The Cardiff Times

ECHO OF HOROS CASE. SWAMI'S "SPOOK" PICTURES. Remarkable Story. Interest in the Horos case is revivad by a roo port which comes from New York, to the effect J that the Spook pictures with which Madame I' Diss de Bar, otherwise the Swami." bafooled Mr Luther R. Marsh, a wealthy American, are to be sold by auction. According to the New York Herald," these pictures, wbich have reposed all these years in the cellar of the police head- quarters, have been restored and placed on ex- j bfbition in the Fifth-avsnue Art Gallery. The pictures, seized when Madame Diss de Bar was arrested in New York for swindling Mr Marsh, had been stored away in the cellar for 12 years. By tricks with these pictures Mme. Diss de Bar succeeded in deluding Mr Marsh into thinking she was a spiritualist priestess. She cajoled Herr Lowen- hertz, the original owner, into letting her have the paintings, and she took tbem to Mr Marsh's home. She had first coated them with chalk, which at a little distance in a dim light, which the swindler manipulated, made them look like untouched cinvases. Passing as the spirit of one of the old masters, the woman made passes over the canvas with a wet sponge concealed in the palm of her hand, and the picture appeared before the eyes of the credulous. Mr Marsh was so sure of the spirits of Raphael, Rembrandt, Michael Angelo, and the rest, work- ing through the medium, that he surrendered his home to her, where she fooled many other victims. The origin of the paintings was never dis- closed. The story is tha.t they originally belonged to Ludwig, the mad King of Bavaria, and.were stolen by his mistress. LoJa Montez, who brought them to America when she was driven out of Bavaria. Dovetailed into this story was Mme. Diss de Bar's pretension that she was the ille- gitimate child of the Bavarian King and Lola Montez, and that she inherited the paintings, which the discredited mistress of the King placed in the bands of Mr Lowenhertz, a picture dealer of New York. After enjoying the money obtained by duping Mr Marsh, the famous Swami <y>ntinued her wiles in various other cities, and passed some considerable time in the United States gaols as a reward of her industry. When she came to England she still reliecl on her powers as a Spiritualist to impress her .victims. Accom- panied by Theodore Horos she toured the country, and gave lectures on dietary and lessons in the higher religion of theocratic unity." The aim of the pair seems to have been to get hold of as many young women as possible for improper purposes, and such was the power which they exercised over certain of their dupes that they- readily consented to allow their daughters to go to them. The Swami was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to seven and her companion Jackson, alias Horos, to 15 years' penal servitude for offences against decency.

FERN GATHERER'S FEROCITY. Newport justices on Monday heard a charge of aggravated assault against William Jennings, fern gatherer, of Bristol. The evidence was that on Saturday he obtained 28 3d from his wife, which he spent in drink, and then meeting her in Dock-street ho asked for more money. When told that sbe eould not give bimmore he knocked her down in the street. The woman got up, and was again knocked down. There was a long list of previous convictions against the prisoner at the Bristol Police Court, and he was now sen- tenced to six months' imprisonment. What sir," exclaimed the prisoner on hearing the sentence, and then turning to his wife he said You see what your drinking has done. missis. It's the last time you'll see my face." The Clerk advised the woman to ,go to the Workhouse, but Supt. Brooks said that she was wanted by the Bristol police.

HAD A SOUTH WALES BUSINESS. At the Old Bailey on Monday Abraham Cohen pleaded guilty to having unlawfully made the transfer of certain of his property with intent to defraud. According to the prosecution pri- soner, an Austrian Jew, carried on business as a hardware merchant, first in South Wales, and afterwards at Wolverhampton. He came to London, where he also had another business, that of a soda merchant. He became bankrupt, not, said counsel, through his businesses, which weie prosperous concerns, but through bill trans- actions. Cohen, it was added, transferred his interest in one of his businesses to a company. when he must have known he was insolvent. The defence was that the failure of prisoner, who married a widow with a boot and shoe business at Wolverhampton, was due to bill transactions. Sentence of four months' imprisonment in the eccond division was passed.

^MILITARY RAIDS. Paris, Monday.—A telegram from Oran states that a military recounMssa-nco has hten made at Ain Sapia and at Duvezrier against the Bern Senir tribes, which made raids on French territory. Sixteen tents were captured.—Renter. ==-

BLOOD POISONING AND AMPUTATION. Philadelphia, Monday.—Mr William L. Elkiris, the Philadelphian traction magnate, had his leg amputated yesterday in consequence of blood poisoning, from which he had been nffaring for a month. Mr Elkins is in a dying ■condition.—Renter.

ANOTHER MYSTERY SOLVED. Another case of mysterious disappearance— nut of Mr Thomas Otty, an elderly gentleman, wuo strangely vanished from his home at Upper hheiingham, Norfolk, three weeks ago, was c:Seated up on Sunday by the discovery of the body in some woods near Shenncham Hall. It supposed deceased succumbed to exposure. )

LORDGOSCHENATA DtSCOUNT. It is reported that owing to lack of support the luncheon to Lord Gtschen arranged for the first week of November at Liverpool Conservative Club, when his Lordship was expected to deliver all address on the fiscal question, has been aban- doned.

Mr William Morris, builder, of HavertordwoBt^ died suddenly on Sunday morning. He was carrying out several important contra.cts, which axe iaAn.oofiaished state

