Evening Express

CRICKHOWELL ELECTION. I A bye-election took place at Crickhowell on Saturday to fill the vacancy on the rural district council caused by the resignation of Mr. C. H. Kerry. The candidate, both of whom are Liberals, were Gaptain John James I Watkins, of GrEenhill, and Mr. William George Watkins, of Bridge-street, Crickhowell. Mr. G. L. Loam acted as deputy-returning I officer. Result:- Captain J. J. Watkins 112 Mr. W. G. Watkins 89 Majority. Z3

DESIROUS OF PEACE. I MELILLA, Sunday. Shereeflan letters have reached the Riff chieftains inviting them to lay down the arms taken up by them against Spain. Among the Kabyles there is a majority in favour of peace, but the Spaniards, it is learned, will, neveirthelees, pursue their operations, with the ostensible object of punishing the' parties guilty of murdering workmen on the railway line. The brigade which moved out from Melilla is now encamped at Zodo 91 Aroa.—Central I News.

RESCUE OF A BOY. I An exciting incident was witnessed on the l south beach at Aberystwyth on Saturday. A sixteen-year-old lad, the son of visitore, wa,3 bathing, when he suddenly grrt out of his depth. Being unable to swim, he was in imminent danger of drowning. 11r. Pryee Phillips, grocer, Little Darkyate-street, noticed his struggles, and without waiting to divest himself of his clothing plunged imto the water and succeeded in rescuing the boy, who had already sunk twice.

STORY OF A STOWAWAY I A British subject, named George Cohen, who made a free voyage from Capetown to London was charged at Thames court on. Saturday with being* a stowaway on the steamship German with intent to defraud the owners. Cohen now said he left the Trans- k vaal owing to being financially embarrassed, I and got to Capetown, but was unable to obtain work. He went to the Emigration Officer, who said. as he had not been con- victed, nothing could be done for him. Had he stolen, say, sixpence, and g,)t seven days' imprisonment, he would have been deported to England, as were a number of persons 1 on the German. Directly the boat left har- bour he went to the captain and begged for work. Mr. Chester Jones told defendant ho had defrauded the company of £10 10s., the fare, and in default of paying that amount he would have to go to prison for a month.

BEADLE LOCKED IN CUPBOARD I Mr. Joseph Marks, ward .beadle for Far- ringdon Within, and parish clerk and sexton of ChrisL's Church, Newgate-street, has had an unpleasant adventure. While in me church attending to his dntuM he- had occa- sion to go to a deep cupboard in order to I obtain 8?IDO paper, and whilst inside the door was mysteriously closed and locked, leaving him a prisoner. Kicks at the door and shotit6 proved futile, and he remained in his enforced prison for over an hour before someone connected with the church entered to ask if he bad finished his work. Then he was rescued, only to find that a sum of money had been stolen. Mr. Marks him- self saw no intruder in the church.

AFRAID OF WATER. I I Two trampt who had been particularly ¡ lucky found themeclvc^ in possession of suffi- cient fu-nd* for a ttwspii't's shelter. "vYe ea.n sloop under a roof t: we like," mid one. (f them. "Yus," replied the other, "but these lodgin'-hotKOti make me nervous. S'tippo;e a fire wai to break oat in the m>ht?" The hi-,t tramp shuddered. 'Twouldn't be the ■place f»r u& he said; "they'd turn the 'ose on.us.

PEMBROKE DOCKYARD. I Adm ip} Foulkos arrived in ?ilford Haven on Saturday morning in the yacht Vivid, and paid hM annual viait of inspeation to P-em-I I j?fjM Doe?y«?

STOP PRESS Latest Telegrams, FISHGrARD HARBOUR. I FISHGI'AUD HAEBOv'R. SeMc.n caa rucIi a 1:' c.aa ":er ci :'linely oicf t'-¿::i:Ü C)-lilii: a-ud c. .??nUEiy.Ldt<<uc'!??.ii:.e'<dt?.?.? the p-roee^iion at ii'-iijaard this nurnini. it a; q.aite frobable that feints of rL;xe rei in 1797 1- the gallant \Vsl:-h women, who that > c"T" Frep- li in-vaaer? from thr "il o,r).;o!Ünç th? h'1rGDt1r. a;; tlH" 'iticlc? are t:ow caret.illy pse^evved a-, he'i- [ in (I: tfict. The "dtt!e", tight "1 the harb-jur was r'.it iricn and ) yi zar-:ila> ( wned hy Jfr » i= r. ■ 5-. y- 11. th-t «!re-at We- teiii ir ri -oi >sinr.-?2t the r-s»:ts rf the company privi hrsd t*.> mev? the Mauretauia on the yaisen- tstidsr, Sir Fraii'i.- Drake, was Sir Mar teins Licyd, Sir Charles Phillips, and Sii Wilham trcurfield. C ASDIFf TO THE FCRE. Carrliff be interested and delighted te 1-tow that the ticket issued for thi r issued for tli? tt>nu4 Octan azvma was rt.1à:d this mora ms by ilr. Getiios Lewis, who will main e''sry effort to retain this intc-estmg memento of a. great event. The New York press are well represented. THE LINES'S AFPBOACH. 12.55.—The Mauretania passed Strumb1 e Tenders were going out to meet her. 1. £ —Guns were booming. the" Mauretamu being sighted from Fishguard Hills. • 1.9.—The vessel was seen from the harbour j-ation pra;cee-din.g slowly. 1.116-Tlie liner came to a standstill outside the break-water. 1.25.—The Sir Francis Drake was alonge:d« nie Mauietania. Wilt-;ur^ 94 for sevc-n 'Lunch; Somerset 70 for one ttu.m?hi.re SO for one Yorkshire 82 for one urrey IOC for uo wicket iA i) C 94 for four 1 I I J

