South Wales Echo

I FATAL BICYCLE ACCIDENT. Last night at Chorley Captain Briers, of the 1st Lancashire Volunteers, whilst riding a bicycle, collided with another bicyclist and was tbrovrn violently to the ground. He sustained a fractured skull, and died this morning. I

I TO-DAY'S WE ATHEB.4.30P.M TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR ENGLAND, S.W., AND SOUTH WALES. Easterly winds, strong fair generally. GenebaTj.—No signs of any lin. portant change in the weather.

I Napoleon of Dentists. A MOUTH AS WATERLOO. Laughable County Court Disclosures. Considerable amusement was caused at Blooms- bury Connty Court yesterday in an action to recover damages and secure the return of iE21, brought by Louis Cohen, a Johannesburg stock- broker, against Edward Davis, of Devonshire- street, a dentist. Mr Abinger represented the plaintiff: Mr Colam the defendant. Plaintiff said that he had been in England on a holiday for the past eighteen months. In March last be had a loose tooth, and on the recommendation of a friend went to the defen- dant. The tooth was very nicely extracted- (laughter)—and then defendant tried to persuade him to have some false teeth made. Mr Abinger What did you say ? Plaintiff I said, I've got on all right up to date without any." He said, If you have them it will improve your digestion. I make them for members of the aristocracy and prize-fighters at the National Sporting Club. (Loud laughter.) Mr Abinger And you agreed ? Plaintiff: To my everlasting sorrow, I did. I allowed him to put them in my mouth. After a cast was taken I tried them on. They were un- comfortable. He told me to persevere, and that it would soon be right. Mr Abinger Tell me how long you wore them. -Plaiiitiff About six or seven weeks. Then I found my gums getting sore. I went to him and said, Yon serve the aristocracy. These teeth hurt. I am afraid I have not a very aristocratic mouth." He looked at my mouth, and said, "No; it is a plebeian mouth." (Laughter.) I told him I did not know anything about that; all I knew was that it was very sore. He filed the vulcanite for about 60 seconds. After seven days I went again, and told him I could not eat, and that after about two bites I had to take them out of my mouth. That is awkward at a club or a restau- ra-nt-(Iaughter)-it does not look nice. Mr Abir-ger V< hat did you do with them ?— Plaintiff: I used to put them in my handkerchief. Sometimes I would forget, and the teeth fell out. People don't like to see teeth knocking about. (Laughter.) On one occasion I dropped them, and when I next went to defendant he said," That fall has done the teeth a world of good." (Laugh- ter.) Mr Abinger: How did they act ? Were they see-saw teeth ? (Laughter.)—Plaiutiff: Yes; if I ate on the right side the left side dropped down if I ate on the left, then the right dropped. Mr Abinger Was the lower jaw all right ?- Plaintiff No my mouth seemed to get in a knot. Mr Abinger What did lie advise you to do ?- Plaintiff He told me to persevere. He said if the mouth were sore I should take the teoth out 10 or 12 times a day. (Laughter.) I did so, though it was awkward. Mr Abinger How came you to pay him the 20 guineas ?-Plailitiff lie stici after a little while, Here, you are going about with my teeth in your head. You ought to pay for them. I have a reputation, and if they do not go right I will alter than or make you a new set." Plaintiff went on to state that he found the teeth perfectly useless, and suffered great inconvenience until a doctor told him he was on no account to wear them. He had one more interview with defellcla-t.-)Tr Al)"iger: What took place ',])ell tiff: He said, "How dare any doctor condemn them? 1am the Napoleon of dentists." (Laughter.) I answered, "I don't know about your being Napoleon; I know you have made a Waterloo of my mouib." (Loud laughter.) After further evidence, the medical experts who were in court examined the teeth while plaintiff was wearing them. Defendant agreed that they did not fit properly, a, fact lie attributed to the shifting of the mould at the moment it was taken and, on the suggestion of Judge Bacon, the case was adjourned to enable him to make the teeth fit. -h_- ALLEGED FOOTBALL FRAUDS. Committal of the Accused. A farther hearing was given by the JL;-i;}l magistrates yesterday to the charges against a person named Joseph Lawrence, who is accused of having victimised a large number of prominent townspeople, including magistrates, representa- tives of the political a.saociations, town councillors, and others by reprcscnting- that he was forming football clubs in connection with tha Brighton Liberal Association, the Brighton Conservative Association, or the Brighton Railway CompanyV. employees. Lists of subscribers had been found in Lawrence's possession, which bore the signa- tures of peraons who had parted with their money, and the general allegation was that by showing these signatures to other people the accused had induced them to subscribe to one or the other of his so-called clubs. At the previous hearing cases relating to the Conservative Association and the railway bad been investiga- ted, evidence being called to disprove the sugges- tion that a football club was being legitimately promoted in connection with either of those organisations. Lawrence wa-s now further charged with obtaining 10s by false pretences from Mr J. E. Stafford, a. member of the Town Council, the representation being that the money was intended for the benefit of a football club eonnected with the Brighton Liberal Club. Mr Stafford said that the accused introduced himself as a member of the war(I that witness repre- sented, and complimented him on the work he had done in the Town Council. (Laughter.) Mr H. Wedd, hon. secretary of the Brighton Liberal Club, told the magistrate that there was no foot- ball club existing or in course of formation in connection with tho Liberal Club, nor was he acquaiuteci with the accused. Lawrence, who asked the witnesses no questions, reserved his defence, and was committed for trial on three cha.rges, the magistrates telling him that he could go out on bail if suitable sureties were forth- coming.