t The Rammed Battleship. HOW A DISASTER WAS AVERTED. The battleship Prince George, which was recently in collision off Ferrol with the battle- ship Hanmba'. arrived safely at Portsmouth, I on Monday. She experienced heavy weather during her passage. She has sustained extensive damage on the port side, 40 feet from the stern and about 15 feet abaft the armour belt. The damage.extends from the upper deck right down the side of the ship to the keel, the steel plates being ripped up like tin and bent, cracked, and broken. It j appears that when the accident occurred at 10 p m., whilst the divisions were being carried out, 1 there was no consternation on board. The i Hannibal had reversed her engines on colliding and at once withdrew the order being signalled for all lights to be shown and the cruiser Hafir;e went alongside to render assistance. Collision quarters were piped and the men with perfect coolness went below to close the water tight com- partments. During such operations these are nearly all kept shut, which was the case on this occasion. A large quantity of water got in the vessel and the best work was done with the collision mats, under the direction of Commander Nicholson, who has been specially commended. Lord Charles Beresford was on the ship within ten minutes and directed her to proceed to I Ferrol, a distance of 80 miles. There she was beached and a coffer dam built inside, which was found to render her quite safe. A court-martial was held on Captain Campbell, of the Prince I George, under the presidency of Admiral Lamb- ton, and thqt officer was acquitted. The captain of the Hannibal will probably be tried in a few days. Ferrol, Monday.—Since the departure of the battleship Prince George, for Portsmouth, to undergo repairs, some further details have been made known as to the injuries she received when rammed by the Hannibal. It transpires that the special ventilators on board the Prince George, which should have closed automatically when she was in collision, failed to act, and instead of the water being prevented from entering, the tor- pedo departments of the ship were immediately flooded. It is now certain that this splendid battleship had the narrowest possible escape of being lost. She had, according to official report, over 800 tons of salt water in her when she reached Ferrol.She was so low in the stern that the admiral's gallery was quite close to the sea level. Indeed she was down so much at the stern that some doubts were entertained as to whether there would be sufficient water for her to enter Ferrol Harbour, and it appears that H.M.S. Prometheus took the precaution of sounding Ferrol River opposite the Government forts to ascertain if there would be sufficient depth of water for the Prince George. This action, which was carried out under the orders of the Vice-Admiral, has caused some commotion in Spanish official circles, a law in Spain prohibiting the taking of any kind of soundings in front of the Govern- j ment forts without first obtaining permission, The Military Governor of Ferrol. directly the j matter was reported to him, placed himself in communication with the British Vice-Admiral, when the facts of the case were fully explained to him. In spite of this it is contended that the Vice-Admiral should have first applied to the a authorities, no matter how urgent the case, and obtained the "necessary charts and other informa- tion from official sources, which would have been at once opened to him.—Central News.

A MISERABLE TRAGEDY. End of the Cattle Maiming Case. George Ernest Thompson Edalji was sentenced at Stafford on Friday to seven years' penal ser- vitude for cattle maiming at Great Wyrley. There was a distressing scene afterwards. Mrs Edalji, says a correspondent, a whitehaired lady, whose sat face was lined with suffering and grief, hopelessly collapsed, and was led into a private room, where her daughter tried to comfort her. Mr Edalji, with features awry—as though be bad had a sudden stroke—lurched about the big hall like a drunken man. He saw nothing and no. body, and groped his way like one who was blind to the open air. Then he stood alone in the middle of the market-place, with never a soul to say a word to him, and with a look on his shrunken face that manv among the crowd shuddered to see. The whole scene in the climax of this miserable tragedy was pathetic beyond words. Afterwards for hours people stood in dozens and scores discussing the case. Many held forth in indignant tones, declaring that Edalji was innocent, and prophesying that the mys- terious crimes at Great Wyrley would not end with the conviction of the vicar's son. The Story of the Edaljis. The story of the Edaljis and their connection with the little village of Great Wyrley is some- what interesting. Many years ago the Rev. S. Edalji, a Parsee, came to the vicarage as curate. He fell in love with the daughter of his vicar fwho had the gift of the living), and married her. The vicar died after transferring the living to his son-in-law, and that is how the Great Wyrley church came into the bands of a Parsee. George Bdalji was the eldest son of the marriage. He was sent to Rugelev Grammar School, where tie met young Green, who confessed to the mutila- tion of his own horse at Great Wyrley on the 21st of September. About this time, which would be nine years ago, stiange things began to happen at Wyrley, and the centre of them was the vicarage. Mysterious letters were scattered about the distriet. Most of them purported to come from the Kev. S. Edalji, and they were signed by his name. Tradesmen Hoaxed. Tradesmen in the neighbouring towns-at Cannock, Walsall, Rugeley, and other places- received amazing orders for goods to be delivered at the earliest possible moment at Great Wyrley Vicarage. They came in vans and boxes and crates, much to tho astonishment of the vicar, who promptly denied the orders and sent the things back. On many occasions the parcels office at Wyrley and Churchbridge Rail. way Station was packed with returns." The orders did not stop at this. Two separate under- takers from two separate towns appeared at the vicarage at the same time one day with two hearses and funeral trappings complete to remove a member of the family who had died." That also was a hoax—cruel and unkind. Later on two furniture vans appeared, orders having been sent to remove all the vicarage furniture. Extraordinary Letter. One day a most devoat vicar who had bsen paying a visit to the church received a letter at his home in the North of England to the follow- ing effect — Dear Sir,—I beg to state that you are a d--d thief. Last Sunday when yon visited my church you stole a Prayer Book. If you do not return the same at once and apologise an action will be commenced againfit yott.-Yours, &c., I (Rev.) S. Edalji." This also was a hoax and a forgery. The pain and annoyance and trouble these heartless je3ts gave to Mr and Mrs Edalji can easily be imagined. At school Edalji was a hard worker, and his wonderful memory was the amazement of all the boys. He was quiet and reserved. He took to the law, and rapidly qualified as a solicitor in Birmingham.

BLAMED THE WOMAN, The Aix-les-Bains Murders. Paris, Sunday Night.—The eight thousand pounds worth of jewellery stolen from Mile. Eugenie Fougere, who was murdered at Aix-les- Bains, has not yet been found. Ladermann, who succumbed to his self-inflicted wounds, has left several letters in which he seeks to throw the chief blame for the actual nauklers on to the woman Girat. He. indeed, alleged that she committed both crimes, and that he only stole the jewellery. The police, however, do not be. lieve these assertions. Mile. Fougere's maid is supposed to have been strangled several hours before her mistress, and at a moment when Girat wasatthecasino. The parts actually played by the two arrested accomplices consequently re- main to be elucidated. With regard to the jewels, Girat and Bassot declare that Lader- mann had them, and that they never received benefit from the crime. Ladermann on his side, in his letters, wrote that Bassot bad them, and that all the money he had received was a. hundred francs, to enable him to get to and from Aix-les- Bains. His impecunious condition at the time of his suicide supports this assertion, and M. Hamard, the chief of tha detective service, in- clines to the belief that Bassot knows the where- I abouts of the missing trinkets. A

-0- WIVES ON GOLF. A symposium of wives in the 11 Weekly Scots- man leads to the conclusion that the mania of golf is responsible for much family neglect by the bread-winners, whose energy and enterprise are diverted from their proper channels, their conversation made monotonous in theme, and their conduct verging on the ridiculous. Most of the wives start by saying that they vrere glad for their husbands to find a hobby, then dismayed by its gradual hold upon them, and finally brought to look upon golf as the enemy of all domestic joys. Some even hint deeper grievances. 01 It is my unshakable opinion." writes one, "that golf is no game for married men at all unless they be advanced in years." This is because It u. young lady looks a more chaiming and fascinat- ing figure than ever on the golf course."