The Man in the Street. + I Whether Fishguard becomes a second Liverpool or not, there is no reason in the world why it should not become another Southampton. Anyhow, the arrival of the Mauretania is to be the mark by which the world will recognise the growth of the new port when it began to jump in giant advances of new-found prosperity. It is not astonishing to find that Fishguard has a great future in front of it. The only matter for surprise is that this- possibility has not been recognised some years ago. The fact that the Great Western Railway Com- pany had taken the place under its wing was sufficient to guarantee that the advantages of the district would not be allowed to be hidden long. As the port 1 for South Ireland, Fishguard has already attained a significant reputation, and other things must follow as a natural consequence. Nobody can say what is to be the end of this advance. Probably there will be no finish, and Fishguard will continue to go forward until she is reckoned among the greatest ports of the world in the matter of tonnage, as well as in that of her tremendous natural advances. It seemed quite like old times for the guardians in .charge of the Cardiff UnJon to be meeting once more, as they did on Saturday after their month of holidays, and the assembly outside the board-room was even jollier than usual. Everybody seemed to be glad to get back to work, and nobody appeared to be astonished that everything had gone smoothly during the vacation. At the meeting proper (never quite so interesting as that held outside) the air was full of mutter- ings and whisperings, mostly, it is pre- sumed, concerning tit-bits from the sea- side and the Continent: None looked happier than the chairman, Mr. O. II. Jones, who wielded his hammer of authority quite leniently, considering the I excitement of the occasion. The entire ticene was for all the world like coming I back to school, though it is difficult to imagine, even at the most prosy centro of learning, any other spot on earth where the minutes and officers' reports l (mostly for a month) occupied only a few minutes short of the hour. However, this did not militate against the harmony of tho gathering, and there is no doubt that the guardians of the Cardiff Union would be robbed of a groat weekly treat I if the carrying out of the Commissioners' report robbed them cf the pleasure of rep,or t robbed tll meeting each other for the due per- I formance of most pleasant duties. This is rather an insipid world, after all. The prizes seem to be always going to the lucky few. Personal charms and I treasure (outside story books, and often I "in them) appear to be the monopoly of I those who are born with either beauty spots on their cheeks or silver spoons in their mouths. Naturally, more than half I the disappointed inhabitants of the earth are calling for a -change. The cry may ¡ be silent, as strong under-currents yearn- ing from an oppressed bosom, but the I desire runs all the deeper and stronger I in consequence. Those of us who are poor and ugly—not you, dear reader, of ¡ course—look to the hills, and wonder when the change will set in. Dog and I baby shows have held their own too long. Dogs are always the pets of the fortu-! nate, and. many of them live anlidi luxuries that are denied to unfortunate mortals, while a!l babies are beautiful- that goes without the paying. Lovers of either can see nothing wrong in their darlings, and the only people who can find fault with dogs and babies are those poor. despised people who possess neither the one nor the other. But why, oh why, should the world be burdened with an endless round of beauty shows? What can there be in a! row of pink and white complexions, set! off with hazel, blue, or black eyes and mouse-coloured or raven masses of over- praised tresses of hair that fall below the waist line and are encircled by dis- tracting bands of blue or pink ribbon? What matters it, fair reader, if the local reporter dilates in wondrous terms on the prize-winner's head of golden glory as resembling a ripe apple kissed by the sun if your own elfin locks are too lustreless to admit an adventure among the competing beauties of the world? It is only too apparent that the need of the age is a prize for ugliness. We want to discover, admire, and praise the plainest men and women who can be found play- ing their part in turning this hoary old earth upon its axis. We want bushels, tons of prizes for the ugliest people; wlio can be found. The men and women who do something, not the mere gossamer, ornamental, useless creatures who flit across the stage like butterflies to elicit their share of passing admiration and then pass on into the unknown, unrecog- nised world—the strong, characterful people are those who should have their meed of praise and their prizes from life's lottery. After all, what is beauty? Even the poets, who know everything, tell us that it is only skin deep. We want the long and strong noses, the square and rugged chins, the deep-set, purposeful eyes, the wrinkled and furrowed brows, the dis- torted fingers of hard labour, the bony protuberances of men who have accom- plished something, the extended ears of the men and women who are contented with listening for and hearing the good things floating round—everything that I is counted ugly in our barbaric estima- tion of life's good things, and all that is adjudged useful and helpful. Let us have competitions for the ugliest men and women, and then we shall discover and appraise at their true value those who are the light of the world and the salt of the earth. And, paradoxical as it may appear, we should then get a better idea as to what constitutes real beauty. Character would tell, and those who do not burden the country with useless car- cases would come to their own. Girls would 4nd to their joy that a tailor's dummy is not necessarily the best material for a good husband. Men would -discover that the dressmaker's model and the dispenser of millinery delights fails far short of the ideal wife. The entire world would be the better for the changed outlook, and the sound of wedding bell's would be a truer Ivarbinger of the good ending mostly confined to novels. Now, who is going to offer prizes for ugliness?

HEIR TO A MILLION ACRES I The Marquess of Stafford, eldest son and heir of the Duke of Sutherland, whose Shrop- shire soat is at Liileshall. celebrated his majority on Sunday. Festivities took place in hcnour of the event in IjHiropshirp en Saturday night. Over two thousand cottagers and workmen and three thousand women and children were entertained by the duke and duchess. Dinner was served to the men and tea to the women and children. Sports fol- lowed. The duchess and Lord Stafford, accompanied by Miss Charilin and Mr. snd Mrs. Stainer, motored to the different dis- tricts and were received with enthusiasm. Fireworks concluded the day's festivities. The extent of the property of the Duke! of Sutherland is said to reach the figure of a million odd acres. Stafford House, tha lordly mansion which once drew from Queen Victoria, who had been paying a visit tcr*fhe late duchess, the famous speech, I have come from my house to your palace." stately Dunrobin, Lilleshall and the now deserted Trentham, are also among their desirable! possessions. I The young heir to this ?reat heritage is a I junior subaltern in the Scots Greys He is I fond of all sport, and a keen rider to hounds. |

WIFE'S TRAGIC DEATH. I The fishing district of Hull was the scene of a terrible tragedy about midnight on Saturday, the victim being a married I woman, named Florence L. Freeman, who lived with her husband, Robert Freeman, in King-ton-place- The husband is detained in the infirmary, suffering from a cut on the head, and the brother-in-law of the deceased, John Freeman, is in custody charged wit.h c&uMng her death. Jealousy appears to have been the motive of the crime. According to the story told by a neighbour, the husband made rhane against his wife, -wh?h she denied. All three then quarrelled, and the two brothers fought desperately. Patrick Geraghty states that he saw John Freeman slash the woman across the throat with something which he held in his hand. I

From All Quarters I A ftona axe-hammer of the Neolithic age ha,5 been found at Bere Alston. South African gold to the value of £ 1,143,271 was landed from the liner Kildonan Castle at Southampton on Saturday—<t he largest consignment ever shipped from Africa. The death occurred at Favcirsham on Satur- d'ay of the Rev. William Henry Hill, for 40 yeare. pastor of Fa-versham Congregational Church. Lord Carnarvon, who met with a serious motor accident in Germany on Thursday, was yesterday reported to be in a slightly improved condition. Another fire yesterday resulted in the partial destruction of a linen draper's estab- lishment in Hor nse.y-road, Holloway. The proprietor and hit, v. He were rescued by firemen with the aid of a ladder. The King h<16 subscribed £5 towards the funds of the Frank James Memorial Hospital at East Cowes, and Princess Henry of Batton- berg, who is president of the institution, has given ZEIO Ws. The Rev. F. R. Cocks, vicar of New Bucken- ham, Norfolk, as a thankoffering for thirteen happy yeare' ministry in the parish, has for- warded Li,ooo to the Society for the Propaga- tion of the Gospel. The living is cf the net yearly value of £2.8. Berwick's oldest resident freeman, Mr. Thomas Robertson, who carried the ?old- mounted staff denoting ins position for four years, died on Saturday aged 93. He was admitted in 1839. Four Liberals—two councillors and two o-uardiars—have been appointed J.P.'s for Yarmouth, but the mayor, whose nanie was submitted with theirs., has been rejected by the Lord Chancellor. The mayor was a Con- servative. An Alpine enthu.sia.sit who died at Strass- trurg has left instructions that he is to be cremated, and his asiicb scattered to the four wiads on the top of the Grossglocker moun- tains. The Rev. Frank R. Cocks, M.A, vicar of Now Buckenham, Norfolk, has sent the Scciiety for the Propagation of the Gospel £ 1,000 as a thankoffering for thirteen ha.ppy years' ministry