WITCHCRAFT IN RHODESIA. Kagube's Fame as the Mashoiia Lion God. The surrender and imprisonment at Salisbury of Kagube, the notorious wstch-doctor, or Lion God, of the Mashonas, announced last Saturday, is described in a communication from the Civil Commissioner and magistrate of Salisbury a. likely to contribute more than any of the events which have preceded it to the entire pacification of the coantry. Kagube fomented the Mash one. rising by spreading lying reports of Matabele victories against the British. Another Masllone., name for him is Gumbo Ili.ihumba, or Lion's Paw." He wa,a a skilful manipulator of the bones, or fortune-telling sticks, which form part of the stock in trade of every witch-doctor, and used to dispense nostrums or vend amulets Lo ward off the evil eye, or to remove the. spelts cast over individuals by the spirits of departed ancestors. He was also a ventriloquise, a.nd could make mysterious voices issue at Ins pleawre from the ground, from empty huts, and from the rocks and trees, to tho amazement ot simple natives, who thought him a divine. Like all his class, he was a, keen observer of natural pheno- mena thus, he wa.s able to predict the arrival of the rinderpest when its ravages were only just beginning to he heard of far north of the Zam- besi, and n the same far-seeing manner to fore- tell the droughts, the locusts, and other afflic- tions from natural causes, attributing them in all cases to the anger of the great Spirit.

I A CHINESE PHYSICIAN. Li Hung Chang has appointed as first physician in his private household a Chinese woman, Miss Hu King Eng, M.D., who graduated from an American medical college. Previous to this appointment she was an attending physician at the Women's Hospital in her native city of Foo Chow, and also a practising missionary physician for early in life she adopted the Christian religion. She is also to be China's solo delegate at the Women's Medical Convention to be held in London next June. Sho shows great seen I and adaptability for her chosen profession, and her high appointment may do something to remove the barrier of prejudice against woman physicians in tho Far East.

Cheating a Husband." VERDICT OF "WILFUL MURDER" AGAINST A FOSTER MOTHER. Last evening at Lambeth, Mr A. Braxton Hicks resumed for the third time his inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Henry Francis Tear, aged ten weeks, son of a domestic servant at Bedford, who died in the Lambeth Infirmary on October 12th, as alleged, from the effects of general neglect. Evidence had already been given to tho effect that, as the result of an advertisement in a weekly newspaper, Fanny Tear, the child's mother, went to 244, Ladbroke-grove, Kensington, to be confined, paying Mrs Janette Walker, the nurse, 6s 6d a week for her lodging and 30s for the fortnight's nursing. Three weeks before the child was born Mrs Walker advertised for someone to adopt it. When the baby was three days old a. young woman named Maud Esmeralda Mackenzie, alias Mrs Ellis," of Brook-street Kennington, agreed to adopt it for love." Pressed by the Coroner, Mrs Walker admitted that Fanny Tear paid her £10 for getting the child adopted, and that out of that sum she gave Mrs Ellis only 10s. I An Extraordinary Story. I Henry Ellis, an omnibus conductor, of 27, Rockingham-street, S.E., now stated that he was married, but living apart from his wife. About a year ago he went down to Chingford, where he met the girl Mackenzie, who had lived with him ever since. She said she had an aunt in Bristol, and a sister in Glasgow, but before going away she tore the addresses out of his pocket-book. At the beginning of July she made a statement to him as to her condition, and he believed her. He came home one day and found a note marked "Private," suggesting that she should go somewhere to bo confined. She went away, he believed, on July 23rd to Ladbroke-grove, and he subsequently received the following letter 244, Ladbroke-grove. Sir,—Mrs Ellis took queer 7 son half-past. Both doing well. You have got a fine boy.—Yours, Nurse Walker." He quite believed he had got a son—(laughter)— and sent her a sovereign. He subsequently re- ceived letters from his wife," informing him how she and the baby were getting on. She eventually returned home with the baby, which he fully believed was his own child. On October 6th the woman disappeared, leaving the child be- hind her. He could not account for its skull beirg fractured. I Verdict of Wilful Murder. I The medical evidence WitS to the effect t1w,t the child's death wa.s duo to exhaustion from starva- n tion, brought ".bout by insufficient or improper food, accelerated by the fractured skull. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder against Maud Esmeralda Mackenzie, otherwise Ellis. They added a rider severely censuring Mrs Walker on the evidence she gave. The Coroner said he should issue a warrant for the arrest of .Mackenzie, alias Ellis. i

I JUBILEE SEATS. I I Ar.iusing Action by a Dissatisfied I j In the Westminster County Court yesterday an action was heard before his Honour Judge Lamley Smith, Q.C., in which Herbert Lav/,C.T'j., a Local Government Board inspector, sought to recover 15 gllin8P.s fcom Messrs Hope and Co., of 30, Cock'spur-sireet, W., the price p:1ic1 for five seats at 276, Westminster J3ridge-road, from which io view the J nbilee procession on June 22nd. The plaintilT alleged the seats were so constructed that it was impossible to sit on them, and caused some amusement by producing a sheet of paper measuring about ha,If a yard by a quarter of a yard, and saying, "Pitney paying three guineas for a ladv to get through a trap- door that size." (Laughter.) His Honour looked at the dimensions on the plan of the seats, and could not see how a person could occupy the back seats without having a leg each side of the lady or gentleman in front of him. (Laughter.) A man's foot, lie supposed, measured a foot, and his heel must touch the hack of one row of aeats and his tos the front. (More laughter.) The I plaintiff said Mr Hope told him one row of persons had to sit between the legs of those in the row behind. (Laughter.) The farthest one could have expended his leg would have been 18 inches. (Laughter.) The defendant however showed that the plan was passed by the London County Council. The total depth was four feet, making plenty of room for two rows of persons. The seat adjoining the trapdoor lifted up, and allowed plenty of room for passage, and bis Honour said the action failed, and entered judg- ment for the defendant with costs. I

FROM FARMING JO SHIP0WN1NG. Comments by the Judge, At the Cardiff County Court to-day (before his Honour Judge Owen) a Mr Martin Dunn applied for his discharge. Debtor, it appeared, had been a farmer, but subsequently became a shipbroker. His Honour What on eartii induced you to set up as a shipowner in a business which seems to have brought many into the Bankruptcy Court ? —Debtor said he didn't attribute his failure to this source.—His Honour You hadn't enough to pay vour debts, and yet went on trading, knowing that you were insolvent.—Debtor denied this.- His Honour But the Official Receiver found ctb'vwir-— Subsequently his Honour granted the discharge, .impended for two years.

