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Mania for Chloroform. I -0 MAN WHO TOOK ENOUGH TO KILL SIX PERSONS. A stajrtliibg story of a young mma's nmnift for drugs wae told at fkratiord Police comr* yesterday. Hazold Wbitbaker, feweaty, a oheinift'e aasistaat, of Lieyton, wae obarved with obtaining 3ioz. of methylated ahloro- form from Dr. A. W. Aldrick by fiylao pre- tences, amd with attempting to obtain lindl from Dr. W. G. Noble. Mr. WMttaker, sen-, said thot bjis son, when only fourteen, chloyoformed (haroafilf sm an experiment before he bad been in ink Ayet aitu,a,tion a mimth. Doctors had eTngnrinrd lbim. and they were aetoTniahed the amoumt of ohlopoionn be had t^ieo—<eaaju^i in an hoar to iQllix pereone. The eridenoe showed that on Saturday W,b,ita&-or called on Dr. Aldrlok in Manor- road, Leyton, amd stated that Dr. Dawson, whose nephew he represented hrmpelf to be, was about to perform an operation, bat his supply of chloroform vae exhausted, am-d he would be obliged if Dr. Aldciok would lead him a oouple of onacea. Afterwards Whittaier called OlD Dr. Goldia, and, representing himself aa the diapeneer of a neighbouring doctor, obtained ajo. oonoa of chloroform. An hour later he went to Dr. coble's eurgery in Chureb-hill, Walthainatow, and asked for lèoz. of methylated oMoroform. Dr. Noble refused, and eeot for Dr. GoùUe, who dexwed that he ha4 sent Whittafcer. In pleading guilty Whittaker said that in oonsequenoe of the amoqjxt of chloroform he book on Sa4orday he was not ia 11- right mind. Mr. G. Baker (the chairman); Do you take chloroform to alleviate pain? Whittaker: No. It is merely a habit. The Chairman said the caae was one that required special treatment, and the prisoner would be remanded to be medioally examined.

THE WEDDING HOUR I Vicar Claims Right to Fix Time of Day I A Shaw (Wilte) couple, having decided to get married, notified the vicar, fixing the time for the ceremony at & fairly advanced period of the day. owing to the fact that several friends from & distance were to be present. They were surprised to receive the follow- ing reply:— The Rev. C. M. Steedman is writing to Ay that he has fixed the wedding for nine o'clock to-morrow morning, and must uk the parties a.bout to be married to be present at the church punctuaJly at that time. In oase they are unaware of the fact, he may remind them that, though they have the power to fix any lay (except Sunday) for the performance of the wed- ding ceremony, it is the legal right of the officiating minister to fix the time of day. In the present ease Mr. Steedman thinka that the most suitable time is early ill the morning, and must decline to consider any other time thaa nine. Subsequent interviewe failed to induee the l vicar to meet the wishes of the couple, and the latter declining to upset their arrange- mepts, the services of another etarfyzastn were obtained.

"OLD" AT FIFTY-FOUR William Patten, a little, eMerly man, was charged, at Old-street yesterday, with attempting suicide. John Smith, a boiler cov-erex, said that on Sunday Mamii-ag he found his £ aAher-dn-lajw (the prisoner) houg, ing by the neck behind the door of plb out. house, Mt. Gluer: What hag he tried this for? Witness: He's had a hot of worry. HAS daughter wa» confined a. week ago, and I'Te no work. Then he's an old man, bUt he won't retire, and live quietly. Mr. Cloer: Work is the bewt medicine for worry. Witness: But he is an old man. Mr. Cluer (lootemg at the prisoner): Wtaut do you call an old man?-He is 64. Fifty-four and "old." Thank you; I'm more than that, but I'm -not old. Wihait is his work?-A eanxuun. Mr. Oluer: A beafthy, fairly easy occupa- tion for a steady arm. Why should ha "retire," and wbero? Witness proceeded to ineiat on the worry," and then it oazae out that the prisoner was living with a young woman. The latter went off into & aoreaming fit in oourt, and had to The carried out. A polioe-ooxurtiaible said Che prisoner told him he wished he bed made a. good jcto of it. Mr. Oluer: Well, if that ia true, you really ¡ intended this willed aot, aad I oairnwt deal with you. t Prisoner was then oommivod tot total.

