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TWO CLAIMS TO A BODY. CURIOUS MISTAKE AT BLAEN- GARW INQUEST. An extraordinary contretemps was an- nounced at an inquest in Blaengarw on Tues- day on the body of Da-vid Evans (60), a sinker, of the tramping class, who was killed on the Great Western Railway. The Deputy-coroner I (Mr. W. A. Williams) explained that a ourious instance of mistaken identity had occurred. On ^January 13, at the former proceedings, iferv Jane Jones, Francis-street, Skewen, BtÜd the body was tha.t of her father, but the witness now said she had made a mis- take, and the body was positively identified by Mrs. Ja.ne Em, Kelway-street, Swansea, as th,t of her uncle. Verdict: "Accidental death." A WOMAN'S DISCOVERY. Air Eowel Cuthbertson held an inquest at v. on Tuesday on the body of John Manuel (37), of 25, Alma-road, who was employed as a roadman by the Maesteg Dis- trict Council, and who was found dead near Ffos Farm by Mary Ann Jones, Oaerymy Farm. The evidence of Dr. Bel! Thomas was to the effect that death Was due to asphyxia following a fit. Verdiot accordingly.

FARMER'S COURTSHIP. SEQUEL TO AN ANONYMOUS POST- CARD. Mr. Justice Grantham heard at the Here- fordshire Assises recently the breach of promise oase in which Alfred Jenkins (44), farmer, Amberley Marden, was sued by Mary Ann Wright, of Sutton Lakes, for £ 250 da m ages. Mr. Bosanquot raid plaintiff was 24 years of age, and she and deiendant were neighbours. The courtship commenced in 1905, and there was a proposal made to Miss Wright, which she a-tx-ept-od. A ring was given, and a number of letters passed, in which defendant repeatedly referred to the promise of ma-rnaee p.nd to the faot that he was going to s-at her up in a house of her own. The course of true love ran smoothly until October. 1908, and then suddenly the whole sky became clouded. A postcard was recoived by plaintiff's married sister: Is your sister May aware that her young man is flirting wit.h E. Baugh? I saw them in Hereford last Saturday, a.nd I hear he is with her most nights. I think your sister ought to know about the goings-on, as he si, is only making a of her. When the cat's away the mice do play.-From one who has seen them scores of times. Plaimiff wrote for an explanation, and defendant denied flirting. Quarrels then commenced, and defendant had not kept a6ny e::tr;igement since. Defendant said he would hase married her had she c-iven him the chance. Once she called him a scamping hound," and they had a jolly good row. The jury found for the plaintiff, with £ 25 damages.

VAULTS OF NOTRE DAME. INVADED BY FLOODS: COFFINS UNDER WATER. P ARliS. Saturday. A gale, accompanied by torrential raiin. has been raging over Paris the last two days. Trees have been torn up and many oliior minor accidents have occurred. Terrible weather is reported from the coasts. The Seine and other rivers continue to rise. The Seine rose to-day lOin. The vaults of Notre Dame, where lie the remains of sixteen archbishops, were flooded during the recent inundat-ions to a depth of over 3ft., t'he coffins, which repose on iron trestles, being almost completely covered. An examination of the vaults, where there are still some 6in. of water, shoAvs that one a-rchbishop's coffin was overturned on to the floor, while that of the late Archbishop Richard was par- tially upset, one end resting on the trestle, the other on the floor. The vaults will be cleansed and the biers restored as soon as the floods have entirely rubsided.-Bouter.

MINING VILLAGE SWEPT AWAY. TRAINS OVERWHELMED PASSENGERS BURIED IN THE SNOW. NEW YORK, Monday. A dispatch from Wallace 'Jdaho) states that last night the mining village of Mace was practically destroyed by a terrible avalanche of snow. The sleeping inhabitants had no warning -of the disaster except a dull roar like thunder, and nearly all the houses were buried Thirty persons have been rescued alive, but it is feared that fully a hundred have lost their lives. Several dead bodies have already been dug out.—Central News. Mace is situated at the foot of the mountains. In the town lived a.bout three hundred miners employed at the Standard Mines. Most of them are unmarried. They resided at the Standard Hotel, which was ia the direct path of the avalanche. Yesterday evening while t-he townspeople were asleep a great roar was heard. Before many ooold escape huge drifts' of snow and ice came pouring down the mountainside sweeping everything away. Three freight cars standing on the line, in which 50 work- men were sleeping, have not been seen since. It is believed all the men are dead. Thii-teeu housas were swept aAvay as the avalanche struck the valley. The snow and ice varieid in depth from 50 to 75 feet. When the news of the disaster reached the neighbouring- townis the resident.6 started for Mace with shovels and picks, but heavy masses of piled up snow stopped their efforts. The hillsides above Mace are precipitous, and the chinook, or warm w-esterly winds of Saturday and yesterday, loosened the snow, which has bean very heavy this winter. On Thursday evening three prospectors and a. woman were killed by a snow and land slide at Avery, near Maoe, and it is re-called that twenty years ago yesterday sixty men were buried under a snowslide at Burke, another town in the same canyon.—Reuter.

