Evening Express

The Man in the Street I —— 1 —— Oart Avh-eel, pork pie, and "Merry Widow" hi-tis have had their day. The word comes from Paris announcing a new era. In future chimney pots will be t'he rule. The public, especially that part which has been feasting upon them com- pulsorily in the dress circles and the pit, are getting tired of the eternal umbrella brims, a.nd the mammoth ten- guinea affair of yesterday will be the half-guinea article of to-morrow's sale. While the ladies of the lower five are left to wrestle with the canopies to be carried round in gales a.nd sunshines as relics of the past, the fair leaders of the upper ten will pass them by with the cut direct .arrayed in all the glory of the new pork pie hat. Fashions are fed by extremes. If gentle changes were the rule the hand- maid would be scarcely distinguishable from her mistress. The metamorphosis of the hat must be sharp and decisive. This minu-te low, broad, and flapping, when the clock strikes high and impos- ing, and in an hour's time back to the size of a door knob. It is all in the day's occurrences, it is good for business, and provides much work. Here's a joyous farewell to the cart wheels and the "Merry Widows," and a gladsome wel- come to the new chimney pot. Not only does the crown of tihe new hot ascend as the fashion grows until milliners will have to employ steeple- jacks to take up the trimmings, but the brim gerts just as narrow 'as the old matinee hat was sweeping and floppy in its aH-embraoing proportions. One pleas- ing result of the new fashion is that those loyal ladies of the Principality who have bought themselves good Welsh hats for special use at Eisteddfods and bazaars will be able to bring forth their treasures and find themselves at once in the height of fashion. The crown aspires to a nearer contact with the clouds, and in worthy emulation the trimming, to be correct, must be near th I sunwiiit. It is a revival of the fetching millinery worn with such smart effect during the First Empire, and oetrioh plumes or a very large aigrette at the side, to put the main portion of the structure in the flih-adej is one of the obj ects orf the builders. The creation will be by no means cheap, ,and the Local Government Board are about to iosue instructions that any widOlw seen beneath one (unless bor- irowed) will be disqualified for old-age pensions. Another rumour is that Mr. Lloyd George has got his eye on the new fashion, and is estimating at how much an inch a hat tax can be fixed up to I bring him in twenty millions. One of the striking features in the arra,ngern,ma is the relation of the new ha.t to the Direotoire gown, which some of us thought nearly Ð8 dead as a door nail. My brethren of the street corner and the man about town will learn with tingling cheeks that the newest thing in millinery is reminiscent of those worn in the "Duchess of Dantzig," another lady who a few of us had thought buried some time ago. The picture presented by this revival cannot be completed without the tall staff, tied by ribbon, which marked its previous reign. People who have cultivated twisted necks to look round the extended millinery of the inunediato paist will now do well to take lessons in the art of stretching that part of the anatomy just above and below what is often described as "Adam's apple"—where the forbidden fruit stopped and made a vain effort to choke the desecrators of the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. The decorations of the steeple ha,te--tbat is what they wiJI become when the chimney-pots get unmanageable with broad plateaus at the top—will oomprise gold embroideries, as well aa costly plumes, and the average man who likes to see his wife in the fashion will do weil to begin saving up for Christmas, if he cannot persuade his employers that the rising cost of Living makes an increase desirable. A fa/rmer of Gali.ad, Texas, has had a novel experience. A couple of years ago he built a small barn, and in its con- struction he used green willow posts at the corners and aiong the sides. For some time it was apparently quite an ordinary barn, and nothing unusual was noticed. But after a year he noticed tlbaÆ. where he had laid the floor near the ground it was three feet above the soil. He discovered that the willow posts, instead of being dead, were alive, had taken root, and were growing. They had carried the barn with them in their upward movement. Last spring the barn was resting on stilts nine feet high. He put in a new floor, and surrounded tibe poets with siding, thereby getiting a (two-storey structure. It is now reported that there are nine inches of space between the floor and the ground, and that the owner expects before long to have a three-storey barn. In good time, doubtless, this living house will be satisfied with nothing less than the dignity of a New York sky-scraper and a hundred floors. Oortcera-Tng my note the other day against the cramming system of the ele- mentary schools, a Canton correspondent i writes me: I should like to mention, as a case in point, that my daughter, who has been attending school for the past three years. has not yet been taluailit the alphabet. We have, however, some little consolation, when we joke with her about her igno- ranee of it. in her reply, whiah is aJwa.ys, Well. I can draw anidjtaint a carrot"! No doubt, it is very nice to be able to depict a pretty red mrrot, and the per- for ma nee may assist to keep the pupil j out of mischief. But it will not require j a paragraph of B-alfourian length to point out that painting vegetables will be of little use in the struggle for existence. Many parents must notice with pain and anxiety the handicap set upon their children in this wiay, and it would certainly alarm them if they could ascertain how large a proportion of the unemployed are in their present predica- ment through wasted hours at school in "cramming"' everything and learning nothing. However, it must be said for Cardiff schools that a large majority of the children succeed in learning the alphabet before they are thrust out upon the world to learn spelling and other little useful items during hard, grinding experiences as office boys and junior clerks, or in whatever sphere chosen as the first rung on the ladder of fame.

