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i TheCornerColumn I ———— .———— The Mexican Situation.—Yank v. Swank. =* The only district we can think of at present where there are no picture halls is Sketty. An assailant who shot at the Mayor of New York missed him, but hit a lawyer in the jaw. Poetic justice ? It was only fitting that Happy- -go-Lucky should have a lucky win at "■ 4tho Carmarthen meeting on Friday. Cardiff Amateurs, who visits Vetch Field to-day are one fftrongest amateur clubs in th Metropolis. Jock Hamilton, of Town, bas a very clever little so- iiem IS no doubt he will make a gre?t na-ne In football circles as time advances. # • What a large number of people are I boping that this weather will last over Sunday All the fashions will be seen at Langland and Caswell we are assured. s Not a. few of the young ladies in Swansea fell madly in love with Spartacus." We hear, now, that the local Knuts are going in strongly for physical training. The use of the term "extremest limit" has induced a critic to ask if larguago has any finality. It is re- called that many years ag0 Mr. l.aooucbero wrote of Mr. Chamberlain's uHimatum-est of ultimatums." # I Mothers who sleep nine hours on • end should not have babies, and if they do, they should be put in cradles," said Dr. Westcott, the coroner, at a Shoreditch inquest yesterday. Who ? The mothers or the babies ? :II: trotible is The present U.S.-Mexico Iron Me is rather TenMniscent of that saying of the American President at the opening f\f the war with Spain. What the then President said was that the United States would use as much force as is 11." # Mother: "Why are you so unkind to poor Fido, Tommy?"' Tommy: "He won't do as he' s told." Mother: "We.IJ, you should eox and pat him gently." Tommy: "Well, why don't you treat me like that?n Literature is always literature, vhAtever the si-e or shape. "I've come to change this book for mother," sa.id a lit-flo xzii-I. "And what kind of a hook would you like now?" asked the attendant. One about this size., if .v -ou DIeace, Tppti?d the child. # # I .-e-tters t4) Mrs. Elinor Glyn's "letters to "Caroline," j'?'t published, ar a series hon iI ]I'm addressed to. young romeii.^ The lettorr, 'oys a "Tiw?" rrviwe1, live nn amplification of Gilbert s lines:— En&lish girls of well-bred notions Shun aP unrehearsed enMjtions. ftnglish girls of highest class Praci k re these before the glass. Coming across an inn in the north nth the sign, "The Fewsters' Arms," fi person of inquiring mind has found no little difficulty in arriving at its meaning. In a dialect dictionary it lias been found that a fewrter was a joiner who made the wooden framework of saddles, and the trade was most Hourislrng in the days when packs and p luons were the fashion. p?llions were. t,,?e fas?lbn. All night cars are a loon to some | people. At a terminus two tired young men did not get oft. It's like this' they explained when the- conductor [' trl(\d to hustle thpii.. W("re lodgers. "e'\(' forgotten the key. the missus is spending the night with her sister, and <ve en n't get in. We'v nowhere to go. (if- we speeding it in the a.'l-nijrht pars. This is our third direction. It's hotter than sitting in the street or on [ n honoh on HamtM-ead Heath and running the tisk of getting locked up. And it vifl onlv ecst about Is. 6d.— f I chea" p, I call it [ Scene: The Wild of America., "Whose house is this pI; "Moggs" "Of what is it built?" "Logs" "Any neigohboursr" "Fiogs. "What is the soi I ?" "B{) "Good climate?" "Fogs. "What do you live on?" "Hogs." "How do you catch them ?" "Dogs." TO-DAY'S STORY. I A tall gaunt young man entered the jffice of the Globe Museum and Picture Theatre, and asked the manager for an engagement as a freak in the curio hall as "Enoch, the Egg King." What is your speciality ? I eat three dozen hen eggs, two dozen duck eggs, and one dozen goose eggs at a single sitting." "We give four shows a day and on Saturday we oft-en give as many -Is six shows. All right." "And on some holidays we give a performance every hour. The voung man hesitated. "In that case," he finally said" I must have one thing understood before 1 sign a contract." What's that ? asked the manager. t. No matter how rnshing business is lit the museum, you must agree to give trie enough time to eat my regular meals at the hotel."

