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innocent Man in Prison' ..1 GIRL'S ALLEGED CONFESSION OF PERJURY A curious sequel to an Old Bailey trial came before the Lord Mayor at the London mansion House Potioe-court on Saturday, when Polly Baria (13), a stylishly-dressed, good-looking young woman, was charged with having committed perjury during the hearing of a charge of alleged procuration preferred a?aingt a man u?med Mark Good- man in January, tS07.. After a two-days' trial Goodman was con- victed, and sentenced to the maximum term of two years' hard labour. There were, said the solicitor, a number of discrepancies in the evidence, and it was a wonder how the jury ever came to n N" i<? Goodman. A petition was presented to the Rome Office, praying for a remission of the sentence, but the Home Secretary declined to interfere, and the man was still serving his time. Davis had since been heard to boast that she had put an innocent man in prison. She eventually made a full con- fession to a brother of Goodman's, and this had been reduced to writing. The Lord Mayor said he had read the statement. The Solicitor: If the woman's statement is true, evidently a very gross injustice has been done to an innocent man. On the next occasion I shall call a number of wit- nesses, and hope to prove my case con- clusively. The woman was remanded in custody.

SHOT NEAR A CHURCH I About half--past, twelve on Sunday, while large numbers of people were enjoying tlte sunsihine on Clatpham Common, London, they were startled by the sound of revolver shots. A distinguished looking man, a-bout 65, was seen firing at a younger one, about 25. The latt-r ran for some yards, and then fell, wounded in two places in the hack, just within tbe railings of the Parish Church. The congregation was just then, streaming out of the edifice, and a scene of great oom- motion ensued. A doctor and police were summoned, aid after being attended to by several medical men, the injured man, named Wood, of- Eodemhursst-roa-d, Glapham, was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital. The assailant, stated to be named Betts, and a resident of Purley, and father-in-law of the injured man, surrendered quietly, and was taken to Lark-ha 11 Police-station. Domestic differences are said to be the cause of the affair. On inquiry at the hospital on Sunday evening it was ascertained that Wood was still living.

PENSIONS AND INCOivlE-LIMlT I At the annual meeting of the Midland Counties Conferenc-3 of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, held in Leicester on. Saturday, th.e' question of the influence of State pensions on Friendly Societies was dis- cussed. A resolution was adopted to the effect that the conference, while appreciat- ing the sympathy shown by th.e Government II -,i by the G-overiam-ent with the aged workers of the country through their proposal for old-age pensions, strongly urged upon Parliament the desir- ability of instructing the pension authority in considering the itocome of the applicants for pensions not to take into account any superannuation or eickness benefit received from Friendly Societies.

DROWNED IN 'NINE INCHESOF WATER I The body of a labourer, named David Jenkins, of Dynock, was found in a brook at Sennybridge, near Brecon, on Saturday afternoon. He had been fishing, and was found by Mr. W. M. Bees, of the Joiners' Arms, lying with his face between two siones in about 9in. of water. There were three fish in his bag, and his rod and line were the yards higher up the stream. Deceased was said to be subject to fits.

