The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

[ GIRL'S WHISKY CLUB. VjA «t U*vie Whisky club" wae organised by Louhse Si>i Havelock-street, Islington, among "Jlt¡t()l" t'; employed with herself at a West Ken- V ()l1. laundry. This was last September, and f0*<l Louise was sent to twenty-one days' ur ^1G London magistrate* pa f 60me the money subscribed. l^?lxtoen weeks the club members were to week, and a few days before Christmas [ wa<5 to deliver to each a quart of

t ^ILLED^ON THE ALPS. | J1 a Court Bergne, eldest son of t y Bergne, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., while f 8 an Alpine peek in company of j*. slipped and fell over a preci- >r0Uje ^ath was instantaneous. 1b.. three or four years ago Mr. Bergne, Vj^hei.8 ? keen mountainaer and an active the Alpiae Club, had a narrow <ieath under similar circum- fe*i. that occasion he and his guide orer a precipice.

ICE TRAGEDIES. Twelve lives were lost as the result of ice fatalities during the week-end. Three lads were drowned at Felling, near Newcastle, on Saturday. They were all sliding y r,I together when the ice of the brickfield pomi broke. William Clough and Frank Derbyshire were drowned while skating on Worsborough Reser- voir, near Barnsley, on Sunday. George Thomas Grimm (16) was drowned in the Lifford Reservoir, King's Norton. He was sliding on the ice with other lads when he sud- denly disappeared. p A young man named George Hamilton Gibson fell on the ice at Wolverhampton, striking the back of his head. He died within a few minutes. At Gweedore, county Donegal, the ice broke, and Owen Curran was drowned. In Belfast the ice on one of the ponds gave way when several children were on it. Alex. Scott, aged eight, was drowned. A party of young men were sliding on the ice at Croeshill Reservoir, Campbeltown, on Satur- day evening, when the ice gave way, and four persons were immersed. William McLean, aged nineteen, was drowned, and another, Samuel McGeachy, had a very narrow escape. John Plant, aged seven, was drowned at Etruria. A youth named Arthur Wilmer threw his jacket to Plant, who caught it, but let go. Wilmer then lay down at full length on the ice, and, catching hold of Plant, managed to pull him out. Plant, however, died almost imme- diately. A child, eight years of age fell through the ice on Womack Broad, near Norwich, on Satur- day afternoon, and was drowned. Among the skaters at Hadley Common on Saturday was a young man named Thomas McLay, who has been living at Bethnal Green. Suddenly there rang out the sound of a pistol shot, and McLay fell heavily on the ice. He was found to have shot himself in the chest, but the injuries are not serious.

ATTACKED BY CONVICTS. At Dartmoor Prison on Sunday there were as many as three outbreaks among the convicts. Shortly after the midday meal, a gang of prisoners were awaiting their turn for exercise in one of the halls. Assistant Warder Somers spoke to a convict called McCarthy for insubordination, whereupon the prisoner jumped out of the ranks and struck the warder such a violent blow in his face that he immediately fell to the ground, and was jumped on by the convict. Another warder coming up, the prisoner was marched back to his cell. Shortly afterwards, in another part of the ground, a convict called Benjamin Evans was seen to bo talking to a fellow-prisoner, and was requested to stop. Thereupon he jumped out of the ranko, and a scuffle followed. Evans wae secured and marched oil to the cells. At about four o'clock a gang of convicts were returning from the Catholic chapel to their cells. They numbered about sixty. Suddenly one of them jumped out of the ranks and flew at a warder. Another warder seeing this made for the comiet. This provoked the remainder of the gang, and a fight followed. The convicts laid their hands on everything they could find, including coke, coal, and water jugs, and threw them at the two warders, both of whom were so badly inj urcd that they had to be taken to the infirmary. The alirin became general, and soon brought a large number of warders to the rescue, and after a time all wae quiet again. Ten convicts were reported in connection with the outbreak, four being charged with assault and four with inciting others to mutiny.