FOOTBALL BOMB. -0 ——— SWANSEA TOWN CLUB DISMISS THEIR MANAGER. CHANCES IN DIRECTORATE. A special meeting of tlie, Swansea Town Directorate was held on Friday 1.ing, when the question of the re- ag on of payers was the chief sub- The question cf what directors .d r^ign iit the close of the sea- n was also discussed, and that taken by ballot resulted as follows:— To Assign at end of season, but (•ngiHIe fiv re-election, Messrs. Ate Fi'eetinian, Wat Us Jones, Harold Sweet and P. Molyneux. To resign at end óf season lUi.-i-.15, Messrs. F. Newcoml>e, T. Marwn, H. i?ehen.n?, and D. J. Bwsott. To jesigu at dOSt of season 1915-1(3, Messrs. T. M. Wtut?. W. M?sser, i?rciuy Owen, and J. Ivor Jenkin?. Managers' Agreenrent to Terminate. In the case oi the manager, seemingly a discussion took place aL trie end or which it was decided to do away with the services of Mr. Waiter Whittaker, and the posi tion altogether. Although the meeting was strictly private, "Cygnet" understands that with regard to the players, it had been decided that the following shouid be kept on, that i:s, of course, if summer wages are satisfactory to both stden :— Nicholas, Cubberiey, Bassett, ]Mitcheli, Bail, Weir, Anderson, Messer, Aliman, J. Williams, Brown, BuicocK, and Gil- bor. I A Surprising Decwsscn. Writing npon the dismissal of Mr. Walter Whittaker, "Cygnet" states that he is somewhat surprised. 1 cannot imagine," tie states, "a club out for promotion making an" great head- way without the services or a manager. That official is a most important asset to any club, and realising that Swansea. Town have had the services of a man whose knowledge of professional foot- ball is unlimited, and who has bad the knack in the past of securing players at a price almost ridiculously low, I must I say I regret very much the decision. "Of course to any manager there are friends and foes, but taking the broad- minded view of the situation, I think most supporters of the Swans will agree that Mr. Whittaker has been a valuable friend to the club." i Mr. Whittaker Interviewed. TM -an interview with the past manager this morning, Cygnet, found that the news had been a bit i f r disappoint- ment. r have done my level best for the side," sa;d Walter Whittaker, "and 1 apparently these are the thanks. The jd'rectors t.c11 me they are doing without I the services of a. manager. Weil, I wish them success, but, I tell you, I cannot imagine a duo making any great headway without the services of such an official. I must say that the decision came to me as a tremendous surprise, especially after what I have done for them. I am confident all the staunch supporters of the ciub will ap- preciate what I accomplished when I Swansea Town first corn men earl, and I perhaps when J say I ^secured about 20 pla ers for the sum of £ 250, there I jam sure f justify myself as an econo- mist Great Inconsistency. "Those players were all men who gave their hearts to the game of foot- ball. and that soa.son when J had practi- cally control of the choosing of the side we went right ahead and won the Welsh Senior Cup. We also did well in thi-l Southern League. But this sea-son matters have altered. For instance there has been great inconsistency in team selection, and witheut dGub that has had a. great deal to do with the failure of the side With such incon- sistency existing there ran be no confi- dence amongst the. players, and confi- dence is a valuable as-set. for tliQ. wel- fare of any side. Woek after week the side has been altered, ana that in itself shows what the players have been expected to do. I wish all Swansea to know that, it has not been my fault. I have sub- mitted a side at each meeting of the- Selection Committee, hut constantly has that team been altered. Selection Committee Criticised. "It is my personal opinion that the sooner the Selection Committee retire the better it will be for the welfare of the Ciub. One or two members of that committee should place more confidence in th 3 chairman in such important matters. For instance, take the Queen's Park Rangers' match. Several of the committee realised that tlwv were wrong, but they were not allowed to withdraw their votes, and that, in mT opinion, was the cause of the down- fall of the side." "The Worst Possible Thing." A director of the club, interviewed by "Cygnet," states that the club have done the worst possible thing. To use thp gentleman's own words, "Mr. Whit- taker is w-orth at least- to lIS. Last season we all know iv--Pias- De did, c"d I do honestly think that what has nap- pened is poor thanks for sc.: vices ioiiii.'icJ. This j>car>n the Selc.c- tion Committee have- proved inconsistent and that combination which is 50 needed of course has been a bsent. I do not think the club will prove very suc- cessful without a manager, for the sign- ing on of players is a most important i question, espeeialiv where transfer fees are concerned." Directors to Retire. It is stated that Mr. Harry Behenna and one or two more directors will this season resign permanently from the directorate of the club. I

