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THE AMERICA CUP -i
THE AMERICA CUP i Sir T. Lipton Interviewed at Swansea j Sir Thomas J. Lipton, before his departure from Swansea in his steam yacht Erin, expressed his great delight with the Swansea Regatta arrangements, and said the cup he bad won was the finest he had ever seen except the America Cup. Treating of the prospect of another America Ctrp race, Sir Thomas s-a,id: -"I have offered to race the Americans under their own rules, if they wish it, with any size boat they bke. Wbenever they want a race I am ready. I issued a challenge, az you are no doubt aware, two years ago, but it was refused because they will not sail under the International Yacht Racing Union rules. Orhey want me to challenge under their present condition — the rules of I 56 years ago-but they have adopted a type of boat which, makes it impossihie for me to build in this oonmtry and compete with any prospect of success against a boat built on the spot. We hope, however, that the •jaile of 56 years ago will be cancelled." Sir Thomas has made three atecmpta to bring beck the Amor it-a Cuip, involving in all fifteen races. He was not successful, unfor- tunately, but on one occasion he narrowly missed success. It waa a matter of seconds only," said the popular owner of the Sham- jock, "in fact. I lost by a beat of the pulse." "Under the rule of 56 years-ago, he explained, the Americans could build a more exagge- rated freark boat than he could, becauee they cculd sail in smooth water, while he had to build his boat in Britain and get her across to Sandy Hook. It would be impossible to get an exag- gerated freak boat built on this side owinsr to the difficulty of getting her across the Atlantic. Mr. Fife says, I am anxious to do business, but if a boat of that type were Iwilt and goes down, where am I?'" Sir Thomas Lipton agrees with Mr. Fife. But if the Yankees will meet him fairly and Btiuarely he is ready to oblige them by ,uddertakin,w the construction of another oup challenger. Then you are prepared to make another j bid for the America Cup under equitable con- ditions?" asked the pressman. Exactly," replied Sir Thomas. If the "Yankees want sport I aID. prepared to give it to them, unless they want to look up the mug' so that nobody can get at it, which 5s the cas-e at present." And you mean to get it?" I do," an&-we--ed Sir Thomas, with charac- teristic frar-Imeai. "As long as I have shoe leather and a man to sail I am willing to try. I have stood aside for three or four years, but no one has coma forward. It is the ambition of my life—the apple of my eye —to bring the cup back to the old country. ADd when it comes I shall be happy. I have no present advantage of any kind to gain; I eimply want to see the trophy back on this side of the pond, and to this end I am pre- pared to make a sacrifice, no matter how ereat. We are the greatest marine Power in the world, we have the fastest ships in the world, and why should we not have the (fastest boat?"
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TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION EQUIRED, by reX[*-ct jbl-e Person, Situation ae K Housekeeper to resi*tahte working man; wMow; 41' where ooukl iiave g'irl, 3? ypaM: plain c-k; domesticated; needle woman.-J., 15, Ynyacynon-road, Trcatew, l?eynon-ro-d, C" OUPONS D, y y pre-s ") and Votes earnætly C eoticit?d tor C.M<na ?unx Lay, who holds ?oe? noaitioB in the ballot; advertiser is a friend working jyijer behalf.—J 87, Even in? Express, Cardiff. eo3 Richards, Gentleman's Outiltter, 25, St. Mary- st.YE'&t, Cardiff. Expert in Straws and Panamas; z large 2-,tmeat of Summer li??.dgear for home and ?o??t wear. Nat. Tel., ZM. elI4^o7 "t \f F.-g-FKPF. RS. —Want-ed careful Man to Take a N_W Yo»m« Setter to Train.—Seaborne, Hengoed, n«ar OwAiff. sllWoZ -«-*ru\ XTI*ED, Manager at CWmUYIÙllCPID-a- W tive Society; able to speak Wei&h; state age, vage, and experieitcei.—Apply, in writing, on or before Saturday, June 5th, Secretary, Cwmiiynfeil Co-opera- tiv« Society \Limited). Swaiisiea VaHey. 11*503 iKT.TAKI.R (General Sarviuit wanted; aaotner maid ]Rkept; ?<?es 3(, mtT, Clydach-oa-Tawe, S^amgea. eU4Go1 OLIDkAYS at Farm.—Bedrooms nd SiUing-rooavs to Let; roodej-ate; by niotor-'b-ia from Cannar- lben, foux ml:les.-JoDes, Fernhild, Llanstephun-ra^d, Caraoartheo- elllSo? W-A111TED. ODg, 5teOOV Y61mg "Mao; used to PubL-c-howe work; references.—BeUevue Hot?, JtenriMWoetber. e114907 -L- Sale, Fieh, Chip Range; 2 pans; all tools; good oooker; suitable small shop; reason ¡¡ellin.g, bought large one.—Gully, Wattstown, Rhocdda. eoS EVLESS IA,er Watcii^ thoroughiy ref¡¡b- Sa 1M. post free Bum ford, Wattluiiaker, MiX Green, Knighton. ell5007 rpWO Convenient Hooms to Let.—Apply 5:3, Wynd- A haw-road. Canton, Dl.r< zell4203 R Sale, Bay Mare; used to trolley: splendid J: workor.-Graha.m. 23, Pontypridd-weet, Splott, A;N" eU4103 f STOP PRESS —-— — Latest Telegrams. t & RfD; T.3>-L.ANGBAr<.M HANDICAP Besult: Si; data Rlilbir «fe.Vi'OS DELAVAL — 1 R::1;t.t was chjectcd to, He-Lin?—100 to 6 agSt Bsnata, ICO to s aaet Eunbir. and j to 4 astct Sea ton DelavaL | 2.0-.JUVENILE SELLING. Eejult: CLU-istohel i ineUe HUE ST PAEK MEETING-. 2-0—PAL ACE PLATE RESULT: — Mr P. Tylers Bed Uowa Duller 3 7 Mr «•. Xightingali'a Alutair ,.W Nightmgall 4 s l'i Mr H Escott-s Lilian Escott 3 7 -.C—Also raa. rcpisy. I J SAFETY OF CAPTAIN BIDMEAD. Captain Bidmead. wlio made a balloon aseent from Franklins Garderif-, Northimp- | ton. yesteiday. descendfed sufely iiedr Thrap- i stcno abjut an hour AND a HAD later OH, The ba-IIoon. being liberated the ftriugs hold- ing his parachute gave way, and it dropped •ereral yards. The wind then twisted the -IRIN?- round his LE?-, IA that with hut one hand at liberty he cculd nob ri^ht matters, GLAMORGAN Y. \lONMOCTH>HIRE At Xl". tort. Monmouthshire: Silvcrlock, c Baiscroft, h Xa,p, 1: JT. s'thitton, c Oibsoh, b Creber, 6; E. S. Phillip-, wX o»t, 51; F. B. WUiiams, b Nash, U; Divor, h ?ll: F. B. I't c BancroU, h W¡¡ 7: Derbyshire S7 for three: ;Lunt:h) Lancashire 39 for four (Lunch) Australians v Lekesterchire—No piar before lunch 1 i
The Ion in the Street.
