Evening Express

The Man in the Street. 4 ——— Xo matter how tlir- countries may be placed in the international table after Scotland and England have met, there can be no doubt that Wales alone are I worthy of the Rugby triple crown. In the light of after events, the initial victoj-y of England appears to be of leiis value than was at first thought to be. The conquerors of Wales were only able to effect a lucky draw with Ireland. who have f.u.ibn in succession to Scotland and Waiee. Best of all, the rout of the Irish- men was thorough enough to say that I Wales won on merit and points in a more decisive fashion than the Caledonians were able to do in their match at Belfast. The critics who descended to saymg that the Welshmen were only victors because I vf their diamond rings and barbaric studs aiist admit that the wider margin by Inch the Distressful Country was beaten JY Wales is enough to show that the principality are at least two points better han Caledonia. In other words, this jfeat cf Ireland is a second licking to Scotland, and the- jaundiced penmen of iidmbro' Toon may now be valued at their true worth. No sportsman this side of „he British Channel will begrudge the men of St. George a victory over those, of St. Andrew, though St. David will still be at the top (if not in actual figures), with St. Patrick in charge of the wooden spoon. People who grumbled at last year's apolcgy for a summer might have found some consolation in attending Dr. Wal- ford's lecture the other evening on "The Pure-Milk Supply." The medical officer tor Cardiff referred to the fall in the rate of infant mortality, which reached the reoord minimum last year of 103 deaths under one year of age per 1,000 deaths. Parallel with this was the statement that 34 per cent. of these deaths were under one month, and of these more than 60 per cent. died within a week of birth. The doctor said it was not probable that cow's milk could have had much to do with the fatal illness in each of these caees, as babies were seldom given this I strong food (for infants) until they were mors than a month old. Diarrhoea is the unquestioned illness which accounts for the cleath of most infants, and here we come to the question of weather. In dry, hot summers, explained Dr. WaLford, it is difficult to keep milk in a good state tor very long, and sour and turning milk h,a, a great deal to do with this vital question, hast summer was wet and cold comparatively, and Cardiff reached it,8 record minimum infant mortality rate. Therefore, it is .mrent that the weather of which so many of us complained at the time mus largely recronsible for the wel- come diminution in the average slaughter of the innocents." So far. so good. But we want both better summer conditions and to save a larger proportion of the precious lives which appear to he so utterly dependent on the purity and the wholesomeness of the public milk supply. I had not the pleasure of attending this important lecture, but one who was present informs me that Mr. William Huriord, a well- known butcher at the Docks, asked if it was possible to test a cow to see if it was suffering from tuberculosis. The impression among some present was that Dr. Walford's reply was vague and guarded. Possibly, the doctor's response was too t i l borate or technical, and could net, therefore, be-understood. But, recog- nising the importance of this great ques- tion to the public, the Cardiff medical officer would be rendering very useful servioe if he would be kind enough to make himself clear on this one point. Can the disease be detected ? Let us know all about it, and what the authori- ties are able to do to ensure a.s far a; possible a general supply of fresh, pure milk. In this one matter alone the lives and the health of the community are seriously affected, and in the lively hope that the coming summer cannot be as bad as the last, but infinitely better, it would be a great gain if the public could feel secure in the knowledge that the milk supply is as wholesome as it can be made to be/by the proper oversight of the responsible authority. A workhouse does not seem to be the right kind of home for romance, though every refuge of the kvid in the rnited Kingdom must contain very many relics of lives that were begun under the happiest and most romantic auspices, if only to end in the blank failure which drives the erstwhile heroes and heroines of unwritten novels into the living grave of the poorhouse. But at Newport the spirit of romance has captured the heads of the Uskside institution, and or Saturday the guardians were delighted to learn that the master and the matron had "made a match of Ÿt." The wedding was an early morning affair on Friday, and was not allowed to interfere with the routine of the workhouse. Now the happy pair are enjoying their richly- deserved honeymoon while members of the board are cogitating their brains as to how the lovemaking was done. It seems to surprise some of the guardians that the courting was not stage-managed in public, though a little thinking would lead to a different appreciation of general ethics in such an important part of a man and woman's joint life. The tele- phone wires were also suspected of aiding and abetting in the good cause. In any case, the guardians feel that they have a very fine pair of officers, and the fact that the two are now one (with still a pair of salaries) will only count to the good of the institution and to the rate- payers. There is Ao be no mistake this year about the celebration of Empire Day in the W elsh Metropolis. Last year an effort was made to mark the day as one well worthy of being regarded as a land- mark in the history of this country. But on May 24 the Boys' Brigade, the Church Lads' Brigade, and the Boy Scouts will combine to make the event one of the most memorable of the year. Probably Cathays Park will be made the scene of a great demonstration, and parents and mends will have a splendid opportunity cf seeing to what a high state of efficiency this modern movement has been brought. Mr. Edward Nicholl has promised a trophy that is to be competed for by the Church Lads' Brigade-the others have something of the kind already—and J have heard it whispered that even the sanotity of the White Municipal Palace will be invaded to advance the righteous cause of these young soldiers of the realm. Preparations are on foot with the praiseworthy idea that such a momeutous occasion must mean a lot of work crammed into many weeks. Members of the city council and other prominent citizens are interested, and the big day is being anticipated with i every sign of deJight.

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I Church Sensation MARRIED MAN AND YOUNC WOMAN In the Harrow district a great deal of talk ihas arisen (says the Morning Leader") throai.gih the disappearance from the district of a pu blic official who is a married man with seven children and a young woman member of a Baptist Church choir, with which the fo-rmer was also prominently identified.

