The Rhos Herald

HAND LOOM AS HEIR-LOOM. The late Mr. William Livesey, of Fulwood, Preston, a prominent temperance advocate, whose father was one of the founders of the teetotal movement, left by his will £ 600 on trust for hie son William provided that he comes forward within two years or that the trustees are able to find him. Mr. Livesey direct<,d that the table (now in the Temperance Hall, North-road, Preston) made from the hand-loom on which his father worked over eighty years ago, should either devolve as an heirloom or be placed perma- nently in the projectpdLivesey Memorial Hall. Mr. Livesey, who was ninety-three wfyen he died, left property worth £ 8,924.

UNIVERSITIES ELECTION RESULT. Polling for the election of a member to represent Glasgow And Aberdeen Universities resulted as frTows:—- — Sir Henry Craik (U) 4,879 Sir F. Pollock (U F T) 3,411 Unionist majority l. 1906.—U maj. 1,093. 1900.-U umop.

A JEW'S BAD BARGAIN. The story of how an Irishman got the better of a Jew was related at the Glasgow Police-office on Monday, The Jew owns two broker's shops" immediately facing each other. On Saturday evening James Dulfy, an old soldier, visited the first shop and sold the Jew several articles of his attire for six- pence. While the Jew was crossing to his other establishment Duffy lifted a kitchen chair, which lie a few, minutes later carried into the Jew's second shop, and coolly offered to sell for a shilling. The Jew said he could not give more than tenpence. This Duffy ae- cepted, remarking that "times were hard," A neighbour broker, who had seen Duffy's movements, informed the Jew, who, on ex- amining his purchase, was amazed to dis- cover that be had bought his own chair. Bailie King said the story sounded more like comic opera than a police-court case, and passed a sentence of sixty days.

"BECAUSE I LOVED HER." "It is me—I have murdered the girl be- cause I loved her." These words, spoken from the darkness, greeted his ears, Constable Biston told the MOIRmouth magistrates oa Friday, when, hearing screams and cries of murder from a spot sear the racecourse, he hurrisd up and fannd the deed body of Violet Pick, a pretty schoolteacher. They were spoken, he said, by Victor Jones, who was charged with the girl's mur- der and remanded. He had closed with Jones, who, after showing some resistance, had submitted quietly to arrest. Jones had asked if his mother knew, as the blow would finish her. When told that the girl was dead, he said, "That will finish the three of us." The girl, who had been strangled, was the champion soprano at the last Monmouth Eisteddfod, and was engaged to the 110. of a bandmaster. r,

UNAVAILING SIGNALS. t i Just in time the crew of the St. Ive<# steairier .Trevorian were rcscuvd on tui higit aeas by 'the Sunderland vessel Crtrlrr: They arrived from Caronel on Monday a.. Liver- j pool, and gave a graphic account of tli-'ir eX- I perieiict s The Trevorian was bound from Bi'.rry fof Italy with coal. In bad weather the vessel began to leak bacllv, and the Leaka; was sty I. bad that water entered the vessel more- rapidly than it could be pumped out. Gradu* ally ehe began to sink. Signr^s of distress were hoisted in the hope of gaining tl.e aid of some passing ship, and although three ships w-e sighted, not one of them madrt any response. Failing to attrret attention by this means, the captain of the TrevoriaU ordered Hares to he burnt; but this also wa. unavailing, and the position of the crew be-* came critical, the water reaching the mail* deck and sweeping right over the tessel. Aft a last expedient the crew made a gigautie flare out of bedding, which was collected from all parts of the ship, but still no help was forthcoming. All hoi pe of rescue had by this time Beet! practically abandoned by the crew.. The boats were either smashed to bits or swept i clean away as soon as they were launched, lit a final effort to save themselves the men con- { structed rafts, and were about to get adrift when they were sighted by the Carham. Shø v launched/ft boat; but owing to the heavy sea it could not reach the sinking vessel, and the men's last hope seemed to have vanished, The rafts, however, proved their salvation, in spite of the fact that one of them turneci over with three men on her, and all the meal were eventually got safely on board the Camw ham. The Trevorian foundered a few minute later. Taken to Ferrol on the Carham, the rescued men were sent on to Coronel, ancfc j thence brought back by the Oriana. I

