Weekly Mail

♦ AN UNKNOWN'S DEATH AT PENTRE. Mr. R. J. Rhys, coroner, held an inquiry Saturday at the Tom Pentre Workman'r- •"0J1 concerning the death, of an unknown 'nan, aiirpainnftly about 45 yoaira of age, who VEW found in tixi Rhomdda Ilaver at Petntr-e. The evidence of Harold Burst showed that as he was at work he noticed deceased. He "Was handling his hat as though he felt the heat. Being only fifteen yards away, he hoard the men say "X utbÙJg no good about here," and then went away. W. Bailey, a haulier, deposed to taking the body from the water. Kurst, re-oalled, said that the man could have gone under a bridge from where he tow him, but instead he climbed a fence and crossed the railway to the river where the fatality occurred. Dr. Thomas B. Da-vies gave it as his opinion that the man was a "chronic ttloofhoiic." A verdict of Pound drowned" was returned.

UNFOUNDED RUMOURS OF A WOMAN'S DEATH. Mr. R. J. Rhys, district coroner, hsld an bluest at the Workmen's Institute, Cwm. amain, cm Saturday om the body of Margaret ba,-tlett, wife of Thomas Bartlett, colliery Tffl", of Owmamia<n. Some importance had been atfcaichfed to the inquiry owing to the fact that a post- mortem examination had been conducted by br. I-inbeok, who in the course of his evidence stated that he had found nothing to show that there had been any physical violence towards the deceased. He had, how- ever, discovered enough signs of anemia in fcvery organ of the body to account for death, while in the stoma.sh there were srml)tom.s of derangement. The Coroner remarked that he had ordered a post-mortem because he had born told them were nimcruTB afloat that the deceased had been ill-treated, and tha.t such alleged ^treatment had contributed to her death. ,hy had, however, heard from the doctor that the deceased was in a weak state, and that probably she had taken something Which had diEagreed with h-r, thereby causing pain in the stomooh. Tliero was Nothing in the case to eruggest that death a due to a.ny but natural causes. A verdict of Death from natural cabases" 1IVa¡;¡ returned

GUTTER MERCHANT'S SUICIDE NEAR ST. CLEARS. A tragic affair took place at Waunbricks, t¡,e St. Clears, on Saturday, Mr. Daviee, hotter merchant, committing suicide by hanging himself. Mrs. Davies -went to Swansea Market on Saturday; the assistant given a day's leave; the servant man sent to St. Clears on some message, 'While the servant girl was in Carmarthen. o one knows when the act was done, but between four and five p.m. a servant lad, t4oing into the chaff-room, saw his master hanging from a beam. He rushed off to the ^ighbouring larm, Glasfryn, and brought &ack assistance, and the body was cut down, ■ceased leaves a widow and three grown-up ^hi.dren.

KING ALPHONSO RADIANT WITH JOY. Spain is rejoicing over the birth of a second son to King Alphonso and Queen Victoria Eugenie. It was on May 10 of last year that the present Heir to the Throne came into the world, and the spirit which ruled over the festivities on that occasion will be revived by 'Tuesday's happy event, since the bi-pthof a second Prince means the solidifying of a dynasty which has had more than its share of the misfortunes of Royalty. The now Prince was born at La, Gronja, near Segovia, whioh is aborat thirty miles from. Madrid, ten minutes past one in the morning. Both, the Queen Mid her son axe doing well.

THE RADIANT KING. The King, with a radiant faoe, personally announced the event to the few persona who were waiting in the adjoining room. The Princes and Princesses who had been summoned did not reach the Palace till nearly two o'clock They heartily congratu- lated his Majesty oa the birth of a Prinoe, as doubly ensuring the succession to the Throne. The King pardoned the criminal con- demned to execution at Cordova in com- memoTfution of the birth of the infant Prince.