The Ion in the Street. About half a million ladies ofthe-Ptm- oipality rose yesterday morning and parted the window curtains with aiabaster arms to look out at the weather. It is impossibte to be particular as to a hundred or so in such a matter, but sub- sequently a few thousands of them descended to the hail and rattled the ther- mometers to see if the hand pointing to Change" could be made to shift per- manently to Set fair." Of course, these weather clocks had been shaken out of gear years ago, and, as the indicator swung to and fro in a very uncertain fashion, there wos nothing for it but to take another bird's eyo peep at the clouds, again throwing the optical search- lights across the heavens to discover :.a. promising and growing patch of blue, Doing all this, and knowing that only a mere man was in charge of the weather omce, the fair ones decided to indulge in an experimental" try on." Thia being more or less satisfactory, the mountain of flowers and velvets was removed while the remainder of the toilet was undertaken with tremblings and yearnings. Eventually, when the last curl had been pressed into its place, the look-out was again consulted, and, as it was more promising, if anything, the final resolution was made, I'll risk it I" It is all very well for men to laugh, but this Whitsuntide (as in previous years) millinery proved a very important affair. That new hat was bought for the sole and due and very proper celebration of the initial summer holiday. At the tame of its purchase very little thought was spent on the poeaWe vagaries-tof the gentleman with the watering pot. When that hat was hunted down to its lair, j behind the plate-glass window in the principal street of the town the sun was shining in its very best and most benign style. It obliterated all thoughts that the rain might come and try to turn the first recognised day of summer into a Wet-Monday. And that forest of floral' concoctions was overwhelming in its weird influence. It had to be bought, and that hour of trying it on within the milliner's holy of holies, with a dozen other examples of modern headgear, was all-.abeorbing-there was no room for' any other joy or fear but that of the moment. And, having packed the enormous crea- tion safely away against dust and other destorying enemies of all-conquering finery, it would never do to keep it another day without going forth arrayed in all the glory of French roses (or camellias) to astonish and captivate the world. A new hat in the shop window and on the top of a pretty girl's head are tw, very different matters, and on ihe whole it is pleasing to know that, with the benign sanction of the sun yesterday, the new hats were utilised with general and deadly effect. old, the married man has penetrated. to anything like a full degree the mystery of the new hat. A fading dress (worn twice, perhaps) can be hidden by a dost ooat, or, if it rains, by a water- proof. But the new beehive or waste- paper basket hat must have full oppor- tunity to properly impress the beholder with its unmistakable charms. The man who got up early yesterday to obtain full satisfaction from his Bank Holiday might have been mildly astonished at seeing a miniature flower garden bearing down upon him from the opposite side of the road. He might well have asked himself if he was at the beginning or the end of his Whit-Monday. Probably lie pinched himself, or tried the efficacy of a pin applied to a soft part of his anatomy. But after two or three examples he became acclimatised, so to speak. By and bye, when his best girl came along similarly armed, he was fascinated to the full extent intended, and an hour after sunset the girl with the bat had promised to take ohe principal part at a wedding later in the summer. Such is the power of new millinery. Its size is overwhelm- ing, but its wearers are using it for all that it is worth until more sensible (if less charming) proportions come into vogue again. On the whole, it is not displeasing, and its male admirei's are glad to knrv that the beneficent skies gave, it a well-utilised chance to shine. Holiday-makers who found their way to the Metropolis yesterday, were doubt- less impressed with the new summer uniform of the local tramcar workers. The drivers and conductors (in their fresh dark blue suits and white piping) were something to look at and admire, and the people from the Mountains must have gone home with a wholesome respect for the corporation who could claim such a smart-looking body of men as their servants. Cardiffians had noticed long ago the alarming need of the employes. The shining seams and the frayed edges had caught their pitying eye. But, know- ing the sorrows of the manager and having in mind the rich promise of rising rates, to say nothing of the readiness of certain members of the corporation to vote money for anything and everything, they dared not say anything. With recent events stored at the back of their heads, ratepayers were afraid to gasp a word, in case they might be called upon to provide gold brocade and buttons, with the best broad cloth, and the smartest German caps for their obviously shabby servants. That it has been accomplished without a debate in council chamber and a flourish of trumpets and questions about esti- mates must be very gratifying to the bulk of the inhabitants of the Taffside city, and all concerned are to be heartily congratulated on the magnificent result achieved. To any one who was abotit-Cardiff yes- terday about,noon, it was rather astonish- ing to wake up this morning to be informed that there were only 30,000 children journeying to the various Sunday School treats. The little ones must have enjoyed a wonderful facility for multiplying themselves, for they seemed to be everywhere, in wagons, on l foot, running, leaping, jumping, and al few were even walking. Round Llanishen way, St. Fagan's, LlandaS Fields, Leckwith Hill, and other favoured spots they were almost as the daisies of the field for multitude. Not only did this pleasant custom very considerably relieve -the congested holiday traffic on the steamboats and the railway trains, but it gave most of the youngsters a real healthy day in the ereen fields, and t6 the observer it seemed astonishing that such pretty rural spots fould exist so close to a great city. All the avenues to -and from the city were choked with traffic, and it is hoped that the horses which were used to carry many of the children to the treats will not lose their day's rest. The best thing about the holiday was the marvellously fine weather, for which we were all truly thankful.
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t EXCURSIONS PAND A. CAMPEELL (LIMITED). SAILINGS FROM CARDIFF and PENABTH. I (WiM, weather, and circumstances perfiittiny.) j =-rrDY:O:.v, T,- 1-o, '.33, 3.;?, [ 3..3C, 4.45, &5C, '-7.0 pin Wed., 2—7.30, 8.50 am, 1.45, 2.30, ".4S. 4.30, -5.30, 6.30, *7.15 pm Thu,s., 9.30 a.m, -2.30, 3.G, 4.15, 6.15, *3.15 p:n Fri., 4,l, 10.15 ?m, 3.50, 7.?;0 p. '-t-, 5-8.30, 10.45 am, 4.0, 6.0, 8.0 p,, Mon., 7—*3.15, 10.0 am, 12.15. ¡ 1.5' 77;'3. 1 O;rna.m, 12.15. ..»■ V n. VVOS1U-N. I:Ll?*2.0, 2.20, *o.50, 4.?, "5.5, &.10,1.0, ?'J'M,?.5epiLi I -O.u am, 32.45, 2.45, 5.20, *4.30, 5.20, 6.15. I 7.5, 8.15 pm e.45am, 'i.?, *?20,5.5, I 7.5, 8.45, 9.3 pm i 3.5 am, a2.15, 4.20, 6.20, j 8.20 pm 3.20, "10,10 am, a2.45,5.0, 7.0, 9.0 pm -9.0, 10.50 am, a4,C), 6.15, S 15. 100 unl TOURIST and CHEAP WiiES.-E:D TICKETS ire iMued to Principal Stauoas in WKST OF ENGLAND, Á;w DAY ICKET w CHEDDAR &nd WELLS <W&it-Monday excepted). LH»AVK LAKUlti. I Tiics., 1—ol.lS. U3.45 pm Wed., 2—2.15, b4.15 pn Thurs., 3-2.,0, 16.0 pm LtAVt 5.40, 8.50 pni S.15 am, 7.30 pm 8.20 pm LJi^Vj!; CAHUM'}! Tibe-c- 1—b3.45 pm i Wed., 2—2.15, M.15 pm Thure., 3—2.40, b5.0 pm LiiAVJ^ f 6.0 pm r 7.15 ai3, 6.30 pm 17.45 am, 7.30 pm LLAVf. CARDIFF. Thurs., 3—e3.0 pm }. LEAVE Jil>JS»±iliA.L>. e7.0 pm leave; cakdijf. j Wed., 2—f3.0 am Thurs., 3—13-50 am Fri., 4-fg.25 am Sat., 5—tlG.30 am Mon., 7—fKt.30 am 11.4 6 pm 2*so p ¡ 5A5 pm [ 3.30 ,m 4.0 pm 1 Cneap Routs to Devon Mid Curnwatl. U F, Ilt. TUESDAY, JUNE 1st. AFTERNOON TRIP CLEVEDON and CHEPSTOW, Via WESTON.—Cardiff 1.15 pm, Chepitow 4.45 pm, Clevedon 5.40. Fares; C',avedon, 2s.; Chepstow, 2s. 6d. AFTERNOON TRIP CLEVEDON and BRISTOL.— Cardiff bJ.45 pm, Bristol 6.0 pm. Clevedon 6.30. I area: Clevedon, 2s.; Bri5to!, 2s. 6d. WEDNESDAY, JTTTNE 2nd. AFTERNOON TRIPS to CLEVEDON and BRISTOL. -Cardiff 2.15 and b4.15 pm, Br 'Stol 5.30 pm, Clevedou 7.30. Fare3: Clertdon. Is. 6d.; Bristol, 2s. THURSDAY, JCSE 3rd. CLEVEDON and BRfSTOL. -Cardiff 2.40 pm, Bristol 7.30, Clevedon 3.20. Fare (either placf), 2e. llEHEAD, Via Vv t^TON.