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m £ «Saur jg.|t^-iSEGARS- De er5 Wholesale: B. KINGSTON and CO, >17564 GRAN6ETOWN, OARDIFW. "NO BETTER FOOD. Dr. Andrew Wilson, FJMA FRY'S I' PURE CONCENTRATED COCOA TRY ALSO "FIVE BOYS" MILK CHOCOLATE. BECOIOLTNDED BY THE MEDICAL PS* FESSION AND PRESS.

TfiE MOND NICKEL WORKS. lllE STRANGE DEATH OF A WORKMAN. Town-hall, Neath, on Friday, Mr. U)qUj CuthbertsoQ conducted the adjoarned *Uh f«. into the circumstances connected ^icbn, death of John Jones, fitter, of 3, who died on the 22nd of daygT1 at Neath. On the preceding three Wo»i, **ad been working at the Mond Nickel The P^ydach. bejj.,widow said her husband was in splendid -W^en he went to work on the 19th nit. he cn iQe came home on Saturday he said t4e QJ.d. not breathe, and that he could taste «ot 'aa in his chest. Her husband gradually ^,orse' and they sent for the doctor on ^Sht y IaornmK- jDeath took place the same Cole, 15, The Terrace, Clydach, stated '^<1 worIce<* with him in the nickel *liy itness did not note the presence of ^i^onous fumes. Jones complained of Hjg in the chest and difficulty of breath- Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. dCoroner: Do you know how many men who have been working at the nickel ■ Since I have been there two. The ^an's name was Thomas Johnson. He "orking in the copper shed when ne was Before he had been engaged in the it, 8hed Johnson never complained to me. Fa top -kewia Cole: Were you wearing a respi- ^nrinS the Wednesday, Thursday. t-y' and Saturday?—Yes, during the work- Jones wear one?—No. >orkHre ia a supply of respirators at the Te8,Ajan<l you know where to get them?— the ^frooeeding, witness said he did not tell *8 f that Jones was complaining, and te8g J" as he knew Jones didn't. While wit- Riven worked there restoratives had been to 111 en by the chemist. He personally chejh.not found it necessary to go to the the t(8t at a11- plant was not at work at e and Jones were connecting the Mr' t ton- ^ewis: Was the process in the nickel if. Soing on ?—Yes. ^a8n't» Then why did you say it #oser were putting up a new decom- piles Proceeding, witness stated that tfjjj. worked on the ground floor all the tifirk and several of the decomposers at undergoing repairs. Altogether lh% twelve men were employed in ^*d house. Some of the decomposers leaking, and the gas had been shut lCr r fitters were tightening them up. Then the gas had been leaking ? = I could not say. All I want to U»e dL. 4 there something wrong with Ottposers, and the gas was shut off to fitters to put them right. There are nineteen de- "Mer era in the nickel works, and three were othai_ when Jones was there. The A working. 'urti^g j^n: You said that there are no gas ,5. nickel-house. lis that so?—No; Anoth* fames there Juryman: If these were not there | J°ha ^ld be no necessity for respirators. I 8v°%as. Birch grove, who works in the s 'pag* ,0I> at the works, saw Jones at Gained fWp'Ve on the Saturday, and he com- V ;ee»ng unwell. 8 111 Williams, of Brit«n Fgrrjr, said Jones just opposite the KirigrV 'it eath, on Saturday afternoon at 3.30. Si ^rees asked him how he was, and he replied 1y_"el8h, "My oheet is bad. I am sorry I to that old place to work. I am afraid finished me. I had a hard tug to to meet the cart at Skewen." J. Bloomer, manager at the Clydach s> said he had been there since the com- i2?enfc t^ie erectioH °f the works. Lewis: Jones was indirectly under «^cf?Per*i8i°n. On the Wednesday he was 'n ao a new decomposer, No. 20, which was fy>. iQ^ay connected with the^working plant. thje. wag at work. In the case of the *°rki ^^omposers undergoing repairs, the gas was shut off Altogether. Twelve pp0?frs were at work. The working gas '0^ ar°on monoxide, and the compound nickel carbonate. Carbon monoxide fcase. '^el carbonate were both poisonous H Before putting any apparatus to work '^oroughly tested for leaks. Then the ho^ atus was filled under pressure to see 1 Mr *t would hold. 1 t41,t; LeWis; Notwithstanding all your pre- 1 ?*» PaQg' yon cannot prevent some of the ■ Uj ^ing into the nickel-house?—No; it I ^Ua^t^anically impossible to make any f. la h absolutely tight. ft rule that the works and all men I I ^Wra in nickel-house must wear exoept when some of the *Vn ft* are open and when dnst, is about. Sy j^ey have to. *°of jj Le«ia: Since Johnston's death the had been removed, and movable liojj instead to improve the ventila- br EVIDENCE. l- W. Thomas deposed to attending the °oit°nes an<i to recommending Mrs. Jones Unicate with the Mond Company the U(J °f death, which had taken place. She v <JiMan<' J°nes 8aw the deceased before The cause of death was undoubtedly Coroner: There were no signs that ft0** pleurisy, but deceased could l,ifd e had the pneumonia, until about in^°u al3'e to say that the pneumonia by the poisonous gases or not?— say one way or the otner. °*l<i ea^e it to the jury, as men of the -arId leave it to the jury, as men of the A j to judge for themselves?—Yes. yyman; Wonld the gases cause pnen- ^Irritant vapours will, but I cannot a1t'ler these gases would so affect the ^ete^i The cleverest experts are txnable to traces of the poison in the blood of who have been "nickelled," as the V 6oes St & to a Juryman, ths Manager eaid I s live<i t°r two or three days, and i>r L°n five or six days. f t k0lles. medical officer of the works, said aSreed with Dr. Thomas, but went Jones exhibited no signs of V carbonate poisoning. The symptoms of acute croupis pneumonia, and ^st-oiortem examination showed nothing o* e lunge exhibited no trace in any ^trouble arising from irritant poison- d freely admitted that in Johnston's eath was attributable to nickel poison- r ^otl ^ave told us in negative 8 no- 1 tlie canee death was not due to ^e^)ASon°ua gases. Can you help us by h g that was not something which at the works that gave rise to the vVj0l*ia? ^u' ?nes replied that pneumonia may have ^6^. lnduce(j by the inclement weather, W y in the condition of health the man to be in. v0ctora'0l!0ner- in summing up. said that the th not a8:ree- ^ury beard the 6 111:111 went to work for the first time v^'tjr j^orks, and how he complained of diffi- » ^reathing and of pains in his chest. >ettiu' • ^or to consider whether the iv^tio ln °' Pneumonia was due to the in- poisonous gases. The doctor of woald naturally do what he could j r the company. = Not at all, sir. I never sell U*ftep 0 anybody. tjj a short deliberation, the jury found Jh ^he J^anse of death was pneumonia, doe %nC^l ^alin«r of some poisonous gas at the »tp rl58' an<* they recommended that taken to oounteraet, as far as the escape of gas at the works,