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The Man in the Street ——— ——— Whdher the Clerk of the "Weather has been taking an undue interest in certain proceedings at Manchester, Dundee, Shropshire, and elsewhere, or whether it merely happens that he is really getting pa&t his duties, it is cer- tainly not to his credit that spring clean- ing has been put back right into the middle of what the poets are fond of describing as the merry month of May. Poor tyrannised man would be glad if womenfolk everywhere would copy the example of the gentleman I have just referred to, and agree to leave out spring as an unconsidered trifle, for this year only. But I am afraid British house- wives are too conscientious to shirk duty in this apparently easy manner; and, though winter is merging into summer without the usual interval of a spring month or two, the annual cleaning -out must go on as usual, albeit a few weeks late. Just think of what might be missed by foregoing such a joyous custom. All the excitement of turning everything upside down six times over in a topsy- turvy house to find a table cover, to suddenly remember that Jane was sent with. it two hours/previously to Jones, the dyer! One might as well ask the children to miss the pantomime at Christmas and save their money for new shoes. What on this tame old earth can com- pare to the joy of sitting in the middle of the drawing-room with the carpets up, the pictures down, the chairs reared into pyramids that threaten momentary and fearful accidents, tables covered with odds and ends from no 'one knows where, the sweep extracting a ton of soot from the chimney, the paperhanger covering the walls with paste and new designs; the only seat a set of the latest encyclopaedia, the cat after the canary, and Fido slyly consuming the pork pie I reserved for dinner! The only things to i approach it in hysterical interest is an auction sale, where one buys a side- board at twice its value, so that that horrid Mrs. Smith-James shall not have it; a spring sale where the relics of a previous season can b-e obtained at ruinous prices; or a five o'clock tea, with all the spicy news of half-a-dozen streets. It would be a grand thing to be a woman, if only to be able to properly appreciate the delight's of this unassail- able custom. Evcn the suffragists, we are told, find time between bye-elections to do a little spring cleaning. No one wants lovely woman—least of all the I charming ladies themselves—to become a humdrum voting machine, like poor, despised, ignorant man, who knows as much about house-cleaning as a tabby cat. All the arts of man sink into insignifi- cance when put beside this undisputed right of woman to once a year clean everything and everybody out of the house. Getting a picture hung at the Royal Academy is nothing in comparison. The artist has only to hit f upon a shape and size of a frame that will fit in with the committee's scheme of hanging, and he is there-in all the skyblown glory of a renowned R.A., with all the right in the world to grow a curly mane down to his waist-line. In writing a novel, the author has merely to touch on the, sex problem, and there are two or three dozen publishers absolutely dying to I print his book. In the medical world a doctor has simply to discover a new cure for consumption, or create a sensation by stitching up somebody s heart, and his reputation is made. A lawyer has but to convince twelve free and independent Britons that his beetle-browed client would not harm the wing of a butterfly, and a murderer is saved from the scaffold, \dtile a K.C. is added to the Bench of Judges by a grateful Government. But to be a successful spring-cleaner requires all the skill and knowledge of these gentlemen with tons more thrown in. Just set an M.D., a K.C., or a Hoyal Academician at lioiise !i.,i nj' and see what a silly mess he would ma.ke of it! o, it requires the subtle genius of woman, and all that man can do is to patiently bear his burden while he gloats over the millions of microbes that are destroyed at this annual merciless func- tion. Some wonderful figures were dealt with at the last meeting of the Cardiff School Attendance Committee, who have the by no means easy task of seeing that 25.000 city children go to school as regularly as possible. Out of this huge total it has been necessary to serve only 169 notioes on account of 202 truants. Roath may be said to have "taken the bun," for there were only five children in that populous district who had not been to school recently. While three scholars were commended for never being absent or late during a period of from seven to nine years each, the attendance-' oiffcers justified their existence by report- ing on over 6,000 visits towards securing the good results referred to. Apparently, the committee's efforts in connection with exemptions" are not appreciated at headquarters, but the Board of Educa- tion will probably find that in most cases, if not- in all, the 727 exemptions from further school service during the past sixteen months have been justified and are fully in order with regulations. Mr. Skipper Beavan and his merry crew see to this. Having rejected the educational centre of Wales as an ideal site for the proposed new training college, the Glamorgan Education Committee- are about to consider eligible offers. Several towns are prepared to prove they possess advantages which cannot be discerned in Cardiff. At present prospects look rosiest for Barry, the rising suburb of the rejected capital. It will certainly require a bold manifestation of the modern spirit of enterprise if the other competitors are to rise to Barry's magni- ficent offer of £1,000 towards the county's share of the cost of the new institution, with £ 250 a year for four years towards maintenance. It is a handsome step to take, and, if Aberdare or either of the other competitors can put in a higher bid, the college will be deserved, if not won. The committee meet to-morrow to decide this momen- tous question, and it will be interesting to note how the enterprise of beautiful Barry is regarded. The cows of Swansea Valley have a very genuine grievance. The tramps who infest the district have no respect for their fodder, and the patient animals rightly refuse to eat from a polluted dinner table. The flotsam and jetsam of our highways appear to 'affect a par- tiality for hay sheds, and it would seem that the tramps' bedding does not improve the principal item of the milk- givers' lunch. The cows evidently think they will be asked to consume lodging- house mattresses next, and utter the only objection of which they are capable in their dumbness. Could they speak they would doubtless be able to unfold to an astonished world the nature of some ? the horrors which they are asked to consume, and the terrors of Chicago would possibly sink into insignificance. Luckily for the milchers, grazing time is nearly due, and while they are chewing the cud this summer their owners may think of some way of relieving them of the pest that has become a public eviL j

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TRAMWAY EMPLOYES STRIKEI Rioting in Cleveland I Serious rioting' has taken place at Cleve- land (Ohio) among the employes of the tramway company. Yesterday the men assembled in the streets in large numbers and cut all the trolly wires and destroyed eereral ears with dynamite cartridges. After- wards they marched to the principal dpct3 and tried to break in and week the build- ings. They were met by a strong- force of;, policemen at each place, however, and were driven back, though not before the police- men had been forced to nse their revolvers.

HOW THE RHONDDA VOTED.) Affiliation with the Labour Party. I The result of the ballot taken in the Rhondd.a District of the South Wales IvI inerd' Federation on the question of the affiliation of the miners' organisation with the Labour Representation Committee ha.3 now been com- pleted, and. a-s anticipated, a week ago, it shows a, decided majority in favour of affiliation, although in view of the fact that ifabon and Mr. D. Watts Morgan had advised the men to vote in the affirmative the majority is hardly so large ad had been expected. In the Hhondda there are upwards of 30,000 members of the Miners' Federation, and upwards of 8,OCO did not vote. The result i3:- For affiliation 13,436  Ag'mMb. 9,182 I Majority for 4,254 ABE-RGWYNFI uOu-GE. I For joining the L.R.C., 194; against, 55-1 majority, 139. I

SHOT A SOLICITOR At Liverpool Assizes on Saturday William Stanley Vaughan (3.5), an artist, was found guilty of woun.ding Mr. James W. Alsop, J.P., a solicitor and city counc-iilor of Liverpool, by shooting him with a revolver with intent to murder. Vaughan had a disp-ute with Mr. Alsop's firm concerning some property in Pembroke- shire left him under his father's will, and had sent threatening letters to the prosecu- tor. On February 13 Vaughan went to Mr. ALsop's office and shot at him twice, the second bullet lodging- in his arm. When arrested Vaughan. was found to have two loaded revolvers in his possession. For the defence it was urged t.tt the prisoner had delusions regarding his property and only intended to frighten Mr. Alsop. Sentence was deferred uritil to-day.

