Evening Express

From All Quarters M. Duhost has been re-edected president of the French Senaite by 230 votes out of 569, says Renter. The Queew has serot a gift of twenty phea- ea,nts to the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women. The new naval tug Atlas.fhich has been built at Chatham for China, and his bourra. toHomg Konig, put into Denver' last night. The King's Bouoity was yesterday received by Mrs. Ernest Ay res, wife of a Rushden shoemakerr, who recently gave birth to trip- lets. Eight youn-g prisioners at present under- going the Borstal system have been con- firmed in Wakefield Gaol by the Bishop of Wakefield. "Ln another six moniths I don't think my- eeflif that there will be any hansom cabs left in London, said a driver at the City Coroner's Court yesterday. With the object of forming a pack of beagles in has own country, Mr. W. F. Lewis, of New York, has purchased three couples of hounds from the Cockermo-uth Beagles. At a dinner to his farm hands, Mr. W. F. Peto, of Hungerford. announced that he hoped shortly to begin a system of co- partnership with the workers on his farm. Deposits made in the Seamen's Savings Banks during 1S08 (states a white-paper just issued) totalled EM,016, while the repayments amounted to £ 96,201, leaving1 a balance at the year of £ 224,228.

THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR I More Secret History I PARIS, Friday. "Le Monde Illustre," the weekly journal which last week published a series of sensa- tional revelations respect.ing the oircum- stances preceding the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan, prints another on the sa.me subject to-day. M. VJaddmir Bourtzeff. an interview with whom is embraced in the article, declares that the exactness of the information published last week has since been vouched for by a certain highly-plaoed diplomatist, who had conversa- tions on the subject with Count LamedorfF, and has communicated other matters of which he (M. Bourtzeff) hopes to make good use of another day. Then follow lengthy extracts from Count Lamsdorff's secret report to the Czar on the documents contained in the Orange Book, which report, it would appear, formed the basis of much of the contentions set forth in M. Silber's article. The most striking passage occurs towards the end, when Count Lamsdorff is quoted .as questioning whether the extraordinary action of Admiral Abaza in ne,goti-ating with the Japanese Ambassador and his secretary, as described last week, and the almost incredible altitude adopted by him did not in a, measure influence the decision of the Tokio Govern- ment not to wwait t,he official reply of the Russian. Cabinet.—Central News.

LOOKING FOR A FRIEND I Dennis O'Brien, collier, Blackwood, was summoned at the local court to-day for being disorderly and refusing to quit the George I-nn. Mr. Trevor C. Griffiths prosecuted. Mr. Hep-ton, the landlord, said that the man was drunk and pushed his way into the house, although ordered to stay outside. Witness called a police officer, and had the man ejected. Defendant sa.id that he only went to look for a friend, and he was ordered to pay 4s. 6d. costs.

ADDED DIGNITY J jtf, the City of London Coroner's Court, yesterday, Dr. Waldo scanned a policeman's uniform vainly endeavouring to find the officer's number. "These ocats makes a polioeman look like an. inspector, he re- marked, on being told the number on the ghoulder of the new overcoat instead of on the' collar.

Magistrate (at Acton yesterday): Five shillings or five days. Prisoner: Five days! 'Strewth! Judge. at Lambeth County-court yesterday to barrister; You put so much zeal into your case that you go beyond your place. J

tm imOE S SAUCE Whether your appetite be good or bad Hoe's Sauce will benefit you. It will stimulate a poor appetite, and keep a good one in order.

The Man in the Street. I A prophet with honour in, his own country, Sir William Grossman is acclaimed the man of the hour in his appointment as manager of. the new Labour Exchange at Cardiff. If the posi- tion had been thrown open to competi- tion, and every qualified man in South Wales had applied, it must be said that I a better selection could not have been j made. Sir William ought to be a proud man this day, and not entirely because of the appointment, which he certainly deserves, but because of the stream of congratulations that it has inspired. We are all trying to paint the lily in refer- ring to his sterling integrity and un- swerving honesty of purpose. And those who know him best are the loudest in their praise and good wishes. This is the mark of the upright man, that the people among whom he lives and works should be the first and the loudest in showering upon him the encomiums he so richly deserves. In all this there is no spark of jealousy. Throughout South Wales there is not a man who thinks he could fill the position better than Sir William, and, if the success of the new work depends on the manager, then the Cardiff Labour Exchange should prove the most efficient in the Unit-ed Kingdom. In the midst of the great stress of a General Election men of all parties and creeds willingly pause to pay their tribute to a man among men. From humble surroundings Sir William has risen to the highest position a citizen can attain in his own town, and his 19rd mayoralty will always be remembered as associated with one of the most important years in the history of Cardiff. His has been a career of romance, and Sir Wil- liam's many friends rejoiced exceedingly when the King did him the signal honour of conferring a knighthood upon him nearly three years ago. Before then he had attained many honours. Six times his neighbours returned him to the city council, the first time in 1892, thrice un- opposed, and he represented Cathays without a break until his elevation to the aldermanic bench two years ago. His honours were never sought, but were ever thrust upon him, and on the corporation no one has worked harder. He has filled practically every post on the city couffcil, has been chairman of several important committees, and as president of the Distress Committee alone it will be diffi- cult to find a successor equal to his ability, knowledge of municipal affairs, and undying energy. The same may be said of his work as a Poor-law guardian. All through Sir William has kept a cool, level head. His knighthood and the present reward of years of useful servce leave him as they found him. His con- nection with the Trades Council is well known, and if he was here the least appreciated, his work was none the less excellent, and I am glad to join with all Cardiff and South Wales in wishing him and Lady Crossman many more years of usefulness in the city which knows and esjeems him so well. About a month ago I was glad to be able to refer to the scheme put before the Pontypridd Education Authority by Mr. Arnott, whereby teachers and employers could confer regarding the ability and the inclinations of boys in their last year at school. This had the praiseworthy object of trying to stem the stream of lads into indefinite occupations, such as errand lads, that led to the even- tual increase of the unemployed, whose ranks'" are being constantly recruited by the sad condition of men w/ithout trades, men who have mis-spent their youth in a succession of situations that provided the immediate necessity of a wage, but no trade or useful specialised knowledge to warrant continuous employment. The necessity of the general adoption of some similar scheme is enforced by the experi- ence of one of my Barry readers, who informs me of the difficulty he had of apprenticing a relative to an engineer. The boy had, a decided inclination in that direction, but for some months it was a task of despair to find a firm to whom he could be apprenticed, and only last week the long-looked-for opportunity was presented. There ought to be some means of bringing the employers into touch with the employable, both men who have qualified and boys who want to learn a trade. The working class are helpless, and in the praiseworthy agitation for a return to the apprentice system it seems a pity that organisations are not every- where formed by which teachers can help lads leaving school to meet those who could put them on the right road without needless v. aste of good time. It is quite evident that the Cardiff Technical Instruction Committee will not be satisfied until they get a complete school in one building to re-place the present structures referred to yesterday by Mr. Lovat-Fraser as "a conglomera- tion of shanties." However, notwith- standing the present load of incon- veniences, there is no real need to hurry. It will be just as well to know what the cost is likely to be, and everything else concerning ways and means and the nature of the proposed building. But, first of all, the committee should make sure that the present number of students is not abnormal. Probably they will increase, and possibly they will fall off. Then there is the Board of Education to consider. That autocratic body is always changing its policy, and it would surprise no one if they added a few technical subjects to the already crowded curri- culum of the day schools. Again, the new building they might favour next year may be condemned by them a few years later. Also, the committee have to dis- cover what use can be made of the build- ing during the daytime, in addition to the small requirements of the day technical school. And some people will want to know if the committee will be caught in the present epidemic of having every building put up on the Cathays Park, with the result that it will soon be so full of minor structures that when devo- lution comes the Wekh Parliament may have to find a home at d fre-steam or ek»ewhere. <

