Evening Express

From All Quarters I fgT T. H. Tailby, & Bnokinrha-m nnreery- man. has captured 249 queen wasps in four teys ffeld-Marsbal Sir George White, the hero of Cadysmith. ceiebnatee his seventy-fifth birthda.y to-day. 'f'be names of nearly 200 new rectpierata of the ImperiaJ Service Medal were published in yesterday's "Gazette." The Atlantic and Meditetraneaji Fisete Hiave arrived at Falmouth, and are coaling, in praparation for the manoeuvres. The ALa.rquaes of Zetland is suffering from the effects of a severe fall from his horse, which put its foot in a rabbithole. It was stated at Shoreditch County-court that oak taken, from a house 300 yeeire old was still damp, and split when it was exposed to the air. The Bognor Council proposes erecting a flag on the parade to be used as a eigiial to trippers that it is time to return to the; railway station. "Hold your tongue, WOD," said Judge H cms to a garrulous debtor at Bau^for County-court. "If you spend your money i ga fast as you talk, small wonder it's all gone.

I GRAMOPHONE A GENERICTERMj There is no trade monopoly of the use of the word gramophone, deeaded Mr. Justice Parker in the Chancery Division yesterday. The Gramophone Company (Limited), sought to obtain the registration of the word as a I description of their balking-machinea, but his Lordship dismisfod the o.pTjlica,tioii with! oosis, saying tlKit a- name by which a. machine was populal-ly known ought not to be entitled to registration. Althoag-h in the! trade the word connoted the goods of the: a.pplioaruts to the geneirai public, it merely denoted a disc mKuohine as opposed to a. I cylinder machine, without any reference to I the sooirce of manufacture. j

THE HEAVY LADY I Some amusement was caused at Southport County-court yesterday in a case in which two bath-ohair men were concerned. Albert R. Rhodes sued Steven Taylor, an old num. for damage to a bath-chair. He alleged that Taylor had been taking the chair over rough roads, causing serious damage to one of the tyres. Taylor said the brake did not fit..It has a sharp edge." he said, "and at the time I had a heavy lady in the chair. (L>au&ht«r.) I had to put th? br&k? on. or 4 chair ?o?lid have run me off my feet, and then what would have happened to the poor lady ? (Laughter.) Bhe is a. terrible weight, and she would have been killed, and J might ha";e oeen killed with her. His Honour said the bath-ohair must be brought to the next court, and he would eee what it was like. The case was adjourned tor a month.

I The Man in the Street Even the heavens wept yesterday when the news spread that the great white fighting man, James Jeffries, had ailed to hold his own against the coloured champion. Everywhere the result proved most disappointing, and in many places the defeat was received as a humiliation that "was almost unbearable. Without any real reason, thousands had pinned their faith on Jeffries, who, how- ever, Ss> use the term of Freddie Welsh, was unable to "come back." Never before had so much interest been given to one (fight—it was universal—and few people went to bed on Monday night, in order that they could receive the news directly it came through. As enthusiasts used to sing at smoking concerts, they did ''not go home till morning." And that going home was an awfully melan- choly affair. Many felt the outcome to be nothing less than a disgrace, not only to the one man who had come from his retirement to do his best to win a big victory, but also to the white race, and oven individually by those of the same blood. There were those who could not contain their feelings of extreme annoy- ance and vexation, and we read that as Jeffries staggered about in the ring with an eye bunged up, a beaten man, one of his friends left the arena weeping. As was to be anticipated, others, many of whom had held their feelings in check ready to hurrah in the event of the white nan's victory, do not take any pains to their extreme disgust at the whole .iffair. Their stock of gibes at the inter- national interest aroused is almost un- bounded. Any stick is good enough with which to belabour those who hoped that the nigger would meet with his quiefus. Had the battle gone the other way many of those pessimists who are now groaning at the "disgraceful exhibition at Reno," etc., would be throwing up their hats and referring in affectionate terms to "Good old Jeff," "the supremacy of "the white race," and so on. As a hard matter of fact, no one likes the way the fight has gone, and already the world is being searched to find the man who is capable of achieving the task at which Jeffries failed. Does that man exist? It is extremely doubtful. And certainly the man to do it is not one of the "has beens." After all, Johnson himself has done something, and the mere fact of his colour is an accident, deplorable cer- tainly, but unavoidable. What is more disquieting is the feeling roused in diffe- rent parts of the world where the negro clement is strong and where the antipathies of the white race have not been held in restraint. Education is, as ever, far from being an absorbing subject with members of the Cardiff Corporation, and at yester- days meeting Mrs. Cantillon, who pre- sided at the special schools committee, was all alone in her glory until the arrival of Mr. Herbert Thompson. Alto- gether, there were three school com- mittees meeting yesterday, and Mr. Thompson was the sole representative of the 30 councillors and ten aldermen of the corporation. As there was nobody's salary to be raised and nothing calcu- lated to produce exciting scenes, it is to be presumed that the majority of the City Fathers had found a more pleasant way of spending their time elsewhere. It was rather a pity that it was SOo, because there arose a capital opportunity to debate a very important subject. Dr. Eichholz, inspector of special schools, had recommended the appointment of an "arter-ca-re committee." In the report read by the assistant secretary of educa- tion (Mr. H. H. Thorburn), it was pointed out that at present there is no agency to help in avoiding the educational loss which is bound to occur when children have left school and try to find positions of usefulness in the world. A helping hand at this time might make all the difference between pauperism on the one hand and a life of independence and self- respect on the other. Such a committee already exists in connection with the oral school for the deaf at Howard Gardens. It is an ideal committee from the standpoint of the corporation, for it consists wholly of one person, Miss Emma Young (the head- mistress), who has meritoriously gone beyond her mere duty in looking after the condition of the children for long after they have left the school. This lady deserves every credit for her altruistic devotion to a high standard of-Juty, and she should be encouraged in every way to persevere. But nothing seems to be done in connection with the Virgil-street scholars, who may go to Timbuctoo, so far as the education committee are concerned, after leaving their care. However, it seems a wrong principle to give the youngsters an expensive training and then to turn them loose upon the world. In the end it proves a most expensive method, as well as an unfortunate one, because many of thee handicapped member of the community become permanent burdens on the rates where they might have become useful and self-supporting citizens. It is to be hoped that members of the committee will make an effort to attend when this subject comes forward for consideration. Pontypridd cannot claim to be a fashionable town so far as the birth-rate is concerned, and its 421 births in three months, with a rate of 40 per 1,000 inhabitants, is not beaten in many places. No wonder the town of the famous bridge and the long station platform is a proud place, and the mere fashion in babies can be joyously foregone in producing such a capital resuifc. However, the; Pontypridd Council are just as much con-I cerned in maintaining their population in health as by increasing it naturally. War is to be declared on consumption, and the people are to be armed in order that they may fight the insidious hordes of microbes which enter the human system to steal the means of life. These should not be days of ignorance, and the least that any public authority can do is to w j-n the people in simple terms against the spreading of the white man's scourge. Just lately we have heard a great deal about "the white man's hope" that broke down. Here is something infinitely more in keeping with the description, and it is encouraging to know that in all parte of the kingdom ways and means are being discussed as to the ber;t methods by which the foe of mankind can be held up, eventually, it is hoped, to be wiped from the face of the earth. Good lock to Pontypridd,, any- howl

