Evening Express

I AN ARTFUL BOY Jam-es Wood. nine, was charged at North London with stealing a bottle, value 2d., from inside the shop of Frederick Gatland, grocer, Hackney. The prosecutor said that the boy entered the shop on Saturday, took a bottle from a crate, and then afrert4 it to the witness, say- ing, "Matherlis sent me with this bottle to get 2d. on it." The witness told him that bf) had seen him take the bottle from the orate, and grave him into custody. The pruggu-ees mother said he had given a deal of trouble, and would not go to school. Mr. Fordham sent the boy to the remand home for inquiries.

I TRAGEDY OF LOVE A love disappointment has been the motive of a terrible murder and suicide in Lichten- berg. Frau Roeck hanged herself in her room after killing her only daughter, at the latter's request, by opening the veins of the pulse a.nd the throat. The young woman became despondent after the dawth of her lover. She confided her trouble to her mother, who sucested that they should die together. Before murdering her daughter and taking her own life Frau Roeck sent £ 17 to a friend to cover the expenses of the double funeral.

DOCK GATES FORCED The Liverpool magistrates yesterday gave their reserved decision in a case in which the captain of the Isle td Man aeamer Queen VIcMria. was charged ith navigating his vessel at such a speed as to force open the gates of the brunswick Half-tide Dock. It was aliened that the ves6el steamed up the Mersey at a speed of twelve to fifteen knots, and created such a. wash that the dook grates were forced open about twenty feet. The Bench decided to follow the precedent of previous decisions, and fined the defendant jE20 and costs, at the same time offering1 facilities for appeal.

CENTENARIAN HARVESTER Mr. Thomas Williams, of Whiteinoor, neai St. Austell, who is in his hundredth year, has juet been assisting in haymaking operations, and was engaged in raking the rick. Mr. Vv .liiams, who is still hale and hearty, waa juiit six years old when the Battle of Waterloo was fought. He evinced great enthusiasm at the general election in 1906, when he walked three miles to record his vote. Mir. ft Li iams had a family of seven children, four of w nom went to the Colonies in the 'fifties.

CRIME AND RELIGION In his speech in the French Chamber in favour of the abolition of the dearth penalty, M. Joseph JELeinach frankly admitted the increase of criminality in France, but at- tributed. it to drink. The "Gaulois" ajaawere his argument by pointing out that in England, where there us more drunkenness than in France, the number of assassins is, nevertheless, fewer. "Without doubt," adds the "Gauloie." "we hold at this momenc the record of crime in Europe, and we have ttarned this unenviable superiority since the abolition of religious teaching in our schoola."

I tUROPt'S 20,000 NEWSPAPERS According to some calculations which have just been made by a French statistician, there is one newspaper published for ev.ry 82,000 inhabitants of the known world. In Europe, Germany heads the list with 5,500 newspapers, of which 800 are published daily; England comes next with 3,000 news- papers, of which 809 are dailies and then I come France, Italy. Austria-Hungary. Spain, Russia, Greece, and Switzerland. Altogether Europe has at 20,000 newspapers.

I The Man in the Street V The Poet Laureate, like some others who dabble in extravagant rhapsodies, might become a more appreciated if not a. really great man could his friends but persuade him to forsake the odious pas- time of rhyming. It is not every Alfred who can successfully woo the Muses, and Mr. Austin at any rate cannot equal or even approach his namesake the Great. But when condescending to the merest prosy prose the Poet Laureate is able to score with more freedom. Speak- ing the other day of the marriage between the town and the country, Mr. Austin was probably thinking of Cardiff, or some other beautiful centre, where the ordinary hardships of city life were softened by the lovely open spaces which had brought the silvern glades and sweeping lawns, with snowy swans and sparkling waters, and so forth, right to t>h<» fof the jaded, crowded workers. :1 of marriage we must all 00 lJL4 there are signs tha.t when the Poet Laureate refers in glowing periods to the "orderly march of the season" he is losing all sense of perspective and proportion in the jing- ling a.nd the mingling of words with too eager a view to effect. In this country the seasons are seldom orderly, and, though we are having a biggish slice of summer in the rigtht place, the fact does not do away with remembrances, nor are many of us vain enough to expect too much from the future. However, all that may pass for what it is worth. The Poet Laureate had weightier words to relieve his oppressed mind when he referred to the necessity and importance of domestic happiness. Austin is evidently a news.paper reader, and when he glances down the police and divorce court news he must think what a happy world it would be it people could exi&t in ordinary life as they do in books. If the villains could be overthrown and people all married to their affinities, t.he surplus maids shipped off to New Zealand and other places, where the men predominate numerically, work for the young, pen- sions for the old, votes for all, no motor- oars to rob us of the fresh air, none to slander their neighbours, and all minding our own business-how delightfully radiant we should all be. Mr. Austin is firmly of the opinion tha.t domestic happiness is possible everywhere, and women can do it 1 Surely, these pearls of wisdom should succeed where all else has failed. If the Prime Minister is the man to seize opportunity on the flood, he will get these sentences inscribed in gold and see that every suffragist has a. copy. What a merry land it would be if these militant creatures would turn their fiery energy into domestic channels, and endeavour to make happy those men who are now burdened with that horrible nuisance, the vote! Probably there would be more than enough of the banner- holders to go round among the eligible ones, but they could toss for choice and ship the remainder of their number to places wihere men are as the sands of the seashore. The Poet Laureate has apoken. It is no-w for the suffragists to do tneir part. It is to be hoped that all the good housewives, their bonny daughters, and tbe many useful generals" in South Wales who have acquired the habit of stirring up myriads of microbes by sweeping their house fronts before pre- viously laying the aforesaid bacteria with a goodly supply of water will have read the address of Dr. Collingridge to the conference on street cleansing before they again venture into the street in the day-time to inoculate the inoffensive public with disease-carrying germs. These charming ladies who wield the broom so blithely and with such little thought should remember that each time they send the dust flying to go whithersoever it will they are dealing I out to all and sundry the dastardly microbes that carry with them typhoid, plague, .cholra, iftuenza, erysipelas, pneumonia, diphtheria, antnrax, cerebro- spinal menmgltls, and other ¡ttle ail- ments too numerous to mention. Doubt- less, there are countless bye-laws more or less in force throughout the countrv forbidding this kind of street cleaning; but ladies think as little of observing thelU as the authorities who made them dream of enforcing them. Whatever may be said or done, the mistresses of hearths and homes will probably go on sweeping and cleansing as long as they have a sweep or a clean left in them; and when they give up the mission their daughters will inherit the brooms and the energy and willto wield them. It is to be hoped, then, on behalf of other people's hus- bands and brothers, to say nothing of husbands real and prospective, the ladies will take the doctor's warning, and before again sweeping up and scattering the death-dealing microbes they will first moisten the microscopical creatures (generally known and referred to as dust) with water, or, better still, with a dis- infectant. A little forethought in this matter will save many lives and add to the joys of existence. Perhaps the most amazing point about the annual report of the Cardiff Corpo- rate 1 electric lighting undertaking is the fact that out of about 40,000 houses and properties in the city there are only about 1,700 consumers. Reckoning five persons to a house this would mean that 8,500 of Cardiff's citizens have been induced to use electric light as an illumi- nating power. But matters are even more serious than these figures would imply. When the corporation and the few other large users are subtracted from the total, the amount of electric light used is even more surprisingly low. if for some reason that cannot, of course, be conceived, the City Council resolved to take to gas the electric light undertaking would be little more than a luxury for the few. And the very restriction of its use would make the article dearer to those who indulge in it than oould otherwise be the case, while au extended field of use would benefit everybody—even the forgotten rate- payers. The fact is that the city council has proved in this particular to be one of the nost incompetent business corporations existing. They have a powexful lighting monopoly in their hands. No firm can compete with them in this line. But they refuse to embark on. any enterprise, and instead of advertising to the world A-hat they are able to do they leave all prospective users to find out facts for themselves. Indeed, hardly a new firm can be said to have received information as to the capabilites of the undertaking. By the time they are able to find things out for themselves a system of gas is installed, and few syndicates care to sub- sequently disturb their arrangements, even if such a desire could animate them. The corporation should aim at supplying more than a twentieth part of their huge constituency, but they cannot hope to succeed in doing this until they adopt business methods. Lighting corporations in all parts of the country offer object lessons, and the least they can do is to wake up and advertise themselves. No new firm should be an->wed to rest until the whole und'^rtaking, tts and its ad- "Wages had been fwy explained.