IN A SIMPLE BASKET. At a quarter past two the King brought the new-born Prince into the Throne Room. The infant was lying in a simple basket ornamented with laoe, and, according to the statements of those who saw him, he is a fine boy. The President of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Marine, high dignitaries of the Palace, Prance and Princess Metternicih Winneburg (who are at present staying with the King and Queen), and all the Infantes and Infantas, with the exception of the Infanta, Louise, who was prevented from attending by indisposition, were waiting in the Throne Room when the King entered. The formal registration of the birth took place in the Throne Room on Tuesday before the military and civil authorities and the Bishop of Segovia, who arrived too late for presentation in the morning. The wi-tnesses at the ceremony were:— SeooT Maura, Premier, The Minister of Marine, The Marquis Torreciila, The Marquis Viana, Duke Santo, and Comfit Serrallo. The Prince was given the name of Jaime. The King has received many tologramfi of corugratillation from chiefs of 8ta.te. A nurse has been urgently telegra;phed for from Samfcaaidier. Until her arrival the Queen will herself nurse the infant Prince. -Re-mter. The King of Spain having telegraphed to the Pope announcing the birth of a son, hie Holiness sent a telegram in reply congratu- lating his Majesty and bestowing the Aposto- lio benediction upon the infant Prince. THE INFANT'S FULL NAME. The infant Prince will be baptised as followsJaime Leopoldo Alejandro Isabelino Enrique Alberto Alfonso Victor Juan. Pedro Pablo Maria. Although no definite arrangement has yet, been made, it is possible that, the Infanta Isabella will be Prince Jaime's godmother.— Reuter.

BOYS BURNT TO DEATH. — V EXCITING SCENES AT A FIRE. A fatal fire occurred on Friday afternoon at a tailor's shop at Willesden-lane, Kilburn, London, occupied by two families, named Miller and Rood. The shop was closed at the time, and a neighbour, on discovering th, out- break, forced an (In tranoo and gave an CLlarm to the Miller family, who were having dinner in ignorance of the fire. They made their escape, but by this time the building was burning fieroely. Mrs. Reed dropped the baiby safely from the top floor window to the people below, and then jumped, injuring herself slightly. When the firemen searched the rooms they found the bodies of the two little boys of Mrs. Reed, aged three and five, burnt almost to a cinder.

SUICIDE BY GAS. A verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity" was returned at an inquest at Rushden on Tuesday on Mr. Paul Cave, boot manufacturer and exporter and Army con- tractor, of Rushden. Mr. Oave was found on Monday morning suffocated by gas.

I A PROGNOSTICATION. FORTUNE-TELLER (to Mr. Asquith): I can tell your fortune, pretty sir! Many women, both dark and fair, will cross your patlh, and there is trouble in store for you.

GREAT HEAT IN NEW YORK. New York is experiencing a heat wave of unusual severity, and numerous cases of prostration ocourred on Sunday, when the thermometer registered 87 degrees, but the clore and oppressive atmosphere makes the heat seem much greater. Hun- drode of persons slept out in the parks. and the unusual rush to the bathing places resulted in nine fatalities in and around the city. j

WOMAN RAILWAY THIEF. SHARP SENTENCE AT BRIGHION QUARTER SESSIONS. At Brighton Quarter Sessions on Monday Ethel Harvey, alias Starling, was charged with stealing a trunk containing various articles from Victoria Station, the property of the London. Brighton. and South Coast Railway, and, further, with stealing a trunk from Cardiff Station on the 9th of May, the property of the Great Western Railway, who were represented by Mr. Finla-y. It will be remembered that it was stated before the magistrates that the trunk was missed at Oardiff Station, and subsequently many of its co-itentos were traced to prisoner, who pawned them in Brighton. Prisoner pleaded" Not guilty to this charge. but admitted the first, and, conse- quently, the Cardiff case did not go before the jury. Upon the first charg-e prisoner, against whom previous convictions were proved, wa,3 sentenced by the Recorder to five months' imprisonment with hard labour.

KILLED WIFE AND FAMILY. A terrible family tragedy is reported from Saragres, in Hungary. A peasant named Ludwig Biro, whose wife had left him, taking her four girls, because of his brutal treatment, went to the father's house and tried to persuade his wife to return hone. She flatly refused, whereupon Biro sta.bbed her to death. Then ne forced his father-in-law to surrender the children, threatening him and some peasants, who were ready to interfere, with a revolver. Driving the children to his own house, Biro shot them one after the other, and put an end to them with his knife. He then left the house by the back door, and was later found in a vineyard in a critical condition. having seriously wounded himself with a knife.