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4tDICAL MAN AND WIFE. PELICAN'S PETITION FOR A DIVORCE. 1r b- totes Thomas Moore, manager of the Old ^m, New Cross-road, Deptford, sued for a in the Divorce Court on Tuesday from Mary Moore, against whom he misoonduct with Mr. Charles Dudley In Burney, a medical man in practice same neighbourhood. Both the ^°ndeat and oo-reapondent denied miacon- vn- 3-nd the wife alleged cruelty, which the denied. W^scl for the petitioner said the parties married in 1897, and there were two The co-respondent had attended De-titioner's family, and in 1909 the peti- thought his wife and the doctor were b¡ familiar terms. kaildi Mrs. Burney told the petitioner ^la-tionaliip between his wife and the was other tha-n that of medical Sfc61* anti patient. She subsequently with- this statement, and the doctor said she a mud and jealous woman. l said he should how the respon- and oo-respondent had kissed, called Ont,"tber by Christian names, and had It in a taxi-cab. The respondent had •fc, told a witness Dr. Burney had all her that she hated her husband. S<S Witnesses, said counsel, had seen the f and Mrs. Moore kissing at the Old He used to call her Gipsy, 'ijg the husband was away at Mairgate the wrtite to him James,-I fear the breach between \\> n never be bridged. Your oonduct 1:)t1 ^nIKjjxionable. Your continual doubt Sfcai .distrust is more than I can stand. I nc>t altar my conduct to please you.— 1<>vins Wife. iS^ntly Mrs. Moo<ro and Dr. Burney Jkic^^atahed by a private detective. The m Hio-i ^"as seen U> call at the lady's house » tKfi to stay until the small hours t in*nin.g. In order to identify him nmnagerees of the Old Rose Inn, vf 10111 a taxi-cab outside the lioude. My,1 the husband raid he would continue he Proceedings which he had begun, re wrote:- d4: dO-rling Jim,—You can imagine my go Ointment when I was told yon must :¡°11. Oil with this awful thing. I thought t ollld have withdrawn this charge for &<t'It \tiddies' sake. Jim, darling, for God s j^e me back to your heart you alt6r y°ur >,«ve 1 Prom^d to love you am happl. Ty^> a.nd make your nivlU &dmlt win Se you nf Vive8 and mothers. v1*8 ^rr home. I am sure you ?>1 0 *reak make a fresh start.- tljat ^oore had tolc. Mrs Bay, said counsel, Hated her husband, a.nd that Dr. alt her jove. ui the witness-oox, said he bad 10 give him a kind look. w*Vs grave her. She h<ul °^+ ^^lon, "I loved you onoe my love has turned to cm,^ ukfi v Sf-id his wife had thrferf- btli,, "T^ life when he told her Dr.' j> t>i9j her. He had theu said to S,(1},llrrt*'v w^er hapj>ena, I shall '^Quent being your murderer." to f n^eUt, the petition being filed the r,k<j jj <Hl her knees, askod the witness du ss^k- q and se ld that the wife den miscon- 1. WOs asking for a jndiodaJ separa- 'Onid °r 'P^ition said as respondent and ^Id }_ demaed imieoondiiot the itetition ^'thdrawn. Mrs. Moore a.nd Dr. ^Ptoatioailly denied on oait/h riety, an, £ i the petition was with- t. '<e liueband and wife left the court

A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. ^STABLE TORN TO PIECES BY MASTIFFS. ODESSA, Monday. ,k ki r bave reached here of a. terrible "vvhi,eh has oeourred on the Imperial t of Toherihansk, near Bala, in the tnent of Podoiia. 3'ted a* constable and two companions N on the o-hned" forever late at night, murdered him and his ^ancrhter. They were engaged in ? the the ootta«e when the elder son Murdered forester returned hocne, and <N5nediately shot dead the constable's <N5nediately shot dead the constable's ^Panions. He was struggling: with M 0« nfta<ble himself, when his bmther, a eiS"ht, who had hidden froetn the mur- .wsed two mostifFs,' who tore the le to xxieces .Central News.