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Political Conventions. I THE WELSH PARTY I Its Exports and Imports I BY LLOYD MEYRICK. I The result of the recent Jrivh Con- vention is suggestive on more than one 1 point. It proves, for one thing, that there is already Home Rule for Ireland, since if it does not make laws it decides the fate of Bills. The Irish Council Bill has been submitted to the judgment of j the country concerned and unanimously rejected. This is an informal sort of referendum which is not enjoyed by Soot- j land, Wales, or England. It may be said that a Convention, however care- fully engineered, can never be really I representative, and that no number of delegates can voice the opinion of a nation. Wales, for instance, is strongly Liberal, but its National Liberal, Councils have attracted few but the busy-I bodies. The crowd of the latter are on the look-out for some small honour-a J.P.-ship, the chairmanship of a recep-j tion committee, or, possibly, a vacant chair on a Royal Commission, if Mr. I Lloyd-George is in want of a puppet. All these disinterested forces come into rich life when a Convention is being I arranged, and 'the dumb outsider' wonders at the unanimity and agree- j ment. Burke's vigorous description of the small and noisy class of politicians, in which wit and humour are so happily mingled, is quite applicable to-day. He says: Because half-a-dozen graeehoppers under a. fern make the field Ting with Lbeir impor- tunate chink, while thowande of great cattle beneath the shadow of the British, oak chew the cud and are silent, pra.y do not imagine that those who make the nolso are the only inhabitants of the field, that, of course, they I are many in number, or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour. No doubt, in Ireland a Convention is more likely to be really representative than in any of the sister countries, because Irish sentiment is solid and centred on one question, and not dis- sipated over controversial topics. In Wales, however, it is different. I am sorry to think it true, but Welsh nationality so far is incoherent, formless, and suffers from all the ailments of infancy. If Wales had any measure of local government the political grass- hopper would abound. To the already long list of illustrious divines, "immortal orators," and "Welsh S3iak8pe«re3" would be added a long troop of "far-seeing statesmen" and "Welsh Pitta." The ugly head of denoininationalism would be reared with envenomed tongue in full activity, and the Baptist grasshoper and the Indepen- dent grasshopper would chink away each under his little fern, believing it to be the canopy of high heaven. The force and directness of the Irish Convention compare too favourably with the wretched fiascos that are paraded in Wales- Ireland, rightly or wrongly, swept away its leaders, and said, with an empbmin that aould not be gainsaid "TMa thing we will not have," Wheft will Wales have the pluck to follow the example? Instead, some turn to Car- narvon, others to Merthyr, and some in late years have raised wistful eyes of hope to Mr. Alfred Dtavies, of Hamp- stead, for political guidance and enlighten- ment. Ireland is a nation, and has an Irish party,; but the position is more debata-ble in Wales. The Welsh party is the moot innocent of" political machines. For the most part as regards any purpose of national use it may be said of them: — le it a party in a paarlour, drammed just a-a they on earth were crammed, Some sipping ptmCh. some sqgpiQg t¡e¡a,¡ But, ae you by their faces see. All silent and all damned- It imports frenzied saviours of their country and it exports county-oourt judges. Daniel O'Connell said of himself, with justifiable pride: G rattan sat by tbe oracfle of his coimfcry, and followed her hearse. It was left for me to sound the neeurpeetioo truxopet, amd to show that she was not dead but sleeping. May we expect another resurrection trumpet to awake the sleepy echoes of Penylan? I fear, however, that the amiability of Sir Alfred Thomas acts as a narcotic on his followers. The genial lyxight has some of the humour of Lord North. The latter often indulged in real or apparent slumber, and when an opponent in the oourso of an invective exclaimed, "Even now, in the midst of these perils, the noble lord is asleep," he answered, "I wish to God I was," The oratorical efforts of the Welsh party in the House of Commons lead one to think that they are all inspired by th9 desire of the member of whom Towns- hend tells the story. The latter, on find- ing a colleague addressing an almost empty House, advised him to deeist, and, when the orator refused, declaring that he was speaking to posterity, told him that "if he went on at that rate he would see his audience before him." Speaking of Daniel O'Connell reminds me that the Irish party sorely miss such a one as he or Parneli. Whatever they may have thought, not one of the leaders attempted to guide or chock the Irish Convention. The people took the bit between their teeth, and the leaders simply cheered them on their course. Although O'Connell was often goaded by the most provocative language against himself personally, he always had the courage to face a hostile crowd. For instance, even the "Times" newspaper stigmatised him as "an unredeemed and unredeemable scoundrel," and asked, like Cicero of another Catiline, "How long shall such a wretch be tolerated among civilised men?" Yet O'Connell was no demagogue, in th-o unworthy sense of that word; no Socialist, or advocate of strikes. He opposed the poor laws of 1838 on the most unpopular grounds, and rejected the proffered alliance of the Chartists, constantly denounced rebel- lion, and was unswerving in personal loyalty to the Sovereign. He was singu-1 larly careless in the choice of words, and, as Shiel graphically expressed it, "he flu-ng a brood of sturdy ideas on the world without a rag to cover them." The celebrated American orator, Wen- dell Phillips, said of his oratory that it was perfectly etfortlesa- As effortless as woodland noohs Send viole1;a up, afid paint theun blue. They used to say of Webster, "This is a great effort"; of Everett, "It is a beau- tiful effort"; but you never used the word "effort" in speaking of O'Connell. Mr, Wendell Phillips heard him once say, "I send my voice, careering like the thunderstorm against the breeze, to tell the slave-holder of the Carolinas that God's thunderbolts are hot, and to remind the bondman that the dawn of his redemption is already breaking." You seemed to hear the tones come øeh.o.. ing back to London from the Rocky Mountains. This spirit, fostered by Parnell, still lives in Ireland to-day. Apart from the party aspects of the ques- tion, Ireland puts up a splendid fight. Personally, I think the Irish Council should have been accepted, and I believe O'Connell or Parnell would have forced it upon the country, but it is a great battle for an idea which the impartial observer is bound to enjoy. It is mag- nificent. and it remains to be seen whether it is not war.