*UID ON SOCIAL OLTTBS, Via T j cl °tis p°o1 P°iice are carrying on a h11ha> crUBa^e againat the so-called social rtf^i^g^Jich have long been suspected as 8 iT5* pure and simple. The Stipen- gistrate fined James Dwyer, u ^si»f °' the Beresford Social Club, £ 20, it for jetting; Francis Glover, and chairman, £ 5; and three th <i were bound over. The magistrate •w ^tup0e 8tringent fines wonld be imposed to,' .^iien the club was raided 26 meu betting.

SETTLEMENT OF THE TIN-PLATE DISPUTE.-See Page 7.

TERRIBLE SCENE ON A BRISTOL SHIP: Latest New York mail advices state that, because he had been reprimanded for ill- treating two of his shipmates, Jean Lewis, a stalwart fireman on board the steamship Bristol City, belonging to Messrs. Charles Hill and Son, Bristol, became temporarily insane and murdered one of them, and stabbed the other so brutally that he is in the hospital in a critical condition. Lewis has been held without bail to await a further examination before the magistrates. According to Captain Barclay, Lewis is 6ft. tall. Zodoki, a Greek fireman, and Andras, a Turkish fireman, were, he says, always having dispatee. They were mere striplings compared with Lewis and had been the butt of his ridicule. Last Monday Lewis cornered the two boys in the forecastle and attacked them with a long dirk knife and a club. To make sure that he would not be interrupted in his work he closed down the hatch. As Zodoki tried to huddle into a corner the knife blade was driven into his left side up to the hilt, and he died almost instantly. Then Lewis sprang after Andras. stabbing him twice and bringing him to the ground where he proceeded to beat him. The Turk's screams were heard by the rest of the crew, and they broke open the hatch. Lewis ran amok among the men, striking at everyone who came within his reach, finally taking refuge aft, where he etood ;\t kay, club in one hand and his dripping dirk in the other. Oantain Barelay stood in front of the erased sailor with revolver in hand, and demanded that be lay down his arms. The answer was a vicious swing of the club and a lunge with the knife. Again Captain Barclay commanded Lewip to surrender, and again the club and knife were raised in the air, where they hung for a moment and then were silently thrown to the deck. Lewiq permitted himself to be shackled, and was confined to the steamer's hold until she reached New York. The wounded man was taken to the Eoosevelt Hospital.

PLYMOUTH TRAGEDY. WELSHMAN CHARQED WITH MURDERING A POLICEMAN. Robert Humphries, merchant seaman, a native of Wales, was charged, on remand, a.t Plymouth Police-court on Monday with the wilful murder of Police-constable Wilce. soon after midnight, on Saturday week. Prisoner had been quarrelling with his wife, in his rooms, at 6. Castle-street, and Wilce, from the street, endeavoured to persuade the accused to be quiet. It was alleged that in his rage prisoner pulled deceased into the house, and after a short struggle threw him out. The constable staggered and fell dead —The Chief- constable, in asking for a further remand for a week, said Mr. Percy Pearce, a local soli- citor, who would be present next. week, had been instructed by the Treasury to prosecute. Prisoner would be represented.-The remand was granted.

