The Rhos Herald

¡ EPITOME OF NEWS. í The death is reported at Windsor of Alder- man John Hollis, twice mayor of the borough. Earl Wolverhampton at Hull laid the founda- tion-stone of a new mission hall. The Duke of Northumberland has unveiled a memorial in St. Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle, to the late Bishop Lloyd. I When a barber had finished shaving a young man at Cumnock, Ayrshire, he found that his customer had expired. Regulations have been issued for the special training of teachers in schools for blind, deaf, and defective children." I Grave symptoms of cholera have been de- y I tected in a woman arrived from Russia in Berlin. j Judge Bacon to a talkative witness: "Be quiet, woman! You are not talking to your husband!" A suitor at the Southwark County-court ad- dressed Judge Willis first as "Your Majesty and then as "Your Lord." ) Dr. H. Armitage James, headmaster OR Rugby School since 1805, has been elected to the mastership of St. John's College, Oxford. After the conclusion of a funeral service at II Eugles, in France, it was found that the coffin was empty. The Alien Immigration Board have rejected a family from Warsaw whose effects included a drum with large cymbals. At the Westminster Coroner s Court a man could not give the name of ids four-months-old I aon until his wife prompted him. Kingston County Bench fitJed James Airdree, i chauffeur to the Duke of Sutherland, £3 and I costs for exceeding the motor-car speed limit -at i Thames Dittoa. A message from the Kaiser, wishHg'the bless- ing of God upon their deliberations, wae read at the world's conference, cf the ieuiig Men's Christian Association, .-at Barmen. A five months old baby boy, v. i'-Mng 17Jib., concerning whose death an inquiry was held at j Westminster, was stated by r. •<. -V- 1 witness to be the largest child of its age he had seen. Before a field of strawberries at TJbbeston, i Suffolk, was ploughed np, the owner invited two hundred school children to a. feast. I ProfessoT Robinson., professor of anatomy at Birmingham University, has appointed to the chair of anatomy in Edinburgh University. II While Thomas Walker, an "emergency man," was returning from Cootehill fair he was fired at from behind a hedge and shot in the face and chest. I "I shall spend my Bank-holiday in bed," a man told Judge Willis at the Southwark County-court. "Don't talk about bed," the I judge replied. -Get up and enjoy life." Mr. Latham is to receive the freedom of the Worshipful Company of Cloth workers, of which his great-grandfather was Master ia 1810. A Carlisle theatre announces for the benefit of patrons living at a distance that aeroplanes will be stored free of charge, says the "Auto- motor." Charles Harper, professionally known as Capricornus, was bound over at Bristol on charges of practising palmistry and telling for- I tunes. At Coatbridge Arthur Delves, ex-manager of the Coatbridge and Airdrie Tramways, was sent I. to prison for three mon £ hs for the embeaaslement of £ 200. Colonel John Henry Lowndes, who served at Alma, Inkerman, rRIaclava, and Sebastopol, has just died at Braunston, near Rugby. Messrs. Yarrow and Co., of Glasgow, have just launched the seventh of ten torpedo-boat destroyers for the Brazilian Government. Three brothers, named Ridlington, were at Grimsby sent for trial on a charge of murdering Alfred Day, aged 24, a native of Manchester. At the Edinburgh Dean of Guild Court a warrant was granted for the, construction of a chapel for the Knights of the Thistle, to be attached to St. Giles' Cathedral. Samuel Atherley, who went through the Boer War in the Warwickshire Regiment, was re- manded at Nottingham for the alleged murder of Matilda Lambert. At Welbeck Abbey the Duke and Duchess of Portland entertained 2,500 members and lady friends of the Notts Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons at a garden party. By order of the War Office the rifle range at Aslington, Northumberland, is to be closed. It is said that the shooting startles the horses and cows grazing in the vicinity. The summonses against Mr. Imre Kiralfy and Exhibitions, Limited, for erecting and retaining the new mountain railway at the White City, without the approval of the London County Council, have been withdrawn. j The King of Saxony and his two elder Bona have arrived at Leipzig in order to attend the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the foun- dation of Leipzig University. I A young man named Byrne, who was one of I the leaders of the recent Cork strike, and was f to appear at the assizes on a charge of rioting, < has been found.with his throat cut. The Baltimore court has decided that Senator Stone was justified in slapping the face of a railway carriage waiter who was insolent, and dismissed a charge of assault brought against him. When the gas was turned on at the new Pavilion Theatre at Market Drayton it could not be tit. It was then discovered that the work- men had connected the gas pipes with the street water mains. Mr. William Seddon, of Las Palmes, has had conferred upon him by the King of Spain the Cross of the Order of Naval Merit, in recogni- tion of his services in the development of Las Palmas as a shipping and commercial centre. During a Flintshire Education Committee meeting at. Mold a member protested at Shakes- peare and Economics being taught in evening schools at the expense of the rates, and he was assured that such classes would have to be self- supporting. Referring to the growth of music-hall artiste' salaries at the annual meeting of the New Tivoli, Limited, Mr. Henry Tozer said that salaries were now on the downward grade, and would soon, he believed, reach a reason- able level. The following Army Order amendment has been issued by the War Office: Infantry of the Line.—1J inches will be added to the "chest measurement, when fully expanded," of recruits under twenty years of age. Test A of Appen- dix II. will be amended accordingly. The Scotch House Letting and Rating Bill tlxird,readijts -beforo-, the Grand Committee of the House of Comnaons. ¡ T&jfc main provisions of the Bill are sherter periods of letting and the collection ofratea by landlord instead of by tike assepBing autho-