STOP PRESS Latest Telegrams. o. iS PECULATION PLATE, Si men Melton South West St. Distaff 4.fl-lp E M!BRiO KE MAIDEN. Result: Mangalmi Rocksavage Torchbea.Ter 4.0—Also rjri-Tibey Queen gelding. I¡-in1. 1nd 8 to ag»t wet Memory. PLATE Result: Cherry Tint Zadig Milton Ernest .()-BIBrRI STAKES RES CJLT ile Dc¡¡¡-ciaIÙ, Lü\y,n,j I.ord G Edwards 6 12 3 Mt K-iiowiwii's Voh Beiieve It E Robson 3 10 9 \V bass's Altop* Taylor 4 12 4 Betting—5 to 2 agst, Manga!m;. L. I

I A LOVER OF PRETTY WOMEN A handsomae yoBxtg German gtadenst, Erich Oriat.m, aged 22. of urem.OOrg, who has at least a dozen fiancees, has just been arrested aA ZtLrioh on the charge of fraud, and his extradition is demanded. Half a dozen of his fiancees, who atill loved the young Ikm inan, w,&rned him of his coming acrrest, and advised him to leave Germany, but several others, finding themselves duped, gave his deecriprtoon to the police. One pa/rexut lodged a formal compla-iant of fraud, as he had lout, Orwtin, as the fiance of his daughter, £.300. Oristin's life as a student was to became engaged to as many young girls of good family as possible, and then to aek money from their parents 'to carry on his studies." By aooident, four of his flamcees ordered their trousseaux at the sa-me shop at .Nuremberg, and hence the discovery. The parents of these four fiancees, to avoid a scandal, are not prosecuting, but aaiother parent is, and several others will probably join him. When arrested Crietin said: "I love all pretty women, and, therefore, oould not marry one.

AERONAUT'S LOST BEARINGS The unawfliisbbaLity of airships of aJtI. types in I strong wind i3 shown by the alarn2mg experi- ence of the Groas military balloon dm-mg a nright trip from Berlin to Gotha. Leaving Berlin a.t nine p.m. on Monday the vessel ran into a. storm new Torga-u. and was driven ftom its couwso b-y the wind. During the an-all hours of the morning the aeronauts lost their bearings, and were at last oom- pieteLy ignorant of their whereabouts. By gneat luck the airship, whjoh had lost a good deal of gas, o&me to the ground at five o'clock yesterday (morning near the Zed thai 11 exeroase ground. The airship is, however, a ooaniplete wreck.

HEAVY FALLS OF SNOW The weather throughout Switzerland is unprecedented far July. Above 1 SCO feet of enow has fallen heavily during the la&t 24 hours, the greatest fails being in the Enga- ,,i?e r'dne h?w rioen dine and Alpine paflsee. The I line has rd/sen three feet, owing to continuous rain during the last three days. stopping navigation in Switzerland and Germany The levels of the river have never been so high in July. It is very oold, and the rain is eocxtumons. Moun- taineering is aLmav4 un oaaibia.

30 Years in Galleys PRIEST SENTENCED FOR MURIMER Father Adorni. the young priest whoee trial for the murder of the octogenarian clergyman Oostairtini at Rome in Septem- ber. 1908, has occupied the attention of the Rome Assize Court for eome weeks past, has been condemned to thirty years im the galleys, the first seven years of which have to be passed in absolutely solitary confine- ment (wires the Milan, correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle"). Father Adorni was an inmate of the historic oratory of Saint Philip Neri, at the Cbi4esa Nuova in Rome, and the old priest whom he brutally beat to death with a hammer so as to possess himself of the victim's hoard ajid bankbooks lived in an apartment directly opposite. After perpetrating the foul deed Adorni, according to his own confession, sat down in front of the corpse and drank a bottle of j wine, laughing heartily awhile at his vener- able colleague's fate. He says he has never since felt any pang of remorse. Before leaving the houee he put the body in bed, adorned it with a crucifix and rosary, and on the following days visited the chamber repeatedly to searoh for other valuable pro- perty of the victim. His "ulterior motive was to induce a young lady of good family to elope with him to America. The trial took place inside the old Church of Saint Philip, where the founder of the Oralbriane began and ended his fruitful labours. The condemned man is likely to have to face another trial, since there are grave indicationa of his having also been the assassin of a wealthy engineer, Com- mendatore Arvedi, who was mysteriously murdered in the Rome-Perugia night express three years ago.

PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION At a meeting of the Pontypridd District Couocil on Tuesday, under the presidency of Mr. D. Williams, J.P., Mr. L. R. Williams, tne accountant, submitted an exhaustive report on ,the question tf direct rating, estimating that the extra cost of collection would be 10 per cent. of the amount that would be saved if direct rating were established.-The further consideration of the matter was referred to a committee. Dr. Howard Davies (the medical officer) sub- mitted a lengthy report as to the inspection of meat affected with tuberculosis, and sug- gested that a system similar to that which obtained at Jiewport be established, and that the inspectors of nuisances visit the various slaughterhouses twice a day when animals were being slaughtered. The medical officer's report was adopted. The medical officer in his quarterly report stated that during the three moeths there were 421 births and 152 deaths. this being respectively equivalent to 40 and 14.2 per 1,000 of the population per annum. Dr. Davies referred to the breaking off of the negotiations with the Caerphilly Oounoil in regard to the means of provision for the isolation of small-pox cases at Mynydd Mayo, and a committee was appointed to confer with the Caerphilly Council. It was also agreed that the medical officer of health should obtain printed hand- bills. fo rdiatribution in caaee of tuberculosis, giving directions and advice in the prevention of this and other infectious diseases and infant mortality.