WAR OVER TARIFFS. TO BE OR NOT TO BE? COUNSELLORS DIFFER, MR. ASQUITH Last night at Bradford said electors were asked to overthrow from its very foun- dation the system of taxation under which this country had been strong and prosperous for 50 years, and they were asked to put in its place an old thing called Protection under the new name of Tariff Reform. The case, such as it wa.s, for Tariff Reform rented upon two aSbllmptions-that our industry, under the blighting ope.ra,tion cf Free Trade, was in a condition of incipient decay, and that our fiscal system was un- equal to the new strain cast upon it under modern conditions. Both these assumptions were unfounded. He analysed Mr. Balfour's indications cf Tariff Reform taxation in his York speech, challenged him to name tho luxuries of the rich which he would tax, and dealt at length with the argument that an import duy on food would not ra.i its cost. MR. LLOYD GEORGE. Mr. Lloyd George at Cannock commented sarcastically on the Socialistic and war bogeys got up by the Tories, and said would be a very sad day for the people of this country when they handed over t-he deli- cate machinery of trade to a clique of land- lords. When he was a boy th&y used to frighten peoiple by carving turnips and giving teeth and eyes and sticking a ca.ndle inside. The Tories had lined the road of progress with these turnips. (Laughter.) It was the same old thing. Whenever there was any attempt to march forward the Tories came out and said, Don't you go along that road, it is full of bogeys—(laughter)—so you must not go home in the dark." (Great laughter.) Their scarecrows were weather- beaten and ragged-rotten rags. (Laughter.) The object of scarecrows, as his headers knew, was to keep off the amd-(oheers and lauglrter)—and it was just the sa.me her,h.e desire was to keep people off the land. and fq we had foreiirn competition, Socialism, Irish moonligirting, Gorman invasion—all stuck up to keep people off the land. \La.ugh. ter.) Well, they were not going to do it. Bogeys frightened the ignorant and the timid, but an enlightened and brave race like that in these islands was not going to be frightened. The other side had taken rather too low an estimate of the intelligence and courage of the people, and they were going to find that out next week. (Cheers.) Sir E. Grey and Pensions Sir E. Grey. Sir E. Grey at Aln- mouth last night, reply-1 to Lord Lansdowne's j contention that land- owners would suffer incidentally by land valuation, said, on the other hand, agricul- tural districts would benefit both directly and incidentally by! concessions and relief of local rates. If he (Sir Edward) did not vote for old-age pen- sions it was because, the onerous duties of the Foreign Office kept him from the House of Commons. I MR. J. CHAM3ERLAIN Has issued an appeal in course of which he says:— I want to arrange taxation so that it may stimulate trade instead of hindering it. The taxation which we propose, whion will not increase your burdens, will gain for you in trade, in employment, in all that we most want to maintain, the prosperity of our industries. 1 have been unable to find any trade, any manufacture, any pursuit, any individual, who would not benefit if the country generally benefited. This is a critical and creative time. You cannot play fast and loose with your dectiny. I appeal to you a6 feiiow-oitizens of the greatest Empire the world has ever known, I appeal to you to recognise tntttli-a privileges of Empire bring with them great responsibilities. "You have an opportunity. You will never have it again. It will be to the glory of this generation if we strengthen the foundations of this great and unparalleled Dominion. It will be our eternal disgracc if we allow it to fail. If the ties of sympathy between ourselves and our children who are soon to become great nations across the seas, if these ties were weakened or destroyed, if we suffered t.heir affection to die for want of food for it, if we allowed them to drift apart, then this England of ours would sink from the com- parative position which it has enjoyed throughout centuries. It would no longer be a great Power, if not supreme at all events of the greatest iri3uence, generally well exercised, in the civilisation and the peace of the world. It would be a fifth-rate nation existing on the sufferance of the world. We will not have it. Let us provide against it. Let us find the remedy. The remedy is at hand. I say that there is even now time to hold for ourselves and for our people our own trade, and we can hold it against all fair competition. We can extend our trade in our best markets with our best friends. We can benefit them in trading with them, while they give us reciprocal advantage in the preference which they give for our manufacturers. We can do this. We can strengthen the Union. We can draw liloser the growing nations, the sister States, and by a commercial union we can pave, the way for that federation which I eee con- stantly before me as a practioal object of I aspiration—that (federation of free nations which will enable us to prolong in ages yet to come all the glorious traditions of the British race." "The Fears of the Poor." I Mr. Walter Long.—What was meant I by dear food? Their Radical friends i Mr. Walter Long. wanted to trade upon the sufferings and fears and anxieties of the poorest, to whom the difficulties were very pressing, and they 'hoped to trade upon their fears and dri-ve them i'?? their camp. It was an ignoble and unworthy game to play. Nothing had surprised him so much as the stu- pidity of the Radical part-y. The cry of dear food was misleading. It was not true. There were a vast number of things which made up the food of the people- sugar, tea, meat, cheese, tirilk, and cocoa. Tariff Reform, perhaps, meant an addition to one of these articles, but would not assuredly add to the cost of others. Tariff Reform did not mean dear food. What was the most important matter to the working classes. the cost of the article or the wages? What was the good of the cheapest articles in the world if the work- ing man could not get wages with which to buy them? Their opponents had abandoned their original opposition to, Ta-riff Reform. and were trying to trade on the fears of the weakest members of society, but they would not succeed. Tariff Reform would come in this land as surely as night followed day. Its advent might be delayed, but he thought it would only be delayed for a short time. Come it would, as come it must. They could not go on any longer ploughing their lonely furrow. Mr John Burns's High Hopes I Mr. John Burns at Bat- tersea last night said unless all were deceived on Monday he and the people would come into their own, and he would go to Parliament with a record majority. His enemies were working men who were jealous and mistrustful of the capacity of Labour men to set in the seats of the mighty. They were becom- ing the dependent victims of men who hoped to hum- bug them, and to exempt the rich from taxation. Mr. John Burns. The Rake's Progress Mr. A. Lyttctton, K.C., last night com- mon,ted on wliat he termed the Chancellor of the Exchequer's rake's præs" through tthe country, and said that in London and in the provinces Mr. Lloyd George had main- tained a steady record of libellous inaccu- racies. Jam Their Snouts in Trough Mr. Oburohill at Inverness last nigfat said the Tory faction had employed the Lords to precipitate a Constitutional crisis. They could not wait eighteen months ,m: ihedr chance of place and power. They

