, and brought some of these small stones home with him. He evidently did not attach much value to his find, for most of them were given to his children to play with. However, one day, out of curiosity, be asked a. gem merchant what they really were, a.nd received the astonishing reply, Why, Man, They're, Diamonds Those few stones realised about £ 1,500, and the present Xema. expedition is now to pro- ceed to that diamond-strewn beach to seek a fortune, the value of which may, or may not, make wealthy men of those now included in the diamond-seeking syndicate. This organi- sation is described as the Collis Diamond Syndicate, the principal 0; ;;lg Mr. Collis, a mining engineer. The castaway mariner who first discovered the diamonds joined the ship at Cardiff, and if the voyage fulfils the hopes of the adventurers he will participate in the profits. If, on the other hand, no diamonds are found, he gets nothing. Let it be at once understood (our contempo- rary adds) that this is no mad-brained, crazy voyage. The syndicate consists of 25 men, all of whom have sufficient faith in the scheme to have subscribed considerable sums of money. The syndicate's capital is C50,000,1 or an average subscription of 12,000 per man. And in these days no man planks down £ 2,000 unless he has faith in the venture in which his capital is Invested. In the present :n- stance the members of the syndicate recog- nise that the voyage of the Xema is somewhat of a, gamble. They may get nothing, or, on the other hand, the expedition may -yield a; return the extent of which it is impossible to predict. For such a notable voyage it was, of course, necessary to have a large and thoroughly competent crew. The officers, too, had to be selected with every care. The command of the ship has teen entrusted to Captain Henry J. Temperley Grey, who, although 31 years of age, has served for five years in the Navy. Captain Temperley Grey is an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve, and only left his Majesty's ship Spartan this year. The chief officer, Mr. Reginald R. Brown, is a. suib-lieu- tenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, whilst the second officer, Mr. Richard F. Hay ward, has the rank of lieutenant in the same service. The chief engineer is Mr. Thomas M'Leod, and he, too, holds rank in the Royal Naval j Reserve. As a matter of fact, There are Five Engineers on the ship, although it is understood that only two of these are marine engineers. The other three are civil engineers, and their services have, doubtless, been retained with a view to supervising the mining machinery and drills when the Xema drops anchor off her destination. The officers of the ship wear uniform and caps with badges showing the letters C.D.S." (Collis Diamond Syndi- cate). They are all comparatively young men, keen and alert, and they fully realise the great possibilities of the voyage of the Xema. The whole of the deck hands and "black squad" are Britishers, and of these eighteen are Royal Naval Reserve men. The steamer, therefore, is duly qualified to fly the Blue Ensign, and this she does proudly from the jack over the stern. The Xema has been lying up In the South West India Dock (where she was ironically called the Treasure Hunter) since early in the year, and the present move in the direc- tion of the pirates' hoard again is quite sudden. It was thought Earl Fitzwilliam had discarded her (as, indeed, he may have done), for he found on the last expedition that she rolled horribly, and that her coal consumption for work done was terrific. In- deed, she got no further than the Bay when the expedition had to put back to South- ampton, and the earl purchased the Harlech Castle, re-named her the Veronique, and found Cocos Island in her, with results that are well known. Cocos Island is a long, long way for the Xema to go. Built as far back as 1872, she was owned by the City of Cork Steam Packet Company, and was engaged in the humble duty of carrying cattle across Channel. On Saturday the Xema arrived at Margate, where provisions were taken in. Several officers landed to send off telegrams, but they observed the utmost reticence. TREASURE ISLAND. The objective point of the expedition is a small island about fourteen miles in circum- ference lying in the great bight between North and South America. Isolated and outside the ordinary track of ships owing to the calma which so frequently prevail in that neighbourhod, it was spotted by the pirates who infested the region a century ago as an ideal place of refuge a.nd as a spot where they might safely hide their plunder. The first treasure deposited there of which any records have been preserved was collected by a notorious Spanish pirate named Benito, who during the first seven years of the lfth century was a terror to all peaceful traders of the Atlantic and Pacific. His treasures he hid in the caverns of Cocos Island, where he finally blew out his brains to evade cap- ture by a British gunboat. Many of his fol- lowers were caught and strung up, only one or two escaping to tell the story of the vast wealth buried on Cocos. The second treasure deposited was placed there by Captain Schmid, whose ruffianly band flew a black flag on their ship, which they called The Black Watch." By means similar to those adopted by Benito Schmid accumulated vast wealth on Cocos, but he, too, never enjoyed his ill-gotten gains. Schmid's mantle descended upon his son, who, with a Yankee sailor named Brown, en- rolled a. band of desperate followers and began a career of plunder, making Cocos their headquarters. During the last fifteen years no lees than twenty expeditions have been sent out. Lord Fitzwilliam took out the Veronique, an old battleship, in 1904, reaching Panama in De- cember Zlst of that year. The utmost secrecy had been maintained in regard to the destination of the Veronique, but the secret eventually leaked out. Soon after arrival at Cocos a landslide occurred, and some of the party were injured, and Lord Fitzwilliam returned home. It was not the accident that induced Lord Fitzwilliam to return so 'much as the fact that he found himself fore- stalled by another party led by Mr. Harold Gray. What actually happened never trane- ,pired, but Lord Fitzwilliam returned imme- diately.