DOWIE'S TREASURE CHEST. New York, Sunday.—Dr. Dowie's wife and son have left here en route for London. After a short stay there they will sail for Australia, where Elijah the Restocer will join them in January. Mrs Dowie carried with her Elijah s treasure chest, containing 7,000,000 dollars. The prophet plans to leave America, desert Zion City, and live in Austrelia on the millions obtained from his deluded followers. 11 Elijah." strongly escorted by a Zion guard, slipped away from his New York crusade, accompanying his wife to Boston, where the treasure cheat was put I aboard the ship Saxonia. Guarding Dowie's millions on the long trip to Australia are the prophet's wife, his son Gladstone, and two Zion guards. The prophet resumed to-day his Got- ham crusade, but leaves America in two months to join his wifein Australia. Financial matters in Zion City ar e reaching a crisis, and a crash is believed imminent.—"Morning Leader.'

The Mevtbyr Volunteers engaged in the Bingham shoot at their range, in unfavourable weather, on Satnrday. The scores were as follow 1st, I Company, 63 21111, H Company. 61; 3,d, K Company, 3.

is BALANCE OF TRADE." A Mr CHAMBERLAIN: Well, little girl, and WLl ..IZ you citing lor ? LITTLE GIRL (sobbing) I was playin' shops wiv Bessie Jones there. She haa Lvro penny wori ol svrcaLs, and I had two penny. worf of chocks." I gave her a pennyworf of chocolate, and the mean thing only gave me a ha'p'orth of sweets—boo-h-o-o I" Mr CHAMBERLAIN Why, that's nothing to cry about. The balance or trade is in your favour, my ilear; not agaiost you. Your exports exceed your imports-- abem-hum-huna. You're all right. LITTLE GTRL Garn I What yer givin' us ? I want that other ha'p'orth o' sweets I" (Left sobbing.) (" What, are the figures on which I rejy ? I rely on the fact that countries which have Protection have taken from us very much less during th last 30 years than they took before that their exports to as, on the contrary, have increased in still larger proportion. You may take it fo granted that in any way in which you look at this matter there has been this distinct and marked change in oar trade during the last 30 years-that: o far as protected countries are concerned they have sent us more and taken from us a great deal less. "—Mr Chamberlain at Newcastle.) 1 (Published by arrangement with the Proprietors of the Morning Leader.") ¡

LLANDILO-ABERAYRON LINE. I Further Support of the Scheme. I In support of the Llandilo-Aberayron Light Railway scheme a meeting was held at the Town Hall, Aberayron, on Monday. Major Pryse Lewes nresided. He stated that the landlords were heartily in favour of the scheme. A sum of 1£500 was wanted for preliminary expenses, which it was reasonable to ask the county and local Councils to contribute. Dr. Walker said the proposed line would connect them with South Wales and England direct. Councillor Morgan Evans said he believed that the County Council would give indulgent consideration to any scheme to open up the county by means of railways. Alderman John M. Howell proposed that the meeting approve of the proposal to connect Aberayron by rail with Llandilo via Lampeter, and recommend that the local Councils of Lampeter and Aberayron should vote a sum of £200 to meet preliminary expenses in the event of the County Council first agleeing to vote £300. Councillor E. Lima Jones seconded the proposal, which was carried unanimously.

WELSH LADY'S DISTINCTION. Mistress of Girton College. Miss E. E. Constance Jones, who now takes up her duties as mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, is a daughter of Dr. J. Jones, J.P., of Langstone Court, Hereford- shire, and Llancayo House, Monmouthshire. She was vice-mistress of Girton since 3896, and resi- dent lecturer in moral sciences since 1884. Her accademic career was exceptionally brilliant, and she was examiner in logic in the Cambridge Higher Local in 1902. Miss Jones is a governor of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and of several other learned bodies. Her writings include the editing of the 6th edition of the lata Professor Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics, and his I lectures on the ethics of T. H. Green, Herbert Spencer, and James Martineau. With Miss E. P. Hughes, Miss Jones is one of the pioneers of higUpr education for women.

DILUTED WHISKY. A Question of Notices at Treherbert. Martha Williams, landlady of the Wyndham Hotel, Treherbert, was summoned at the Ystrad Court on Monday for selliuer adulterated whisky on the 18th September. Evidence was given by Inspector Williams, who produced the analyst's certificate, which showed that the whisky was 37* degrees under proof. In reply to Mr Bruce, who defended, the inspector admitted seeing a notice in one of the rooms ^vben he previously visited the place stating that the spirits were diluted. There was no notice in the bar on the day he purchased the whisky. Mr Bruce submitted, on a point of Jaw. that the sale had not teen to the prejudice of the customer, as the inspector knew of the presence of the cards, although they were not hung up on the day he purchased the spirits. The defendant had been in business for 40 years without any previous complaint. The Bench up- held Mr Bruce's contention and dismissed the case, although they agreed that there bad been some neglect in not displaying the cards.

CHARGE OF FRAUD AT SWANSEA. At Swansea Police Court on Monday Jane Jones, alias Mary Merrifield. domestic servant, described as a dressmaker, was charged with attempting to obtain goods, worth JM 10s, from Messrs Ben Evans and Co. by a false pretence on Saturday. There were other charges of a like character. Defendant went to Messrs Evans and ordered a coat and skirt, worth JE2 2s. two blouses worth JE1 9s 6d and 6s 6d. a bat worth 10s, and other things, representing that the articles were for Mrs Jacobs, of 72, Walter-road. She asked permission to take the things away with her, as her mistress was unable to leave the house. The shop assistant became suspicious, and said the things would be sent. Defendant called soon after and asked for the parcel, but in the mean- time Mrs Jacobs had been communicated with, and the girl was given into custody. Mr Mayou, chief accountant at Messrs Evans's, said after the giil was arrested he asked her if she bad any confederates. This she denied, but she admitted that she and her sister-in-law had had a conver- sation the previous Monday, when they had arranged to use Mrs Jacobs's name at Messrs Evans's, wear the clothes on the Sunday, and pawn them on the Monday. Mr Michael Jacobs denied that the girl had been in bis wife's ser- vice, and said Mrs Jacobs bad been away for the past nine or ten days. Defendant pleaded guilty, and the Bench deferred sentence and remanded her for a week in custody. H