J !II Cl{ THE RIPPER CRIME IN PARIS. PARIS, Wednesday. rK'1}oe are investigating a mysterious t; f\ "hich a-ppea.rs to belong to the Jack J^UnHI,?eT category. In a piece of waste 511 the Combat quarter k constable li foand the severed head of a girl in Ik8 -h tfy* condition, the nose, oars, and k\i»V!ng been cut o £ F. It was at first to^tip. ^at it might be a lugubrious .ioke of the kind which medical a beEm known to perpetrate, but It head has been identified as that C t"Tlg girl of the unfortunate class. t al of the body has yet been discovered, iT po,i&e68<Ki by tlle Police point to a a Particularly hideous character.— btv ——————————————— E AND FTE-MARRLED. aftor husband, liir. John V' A!i;.7v,h?'d obtained a decree of divorce V°nBUno6 (ira<M> Pri«6tley Degener, r 01 Sir Wi,!iam Priestley, M.P. lW, a<lforfi'1_marriefl at Greeuwieh e other night Mr. J. Frank- Jc>. „ ?r' a ^'oalthy liveryman. The ■°f fcrtv woddin» ha^ been espectetl "1:If fcrtv the wedding had been espectetl r months. As eoon as Judge M'Call ""Pi^me Court, signed the decree. „r' >!<v-ih';er as co-respondent, V )q war, telephoned to Greenwich, where V of ^immediately engaged the Ber- Ss^v0 H" ? Alle7' a rfltired £ ap. ai l^an' He obtained a licence y«ys previously.

SOLDIER EXECUTED. NjXh HfN £ Y Perry (27), an ex-soldi«r, was 31)?^ .p€mUyaville on Tuesday for the ^a\ u sweetlieart, Annie Covell, at inoeas'ed a-t not being invited » ?)u' f'at^. K- wil;ch ^rl a^ed as hride- ^itk* (jar, i a'ttaoked her with a knife. ^ar^hTd fman had himself ari ,i fortitude while awaiting Nc'K^akfast a good night, though \t 1STING HIS GRIEVANCE. lv^Uab?'S ^^andei V Henry ^th darn aging of 3?° bous« oi Mr. L'o-.vey, n3r- Pri«ni Prudential Assur- lij^out^nst o!alm€d to l^ve a a ^f^U88Ki y. and when the «<« AH;RIS £ NR,J,,R BE