CARDIFF MERCHANTS' ACTION In the Admiralty Division on Wednesday the President (Sir Gorell Barnes) gave judg- ment in the actions brought by Messrs. Lambert Brothers (Limited), coal merchants and factors and shipbrokers, of Cardiff and elsewhere, against the owners of the Spanish steamships El S-alto and Diana to recover two sums of £ 1,001 aud EI,051 in respect of necessaries supplied to those vessels. His Lordship said that there was no dis- pute that the claims as now put forward were in respect of stores, &c.f which were in the nature of necessaries as ordinarily understood in that court. The rea,l claim of the plaintiffs against the owners, he said, was for the balance of account which, the owners owed to the plaintiffs, and, as he tviid-c-rsto-.d, an action had been brought in the King's Bench Division, and the plaintiffs had recovered judgment for £ 8,000 odd. In order to make out the present claims the plaintiffs had taken out of the general account items which might be termed items for necessarice, and they had made their claims as if these were matters for which they really wanted to sue in the Admiralty Court The objection taken by the defen- dants was that the plaintiffs had not in truth and in fact eto-d in this court by virtue of the statutes, but that they had picked out these particular items from the general account which had never before been treated as items for necessaries, and now for the first time treated them as necessaries. His lordshdp thought he was bound by authority in this matter in coming to the conclusion, as he did, that the claims were really based on a merean- tile account between the parties. The account was always dealt with as a whole, and he coald not now assist the plaintiffs by allowing them to take out from the general account items which were treated, and, no doubt, properly treated, by them as items for necessaries. Having regard to previously decided cases, he did not think he could do that, and if the plaintiffs wished to question the authority they most do so in a higher court. That being so, it followed that the plaintiffs could not maintain these suits, and it was unmecew-gry for him to express any opinion as to the effect of the Spanish law on the various points raised. The actions were accordingly dismissed, with costs, and a stay was granted with a view to an appeal.

THE QUEEN'S BOOK I The "Daily Telegraph" says:—We have pleasure in announcing that a cheque for 410,000 has been handed to the Queen as a first instalment of profits arising from the sale of her Majesty's book of photographs. Thus, within a fortnight of the date of publication the Queen is enabled to put into praotical effect ner benevolent intention. Such a result could only have been attained by the immediate response which was made to the appeal when issued. No book ever published waa so sought after by the public; none was ever bespoken in such extraordi- nary number before its actual contents were known. Every purchaser can now rightly claim to share in the credit of bringing abotlt such speedy results to a charitable project. This Christmas many a deserving charity will benefit from the sympathy dis- played far and near. In due time announcement will be made of further instalments to the Queen's Fund. Meanwhile, the publishers have to intimate a continuance of the inflow of orders for the book, not merely from private individuals, but from large firms who are concerned in the dastribu tion. We are informed that owing to a break- down in the machinery further delays in meeting orders for the Queen's Book have- anfortaujfttely, been caused. This week, how- ever, supplies have re-commenced, and we sincerely hope that no farther stoppage will occur, so that we may fulfil the balance of orders already placed with us. All new orders will be met in rotation, for tbe demand is stall far in excess of supply. The means of production are extensive, but, neverttieieae, they are limited. Even now, after the book has been on the market for a fortnight, and hundreds of thousands of copies have been distributed, fresh orders oome in which go far to absorb the daily output. This means that a date must oome later than which no copy can be ordered with the absolute oertarnrty of securing delivery in reasonable time before Christmas. This date has now been fixed-Docember 8. All orders received up to December 8 can be guaranteed fulfilment in ample time to enable the presentation of the book by Christmas Day. Every effort will be made, indeed, to forward copies ordered by Decem- ber 8 within a week of that time; but whether that can be done or not depends entirely upon the demand. In any case, the date has been fixed so much in advance of Christmas Day that an assurance oaji be given of delivery of all copies ordered by the 8th.

SIR C. CAYZER AT NEWPORT I Sir Ghartes Oayaer, Bart., attended a crowded smoking concert on Wednesday evening at St. Stephen's Schoolroom, New- port. held in comneotion with the Alexandra Ward Conservative Association. Mr. John Williams presided. Sir Charles, who was very heartily received, said the Government had not fulfilled the promises which they made to those who were dependent upon the trade of the country. (Hear, hear.) The House of Lords had decided to throw out the Licensing Bill because they were satisfied that it did not express the will of the people. ffir Charles referred to Fiscal Beform, and said that instead of the doles wniQh the Government were giving to meet the problem of temporary unemployment, a change was needed to find more permanent employment. That change was Fiscal Reform, so that our manufacturers should be cm a more equitable footing with the foreigner, and ihave a close commercial union with our Colonies. A vote of thanks was accorded Sir Charles Cayzer for his address.

CARDIFF BYE-ELECTION I The result of the bye-election in the Adame- down W-ard. of the Cardiff City Council was laTed as follows on Wednesday evening:- I n dOnee (K.)$43 Perey St. J. Dawnay OC.) ——— ó46 W. C. Baker (lnd. Mb.) 27 B. majority over C. 97 Total electorate, 1,893. Spoilt votes. 2. fernaps the most interœting result of the  b)-electiou is the fact that the 'I?U, 'I parties on the Cardiff City Council ?m?l = I equal, the exact balanoe of parties being- ?oMerv&tivae 20 I R?ic?la.?. 20 U   iuayor, wno woum nave a casting vote i?? -lyor, who would nave a C"ting, øern,ti T<e. rictly party diviiaion. in a, Cion. I

ABERDARE EDUCATION SOCIETY I The monthly lecture under the auspices of the Abeirdiare Education Society was delivered by Dr. Ghalke, of the Bihondda Pumil TaaoM' Oentre, on "The Training of T?a<?&ers M Home a,nd Abroad." n, hi, was taken by the Rev. J. Morgan JOnea, M.A., and an interesting dwouesdon followed.

THANKSGIVING DAY I We are requested to state that the Ameri- cam Uonsulate, 13, Bute-orescent, Docks, will be closed to-day, Thanksgiving Day being a national holiday in the United States.

CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE. This famous medicine wm cleanse the blood from aU l?p?- rities from whatever eawe &rig. ing. A safe remedy for Eczema Poieoa, Sore4 of aU kinds. Boli; Bad Lep, Scrofula, Blood Eruptions, &co Cloeri, Glandular BweUiass, ate. Of an stores, %a. Forty years' succeaa, Bowan of Imitation.