I" NASTY, BASE, MISERABLE." At a meeting of the Bermondsey Borough Council last night a turbulent scene was witnessed. The lie?. Kaye Dunn, referring to a ruling of the mayor, said he had not been near enough to that gentleman to see what sta,te he was in. (Hisses and cries of "Order.") The Mayor: You look after your- self. Mr. A. Layton: It is the most offensive remark I have ever heard. A nasty, base, miserable insinuation. I ask Mr. Dunn what he means by it? The Rev. Kaye Dunn: I am not going to be catechised by you. Mr. Layton: It is a base insinuation. Make a statement that the mayor can get hold of. It is a disgrace to your cloth. Mr. A. B. Olark: I do not intend to let the matter drop like this. (Hear, hear.) A man in the gal- kry shouted out: "We want to know whether it is Irish or Scotch." The mayor at once ordered the man to be removed, and this was done. When order had been re- stored, the Rev. Eaye Dunn withdrew his remark, which he said he had used in the heat of the debate. The mayor accepted the apology, and the council proceeded to the next business.

GRAVEDIGGER AND FAMILY At Waltham Abbey yesterday John Harvey, gravedigger at Chimgford Cemetery, and his wife were charged with cruelly neglecting their seven children, ranging from the ages of thirteen years to seven months. Dr. Harold Emlyn Jones, medical inspector of schools, who visited the house, said he found it in an indescrihaibly filthy condition. There was no food in the house, and the children. who were half naked, bore every sign of suffering from slow starvation. The witness took all the children to school, carrying one partly olad in his arms, and provided them with food, which they aAe ravenously. The aideet boy and girl were at least two stones below the normal weight, and were per- manently injured. mentally and physically. The defendants were sentenced to four montbd hard Labour.

SUICIDE IN DEATH CHAMBER A Toulouse deal taut, nanrred Moeller, was so affected by the death of his wife that he oommitted suicide. Mme. Moeller had for a long time been suffering from paa-alytlois and died on Sunday. The bereaved husband immediately called in one of his friends, and, deolajriaug that hfe without his wife was impossible, handed him a sum of 1% to pay for the funeral. He then sat down in a chair by the side of the bed on which his wife's body was laid out and blew out his brains. In a letter to the police commissary he asked that his body and that of his wife should be sent to Marseilles for cremation and the ashes placed in the same urn "so that in death, as in life, we may remain united."

SHOTS AND POISON A mystery which will never be fatdiomed surrounds three successive suicides which have occurred at Borne within a few days of each other. Giuseppe Burro re, a young lieu- tenant, shot himself in his lodgings a weep ago after leaving a letter addressed to hib eighteen-year-old brother. As soon as the brother had read the contents he posted a letter to his fiancee and then shot himself. The girl committed suicide by taking poison. There is no clue whatever to the fatal secret which caused the triple death.

TRAGEDY OF A ROSE TREE I A tragedy of a rose tree was related to the Higbgate magistrates yesterday by a woman. "My husband is a gardener," she said, and he has an exoept??naJIy t: Ze Karl Druschi tree, which he was cultivating for exhibition purposes. An insurance agent who called yesterday plucked the very finest rose on the tree, and the tree is spoiled." She was informed that her only remedy was to bring a county-court action against the man.

LUCKY HEREFORD Having paid off the last instalment of the 1880 loan of £ 30,000 out of the piofi-te of the gasworks, Hereford Town Council has just reduced the prioe of gae by 3d. 7jer 1,000ft., in addition to handing over £1.000 for the relief cf the rates. A contributory scheme for a sanatorium tnr the oounty wu a_>prck ed.

I Boxing is Unaesthetic FRENCHMAN PREFERS A BULL-FIGHT I M. Motmet-Srafly, the famous act- and doyen of the "socdetaires" of the Comedae Francaise at Ptria, hw been giving some ivery interesting impressions of a, boxing match he saw the other night between a big negro and an American. This was the first time he bad eveff seen a fight in the ring. It was the first time. and will be the last," he said. It was an interesting spectacle, if you like, but it was certainly very ugly. I must admit I can't understand it. To admire strength, nianblenees, even the possi- bility of doing harm-that I realise perfectly, and one sees it in both wrestling and fencing. Wrestling e a harmonious thing. It gives us an excellent series of living pictures, and there is nothing revolting about it. But box- ing—oh! la! la! I must say I admired the muscles of the negro when he first stepped into the ring, but everything afterwards was heartbreaking. After talking and shaking hands in a friendly way the adversaries flung themselves on each other, and, with eager eyes buJging out of their sockets, tried to break each other's teeth-tried to break anything, in fact. that they could. And the public applauded. Dike myself, most of them knew nothing about boxing. Then what did they applaud ? Blood ? I like to see a good bull fight. It is a splendid spectacle. The bull has got to die, and it is ae&ter there than at the slaughter- house. Even a cook-fight has its points. But I can find no excuse for the unaesthetic brutality of a boxing match, and nobody with any sensibility, unless he merely wanted to follow something because it was fashion- able, oould even look at it." Perhaps it is unfortunate that the boxing match which M. Motnxvt-Sully, casually attended was a very unfortunate example of the "noble art."

I" STIGMA ON THE COUNCIL." At a meeting of the Neyland Urbah Council Mr. George Roach mentioned an agreement between the council and Mr. Levi Davies with?, reference to the working of a quarry. The Clerk (Mr. Griffiths) said the agreement had disappeared. Mr. Hier asked whether a copy of the docu- tnent had been furnished to Mr. Davies. The Clerk: On that point Mr. Davies and myself do not agree. He says he was not furnished with a copy- Mr. Roach observed that the disappearance of the document cast a stigma on the council. The clerk promised to make a further search for the missing document. Plans were presented of a proposed bridge to be erected at Church Lakes, between Ney- land and laanstadwall- The road fords a tidal stream, atld at high water is impassable. Dockyardmen and school-children have to cross the stream daily, and the Pembroke County Council have been asked to give finan- cial support to the scheme.