A CARGO OF MATCHES. An alarming fire broke out from on unknown eiv.ise at a quarter to 4 yesterday morning on the barge Robert, lyinf; alongside Coventry Cross Wharf, Bromley. The barge, which carried about 80 tons, was loaded with matches. Hyarants were got to work by firemen from t'he Bow and M'le End Sktions, but fully one-half of the cargo was entirely destroyed before the flames could be f.ubdried.

A GOOD DINNER SPOILT. I A 3uv.nge incident happened on Tnexuay ni&ht li t .V.icicleiiaui, neal: Dorking. The cricket club was about to hold its annual dinner, but when everytltiiig wa,3 ready, a paraffin lamp fell and ex- ploded and set fire to the room. Fortunately the company had not assembled at the tables, but the dinner WM spoilt, and the compa.ny had to dis- perse.

WOMAN KILLED BY A RAM. I A woma.n named Annie Gleiinow, ttged 40, has died at Barnoldswick from injuries inflicted by a ram. She was taking a walk through a field when a ram attacked her and knocked her into a ditch, breaking her collar-bone and several ribs. She was found in an unconscious condition by the farmer to whom the ram belonged, and her injuries proved fatal. .I_

CARDIFF MUSICAL SOCIETY. I The first concert of the series promoted by this society takes place on Wednesday, Dec. 8, when .Dvorak's bat Mater" and Sullivan s "Martyr of Antioch" will be performed. The ballot for priority in booking se^ts will be held at the Paik Hall next Saturday afternoon. All applications for tickets made not later than the first poat on Ss-turda-y will participate in the ballot.

TITLED LAUNDRY OWNER FINED. I The Hon. Ronald Leigh, who runs a laundry in Fairland-road, Stratford, London, was yester- day fined £2 and costs for permitting young persons to be employed more than 12 hours. aJ

A UNANIMOUS VEltDICT.-lt was not at the Law Courts, but at a gathering of men eminent in every ranJc ol life, statesmen, soldiers, sailors, doctors, lawyers, scientists,artist; authors, actors, &c., met to discuss the merits of the various Scotch whiskies, that a unanimous verdict was recorded in favour Of Pattisons for its purity, flavour, and umiyallea oualltv generallv. Sold everywhere. Sole Proprietors PatLisbns, Ltd.; Highland Distillers, Ballindallocn, I/eith, and London.. I/eith, and London.. 1130 Tiii; DOKOTHY, Cardiff.—Rich Bridal Cakes, all sizes in stock. Prices on application. New nove ties ev.->rv Tho he«b oniv. E64e J BBiDttw.vrEB, M.D., U.S.A., 18, Custom House etrect. CmrdifY. Hours, 11-4 and 7-9.

Two Girls' Suicides. FEARFUL DEATH OF AN ARTIS"PS MODEL At the St. Pancras Coroner's Court yesterday an inquest was held concerning the death of Amy Roberts, aged 18, an artist's model, who commit- ted suicide on Monday night at Camden Town Railway Station under somewhat tragic circum- stances. Mr Edwin Roberts, an artist, of 24, Chester-road, Highgate, the father of the deceased, stated she acted as his model, and had no other employment. She had had a sweetheart some months ago, bat the witness had interfered and the engagement was broken off. On Monday evening she went out, and when she returned she gave such a silly excuse as to where she bad been that he became vexed, AND BOXED HER EARS. Later on she went with her mother to their bed- room, and he thought she had gone to bed, but subsequently he learned that she had borrowed sixpence and had left the house at 10 o'clock, saying that she was going to her married sister's. Thinking that she had done so, the witness did not trouble further; but between 11 and 12 o'clock the young man she had been engaged to came to the house and said that she was de:id.- Frederick Les, a City clerk, deposed that Miss Roberts called on him on Monday night and said that she was going to her married sister at Kilburn, as she had had a quarrel with her father. The witness accompanied her to Camden Town Station, and they were on the platform together when the deceased suddenly jumped in front of a train as it was entering the station. The engine passed over her and she was killed on the spot.— The jury returned a verdict of Suicide while temporarily insane." A PATHETIC STORY. iiimily uarnett, a domestic servant, aged 20 years, in the employ of Mr Frank Dnke, God- dington Villa, Stroud, was yesterday morning found dead in bed, and beside her were a bottle and glass, both of which had contained carbolic acid. Tho deceased left a letter addressed to her father, telling him that she was going to keep her word never to darken his door again. The words she wrote had been in her mind for weeks. She a-ddeù that she did not forgot that her father called her his greatest enemy, and the Lord knew she would be sorry to he her father's enemy. wv_ M_COf'#

THE FLOWER-SELLER'S LOVE. I An inquest was held by Dr. Thomas yesterday at St. Pancras with reference to the death of Charles Wilson (73), an artificial Rower hawker, lately lodging at 63, St. Catherine s-roact, Notting- hill. The deceased's wife entered Kensington Infirmary last Thursday, and Wilson the next morning told a fellow-lodger that 11 he wanted to be where his wife was." He liade the lodger good-bye, sa.id he should sell no more artificial flowers, and went out. At 1 o'clock in the after- noon. Alfred Dudley, the driver of a train going to Brent, and passing Stonebridge Park, Acton, on the Midland Railway, saw the deceased clear a level crossing, then, when the engine was within a. few yards of him, step back in front of the locomotive, which knocked him down. He was run over, and sustained extensive fractures, that speedily caused his death. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide while of nnsonnd mind." _J_

LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET. Among the additional personages who have intima.ted their intontion of attending the Lord Mayor's banquet on the 9th are Mr A. J. Balfour and the Lord Chancellor. "4-

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Just added to the already Colossal Art Collection, some Thrilling Scenes ntTfiK TUUCO-GKEBK WAR and I'ombarumeut of Cr-nea by the S: Great Row ers, also the Benin Expedition, the TrAnsvaal. Darkest Africa, the Arctic legions, &c., supuorted by tho UNRIVALLED COJ.iPANY OF STAR ARTISTES AND GRAND OKCHESTHAL BAND. Every Evening at Eight. Illuminated Da.y Perform- ances ùU Wednesday and .Saturday ai, Throe o'c1l)ci,. Doors open half-an-hour previous. Prices—3s, z", 1'1, and 6d. Tickets and Plan at Messrs Thompson and Shackell's, Ltd.. Cueen-street. Sole Proprietor-—Mr JOSEPH POOLE. 15360 2MJ-2Je -_&_ NOW OPEN, 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. THE SOUTH WALES ART SOCIETY. TENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. NEW GALLERIES: QUE EN. S T nEE T, CARDIFF. OVER 5CO PICTURES. Admission, Is: Season Tickets, 3s: Art Union Tickets. Is. PUBLIC ART COMPETITION. 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The Man About Town. I Road racing and scorolilug in the public tboronglifarea must be stopped in order to protect the public and save the general body of cyclists from the opprobrium which the road racers and town scorchers bring upon the whole pastime of cycling. The N.C.U. have taken the proper step to stop the dangerous practice of road racing by prohibiting cy- clists from indulging,and the magistrates are doing something to put the brake on the pace of the scorchers. Three Cardiff riders were fined forty shillings and costs each for furious bicycle riding in the streets at Canton. The cyclists had to admit the offence, and had little to say in extenuation, except the half-apologetic excuse that they did not realise the speed at which they were going. In some cases one must charitably admit this to be a fact, for otherwise it is difficult to understand the mad freaks performed by sane men—aud women—In busy thorough- fares. 5' I hear an excellent rcco.u of Cru-Jiff Musical Society. The ballot takes place for the seats next Satur- day, the first concert being held jL 011 December 8th. Nearly the whole of the best seats have been subscribed for, representing V,408 in subscriptions, and 115 of the side seats have also been purchased for £ 37, representing a total up to date of JE445. A few of the balcony and centre area seats are available to subscribers, who should send their applications at once to Mr T. Evans, the secretary, so that they may pavtici^tc in the br.llot for the best places. Though the Festival is moribund, we are fortunate in Cardiff in not having a choir dispute. The Festival Choir did splendid work, but there was no danger whilst it existed that it would supersede the Musical Society Choir. Roth worked harmoniously, and to-day, where there is only the older choir, most of the best voices in the district count themselves members. There is no rival choir and no rivalry, but there is an effort being made to strengthen it still further by forming sight-singing classes to prepare the candidates for admis- sion to the Choir membership. For the sake of local musical art that is excellent. One would like to think that there were no jealousies and divisions among the choirs of South Wales. Their disputes and feuds, however, are matters -1 of history, much to the hindrance ot musical progress. Hard things have been spoken and writteil of the jealousies which existed between local choirs and in the ranks of individual choirs, dividing and wrecking them at short intervals. Bristol is just now suffering from choir jealousy. The Bristol Festival Choir has been broken up definitely. There still exists Mr Riseley's choir, now numbering 600 voices, and Mr Rootham, the chorus-master of the late Festival Choir, is endeavouring to gather together the remnants of the choir and organise them. In that case there will be rival choirs as we have had them in South Wales; and rivalry means a conflict of interests. Advertisements at times are strangely suggestive, and give an indication of un- conscious humour on the part of the 'cute business -an. Yesterday in the adver- tising columns visitors to the Cardiff Races were asked to call upon a local jeweller who would provide them with gold and silver watches at half original cost." Watches have a strange way of changing hands on racecourses, and, indeed, at all places where crowds of monied men congregate. The racecourse is to the watch-snatcher and the pick-pocket an ideal field to work, and work it he does. And with singular appropriateness a jeweller reminds the visitors who are unfortunate that the useful ticker may be replaced in gold or silver at half-price. A watch is almost the only "piece of jewellery that a visitor to the races is likely to require. To return home from the meet without a watch would be too strong presumptive evidence that it had de- parted to find means for a flutter the friends of the watchless man would never believe a pocket-picking story, and so the local jeweller comes in as the friend in need to renew the object of utility and ornament at half the original cost." A few seasons ago a Cardiff pressman, with pride in his heart and a gold watch in his vest pocket, went to a local race meeting. He returned with a few links of his prized gold chain and without his watch. His fellow pressman learnt wisdom at his expense, for he attends races with a Waterbury or a seven- and-sixpenny chronometer. The gold watch disappeared at Ely the Waterbury was once in danger at Chepstow, but it clicked away and returned safely from the Cardiff Races yesterday, and its owner is not interested in the jeweller's adver. tisement. Others have not fared so well. 'it A case was decided in the Queen's Bench Division yesterday which is particularly intercsting to managers of hotels and restaurants, and throws a new light, I venture to think, on the responsibilities of proprietors and managers. The pro- C, prietor of the Cafe Monico, London, had to pay R300 danages and costs for the carelessness of his barmaid, who last year opened a bottle, allowing the cork to fly out, bitting the plaintiff in the eye. He is an artist, and told the jury that he had been seriously injured in his profession, for he could not paint in the open. A mechanic or a clerk would stand in the same relation to the artist with an injured optic, and if this fact becomes generally known, there will be less danger from flying corks. Gross carelessness is observable almost every day in the opening of wired corked sodas, and flying corks, instead of causing barmaids concern for the safety of the customers, only provide them with a fund of amusement. The proprietor of the Cafe Monico. who has had to pay R300 damages for the carelessness of a barmaid in his employ, will scarcely see where the fun comes in. The Concert given in the Cory Memorial Hall and arrange/1 by Mr A. C. Toone was disappointing in ünry one particular, and that the patronage. We are very pro- vincial and local in our tasLes and interests after all, for unless there be a number of local singers or per- formers to attract at an ordinary concert the attendance cannot be relied upon. Patrons of concerts patronise because they are interested in some- one locally or, as it occasionally happens, in the music performed. We shall outgrow the localism some day, but not yet, for parochialism has a firm hold. However, in a very good concert, which was pleasant throughout, I only desire to mention two items—the playing of Mr William Henley, the English violinist, and the new suite of dances, written by Mr W. A. Richards, and performed last night for the first time. Mr Henley, who is one of the finest violin- ists in the country, appeared a little while ago at a concert in the Park Hall, and his performance then should have secured a crowded audience on his second visit. He is a perfect master of that marvellous instrument, and gave the audience a capable illustration of what may be accomplished by technique com- bined with a musical temperament. Of Mr W. A. R.ichards'a.mbitiouB com- position, let me say at once, without attempting to be hypercritical, that it was pleasing and a meritorious piece of work. The Suite de Ballet is divided into (1) a Graceful Dance, (2) a Valse, and (3) a Dance Hiunoresque. The idea of the Ballet was well maintained, and the music throughout was light and rippling, cl suggestive of the musical interlude to the opening and development of a Pantomime Transformation Scene. This I intend as a compliment, for the music selected for the purpose is usually drawn from the very best examples of this par- ticularly pleasing class of composition. Mr Richards' music is graceful and pleasing, light and tripping; and thus cl he attained his end. It is perhaps a little too even and lacking in fancifulness or ingenuity in the develop- ment of the idea, but with development would have come extreme length, and perhaps this is what the composer sought to avoid. Of the three divisions, the Dance Humoresque is the most pleasing, and that is as it should be; the suite rises in in- terest and merit right to the close. The orchestra, though small in number, played with excellent finish. If:*Y