OUR LONDON LETTER. I [From Our Special Correspondent.} It is the fashion to speak of London at this time of the year as being empty. A stranger receiving the information, however, and landing from an aeroplane somewhere near Piccadilly Circus, would certainly wonder what room there would be for anybody to move about when it is full. The fact of it is that the season is over, and a few thousands that the season is over, and a few thousands of people have gone away to the Continent I and the country. The thousands have gone and left the millions behind, while the places of those who have gone are more than filled by the visitors from America, from the Con- tinent, and from the Provinces. Really Lon- don is very full just now. The hotels are doing excellent business, and the streets of the vVest End are alive with people making holiday. The number of Americans this year is very large, and one sees hats of Trans- atlantic shape and coats of Yankee cut every- where. August, of course, is always thfe favourite holiday month, and the great railway termini are crowded day and night with people going off for their annual vacations. The number this year seems to be larger than usual, and this is probably due to the fact that many people who generally go to' the seaside earlier have put off their holidays on account of the wretched weather from which we have been suffering. Hope deferred, however, maketh the heart sick, and, despairing of getting a s spell of fine weather, they are rushing off at last to try and find some favoured spot where the sun will shine for more than ten minutes at a time, and where it does not raitt morn- ing, noon, and night. It must be a short summer now, at any rate, but a fine August will compensate for much. It would appear that the popularity of grand opera must be growing, for the season at Covent Garden, which closed last week, was the longest on record. Altogether eighty-six performances were given during the fourteen weeks. If the number of per- formances may be taken as the measure of popularity of an opera, then Saint-Saens* "Samson et Dalila" must be awarded the palm, for it stands at the head with seven presentations. This is the work from which the ban of the Censor, under which it had lain for years, was suddenly lifted, in conse- quence, it is said, of the special desire of her Majesty Queen Alexandra. There has been no Caruso this year, but Madame Tctrazzini has been a great attraction. Music-lovers will not long have to lament the cessation of the season at. Covent Garden, for in a few days Mr. Charles Manners well begin another short season of grand opera in Eng- lish at the Lyric Theatre. At Queen's Hall there will be music of another order, for Mr. Henry J. Wood's Promenade Concerts also start this month, and there is no doubt that;, the wonderful concerts given by his magnifi- cent band will prove more popular than ever, It has been a weary waiting time for the Suffragists outside the House of Commons, who have not yet succeeded in catching hold of Mr. Asquith's coat-tails. The Premier ia a solid and substantial personage enough, but during these long weeks that the deputa- tion has been waiting he seems to have been gifted with the quality of invisibility. Now and then some advocate of the ladies in the House of Commons calls the Prime Minister's attention t the fact that the deputation is still waiting to present a petition to him. Mr. Asquith replies impertubably that he has nothing to add to what he has already said tita this subject. The patience of the ladies is wonderful, but it must surely be giving out. It looks as though they must make another move of some kind. How would, it do to kidnap Mr. Asquith and refuse to re- lease him until he promises to bring in a Bill giving votes to women? Not all the ad- vocates of women suffrage resort to militant methods and subject Ministers to personal annoyance, and the Premier has consented to receive a deputation from this section if they can submit to him any new facts. But can they? Many people spent a very anxious time while the coalowners' and miners* repre- sentatives were debating through long hours j in, the endeavour to arrive at an agreement [ which should avert the calamity of a na- t tional strike of miners, and the feeling of j relief with which the news of a satisfactory 1 settlement has been received is very real and heartfelt. When one considers what an im- I portant part coal fills in our industrial j economy it is easily seen that a stoppage in { the supply continued for any length of time would be an almost irremediable disaster. That such a strike would have taken place, without some such conference as that whick was called by Mr. Churchill there can be no doubt, for the overwhelming majority of the men had voted in favour of it, and they had given evidence of strong determination. All things considered, the settlement, though it does not achieve complete pacification, must be regarded as quite as satisfactory as can be expected at the present time. The main thing is that there is now no danger of a national strike. There are, it appears, to be steamboats on the Thames this year, after all. Hie County Council has got rid of the steamers, but fourteen of them have been acquired by a private company, and it is stated that in a fortnight or less Londoners and country cousins may be able once more to see the wonderful panorama of London from the river: It is well worth seeing, and the sight of the busy wharves, the mighty docks, and the river it- self, thronged with vessels of all sorts and sizes, gives an entirely different impression of this Imperial city from that which one gets from walking about its streets. From Chelsea to Greenwich, which will be the limits of the service,* there is something in- lee teresting to be IleeAia evors foot of OM journey. The fare will be twopence between I those points, and probably there is no better twopennyworth of steamer trip anywhere. We English came in for a rare basting the other day from Mr. H. G. Wells because other nations are ahead of us in the science of aeronautics. If anybody doubted it re- cent events have shown it to be true. How- ever, if we cannot lead, we have no objection to following a good example, and, in Lon- don, at any rate, it will soon be possible to learn how to become a complete aeroplanist. Two institutions have decided to give in- struction in aeronautics, and have ac- quainted the Education Committee of the County Council with their in- tentions. The Committee recognise that f this is a matter in which they ought to show some interest, in view of the possibility that before long aeroplanes may become as common as bicycles, and we shall all be inde- pendent of railway trains and tramcars. However, it has been decided to leave the j matter to the institutions at present, and in the meantime the Council will consider it in all its bearings. A.E.M.