RESCUED BY LIFEBOAT. Yesterday six women and four melt, students of the Aberystwyth College, left by two rowing boats intending to visit the Monk's Cave, situated some miles south of Aberystwyth. Bv noon a stiff easterly gale was blowing, and the boats were being rapidly driven out to ea. It was decided to send out the lifeboat, and the rescue was watched by a laro-ø crowd

I A HUGE FURNACE. BRITON FERRY TINWORKS DESTROYED < BY FIRE. 15,000 DAMAGE. !i One of the most serious conflagrations that have ever occurred in liritonrerry broke out about 11.30 p.m. on Friday. The hie was first discovered in the roof over the engine w hich drives the machinery in the finishing department of the V lllærs Tinpiate Works. The ure alanll was at once sounded, and soon a wIlling baud or workers was on tile spot, and rendered all possible assistance in removing out of the reacti or the tire casks or oil and other inflammable material. ♦ Owng to the s.cuafcion of th-a works, it ^as sen; before the engine or the filoebrJgade couid get into action; the Jii,,e,had th,-ii a good hold of the entire building known as the finishing shop. Water ws pumped from the Neath River, and the firemen directed their attention to the saving of the sur- rounding buildings. The wind was in an advantageous direction in helping the brigade, who were eventually successful in preventing the flanies from spreading. At the end of halt-an-honr the roof of the finishing shop was completely de- molished, and the huge stock of wooden boxes in the top storey caught fire. These burnt vigorously, and emitted fiame.s that lit up the whole neighbour- hood. Several coal wagons were in danger of getting caught by the flames, and tbe engme of the Britonferrv Steel Com- pany Wfu.. fetched to remove these. The! fire descended into the biise of the build- ing. and large quantities of finished tin- plates were all rendered useless. The inside of the. bnildng resembled a huge furnace, and there were myriads of sparks as portions of the upper floor gave way. The building was completely gutted, and damage done amounting approxi- mately to £ 5,000. The property belongs to the Villiers Tinpiate Company. Ltd., in which Mr. Herbert Eccles, J.P., has a controlling share. The manager is Mr. C. D. Goffery, who was fetched from Neath when the fire was discovered. it is conjectured that the origin of the tire was the fusin,; of an electric wire. The loss is covered by insurance, we understand. Oistiiery Destroyed. The distillery works of Messrs. Tun- stall and Company, between Tweeds and Bradford, were destroyed hy firn this morning. The company manufacture cloth roofing, and the fire originated in a large shed where this material was stored. A stiff wind WRS blowing, and I the lfames soon got the mastery. By one the "building was a wreck. The loss, which will, extend to many thousands of pounds, is covered by in- surance. Belfast Ðlaze. Kxtensive tea rooms, which have just been erected by the Belfast Corporation in the Belfast Recreation Grounds, at a cost of werv. completely destroyed by fire this morn- :ng.. It is stated that two oil-cans were found inside the building.

THE CHIEF SCOUT. LADY BAOEN-POWELL TO VISIT SWANSEA WITH HER HUSBAND. Lieut.-General Sir R.'S. S. Baden- Powell, the Chief Scout, will arrive in Sw-ansea at 1.30 p.m. on Monday. After lunch be will address a meeting in the Royal :in,stitution. The "Leader" understands that Sir Robert will be accompanied by Lady Baden-Powell.

"SIDESMEN." The Rev. T. C. Go bat, Vicar of St. Junes', Darlington, ha-s appointed two ladies as his "sidesmen" fu-r the en- suing year.