NEW YEAR TRAGEDY. THE INQUEST. T,he story of a terrible tragedy which was enacted at Valmead, near Fleet, Hants, on New Year's Eve, was told at the inquest at Church CrooJt^am, upon the body of Major Henry George Coates Phillips, aged 41. Superintendent Hawkins, of Aldershot, said Major Phillips was bound over on December 31, 1906, to be of good behaviour for 12 months. He had attempted to commit suicide shortly before. MRS. PHILLIPS'S STORY. Mrs. Phillips said she divorced deceased on July 25, 1906. She had seen him once since the diTorce proceedings. On December 31, just be- fore midnight, she and Miss Ouchterlony went out to the front door. Someone rushed out of the darkness, and she could see it was Major Phillips. Miss Ouchterlony was knocked down. Major Phillips sprang up the steps, and caught hold of her arm, dragging her into the hall. Holding a revolver to her head, he said, "This is your last chance, Liz." She said, "Do let me live; don't kill me." Her mother, Mrs. Lucena, came from the library. The major re- leased the witness's arm, and, addressing Mrs. Lucena, he said, "You have been the cause of all this." He then caught hold of her, placed the revolver to her cheek and fired. She then fell to the floor. Mr. Smith, the witness's solici- tor, came downstairs, and Major Phillips shot him in the leg. There was another shot, and the bullet passed close to witness's head. She jueard yet another shot, and saw deceased had shot himself. MORBID INSANITY. The coroner said Major Phillips probably acted on an insane impulse and not from pre- meditation. He also urged the improbability that a man of proved bravery should have at- tacked defenceless women with a loaded revolver if he were in his right senses. The jury found that Major Phillips was mor- bidly insane through his long brooding over the divorce proceedings and his long separation from his wife and child. Mrs. Lucena, the mother of Mrs. Coates Phil- lipt;, died on Saturday from the wounds inflicted by Major Phillips on New Year's Eve. She was 65 years of age. The inquest on the body of Mrs. Lucena was held on Monday. Miss Dair- Ouchterlony paid she had several times heard the major utter threats against Mrs. Lneena. Ait.s. Coates -Phillips informed liio coroner that in 1902 the ma jor xtV-mpted to murder her mother. He hit her over Mi^ head when hlie was atdeep v. uh a sund-bag--1t wiudo\v-sa*h sand- h"S; The jury found that Major Phillips murdered Mrs. Lucena.

A MISSING HUSBAND. On Saturday, at the Middlesex Sessions, Rosa Smith was brought up on remand. She was indicted in November in three cases of house- breaking and three of receiving stolen property. She pleaded guilty in one case. Accused's 4iouse at Leyton-road, Stratford, was raided by the police, and it was thought her husband bolted from the rear of the premises after the police arrived. The police found about £ 2.000 worth of plate, etc., and portions of it have been identified. The husband has kept out of tne way, and while his wife has been in custody their baby boy has died. Sir Ralph Littler refused to deal with the woman until her husband faced the charges by her side, suggesting that if he was a man he would surrender, instead of leaving his wife to stand alone. He again remanded the wife.

KILLED BY VICAR'S MOTOR. An inquest was held at Wimbourne on Satur- day on the body of a retired wheelwright named Adams, 81 years of age, who, while crossing the road, was knocked down by a motor-car belong- ing to the Rev. Cyril Kindereley, Vicar of Cole- hill. Adams succumbed to the shock, the doctor's opinion being, however, that his advanced age and the coldness of the weather were factors which contributed largely to a fatal result. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned, the chauffeur being exonerated from blame in the matter. It was stated that deceased's eye- sight was defective, and that he had hesitated for a moment in front of the car, apparently being unable to decide which way to go. The Rev. Cyril Kindersley expressed his great regret at the accident, and intimated his inten- tion tc pay all the funeral expenses.

SERIES OF FIRES. HOTEL IN FLAMES. Exciting fire scenes were witnessed at th Grand Hotel, Cardiff, on Sunday morning. While in bed, Mrs. Roeser, the manageress, eard a curious noise downstairs, and, on open- lIlg her bedroom door, she was met by thick Volumes of smoke. Rushing to the telephone "he gave the alarm, and then, attired only in a dressing-gown, she ran to the fire station. The firemen, who quickly arrived, worked aplendidly, and succeeded in rescuing the whole of the occupants of the burning building by of their escapes. All the members of the ,taff were females, and they were attired only their night-dresses. BLAZE AT YACHT STORES. A disastrous fire occurred at East Cowes on a.turday night, resulting in the total destruc- tion of the yacht stores of Messrs. George Marvin and Sons. The damage to the buildings yacht gear is estimated at several thousands of pounds. WAREHOUSE ON FIRE. Damage estimated to reach the total of £13,000 was caused by a fire which broke out "ou Saturday evening at a Preston warehouse, ^here a large quantity of antique furniture be- fogging to Mr. R. E. Treasure, of Preston, was atored, among other property. The fire raged furiously for two hours, and the building, which 'vas a disused mill, was completely gutted. THREE DEATHS. A large number of outbreaks of fire occurred London during Saturday and on Sunday, ^uere being no fewer than forty-one "calls" ^thin twenty-four hours. Unfortunately, three children were burnt to death. At Bethnal- "green-road, Sophia Bourdon, thirteen years old, so terribly burnt that she succumbed soon -fter admission to the hospital. Frederick Self, ttfo years old, died in hospital as the result of a are at 65, East-street, New Charlton. Alice bylit's Lester, fourteen months old, was fatally burnt at a fire at. 14, Little Thames-street, Greenwich. EXCITING SCENES. Exciting scenes were witnessed at a fire which broke out at the Continental Restaurant, Moor- street, Birmingham. The building; is old, and the flames spread with great rapidity for over half an hour. The lives of the proprietor, Samuel Beale, his wife Gertrude, a baby two Months old, and a servant girl were in jeopardy. The screams of the women cculd be heard from top storey windows, but it was impossible Jo see f inmates owing to dense smoke. The bri. de arrived with a couple of escapes, ut to the overhead trolley wires it was ^Possible at first to reach the window. After some manoeuvring an escape was ele- cted to the first-floor window, and then to the second and the inmates were brought down Safely, though all four were considerably over- hv smoke.