LLANELLY HARBOUR BILL The Llanelly New Harbour Bill, the renewal of the Bank of England loan of £ 237,000, and a proposed additional loan of IX4-O.Wo were discussed at some length at a meeting of local ratepayers on Tuesday even- ing.—Mr. D. T. Jones, chairman of the dis- I trict council. who presided, moved a resolu- tion in support of the Bill, and said the new agreement would effect a saving of iM395 in the rate of interest per annum, and render unnecessary any representation of the Bank on the trust. This would save 300 guineas, and the ratepayers would be better off by an eightpenny ratoe.-The resolution having been seoonded, Mr. E- H. Behenna, Swansea, said that with good facilities his firm would ship at least 200,000 tons from Llanelly annually.—In opposing the scheme, Mr. T. R. Ludford said Llanelly was free of the Bank of England to-day, and he advised them not to spoil a prosperous town for the sake of an unprofitable dock.—Mr. Dan Williams, J.P., president of the chamber of commerce, speaking in support, maintained that if the ratepayers repudiated the debt incurred by the town they would put themselves entirely in the hands of the railway companies. The passing of the Bill would mean a reduction in the rates next year of 4d. in the £ .—The meeting was adjourned until this (Wednes- day) evening.

"VERY IRREGULAR CAREER." Mr. Justice Swinfen-Bady in the Companies' Winding-up Court on Tuesday had again before him the petition by H. Gittelsohn and others for the compulsory winding up of the Cambrian Theatres (Limited). The Hon. C. E. Macnaghten, K.C., who, with Mr. Sims, appeared in support of the petition, said that it had been presented by two share- holders who had 50 11 shares each, and it was supported by two creditors. The com- pany had a short, but not very prosperous, though certainly a very irregular career. Mr. Russell, K.C. (with him Mr. Summons), for the company and creditors and share- holders opposing, said that out of the indi- pendent shareholders, who numbered about 100, he thought ? were in favour of a com- pulsory order, and under these circum- stances he did not oppose the order the peti- tioners were asking for. His lordship aocording made the usual comp-uloory order.

I BLAMED MOTHER-IN-LAW ) Prank Yarworth, a collier, of Whitecroft, I was summoned by his wife, Lydia K. Yar- worth. at Coleford yesterday for cruelty and I desertion. Mr. A. Lionel Lane, Gloucester, ¡ appeared for complainant, and Mr. T. L. Scoble, Coleford, for defendant, who pleaded not guilty. The parties were married at the Baptist Chape.1, Parkend, in iNS. and there was one child. Complainant -aid her hus- band earned about E2 per week, and had been cruel to her since marriage, but he Vad not struck her. He went out on a drinkiig bout for a whole week. and when he returned home demanded supper, and after she cooked it he kicked the frying pan, broke up the furniture, and threatened to kill any- one who came there. She then took her baby and went to her mother's house. Defendant 9aid it was all his mother-in-law's fault. The case was adjourned for Me month.

I" HAD SAILED FOR AMERICA" Henry Hawkins, until recently the landlord of the Britannia Inn, Coalway Lane-euid, was charged by his wife at Ooleford yesterday with desertion. Mr. T. L. Scoble, solicitor, Coleford, appeared for complainant. The case had been before the court twioe previously, and on the last occasion the summons was dismissed because defendant offered to pro- vide his wife with a home, or to take her to America. Complainant. said since -11.3 last court her husband told her he had no money, and she could go anywhere." Defen- dant sailed for Seymour, America, on Friday last. The Bench made an order for 7s. per week and 13s. 6d. costs, remarking that she I would be a lucky woman if she got anything.

DOW LA IS PASTOR'S CALL. I In a personal communication to his ccngre- gation at Bethania, Dowlaia, the Rev. Peter Price. B.A., ha.3 confirmed the report pub- lished in the Evening Express that the Bethlehem Welsh Congregational Church at Rhosllamerchrugog, near Wrexham, had extended to him a cordial invitation to the pastorate rendered vaoant, by the retirement of the Rev. Robert Roberts (ex-ohairman of the Welsh Congregational Union). The rev. gentleman stated that he will eome to a decision within the next fortnight

— TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION j The King reoeived Captain Scott in audience on Tuesday, and inquired into the details of the plans of the Antarctic Expedition. His Majesty expressed deep interest in the undertaking, and his heartiest wMhee for its S'U(). Hie Majesty prœente<1 his portrait to Captain Scott, to be carried in the Terra Nova, and hang on the walls of the Antarctic hut.

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Rush to the Goldfield I CAERPHILLY GENTLEMAN'S EXPERIENCE I A gentleman at present staying at Caer- philly has lately returned from the neigh- bourhood of the latest gold boom, and has oommunica,ted to us some facts upon the subject which will be of special interest at the present juncture. We will give the story so far as possible in his own words. 1906, and I went," he says, to Canada in 1906, and almost from the first worked on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Later on I joined the engineering department, one of whose members—Cameron by name--had spent his life up a-wl down the country, had made a fortune in Alaska, and was ftill a man of considerable means. He and I got very chummy, and one Sunday I saw him IZTIY, M I thought, for a tramp up the railway track. I asked permission to join hini. and he consented, but he gave me no inkling as to what he was going to do. We had gone a considerable distance from the camp when he stopped, and told me he trusted me to freeze '-keep quiet about hie movements. He then went straight to some bushes, fetched an old shovel and frying-pan, and, to my surprise and interest, walked over to a piaoe where water was running and began to wash the soil. This was the first time I had ever seen anything of the sort, and I can assure you I watched his doings most closely. After the washing process had gone on for some time and the mud was cleared from the pan my chum initiated me into the mysteries. The bottom of tne pan was covered with sandy earth, and at first I could discern nothing in it out of the common, and told him so. He washed this panful of dirt again, and then pointed out to me some minute particles—of gold. By this time my interest was at full stretch, especially when Cameron told me he had found traces of the precious metal all up the valley. But he also pointed out that at no spot did it exist in paying quantities, but the particles we had seen had been deposited by the river when in flood, maybe centuries before. The only thing that inte- rested him was, therefore, that where the river had its source there was gold, and through that district the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was to pass. "Now, I need not tell you I pondered deeply over what Cameron had said, kept in his company, and carefully studied the maps of the district. I also found that the others knew of the proximity of gold, and so did the company, and the latter were determined to keep in to rail-head as much as possible. While I was in camp we heard of the gold find in the Peace River district, but this proved to be only placer' deposits, and merelv useful as substantiating the surmise of my friends that it was an alluvial gold district. "I now think it my duty to warn your readers not to rush out without counting the cost. My friends have told me pitiful stories of hardships endured by them in Alaska, where they had been lucky to win through alive, but with awful reminiscences of hard- ship—starvation, the bullet. and the knife. Some had fortunes in their belts; others had to be content with the knowledge of untold wealth just beyond their grasp. To rush out now would be the merest folly. There are thousands of hardened, qualified men already near the spot. To the late-comer it will only mean disaster in a district where food is dear and scarce and the scum of the continent has gathered." 11