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A Husband's Cruelty. I r ————— m ——.—— JUDICIAL SEPARATION FOR THE WIFE In the Divorce Division on Saturday the president concluded the hearing of the peti- tion of Mrs, Kathleen Louise Douglas-Cromp- ton for a judicial separation by reason of the alleged cruelty of her husband, Mr. Sidney Douglas-Grompton, who denied the charge. The wife alleged that early in her married life she had cause to complain of her hus- band, whose manner, she said, was dicta- torial and based on a, system that he would bend/her to his will. In cross-examination, she said that her hueband had threatened to murder her, using the words: "When you find the knife across your throat, perhaps you will be sorry you have not given in to me." He used to gamble a great deal. Did you not have half your husband's winnings?—Once he gave me a few pesetas to pay a bill with. He offered to givei me some of his winnings on other occasions, but I refused. Counsel read an extract from one of Mr. Douglas-Crompton's letters referring to it:— Oh, darling, do forgive me. I feel such a brute. -.u always look miserable when I play, but you don't look happy when I don't play. Let me have one more night at it and I will never play again." For the defence, the respondent was called. He said that he had held his wife down when she was hysterical, and had bitten and kicked him. She had told him that if he died she would marry again if ahe could find a man rich enough. When they were living at Teneriffe he complained of his wife leaving a lighted candle about, endangering the safety of the house. With regard to the allegation that he threatened his wife with a revolver on the journey to this country, he suffered from sleeplessness for several nights. He wished his wife to fetch a doctor, as he could not sleep. She said, Sleep, sleep! let me sleep. What does it matter about you ?" His brother fetched the doctor to the cabin, and he requested the doctor to take his revolver away, saying he was afraid he might go off his head and do himself or one of the children or his wife an injury. The revolver was thrown overboard. The President came to the conclusion that the petitioner was entitled to succeed on the main issue with regard to her husband's cruelty, especially having regard to the admissions he had made in his letters to his wife. She would be granted a decree of judicial separation, with costs, and custody of the children, with non-access at present on behalf of the father.

Horse Show at Aberavon The fifth annual Aberavon and Port Talbot Horse Show was held to-day on the Aberavon Football Field. The show this year attained a much higher status than in previous years, as, in addition to local classes, valuable prizes were offered for open competition, and this innovation was well justified in bringing a number of the very finest light, heavy, and jumping horses in the country in competi- tion. The local classes were also well patron- ised. The shoeing competition drew together 28 entries, while the poultry and dairy classes were extensively patronised. During the morning, which turned out beautifully fine, the local classes paraded the town and made a very imposing spectacle, headed by the band of the 2nd Volunteer Batt.alion Welsh Regiment (conducted by Mr. Charles Vowles). The president of the show is Mr. Godfrey Lipscomb, J.P., Margam, who presents a silver cup for competition, and the show is held under the patronage of Miss Talbot (who presents a silver cup for competition), Sir Arthur P. Vivian, K.C.B., Mr. Andrew Fletcher, of Saltoun, and Mr. R. W. Llewellyn, Raglan Hall, and the vice-presi- dents included a number of the leading gentlemen of the district. The excellent arrangements of the show were carried out by a committee, of which Mr. Oliver Adams (who presented a silver cup for competition) was chairman. The other officials were Alderman Aaron James (mayor) (general steward), Mr. R. B. Harris (hon. secretary), and Mr. H. Burgess (hon. treasurer). The judges of the day were:—Heavy horses, Mr. William Emerson, Sweldon, near Cardiff; light horees, Mr. T. Bowen Davis, Broad Oak House, Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire; horse shoeing, Mr. William Benjamin, Dusty Forge, near Cardiff; dairy produce, Mr. David Davies, Borough Stores, Swansea.