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Girl's Infatuation. —— 0 ——. SINGULAR ABDUCTION CHARGE. Lean Alexander (44), a membeff of the orchestra at the Edmonton Empire, Edmonton, I was charged at Tottenham yesteaday witdi taking Catherine Newman, aged fifteen years, out of the poeLicassion of her father against his will. The girl, who appeared to be neairer twenty than fifteen years of age, deposed that she had known the prisoner for six months. He first spok'3 to her as he was passing her gate. They became friendly, and need to go out for walks to,-other. She said her mother objected to her going with the prisoneir. He took wit- ness to a doctor, who said that she was to ha.ve proper rest amd nourishment. He asked her mother whether, if he found lodgings for her, she would object to her going to them, and she said "No." On December 8 or9 wit- ness was sent by her mother to a home at Stratford to be trajned as a servant, and before going she wrote the following postoaird to the prisoner;- When I am gone don't worry. I know you cannot help it. I hope and trust in the Lord that I may be with you for good some day. Do not go alway. for my sake. There is only one I love, and that its you. I have got to leave the one I love for a few weeks only. Just as the ivy to the tree, II You cling to me, and I'll cling to thee. From dear Kitty to Leon. Witness ran away from the home at Strat- ford on December 29 because she thought she was g-aing to be sent to a convent, where she was told the girls were cruelly treated. She walked to Edmonton, a.nd waited outside the Empire until she saw Alexander, to whom the said she was afraid to go home lest her iiiO'ther should send her back. He took her to a restaurant at M1 le-end-road, and they remained there two nights. Nothing improper occurred. Afterwards she -accompan,P-d him to o,ther addresses, and finally to Old-street, whare his sister lived. Her mother came for her two days later. The prisoner had told her that the police had been to him, and that if he were arrested he would, when he came out, keep her away until he had her father's consent to marry her. Then he would take her to the Continent. In cross-examination, the girl said she was fond of the prisoner, and she thought he was fond of her and anxious to marry her. One day he asked her to inquire of her father whether he might marry her. Her father replied, "Yes, I'd be only too pleased to get rid of you." Her parents had said unkind things to her, her father having told her to drown herself. Detective-inspector Haig stated tha.t he saw the prisoner at the Edimomton Empire on January 3, when he denied that he knew where the girl was. He told witness that they loved each other, and he would marry her if he could. Prisoner was rem-anded.

POISON, RAZOR, JUMP, DEATH. Fmom Toulon comes a gruesome account of the suicide of a petty officer, which was was committed with extraordinary obstin- acy. He was employed in a school for the technical instruction of officers, stationed at the dockyard, and OIl Wednesday morning he appeared at his post at the usual hout, there being nothing in his manner to attract any notice. Suddenly, however, the petty offioer shut himself up in his room, took aut a phial comtaihing poison, and swallowed some. As the effect of the poison was not immediate, he seized a raaor and gashed his throat, but without severing an artery. Several of his comr-ades, guessing that some- thing of a very serious nature was happen- ing, rushed to the door of his bureau and broke it open, and then the petty officer, springing to the window, threw himself out, falling from a height of 43ft. on to the ground. When the unhappy man was picked up, he was found to be in a terrible state, and expired on his &rr,.val at the naval hospital without havin., given the faintest clue to the motive which led him to commit I this mad act.

PONTYPRIDD LAW SUIT I The Pontypridd action of re William Thomas Thomas v. Thomas and others was mentioned to-day (before Mr. Justice Eve) in the Chancery Division. The plaintiff asked for the appointment of a receiver of the testator's estate, but the defendants said the parties had arranged a compromise. Mr. Tomlin, for the defendants, said he had an agreement signed by the parties' solicitors, which the plaintiff now repudiated. He had a motion to stay proceedings on motion because of the agreement. After discussion, the Judge assented to the motion standing over for a week.

I DOCTOR FOR TRAMWAYMEN I At a meeting of the Cardiff Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee to-day, Mr. J. W. Courtis presiding, Mr. Ellis, the tramways manager and electrical engineer, again urged the advisability of appointing a medical officer, to whom all tramway employes could go for certificates when ill. He urged such an appointment both in the interests of the corporation and the employes. The chairman agreed that this was a matter of sufficient importance to ask Mr. Ellis for a detailed report, and the committee instructed Mr. Ellis to prepare such a report.

WORKMEN'S OVERTIME I A meeting of the overtime committee of the Welsh Conciliation Board was convened to ,a.Ke place at Cardiff to-day to discuss one or two matters of differences arising under the Miners' Eight Hours' Aot. In view of the fact \hat some of the parties concerned were un. .>:t:e to attend, it was resolved to adjourn the m,e,-ting, and. consequently no business was done. Another meeting of the committee will be held next Tuesday.