WORLD'S FLYING RECORD I RHEIMS, Tuesday. A storm 'burst suddenly at raid-day, render- ing all attempts to fly out of the question for a time. In spite of the unpromising wtather, there was again a very large attendance of the public. The storm subsided towards three o'clock, and flying was resumed. M. La Blanc, on a Bleriot, covered three miles in 3min. 10 2-5sec., beating all records. Con- tinuing. M. Le Blanc completed 31 miles in 34min. 6seo., establishing a fresh record. Latte in the afternoon some highly interest- ing Sights were made in the Gordon-Bennett Cup competition. M. Le Blanc beat the world's record by covering 100 kilometres (62 I miles) in lh. 6min. Usee. Mr. Latham did the samie distance in lh. 24min. Meanwhile Captain Madiot, with flying kites, attained an altitude of 820ft., which he maintained for 35 minutes. Mr. Latha,m, who next started out for a height prize, arrived shortly after seven o'clock over the town of Rheime and circled round the cathe- dral and then round the city, being aoolaimed by many thousands of people in the streets. After soaring for some ten minutes over the city, he returned safely to his shed at Bethany, having attained a maximum height I of 1,279ft.—Be uter

IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL The London Gazette contains an official notice, dated Whitehall, June 30, which states that the King has been pleased to grant the following retired members of his Majesty's Civil Service the Imperial Service Medal for long a;nd meritorious servioe:- Rufus Cynon, sawmill man, Pembroke Dockyard. William Griffiths, skilled labourer, Pem- broke Dockyard. Thomas Herbert, skilled labourer, Pem- broke Dockyard. John M. Mathias, shipwright, Pembroke Dockyard. Robert Mathias, skilled labourer, Pem- broke Dockyard. John Xoakes, skilled labourer, Pembroke Dockyard. Lewis Phillips, smith, Pembroke Dock- yard. Jchn Pottow, chief wfsrder, Uak Prison. Wm. J. Underwood, ship branch fitter, Pem- broke Dockyard.

HIGH PRICES FOR CURIOS During the sale at Christie's on Tuesday of the Schroeder collection prices showed most unmistakably the eagerness of modern collectors. A pair of square orange tubs brought 5.100 guineas, although a like pair fetched only 1.900 guineas in 1895. Two oommcde jardinieres which left the Revelstoke collection fo.r 710 guineas fetched 2,000 guineas. No less than 9,000 guineas was given for a vase and cover of 1779, sold with two other covered vases. But when the famous rock-crystal Biberon was reached there was some dis- appointment. At the Gabbita-s sale five years ago it astonished the art world by mounting to a price of 15,600 guineas. To-day the bidding stopped at £10,000, at which price it was secured by Mr. Wertheimer, who purchased it when it was last offered. Including this £10,000 the total for the first day of the sale reached £ 67,783.

A MOTORIST'S NAP At Watford Police-court on Tuesday Stan- ley Barber, jun., of Croxley Green, was! charged with negligently driving a motor-car. i On June 18, at two o'clock in the morning, the defendant, while driving from London, ran into a fence at Bushey and wrecked his car. He told a police officer he was asleep at the time, having had a very long day. The solicitor for the defence contended that it was an act of God which made a man iose ooatrol of his senses by sleep, and this case waa analogous to a driver of a car being struck by lightning He suggested that the defendant should have been charged under t,he Highway Act for being asleep while in charge. The bench inflicted a fine of L5 and costs, and agreed to state a case.

BOYS' BRIGADE AND SCOUTS I Owing to the inolement weather the fancy dress dance arranged for the 700 children as a preliminary to the opening of t.he Pa.risienne Fete at the Sophia Gardens to-day (Wednesday) had to be abandoned. The retreshmerfits liberally provided will be dis- tributed among the various charitable institutions in the city. The Boy Soouts and Boys' Brigades will give a display this evening if the weather be fine, but should the conditions be unfavour- able the display will be postponed until Saturday evening.

THE HON. C. S. ROLLS At the meeting of the Monmouth Town Council on Tuesday the Mayor suggested that something suitable should be erected in the ooroug-h to commemorate the achievement of the Hon. C. S. Rolls in flying the Channel. lie referred to that gentleman as a genius, whose chief characteristic was modesty. If an appeal were made he thought sufficient money would be forthcoming to have some- thing substantial, as Monmoirth wee the hijutJhrokiftft of tto Bon. (1 S. Jtiodfa.

The Only One Saved CLUNC TO BOAT FOR SIXTEEN HOURS The aoJe snrvivofr of the Bournemouth boating disaster—Mr. Edwin Sidney Cassell, a commercial traveller, of London—told a vivid story a.t the inquest at Yarmouth, Isle o £ Wight, yesterday, on Prank Russell, a Bournemouth pawnbroker, one of the four victims of the accident. Oassell, wtho for sixteen hours clung to the partially submerged boat, said the craft was overturned by a heavy squall when about three and a half miles from shore. The five occupants all managed to regain the boat, only to be washed out again by the heavy sees, and Davis, the boatman, then disappeared. Time after time, said the witness, the remaining four were swept out, and he and Burdett repeatedly swam to Russell and Gough and brought them back to the baat. At length Gougth and Russel sank, Russell disappearing just before witne.s.s could reach him, and Burnett dropped off after having hung on for an hour and a half. He con- sidered Burdett wouJd have been able to keep on the boat much longer but for exhausting himself in heroic efforts to save Gough. A yordict of "Aooidental death" was returned, aiid the jury complimented Oasseli upon has deliverance and heroio conduct.