CORN MILLS ON FIRE. A fire occurred at Yeovil on Sunday night at the Premises of Messrs. Bradford and Sons, corn and J £ r«ber merchant* at Hend ford GOOJh Station, "•he corn grinding and paw mills wero totally des- lr°.Ved —hundred of sacks of corn being burned— the timber sheds, fully stocked, were partially The damage is estimated at several pounds. The fire brigade were called 'ay from their annual dinner to put out the fire.

BOY COMMJTS SUICIDE. tc! 41a{\ named Robert M<"Giv;hey, said to bo only fc%lf^ears old, committed suicida hy hanging him- ^*0 Monday afternoon at Belfast. e boy tied himself to a bed with a strap, and Of n °Und dead by his father. Ilia family know hj8 motive which could have led the lad to take ¡f"

PRISON FOR BRIDEGROOM. Many guests had been invited to the wedding Sjj Monday of Ernest Sidney Holt, a well-known ^laekpool printer and stationer, with an equally "ell-known local young lady. A sensation wad by the bridegroom's arrest, together Hh Edwin Jackson. .aofecn was afterwards charged with petty ■efts of stationery aiul cut papers and cards, j^lucd at £ 26, and Holt was charged with avuig received them, knowing tnev were •tolen. 0l^Q Holt's defence, his solicitor said there was peculiarly sad point in the case, that was ihat day wad fixed for the mail's marriage. e. guests were summoned, the minister was a.i'i the girl iiad stuck to him. tin so,°kcd bitterly, and the solicitor con- Aof1^ -ou eac ^ve ^ie ^>ene^t of the 4rJ'.Sl:o prccecd with him to church to-day 5 married. he Mayor said that as the thefts had been te^rie<1 011 *or two the Act Mr. Call is ^red to would not apply. Sentence of a hard labour for each prisoner wae T k nei-e was afterwards an affccting meeting Ween the prospective bridal couple.

OIL STEAMER ABLAZE. The Anglo-American Oil Company's steamer ^ousatomc, from Barrow for New York, wae j^eckea on the Maiden Rock, near Belfast tiu&h, on Saturday night, and one of 11P ky the crew fell on the oilv deck h«r V0t tiie 6lliP on Iire- She burnt fiercely till rs exPlo<l-'d, and then she sank. "Two 1l were IC6t-David Hutchinson, the second and a fireman named Iladraiu. "b.elle of the officers of the steamer eaid that 'tea,ll passing the mouth of Belfast Lough the oil drifted out of her course, and era sued rock. About twenty minutes after she of it was apparent that there was no chance I \Vvl!|g her, and two lifeboats were launched, the e:n the ship was set alight by the rocket th, al>tain. the chief and second officers, and capt ^end engineer were still on board. The ordered the officers to the boats. The ean-k .[iine-er, in jumping, fell short, and b°ats t<ir the ship had gone down. The life- carrying sixteen men, managed to be Maiden's Light-house.

S°^NTE!8 IN A CATHEDRAL. Both fcom-ie o0rnin.g and evening services at Salford turbid' u"a^hoIic Cathedral on Sunday were rlis- 110- e> a man named Batty. The man did MdC1 cr Ilor attempt to enter the pulpit, but qtlntl e:],ted an10ng the emgregation he fre- (lio ma.de remarks which caused some confli- ct A'011o the worshippers. When spoken to a fiVv ?orniES service Batty said that he had j.?J +'^Pt>ak on behalf of the unemploy.ed. *5:l,v entered the cathedral 6erm a /H ON^EY was near the end of hie TT^IT' a caused a disturbance. (lei. alf dozen mcmhers of the congregation then1 bl™ bundled him to the doors, and C0I";JC!f ^le police station. He eventually set free.