THAT MYSTERIOUS RAG. He used to drink a lot, and he would sing, but I couldn't understand his language not whatsoever," said a Shoreditch -.voaian yesterday al the in- quest on her lodger.

THE WILSON WEDDINC, It is announced that the wedding of Miss Eleanor Wilson, the daughter of the President, and Mr* McAdoo, Secre- tary of the Treasury, will take place on l\hy 7, ays Peute?  oili IVasliington.

NINE FRANCES. John Pogescu, a bogus Roumanian Count, was sentenced in Berlin to two yeans' imprisonment lor !Stealing £80 from nine girls, to each of whom he had become engaged, purchasing flowers for o-ne with the money stolen from an- other.

A TOLSTOY PLAY. Among the MSS. found by M. Bulga-I koff, formerly secretary of Count Tol-| stoy, after the count's death was tho scenario of a play entitled "Peter My tar." file chief character is a. man who has devoted his life solely to the acquisition of wealth.

MC S TOO GfifAT DEVOTION. Mr. James Collier, of Jersey-road, I Stroud, went to the shop of Mr. MerrÏtt to bave his hair cut, and was accora-1 panied by his dog. As soon as the barber placed his sheet in front of his customer the dog began to growl, and directly he commenced to manipulate., the scissors the animal sprang at Mer- ritt and buried his teeth :n his face, in- flicting terrible injuries, both lips being torn away. ¡ The barber is now in St. Bartholo- mew's Hospital, Rochester. j

I IN)IMORM,IL AND l10 PETITION-HAWKERS. CHURCHMEN AND THE WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT BiLL I I. SCANDALOUS DECEPTIONS. liumora.1, iniquitous and scandalous." These were the "4; ur.ed at the annual meeting of the Swansea Eng- lish Fret* Church Council last oreimng to describe the methods adopted by some of the petition-haw kens in respect of the Welsh Church Bill. Mr. Griffith Jones introduced the sub- ject in a spe<vcb on another aspect ot the question, reported lwlow. Non- conformists, lie said, were signing peti- tions against the Bill under various pretences, and various influences were being brought to boar to lay hold of them. The petitionesrs did not venture to ask any Frees Church Council in the land to pass a resolution, hut they got lu-ld of some tradesman with whom they dealt, or a tenant of theirs, or a game- keeper, butler or some individual who was dependent upon them j "I say it, u; a most uriiiis-t and ivick-ed thing to cLo," he declared, and ought bo be sfan.peel out of tho country. (He?.r, hear.) I thongh the Ballot Act had doue away with tfiat sort ol thing, but now it, seems "ftiat the old regime is brought back and pressure is brought to bear upon tlm people." A Negation of Democracy. I The Rev. Evan Evans described the metlKxIs of the petitioners as iniquitous and disgracef u 1. "I know struggling tradesmen in this town," he averred, to whom leading customers have gone to bring pressure to bear upon them to subscribe to petitions, and I am very glad to think that many of them have sshown the spirit of their fathers, and refused to sign—the spirit or the farmers of Cardiganshire in ibbS." Anglicans were bringing all eocial power to be.?r upon people to subscribe to the petition. "1 ay our Free Churches ought to! have made a .strong protest agvaiust, the immorality of the whole thing long be- fore this." he declared. "The whole thing is a negation of democracy and a violation of the spirit of the ballot." He moved a resolution protesting against the "unfair methods" em- ployed by the petitioners. Mr. W. ewcomb) in seconding, re- ferred to a picture circulated by the opponents of the Bill, and said he thought it was a most scandalous thing t-o do. It was a picture of a church, with a woman approaching the door, leading a httle child. As they get near the door they find something is drawn across h, baling then entrance. I means that this churcn will be ciosed," are the words written underneath. "Scandalous." I It was a most sca-iUa ous statement to make. inpy knew tHe church was I not going to be. closed, but behoved tiie Church would be all the better wiieu the liill was passed. iteierrmg to the state of certain churchyards, he taid a I near relative of h.s wno was between 70 and 80 when she died, begged not to be buried in the churchyard oi her native village in Devonshire., because the p gs and tue shc^p iiici cattl e came from ad join.ng fields and grazed over Jt. Mr. \V. Thomas remained that there were others besides tradesmen who had been induced to sign the petition— ministers of the Gospel. He thought they ought to how a little clxanty in dealing with that matter. Disestabiish- meat would come about, but they, as Free Churchmen, should treat those who would be more or less &<J."lJointed with Christian spirit. The Itev. E. P. Hughes agreed that thev should be charitable, but we want to be loyal to the truth, too." (Hear, hear.) "I heard to-day," he went on, that a petition was taken to a certain street in Swansea, and every person belonged to a certain Noncon- formist church signed, because it was represented as comix, from that church, and there wero members who were ready to cut off their hands because they had signed it when they learnt the truth. It was signed under false pretences. A Vicar's Vigit. 4,1 will give you another instance," said Mr Hughes. A vicar in this town went into some works a few days, ago, and he asked a man, known to me, to sign this petition, telling him he had; come there under the au?pice?s of the! body to which be was attached, the'l Calvinistic Methodists. The man said You show me a Jetter or circular with a Calvinistic MethodisT, heading 0] it, and 1 will sign it; Gtherwise you dear out of the building. If you don't dear out, we wiJI all dcar out.' He added,! 'We know om' master is a Conservative, but we aYe not beholden to him, and we' are not going to sign anything that i6 r contrary to the principles that are near and dear to us!' When we have these specific cases before us. I think we cannot but call the methods immoral. What is the use of the ballot if people are going behind it, '¡ ncl rE'sorting to methods which are beneath Gfntt>mrt. Mr. Mendus supported. The secretary, the ReL Cynon Lewis, said document? marked private," had been received by some .Nonconformist ministers, asking them if they would like to sign the petition without their namft being di?OM?d "They ev i nam.. 7:tt P'I :t ev;- j