Thoughts in Church. LORD TREDEGAR'S CHURCHWARDEN I' STORIES. After morning service at Bassaleg Parish Church on Sunday a large portion of the con- gregation met in the schoolroom, under the chairmanship of Lord Tredeg-ah for a pre- sentation to Mr. Richard Stratton, who for 40 years had been churchwarden. The testi- monial took the form of a fumed oak roll- top desk with accessories and revolving chair. A parcchijal committee, consisting of Mr. E. H. Davies (ChaIrmanl, Mr. C. H. Thomas, Mr. W. Birkctt, and Mr. T. W. Gould (hon. secre- tary) had taken the matter in hand. Lord Tredegar, in making the presentation, said he w £ >s asked if he had any objection to making the gift on a Sunday, and replied that he had not, on the score of better the day better the deed." There. perhaps, was, however, one point C'f view from which objection might be taken, and that was that rTTTpresenta- tion might interfere with Mr. Stratton's worship. Personally, he confessed that whilst in church he was thinking sometimes more of what he ought to say at the presentation than about what was going on in church. Though the duties of a churchwarden were not very arduous, and the occupant of the office need not oonfemplate the rest" cure for having overdone his mental capacities, yet there were some difficult duties to per- form. A gentleman learned in the law was asked what the duties of a churchwarden were—it was a long time ago—and he replied that a churchwarden was the man who appropriated the offertories to himself and took care to guard against the extravagances of the parochial ministers. There were a nuuiber of people who thought that a church- warden was the man who dug the graves. That, at any ro.te, could, in the jargon of the day, be cr.iled "spade-work." One part of a churchwarden's work was to find seats for the parishioners, and that was, he fancied, rather a difficult matter at times, especially with ladies. Some people liked to sit opposite someone else, some liked to sit where they could see particular people, and others where they could not be seen. Mr. Stratton expressed his thanks for the testimonial. When he retired from the office of churchwarden, after 40 years' service, he found that there was another claimant f, the record in the person of Mr. Rees Keene, another tenant of his lordship, but when his tit-le came to be examined he found that he had been warden for 39 years. He (Mr. Stratton) had never had a quarrel with any of the three vicars whl had been at Bassaleg in his time. He recollected after the first restoration of the church therelwas a deficit cf £3GO, and on his going to the late Lord Tredegar about it his lordship remarked, Oh, we must do a bill." But in the end, instead of a bill, there was a cheque to pay off the amount. On the motion of the Vicar (the Rev. D. Bowen), Lord Tredegar was thanked for pre- siding and making the presentation. COLONEL D. REES LEWIS, V.D., Who has been appointed honorary colonel of the 5th Battalion the Welsh Regiment. [Photo. Bertram Owen, Merthyr.

LABOUR SPLIT AT EBBW VALE A meeting of the Ebbw Vale District of the Miners' Federation was held on Saturday. Mr. Evan Davics presided. Mr. J. F. Tallis, colliery manager, wrote statlilg that the directors of the Ehbw Vale Company had voted £ ?0 for a lad named Alfred Rogers, who had sustained serious injuries by the colliers' train, and was not entitled to compensation. Mr. Talli, and the directors wexe Accorded a vote of thanks. The rupture between the Ebbw Vale District Executive Committee of the Miners' ■Federation and the Trades and Labour Council was considered. Mr. Evan Davies being interested, the chair wae taken by Mr. W. Hudson. The iriners representatives on the district council (and education committee) with tho exception of one had refused to obey the order of tho trades council, and support the reinstate- ment of Miiss Annie A. Jones, a teacher, and tho trades council stopped their payment for loss of time. The proceedings were of a very disorderly character, and it was with some difficulty that the speakers could get a hear- ing. Feeling ran high, and after two hours had been spent in the discussion, and there were several speakers to follow, the meeting became impatient, and loud cries of "Vote" were raised. It was decided to adjourn the discussion to this (Monday) evening. Mr. John Barber had a motion on the agenda to alter the hours of working, but the meeting was practically unanimous in I refusing to interfere with the present work- ing hours.

DROWNED AT ABERYSTWYTH ivir. John Evans, the Aberystwyth coroner, I conducted an inquest on Saturday night touching the deaths of George Howard Cart- wright (33), of 5, Woodland-road, Hands worth, and Henry Armstrong, of Aberystwyth, who were drowned in Clarach Bay on Friday afternoon. Mr. Cartwright was stated to be a mode- rate swimmer. In response to his shouts for help Mr. Armstrong, an elderly man, went, with others, to his assistance. Having held Mr. Cartwright for some time, he was obliged to let go, and soon after both men sank from exhaustion. John Rimmer, a visitor, from Llansamlet, made a plucky effort to rescue both men, and narrowly escaped with his own life. The Rev. Percy Thompson, Kippington Vicarage, SfTenoaks, an eye witness, said that ho believed both lives would have been saved had there been any apparatus of the smallest kind anywhere near. There was nothing at hand but a wretched piece of rope. It was explained by the Coroner that Clarach was outside the jurisdiction of I Aberystwyth Corporation, and had only recently become a favourite bathing place. A verdict of "Accidental drowning" was returned, and the jury expressed sympathy I wit,h the bereaved relatives 'and admiration for the at rescue made by Rimmei and another unknown gentleman. I

DROWNED IN PARIS. I PARIS, Sunday. The body of an unknown man, believed to bo an Englishman, was found in the Seine yesterday opposite the Trocadero. The man w&s apparently between 40 and 50 years of age, and waf clean sb?v?n. The body was attired in black suit and grey overcoat. The shirt tx?ar? the mark Home Bros., Strand," i and a handkerchief with the initial M." and some En?!i?h money were found in the pockets.—Router.

A REMARKABLE AMIL Y I The greatest novelty in England to-day is the Wetstwood family from New Zealand, two oi the seven children having grown to be perfect young giants. Wilfrid, a boy of 3 2 years, weigh? over 22 stone, is 5 feet 7 inches tall; chest, 56 inches; calf, 26 illche. and his strength is marvellous, for he lifts his sister. Ruby, who wghs la stone, and is 16 years of a-3f> The children arc in perfect health, ride bicycles, speak and sing in the, Maori as well as English languages, and receive their education from p. gentleman tuta-r travelling with the family. It i" a sur- prising exhibition. Xo one can have but admiration foi* the strikingly beautiful features and activity of such ponderous chil- dren, and the photographs of the familyanil children from babyhood up are moat interesting. The exhibition and entertain- ment are true, and the remarkable contrast in the children of one family and parents is amazing. Mr. Westwood was bcrn at Wfdresbifry, Staffordshire. He was a baby when his parent* e,mi-f,ratcd in 1864. Mrs. Westwood was a. little girl when her parents emigrated from Norfolk in 1872. The family are visiting the scene of their pa, bi!,th land England generally, and have adopted caravanning as a means of seeing tl:13 country, and as they get the opportunity they appear on exhibition, and Mr. Studt has made epeoial p repartitions for the appearance of the family at the Aberavcn Fair this week-end, Neath and Brynmawir Faira to follow. The fact that Mr. Westwood is an ex-Mayor of Fox ton, New Zealand, where all the children were born, is a. guarantee that the exhibition is properly conducted. The family return to their home and busi- ness in New Zealand in November next. fl?19?w30