DEATH SENTENCE PASSED. AMAZING SCENES' IN BASSA- LEG MURDER TRIAL. Sentence of death was passed upon William Butler at Monmouth A&si&es for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thome* at Taai-k Cottage, Basealeg, on the night of November 11. Eemarkable scenes marked the closing stages of the trial. On being found guilty Butler broke out into a violent tirade against justice, and heaped imprecations upon the witnesses. While the judge was passing sentence he struggled violently in an effort to reach a polioe-offtoer, kicking the warders who guarded him in the dock, and he continued to apply abominable apithete to those who had brought him to justice. His Lordship, in summing up, said it wAo not only an important, but a peculiar, oa.se. There was no doubt that in the prisoner's general mode of life he was never very flueh of money, but it was extraordinary tha-t on the day after the murder he was flush of money. Why was the prisoner in the habit of going out early in the morning? It was said that it might have been for the benefit of his health, hut the jury would ask them. solvee whether they thought it had anything to do with his getting money. It seemed to him that the person who entered the house did nt go there primarily for murder, but for robbery, but to save himself from detec- tkm he committed the murder. If all the probabilities pointed to but one conclusion, then the prisoner must be the man who committed the murder. There wae also the probable inference, and also what was called in law the violent presumption. CLOSING SCENES. VIOLENT OUTBURST BY CO^vBEMNTED MAN. The jury retired to consider their verdict at 9.40, and during their absence the judge left the bench. There was a general buzz throughout the court, and Butler, still seated in the dock, chatted with the governor of the prison (Mr. J. W. Thorp) and the warders who had him in charge. The jury returned into oourt at 9.55, and Mr. A. J. Gould, the foreman, in answer to the clerk of the court, eaid they found the prisoner guilty. Butler etood up and placed his hands on the rail of the dock. The Judge having asked if anyone were present to apeak as to the prisoner's past, Inspector Monroe, of Scotland Yard., went in-io the witness-box and gave a lomg list of previous convictions a^ai-nst the prisoner in different names, extending from 1865 down to 1907. These in eluded terms of seven and ten yea re' pewal servitude in July, 1868, and August, 1873, for Stealing pigs and sooks of flour respectively. In February. 1893, he was sentenced at Oaerleon, in the naane of Wil- liaan Butler, to three terms of two months for Stealing fowls; and in Qotober, 1905, at Brooon Quarter Sotseions, in the name of Thomas Palmer, to eighteen months for ot,-alina fowl*. OUTBURST BY PRUSONEB. The Clerk o&lled upon Bir-tier to sa.y why sentence of dearf.h should not be passed upon him. A painful, exciting, and deplorable scene ensued. Prisoner broko out into a violent tirade against justice, heaping impre- cationis upon the witnesses, to whom he applied abominable epithets. He shouted: "I have not had a fair tria-l; but yoa can do what you like. I have not had anything of a fair trial Tho blood on my coa»t can be accounted for. The woman is in the court here to-day that tied up my finger when it bled furiously. It wae anything but justice —you cannot ftet justice in this oountary. The titles that they have told about me to-day are nothing but a. lot of flaming lies. But I am not afraad to die, nor ^shamed to liTe, These witnesses that have been in court to- day have told a lot of lies." Then followed words of profanity applied to two of the witnesses. The Judge Put on the blaok cap, whereupon Butler struggled violently, and shouted to one of the police witnesses: "Ah, if X conld only get at yon, I would hit your ———— face!" He was held bauc-k by the two warders, and the prison governor tried to pacify him. ANOTHER AMAZING SCENE. The Judge remarked that the jury had come to the only possible verdict on the evidence. Prisoner had evidently led a life of crime from his early days, and that had ended in his taking the livea of others. At this point there was another amazing scene, the prisoner usifig terrible language. Butler shouted: That's a lie. A 16t of have thrown my life away. If I oould get at them I would have their —- faces off." His Lordship passed sentence of death alt ten minutes past ten. The chaplain (the Rev. E. W. Steer, of Eom- ford, Essex), who stood behind the judge's chair, pronounced an audible Amen." Butter wae shouting and gesticulating 90 wildly that he evidently did not hear the words of the sentence passed upon him. In his fury to get at the police-inspector he not only struggled with the wardere, but kicked them on several occasions. After the condemned man had been removed to the cells below Mr.. Justioo Grantham complimented the police upon the admirable way in which they had worked up and presented a very difficult and intricate case. Mr. Arthur Gould, the foroman, thanked his lordship for the consideration which had been shown the jury, and at his request the Judge granted them an exemption from service for four years. CONDEMNED MAJNT RESIGNED. On reaching the cells Butler became celm, and conversed with some officials in a com- paratively cheerful mood. He seemed quite resigned, and asked for a pipe of toba-coo. Under the consoling influence of the flagrant weed he remarked to one of the officials: Thank you. I suppose I shall see you again in a-bout three weeks' time."—obviously an allusion to the carrying out of the sentence. He was taken baok to Usk Prison the same night. arriving about midnight, large crowds awaiting him en route. BUTLER DECLARES INNOOENCE OF BASSALEG CRIME. William Butler, who last week was con- victed a.t Monmouth Assizes for the murder of Charles Thomas and his wife, Mary Thomas. a.t Bassaleg, on November 11, and who is now in Usk Prison under sent-ence of death, has given notice of his intention to appeal. Bntier is stated to have settled down in prison into a stolid. indifferem-t state, just as he was whilst awaiting trial. lie declares that he is innocent.

A YACHT MYSTERY. OBITUARY NOTICE OF BANK MANAGER'S DEATH. In the Probate Oourt on Monday a further application was made for leave to presume the death of Mr. Wiiliam Robertson L/idder- daJe, formerly manager of the llminstcr branch of Stuekley's Bank. Mr. Lidderdale on tne eve of his proposed marriage with Miss Chapman at Newbury disappeared in 1892, and an obituary notice subsequently appeared in the London papers stating that he died on January 13, 1892, on board Mr. B. H. Mining's yacht Foresight as the result of an accident. Aft-erwards Mies ''bap-man received iw 11 k-notes for £ 500 in a registered letter, which contained a card on which were the words in Mr. Lidderdal-e'-s handwriting: "Was true to you." Previously sJie had received a letter from Mr. Eidderdale sayiug7 he had met Mies Vinin-g at Paddington. No further traoo of him could be found. Affidavits were put in to show Mr. Lidderdale was suffering at the time of his disappear- ance from difbotes, wliidh was likely to ter- minate fatelly in four or five years. Oo'uneel urged that even if Mr. Lidderdale had rot met with the aoedd-ant he would have died before now from diabetes. Miss Chan- man AT as a life bcneflciary under Mr. bidder- dale's will, and two ine-ironce companies Avith whom he was inspired for £ 3,000 opposed the presumption of his death. The Judge suggested tha.t inquiries should be made for the yacht abroad, and ordered that the matter should stand over for a fort- night.