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&IULED WITH £ 1,000 INSURANCE POLICY IN HIS POCKET. An inquest was held at Swansea on Saturday on the body of the boy Tom H Harris who was kiiled between some tracks wh-ioh were being- shunted at Hafod Th« jury returned, a verdict of « a death." It is stated that the in his P«cket when killed a copy Sf7» Pa3>er which offers £ 1,G0Q insurance money-

^IGAMEKEEPEEL'S HEAD BLOWN I, IRMIOVI-- AWAY. I t^ore Mr. Moore, coroner, an inquest was rj^ld on Monday on the body of Thomas Wood- ^ard Clarke, head gamekeeper to Mr. H. raystone, The Moor, Hay. While deceased Was attending to some pheasants' coops on Saturday afternoon his wife heard the report Ex a gun. On running outside she found her husband lying on the ground. His gun was ttnder him, and the top of his head was blown away. The verdict was "AcoidenW death."

NEWPORT MAN WHO HANGED HIMSELF. The Newport coroner (Mr. Lyndon Moore) held an inquest on Monday at the Town-hall respecting the death of Willi am Ball (49;, a masons' labourer, who was on Sunday found tiead hanging by a piece of window-sash oora to the kitchen, door at his home. 4, Rudry- Btreet. Sarah Ball, the widow, said deoeased was drunk when he went to bed about midnight on Saturday. During the afternoon, while ng on the kitchen floor under the influence of drink, he said repeatedly, "I Msh I was dead." He had often said this lhen he was in drink. She ha-d been, told he attempted to commit suicide once before Carriage, and a brother of hie had hanged himself. With the exception of three years, ^ceased had been addicted to drink during his married life. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide by hanging."

ÐEAD ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR. Mr. R. J. Rhys, coroner, held an inquest on Tuesday on the body of Xantippe Roee (SO), wife of William Rees, 109, Tallis-street, Owmparc, who died suddenly cn Saturday Horning last. Deceased was found by her lying on the kitchen floor. Dr. Barrett eaid death was due to suffocation through lie-axt failure. Verdict accordingly.

WOMAN'S CHAMPION. JUROH OBJECTS TO THY THE SEX. c In the first court of the Central Criminal DUrt oa Tuesday, presided over by the Reorder (Sir Forrest Fulton, K.C.), a juxor k3Ae a successful objection to service. jury were being sworn to try several -th °?ers including a woman, and on one of furors being called he said (addressing or:. Ic>nlehip): "My lord, I have a very strong f to serving to try a woman. I am j fr^e man, and until women have a voicc t-. taking the la-ws under which they arc (I 1 object to trying a woman or women." ^d laughter.) 4,,° Recorder: You are excused at present, fie Juror: Thank you. e then left the box.

DEATH FROM EXCITEMENT. Nottingham on Monday Joseph Vnhg^ a joiner, was chargcd on re in rind j Cvan3ing the death of Isaac Hardy, a ,ju;°ri'J-haxid furniture dealer. T.herc was a between the parties on the 13 £ h inst., 4a ■ 11 was alleged, a struggle took placc. 1.n Post-mortem examination revealed that f<jf no evidence of violence to account death, which took place from heart •j^e and following upon excitement. i,qJ coroner's jury having adopted this the police now offered no evidence, ^llngKby was discharged.

SALVING TFIE GLADIATOR. ylnf];' operations on his Majesty's ship top. stranded off the Isle of Wight, i.t;t So far advanced that in about a fort- c 131 greelt effort will be made to bring t "ip upright and refloat her.

RUSSIAN PRISON MASSACRE. ASTOUNDING DISCLOSURES IJN THE DUMA. During aD interpellation in the Dtuna. astounding details came to light regarding the recent attempts- escape of political prisoners from Ekaterinoslav Prison. The prisoners confincd in Cell No. 10, num- berin.g twenty-one, had, with outside help, obtained explosives and three revolvers, with the intention of blasting a hole in the wan whilst at exercise, and thus escaping. The police had information of the plot a day before the attempt was to be made, but, instead of seizing the explosives and revolvers and separating the prisoners con- cerned, they allowed them to carry out their attempt, and held themselves in readiness to attack the escaping prieonere. On the day fixed for the attempt the prisoners of Cell 10 and those of Cell 12, who were ignorant of the plot, were at ever- cise together. Immediately the explosion of the prepared bomb was heard by the hidden police and warders they rushed into the yard and fired indiscriminately at the prisoners, three of whom, armed with revolvers, returned the fire, but were soon shot down. The eighteen other occupants of Cell 10 shared the same fate. Ten fled into the prison kitchen, where with the excep- tion of two, who hid behind the hnge stow, they were either shot or bayonetted. The innocent inmates of Cell 12 were killed. except a few. who escaped by feigning I death. They were ordered to go into their cell, and when they reached the entrance the police fired upon th'm. Unsatisrfled with the carnage, the police and warders then entered that part of the prison where prisoners awaiting their trial were confined. Escape for the unfortunate prisoners was nnpossibUv the police firing upon them through Woles in the doors, the men vainly trying to hide behind ".ds or, falling on their knees, praying to be spared. In three cells hero three were killed and 24 wounded, the total death-roll being forty prisoners killed and 55 wounded. :ot even then was the terrible work ended. The corpses were mutilated, the women were maltreated, and the injured were left nnaidod in the mud for several hours, so that in some cases the wound mortified. The statement8 made have created great indignation in the Duma. The Minister of Justioe is making investigations.—Central News.