TEN MILLION TONS OF ORE. I A company will shortly be brought out for public subscription for the purpose of acquiring and working as an industrial business a, body ot gold bearing ore which is said to be the largest in the known world. The undertaking is quite an industrial business, and very different from ordinary mining. There is no mining," in the sense of seeking for ore, to be done; the object being to erect machinery and crush the enormous supply of ore which is already available and which the company will acquire. The property has been personally examined by well-known London and other engineers, who compute the available quantity of ore at upwards of 10,000,000 tons It is proposed to work with a battery of 250 stamps. A perpetual water power, with a vertical fall of 400ft. upon the battery site, has been con- structed, and supplies sufficient power to drive all the machinery practically without cost. Upon a very moderate basis as to profits the dividends on the shares are estimated at a minimum of 30 per cent, per annum. This for a period of 50 to 100 years constitutes an investment which is eagerly sought for, and the shares will undoubtedly be largely over-subscribed when issued. The direc- tory of the company is an exceptionaJlyJfstrong one.—The Mining Journal, London. 2607 -A

Iln all diseases consult the eminent &psciaHst Dr. Bridgwater, M.D., U.S.A., GustomHou»e-s.trj £ t Dr. llridgwlloter, M.D., U.S.A., GustomHou»e-s.trj £ t

BURiAL SCANDAL. At Spalding Rural Council, a communication has been received from the Surfleet Parish Council calling attention to burials in that parish. Decent interments were stated to be impossible, and frequently in digging graves coffins were broken into and bones and skulls, with teeth and hairs, excavated. The Parish Conncil is taking steps to provide a new burial ground.

LOCAL SHIPPING CASUALTIES. This morning the s.s. Trewellard, belonging to Messrs Foster, Hain and Co., of St. Ives, fouled the Rack Buoy, off Penarth Head, and grounded between the heildland and the per. She is expected to float on the incoming tide. I The s.s. Karpulas ran into the pisr at Penarfch this morning an( I did considerable damage.

NOT A MYTH. I A Tale of Buried Treasure. NEW ions, Thursday.—A sensational story is published by a New York paper thia morning to the effect that her Majesty's cruiser Im- perieuse, which has just arrived at Vic- j toria, British Columbia, has returned from Cocos Island, whither she wont in search of buried treasure. The officers are reported to have stated that the story of a treasure of 30 million dollars being buried in the island is not a myth. A guard of marines has been left on the island, and a smaller vessel than the Imperieuae will proceed there shortly. It is reported that the Imperieuae has on board a large portion of the buried treasure, consisting of jewellery and gold to the value of about 15,000,000 dolhtrs.-Cetltral Ifeive, -1

THE ALLEGED LIBELLOUS POSTCARDS. Mr Justice Darling Jocose. In the Queen's Bench Division vesterdav Mr 1 Justice Darling and a common jury heard the suit of Barrass v. Read. In this action Mrs Maria Barrass sought to recover damages from the defendant, Miss Emma, Bead, for alleged libel by means of postcards and letters written to and about her, by the defendant. The answer filed for the defenco was a denial by the defendant that she wrote the documents complained of. Mr Cock, Q.C., and Mr E. W. Hanseli were counsel for the plaintiff; Dr. Blake Odgers, Q.C., and Mr Scarlett for the defence. Mr Odgers, in opening the case, stated that the Lij"" had been subject to annoyance by having filthy and scurrilous letters sent to her anony- mously, and she charged the defendant with being the writer of them. Formerly plaintiff and defen- dant were warm friends, and in some letters defendant addressed the plaintiff as De,,treit but there was not the least suggestion that there was any truth in the charges which had been made against Mrs Barrass in the several libellous documents complained of. Mrs Maria Barrass, the plaintiff, in her evidence, said that she and the defendant had been friends for about 20 years. Formerly they lived in the same neighbourhood aud the defendant, Miss Bead, was a distant relation, for, witness ex- plained, her father's wife's granddaughter married my brother." (Laughter.) At an inter- view the defendant said the trouble all arose through Mrs Withers," to whom some of the letters were addressed "Foreign cousin," and added, she ought to have gone to a warmer climate." Mr Justice Darling (to witness) la she con- sumptive then ? (Great laughter.) The case was abruptly brought to a conclusion by counsel for the defendant announcing that to prevent any further inquiry,Miss Bead, tho defen- dant, wished him to state that she never wrote the letters complained of, but there were circum- stances in the ca,se which actuated him (counsel) in advising the defendant to come to some settle ment. This had been done, and all that was needed was for the record to be withdrawn. At the same time it was understood that there was no foundation for the charges which had been made in thcRe letters.