TO UK A ACE WILL CASE. The action brought by Mr. and Urs, Mnc- pl'ail against the executors of Sir ew Mitchell Ton"1 "ice, M.P., and C ■> of tiie London County Council, L-s Vi rtiH- missed by Mr. Justice Joyce with c Rir Andrew died last February, It l t *t oj; £ 75,000. Plaintiffs, who t. e e ^ts of I MLS. William Andrew > o, to enforce an alleged ver'nal a t by Sir -Andrew to exclad.- •, \.1.I,;n Ai: Irew, from his will, !>.•• ■: f Iru; .uiscond ";t, and to leave his 7, 'o Mrs. Tor. and her childrm one-eighth J; tIJ" te. By a codici, "iU tir Aidrew .revolted a, gift to t, but did not ii. akc any such provision U. i ue vM.t'e and cL'drcJi. Mr. Justic Joy re pointed out tin e j was not a par. Hie ot writing to supi j. 3 I pi :iuti;i"s case. There was no don x 'e l'M:ator was a man of honour and i and his lordship could see no reason iD >- 1 1 pose that he would fail to perform atl] r i • he had made. He was far fnml h' 1 ng sa hsiicd that Sir Andrew made any -1-1 agreement or promise as alleged. > s highly improbable and almost ineredi;"Ie- that Sir. Andrew would have agreed to ex- elude his son from his will in favour of his daughter-in-law. He could not accept tr s' account of their interview with Sir j Andrew, and dismissed the action with costs, j