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CORNER STONES. To the Editor of the Evening Express," Sir,-I am confident that the cynical notes which were published in Saturday's Even- ing Express will not commend themselves to your readers. The desire to record on^e'p name in connection with tlhe foundation of a pl&oe of worship is most loadable, and I hope that none of your readers will be deterred from contributing to Chiorah or Obapel building funds by the cheap sneers which are contained in the artiole to whioh I have referred. The writer mentions the absence of corner stones in ancient eccle- siastical buildings, such as Westminster Abbey; but he forgets to mention the numerous ohapelg and stained-glass windows dedicated to the memory of the donors or fhedr relatives which are to be found in large mmiibers of the churches in England and Wales. I will also venture to remind him that most of the early churches were built on land and by means of funds which were of a national character. Some people go so far as to allege that the land and the funds were stolen from the people, but upon this subject I offer no observations.—-I am, Ac., A DISSENTEE.

MUNICIPAL CONTEST AT NEWPORT Polling took place cn Monday in atnunt.1 cipaj bye-election in the St. Ju"nl 6 Wa?d at I Newport. The result was declared u 1 follo-wo: E. A. Charles (R.) 562 Captain Ohae. Robertson (C.). 459 Radical majority .I. 103 The election makes no change in the parties I in the council, Alderman Brown's deaths having cwuøed the vacancy.

DOWLAIS ELECTION RECOUNT The re-ooant of votes ordered by JKr. Justice Ridley to be made in reference to the county council election at Dowlais will take plaoce in London to-morrow (Wedaas- ) day).

KEY TO HEALTH. JAMES SWIFT, Attercllffe, Sheffield, says. Inm flirt, doso gave me groat relief. I cm confidently say that one box of these Pille has done me more good than all the medicine I bay* taken" SU4erers from Gravel, Lumbago, J'<?t in the B&O, D?°P?y' Dos of the Kidnt? S?tiet? Bheufn?t!"?. Md 4?out wW aad v*&u4To euM m BoM??' o??et IMU& Try BbmU ?M. u got U Mtt??/M?y fwtwM? l? 1JA* mO ?-??0 Cat sstt4odzftw retwz&4? 'A J..u u post t-, 1, To al?om MkbiiIAS, gn-L- CtaoM**»«n. <SS-i"

OH, I'M COLD." "DEAD" MAN'S MOAN Undertaker Startled. GRAVE ORDERED AND DUG A Rochdale undertaker met with a start- Ung experience yesterday. During the last few days a traveller named James Pegan, 26 years of age, whose parents reside in Christian-street, Preston, has been seriously ill with pneumonia at his lodgings in Roch- dale. JDuring the whole of Sunday night he was extremely ill, and apparently died at seven o'clock yesterday morning. A brother and sister of Fegan, who had been summoned from Preston, and the in. mates of the house assured themselves that the man was dead, and straightway began to make arrangements for the funeral. The I blinds were drawn, and the doctor was | informed that death had taken place. He prepared the customary certificate, and arrangements were made about some insur- ance money. The wndertalcerr was inf. and three bourn after death was supposed to have occurred he proceeded to the lodgings of Fecan. When he reached the room he found the man's head propped up with pillows rather high, and one of the pillows was removed in order to secure a more correct measurement. The undertaker, Mr. Albert Heywood, had already taken one measure- ment, and was proceeding with a second in order to verify the first, when he was startled to see the body slightly heave. Ait first he thought he must have been mistaken, hut, after waiting a second or two, the body heaved again, and there was a slight twitch- ing of the eyelids, which had been closed by the person who had laid out" the body. Mr. Heywood informed the brother, who commenced to shout wildly, "Jim! Jim!" and shook Fegan vigorously. In respond Fegan slightly moaned. A doctor was sent for, and the sister, who was in an adjoin- ing room, was summoned. As soo-n as ahe learned that her brother lived she fain tod. Mr. Heywood then plunged the man's liaude into a juc of cold water, and thp shock caused him to speak. He muttered, Oh. I'm cold," (He had lain in a cold room three hours with only a sheet cover- ing his body.) By means of brandy Fegan revived so much that in haJf an hour he was, with assistance, able to sit up in bed. Medical attention was given, and later in the day be had recovered sufficiently to converse freely with his relatives and frienda. The grave had already been ordered and dug, but the order was, of course, cancelled as soon as the mistake was discovered. Before I came away," said Mr. Heywood to a press representative, "I shook hands with Fegan, and told him the first time he comes out of doors he is to come amd see me,

I Botha Home Again. I ADMIRABLE SENTIMENT I General Botha. arrived at Cape Town this morning after a good voyage. Replying to a mayoral welcome and an address from the Liberal Association, he said he was convinced that the visit of the South African Premiers to England bad contributed largely to a better understanding between South Africans and the people 6,000 miles away. He added that be firmly believed the British meant well by South Africa, ajid were encouraging every endeavour to build up a strong and united Dwple -]Leuter. Speaking on the steamer before landing, General Botha said he would rather relin- quish. his offioe than abajidon the sound prin- ciples of South Africanism. He would never agree to bargain where those principles were J ooneerned. 1