OCEAN MYSTERIES STRANGE RECORDS AT LLOYD'S The continued absence of news as to the fate of the miesing liner Wa,ratah draws attention to the unusually long Iisit of vessels on the overdue list at the present time (says the London" Daily News"). Nearly a dozen large ships, the majority carrying passengere, are reported as overdue. All are insured at Lloyd's, the rates ranging from 5 guineas per cent. in the case of the William H. Smith, from Sydney for San Francisco, to 92 guineas per cent, on the Waratah, and also on the Brodrick Castle, bound for the United King- dom -and the Continent from Astoria, which left her departure po.rt as lo.ng ago as Dcccm- ber 6. .Many caEes have occurred, however, in which sihiips, long overdite, have been posted at Lloyd's as missing, and then, months later, have turned up at their destinations. The Derelict Danger -1 a.e::i, 01 course, nave frequently occurred where large liners have been put on the overdue list through accidents at sea. Aban- doned boats are always a source of great danger. There is hardly anything feared greater on the open sea than a derelict These derelictis are very often abandoned timber boats, which, lying practically awash. can hardly be discerned by the big liners, and, consequently, are always a source of con- siderable danger. They may have become water-logged, and many miles from port, with their decks level with the ocean, their fires out, and provisions soaking under water, the crew have taken to the boats or have been picked up by a passing vessel. Warships, when they come across these ocean derelicts, always turn their guns upon them and com- pletely destroy them. Warship's Curious Findg I There are many mysteries of the sea to equal, and, unfortunately, to outrival, that of the strange disappearance of the Waratah. The fate of the passengers and crew of an abandoned French liner which was discovered by his Majesty's i-hip Wasp, whilst cruising in the China seas, remains a myatery to this day. It wa-s on one summer's afternoon that the warship came across a ship cf similar tonnage, equally sound and staunch, drifting helplessly. On being boarded the Frenchman was found to be quite deserted. In the cabin were the remains of a meal, fresh and sweet, a child's toys thrown carelessly down, and on the open piano were some sheets of music. The liner was salved, but nothing has ever since been heard of its occupants. At the Dead of Night I L/f ,vL, wj very icnij ago me captain 01 a North Sea trawler reported that at dead of night he was a«toiiislied to see a huge pillar of flame and smoke rising out of the water. He sent out a small boat, and discovered that the flare proceeded from a burning vessel of large size. Approaching as close as she dared, the trawler could distinguish no sign of life, nor any trace of crew or passengers. Within a. few minutes of the trawler draw- ing off, the strange vessel blew up with a terrific report, covering the whole of the sur- rounding sea with smouldering debris. The strange part of the affair was that no sthip of the size indicated was known to be in the North Sea at the time, nor has any one or her class been since reported missing. 34 Years' Old Mystery. I But perhaps the weirdest of all ocean mys- teries is that concerning the fate of the pas- sengers and crew of the Marie Cele--te. On December 4, thirty-four years ago, this fhip was sighted in Mid-Atlantic by the cap- tain of the Highlander, and reported all well. The two vessels saluted, and parted. She was again hailed only two days later by a different ship. but this time there was no response. Sails were set, and as every- thing was in order, the captain of the hailing vessel was considerably puzzled. He altered his course, and ran his ship close under the lee of the Marie Celeste, sending a board- ing party to investigate. Inexplicable and astonishing was the result. Neither about nor between desks was any living being to be found. The boat was perfectly seaworthy, the cargo was well stowed and in good condition. and even the brasswork appeared to have been only recently polished. Moreover, in the ea-loon was a cold luncheon set ready for the passen- gers, and the stewards' pantry showed that- preparations for an evening meal were well advanced Evidently, too, the deserted boat had not encountered heavy weather, for a phial of medicine stood upright on the captain's table. The -personal effects of the officers, :men, and passengers were undisturbed. Finally, it was noted tha-t not a single boat was missing. Thirty-four years have elapsed since then, but of the one hundred and odd persons on board the Marie Celeste on December 4, and who were as certainly not on her on Decem- ber 6, no trace has ever been found. Their fate is am impenetrable? mystery.

WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEETING I The Women s Freedom League arranged a. mass meeting for the Victoria Park, Swansea, on Saturday afternoon. The weather was very favourable for an opfcn-air meeting, and during the proceedings a considerable crowd gathered round the two wagons, which had leen drawn up at a little distance from eaoh other. At one of these Mr. E. A. Cleeves pre- sided, and Uie principal lady speakers were Mrs. Beith and Mrs. Fagan, of London. At the other Mrs. Cleeves took the chair, and Miss Muriel Matters' discoursed at great length to the crowd, a great many of whom she attracted from the adjoining platform. Sir William Treacher also spoke briefly from this wagon. Mr. Cleevee eaid that Wales had been apathetic in this matter of votes for women, and it was because people were much as he himself was. Eighteen months ago his atten- tion had not been called to the subject. He was a convert directly he considered the sub- ject, and he was determined not to vote in future for any candidate, whatever his politics, who was net with them in this matter. The loomen's Freedom League, whilst opposing the Government at bye- elections, did not heckle Cabinet Minister's. Mrs. Beith declared that all they wa.nted was the removal of the disqualification of women on account purely of sex. That was all they aimed at. Miss Matters said that women were asked to develop all the be.st qualities of their natures, but they were not granted the neces- sary power to do so. At present women were regarded ae half idiots and half angels. They were not allowed to he "persons" within the meaning of an Act of Parliament. Opponents to woman suffrage she divided into two classes, one, the women who had all they wanted in life and the other the women who wanted peace at any prkoe-not peace with honour. They wanted to inspire women with self-reepeot. Each of the larty speakers invited questions, and a good many of these were put in a genial way by male members of the audience, and were answered very fully by the speakers, who appeared in this to be very successful and to get on very good terms with their audience.

STRANGE OPERATION. I PARIS, Sunday. An extraordinary surgical operation is reported. It appears that on the 9th inst., Dr. Doyen, who is well known in connection with cancer research, successfully trans- planted a vein of a live sheep to the leg of a man suffering from arterial aneurism, with the result that circulation was restored. The patient has now completely recovered. The vein transferred was a fraction over ten inches in length. Numerous grafting operations have been performed in modern surgery, but this is the first time that an organism from the lower animal has been transferred to man. Dr. Doyen is now in Buda-Pesth attending the medical congress, to which ho will communicate details of the opera,tio,n.-Reut,or.

GARDENER DEAD IN A BATH I About 9.30 on Sunday morning the Swan- sea. police were oalled to No. 35, Sea View- terrace, where they found a gardener named John Gibbs (46) had taken his life. He had been found sitting in a. bath containing a email quantity of water, a.nd having a piece of string round his neck, whilst the other end of the cord was fixed to a beam above. He had evidently met his death by strangu- lation. The police also found near the deceased a bottle containing liquid ammonia and a glass which had contained some of the same chemical. A razor was also found on the body of the deceased, and these articles were taken possession of by the police and will be produced at the inquest. Two letters were also found in his room, which may throw some light on the occurrence.