I UGLY BATHING DRESSES Why do Englishwomen wear such ugly bathing ewtumes? If they were so conspi- euoiaaiy unshapely that it might appear a charitable act to conceal their defects .,f figure one could understand the conspiracy of invention which makes the average English girl look so hideous as she leaves or re-en tars her bathing machine. But there is no need for dressmaker and wearer to con- trive ugly flaps and flounces and grotesque outlines of fabric. For English girls gene- rally possess sufficiently graceful and shapely figures to make them very dainty objects as they plunge into the breakers or shake the shining sea-spray from their pre.ty faces. Frenchwomen are not so beautiful ae English- women, and especially are they inferior ;n I gTace of figure. At Ostend cr Trouville the women are certainly not prettier than onrs. I But, while they know the last precepts in the art of g,creening defects, they make the very utmost of the charms they pos-sees. In colour. form. texture, and fit their bathing garments I are chosen and designed to make the wearers attractive.

I THE LIBERAL ELECTION FUND There is sa/id to be one bright spot, at any rate, in the Ministerial orotlook, and that is the aasiurance of an amipie oajmpargTiinig fund in readiness for t,he ge,ne-ral eleot-ion (says the London correspondent of the "Daily Dispatch"). As soon a-s the last polls were over, certain leaders of the party, realising t-httt another contest was probable at an early date, made it their business to take time by tie forelock in the matter of finances, and I understand tha.t five pluto- cratic Radicals at onoo guaranteed a sum sufficient, to gave the Whips from a.ll anxiety. The reported total is so large- that I hesitate to mention it but it may be taken as suffi- cierut to cope wtiith aJl the responsibilities with which the central exchequer of fcbe palfity is likely to be confronted.

LONG-DELAYED TRIAL The Charleville murder trial, which has in adjourned on s-everal occasions, was on the calendar for the Cork Assizes, which onerted to-day, but has been further post- posed. William Scan Ian is charged with the murder of Bridget Gayer, aged eighteen, his sigter-m-law. oil July 12, Cahirmee Fairday. He was first tried at Cork Summer Assizes. when the jurf disagreed. The case wa.s them adjourned to Cork Winter Assizes, held 'ast I u.c.oember, but an important witness, named 1 '■! 'Carth.T, was so seriously ill that the ease was postponed to the present assizes. li'Carthy died in the meantime, and the trial is now again delayed by the serious illness nf 1fTs. Motherway, another important wit- aess.

MR. CHAMBERLATNHEAL T! I I am sorry to say that very depressing accounts reached Ijondon at the end of the week from the Riviera, indicating that Mr. Chamberlain's condition has undergone a relapse since he was observed by so many I eyes on his taking the oath in the House of Commons (writes the London correspondent of the Daily Dispattli.) The difficulties in his speech have grown more pr^ttcunced, and his general health has hardly taken the favourable turn that was hoped for. Mr. Balfour, who called on him at CatiTtos the other day, would oQly shake his head, I am told, when pressed by in- quiries as to the state of the distiogaished invalid.

I BRIDEMAIDS' SHILLELAGHS There wa3 a real lr'«h wedding at All Saints' Church, Eastbourne, on Saturday, when Mr. William Hadoke, of Ihiblin, mar- ried Miss Ma b«l FitzCrera.ld, daughter of Colo-Bel Sir Charles and Lady Alice Fitz- Gerald. Dre,-sed as coLleens in St. Patrick blue satin with satin ca-p-, and red hooiv-, the bridemaids carried shillelaghs tied with -hamrock and soariet flowers. Many of the I guests wore sham reek, which was al.1() int.ro- duced into t,b.e bride's wreath and bouquet.

I WHY NOT GLAMORGAN? The Surrey County Council on Saturday issued a List of ninety parishes in which it is forbidden, unless special permission has been obtained, to ni-oct cr destroy ferns and other wild plarts in s<i.K>h a manner as lo disfigure the roads and byways. People offending1 against these regulations are liable To a penalty of £ 5, but. the bye-Laws do not -,pply to those co Meeting specimens for private or scientific collections.

I 1 iC140,000 YACHT The Valiant, which is claimed to be the Moet luxurious eteara yacht afloat, is being offered for sale by Messrs. Knight, Frank, and Hutley, cf Condiuit-sitreet. Her original cost .^as £ 14j,000; her present price is £ 35,000. She -,iin reach a speed of seventeen knots. The vessel has been for some years past the float- 'ng home of Mr. W. K. VanderMlt.

I MEN FROM WALES Speaking at Whitefield's yesterday Mr. C. E. Price, M.P., eadd that in Scotland and Vales they had a vastly better educational astern than in England, and unless England voke up the country would be flooded with I .nen from Scotland and Wales come to fill the higher posit/Lotus. I

I From All Quarters I A white sparrowltawk was shot on Satur day at Cockbam^patlv, near Berwick. A lift which v.-ill convey visitors to the base of the dome is to be inaugurated this week at St. Peter's, 'n Rome. Lord Roberts A-ill present the Queen's shamrock to ill: Irish Guards at Ald-ershot on Thursday. Mrs. Frances Cooke, who died on Saturday at the age of at Oxwick. Norfolk, had 233 de-cendants, of whom four belong to the fifth generation. I Bar^Lars who broke into the house of a police inspector in Paris were so terrified by the sight of a pair of handcuffs on a table that they flung down their booty and fled. The two hundredth anniversary of the-birth of Dr. Arne, the composer of "itule, Bri- tannia. was celebrated on Saturday by an organ recital of his works at St. Paul's Church, Covesit Garden. According to an American Consular report, a firm made a serious mistake by using pie- tores of a dog as advertising posters in China, where dogs are chiefly regarded as street scavengers. Twelve little pigs at Forton Farm, Chard, whiah lost tiieir mother. are being fed from a bottle containing cow's milk, and are thriving. I The committee of the Additional Curates, Society has been compelled by lack of funds 'Ied by lack of fut)(le to withdinaw some of the grants and reduce many others. With Rlie Bowe, who died at Frankfurt on Saturday, has died the secret of a, bul let- resisting breastplate which had been satis- factorily tested.