Bit a Man's'  Bit a Man8 Fin g er. MERTHYR STIPENDIARY AND A VICIOU$ ACT., Thomas Evans, of Oh&pel-row, Trecynon, was summoned at Aberdare Police-court to- day for assaulting William Harris by biting his finger. Mr. Charles Kenshole prosecuted, and Mr. William Thomas defended. There was a cross- summons for obscene language. Complainant's evidence was to the effect that he formerly lodged with the defendant, with whom he had had a, few cross words. On. Sunday night, the 19th inst, the defen- dant and his wife came to the door of complainant's house, and Mrs. Eva-ns told 'her husband to "go for the left-aided b- On the following day, on being told that he would be summoned for what had taken place the night before, the defendant assaulted the complainant and bit his finger, which had to be dressed by a doctor. The defendant's wife aJ*° scratched hia face. The Stipendiary: I wish I could send the defendant to prison for a long period. There is no sense in biting a man's finger. A fine of 4 and .£3 costs, ;£2 of which should go to Harris, was imposed, with the alternative of one month's imprisonment. The cress-summons against Harris was dismissed.

PUNISHED BY DARKNESS. A Cardiff motor-driver, named John Sulli- van. pleaded guilty at Caerphilly to-day to two charges—firet, for not having an identifi- cation mark on tihe back of his dray; and, secondly, with having no red light to the rea;r of the motor-dray. Defendant had been detected by PoJJce-con- 9ta.ble Lewis; and Mr. F. H. Gaekell, in miti- gation, stated thait defendant had been in a chapter of accidents. First of all, his identification plate was smashed by thedray coming in contact with a wall, and next his light kePt. blowing oat. In a sense hda client had been punished, because, after being detected, he had to wait about all night until dawn enabled him to travel without a light. Mr. E. W. M. Corbett fined defendant 5s. on each of the charges.

RIPPER ATTACKS FARMER. I James Watts, an Abertridwr ripper, was charged with an assault by William Barton, a. farmer, at Caerphilly Police-court to-day, where Mr. Gtoodfellow appeared for him. Barton detailed an aoconnt of a fight over a dog between two men, and then alleged that defendant overtook witness, who was in charge of a gambo," and assaulted him. Although he had no dispute with anyone, the men at the scene went for him, and he Was knocked down under the horse's feet and kicked. Mr, E. W. M, Oorbett considered it a ba4 case and fined defendant xa and costs.

M.P. RESIGNS HIS SEAT It is officially Stated that Captain C. B. Badfour, Conservative M.P. for the Horneey Division of Middlesex, has resigned his seat. It is stated that Captain Balfour, who at the laost General Election was returned by a majority of 1,570, has come to his present decision for reasons of health. Lord Ronaldshuy has been invited to con- test the Hornsey division in the Conservative interest.

WELSH NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR 1 DEAD. -Mr. David Jones, proprietor of the "Uan- gollen Advertiser," died to-day. He was a well-known authority on Welsh literature.

News in Brief I The progress made by the Duke of Aber- corn remains satisfactory. The Britleh journalists left Bremen by raii at eight o'clock to-day for Hamburg- Sir Antony Macdonald, Under Secretary for Ireland, arrived a.t Kingstown this morning from London. Prince Albert of Belgium, accompanied by the Duke de Brissao, made an ascent yester- day afternoon in a Belgian balloon. The balloon took a south-easterly direction. At Ivry-sur-Seime, near Paris, a freeh epidemic of wnall-pox has broken out. Twenty --a ha..¡. already been notified, oovftva of which have- proved fatal, It la <to«td the disease was brought into the town by same gipsies.

ARMED POLICEMEN TO EVICT IRISH FARMERSI Ambulance Ready. I Prom Castletown Beretoaven to-day marched 300 police, armed with rifles, bayonets, and batons, to the adjoining villages of Kilmiacowen and Gowlane, to execute eviction decrees against ten tenant farmers wiho <m. an average are four yeaje in arreare. With the police were emergency men likely to be the target for tihe stones, clods, and hot gruel of the tenants. A section of the Royal Army Medical Corps with an ambulance accompanied the force. Riots in Irish Police-Court Exciting scenes were witnessed at Rasctrea, Ireland, yesterday, when sixteen men were charged at the local police-court with un- lawful assembly and intimidation against a shopkeeper, who holds a large grazing ranch in the district. Several members of Parlia- ment and prominent priests were present. A foroe of 120 extra polioe had been drafte(t into the district, but several hundred persons, with bands and banners, managed to break through cordons armed with rifles and batons, and as many as possible crowded into the oourtboum. Hera they made matters very lively, and j the proceedings were stopped peveral times. The climax oame when the Crown solicitor remarked tlual the shopkeeper had been per- secuted because he was a Protestant. Defendants' counsel hotly resented this, the "bhoys" in court took up the ref rain with a will, and, the police being powerless to cope with the trouble, the oases were adjourned for a fortnight.