I DOG IN POSSESSION. j The story of a poultry farm which, it wa# J said, had only a dog in possession, was toh# ) in the High Court on Monday when -Mr,,I, j Emily Skelton, of Thundersley, Essex, sought to regain 'possession of Woodsid# 'Cottage, a poultry farm in the occupation of a gentleman named Smith. The cottage, it was said, was let to a Mf* Cook, who sublet it to Mr. Smith, the d' ."fendant. The rent was £ 11 a year, and th# December rent. was paid by Mr. F-siifh sell-" ing a. pig to Mrs. Skelton's brother. The pig fetched more than the quarter's rent, 'ail Mis. Skelton paid the balance to btr. t Smith. After coiintv court proceedings, said? counsel, the defendant left the cottage iff charge of a dog, and as the place went toe rack and ruin Mrs. Skelton applied to tlt I magistrates under the Deserted Tenement# j Act. They decided that the dog was in po#» i session, and the premises were not deserted* j and the dog remained in possession. -Pro* I eeedings were then begun in the High j Court, After hearing the defendant, Mr. Justic# I Channell gave judgment for the plaintiff, with one year's rent. I +

SURGEON'S SUICIDE. An inquest was held at West Ham ort I Monday 011 the body of William Herberts Hillyer, 47, a surgeon on the P. and O. linetf Nore, who was found in a cabin with a bulleft wound in his head. In the cabin a telegraphs form was found, on which was written brain is done. Please bring this in as m4 sane." I Dr. Williaoi Hillyer, of Heathcot, Beg i Grinste.ad, said that for the last four year# his cousin had suffered from bad health. H. i was in a depressed condition on Decemtwf 20th when the witness last saw him. For- merly he was most self-reliant, but had lc*<? at. feding, and feared responsibility. Dr. Robert Walter Doyne, of Cavendish-" aquare, stated that the dead man had hrA some unsuccessful litigation, and witness ad- vised him that he would be better if he hadl plenty of work, and a voyage on the Note wiW arranged. The witness also pressed him seek relief from his people, but he replied? "I could not do that. They have not that to give me, and I have too much respect for my- self. I could not, ask them." His whole en* deavour, said the witness, was not to givo anyone any trouble. "Suicide whilst incase."

A CHILD'S PINAFORE. A well-dressed woman, named Annie Gibson, of Handsworth, was charged at Bir- mingham on Monday with stealing a child'# pinafore from a shop. For the defence it wa* pleaded that the woman was not responsible1 for her actions. She had been suffering from nervous disorder, and suggested that accounted for her action. She was in a goo4 situation as clerk. When arrested she had about JE5 in her possession. There was .no conceivable reason why she should steal such a thing as a child's pinafore, for theref were no children at the house where sh# lived. Several other articles which had bee* found at the house were produced, and wemr suspected of having been stolen. Among them were a large number of new pairs of gloves. The brother said his only explana- tion was that his sister had taken advantage of the numerous sales and had bought quantity of gloves while they were cheap. The Stipendiary fined her a guinea and costs, or 21 days' imprisonment.