MISSIONARY EXHIBITION I The Park-hall, Cardiff, was comfortably I filled when the Church of England Mis- I sionary Exhibition was re-opened on Satur- day afternoon by the Archaeacon of Llan- daff (the Yen. F. W. Edmondes).—Oanon Harding, of Llanfair, presided, and said he hoped the time was not far distant when there would be a missionary branch society established in every parish, for experience had shown that those plaoes that gave the most towards foreign missions contributed most to parochial objects also. He was afraid that Llandaff did not figure well amongst other dioceses with regard to financial support to missionary enterprise. 1 Archdeacon Edmomdes, in declaring the exhibition open, said tnat the horrors of heathenism, the terrors of devil worship, and other like things depicted must tend to make the exhibition a distinctly forward movement in the missionary life of the diocese. He doubted whether the great Pan- Anglican movement, had yet occupied the public mind as dutch a it should, and he impressed upon Churchmen that the Pan- Anglican. thankoffering on June 24 must be extra to their usual gifts to Church organi- sations. The poor, as a rule, gave far more liberally than the rich. fHear, hear.) Day by day the attendance at the exhibi- tion grows bigger and the interest in it increases. On Friday 1,700 children attended, and on Saturday morning 1,800 children visited the hall in charge of teachers. The talks in the courts are listened to with rapt attention, and the primary object of the undertaking, the fostering of public interest in missionary work, has been achieved in a degree inost gratifying to the promoters. There was a heavy booking of country parties, and it is estimated that during S&.turday some 4,000 visited the exhibition. Airong them was Lord Tredegar, who expressed himself delighted with all he heard and saw. The exhibition to-day will be opened at 2.30 by the Lord Mayor, wiOanon Griffith as chairman. Several additional missionaries are expected, including the Rev..1. H. Linton, who, having served in West Africa, is shortly leaving for Persia, and the Rev. J. R. Serson, who comes with experience of North-wet Canada. Tbo short "talks" at the various "courts" are beooiming very popular, and large crowds on Saturday listened with marked interest to the experiences of the several mis- sionaries. It may be well to r-epeat that all parties, at the red need rate of 3d., must be booted in advance through Mr. Fred W. Brett, bon. secretary, 10, Windsor-place. The general charge for admission is row 6d. All tickct- holders can obtain railway tickets at reduced fares.

TRIBUTE TO WOMAN The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Washington on Satur- day listened to an address by President Roosevelt. After an eloquent tribute to the great part played by the Methodist Church in America, the President, alluding to the evils brought about by modern conditions, said it would be both unmanly and unfair to become fainthearted or despairing about the nation's future. Clear-eyed and far-sighted men must feel a confident assurance that in the struggle with evil the nation would win, and the century which had just opened would see a great triumph for the American people. The surest way to achieve that triumph was to refuse to blind themselves to what was evil in the complex play of the many forces inter-acting in the upbuilding of America's social structure. "The true patriot," the President declared, "is that man who. without losing faith in the good, does his best to combat evil." Continuing, the President enlarged upon the importance of building up the spiritual bide of the national character, without which the material amounted to nothing, and in the course of a glowing tribute to womanhood, said: "We admire a good man, but we admire a good woman more; we believe in her more. The birth-pangs make all men debtors of all women. No being has a greater title to respect than the mother who bears and rears plenty of healthy child ren.Rettter.

THE TRAWLING INDUSTRY The new fish market at Neyland is nearly completed, and the ice factory is,meking such good progress that by July 1 the port will be ready to commence the trawiiig industry. Unfortunately, the shipbuilding strike in the North will delay delivery of the trawlers ordered by the Neyland Company, but such ample support is promised by trawler owners that it is belie,ed a fairly effective fleet will be ready by the time the ice factory and market are equipped. As the project approaches completion one cannot help being struck by the natural advantages which Neyland possesses for tl:e trawling industry. The spacious quayside can be approached at the lowest tide, wnen there is at the least- 16ft. of water. Fwr trawlers can be unloaded simultaneously by two powerful hydraulic cranes, which will swing the fish straight into the market, hile on the other side the Great, Western Railway wagons can be loaded straight from t .1" market, and despatched without any shojit- ing arrangements. There is an ample and free supply of water, and the ice plant can daily turn out from 30 to 40 tons of ice, sufficient to equip four trawlers ea,ch day. There are no dock dues, nor is it necessary for vessels to wait for dock-gates to be opened, for they can come right alongside the market and put off again as soon as they are clear end re-provisioned and coaled. Coal, too, is delivered practically free from dock dues.

ATTACKED BY BURGLAR At about ten o'clock on Saturday night Mr. James Sherman, a retired manufacturer, living at Darenth-road, Stamford Hill, returned to his house with his wife and found the door open and the plia-ce in confu- sion. Proceeding upstairs, Mr. Sherman encountered a young man on the landing, who struck him a terrific blow on the head with a jemmy. The man also injured Mrs. Sherman. He then rushed into the street. A number of people were attracted by the noise, and several followed the man. who took refuge in a garden. A coachman, named Wingute, entered the garden and was attacked by the man, but the latter was dragged out into the road, where he fought vigorously until the police arrived. The man will tK>day be charged with attempted murder and burglary. Mr. Sher- man's wounds are serious, and he is eta.ted to be in a critical condition. Mrs. Sherman's head was badly hurt, while Wingate was also injured.