Loud Yells-More Yells A CAPTAIWS SLEEPLESS NIGHT A captain who kept a diary of the noc- turnal Interruptions of cawae pro&ecmteq. at Ryde yesterday. ,dapwn William Christie, R.E. a visitor to the town, was summoned for unlawfully and maliciously wounding a cat, and in justification of has act he produced this record of one night's sleeplessness: 10.20 p.m.-Loud yells. 10.36 p,m.-MOTe yells. 10.47 p.m.—More yells. ,2.40 am.-Woke up. Shot at a cat out of the window and it retired over the wall. 3.40 a.TOi.—Woke tip. Threw a tumbler of water over two cats in the garden and returned to bed. 3.55 a..m.Further yells. 4.15 a-m.—'Woke up. Stood it some tame, then took a stick and went into the garden, where I found three cats. Threw an empty flower-pot at them, but unfor- tunately massed them. 5.1.5 a..m.-Wokoe up. This time the cata were under the window. Got a boot-jack, but unfortunately they saw me and cleared off. 8.3Q a.m.—After getting rest for tihe first time was again awakened by cats in tha garden. The defendant said that this was but an ordinary sample of what he had h to put up with, and he had given the neighbour a notice that if they valued their cats they must keep them indoorjs at night. The prosecution, which was at the Insti- gation of "Mie Royal Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals, pointed out that the cat which formed the subject of the charge was shot at ten o'clock in the morn- ing, while the defendant was shaving, and contended that in no circumstances was the captain justified in taking such violent measures to rid himself of a nuisance. I The Ma.gistte imposed a fine of 2p. 6d- and costs 12a. M.

Seamen's Row. I ASSAULT BY PORTUGEE. I Before the Oaj-diff maglstmteo to-day Francisco Nioodaa Aranjo, 28, was charged with violently assaulting and wounding Mamuel Lopes by striking him over the right eye with has fist, with intent to do lunx grievous bodily harm, in Buterstreet. This was the assault alleged to have ajisen out of the seamen's disturbance in the neigh- bourhood of Gajrdiiff Sthipipdng Offioe on lsotui,- day morning. The PO-rWh?* Me 0&0,ured m?i, and it was stated that the ptQq." signed on below the Usual rate. At that prismem took wnbr?e, -d then followed wh*A Mr. G. F., Willett, who defemded, d?on?bed as an ordinary fight. I Prosecutor, who is a fireman, oald prisoner i was a. friend of hiie. and he minutely described how he (prisoner) pushed and knocked him abooiit. Inspector Ben Da vies produced a ring pri. soner wore at the time, and sud the man, when charged, replied, He struck me first and I struck hbn after." Dr. J. J Buist (polica anrgocn) said there was a, wound on the right eyebrow an inch long and a. quarter of an inch deep, and it might have been inflicted by the ring on prisoner's finger. Mr. Willett, in support of his contention that it was an ordinary fight, pointed out that the parties were not members of the Sea- men's Union. Fined X3 and costs, or one month.

COCOA KING'S WIFE I Falls Down Ship's Stairway and Dies I A telegTam ffom Viotoria (British Columbia) states that Mrs. Richard Chdbnry, wife of the fswnoua chocolate manufacturer, wae killed on board the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of India last Tuesday by a fail down the stairway leading to the dining saloon. The body of the unfortunate lady is being brought on to England by her four daughters, who were all with their mother on board the liner.

PORTER DETEOTIVE. I Sailor's Al leged Theft of a Bicycle I Grtjstav Beoker, 26. a Germa/n sailor, was charged at, Cardiff Police-court to-day with stealing a safety bicycle, vairue £ 8 Pso. the property of the Great Western Railway Com- pany, from No. 1 platfoirxn at the Cardiff Si bat ion on May 27. The case gainst prisoner was th&t at U.40 on the previous. night he was overtaken by Porter Tucker, wheeling away the bdcycle near Mr. Bryant's temperaance hotel, which is not far from the railway-station. I The labels had been torn off the machine, which was booked from Barry to Glasgow, atnd these la-bela werepik-ked up this morning by Inspector Seaborn (Great Western Rail- way) close to Mr. Bryant's establishment. Tucker returned with his man to Inspector Seaborn, and the latter ypon the facts intitmated to accused that ha would be given into custody. Gustav replied, No fear. A uian gave me twopence to take it to the staition." Police-constable William Handing arrested and cautioned- prisoner, who made no reply. He was committed to the Quarter sessions. Mr. Parsons (Messrs. Vachell and Co.) con- ducted the prosecution.

TEETOTAL LANDLORD. Mr. 0. S. Goo&.ellow applied &t Oawphilly to-day for the transfer of the Rock beerhouse, Na.nt?M'w, from Samuel Edwards, adminis- trator in the affairs of the late licensee (his brother) to John WUUa.BM.—The 4pplimtion wtas granted. The same advocate was successful in his application for the temporary transfer of the Gwerthonor Hotel, Gilfach-Bargoed, from William Jones to Morgan Thomas, an engine- driver. Mr. Jones, it may mentioned, is a teetotaler, and he has conducted his house with ever7 satisfaction to the polioe. Confirmations of the transfer of the licences of the Hanbury Arms, Bargoed, the Griffin Hotel, Rudry, and the White Croes Inn. Groeswen, were given, on the application ot Mr. W. Kenahole and Mr. T. P. Thomas, solicitors.