THE CRETAN DANGER I BERLIN, Friday. The "Tageblatt" says the Porte has in. formed the Powers that in the event of Cretan deputies being sent to the Greek Chamber, Turkey will occupy Tressaly, and hold that territory as security for her inte- rests. The protecting Powers anxious to a/void complications between Greece and Turkey have decided to take energetic measures with the Cretan people and to obtain, if possible, the postponement of the elections.—Central News.

STRUCK DOWN BY MOTOR-CAR Miss Connington, sister of Mr. C. Conning- ton, of Oatlands Bilton, died in Rugby Hos- pital to-day as the result of an accident last evening. The lady was cycling on a muddy road near BIIton, when she was overtaken by a motor car belonging to Mr. A. Street, J.P., of The Lawn, Rugby. She swerved in fromt of the car and was struck by the front wheel. sustaining concussion and severe bruises, from which she died without regaining conscious- ness.

VETERAN'S GOLDEN WEDDING J Mr. R. Wood, of Bodmin, a Crimean veteran, has just celebrated his golden wedding. He joined the Royal Navy as a jseaman in July, 1853, and served on the Queen during the bombarment of Sevas- topol.

KING'S CONGRATULATIONS The council of the Royal College of Sur- geons yesterday sent a. congratulatory letter to Dr. Edgar Jones, of Great Burstead. neaT Brentwood, on attaining his hundiredth birthday. It was announced that the Kiug had already sent congratulations to the aged doctor.

MOND-MILLIONAIRE I Dr. Ludwig Mond, founder of the great I alkali firm of Brunner, Mond, and Co., who dried la.st month, has left estate valued at one million.

THE KING'S BOUNTY I The King's bounty was yesterday received by Mrs. Ernest Ayres, wife of a Rushden shoemaker, who recently gave birth to trip- lets—all boys.

COLLECTOR'S EMBEZZLEMENT 1 Alfred Allen, a collector in the employ of Mr. M. R. Morgan, furniture dealer, Neath, was at Neath this afternoon fined £5 and costs, or six weeks, for embezzling £1 as.

PASSING OF THE HANSOM CAB "In ainother six months I do not think there will be any hansom cabs left in Lon- don," said a driver at the City coroner's I court yesterday.

AEROPLANING. I LOS ANGW,08, Thursday. M. PauH=m made a suoceesful Sight to-day, carrying two passengers in his aeroplane. He also flew round the field three times with his wife.—Reater..

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Vicar and Churchwarden I JUDGE REFERS TO CHRISTIAN DUTY I At Neath County-court to-day the hearing of the case Williams v. Ellis was continued by his Honour Judge Bishop. Plaintiff is the Vioar of Briton Ferry, and defendant a Ohurchwarden, and the claim was for £6 9s. 9d., alleged to be due in respect of offertories received at St. Thomas's Mission Church. Defendant had paid into court the sum of Y.4 lis. 5d. in satisfaction of the claim, and had filed an account showing what he had received and what he had paid out for repairs, &c. Mr. Wilfred Lewis appeared for the plaintiff. The examination of the vicar was continued. Mr. Hunter: Have you ever had an applica- tion made to you by any of your Churoh- wardens for your consent to repairs?—I have never had a written application, but they have come to me personally. Mr. Hunter: Do you stil-I want Mr. Ellis to pay this money out of his own pocket?—I want to vindicate my right. His Honour: We have nothing to do with vindication here. Do you still want Mr. Ellis to pay this money out of his own pocket?—Yes. For repairing the flooring' and troughing, which were a source of danger —Yes. Mr. EHis consulted Mr. M. G. Boberts before the repairs were carried out?—I believe Mr. Roberts is at the bottom of the whole trouble. His Honour: Oh, trouble you call it. Mr. Hunter: And do you believe that if a. verdict be given against Mr. Ellis Mr. Roberts will find the money?—Mr. Ellis told me so. He told me that if the case came on Mr. Roberts would pay. Whom do you want to hit?—I don't want to hit anyone. Well, I'll amend my question. Whom do you wa.nt to pay?—I am not troubling about the matter. I want to u Establish My Authority Mr. Hunter: Oh, no. Your authority has been established By the payment of t.he money into court. Whom do you want to pay?—Mr. Ellis, of course. Mr. M. G. Roberts is the gentleman against whom you recently had L-500 damages? Are they not enough?—Do you mind putting your question in another way. I want to deal with Mr. Ellis. Mr. Hunter: Do you want the L10 2s. 6d. as well as the £ 500?—I want nothing from Mr. Roberts. In opening for the defence, Mr. Hunter said that it was exceedingly regrettable that a clergyman hould have brought an action to recover money which had already been spent upon the church itself. Whatever the vicar's legal rights were, there could be no question that plaintiff had no moral claim to the recovery of the amount. It was not disputed that the money had been upent on the church, and it had been fully admitted tha.t the repairs were necessary. If the plaintiff got a verdict the result would be that Ellis, having already paid £ 12 2s. 6d. on St. Thomas' Church, would have to find the money out of his own pocket instead of out of the collec- tions of the congregation. His Honour, in giving judgment, said he could not help expressing surprise, as there had been no assertion tha.t the repairs were not necessary, that the plaintiff should have objected to them, and it was an extraordi- nary that the defendant should be asked to reimburse the plaintiff for money which was spent on the latter's property Plaintiff had not quit-e acted consistently with his honou r s idea of Christian duty. It appeared that n had tried to get at someone else through Mrl Ellis. His honour gave judgment for £10 2s. 6d. and L4 11s. 5d. paid into court. lie suggested that the vioar should have arranged a compromise with Mr. Ellis. Mr. Lewis (for the vicar): I submit that the vicar has done all he could to get Mr. Ellis to settle the matter. Mr. Hunter: He always wanted to have the whole of he money. His Honour: I will not give the vicar any costs.