Lovers Take Poison A girl of eighteen, named Martha Watts, died in Manchester Infirmary yesterday as the result of drinking spirits of salts. Her sweetheart, John Chapman, who is also only eighteen, is in a desperate condition, he having partaken of the poison. The couple were engaged, but, owing to Chapman being out of work, the marriage could not take place. On Saturday night they went for a walk, and at midnight Chapman, in a frenzied condition, appeared at a cottage two miles out of the city begging for help for his sweetheart, who was lying prostrated on an adjacent door-step. Both were imme- diately hurried off to the infirmary.

CLERGYMAN LIBELLED. Strange Scenes at a Mothers' Meeting. A remarkable slander action was heard fct Birmingham Assizes on Saturday (before Mr. Justice Bigham). The plaintiff was the v. John Woods, an aged clergyman, of Notting- ham, and the defendant Miss Maud Alice Hooper, a worker in the St. Saviour's parish of Birmingham. Mr. Woods had acted as curate in the latter parish. The slander complained of was con- tained in a letter which Miss Hooper wrote to the plaintiff's vicar, complaining of the way in which Mr. Woods conducted a baptism, and also of his conduct at mothers' meetings and in church. The defence is privilege and no malide," observed Mr. Woods, but I say there was hatred in her heart." When Miss Hooper stepped into the box Mr. Woods asked for an "ample apology and £ 20 for his out-of-pocket expenses," and he would withdraw the action. The Judge: I don't suppose she has L20 in the world. Plaintiff: I will take it in instalments. 1 want to settle this as a Christian minister The Judge: It strikes me you are asking for all you are likely to get. The defendant said she knew nothing < f the plaintiff's seaside proceedings until he told her himself. She had looked upon him as rather a fine specimen of old age. (Laughter.) At the baptism she said Mr. Woods began to read a collect, but Xter the first two words, "Almighty God," ejaculated, "and so on." He moved from place to place, and in the middle of the prayer she ueard him say, We have had that before." In a letter to her he said • — "St. Paul does not suffer woman to usurp the place of man. Please don't offer me your hand until you are truly sorry for this scandalous business." Miss Hooper was submitted to a very odd cross-examination by the plaintiff.—" We had a very friendly talk on burial grounds, didn't we?" he asked, amid laughter. Coming to the slander Mr. Woods said: If you had apologised I should have sat at your feet and thanked you. You say people complained of my sermons. If people com- plain of my sermons I pay them a pastora1 visit." (Laughter.)—" They said you were apt to wander a little. Do you recollect leaning over the pulpit and asking what day in Holy Trinity it was?" (Laughter.) Now you are asking me something. Did you not say I was losing my reason?"—I said you were getting old." (Laughter.) A suggestion by Miss Hooper that Mr. Woods's memory was not as good as it might be caused him to exclaim indignantly, "Why, I have credit all over the country for having a wonderful memory." 11 1 preach piety and peace," said Mr. Woods, in his address to the jury. "I preach against the dishonesty of the clergymen cf the Church of England." The Judge: It is not Sunday. You are not preaching sermons. Mr. Woods was awarded £10 damages.

I RESCUED BY THEIR FATHER Cries of "Daddy, daddy!" brought a Bed- worth carpenter, named Hartlett, into the bedroom of his three and four-year-old chil- dren yesterday morning, when he found the curtains and bedclothes in flames. He was jnst in time to save the little ones from a tragic farte. It seeuis that the flame of a gas-jet which had been left slight during the night, fanned by a breeze through the open window, ignited the curtains, which I came into contact with the bedclothes.