COLLIERY HOSPITAL The offer of a £ 5,000 cottage hospital which the Powell Duffryn Company made to the miners of the Rhymney Valley was con- sidered on Saturday afternoon at a meeting of the Powell Duffryn Company miners at Bargoed. Mr. Evan Thomas, miners' agent, earnestly advocated the acceptance of the kind offer of the company, and pointed out that the site selected by the company—above the institute at ziberbargo-ed-waa the most cen- ¡ tral and convenient for all the collieries in the valley. The maintenance of the hos- pital would be secured by each workman contributing one halfpenny per week. After all the pomts had been lucidly put before the meeting and various questions answered, it was unanimously resolved to accept the offer with thanks. I There is ground for believing that the New Tredegar workmen will presently fall into line with their eomrad at Bargoed and j Aberbargoed, so that the construction of the building at Aberbargoed should be a thing I of the near future.

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Widow's Wedding Day. VICAR WILL NOT CONDUCT THE CEREMONY f i I Russian Count Creates a. Scene. The vicar of a fashionable suburb of Bristol has come prominently before the public eye in consequence of his action in connection with the prospective marriage of a Russian oount and a widow. The facts of the affair ha-ve only just oome to light. It seems that last week the vicar received notice of a mar- riage by licence of a Russian count and a widow lady of the parish, aged 45, and possessed of an ample yearly income. The vicar ascertained that according to the law if either party belonged to the Greek Orthodox Church the ceremony must be performed oon- soriant with the rites of that Church. The wedding was fixed for eleven o'clock, and the prospective bridegroom forwarded the vicar the licence he had procured from the city registry. At a quarter to eleven a brougham drove up to the church, and the count, his prœpecÙve bride, and her son I ahg'hted. The news of the caming w£ddmg had spread, and there was a large number of people in the church. I The parties were conducted to the vestry by the curate, and left there awaiting the arrival of the vicar and the Eussian and American Consuls, the two latter having been invited to be present to advise as to the law Time went by, and the anxious bridegroom sent out eeveral inquiries as to the cause of the delay. The vicar then entered the vestry, and, addressing the count, said, I Relieve you are a Russian subject." The answer being in the affirmative, the vicar said he was sorry the ceremony could not proceed owing to the legal difficulties. The bridegroom vainly endeavoured to persuade the vicar that he was now of the Protestant faith, but the clergy man said he must (satisfy himself on this point, and would go to London the next day and consult the Russian Embassy. The count became excited, and created a scene in the vestry, gesticulating wildly and de>mandir,g that the ceremony ghoaid proceed, .Asked how long she had known her prospec- tive husband, the widow, who was grea-tly agitated, replied, "Three weeks," adding, "I trust him implicitly, and. wish to marry him." The vicar advised the man to calm himself and restrain his indignation. He re-affirmed that he could not proceed with the wedding until he had satisfied himself on the legal points. The count accompanied the bride down the centre aisle. She was pale and agitated. The vicar proceeded to explain to the con- gregation that there could be no wedding owing to certain technical difficulties. He added that he had nothing to say against either bride or bridegroom. Later the vicAr saw the bridegroom at his house. The count demanded the return of the licence, which he had left with the vicar, saying he would not now be married in the Clhurch for a thousand pour-ds. "Very well," replied the vicar, and he handed over the licence. The parties drove to the railway station, and are understood to have boohed for Reading. In a Bristol paper on Friday appeared the following wedding azi.-iouneement:- MIOHALOWSKl—TUCKER.—On Thursday, May 14, 1906, at W-estbnry Qhurch, by special licence, Emily Tucker, widow of the late Charles Tucker, and only child of W. Talbot, Esq., Sonning Eye, to Count Theo- phil Mich a low sky, only child of the late Count and Countess Alexandra Michaloweky, colonel in the Russian Lifeguards, St. Petersburg.

FROM DINGY FLATT0 LUXURY Humorous stories are told in New York of Mps. Hetty Green, the richest woman in the world next to Mrs. Russell Sage, who at the age of 70 has suddenlyleft a dingy flat in Hoboken, where she lived with her daughter a-nd dog for 6s. a day, for an £80 a month flat in the Hotel Plaza, where her bills are more than £ 26 a day. Instead of buying a daily supply of ice, she was accustomed in Hoboken to place her jug of millt-one quart lasted her three days —on the window-sill to cool. Her one extra- vagance there was laoe curtains to exclude the gaze of the indigent curious. Now her "frazzled" bonnet and rusty black drei?s are reyplaced by a hat with a pair of pink roses and a fashionable silk gown. When wonders of her suite of rooms were explained to her, "Away with the tele- phone," she commanded; "it may be some comfort to know how hot and cold it is, but Hetty Green has no use for telephones." "Sa"kes alive," she cried, as a maiidsetyant entered her room, "you're the fifth I've seen here to-day. What do all you folks find to do?" "We answer calls, madam," the maid replied. "Well, my dea,r," the millionairess retorted, "Hetty Green can wait on herself, thank goodness." She disdains the fine motor-cars attached to the hotel, and uses the motor-omnibus.

I SPIES IN ENGLAND "Vanoc," in yesterday's "Referee," sounds an alarming note on the way in which foreign Powers are able to make themselves acquainted with our naval and military secrets. He says: Negotiations for the sale of secrets of the Gibraltar defences were actually in progress when the traitor was caught. He could only be indicted on a minor count. Foreign emissaries abound in these islands. The number of foreigners residing next dear to post-offices in the Eastern counties is too numerous to be explained by the long arm of coincidence. A ride of staff officers in mufti has been I carried out on the East Co-as,t within the last few months. A document describing our submarine defences has been stolen from the Admiralty. A Minister has lost a batch of secret papers without dismissal. Lord Methuen and Colonel Haldane recently met in Berkshire a foreign spy who, not lncw ing wiho they were, asked for detailed infor- mation about the width of the roads. "Plans for the invasion of England by synchronous raids are in the possession of the War Office."