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A TRICK THAT FAILED I Winifred Ryan, eighteen, a, well-dressed young woman, described as a typist, of i Ilford, was charged at Lambeth with attempting to obtain money by means of a trick. It was alleged that the prisoner entered first a poet-oflice, then a confectioner's shop. at Brixton-hill, and in each iiistance attempted to obtain money by the statement that she had been gi,.eu the wrong change. When she was brought before the magistrate last week the prisoner cried and protested that she had spent "a shocking week-end" in custody. Detect;e-sergeant Hawkins' inquiries con. oerning the prisoner were not altogether satisfactory, the officer having ascertained, amongst other things, that some time since she was charged at the North London Police- court with attempting to obtain money under similar circumeta-ivcee, but was then discharged. Mr. Hopkins sentenced the pri- soner to fourteen days' hard labour.

PUNISHMENT FOR BOYS I Two van boye. about sixteen years old- William Carroll and Prank Self—had been remanded at Clorkenwell on a. charge of ho.ding -up another boy and stealing his i pockeUknife. ) Mr. d'JSyncourt remarked that they both deserved a good whipping, but they were too old for the court to administer it. He accordingly asked that the elder brother of the one and the father of the other lad should attend. "Are You prepared to thrash him?" he asked the fa.ther. The father looked at the Lad-a. big, sturdy fellow-and replied, Well, I'll do the best I can in that way. But I am not very strong myeelf." "Are you prepared to thrash your brother?" the brother was asked. "Oh, yes," replied the brother, with more alacrity than the father had shown. The case was remanded again for a day for this to be done.

HORSE CHEWING FLOWERS I Edward Probert, 45, a LLanbradach green- grocer. pleaded guilty at Caerphilly to-day I to allowing his horse to stray. Aoti'ng-sergeant D. Davies said that the I horse was allowed to graae on some waste land near the Wingfleld Hotel, and It got away and chewed the hedges and even the flowers from the greens of houses. He had a lot of complaints from tenante and also from motorists. Defendant: You don't mean to say, Mr. Davies, that my horse did all that? (Loud laughter.) The Sergeant: Youre and other horses allowed to go there. Defendant: I can't get any tack. your worships. Mr. C. H. James (chairman): Well, you should kill or sell the horse. (Laughter.) You are fined 5s.

WATER WINGS CAME OFF I At the inqueeit at Penwortbam last night on VV iJiajn Calderbank (18), of Blaahaw JPanm, it was stated that there had been five bafcMmg fatalities in the Preston district within seven days. Deceased was bathing in the river when the backwash of a passing steamer swept him into deep water. He could not ewim, and the water win&s he was wearing oame off. His brother Thomas, also unable to swim, endeavoured to rescue him, but sank, and was brought out unconscious by Ernest Howell (16). Deoeaeed's body was not recovered umtil six hoars later. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. I

AURORA SEEN IN THE ALPS I The aurora borealis, which appeared last I Wednesday, was seen on the same night between 10.15 and 10.40 p.m. in the Alps of the Bernese Oberland by climbers. In parts of the Jungfraoi ramge darkness disappeared, and all the Peakb- for many miles were lit up with a ghostly whiteness. For several minutes nijfht was turned into day. and then Ii gradually the shooting ligfbts appeared at a great height. Electric discharges followed, and then all was darkness again.