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Sunday at Rumney. I MECCA OF THE CARDIFF' THIRSTY ONES. Now that the attention of our legislators is being once more directed to the anomalies of Sunday closing, the writer, on Sunday night, wended his weary footsteps over Rumney Hill for the Mecca of them that be athirst. The same crowd of pilgrims was at the shrines. Arriving flrst in order of route at the Carpenters' Arms, the place was found to be thronged, all the bar tenders having their hands full, and it is only fair to say that the host and his assistants were con- stantly on the move to preserve order and sobriety. Another mentor was Lord Roberts- not in the flesh, but from a coloured picture on the wall, who, in uniform and medals, smiled down with benignity upon the merry Sabbath scene. I look towards you, Bobs," said one, holding aloft his pint, and then we all picked up our sleevers, and in a chorus of "Good old Bobs drunk to the general's health. At Ye Old Crosse. Moving on to Ye Old Crosse Inn, a similar crowd was found, but the method of supply was here different. Pressure of busi- ness was such that one man was on his legs all the time, hurrying to the cellar and back again with big jacks of foaming ale, whilst two other assistants were con- tinuously employed in emptying the stream into drinking receptacles. The most favourite spot here is the garden at, the rear, where. seated on rough benches, the customers-of whom there were several hundreds—pre- ferred the outdoor phase of the simple life. There were all sorts and conditions of men -a few with frock coats and "top bats"- sitting cheek by jowl with the horny-handed sons of toil. The decorous conduct of the crowd and the subdued buzz of conversation gave the impression of a crowd awaiting the advent of a great preacher. Said a serious- looking individual to me as he sipped his "sleever," "What A Glorious Opportunity Bernard Vaughan would have here on this peaceful summer night and amidst these lovely natural surroundings!" "Do you call this a smart set, then?" "Yes, too smart for some of 'em," said the serious-looking man, "for they'll never stop our Sunday beer." The man, who was a bit of a philosopher, was asked, Why are you not in church to- night?" Puffing vigorously at his clay, he replied, I used to go, but I got so mixed up and entangled over theological hair-splitting and controversy that I gave it all up, and have now an open mind." Leading Ye Old Crosse-which, by the way, has been much improved lately upon the lines of Old English architecture—we wended our way down the pleasant leafy lane so far as the Rompney Castle. The place as a historical appearance, and I remarked to my accommodating frirnd, and he ainswered me, Yes, a.nd it has a history, too. It used to be called the 'pear tree,' and about 1880, just before the Welsh Sunday Closing Act was brought in it wais ro-built in its present form by the late Cok-Tel Davies, at one time American Consul at Cardiff. The crowd here was still more dense, including what appeared to be many family parties, Feated at long rows of tables on the open space in front of the house. There wcre no signs of disorder; had there been the police would have taken cognisance of it, for they were there with watchful eye, wearing the uniforms and slouch-hats of the Monmouth- shire Constabulary. As we pressed through the crowd I remarked upon the busy scene, but was informed that tha.t was not a. busy night, because Bank Holiday was at hand. Twilight was now coming on, and in the dim, religions light the large, lofty room, known as the baronial hall," wore a weird, i ubdued appearance, as the last rays of the sun struggled fitfully through the stained-glass windows. Coats-of-arms adorn the ceiling; the walls are ornamented with a series of ca.-nvar, paintings, which I was informed once formed a portion of a panoraa illustrating life amongst the Amerioan aborigines. The traffic along the road and across the fields was immense. An old visitor told me that the total takings" on a Sunday would probably reach to as much as 9150.rconey which but for Sunday closing would be spent in Cardiff, but is not spent here now, because people who look with disfavour upon clubs prefer to cross the border for the beer which they cannot buy legitimately within the gates of the city.