NEGROES LYNCHED. 4 FIVE OF THEM HANGED ON ONE TREE. Nine nejrroea were lynched on Sunday even- ing near Hemphill. Texas, in retaliation for the murder of two whites. Both wjyites and blacks were armed, and a racial conflict seems imminent. The trouble bega.n with the recent murder of a proonin(m,t, local man, named Dean, who was shot dead, six negroes being arrested in connection with the crime. Then on Satur- day evening a farmer named Johnson was killed by a shot fired through the window whik, he was seated, at dinner with his family. A great crowd quickly formed, and, after the g-aolkeeper had been overpowered, the six I! mm. arras ted for the rauruer.of Dean rqre taken from the oells, and five of them ha-nged on one tree. The sixth, who tried to escape, was also killed. Later in the evening another negro was shot dead, and on Monday the bodies of two more were found hanging from trees near the town. The negro who murdered Johnson confessed he was paid 4-1 to commit the crime. He has been taken to Beaumont for safe keeping.

SAGAN-GOULD WEDDING. The banns of marriage between the Prince de Sagan and Mme. AUIle. Gould, the former wife of Oomte Boni de Gastellane, which were published in Paris on Saturday, figure on the notice-hoards at the mayoral offices of the 7th and 16th wards. The ceremony, it is stated, will not take place at the mayoral offices, but probably at the American Erj.basey. The Prince de Sagan is reported to have declared that if no documents re-la-ting to the ma,rria,ge had been signed in America it was because of a codicil in Mr. Jay Gould's will by which Mme. Gould's income has been reduced from £ 120,000 a year to £ 72,000. So faff as he was concerned, this would not have prevented the marriage, since "one can live as well with £ 72,000 as £ 120,000." It is understood the wedding will take place in London at an early date. The Echo de Paris says the couple left Paris on Saturday by motor-car for Boulogne, Tvhsre they embarked on Sunday for Folke- stone. Madame Anna Gould and Prince de iSagan arrived in London on Monday night, and are staying- at the Savoy Hotel. Madame Gould declined to be interviewed respecting her approaching wedding.

GREAT FIRES. CANADIAN CITY PARTIALLY DESTROYED. The prosperous city of Three Rivers, situated on the left bank of the St. Law- rence River, in the province of Quebec, has been partly destroyed by a terrible fire, which raged in the business portion of the city during Monday afternoon and evening. A high wind fanned the flames, and for tseveral hours nothing could be done to check them. Meet of the fine.st commercial houses were destroyed, and it is calculated that altogether about 300 buildings have been burned down. The damage is estimated at £ 400,000—Central News. STREETS OF HOUSES ABLAZE. A disastrous fire raged on Monday evening in the town of Port Chester, Yanehester. County, New York State. The fire broke out in the business quarter, and several streets of houses were destroyed. The damage will houses were destroyed. The damage will probably amount to E20,CM.-Central News.

YOUNG ACTRESS SHOOTS HERSELF. Lili Goerbe. a beautiful and talented actress, has committed suicide at Budapest under pathetic circumstances. Although only 25 years of age, she had become one of the leading players at the Royal Hungarian Theatre. Eoecntly she fell in a dead faint on the stage, and a doctor who was summoned I declared that s-he was suffering from acut.e ht-,rt disease, and that unless ehe gave up the strenuous life she was leading she might die at any moment. The girl was greatly affected, and after spending 24 hours locked in her room she shot herself Krith a revolver. Beside/her lay a letter strting that she would rather die at once than give up her profession, which was far dearer to her than life.