DOCTOR'S SON KILLED A sad story was told at the inquest at Wort lake on Saturday on John M. Calder, aged twenty, son of Dr. A. B. Calder, of Ksnsingto'i. His decapitated body was found on the railway line near Barnes Bridge. Dr. Calder said his son had been d-eaf since four years of age. Of late he had been very irritable and seemed to feel his position, keenly. On the night of t.he tragedy'Ms son was seizèd with a sudden impulse, and rushed out o fthe house with witness in pursuit. Search was made for him until one o'clock in t.he morning but it was in vain.. The next news was that of the finding of his body. T'he jury returned a verdict of "Found dead."

I AN OFFER OF X23000 The Glamorgan Education Committee will meet to-morrow (Tuesday) at Cardiff to deter- mine where the proposed training college for female teachers for elementary schools shall lie erected. Various localities have been suggested, but the two serious competi- tors are understood to be Barry and Aberdare. The college is estimated to cost about 1:15,000, three-fourths of which will be dclrayed by the Board of Education, and the remaining fourth by the Glamorgan Comity Council. The council have the option of purchasing on moderate terms a suitable site, at Barry. At a special meeting of the Barry District Council on Saturday, Mr. W. J. Williams, J.P., in the chair, a resolution was unani- mously passed that in the event of the col- lege being erected a.t Barry the local autho- rity will contribute £ 2,000— £ 1,000 towards the county council's quota of the cost of erec- tion, and £ 250 a year for four years towards the expenses of maintenance. Barry is situated in one of the healthiest localities in South Wales, is equipped with highly efficient elementary schools and public library, with rare facilities for Nature^study and other conveniences, and the claims of the town ought to commend themselves strongly to the Glamorgan Education Autho- rity.

THREATENED STRIKE OF RAILWAYMEN A mass meeting of all grades of railway- men wab held at Gateshead on Sunday to ¡ consider the reduction and dismissal of men m tho locomotive department. A strong r&so.IuUoc was l?.?ed prct<?tin.g adjust th? action of the officials in dealing with tbe men, and also in refusing to reM'ive the men's representatives. It was agreed to ask I for satisfaction by the 22nd inst., and, fail- ing its being obtained, to cease work at mid- Aidlt on the 24th met.

I Callous Motorists CYCLIST LEFT ON THE ROAD UN- CONSCIOUS Another instance of the motorist's disre- gard for the public occurred near Brighton early on Sunday morning. A coastguards- man named Henry Catt was cycling on the main ro?d between Blackrok and Roedean when a car proceeding in the oppof'tf direction collided with him. smashing his machine and throwing him with great violence on to the road. The car, which contained four occupants besides the driver, wai not stopped When it reached a Brighton garage two of the party st-art-ed to walk back. The reason they subsequently gave to the police was that they thought they had hit some thing. On reaching the spot they found Catt unconscious, with seven ribs broken <r-i.d his It-ft hand fractured. He is in a very grave condition. An interval of one (), -Los, c (I hour elapsed between the time of the acci- dent and the discovery of Catt. The police have the name and address of the driver.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN I Wonderful Improvement in Health I From a source in which the utmost reliance ¡ CtHl be placed, I learn (wires the llentone correspondent of the Central News) that Mr. Chamberlain has now so far recovered that he seems quite his old self. He is, undoubtedly, wonderfully better, and it is many years since he has been so free from his old enemy, the gout. The right hon. gentleman looks bright and well, though he still manifests some slight signs of lameness when walking. Walks and drives he takes daily, and he is now 'constantly receiving friends, all of whom are delighted at the great improvement in him. The weather now could not be more favourable. Saturday was a, day of brilliant sunshine, and there were cool breezes to temper the heat. On June 18 Mr. Chamberlain will go to Aix-les-Bains to undergo the treatment, from whN:.h he hopes much. t My informant tells me that he is greatly oneered by what, he himself describes as the swelling wave of Tariff Reform," and was particularly pleased at the result of the Wolverhampton bye-election. He is seriously and keenly anticipating taking an active part in the councils of his party on his return to England.

BRITISH JUSTICE The trial of Abdel Kader, the self-styled prophet of the Blue Nile Province, was held at Kamlin on the 8th inst. before the Mudir's court, which was presided over by Mr. Peacock, civil judge. The prisoner was found guilty of the murder ox Mr. Scott Moncrieff, deputy I i inspector of the province, and of waging war against, the Soudan Government, and was sentenced to death. The court also ordered the forfeiture of the prophet's property. Abdel Kader was executed on Sunday at the market village of his tribe.-ReLter,

SEDITION IN INDIA Speaking at a Labour demonstration at Bradford on Sunday night, Mr. Kedr Hardie, M.P., dealt with affairs in India. He denied that the dynamite outrages were the result of seditious teaching. The people sought to have some effective say in the government of their own country, and what was called sedition in India would be called loyalty hi England. The sedition of which so much was hearrl was mainly tha.t the Indian people loved their Motherland, and wanted to see it a place worthy of its great traditions. He meauit to proclaim the truth about India.

FIGHTING IN MOROCCO A telegram to the Paris "Matin" says:—It is rumoured that Bu Denib, on tho Southern Algerian frontier, was taken on Saturday, I after a Imm bombardment, by troops under Geferal Vigy, and that the Moorish barka, iiTiide.i- Marabout Mulai Lassan, has been- dis- persed.—Central News.