MURDERER'S KISS 1 -0 The Lianelly Tragedy I LEWIS GUILTY BUT INSANE I Indicted at the West Wales Assizes yester- day for the murder of his three-year-old daughter, Thomas John Lewis, a Lianelly labourer, was found insane and ordered to be detained during- the King's pleasure. Following- a quarrel witli his wife, Lewis I asked the ohtild, "Do you like daddy?" When the little girl replied Yes," he took her o,n his knee, stabbed her twice in the, ii-scik with his pocket-knife, and as she was dying: kicked her several times. Mr. Lloyd Morgan, K.C., M.P., having out- Hned the defence, which was tha,t the prisoner: was insane at. the time he committed the aot, called evidence showing- that Lewis had. been very queer in his manner of late. ) Mental Expert's View Dr. John Richards, medical superintendent at the Joint Counties Asylum, Carmarthen, who had been previously on the staff of the Leicester County Asylum for over seven years, and now had to superintend over 600 patients, said tha.t on the previous day he went to examine the prisoner alone. The physical examination resulted in his opinion that he had been addicted to chronic alcoholic indulgence. He examined him with a view to discover the state of his mind, and then came to the conclusion that he was sane. (Commotion.) Mr. Lloyd Morgan then put a series of questions to witness with a view of discover- ing the condition of the prisoner's mind at the time he committed the act. Witness said there was a form of insanity which was well known as alcoholio insanity, the characteristics of which were that there was a gradual change in the mental and physical condition of the person so suffering. The change in the person's condition was due to the action of the poison, which affeeited the general nutrition of the body. Dr. Richards then proceeded to explain that alcoholic insanity meant that a ma.n became morose, sullen, lacked vivacity, forgetfulness, in- capacity for doinz- work as before, not taking the sayrie interest in his work as before, and loss of self-respect. A man in such a con- dition might have delusions. He might know where he was, or he might be absolutely lost. The most marked point about all forms of indulgence was the loss of self-control. Such depression as spoken of by the prisoner's witnesses were consistent with alcoholic insanity. It was quite con- sistent with alooholic insanity for a man suffering from it to be perfectly sane three days after it. It was quite consistent with alcoholic insanity for a person to commit an act of violence of which he would not be able to give an intelligent account a few days afterwards. A Question for the Jury Mr. Bowen Rowlands, before proceeding to cross-examine Dr. Richards, desired to Know how far it was possible for an offence 01 drunkenness to be a defence of murder. Justice Bucknill explained dirunkenuezs producing delirium tremens to such an extent as to in -'ie a man a raving lunatic was one form of active alooholic insanity, but there was another form of alcoholio insanity when a man did not know the differ- ence between right and wrong. Mr. Bowen Bowlands respectfully contended there was no judgment on the point. The Judge: I thought I knew all about it; I ought to, at any rate. Mr. Bowen Bowlands: But according to medical men everybody is insane. The Judge: Have you any authority for that? (Laughter.) Mr. Bowen Rowlands: The only difficulty is how far his opinion goes. The Judge: Don't attempt to say it. (Laughter.) Mr. Bowen Bowlands: Do you think, doctor, that when the' prisoner was cutting the child's throat t'hat he knew he was doing wrong? The Judge: That is not for you, doctor, but it is a question for the jury. On the judge's advice, Mr. Bowen Bow- lands said he would not call rebutting medical evidence. This closed the case for the defence. Mr. Lloyd Morgan, for the defence, sug- gested that a. gradual mental change in prisoner's mind had been taking place for some time, and that all of a sudden a con- dition of mind came over the prisoner so that he was unable to control himself, and did not know what he was doing when he com- mitted the crime. Let them not imagine that he was setting up a defence that drunkenness was an excuse for orixne. It was a di&eaae whioh was brought on by heavy drunkenness. TILat was an excuse, and there was ito doubt that the poor fel- low's mind had become unhinged through the excessive use of alcohol. A "Startling" Defence Mr. Bowen Bowlands, in his address to the jury, sag-gee.ted that the defence set up in this case was of a most startling character, and one which up to a few years ago would not have been allowed in the criminal courts. If the jury accepted a plea of insanity in this case there was not a drunken reprobate who, after committing a crime, would not oome to them and say- "True, I did it, but at the time I did it I was mad drunk." The only verdict consistent with their oaths which ooutld be returned was one of wilful murder, and the question of sanity was for other authorities to decide. The Judge, in summing up, said that if William James, the brother-in-law of prisoner, had stuck to his post this tragedy would very likely never have happened. It was clearly James's duty to stay. If his evidence wa.s true, after what h, saw prisoner was not fit to be left alone on that night, and if he was in drink he ought to have been looked after. To leave the prisoner in the house with a defenceless woman, a little boy. the little girl, and his stepdaughter, after what James had seen, seemed to him (the judge) to have been most callous. He considered this case in a sense the most difficult case he had ever had to try. Two verdicts were open to the jury: (1) If they found he had not made out the defence of insanity, of course, the verdict was wilful murder; (2) but if they found that he was irresponsible of mind, then the verdict would be guilty of the act charged against him, but that he was insane at the time when he did the act. VERDICT The jury retired at 5-20- After absence of twenty minutes they returned a verdict, &mid a hushed silence, that "the accused is guilty of the act charged against him, but was insane at the time he did the act. The Judge thereupon ordered acoused to be detained until hIS Majesty's pleasure be further known, and Lewis was literally carried down below, still crying.