THREE YEARS FOR FRAUD. *pv paree years' penal servitude was the sentence £ ]e at Middlesex Sessions on Monday on Henry ^°r fni^d^68' W^° came UP ^or sentence tho last Ressions he appeared with his wife, ^'a? a«quitted, on fifteen counts, the indict- t>hta! lns ~0ft-5n length. The accusations were money and shares to the value of £ 300 twe ladies. k one rOl;eclJti<? alleged that Davies obtained j Ch,*y &hd securities on the strength of a great <L1:\cery suit. 0

t" LORD ROSEBTILLY & "THEGENERAL General Booth opened a new Salvation Army Home for Working Men' in Birmingham on Monday. In connection with the scheme, he said. they were instituting a workshop, where work would be provided for seventy or eighty men. A short time ago, General Booth added, lie had an interview with Lord Rosebery, who had received him rather stiffly. He had observed that a large number of leading men were a little etiff a.nd distant when he first entered their rooms, and supposed they were afraid he was going to pray with them. His lordship be- came exceeding friendly, and asked him many questions as to the character of the people the Salvation Armv emigrated. He (General Booth) said he could not guarantee that every man they sent had never had a glass too much, or had- never told a fib, or that each one was born with a for work. He added, "You would have to go to the House of Lords for that of man." Lord Rosebery nearly jumped off his eeat, and they were all archangels there

SECOND THAW TRIAL. The second trial of Harry K. Thaw for th3 murder cf Mr. Stanford White began on Mon- day in New York. As in the case of the former trial, several hundred people gathered outside j the Criminal Courts building in the hope of gaining a glimpse of Thaw OIl his way from the Tombs prison over the "Bridge of Sighs." Hundreds of others thronged the corridors of the Court-house, eager, if possible, to see him pass there. Fifty policemen were required to keep the passages clear. In appearance Thaw seemed to have changed but little since his trial Inst year. z;) Judge Dcwling announced that there would be three sessions of the Court daily until further notice, and that the jury would be locked up throughout the trial. Connsel for the accused stated that the former plea of "Not guilty" would be amended, and that his client would now plead that he was insane at the time the deed was committed. On leaving the Court at the luncheon interval Mrs. Thaw was so beset by spectators that a constable had to be detailed to protect her.

COTTON LOOK-OUT THREATENED. There are now over 2,000 operatives 011 strike at Oldham, and four mills are closed, namely, the Nile, Palm, Tay, and the Tciige Vale. A meeting of the committee of cae Master Cotton Spinners' Federation appointed to deal with the ring spinning question was held in Manchester on Monday, at which a resolution was unanimously adopted, calling upon all firms .iu the federation to give their workpeople one week's notice on the inaking-up day in the week ending January 18, 1908, of their intention to close their mills until further notice. In a circular iesued to the 500 firirc, in the federation, the ccmynittee notify this resolution, stating that they are confidently relying on the honour and loyalty of every, firm in the federa- tion. A general adoption of the locK-cut propose.^ is now practically assured.

BLOWN OUT TO SEA. At Thorpe, Essex, on Monday, Charles Ed- ward Gray, a smart-looking lad of sixteen years, was charged with being absent wiiaout leave from the Royal Naval Barracks at Shotley, near Harwich. The magistrates' clerk said that after walking from Sliotley to Harwich the boy got a boat, apparently intending to sail to London, but he was blown out about eight miles to sea. The wind changed, and his boat was driven into Frinton-on-Sea. He was found lying it under a clilT, hair frozen. A policeman fed and sheltered him. The magistrates ordered j he bey to oe handed over to the naval authorities.

SIIOOTING TRAGEDY. A verdict of "Manslaughter" was returned against the husband on Monday at an inq.i; >« on Elizabeth Warrior who died at Denton, near Canterbury, as the result of a gunshot wound. Tlit husband attended in custody of the police, and, in giving evidence, stated that he loaded his donble-barrellcd gun, and was in the act of starting off to get a rabbit when one of the cartridges exploded, shooting his wife dead. This was caused bv the trigger of his gun coming into contact with the button of his coat.

SCENES IN AN OFFICE. An extraordinary affair took place on Monday evening at the offices of Messrs. Charles Webster, Limited, horse contractors, London. Several men who had recently been discharged were to attend to return their uniforms and get their wages. With them came some other men, who had been in the habit of attending each morning for casual employment. These men, about a dozen in all, entered the yard and began to break all the office windows. Forcing an entrance, they found the manager. Mr. Edward Letcher, and he was severely knocked about and hurt. The police were summoned, but only two constables were in the vicinity. The men dispersed shortly afterwards, and no arrests were made.