I CATTBTS BKATKN.—I. many-street, Catluya.

'KeepingAnotherWoman I LONDON BARRISTER'S DENI ALS Mr. William John SevmiouT-Leet, a bar- rister, who formerly occupied a position under the Colonial Office, summoned his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Seymour-beet, of Clap- ham, at the South-Western Police-oourt on Saturday seeking to have reduced flic a,limc,i-,y which he was rectiitred to pay her by an order of the court. Mr. Seymour-Leei had been arrested on a warranrt in default of appearing to a summons for the non- payment of money due to his wife. Mr. Seymour-beet said that the order was made aiga-inst him when he was a Conserva- tive pa.rty aigent, and when his means were ample for the requirements. Xov he Jived in a ba-ok room in Kensington. He denied living with another woman. Mr. de Grey (the magistrate): But you write, in a letter, "I admit living with a girl in Finborough-road." %vile fal- The Witnc=is: My wife circulated false statements concerning me, and I wrote the letter to pay her back in her own coin. Mr. Duerdiin iXitton (for the wife): Yourr letter also says, If you consent to divorce me I will pay you 14 a month."—I admit I have been indiscreet in writing letters. She wrote a nasty one, and I replied. Two barristers, Mr. William E,ic-li,ard Wilson and Mr. Robert Holicwell Headley, supported the husband-s statement as to want of means. r. Dattoii said that if Mr. Seymour-ieei could support another woman he could sup- port his wife. MT. Seymour-Leet: I'm not keeping another woman. Mr. de Grey: I believe you are, and shall refuse your application.

OBSTINATE JURYMAN somewhat unusual incident occurred at the Old Bailey on* Saturday. A man had been tried for theft, and the jury retired to consider their verdict. After an ^absence of nearly an hour they returned and consulted the judge. The foremaji said it was really not so much that they had to ask the j'udgoe a question as to inform him that there was one member of the jury who did not agree with the remainder. The Judge: That means you don't agree. The Foreman: Yes, my lord. One of the jury has said that if we stay here all day he won't be of a different opinion. (Laughter.) The Judge remarked that the only thing that could be done was that another jury would be cmpannelled, and the case. tried again. They had better go back again for a time, and see if they could agree. "You had better give him a piece of your mind!" he added. The Foreman: We have already, my lord. (Laughter.) The Juror: Yes, my lord, but The Judge: I don't want to hear anything from you. Go back. I am n-ot going to dis- charge you yet. The jury retired again, and at the end of about five minutes returned, and said they found the prisoner guilty.

"WIRELESS" REVOLUTION I The wireless telegraphy experts on board his Majesty's ship Vernon, the experimental school at Portsmouth, have completed a new apparatus which will revolutionise "wireless" work on warships. It will be installed on the Dreadnought, and will enable Sir William Alay, the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, to keep in touch with the Admiralty at Whitehall, and receive instructions from the First Sea Lord. It will also enable mes- sages to be sent direct from Portsmouth to for the first time. The operating room has been fitted with sound-proof walls, and even when the Dreadnought is going at full speed in high seas, with tons of water rush- ing noisily along her decks, not a, -:oun-d will be heard in this chamber. The apparatus will be completed by April 12, and the Dread- nought will leave four days later to rejoin the Home Fleet at the Xore as the flagship of the commander-in-chief.

PROBABLE NEW JUDGES I Sow that it has become absolutely certain that two new judges of the King's Bench Division will be appointed soon after the next sittirngs of the courts commence, specu- lation in the Temple has been busy with, rMm?. Four K.C.'s are Yoenti?n?d as likely. The?e are Mr. Tindal Atkin?on. Mr. C. A.' I Ruseell, Mr. Montagu Lush, end Mr. Avory. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, a well-known leader on the North-Eastern Circuit, with a long expe- lie nee as Commissioner at Assizes, is con- sidered certain. Of the other three there is one thing which favours the likelihood of Mr. Avory's preferment. He -alone of the trio has had a considerable experience in crime, and as the main reason for the new appointments is the relief of the Court of Criminal Appeal, it would seem as if the moment were opportune for raising one of the biggest "criminal" silks to the Bench.

I LIBERALS & OLD-AGE PENSIONS The prospect of old-age pensions being "held up" after the middle of May by the Government's action in asking for only si* weeks' Supply is not altogether pleasing to many Liberal members (says the Daily Dispatch"). It is fully recognised that the pensions, which were advertised as the crown- ing glory of the Liberal regime, have been, from the electioneering point of view, of little value, and it is feared that any action which may affect their regular payment will injure the Government which provided them more than it will their opponents, however diligently the Lords may be blamed in the matter. In the circumstances, it would not be surprising to find that before the voting on Supply is concluded the Governmenl, may decide to make other plans in regard to the payment of the pensions.

ELOPEMENT RIOTS BERLIN, Monday. A telegram from Sofia to the Lokaian- zeiger" reports fierce rioting between civi- lians and soldiers in the environs of Rust- chuk. Fifteen persons are said to ha,ve been killed and thirty wounded, the latter includ- ing a. c-al-onet and four private soldiers who were struck by stones. The trouble arose out of a love affair. A Christian was anxious to marry a young Turkish girl, but her parents were opposed to the match. The girl ran away and took retfuige with her lover'8 family, but was pursued by the police, whereupon the population took the part of the young couple and created disturbances, which necessitated military intervention.— Central News.