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EPITOME OF NEW& The King has accepted the presidency of the Royal Agricultural Society for the year 1911, when the show will be held at Norwich. The Rev. T. P. Metliuea, nephew of the flrst Lord Methuen, died at Bath, aged ninety-fire I years. Attached to a tombstone in a Haricsden I undertaker's shop is a card which reads: "You may telephone from here." I By falling from a derrick, George Watt, an able seaman of the cruiser Theseus, was drowned in Portsmouth Harbour. Three men—George Lee, Robert Baker, and Alfred Russell—were scorched and burned by an explosion, believed to be due to gas, in a dis-used pit in a taxicab yard in York-road. Mr. Balfour, who has been staying at Whit- tingehame, 1 id a visit to North Berwick and enjoyed a round of golf. Prince Maurice of Battenberg has joined the Royal. Military College as a cadet. The new porch to the famous Romsey Abbey has been dedicated by the Bishop of Win- chester. "if people would only pay their rLei,,7 debts I would not have been here," said a West End bookmaker in the Bankruptcy Court. Recommendations for the establishment of a cookerv school for boys at the West minster Technical Institute have been adopted by the L.C.C. Education Committee. A policeman who gave evidence in a Bel- grad (-ui-L explain^ d that he whs really a de- tective, but Tad dressed as a policeman in order to ",roid recognition." Mr. Jus-ice DwH, at the Dublin Commission, 1" Ji'eu M.. y 'i-u-ui:aa'.j', domestic servant, to three years' penal servitude for stealing •A'l? Ls. The Rev. C. B. Kicholl, the Welsh Rugby In- terval i v; er tvpr^in of the Welsh team, lu'" been appointed headmaster of King's School, Gianti:a.i;j. A Ivom-ui briek, bear*# a Latin inn-'i:on., wliich wns dug up on the Cavendish -"stale fit CLapham Common, has been presented to the Clapham Public Library. The ritreets of N\r<,sttrii!tst-er were stated at an inquest to have Ixvn the home for the past two years of Sv.-san Thompson, who was found dying from exposure. The ijhw", of Mr. Pete Curran, who was de- feated in the Jarrow election, has become serious, and he has been admitted to the London Hospital, where he has undergone an operation. A total of 48,027 lives Save been saved by the lifeboats of the Roval National Lifeboat Insti- tution, or by special exertions for which the institution has granted awards, since it was founded in 1824. The following advertisement appears in a Belgrade newspaper: "Automobile, in good condition, is offered at nominal price. May be seen any day in the trench on left side of Topchider-road, some steps from the old well." An out-of-work engineer in North London has set up a small steam boiler on a costor- monger's Darrow and invites the smoking public to submit their pipes to him for a thorough cleansing by steam injection, one penny being charged. The King and Queen have seen "The Dollar Princess at Daly's Theatre. I Serious landslips have been caused on the Leas at Folkestone by the heavy rains and frost. One hundred and fifty-five thousand shillings have now been subscribed to the Million Shil- ling Fund of the Anti-Socialict Union. Andrew Johnston, who was found dead on the highway at Crook, Durham, is believed to have succumbed to the severe weather. I A Receiver has beer appointed in New Jersey for the Mexican National Packing Company. i The liabilities, including stock, amount to seven million pounds. The first performance of the second Brighton musical festivel has taken place in the Dome, Saint-Saens' "Samson and Delilah" being the principal item. Mr. Charles Frohman and Mr. Bourchier will produce Mr. W. Somerset Maugham's new play, "The Tenth Man," at the Globe Theatre on Saturday, February 26. During manoeuvres in the roadstead at Dun- kirk, the French destroyer Bscopette > as struck in the stern by a torpedo and was taken into harbour in a damaged condition. Mr. G. S. Baker, of the Admiralty, has been appointed superintendent of the National Ex- perimental Tank by the executive committee of the National Physical Laboratory. The house of Captain Faulkner, at Campden- hill square, Kensington, was entered while member* of the household were on the first floor, and a quantity of plate was stolen from the dining-room. Louis L. Levy, who was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment at Manchester, drove up to a local post office in a taxicab, presented a revolyer at the woman in charge, ransacked the kill, and then disappeared in the cab. At a meeting of the Parliamentary Com- mittee of the Trade Union Congress, held in London, Mr. J. B. Williams, of the Musicians' Union, was appointed to succeed Mr. Richard Bell, who has received an appointment in con- nection with the Labour Exchanges. Dr. Guthrie", the coroner, expressed surprise at a Hackney inquest that Scotland Yard had sent an unqualited inspector to examine a motor-omnibus which had killed a boy, and the jury expressed the opinion that fully qualified engineers should be appointed carriage inspec- tors. The body of a well-dressed man, about fifty years of age, has been washed ashore on the Dover beach. The executors of the late Lady Campbell Clarke have contributed A250 to the Printers' Pension Corporation. Struck by a huge wave on the steamer Zelos in the Channel, Seaman Larsson was fatally in- jured and died at Dover. The Portuguese Ambassador to the Vatican, Senhor. Martin. d' Antall, has died in Rome at th« age of ain«ty-one years. A mar iced decrease in drankeaiMHH was re- ported at the Preston Brewster SeaiioM, the cases being 335 less than during the previous year. The dead body of a young Barnet lady named Violet West, aged twenty-four, has been found on the railway line near Potters Bar Station, where she lived. Whilst clipping a cable at the Sutton Col- liery, Notts, Willis Folkestone, aged twenty- four, an electrician, received the full force of the current and was instantly killed. Mr. Haselhihn, aged fifty, head draughtsman at the firm of Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Erith, and one of the firm's oldest servants, dropped dead in his office lately.