In a fire at Chelsea, Elizabeth Jay, fifty- seven, has been burned to death. Mrs. Thomas Cubitt, of Palling Hall, Norfolk, has ju-st entered upon her 107th year. During the past year 2,600 tramps have passed through the King's Lynn casual ward.

DRUCE DRAMA. LAST PERFORMANCE. The curtain was rang down on the Druce drama for the present at Clerkenwell on Mon- day, when the bearing of the charge of perjury against Mr. Herbert Druce- who had sworn that in December, 1864, he saw the body of his father, Mr. T. C. Druce, in the coffin-was resumed. P-ofoseor Pepper, who represented the Home Offi it the exhumation, said he saw the coffin opened. Within there was me body of a man of from 65 to 75 years of age. It was remark- ably well preserved, and the features were quite recognisable. The face had a striking resem- blance to photographs of Mr. T. C. Druce. THE BODY IDENTIFIED. Mr. G. W. Thackrah, now a partner in the firm of Druce and Co., upholsterers, of BakV- street, who had known Mr. T. C. Druce during the latter years of his life, and who had been i (). he herniation, unhesitatingly identi- ■!< body he saw in the coffin as that of Mr. T. THE SUMMONS DISMISSED. ( O;IS • 4 for the prosecution addressed the Court, ;;ovvkdging that it had been estab- lished that Mr. T. C. Druce's death did take jJ .e >•; I and that he was buried in the be. Uighgate Cemetery, and the body which had been exhumed had been identified as his body. In these circumstances, he would be acting contrary to the best traditions of his profession if he persisted in the prosecution. The magistrate said that this course was not only wise and proper, but the only one that was open in the circumstances. He dismissed the summons, and said that Mr. Herbert Druce left the Court with his character for truthfulness absolutely vindicated.

"TIMES" CHANGES. The following is an official notification issued from The Times" office on Monday night: Negotiations are in progress whereby it is coutnniphited that "The Times" newspaper shall be forru d into a limited company under the proposed chairmanship of Mr. Walter. The newKpnjHi", as heretofore, will be published at Printing i I o 11 se- s q e. are. The b'-inesH management will be reorg-inised by Mr. C..rrlmr Pearson, the proposed managing direetor. The editorial character of the ptper will remain unchanged, and it will be conducted, at in tho past, on lines independent of party politics. The contemplated ammgements will, in all probability, require the sanction of the Court before they become definite.

DE ATll OF MR. C. ABSOLON. Mr. Charles Absolon, the famous old cricketer, died at his residence at Finsbury Park on Saturday night at the age of 90. Born at Wallingford, Berks, in 1817, Mr. Absolon scored his first century in cricket when he was 1-1, and it was not until he had reached the age of 80 that he gave up the game. He was constantly in the raid, and besides being a fine batsman was an expert bowler. Between his fiftieth and eightieth birthdays he took over 8,000 wickets and scored more than 24,000 runs. His last year, so far as bowling was con- cerned, was in 1872, when lie was in his fifty- third year. During that year he disposed of 519 wickets and had 1,109 runs to his credit. Mr. Absolon neither smoked nor drank, and was a man of exceptionally fine physique.

ELDERLY CURATES. ♦ The Rev. W. S. Carter, Vicar of St. Dionis, Fulham, says the dearth of curates is becoming a crying scandal to the Church. In a Church newspaper recently 86 vicars were advertising for curates, and there -were only two curates who sought posts. In re- sponse to his own advertisement he received 16 applications. One of the applicants was 76 years of age, eight were between 60 and 70 years old, five between 50 and 60, and tyvo a little over 40. Not a single application was received from a curate under 40. Thirteen of them had been in the Church at least 28 years, and had not been presented to livings. It was a standing disgrace to the Church that such a thing should be possible, unless there was something behind the scenes of which they knew nothing.

AN ENGLISHMAN'S LOVE LETTERS The Sheriff and jury sat at Bir- mingham e R««e~s damages in a breacli of prorjUo- nc- on brought by Miss Sarah Ann Elizabeth vWt'h, r. dressmaker, of Solihull, again-- fh-•„*? L:-< n. rd, the son of a Bir- mingham .H'iu r, living at Bertswell. The p* ies in _*t in IMS at some fetes, and later uttor-led ioeai da noes. The defendant wrote lil-0 killer. 320 cards, and 50 tele- grains. The letters v.ere in the most affec- tionate terms. At length he told the plaintiff he was con- sumptive, and, said counsel, made a number of shabby subterfuges, ultimately saying no was engaged to another young lady, who had threatened to shoot him if he married anyone else. The jury awarded the plaintiff £300.