THE GLOUCESTER YEOMANRY! Yesterday evening there was an inspection of the horses of the Gloucestershire Yeomanry at the St. Arvan's camp. The prise for the best horse in camp was awarded to Trooper Hooper, 0 troop, whilst the prise for the beet recruits' horse was adjudged to Trooper, Carson, B troop.

"ADVICE TO MOTHERS."—Aro you broken In your rest by a sick child autterin? witb the PatA by Mttia? teeth? Uo at OHM to a chemist M4 get a bottle W?l Mr'. WUjUow'e ?oothtog Symp. it will MU've the Esufforw im!Mdi?te)y. It ? plamt to oate. K quiet stmp by reitevinr th< chJM tram and ebiemb awak&4 aa bright aa )4r*. sufforUo&r CUI?&I ill; Litue 94=4 &wbm4 as bright an ppr?oodr ucpeas in, Of aH chvmJfti6 Is. IA4. pW bottlil ouz a button. Of aU chemists, 18. UcL 1* b9ttle. ela

"Who's That Tapping?" i SUNDAY SHEBEEN RAIDED. Fine of X25 Imposed at Aberdare Jones Morris was summoned at Aberdare Police-court to-day for sealing beer witAlout 1 a licence on Sunday, the 19th inst. Mr. William Thomas defended. Police-constable Wellsby stated that he watched the defendant's house, 5, Dowlais- gtreet, Gadlys, koIu. 3.40 to 11.0 on the morning of the day in question. At six a.m. witness saw two men go to the defendant's door, tap the window, and go inside. A quarter of an hour later the defendant left (the house and went in the direction of Gadlys-street. He returned in a few minutes, accompanied by two other men, who entered the house and remained there about five minutes. The defendant again came out, and returned with another man. Witness knocked at the door, but could get no answer. At eleven a.m. he went to the house with a warrant. Some one outside shouted out, "Be on the lookout! it's Wedlstby." Witness called to the defendant that if he would not apeea the door he would burst it open. To that the defendant replied, "AU right, r11 open it." I THE POLICE FIND Wiitmieaa fotjnd in one corner a ^-gallon cask on tap, and in another place a 4^-gaAlon cask, likewise on tap. He further found two of the men in the house drunk, whale the defendant was also much the woa-se for dirink. He spoke to the defendant, asked him how he accounted for the illicit trading, 4ud he replied, I have been a fool this weak." Witness then took possession of the beer, glasses, and jugs in the house, By Mr. Thomas: The defendant kept a small shop, end sold egga on StKndiay. Witness did not know th.a.t the defendant was in the habit of getting a barrel of beer to the house. Polioe-eonsfcable Brans gave corroborative evidence. He stated that defendant told him I- You Came Too Soon, Boys, Bach I I had to tap the other caek before you come." Mr. Thomas, for the defence, said that the defendant always kept a cask of beer in the house, as he had a perfect right to do. As for the big cask, he had ordered it from the Black Lion Brewery, but it came sooner thainbe had expected. With reference to supplying drink to the men in the house, he had a right to do so in the shape of a free gift, and there was no evidence of aale. Defendant had no knowledge that the police were after him, The Stipendiary: Well, he will have to pay £25 and costs, or go to prison for three months. Mr. Thomas Aelied for time to pa.y. and a month's time was allowed. The Stipendiary further remarked that this kind of trading would have to be stopped, and in future the fuU penalty of 450 and costs would be imposed.

l'ln His Sunday Garbage' I MR. GRUNDY'8 CONVERSATION WITH A CONSTABLE. Mr. Baggallay," said John James Grundy, Of Forest Hill. on entering the court at Greenwich yesterday, "Mr. Baggallay, id it necessary for me to go into this oage? (indi- cating the dock). Grundy was charged with disorderly con- duct, and Mr. Bstggailay said that in such a case the prisoner naed not go into the dock. WM Grundy willing to be bound over to keep the peace? Grundy: No; emphatically I am not guilty, I want the evidence taken down most accurately; I have reasons for this. A constable tajd Grundy egmo up to htm on Saturday and said, "What is the matter with you?" The witness replied, "Nothiag; why do you ask?" and Grundy &aid, "I ilee you are a greenhorn; you don't know your duty. Do you think I am co hawker or a Forest Hill rongh?" The witness requested him to go way. but Grundy followed, and raised his fist, saying, I will knock you through the hedge." The witness then arrested Grundy. who. on the way to the station, said. "This is just what I wanted; thin is a case for the Royal Oomxaimiou." Grundy: I said Police Commission," The Constable: He sadd. "Rufus Isaacs jo the man for YOlJ." Grundy: A personal friend, Mr. Baggallay, and I am very proud to have such a friend. Grundy, in a very emphatic manner, then examined the constable as to the time of the alleged offence, asking him to tax hie vivid memory," and to think before he swore to a time. Turning to the clerk, he said, "Kindly take this down very accurately, please." Completing his cross-examination, Grundy then ocomplained that he had been subjected to such indignity from the constable that he wondered that he did nothing rash- Happily he was spared from that. He waa in his Sunday garbage. Mr. Baggallay: Garbage? Grundy: Not my Saturday regimentals, nor my business dress, as now. Continuing, Grundy sa.id he was walking home in a quiet, inoffensive way. The con- stable asked for a pedlar's lioenoe, and he (Grundy) was fired with indignation at such a charge being made against him before his tenants, He contended that the constable was actuated by vindictiveness and malice aforesigbt," and that the guardian of the peace did, of his own election, provoke a breach of the peace by putting his hamd on him. That man." he added of the con- ekta,ble, "lost his balance. He put no oil on the waves, but my barque was easy." Mr. Baggallay: You are discharged. Grundy: With what record? Mr. Daggvllay:, Nopo. Grundy: Now, your worship-- Mr. Baggallay: Please leave the court.