THE PHILADELPHIA STRIKE PHILADELPHIA. Monday. The Labour Union has issued orders to milk- men and grocers' assistants to cease work until the strike is settled in favour of the tram-car men. All Union members are urged to withdraw their money from the banks, and it is expected that brewery men will go on strike in spite cf orders from their officials.—Central News.

DALAI LAMA AT CALCUTTA CALCUTTA, Sunday. The Dalai Lama arrived here by special train to-day. His party halted en route to bathe in the Ganges. The Dalai Lama was driven to Hastings House in the Viceregal carriage, attended by the Viceroy's aides-de- camp. Only a few hundred persons witnessed his arrival. TheTe were no special demon- strat-ions.Reuter.

YOUR MAJESTY." I Have you any question to put to the witness?" a youthful prisoner was asked by I the North London magistrate (Mi\ Hed-cier- wick) on Saturday. ,No, yotrr Majesty," was the reply.

Trap Accidents  WOMEN BADLY INJURED j A serious trap aocident occurred near Aber- dulais on Sunday, as the result of which two women, named Mary Lewis, the wife of Edward Lewis, 9, Cyd-terraoe, Clyne, and Edith Griffiths, aged 18, 2, Cyd-terraoe, are lying in a crit-i-c.al state at the Dulais Rook Hotel, Aberdulais. It appears that the women, accompanied by William Williams, Edward Lewis, and Doris May Lewis, aged five, were proceeding for a drive in the direction of the Vale of Neath, and a brief halt was made at the Green Dragon Inn. The men left the vehicle, and during their absence the horse bolted, rushing all the way from Cadoxton to Aberdulais before its progress j was arrested. The two women named were thrown out cf the trap, sustaining serious injuries. It is stated that both are suffering i from fractured skulls. The little girl, Doris May Lewis, fortunately escaped with only a 6haking. ?e in jured were promptly attended by Dr. Prell (Aberdulais) and Dr. Lewis (Neath). Horse Leaps a Bridge A horse and trap belonging to Mr. Isaac Williams, of Gwaelodygarth, Taff's Well, wero left standing in charge of a boy near the Taff Va.le Station on Saturday. Taking fright the horse bolted, and rushed over the iron railing of the feeder bridge, sma.shing the top iron rail and breaking off three iron uprights. The trap turned sideways, and the honse alighted on its feet in the bed of the feeder, which was running low at the ime.

I DRINK AND STUNTED GROWTH I Speaking yesterday at a meet,ing of the I Walham Green P.-S.A. Brotherhood, Sir Victor Horsley said that if people would only do their duty to their neighbours we should have universal haippiness and the social miilen. nium. Drink was one of the chief obstacles to the attainment of the ideal social life; another was the lack of ed-ucalicu in morality and the science of living, and a third was bad housing. The inhabitants cf the slums were kept in their poverty because th-ey resorted so frequently to the public-houses, which always abounded in slum districts. Biologists had proved that the offspring of parents who fre- quented pubiiD-houses diminished in size and activity at the rate of 30 per cent. They were 'aleo morally defective and were the founda.- tion of the criminal clas.ce.5.

FISHING IN A LETTER-BOX I Harry Bailey (24), a: cook, was found guilty at the Cent,ral Criminal Court on Saturday of attempting to steal letters from a pillar- box. The prisoner, who was caught fishing for letters with string and bird lime, alleged that he was put up to the trick by a detec- tive, and that the officer supplied him with the materials. He also declared that the detective arranged with him to rob a church, hoping to get promotion by arresting him. These accusations were denied, and the jury, in finding the prisoner guilty, said they thought he was weak-minded. (Sentenced to I nine months' hard labour.

DEATH OF SIR E. P. WILLS I Sir Edward Payson Wills, recently one of ¡ the direotors of the Imperial Tobacco Com- pany, died last night at his residence at Stoke Bishop, Clifton, Bristol, at the age of 76. He was a son of the late Mr. H. O. Wills, the latter being, with the father of Lord Vv interstoke, the founder of the firm of Messrs. D. and if. O. Wills. (Sir Edward Wills gave £ 25,OCO to the local convalescent home, and was made a K.C.B. by Queen Vic- toria, who in 1399 opened the home. Ilis brother, -Sir Frederick Wills, died at Cannes in February, 1909, and his widow died at I Cannes last month.

CARNEGIE'S RENUNCIATION I Mr. Andrew Carnegie, whose every word publioiy spoken finds its w.ay into print just now, 16 quoted in the American newspapers as having made a statement at San Francisco I to the effect that the accumulation of wealth has no more joys for him. There was recently laid before him, the steel magnate is reported to have said, a proposal which, if be had adopted it, wouid almost certainly have brought him in something like £ 10,000,003, but, in accordance with the resolve he had formed, he declined to pro-fit by the opportunity, and he hoped not to make any more money, if he could possibly prevent him- self doing 80.

SIR W. GILBEY'S PICTURES I The following prices were realised. at the I sale of Sir Walter Gilbey's pictures at Messrs. I Christie's on Saturday; — "Lord Rivers Coursing," J. L. Agasse 190gs. "Lord Derby's Foxhounds," J. Barenger 105gs. "Fox Hunting," J. F. Herring, sen. 270gs. "Mail Coaches for ths Nortih," J. Pollard 14g8 "Death of the Fox," J. N. a,rtoriu. 23Cga. The drawings and engravings from the same collection will be sold to-day and to- morrow.

55 YEARS TOWN CLERK I After nearly 55 years' work as Towti. clerk of Lincoln, Mr. John Thomas Tweed died on Seturday aged 86. Mr. Tweed first settled in Iii ncoln in 1846, and commenced to practice as a solici- tor. He became mayor in 1E52, and, aooo-rding to the minutes of the council, on July 10, 1855, it was ordered that John Thomas Tweed be elected common clerk, or town-clerk, of the city during the year of his mayoralty.