=—=— I LADY TEACHER'S HAIR J An amicable arrangement has been arrived at in the case of Mise Crane, the young lady teacher who -was suspended from her duties at the Central Schools, Exeter, tiurough the headmistress taking exception to the manner io which she arranged her hair- The teacher has returned to her duties.

PENARTH CHILD KILLED I The three-year-old daughter of George and Lottie Rogers, of 93, Windsor-road, Penarth, waa this morning run over and killed by a I cab belonging to Messrs. Andrews and Son and driven by a man named Prickers. The little girl had been sent on an errand to a neighbouring shop. The wheel of the oa.b passed up the child's body and over the head. She died before Dr. James' arrival.

THREW HIMSELF AT A MOTOR; A. Paris workman n.a.med Louis Rooh. who was returning from Neuilly Pair with some | friends, laid a wager that he would throw himself at an automobile travelling at a high I rate of speed. His friends accepted the bet, and Roch, who I it is believed was slightly intoxicated, threw himself in front of a motor-cab. He is now dying in the hospital. I

BOY'S REWARD FOR BRAVERY I While staying at a seaside resort three yea,rs ago Maurice Jeffs, a Redditoh boy, saw a lady falling over a cliff. He grasped her drees and held it until other assistance was 1 obtained. The lady hae juet died, and the; boy has received an intimation from her lawyers that she hae bequeathed iElOO to him.

j LAST OF f AGIN'S KITCHEN | Another piece of Dickens' London is being demolished in Fulwood's Bents, Hoioorn, the shallow basement of which is aa?id to have been the original of Fagin's thieves' kitchen. It was also a resort of Jack Sheppard, but at an earlier date i Francis Bacon lived in the building. I

THE SUPER-ScNSITIVE DOG I A once handsome oollie dog—owned by Mr. John A. Osborn, a New York hanker-is, says the "New York Herald," deliberately starv- ing itself to death from humiliation over the loss of its beautiful tail, which had tv be amputated after being caught in a launch. propeller. The dog, though quite well, steadily refuses food. I

=— I RUSSIAN JUDGE STABBED M. Kascheninnikoff, President of the Superior Court, St. Petersburg, was stabbed in the breast last evening in the courtyard of a hotel at Petramvodsk. He had come to Petrasavodsk to take part in the trials of political offenders. His assailant, who escaped, is not unknown.

MARRIED PRIVILEGI It was pointed out yesterday at Wam-ds. worth Couaty-^irrt. that a married Io-lan who 9 separated from her bn- band is still a mal? woman, ard oo.tJd «ot i -ty oemlt to pm like a si raster or a div ed womai., for not a debt.

SCENES OF FANATICISM i ■ The town of Bari, in. Italy, has been the theatre of a singular scene of religious fanaticism. The inhabitants of the neigh- bouring towns and villages became alarmed at the dry weather, which has Lasted a month, and promises to continue, and resolved to make some effort to invoke Divine intervention. It was arranged that a group representing the Calvary scene should emerge from the cathedral and head a procession through the town. The procession numbered 30,000. When the group made its appearance the great crowd indulged in transports of fanaticism, lamen- tations, invocations, and even blasphemies. One of the fanatics had armed himself with a cord studded with nails. With this he lashed himself until the blood came. When the procession returned the same scenes took place before the cathedral.

PENARTH CAKE GIVING To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir,—I have just read your report re the giving away of cake at Penarth. It is a very good report, with the exception of the figures mentioned. I give away at my gate 1,830 quarter-pounds of Lipton's cake. It was rather a warm job, but I heartily enjoyed it, and from the rush I think the youngsters also heartily enjoyed it. At some future date I shall give them another treat, as X am very fond of the boys and girls, and I must say they are very smart, especially the Oogan boys and girls. The children came from five schools, in- cluding the Church and Catholic schools. I made no distinction, but said, "Let 'em all come."—I am, &c., come."—I am, &c., G. L. NORRIS. Penarth, July 6.

SMUT YAWNED My first substantial success at the old Court Theatre was New Men and Old Acres" (writes Sir John Hare in the July Strand.") In those days I was always accompanied by a favourite old collie called Smut. It followed me everywhere—even on to the sta..ge-and Tom Taylor begged that I would let it accompany me during the actual performance of the play. Night after night Smut performed his part in an admirable and irreproachable manner. On a. hot, sultry night in July, however. Smut became bored, thinking, no doubt, that the play ha4 had its day, and that it was now the dog's turn. He advanced quite quietly to the centre of the stage with an almost managerial sense of his own importance, set down in a dignified manner on his haunches, and yawned in full view of the audience with the sublime indifference of a dramatic critic.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT Stephen Davies (thirteen), Daniel EVans (fifteen), end David John Gronow (twelve), Seoxghenydd lads, were charged at Oaerphilly to-day with stealing fish from the colliery reservoir. Mr. Stanley Jones (Pontypridd) prosecuted. Police-sergeant Jamee said that the pond was stocked with trout at much expense by Mr. B. T. Bees, the agent of the colliery. Gronow was caught with a trout in his hand. A good deal of water had been let out of the feeder by someone, so that the fish could be more easily caught. Each of the lads was ordered to paiy 66. compensation. One of the mothers: The Lord is not sleeping.

I SLEEPING OUT COMEDY The family of a, worthy Paris tradesman nourished on Fenimore Cooper's stories thought it would be a good notion to escape from their stifling Paris flat and sleep in the Bois de Boulogne in the thicket on the kihore of the lake. After supper, where wine circulated freely, they rolled themselves op, each with a loaded revolver at his side, and fell sound asleep. Their snoring attracted the attention of loafers or Apaohes who went through the pockets of every member of the family. They awoke in the morning to find themselves robbed of money, watches, and even their revolvers.