TEACHERS AT FAULT P In explanation of the alarming decrease in the number of students attending the Mer- thyr evening continuation schools, the orga- niser reports that the work of the schools does not appear to be of a sufficiently inte- resting and practical nature to attract the students. The work done was altogether too much on the lines of the elementary schools. No doubt, he says, the teachers are doing their beet, but they seem quite unable to a.dapt themselves to the totally different conditions of evening school work. He recom- mends that as soon as the evening continua- tion schools are oloeed there shall be a speciaJ course of training for teachers engaged in this particular class of work, and that in the meantime a proper scheme of work for these schools shall he taken up and arrangements made for "the teaching of such subjects as handicraft for the males, and housewifery for the females. "It ie regret- table to note," adds the organiser, "that in moat oases teachers do not appear to have taken the trouble to acquaint themselves with the Board of Education's regulations and syllabuses of work."

WHIST-DRIVE AT CANTON I The Cardiff Teachers' Association to- morrow are holding" an excellently-arranged whist-drive, followed by a dance, in the Canton Secondary Schools, whiah have been kindly granted for the purpose by the educa- tion authority. The proceeds are towards the fund. of £ 300 which the teachers of the city have guaranteed for the Welsh National Museum. Only £20 remains to be raised; and to-morrow evening's whist-drive will, it is hoped, materially lessen this deficit. Several prominent educationists and friends of the movement have promised to attend and support this latest effort on behalf of the National Museum funds. Tickets, at a most reasonable price, can be obtained at all the schools in the city.

LADIES' COSTUMES EST-CLEAJHSD—1, Mimny- I ftieet. Cat hays, king up 741, ilattoaal. .sa29 |

A Sea of Ice STORY OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC A remarkable story of an ice island in the South Atlantic was told by Captain Yore, of the Glasgow barque Dee, on her arrival from Talcahuano at Queemstown on Wednesday. Capta-in Yore reports that when in the South Atlantic, some time after rounding Cape Horn on September 4, in latitude 49 deg. W, longitude 50 deg. W., the ship sailed into what appeared to be a sea of ice. One berg alone was at least 50 miles long, and was about 250ft. high. It took the ship six- teen hours to pass it, and while going through this sea of ice a partially dismasted barque was sighted. The Dee bore down on her and asked if cAhe wanted assistance. She proved to be the Nor- wegian barque Trafalgar, bound from Lobas de Afuero, with guano, for Hamburg. Several of her spars were gone, and her bulwarks fitove in as a result of an impact with the ice. Her captain replied to the Dee's inquiries that he would try to get to Buenos Ayres. The Dee passed in all 150 bergs, some of which were from one to five miles long. The temperature of the water was 38 degrees Fahrenheit, and of the air 42 degrees Fahren- heit. The-whole sea of ice was drifting east, and formed a terrible menace to passing ships, particularly outward bound vessels. Captain Yore thinks many vessels will have met an ugly fate in the ice, as it was impos- sible to detect ita presence until the ships were right into it. Moreover, the presence of such a mass of ice so far north in Septem- ber was most unusual. The Trafalgar arrived at Buenos Ayres on September 28.

ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL In September Senor Zeballos, the Argen- tine ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared that there were written proofs that the Brazilian Foreign Minister, Baron Do Bio Branco, was trying to intrigue against Argentina with Paraguay and the other neighbours of Argentina. Baron Do Rio Branco gave an official denial to the state- ment. Then the "Prensa". newspaper of Kuenos Ayres on October 20 published what purported to be the literal reading of a cypher telegram sent on June 17 by Baron Do Rio Branco to the Brazilian Minister to Chile, in which he was represented as instructing tha,t Minister, among other things, to dissuade Bolivia and Peru from siding with Argentina, and try to induce the press of those countries to oppose Argen- tine armaments. Baron Do Rio Branco still denied the report, and asked for official copies of his telegram both from Argentina and Chile. The "Diario Official" has now published the whole cyphered telegram, with the cypher key. The translation shows,that Baron Do Rio Branco instructs the Minister to Chile to say that the triparite treaty between Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, suggested by Chile, is quite impossible in view of the systematic campaign of false news conducted by Senor Zeballos tending to separate Chile and Brazil. He further explains that Brazil was uivited by Bolivia and Paraguay to arbi- trate on the boundary question. He pro- posed the formation of a tribunal by Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, and that Senor Zeballos, when approached on the subject, tried to secure the exclusion of Brazil. As the "Prensa" has been insisting for a whole month on the genuineness of Senor 'eballos' translation of the telegram, the publication caused a great sensation in Rio I tie Janeiro, and the newspapers comment in strong terms on Senor Zeballos' conduct. It is pointed out that it is the first time that un ex-Foreign Minister has kept a copy of a cyphered telegram from a friendly Gov- ernment while in course of transmission.— r-e uW r.

COASTGUARD AND A WRECK I Colonel Wilson Hoare presided over a Board of Trade inquiry held at Bideford on Wednes- day into the stranding of the French schooner Madeleine on Westward Ho pebble ridge on August 31. Captain Yves Geffrey said the vessel sailed with coal from Cardiff on August 29, putting back frgm Trevose Head owing to the rough weather. In Bidefoowl Bay at eight o'clock on the might of the 31st, two sets of sails were blown away, and the vessel, being numailage- able, failed to make Applooore fairway, and stranded on the sands. She had shown no signals of distress up to then, when she showed red and green lights one over the other. Everything -was saturated, and they could not light the flare. At two o'clock the tide receded, and they got ashore, taking the white light. A Northam carpenter, who had been pick- ing mushrooms, spoke to finding the crew of five in the sand-hills in the morning. The ooaetfruard evidence showed the vessel to have been seen in the bay up to eight o'clock, when she disappeared, while the coastguards at Westward Ho deposed to seeing a white light from 11.10 p.m. until two a.m., but considered it at the time to be the anchor light of a vessel. At 4.20 a.m. they saw the wreck, and went and hailed it, but got no response. They saw footprirfts on the sand leading from it. At 5.50 the coast- guards fired rockets to apprise the lifeboat. Mr. Hedderwiok, for the Board of Trade, asked the court by its finding to exonerate the coastguards from most undeserved aspersions which, he said, bad been cast upon them by the press, and re-instate them in the confidence of the public. The court adjourned.