—Ca:ail £ 3.0 pm, Mine- head 7.0 p.m. Fare, 2-. 6d. CLEVEDON and BRISTOL.—Cardiff M.O pai, Bristol 7.30, Clevedon S.20. Faret: Clevedcn, Is. Bristol, 2s. Doe# i,-c can at Zenana, a 1 tê'a.r' direct to Cardiff, eaUics at ^enarth on outward journey c !5ing trip. b renath 20 minutes earlier. 5 D" not call off Lvnmauth. d Peiiarth 30 xrunutes ear..01. h Penarth 2& minutes earlier. it Eenarih 40 minutae earlier, e Via Weston. Luggago ¡5 iraa*- ferTel to and from the Pteanier at Cardiff Vrw of Cna; g1?. THROUGH BOO K- if NZiTSS sro all TAFF VALE and RHYMNEY RAILWAY STATIONS to WESTON, MINEHflAD, and IIJEACOMBE. 1> ..Ir¡_r i'artieuiars, ncAeu, apply to WJ4- GUY, 70a, B'jte-fctreet; or T COOK. Uta SOU, 2. Daka-Strwet. CardiH. i»ie*raifl»: "iTimxow." Tel.. Cardiff. 211. a4376 Barry railway. MAGNIFICENT 4RED FUNNEL) STEAMERS. Daily Time Table Service to WESTON and ) Via ?ILFRACt?MBK, Wind, Weather, AccAent.% j Barry Hindrances, or ether Circuw.6t?1e"? permitting. .f?- Trains Cardiff Riverside—7.17, aS.15, 9.37, aW.la leave a.m" L. J, 2.32, 5.47, 7.15 .p.m. DaUyfor trotth—?.u. 10.3 ?.m., 1-S7, (,37 p.m. iD Bridgend—S.M, IL9 a.m., 1.48, 5.17 p.m. For Leave WMtoB—?.15, ?.49, M.55,all.4a?m., ?MLFHA- r ?°' ??' ?'?' ?'?' 9.35 p.m. IL F- _A?. 'Cardiff Riverside—9^37 a.m., 9.3. May ?ist Urid?end 8.39 s-m 00 ? CaUs MiMhead 21st. Return Min?head 5.«). June 30th Leave I1:acombe 4.15 p.m. daily. W h:t-Tueeday.—Afternc-on Trip Mmeheoad and Cruise. —Cardiff (Riverside) <.10. Intermediate times biUs. Minebead 7.10. Fares:—Minehead, 2s.; Cruise, 2a. 6d. Wednesday, 2nd.—Afternoon Trip §Ilfracombe.—Express Train Cardiff pm (intermediate times see bills), §Ilfracotnbe 6.45 pm. Fare, 2s. 6d. fPontypridd 10 minutes later. Calls off Lynmoutn to t frO. *L.%A stearuer for Forth and Bridgend sections, a. Theee apply to Whit Monday and Tuesday only. Through bookings from all barry, Tail, Rhymney Stations. E. LAKE. General Manager. a4560
I CHILDREN DROWNED
I CHILDREN DROWNED ] While walking along two narrow planks over a pond at Cleethorpes on Monday after- noon, Eliza Thomas (6) and Gladys Yatee (7) j fell into the wai-ar a^id were drowned. Jaxik Thomas, the nine-year-old brother of one of the victims, made an unsuccessful attempt at reeoue. When the bodies were recovered life was found to be extinct.
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FROM ALL QUARTERS i -
FROM ALL QUARTERS Flour was advanced one penny per dozen pounds by the grocers a,t Ashton-under-Lyne yesterday. The Hit-chin Board of Guardians has 'aipciintei Mr. Jfiddieton, an ex-guardian, as porter at the tiniom. workhouse.. The old rectory at Caversham, which was j the gift of King Henry VIII. to Cardinal } Wolsey. is to be- sold in a few days. For the first time since his accident, eleven WEEKS ago, Mr. Jesse Collings was removed yesterday from his bed to a couob. A serious outbreak of diphtheria and scai-lel fever HAS oc<: urT ,,f. at Ep.p-ing-, and the local isolation hospital is taxed to the fall. vIr. Edward Eeinach, of Kensington Gere, W., and Bletchingley, Surrey, merchant, bal left estate of the gross value of £ 113,223. J The Crown Princess of Greece, with her children (says a yesterday's tetegram from Athens), has left for Trieste, on her way to England. 3FR. Thomas Lnndon, son of the late member, was selected yesterday as candidate for East Lime/ck at t-he local United Irish Leag-ue Convention. t When a girl of fourteen was remanded at Weft Ham yesterday charred with theft it was sta,ted tha.t she pickea the pocket of a, spectator during a hospital procession. In a. few days the old rectory cf Caversham is to be sold. It; possesses IZTANY historical jrsscciacioT!?, one of the most interesting BE in:* fchat it was the- gift of Henry VIII. to Cardinal Wo-LR-ey. The Leigh "Urban Council has decided to purchase a new dress for a lidy whose cos- tumo WAS damaged by catching in a pro- JI-C:ING fence. THE cost, however, is to be deducted from the contrator's bill. The Pittsburg Steel jlills have JM-T con- tracted with the Algoma Steel Company, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, for the delivery at the latter place of £ 100,COO wort& of machinery for the extension of the ?ll.-rm a?, sf plant. For the office of Vice-Chancellor of Cam- bridge University, Dr. A. J. Mason, MASTER of Pembroke, and Mr. _R. F..S-cott, master cf St. John's, were nominated yesterday. The elec- tion takes place to-day. ThB Re-R. Dr. Alexander McLaren, who RECENTLY resigned tha past-orate of Union C13.,6D.c4. MA.ncheeter, is leaving the city, in which he has lived for fifty years, for most <)'' which he has wonted as a minfeter oi the Gospel. Extensive preparations are being made at Newquay for the vit-it of the Prince and Princess of Wales'on June 8. Members of the German Imperial Pimily-pro,b,ably- the Crown Prince and Princess—are to visit the place in September.
NAVAL ARMAMENTSI
NAVAL ARMAMENTS I Mr. Carnegie is now engaged, there is reason to bolieve (says the special correspon- dent of the Daily Mail in Paris), in sound- ing the rulers of Europe as to what kind of reception a seheme for an international con- ference on armaments would have. Last vreek he had :m audience of the King of Italy and a conference with the political leaders. He saw, also, the President of the French Republic, and the Premier and lead- ing senators before he left for Enguand a few days ago. Mr. Carnegie never spoke with greater seriousness and earnestnes.s than when he talked to me of his plan. I flnd Europe in a ferment," he said, and nations gone Dreadnought' mad. Italy has just decided to spend on battleships many millions cf pounds which she can ill spare. Austria has embarked on the same insane programme; while France ha-s resolved on no fewer than 38 sea monsters as necessary to her security. Ali this is caused by German and British rivalry. H-re is the sovereign remedy for the malady from which Europe is suffering. The United States is the greatest industrial and the most peaceful nation; it is without pre- judices or special interests, and is in a posi- tion to invite the naval Powers to meet at a friendly conference and to endeavour to find common ground on which to co-operate with a view to avoiding the dangers of the course; they are now pur&uing. "The first duty is to discover what nation, if any, is at fault—on which nation must rest the responsibility of menacing the peace of the world. If any Power or Powers should. refuse to accept the invitation to meet in friendly conference, it would be clear where the responsibility rested. If such conference. were convened and any Power refused to enter the lea-sue of peace to submit to arbi- tration all questions arising in future on sea, and to agree that private property shall bo immune on sea as now on land, then also it would be clear where the blame must rest for continuinthe present intolerable condi- tions."
OVERTURNED BOAT I
OVERTURNED BOAT I Ernest Sand berg, of Cleethorpes, master I of the steam trawler Cecile, of Thorshaven, Faroe, and one of the four survivors of the boating disaster at Stornaway on Sunday I morning, stated in an interview on Monday that he and five others were on board the l Grimsby steamer Nelly Bruce waiting for an opportunity to be taken off to their steamers when they saw a small boat with four men. They hailed the craft, which was brought alongside, and the six men got into her. After getting clear of the fishing fleet clustered around the wharves they found themselves exposed to choppy seas with a strong' wind, and as the boat was taking water she was rowed towards the steps at a wharf wall. When approaslMusr the steps the boat eame broadside on to the waves and imme- diately sank. Sandberg, by a great effort, succeeded, in swimming ashore, as also did a second man. A third man managed to clamber on boa.rd a fishing boat and rescued a fourth seaman with a rope. The two latter were Ernest Orower, back of Albert- street, Grimsby, belonging to the Grimsby boat Hermia, and the man saved by hitn Michael Sullivan, a native of Aberdeen, and a fisherman on board the Grimsby liner Zanobia. Sandberg immediately secured assistance, and the boat put off to the spot. The bodies of Malcofen Munro, owner of the overturned boat, and of Alexander Morison were found floating a few yards away, bat the bodies of the other four victims were not recovered until low water, some time later.