"DRINKING WITH PENSIONERS" Francis William Richards, 39, a Bargoed painter, who was eaid to be a native of Liverpool, was charged at Caerphilly to-day with taking oxalic acid. Prisoner alleged he took the poison in mis- take for a seidlitz powder. He was very sorry, and if let off would go back to his wife in Liverpool. Pol ice-constable W. H. Williams stated that the man said he had been drinking with pensioners. Prisoner was remanded for a week for the prison doctor to examine him.

I SOLDIERS AS BUTCHERS The manoeuvres of the German troops in Thorn Garrison beiv been followed by exer- cises of a novel nature. It is a question of killing an ox, cutting up the carcase, and cooking it on the spot. The men of the 178th Infantry Regiment ba.v? already killed an ox in the vicinity of the Grand Elector Fort. It was during the recent campaign in South-West Africa that the necessity of the troops learning to slaughter cattle wafi demonstrated.

NAVVY'S NARROW ESCAPE I Joseph Saddler, a navvy engaged at the widening of the Deri Branch of the Bhymney Bailway, had a miraculous escape from death yesterday. Whilst engaged in excavations ee\eral tons of earth gave way, partly bury- ing him and breaking one of his legs, whilst a comrade was slightly injured. Saddler, who lives at the Bargoed Model Lodging- house, was conveyed to the Oardiff Infirmary.

DOCTOR'S HALFPENNY VISIT!) I There have been numerous cases of soarlet fever Lately in the We Office villages of Fittleton and Haxton, in cHC Salisbury Plain district, and the medical officer for the Pewsey Rural District yesterday reported that he had paid 528 visits in seven weeks. Worked out on the baeia of his salary, he would receive a halfpenny for each visit. In the special ciroumstanoee the council made a grant.

100 DEGREES AT NIGHT I Twelve deaths from heat and about 80 oases of prostration occurred in New York yester- day. Last night the tilermo-meter in the street registered 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Thousands of people slept in the parks or on the beaches. There is no prospect of any I immediate relief.

I CALLED TO THE -B-A-fl I I Major Percy J. Probyn, D.S.O., B.A.M.C., N.B.B.S. (London). M.R.C.S. (Eng.). LJR.C.P. (lond.), D.P.H. (Lond-), all old student at the t-wdi,f UD!Nerr,.ity Oo'liege, has just oeen called to the Bar. Major Probyn is the eldest son of Councillor Frederick Probyn, of Pomtypool. I

I CHURCH TYRANNY The Rev. W. L. Walker, Glasgow. speaking a.t the Pan-0>n>grelational Council yester- day, plead" J r more freedom. In too many cases minister were at the mercy of the man who held the puree, and liberty to them was a mere name. The government of the ^madler Ch-urohes was too often & tyranny.

i LACE CUBTAUfS GOWUTED A8 NEW.-1, Utnnj- itreet, Ckihays. Blng up 741, XatiOML

A Literary Contest PRIZES FOR SHORT STORIES Judges' Awards A large number of writers sent in original stories for our literary competition, and the award of the judges will be found below. The judges were the editors of the Western Mail," "Strand Magazine," ai3d "Gmnd ?)4a-gazine," and they unanimously awarded the PrU.œ as fOllows:- Class I,-Stories of 6,000 Words. 1st PRIZE, L15 15s.- RIOHARD P. CARE, Glenhurst, Penylan-road, Cardiff. 2nd PRIZE, £10 los.- ALFBED HEMMINGS, 31, Florentia-street, Cardiff. 3rd PRIZE, L5 5s.- Mrs. M. LOUISA KIRBY, 2. The Promenade, Swansea. Class II,-Storles of 2,500 Words. 1st PRIZE, £5 56.- CAMERON MORRISON, 1 3. Green hill-avenue, Tenby. 2nd PRIZE, XZ 3s.- M. N. THOMAS, 223. Newport-road, Oardiff. 3rd PRIZE, £ 2 Zs.- F. F. F." (name and address; not received). These stories will be published in the columns of the Western Mail," "Weekly MatH," or the Evening Express," and there is ao doubt that they will be read with the keenest interest. Full particulars will be given of the day of publication and the par- ticular paper in which the stories will appear.

I GANGRENOUS LUNGS wansea Manslaughter Case William Morpha-t was charged at Swansea to-day with the manslaughter of Aimed Morris, in a lodging-house in the Strand, Swansea. Mr. Laurence Richards prosecuted. Tne ev-ider-,ce in. this case has already been given at tie inquest, it being auegeu that the prisoner struck the dece&sed a violent blow on the nose, from which he bled so pro- fusely for many days that, on being tadieu to the worknouse hoepita-1 subseauentiy. tie died. The medical evidence was to the effect that the deceased suliered from gangrenous lungs, and tnat the loss of blood caused him to die sooner than he otherwise wouid. The prisoner was committed for trial at the aosizcii.

I "STAND CLEAR I" Richard Evans, a Senghenydd collier, was summ-oned by the Lewig-jaerthyr Colliery Company at Caerphilly to-day for doing damage amounting to 5s. to a tree. Mr. Stanley Jones (Pontypridd) prosecuted. Thomas Cook, a lad, said he saw Evans cutting a tree down, and as it was falling the defendant told witness to- stand clear. Police-sergeant James said that the tree was 42ft. in height and 3ft. 6in. in girth. Defendant was fined Is. and coste and the damage, in all Li Is.

THE LAW 0 M TENANTS Aa ejectment order was applied for at Caerphilly Poliee-oourt to-day by the Wets- teyan trustees against Austin Bridges, 164, CaenphiUy-road, Caerphilly. Mrs. Bridges appeared, and said that her husband had not seen the ejectment notice, and the agent had neither read nor explained it to her. This the Bench oonaidered to be a tech. nical omission, and the order was not granted.