WOMEN BUITN-EI) TO DEATH. Remarkable circumstances attended the of two women—Mary Ann Butler, a widow, and M- via Clark, a single wümMl who have been burnt to death in Hull. They, vci-j bag llakers and lived together in a !i}u.ali house. At eight o'clock on Sunday morning P-u tier's mother visited the house, finding lhe eh:nvid body of her daughter in a kneeling position on the floor, wiiiist Clark lay on a eoayii moaning and feebly asking for water. i-re was nothing to show what had caused the tragedy, as there were signs of lire anywhere else in the room. !"1{ lamp stood on the table with the oil vessel intact, although the burner had fauen off. A doctor who was fetched said Butler had. been dead since oaturday midnight. Before j :wing taken to the infirmary, where she shortly afterwards died, Clark murmured, "Lamp," and the police conjecture is that Bntler set herself on fire whilst trying to light the lamp on Saturday night, and that Clark went to her assistance and caught fire as well. Clark must have endured a night of terrible agony and torture. She had struggled to the couch, and lay there unable to call out or to do anything to attract the attention of people living in the lane.

ROYAl. REVIEW FATALITY. -¡. t The Royal review in the Sole-nt on Satur- day was marred by a serious mishap on the Temeraire, by which four men were injured, one of them fatally. A royal salute was being fired in honour of the King on the battleship, and a gun in No. 2 turret on the starboard side was being used, when the back fire ignited the second charge before the breech could be closed. A violent explosion occurred. Able Seaman Patrick Foran, who had his left arm shot away and was badly burned about the face, succumbed in Haslar Hos- ] pital on Sunday. First-class Petty Officer Kehnet was slightly injured, Ordinary Sea- man Trescot was severely injured about the face, and Ordinary Seaman Jenkins also re-, ceived severe injuries. Trescot's condition is serious; the others injured are doing well.

TRAMPS AT SEA* Two tramps, named Thomas King and John Harrison, were charged at Chicheeterwith stealing a fishing smack and dinghy at Bognor on July 20, and were each sentenced to three j months' hard labour. | They took a boat early one morning, intend- j ing to make for France, but were overtaken by j armed Coastguards from Selsey, whose BUS- } picions were aroused by a report that two men had been seen out at sea in a boat, which they were apparently unable to manage. Their ex- cttiewa. that they were out of work, and might as well be drowned or go to prison as roam about night after night without food or shelter.

The arbitrator appointed by the Lambeth Borough Council and the London County Co un- cil to fix the cost of the new county hall site has allowed the former body. land. The borough council claimed £ 176,138. Mr. Keir Hardie has given notice to ask the Under-Secretary for India whether the Govern- ment intend to recognise in any way the heroism of the late Dr. Lalcaca, who sacrificed his life in the effort to save that of Sir W. Curzon Wyllie. While his father's back was turined Richard Kendrick, aged three, it was stated at a Coventry inquest, clambered on to a box, and from the top of a cupboard seized a loaded re- volver, which went off as. the father ran to take it, the bullet entering the child's brain. "May I interpose at this stage?" a man Asked politely during the hearing of a ease at the Clerkeawell County-court. "What rod." the judge inquired. "I beg leave to inform you," the man replied in dulcet tones, "that the debtor is an audacioua liar."