ATTEMPTED MATRICIDE. At Bournemouth on Monday Gentle Pearson Kennedy Hamilton, 25, described as an actor, was further remanded, charged with attempt- ing to murder his mother. It was stated in evidence that in an interview with the police on Monday morning the accused said" I did it. I don't know what made me do it. An impulse came over me, and I could not help myself. I struck her with an iron. I must have been toad to have done so." Evidence was also given that the injured woman, who had sustained severe injuries to the head, was progressing as satisfactorily as possible. THE FULHAM TRAGEDY. An inquest was held at Fulham, London, on Monday, on Florence Mary Burgess, wife of an insurance agent, and her two children, who were killed by falling from a window. The husband said that his wife had lately had a lot of worry. An ice-cream vendor said he saw Mrs. Burgess throw the children out of the window and then jump out herself. The jury found that Mrs. Burgess killed the children and com- mitted suicide while of unsound mind. TRAGEDY AT ABERDEEN. At Aberdeen Sheriff-court on Tuesday Robert William Wallace, labourer, was charged with killing his infant child and with having fractured his wife's skull in a house in Menzios-road. Torry. It was eaid that Wal- lace after committing the crimes attempted to drown himself in the Dee, but was rescued. A plea of insanity from marked "ptiepey was offered, and the hearing was adjourned till the 23rd inst. for medical evidenoe. A SUNDERLAND TRAGEDY. James Duffy, who gave himself up to the police at Sunderland on Sunday, was brought before the magistrates on Monday and remanded, charged with the murder of Ellen Newman, with whom, it was stated he had lived, by strangling her. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AT CARNARVON. At Carnarvon Police-court Thomas B. Wil- liams, a quarryman, 0f Talysarn, was com- mitted for trial on a charge of attempting At Carnarvon Police-court Thomas B. Wil- liams, a quarryman, 0f Talysarn, was com- mitted for trial on a oharge of attempting to murder a man named Edward Williams on' August 17. The men had been on bad terms and were under a bond of peace at the time, and it is alleged that after leaving a tavern prisoner fired at prosecutor and shot him in the chest. MURDERED HIS TWO CHILDREN. At the Central Criminal-court on Wednes- day Herbert Madden, gas stoker and ex- soldier, was indicted for the murder of his two children on the night of August 5 at Clerkenwall. Prisoner, who had been drink- ing and strange in his mind. killed the children by battering in their heads with a coal hammer.-The jury found that prisoner I was insane when he committed the crime, and he was orderd to be detained during his Majesty's pleasure.

LADY HERMIT. IDENTIFIED BY THE EX-MAYOR OF PORTSMOUTH. Wednesday was curiously fruitful in pathetic stories concerning the "Lady Her- mit"-the young woman who was found wan- dering about the Cornish cliffs, taken in charge by the police, and ordered to be detainoa in Peazaaoe Workhouse. The ex- May )r of Portsmouth, Alderman A. Leon Emanuel, J.P., states that she was convicted of begging by the Arundel magistrates on June 11 of this year, and sentenced to either fourteen or twenty-one days' imprisonment. She was sent to Portsmouth Prison, and, as one of the visiting magistrates, the alderman took occasion to see her and inquire into her history. She was just as strange in her manner then as she is described to be now, and, although otosely questioned, she declared that hrj- only name so far as she knew was "Jeannie." Her conduct led the authorities to belie-a that her mind was effected, and she was removed to the workhouse infirmary, fro-n which institution she was discharged three weeks later. She had then a (air sum of money in her possession. Her behaviour during the time she was in Portsmouth was quite that of a person of gertl* birth, and she has evidently been well educated. Nothing eise concerning her ori. gin, however, could be discovered, but it was found—Alderman Emanuel was unable to say how—that she came from Russia, and was of Jewish origin. Strangely enough, another olue of a closely similar charaeter reached the Pentance police on Wednesday. This was from the doctor in charge of a prison infirmary a good deal nearer London than Portsmouth. He states that a young woman answering in almost every detail to the deecription given of the Cornish wanderer escaped from the infirmary early in June last, all trace of her being lost. The police consider it more than probable that this is the same person, and that after escaping from the infirmary she made her way to Arundel, with the sequel already stated. The Penzanoe police have also reoeived a telegram from a lady at Manchester stating that the published description of the wan- derer tallies with that of her daughter, who went to America eight years ago and had sinoe disappeared.