SUICIDE FROM STEAMER I When the cross Channel steamship Invicte, which left Folkestone at four p.m. on Mo.n-: day, had got about twenty minutes out an; Englishman, aged about 25 to 30, jumped overboard. The vessel was immediately gtopiped, and remained in the vicinity for a quarter of an hour, but no trace of the man was seen. Deceased had written twice on a sheet of paper which be left on the steamer's deck, H. E. Wright, Redhill."

MAN'S HEAD CRUSHED I Thomas Harries, 56 years of age, a haulier II in the employ of Mr. Howell Jones, Royal Hotel, Pontycymmer, met with his death in a tragic manner on Monday. He was filling a. cartload of mortar by a mortar-engine, and was seen on the ground, the wheel of the *art passing over his head, crushing it terribly. =th was instantaneous. How he got under the cart io a mystery.

LESS CIGARS, MORE CIGARETTES I French official etatistics show that in 1906 the State manufactured about 355 tons of cigars less than in 1905, and 126 tons of cigarettes more than in that year. As for matches, it manufactured 213 million of Swediahjwr safety matches, more tba.n in 1905, and 6 m4illion of wax matches less than in that year.

ALL OFF NOW Dick: You got engaged last week, old chap, didn't you? Frank: Yes, my boy, but that's all off now. Dick: Why; incompatibility of temper? Frank: No. She advieed me to practise economy, and I started by getting her an imitation cold ring.

SHAMTIO'K'S VICTORY New York, Tuesday.-The schooner Sham- rook has won the 325 mile ocean race to Cape May and back for the Lipton trophy, valued at 1,000 dollars. She arrived at Graveeend Bay yesterday evening The schooner Tamany was second. —

"RATHER DIE IN GOD'S HOUöE" An inquest at Northwich yesterday dis- closed the fact that Henry Gaunt, a chemical works mechanic, drowned himself in a churchyard well after leaving a note: "Great trouble driving me mad. I would rather die in God's house than face the shame."

DECREASED EMIGRAT0N The number of emigrants who left Ger- many via Hamburg in June was 4,838, as compared with 19,520 in June lost year. The number of emigrants in the first six months of the year was 30,265, as against 196.647 in the corresponding period of 1907.

fRAIN KLILS NINE CATTLE A Great Western Railway excursion tram from London to Weston-super-Mare ran into a herd of cattle at South Marston, near Swin- don. yesterday morning. Nine of the forty animals were killed outright and others were injured The train kept the lines.

JUSOVKA DEATH ROLL According to the latest official reports from Jusovka (Hughesoffka), 264 miners perished in the recent explosion at the mine of Katherine Oompa.ny on the 1st inst., while four others are still missing .-Reuter.

)EAN OF WORCESTER DEAD The Dean of Worcester died on Monday afternoon at his residence adjoining the cathedral. He had been ill for about three weeks suffering from heart and throat affec- tion.

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THE NAVY TROUBLE STARTLING STEP EXPECTED On the Navy trouble which has been the topic of conversation in the Lobby and elsewhere for weeks past, various opinions are expressed. The "Standard" believes that "the Ad- miralty intend to take some decisive step in regard to the strained relations which are said to exist between Lord Charles Bereeford and the naval authorities." A startling development of the naval incident may be expected very shortly (says the "Daily Chronicle"). It is understood that Mr. Balfour and Lord Cawdor (ex-Ar;st Lord of the Admiralty) support the Government in the action they are taliing to uphold the discipline of the Navy. This was the explana- tion of the fact that no questions were asked about Lord Charles and the Admiralty after question time yesterday. The "Daily Graphic" calls upon Mr. M'Kenna and the Cabinet to act without delay and act firmly, and remarks that Lord Charles Berosford "makes a grave error if he imagines that his personal popularity will condone offences against discipline which strike at the iery root of the efficiency of the British Navy." The London "Daily News" states that ye& terday some members of the House "expressed the view that the whole unhappy dispute might be ended by both the First Sea Lord and the Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet being superseded. I have reason to believe, however, that this will not be the course pursued. If any drastic measure is taken it is certain to be in the direction of relieving Lord Charles Beresford of his com- mand." ——,

POLICE AND NEWSPAPERS In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. ARTHUR DE W AR R.. Edinburgh, S.) called attention to the report of the Police Commission relating to the d'Angely case, and asked whether ?uy of the newspapers or persons who inflicted injury upon Poli"- constabi? Page and the other officers and constables wh,) were performing a difficult duty correctly and with discretion had otrered them any reparation or apology; and. if not. would he consider whether he i would take steps to obtain reparation and! apology on then behalf. Mr. GLADSTONE replied that the con- fidence of their superior officers at a time of considerable difficulty was never for a moment withdrawn from Police-constable Page and the other constables concerned. However unjust were the charges against | the officers, their fullest satisfaction must be in the complete vindication of their action by the splendid tribute paid to the conduct, discipline, and efficiency of the Metropolitan Police Force generally in the careful and decisive report of the Royal Commission. It was within the power of the constables con- cerned to take action two years ago. They did not take action because of the appointment of the Royal Commission, and it was thought right that any proceedings should be deferred until that report wae received. Of course, it wae now a question for the consideration of me police as to whether any action should be taken.

GAVE HIM A SHOCK Harry Steel, 23, a clerk, of Ben dish-road, East Ham, was charged at East Ham with loitering for the purpose of betting. Constable Green said that on Saturday afternoon he saw the prisoner in Manor Park-road, East Ham, receiving slips of paper and money from different men, and when the witness asked what he wasd.oing I there, Steel remarked, Oh. God, guv'Qor, you gave me a sh<?ck." The prisoner was then told that he would be arrested for street betting, and he answered, You have got me fair this time." Steel, who now admitted that he was bett- ing, but denied that he was loitering, was fined JBlC and costs. The Prisoner: Can I have my bets to pay the money back? Sub-divisional Inspector Sly said that he made application for them, and the Bench remarked that they would be left in charge of the police.