ROMANCE OF THE STAGE. MISS ALMA GRIFFITHS'S ENGAGEMENT. The announcement that Mies Alma Griffiths, the well-known musical comedy artiste, is to be married to a very wealthy South African gentleman will be received with groat interest among her many friends, and especially by those residing in South Wales who have followed her successful career as a vocalist. As is, of course, well known, Miss Griffiths is a Cardiff lady, her father being Mr. W. Ben Griffiths, who resides at 58, Ryder-street. The gentleman to whom Miss Griffiths has become engaged is Mr. Douglas Christopherson, managing direc- tor of the South African Consolidated Gold- fields. lie resides at Parktown, a short dis- tance from Johannesburg, where Miss Griffiths is at present appearing in the prin- cipal part of The Geisha," with Mr. Haydn Coffin, the engagement being in connection with the Wheeler-Edwardes combination. Mies Griffiths is expected to arrive home about the third week in April, and after a stay of two months she will return to South Africa, as the wedding is fixed to take place at Cape Town in July. HER STAGE CAREER. Only 21 years of age. Mias Griffiths has had a remarkably rapid rise in the theatrical profession. She received her vocal training from Madame Clara Noveilo Davies at Han- over-square, residing at the Academy in Lou- don, and it is interesting to re-call that her first appearance in operatic work was at the Cardiff Operatic Society's performance of "The Mikado" in February, 1904, her inter- pretation of "Peep-Po" on th.at oooasion meeting with warm encomiums on all sides. Miss Griffiths continued to appear on the conoert platform with gratifying fiiocebs- parenthetically, her work in support of chart- able institutions may be W-called-but it was not until about three years ago that she first entered the ranks of the theatrical pro- fession, securing an engagement in D'oyly Carto productions. It was through M Clara Novello Davies, with whom he continued to I study, that she made her first appear ance at the Shaftesbury in Lady Tatters, understudying the principal 1)art. At the MISS ALMA GRIFFITHS. [Photo. Akkeradyk, Cape Town. end of the first fortnight she waa called upon at a moment's notice to play the part, in whioh she -continued with conspicuous SUO- cess for a week. Then she Avent to the Prinoe of \V ales' Theatre, where she was understudy to Miss Isabel Jay in "Miss Hook of Hol- land." Subsequently, in December, 1908, she was engaged for the part of the Fairy Queen a.t Mr. Chute's "Jack and Jill" pantomime at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, Bristol- Miss Griffiths subsequently joined the Wheeler-Edwa-rdes tour, which coin-meneed in April last, all the South African capitals being visited. In a recent letter to friends in Cardiff, Miss Griffiths describes a narrow eecape from death which she had a. few weeks ago while bathing with two other mem- bers of the Wheeler-Edwardes company at a bathing enclosure near Johannesburg. She was carried into deep water by tile current, and had it hot been for the promptitude of the attendants, one of whom slvanl to her assistance, the worst might have happened. As it was, Miss Griffiths suffered badly fro™ shook, in of which she could not appear at His Majeety's TAt-ati-e that even- ing. It is noteworthy that a few months ago in a beauty competition promoted by a London journal Miss Griffiths cayie eighth out of many hundreds of the candidates who went to the poll." —

STAIN OF DISHONOUR. MAN SHOOTS HIS BROTHER, IN AN OFFICE. At the Mansion Hoiite, London, on Wed- day Alfred Cecal, alias Shalom Eiayar (23), cap-cutter, was remanded for a week charged with feloniously shooting- with intent to kill inrr^er his b-rothcr. »S1IU,1<>TXI EhUyar, in the offices of Messrs. David Saesoon and Co. A det-ective-aergsan't said after his arrest the prisoner gave hit; name as Alfred Cecil, but subsequently made a statement m the name of Elayar. In this the prisoner des- cribed his brother's wife as a disgrace to his family, and suggested hi-s brother should divorce her. Owing to the brother's state- ment that he would not do this, the prisoner said he obtained a revolver, and wont to see his brother to shoot him In this way he; believed ho would wipe the stain of dis-1 honour from the family. Witness addod the victim had made depositions, but^ they would not be put in until the patient a real condition was known. The injured man is progressing favourably in hoepital.