RHODRI OR LLEWELYN? Welsh members of Parliament and many others were engaged yesterday in an aanus- ing guessing competition Mr. Llewellyn Williams, the member for Carmarthen dis- trict, is naturally ranch interested in the honour of the Principality, and feels that the of Wades should be quartered on the Royal Standard. In front of the gaillery, above the gangway, on the Speaker's right, is one of four panels. Three represent Eng- land, Scotland azid Ireland, and Mtr. Wil- liams has asked the First Commissioner of Works whether the fourth panel is meant to represent Wales. The arms on the panel, however, are something of a mystery (writes the London correspondent of th-a "Dadly Despatch"). Sonne contend that they a-re those otf Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales, while others decJace that they are the arms of llewelyn, the last native Prince of Wales. Yesterday the matter was bedng hotJy dis- cussed, but the voting seemed to be in favour of Llewelyn. Mr. Lewis Haroourt will doubtless fairly adjudicate on the knotty problem to the satisfaction of all parties.

THE PRICE OF TITLES There is, I hear, a very considerable measure of dissatisfaction being expressed by members of the Liberal party on account of the recent honours list, and no sma-li measure of diplomacy has been needed to keep this dissatisfaction from public expres- sion (writes the London correspondent of the "Daily Dispatch")- There is no longer any convincing attempt to deny that the most of modern honours are eold for hard oaah, or that, while a baronetcy rewards those who spend £ 50,000 or so on party, a peerage will sometimes cost as much as a quarter of a million. To find men who profess Liberal opinion and at the same time receive titles is a sore blow to young Liberalism, and I hear of one sturdy politician who threatens to publish a book showing how the financial side of the paxty machine is worked.

AFTER MANY DAYS I Sergeant Bennett, of the 16th Lancers, now in oainp at Landguard, near Harwich, when taking part in the relief of Kimberley with General French's column, had his watch stolen. He reported his lose to Sergeant J. Henderson, of the Oapa Mounted Police, who recovered the watch a few dayt3 afterwards. Bennett had then gone on to Paardeberg, and Henderson, hearing nothing of or from him, concluded that he ha4d been shot. Hen- derson, who is now proprietor of the cigar box on the parade at Felixstowe, inquiring a day or two ago of one of the non-commis- sioned officers of the 16th if anything was known as to the whereabouts of Sergeant Bennett, was informed that he was in oamp. Henderson sent for him, and to Bennett's surprise reminded of the circumstance, and returned the watch.

LONDON WELSHMEN I The annual conversazione of the Hon. Society of Cyrumrodorion was held, at the invitation of the Drapers' Company, at the company's hall, London, on Tuesday evening. The master of the company, with Mrs. K. Fletcher, was present to welcome the guests, a.nd Lord Tre-degar acted as president The attendance included several Welsh members of Parliament. and several hundred well-known London Welsh ladies and gentle- men. All were charmed by the entertainment provided, an excellent musical programme being given. At the close Lord Tredegar, in proposing a vote of thanks to the hosts, referred in eulo- gistic terms to the generosity of the company towards education in Wales. Dr. Henry Owen, who seconded, also paid a tribute to the company's generosity. The Master replied in felicitoup terms.

MECHANICAL ARM I A mechanical arm for traffic purpoaes has been invented by an official of the General Post Office at the Studd-street Stores Depart- ment, who has charge of fouT MGtOr-Viknrl which distribute stores in the London dis- trict. In driving round corners he found that it was inoo-nvenient to be continually putting out his arm to warn tmffic behind, so he invented this mechanical arm, which the authorities permitted him to attach to his motor-van. The arm is a strip of wood pa,inted red and fashioned to resemble a human hand and arm. It is worked by a wire attached to a pedal, a slight pressure by the driver's foot causing it to shoot out from the off side of the yian above the seat.

GENERAL INJURED Lieat^ii^^t-sr&neral J. M. the com- mander of the Fixjet Division at, Aldersiiot, was badly injured while supervising the operations of the troops under -bis command on Monday night. Night manoeuvres were being carried out on a fairly large scale, and General Grierson, who was in charge of the operations, was knocked down in the dark by an officer who was riding down hill on a bicycle. He was at once removed to his resi- dence, and medical assistance was sum- moned. The operations were suspended and the troops sent back to camp.

ARMADA TREASURE I The London Syndicate commenced opera- tions on Tuesday in Tobermory Bay, High- lands, for the purpose of finding the sunken Spanish Armada treasure. Lieutenant Foes, who directs the operations, has located the sunken treasure ship inside an area of 4CO square feet. She is understood to contain gold plate of enormous value. Ceylon ?arl fishing divers, who work without diving die.. are to be employed.

ILLEGAL FISHING George King, t collier, rf Pillowell, was summoned at Coleford yesterday for attempt- ing to take fish by angling in Connop Ponds, the property of his Majesty's Commissioners. Defendant naid it was the first time he had been there, and hesjlid nor, know it was private water, and there was no notice. He waa ordered to pay 16e.

-4- Miss Phronicia Y7atkins purchased a p?ir of high-heeled shoes last week and wore them for t.he first time last Sunday and sprained her aaukle. Bingvilio "Eagle'' lU.fi A j.

Function of the Churches I "ARISTOCRATIC GOLFING SINNER" The Eastern Division of the South Wale3 and Monmouthshire Federation of Evangelical Free Ohurches Councils opened its annual meetings a.t the Tabernacle Congregational j Church. Newport, yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Thomas Richards (Newport) pre- sided, and reiorred to thb mission tent erected at Porthcawl, where it was intended to hold a big mission during the present summer. Porthcawl, he said, was the rally- ing point of the forces of the devil. They desired to make it the rallying point of Christians in South Wales, such as Llan- drindod was in mid-Wales. j The Rev. Seth Joshua, the Federation missioner, who is to be in charge of the tent at Porthcawl, said he hoped he would have as strong a blow as Johnson for the fight a.t that seaside resort. (Laughter.) Its streets were lined every Sunday at this time of the year with drunken people, and the atmos- phere vibrated with the most horrible blas- phemy. "And," continued Mr. Joshua, you Newport people send down your aristocratic sinner with his club and golf ball." Leisured Classes Criticised The Rev. Thos. Bowen (Dowlais) proposed a resolution deploring the growing disposition to interfere with the quietude and sanctity of the Sabbath, especially by the indulgence in sports and pastimes, particularly by the leisured classes of the community, and appealed to Church members to discourage the evil. The resolution also protested against the running of excursion trains to Porthcawl and other resorts on Sundays, and expressed approval of the action of the police and magistrates in the stand they had taken in regard to the violation of the licensing laws and the increase in Sunday drinking in Porthcawl. The Rev. Harry Abraham seconded, and said it was not the working classes who were chiefly to blame, but the, men who had abundance of leisure. They could play golf all the week, and on Sunday they went off again, and some of the people from Newport were most eager to be off on Sunday morn- iThg8. The Rev. J. Thoma« (Cardiff) supported. He said he was proaehing in Newport on Sunday, and saw more violation of the Children's Act in Newport than he had seen since it had been enacted. Between one o'clock and five minutes past fourteen children under the age of fourteen years came out of one public- house. The Fistic Art The Rev. E. V. Tidman (Mountain Ash) asked if the meeting did not think something should go forth concerning prize-fights and the prominence given to them in the papers. They ought to arrive at some con- clusion by way of boycotting the papers. Principal Edwards thought the matter needed more than a mere resolution, and suggested referring it to the executive. This course was adopted.