VALET ROBS MASTER I After having robbed his master in various ways of eurne estimated to make up the handsome total of £ 6,000, a Paris valet has suddenly disappeared. He had been thirteen years in the service of the old banker, who caught him on Saturday in the act of abstracting ten bank iaotes from a drawer. The ma.n is said to have confessed to having taken Ll,200, and more recently £600, but when the police called to arrest him he had flitted. Search made in his room revealed óO pairs of boots and shoes, 80 suits of clothes, and a travelling bag, worth CZ4, which accompanied hdm in his journeys. It is thought that he may soon be caught in his native town.

MAGUIRE AGAIN ARRESTED I The "Star" Barnet correspondent tele- graphs that John Fxamcie Maguire, who was released on June 27 as the result of a nolle prosequi in the Bournemouth murder charge, was arrested outside the Woolpack Hotel last night. The charge against him, it need scarcely be stated, has no relation to the serious indictment for which he stood his trial. Maoguire was to-day charged at Barnet with being a deserter from the 2nd Life Guards, and remanded to be handed over to an escort from Windsor.

■ w «■ I LADIES IN PRISON In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. D. A. THOMAS (R.. Merthyr Tydfil) asked the Home Secretary, in the House of Commons on Monday, whether it was the practice in Ireland to traat political priso- ners as first-class misdemeanants, and if he would give instructions that the suffragettes sentenced in London on Wednesday last be accorded like consideration. Mr. GLADSTONE: I am informed that in Ireland, when prisoners are imprisoned for offences against the ordinary law, which are committed in the course of a political cam- paiga, no special treatment is accorded them on that ground. I cannot grant any special treatment to the ladies committed for refus- ing to find sureties.

MINISTER'S LONG RECORD The Rev. J. C. Jones, pastor of Spalding Baptist Church, on Sunday completed sixty- two years as pastor, having coinmenced hie ministry at Spalding in 1346. The reverend gentleman, who celebrates his eigaty-fifth birthday to-day, still retains the pastorate, and preaches with remarkable vigour.'

ELECTRICITY PROFIT The net profit for the year ending March 31 last of the St. Pancras electricity enterprise —the pioneer municipal undertaking of the kind in the metropolis—amounted to X9,457 7s. 3d.

14,000,000 FROM BANANAS A Boston telegram states that Captain Lorenzo Baker, the pioneer of the banana industry in Jamaica, whose death was reported last week. has left a fortune of no i less than £ 4,000,000.

Ci.OSS KEYS BOY DROWNED I -—— David John Davies. aged seven, son of Mr. J. W. Davies, Pontywaun Farm, Cross Keys, fell into the canal. Mr. George Ralphs, Pontywaun. jumped in and brought the lad I out, but life was extinct.

i SERMON FROM CHURCH TOWER I The Rev. 0. Harrison preached a sermo.1 on Sunday from the tower of Selston Church, the congregation seating themselves in the churchyard.

FIRE STATION'S RECORD Greenwich fire station has won the cup for the smartest "turn-out" during the past year. The time was 24.87 seconds.

An employe of Messrs. Worthington and Co., brewers, of Burton, fell into a va.t of hot water yesterday and was so severely scalded that he died shortly adtama-rd-,

I Disorder at Fishguard I TARIFF REFORMERS UPSET Scenes of considerable disorder marked the Tariff Reform meeting at Fishguard last night. Mr. Phillips, of London, was listened to attentively, but Mr. R. Gould, of Wimbledon, came in for a severe heckling at question time. His answers were greeted with deri- sion and the singing of Sospan Fach," Mr. 'I Gould good humouredly beating time for his tormentors. Shortly afterwards a rush was made by a number of young men, and the dray used as j/lati'orm partially overturned. Both speakers jumped down, and were immediately sur- rounded by the crowd. Councillor D. Gwian Thomas mounted the dray amidfit a scene of the wildest enthu- siasm, and appealed for for play. After considerable persuasion, Mr. Gould consented to continue the meeting, declaring that, whilst not a coward,, he had no desire to be trampled to death. The remainder of the proceedings was fairly quiet, Mr. Gwion Thomas acting as chairmaai and keeping his party in order.

111 l An Expensive Blow TROEDYRHIW BUTCHER'S ALTER- NATIVE. George King, a butcher, carrying on busi- ness in Bridge-street, Troedyrhiw, was at Merthyr to-day fined L3 vand oo&ts, and ordered to pay ES compensation to the owner for cruelty to a valuable greyhound. Beoause the dog stole a fry from his slaughterhouse the defendant, it was stated, struck it on the head with a stick, causing serious injury. "Can I appeal?" asked the defendant, when the decMion of the court wa? given. No." ?Md the Stipendiary, "but you c&n go to prison for a month if you like. I have nc patience with p. man who ill-treats a dumb animal."

I ANGRY COMMITTEE SCENE At a monthly meeting of the Swansea Edu- cation Committee on Monday afternoon the minutes of the finance committee referred to the financial statement as to the reoeipt6 and expenditure on account of the non-provided schools. This had been referred to a sub- committee, who, after considering it. passed a resolution expressing the opinion that sug- gestions made by a member that the clerk had been guilty of misleading the authority were "absolutely uilwarrantod by the facts. Mr. David Davies made a statement show- ing how he had arrived at his conclusions— not against the clerk, but against the state- ment submitted. He denied that he reflected on the clerk. What he had done was to show that there was a considerable difference between the actual figures for one part of the term and the estimated figures for another part. The latter were. he argued, not based on the aotual figures of the preced- ing year, and showed an exaggerated expen. diture. They were, however, shortly gain" to have the affairs of the schools gone into by an impartial tribunal. Mr. Geo. Payne then made a bitter attack on Mr. Davies for his "aspersions" on the clerk. It was high time for them to make ,ome protest against what appeared in his paper about them, and," Mr. Payne added, Mr. Davies can take this from me, that if he does it again I will cause such a scene in ,iis chamber-and Mr. Davies will be in it-that he will not forget." Alderman Williams thought Mr. Davies should apologise, and said he had failed to establish a single point in committee. The matter then dropped.