COLEFORD BIRTH-RATE I At the last meeting of Coleford District Council the medical officer (Dr. R. Payne) report-ed that during the year 75 births had been registered, 34 boys and 41 girls. The birth-rate per 1,000 of the population was 2.8.9, showing an increase of 5.8 per 1.000 on last year, being the highest birth-rate since 1902, when It was 31.1. The medical officer further reported that there were four scarlet fever cases in the town.

NAKED LUNATIC CHASED I Some excitement was caused in Hammer- snuth. West Kensington, on Saturday by a well-dreesed stripping himself in the street and racing along the pavement in a state of nudity. After throwing off his ooat he took a watch and chain from his pocket and several rings from his fingers and threw I them into the roadway. A pur. a pocket- book, and some papers were served in a similar way, and the man then hastily took off the rest of hit;, ciothiiiig and started runnin.g in the direction of High-street, Ken- j sington. He was oaugh,t by a policeman, and takfn to Kensington Police-station, where the divisional surgeon certified the man to be insane.

I HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW I An Irish countryman, who was illiterate, was attracted by a Dublin optician's adver- tisement to supply spectacles by the aid cf which "any person could easily zead the finest print." Tae man entered the shop, and after trying lens of varying power declared he could not make out the printed page. When the shopman had nearly exhausted his stock aitd his temper he inquired impatiently, Do you know how to rea.d ?" "Out wid ye!" exclaimed the countryman, throwing down the spectacles in anger. "If I could read what would I be alter buying a pair of spectacles foa,?

NEW WELSH ARCHDEACON I The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph has promoted the Rev. T. Lloyd, vicar of Rhyl, to a resi- dentiary canonry at St. Asaph Cathedral and to the archdeaconry of St. Asaph, which l became vacant through the death of the late ArChdeacon Evans. J

N ightly Orgesl nConvent I DEVELGPMEMT Or FRENCH SCANDALS PARIS, Sunday. A commercial agent named Martin, who was formerly an assistant of M. Duez, the liquidator of the Church estate funds, and at whose house many documents dealing with liquidation business have been found, was arrested last evening at Se-vers. It is stated that M. Martin had a suite of rooms in one of the deserted convents of Paris, luxuriously furnished, and that nightly orgies were there enacted until the complaints of neighbours put a stop to them. It further appears that M. Martin kept up four or five separate establishments, all under different names.. The police searched his house in the Avenue d'Orleans to-day, and. seized numerous papers relating to the liquidations. M. Martin was brought to Paris from Xevers overnight, and interrogated this morning. On being informed that he was charged with complicity in the Duex affair, he protested his innocence, but was con- signed to the Sante Prison. (

A CLEVER CAPTURE Having- advertised for some strong beasts, Mr. Herbert, Jones, a well-known South] Lincolnshire farmer. of Honington. received a letter, signed "J, palmer, of Navenby," who stated in the letter that his son would be at Honington on the following morning pie- pared to sell some beasts. A man duly i turned up with eight bnllocks, which Jonca at once recognised as belonging to a neigh- bouring farmer. He led the man to believe that he would buy them, and, on the pretest of obtaining some ready money, induced him to go to the next village, where he handed him over to a policeman, to whom the man admitted it was "a fair cop." The ma.n. described on the oharge-sheet as Fred Clarke, aged 39, farmer, of Ifanslope, Bucks, was on ,saturday at Grantham committed for trial. I

THE COUNTESS OF DUDLEY I The Countess of Dudley's i-uedic-al attendant reported last night that, after a trying and I retless day, there was an improyement in her ladyship's condition. Yesterday was I regarded as the critical one in the case, and I it occasioned no surprise that the patient was restless. In all the circumstances, it was stated, the improvement noted last evening was as great as could reasonably be I expected.

JUDGE PARKER AT PLYMOUTH I Judge Alton B. Parker, once Democratic candidate fdr the United States Presidency, arrived at Plymouth yesterday from New York on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. He is on a three months' tour, and will spend the greater portion of the time in Russia. He will land at Hamburg.

CARDIFF MOCK PARLIAMENT The Speaker's dinner" of the Cardiff Par- liamentary Debating Sooiety was held on Saturday night at the Whitehall-rooms, Park Hotel, the "Speaker" (Mr. W. J. Smith) pie- siding. Keen disappointment was ielt a.t the absence of Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., and the Lord Mayor fAlderman John Ghappell). Writing on Friday, Mr. D. A. Thomas an- nounced that lie had been ordered abroad by his doctor for complete rest, and was starting from home at once. Tiie arrangements of the gathering reflected great credit upon the honorary secretary (Mr. J. Stuart Davies). The health of the "Speaker" was cordially drunk.—In proposing The Imperial Parlia- ment," the "Deputy Speaker" (Mr. P. Lloyd Tanner), in an amusin-g speech, said he was not certain whether their own Pariia.ment did not come out rather better than the Imperial Parliament. The 1 atter's enact- ) ments m ight have greater weight; on the other hand, the measures passed by the local Parliament were far better in every respect. (Laughter.)—Alderman Robert Hughes, J.P., replied in the absence of" Mr. D. A. Thomas. He congratultcd I the society upon the position it had attained. Referring to the appointment j of a Minister for Wales, they did not know when the appointment would be made, and he considered the member for Cardiff emi- nently fitted to fill the position at the pre- i sent juncture. (Appiause.)—'The remaining toasts Were "The City and Port of Cardiff" awl "The Sooiety."