M.P.'S GREAT EXCITEMENT I A chauffeur named George Frederick Spratt wa,¡; summoned at Bow-street for having driven a motor-car at a greater speed than twenty miles an hour. Mr. Muskett, who supported the summons, said when the car was stopped Mr. E. B. Barnard, M.P., chair man of the 'Metropolitan. Water Board, got out of the car, and beoanle extremely, excited. He behaved with, great impropriety, and ought to have exercised more control over himself. The defendant was ordered to pay a penalty of £5 and 23s. costs.

PONTYPRIDD BRIDGE Dr. W. T. ]jidwards presided on Wednesday evening at a' meeting in the Roath Branch Library, Ca?rdiS. where Mr. John Ballanger delivered a lecture on "The Romance of the Pontypridd Bridge and Its Builder." William Edwards, the builder, he described as a man characteristic of kis time, and, before the working of the coal mines wrought such a great change "in the physical features of South Wales, one of the brilliant men who were then produced in the invigorating atmosphere of a rural and mountain life. His genius gave a new turn to the science of bridge-building, and his fame extended through the civilised world.

TROUSERS NOT NECESSITIES I At Westminster County-court yesterday Mr. Lillico, of Begent-street, sued a customer for jE4 13s., the price of a suit of clothes and two pairs of trousers. The defendant said ho was living with his uncle, who had pro- mised to pay for the cJothea, but six months after the clothes were bought his father and unole ha.d a, quarrel, and that, he thought, was why his uncle had refused to pay. Judge Wood fall allowed the defendant to plead infancy, and found for the plaintiff for £1 8s., considering the trousers were not neoesedfties.

PORTER KILLED BY A BULL I A railway porter, named Allen, of Lei- cester, was assirting in the removal of a bull, when tihe animal jerked the rope out of his hand, and, chargin;g the man, pinned him against some railings. The animal had to be beaten off with sticks. Allen had five ribs broken, in addition to internal injuries, and died on the following day. A verdict of I "Accidental death" was returned at the inquest yesterday.

60 YEARS ON THE RAILWAY, Mr. David Madnwaring, Pontardulais, or, as he was popularly known, Dafydd Mandry, Penlan, who has just died, aged 87 years, had £ 2 yeans' continuous service as platelayer and ganger to his credit-32 years with the old Lianelly Itailway and Dock Company, and 30 years with the Great Western Rail- way. He was pensioned off in 1901, and con- tinued to enjoy robust health until a few months ago.

EX-BANK MANAGER STARVED M, am inquest on a man named Joseph Bobinson yesterday it was caaite-d that he was formerly a ba.uk manager but last yeanr he was out in the streets 43 nights. A houee surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital said deceased was greatly emaciated. There was practically no fa.t upon hiim, and the stomajch showed that there bad been no food in it for some time.

I American Marathon DORANDO DEFEATS HAYES New York, Thi-irsday.-Darmndo early this morning retrieved his failure to win at Shepherd's Bush in the most gruelling race' ever witnessed in America. To the last mile th-e runners kept together, only a few feet separating t,hem, but then Hayes began to tire, and Dorando drew away and won by a third of a lap. Ten thousand wildly excited spectators j watched the contest, amd, while partisan feel- 1 ing was high, nothing more than good- natured inaiillery fas in evidence. At the end of the tenth mile, Dorando was three feet in advance. Five times Hayee sprinted and assumed the lead, but Dorando, spurred on by t'he cheers of his compatriots, did not permit him to main- tain it for more than a few seconds. It was the general consensus of opinion that Dorando was master of the situation throughout. He finished strong, while Hayes was exhausted. Dorando frequently re- sorted to a wet sponge, but Hayes required no attention. When Mr. Richard Croker fired the starting pistol both men sprang off nimbly on even terms. The American made no attempt to hug the rail, and allowed his opponent to spurt into the lead. Then both started a monotonous stride, broken here and there by short spurts. Although Hayes several j times took Iille lead. Dorando Faffed tue judges' stand first in every lap. When the spectators saw Hayes weakening they endeavoured to spur him on with shouts of Go on, John," while the Italians raised counter-cheers for their man. In the twenty- fifth mile some of the spectators hissed Dorando under the impression that he had prevented one of the American's efforts to pais him by shooting out his righrt arm. A;t the conclusion of the race Dorando's compatriots jumped on to the track despite the efforts of the police, and carried off the I vietor shoulder high. Opinions differed as to whether Dorando's action just mentioned was intended or not. Dorando's eyes towards the finish were bulging, but, sticking grimly to his task, he kept the lead, while Hayes, fighting every inch with fast failing energy, dropped back. In the seventh lap of the twenty-eighth mile Dorando tried ineffectu- ally to steal away, but in the nintih and tenth Japs he quickened his stride, amd gained inch by inch on the staggering Ameri- can, breasting the tape eventually sixty yards ahead. Some asserted afterwards that Hayes was not in condition. It was obvious, however, 1 that the race was truly run, and that the better man won. Dorando's time was two hours, forty-four minutes, twenty-and-two-flfths s, and that of Hayes two hours, foirty-five minutes,! five and one-fifth seconds.

CULLINANS AT THE TOWER The general public has not fully realised that the largest two of the Cudlinan diamonds may now be viewed at the Tower of London for the sum of sixpence. Visitors to the Tower who have inspected the Crown jewels during the past three days have, of course, seen these marvellous etdnes, but with a few exceptions have regarded them as models. The immense stones are laid flat on the blue velvet in the cage-like structure which holds the Crown jewels, and immedi- a.tely beneath the model of the famous Koh- i-noor (the Mountain of Light), which, by the the way, is merely a hillock of light by com- parison. The larger of the diamonds is nearly five times and the smaller nearly three times as large as the Koh-i-noor.