LOVE-LETTERS FOR FUN. When the wife of Edward Fiande-r, an ex-I policeman, applied for a separation order at the Old-street Police-court, she was con- fronted by Mr. Crocker, on behalf of the husband, with some remarka,ble letters she had written. In one, addressed to a Fred Marney, were passages like the following: My thoughts will never change towards you." Counsel read on: Brown asked me to go out with him. I sent him a wire—' No one will turn me against the only one I ever loved." "—The Wife: I meant my husband. The letter proceeded: No one will turn me from you, dear Fred." How do you mean that for your husband?—The Wife: I was only writing this in fun. Mr. Crocker: "It will take a long day to fill the place in my heart you do." The case was adjourned.

"WILL BE BURIED ALL RIGHT." ? I want to get my life policy that my son- in-law is keeping," said a woman to the Acton magistrates. The Clerk: But it is of no use unt-il you are dead?—He is going to America. I don't see why he should stick to the policy. He would not pay Cl4 for my funeral. What do you want?—I want your superior advice. There is a reason for this. You are his mother-in-law, and that acoount6 for it. Have you nominated anyone to receive the money?—No. Well, he will not get ainythi.-ng.-oh, that's all right. Write to the office about it. You will 00 buried all right.—I hope I shall.

GENERALS TO FIGHT A DUEL A duel between General Andre and General de Negrier is likely to take place in Paris. In his memoirs which are being published in the "Matin" General Andre implies that General de Negrier was responsible for the defeat of the French at Langson. General de Negrier "flatly denies the imputation," and calls the late War Minister a liar." General Andre has announced his intention of sending his seconds to General de NegTier, who is returning from the country for the purpose of giving him satisfaction.

MILLIONAIRE DIES OF FRIGHT. I At Springfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday Mr. D. B. Wesson, the famous manufacturer of revolvers, died at the age of 81. He was practically frightened to death. He suffered from heart affection, and his troubles were aggravated last autumn by the threats of the Black Hand Society of Italian terrorists and blackmailers The Black Hand gang threatened to blow 'him up with dynamite unless he paid them a large sum of money. In consequence he had since that time remained in seclusion. His fortune is estimate at X4,000,000.-Laff,&n.

NOT WHAT THEY ANTICIPATED When dressed in civilian's attire Mr. Wil- liam Harrop, deputy chief-oonstafble of Notts, combined business with pleasure while driv- ing a motor-oar near the village of Gotham. As he was passing two men, who were lying by the roadside, one of them threw a large bundle of herbs in front of the car. When the police officer remonstrated with him the man showed light., but was promptly knocked down. His companion met with a smilar expe- rience when he rushed at the officer, who bundled both his assailants into the car and drove them to the police-station. The Nottingham magistrates fined the herb pickers 15s. each on Saturday.

CENTRAL RHONDDA HOMING SOCIETY The Central Rhondda Homing Society flew their second young birds race from Liver- pool on Saturday. The weather was very unsettled. Eighty-five birds were liberated at 11.55 a.m., weather dull. The first bird home was owned by Mr. J. Aleop, winning first prize by 15imin.; time, 4h. 35min. J. Churchill won second prize, and W. Williams third; R. Underhill, close up, fourth. G. .Rudd won the nominated prize. Mr. Rudd being from home, the loft was left in charge of Mr. C. Shepperd, the trainer, who did his work well as a beginner.