"BABIES EVERYWHERE." I The V.iotcria Pier, Folkestone, resembled a. huge creche on Saturday afternoon on the occasion of the annual baby show. A long line of perambulators proceeded in a con- tinuous proccts-ion up the pier deck, and inside the Hippodrome it was a case of "babies here and babies there; bafoies, babies everywhere." In all there were 150 competi- t,oi-. A committee of local ladlfes, one of whom was particularly well qualified to jud-g-e, since she is the mother of fourteen, made the awardfc. Great interest was taken 'n the championship event, for which there were thirty-six entries of a cosmopolitan nature, one child hailing from Japan. There I was also a ba-by show on St. Leonard's Pier on Saturday, when no fewer than lioinfamtt, were entered in the various olate". :I to

Pleasure Party Wrecked THRILLING EXPERIENCE ON TUSKAR The tugboat Toreador, with a party of Port Tal-bot and Aberavon gentlemen on hoard, while returning from Penarth Regatta late on Saturday night foundered on the Tuskar Rock, some six miles off Southorndown Point, and became a total wreck. The only intimation which was received at Port Talbot of a disquieting nature on Saturday night was that the members of the party would not return until the following morning. As the hours of Sunday morning wore on rumours began to float of a disaster, and by noon inquiries elicited the fact that the Toreador, in charge of Captain Kitt, of Swansea, had gone ashore on the Tuskar Rock, and that the crew a.nd passengers, eighteen in number, had narrowly escaped from drowning, and were safely landed at Port.h- oawl in the early hours of Sunday morning. It is generally known in shipping circles that Captain Humphrey Jones, Port Talbot harbour-master, was running the racing yacht Stork at Penarth Regatta, and that he, in company of a number of gentlemen in the district, had been invited to make a trip to Penarth on the Toreador, at the invitation of Mr. Hughes, local representa- tive of the Tilbury Dredging Company at Port Ta-lbot. The party left Port Talbot at noon on Saturday in beautifully fine weather, and they had experienced a delightful day at Penarth, witnessing the regatta events, with the extra pleasure of seeing the Port Talbot yacht Stork winning the second prize. The party on the Toreador were given an enthusiastic send-off about eight o'clock, with a perfect sea running, a delightful breeze, and a brilliant moon. It was the inten- tion of those in charge to take the usual route close to shore, thus adding an extra charm to the trip. Suddenly, without a moment's warning, the boat crashed on the Tuskar Rock, and in three minutes heeled over on her leeward tiÜlJ, quickly sinking. Yacht to the Rescue When the Toreador struck she had the yacht Stork in tow, and also a lifeboat which was fastened alongside. In the yacht were a boatman named William Lloyd, who sailed the yacht for Captain Jones, and a pilot's apprentice named George Fair- weather. Lloyd, without a moment's wait- ing, with the assistance of young Fair- weather, hoisted the mainsail, and got the yacht under weigh clear of danger. They stood off a short distance ,.hile the pessenger-i were taken off in the lifeboat to the yacht. In three lots-eighteen all told-they were taken from the heeled-over stern of the wrecked tug and crowded on board the shallow-decked little craft. Within a few minutes after the last ma.n had left the ill-fated tug not a vestige of her remain-e-d above water. The yacht then, with the life- boat in tow, made for Porthca-wl, and dropped anchor off the breakwater, and all, with the exception of the yatht's gallant crew, were put ashore. After the shipwrecked passengers had been safely ensconced at the Porthcawl Hotel the yacht put bock in the direction of the Tuskar Rock, and, though cruising around until early morning, those on board failed to get sight of the fo-iindcred tug. The Stork was afterwards docked at Port Talbot by Lloyd, a large crowd having collected to see the gallant little craft which had been instrumental in saving so many lives. I Heeled Over in Three Minutes I Describing their thrilling experience, Captain Humphrey Jones said he was sitting astern talking with Mr. W. Mitchell, of Port Talbot, when, without an instant's warning, the tug ran on to the rocks. The impact threw h.im down to leeward, and he had to be pulled out of a dangerous position by; Captain James, one of the passengers. Mr. Harry Burgees, J.P., another passenger, also nearly went over. In three minutes from the time she struck the tug heeled over and was soon out of sight. All the passengers behaved splendidly, and gave no trouble. All, he said, were loud in their praiees of the wonderful manner in which Lloyd man- oeuvred the yacht, ably assisted by Fair- weather. It was their splendid handling of the craft which saved the situation, and they decided immediately on landing safely to ina-ke a handsome presentation. How the tug came to founder under euch conditions was a mystery to Captain Jones. j Reaouer's Modesty I Boatman William Lloyd, seen immediately he left the yacht, was the personification of modesty. "I have nothing to say; I don't want my name mentioned at all," he said. I only did what any seaman who under- stands his work would have done." I knew she would be all right," he exclaimed, point- ing to the beautiful lines of the yacht; "I know her to a nicety. One has to keep his head level, or he is no good for a sailor." Several passengers who were interviewed, but were disinclined to have their names published, described their escape as a miracle, and poured showers of blessings on Boatman Lloyd and the yacht Stork. Salvage Operations The owners or the vessel have arranged with the Cornish Salvage Company to attempt to re-float the vessel, and the salvage steamers Zephyr, Etna, and Bantam Cock are now operating on the spot, having left the Montagu at Lundy, where they have been working for some weeks.

POOR LAW PROBLEMS. A meeting of the South Wales Poor-law Association (Incorporated) was held at Car- marthen on Saturday, Mr. James Griffiths, relieving-officer of the Carmarthen Union, presiding. There was a representative attendance of officers from the South Wales unions. For the current year Mr. James Griffiths was appointed president of the branch, and Mr. T. V. Thomas (Brecon) and Mr. J. White (Llanelly) vice-presidents, whilst Mr. J. H. Blake (Llanelly) I was re- appointed branch secretary and was deputed to be the district representative On the council of the central association. It was decided to hold the next annual meeting of the South Wales branch at Llandilo. Mr. John Sa-er, clerk to the Carmarthen Board of Gu^rdjane, was requested to represent the branch at the next annual meeting of the association, to be held in London next March. An address was delivered by Dr. Millward, formerly of Cardiff, and now of Wimbledon, on the need of orgenisat-lon and the benefits derived by law officers in general through the action of the central association.

THE TAFF FUSION. I A special meeting of the Coaltrimmers' I Union, comprising Cardiff, Penarth, and Barry, was held on Sunday in St. David's- ball, Cardiff. The printed circular conven- ing the meeting wa.s marked "Urgent," and there was a. large attendance. The proceed- ing were protracted, lasting upwards of three hours, a,nd were conducted in private. I At the close Mr. Samuel Fisher (general sec- retary) handed to the press the official l report, which was to the effect that Mr. Mat Williams (vice-chairman) presided, a.nd after hearing Mr. John Chappell's explana- tion why he remained neutral at one of the city council meetings when the Tarr, Bute, and Rhymney Fusion Bills were under dis- cussion, the meeting passed a resolution by an overwhelming majority re-nominating him to be their candidate for Splott Ward at the forthcoming November election.

ARMY SECRET STOLEN. PARIS, Sunday. A tube of the mitrailleuse recently disap- peared from the Chanzy Barracks at Chalons, and the affair is regarded as pwrticulariy grave in view of the fact that the tube in question contains the whole secret of the superiority of this gun to anything possessed by the German Army. With this new model 30,000 rounds oan be fired without intermis- sion, while the corresponding German gun becomes unserviceable after firing half tha;t number. A missing corporal was suspected, and was under observation for some time. It is supposed that he was aided by accomplices who had a motor waiting to enable him to escape when he had obtained possession of the tube.- Reuter.

NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE' The weather is again superb, and the pleasant warmth is inducing people to pro- long their stay at Marienbad. The King took the waters a few minutes after eight o'clock yesterday, strolled about for a time, and then attended the service at the Anglican church. Miss Alys Lo-rrajne sang three verses of the favourite hymn of the King- "Nearer, my God, to thee"—the congregation joining in the'last Verse. The church was very full.