f NEATH'S HEW DRILL HALL —— THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS j 'j" OF TECK. I PROBABLE PROGRAMME. Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck, who vmit N-eatlt next Saturday to I open tho Territorial Barracks, are ex- pected to arrive at Neath punctually at 3 o'clock in. the afternoon. At the I sto,tion there will be a civic and military reception, uld a guard of honour will be supplied by the 6tdi liatt. Welsh Regiment, commanded by Colouol Lord Niuian Criohton Stuart, M.P. The Royal party (writes OUT repre- sentative,) will be escorted to the Gwyn Hal 1 by the Glamorgan Yeomanry, and the band of the 6tti We4sh, and after banq netting will proceed to 1;be Bajracks near tho Victoria Gar dens, where the Princess will be pie&ontyxi with a golden key to cpen. one of the doors in the main block. The building, erected at a cost of over £6,000, stands in-its own grounds. Aichitectural beauty has not been studied: it is a plain, but substantial and serviceable structure, the centre block consisting of o&oes, mess rooms, canteen, hPlS&:rooms, QYUirtermamor s stores, mobilisation room a.nd gun park, wiHl a commodious drill hall and ria? range ruiuiing parallel. The buildings wove designed by Lie>ut.-Qil. Mansel H. Hunter (Britonferrv) and :1re situated in a central and residential quarter of tho town. A triumphal arch will span the road way h ading to tlio Barracks, and at the entrance gat-e a platform will be erected. Hero the Prince will be predated with an illuminated address by the Mayor, and the little grand-daughter of the, Mayoress will present the Princess with a bouquet. A tea, prepared in the Drill Hall. will follow the opening ceremony, and a brief toast list will be spiced with music and ong. After an inspection of the National Reservists, their Royal Highnesses will motor to Lknitrisnnt, where they will be the guests of Mrs. Wilha.ms, of Miskm Manor. The line of route will be a blaze of colour all business establishments will close from three to five o'clock, and a large influx of visitors is expected from the neighboitring valleys and touiis to witness one of the most brilliant military and civic events in the history of the ancient borough of Castellnedd.