SONS CUT OFF WITH Y,600 An estate of L3,600,000 has been left by Mr G. Mortimer Pullman, of Chicago" one of the heads of the company having the monopoly of the manufacture of Pullman cars, whose wiH has just been proved in England. He bequeathed over £ 550,000 to American chari- ties and left large legacies to his wife and daughters and his brothers and sisters. The residue of his estate goes to his daughters. Concerning his sons he stated that: "Inas- much as neither of my sons has developed such a sense of responsibility as in my judg- ment is requisite for the wisia use of large properties and considerable sums of money, I am painfully compelled, as I have explicitly stated to them, to limit my testamentary provisions for their benefit to trusts produc- ing only such income as I deem reasonable for their support." lie, therefore, left upon trust for each of his sons, George Mortimer Pullman and Walter Sanger Pullman, only such a sum as shall produce an annual income of "00, with the reversion of the capital to their children.

ALLEGED COINERS CAUGHT Alleged counterfeit coin makers were charged at the Nort.h London Police-Court yesterday. Their names were Henry Frede- rick Stoddart, a bottler, and Frederick Atkins (34), general dealer. A detective said that, accompanied by two colleagues, he went to a house in Kenton- road, South Hackney, and on the first floor saw the prisoners. At Stoddart's feet was a large enamel dish, in which was a plaster mould containing a part,ly-made half-crown. On the table at Stoddart's left hand were ten counterfeit half-crowna Atkins had said: "You have got all now. I bought them for 3s. off a man I don't know: We have done nothing yet, but we're going t6 have a prac- tice. No one taught me this. I learnt it from a book." Atkins produced a bottle con- taining cyanide of potassium, a bag contain- ing plaster of paris, and a piece of antimony. He said: "My wife is very ill, or I should not have been mixed utp in this." The prisoners were remanded.

I BOXER'S LIBEL ACTION In the King's Bench Division yesterday, a settlement was arrived at in the oaee of Dobson v. Jacobs. Mr. Dobson was a chauffeur in the emiploy of a gentleman, named Mr. Phillips, at Windsor, and the defendant (M:r. Harry Jacobs) was the pro- prietor of a place of entertainment in the East End of London called "Wonderland," where professional boxing entertainments were held. The plaintiff claimed in respect of alleged libel, Mr. Dobson's case being that without his consenrt the defendant advertised and issued bills announcing that Dobson would box Dick Emden, of Spitalfields. Dob- son had previously defeated Diok Emden at the National Sporting Club. By consent there was a verdict for the plaintiff for £ 10, and judgment was entered accordingly, with coets.

MOTOR-CAR'S LEAP While returning from the meet of the Cheshire Hounds at Combermere yesterday, the motor-car of Mr. Reginald Corbet, the late master, leapt over an embankment at Brownsbank, near Nantwich, turned a somer- sault, and was wrecked. The car had ta,ken Mr. Corbet to the meet, and had just crossed a bridge over the river Weaver, when it swerved, crashed into the embankment, and fell a. distance of twelve feet over the embankment. James Bevan, the chauffeur, had his leg fractured in two places. Mr. Corbet's second horseman, who accompanied him, was thrown heavily, but escaped.

PRIDE IN PETTICOA TSI I An inquest was held at the City Coroner's- court yesterday concerning the death of an unknown woman, aged about 65, who threw herself into the Thames from the Temple steps on Sunday afternoon. It was stated that she was wearing several petticoats, and Dr. Waldo said that in Por- tugal he bad seen women wearing as many as twenty petticoats. They wobbled along hardly able to walk, but the more clothes they had on the prouder they were. A verdict of "Suicide" was returned.

BLAMED BOOKS' INFLUENCE I Horace Hopton (17), who was yesterday charged at Bristol with a, serious offence, pleaded that the acts had been suggested to hi. by reading books on purity and truth. The prosecuting solicitor said there was a series of these books. One of the dangers of the volumes to his mind was that the author's name carried with it the degree of D.D., and that they were commended by some well. known people. The youth was bound over under the Probationers Act, and the books were im.poninded by the court.

"ENGLISH OF SOUTH AMERICA" I In a special room on board the liner Oravia, which left Liverpool yesterday for Callao, was Sir Robert Harvey, the nitrate king." The faot that the Chilians call themselves the English of South America" is largely due to Sir Robert, who is head of the great Anglo-South American Bank and other commercial enterprises.

£ 20 FOR FOUR-CENT. STAMP A four-cent arangee stamp of Brit-Mi I Guiana was sold for £ 20 at Messrs. Plum- ridge and CO.a auction rooms in Chancers- Isms JoBt iiiehf. I

In Servants' Bedroom. NEWPORT MAN GETS THREE MONTHS I Charles James, a coal haulier, Carlisle- j p!aoe, was charged on remand at Newport to- e ay with burglariously entering- 28, Stow Park-avenue and ass-autting a domestic ser- vant. There was a further charge of being found in the dwelling-house, 47, Llanthewy- load. As previously reported, James was found in the servant's bedroom. When the a.1arm was raised he got out through the window, leaving his leggings, cap, and belt on the dressing-table. Police-constable Williams found prisoner coming irom the next door garden without leggings and cap, and with his boots unlaced. I He said, "Yes, it is a mistake I went into the wrong house, but am going back to apolo- gise." (Laughter.) Mr. Leslie Jacobs, Llanthewy-road, said his servant complained that a man was getting into her bedroom. Cissie Lawrence, the servant, sa.id as soon as she put the candle out on Saturday night she saw a man's hands forcing the upper ea.atiof the windows. He got his head in and one leg over the window, but when ahe screamed he went away. Prisoner, a married man, was sent to gaol for three months with hard labour on the first charge. The second charge was dismissed for want of evidence The Bench compliment-ed the girl on her bravery and coolness under such circum- stances, and thanked her for giving her evi- dence.

"THE LADY MATCH-SELLER' I The melancholy vicissitudes of Mrs. Flora, Barbara Baker, an educated Irishwoman whom misfortune made "the lady match- seller" at Piccadilly-circus in the summer of 1907, have ended in a workhouse at Bristol, where she died on Wednesday. In police- courts, county-court, King's Bench Court, and Divorce Court, as well as at various English workhouses, this woman's reverses have been described in several chapters. he was the daughter of a County Mayo farmer in a sub- Sitantiale position, and was educated at the Training College for Ladies in. Dubin, a high- class institution. Her first husband, an Irish I engineer, failed in business in England, and she and her child had to seek shelter in Grantha.m Workhouse. They tried a new home at Singapore, but her husband deserted her. Returning to England with four chil- dren she obtained situations, started with her savings a business at Bow, which failer, and, after other troubles, went. to nurse an elderly hotel proprietor near Bournemouth, who in his will gratefully left her £ 6,000. The husband whom she subsequently married, she alleged, squandered her fortune, and the later legal conflicts lietween them occupied the attention of several courts, with the interlude, already referred to, that the much buffeted woman, who was possessed of some charm of manner, tried to sell matches, wearing her best raiment and kid gloves, near the Pavilion Music-hall until the consequent "obstruction" speedily ended the enterprise.