8TEINHEIL SENSATION 1 Paris, Thursday.—Both the Echo de Paris" and the Matin to-day publish an interview of a sensational nature with Madame Steinheil, who is quoted as declar-i ing that the valet, Benny CouUlard, is inn- cent of the ak?oi?i-on made by her agamet him? and as giving to the interviewers the nalme of the actual murderer of M. Steinheil j and his mother-in-law. The person impli- cated is a young man the son. of a member 1 of the Steinheil household. Ma-dame Stein- 1, hedl is credited with giving a graphic account of the murder, the motive of which, she says, was robbery. She did not speak before for fear of being accused of com- plicity. After the interview she was in a pitiable state of prostration.

HOUSEMAID TERRIFIED I Much excitement has been oaus-ed in Epsom by a burglary whioh took pLaoe early on Tuesday morning at TreadweU House, the residence of Mr. B. Wootton, a local race- horse trainer. The intruders secured-a haul of nearly £ 500, aaid were bold enougth to par- take of a substantial meal. Suspicion rests on two men, apparently foreigners. It appears that one of the maidservants was aroused by the sound of footsteps, and that two men actually enitered and explored the room. She, however, was so frightened at their intrusion that she lay breathless and terrified, without giving afn. alarm, until the burglars had left the premises.

MY LAST NIGHT ON EARTH Ait a ORiayul (Essex) imguest on the body of Henry Patrick Gormley, a. retired farmer, it was stated that the deceased, who lived a beramt's life at the Old Hall, always slept with a loaded five-chiaambered revolvex under his pillow. The day before -has death he sent for the rector of .the parish and said: This is my last night on earth." Next day tIoo report of a pistol was heard in the house, and a neighbouring faiimer en-t-erini the room found deceased sitting in his chaiir with a bullet wound. in his forehead and his revolver Hyinig ait his feet. The vendiat was, "Suicide during temporary insanity."

SWALLOWED A HALF-PENNY I Last night at an inquest held at Bomford on Leonard Palmer, aged five, it was stated that in July lasft he swallowed a. halfpenny, whioh was successfully extracted after an operation. He recovered, and was after wards operated on for adenoids. Later am abscess formed in a. tooth, which was ex- stracted, and (he again made satisfactory progress, but a few days ago he developed ,a swelling in the throat, ari-d while he was being operated on he died from hemorrhage. A surgeon said he had never known a similar case. A verdict in accordance with the I medical evidence was returned.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY I Mr. F. Lane, a traveller for the Home Brewery Company, of Nottingham, was attacked and robbed while returning to his home at West Hucknall on TueWaY n?ht after a collecting round. He had taken a road across the fields, and had alighted from his trap to open a gate, when he was attaeked by two men, one of whom struck him on the head with a stick, partially stun- ning him. The other man jumped into the I trap and secured a bag containing about

CZAR'S ROUND OF VISITS I Paris, Thursday.—rA telegram to the "Echo de Paris" states tha-t the Czar has announced his intention to make a long and important cruise next year, visiting first King E-dw-ard and then M. Fallieres. The latter meeting will taike place at Cherbourg at the end of Jlune or the begi-nniing of July. The Czar will then have a meeting with King Victor of Italy, and on hie return journey to Bussiia will again meet the Kaiser at sea.

NO GRAVE PREPARED When the funeral processidn of a private of the Royal West Kent Begiment arrived at Dover Cemetery on Tuesday with the mourners, Chaplain to the Forces, band, and a detachment of the regiment, it waa found that no grave had been prepared. The expla- nation was that insufficient notice had been given to the cemetery authorities. The body had eventually to be left at the ceme- tery chapel for 24 hours, the funeral taking place yesterday.

DEATH IN A DENTIST'S CHAIR A young woman named Kathleen Lee went to the hospital at Ryde yesterday to bave some teeth extracted. Chloroform was administered in the usual way, and the patient expired within a few minutes after the first tooth was extracted, death being due to failure of t-he heart's action.

HUNTER'S BAD ACCIDENT Mr. Cecil Leveson-Gower, of South God- stone, met with a serious accident yesterday in the hunting fieid through his horse falling at a barbed wire fence. The rider was badly injured, his leg being fractured.

l DRY-CLEANED BY NEW METHOD.—1. Mi N D y- utreet. Cat bays. Ring up 741, National. e5029

I LONELY LADY SHOT I A MYSTERIOUS MURDER j Police Discover Finger Marks I A mysterious murder, discovered late on Tuesday night, was the subject of a coroner's inquiry at Southport yesterday. The victim, a well-to-do lady whose name is given as Dorothy Oliver, but who is locally known as Mrs. Allen, was found on Tuesday night shot at her residence, Alexandra-road. She was last seen alive on Sunday night, when she visited some friends in Southport, and, as she had made an appointment with them for Tuesday afternoon, suspicions were aroused when she did not appear, and the police were communicated with. Breaking open the door of her house, they found the un- fortunate lady in a passage between the dinning-room and the staircase, covered with blood. Shot from Behind In the dining-room, on a table whioh con- tained an apparently untouched meal of bacon and eggs, a whisky bottle was upset. In the front room there were marks of blood and finger marks on the doorway. The author of the crime had obtained access to the nouse through the cellar window and, removing part of the panelling of a com- mumcatuig door, had made his way to the upper portion of the house. Mrs. Allen was a native of Nottingham. She was left a. large income by her husband, and her residence is known to have con- tained a quantity of valuable jewellery and a collection of plate. The local police have communicated with Scotland Yard, who have despatched detectives to Southpo.rt. The inquest was adjourned. Finger-Marks as Clue Telegraphing early to-day a correspondent says no light has yet been thronvu on the extraordinary murder mystery at Southport. | The scene of the tra,gic affair is a big, double- fronted house of ten or twelve rooms in fashionable part of the town close to the promenade. It was part of the deoeased iady's eccentricity that she chose to live alone in this style without even the aaais- tance of a. maid. She had frequently let the house furnished to visitors, but had resiued there herself since September. She had been a widow for 26 years, and her only known relative is a sister living in the Isle of Wight. The crime was apparently committed early on Monday morning, but the only evidence of this is t-I z, a neighbour heard a noise in the passage dividing- her house from Mrs. Allen's residence. This was between three aua tour o clock, and the neighbour states that at the time she ascribed it to the wind. No certain motive has yet been found for the crime, and Mrs. Alien's isolated existence makes it difficult for the police to tell what, if anything, has been abstracted from the house. At the inquest, which was opened last night, the coroner told the jury there was absolutely 110 doubt that a foul murder had ¡ been committed, but the affair was shrouded i-ii mystery. The inquiry was adjourned until next Tuesday. Further particulars asixirteined as the result of the autopayshow that two bullet wounds were inflicted from behind and another in the face. A juryman, after inspecting the residence, expressed the opinion that the murderer concealed him- self in the house overnight, and shot the lady as she discovered him when carrying breaekfiast into the room. The police are not I without hope that finger marks found on the door will provide tliem with a clue to the I Derpetrator of the crime.