ROYAL ARMS orf POSTER I The Secretary for War was asked in the House of Commons on Monday by Mr. JOHN ROBERTSON (R., Tyneside) whether his attention had been called to a poster bear- ing the Royal Arms, and ostensibly issued by the County of Southampton Territorial Force Association, in which Hampshire men were invited to defend5 their country and home. and so avoid conscription, and whether he would direct thaMleuch unwar- rantable expressions be not introduced into official public announcements. Mr. A. LEE (U., Fareham) asked whether there was anything unwarrantable and improper in the suggestion in this poster that men should defend their homes and eo avoid conscription. Mr. HALDANE: I do not see anything in the poster in the least degree open to excep- tion. (Opposition cheers.) My sympathies are wholly with the Hampshire Association. (Renewed Opposition cheerfi.) Mr. ROBERTSON: Is it the opinion of the right hon. gentleman that the association is entitled to- use the expression, And so avoid conscription." in a public document bearing the Royal Arms? Mr. HALPANE: I am obliged to the asso oia.tion for showing an additional motive fPr coming into the Territorial Force. (Oppo- sition cheers.) I think the Territorial Force is a considerable bulwark against conscrip- tion. Replying to Mr. O'Grady (Lab., Leeds, E.) Mr. HALDANE (War Secretary) said the returns showing the number of men who had joined under the Territorial Forces Act were not yet complete, but the information in his possession showed that the total number of non-commissioned officers and men was 173,351. The number of men who bad enlisted for one year Was about 113,500. He had no information about their ages- The officers who had joined numbered 8,326, excluding veterinary offioers.

A BISHOP'S MIDNIGHT MARCH I In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. H. O. LEA IR., t. Pan eras. E.) asked the Home Secretary whether he would give a summary of the police report on the Bishop of London's midnight procession in Weet- minster on the night of the 4th of April last; whether it was a fact within the know- ledge of the superintendent of police and the police officers who accompanied that procession that the spiritual lord referred to came face to face with from 150 to 200 drunken men on that occasion, and took a number out of the public-houses; and, if so, whether he would state the names of the public-houses and the punishment meted out to the drunkards. Mr. GLADSTONE: I have nothing to add to the reply given to a question on this subject on Thursday last. The police who were present report that they saw no drunken persons.

I OVERCOME BY THE HEAT I An inquest was held at Newport on Mon- day on the body oi Albert Bowen (55;. a fumaceman, of 58, Archibald-street. Dr. Lewis attributed death to syncope, accele- rated by the heat. An inquest was held also on William Hodg- kin (43), a road sweeper in the employ of the Newport Corporation, living at 93, Alb,-rt-avenu,e.-Dr. Linnel, senior surgeon at the hospital, believed that the man was overcome by the heat, fell. and fractured the I base of the skull.—Verdict accordingly.

NAVY PIGEONS Displaced by wireless telegraphy, the naval authorities would seem to have no further use for their carrier pigeons, and eo the birds-some 1.500 all told-are being disposed of by auction at leading centres. Sales have been held at london, Manchester, Bir- mingham, and Bristol. Cardiff's turn oame on Monday, when Mr. Tom May (auctioneer) at the Bristol awd South Wales Hotel, Pen. arth-road, offered the fifth instalmenl-on this occasion fft>m Sheerness loft. There were 150 lots, comprising an attractive collection, well trained for single up-hill work. There was a big attendance of fanciers, and bidding was spirited. The average price was 7s. 6d.. and the highest realised 26s. The final auction sale is fixed for next Saturday at Newcastle,

DECEIVING THE DOCTORS I Although last week the New York doctors were holding out little or no hope of Bishop Potter's recovery, he has been gradually gaining strength, and the bulletin issued yesterday stated that there was a, distinot. improvement.

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Horse Trod on His Face TERRIBLE PONTYCYMMER FATALIT1 • At Pontycymmer yesterday afternoon a terrible fa.tal accident occurred. Thomas Harris, haulier, about 54 years of age, and a single man, employed by Mr. Jones, of the Royal Hotel, during the last eight years, was following hie usual employ- ment. Just after the mid-day meal he had occa- sion to bring his horse forward from its posi- tion, when, through some cause unknown to anyone, he slipped, and tae horse trod on his faoe and pulled a heavy load of mortar over his body. The terribly injured man was at once attended to by some persons near by. Dr. Parry was soon in attendance, and pronounced life to be extinct. Police-constable Price Evans, who was also one of the first to be in attendance, waa assisted by Messrs. Stock and Warwick in conveying the body to the Royal Hotel, where j'the deceased resided, to await the inquest. Harris was very highly respected by all who knew him in the neighbourhood.