"ALL-RED" ROUTE AND IRISH PORT. Mr. Birrell on Monday introduced to Mr. Winston Churchill an important deputation which urged upon the President of the Board of Trade the claims of Blacksod Bay as the terminal port in this country of the All-Red Route for steamships. In his reply Mr Winston Churchill said he was, personally, in favour of the general proposition of an All-Bed Route, and more particularly its Irish aspect. The Govern- ment were in communication with the Colo- nial Governments interested with regard to the proposal, but there were certain matters which would require further careful con- sideration, and in respect of whioh further information was desired.

MR. ROWLAND RANK. One of the members of the local committee of the National Society of British and Iriah Millers, whose annual convention is being held in Cardiff. Fbato Freke, Cardiff.

PRINCESS AND WELSH PEER RECITAL OF A ROYAL LOVE ROMANCE. I understand (says the Daily Dispatch Loudon correspondent) that an announce- ment will shortly be made of the engage- ment of Princess Patricia of Connauglit and the Marquess of Anglesey. The attachment of this young couple was first mentioned in this column two years ago, and, although it has frequently been denied, the truth of my original statement will be made manifest very Boon. The Gonnaught family were at first opposed to the union; but some months ago I drew attention to the fact that the whole Conouiught family accepted the invitation of the Marquees to dinner, and pointed the moral that this might be taken as a sign that the match was at last looked upon with favour by the Royal Family. It is not a secret tha.t Princess Patricia has refused both the King of Spain and the Count of Turin in order that she might j inarry an Englishman and the man of her choice. All difficulties have now been over- come, and I have every confidence in saying that a public announcement will soon be made of the betrothal.

FOUNDER OF THE BANANA INDUSTRY. The West India Committee has heard of the death in Boston of Captain L. D. Baker, the founder of the United Fruit Company, at the of 69. When the sugar industry in Jamaica collapsed, he carried a few bananas to Boston in his schooner, and thus inaugurated a trade which now amounts to an annual export of over fifteen million hunthes of bananas.

KING AND QUEEN j\.T A WEDDING. ¥: -—<—— BON. JOHN WARD-MISS JEAN REID. Extraordinary public interest was mani- fested on Tuesday afternoon in the marriage of Hies Jean Beid, the only daughter of the American Ambassador, with the Hon. John Ward, brother of the Earl of Pudley and Equerry to the Kin sr. A hour before the time fixed for the eertteony at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Pallll^> there was so great a crowd in Pall Mail that a special faroe of police was re- quired to regulate the traffic and keep the way open for the guow. The congrcgcition. included the King and Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria, the Duke and Duchess of Conn>aught and Princess Patricia-, Prince ..ad Princes A1--zander of Teck, the Lord (Miax&berl" Mr. and Mrs. Asqufth, Mr. Balfour, the Earl of Dudley, the Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, German, and' Austrian Ambassadors, and staff of the American Embassy. The Queen wore a gown, of ivory pompa- dour silk spangled and trimmed with gold. The Princess of Wales was in a dress of I hand-painted mousseline de soie. Princess Victoria was in pale blue. The Duchess of ConThanrght wore dove grey over white, and Princess Patricia blue over white, whilst Princess Alexandra was dressed in white. The interior of the little church was beautifully decorated with white flowers. Mr. Whitelaw Reid gave his daughter away, an-d Colonel Holford, one of the King's Equerries, acted as best man. The officiating clergyman was the Suib-Dean of the Chapel Royal, who was assisted by several other well-known olergymen. At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party and all the members of the Royal party retired to the Armoury Room in St. James's Palace, where the register was signed. Subsequently there was a great reception at Dorchester House, which their Majesties and other Royal guests attended. There was at this function upwards of a thousand guests. The total value of the presents is estimated at £100,000.

I STORMS IN GERMANY. EIGHTEEN PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Violent thunderstorms, with torrential rain in many districts, prevailed over practically the whole of Southern Germany. Eighteen persons were killed by lightning, and immense damage was done to buildings and to crops by the lightning and the heavy rains.

PENAL SERVITUDE FOR A SOLICITOR. At Exeter on Monday Henry Square, 51, solicitor, of Paignton, pleaded guilty to several charges of fraudulently converting moneys to his own use, to the amount of several thousand pounds. He was sentenced to six ye-are' u«nal servitude.