7 SIGH A BOOTY." The Trowser and the Mare. At the Guildhall yesterday Edwin Owns was charged with working a horse that was in 3,11 unfit condition; and Danjel Sweeting, Dodinghnrst, Essex, for causing the animal to be worked while in that condition. P.C. Cordery stated that he saw Ovens driving the horse it was in a shocking condition, and could scarcely move. When he stopped the man he said, I don't understand nothin' about 'osses. I'm on'y a trowser' in the Whifcechapel- road." Sir Reginald Hanson: What is a trowser ?" Sweeting Vy, a man as does any odd jobs. Anythin'. (Laughter.) He didn't know how to treat this mPire, that's how it is. Mr Savournin, veterinary surgeon, said the animal was aged and past work. It loft the stable in this condition. Sweeting: She's a good 'un. Hif the "trowser" had made her go a bit quicker, and she'd got warm, she'd gone as well as any 'oss in Lunnon; she would so-in fac', she'd jumped over 'im. (Laughter.) Sir Reginald I can't order yon to have the horse destroyed, but if you cousciit to that course it will materially affect my decision. Sweeting Hev 'er destroyed Why, she'd trot with any 'ose here. I'm poor—(crying)—I've got no money, but—(boldly)—I've got a wife and onie full of kids. (Laughter.) Sir Reginald Will you have it killed ? Sweeting What Sich a booty ? Sir Reginald 203 and costs, in default ten days. Ovens is discharged.

-ro" DRUNKENNESS AMONG WOMEN. The lloyal Commission on the Liquor Laiva sat again yesterday, Viscount Peel in the chair. Mr Dewav, chief constable and procurator fiscal of Dundee, was examined. He expressed the opinion that it would be a very great advantage to Scotland were the statutes dealing with the liquor laws consolidated. In reply to tlan chair. man, he said that a man who was (irunk and in. capable, but in charge of friends, would not be taken into custody by the police, but, on the other hand, were he alone the police would take care of him and he would be prosecuted. There had been a ateady decrease of drunkenness in Dundee since 1844. which was coincident with a decrease in the number of public-houses. Nearly one-third of those apprehended for drunkenness in Dundee were females. Mr Dewar said, in reply to a question by the chairman, that the female population of Dundee exceeded the male population by 17,000. The Chairman Is there anything in the national beverage of Scotland that produces drunkenness ? The Witness The liquor is very potent, and produces drunkenness much more readily than the national beverage of England.

Late Duchess of Teck. I FLORAL TRIBUTES. I The Queen's Wreaths. I AN APPRECIATIVE ADDRESS. The remains of the late Duchess of Teck were, as reported yesterday, interred at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. The Queen was represented by the Prince of Wales, and most of the other members of the Royal Family were present at the ceremony. Memorial services were held at St. Paul's, and at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. From her Majesty two wreaths, both exquisitely beautiful, were received. They came from Frog- more Gardens, and were made up exclusively of white blooms, pure and delicate and graceful. Each wreath was circular in design, camellias of perfect shape and wax-like texture, delicate rose- buds, and the graceful lilies of the valley finding their contrast in fronds of fern. To one of these was attached a card, bearing, in the firm characteristic handwriting of her Majesty, the inscription :— A mark of tender affection and friendship, from her devoted cousin, Victoria R.I." On the card attached to the second wreath were the words, also in the Queen's own handwriting A mark of truest affection and friendship, from her most loving cousin, Victoria R.I." The wreaths were carried into the Royal tomb- house and placed upon the coffin. I Floral Tributes. Over 400 wreaths were received at Windsor Castle, exclusive of about 200 which were sent from White Lodge. The arrangement of this enormous number of floral tributes and the pre- paration of a list of the senders were undertaken by the officials of the Lord Chamberlain's Depart- ment. I CHAPEL ROYAL; SUB-DEAN'S ADDRESS. Nothing in its way could well have been more solemnly impressive, or carried out in more com- plete accord with the feelings that swayed the vast congregation present, than the memorial service held in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, at the hour which witnessed the melan- choly obsequies in Royal Windsor. When the last notes of the hymn Lead, Kindly Light,' had died away, the Sub-Dean, in measured tones, delivered from the lectern the following address :— We meet here to-day under the shadow of a great loss. God, in His mysterious providence, lias within the last week called away from our m:d"t. with almost appalling suddenness, and in WIt'J,t we may call the full maturity of her in- fluence and her usefulness, one who in life was honoured and beloved by all alike, and whose death, in consequence, we must all of us deplore. Princess Mary was able in an extraordinary way to attract others to her, and there was no quality more conspicuous or more powerful in her character than HER GENUINE SYMPATHY with those brought into contact with her either in joy or sorrow. She was genial she waa gracious to a'.l with whom she came in contact, and her life was filled with the spirit of love and kindness. She carried sunshine, as has been well said, wherever she went, and she won all hearts by her simple unpretending and unaffected kindness. I know I am addressing some who were privileged to enjoy the friendship of the Princess of whom I am speaking. You not only know something then of what her life and incessant work was, but you will, at the same time, realise the truth of ,vhat I have said, and you will agree with one who, when speaking of her the other day at some public meeting, said that her daily life was crowded to the full extent of human capacity with ceaseless self-sacrificing efforts for the encouragement and support of every good work. The Princess illpry was one of those who recognised the fact that life and position are given for a purpose, that they have their own SPECIAL DUTIES AND JtESPONSIBJXITIES, and are to be used for no selfish ends and aims, but for tha service of our com'.ion Lord and Master. The work which she undertook, and it was considerable, was always moved, instigated, and tempered by chanty and goodwill, and faithful to the end, in spite of, at times, much physical discomfort and infirmity, she used the talents committed to her keeping. Indeed, I am justified in saying that to hor indomitable pluck Illllst be attributed the fact not only that she was able, up to the last, to do as much as she did, but also that her life had been prolonged so far. Tha.t life work, though, is now over; and God has, after some experience on her part of the dark discipline of pain, called her to Himself. She has passed, we humbly trust, to that reward which is granted to those who have lived not for them- selves alone but for the good of others, not to I themselves but to Him who died for us and rose again. Those dear to her, whom she loved and whom she leaves on this side of the vale-mat j TAKE COMFOBT IN THB THOUGHT j ¡i of that life which is finishod, and of those duties of her station faithfully discharged. They may also take comfort in the thought of the genuine sympathy which has, both from far and near, during the last few days been showered upon them, and is doubly showered upon them as a family to- day. May è-od grant to them and to each of us who are here that the memory of those dear to us who have departed this life may quicken us to follow their good example, so that when He sees fit, as some (lay He will, to caU us hence, we may all, after faithful life-service on our pa.rt, with them be counted worthy to inherit the heavenly promises. Life," wrote James Montgomery, thy life is no idle dream it is a solemn reality, it is thine own it is ail thou hast with which to front Eternity." These eloquent and moving words at an end, all present joined fervently in the singing of "Now the labourer's task is o'er," and with the pro. nouncement by the Bishop of London, at the con- clusion of the prayers, of the benediction the service was brought to an impressive close. Then followed an almost painful silence, broken at length by the strains of that undying march which alone would have made the name of Handel immortal, and which must ever touch the heartsl of those upon whose ears its music falls. Not til the last note of the Dead March in Saul had died away did the congregation rise from their seats, and then, slowly and sorrowfully, those who had paid final homage to the memory of the illustrious dead quitted the historic fane.