—■«—M—> LiViNG-IN SYSTEM I The annual meeting of the South Wales District Council of the Na-tionat Union of Shop Assistants was held at Cardiff on Sun- day, Mr. H. Harris (Aberaman) presiding. A special report was presented by ilile anti- l'iving-in committee upon the action taken to "bring the necessity of abolition of this system before the general public,, and the following resolution was carried:- "That this me'eting, representing 2,000 organised shop-workers of South Wales, h-o-ir with great satisfaction that Messrs. Reynolds and Co., Newport, have abolished the living-in system, and, whilst congra dating the firm upon their decision, sincere-ly hope that other establishments in South Wales will early follow the splendid example in the interest of the health and general well-being of the assistants." The appointment of offic-ers for the year resulted as follows:—Chairman, Mr. G. A. Rosser, eath; vice-chairman, Mr. F. C. HoweHs. Cardiff; secretary, Mr. H. M. Gibbon? Newport; assistant secr?t?ry. Mr. D. J. Wil- liams, Ferndale; treasurer, Mr. W. H. Lewis, I Aberdare.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CHASE I An extraordinary scene was witnessed on I Saturday in Hammersmith-road, West Ken- sington. At about-nine o'clock a number, of people, who were waiting for omnibuses' at Addison-road, observed a man commence to I divest himself of his clothing. After throw- I ing off his coat, he took a watoh and 4chaip from his pocket, and several rings from his ¡ lingers, and threw them into the roadway. The man then hastily took off the rest of his clothing, and in a nude condition started running in the direction of High-street, Ken- sington. It was evident that the unfortunate man was demented. A crowd took up the chase, ¡ and something like a panic ensued, ladies screaming and running fcr places of shelter. the man pursued his flight for a consider- able distance until a policenxan at the corner of Earl's Court-road closed with the man, and struggled with him until assistance was obtained. The man was then quickly covered with some clothing and conveyed on an ambulance to the rvensington Police- station.. li,iie.?e he wa,,?  station. There he was seen by the divisional surgeon and pronounced insane.

CARDIFF SAILORS' REST I A highly sucoessful jumble sale and cafe chantant took place on Saturday in connec- tion with the newly-formed Cardiff Sailors' Rest, 247, Bute-street. For an hour before the doors of the large ouilding (opposite the rest) in which the function was held were opened a huge crowd had gathered outside, and had to be malshalled 1l queues by the police. A unique and conspicuously success- ful feature of the function was a cafe chant ant held on the first floor. The spacious room had been tastefully decorated by Messrs. James nowell and Co., and the varied fancy dresses of the many waitresses gave it an artistic finish. In the evening a lantern lecture was given by Mr. J. Glenelg Grant on his Eastern travels, and was assisted by Madame Lthel Thomas-Fairburn and Messrs. Norman Kendrick and T. Wilde. The sum cleared after paying all expenses is something over £150, which will go towards carrying on the work cf the rest. The hon. secretary was Miss Beddo-e Rees, who gathered about her a committee of over a hundred ladies, and to their combined eifort.s is due the magnificent success cf the under- I taking.

CARDIFF. TRAMWAYMEN I A meeting of memboers of the Cardiff branch of the Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers was held at the Ruskin Institute on Sunday to consider the position of the branch secretary, Mr. Arthur J. Atweil, and the advisability of his resigning his position under the corporation tramways department in order that he might devote his whole time in the interest of the membere. A resolution, to that effect met with unanimous approval, and it was resolved t-o ballot the whole of the members at an early date. It was aiss unanimously decided to favour the candidature of Mr. Atweil in the Grangetown Ward for the forthcoming elec- tion of guardians.

-= FETTERHILL CRANE CRASH The unfort/unate man, Tom Kea,i-, cf I Ellwood, near Coleford, died at Gloucester Infirmary after an operation a3 tho result of the injuries he received by the falling of a steam crane in. the Fetterhill Valley, owned by Messrs. Clothier and Son.

j Countess Gives Evidence I STORY OF HER EARLY LIFE VENICE, Saturday. When the Kamarowsky murder trial was resumed this morning the lawyer, M. Prilukoff, was present, although he appeared to be still very unwell. The President again contested many of his statements regarding telegrams which he exchanged with the Countess Tarnowska. Among these telegrams was one in which the countess announced she had decided to marry Count Kamarowsky. 1 'his message, said witness, wa-s agreed upon by the countess and himself, and was intended as a proof of her innocence. Another telegram concocted for the same purpose was despatched by M. Prilukoff from Pontebba with the signature X au in off." | This message stated that he (Dr. Naumoff), being enraged by the determination of the countess to marry Kamarowsky, had decided to take steps himself to prevent the marriage. Another telegram from M. Prilukoff to the Countess Tarnowska asked whether she pre- ferred a cold or hot dish, meaning whether Dr. Naumoff should kill Count Kamarowsky with a dagger or with a revoiver. The cjuntess replied that she preferred a hot dish. After the mid-day adjournment Countess l"J.'al'Iwwska, told the story of her childhood and her marriage with Count Tarnowska. He was, she said, a man of dissolute habits, and after marriage continued consort with mist,regies, and spent whole nights at his club. This caused her icucii suffering. While journeying in Italy "he fell ill from typhoid fever. In Rome she heard that her husband's brother had committed Suicide because he had not been promoted after his examina- tions. She had be-en falsely accused of having provoked this suicide. In 1839 she made the acquaintance of M. Prilukoff and his wife at Moscow, and she and her husband went to the theatre with them. One evening M. Prilukoff was drunk. At this time she was suffering from epileptic symptoms. After the death of her mother-in-law, in 18S9, sh-e and her husoand setlitsd at Kietr where her husband had relations with cantatrices. Having surprised him with one, his inistrees, sho left him. She then suffered from hemorrhage for two years. A reconciliation wa,5 affected with her husband, who took her to Nice, where she made the acquaintance of Count Kamarowsky. She then returned to Russia to undergo a cure, while her husband remained at Nice, where he fought a duel on account of the mistress of Count Kamarowsky. The Countess remarked that she had been falsely accused of having been the cause of this duel. At KiefT. in 1303, she met M. Borgewsky, who fell in love with her. Although attracted by him sha resisted him as long as she could. but at last yielded. Her husband did not fight a. duel with Borgewskv. but one evening, after having had a reconci- liation with him and embraced him, shot him with a. revolver. Borgewsky died subsequently from meningitis. Countess Tarnowska said ehe hurried to the bedside of Borgewskv, and he expired in her arms. The countess wept silently as she gave her evidenca. The hearing was then adjourned until Tuesday.—Press Association Foreign Special.