A GREAT CRISIS I Paris was never more recklessly gay than during the Beign o<f Terror, when the daily passage of the fatal tumbrils to the guillotine was watched by ofowds of careless specta- tors seated .before the cafes and wineshops of the capital. Then France amd Europe were passing through a tremendous crisis, from which the France and the Europe of the nineteenth centuiry were to be born. Now France's powerful neighbour, Germany, is Passing tlnrough a crisis which, though not bloody-,as yet-may be fraught with oomse- quences no less momentous to the Germany and the Europe of the twentieth century. And yet-itre we not treating the whole thing as a rather good jest, as something to onack our little jokes over, as just another eccen- tricity of the great "quick-cihanige artist" of the European variety stage? To how many of Tie (asks the "Graphic") does it occure that history is (being made round them every day, just now, and that the resuil,t of that making m.ay be swiftly and suddenly revealed in the first flashes of the iru-ne announcing a great European conflict?

A MUCH-KISSED PRINCE I As Prince Olav is the most Pness-ridden child in Europe, perhaps a few facts about him may not be unwelcome. Let it be said, outrighit, therefore, that the other day, at Appleton House, while playing with his cousinis of Wales, he deliberately pulled to pieces a magnificent electric railway which his grandfather, the Kinig, had especially purchased for him as a ibirthda-y (his own, (November 9) present. Olav, a fair and pretty boy, and in fact the only one of the Queen's descendants who really resembles her Majesty, is kissed by perrsons of the opposite sex with a frequency that (says t'he "Bystander") bodes ill for his future. When, he first wftt to Norway, ladies of ail classes took the greatest Liberties with him. When about one thousand of such embraces had been inflicted on him, his mother was com- pelled to withdraw him from publication., as it were, and confine him to the Palace gardens.

WOMEN AND THE VOTE The Countess of Jersey, presiding at a meeting of the council of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League held in Lon- don on Wednesday, said that the vast majority of the women of the country re- sented the attempt to force the burden of the franohise upon them. The vote was a serious thing, and, so far from being a joke to be given to women to be a plaything, it was a step which might end< in national disaster. They should resist this attempt to break up their homes and families. The report presented stated that branches had been formed all over England and Wales. Speeches were delivered by Mr. Julius Bertram, M.P., Mr. Hilaire Belloc, M.P., and others. A resolution was adopted pledging the league, on national grounds, to resist the proposal to admit women to the Parliamen- tary franchise and to Parliament.

PORTHCAWL TRAIN DELAYEDI When the 8.34 train fro-m Porfchcawl to Cardiff was about being got ready this morn- i'ng it was found that a tube in the engine a boiler was leaking too badly to keep steam.: Mr. Lodge, the stationmaster, telephoned to Pyle for a relief engine, which was speedily I' despatched, and the train left for Cardiff 71 couple of minutes late.

AN ASYLUM ON, FIRE I A OOri1S of are occurred on nesday mght a? the asylum of St J'IlhWed- God, Sti-Uor?n. County Dublin. rrho n of nutorMa and ae other ??dmgs e d.or- accommodated the hundred Datie.gs which institution were destroyed, but,n,ts Of. the Were all got out without injury. 'j;be damage is estl.ma,ted at £ 5,000. damage

AGED FARMER DIES OF GRIEF1 Joseph Tester, 71, 0, farmer, of Balcombe, Sussex, was found dead in bed, and at the inquest yesterday it was stated that he was brok-en-h,e.trt,c,d bemuse -he had to give up his farm, owned by Sir Weetman D. Pear- I son. The jury said death was due to natural causes aggravated by worry through deceased having to leave his farm.

I -==t  I I BISHOP AND SAILORS I The annual meeting of the Ba,rry Branch, of the Missions to Seamen was held on Wed- nesdayevening. The Lord Bishop of Llandaff, who presided, said the extension of the insti- tute, including the erection of a new church, apprentices'-room, and refreshment- room, was urgently needed, and he appealed to the generosity of the public.

DREADED BERI-BER1 Five Lascar sailors were removed to the Royal nflrmary. Glasgow, yesterday, sup- posed to be suffering from beri-bori. They were taken from a stea.mer in the harbour by the sanitary a-ut?onties. The steamer Ij has recently arrived from the East. t

I Lords and Licensing I MOTION TO REJECT THE BILL The House of Lords yesterday entered npol an apparent; y serious discussion of the Licensing Bill, as though its fate were not already decided. The Earl of Crewe, in moving the second reading- of the Bill, commeiit-ed on th< astounding action of the Opposition, which he 9aid would not be regarded by the country as creditable to their lordships' House. H4 submitted the Government's case for the Bill, and Lord Lansdowne replied, moving the Lansdowne House resolution, for its rejection. The Bishop of London pleaded earnestly for the salvation of the Bill. He deploaW the nati-onal degradation brought about bj drink, and said that if this opportunity wen scorned and neglected no Government woul< be found to take up the task anew fcx another generation. The debate will be continued during the week.