LIBERAL M.P. RESIGNS. Mr. W. A. McArthur, M.P. for the St. Austell Division of Corn-wiTI, hae, sent in h;s resignation to the Government Whips. Air. Mc Arthur's resignation has been brought about by the state of his lK;,ith. as well as by pressure of business. It is likely that the Hon. Thomas Agar- Robartes, who was elected for Bodmin at the general election, and was afterwards un- seated on petition, will be the Liberal candi- date. The figures at the general election were:— Mr. McArthur (L) 5,667 Mr. Garnett (U) 2,516 Majority. 3,151

INFLUENCE OF A HYMN. The death of Mrs. Keogh, which has jurl, I taken place at Lansdo wn'e-road.' London Fields, has brought to light a striking iD- stance of the iiiih'ence of a hymn. iurs. Keogh's husband was formerly vicar of a country village in Buckinghamshire, and one of his favourite hymns was VVeary of earth," of which the Rev. J. S. Stone, 'vicar of St. Paul's, Haggerston, was the author. After Mr. Keoglvs death his widow wrote to the hymn writer, and hearing that parish was one of the poorest in London, decided to devote the remainder of her ii;e to alleviating the suffering of the poor people under his care. Accordingly she removed 10 London Fields, and for 20 years visited and helped those in trouble and distress around her.

EXPRESS TRAIN ON Fl HE. The express train from Wirbalkn to St. Petersburg arrived six hours late owing to an outbreak of fire in the sleeping-car. The u: was destroyed. The cause of the fire is tributed to a defect in the heating apparatus. The 30 passengers in the slecping-car escaped with slight injuries. All the hand-luggage became a prey to the flames. The passengers in the sleeping-car in- eluded Mr. A. F. Williams, an Englishman, and directior of the Northern Steamship Company, and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Williams broke the window of the carriage and jumped out before the train stopped. sustaining some cuts and bruises.

BARRISTERS SUICIDE. An inquest Mas held at Wandsworth with reference to the death of Henry Gilbert Greatrex, aged 50, lately of Putney, who was formerly a leather merchant at Walsall, and had been called to the Bar. Deceased com- mitted suicide by shooting himself in a bed- room at his house. Margaret Greatrex, the widow, said that her husband had no money troubles what- ever, and was in good circumstances, but he was apt to worry on the subject of his health. He imagined he had heart disease. A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane" was returned.

SAVED BY "GLORY SONG." I Whilst 400 old people were being enter- tained at Bristol in connection with the city mission, the roof of the building was dis- covered to be on fire. The Rev. Peter Welsh was the first to notice the outbreak, and, realising that serious consequences might result from the panic, many of the old people being lame and blind, he asked them to sing the Glory Song" and leave the building. They did so without noticing that any- thing untoward had occurred. After tho hall was emptied the fire was soon extin- guished, and the entertainment resumed.

COLLISION IN A FOG. An alarming collision between a South-Wpstern suburban train and a light engine occurred just outside Waterloo Station on Sunday morning, and many of the passengers had narrow escapes from serious injury. The thick fog which hung over South London and many parts of the Thames Valley at the time was mainly responsible for the mishap. The passenger train was fairly well filled. Delayed by the fog, it was held up by signal just outside Waterloo. When the train had bpelJ at rest a minute or two the passengers felt a violent shock and heard a loud crash. Many of them were fiung oil their seats and much bruised, and a third of the windows of the train were shattered. A heavy express engine backing into the main line platform had run into the back of the station- ary train. Beyond the smashing of the windows the rolling stock was only slightly damaged. None of the coachew left the metals, and the whole train was shortly afterwards drawn into Waterloo. The colliding engine, too, was undamaged.

EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER. On Friday evening a subordinate employee of the Post Office at Athens, whose business it was to take the sacks of letters for Constantinople on board the Italian steamer Montenegro, im- properly added some sacks containing loaded cartridges. As the sacks were being conveyed on board an explosion occurred, a sailor, a stoker, and a petty officei, being injured. The Post Office employee states that the bags containing the cartridges were given him by a workman who passed himself off as a postal official.

ALLEGED POISONED TEA. Magistrates at Lifton, Devon, on Saturday had before them a. young farm labourer named William Down, charged with attempting to murder his master—Mr. John Yelland, of Cob- hrmweek Farm, Bridestowe—and Mrs. Yelland. It is alleged that Down placed some foot-rot lotion in cups of tea which had been prepared for his master and mistress. The Exeter city analyst stated that on the saucers spots were identical with the contents of a bottle of foot-rot lotion kept in the room in which the tea was prepared. Accused denied putting the lotion in the tea. He was committed for trial.