SWANSEA COMPENSATION CASES. At Swansea County Court on Monday (before his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams) William Thomas Evais, of Plough and Harrow, Pentre Estyll, claimed compensation from the CwmfeJin Tinplate Company for the loss of a leg. He said that at the time of the accident be was earning Ll a week. Mr Gaskell, for the plaintiff, said he was now entitled to 10s a week compensation. The respondents were not represented, and an award of 10s a week was made. Henry Joseph Davies, checker on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway, claimed compensa- tion for injuries sustaiued while tIghtening up the door of a waggon in the goods yard at St. Thomas, alleging he had sustained a strain of the muscles of his back. :Mr Dormer Andrews said the applicant was now practically destitute, and waa unable to call a doctor. The applicant said that prior to the accident he earned 188 a week. He had since asked the company for a light job, which had been refused. Mr J. E. Rowlands ifor the respondent company) called Drs. Els- worth and Edmonds to prove that the applicant was malingering. Decision was deferred till to. day, applicant to be in the meantime examined by the official medical referee.

ALLEGED ROBBERY AT NEWPORT. Colonist Loses His Title Deeds. Ernest Pollard, dock labourer, and Charles Brown, labourer, of 10, Dock-parade, Newport, I' were remanded until Wednesday by the Newport justices on Monday on charges of assault and rob- bery from the person. Patrick Connor, an elderly marine fireman, stated that on Thursday after- I noon he arrived at Newport from Sharpness, aDd feU in with the prisoners, and treated them to drink. At 11.20 p.m. they were together in South Market, when he was knocked down,and his trousers pocket, which contained two pounds in gold, was either torn away or cut out. The deeds of 20 houses in Sydney, Australiai were taken from his breast pocket, and a pint bottle of whisky was also taken from him. r The Bench re- i fused bail, as the.title fleets IiwJ xwVtowo found.

MYSTERY OF A WRECK. Confession That Was Said to be Forged. The strange romance of the sea that is con- tained in this history of the yacht Ariadne on Monday engaged the attention of Mr Justice Walton and a special jurv. Part of the story has already been told 'during a preliminary application to the Court. The vacht's owner, Mr T. C. Kerry, F.R.G.S., an explorer, and a mem- ber of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. now sues Mr Burr, an underwriter at Lloyd s, for his pro- portion of an insurance of £ 20,000. The yacht was bought bv Ali Kerry for 2,000 guineas. In 1900 he insured her for E20,000 for a year. Within about a week of the expiration of that insurance the yacht was wrecked off the east coast of New Zealand. At an inquiry it was found that the captain, Mumford, had committed a great error of judgment," and his certifi- cate was suspended. Not long afterwards Mr Kerry, a friend named Freke, and Mumford were arrested, and charged with conspiracy to wreck the vessel. A confession by the ex-captain was produced when the trial came on. He also showed his agreement of employment with Mr Kerry, in which, just over the latter's signature, appeared the words And a further sum of X400 if the vegi-el is totally wrecked." This was startling onouah, but there was an even more remarkable development to follow. Experts denouncsd this passage as a forgery, inserted in the original document by Mumford himself, who was afterwards alleged to have traced over the whole document with a pen to make the colour of the ink uniform. The result was that the New Zealand Court acquitted Mr Kerry and Mr Freke, and convicted Mumford. Notwithstanding this, Mr Burr now declines to pay E250-his share of' the insurance-on the ground that MKerry concealed the fact that he only gave 2,000 guineas for the boat, and that she was cast away after the owner had removed the valuables out of her at Sydney, where he re- mained till the wreck. My occupation from a boy," said Mr Kerry, in evidence, was that of exploration." He had prospected for gold in Australia and for pearls in the reefs of the Pacific. He bought the yacht very cheap, and had refused X15,000 for her. It was not true that he removed valuables from the ship just before the wreck. He was detained in Sydney by litigation. After the New Zealand trial, he said, Mumford apologised to him, and admitted that he forged the clause about casting a -W"ty the ship because a Lloyd's surveyor promised him £ 400'to do it, undertaking that he should not becriminally pro- sccuted. If (said Mr Kerry's counsel) the under- writer was going to ask the Court to be- lieve Mumford's story, then they must also believe this was a scheme of the surveyor by which for JE400 he hoped to get the underwriters out of a liability for £ 10,000, the sum which the policy was limited to as loss accruing from one event. It was very curious, added counsel, if Mumford was a credible.witness, that he wrote to Mr Kerry a letter of a. blackmailing character, saying I admit I have no written agreement from you agreeing to pay me to wreck the ship, but I know you were sharp enough not to do that.Y Yet, within three days of that letter he produced the agreement of employment. The, hearing was adjourned.

» POOR JOHN SMITH." I' Amusing Case of Slander. Mrs Bridget Ahearne, residing with her hu3- band at Paddington, sought to recover damages in Mr Justice Darling's Court on Monday from Mr and Mrs John Smith for alleged slander and assault by the female defendant. The slander complained of wa3 the use of words in the pre- sence of others reflecting upon the chastity of the plaintiff, and the defence wan a general denial and a counter-claim tbat Mrs Ahearne used provocative words. In the course of the evidence it was stated by Mrs Ahearne, in cross-examination, that the de- fendant went to her house, and, after saving she was sorry for wfiat she had done. asked her (Mrs Ahearne) to strike her, but she refused, as she was not going to make a blackguard of herself. In summing up the learned judge said this was a case that oueht to have been settled by a police magistrate, where, if the facts warranted it, Mrs Smith would have been punished. In- stead of that the plaintiff had brought an action in the High Court against John Smith, who had done nothing deserving censure except that he bad married Caroline Smith. (Laughter.) If John Smith had to pay for anything that was what he had got to pay for. The law was that a man was answerable for any injury done by his wife, or by any savage • beast he might keep. (Laughter.) But in thi case it was hard upon John Smith. If a man kept a savage dog and it was getting dangerous, he would drown it. (Laughter.) But poor John Smith had not that reioarce. He did not know what opinion the jury held, but he had his own, and, being what it was, he had better keep it to himself. (Laugh- t0r') The jury, without leaving the bos, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, assessing the damages at one farthing, Ihe judge refused to allow the costs of the plaintiff, saying he took it that the jury regarded the whole case as contemptible.