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Newport Motor Tragedy HANDASYDE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL Barrister Resents Magistrate's Remark. The Monmouthshire magistrates at New- port to-day resumed the hearing of the charge against George Harris Handasyde, a, chauffeur in the employment of the Lan- caster Gate Motor Garage, in respect of the death of Frank Fisher, on Cardiff-road, at noon on Friday, July 27. Mr. J. Corner (instructed by Mr. H. T. CJustard), who appeared for the police, stated that one of the most important witnesses for the prosecution, an engine-driver named Beard, was ill with congestion of the lungs, and could not attend. Mr. A. Moore appeared for Fisher's relatives; Mr. Hornby appeared for the prisoner. The witness Weaver, who gave evidence on Saturday, was re-called by the bench. He said he could not state what part of the car struck the cyclist. This closed the case for the prosecution, and, the charge having been formally put to the prisoner, he pleaded Not guilty," and said he would give evidence on his own -behalf and also call witnesses. Mr. Brown, a photographer, was called by Mr. Hornby, and produced a number of I Photographs of the Place of the occurrence. Mr. Oorner was cross-examining the witness when Mr. T. E. Watson, J.P., said every member of the bench knew the spot, they had seen it since the proceedings begun, and he did not think Mr. Corner need waste the time of the court in cross-examining upon details. Mr. Corner said he had had a very long experience of snch proceedings, and he had never had such a thing said to him-that he had wasted the time of the court-from the highest judges downwards. And," said Mr. Corner with great emphasis, I resent it coming from you. You said nothing about waste of time on Saturday." Mr. Hornby then addressed the court I On the Prisoner's Behalf In many cases of this character it was thought to be in the interests of justice and of the accused that a. prisoner's defence should be reserved. But in this case, after great consideration, both the prisoner and himself had come to the conclusion that the defence in this case should not be reserved. No one regretted the death of Mr. Fisher more than the prisoner. Handasyde was the son of Captain George Harris Handasyde, R.E., who served in the South African war, and was appointed a Commissioner of Claims and afterwards a Commissioner of Markets, but dieu before he took up the latter appoint- ment. The prisoner was born in Edinburgh in 1874, and was educated at the High School there. He had now taken up the motor in- dustry as his livelihood. When the case was before the coroner the two wit- nisses whoso evidence apparently turned the balance towards a verdict of manslaughter, were Beara and Fadrfox. Mr. Hornby sub- mitted that the evidence of these two per- sons was untrustworthy. Wittneeses for the defence were called, who stated that the care was being driven care- fully, and at a safe speed—under twenty milea a.n hour. It left Newport about twelve o'clock noon, and it was not necessary to be at Milford before eleven o'clock a.t llight. The distance was about 120 miles. The horn was sounded a considerable dis- tance before reaching the deceased (who was cycling in the same direction), who looked back and saw the care coming. The car made a swerve to avoid the deseased, who, however, at the critical moment seemed to lose control of the bicycle which turned at right angles right in front of the motor-car. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL In the result the Bench committed Handa- syde to take his trial at the next assizes, beil being allowDd-LIOO, or two sureties of £50.

Dunmow Flitch Romance LIFE STORY OF LON DON'S CLAIMANTS A married couple, who reside at Bow, will be given the premier position in the trials for the Dunmow fiitch of bacon. The reason for this distinction is that the claim of the London couple for the matrimonial honour j fiar exceeds any other that has been entered this year, and complies as nearly as possible with the almost impossible conditions that were laid down by the monks of the Dun- mow Priory nearly 900 years ago. Many of the married couples who entered this year had not the remotest chance of gaining the prize, the great difficulty being to satisfy a jury composed of maidens and !bachelors that the claimants, as a result of their married experience, h,ad never "offended each other in word or in deed." The story that will be unfolded by the "counsel for the claimants" will show that they first met at a ball given in connection with the LondonScottish Volunteers, in which regiment the gentleman at the time held a commission. It was a case of love at first eight and for ever. The lady was the daughter of a titled gentleman from one of the British Colonies. In spite of opposition the couple became engaged, and were eventually married, and what is very important in the claim for the Dunmow honour, they have never shown the least sign of repentance, nor has the smallest difference ever occurred between them.

THE AMERICAN LEPER, DRIVEN TO THE WOODS George Roesatt, the Syrian leper, after! being banned by four States and spending two weeks in a railway box-van in various sidingo, the object of universal curiosity, ignominiously finds himself to-day back at the starting-point of his shuttlecock journey. It has already been described (says the Daily Telegraph") how Rossatt was literally turned out to grass by the railway company near BaLtimore. To-day he finds himself driven into the uninhabited wilds of the West Virginian mountains. The cliarl- table ha.ve given him a tent and an oil-stDNe, and he has got to do his housekeeping him- self. No State wants the unfortunate man, and no ?teamer is willing to run the ri.,Tk. transporting him back to Syria. He was in America, four years before developing leprosy, so the country cannot order his deporation, and the Hospitals Refuse to lake Him In one place where he stayed a few days the people became panic-struck, because they heard he was bathing in the river which pro- vides the drinking water for the town. The sanitary authorities argued about the case until eiveryone was sick and tired. Admittedly, Roseatt baffled the health authorities, for there is no institution in the States for lepers. A comic opera alone could do justice to the extNlJOrdinary way the man has been dumped about the country, seldom staying long any- where. At Philadelphia, the Quaker City of Brotherly Love. the authorities labelled the box-van leper," and that put an end to any comfort for the miserable passenger. Roesatt is only twenty-one. He is married, and until attacked by leprosy worked in a can- ning establishment. He is without money and dependent on charity.