I THE BURDEN OF PROOF Thomas Edwin Jenkins, formerly of Neath, applied to the justices at Neath on Monday for the discharge of a maintenance order made against him in April, 1906, in respect of his wife, Elizabeth H. Jenkins. Mr, Matthew Arnold appeared for Jenkins, and Mr. A. Jestyu Jeffreys represented the wife. James Leweil Reed said he was parish clerk at Briton Ferry in 1898, and he was witness to the marriage of Joseph Devonshire and Bessie Gillett on the 30th of M.ay, 1898. Jenkins said he went through the form of marriage with Bessie Gillett in December, 1903. She had never told him she had been previously married and never wore a wedding ring. In the marriage certificate Bessie Gillett was described as a spinster. Under the order he had to pay 12s. a week. He applied to have the order discharged on the ground of the previous marriage. William Devonshire, of Pontnewpdd, tin- worker, a brother of Joseph Devonshire, said the latter while at Giant's Grave married Bessie Gillett. He had heard nothing of hia brother for ten or eleven years. Mr. Jeffreys submitted that he had no oas-e to answer. The onus was upon the applicant to prove the former marriage and that Devonshire was living at the date of the order. Mr. Arnold said it was for the vvman to prove that the second marriage wa4 a legal one. She had married Jenkins as a spinster within seven years of her husbajid Devonshire leaving her. The Justices' Clerk (Mr. E. C. Curtis) said that the magistrates were of opinion that the onus to prove all the facts necessary to the success of the application was upon Mr. Arnold. The Bench made an or4er for the arrears ( £ 54), and costs, to be paid at once, or, in default, three months' imprisonment.

MERTHYR AND THE COUNTY The Merthyr Corporation received on Mon- day an important letter from the Home Sec- retary in reference to the establishment of the borough police. In view of the attitude of the county council, and the impossibility of coming to any arrangement with them, the corporation had asked the Home Secre- tary to fix a definite date upon which he would sanction the cancellation of the exist. ing policing agreement with the county council, at the same time informing him that the watch committee were prepared to pro- vide temporary accommodation in the event of the county council refusing, as, in fact, they have done, to h&nd over to the borough the central police-station and the station at Treharris. The Home Secretairy in his letter practi- cally agrees to the proposals of the corpora- tion, and a meeting of the watch committee has been called for Wednesday for the pur- pose of advertising for a chief-constable and of making other necessary arrangements.

CHASED BY A CROWD The Blackwood police on Monday arrested a man named William Jones, of Hengoed, who is alleged to be concerned in several oases of ass-aults upon children. Mrs. Roberts, living at School-street, Fleur. de-Lis, stated that ht'r little girl, Dorothy, who is not quite fourteen years of age, was followed about by a man, and in oonsequenoe of what the girl told her the mother went in search of the offender, and also informed the police. Police-constable Blant took the matter in hand, and a large number of people joined in the chase. When he saw he was being followed Jones was said to have taken to his heela, with the constable and others in hot pursuit. He was eventually caught near the river, and when taken to the home of the little girl she identified him as her alleged assailant. Other complaints were laid.

FATHER'S UNHEEDED WAHNING Mr. Archibald Daniels held an inquest on Morday at Llandaff on Christopher Thomas Lappiatt (15), of 19, Conybeare-road. Canton, who was drowned while bathing in the part of the River Taft. known as Gabalfa Pool on Friday. Mr. Joseph Lippiatt, father of tlu deceased, said he warned his son not to vo to the Gabalfa Pocl, as he knew he was in the habit of going there. There were six- teen to twenty youths bathing in the pool, w.u,Lc,, was deep, but shallow round the edges. Sidney Styles, a schoolboy, said that the boys who were learning to ewim in the shaHow part made no effort to reach deceased. The currents there was very strong. Police-constable Loveluck, who recovered the deceased by means of grappling irons, said that the body was at the bottom of the pool, the depth of which was 25ft. A verdict of Accidentally drowned" was returned.

I NEW ARMY ROLL The Secretary of the War Office has issued the following provisional return of the strength of the Territorial Force (non-com- missioned offioers and men of all arms) on July 1:- Percentage Establish- (Nearest whole District. ment. Strength. number). No. 1(Highland) 25,955 15,616 .60 _N 0. 2(Lowlnd) 27,112 16,117 5? No. J (Lancashire) 36; 112 22,351 61 No.4 (Welsh) 27,013 16,427 61 No. 5 (l'orks, &c.) 3s,116 23,781 62 No. 6 (N. Midland). 19,613 12,673 65 No. (S. M:itiland). 20,163 13,279 66 No. 8 (S. Western) 26 1 14,357 54 No. 9 (Eastern) 20,S?9 U,TC3 56 N No. 10 (Home Counties) 22,045 10.268 47 London 38,124 17,662 46 Totals 302,199 174,296 sa

PRESENIATION AT CARDIFF Mr. Leo Joseph, chemist, Albany-road. Car- diff, has for many years been a prominent figure in the local Hebrew community and has been popular also outside of Jewry. At Edward-place Syimgogue a presenta- tion was made to aim in recognition of his services as hon. secretary of the con- gregation for twenty years and a former president for some years. The present took the form of a handsome silver salver and an illuminated address. Mr. Orman presided.

I SEPARATION OHDtR- GRANTED Mrs. Florence Margaret James, Castle-street applied at Brecon Police-court on Monday foi a separation «rder against her husband. Wm. Jamee, manager of the Xorthcote Constitu- tional Club, on the ground of persistent cruelty. Mr. Harold Lloyd, Oardiff, was for the applicant, and Mr. W. G Spickernell, Brecon, for defendant. The Bench granted a separation order, and granted the wife the custody of the child. They ordered the defendant to contribute as. a week towards the maintenance of the wife and child and pay the costs.

A PRESENTIMENT OF DHOWNtNQ i A PRESENTIMENT OF DHOWNING Mr. Lyndon Moore held an inquest at Newport on Monday on the body of a lad named George Champion, of New-street, who was drowned in the dock extension on Fri- day. The evidence showed that when he WaAI about to dive in he said to other lads, "Who will save me if I drown?' Thomas King, in trying to save him. sank with Champion, but rose and swam away. Richard S-harrem dived in to try to save Champion, but failed to find him for some hours. The jury returned a. verdict of Accidentally drowned," and commended the action of Sharrem.

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