MARRIED BY FORCE. I A bride, her brother, and a mutual friend have been arrested at Sydney at the instigation of the newly-made husband, a Mr Webb, on a cbarge of conspiracy by force and threails. Mr Webb, a well-known chemist of that city^ according to the story he told the police, was walking with a Miss Cbessborough, when a cab drew up and the two men alighted. Mr Webb was assaulted, the story he told the police, was walking with a Miss Cbessborough, when a cab drew up and the two men alighted. Mr Webb was assaulted, II hustled into the cab, and driven into the city, Miss Cbessborough and the two others accom- panying him. He was kept a close prisoner until next morning, and was then compelled to marry tho Inrtv The bride and hririp.<rroarn wern seen off in a cab by the bride's brother, but as soon as they were out of sight Mr Webb left the cab and his bride and reported the matter to the police.

» BUFFALO BILL IN LUCK. Colonel Cody (Buffalo Bill) and the represen- tatives of various ngtioi-iali ties who compose his Wild West Show, left Liverpool for New York on Satnrday afternoon by the ss Etruria, the embarkation attracting a large crowd of spectators. Colonel Cody states that before leaving Burton-on-Trent on Friday he received a cablegram informing him that valuable oil springs have been struck on hi3 property at Bi i Horn Basin, in the North-west. Several artesian wells have been opened yielding an excellent quality of oil computed to be worth eight dollars per barrel. The CpiyittllfeWS to rer to England next spring.

h_ I II DETECTED BY FINGER PRINTS, j Scotland Yard Expert's Methods. Before the Windsor magistrates on Monday i' Thomas Wilson, Joseph Taylor, and John Jones i on remand, were charged with entering the pre- I TO-Sej °f ^essra Dyson and Sons, Thames-street. « j W indsor. Prisoners were identified by several witnesses as having been seen in Windsor, and leaving there by a South-Western train for j Waterloo. On the morning of October 2nd, after the burglary, Head Constable Nicholls said that oil the examination of the dark lantern discovered j in Messrs Dyson's gardens he found a number of finger prints on the back and front of the re- flector. He sent the lantern to New Scotland Yard. Evidence having been given as to the arrest of the prisoners, Sergeant Charles Collins, of the Criminal Investigation Department. New Scotland Yard, and specially attached to the Finger Print Department, said on October 2nd I he examined the lantern produced, and noticed upon the dark slide the mark of a finger. He searched the record, and found that the finger mark on the lantern was identical with the im- print of the left forefinger of the prisoner Thomas Wilson. He had since made a photo- graphic enlargement of the finger-print on the lantern, and also the impression of Wilson s left forefinger. He had marked ten points of resetn- nlance of identity. They included seven ter- minations of lines and three bifurcations. He bad been employed for a number of vears in the 'I work of identifying criminals by means of finger- prints, and in that time had made some thou- sands of recognitions. As a result of that experi • ence he had not the slightest shadow of doubt that the imprint on the lantern was that of the prisoner's forefinger. The corrugations on the bulb of the finger never altered, and even after scarlet fever the pattern of the ridges did not change. The prisoners, who reserved their defence, were committed for trial. The Mayor highly commended the conduct of the police in ¡' the case.

DELEGATES IN PERIL. Chambers of Commerce in Canada. A strange and thrilling adventure lately befel I the members of the London Chamber of Com- merce who went out to the Congress of the I Chambers of Commerce of the Empire at I Montreal. They were being taken in a steamer j across one ot Canada's big lakes, when the vea- t sel suddenly bumped upon a rock not previously j known to the navigators of those waters. For many miles the nearest bank consisted of steep cliffs rising sheer out of the water, and no land. I ing was possible. Streams of water were:pouring in at the leak which had been made, and it was clear that the pumps would not avail and that the vessel must sink. Hastily the life- buoys were sought out, and the delegates were aboct to be called on to commit the-m selves to the waves, when in the confusion some of these cork and canvas appliances caught fire, and instead of a means of rescue from a watery grave added the new peril of destruction I by an even more dreadful element. The water poured in, and the flames shot up and like the (obdurate water in the story of the old woman bringing the pig from market, this water would not quench the fire. However, the spirit of Casa- ) bianca was present on that burning vessel she was safely got to a practicable landing-place, I and sank at her moorings after crew and passen- gers had got ashore. One of the delegates, not satisfied with this spice of adventure, has i remained behind for a month's moose hunting in the wilds, during which he will not have the pleasure of sleeping once under a roo-4

JUDGE MURDERED IN COURT. Berlin. Monday.—A Russian judge, Baron Pesljak, has been murdered at Ufa by a lawyer i named Potrowski while presiding over a trial in the criminal coart. It appears that the baron I reprimanded Dr. Potrowski severely for some remark, and the lawyer replied with scant respect. Baron Pesljak threatened to have the I lawyer arrested for contempt of court, whereupon Dr. Potrowski drew a revolver out of his pocket, and fired sis shots at the Judge in rapid succes- sion. Baron Pesljak fell dead on the spot, and Dr. Potrowski wa3 arrested. Subsequently he Dr. Potrowski was arrested. Subsequently he succeeded in procuring a knife, and committed suicide by opening a vein of his arm.

NEARLY BURNED AS A WITCH. In one of the most squalid streets of Lisbon there lives an old woman named Maria Da Con- ceicad, who has had the reputation of being a witch. So strong was the feeling against her that a crowd of her neighbours recently entered her room, and, after tying the unfortunate woman down, they gathered the furniture into a funeral pile and attempted to burn her upon it. It was only at the last moment, just in time to I save the unconscious woman, that the police arrived. The perpetrators of the outrage are to be put on trial.

DRUG HABIT AMONG WOMEN. A well-dressed woman of 25, named Jessie Frazer, described as a shorthand clerk, of George's-road, Holloway, who was said to have relatives in good positions in Scotland, was charged on remand at the North London Police Court on Saturday with obtaining a bottle of sherry by false pretences from a wine and spirit dealer. Mr Holmes (the court missionary) said the prisoner had held a good appointment in a City house as shorthand clerk and typist, but lost that and other situations through a growing habit of taking morphia. The defendant was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour. __n.