OLDEST ROAD IN ENGLAND. The Dover road is a highway of the highest antiquity, and is, without a. doubt, the oldest road we have, says The Cycle. It is going a very long way back to refer to the coming of the Roma.ns into Britain but when Cresar landed near Dover and marched his men across the downs in the direction of what is now Canterbury, he found a road existing. This, of course, was not anything but the roughest kind of roadway, but still it existed as a well-defined track:' It went dia- gonally across Britain, from Dover to what is now Holyhead, and was called the Sarn Gwyddelin, or Foreigners' Way." When the Romans had brought Britain into subjection they began at once the scientific construction of roads, com- mencing with this. They called it, a.s near as they considered the outlandish British tongue, the Via Watlinga, and as Watling-street" it became known when the Romans left the island and the Saxons were come. Even to this day some portions of the Dover-road retain the name ¡ of Watling-street.

I GLOUCESTER AND SMALL-POX. I Report to the Vaccination Commission. In his report to the Vaccination Commission on the outbreak of small-pox in the city of Gloucester in 1895 to 1896, Dr. Coupland says the epidemic, the severity of the disease, its high mortality, and its propagation were influenced and promoted by an unduly large proportion of unvaceinated children, who were exposed to infection and who were infected.

TEN MINUTES' GRACE!! A novel claim was made at Yarmouth Police Court the other day by a prisoner who was charged with using bad language. He contended that, according to the law, a man has a right to swear for ten minutes in the street before a police- man can arrest him for it. Every dog, we know, is entitled to his first bite; but we are glad that the magistrates did not uphold the conten- tion of a legal ten minutes' grace for profanity.

I LONDON JEWELLERY ROBBERY.'L £500 Reward Offered. I A reward of X500 has been offered for such information as shaJl lead to the recovery of the property stolen last Sunday from the Diamond Merchants' Alliance premises in Piccadilly and the conviction of the burglars. There were no less than 175 pieces of jewellery stolen altogether. There is no clue to the thieves yet.

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I A DOG'S FALSE TEETH. I THE DENTIST-OWNER SPEAKS OF THEIR VIRTUES. Myn Duivel, the fancy Schifferke whose tooth less gums have been lately restocked with arti- ficial teeth, has gained thereby such a healthful little flutter of notoriety that a Morning Leader representative called upon its master yesterday to know what it all meant. Mr Edward Mosely is a. dentist by profession, and a dog fancier by persuasion, with a leaning towards" Schiffs." I bought him," began Mr Mosely, abroad to use as a stud dog. He was very old—over 10 years, I should say-and all his front teeth were gone. After I had decided to send him to the Crystal Palace I thought it would be a good idea to make him a, set of false teeth. And I did. But it was a ticklish job, for not only are a dog's teeth quite different from ours, but the mouth is anothel shape altogether. Consequently I had to make even my own trays, as none of those I had would fit. But Myn is a quiet old felluw, and at last Wt finished everything to our mutual satisfaction. It has proved A Complete Success. too. Every morning the teeth are taken out oaa by one, and washed, to prevent corroding. Thej do not cause the slightest discomfort; on tha contrary, they are of the greatest assistance, for he can tear or crunch now with great relish, at my friend Mr Sewell has certified a thing he could not possibly have done without them." I think Myn was the sensation at the Palace," remarked our reporter. >. 'v,^ was roplied Mr Moseiy with a laugh. that a crowd of several hundred peoplt thronged round his cage each day after it oncti got aboad that there was a dog on show with false teeth. The keener must have made I A Small Fortune in tips out of the anxious ones. chiefly the ladleft, who were dying to get a glimpse of the eighth wonder." No," he continued, anticipating our represen- tative's rash query, it has never happened before. You may take it from me that I am the first dentist who ever made a set of false teeth fox a dog. Down Fulham way there are a couple o{ vets, who go in for equine dentistry, but thej haven't descended to the dog yet, and they don't make teeth." Don't you think it probable yon'll be handed down as the pioneer of a new movement ?" ques- tioned our reporter. Not at all unlikely," was the answer. Some time back I made a wooden leg for a favourite dog of mine and sent him on show. Not long afterwards I got an order to make one for a Northern pet, for which I received 15 guineas." And what would you charge for teeth ?" the Leader man asked. That would vary enormously," replied Mr Mosely. It's not an easy matter to perform on a half-maddened infuriated animal, and unles& the case fits perfectly the dog would tear the whole thing out. And I imagine you could easily stow away four'ounces of platinum in the jaw of a Newfoundland. But don't forgeet," he added in parting, that fashionable damos pay a good deal of attention to their pet's teeth. I sold a dog to a lady some months ago, and she tells me she washes its teethjregularly every morning with a special brush and powder. And why shouldn't she ?"