A YOUTH DROWNED. I As a rule, bathing is not indulged in when the tide is down, but on Saturday night, at Aberdovey, Edward Williams (18), apprentice joiner, accompanied by a visitor friend from London, vent to bathe in the River Dovey when the tide was down. Shortly after they entered the water Williams suddenly dis- appeared, and the body has not been recovered. Williams was the son of an Aberdovey sailor, and could swim well. The bekwix is a. very safe one for bathing.

BOY POISONED BY BERRIES. I The death took plaoe at Sunny Bank House, Five-roads, Llanelly, of Thomas Jones, the four-year-old eon of Mrs. Ann Jones, Newtown, Kidwelly. It appears that the lad, who resided with his grandmother, Margaret Jones, had been eating mountain ash berries, and was taken ill, death ensu- ing in about four hours.

I MISS KELLERMAN AND HER CHANNEL SWIM Owing to the unfavourable weather condi- tions, Miss Kellerman laJte on Saturday night was compelled to abandon her projected Chaamel swim to Calais. She will, however, mfiuke am attempt at the first opportunity.

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Welsh Volunteers. "TIMES" RETURNS TO THE ATTACK Alleged Sly Smoking & Drinking Allegations appeared in a letter from a correspondent in the Times" of July 3d against the conduct of the battalions com- posing the Welsh Volunteer Infantry Brigade while in camp at Perham Down, Salisbury Plain, and Colonel R. J. F. Banfield, C.B., commanding the brigade, wrote denying them, and stating that he had nothing but praise for the men's conduct. The "Times" correspondent to-day returns to the attack thus:—"The Welsh Brigade trained from the 21st to the 28th on Salisbury Plain, and it so happened that I saw some- thing of them almost every day. From the very first I was greatly struck by their extremely unmilitary appearance, by their lack of skill and interest in any tactical scheme they were carrying out, and their habit when supposed to be at work of smok- ing and drinking in any convenient place. Colonel Banfield says that their conduct in their camp lines was excellent. This I know nothing about. The point is that, while actual training was supposed to be in pro- gress, large parties were day after day en- joying a somewhat rowdy picnic in any convenient spot away from the eye of authority. I have no doubt that Colonel Banfield knew nothing about it, but I think, considering all the circumstanoes, the criticism was a mild one. It is doing no good to the Volunteer force, whom no one can appreciate more than I do. if criticism takes no notice of the black sheep who must be occasionally met with."

I The Strikes in Russia. NAME-DAY OF DOWAGER-EMPRESS ST. PETERSBURG. Sunday. Yesterday being the name-day of the Dowager-Empress, was a partial holiday, so that it is difficult to accurately estimate the extent of the strike, which for the present is confined to factory workers and artisans. Shop assistants have not yet joined the strike, and though the Union of Cab-dr:.vers and draymen had passed on to its members the order of the strike oommittee, ca-b pro- prietors succeeded, by a temporary Increase of wages, in inducing the isvoschiks to go to work as usual. The Printers' Union has combined with the censorship to prevent the issue of daily papers, but, as most progres- sive journals had been suppressed during the week, the failure of the "Bourse Gazette" and the "Twentieth Century" to appear this morn- ing was not felt as a. severe privation. The mutinies, though suppressed, hava revealed an extent of disaffection in the Army which is encouraging to the workmen and revolutionary leaders. The word has been given to the strikers to stand firm until the Government summons a constitutional assembly, but unless fresh military distur1 bailees occur the leaders will probably decid. to regard the strike as a demonstration oi protest, and in a day or two will give orden. to return to work. Efforts made to stop traffic on the railway lines have so far been unsuccessful. A strong military guard is posted at all stations, and armoured tra,ins are in readiness for puni- tive expeditions. The strike committee hopes, however, that employes in railway workships will strike to-morrow, and that their action will serve as a signal to engine-drivers to desert their engines.—"Times," per Press Association.