HE CAN AFFORD IT NOW. John Henry Taylor, a painter, of Wollas- ton, ha.s just received intelligence that he has come in for a legacy of £ 10,000 as the result of a bequest from the estate of a great uncle. Since receiving the news of the legacy, which was altogether unexpected, Taylor has gone for for a holiday to Black- pool.

MEASLES EPIDEMIO. The measles epidemic is still running a deadly course at Newport, where on Saturday eleven children from the Pill district were buried after falling victims to the disease.

A Chase and a Plungel I CONSTABLE'S CAPTURE AT HEREFORD I -1 I foilice-constable Hoskyns, of the Hereford constabulary, who is good at a mile, had his sprinting capabilities thoroughly tested on Saturday night. He and Polioe.-sergeant I, Munn were on plain clothes duty in Aubrey- street, when he identified one cf two young men from a, description received at the police- station as being a suspect in connection with ■a burglary and theft of jewellery at The Chateau, Llangrwyny-on-the-Wye, the pro- I! perty missing including a lady's gold watch valued at P25, gold chain, gold bracelet, &c. The two men bolted in different direc- tions. One, finding he was overhauled, ran down a string of moored boats on the river and tried to undo the end one. Failing this, he went headlong into the river and began to swim. Warned against the weeds and deep holes, he found himself touching bottom, I and was later met near t,he piers by Hoskyns, to whom he surrendered. Meanwhile Pol ice-sergeant Munn had secured the second man and followed Hos- kyns to assist him. In the pocket of the second man a gold chain, &aid to be the one missing, wa.s found. The other young man, who had been in the river and was wet through, declared he was a chance com- panion. He further said he was a, London ,Irishmen named Hampton, and had been employed a.t The Chateau doing odd jobs. The gold watch was traced to a publican, to whom it had been sold for 15s., and other things which had been sold were also I recovered. The prisoners were sent to Crick- howell, where they were remanded for inquiries.

I ===== ¡ FRAUDULENT DOG DEAL. I Fritz Mandel, an Austrian, described as a. commission agent, was charged at Bow-street on Saturday with stealing dogs. It was alleged that the defendant answered adver- tisements inserted in newspapers by people who wished to sell or exchange valuable dogs. Letters intended for him were sent to news- agents' shops in London, and it was alleged that for that purpose he used more than one name. The defendant, in the name of Mrs. Mor- rison," agreed, in a letter addressed from St. Martin's-lane, to send to -ur. J. Longstaff, of Darlington, a retriever dog in exchange for a Pomeranian. He received tne Pomeranian in due course, but sent nothing in return. In a second case it was alleged that the defendant, in the name of Mrs. Allen, and using an address in Adelaide-street, Charing Cross, agreed to send to the Rev. John Harris, of Milford Haven, a Pomeranian dog in exchange for two bitches of the same breed worth £25. He received 'the bitches in due course, but failed to keep his part of the contract. After the defendant had been arrested detectives found at his place in Wandsworth- road 21 dogs, including the animals belong- ing to the Rev. John Harris. The defendant pleaded guilty to one case, and a detective-sergeant said complaints had been received from many parts of the country. Defendant was sentenced to three months' hard labour, and ordered to be deported.

RHONDDA LADY'S MONEY. I The recent death of Mrs. Llewellyn, Baglan Hotel, Treherbert, is expected to benefit four families, the decea-sed lady being credited with having possessed wealth amounting to close on £ 30,000. Among those who are near relatives are two brothers—one being Mr. Jeremiah (Treorky)—the children of the 10.to Mr. William Jones, colliery manager, Glyn- Neath, and Mrs. Griffin, wife of Mr. WiUiam Griffin, a Cardiff tramcar driver. Mrs. Griffin is a niece of the late Mre. Llewellyn, and has previously been fortunate enough to receive a lega.cy under the will c the late Mr. Evan Evans, Northlands, Cardiff. One of our reporters called upon Mr. and Mrs. Griffin a.t their home in Beauchamp- street, and found them much less talka- tive than the parrot, which joined in the request to "Sit down, please." Mr. Griffin at first declined to say anything regarding hit" wife's prospects, but admitted that Mrs. Griffin was a near relative of the deceased lady, and that she had previously received money after the death of Mrs. Llewellyn's brother, Mr. Evan Evans.

HOME FOR EPILEPTICS I I The Cardiff Guardia.ns assembled on Satur- day after their month's vacation. Mr. 0. H. Jones (chairman) presided, and the announce- ment was made that Mr. H. Woolcott Thomp- son, Cardiff, had most generously established a home for 24 epileptic girls at Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, where a colony for epileptics of both sexes had been founded. The Chair- man explained that Mr. Thompson by his generosity had become entitled in perpetuity to preferential admission of eighteen cases, with no restriction as to age or sex, and ho had been good enough to arrange that the nominations for these cases should be exercised by the chairman and two vice-chairmen of the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions. The trust had been accepted. by the court of quarter sessions, and he, as chairman, with Mr. Rhys Williams and Mr. R. W. Llewellyn, the vice- had -consented to discharge the duties thus devolving upon them. (Hear, hear.)

SPANISH TREASURE. I Despite the small amount of news I which has been allowed to leak out regarding the search for Spanish treasure, which went down with the galleon Florcncia off Tobermory in 1588, it is under, stood that excellent progress has been made with the operations. The lease of the present syndicate will expire at the end of September, and every effort is being made to hurry on the work, an entirely fresh staff having now been engaged as the crew of the diving ship Bea-mcr. A large quarrtity of the planks of African oak of which the galleon was built have been recovered, and it is in the neighbourhood of these finds that the divere expect to discover the chests* containing; bullion and the silver crucifixes and ornaments of the many priests who were on board the vessel.

INCREASED COAL OUTPUT I Mr. Harris, the assistant overseer for the parish of Gellisaer, placed before the union assessment committee on Saturday a printed return showing that for the ye-ax ended June 30 last there were 1.983,492 statute tons of large coal and 392,773 tons of small (,,O,,tl worked and raised in that parish, these figures showing an increase as compared with the previous year of 152,347 tons of large coal and 46,826 tons of small. The output of large coal worked in other parishes and brought to bank in tile parish of Gelligaer for the same period was 122,569 tons—an increase over the previous year of 1,728 tons; and the output of small coal 2,517 tons-a decrease of 1.717 tons. The assessment of the Bargoed Liberal Club was, upon appe.al by Mr. Gay, the secre- tary, reduced from Lioo gross and RW not to Y,78 and £62 10s.

BIG BLAZE IN LONDON. I Damage estimated at £ 50,000 was caused on Sunday morning' by fire at the extensive printing works of M'Corquodale and Co. (Limited), Eu«ton. The outbreak was dis- covered by a woman ca,reta-ker just before seven o'clock. Tha premises are divided into five blocks, separated by fireproof doors. Without these protections the catastrophe would have been even greater. Origillat.ing near the boiler-house in Block A. the flames ran up the lifts, and gradually involved the whole block. Twenty fire engine.s were at work, and the battle with the flames was a very hard one. The roof and floors fell in with terrifying crashes, but after two hours the fire was got under control. Block A was practically ruined, and other blocks damaged.