SCOTCH MINERS' WAGES I
SCOTCH MINERS' WAGES I The Scottish Coalowners' Association, meet- ing at Glasgow on Monday, decided to with- draw from the Conciliation Board and to take awpe to enforce the proposed reduction of miners' wages. Nearly 80,000 miners &re involved. The Conciliation Board had failed to agree upon the owners' claim for a reduc- tiOIl of wages by 121 per cent., and the miners' representatives had insisted on main- taining the minimum of 6s. per day, reject- ing the proposals to appoint a neutral chair- man. The eoaJowners' on Monday decided that the miners' action gave them no alternative but to give notice terminating the Conc-ila- tion Board. They also decided that the state of trade rendered a substantial reduc- tion in mme.rs' wages imperative.
PONTYPRIDD STIPENDIARY I
PONTYPRIDD STIPENDIARY I Next week Mr IJeufer Thomas will go to London in order to be sworn in before one of the judges of the High Court (probably the Lord Chief Justice) as stipendiary magis- til"ate for Pontypridd, in succession to the late Mr. Arthur Lewis. The new stipendiary proposes to take his seat at Pontypridd on Wednesday, the 16th inst.
MR. MARTIN RESIGNS OFFICESI
MR. MARTIN RESIGNS OFFICES I Mr. E. Martin has appanwrtly determined not to withdraw bis resignation of the chair- manship, and even the membership of Swan- sea Education Committee. He has written a Jetter which will be read at the next meet- ing signifying formally his retirement, and intimating that he has also resigned his peat on the Welsh University Court and the Central Welsh Board
INDO CEYLON "RAILWAY I
INDO CEYLON "RAILWAY I SIMLA, Monday. Lord Morley has sanctioned the proposed In do-Ceylon Pailwul in connection with the nrojeot for making a viaduct a??rcea tb? F.10.i= Cha?nn?J. and instituting a ferry betwem Daneshkodi and Manar. The South Indian Railway is financing the schema.- Iteuter.
I DEADI ILIVERPOOLEX-MAYORDEADI
I DEAD I I LIVERPOOL EX-MAYOR DEAD I Mr. Edward Lawrence, a well-known Liver- pool citizen, died on Monday, aged 84 years. He was mayor of Liverpool in 1864, and in 1855 contested Lancaster, but was unsuccess- ¡ ful on petition, the election being declared void, and in 1867 the borough was dis. franchised.
CYCLJNG ACCIDENT AT CARDIFFI
CYCLJNG ACCIDENT AT CARDIFFI John Everleigh, aged 36. a coaltrimmer, of 28, Emily-street, Rooth, was thrown from a bicycle on Monday, and was taken to Cardiff Infirmary with injuries to the head and hand.
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I A Stopped Funeral.
I A Stopped Funeral. RICH EAST END ECCENTRIC'S DEATH. J Yesterday Dr. W. Wynn Westcott held a.n inquest v.ith reference TO the death of \1:r. J George Thompson, aged 79, a rstireid timber | M«r<YHAAIT. THe DECEASED wa-s a very w,ealthy j gentleman, but had absolutely refused to | allow arvyo'n-.J to live in the HOUSE with, him, alfhoagih he was bedridileu for tlhe past fif- teen years The Coroner said the funeral of the rloceased HAD been stopped, ailtho<ngh a. certificate ûf death was giten by a doctor, The registrar of deaths, in hi-s official capacity, very rightly made inquiries into the cape, and got to hear of an accident or ivjttry the deceased received in his hones in a mysterious fashion. Dr. Blakl said I DEATH was due to heart failure from senile j decay. The jury returned a verdict of ■ J>ea.th from natural causes."
I30,000 Children
I 30,000 Children ENJOY HOLIDAY TREATS IN CARDIFF I Whit-Mo-nday has come to be regarded as th^ e children's holiday, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to estimate the sum total o.f disappointment that can be caused by wet weather. It is equally difficult, on the aHte,r hand, to 'measure the happiness and I which sunshine brings to many thousands of young hearts. Happily, there was no rain toO MAR their enjoyment or damp their juvenile ardour yesterday, and they, in common with their seniors, can look back npon THE last Whit-Monday oi all as one of the brightest and best. From Cardiff alone there was a exodus of Sunday school scholars to the various suburban di s,t.ricts surrounding the city. Thirty thousand would be a reasonable estimate of the number conveyed by trains^ breaks, wagons, and all other kinds of available vehicles, and to 82.9 them as they walked in procession to the various starting points, headed by braes bands and carry ing banners, was H." pretty as it WAS an impressive spectacle. Throughout tha. earlier part of the morning the i-nain ST-T^ETS and thorough- fares rang with the lively chatter and merry laughter of the youngsters. From the Rhyianay Station alone 10,240 children were booked to Llamehen. Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach. and other places, added to which number were adults, while 4,500 people were carried into Cardiff by the same cotn- pan<y. OROS^NG over t? n: Taff Vale Station one found that the traffic r&turns there were itp to the average, about 15,000 people bains brought into the city from the Ehondda, Merthyr, and Aberdare VaUeys, and about 3,500 school-children were TC ken to Eadyr and Sully. From the Great Western Railway section of the Taff Vale the bookings amounted -to while on the Great Wes- tern loailway main down line over 2,000 people travelled during the day. Then, on the Barry line there were 5,702 bookings at the Riverside Station, the majority -goinp7 down to Barry Island or to the Bed Funnel boats. Excursion traffic on the Great Wes- tern Railway up line WAS ako heavy, about, 6,500 people availing themselves of the excur- ons run to London, Tintern. Abergavenny, CaeTqeon, and other places. It need hardly be added that many thousands of trippers went acrosa to Weston, Clevedon, Bri?tol, Tlfraeombe, Minehead, and Chepstow on the White and Red Funnel steamers, the day oeing perfectly ideal for a blow on the briny. in uardiri WIE principal attractions were the boiler;1la}:ers' sports and band contests at the Sophia Gardens, the attendance number- ing quite ten thousand. For a wonder there was no eisteddfod held in the city, and, not- withstanding the figures already given, there were enough people parading St. Mary-street 4nd Queen-street to fill all the public halls of Cardiff. Having e r.lrausted the day plea- sures, there was the usual holiday invasion of the New Theatre, the Empire, the Panop- ticon, and other places 0If a.musement in the evening, and in taking a survey of the manner in which people enjoyed themselves and of their number in the AGGREGATE one oannot HELP wondering what the invasion of the Welsh Metropolis will be like during the run of the WCMI National Pageant at tno end of July and the beginning of August. Brass Band Contests at Cardiff Band contests formed part of the pro- gramme of attractions at the Cardiff Boiler- makers' Sports in the Sophia Gardens on Monday. Six braes bands entered for the test, OM Favonrit, the competition being governed by the rules of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Brass Band Association. The first prize W.9,,3 zC8, and the second ES. The entrants were: —Maesteg Volunteer Institute (Mr. Jury), TonYpandy Hibernians (Mr. G. H. Thomas), Ehymney (Mr. S. Hadeliffe), Maesteg Hibernians (Mr. J. Beard), Ynyshir and District (Mr. William Day), and Maesteg League of the Cross (Mr. A. Howarth). Mr. John Gladney (Manchester) was the adjudicator, and his decision was:- Ma?steg Hibernian  I Maesteg VcluntMr Institute 2 Maesteg League of the Cross 5 I The second test included select pieces frorr. the works of Mozart. The prizes weTe: I 1st, 112; 2nd. £ 5; 3rd. L3. Only three bands competed, with the following ivsult:- 1st, Blaina Lancaster Town 13and (con- ductor, Mr. J. B. Yorke;. 2nd, Tonyp-andy Hibernian (Mr. G. H. Thomae). I 3rd. Aber Yale Silver Band (Mr. Jones Roberts).