DYING MAN'S MARK. His lordship deliterd his reserved judgment on Saturday in the dying man's mark will case. Robert Foster Burrow claimed to be executor of the last will, dated July 15, 1905, of Thomas William Sharland, who died on that day, or alternatively of the will on testamentary disposition of Mr. Sharland dated January 30, 1904, and to have the said wills or alternatively one of them established. The Solicitor to the Treasury sought a sen- tence of intestacy, while Alice Maud Shaw and Hannah Shaw supported the 1904 docu- ment, under which they were legatees. When the case was hoard it was shown that the dying man had a rooted aversion to making a will, but while dying he made his mark on a ducument placed before him. His lordship found that the letter of January 1904, was not intended to be more than a mere letter of instructions, to be acted upon on a certain event. With regard to the will of July 15, 1905, he found that Sharland was incapable of any act requiring mental effort. The whole thing was a farce," said his lordship, referring to the mark, and as such I condemn it as discreditable." The costs of all parties were ordered to come out of the estate.

IMPROMPTU KANGAROO HUNT Bath and its neighbourhood were treated on Saturday to an impromptu kangaroo hunt, which, however, was not conducted on traditional lines. The animal succeeded in escaping from Messrs. Payne and Wallace's paddock, and, scorning the new white bread with which an attempt was made to coax him back, set off on a tour of inspection, closely followed by one of the firm's clerks on a cycle. In Prior Park the animal scared a lot of children, and, still eluding his pur- suer, he made rapid way back to his starting point at Lyncombe Hill, but only to give the clerk another good run. The cyclist kept the sportive beast in sight all the way, but only succeeded in capturing him after he had impressed his presence on the neighbourhood by jumping through a window.

11 TRIANGLE CAMP" RE-TAKEN "Triangle OamIl" at Plaistow, which had been seized by the unemployed, was cleared by the West Ham Corporation officials, with the assistance of the police, on Saturday morning. Bill Cunningham refused to leave when requested, and was carried off. The other men then left. The tent was pulled down, and, with the bedding, was put on the adjoining field, where the men now are. Later in the day Triangle Camp" was again taken by the unemployed. Of the second group of men four remained to await the arrival of the police after eleven o'clock, and then they bolted.

A GUERNSEY WRECK. The steamer Forth, bound from Middles- brough to St. Malo with pig iron, struck the rocks north-east of Herin, four miles from Guernsey, during a dense fog early this morning. The vessel three hours later slipped off the rocks and sank in deep water. Captain Brandt and the crew of twelve took the ship's boats, and were later picked up by a pilot's launch. The Forth's boilers blew up on foundering.

HABEAS CORPUS APPLICA TiOtf The Lord Chancellor in the High Court to- day heard an application to make absolute a rule granted by him on Saturday calling upon the Briston Prison authorities to bring up M. Lapierre, editor of the "LaJ Cocarde,' naw avfcuting extradition on a chareg 01 uttering threats with a, view of the publico, tion of libellous matter. After hearing argu. ments, his Lordship refused to interfere with the extradition order.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. The various sections of the British Asso- ciation were again in active work to-day. In the educational section there was discussed "The Curriculum of the Secondary School," amongst the speakers being the headmaster of Eton. A paper was contributed on "The Training of Teachers," and other aspects of educational work were debated. In the sec- tion devoted to physiology, a large audience, was attracted by a paper on "The Value of Rest," read by DT. Theodore Dyke-Acland.

RIVER BAPTISM AT BEDWAS. In the Rhymney River, opposite Bed-war Bridge, on Sunday morning the Rev. M. James (Ivonwyson), pastor of the Welsh Bap, tiet Church, officiated at a baptismal service, at which a lady was immersed. There was! a. good congregation, and the service throughout was a. very impressive one.

ONE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE The death took place on Sunday a* Ooreham, Wilts, at the age of 77, of D. H. Clutterbuck, one of the survivors of the obairge of the Light Brigade.

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