DROWNING CASE AT EBBW VALE. INHUMAN CONDUCT OF ON- LOOKERS. A particularly sad case of drowning came before Mr. J. B. Walford (coroner) at the Ebbw Vale Police-station on Tuesday even- ing. A little girl, named Julia Ann Cross, eight and a half years old, was playing on a plank that overhung a pond, known as j Richmond's Pond, on the side of the road leading from Beaufort to Sirhowy, when the fell in, and was drowned. Considerable feel- ing existed in the district in consequence of a rumour to the effect that some men who witnessed the occurrence made no attempt to save the little girl. John Cross, 16, Ebbw Vale Gantra, the father, gave evidence of identification. Mary Agnes Cross (eleven;, sister of the deceased, said that on Sunday morning she, deceased, and another little girl. went to the pond, and were playing on the plank that crossed the pond. She asked her sister to come home, but her sister said she would go along the plank for the last time. She turned around and fell in. Witness screamed, and a man came up. He held out his umbrella. Deceased tried to reach it three times, and then sank. Witness then went home and told her mother. Thomas Sherman, haulier, 2, Bridge-street, Pontlottyn, said that on Sunday morning he was proceeding from the direction of Sirhowy to Beaufort. When within 100 yards of the pond he heard a scream. He ran to the pond, and saw a little girl who was about to sink for the last time. Witness went aJong the plank and held out his umbrella, but she was too far out to reach it, and sank to the bottom. He got haok to the bank, and saw three men walking some dis- tance away. He shouted to them, and they came to the bank of the pond, but neither of them went into the water. The old man who had charge of the gate at the crossing went to the lodge for a hook. Witness went on to Beaufort, and informed the police. He did not go back to the pond again. The Coroner: Did it not occur to you that by joining hands it would have been possible to get the child out? Witness: We thought it would be better to go for the police, thinking she was drowned. The Coroner: How could you be such a fool t > think of such a thing. Did you know the three menP Witness: No, sir; they were strangers to me. The Coroner, addressing the witness with considerable warmth, said: It is one of the most stupid occurrences that has ever come before my notice. You ought to have made some effort to have got the child out of ths water. It was a stupid and cowardly action. To me it seems inconceivable that a ohnu of eight years was allowed to drown before your very eyes within a few inches of your umbrella. YOCI are a disgrace to the neigh- bourhood. Sit down. I am sick of the sight of you. Thos. Broks. the old man in charge of the gates, said he saw the children on the plank and warned them. He saw the last witness on the plank. He shouted to the other three men, Come and get the girl out." None of them made an effort to get in the water. One of them was Isaac Andrews, the New Houses, Sirhowy. The men stayed there the whole of the time, and did nothing beyond try and get her out with the hook. A man by the name of Thomas Jones eventually arrived and got the girl out. When deceased was placed on the bank no attempt was made to bring her to." The pond was not more than 5ft. deep in the deepest part, and by the plank It was probably -4ft. 6in. Police-constable Richards also gave evidence. He arrived there 25 minutes a-fter.the occur- rence. Deceased was then on the bank quite dead. The pond tapered from 2ft. to 4ft. 6in. In his opinion, if the man had slipped in the water by the plank he could have easily reached the child and saved her life. He could have walked to the spot without danger. The Coroner, in summing up, again said it I was one of the saddest stories it had ever been his misfortune to listen to. The conduct of the men had been most inhuman, and they were certainly a disgrace to the neighbour- hood to which they belonged. He had known of cases in which yonng persons had actually been brought around after having been five minutes in the water. Had these men used ordinary common-sense it could have been done in this base. The death could hardly be described aa an accident, but rather one of misadventure. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from misadventure," and entirely concurred with, the censure of the coroner. FOUND DROWNED AT TINTERN. An inquest was held at Tintern on Monday on the body of William Gibson, a sapper in the Monmouth Militia. The regiment was disbanded on the 29th of August, and on that date he was seen to fall into the river at Monmouth, and, although an alarm was raised, his body was not recovered till Sunday evening, when it was found floating in the River Wye at Tintern.—A verdict of "Acci- dentally drowned" was returned. ABERDOVEY BATHING FATALITY. An inquest was held on Tuesday by Mr. Guthrie Jones, deputy-coroner for Merioneth, and a jury touching the death of Miss Mabel Barker, the lady governess who was drowned while bathing at Aberdovey last week.—Mr. Walter Scott, solicitor, Manchester, stated that his wife and Miss Barker were bathing together, when they suddenly found them- selves out of their depth. His wife tried to get at Miss Barker, but was unable to do so, and did not see anything of her after.—Cap- tain D. Jones, coxswain of the lifeboat, gave evidence, and a verdict of "Accidentally drowned while bathing" was returned. DOUBLE BOATING FATALITY. A double boa-ting fatality occurred in the Solent on Tuesday. A pensioner named John- son, caterer in the officers' mess at Fort Monckton, near the entrance to Portsmouth harbour, and a lad named Toop, put off in a dinghy to reach a. yacht, and were subse quently seen struggling in the watet. Ah effort to save them proved unsuccessful, and the bodies have not yet been recovered. TWO MEN DROWNED. Early on Saturday, while two North Shields tug-boat men were making for the Tyne, their small boat was capsized by a heavy squall of wind. The body of one of the men named Carl Peterson was afterwards washed ashore, while the upturned boat was also cast up. The boat's sail is missing, and the mast is broken. FOREIGN SAILOR DROWNED AT GLOUCESTER. The dead body of Anders Hilmen Mattsson, 24, a native of Stockholm, and a. member of the crew of the Norwegian barque Alma, has been recovered from the canal at Gloucester. Deceased left his ship, which arrived in Gloucester with a cargo of deals, on Saturday evening, with other members of the crew, but subsequently separated from them. As Mattsson did not I return a search was instituted, and Police- sergeant Draybrooka successfully dragged for the body, which was discovered near where his cap was lying.

"132 FALSE ACCUSATIONS." Adet Golis, 43, a Swiss dressmaker, was charged on remand at Marlborough-street Police-court, London, on Wednesday, with stealing valuable dress materials from Lady Constance Starhey, of Oadogan Gardens, S.W.; Lady Napier, Portland-place, and others residing in the West End. The evidence showed that the prisoner, who got into communication with ladies by means of advertisements, was handed silk and other expensive materials to make up, but converted them to her own use instead.—Detective-sergeant Simmons stated that she had perpetrated several thefts of the kind, and was convicted at Bow-street in 1901.' Bhe made detection very difficult by repeatedly changing her address. — Detective-sergeant Buxton having formally proved the conviction, with a sentence of fourteen days' hard labour, the prisoner elected to be tried by a jury.— Mr. Denman: Do you want the jury to have your long written statement in which you say you have had 132 false accusations made against you?—'Prisoner: Yes, sir.—'Prisoner was committed for trial. ■

COMIC OPERA. I JUDGE: The prisoner, Fiscal Reform, has been found guilty, and we now sentence him to death. CONSTABLE: If you please, my lord, the prisoner has not been born yet!