THE LADY ABERDARE LEAGUE To the Editor of the Evening Express." Sir.—I should be grateful if, through th( courtesy of your columns, you wouli kindly make known that the above leagiu is now in operation, and I shall be thankfii if any one willing to join will kindly write either to me (Lady Aberdare, Duffry n, Mountain Ash), or to Colonel Bruce Vaughan, 14, Newport-road, Oa,rdiff, or to the Seex4 tary, The Infirmary, Cardiff. The league has been started in order t* raise a million shillings ( £ 50, COO) as at endowment fund for the Cardiff Infirmary. It can be joined by men, women, boys, 01 igirla, amd I am hoping that many younf people, who have hitherto not worked for a good cause, will be induced to join, and I can assure them, that the greatest happiness in life, comes from working for the sick and suffering. The money is urgently needed The infirmary is deserving of all help, and the new wing cannot be built until th< income has been increased. Those person* who are kind enough to undertake to collect 21s. will have a book of receipts sent to them, and the distinctions and privileges of the league will be as follows:- A collector of 21s. becomes a member %I the order and receives the league medal. A member securing the services of 3. new meouberis becomes a companion of tdU order and receives the league brooch. A companion securing the services of 3 additional members will be entitled U name a bed for one year, and for everj subsequent year the collections of the 74 members are completed. —I am, &c., CONSTANCE ABEEJ>A £ fl. Duffryn, Mountain Ash, Nov. 25.

SAGAN-GOULD MARRIAGE The case in which Count Eoni de Costellane sues his former wife, nee Anna Gould, not the Princess de Sagan, to show cause wh1 .she should not be compelled to deliver ovet to the count the two children of the man riage, came up for hearing before the Fil-o Civil Court at Paris yesterday. M. Henri Bonnet, couneed for the count, made somi extraordinary allegations against the Prinqi de Sa-gan and his wife. He asserted tha.t the Prince and Princess were lovers before theii marriage. Since the marriage, continued counsel, the Prince had seen very little of hi wife. As a result the children were practi cally abandoned. They were not edueate4 or oared for as they should be, and were lefi in charge of servants.

WHOSE CORPSE IS IT P The body of a man, which was found in the Baver Lea at Olapton. on Thursday, was yesterday claimed at the Hackney Coroner's Court by a man named Smith, as that of his son, and by a woman named Faulkner as that of her husiband. The latter said she identified the body "by the square forehead." She aiso positively iden- tified a fancy-work beit found, on the dead man. The Coroner remarked that it would be very awkward if Mrs. Faulkner married again, aind her husband was found to b< alive He had never known, 80 faUwsr to E* wrong in that t-ort of thing-. Mrs. FauJknoi replied with some heat thoa she had had oix experience, and that waa enough to 1a.8t hei a lifetime. She said she would bring he] mother to see the body. Both she and Min Smith left the court declaring they wert right.

£1,000 RiNG FOR MISS ELKINS There seems to be good reason to believe that the romance of the Duke of the Abruzzi, cousin of the King of Italy, and Miæ Katherine Elkine, daughter of Senator Elikins, of West Virginia, is not yet at an end. Mr. George Wanamaker, the appraiser at New York, has admitted that the postal authorities have brought him for appraisal a ruby ring sent to Miss Elkins during this week by the duke, and it is stgated that the ring has been duly forwarded to Miss Elkina The ring (says the New York Herald") ha4 been unofficially described as a. royaj heir* loom, with an elaborate setting, of a vaim of LL,OGO.

"SYSTEMATIC FRAUDS." Fritz Kluge, the branch manager of the ra.i,lway contractors, Arthur KoPpel Company was arrested yesterday at Berlin charge* with obtaining L20,000 by systematic frauds Kluge's a year, and h< beflongs to a highly respectable family When arrested he attempted to commit suicide, butt the revolver was seized in time.

SHOPLIFTER'S DUMMY BABY A woman detected in the act of shoplifting at Paris, yesterday concealed her booty in the interior of a baby which she was carry- ing in her arms. Tiie baby was made of zinc and hollow, and it was only after the detectives had noticed that though the woman "lifted" various articles to have no pockets in whiah to hide the stolen goods, and no cloak under which to dissimulate them, that her ruse became apparent to them.

WIDOW'S TRIP TO CANADA Lambeth Guardians were yesterday sun prised when a widow of 37 applied for relief A few months ago she and her three chil dren were sent to Canada at a cost of L30 o.f which the guardians contributed X9. Sh< now said the Canadian climate did not sud4 her, and that she could not get work. Con- sequently she had been sent back at a cost of about £40. It was agreed to admit her to the workhouse.

DIED DURING A STRUGGLE At B,m, i-ntree. yesterday Mr. John Ken nin.gs, a saddler, fell dea.d into his am,& arms during a atniggle with a customei for Ithe possession of a set of harness, there ■being a dispute between the deceased and t.he customer as to payment for repairs.

t t J T)o /70/ ?r? shy of 2 I 4ome ?ar?//7? because 1 < you have no experience. I Home baking is simplified ) | for every body by the use of S j paisley I (Td, Ul ..1 I rr?< mjEH? our "I I the ??re raising powder. I I If 2-ozs. are mixed with every I I pound of ordinary flour, and the | ? recipe directions carefully followed, f 1 with little practice you will bake I 9 light, fragrant and well raised tea § >• bread, cakes and pastry. • I Paisley Flour" is sold in I ? 7d, 3d. and id. packets. g e containing many simple but ff I carefully expressed recipes. I