PLUCKY ACT OF MR. JOHN BURNS. ENDEAVOURS TO SAVE A POLICEMAN. Much sympathy ha-s been expressed in the Lobby with Mr. John Burns, whose illness, it appears, is the result of an effort on his pa.rt to save a. man from imminent danger. Mrs Burns, in rela-ting the story of the incident, said:—"There is no doubt that my I .husband's illness is due in part to his attempt to reecue a policeman in a taxi-cab accident on Saturday afternoon. Acoording to what has told me, a drunken chauffeur driving his taxi-cab past Hyde Park Corner ran over and pinned down a policeman. Mr. Burns was walking on the pavement and witnessed the incident, and immediately ran to the officer's assistance. In his usual energetic manner, he shouldered himself through, the crowd that had gathered round, j and at once began tugging at the forepart j of the vehicle in order to extricate the policeman underneath. Unfortunately, he ] overtaxed his strength in the effort and strained himself. Complications have since ensued." It Was stated on inquiry on Monday that Mr. John Burns continues to make satis- factory progress. The King and Queen and Prince of Wales have made inquiries as to the condition of Mr. Burns

TO BENEFIT MUSIC. + MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS BY A COMPOSER. | Mr. Jacques Blumenthal, the composer, who left estate valued at over £ 52,000, provided in his drill for a number of bequests to musical societies, including the following :— £ 2,000 to the Incorporated Society of the: Royal Academy of Music to found two scholarships. £ 3,000 to the Royal College of Music to found an open full-maintenance scholarship. £ 4,000 to the Royal Society of Musicians for charitable purposes. E500 to the Royal Norman College and Academy of Music, Norwood. R500 to the Society of British and Foreign Musicians for the widows and orphans' fund. The testator also left various bequests to Roman Catholic institutions, including £ 5,500 to the Archbishop of Westminster for the benefit of Roman Catholic educational insti- tutions in England and other purposes.

—= J REGISTRY OFFICE ARREST. PARENTS, DAUGHTER, AND HER LOVER. The young man who was arrested outside Kensington Registry Office as he was about to be married to the daughter of a solicitor again appeared before the magistrate at Westminster on Monday, charged with an attempted offence under the Criminal Law Amendment Act dealing with imbecile persons. The prosecution said the Yorng lady, who was twenty-one, was of considerable per- sonal attractions. No doubt, she had been very much upset by the position which had.! developed in relation to her lover and her- j self and the action of her parents, who only desired her real happiness. The proceed- ings very much distressed her, and brought her into an overwrought condition. One could, therefore, understand that themedical gentlemen on seeing the young lady formed a strong view as to her state of mind. The young lady's frame of mind was largely the result of the opposition to her wishes, and the engagement would now be continued. Under the circumstances and the view he took that the medical evidence was based upon the very abnormal condition of the young lady, the prosecution asked to be allowed to withdraw the charge. The charge was consequently withdrawn,

============ j BREAKFAST-TABLE SCENE. WREXHAM BUTCHER'S DETER- MINED SUICIDE. A butcher, named William Hayes, aged 50, living in Kcnyon-street, Wrexham, killed himself in a most determined manner on Friday. He had been strange for some days, and at breakfa-st 0:1 Friday he snatched a butchers knife from a fellow- lodger and inflicted a terrible wound on his neck. An attempt was made by those present to prevent him, but he attacked them so savagely tha.t they had to desist. Dearth took place in a few minutes.

SUICIDE FROM A LINER. ———• » Fritz Gruenwald, of New York, committed suicide in mid-Atlantic from the Hamburg- American liner President Grant, which arrived at Plymouth on Monday. Deceased, who was 34 years of age, jumped overboard, and, although a boat was lowered, he could not be rescued. The deceased before the tragedy had re-gained possession of his valuables, and had 5otes worth £ 200 on him when he committed suicide. Dr. Thomas W. Small, aged 37 years, surgeon on the American liner St. Louis, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a revolver in his cabin. I No reason is assigned, except the reoent alleged failure of Dr. Small to report a ease of illness in the steerage, which involved a £100 fine. He appeared in excellent spirits on Thursday.

DECLARATION OF WAR. t SUFFRAGISTS' ANSWER TO THE PREMIER. Miss Chrcstabel Pankhurst has received the following communication from the Prime Minister in reply to a letter conveying to him the resolution passed in Hyde Park on Sunday, amd asking that a statement of the Government's intentions in regard to women's suffrage might be made;— Dear madam, — The Prime Minister desires me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday and of the resolu- tion adopted at the demonstration in Hyde Park, and to inform you in reply that he has nothing to add to the statement made to a deputation of members of Parliament on May 20, a report of which appeared in the "Times" of tie following day. (Signed) VAUGHAN NASH. Miss Pankhuret, writing with reference to the Premier's letter, says:— "This reply shows that the Government intend to ignore the mandate whioh was delivered to them by the great Hyde Park demonstration. It is thus quite evident that agitation by way of public meetings will have no effect in inducing the Government to gram votes to women, and that, in order to secure that reform, militant methods must once more be resorted to. The Women's Social and Political Union are now considering what action to take in order to bring the necessary pressure to bear upon the Government." A convention of women, at which a plan of campaign will be submitted, has been called for three o'clock next Tuesday after- noon, June 30, in the Oartooi-hall.