SOLDIER'S TERRIBLE DEATH. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned at Dover on Saturday at an inquest on Driver Graham, of the Army Service Corps, who was thrown by hie horse and dragged nearly a mile, his foot becoming fixed in the stirrup. Regarding the cause of the accident, the jury said the shafts were much too short, and when coming down the hill the carriage must have caught the horse and caused it to kick and rear. The animal went up a bank, threw the de- ceased, and bolted.

THE LAST DIVE. An inquest was held on Saturday at Wool- wich on the body of William Frederick Cook, aged 32, who died in Plumstead Public Baths. Evidence was given that deceased took a header from the spring board. He did not rise again, and an attendant named Martin who entered the water found his body lying at the bottom in the deep end of the bath. The medical evidence was that death was due to syncope following valvular disease of the heart, and not to drowning. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes."

Under the auspices of the London Countv Council, a conference of teachers took place in the Medical Examination Hall, Embankment. The importance of nature study and the advisa- bility of giving scholars excursions into the country for botany lessons were points insisted Oll. A WEALTHY TRAMP. At Midlcton. Co. Cork, on Sunday, a semi- demented tramp, named Patrick Halloran, of "nowhere," aged about 70 years, was taken into custody for vagrancy. The prisoner has apparently been wandering all over Ireland for the past thirty-five years wheeling an old ramshackle wheelbarrow of his own primitive make. i On being searched the sum of £ 115 12s. 6d. was [ found in his possession, the gold being made up of 230 half-sovereigns, carefully papered in lots of of 230 half-sovereigns, carefully papered in lots of three, and contained in two old tin canisters car- ried in his trousers pockets. He made many rambling and incoherent state- ments to the police, who had him committed to the idiot ward of Midleton workhonse. =

A DISASTERS AT SE, -4, -0 AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE. The full-rigged ship Atlas arrived in San ,e Francisco on Christinas Eve, terminating an eventful voyage from Baltimore. A collision occurred off Cape Horn at night with the Nor- wegian barque Viking. The Viking filled so rapidly that thirteen of the crew had barely time to scramble cn board the Atlas when' she foundered, taking down with her Captain Petersen and his wife. Previously to the collision Charles Nolan, John Hook, and J. Schumacher, of the Atlas, fell from the jibboom, and were drowned. Be- fore reaching San Francisco the crew of the Atlas mutinied owing to some trouble with an officer. PIER COLLAPSES. On Sunday morning the entrance end of the promenade pier, T-jignmouth, owned by the Devon Dock and STeamsliip Company, col- lapsed, with the pavilion and shops. The tide had undermined the upights and the supporting promenade wall. STEAMERS COLLIDE. The steamers Marquis and Sentry, of Glas- gow, collied off Greenock on Sunday. Both were bully damaged, and the Sentry was beached. The Marquis wa6 able to put back to Glasgow. LINER'S ROUGH TIME. The P. and O. steamer Himalaya, which ar- rived at Plymouth on Sunday fifteen hours la;o from Gibraltar, was in collision in the Suez Car.al with an outward bound vessel, but neither sustained cerious damage. All the way from Gibraltar to Plymouth the Himalaya en- countered a fierce eastlerly gale with tremen- dous seatl and squalls of hail and -iicw. At t'rrv-s it wes almost impossible to steam against the hurricane.

THE BERLIN SENSATION. Herr Harden, the Berlin editor who was charged with libelling Count von Moltke in his paper, has been sentenced to four months' im- prisonment, and has been ordered to bear the costs of both trials. Speaking in clear and moderate language, tne accused said that the information on which the articles were based had been in his possession for five years, and that he had had every reason to believe it. Turning to the articles themselves, Herr Har- den said that whatever he had written about Count Kuno von Moltke was in connection with Prince Eulenburg. It was meant in a semi-poli- tical sense. On October 29 inst year, the petty court ac- quitted Her" Harden of the charges. That de- cision has now been reversed, and Count von Moltke's character vindicated.

R U N AWAY" MOTOR-'BUS. At about three o'clock on Saturday afternoon a London General Omnibus Company's motor- 'Ul!S, proceeding from Liverpool-street west- wnrds, was passing through Walham-sr --en, when somotiiing wrong with the ei". ins gear, some of the mechanism dropping into the road, with the result that the vehicle was imme- diately out of control. The driver stopped the engine and app-ied the brakes with all possible speed, but he Y;fiS un- able to prevent the omnibus from colliding with a cab standing at the rank. The cab •was com- pletely overturned, the driver. Thomas Connor, of Beitrain-road, Fulham, receiving a cut on his right leg eight inches long, in addition to a superficial wound on the left side of the head. He was conveyed to the West London Hospital. The omnibus, after having knocked over the cab. ran into a man named John Frost, of Bat- tersea-park, knocking him down and causing slight injuries.