I.L.P. DEMONSTRATIONSI
I.L.P. DEMONSTRATIONS I The members of the South Wales Federa- tion of the Independent Labour Party held their annual demonstration at Whitmore Bay, Barry Island, on Monday. Ninety-two branches were represented. In the morning an open-air meeting w-as held at Barry Dock, Dr O. F. Sixsmith presiding over a large audience, and the speakers included Mise Hannah Burgess (Hixldersfleld), Mr. WaJter Ayles. and Mr. W. Bottomley (Leeds). The afternoon meeting was held on the sands, and a number of speakers addressed a huge concourse of people. Mr. J. E. Edmunds, Taffs Well, presided, and addressee were delivered by Messrs. Joe Burgess (Brad- ford), G. H. Bibbings (Cardiff), W. C. Ander- BOn (Manchester), Mr. W. Black, Mr. W. Ayles, and others. In his remarks Mr. Bibbings said he observed by the press that the freedom of Cardiff was to be conferred upon Lord Tre- degar. What of thai ? Last year Lord Tre- degar graciously allowed coal to pass over the park mile to Newport and receired £ 33,000 for doing so.He (the speaker) believed in life through labour being made a round of intellectual enjoyment. (Applause.) Another meeting was held in the evening.
DEATH OF IRISH M.P. I
DEATH OF IRISH M.P. I Mr. P. A. MHogh, M.P. for North SItgQ, Who had been lying ill in a private hoepital at Etobdin, died on Monday. He was returned for ttoat division, ae well as for North Lea trim, at the general election, but elected to sit for North Sligo. Mr. M'Hngh, who wa<s born in 1856, was educated for the Roman Catholic ministry, but, declining Orders, he taught sciencend classics in the Athlone and Sligo Interme- diate Schools. He was the owner of the "Sligo Champion," and bad undergone im- prjsoniment for political offences in IreLajuL
GRIEF AT THE LOSS OF WIFEi
GRIEF AT THE LOSS OF WIFE i A pathetic story was unfolded at an inquest held at H-allon Monday on the body of an old man of 70, named Henry Ombolre, a shipwright. The deceased's wife died in January, and since that time he had fretted a great deal, with the result that his health suffered, and at times his mind wandered. Matters culminated in hia hanging himself to his bed with a soarf.-A verdiotof "Suicide whilst of unsound mind" was returned.
ROYAL VISIT TO RHONDDA
ROYAL VISIT TO RHONDDA The arrangements for the forthcoming visit to the Rhondda of her Royal Highness Princess Louise and his Grace the Duke of Argyll are well ahead, and we have been asked by Mr. Tom Daviefi, Ton Pentre, the secretary, who has the arrangements in hand, to request all those who intend presenting addresses to her Royal Highness on July fe to communicate with him at onoo.
. WOMAN DISGUISED AS MAN.…
WOMAN DISGUISED AS MAN. The SwiM police arrested an Italian burglar near St. Gall after a fierce struggle. and were astounded when their prisoner oonfeasoo tha-t "he" was a woman. It waa found that the Italian authorities had been looking for the woman, who is accused of having committed many burglaries along the troratier while disguised as aman. She calls herself Portia."
DEATH OF LADY ADAIRI
DEATH OF LADY ADAIR I News was received at Aldeburgh on Mon- day of the sudden death at Tunbridge Welle of Lady Adair, widow of the late Sir Hugh Adair, Bart., of Adair Lodge, Aldeburgh, and Flixton Hall, Bungay, Suffolk.
FRENCHMAN WINS MARATHON. I
FRENCHMAN WINS MARATHON. New York, Monday.—Orpher (France) won the Marathon race for £ 2,000 at Brighton Beaoh to-day. Cibot (France) was second. The winner's time was Zh. 59min. 57sec.— Reuter. I
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IRecord flight Ended
I Record flight Ended I BY COLLISION WITH A TREE Disaster to Zeppelin The Second The longest voyage ever made by an air- ship came to a tragic end on Moudav. Zeppelin II. had travelled over 900 miles, She had been nearly forty hours in the air when disaster came, and was within 70 miles of her destination—the Lake of Con- stance. I Dashed into a Tree GOEPPINGEN (1-v uertemberg), Monday. Coun t Zeppelin's airship has run into a tree quite close to this town, her bow being stove in.—Keuter. BERLIN, Monday. Dis;patche.s from Goeppingen give more pre- cise details of the accident which happened to the airship Zeppelin II. to-day. It appears that Count Zeppelin was bring- ing his airship to earth for the purpose of replelllshing his supply of benzine when he ran violently into a tree, the branches of which tore a great hole, nine metres in dia- meter, in the balloon. The total collapse of THA 1:1.ze balloon, which is 136 metres In length a.ad 13 metres in diameter, was prevented by the fact that it is divided into seventeen separate compart- ments, whereof only two were injured. or In- stead of relying on the uninjured compart- ments, and making an attemnt to continue his Sight, Count Zeppelin decided to end the fiight and carry out the necessary repairs, for which purpose he has sum- moned his own men from Friedrichshafen. INA ispa-ir o-f the airship is now being carried out T,N^ER' his Personal supervision. rna corrected time of the voyage is 37h. 55rnin., the distance covered being approxi- mately 1 ,TOI) kilometres (nearly 940 milee), truly an amazing record.—Central News. Extent of the Damage GOEPPING-EN, Monday, 5.30 p.m. The ai. rship lies on hilly ground extremely unfavourable for landing. While the shat- tered DOW rests on the ground owing to the slope, the inner core of the airship is raised some 60ft. in the air. The damage is very serious, and a continuation of the voyage this evening or to-night cannot be thought of TIMBERS of aluminium stays lie shattered in front of the tree into which the airship ran, mingled with the branches of the tree, which are broken off -hort. It was not until a quarter to five that six sappers, under a lieutenant, arrived ol the scene. They were followed shortly ftT"e wards by the commander of a battalion of engineers stationed at Ulm, who brought half a company to assist the count. As. however, A strong breeze had sprung) up aoout four o'clock, the airship had already been turned with the help of the crowd of spectators, in order to bring it into a position more SHELTERED from the wind. A number of Zeppelin II.'s orew are at work clearing away the broken aluminium stays. The high road close by is so crowded thatt. traffic is carried on at considerable danger to life and limb. I up to the PRESENT the weatiher has been fairly sunny and bright, and it is hoped that the breese will not freshen, for if any- thing in the NATURE of a storm should spring up the airship might be seriously cii,da,ngered.-Reuter. To Fly the Channel An aeroplane has bean conveyed to Boulogne from a Paris factory for Major HHI, who purposes to attempt the crossing of the Onanriel vrith Mr. Seymour as pilot. The machine has been TAKEN to Ambleteiis-a V lrxage, six milas north of Boulogne, where it has been housed until a propitious occa-I sion for fiyinig presents itself.-PAuter.
PILGRIMS IN SPAINj
PILGRIMS IN SPAIN VIGO, Monday. The Archbishop of Westminster, on behalf of the British pilgrims whcm he conducted to the shrine of St. James at Santiago de Oom-pcstela, addressed the following tele- gram to King Alphango:- Fifty Catholics from England, going for the first time since the days of the United Faith in pilgrime.ge to Santiago, respect- fully salute his Catholic Majesty, and promise earnest prayers for the welfare of his Majesty, of the Queen, and of the Royal children. His grace received the following telegram in reply:— The King has received your telegram, and bids me convey to you his earnest thanks. —Majordomo. The most striking welcome has been extended to th. party on all hands. The Minister of Justice sent a cordial message in the name of the Government, and' the Governor of Corunna conveyed respectful salutations to Archbishop Bourne, and also to Mrs. Neville, one of the visitors, who is a sister of Mr. Reginald M'ICenna, the British Admiralty First Lord. I At Santiago the mayor and town con-noil held receptions, and the archibiehop was I elected an honorary fellDw of the Royal University. On the return journey from Santiago to Vigo there were the same extraordinary manifestations of goodwill. To-day the party journeyed by motor to the famo,us hydro of Mondariz, where they were received by Monsignor Farinas—Oewtral News.