FIVE YEARS FOR FORGER I Of superior education, and described as a dispenser, John Augustus Stowell, or Essex (46), was sent to prison for five years yesterday at the Central Criminal Court for forging and uttering a withdrawal order for ElO from the Post Office Savings Bank, with intent to defraud. It was said that the prisoner, in tihe name of Essex, went to live with Dr. Ed-lin at a flat in Ravens- court Park Mansions, apparently at the request of a young woman, who was acting as the doctor's housekeeper. She had known the prisoner from boyhood, and in October, 1m, finding that he was in poverty, she induced the doctor to give him shelter and employment. On January 2, 1909, he disap- peared, taking with him Dr. Edlin's Post Office Savings Bank book, and he subse- quently withdrew the money, which had "been invested by the doctor. A number of other convictions were proved against pri- soner, and it was stated he was now wanted for failing to report himself, having been released on ticket-of-leave in 1907.

I WAIF BECOMES WIFE I A marriage that followed a romantic meet- ing and oourtslhip was dissolved in the Divof-ce Court yesterday. Mr. Herbert Russell, a Norfolk potato merchant and haj- and straw dealer, petitioned to Sir John Bigham, for a divorce, alleging that his wife "BUen had misconducted herself with a Mr. William Overland, a farmer and horse dealer. P-etitioner stated that he met his wife in I 1895, when he was travelling the country in i a caravan; and it was at a fair that she came to him and asked for shelter, telling him she had run away fromhome-- He took her in, and they lived together until they were married in 1897 at Yarmouth. Their married life was ha.ppy, and he became pros- perous, but eventually she developed extrava- gant tastes and constantly absented herself from home. Subsequently the petitioner dis- covered that his wife and the co-respondent had misconducted themselves. A decree nisi was granted with costs.

I A DANGEROUS "DOCTOR" I At Thames Police-court yesterday Johi Birnhard, 25, a clerk, was sentenced to six months' hard labour for obtaining money by false pretences. The accused, it was stated, had presented himself to be a medi- cal man, and made a pretence of medically treating young wome-n. Dora Morris, was in Leadenhall-Ktreet with a lady friend when the priisonet came up. He was intro- duced to Miss Morris by her friend. He after- wards asked her to strip to the waist, and, believing him to be a doctor, she did so. Then he.ta-pp,ed her on the back and chest, afterwards he said she had no consump- tion, but chronic bronchitis. He wrote out a prescription. Prisoner again called, and said X6 6s. would be the cost of a permanent cure. Mrs. Morris gave him a guinea. Mr. Dickinson sa.id prisoner had been guilty of a, dangerous fraud.

BIRTHDAY COINCIDENCE I It is very unusual for a peer and his eldest son to keeip their birthday on the same day; but congratulations are due to- day both to Lord Lanedowne and his eldest son, Lord Kerry, the former being 65 and the latter 38. I-ord Lansdowne succeeded to the family honours when 21, so that his son has held the courtesy title of Earl Kerry since his birth. Ministerial office first came to Lord Lansdowne in 1869, the year of his mariage to Lady Maud Hamilton. All his four children We married. His daughters are the Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Waterford, and Lord Charles, Fitzmaurice, his youngest son, married Lady Violet Elliot albout a year ago at the Viceregal Resi- dence. Calcutta; while Lord Kerry os mar- ried to the eldest daughter of Slir E. S. Hoe.

STORM AND SNOW IN U.S. I NEW YORK, Friday. Terrific snowstorms prevail all over the States. Dispatches this morning from ports on the Pacific, as well ag from a number of plactes along the Atlantic seaboard on the Gulf of Mexico and in Canada. make it evi- den,t that the area of thestorm is immense. Telegraphic communication with the, middle West States is interrupted, and many places are isolated. The liner St. Louis, on which Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the Ambaseador to Great Britain, is crossing to New York, has been held up by bad weather, and it is extremely doubtful now whether Mr. Reid will be able to land in time to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, the late, Mr. D. Ogden Mills.— Central News.

HOOPLA IN COURT I The King's Bench Divisional Court yester- day, composed of the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Bucknill and Bray, heard the appeal of the clerk to the Whitley (Northumberland) Urba.n District Council against a decision of the local magistrates who dismiseed a sum- mons against a showman named Selt for not having presented plans before putting up a structure in which a game called "hoopla" was played. The appeal was dismissed.

I CANDIDATES' CLOTHES I The "Tailor and Cutter" congratulates the Parliamentary candiuates upon the great improvement that has taken place during the past few weeks in their general abearance. Liberals and Conservatives elike seeim to have suddenly woke up to the fact that a well-dressed man is more attractive than a sloven, and as at this time they want to appear at their very best, they have given their tailors a chance of giving them their polishing touch.

HOSTILITY OF SOCIALISTS" I In recording the appointment of Sir William Crossman a.s manager of the Cardiff Labour Exchange "The Times" states that since the conferment of his title in 1907 Sir William has been the object of hostility from the Socialists of the city.

DaY CE.FAA -ITINIG.-I. Mlaay-*to»ec. Calh&ya, ADVICE TO MOTHERS.—Are you broken in your rest by a. sick chi-M suffering with the pain hi cutting teeth? Go at once to a Chemist and get a bottle of MotS. Window's .'nothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. It Is pleaeont to take. It prodiicca natural, pleasant sleep by relieving the obild from pain, and the Iit-le oherub arrakes as bright •c a 1-utton, Of &U chemirfs at la lid. per )x*Ue,