FOOTBALLERS' ESCAPE. On the return of the Argvle football team to Plymouth, after their match at. Swindon on Satur- day, it transpired that Leonard, the inside-right winger, and Alhnan, the centre-forward, had a narrow eccape from death by asphyxiation. At the hotel at which they stayed at Swindon on Friday nipht they s'rpt i:1 a room which was heated oy a eharcow1 fire. On Saturday morning McCormiek. another mem- oer of the team sleeping in another room was ir^used bv someone falling against his door. Open- ing the door he found Alhnan lying unconscious in the corridor. Aiinmn after a time tained consciousness. then o"t('11 the bedroom and found Lemard huddled up in bed with his h«:»d between his knees and jf" (.,1 He was carried to another room, and after a ) 11" period of artificial respiration gradually reghii.ed consciousness. Both J,4,0nardiii,i Allman suffered from i. knr^s and dizziness, and their symptoms pointed to asphyxiation.

FAMOUS SCULLER DEAD. Edward Hanlan, the famous Canadian seel'er. whose death at Toronto is announced, years of age. He had long outlived his fdin^, dropping out of notice about 20 Years ago. His first notable achievement in England was his race with Elliott on the Tyne in 1879, but his great struggle was that on the Thames in 1880 with Trickett, the Australian, who had won the clinm- pionship of the world from Joe Sadler four years earlier. A fine race was made up to the Soap "Works but then Ilmdau won as he liked. Having beaten all his rivals Hap.ian, instead of waiting for a challenge to scull for the champion- ship of the world on Toronto Bay. went out to Australia to row William Beach in 1834. In this race he was defeated.

WOMAN FIGHTS BURGLAR. In order to scare Mrs. J. Hutchings, whose house he had entered on Saturday night, a burglar at Pontycymmen, near Cardiff, draped himself in a white sheet. His ruse, however, failed, as Mrs. Hutchings recognised the sheet 1LS her own, and grappled with the intruder. She was struck on the head with a small poker, which had been worked up for the pur- poses of a jemmy, and was rendered momen- tarily unconscious. The man escaped whilst she was calling for assistance.

e CONFESSION AFTER RELEASE. Among the prisoners at the Northamptonshire Quarter Sessions was a young agricultural labourer, who was charged with burglary. After hearing the evidence, the grand jury threw out the bill, and the prisoner was immediately released. The young man returned home, but later on sought out a polkie-inspector, and confessed that he had committed the offence. He also pointed out a hedge in which was hidden a portion of the stolen property.

SKATING. Despite the rapid thaw, the National Skating Association carried out the competition for the Duddleston Cup on Lingay Fen on Monday. There was a good deal of water on the ice, which, however, was firm. Seven competitors started, and F. W. Dix (Northampton), who covered the course of one mile with three turns in 3min. 44 I-osee., won. Albert Tebbitt, the holder, did not defend his title.

MASSY AND VARDON MATCHED. A golfing event of exceptional interest has been fixed to take place on the Cinque Ports Club's course at Deal on Thursday, April 2nd, Arnaud Massy, of La Boulie, the open champion, and Harrv Vardon, of South Herts, the champion of 1899, and 1903. having agreed to con- test a match of 36 holes.

SUICIDE AFTER A PARTY. A tragic storv was related on Monday night at an inquest at Yarmouth on the body of a local bui'd :T. James Samuel Read, who gave a New Year's party and then went to his work- shop and hanged himself with a scaffold rope. The evidence showed that Read bad been de- pressed by bad trade.

BRITISH OFFICER KILLED. Lieut.-Colonel John C. Cautley, a retired British officer, was knocked down and killed on Sunday at Buffalo by an electric tramcar while he was crossing one of the main streets of the city. The deceased officer had a distin- guished career, having fought both at Khartoum and Majuba.

A GOLDEN YEAR. During last year 18,864,000 sovereigns and 2,087,000 half sovereigns have been issued from the Mint, as compared with 10.000,000 sovereigns and 2,105,000 half sovereigns in 1906. Of the silver coins issued in Great Britain and the Colonies the value was 92,019,789 in 1907, as against £ 1,705,070 in 1906. £ 227.550 worth of bronze coins was issued in 1907, and £ 184,520 worth in 1906, the total number of pieces of all kinds struck in the two vears respectively being 160,473,192 and 112,884,817.

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