—-—————— BREAKFAST TABLE TRAGEDY I NEW YORK, Saturday. I While seated face to face at the breakfast table in a Philadelphia hotel yesterday Dr. •Charles Coleman Benson, a,ged 73, and his wife, Isabella, aged 63, swallowed poison and expired directly afterwards. The deceased gentleman is believed to have been in practice at Baltimore; and he is said to have been a candidate for the prize offered by the French Academy of Medicine for the discovery of a cure for tuberculosis. Dr. Benson, who was English by birth, had resided in the United States for forty years and married a lady belonging to a well-known family in Baltimore. A note which was found after the suicide stated that neither the doctor nor his wife desired to live any longer. They expressed a wish that their bodies should be cremated, that the ashes should be scattered to the winds, and that no religious service should be arranged by those attending the final ceremony. In return for compliance with these requests, those present at the committing of the ashes are to divide the proceeds of the property It-it by the deceased, including whatever may be realiBoo by the sale of two recipes for patent medicines which have been I lodged with the American. Patent Othce.- I "Observer."

A.S.R.S & LABOUR CANDIDATES! The Amalgamated Society of Railway Ser- vants' Executive at its meeting this week wiil have to face the Question of how to raise the money rquiréd to pay back to the Labour party the £1,.5:)0 borrowed for the election expenses of Alters. Hudson. Wardle, and Thomas, in Newcastle, StocKport, and Darby (says the London correspondent of the "York- shire Post"). The candidates gave a guaran- teo that what they were enabled to borrow from the Labour party should be paid back. The amount raised so far from voluntary con- tributions is not large, and the A.S.R.S. has been precluded from handing over to the Labour party the sums previously raised I. y levy. It appears that about £ 2.000 a year is needed, and how to get it is a. difficult prob- lem. At the same meeting the election of a secretary in place of Mr. R. Bell will be con- sidered, and thl hana: arranged for. There aro numerous nominations for the position, which is being filled temporarily by Mr. Wil- liams, the assistant secretary. He is one can- didate, and so are Mr. Hudson. M.P., and several other prominent members of the Union.

POOR-LAW REFORM The annual meeting of the Poor-law Officers' Association (Incorporated) was held on Saturday at Bristol, and was attended by Dr. J. D. Williams and Mr. Arthur J. Harris (Cardiff), Mr. L. Jenkins (Swansea), and Mr. W. Phillips (Pontypridd), as delegates from the Glamorgan and Monmouth Branch.—Dr. J. D. Williams was re-elected a member of the executive as a representative of district medical officers, registrars, and vaccination officers.—The Glamorgan end Monmouth Branch, for the fourth year in suocesision, won the gold medal for the largest contribu- tion of all the branches in the kingdom to the Benevolent and Orphan Fund, towards which they had raised £100. So pleased were the association with the guecess of this branch that they unanimously decided that the branch should retain the medal in per- petuity, and the president's offer to re-place it was accepted "co. acclamation.

g fAVIATiON IN RUSSIA I ST. PETERSBURG. Sunday. Mr. Hubert Latham is expected in St. Petersburg towards the end of April, and will make a jiumber of flighte on the Kolomiaggi Racecourse, just outside the city. This is the best aerodrome available, as the police authorities would not hear of the exhibition being at Tsarskoeselo, where there is a mag- nificent ground. The Imperial Russian Aero Club is taking great interest In Mr. Latham's visit, and proposes to present him with a valuable souvenir. The club will act as intermediary between Mr. Latham and the police in the event of his desiring to fly outside the limits of the racecourse. In all probability the aviator would have to keep within strictly specified limits.—Press Association Foreign Special,

NEW YORK TRAGEDY NEW YORK. Saturday. A verdict of "Suicide by shooting" was returned to-day by the coroner's court at the "inqnest on Mr. M'Claughlin, Mr. Taft's brother-in-law. His death was first attributed to heart disease.—Exchange Telegraph Company.

MELBOURNE TRAGEDY MELBOURNE, Sunday, Mr. Bertram Armytage, who was a member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's South Pola.r expedition, has been found dead from a revolver shot. Mr. Armytage was born in 1869, and was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and at Jesus College, Cambridge. He served for several years in the Victorian Militia, and for one year in the Victorian Permanent Artillery, whence he received a commission in the 6tli Dragoon Guards (Carbiniers), with whom he served in the South African war. Mr. Armytage joined Sir Ernest Shackle- ton's expedition in Australia.—Reuter.