+. OUR LONDON LETTER. [From Our Special Corretpondent.] A great deal of interest is being taken in the re-arrangement of the Cabinet which will be made owing to the appointment of Mr. Herbert Gladstone as South African Gover- nor General, and many, people have been in- dulging in the pastime of Cabinet-making. At one time Mr. John Burns was a hot favourite for the post of Home Secretary, but he seems now to be rather out of the run- ning, though he will very likely obtain pro- motion. The next name mentioned as Mr. Gladstone's successor was Sir William Rob- son, the present Attorney-General, but there is a strong belief now that Mr. Ltwis Har- court stands a very good chance of becoming Home Secretary, but Mr. Birrcll does not lack backers. This prophesying is an inte- resting game, and the more names given by the prophets, the greater their chance of heing right. There seems to be a pretty general opinion that Mr. Birrell will be given a and Mr. Winston Churchill is mentioned as his probable successor at Dublin Castle. That would be an interesting appointment, and as the coming Session will probably be in a special sense an Irish Session, Mr. Churchill would be in the limelight pretty often. That, one may suppose, would be no drawback from Mr. Churchill's point of view. It was at one time suggested that there would be changes both at the Admiralty and the War Office, and one paper announced that Mr. Haldane would be appointed to preside over the NaTY. Latest information, however, is to the effect that both he and Mr. McKenna will retain their present offices. I Oxillg to the necessity of passing another Bud jet as soon as last year 's Bill is di&posed j of, it is hardly to be expected that the t King's Speech will contain very much legis- lation for the coming Session. Whatever happens, there must be some announcement with regard to the House of Lords, and the Government will probably find their hands pretty full without putting forward many new and controversial measures. Talking of the King's Speech reminds me of a capital story which appears in this month's ,cStrand." It is told of George IV., when Prince Regent, that he once made a bet with Sheridan that so little attention was paid to the verbal character of the King's Speech in the Hoyso of Lords that he could make any interpolation he liked, undetected. Sheridan took the bet, and the Prince agreed to intro- duce the words "Baa, baa, black sheep" in the middle of the Speech. He was to lose if j anybody smiled or looked startled. Accord- ingly, at the close of an allusion to Welles- ley's difficulties in Spain, the Regent cleared his throat, said "Baa, baa, black sheep" hurriedly, and went on with the Speech. Nobody apparently noticed it. Sheridan afterwards remarked upon it to Canning, who said he heard it, "but as his Royal Highness looked you full in the face at the time I took it as a personal allusion, and my delicacy forbade me to think more about it." The Central London Railway, the original "Twopenny Tube," has no occasion to regret having adopted a system of penny fares for any three stations. It was introduced with fear and trembling, but experience has ) shown that it was a wise move. In a very short time, said the Chairman at the meet- j ing of the Company the other day, they were carrying double the number of passengers at a penny compared with those previously carried at twopence. The improvement con- tinued, until now two and a half times as many penny passengers are being carried as twopenny ones before. It is surprising that I the alteration was not made earlier. After all, it is difficult to see any reason why people should pay twopence to go by tube a journey which they can take above ground for a penny. It is the nimble penny that tells. It will be welcome news to many people that the Central London is proceed- ing with the preliminary arrangements for the extension of the tube from the Bank to Liverpool-titrect. In the process of improvement which is always going on it London old landmarks and interesting buildings are continually vanishing. The latest to be doomed is the Fortune of War, the old City inn in West Smithfield. The old building has nothing particularly attractive about it, but it is famous as the house standing on the spot where the great Fire of London burnt itself out. On the wall of the house is the following in- scription: "This is Pye Corner, where the Great Fire of London ended, after burning night and day from the 2nd to the 10th of September, 1666." On the front of the For- tune of War stands the gilded figure of a boy, as fat as butter. He is intended to represent the infant Bacchus, and it is said that he was put up there as an awful warn- ing to the people of London against the sin of greediness. The curious fact that the great fire began at Pudding-lane and finished at Pye Corner, led some superstitious people to conclude that the disaster was a terrible judgment on gluttony. Originally the fat boy bore an inscription pointing the moral. An interesting scheme is about to be in- augurated in the West-End with the object of firing the tradesman who has only one line of business. si, better chance of competing against the great stores which cater for every conceivable want of every possible customer. The idea is to have one great emporium on the lines of the stores, with every con- venience in the way of refreshment-rooms, reading-rooms, and similar luxuries, while the available space on all the floors will be let to approved tradesmen. It is claimed that the tenants will have all their business ex- penses covered by one inclusive charge, which will be considerably less than they would incur in small shops of their own, while they will also enjoy other advantages. The scheme certainly has some attractions, j but it is possible that the competition of the I stores with the small shops is somewhat ex- aggerated. At any rate, there are a good many small shops still which appear to do very good business. The new variety theatre which is to be opened in September is going to lick crea- tion. It is to be called the London Palla- dium, and it is now being built near (Oxford Circus, on the site where Hengler's Circus formerly stood., It will be the biggest variety theatre in the kingdom, and is de- signed to seat an audience of fivt thousand. Yet so complete is the system of exits that the whole house can be chared in two minutes. Among, the novelties in the con- strtiction, of the house will be one which it is hoped will solve the problem of the late arrival nuisance. This is to be attempted by means of a sybt$uancan corridor. 5 A. E. M.