40.000 BULGARIANS MASSACRED. A WHOLE PROVINCE DEVAS- TATED. A Sofia telegram says:—Hie Macedonian interior organisation estimates that 150,000 women, children, and old men are hiding in the forests and mountains of Macedonia. The Turks are stated to be burning tlle forests in the districts of Leren and Kastoria, and kill- ing the fugitives whenever they attempt to escape the flames. All reports received from the vilayet of Monastir agree in describing the position of affairs there as absolutely appalling. From 30,000 to 50,000 of the Bul- garian inhabitants are believed to have been massacred by the Turks and every Bulgarian village in the vilayet destroyed. Of the Bulgarians who Saved themselves by flight to the mountains and forests, thousands are dying of starvation. While at present it is impossible to obtain any precise figures at the revolutionary headquarters, it is esti- mated that between 30,000 and 40,000 Bul- garian women and children have perished by the Turkish sword, while at least as many more of those who fled from their villages to escape the massacres are now slowly dying of hunger. Official circles regard these figures as rather under than over trnt'imited, and incline to the belief that wtnt he massnered will exceed 40.000. The Turks are described as being, appa- rently, determined to exterminate the entire Bulgarian population of the vilayet. The Vlach village of Gopesh, three days' journey from Monastir, was burned by the Turks, who are reported to have thrown several inhabitants into the flames. The inhabitants are reported to be naked and hungry, and robbing everywhere. GREAT SLAUGHTER OF BUL- GARIANS. An official Turkish message says:—In an .encounter which took place at Klissura over 200 Bulgarian brigands were killed. At Smilevo 60 bandits were killed. Over 350 Bul- garian revolutionists have fallen near Petre- Bihikhta The insurgents who were en- trenched in the Vitch Balkans have been exterminated. I The Bulgarian insurgents who were Posted on hills between Lake Rodenik and the village of Yelendje have been killed. Others in their flight from the troops threw themselves in the lake and were drowned.— Renter. WAR CONSIDERED INEVITABLE. The prospeot of war between Turkey and Bulgaria becomes daily more grave. In Turkish circles a conflict is now considered imminent (says the Monastir correspondent of the Times "). Hilmi Pasha himself says that he seen no other solution. The Mus- tahfiz, or final reserves, are being waxned to hold themselves in readiness. Should certain fears prove to be true there can be no hope now of saving the greater part of the Christian population living in the remote districts of Western Macedonia. THE POWERS AND BULGARIA. Router's Agency understands that a few days ago a joint proposal was made by the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Governments to the Powers, to the effect that representa- tions should, be made to the Bulgarian Government urging the latter to sever all connection with the Macedonian Committee, and pointing out that should a Turko-Bul- garian war be brought about Bulgaria must expect no help from the Powers. So far as Germany's attitude in the matter is con- cerned, although it is not definitely known in London that the Berlin Government has consented to this proposal, there is every reason to suppose that it will do so, as the Government policy is to agree to anything jointly put forward by Russia and Austria, the two Powers most interested in the restora- tion of order in the Balkans. There is some doubt as to whether France will fall in with the proposal referred to, but it seems clear that the Italian Government is prepared to agree to the course suggested. There is adso reason to believe that Great Britain will signify adhesion, but it is stated to be the desire of the British Government that in any action which may be taken all the Powers shall participate. PROPOSED OCCUPATION OF MACEDONIA. The Paris Matin says it learns, as the result of inquiries made in official and diplo- matic circles, that in the course of the latest communications exchanged between the Chan- celleries of the European Powers the con- tingency of a temporary occupation of Mace- donia analogous to the occupation of Crete was considered, but the difficulties inherent in measures of this kind are such that the Governments of the Powers have hesitated to adopt it. The project will again be taken up. The approaching vieit of the Cfcar to Vienna might well mark the iesumption of negotiations with a viev to settling this matter.—Renter The interior of most of the Embassies at Constantinople is guarded by armed sailors from the respective guardships. The German Embassy is guarded by a detachment of Turkish troops in the absence of the Loreley, which is at present craiting in the Black Sea.

leI AM THE MAN YOU WANT." Edward Collins, 26, no fixed abode, was charged on remand at Clerkenwell Police- court, London, on Wednesday, with burglariously breaking into the Union Tavern, Baker-street, Clerkenwell. William Hussey, licensed victualler, said he closed the premises safely a half-hour after midnight on September 2. About 4.30 aon. he was aroused by the alarm going and the bark- ing of his dog. On going downstairs he found that the window of the saloon-bar had been broken and the flower-pots displaced Nothing however, had been taken. He whistled for the police, and with them traced the prisoner to No. 10, King's-orosa-road. The police found Collins in a warehouse at the rear of No. 10. Asked what he was doing, he replied, "All right; I am the man you want." irkat for?" asked the omoer. Point- ing towards the Union Tavern the prisoner said, "For coining out of that house." Collins was subject to the Prevention of Crimes Act. and Mr. dEynconrt committed him for trial for attempted bttrglary. .+, L'