I Fight with Death j I SEAMEN'S TERRIBLE ORDEAL [ The disaster (briefly reported yesterday) of Mansfield, Oregon, recalls the low of tbA miailboat Berlin at the Hook of yearly three years ago. The steamer Ozarina, owned by the Southern Pacific Railway, went ashore a the end of the breakwater in Coos Bay 011 Wednesday night during a heavy galfc Although the catastrophe occurred only a few hundred yards from shore, the hundred9 of spectators who assembled were powerless to help the crew on the wreck. Tremendous seas washed over the vessel after she struck, and the officers and crew, after vainly trying to launch a boat. managed to dasih themselves in the rigging- The waves broke over them repeatedlY, and one man after another was torn from his lashings and drowned in view of the horror-stricken assemblage. Nineteen roen lost their lives in this manner in two hours, and then it became too dark to see the wreck. Despite the piercing wind and flurries of snow many people remained on the beach all night. Towards midnight two members of the orew were washed ashore. It was thought at first that they were dead, but after physicians had worked ove them for an hour both recovered consciousness. Yesterday there were still seven men- including the captain and third officer, lashed to the foremast of the wreck, the only one that remained standing. Men Leap Into the ^ea i I MARSHFIELD, OREGON, Friday. Late yesterday evening t,hree of the six mef in the rigging of the Czarina were swept Oil by heavy waves. Afterwards watchers Oil shore sa.w the remaining three, it is thougblt by agreement, shed their outer garments and lea,p into the sea. They did not re-appear- A recapitulation eihows that thirty men were drowned, and one saved.

TWO MOTHERS FOR ONE BABY I A curious case involving the real parent" age fof a child came before the Pa.ris courts on Wednesday. On September 2l last a maa named Hiver and Marguerite attended the mayoral offices at Clamart, anj declared the birth of a female child. On t.he same da-y Mme. Delaroque registered the some oolby at the mayoral offices of the 16tb ward. Mme, Delaroque was the real mother, thougih it is stated she did not wash to realise the joys of maternity. It wa-3 different with Mme. Santkie, who was un- hia,p,y because she had no children. One day Mme. Saintine called on a midwife, who ba-d been TTresent at the birt-j. oi Mme. Delw child. The mid wife, with the approval CIf tihe mother, arrayed for the child to be handed over to Mme. Saintine. The latter accepted the present. As. however, the child had two mothers, it was necessary to have i the certificate of baptism in order. The authorities stepped in, and the court wa." oa'lled upon to declare that henc.e.forth tb. child should bear the name of Delaroque.

WHY HE IS A BACHELOR i Colonel Manning entered the Army in 19&6. joining the "gallant 24th." He is of a very restless disposition, and very fond of travel. eo that it came as no surprise to those who knew him as a young man when he ex- changed into the Indian Army after twO years' service. Almost immediately after his change he saw active service in Burmab. and he has seen fighting in some part of the world or another for the greater part of tbe time since. When he was at home on leavs some years ago Sir William was asked by a lady at din-ner one night why he did not "marry and settle down." "Well," he is reported to have replied, "I have thought of i1 several times, but I could never find a lady who could bring hersedf to like my toWn houce." "Your town house?" cried the lady- "Wthy, what is the matter with it?" "Nothing whatever, I assure you," wag Colonel Manning's reply; "only you see it happens to be situated in the heart oi Africa!"

IBUILTWITHAHATFULOFGOLD I Petrishow Church, which has just bee- reopened after restoration, is a most 11" 'teresting edifice to architects, ar-chaeoll" gists, and lovers of folk lore. It stands in a very remote and inaccessible situation among the Black A ntkine of Breconshii"«< far away from the track of the ordinary tourist. It possesses a Saxon—or rather British—frent, three stone altars, a curios little western chapel, and a rood-screen of remairkable beauty. In the adjoining churohy-ard there is a preaching-cross, and out of the steam of an ancient yew grow J, mountain ash and a holly tree, symbolising the Trinity. According to local legend, tbi* unique little structure was erected by a. "foreigner," who had been cured cf leprosy through the waters of a neighbouring well, and left a. "hatful of gold" to build a churciJ by way of tbankoffering.

BAN TO RADIUM I The Radium c. t Britain is to I)e opened in the neighbourhood of Ca,;elldich- square. W.. within the next six months. A stock of £ 50,000 worth of radium is to be kept" 1u lÜC: vH6-¡'()I().lli, aiiu li1 belent at a cnarge whwn will be a low percentage of itS value. Security f01"t5 safe return will have to be deposited. Radium is excoodingl:f scarce, and costs from £ 16 to £ 21 per milli- gramme (3-2CO grain), and fh brgebt quantity held by a medical practitioner in thig country is 100 milligrammes (1 1-3 grains)- The possibility of iecu ring a considera ble quantity of radium "or "se in London is due to a recent discovery near Guard a, in Por tugal, of minerals rioh in the element. Tem- p.orary offices for the bank have been opened in Moor gate-street

BURGLAR'S PARACHUTE I A youthful burglar, named Jurka, of Vienna, who was greatly interested in aviation, attempted to make use of his know ledge of aeronautics in escaping from a fourth-floor flat in a fashionable apartment house yesterday. When Jurka was surprised by the owner of the flat, he made a deppeirate attempt to escape through the window. He first threw a quantity of bedclothes and two mattresses on to the pavement, sixty feet below. Then he jumped out of the windov. holding an open umbrella which he expected to act like a parachute. But the umbrella turned insid". out under the strain, and Jurka so miscalculated the jump that he fel' into the roadway instead of on the pile 01 bedclothes, and sustained fatal injuries.

BRIDE PAID THE EXPENSES I some amusement was caused in the Shora ditch County-court yeterday, when a wife claimed certaiii furniture a.nd effects M which her husband set up title. She sair that she married twenty-five years ago, when her husband was a grocer's assistant.. As a. tie maker, employing two hands, she had saved money. She bought furniture, even paid the honeymoon expenses, and also thE bills owing- when they returned from their wedding tour. (Laughter.) As she did not agree with her husband, the Salvation Army arranged a separation". At present her bus- ba,nd was a ledger in the same house and paid 5s. a week. The defendant, interruptii1 counsel, exclaimed: I have not spoken to her for twelve months."

i TAXING A POET I Gabriele d'An.nunzio, the poe-t. according to the Rome correspondent of the Paris "Temps," is protesting against the heavy tax imposed on his income. D'Annunzio had formerly been taxed on an income of £ 240 a year, but in consequence of the authorities learn- ing of the fantastic prices the poet has received for some of his work they have noW placed his income at £ l,2C0. The poet denied, however, that his income is anything likØ what the revenue officials declare it to be.