"FINEST IN THE KINGDOM The annual inspection of the Taff Fawr Waterworks was made by mem- bers and officials of the Cardiff Cor- pora.tion on Tuesday, upon the invitation of the Lord Mayor (Alderman John Chap- pell, J.P.). The party visited the j^iackbrook Balancing Reservoir, constructed for the purpose of reducing the prefigure between Cantref and the city, and afterwards the Cefn Balancing Reservoir, which has been built with the same object in view. Mr. C. H. I Priestley, the Cardiff Waterworks engineer, made explanatory statements en route. From Merthyr they drove to Cefn, and thence through the Taff Fawr Valley to the site of Llwyn On Reservoir. At luncheon, the Lord May-or, who presided, proposed the health of the waterworks committee and success to the undertaking.—Alderman llobertHugbes, replying as chairman of the committee, thought they would agree that no better shed could be found. All the details of the scheme had been prepared by their own engineer. They owed him a debt of gratitude for the excellent manner in which he had engineered it—(hear, hear)—and looked forward with conuuenoe to the future construction. Coflncillor Seoeombe expressed the hope that Barry would join hands with them and participate in the supply. Mr. C. H. Priestley promised to do all he could to make the promised to do al' reservoir one of the finest in the kingdom. Lt, had been contemplated to continue the drive beyond the Storey Arms, but owing to the unfavourable weather that part of the programme had to be eliminated.

BARRY HIGH SCHOOL I The annual prize-day of the High School for Girls, liomilly-road, Barry, was held on Tuesday, the Rev D. H. Griffiths, M.A., vicar of St. Woolos', Newport, presiding. The Rev. R. Shelley Plant, M.A.. Raglan, in a brief addrc-ss said education should not be of the cast-iron type, but administered according to the mental capacity of the child. The prizes, which were given, amongst others, by Viscount Tredegar, Sir Clifford Cory, Bart., M.P., and Alderman Lewis Mor- gan, were presented by the chairman as fjl lows: -EngLisit medals, Muriel Luen and Beatrice Holloway; kindergarten English medal, Molly Stephens; music medal, Doris Biackler; gymnasium medal, Molly Stephens; Scripture, Jack Seddon and Doris Biackler; good conduct, Graham jBeli; English, Leana Sinclair; general improvement, Beatrice llolloway; good conduct and general im- provement, Betty Graham; English, Le-vine Sinclair; education prize. Beatrice Holloway; most improvement, Mary Morgan; kinder- garten, Andrew Short; good conduct, Hugh Kempthorne; reading and writing, Stuart Biackler; kindergarten general improvement, Molly Bennett,

WANTED EFFiCit-NT WIVES The Upper House of Convocation, at the Church House, Westminster, on Tuesday ■ discussed the report of the Poor-law Commis- sion. Tho Bishop of Birmingham deplored the fact that the Commission's report had not proved a real trumpet-call to the ordi- nary citizen. The Bishop of Llandaff said he supposed the reasoai the trumpet-call had not produced tiie effect which the Bishop of Birmingham had hoped for was that the trumpet had given a rather uncertain Hound. One of the most important things for bringing about an improvement in the matters before them in the report would be the improvement of family life, and unless girls were taught in the different schools how to become effioient wives and mothers there would be very little hope of family life being improved. A series of resolutions urging the Govern- I ment to take action on the report of the Com- mission were ultimately adopted.

DOCTOR AND SCHOOLBOYS At Kent Assizes on Tuesday Dr. Charles Rodney Huxley, aged 56, pleaded guilty to discharging a gun and causing- bodily harm to Arthur Leonard Reed at Beokenham in March. Counsel stated that the defendant was annoyed by a number of boys, and sent his attendant for blank cartridges, which he fired a.t them. The boys, however, only chaffed aim. and told him to "ehoot up." Defendant afterwards procured a loaded cartridge and fired the gun, and one or two shots struck the boy Beed, who had just come on the ground and had not interfered with Vhe defendant in any way. One shot entered Reed's eye, whioh had W be removed, and the other eye was also in jeopardy. The defendant's wife had offered from -a small legacy she had inherited to pay zP,115 com- pensation to the boy, and also L35 for costs. On behalf of defendant it was stated that his health broke down some years ago, and he gave up private practice The Judge decided to bind defendant over to come up for judgment if called upon.

COUNSEL'S ADVICE Arising out of a case of night poaching at the last Nottinghamshire Assizes a charge of perjury was brought at Notts Assizes en Tuesday against Hpnry Pearce, a. collier, who gave evidence at the original trial. Prisoner, on oath, now made the extra-, ordinary allegation that it wa.s the defend- ing counsel who put him to give the version he then gave. Prisoner created a sensation in court by declaring that counsel said, "Teii me the truth, and III make the lies up." Mr. Justice Bray, without discussing the truth of the allegation, eaid if true it was one of the most disgraceful things he ever heard of. The jury found prisoner guilty, and two other men pleaded guilty to similar indict- -m-ents arising out of the case. Se-ntenoo was iHWml

Paris Doctor's Accident COURAGE IN FACE OF DEATH Dr. Duchaetelet, a physician and surgeon who was well known in Paris, was orlished between two car8. At the hospital he said: "Do not make me talk, it only wears me away; I shail not live more than a few minutes. There is nothing to be done." Here the doctor broke off to describe his injuries to the house surgeon, to whom he refused permission to examine him. "It is no use," he said, "and don't use your probe, for I am afraid of infection." A minute later the doctor saw the driver of the stationary car standing nEar him. "Have no fear," he said, "it was not your fault," and instantly expired.