Arrests in Court. I WELSH FUSILIERS TO BE TRIED FOR I PERJURY. As a sequel to an assault case four soldiers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers were yesterday deprived of their belts and transferred from the waiting-room to the prisoners' dock of the Aiders hot Polioe-court- Th. original case was heard amd remanded last Thursday, when Sergeant Rogers, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was charged with asaaulthag a young lady. The sergeant's defenoe was an attempt to prove an alibi, that he wa4 in London at the time of the assault, an assertion that was backed by the evidence of two privates, a lance- corporal, and a corporal of his own regi- ment. At the adjourned hearing yesterday the prisoner's solicitor intimated that not only had his client made an untrue statement, but also had tried to substantiate it by the evidence of four men from hip own bat- talion. The magistrates immediately ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of Ll Is., with costs amounting to S,4 16. 6d., and directed that all five men—prisoner and the wit- nesses—be placed in the dock and charged wi ( perjury. Eventually four of the five were oom.mitted for trial at the next Hampshire Assises, the corporal's plea that he was in London a.nd believed he recognised his sergeant there I procuring his discharge. I

DOCTORS' CERTIFICATES Attendance Officer's Novel Case When the adjourned school attendance case of George Henry James, Bargoed, ciame up at Caerphilly to-day, Mr. Rees Saunders, the attendance officer, explained that the case wag adjourned for a month in order to receive the version of the doctor, who had certified that the child had measles on one of the dates for which the SHBtmoM was imued. Mr. Saundors now pro- duced a press cuttdo?, which comtanred a con- f?aaion from a m.?daoo that they often granted cel"tifiœtes, mmh 4gainat thcdr desire, through being pestered by the parents, and the attendance officer also read out two amusing specimens of oertifieates to the effect that "this is to OW that So-and-so says he is suffering from headache." Mrs. James persisted that her ohild was in, and, to give her a chance the Bench dis- missed the case with a caution.

MOUSE UPSETS MEN Disorganises Uncle Sam's Treasury The clerks in the Sub-Treaero-y, in William-1 street, New York, had a, remarkable expe- rience yesterday. For hours they ware unable to make their figures tally with the amount of bullion, which had several times been carefully weighed. The officials had begun to grow quite alarmed, when someone dis- covered that a mouse had been weighed in with a sacH of bullion,—Central News. I

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ADVENTURER'S PLOT Man who Posed as a Friend of a Chinese Prince. REMARKABLE ALLEGATIONS Every day freph light is being thrown 01* the history of the adventurer Boeak, whose frauds on New York jewellers, it would now seem, were purely subsidiary to a buges design to overthrow the dynasty in China- His coadjutor in this audacious enterprise said to be Pninoe Po Lujx, the head of tho< Reform party in Ohinia. The Prince has an army of 60,000 men ready" to take the field when the Dowager Empreaui dies. Boeok helped materially to finance this: army, and also purchased arms and ammud nition in America for shipment to China. Mr., Dayton, one of the jewellers who has been' victimised, states that he has seen letteTøi which established Boeck's confidential rela-* tions with Prince Po Lun, and ateo proved! that the foe-mer bad the support of men high i in American finance (gays the Standard "1 correspondent). These mag-nates expected to obtain valuable, concessions from the Emperor of China wheni there was no longer any prospect of the1 influence of the Dowager Empress being; exerted against foreign innovations. Prince Po Dun, so the story goes, wrote 1 demanding heavy shipments of munitions of war in February, when the Dowager Em-. press had a paralytic stroke, which threa- tened to end fatally. Boeck was hard pressed to obtain ready money, and borrowed RZ,000 from Mr. Solo- mon Guggenheim, besides pledging various pieces of aneient china, ware, silks, etc. These expedients of raising money not being suffi.. cient, Boeck reseated to jewellery swindles- Mr. Guggenheim redeemed the pledged articles. A search of Boeck's rooms revealed many evidences of his intimate connection with Chinese politics, but the letters, which pro- bably are the most important links in the chain, have not been made public. There are also Indications that Boeck had a. pen- chant for engaging himself to marry several women at the same time. In connection with the extraordinary enterprise attributed to Boock. it is of inte-, reet to recall that last week the Chinese Customs officials at Tieu-tsin eeized 8,000 rifles, 300,000 rounds of ammunition, and 5,000 bayonets, on the supposition that they were intended for revolutionary purposias. The, shipment waa imported by a European firm, in conjunction with some Chinese.