TURKS RAIDING PERSIA. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA PROTEST AGAINST IT. The situation on the Turco-Persian frontier and in the district of Urmia owing to Kurdish depredations and the annexation of portions of Persian territory has assumed a grave aspect (says Router e Constantinople correspondent). It is alleged that most of the depredations were committed by Turkish Kurds with the connivance of the Turkish military authori- ties. The town of Urmia is full of refugees from the ned-ghbouring country, and the bara are closed. Nobody dares to ven- ture outside the town. The foreign missionaries have held meetings, and have appealed to their Govern- ments to put an end to this intolerable situation, while the British and Russian Consuls at Urmia have made serious representations to Tahir Pasha, the Turkish Commissioner, though so far without effect. M. Neiidoff, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, supported by Mr. Barlay, British Minis- ter, called the Porte's earnest attention to the situation, and urged that orders should be sent to restrain the Kurds, re-call the Turkish force within the frontier zone, and prevent further violations of Persian territory.

MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL » VINDICATED. During the bye-election in North-weet Manchester the Hancliester Courier" inserted a letter from a correspondent, in which it was suggested that when Mr. Win- ston Churchill escaped from Pretoria he broke the parole which he had given to the Boere. Or. Tuesday the "Manchester Courier" avologis-ed for inserting the words, declaring they were untrue and without foundation, and agreed to pay Mr. Churchill £ 300. The "Coarier" explains that the letter was given inadvertently and without malice, and adds that nothing was further from their intention than to cast any reflection on the persona! character and honour of Mr. Churchill, since their whole concern was with his political record.. Mr. Winston. Churchill has distributed the .£.3ù to Manchester charities as follows:- The Jewish Hospital, £ 100; the Charter- street Ragged School, £100; the Clinical Hospital, JEaO; and the St. Vincent de Paul Society, £50.

SOMNAMBULIST COLLIER FALLS DOWN PIT. A remarkable accident is reported from Wigan. A collier got up out of his bed, and while still asleep walked into the open-air and made straight for the pit to which he wa-s accustomed to go. Right to the edge of the shaft he walked and deliberately stepped over as if into the cage. He fell to the bottom of the shaft and was dashed to pieces. His friends believe that when he made the plunge into the pit he bad the fancy that he was returning to his bed, for. though he had dressed himself on rising, he had taken off his clothes again before stepping over the edge.

DISAPPEARANCE AFTER A DIVE. During the dinner-hour on Tuesday a young man named Peachey cycled to the river at Burwell, Cambridgeshire, for the purpose of having a swim. He dived, but was not seen again, and on the river being dragged his body was found. It is supposed he became entangled in some weeds and was unable to extricate himself.