A PHILOSOPHICAL OPINION." New York, Tuesday.—Counsel for Mr Jobn Turner, an English subject, who was recently arrested for declaring himself an Anarchist, declares that the writ of habeas corpus, which is retornable to-day, will test whether deporta- tion is possible for merely holding a philosophi- cal opinion.

FIRE-DAMP EXPLOSION. Lens, Monday.—Six miners who were working in No. 2 pit of Bethune Mazingarbe Mines were injured this morning by the explosion of fire-damp. Two of the men, whose condition was very serious, were carried to the hospital at Bethune. Others were taken to their homes. The cause of the explosion is not yet known. The pit has been worked for 20 years and no trace of fire damp has ever been discovered. An ingtiijry has been opened.—Renter.

The Divorce Court. THEATRICAL MANAGER'S SUIT. In the Divorce Court on Saturday Mr Charles ( Price, a. theatrical manager, sought a divorce by I reason of the adultery of his wife, Lilian, with the co-respondent, Mr William Hunt, whose position was not stated. There was no defence. Mr Pridham Wippell (instructed by Messrs Pettitt and Co.), who appeared for the petitioner, said that the marriage took place in Chicago, on September 30th, 1893, before a justice of the j peace, both husband and wife at the time being i British subjects. Subsequently they came to j this country, and Mr Price took a tobacconist's shop at Ramsgate, which his wife managed. As a theatrical manager, the petitioner, from time to time, went touring in the provinces. In the early part of this year, while he was away, the I' co-respondent stayed for a fortnight with the respondent, and ultimately this suit was filed. The petitioner, who stated that he was a partner and manager of a theatrical touring company, Said that after these proceedings had commenced his wife went to Tenterden, Keut, where she had met the co respondent. From there she wrote him a letter, commencing My dear Pet, once again let me call you by that name." She asked him to forgive her, and promised to be a food woman in the future to him. she stating that she loved him more than she thought she did. On July 3rd last she wrote to him from Boston, America, stating that she had only mis- conducted herself with Hunt, and added, I have been sorry ever since." Alice Scoates, who had acted as assistant at the tobacconist's shop at Ramsga,te. gave evi- dence as to the co-respondent coming to stay at the house in the absence of the petitioner. After- wards Mrs Price sent him sums of money. Testimony was also adduced as to the respon- rdout receiving letters from Mr Hunt, commenc t\ing, My darling LiJ." and that when he was served with the divorce papers he said, will it affect my financial position ?" Mr Justice Barnes granted a decree nisi. with costs against the co-respondent, and gave the petitioner the custody of the child of the mar- riage. i DESERTION, BIGAMY, AND ADULTERY. In the Divorce Court on Saturday (before Mr Justice Barnes) Clara Edith Hyslop asked for the dissolution of her marriage with her husband, I William George Alexander Hyslop, on the ground | of his desertion, bigamy, and adultery. Mr Barnard, for the petitioner, said that the parties were married at Hnddersfield on the 27th Decern- her. 1892 Soon atter the marriage the husband obtained an engagement as a travelling draper, 'and he and his wife lived together at Hnddersfield and Leeds. There was one child of the marriage. In 1893 the husband was arrested if or embezzlement, and was convicted, being san- i tenced to eight months' imprisonment. He came i out of prison early in 1894, and the petitioner I joined him. they living at her father's bous. The j petitioner's father started the respondent in busi- ness, but after a short time he robbed his father- > in-law. and tben went to live in Leeds. His wife ) went with him, and they lived together for some little time. Then be told his wife that he was j going to Newport for the purpose of obtaining J •employment. He went away, leaving the peti- tioner at Leeds. She returned to Hnddersfield to j her father's, and shortly after the respondent i came to see her, and told her that as Boon as he was started and got things right he would send 1 for her to join him. From that time Mrs Hyslop never heard of bet husband again till 1896, when she heard that he was again in trouble for obtaining goods under false pretences. She had no further knowledge of her husband i until January, 1902, when some inquiries were I made to the petitioner's father as to the identity of a man who had married a Miss Davis. It was then discovered that the respondent had con- tracted a bigamous marriage at Wolverhampton with Edie Julia Davis, and that he had lived with her down to October, 1901, when she also was deserted. There was do defence to the < action, and evidence in support of the opening statement having been given by the petitioner and Miss Davis, his Lordship granted a decree 1 nisi. MILITARY MAN'S MARRIAGE. In the Divorce Court on Saturday Sir Francis I Jeane granted a decree nisi to Staff-Sergeant Campbell Cozens Smith, of the Ordnance Corps, for the dissolution of his marriage on the ground of his wife's misconduct with a co-respondent now dead. The parties, Mr Le Bas stated, were married at Edmonton in 1893. In consequence of disagreements the petitioner enlisted, and his father allowed the wife £2 10s a week. In 1896 petitioner took a house at Woolwich, where he was stationed, and the father continued the J allowance there. When at a later date petitioner | was stationed at Malta, certain rumours reached his ears with regard to his wife's con- duct. He had continued to write affectionate letters to her. In 1897 he wrote to her My dearest Eva,—Both my father and myself are in possession of information which is very damaging to your reputation." A few months after this, having received no reply, be determined to take proceedings, but it was not until this year that he received the necessary assistance from his father to do so. AN UNDEFENDED CASE. j In the Divorce Division of the High Court of j Justice on Saturday (before the President, Sir Francis Jeune) the case of Taylor v. Taylor was heard. This was a suit of Mr Leonard Taylor, a farm labourer, living at Springhill, Maisemore, near Gloucester, for a dissolution of his mar- riage with'.the respondent, Amy Taylor, on the ground of ber misconduct with the co-respon- dent Arkell. The suit was undefended. Mr ] Pike appeared for the petitioner, and explained that the marriage took place on the 13th January, 1893, at Yardly Wood Parish Church. Some time in 1900 they went to live near Glou- cester. Nothing occurred to arouse the peti- tioner's suspicions until November last, when a daughter of petitioner made a communication to him in regard to her mother and the co- respondent. Shortly afterwards the respondent and the co-respondent came back together from church, tfe repeated to them what the child bad eaid. and they denied that there was any truth in it. Shortly after that the wife went away to stay with her mother. At Christmas it came to the petitioner's knowledge that she had received a letter from the co-respondent. On his making further enquiries, the co-respondent made a con- fession, in which he admitted misconduct. Peti- tioner, having given evidence, a witness was called to prove that the respondent and co- respondent had stayed at a coffee-house in Gloucester together. A decree nisi with costs was granted. LIVED IN SOUTH WALES. On Monday in the Divorce Court Mr James William Alexander, a civil engineer, formerly engaged in the Public Works Department in India, sought a divorce by reason of the adultery of his wife. Mrs Ada Marion Alexander, with the co-respondent, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Leonard Dawson, of the Indian Army. There was no defence. Barnard (instructed by Mr H. J. Adkin), who appeared for the petitioner, said that the marriage took place on June 19th, 1879, in India, and there was one child, now 23 years of age. In 1881 Mr and Mrs Alexander made the acquaint- ance of the co-respondent, at that time a subaltern of the India Staff Corps, but who was now a lieutenant-colonel in the Indian Army, and he was a frequent visitor to the petitioner's house. In 1889 he left the neighbourhood where Mr and Mrs Alexander were then residing, and after a time petitioner noticed that his wife was in the habit of re- ceiving a letter every day. which she would tear up after reading. His suspicions being aroused, Mr Alexander one morning opened one of the communications, and found tbat it was a love- letter from the co-respondent. He spoke to his wife on the subject, but she assured him that there was nothing wrong, and after careful con- sideration he accepted her explanation. He telegraphed to the co-respondent to hold no further communication with Mrs Alexander. In 1891 the respondent came to this country with the son of the marriage, and the following year the son sent a letter to his father in India that Dawson has been visiting them at Eastbourne." He there- upon wrote to his wife, remonstrating as to this. In 1896 she joined her husband at Lahore, and, on going to a shooting party iu the neighbour- hood, he was surprised to find the co-respondent at the house. In 1899 he retired from his appoint. ment at the Public Works Department in India, and lived with his wife in South Wales. They did not get on well together, and subsequently she told him that she was going to throw in her lot with Dawson." Later she and the co-respon. dent were found to be living together at an hotel in London. Evidence having been given in support of the above. Sir Francis Jeune granted a decree nisi, with costs. A RESULT OF THE WAR. The case of Herd v. Herd was the petition of Mrs Ellen Herd for a divorce from her husband, John Herd, by reason of his desertion, bigamy, and adultery. There was no defence. Mr R. Banks, who appeared tor the petitioner, said the facts were somewhat peculiar. The parties were married in January, 1890. and lived together for only three weeks. The respondent then entered the Army and completely disappeared. After the South African War broke out the petitioner applied to the War Office for the usual allowance for a soldier's wife, and it was discovered that the respondent had gone through the ceremony of marriage with another woman in Sunderland, and had Jived with her for several years. After the war the petitioner went to Shields, and there found her husband living with the second woman. The petitioner was called, and stated that after her husband left her she met him by accident in the street in the uniform of the Army Ordnance Corps. Evidence of the second marriage having been given, his Lordship granted a decree nisi, with costs. BENT ON LIVING IN "TOWN." Mr Justice Barnes heard the case of Jeffries v. Jeffries on Monday. This was a suit of Mr Frederick William Jeffries, clerk to a gun maker at Birmingham, for a dissolution of his marriage with the respondent, Mabel Annie Jeffries, on the ground of her misconduct with two men an- known. The suit was undefended. Mr Willock appeared tor the petitioner, who gave evidence that he was married to the respondent at St. Paul's Church, Balsall Heath, on March 30th, 1S95, ani there were no children of the mar- riage. At the time of the marriage he was travel- ling for a dairy company,and he was ROwemployed at a gnnmaker's in Birmingtism. iiis wife was also a clerk, and after the marriage she went to a firm to attend to the books in the evening, In- stead of returning at 9 o'clock she did not return until 10 and 11, and sometimes 12 o'clock. He never could get a definite answer from her as !=g=ggg. u.i I! to where she had been. On August 6th, 1895. she had been out late, and the next morning she left home, and he subsequently ascertained that she was in London. He traced her there, and she declined to live with him again unless he went to London, which he was unable to dp> Other evidence was given to show that respondent had in 1897 had a hild, and Mr Bibby. regisrtar of Sutton Coldfield, was called tc show that the child had been registered there by tbe respndent. A decree nisi was granted. -0_