A VAlUED CAREER. REMARKABLE S'PORY OF CHEQUE FORGERY. Sentence of seven years' penal servitude was parsed at Guildford Assizes on Wednesday upon Hal" Franklan-d, 43, for forginig a cheque for £10. It was stated that he met a gentJemian in t.he train, and, accepting an invitation to visit him at Croydon, went there, o-nd abstracted a cheque book, going to Exeter on the proceeds. The prisoner had a bad record, including term of seven years' penal aervittMie under the name of Gooding. He was formerly a writer under the Admiralty at Devonport, and afterwards joiaied the Ariny, becoming: on promotion attached to the headquarters staff of the Tin Ice of Oorwuiught. Finally, he went to Canada, Avh-Ore he became editor of one of the leading news agencies in Toronto. Fr.a,n stated that he was falsely j accused there of forging a cheque for JEM. but after he had been in prison four days it was discovered tihat a grave mistake had been made, a-nd he WAS at once Liberated. He failed in an action for malicious prosecution, and after that returned to this country, and fell to temip'tation.

STABBED AT SIGHT. REMARKABLE TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Friday. Yesterday afternoon five men hired a taxi- cab on Broadway and drove to a well-known West Side saloon. On arrival there they called out a man who was inside. Imme- diately he appeared, however, he was stabbed to death by the occupants of the taxi, who esc a, pod by compelling t he chauffeur, with a revolver pointed at his head, to drive off at top speed.—Central News. DEWy SANT: Well, well! How my tree has grown! There's glad I am to see it. I

A CARDIFF MARRIAGE. WIFE'S MISCONDUCT: A CAPE DIVORCE. In the Supreme Court, Capie Town, the case of Pheian v. Phelan was heard. It was an action for divorce on the ground of the wife's miswnduot and for custody of the child of the marriage- L'. Douglas Buchaman was for plaintiff, who resides in Cape Town; there was no appoarance for defendant, who was sued by edietal citation. Ie, appeared from tho evidence that the Parties were married at Cardiff, Wales, in February, 11*06. I^atar in the year plaintiff went out to South Africa. There was one child of the marriage. Defendant was to join her husband a few months later, but, though plaintiff wrote to his wife, she did not, come out to the Cape until December, 190-3 Defendant on her arrival made a con- fession that she had committed misoonduct with one Reginald Petre, in London, and that she had given birth to a child, of whom Petro was the father. Mr. Buohanan read the record of evidence tak«n on commission in London in support of the plaintiff's ease. Decree of divorce was granted, plaintiff to have custody of the child of the maaTutW.

WIDOWS STRANGE LETTERS. ♦ PATHETIC STORY TOLD AT AN INQUEST, Several extracts from the letters of a Min- cing-lane tÐa. merchant's widow who took her life by turning on the gas in her bedroom we-e read at an inqueat at Wandsworth on Saturday. She was Florence Nightingale Maclean, 54 years of age, of Werter-roa.i, Putrey. Her daughter, Florence Maolean, of Straw- berry Lcd;e, Belmont-ma«!, Twickenham. said her mother had been s-taying with her 8he knew her mother was consulting a soli- citor, and was worried a.bout money matters, but Mrs. Maclean did not tell her | there was impending litigation. The Coroner said that in a letter the deceased, had written about her little pet dog having been cut in two places on its back. Witness remarked that her mother had three dogs, and the pet dog Toby was injured in a. fight about a fortnight since. The Coroner then read the followils extract — They will try to make me out some ber- rible drunken bad woman, but as I am about to die, I was never either. It is true lately, since my life and children have been tortured, I have taken. much in the ordinary way, which I should never have done. It is only my death that will bring this crime to light. In another letter deceased wrote: My own darling childreTi.-Nothing but the sacrifice of my life will free you from perercntio-i, cruel and awfui, by the agents of a most cruel and wicked woman. Do Dot gnteH, my darlings. Jut to think that at la.st I have found peace, and there will be those, I trust, who will be good and kind to you Good-bye, my darlings. Your mother took her life. May God watch over you both and keep you both pure and good is the dying wish of your persecuted --MOTILER. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind."