BEEN TO THE RACES. SWANSEA MEN FINED faa TRAVELUNC I WITHOUT TICKETS. At t.he Swansea Borough Police Court on Saturday, Albert \Yl11iallls \ti), h.aiI- dresser, and Frank Williams (88), com- mercial traveller, wero charged with travelling on the G. W.R. re»-?pcctiv«'yj from Carmarthen and Lkuielly to Lan- do re, without having paid their taxes, and with intent to avoid payment, on 4prii 17th. Mr. l^ewis (Messrs. Robin- l sou, Smith, Son and .Lewis), prosecuted David Thomas, of eath, a tiekDt collector in the employ or the G. W.R. said on the 17th inst. he was on duty at I andore, collecting tickets from p.?'-cngej? ol th up M:"1. He saw the defendants getting out of the train, and d,?feiadants gett?ng oiit of ibe train, and, i ooÍ10M the tici?ts. The deWKiant-s j walked round the lift as if making to- wards the atcps to go 'out..Titey f-K-ppc? and then ?cnt hac? to the rc.u of the inft-l. ?q)ok4e to D -teeth t Morris, and then went on by thf mmi. I Been to the Races. Det.-I'ispector Morris, in the employ 0f the G.W.R. said that at 9.1 0 p.m. he stopped the defendants in tue sub- way. and challenged them for their tickets. Alberij Williams said he h-ad not come by train, and ha.d Von to see a friend away. Frank Williams also I said he lialanot coiii, by train. In the nffioo Albert "Williams said his name was Bert Williams. He threw 10s. on the table and said, "Take it out of that, I have been to the racos at Carmarthen, and I am drunk." Frank Williams. in answer to a quest-ion said I came from London." Witness handed theni to the police. Defendants, who had bad records wore each fired 4C?.? (.r in default, a j month's imprisonment. i —

MAYOR SHOT AT. ———— .0 in BUURL T S'FRIKES A LAVWtR IS THE tiuhk LKPAflHtii.Ni. Mr. Mitchell, the mayor of New York, was snot at on Friday, just out-! side the City ha ii. ihe t) iiet went! wide, but hit a corporation lawyer in 1 the jaw. the assailant was arrested, j tie proved to be an old man, presumably a crank. he deciinea-to maKe a state- lneut. Some thought the buiiet was meant for Police Commissioner Woods, ]j who was with, the mayor. It seems that the man was prevented from shooting again by the prompt action oi Detective Naun, who was act- ing as the mayor's chauffeur, and who! promplty seized and overpowered him. 1 A 38-ca»ibre revolver was taken from the man. Tilo letters were found in hi,s pockets addi-esse-d to the mayor. The man's name is supposed to be David Rose, as that name was found in- side his clothing. „

THE STAGKOSE EXPtOJTIOH I Mr. J. Foster Stackhouse's expedition I to the Antartjc will not sail in August, as has been announced. It is hopeà, however, that arrangements wiit be I completed ior the departure, of the Dis- I covery either in November or next year. -+--

FROM THE "TIMES" OF 1814. t Tuesday, April 19. Price 6!d. I The marriage of the Princess Char- lot te of Waies to the Hereditary Prince of Orange will be celebrated in' July.  Buonaparte set off for the Isle of Elha at the \fry moment Monsieur entered Paris. The formal Aet of Abdication was not made public in Paris till the 14th. ft is dated from Fontainebleau on the I lth, yet it was published here on the 9th.