GAS v ELECTRICITY A Select Committee of the House of Lords, presided over by Lord Donoughmore, had before them on Tuesday the Bill confirming the Swansea Gas Order. Mr. Pollock. K.C., and Mr. Szlumpor appeared for the promoters, and Mr. Free- man, K.C., and Mr. Yezy Knox, K.C., repre- sented the opponents to the Bill, the Swansea Rural District Council. After a consultation Mr. Vezy Knox said it had been agreed that the price of gas within one mile of the existing borough boundary should be the same as that charged within the borough of Swansea. The price outside the one mile limit of the existing borough boundary should not exceed the price within the borough by more than 4d.) with tho excep- tion of Oystermouth Parish, with which the parties were not concerned. If the company did not extend their mains to Birchgrove within one year from the date of the con- firmation of the Order, the council should be at liberty to put in force their electric light- ing powers so far as such powers related to Birchgrove. The company should within a period of twelve months extend their mains to the Baptist Chapel at Killay, and allio to ci point on the road leading from Swansea to within 200 yards of Llewitha Bridge. The Committee decided to consider tho clauses this (Wednesday) morning.

A PENNY A WEEK The Master of the Rolls and Lords Jusrtices Farwell and Kennedy had before them on Tuesday the workmen's compensation appeal of the respondent from an award of his Honour Judge Bryn Roberts at Swansea County-court in the ease of the Upper Forest and Worcester Steal and Tin- plate Company v. Grey. Mr. At-kiru K.C., on behalf of the appellant workman, said this was an appeal from an award of the oounty-court judge at Swansea. making an order reducing the compensation payable to a workman n-anled Grey to a. penny per week. There was, said counsel, no doubt tha-t there had been a genuine acci- dent. The county-court judge had found thea the man was incapacitated from doing his work, but said if he had gone back and taken light work as he was advised to do, he would not at the date of the application have been suffering from incapacity to do his work. The Master of the Rolls, without calling upon counsel for the respondents, gave judge- ment, dismissing the appeal. He said that in his opinion the county-court judge had arrived at a right conclusion, and he could not say that he had misdirected himself. The Lords Justices concurred, and the appeal was dismissed accordingly.

POLICE PROMOTIONS At a meeting of the Swansea, Watch Com- mittee on Tuesday a strong division of opinion took place on a recommendation of the head-constable and the sub-committee as to three promotions which had been referred back. The recommendation was that Inspec- tor Edgar be made chief inspector with £1() a year increase, that Sergeant J. W. Lloyd be made inspector, and Police-constable Bounds sergeant. An amendment was moved by Councillor David Jenkins that the senior inspector (Inspector West) and the senior sergeant (Sergeant West) be appointed, but this was lost by six votes to four, and the recommendation was carried. A letter was received from the Shop As sis- tants' Union complaining that the Shop Hours Act was being evaded and was not (?vaded an<i was not. being stringently applied. An application was received from the Car- marthenshire constabulary requesting that an agreement should be majle with the Swansea. police for mutual assistance when necessary. Mr. Miles said he was more strongly opposed to these arrangements than ever since the Newport affair. Mr. Lee moved that tho letter lie on the table, and this was agreed to.

PARLIAMENTARY BILLS The Llanelly Ratepayers' Association on Monday evening decided to lend their sup- port to the Llanelly Harbour Bill now before Parliament. A petition has been deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Lords by the Pontypridd Waterworks Company pray- ing to be heard against alterations in the Pontypridd and Rhondda Joint Water Board Bill. A Bill to confirm a Provisional Order of the Board of Education to enable the county borough of Swansea, and the urban district of the Rhondda to put in force the Lands Clauses Acts came on Tuesday before the Chairmaji of Committees of the House of Lords. The object of the Order is to acquire land for educational purposes. The Bill passed this stage, aoid in due course will ba reported for third reading.

I PLAGUE OF FLIES The pretty riverside village of Postwick, im Norfolk, is suffering from an extraordi- nary plague of flies, which the medical officer of health at yesterday's m43eting of the dis- trict council declared to be a serious menace to the health of the inhabitants. One member stated that all the houses had to be shut up while the flies made at intolerable to go out in the evening, and never in the experience of the oldest residents had there been such a plague. Dr. Back said the houses he entered simply swarmed with flies, and attempts to reduce their numbers were utterly useless. Deposits of refuse on the river bank, it is presumed, have caused the plague. Complaints have been sent to three authorities.

AFFORESTATION PROPOSAL Mr. Isaac Edwards presided at a meeting of the public works committee of the Merthyr Corporation held on Tuesday. The borough engineer, who had been instructed to report as to any land suitable for planting, owned by the corporation or otherwise, repoTW that he knew of no lands belonging to the corporation suitable for the purpose, except a small area withfin the fences of the reservoirs which had no,t been completely planted. In his opinion, if afforestation wap to be taken in hand. it would be wise to adopt the planting around the raservoirs ail a first step.

MONMOUTH RATE INCREASE At the meeting of the Monmouth Town Council on Tuesday a general district rate of 5s. 2d. in the £ was formally ordered to be levied. This is an increase of 3d, upon the previous rate.—With reference to the proposed removal of the assizes to Newport, the Town-olerlf said the corporation had done all they could to retain the assizes for Mon- mouth.—The Mayor said that daring the recent assizes a deputation waited upon Mr. Justice Lawraaioe. They were satisfied to a large extent with what his lordship said to them.

DANGERS OF DENTISTRY At Cork on Tuesday John Tuffe, described as a mechanical dentist, was remanded to Bantry Petty-sessions, bail being allowed, charged with the manslaughter of Ellen Collis, school teacher, of Cahewagh. near Bantry- It was Hl,a'tefi that accused, who represented a dental company, operatoed 0U deceased on June 13, extracting six teeth. Hemorrhage est in afterwards, and the girl died on June 22. The coroner's jury have already found that death was oa-uised from hemorrhage following extraction of teeth by an unqualified person.

CONDEMNED MAN SHOT SANTIAGO DE CHILI, Tuesday. The sentence of death passed upon Wil- helm Bocmrt, who was formerly employed at the German legation here, was carried out this morning, the condemned man being shot. Becker t bad been found guilty of having murdered a porter at the Legation and of having set fire to the Chancell-erie in order to conceal his embezzlement of Tffymy belontmg to the LemtaozL-Eeuter.