PASSIVE RESIST- ( ANCE. ABOUT THREE THOUSAND SUMMONSES ISSUED. Summonses for refusal to pay the educa- tion rate are being issued daily, and only a small proportion of the consequent dis- traint sales have yet taken place. The places at which distraint sales have been held number 66, and within the knowledge of the Passive Resistance Oompittee 431 persona have suffered distraint and subsequent sale of their goods. As the number of summonses heard and issued is not far short of 3,000, it will be seen that nearly 2,600 people have yet to be distrained on. Calculating from the number of sales which have already taken place, at least 500 or 600 more are due. The biggest sale yet held was at Shemeld, where 42 persons' goods were involved. THE FIRST PASSIVE RESISTED. Mr. Thomas Charles Smith, of Wirksworth, who was the first paesive resister in England, was on Tuesday ordered to be distrained. "WILL NOT PAY PRIESTS' RATE." Mr. Webster, Belper, sold by auction the distrained goods of sixteen Buxton passive resisters. A large force of police were present, and the police station floor was specially barricaded. There vc c eighteen lots. and they were sold in twelve minutes. Fountain-street was crowded by an excited mob Inaide the barricaded lock-up door the auctioneer stood. The articles were held up, and he mentioned the amount required, which in each case was offered. The people cried out for a chance, but to no purpose. A railway engine-driver, named J. Blackney, got inside the barricade, and appeared to be agent for everybody distrained upon. A red and black board was hoisted, bearing the words, "We will not pay priests' rates," amid great excitement. At times the proceedings were uproarious, and the auc- tioneer was severely chaffed. A QUICK SALE. The goode of the Rev. J. W. Pad- field, Thomas Reeves, Herbert Green (Ched- dar), and Samuel Humphries (Churchill) were sold by Mr. Alfred Pavey, of Axbridge. There were only eight lots offered, and the sale passed off quietly, the goods being bought by friends. On the proposi- tion of the Rev. J. W. Padfield, the auctioneer was thanked for his courtesy. An indignation meeting in the square followed, the Revs. J. W. Padfteld and Latimer being amongst the speakers. DISTRESS WARRANTS ISSUED AT ELLES. MERE. Eight passive resisters, including two Non- oonformist ministers, were on Monday sum- moned before the Ellesmere magistrates for non-payment of the education rate. Defendants were Charles Sadler, farmer, for nearly £4; the Rev. Wilson Barker (Oongregationalist), the Rev Thomas Lakin (Primitive Methodist), John Walter Thomas, Joel Foster, Jamep Ram- say (confectioner), Edward Venables (butcher), and Joseph Bagnall (Post Office clerk). Dis- tress warrants were issued in each of these cases. The Rev. W. Kynaston (Church of England) was chairman of the bench. EXCITING SCENES AT A SALE. Exciting sCenes were witnessed at Tiptree Heath, near Whitham, Exeter, at a. passive resistance sale. The auctioneer, when he arrived, was received by a crowd of several hundred people, who hooted and beat drums and sheets of corrugated iron. When mounted on a wagon the crowd commenced to drag it to the horse pond, and were only prevented by the united efforts of a large force of police. As the crowd grew increas- ingly hostile, the policemen had to draw their truncheons, and this had the effect of quietening the mob. A protest meeting was afterwards held.

• ON TOWER BRIDGE. A CARDIFF MAN'S STRANGE ESCAPADE. At the Mansion House Polioe-court, London, on Wednesday, Francis Drake wae charged as a wandering lunatic, and also with attempting to commit suicide. On Saturday, about midnight, a constable named Stockley, on duty near the Tewer Bridge, saw the defendant take off his hat, coat, and waistcoat, and then get over the parapet on to the outer ledge of the bridge. With assistance the officer succeeded in getting him back. He said, "My wife and five children are down there, and I hear them calling out to me." He had been under obser- vation at the Bow Infirmary for three days, and Dr. Buncombe, the medical officer, had certified that he was not insane. He had suffered a financial loss lately which had got on his mind. Mr. Douglas, the chief clerk, said the Clerk of the City of London Union (Mr. Woodward) had objected to pay the doctor's and oourt fees — jBI 3s.—allegingthat the Tower Bridge was in Whitechapen and the man ought to have been taken <*» the Whitechapel Infirmary and not to that mi the City.—The Lord Mayor said Mr. WoodfAM was evidently unaware that the Tower Bridge was part of the City and patrolled by t1:lr Oity police. The man having been foun* £ ere by them, he was quite properly taken lo the City Infirmary, and he should order tV* City of London Union to pay the fees, leaving -hat Unio nto adjust the matter with Whitwo%*y*l if there was any conflict of jurisdicUM. in regard to alleged lunatics. He wouSA dis- charge the defendant, and give him winey to go back to his home at Cardiff.

LIVED AND DIED BY ENGINES FITTER FOUND WITH PRAYER-BOOK IN HIS HAND. The Central News Peterborough corretjpwa- dent telegraphs:—With his sweethcar* prayer-book clasped in his hand, the decapi- tated body of George Percy White, a young engine-fitter, was found on the Great Northern Railway here on Thursday. "I have lived by engines: I will die by engines," was vrrttten on an envelope in hie possession.