SEARCH FOR A HUSBAND. A JOCKEY WHO MARRIED ANOTHER WOMAN. How a husband married a second time when his first wife was alive, and how she subsequently discovered him, was revealed in an undefended suit, in which Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Redmill petitioned for a. divoice from Frederick Redmili rcceaitly. Mr. E. F. Spenc.e, who appeared for the petitioner, said her case was founded upon bigamy and misconduct on the part of her husband. Mrs. Redmili stated that she was married to the respondent on February 22, 1887, at the British Embassy, in Paris. He was a jockey, and they lived in Paris for some timo. They left there in order to go to Bucluwest, hut in 1900 respondent went again to Paris. Petitioner had c< not the means'; to return with him. Sho was earn- ing her own living, and had been par- tially maintaining her husband at Bucharest. i, In 1903 she got an engagement to go to Canada as a cook, and she remained in that country until 1909. She had received no replies to letters sent to her husband after 1902. When, in 1909, she came to England. she endeavoured to find him. She saw one of his relatives, and made a search at Somerset House, and there obtained a copy of a certificate of marriage, stated to have taken place at Cambridge. She subsequently found hor husband in that town. 1-e! admitted having married again, and that he was living with the woman with whom he had gone through the form of marriage. Mr G. II. Hiaoocks, a solicitor, said respondent recognised petitioner as his wife, and remarked that he thought she was dead when he married the other woman. The latter, who was in bed ill at the time of the interview, was muoh upset, and at tne, suggestion of witness Mrs. Redmili went upstairs to comfort her. A decree nisi AvaS granted.

MISS MARIB LLOYD. HUSBAND CLAIMS DIVORCE DAMAGES. A petition for divorce lias been filed by' the well-known "coster COMEXIi-ii", Mr. Alec Hurley, against his wife. Miss Mario Lloyd, to whom he was married on October 27, 1906, at the Hampstead Registry Office (says the "Daily Chronicle. ") Mr. Alec Hurley alleges in his petition that during his absence in Birmingham, where ho was fulfilling a. professional engagement in his sketch, "Cockneys in Japan," Hurley had all the furniture removed from j their house in King Henry's-road, Ilririrose-i hill, a.nd went to live at the Midland Hotel, where (according to lir. IPurley's citation) she was visited from time to time by the oo-respondent in the coming action, Mr. Ben Diilon, the well-known jockey. It is alleged in the petition that respon- dent. and co-respondent have for some weeks been staying- in the South of France together. Mr. Hurley is claiming £ 5,000 damages against Mr. Ben Diilon. In the marriage register at the Hamp- stead Town-hall the petitioner is described: "Alexander Hurley, 35, bachelor, comedian, 98, King Hcnry's-road, N.W., son cf John Daniel Hurley, deceased, captain in mer- chant service," while Miss Marie Lloyd is entered in the records as "Matilda Alice Victoria Courtenay, formerly Wood, tpinster, otherwise Marie Lloyd, 36, the divorced wife of Percy James Courtenay." The register gives her father's name as John Jamea 6, William Wood, "artificial florist," and the signatures of bride and bridegroom are wit- nessed "in the presence of Sam Peluski, Alice M'Nau-ghtfen, and J. Wood*"

ONE MAN KILLED: ANOTHER BADLY INJURED. A pit aecident occurred at the Univeraal Colliery (J ..ewi;,<-Mert hyr), Sengheoydd, on Tuesday, resulting in the death of one man and prions injuries to another. Thomas Harris, a oollier. lodging at Thomas-street, Abertridwr, And John Hopkins, hitoher, a ma-rried man, of 13, P&rk-terraoe, Senghenydd, were ascending the shaft when the CQCB became overwound, and crashed into the sheaves. Tho cage remained suspended in a perilous position, and when access was gained, Hopkins was in the bottom of the cage dead, ills brains having been knocked out, Harris was alive, but muoh injured. &ad in an unconscious state, fears being enter- tained as to his recovery- Doctors Jaoxuae and Pinto were immediately in attendance, and it is believed that Harris is suffering from & fractured skull, The deceased man Hopkins leaves a widow j ami foi.r children, and Hax-ris, who has liv-i in apartments in Abtsrtndwr, has a wife t\.t Barry. r '? The winder at the time was Trowse Jonee, a man v. ho has had considerable experience with engines. The cleaner in the winding engine house had a remarkable escape. When the rope relaxed it came with such terrific force that it split open the wall of the engine hoiise. The cleaner at the time had a mop in tie hand and some of the flying masonry passed very rea.r hiTn, whilst the rope knocked the mop out of his hand. and broke it into pieces. The colliery was idle on Tuesday in con- aequeuce of the accident, and efforts are being made to repair the damage.