F- KILLED ON THE LINE. I 1? 4 The body of Thomas Evans, aged 28, an ex- roldier. employed at the Bryneoch Colliery, and lodging at Maesraielyn-oottages, SkeweD, was found in the early hourg of Sunday near the old Cwrt-y-Cladfy. Crossing by William Haddon, engine-driver, and Edward Davies, fireman, on the Great Western Railway. The driver ana fireman felt a bump and, stopping the engine, dismounted. Some yards back the body of Evans, terribly mutilated, was found by them, a le,g and an .arm having been clean cut off. Police-sergeant Jones was sent for, and he had the body removed to Maesmelyn, where it lies awaiting an in- quest. It appears that deceased was walk- ing along the line in the direction of his home.

I TRAMPS AT NEWPORT. I At a meeting of Newport Board of Guardians on Saturday, Major E. Davies presid- ing, Mr. Robinson. Liswerry, congratulated the house committee on the reduction in the number of tramps which were now being relieved. For the last fortnight they had a reduction of 153 compared with the corres- ponding fortnight of 1308. This reduction had been mainly brought about by the action of the committee in finding sufficient acommouation at the casual wards instead of sending the tramps to the various lodg- ing houses of the town, where they were not asked to do any manual labour in return for the bed and brealsfast given them. j

Life's Toilsome Road" VICAR'S SERMON IN HIS 100th YEAR Hundreds of people from all parts of North Staffordshire visited Blurton Church, near &toke-oii-Treiit, yesterday to hear the Rev Prebendary Hutchinson, vicar of the parish, preach his firisit sermon in his hundredth year. Mr. Hutchinson was 99 last Wednesday. Scores of visitors yesterday could not gain admission to the church. The service wa's conducted by the Rev. W. S. Hutchinson, the vicar's son, and Prebendary Hutchinson occupied a seat in the chancel. When ser- mon time arrived he walked unaided to the pulpit, climbed the stone steps, and delivered an extempore sermon of fourteen minutes' duration. The veteran preacher was a picturesque figure, his head crowned with abundant snow-white looks, his hody scarcely bent, his eyes lustrous, and his voice surprisingly strong, clear, and resonant. He prea-ched a plain, simple sermon, ap- pealing for preparation for the future life. He stood, as it were, between the living and the dead. He had received innumerable ¡ letters of congratulation during the past I week on attaining his hundredth year, but the most appropriate was that which quoted the po-et:- Another milestone safely passed Along life's toilsome road; Another year begun to-day In closer touch with God." The vicar afterwards walked between lines of spectators to the church ga.tes, many people offering their congratulations. On I seeing the crowd gathered he smilingly ex- claimed, "What! you want another sermon?"

A LUNATIC'S MAINTENANCE. Mr. John Saer, clerk to the Carmarthen Board. of Guardians, applied to the county bench at Carmarthen on Saturday for an order transfaring the cost of maintenance of James Russell, now a pauper patient at the Joint Counties Asylum, Carmarthen, from the Carmarthen Guardians to the Car- marthenshire County Council. It was stated that Russell was an Irishman. He came to Wales in March last, when he attacked a Great Western Railway guard at St. Clears Station, was arrested by the police, and removed to Carmarthen Asylum as a wander- ing lunatic. It had been proved beyond dis- pute that his original place of settlement was Carrick-on-Suir, but it had been decided in a higher court that Scotch and Irish lunatics could not be removed back to the country of their birth.—The Bench up- held this decision, and made an order on the Carm.arthenshire County Council to remit the oost (.Ell 2s. 6d.) of the past maintenance, and the cost ( £ 1 3s. 5d.) of his removal to the asylum and his future maintenance.

BOY SHOOTS BOY. A gun accident has occurred about three miles from New Quay. A boy of about six- teen years, staying with Captain Jones, at Castle Green, Llwyndafydd, was out shooting with a gun, when, about dusk, he perceived what looked, he thought, much like a rabbit, and fired at it. To his horror he found that he had shot the twelve-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, of Pantyryn, a. homestead not far away. The injured boy was taken to his home and surgical aid immediately summoned. Dr. James, New Quay, arrived in a very short time and found the left side and head peppered with shot. Dr. Jones, Aberkenlig, who is on a visit to the district, was also in attendance. It appears that the injured boy was lying flat on the ground at the time of the accident, with just the top of his head in sight, and about twenty yards ft way from the boy with the gun. He was accompanied by a young man, who also stays at Castle Green, and who miraculously escaped injury. The boy lies in a critical condition.

LADY'S TRINKET BAG STOLEN The police have been informed clf the loss by Mrs. John Woodrow Cross, Gf Begenlt's P',r;k. of a bag and personal belongings, to which some value is attached. Mrs. Cross and some fri emits visited a West End theatre, and then had supper at the Savoy Hotel. As she wa.s leaving the hotel Mrs. Cro-sa missed an Oriental bag, which she had been carry- ing, and which she thinks must have been etolen. The contents were a pair of opera glasses, a ecent bottle, a silver purse con- taining a small sum of money, a fan, and gloves. The articles, however, have a more than intrinsic value, and the police are trying to trace them.

ANOTHER MAIMING OUTRAGE Details of another maiming outrage at Walton-on-Trenf, near Burton, came to light yesterday. A black horse belonging to John Cookson, a farmer, was found in a field with a deep gash on the hind quarters. The injury, six inches deep and about the same length, had been caused by a sharp knife. The police have no clue. The farm is next to the one where three calves were found dead and mutilated, and near where sheep were discovered disembowelled a week or two ago.

SUNK SUBMARINE REFLOATED i The submarine Oil, which sank off Cromer six weekis ago, was successfully raised yester- day and to-wed towards the -.hore. There have been many delays and disappointments in the effort to refloat her. It was hoped that ehe would have been floated on Satur- day, but the hawser broke, and the divers had to descend again to fix another. Yester- da,y morning, with the ruting of the tide, the wreck was lifted off the bottom, and afterwards towed several miles towards Yar- mouth into shallower water.

CORPSE IN EVENING DRESS I The body of an Engli«hman, clothed in evening dress, was taken from the River Seine 011 Saturday, near the Trocadero Gardens. The body is that of a tall man whore age must have been about 40. He was clean shaven. There was no meai:>3 jot ready identi- fication. The linen was marked with the letter -11, and there were other markings, but it is thought tha.t these letters a-re most pro- bably "laundry marks." The man's white shirt was bought at the shop of Horne Brothers, in the Strand.

ON A PLANK IN MID-CHANNEL Tom WakereiJ, the Dover man with a wooden leg, who started to cross the Channel at eix o'clock on Saturday from Dover on a boat constructed by himself out of two planks, has arrived safely at Rotterdam. Wakerell was picked up by the steamer l Iddesleigh on Saturday night, and landed at the Dutch port. At 7.30 on Saturday night he wais about seven miles seaward of the South Goodwin lightship, or about eleven miles from chore. It was very foggy all night.

A LADY TOLL KEEPER The death of Miss Sarah Gurr at Brighton has hroken an interesting link in the history of the town. She was born in 1830, in a little cottage on the east se.a front, and was for thirty years toll keeper of the old Chain Pier, succeeding her father in that post. Miss Gurr could remember scores of distinguished people who had trod on the deck of the old pier, more particularly the landing of Queen Victoria from France, accompanied by the Prince Consort.

SALVATION ARMY "SWEATING" A demonstration protecting against Sa-lva-1 tion Army "sweating" was held in 9C rra,,Ij- ga.r-square yesterday afternoon, under the auspices of the United Workers' Anti-Sweat- ing Committee. A resolution was moved condemnatory of General Booth's refusal to gmnt a, public inquiry into the alleged sweat- ing by the Army.