FLOODS IN NORTH WALES. PART OF RAILWAY WASHED AWAY. The tremendous rains caused very heavy flooding at Bala town on Wednesday, all the low-lying streets being covered. The depth of water in many cases was over 2ft. The banks ol the Treweryn opposite the railway station were destroyed, and a hundred houses were inundated. Several boats on Bala Lake were smashed in the flood. Communication on the Ruabon to Bar- mouth section of the Great Western Railway was on Wednesday entirely prevented through a considerable length of the permanent way being washed away near Drwsynant. The station officials have been compelled to refuse to book beyond Bala, where the River Dee has overflown. At Drwsynant the district is completely flooded, the water being nearly lift. deep. Two large gangs are now engaged repairing the railway. The railway omcials reaching Ituabon at noon described the scene as the most disastrous for the last 50 years. Hundreds of sheep and cattle have been drowned, and the district between Corwen and Bala resembles a vast inland sea. Extensive damage has been wrought else- were in Denbigh and Merioneth by Tuesday night's unprecedented hurricane, and agricul- turists are utterly disconsolate. Extraordi- nary inconvenience was caused on Wednesday by passengers from the Metropolis and the Midlands being unable to reach Dolgelly and Barmouth. The Rivers Dovey and Rheidol were in flood, the railway embankments were damaged and traffic was partly suspended on the Vale of Rheidol line, the Oorris line, the Llanfair line, and a portion of the Cambrian line nea.r Do-gelly. At Llanbrynmair a bridge was torn down, and the flood in the Dovey swept away thirty wethers belonging to one farmer, whilst whole fields of cut corn were carried off. BRIDGE COLLAPSED AT DOLGELLEY Several days must elapse before communication is restored between Ruabon and Dolgelley, through 400 yards of the per- manent way at Drwsynant being washed away with an embankment 10ft. high. Hundreds of men are re-building. It is reported also that twenty yards of the Dolgelley massive river bridge having collapsed through the gigantic floods, which are slowly sub- siding. The temporary bridging erected allows communication with Dolgelley and the main road. FLOODS IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES. Extensive floods and thunderstorms have ocourred in the Eastern Counties. Parts of the London Underground Railway have been flooded, the Thames is much swollen, the Bishops Stortford Conservative Club has been struck by lightning, a man has been killed near Newmarket by the same agency, and at Margate a tratnear was suddenly "nveloped in a vivid sheet of blue flame imme- diately following a sharp flash of lightning, which had fused some part of the electrical rlachinery, and the rar was rendered unwork- able. Other incidents of an exciting character are recorded, and ranch damage has been done.

UNSEEMLY SCENES. A WRANGLE OVER CHURCH ORNA- MENTS. All the ornaments forcibly removed from the Church of the Annunciation, Brighton, were on Wednesday ta-ken back to the church amid exciting scenes. A large crowd assem- bled in the streets before Mr. Davey's house, and a cheer was raised when the first article -pa.rt of the confessional box-was brought out and placed in a furniture van. Then fourteen statues of the cross were carried out, followed by statues of the Good Shepherd, the Virgin Mary, and St. Joseph and Child. Next the huge crucifix which had been over the chancel screen was put in the van, also the crucifixes taken from the altars, the silver sanctuary lamps, and altar vases, in fact, all the articles which Mr. Davey had re- moved from the church a. week ago. Mr. Pavey was not present. The spectators had been fairly quiet during the loading of the van with the sacred ornaments, but the moment the van started for the church a crowd of the congregation thronged behind it. hoisted the Union Jaok, cheered loudly, and sang hymns all the way back to the church. The horse became unmanageable, and had to be taken out of the van, but no mishap occurred. The excitement intensified as the ornaments were taken from the van and carried into the church by the vestry door, the other doors of the church being locked to prevent unseemly scenes. Mr. Davey and his sympathisers are deeply grieved at the utter collapse of four years' efforts to get rid of the ornaments declared by Chancellor Tristram to be illegal, but they were bound to give them up, or an action would have been instituted against them.

POSTMAN'S HIDDEN GOLD. At Bow-street Police-court, on Wednes- day, John Bonnywell, 33, a postman at Peck- ham, was charged with stealing a registered letter containing JMO in gold. The letter was posted by a sub-postmistress in the Old Kent- road, and was addressed to the Controller at the General Post OIace. During its transit through the Peokham sorting office it suddenly disappeared, and saspicion fell upon the prisoner. He was aeked to turn out his pockets, and he produced L3 in gold &ad some silver, which he explained was part of his holiday money." A detective then accom- panied prisoner to his house in Oommercisl. road, Peckham,. where he found six sovereigns and two half-sovereigns concealed behind a picture. He asked prisoner for an explana- Ition of this, and he replied:— I was going round to a publio-house last night to pay my club money, and I saw two men going along. They found a black bag in the Commercial-road. I was behind them. and they turned round and said they had got a find, and gave me a oouple of handfuls. You will And the other money in a chest of drawers in the next room." He indicated the place, &ad the officer found a bag containing JE50 in gold. Accused wu told that the coins exactly corresponded with those stolen. A remand was, ordered.