FOREIGN NEWS. GENERAL HUERTA AT HIS OLD TRICKS AGAIN! I VILLA'S LATEST. I The sh'pperv General Huerta. is sA his old tricks! After promising to salute the Ameri- can flag as an apology for the T-ampico and other insults, the Provisional Pre- sident has now made the demand that his salute shall be returned gun for gun by the American fleet. This impertinent demand-wbieh is regarded as mere bluff on Huerta's part-ha." been refused by President Wilson, and it is believed that Huerta will give way completely when he finds, that Wilson is not to be trifled with. Mr. Shively, chairman of\the Foreign Relations Committed of the Senate, is reported to have said that unless Huerta salutes in the way originally fixed there will be war. Huei ta at a Fire. I A telegram to the New York Tribune from Mexico City says that General Huerta mixed "unfearmgjy with the crowds at a fire which de- stroyed El Palacio de Hierro, a large stores, on Wednesday night. Coercion of a British Consul. i EI Pa&o.—Mr. Cummins, Briti&h I Consul at Gomez Palacio, has arrived here. He confirms the reports that General Vdlia used threats to compel him to carry his message demanding the sur- render of Torre-on. He intends to report the matter to the British Embassy, without, however, making any 6uggesion a„s to the course to be taken.—Reuter. Latest Wires. I Washington, Saturday.—The Ameri- can Government yesterday warned General Huerta that no further ;j"rg.1- ment as to the salute will be t.Ieraird. Twenty-one guns must be fired or. serious consequences will follow General Huerta must accept ::nc<:na- tionally Rear-Admiral Mayo's criginii demand. No time-limit is set. BattV-sh: telegraphed to by coast are lllclcc" to Mexico. New York. Saturday.—The New York T imes" says that General Huerta is reported not to have aban- doned his determination to maintain the honour and dignity of Mexico. The- same paper publishes a telegram f'om j Tampicy. which states that the fran — port Hancock, with 950 marines on hoard, has arrived. ALSACS. Cuhnar ''A?acet.—Th'"e French tourists who were observed takm-v wli.o ?v (3rc olisE?rN -,(I -ali i n tortre?s of Neu br?iM?h were arrested, and their plates were confiscated. They are being detained in prison b;,i-e. Reuter. ——— U.S.A ( New York.—Fourteen persons were i killed and many injured in a fire w hich broke out in a tenement house early on FridnT. 1 Half the building was occupied as n tliv.tric,il boarding bor.se. and in this] part were found ten bodies, six of I whjeb were charred beyend i-ecogill- tion. Captain Smith, of the Fire Briua-de. suspended by his feet from a window, j seized and held a man who wa-s in danger of being dashed to death as i the ladder over which he was c-awling from the burning building had broken. -Reuter CHINA. Peking.—Tt is officially announced that on April 14th the "White Wolf" bandits captured and looted the town J of Sanyuanhsien, in -the. province of Shen&i. but that on the following day the troops inflicted upon them a. crushing defeat. with ea<sualtiej amounting to 2,000 men.-Iteuter. The "White Wolf" band, under the leadership of Pei-Lang-Chai, an ex- perienced soldier, have been ravaging m the provinces, of South-We-st Honan and South-East Honan during the past fifteen months. ———— RUSSJA. ,,t. Ile rg.Twen ty out of the 101 plays submitted to the Russian Union of Dramatic Authors in this year's competition were characte-rissd by illiteracy and Lack of the most ele- mentary conception of stagecraft. The element of comedy was almost completely lacking in the plays—" not- a. smile in them," one of the judges said. With hardly an exception, the subjects chosen were gloomy to the last degree. Murder, suicide, or mortal disease figured in all hut five of the pieces.—R euter ——— GERMANY. Berlin.—A wild fight iii-nkc, out among men of the 3th Infantry Regi- ment in a. tavern at Glatz. According to the semi-official acoonnt of the affair, three soldiers are in the hospital with grave injuries, one with a. broken leg, another with a severed artery. A number of civilians who were not concerned with the affair were roughly handled by the riotous infantrymen, ^'ho broke every window pane in the house, smashed bottles and glasses wholesale, and destroyed the furniture.—Reuter.

PRIVILEGES FOR PRISONERS. I A number of two-roomed bungalows are being erected at Camp Hill (Isie of Wighi) Preventive Prison for the use of specially privileged prisoners.

MELBA BAGKIN ENGLAND. I I lore my England." said Iladalme? Me!ha, chati.in? with a Pressman in the WB.gs at Covent Garden last Digbt. "I have not been here for two years. hav- ing been on a tour in America, and I am giad to be b;u i; again." The prima donna had just arrived from Paris, and was preparing for -t-hea,rral, in view of the opening of the season at Covent Garden on Monday. The opera chosen for the opening night is "La Bohcme," in which Mine. Melba will take the part of Mimi.

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