- AFTER THE RACES I
AFTER THE RACES I A gentleman believed to be Captain Her- bert .William Duckworth, of the York and Lancaster Regiment, who had been staying or the past six days in a private note! in Craven-street, Strand, was admitted to the Charing Cross Hospital on Monday suffering from a terrible revolver wound in the head, which resulted in his death. It is stated that the deceased's behaviour at the hotel was perfectly sane and rational, but it is believed that he lost heavily at the Epsom Race Meeting, whi-oh he attended last week. He breakfasted with other gueetti at the hotel at nine o'clock on Monday morning. He then went upstairs again, and shortly afterwards the landlady heard a shot. A policeman was called, and found him lying on the floor of hie bedroom wounded in the head. I
WOUNDING A SWEETHEART. I
WOUNDING A SWEETHEART. I Edward Paoter, nineteen, a brass trimmer. w,ad charged at Lambeth yesterday with maliciously woundinig Emily The proseeotrix said she had been going out with the prisoner for fourteen momm. At half- past six o'clock on Saturday morning she was in Lower Kennington-lane, when the pri- soner met her and exclaimed: "It's got to be done." He then pulled a knife out of bis pafeket, and tried to get it across her -throat She put her hand up, and recessed the knife on her arm. Her arm was cut, and sha had to hve it sewn up. The Prisoner: I maei have been out of my mind when I iffid it. had no intention of doing it.. '.rn. prisoner w,a,g remanded for a week, but was released on his brotbaes bail.
MURDER ON A MOUNTAIN.-I
MURDER ON A MOUNTAIN. I A romantio secret of buried treasure was lately confided to a Turkish merchant by & Mahommedan priest in a, village near Sarajevo, Bosnia. At the priest's suggestion the merchant took a large sum of money in his pockets "to bring luck," and the two set out in search of the hidden wealth. At & lonely spot in the mountains indicated by the priest, the Turk began digging; while the other ocezipi-ed the time praying for suooefis. No treasure, however, came to light, but when the hole had become large enough to hold a man's body the priest approached from behind, struck down the merchant with an axe, robbed him, and buried him in the g-ra,ve the murdered man had dug. The priest has been arrested and has confessed.
MILLIONAIRE'S BIBLE CLASS.…
MILLIONAIRE'S BIBLE CLASS. I In New York the question who shall lead the Bible climss at the Fifth-avenue Baptist Qhuroh excites as muoh interest as the ques- tion who shall succeed Mr. Spurgeon, the famous pastor of the Metropolitan Taber- na>cle, created in London. It is hoped that Mr. J. D. Roehefeller, jun., will be persuaded again to undertake the office, which be Tesdgned two years ago on account of ill- health and pressure of office work. During his 14eadorship the class attained national importaaice, and no Monday's paper was com- plete without a report of the young mil- lioinaire's "straight talks to young men."
CHURCH MOVED BY WAGONS.
CHURCH MOVED BY WAGONS. The mission churoh at Moore water, near Liskcard, has bee,n transported on timber wagons to a more suitable site on the main rood. The church was placed on the wagons by means of powerful jacks, and slid into its new position on st-eel rails, the work of ba/ulag-o being accomplished by six powerful horses. The structure was of wood, with a.n iron rootf, and woighed several tons.
IPATHOS OF A 2-YEAR-OLD PU(I.…
PATHOS OF A 2-YEAR-OLD PU(I. I The following pathetic obituary notice of a pug appears iai "The Kennel News":— April 13, IIN.-S=bo Prestbury, died of pneumonia, aged one year and eleven montm. "Loved by all." 'Twas all over! A moment fltaly I Stood the beauteous Vi3iOn there, Tlien the little face lay lifeless, StiU Uta "fetxfc ttirnAa tiuottsh the sir."
IWelsh Premier Dead
I Welsh Premier Dead IlIFE OF THE HON. THOMAS PRICE ADELAIDE. Monday. The death is announced of the Hon. T. Price, Prime Minister of South Australia. Mr. Price had been failing since his return from England, and had been an invalid since the last session of Parliament.-Reut-er.. Mr. Price, who was the first Labour Premier of South Australia, visited England last year, and received a public welcome in THE LATE HON. THOMAS PRICE. Liverpool, where he spent the early years of his life. He was born in 1852 in North Wales, and ho married a daughter of the late Mr. Edward Lloyd, timber merchant, of Liver- pool. Mr. Price was educated at St. George's School, Everton, was apprenticed to a mason, and carried oil business as a stonecutter in Liverpool for several years, emigrating to Australia -in 1883. After his arrival in Adelaide he soon came to the front as a leader of the South Aus- tralian Labour Party, and had been a mem- ber of the House of Assembly since 1893. He afterwards held the offices of Commissioner of Public Works and Minister of Education. He had been Premier since 1905. j Mr. Price arrived in England last year in order to take some little rest and holiday io his native Wales after three years of strenuous work in his threefold office, and also after an absence of 25 years from the country. He stated that his object in coming was to recuperate his health and strength, and also to see the opening of the Anglo-French Exhibition. He waa also anxious to see the graving docks and other docks at Cardiff. "You know," he said, "I am a bit of a curio—the first labour Premier to visit theee shores from the Colonies. My health claims my first care, but I confess that the dredging plant is a great magnet to nie. I am anxious to inspect it as fully and as early as possible. Our harbour works are really big and important ones, and we are not above learning some- thing from up-to-date Cardiff. Another thing I want to do while here is to flel the pulse of the market-the money market. In twelve months from now South Australia has four millions of old loan falling in, and I want to see about re-flotation." r
IDEPLORABLE IGNORANCEI -_,__…
DEPLORABLE IGNORANCE I _I The Duke of Devonshire, speaking on Mon- day at the Mansfield Agricultural Show, said that, while not wis-hing to indulge in obser- vations upon matters which had painfully obtruded themselves upon their notice during the past few weeks, he oonId not help saying that in future they would not only have to look at things as they were, but at things as they were not. After land had been divested of everything, they had to arrive at a capital value, and on that they had to pay a contribution to the State. If they made a mistake they would be heavily penalised. They were taxed if they were right and taxed if they were wrong, taxed if they kept land and taxed if they sold it. He could not help thinking that if his Majesty's Ministers would spend their Whitsuntide vacation in visiting agricultural shows and acquainting themselves with the difficulties that agricul- turists had to contend with, they would not be in such a deplorable state of ignorance when they returned to the House as many appeared now to be.
THE BARBER'S POLE.I
THE BARBER'S POLE. Although the modern barber doee not make such a point of displaying the conventi-onal striped pole as was once oGanmonly the case, this quaint object may be seen in many parts of the country. It htifcs a strange origin, end one which- accounts for the red and white stripes with which it is invariably painted. In years gome by it was the usual custom among barbers to co-mbine surgery with their other accomplishments, end the striped pole is the modern representation of the bleeding staff carried by the old-time barber in the practice of his arts. It was the cus- toon then of village practitioneja to give a staff to their patients to grasp while in bed; the stripes were formed by the tape which waos Wound round the staff when not in use, and so signified on the painted pole of to- day. In Edinburgh and other Scot-t-ish towns to the pole is frequently ailded a, cupping I dish of bright brass. I
TOLSTOY AT HOME.I
TOLSTOY AT HOME. I A tourist who recently visited Tolstoy writes:—" Tho venerable man makes heroic efforts to disregard the pain which is the natural aecompaiameti-t of the malady from which he is suffering, and when he can do so he takes long walks, knowing full well that the next day he must pay the penalty in his armchair. His industry is unchecked. He is writing a, history of the revolutionary, movement of 1906-8, and labours diligently on his bock entitled, "Children's Wisdom," which coxwkts of queetapiis asked by ohildxen of threklers and the answers. lIe is writing also a treatise on Oapfucius and a book on India. His correspondence is tremendous, but he directs it personally and enjoys doing it."
COST OF GROUSE SHOOTINGS-I
COST OF GROUSE SHOOTINGS I Shootings in Scotland, Ireland, and the North, of England are now being let for the autumn, and the prospects for the season, both for the sportsman and the landowner, are exoeSent. Many of the lettings are com- paratively cheap this year; grouse moors of about 1,000 acres (yielding a bag of 70 brace) can be rented for the season for £ 40; while mixed shootings (including grouse, par- tridges, pigeons, and rabbits) can be Obtained for however, are the minor ilet.t,ings. The following illustrate the costli- ness of this form of sport: 800 brace grouse, twenty stags, and large lodge, rent LI,250 for season; 675 brac-e grouse and castle, g750 for season; 25 stags and lodge for one month, LWO.