THE MISSING LADY DOCTOR. BROADSTAIRS BOOKSTALL CLERK'S STORY. "Clues" accumulate, but the milSinr lady doctor is still missing. Both the police and the relatives of Miss Hickman have evidence that there are thousands of amateur detec- tives at work all over the kingdom, and every post brings the most extraordinary sugges- tions and offers. Clairvoyants are very much in evidence, prepared to do wonders in con- sideration of & small preliminary fee. For the insignificant sum of two guineas they will place their supernatural gifts at the disposal of the anxious father. Produce my daughter and you shall have £ 200," is hit response, and so far the swarm of second- sight people have failed to claim the reward. Mr. Dorvilla, who is in charge of Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son's bookstall at Broad- stairs Railway Station, states that on Tues- day as he was going to the station he passed a lady whom he recognised as a former cus- tomer. and afterwards saw her on the platform. On reference to his books he was able to recall her identity, and he has no doubt that she is Miss Hickman. Jtiss Hickman -if the Broadetairs lady be indeed the missing lady doctor-was next seen on Satur- day morning at Ramsgate. Mr. Hickman on W^unesday morning stated that he placed great credence on the report from Broadstairs that his daughter had been seen there on Tuesday by a bookstall clerk. There was a hole in the cliffs, said Mr. Hickman, just beyond the coastguard station, going from BroadBtairs to the North Fore- land Lighthouse, near a convalescent home. A gentleman had this aperture extended and fitted up like a room for his own personal use; but when people began to congregate in the vicinity he abandoned it. Misa Hickman, during the time the family were at Broad- stairs, used to go to this place every morning, and remain there for three hours studying. When she was preparing for her examina- tions she used to go to Smith's bookstall to chance books, the family subscribing to Smith's Library, and the clerk there used to know her well. Mr. Hickman added that he thought this was a very likely clue, and he was just going to telegraph to New Scotland Yard on the subject. MORE GIRL DISAPPEARANCES. A nurse-girl, named Susan Jones, aged nine- teen, whose parents reside at Totton, near Southampton, has mysteriously disappeared. The girl left home on August 10, presumably for the purpose of taking a situation at Southampton. She alighted at the West Station with her luggage and has not been heard of since. She is described as of medium height, and of rather attractive appearance. It was reported to the Eton police on Wed- nesday that two domestic servants in the service of Mr. Booker, an assistant master at Eton College, were missing. The two younc women went out on Tuesday afternoon with the intention of engaging a boat for a row on the river, but the police have failed to find any evidence of their having done so. Several other disappearances from the neighbourhood are also reported, including those of a pensioner named Bludell and a shoemaker. For some davs past the police have been searching the nver above Monkey Island for the body of a valet in the service of Captaia. Johnston. MEN MISSING AT SWANSEA. Two men are reported to the Swansea police to have been missing from the town for come days past, viz., Wm. Grove, a haulier, aged 46, iiving at 43, Vincent-atreet who left his wife on Saturday morning, September 5, stating that he was going to an outing and never returned, and Richard Wall, captain of the schooner William and Henry, who left his ship at noon on Sunday, and, apparently, has come to some harm. CWMAVON STOKER'S EXPERIENCES. Robert Jevons, a stoker employed at the Dulfryn Rhondda Colliery, Cwmavon, went to work at the engine-house on the surface of the colliery as usual on Friday night. At midnight the engine-driver, finding that his steam was getting low, went 10 look for the stoker, but failed to And him. When it was found that Jevons was missing his relatives were informed, and his father and a number of friends went up to the col- liery, which is owned by Mr. Jenkins. The police were early summoned, and Police-ser- geant Herbert and a number of constables made an exhaustive search, anu inquiries were instituted throughout the valley, but without result The man's overcoat, contain- ing a pocket-book and his week's wages, and his frail with food in it, were found where he had placed them. THE MISSING MAN RETURNS HOME. Robert Jeavons, the Cwmavon stoker who was missed from his work at the Duffryn Rhondda Colliery on Friday night last. returned to his home at Cwmavon on Tuesday. Asked for an explanation of his disappear- ance, Jeavons could give none. His mind appears to have been in a state of aberration, for he could not call to mind where he had been. with the exception of once, when he found himself at night at Pentre, Rhondda Valley. His moustache has been cut off, and he has a new suit of clothes. On Monday night he partially regained consciousness when on top of one of the Rhondda moun- tains, wet through, and made for home. On arriving he found all the family out, so he crept in through the window and went to bed. He appears very emaciated, having suffered severely from exposure and privation. Jeavons served in South Africa as a sergeant, and contracted malaria in a very severe form. He has also been subjected to a severe shock throuch an explosion. STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE IN NORTH WALES. A Llandudno correspondent telegraphsA week ago a man named Bond, well knowni throughout North Wales, mysteriously dis- appeared. Information having been obtained that a young man answering to the descrip- tion had been seen wandering in Bodysgollen Woods, search-parties were organised, and on Tuesday Bond was found and taken charge of by his friends. It seems that the young man had suffered from temporary lose of memory and had lived in the woods for several days, subsisting on turnips. The voices and faces of his friends re-called his memory. His wedding should have taken place on Wednes-. day. PONTYCLUN GIRL MISSING. Annie Comfort, the daughter of John and Mary Ann Howell, of 16, Loftua-terrace, Ponty- clun, has been missing since August 13. Her description is as follows:—Aged 17 years height about 5 feet 6 inches, slight, black hair and eyes, pals complexion, and long features. When last heard of she was employed as general servant at the King's Read Hotel, Llanelly, from where she dis- appeared. Nothing has since been heard of her. MISSING DOCK CONSTABLE FOUND. The body of Police-constable Nash, of the Surrey Commercial Dock Police, has been found in the Surrey Commercial Dock. Nash went on duty on Tuesday night, but was e missed at roll-call on Wednesday, and no trace of his body was discovered until Mon- day. There were wounds on his face, and his lamp wae found in a broken condition.

A JEALOUS HUSBAND. Frederick Gardener, 53, labourer. 1N8 charged, at the Central Criminal Oourt, London, on Wednesday with attempting to murder his wife, Selina, at Oornwall-gardens, Willesden. Prosecutrix and her daughter proved that the prisoner threatened to kill them, and produced a rasor, ostensibly with that object. They succeeded, however, in frustrating his purpose and getting the weapon from him. Prisoner, who read a long defence, in which he acoused his wife of being unduly intimate with a married man, who attended a chapel of which she was a roember, was found guilty simply of unlawful wounding, and was sen- tenced to six months' hard labour.