AN EDINBURGH BURGLARY. Scotch Jimmy" Sentenced. In the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh on Monday Jamie Mairhead, better known at Scotch Jimmy," a criminal known to the police in every part of the kingdom, and who has lived in many prisons of the country, was charged, with two men named Reid and Younc, with bar. glary at &n Edinburgh post office. The produc- tion in the case included two safes with their doors torn off, a lot of screws, chisels, wedges, grabs, drills, punches, skeleton keys, fuses, files, and jemmies. Proof having been given as to the discovery of the burglary, evidence was taken regardiug the discovery by the as to the discovery of the burglary, evidence was takeu regardiug the discovery by the police of burglars' tools in a. stable occupied by Young, together with five dynamite cartridges, a fuse, and 85 detonators. These, for obvious rea- sons. were not shown in court. It was stated these were such as miners used. A detective lieutenant of Glasgow said that after arresting Muirhead he went to Gorbals Station and got a bag from a pass he had found on Muirhead. It contained a powerful jemmy in three parts. A woman who lived with the landlord of the boose where Muirhead was anested said she had found things like candles, and was told that tbey conld blow the whole place up. She had heard Reid say that he had found a place at the Lothian-road Post Office in Edinburgh. George Penman, who appeared in prison garb, said that Muirhead and Reid were with him a.t the doing of the deed. During theabsence of the jury Jamie and Reid indulged in banter of their guardians. A fine stock of old iron you've got there," said Jamie, referring to tho tools on the table. It is a pity to lose them. Yon should give them to oornebody to set up." That's for dropping on the policeman's toes," he assured counsel when the latter was examining one particularly heavy and very burglarious-looking implement. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and Lord McLaren passed sentence of three years' penal servitude on Muirhead and Reid, and of 18 months' imprisonment on Young. Scotch Jamie, on being removed, expressed great delight at the lightness of the sentence, saying he bad ex- pected ten years.