I OLICITOR IN SHIRT SLEEVES Some surprise was caused in the Chancery Court presided over by Mr. Justice S'wicfen Eady on Saturday by the appearance of a gentleman seated at the solicitors' table in his shirt sleeves. It is believed that the gen- tleman had put his pipe into hits pocket without having properly extinguished it. His attention having been called to the fact that his coat was on fire he promptly divested himself of the garment and handed it to the usher, who hurried with it into the cor- ridor and soon put matters right. —- )

I I BAYONETTED George Oldaker, a private in the 5th Militia Battalion Eoyal Warwickshire Regiment, started wrestling with a friend named Smith, who was cleaning a bayonet. In the struggle the bayonet accidentally struck Oldaker on the head, a,nd he died. "Death by misadven- ture" was the verdiot on Saturday.

I WARDER AIDS PRISONERS The plot of a not-orious burglar band to escape from Deseau Prison, Germany, was just discovered on the eve of fulfilment. The window bars of the cells had been filed through and rope, ladders stored in readi- ness, when a warder found by accident two letters entrusted by the prisoners to another warder. They were delivered to tho autho- rities in the nick cf time. It seems that a regular correspondence .passed between the prison inmates and the outer world, this warder acting as medium. He al.-o provided the ropes and files, and was handsomely rewarded by the band.

I KITCHEN GRAMMAR Professor Kuibnemaiim, of the University of Berlin, was much impressed on his recent visit to Boston with the learning of Bottom's women. ?lionv different things are in London! he f aid. There I once overheard a cook cor- recting the grammar of a housemaid. 'Don't say ax," you wulgar creatur' corrected the cook, say harsk." New York Tribune."

CAN THEY CHOOSE? I The chairman of the Willesden Board of Guardians has asked the new members to save their oast-off clothing for deserving paupers leaving the workhouse. The members consist of a builder, a publican, a fishmonger, a butcher, a traveller, a woman doctor, an independent woman, and two independent men.

STEVEXS' BREAD— I Consum«5rs sav is Deriectlon. e4964 I

ICaptain & Servant Girl CALLS AT A HOUSE AND SEQUEL I CALLS AT A HOUSE AND SEQUEL Andrew M'Allister, a master mariner, appeared at the Old-street Police-court on Saturday in respect of the paternity of the child of Emily Hopewell, domestic. Complainant said that in 1905 she was em- ployed as "general" by a doctor and his wife at Kensington. Defendant was related to her mistress and a frequent visitor, some- times staying a night or two in the house. He was captain of the steamship Lapwing. Defendant, on some of his calls at the house, gave her money, and subsequently presents of gloves and chocolates. Defendant made suggestions to her, and in October, 1906, when staying in the house attempted to get admis- sion to her bedroom. After that she left the situation, but defendant Asked Her to Write to Him and she did so and met him. He took her to his ship in dock on two occasions, and then intamacy began. After a time she went into service again at Tufnell Park, and there defendant called for her twice and took her out, as well as meeting her at other times. The doctor and his wife wishing her to return, she gave up her situation at Tufnell Park, and returned to service at Kensing- ton, where defendant was, as before, a visi- tor. On February 4 last year her master and mistress had just gone out in the carriage when defendant arrived and entered. He caught hold of her and kissed her, and inti- macy took place. A child was born in November last. Complainant's mother gave evidence of an interview between herself, her daughter, and defendant when he made an admission (though now denied), which Mr. Biron said was corroboration under the Act. Defendant's Denials Defendant went into the witness-box and admitted making complainant's acquaintance in his relatives' house, and to meeting and taking her about after she left. Those meet- ings were by appointment, he writing to her and she to him. He admitted also taking her to his ship, but denied intimacy there. MrJ Biron elicited an admission that defen- dant had called for the girl in her situation at Tnfnell Park, and had given her "perhaps a present- or two." In giving judgment, the magistrate said it was clear that the relations between the captain and the servant girl were not those of a gentleman visiting a house where she was employed as domestic. He thought com- plainant had fully made out her case, and made an order in favour of the girl for the full aanount.

LOST CONTROL ON A HILL Serious Accident to a Cardiff Cyclist A man, named David Evans, aged 36, who resides at 8, Aberdovey-street, East Moors, was admitted into the Cardiif Infirmary on Sunday evening, suffering from a fracture i of the base of the skull. Whilst riding dOTIvn Ruminey Hill on the ftewport B-oad he lost control of his machine, and came in oont,act with the wall at the foot of the hixi. He was conveyed to the infirmary by a motor-car, where he now lies in an unconscious condition.

BOY'S MANIA FOR CANADA ATI intereett.ing story was told at Hull on Saturday, when Thomas Peake, a schoolboy of twelve, was dealt with under the Proba- j tion of Offenders Act for stealing 18s. from his father. T'he boy and his young sister were caught at Paragon Station in an express for Liverpool, the youth having fully deter- mined to run away to Canada. He rose early one morning and induced his sister to accompany him. His only pre- paration wias to make a list of things to be purchased, including skipping ropeg, sweets, Ac., for his sister. The lad's father said his son had a mania, for Canada."

C'HILD BURNT TO DEATH I A sad: fa/it in connection with an inquest held at Acton on Saturday by Mr. R. Kemp on the body of Mafbel M. Clarke, aged two years, was that she received her fatal injuries on her birthday anniversary. She was found in flames. Matches were subsequently discovered in the bedclothes, and it is believed that the fire was caused by the deceased and another child playing with them on the bed. The jury returned a verdict t-hat death was due to shock from burns brought about by accidental causcis.