DARING THEFT AT ROATH. Snatching a Lady's Handbag. Henry Clarke (27), an able-bodied looking fellow, was brought before Mr J. B. Far- rier and Mr D. Duncan at Cardiff Polios Court this morning charged with stealing a handbag containing a purse, 10s lid, pair of spectacles, and other articles, from the person of Mrs Mary Roper, at Oakfield-street, on the 3rd inst.-P.C. James stated that acting on information brought him by prosecutrix's daughter he proceeded to the field at the rear of Claude-road, where he saw prisoner emerging from a house in,the course of erection. Prisoner- when he saw him commenced to run away, but witness, giving chase, caught him before he had got far. The purse and spectacles he found in prisoner's overcoat, while the hand-bag and apron he discovered concealed under some lumber in the building, where he appeared to have been hiding. In answer to the charge of snatching the bag and its contents from the band of Mrs Ropery prisoner said, All right; I am in for six months; that will carry me over the winter;" and subse- quently at the station he replied that he had nothing to say. On the application of Inspector Durston prisoner was remaNded until Wednesday next.

FUNERAL OF A CRIMEAN VETERAN AT CARDIFF. The funeral of the late Col.-Sergt. Joseph Shotfc late of the Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia and 63rd Regiment, took place at Cardiff on Wed- nesday. The funeral cortege, which consisted of the band of the 3rd Welsh Regiment, under the conductorship of Sergteant-drummer Kelly, and also four sergeants, two corporals., and about 70 men from the Depot, and a large number of civilian friends; alse a, detachment of Crimean and Indian Mutiny veterans (among the latter being Mr Newall, o the Barry Veterans' Association), left 42, Rosa- street, Roath, at 3 p.m., for the New Cemetery. The funeral arrangements were carried out bj Q.M.S. Geraghty, Welsh Regiment, and Thoma.s Foster, late 41st Regiment, Drill In- structor, Bate Dock Police. On the road to the cemetery the band played Chopin's FuneraJ March," also the Dead March in Saul" anc at the grave the buglers sounded the last post The coffin was covered with a Union Jack, sur mounted by a helmet and sword and a number a wroatha.

FROGS IN BIRDS' NESTS. A correspondent relates a carious thing in thlfc. month's Nature N»tei. We have," sayt E. A. M." of Marlborough," made a curiout discovery in our garden. Some frogs have taken ap their abode for the last month in two deserted blackbirds' nests, built in round thick box bushei about 2ft. from the ground. One frog is generally to be seen alone, sometimes on or near the edge of the neat, sometimes comfortably ensconced ic the middle, only his head peeping out. In the other nest there are always two frogs." The cor- respondent asks for what reason the frogs wo supposed to go to these nests.

HINT TO THE POLICE. P.C. 331 M., in cross-examination yesterday in a London Police Court hit upon a happy phrase which, the Globe says, might be adopted as an official formula at Scotland Yard. The point at issue was the treatment of a. prisoner, whether it was over-violent or adequate to the circumstances. P.C. 331 M contended that no unnecessary rough. ness had been used. In his own words, they carried the prisoner aJong quite tenderly, but not as if they loved him." This is subtle and satis- factory. Carry your prisoners along tenderly, but not as if you loved them might be a. stand ing order in the Force.

I IN QUEST OF M. ANDREE. COPENHAGEN, Thursday.—A telegram from Christiania states that the crew of the Victoria, which is about to leave in quest of M. Andree, has been increased to 15 men. The experienced Arctic explorer, Herr Paul Bjorvig, accompanies the expedition. Snow shoes will form part of the equipment. Daumandsoeren, Advent Bay, Cape Thordsen, and Prinz Karl Foreland will be searched, and if possible the Victoria will proceed to Danes Island. On the return journey the south-west coasts of Daumandsoeren will be explorecl.-Beuter.

A VIOLENT LUNATIC. Attack on a Priest. Last evening at Seaham Harbour, a male lunatic forced himself into the residence of the Rev. James Hayes, Roman Catholic priest, whom he attacked, accusing the rev. gentleman oi galvanising Ihim* The police experienced the utmost difficulty in removing the man to the lunatic asylum, so violent was he.

RAILWAY VAN ON FIRE. Electrician and Assistants Burned. CAPE TOWN, Thursday.—An electric light dynamo van of the Johannesburg Eastern Pro- vince special train to Buluwayo caught fire « GaberonesJ The van was totally destroyed, and the electrician and his assistants were severely burned. None of the passengers, however, were injured.—Renter.

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. At Outwood Colliery, Radcliffe, yesterday, James Beckett (55) was killed by a fall of atone weighing several tons.

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