TOPPLED OVER A BANK. + ENGINE TURNS TURTLE AT SWANSEA. A serious accident occurred at the new King's Dock, Swansea, on Saturday. A locomotive toppled over an embankment, and two men were killed. The driver of the engine had a miraculous escape. One of the principal operations going for- ward is the filling up of the spaces behind the new dock wall on the southern side. The spot where the mishap occurred was between the fuel wharf which is being constructed for the Graigola Company and the look of the new dock. Material is being tipped behind the walls of the dock and the look at the part where they form an angle. At the time of the accident an engine had taken a truck of soil along the most elevated part of the tip in the direction of the lock. Tho contents had been tipped at the end of the rails, the material falling to the bottom of the embankment against the lock wall. The engine then proceeded on its return journey eastward, and had scarcely gone thirty yards along the line laid along the top of the tip when suddenly in quite a straight part of the line it jumped the rails from quite an unexplained reason. The truck, curiously, was left on the metals. Therp were on the engine William Wade. the driver; George Foster, aged 26. the guard; and Ben Bowen. sixteen, fireman. The engine ran over the sleepers for a few yards, and then the impetus of the slope at tae side made it Jose its balance, and it turned a complete somersault before, reach- ing the bottom, a, distance of about twenty to 25 yards. The engine-drivea: states that directly he felt the engine leave the rails he shut off the steam, and he remembered nothing more until he found himself at the bottom under the engine. He managed to get himself clear. and, curious to relate, only had a cut on his knee. The other two men were. however, under the engine in a hopeless position, and appa- rently had been almost instantaneously crushed to death. The engine lay overturned against the dock wall at the bottom of the slope, with the two men fixed under it. Mr. Smith, the manager, within twenty minutes of the accident had a crane at work on the spot, and the engine was lifted up and the men's bodies extricated. They were conveyed in the motor ambu- lance to the mortuary. The distance the engine fell was not great, just sufficient to allow of a complete somersault, as stated. THE INQUEST. An inquest was held at Swansea on Mon- day on the bodies of George Forster and Benjamin Bowen. William Wade, the driver, said the engine was attached to an empty wagon, and was going along a ballast embankment. He ha-d just tipped a wagon, and was returning, when the engine left the rails and toppled over. Witness rolled over the embankment with the engine, which turned over once and fell against a concrete wall, 15ft. or 18ft. below. After coming to himself, he crawled out of the engine, and found Forster and Bowen dead. They were both under the engine. There was no defect in the-rwroad, and he examined the road after the acci- dent, but found no displacement. He oould not account for the accident. Other witnesses were called, but none of them could account for the accident. A verdict of Accidental death" was re- turned.

SPEARED TO DEATH. » CANNIBALISM BY CONGO NATIVES, The Elder-Dempster liner Albertville, which arrived at Southampton on Sunday morning from the West Coast of Africa, brought details of the wrecli of the steamer Ville de Bruges, with the loss of between seventy and eighty lives. While on a voyage from Stanleyville to Leopoldvillc, on the River Congo, on April 15 the vessel was caught in a tornado, and was driven on to a sandbank, where she overturned. Captain Lundgren and six of those a-board were Europeans, being either Belgians or Swedes, but the rest were natives. Captain Lundgren and a friend swam ashore, but were seized by the natives gathered on the beach and speared to death. The engineer, who managed to keep afloat, witnessed this terrible tragedy, but succeeded later in the day in escaping, and reached the nearest station in an exhausted condition. Search was at once made for the bodies of the captain and his friend, but without avail, and there is little reason to doubt that they were eaten by the natives. Many arrests have been made in connection with the affair, and when the Albertville left the Coago ports two chieftains were awaiting trial. The engineer, who wae the only survivor of the disaster, had lost his reason through the fearful ordeal he had undergone.

BOMB ON A LINER. 1 THREE MEN KILLED; VESSEL SUNK. A Philadelphia telegram states that A fearful bomb explosion occurred in the hold of the Ham burg-American liner Arcadia on Saturday, three men being killed and thirty injured. The vessel caught fire and sank iu the haj-bour. It is believed the bomb was placed on board by Liverpool strikers.— Reuter. A Renter's '-message says the explosion is attributed to bombs having been placed in the ship by discharged employes at Ham- burg. The captain found the remnants of a bomb, and there were slugs and nails in the bodies of three negro stevedores who were killed. A score of others were injured.

ENGLISHMAN CAPTURED. HIS SERVANT STABBED TO DEATH IN MOROCCO. The Coof villagers who captured the Englishman, Mr. Clark Kennedy, at Hauz, immediately instructed him to write s letter to the British Yicc-Consul at Tetuan stating the conditions of his release. These are stated to be, firstly, the setting at liberty of the Coof tribesmen at present impri. soned at Fez, and, secondly, the payment of a large sum of money to the tribe. It now appears that the Moorish servant who was accompanying Mr. Clark Kennedy was stabbed to death.-Central News.

INSANE MOTHER'S CRIME. At Devonshire Assises on Tuesday Eliza- beth Cawley (27), wiro of a plumber of Seaton, was certified insane and ordered to be detained during his Majesty's pleasure for murdering her infant. The child, a girl, had a facial disfigure- ment, and the mother feared that when til- girl grew up she would be laughed at. The accused took her husband's razor, placed the child on the bed, and decapitated it.

£ 25.000 SAVED IN COAL CONTRACT. The Birmingham Ges Committee on Monday gave out their annual contracts for coal. Over 2,000,000 tons were offered, but the com- mittee required only about 600,000 tons, which they have obtained a.t a saving of £ 25,000 compared with last year's figures.