ANOTHER DISASTER. EVERETT (Washington State),Wednesday. An avalanche of snow sweeping down the western slope of the Cascade Mountains yes- terday overwhelmed two Great Northern trains and four electric motor engines whioh were already blocked by snow. Sixty persons, mostly_ passengers travelling to iiii<r3MitTe,:lf*Mfe'leftist Ati mnr •' sleeping at the time of the disaster. Twenty bodies have been recovered, and twenty injured travellers have been rescued. Many others are still missing. The superintendent himaelf was directing the fight against the snow blockade, and was not in the oar. The place where the trains were overwhelmed is ncglr the west entrance to the Cascade Tunnel. Telegraph lines are down within a radius of fifteen miles of the snowslide. As soon as news of the accident reached Everett, which is situated a hundred miles to the west. a train with doctors and nursee was despatched to the scene, and wat* followed by a second train with a. break- down gang. In consequence of a section of the traok having been washed away trams were unable to get within fiftee-i miles of Wellington, and the rescue party had to cover the rest of the distance on foot from a poi .}t ten thousand feet below the tunnel. The disaster occurred before sunrise, and the trains, which covered half a mile stretch of the track, were ouried deep for six hoars before e rescuers reached them. It is reported that the Great Northern Com- pany's power house, which furnishes elec- tricity for trains going through the unnel and the statioa water tank were twept aw;t, The railway boarding house wae also wrecked, and a number of persons in the building the time wero killed or injured. Railway employers and passengers had been taking their meals at the house, but they slept in the Pullman oars. Two days ago several passengers who feared a. catastrophe asked the superinten- dent to have one of the traine moved back into the Cascade Tunnel for safety, but the superintendent declared there was no danger, and he ordered the train to remain on the side track at Wellington. Among the passengers were Mrs. William Starrest and her three children, of Victoria. B.C.; Mr. Alexander Chisholm, of Rossland, B.C.; Mr. John Mackie, of Moyie, B.C.; Mr. G Heron, of Vancouver, and Mr. and Mrs. William May, of Chemaimus, B.C.-Reuter.

TERRIBLE FLOODS. SPOKANE, Wednesday. According to messages from points in the interior, terrible floods are devastating 'he country. Five per:is have been drowned at various places in Washington and Idaho. —Central News. NEW YORK. Wednesday. Of the Transatlantic lines on the Pacific only the Southern routes are now open. The Central Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great Northern and other railroads are all at a standstill as far as through traffic is con- cerned, every line being blocked by floods or snow. From all parts of Washington and Northern Oregon reports of impending floods have been received Telegraphic communica- tion throughout the, North-west is inter- rupted, and in some cases is cut off.-Reuter. HERKIMER (New York State), Wednesday. The flooded conditions here were relieved to-day when an ice gorge was broken up by dynamite. When the explosion occurred a large piece of ice struck a man who was looking oTi, killing him ini;tant,ly.-Router.

SENTENCE ON ARCHITECT. SERIOUS OFFENCES UNDER CLOAK OF CHARITY. Marcus Chorley (431, estate agent in a large way cf business, was indicted at Notting- ham Assizes on Wednesday with criminally assaulting young girls in a private apart- metit at his offioe, where he had seen them on applications cc-nnected with a charitable organisation of which he was the treasurer. Various presents had been made to the children, but the prisoner on oath gave an entire denial to the charges. He took the children to a room to try on boots, and he -could not oonceive why they had told such a story. Evidence as to accused's good character waa given by the Mayor of Nottingham. The accused was found guilty on two charges. The others were not proceeded with. Mr. Justice Darling passed sentence of two years' imprisonment, observing that, no doubt, .the accused had been guilty of syste- matic indecency for a considerable period.

CANADIAN IMMIGRATION. GIFT OF £60,000 BY LORD MOUNT STEPHEN. NEW YORK, Wednesday. An Ottowa dispatch announces that Lord I Mount Stephen, formerly head of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway, has given £ 60,000 for the purpose of fostering CiLnadiail Lmnxirrcv tiou.—dbntrgl Hews.