NECESSITY OF FIREGUARDS.

A COSTLY MISTAKE. A London medical man, who is ft specialist in radiography, has sustained » serious ldfea in the curious disappearance at radium worth about LSOO. While twiag tho, radium the doctor was called avay to lID urgsat 6kse, and daring his absence the tubes coaiaiaing it were inadvertently thrown into the fire with some soiled band- ages. As soon as he discovered his loss he had all the ashes raked together and carefully collected. These are being analysed with. view to the partial recovery of the lost eleo- ment, but it is feared that the draught 01 the fire has carried away the powder. Fortunately the doctor is insured, but apart from the actual value of the radius*, there is serious difficulty in quickly re* placing such a comparatively targe supply ps 50 auUigruMMs.

There was a sequel to the Cleethorpes burn- ing fatality at Grimsby County Police-court on Tuesday, when Svendsen, a Swede, was summoned for having failed to take proper measures to prevent her six-year-old child being burned to death. The parents had only moved into the chouse on the previous day, and there was no fireguard. The child's clothing became ignited, and the mother was badly burned about the hands in extinguishing the flames. The Deputy-Chief said it was a sad case, but he had taken the proceedings for the sake of other children, in order that their parents might see the importance of complying with the Act in providing a fireguard. With that object in view he would withdraw the case upon payment of costs. The Bench adopted this course, after issuing a warning that in any future fatality of a similar nature serious consequences would ensue.