I JAPAN AND THE STATES I NEW YORK. Saturday. The Worid publishes a, cablegram from Count Koinur. the Japanese Foreign Minis- ter, in which he Eays: I am convinced that nothing in the relations between Japan and America, need cause real uneasiness. The Far Eastern interests of the two Powers axe not inconsistent or antagonistic. War betwean them is inconceivable. It would be a crime without excuse or palliation. My conviction finds ample support in tbe understanding I arrived in 350S."—Reutev.

iShould Wives Be Paid ? I ■ y ■ ^»i I DRASTIC PROPOSALS IN PARLIAMENT One of the objects of eight Bills affecting the position of women which Sir Oharles M'Laren will introduce in the House of Oom. mons to-day is to secure for wives a share in the property of their husbands. The proposals state tihat a wife who devotes her whole time to housekeeping and the care of the children shall have a claim on nor husband during his life, and on his estate after hiis death, for a sum calculated on a, scale not exceeding the wages of u house- keeper in her station of life, provided she has not received any other perional allow- ance. A wife shall also be a, creditor for the amount on her husband's estate in case of his bankruptcy In the case of dissolution of the marriage or separation, it is laid down that a wife shall be entitled to payment for past services on this scale, should payment not have been made during the marriage Where the wife is a wage-earner she siiail net be legally iiable for the support of her husband or of his children unless her earnings or the income of her property exceed the minimum necessary for her support. Among other proposals contained iu the Bills are the following:— Wives who work jointly in the same business as their husbands shall be regarded as partners. Fathers and mothers shall be joint gua.r. dians of their children. All universities or institutes deriding money from the State shall he open to women. Votes for wcmen and heavier punishment for bru-tul husbands are features of this women's charter."

I KINGS TO MEET I MILAN, Monday. The Vienna correspondent of t.he It Corriers Delia fc-era" learna on good authority that King Edward, during a cruise in the Mediterranean, will make some stay at Naples, and will meet the King of Italy. The meeting between the British and Italian Sovereigns is fixed for the end of April.- Central News. PARIS, Monday. A Madrid dispatch to the "Journal" states that the Spanish Royal Family will return to the capital from Seville on Tuesday, add- ing that King Alphonso intends to proceed immediately to San .Sebastian, where he will meet King Edward.—Central News.

RAYNER IN THE CHOIR Further detail^ of the pirison life at Park- hurst of the convict Rayner, the murderer of Mr. Whiteley, have reached a London con- temporary. He is in much better spirits than, he has been at any time since his sentence. The melancholy which at first required that, he should be so carefully watched has now gone. Twice every Sunday he may be seen. in the chapel choir—of which his excellent voice makes him one of the most valuable members. His work is to cart coa-l and other stores with a handcart to various parts ot the prison.

GERMAN FLYING CRUISERS Aerial warship manoeuvres will begin in the vicinity of Cologne at the beginning of April, and wiil continue for a period of six weeks. The participating airships will be the Zeppelin II., the Gross I.. and the Par- seval III., and one or two other airships may join for shorter periods. The principal object of the manoeuvres is to train officers and men. to handle airships in all kinds of weather. All sorts of new experiments will also he made for the transmission of wireless mes- sages from apparatus aboard the airships to each other and to land stations.

KAISER'S NORTH SEA CRUISE The Kaiser arrived in Berlin at ndne o'clock on Saturday night from his No-rth Sea cruise, which extended as far as the Norwegian coast. The weatlier was unfavourable most of the time. His Majesty, however, is a pro- verbially good sailor, and promenaded the d--<-k with such of his guests as were able. The majority, however, spent most of the t.ime below. The Kaiser distributed a number of signed photographs and dowiationr, among- the directors of the German-American line and the officers of the ship. j>

W CYCLE TRADE ACTIVITY It was stated on Saturday at Coventry, the home of cycling-making, that the re '-rt; of i agents in all parts of the country concerning 1 the season's proapects a?e most re-as?urin?. ? Firms are well ahead with their preparations for the antieipated rush of orders just before Easter, and it is maintained that in this respect manufacturers were never in a better position. Employment has remained steady > all through the winter, with over-time in some cases, and there are fewer out-of-works than for some years.

ROYALTY WATCHED Stories of an alleged scandal, in which the names of Danish princes are involved, come from Copenhagen. Pastor Mathieson, editor of tfhe "Christian Daily Gazette," and leader of the so-called Home Mission, it is said, organised a regular detective service to watcb certain members of the royal family. The attendants of the princes, instead of going to the police for protection from this moleeta' tion, seem to have tried to buy off amateur detectives. Several prosecution^ are thre.atened.

PORT WINE DUTIES 1 3 A report is current, in political and finan- cial circles in Lisbon that a new commercial treaty with Great Briain is pending by which the same Custom house advantages will 1)0 granted to Portuguese as to Italian and trench wines. Such a measure would be warmly welcomed in Portugal in view of tba great glut of wine, especially in the Douro region, where port wine is produoed.

SHIPMENT OF OLD i HORSES About ninety worn-out horses were shipped aboard at Hull on Saturday for tb" Continent. Various inspectors were present during the proceedings, and a press photO- grapher was asked to leave by a Nort^ Eastern dock foreman, who deolared tha-4 photographs were not allowed to be takefl" The dock, he said, was private property, aJJi an official permit was necessary for anyopa to go thtfre.

MOTORING AND COURTSHIP 4 Arthur Carpurali, junior, Sutton, who vr;).8 seen at Greenwich driving a motor-car at t'll excessive speed, pleaded extenuating circa0" stances at the local court on Saturday oJ) account of a mosit important eng.agemr;t,. He was going to see the girl to whom u-Øtf, morning he became engaged. (Laug btx.,) Fined C2 and two guineas costs. <

MIXED LUNCH I Fin<?d for being drunk and disordo1"^ Arthur Ernest H,nbury. Tracy, d.eecrt'il:, himself as a Raancier and memhiint, Of i'<?'' ham, told the London Guiidba.U magTe?T?'? i that he ha.d been lunching, and that !f1 I rich soup, champagne, and subsequent]y go^e haricot oxtail had upset him.

TOURIST'S TERRIBLE FALL I APPEyZEDL. Sunday* While climbing a height to-day betweej Saentis and Weesen a toi^ist of St. C" I I- I named VHJJmger (19). had a fatal fall n was MMied with crgmp, amd fell or '?' precipi b<Kor? the eyez of his frJi?c??''? &«utei\