"FRIENDLY" BOXING BOUT. I
"FRIENDLY" BOXING BOUT. As the result of a. demonstration of "la bo-xe" given to a, tadlor at his own request, Mr. G. S. W. R-us'bridger, second lieutenant ijr in the West Riding Regiment, has just been sentenced to a fiIMlo of L20 at Pontoise, in France, for injuring the taik>r. M. Antoine Moissa, the tailor in question, lives at AuInay-sotts-Bois, where Mr. Busbridger was staying, and invited him to a friendly oont. which ended, unfortunately for both parties, in the tailor sustaining a fractured rib. Smarting with defeat and injury, !-to lodged a complaint against the Englishman, who, having left France, was sentenced in default, states the "New York Herald," to two years' imprisonment, the maximuin penalty. Hear- ing of this, Mr. Fiusbridger entered an oppo- sitim to the judgment, the case was re- opened, and the ?&mtence was reduced to the above fine. I I
X40,000 FRAUD ALLEGED.
X40,000 FRAUD ALLEGED. The Paris judicial authorities are en?a?ed in investigating the charge of fraud against a certain transport agency, alleged to have caused the State and other railway oom- Ipanie3 prejudice to the amount of fAo,ooo. The agency in question had itB headquarters in Paris, and, it ia stated, employed about a dozen special messengers, who regularly travelled between the capital and Bordeaux with largo quantities of goods as personal luggage. As the result of inquiries conducted in Paris and Bordeaux, four of these tra- vellers were arrested at the latter city. It was found that between them they were responsible for nearly thirty parcels, weigh- ing about 3Jcwt. The agency will be prose- cuted for infringement of the State and rail- way companies' regulations.
58 YEARS IN ONE HOUSE. I
58 YEARS IN ONE HOUSE. Mr. and Mrs. William Newman celebrated their diamond wedding yesterday in the old ,hou--)e at Kennington Oval, where they have liv-ed for the last 58 years. The bridegroom of 60 years ago is now a white-htaired man in this eighty-ninth year, and his wife is 83, but -both are einguTarly free from the infirmities of advanced age. Yesterday, when they wel- comed their family and friends to the oM- world garden behind their ho-uae., they were as bright and cheerful as the youngest there. Mr. Newman, who was an enthusiastic cricketer in his younger days, talked of the time when the Oval was a market garden, its opening as a cricket ground 64 years ago being fresh in his memory. Mrs. Newman chatted gaily of her wedding day and of the whi-t-e satin dress which she were.
-I A BATTLE OF SHOVELS. I
A BATTLE OF SHOVELS. A Homeric fight is new raging at Ghalk, a little village about two miles and a half j from Gravesend. The rival parties aro the Kent County Council and Mr. J. Br-, the most important farmer in the neighbourhood, and others. The county oaunoil insist on having a trench kept open in a large garden adjoining the main road to Rochester, and the owners of the garden, whose cause is championed by Mr. Brann, protest against the interference. For the last few days a number of men sent by the council have been engaged in digging the trench, but they have been met by an equal number of Mr. Branil's farm hands, who have shovelled back the earth into the pit as fast as the attacking pa-rc-y dug it out.
AFGHANS ATTACK BRITISH.
AFGHANS ATTACK BRITISH. Peshawar, Monday.—Afghan tribesmen, armed with modern rifles, have assembled in large numbers, and have attacked the British subjects who are engaged in repairing the irrigation canal works on t. Ri'tsSteh side of the frontier at Khai'lachs, in Kuram, and eince yesterday morning t.here has been heavy intermittent firing between Afghans and the Kuram Militia. The latter are stationed in the British outpost to protect the canal against raids, which have la,tely been frequent. The cultivators on the British side of the border are Sikhs, but the Afghans are igamnds, hence the occurrence has a religious as well as a political significance. "Times" (per Press Association). 1?! 11
18th CENTURY STYLE FUNERAL
18th CENTURY STYLE FUNERAL The doctors have given up hope for the life of M. Ohauchard, the octogenarian millionaire, who founded the Louvre storea, and whose beaultiful white house in the Bois de Boulogne is known to every one who has vieited Paris, V. Chauchard, who is a self- made man, has for many years given away great sums of money in oharity, and he has in his will made arrangements for a mag- nificent funeral in eightee nth -centu r y style. These arrangements, it may be remembered, nearly caused a strike of funeral mutes three weeks ago. But it is- by his art collection that M. Chauchard is best known. This was recently estimated for insurance purposee at £ 720,000.
SYNDICATED DINNERS.I
SYNDICATED DINNERS. I AssoeiaAdons-for sport or pleasure are com: mion enough, but that anyone should contem- plate a, private dining syndicate is certainly novel. Yet a gentleman of Lens has hit upon this brilliant idea, and he an-noumcee the fact in the advertisement columns of the local newspaper. Here is bis advertisement: ? KNTLEMAN, ba.&h?or, & great lover of cajvo' beads, only able to obtain a whole head, which he finds it impossible to consume, wis 1MS to find one or more companions to dine with him three times a week and share expenses.—Address, in the first Instance, under the initials R.D., offioo of this journal. Here is enterprise.
TOBACCO NOT ALLOWED.
TOBACCO NOT ALLOWED. Several paupers of the Okehampton Work- house hav4D made themselves useful by sitting up with sick inmates, and for this they were rewarded by the master with extra, tobacco. The Local Government Board, however, has declined to sa-notion the re- funding of the 12s. 9d. spent by the master. The guar-dians felt that the master should be re-Piaid, and thereupon subscribed the money.
I BETTER TO STOP A PINT SHORT
BETTER TO STOP A PINT SHORT "I've, got two children to dress up for Whit week, and I hope you'll look over it," pleaded Thomas Carey At Oldham yesterday, when charged with being drunk a.nd inoapable. "It would be much better for you to stop a pint short than make yourself incapable," said the chairman. "Pay five eMHinge."
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A Problem for the Jurj — MAN WHOSE AGE IS NOT KNOWN. ThiN Bethnal Gtoon Cordfier and a jury struggled for a long time vfesterday to arrive at the correct age of a man who had died in the workhouse. "I believe," said the widow, "he Was 62 oi «" Coronef: Believe' Don't you know yott own husband's ag'e? It wtralcl have beeit different if he had not known yottfs. A Son-in-law: According to a policy Of insurance lie \vas 58. The Coroner: That is no evidence. (To the widow): Tell me, when did you marry, and v/iis this policy taken out before or aftw maffi&ge? The Widow: I was married sixteen yeart ago, and the policy was taken out before that. "This policy is datad thirteen years ago, so she must be wrong as to her marriage on the policy," the coroner said. The son- in-law says 58, the widow 62, or 63, or per- haps 60, if she was married sixteen veatf ago. My officer says 64, and the Bethnal Green Workhouse books give him as 65. Now it is for you, gentlemen of the jury, to have a shot, and I wish you joy at it. (Laughter.) "1 think I was married sixteen years ago," the widow remarked, and a juror exclaimed, "You think it was sixteen years ago— well I'm blessed!" (Laughter.) The widow, it appears, was not even sure of the church in which she was married. Foreman: It is a most peculiar thing if she does not know when she was amrrieiL Coroner: It may be peculiar to you, but it is not peculiar to Bethnal Green. Some of them don't know when they were born or- where; some don't knew when married, and are even doubtful as to whether they are married at all. (Laughter.) Have you got your marriage lines? Widow: No. I have lost them. The jury, after consultation, thought the man must have given his 'correct age when he entered the workhouse, and that he was 64. "I should be inclined, if I were you, to agree with the policy," the Coroner said, explaining, "otherwise you will put the relatives to a great deal of trouble and expens-e over the policy. There is ample reason from the old man's point of view why he should t.ell a falsehood both ways. You see, he would give an .advanced age when going into the workhouse so as to get a snug job, and then a low a,ge for the policy of insurance to get better terms. We are all brought up as Christians not to tell untruths, but I am afraid a great many of us do. Christ.ia,nity is only skin deep, I am afraid." After further consultation the jury decided tb." man was aged 58 years.
BACTERIA IN FRESH ECCS.