= SEQUEL TO THE HYNE CASE A sequel to the notorious case at Bristol in which was revealed the remarkable career of a dentist named Hyne, who is now un- dergoing imprisonment, is to be heard in a prosecution against three persons who are to be suinmoned on May 28 at the instance of the public prosecutor, it being alleged that they exploited the Hyne case as a London newspaper sensation, and so acted that the course of justice might have been impeded.

I TEACHER SENT TO PRISON At Liverpool Assizes on Saturday. William Close, 57, who until recently ha-I been a teacher at St. John's Schools, Abrim, near Wigan, was found guilty of improper behaviour to little girls who attended the school. "I need not remind your lordship," said the prisoner, in appealing for leniency, "that the quality of mercy is twice blessed- it blesseth him that gives and him that takes." Close was sent to prison for twelve months with hard labour.

I SOLDIERS STOP A PRiNCE While motoring from La, Turbie to Nice with two ladies on Saturday the Prince of Monaco was stopped by a party of drunken recruits, who smashed the windows with stones, and tried to force their way in. Prince Louis defended himself with his ftets, and drove off three or four of his assailants. The chauffeur, taking advantage of their temporary discomfiture, set, off at full speed, and the party, without further difficulty, reach-e.d Nice, where the. Prince reported the affair to the police.

LOT OF THE SEAFARER It is an Englishman's privilege to grumble --a:ii,d a -ea.man'.s (iuty. Yet, on hearing seamen grumble, not from ill-temper, but. coolly. with equal mind," one suspects that there is something in what they say; th:U as regards the loaves and fishes—from a material point of vic-v, at any rate—sea- faring is a game not worth the candle.— Country Life."

BROUGHT HOME DEAD James William Sexton, a. marine fireman, aged 57, who had lately lived at 27, South WiUiam-street. Cardiff, on Saturday died on board the fish trawler Nemophila, which arrived at Cardiff on Sunday. Dr. Chave examined the body, and an inquest is to be held.

SELF-PRESERVATION I A witness at the Kingston Police-court entered the box on Saturday carrying in his hand a number of documents. The Chairman, asked him, Wha:t have you got in your hand?" "That's my characters. sir," was the reply. "But you are not oharged with any offence," the chairman suggested.

I THIRTY CHURCH ROBBERIES I Yet another church robbery is reported from France—this time from Bouan, near Toulouse, where the robbers opened the ?c,olleel,in,g-b0xe,s and carnpd away various sacred vessels and ornaments. This makes something like 30 church robberies reported -in the space of a few weeks in all parts of the country. The theory that a clever hand is concerned in all of them inevitably suggests itself. I

"We are beginning to scorn the needle," remarked a lady speaker at a Tonbridge meeting. The sewing machine, she added, had been the curse of woomen by increasing the facility for indulging in ungraceful orna- mentation in dress. STEVENS' BREAD- Demanded more than ermr. eM4

I Body in the Taff River -0 I A LLANDAFF MYSTERY I The body of a man, apparently of the sea faxing class, was found on Ssturday in tbL4 riter between the feede, at Llandaff and tbA iron bridge at Mcrganstown. The body was in an advanced state oi decomposition. The deceased had evidently met. hiij death by accidental drowning ot suicide. Nothing was found on the body ta afford a clue to its identity. It is that of a man 5ft. 4in. or 5ft. Sin. in height, of stout build, with a brown moustache, dark suit, and black leggings with straps. Bound thtf neck was a black and white muffler.

DOG GUARDS BURGLAR I Louisa Farrow, a young domestic serrate' employed by Robert Miller, of Triing-aveauuo Laling, told the Brentford magistrates ut Saturday how she dealt with a supipoeed burglar. Hearing a noise in the drawing-roam, she unfastened her master's dog and went wit4 the animal to that apartment, locked thtf door behind her, am-d turned up the gas. She found a man lying under the couch- with a missionary box containing money iTy his hand. She questkwied him, and he said be came in. to ku'e a sleep, as he thouighti the house was empty. Leaving the deg to guard the intruder, with the door locked, she went to the police and. gave him into custody. He gave the name of Henry Carter, described himself as a homeless stoker, and on a charge of burglariously breaking astf entering the house was remanded.

TRAMCAR OVERTURNED I While descending a bill at Fishergate. near Brighton, on Sunday evening a horse-drawn ti-am was overturned, and five persons were injured. Most of the passengers on the top of the car escaped very lightly, as the car turned over very steadily, aod they were able to save themselves by clinging to the rails on the side tha.t fell uppermost. One man, however, sustained injury to the ribs. The inside passengers were not so fortunate. 31-rs. Jeff,rson, wife of a Hove doctor, was, cut a-bout the- face and hands by the shatr- tered glass, and her son frustained an injury to the back. L3.t.e on Sunday night a.11 the injured wee* reported to be progressing favourably.

RATS 11 A DELICIOUS DISH The Lincolnshire rat-catcher, a man raaned Hodgson, whose wife in obtaining a separa- tion order against her husband. toJd the magistrates that he cooked and ate rodents for dinner, is icud in praise of rats as an article of food. "Most people," he declared on Sa.twrda,y, "consider rats unclean and. consequently, unfit to eat. That is. however, a mistaken idea. Properly cooked, rate make the m08t- delicious dish imaginable. I am not the only, man by a long way who uses rats as food." Hodgsonr says that, besides rate, Fe-nstdersi eat both hedgehogs and field mice.