M.P'S. CHAUFFEUR FINED For driving a motor-car at an excessive speed near Dorchester, dashing into a of sheep and killing six of them, the ehauKonr of Sir Edward SJ.racliey, M.P., was on Saturday a-t Dorchester fined £ 3, and had I his licence endorsed.

"FLAG OF RED TAPE" I It was righteousnwhich exalted a nation, said Prebendary OarKle in a. sermon at Bar- mouth, Wales, yesterday. The e-r-ror of Ger- many's motto, "Flag flrf.t, trade next," was proved by the failure of her colonies, where the flag was or red tape.

A FLOODED COAL MINE I A mine rear the village of Dombrovo Poland, was flooded at four o'clock yesterday- morning by a sudden inrush of water from a disused shaft. It is feared that the 26 men who were in the mine at the time are dead.

JESUIT PRIEST DEAD. I The death is announced from Paris oJLpere du Lac directed the college at Canterbury. the expulsion of the Jesuits from Frinfe Pere du Lac directed the college at Canterbury.

I A Lady's Cigarette -—. .——— "INSANITY" OF SMOKING ON A LINER Because she smoked cigarettes on the deck of the liner Philadelphia, which arrived at New York from Southampton on Saturday, an Englishwoman, named Miss Betsy Hill, was forbidden to set foot in the home of the brave and land of the free." Yesterday ehe was a prisoner at Ellis Island, awaiting the verdict of the officials' inquiry into her case. Aged abo,ut 60, Miss Hill is, according to the testimony of her fellow-passengers, a woman of refinement and culture, much inte- rested in antiquarian research." During the voyage she daily sought a com- fortable armchair and smoked She was smoking when the Philadelphia reached quarantine. The shocked officials imme- diately searched her cabin and confiscated four packages of cigarettes. We do not consider it proper for women to go about in public smoking cigarettes.^ they informed her. That is no reason for confiscating my pro- perty," Miss Hill indignantly retorted. I have been a resident of Southampton for years, and have travelled on the Continent, where I smoked in the finest hotels. In no place have I met with impertinence and insult before this because of my smoking." America is not Europe the officials told her, reprovingly. The excuse given by the immigration autho- rities for the detention of Miss Hill is that a woman who thus smokes is probably insane, and, therefore, must be deported to Ellis Island." Yesterday Miss Hill had the satisfaction of reading illustrated accounts in the Smnday newspapers of how American ladies who are forbidden to smoke in their own hotels become "champion smokers" in European society.

A FATAL COINCIDENCE A shocking fatality occurred on Saturday to a man named Dean, employed by a hay. healer at White Roothing, Essex. He was sent with a load of hay for London, but in the Epping-road the horse drew into a ditch, and the cart was overturned, both man and horse being killed. It is a singular coin- cidence t-hat the horse was the same which on the previous Saturday was in an acci- dent which caused the death cf a man named Pearce in similar circumstances. At, the inquest on Pearce the opinion was ex. pressed that he had been run over twice by his own cart. He prohahly fell while lead ing his horse down a steep hill, and the can ran over his legs. He apparently got to hu horse again, then fell over, and the CAri passed over his head.

NEW WIRELESS SYSTEM A demonstration is to be made in a few days of the "Poulsen" system of wireless telegraphy and telephoning. It is the inven- tion of a Danish gentleman, and many advantages are claimed for it. It is stated that .300 words per minute have been received over a distance of 180 miles. It is proposed, in the first instance, to establish a station in Canada (a licence having already been given to the vendors by the Canadian Government.) to oommunicate with a station in Ireland now almost completed. Subsequently stations are to be planted along the main routes of the ocean-going steamers. The system is said to have been adopted by the German army and navy, as well as by the Danish Government.

BATHERS' BURIED CLOTHES An amusing, if somewhat unpleasant, expe- rience brfell two Yarmouth visitors who had walked over to Caister for a bathe. They had hardly entered the water, when a. cliff i^lide occurred which buried their clothes. The two men began frantically scraping away the sand with their hands, and juc-t managed to recover an upper garment, when their plight attracted the attention of some campers. For the next hour the oliff side presented the aspect of a busy quarry, about twenty men and boys in various stages of attire working away with sand spadee, pails, Ac. intimately, amid cheers, all the clothes w'e disinterred.

BOY SCOUTS IN FRANCE. Fifteen scouts of the 1st City of London Troop (boys of the Choir Music School. All- hallows, Barking-'by-the-Tower), who left for France at the beginning of August, returned to London on Saturday. The boys, who were accompanied by Sir Francis Vane, Bart., Scout Commissioner for London, were most hospitably received in the French towns and villages. The French Governmeii-t issued orders that the scouts, during their tour, were to be considered their guests, and accommodation was provided at each stop- ping-place by the mayor, who, in most cases, personally received the troop and enter- t,alincd them.

FAMOUS BANDIT SHOT. Sandansky, the notorious Bulgarian oomit- adji and leader of insurgent bands in Mace- donia, was fehot at Salonioa yesterday. He was walking in a street in the very middle cf the town when he was attacked by two members of the rival Bulgarian faction once led by the notorious Sarafoff. Shot in the chest, he was taken to hospital, and is now lying in a precarious condition. Sandansky was responsible for the most horrible out- rages during the Macedonian atrocities, when thousands were murdered at his orders. He is- reputed to have committed over 300 mur- ders with his own hand.

EX-SULTAN'S MAD FITS Paris, Monday.—The Salonioa correspon- dent of the Matin telegraphs that Abdul Ha-inid's state of health presents a character of physical and mental weakness. According to the correspondent, the ex-Sultan gives incoherent orders, demands extraordinary articles, and wakes at night asking women to tell his fortune by cards. He is seized with blidden fit,s of mad gaiety at times, but sleeps dreseed in all his clothes, being pos- sessed by the fixed idea thait he will die during the night. Abdul Ha.mid is wasting away more and more.—Central News.

RESCUED WRAPPED IN A FLAG A smart rescue was witnessed in the river near Hampton Court Bridge at about half- Past ten on Saturday evening. A London man was leaning over the stern of an electrio launch untying a dinghy, when the flagat-aff to which he wii.4 holding snapped, and he fell in the river. George Martin, a Molesey boa,t- man, immediately put off in a skiff, and managed to drag the man into the boat. When taken from the water the rescued man was entangled in the launch's flag.

BURIED A FAVOURITE SON. William Edwin Morris, of the Bush Inn, Brynmawr, was found by his wife hanging in an adjoining engineer's shop this morning. Deceased, who was 60 years of age, had been in ill-health for some time, and was depressed owing to having recently buried his favourite son.

DEATH AFTER A FIGHT. Albert Elston, a lelather dresser, of Peck haui, died in Cainberwell Infirmary yester day, without having regained consciousness as the result of injuries sustained 011 Sat-ur day ndght in a fight with a man who k reported to he in custody.

BURGOMASTER KILLED. Terrconde, Sunday.—A distressing motor accident has occurred here,, in which M Moehbeke, the Burgomaster of the Commune, and his wife were killed.—Pieuter. 'I"—ton

REBEL LEADER SHOT. Antonio Molet, chief of the revolutionaries at San Adrian de Beeos, who was recently sentenced to death, was shot in the trenches of f e f'-rt.rc-s of Montjuich on Saturday.

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