I WAISTCOAT WORTH HAVING I An cccentrio old man named Ashton Hayes who has lived alone in Runcorn for many years, was buried yesterday. He had worket at the Runcorn Docks for 50 years, and had always appeared in poor circumstances. On his deathrbed, however, be asked that hif working waistcoat should be given to hi-' brother, and it was found yesterday that lC' sovereigns had been sewn in the lining.

PASTORAL COINCIDENCE I A curious coincidence was noticed yester- day wh?n the PacfrSo liner Oravia left Div?r' pool on her long voyage to CaJlao. Travel^ ling in the second class wh?re two 6?iehM'da. ?ea,6h it?m?d George Cunningham. Th?y wer? both twenty three years of age, and were bot,h going out to Buenos Ayres in pursuit of our great meat trade with the Argentine.

I GERMANY "THE PROTECTOR" I Count Ernest Reventlow, Berlin, the naval expert, declares that Great Britain ig no longer the guardian of the smaller Powers, such as Holland, Belgium, and Denmark. The time has gone by, he says, when these Powers consider Great Britain a>3 their protector. The redistribution of the naval power has caused them to cqrrect their former opinions 1 on the subject. J

had kicked over the whole table in an ugly rush to jam their snouts in the trough. The Lords' veto over finance must be ended and the will of the House of Commons over other legislation be made to prevail within, the lifetime of a single Parliament. I A Rough Time I The Unionist candidate for East Carmarthen- shire (Mr. Mervyn Peel) had a rouglh time at Llan- debie. A number of youth- ful opponents wanted to force themselves into a private meeting of mem- bers of the Uniomst party convened by circular, and because they were asked to leave a hostile demon- j stration was started. Three window-panes were cracked, and the lamp of Mr. Peel's motor-car was | broken. As he left for his destination the mob threw gravel at him. Mr. Mervyn Peel. j. Mr. J. Cameron (Unionist, West Monmouth) I at Penygraig yesterday described Tariff I Mr. Cameron. Keform as tne great need of the iron and steel trade throughout the kingdom. What was there in the Budget, ho asked, calculated to give employment to a hun- dred people. A Voice shouted "La- bour Exchanges." "What is the good of Labour Exchanges with- out work ?" Mr. Cameron asked. "Afforestation," shouted another. Mr. Cameron asked whether they would put skilled engineers to plant trees. Mr. Camercn main- tained that a duty on wheat would not in- crease the price of bread. The shilling duty imposed by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach had not made bread dearer; indeed, it was dearer five months prior to that duty and ten months after it was (repealed than it was at the time the duty was on. Such a duty would enable them to give preference to Colonial-grown wheat, and the foreigner would have to reduce his prices in order to compete in our market. He I believed in tho need of reforming the House of Lords, but mainta-ined the need of a Second Chamber. I Personalties Deprecated 1Ma-. D. A. Thomas (Liberal, Cardiff^ last night appealed to his hearers not to allow themselves to be confused by personal issues. The Tory press and some of the Tory leaders were resorting to perso- scmaAitiesj. He had been blamed for his attitude on the education ques- tion, a,nd he could only repeat wha,t he had said a,t previous meetings, that lie was in favour of a secular solution of the question. But he was a practical politician, and if he was returned to the House of Commons he wo,uld try to assist in the settlement of the question. Provided there was a popularly-controlled school, in which there were no sectarian tests for teachers, within reach cf every child in the country, he would be pre- pared to give liberal Mr. D. A. Thomas. I and generous treatment to denominational schools. He did not want to say a WOlrd against Lord Bute or Lord Ninian Stuart. He thought Lord Ninian was, acting admir- ably. (Cheers.) He was proving himself to be a good sportsman, with plenty of courage, and a good deal of humour. He had every respect for Lord Ninian. I Foreign Crews on British Vessels Mr. D. A. Thomas addressed a meeting of Cardiff gasworkers this afternoon, and referred to Mr. Herbert Cory's question to him whether he had an interest in a French steame which employed a French crew. Mr. Thomas said he had taken an interest in a French steamer because he wanted to get the busiries-s of the French Company when it came to Cardiff. If t-hey were going to in. dulge in personalities he would like to ask Mr. Cory if any of his steamers employed foreign crews. There were a couple of dredgers in the Bute Dock that were built in Belgium. One workman asked why the Government bought foreign granite, and Mr. Thomas replied that it was because the Government could not very well buil their granite in Wales, as there was no granite here, and because they thought the granite from Norway was the best and cheapest. Both parties bought Norwegian granite. Voice: "When and "Question.") Principal Edward said the other side were indulging in personalities because they had no case. ("Question." None of his hearers had any land. (A Workman: "Yes, I have, and you want to tax it." He proposed a vote of ccmfldonce in the candidate. Mr. Wisbey seconded, and it was carried with a couple of dissentients. A Workman: Put up your hands against it, lads! Then, taking a photo-card of Lord Ninian from his pocket, he threw it at the feet of Mr. Thomas and shouted, "That's tie man, and they are all here for him." Mr. Allgood picked the card up, and sa.id it was an impertinent card, as Lord Knollys, to whom he had written on the subject, had rap lied nhat no one had the right to use the RoyaJ. Standard. To Rake in Votes" I Lord Ninian Stuart at Cardiff last night" said the opposition element at some of his meetings were keenly interested in the land taxes of the Budget, with which the Liberal party were hopeful to rake in votes. (Laughter.) He asked them to remember, when they talked of land taxes, that there were no fewer than two million landowners in this country. Unlike the Liberal party, he was in favour of see- ing that number increased. (Applause.) The Liberals were fond of telling them about the land being in the possession of a few poor, but sometimes honest, dukes. (Laugh- ter.) The Badical party, however, when they had the opportunity, in adopting a Small Holdings Act, to give the people who wanted the land the chance to get it, did anything but provide for the people becoming the owners of their holdings. The county council was empowered to eompulsorily acquire land for small Holdings, but those to whom they were allocated would only be tenants, and a.t the end of the lease—though they would have paJd the full value for their land in the meantime—they would have the displea- sure of seeinsr the land revert to the county oounoiL That was the Liberal party's land policy. (Hear, hear.) On the other hand. the policy of the Unionist party, as enun- ciated by Mr. Balfour, was in favour not of small tenantships, but small ownerships. If they were in favour of getting more people interested in land by ownership their proper coraree was to support the Unionist party by voting for him on Wednesday next. (Benevsd applause.)