FATAL PTOMAINE POISONING For his dinner on May 8, Harry Doggett. 33, a brewery labourer, of Watford, had two penny slices of fried fish. A companion, to whom he gave half of one slice, remarked, "It tastes rather f unny," and Doggett replied, "I think it does." Subsequently he. became sick, and was taken with violent pains. Growing steadily worse, he died on the 15th. A coroner's jury on Saturday found that death was due to ptomaine poi. soning, but held that there was not sufficient evidence to prove how it was caused.

I WIDOW'S HEAVY DAMAGES The widow of a French business man ilaxned, Duval, who was accidentally killed oin his way to do his military service last year, has obtained extraordinarily heavy damages, agairnet the Northern Railway Cbanpany, on whose line her husband met has deaitti. She has been awarded iA,000 in cosh, a pension for life of 4120 a year, £800 for e-ach of her three children, and a further on of C:55 a. year from the War Office, which, the railway company will have to pay.

THE POPE'S ODD EYES Mr. Ptat-riok Gahill, of Dublin, optician; to the Pope, on the occasion of a. reoeni visit to Rome, tested his Holiness's eye- sight. In com-memoration of the Papal Jubilee he also presented him with a gold casket and a white leather spectacle-case. According t-o Mr. Cahill. the Pope's eye- sight is remiarkably good for a man of his years. His Holiness, he says, uses glasses only for reading. Curiously enough, the iris of one eye is bine and the other brown, although very few people are said to notice the peculiarity.

SUFFRAGETTES' SILENCE Stormy scenes occurred at Leatherhead on. Saturday when the suffragettes started anew cara/wan campaign. Most of the women, were prevented from speaking in the open air owing to the clanging of a bell and the hoot- ling of the crowd. Rotten eggs. were thrown at the police who attempted to maintain order, and the meeting, which was conti-mued in the Victoria-ball, had to be stopfped, as the police were unable to hold the cz-owd, back.

PROBLEM OF FLIGHT Mr. Jose Weiss, of Houghton, Arundel, whe has been studying the principle of flight ol birds, gave a demonstration on the South- downs at Amberley Mount on Saturday with model aeroplanes. The expe-rilmentas were not attended by any greart euecees, though one small model, shaped like a hizc, per,, formed several short flights.

j WOMEN DOCTORS It is a real grievance that students of tbr London School of Medicine for Wonif,) should have to go to Fdiuburgh or Dublij for a college diploma. There is, of course* the University of iondon, and some women have done well there. But the medical degrees of the lPOndoD University are for the few.—"British Medical Journal." —— —g

TORNADO IN LOUISIANA New Orleans dispatches state that a. terrible torna,do swept over a large part of Louisian; on Saturday, completely destroying threes hamlets So far six people are known to have lost th-eir livel,, and -40 are seriously injured-—Central News.

SUICIDE OF FOUR BROTHERS: The four sons of a Swiss mason, named Bu-rgig, who lives in the village of Lyes, Clanton of Berne, have committed suicide during the last ten days. The brothers' ages ranged from eigli-tem years to twelve, and the youngest two were still at school. The eldest boy hanged him- self, the second threw himself ra front of a railway train, the third jumped into the River Aar, and the fourth and youngest shot himself with a revolver.

MODEL YACHT RACING Two races in connection with the St Ger- man's (Cardiff) Model Yacht Cluh weresailei off at the IW,ath Park Lake on Saturday, with the following results:— Juniors: 1st, Flying Cloud (H. Dunn); 2nd, Atlantic (W. Nott). 3rd, Viper (H. Bird). Seniors: 1st, Zephyr (J. E. Washer); and, Florence (R. Washer); 3rd, Valkyrie (c. David).

SMALLEST HOUSEBREAKERS They are about the smallest house- hreakers I han ever seen," remarked Mr. d'Eyncourt at the Clerkenwell Police-court, when three little boys, who oould not be seen behind the dock, were charged before him. The gaoler had opened the door of the solicitors' weli and put the boys in the open doorway for the magistrate's inspec- tion.

Mr. W. M. Wroughton has decided to give up the northern part of the well-known Pytehley Hont country, and to sell his toe pack of foxhounds, which oost £ 3,000.

I BANK TO BE CLOSED Fittpbnrg, Sunday.—It is officially an- nounced here that the Allegheny Bank will not open itzi doors to-morrow, and that the Comptroller of Currency will wind up its affairs. This step is due to an alleged a.m-ountiog to half a million, dollars, by Mr. Montgomery, cashier of the bank, who is now in prison.—Reuter.

KOREA'S FUTURE I The Marquess Ito, Japamese Resident- General, yesterday attended celebrations on the occasion of the anniversary of the open- ing of Ohemulpo to foreign trade. Speaking at a banquet at Seoul. the marquess dwelt upon Japan's peaceful development of Korea, the object of which, he said, was that Koreans should have their independence in future an(I become the allies of Japan. The speech has been received with enthusiasm by Koreans and Japanese.

I ARTIST'S HIGH IDEAL A great sensation has been created in French art circles owing to the action of the famous impressionist painter, Oia-ud Monet, who destroyed twenty of his paintings, of the market value of £ 20,000, the result of three years' work, which he had prepared for the annual exhibition, at the Duraud Ruet Gal- lieries. On looking over his pictures the ait.ist decided that several impressions of light on witter effects were unworthy of him, and coolly took out his knife and destroyed them all.