KING AND CZAR. MEETING AT SPITHEAD. The Czar of Russia, with the Czarina and their children, arrived at Spithead in the Inperial yacht Standart on Monday, and were cordially welcomed by King Edward. The Czar's yacht was met and escorted int British waters by three British cruisers and some destroyers. After the Standart had dropped anchor a boat put out from the British Royal yacht, containing the Russian Ambassador, Count Benckendorff, and his wife and daughter, who were the first to go aboard the Russian yacht and welcome the Czar. His Majesty the King, accompanied by the Queen, descended the steps at the side of the Victoria and Albert and entered a Royal barge, in which they proceeded to the Standart. The meeting between the Monarchs was most affectionate. Then the Czar and Czarina accompanied their Majesties to the British Royal barge, and all proceeded on board the Victoria and Albert. The Royal party proceeded to luncheon ill the saloon, where they were joined by the Premier, Mr. Asquith—Minister in attend- ance on the Czar during his stay-and, by Sif Edward Grey, and Mr. McKenna. There were no speeches at the luncheon. The King and the Emperor simply raised their glasses to each other. After luncheon the Russian Sovereign con- versed briefly and separately with Mr. Asquith, Sir Edward Grey, and Mr. McKenna. At a banquet on the Victoria and Albert in the evening the King made a speech, in which he welcomed the Czar and Czarina to British waters. His Majesty said he was glad that tile Czar should have had an oppor- tunity of seeing perhaps the most powerful and largest fleet ever assembled, but he trusted that the Czar would never look upon these ships as symbols of war, but, on the contrary, as a protection to our coasts and commerce, and, above all, for upholding the interests of peace. The Czar, in his reply, said the magnificent review which he had witnessed bore full testi- mony to England's greatness. The grand sight of the Home and Atlantic Fleets had deeply impressed him. His Imperial Majesty expressed the hopef that the friendly welcome gi-ven by the King and Queen and by their people to the mem. bers of the Duma, and in the winter to the Russian squadron, might be a token of grow- ing cordial relationship between the two countries, founded on common interests and mutual esteem. GTTABDINO THE CZAR. Every precaution was taken to guard the Czar. Detectives were constantly on the watch ashore, and the Standart was surrounded by patrol-boats, which kept all craft not possessed of passes at respectful distances. Crowds assembled at all the landing-stages at Cowes on Tuesday, hoping that the Czar would land. His Majesty, however, did not come ashore, but followed the racing in the King'" cutter, Britannia. His little daughters landed twicin the morning to play on the beach near Cowes with the Prince of Wales' children, in the afternoon to shop in Cowes. The King and Queen, with their guests, went for a cruise in the Britannia, having luncheon and tea on board, and at night their Majesties dined with the Czar and Czarina on board the Standart.

KILLED IN THE ALPS. The dead body of Mr. Albert Charles Wil- liamson, a London student who had been miw- ing in the Alps for some days, has been dis- covered at the foot of the Engelhoerner. Ifø had fallen 650ft. to the bottom of a wall of rocks. The news created deep regret at Southport, where Mr. Williamson had a large circle of friends. He was 28 years of age, and unmar- ried. Formerly he was employed at Welling- borough for five years, but on coming into some- money recently he went to London tor a com- mercial training. This was almost completed, and he was spending his summer holiday in Switzerland before starting work.

STOCKS FOR SUNDAY TRADERS. A curious point was raised at Grimsby on Tuesday by Horace Empson, confectioner, Cleethorpes, who on being fined for Sunday trading refused to pay. i He was reminded that a distress warrant would follow, and he thereupon submitted that under the ancient Act the oiily alterna- tive was imprisonment in the public stock. for two hours, which punishment he said he was quít ready to undergo. Adhering to hi" contention, he left the court without paying, no decision haying been announced as to what course the Justices would adopt.

PRIEST ARRESTS EX-CONYICT. The Bev. Father Campion, parish priest of Kildare, was awakened on Tuesday morning at- the Presbytery and discovered a man istanding on the floor of his bedroom. The intruder said he had been locking for lodgings, and could not go, find any, so had come in for a rest. The priest conducted the stranger to .hiø> study, apd placed him in an armchair, telling him he would get him something. Father Cam- pion then summoned the police, who discovered that the pan was au ex-convict for .whom they had been looking during the past week.

BURGLAR IN BEDROOM. The home of Mrs. Eppa, widow of the manufacturer, at Upper Norwood, was early the other morning visited by a burglar, who ransacked the rooms in which the occupants were sleeping. Mrs. Bpprf sfhid she heard someone moving about stealthily in her room. She called out, "Who is there"t It is only me," was tho answer. Mrs. Epps sat up, and saw a man run ,from the room and heard him race down the corridor. He went to an unoccupied room, by the wintiow. of which he had entered, and locked the door. He escaped down the rain water pipe, taking with him £ 6 in money, four watches, »■ gold brooch, and other articles.

The disappearance of the Irish Crown jawels was Recalled when Mr.. Wallace again renewed his lag)pu0atkm in Dit i in respect of alleged perjufry and con-piracv on the part of certain Irish judgeaiin tne matter. Mr. Justice Boyd refused to hear the application, and publicly stated that he would bring Mr. Wallace's couw duct before the Beachar4.