PROFESSIONAL MUTILATORS. Abominable Traffic with Military Recruits Warsaw, Tuesday.—Sentence has just been passed on four members of a gang who have been standingtheir trial before a special Court Martial in Odessa on revolting charges of inflicting per- manent physical injury on yoong Russian soldiers with a view to enable them to evade the burden of military service. Krik, the leader of the band Davidovicb, his right-hand assistant; and Melnitchanski, who played the part of peri- patetic agent, were all sentenced to lifelong loss of all rights, both State and personal. Further, Krik was ordered two and a half years' penal servitude in a military prison and Davidovich and Melnitchanski two years. A fourth scoundrel named Kabatnikoff, who played the part of agent or middleman. was sentenced to six months' hard labour. Three soldiers were also awarded terms of imprison- ment. The band possessed almost every conceivable surgical instrument and other appliances for permanently injuring various organsvof the body and inoculating the system with all manner of virulent and incurable diseases. By inhaling the fumes of a powerful chloride bronchitis was induced in certain clients. By constantly dosing others with the strongest cathartics anaemia was brought one in many cases to such a degree that the subject's constitution was permanently ruined, Croton oil was administered to others to bring about catarrh of the stomach. The bursting of the drum of the ear was performed by piercing with instruments or introducing into the ear a com- pound containing a strong solution of carboiie acid, Leprosy was also artificially produced. In the coarse of the evidence tendered by arrested soldiers it transpired that Krik and Co. had received from one of them and his relatives the sum of 350 roubles, or 35 guineas, for making him anaemic. For having the drum of his right ear pierced, an operation which damaged that organ for life, another paid 300 roubles, or 30 guineas. Daily Mail."

LAND OF WILD BEASTS. The resolution of the Government of India on the subject notices- that in 1901 more human beings were killed by snakes and wild animals than in any year since 1875 except one, and reached a total of 3,651, while last year it was 2,835, and the number of deaths from snake-bite was 23,166 Tigers killed 1,946 persons, of which 544 occurred in Bengal, 65 being in a single dis- trict. This was dee to the depredations of a man-eater, for the destruction of which a special reward was offered without a..ail. In another district, where 43 persons were killed, most of them fell victims also to a man-eater. Wolves slew 377 persons last year, of whom 204 were killed in the United Provinces. A campaign was undertaken against these animals in Rohilkhand and the Allahabad division, and they have been almost exterminated in the Cawnpore district, where they used to abound. Eleven thousand one hundred anditbirty deaths took place in Bengal alone from snake-bite, 3,258 of these being in the Patna division, while 5,110 deaths took place in the United Provinces 80,796 cattle (an increase on the previous year) were killed by wild animals last year, and 9,019 by snakes. Tigers killed 60,555 of these, leopards 38,211, and wolves and hyenaa most of the remainder. On the other hand, rewards were paid last year for the destruction of 1.331 tigers, 4,413 leopards, 1,858 bears, 2,373 wolves, and 706 hyenas, while the number of snakes killed for reward waa 72,595. For the destruction of wild animals a sum of 96,952 rupees was paid, and 3,529 rnPft- for that of snakes. In addition licences are issued free of cost under the Arms Act for the destruction of wild animals and the protection of crops, and these numbered 37,923 last year. No account is taken of the number of predatory animals killed by sportsmen and others who did not claim the legal records.

A MOVING STAIRCASE. The next "tube" railway to be opened it London will be the Great Northern and City Railway,*thb works of which between Finsbury Park and Moorgate-street are now nearly com- pleted, whilst the extension at the City end to a station at the Bank, to be called Lothbary," ia also in hand. At this station, which will be the terminus of the line, it is proposed to introduce a novelty in the shape of a moving staircase to convey passengers to and from the surface. Sucb a staircase was recently installed at one of the stations of tbe Liverpool Overhead Railway, bni only for carrying passengers in the upward direc- tion. This, of course, would not be sufficient for the purposes of a tube" railway, and the- authorities of the Great Northern and City Rail- way are endeavouring to apply the principle to downward as well as upward traffic. A moving staircase has the advantage of being always readj for the conveyance of passengers, who havt merely to step upon it the moment they reach it. instead of having to wait, possibly several minutes, for tbe starting of a lift.

FIREMAN'S TERRIBLE FALL A destructive fire broke out a the Longtov (Staffordshire) Chiua Factory on Sunday, and raged fiercely during the night. As there was t danger of other buildings becoming involved, a fireman, named William Merry, volunteered to go up and commence the task of pulling away the woodwork. He mounted a long ladder, and when he reached the top the flames and smoke belched out from a broken window. For a few seconds Merry was hidden from view. When the smoke cleared he was seen by the horror-stricken crowd reeling on the top of the ladder and trying to clutch the framework of the window. Being suffocated and blinded by the smoke, he failed ta accomplish bis object, and fell, amid the eciaunff of the onlookers, on to the pavement below. His body turned in mid-air, and he alighted on bead. Fellow-firemen rushed to his assistance^ and found a terrible wound in his aknlJ. He died soon afterwards. h__

JUDGE AND SOLICITOR. At Enniskillen Quarter Sessions on Monday there was a remarkable scene between Judge Craig and Mr Irvine, the Crown solicitor for co. Fermanagh. His Honour was giving judgment in a title case brought by tbe Marquis of Ely. when Mr Irvine interrupted, and tried to point out that the Judge had overlooked an entry in one of the estate books which had a bearing on the case. Judge Craig hotly resented the inter- ruption, and on Mr Irvine repeating his observa- tion his Honour ordered a police sergeant to remove the Crown solicitor from the court. Snb- sequently Mr Irvine apologised, and the scene, which was a most painful one. ended.

HOTEL FORTELEPHONE GIRLS, The project of building a beautiful and com* fortable hotel in which the young women who sir* employed in the Paris telephone and telegiapb offices can be lodged and fed at a reasonable cosC is now taking definite shape. The State wm not build this hotel, though it is taking a practi. cal interest in the scheme, and now that the plans have been approved by the Under-Swntw3 of Posts and Telegraphs, it is hoped that a start will be -made with the building early next year. Meanwhile a site has first to be found between the irne de Greville and the Rue da Louvre, tilt two priucipai postal centres of the city. It Wil" take £8,000 to build this hotel. Of this aunt E2,800 has been subscribed, and it is hoped that the remainder will be forthcoming in a fen weeks. The hotel is destined for those young women whose families reside out of Paris. Ttke dangers which girls run in certain furnished lodgings, whera the lodgers are not all that they should be. have led to the hotel idea. It will. commend itself to the girls for two reasons-sbc board and lodging will be cheap, and eomfQBl will be combined with safety.