YOUTH'S DOWNFALL. Boy's Craze for Gambling. "A mad craze for gambling-, which hA would do anytlhfog to satisfy," was thd raason given by a detective yesterday to the Brentford magistrates for the downfall of Thomas Pearce, a youth. who was sent to three months' hard labo-nr for fraud on an old man named Reuben • Gregory. Pearoa werft to Gregory's house and told ham that his son had been brought home terribly injured and that Gregory's daughter, in-law had sent him to borrow 2s, to pay the doctor. Gregory could not go to his son because there wa4 dilphtheria in the house. and gave Pearce the money. The next day Pearce called again, and obtained another 2s. Subsequently Gregory discovered that tha whole story was a fabrication. It was stated t42at Pearce had recently been sent to a efhip for three years for break- ing into a shop. He was provided with an outfit which cost .£3, and taken to a lodging- house, but during the night he absconded. He was said to be the associate of a gang of dangerous young thieves.

CHILD NEARLY DROWNED Plucky Rescue at Aberavon Last night a, six-year-old latd named John Evans, 120, Water-street, Aberavon, whilst playing with some other children on the bank of the River Avon near the old AVOoD- yale Woods, where the water is weired up to a. considerable depth, fell over the bank immediately below the weir. The scroams of the other children drew Williaan Thomas, of Isaac-place, Aberavon, to the spot, and 1-e immediately jumped int< the river and rescued the child in a, condi- tion of exhaustion and fright. lie was taker to Dr. Arnallt Jones, and is progressing satisfactorily.

KNOCKED DOWN BY A COW St Dogmell's Woman Dies as the Result of a Fall. YAM. 8. Volk, Clawddcam Farm, St. Dog-, njells, who was in her 71st year, has suc- cumbed to injuries sustained in being: knocked down by a cow. At the inquest it wao stated that deceased had been attended by Dr. George E. Jones from the day of the accident, which occurred on May 4. The, principal injury was a fracture of the thigh bon. A verdict of "Accidental death. the Msulfe of a fall," was returned.

TOO FOND OF LIQUOR. Downfall of Oxford Graduate At the Old Bailey to-day, Lawrence Gent, 39, was sentenced to twelve months' impri- sonment in th-e second division for forging orders upon a City house. Counsel stated that the prisoner was an Oxford graduate, and belonged to a good family. He had been headmaster of a large school in America, and the sole reason for hia downfall had been over-indulgence in alcohol.

I WENT HOME TO MOTHER Tne giirl Violet Maynard, 21, who was, charged with attempting to commit suicidel by jumping into ..be Glamorgan Canal, from which ilbe was rescued under exciting circum- stances on the night of May 22, was to-da-y before the Cardiff magistrates (Messrs. T. Andrews, T. H- Stephens, and J. W. Courtier The girl, who had much improved in appear- ance since last she was in court, ha4 been remanded to be medically examined, and tha examination, it may be assumed, was satis- factory. The mother nON stepped forward. She is a respectable woman living in Daltoin-etreet, Cathays, and said she was willing to take her daughter ho-me and care for her if only she would promise to lead a goo £ life. The girl gave ibe promise and was dis- charged leaving the court with her mother and friends.

CHEPSTOW & EX-INSPECTOR GROVES. At the meeting of the Chepstow Urban Dis. trict Council last evening, Mr. J. E. G. Law- rence proposed a resolution in support of the Abercara District Council petition to the staHding joint committee in the matter of ex-Inspector Groves, and bore testimony to his efficiency as a police officer whilst at Chepstow. Father Conway seconded. Mr. W. C. Thomas urged the jbouncil not to press the resolution, which, he said, amounted to a vote of oensure on the chief. constable for doing something which they knew nothing about. The Clerk advised the council to abstain from any such course. In the end the council decided to write Mr. Groves expressing regret at his resigna- tion.

NO DRINKS BETWEEN MEALS Lord and Lady M-othuen are holding a rcoeptaon on Thursday for members of the Somi-Teetotal Pledge Association, an organi- sation which, although only started a few years, now has over 100,000 members, and has recently been amalgamated with the Church of England Temperance Society. The society specially directs its attention against niplxing," and the custom of "ataBding drinks," insisting on ita members having no intoxicating liquors otherwise than at their midday and evening meals.

THE CURE OF CANCER Dr. Robert Bell lectured last night before a large audience of the London Psycho- Therapeutic Society upon The Cancer Problem." He said that there was abundant evidenoo to prove that the diseased cells in oamoor could be reclaimed, and compelled once more' to fall into line, and to resume their normal functions. by the adoption of therapeutic and dietetic measures whioh pro- motred a healthy oondition of the Mood stream, which was speedily reflected upon cell life.

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