BACTERIA IN FRESH ECCS. The results of a bacteriological study of fresh eggs were given to the International Congress on Applied Chemistry yesterday by Miss Mary E. Pennington, of the Food Research Laboratory, Bureau of Chemistry, U.S.A. The eggs dealt with were those of barred Plymouth Rock and white Leghorn fowls, and they were all laid within 48 hours. Bacteriological exami-natiou of 63 eggs showed the presence of J5 species of bacteria.. Of 26 fertilised eggs eleven had a greater number of bacteria in the yolk and nine in the white. In six the numbers were almost equal. Is nine unfertilised eggs only one white all<Ï three yolks showed the presence of organisir mould. Miss Jfennington salQ. taut, lot etor.age purposes unfertilised eggs were far preferable to fertilised.
THREE MEN IN A BOAT.
THREE MEN IN A BOAT. A Jersey telegram states tha.t the master of the fishing lugger Petrde, of Cancale (France), reports the loss of three of the crew who went fishing in a dory north-eai-t of the Koches Louvres on Friday night. A dense fog set in, and it is surmised that they missed the ship The men were spoken to on Saturday by anjother fishing boa.t, but they said that they did not require assistance. The Jersey States tug, the Duke of Nor- mandy, put out on Sunday, but nothing could be seen of them. The men have no provisions, and had only a. email quantity of water.
OVER-FISHED NORTH SEA.
OVER-FISHED NORTH SEA. Much concern is being caused to East Coast trawling companies and trawler owners by the very marked decrease in the size of catches from the Noarfch Sea. The fleets ara being compelled to go to Iceland, the Bay of Biscay, and the White Sea, in order to find. fish in payable Quantity, and the view is expressed that the North Sea, since the introduction of the steam trawler, has been so ceaselessly raked and scra-ped that the fish must have some years' rest before traw- lers can expect to make a decent haul there, and some owners seriously propose to transfer operations to the west coast.
TEACHER'S TRACIC END.
TEACHER'S TRACIC END. The Paris Figaro" reports the death at QLermonth-Ferrand of Miss Mary Suddard, 21 years of age, who taught English at the girls' high school in that town. She had had an attack of scarlatina, and was being nursed by her mother. While delirious Miss Sud- dard sprang from her bed, and, in spite of her mother's efforts to. held her back, she rushed for the window and threw hei-self from the apartment, which is on the fourth floo,. Death was instantaneous.
FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH.
FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH. I was going to be marriad to a girl, but any mother would not let me," said a Dublin cutler, named Robert Berry to a policeman w,ho arrested him on a charge of attempted suicide on, the railway line at Blackrock. The policeman saw the man lying between the rails just in time to save hie life before an aipproadhing tmin reached him. A well- dresged young lady applied to have the accused admitted to bail, but tihe magistrate said he would be better in prison on remand.
ROBBERY BY A BARMAN.
ROBBERY BY A BARMAN. A Birmingham ba.rma.n, Arthur Lomata, was yesterday sent to gao.1 for a month foi robbing his employers, the proprietors ol the Crown Hotel, Station-st.reet. The stock being frequently short., detketiva visited the hotel aa customers, and when one of the officers jumped the counter he found that Lore as had registered 3d. for a. 6d. purchass and pocketed the other 3d.
WHERE WESLEY PREACHED
WHERE WESLEY PREACHED Several thousand people attended the his- toric service at Gwennap Pit, Cornwall, yes- terday, the preachei being the Rev. J. E. Ratteubury, of the West Lomdon) Mission. Service has been held on Whit Mondays for over ZOO years. The pit, which was a favourite preaching place of John Wesley, is a large amphitheatre constructed in the Middle Ages for the perfarmanco of Cornish Miracle Plays.
LAUNDRY BURNED DOWN.
LAUNDRY BURNED DOWN. A disastrous fire took place in the NewrJ Steam Laundry, situated in Queen-street, Newry, last night, and raged with such furs that the entire buiidings were burned down The Frontier Waterworks Company's pre mises, situated olose by, wer^.alao enveloped and partly destroyed, and altogether the damage is estimated at £ 5,000. The origin oi the fire is unknown.
FIND OF BLACK SIXPENCES.
FIND OF BLACK SIXPENCES. Whilst turning ower old documents in hii drawer the new clerk of Southwark Union came across a packet, dated 1883, which, on ,being opened, was found to contain 47 of "Truth's" Christmas sixpences for the work- house children. They bad become quite black from not having been in circulation for 26 years. They are now to be given aa -prizes to the sohooikshaldrm.
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WHO BURNED JOAN OF ARC ?
WHO BURNED JOAN OF ARC ? Although Frenchmen themselves are by no I moans certain that it was the English who burnt Joan of Are, Mr. Edward Clarke, the Mayor of Hastings, has no doubt ox tile fact. At the Rouen celebrations in honour of the Maid of Orleans yesterday he made a epeeoh, in which he said;—"The English know the history of Joan of Arc better than the French. It was not the clergy who burnt the martyr, it was the English, and they bitterly regret their aot to-day. Mr. Clarke's speech has caused considerable comment in Ro-uen.
WHEN -JACK -TAR -WEDS.1
WHEN JACK TAR WEDS. 1 On Sunday afternoon a remarkable scene followed a naval wedding at St. Saviour's Church, Scarborough. The bride was Miss HIidda. Staveleyi, and the bridegroom Mr. John n. Godfrey, of his Majesty's ship Hin- dustan. After the ceremony the horsee were taken out of the shafts of the carriage-con- taining the bride and bridegroom, ropes were then attached, and the happy pair d,rawn round the town by bluejackets under Petty Officer Finnis, of his Majesty's ship Formid- aible. The unusual wedding cortege attracted i considerable atten-tioia amongst visitors as it passed through the crowded streets.
ANOTHER AID TO CRIMINOLOGY
ANOTHER AID TO CRIMINOLOGY TTie Italian professor Tomassia has dis- covered a new process for the detection of prisoners with a criminal record by photo- graphing the veins on the back of the hand, which are different in different people. These are easily distinguishable by pressing the pulse of the subject or causing him to hold his hand downward while it is being photo- graphed.
ENGLISH OFFICER SHOT
ENGLISH OFFICER SHOT PESHA WAR. Monday. Captain Dermot Affleck Graves, of the Royal Engineers, was shot by a Mahsud tribesman between Bannu and Miranshaii on Friday last. The bullet entered above the heart, but the wound, though serious, is not dangerous.—Reuler.
ITragedy in a Convent
I Tragedy in a Convent I ATTEMPTED MUROER, THEN SUICIDE The "Berliner Tagehlatt" publishes details of a remarkable tragedy which has taken place at the Beinguine Convent a.t Bruges. For some time past the nuns of the coavent have lived in discord. A number of very old nuns complained that the newer arrivals des- troyed their ascetic calm, sum introduced disturbing elements into the convent life. They tried to prevent the admittance of more strangers, but, as the convent authori- ties decided against them, resolved to leave the institution, and found a home of peace for themselves. Wailing and weeping, the old ladies forsook the home which had sheltered them nearly All their lives. A few only of the older generation remained. One of the latter, on returning to the convent, after escorting her sistei-s, believed that she heard one of the younger nuns laughing over their triumph. A desire for revenge seized her, and she took a table- knife and drove it into the offender's breast. The incident was hushed up, and the wounded nun recovered. After several months spent in bed she suddenly appeared in the conveii-t garden. The old nun who had wounded her took this re-appearance as a sign that Heaven was against her and her cause, and that she had acted impiously in supporting the cause of the seceders. Struck with remorse, she went up to her room and killed herself.
IWHITSUN IN "CAY PAREE."
IWHITSUN IN "CAY PAREE." Whit Monday in Paris passed off in | glorious weather, with the thermometer at over Gdeg., but the heat was mitigated by a -northern breeze. There has been a steady influx of British visitors, and all the hotels are full to overflowing. One of the most amusing incidents of the holiday has been a fried potato contest. It was held at. Bagfolet, Potato fliers to the number of 80, with their stoves, lined up before a crowd of several thousand persons yesterday. Each provided his own potatoes and his own butter. At the word Goeach man or woma-n-thei-e were fifteen ■wo.men—ciiose six potatoes from a srock, peBled them, buttered the pan, and began to fry. There were two prizes; one for rapidity and one for excellence. Both were won by the same lady, who, emid cheers, asked permission to offer A glass of brandy to each of the judges, most of whom were in danger of collapse from indigestion.