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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 12

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LONDON SUMMARY. LABOURER AS BACHELOR OF ARTS.' London, August- 12. In addition to the, servant girl and the 1 collier who have recently graduated at .the Univorsity of Wales, another instance is forthcoming.'of a young Welsh-, man who has just obtained his B.A. in. the first division, after, passing through a most eventful career between his school' and college days. He'was successively a grocer's! apprentice, general factotum, handy man, quarry . labourer, night watchman on ' a pipe track, grooer's assistant, and evening school instructor, before he finally found his way to St. David's College, Lampeter, to prepare for his degree and the Church. , , AERONAUT'S ' REMARKABLE FEAT. A Temarkable and daring , feat of airmanship. has beon by a young! Welsh . aeronaut, Mr., . Willows, who, on a,small airship of home construction, driven by. a motor of British jmake, landed on the Winn estate at Motting-. ham, in the Lee district of -London, after a ten hours' night journey l from Cardiff. His objective was the Crystal Palace,-but his- supply , of petrol giving' out, he was obliged ' ,to pass ; practically over the Palace, and come down by opening the gas ca^.of; his;balloonette. The journey, which included !tho crossing, of the Bris-' toil Channel, was quite IGO miles, or. 70 more than has been done previously in. this .country.- .' 'CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST'S DEATH.\ An inquest was held at Chelsea on. the body of Elizabeth Rowe, a_ hospital nurse and a. "Christian .Scientist," who was. found dead in her 'bed.- She had for 'some .time!been' ill fronj 1 tuberculosis,' but 'had persistently: refused ' to see a medical' tnan. The medical evidence was' to the effect that Miss Rowe jhad/ died, from phthisis and. dropsy,.. and it. was stated'that nothing could have been done" to, save her life, although proper medical caro might have prolonged it a little. Nothing could have , healed .the lung. • Mis 3: Mary ■ Bovet: said she. had ibeen.: a Christian'Scientist:for five years,! and an established, practitioner for about three years., : Miss Rowe said she. was suffering- ' The witness' /under-, took-..the fee'atment ' ; bf that: . 'At 'first. Miss Itowe paid - her '.&."!'a : week, /and 'later -'on only 2s: a'week; ? The tTeatmentwas; prayer.. A'- verdict of death.;from' natural causes was • returned.' : '. \ ■ !\/-/; • -''v- . ARMY. OFFICER'.ARRESTED..' ' '.Lieutenant ;Allari Sutoi'/:Rpyal,Artil}ei7/. has .been'! placed Sunder,/arrest,;' and will. <be tried.by.'court-martial/',for.; publishing : a -pamphlet entitled. "The'Army l System;, ' or, Miiddlo" Through'Thirty-iMillioiis; a Tear During'Peace,"/in. which ; he 'makes grave 'charges of<,'.irregularities •/in ■ the Army- signalling. classes-ht,. Aldershot/ // . GENERAL SCOBELI VINDICATED. 'The -Secretary of State for ; has ' issued correspondence ''.relating" to the grave' charges made. in. Parliament' by Major Adam, M.P., against -Major-General'. Scobell. Major Adam stated that. MajorGeneral' '' Scobell,' when - in command " of'' the Ist. Cavalry Brigade ;jat Aldershot, rendered/to .superior'authority/; a con? fidential report, on an officer under his command, . which report contained . deliberate misstatements of fact. :. The Army/ Council,, after' investigating ' tlio chargcs, has; arrived at the conclusion/that. Miijor- , General Scobell was justified in! the, action" he: took,, which; was confirmed by : several of,:his' superior, officers; -In reply to.this, Major iitlam . has addressed ' to Mr. /Hal-, dano/ra letter affirming; that' the' fear '!of;-Major-General .'Scobell., and / 'the. ,'Army/. 'Council .to face , aia'open inquiry cp.rrobpr'atssthe. facts /which-he. .(Major, Adam) has ' stated/ in tlie ,House of Commons,and/until an has been held the very serious and "definite' accusatioh which has' been 'made against ' Major-General' Scobell must bo accepted./- ' ,'! / -v : - '-INDIAN OFFICER KILLED. ; The tragic end 'is- reported of ;! Major; W. / H.;: Prehdergasti late of ; thelndian/ Army/ whose body:was .discovered;' on the: railway, line beneath tho : bridge near Sherborne Station, the head being terribly mutilated. Major Prendergast', w.crit.. to - Sherborne with-, tho object. of)meeting/his, sister,, and engaged 'rooms' at a hotel,, but,, going: out after -supper,' did/not '.return; : He had'-,been in-bad ;health' i lately., : i ....At' the/inquest' a verdict/' of, suicidh during temporary insanity was returned. ; / ! V A CANADCAN LAND CASE.. . : / . The case of : Gordon : ,v. v Home / and others, ah appeiil by/special;leaye'from a judgment ioffi-:,the /Supreme,. Court of Canada (Justicci;'. Girouard-, and / Idington dissenting), of, May. 28, 1909, reversing a decision of, a majority of. the .Full Court of, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and, restoring a!' /judgmentof Mr. Justice /Morrison, sitting/ at 1 has/come before the' of the Privy Council. /.The'.questions. in: tho case wero / whether / 1 a > partnership: existed between /the plaintiff,: Gordon,, and the three: defendants/Horne/'.W;:.SI Holland; .and R.'"w. Holland; arid wlie : . ther.V if so,: circumstances had . arisen., which 'entitled; the - plaintiff - to a, dissolu-. iion. arid, consequent, relief. .Tlio plaintiff sai'd that ha/and tlie .tliree'defendants became jointly- interested ; in a speculation in land, and'that Horno fraudulently attempted ,to ou6t liim from his interest andto acqi,uire;! the/ land ■' for- -himself.. Horno and'W! sS. Holland denied ",that' thero was . any partnership, and Homo also : denied the /alleged fraud. - In giy-, ing judgment their Lordships. said they .were satisfied that /there' was a/partner,-, ship between -tha company and JHprne ■ in respect'.of the/ n'roperty, .and that Home fi auduleiitly ; attempted to obtain^exclusive 'control', by pretending " to/: the'jtplaintiff thdt-a sale of it/had been'madfl! to Ford at 300 dollars an acre. 1 .The.:»iudgment of 1 tho -Full Court of the 'Supreme Coiirt of ' .British Columbia'was' restored,' with costs, against, the' defendants Home and W.-S. Holland, . "' r :. AN ONTARIO CONTRACT. - The' Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,. pronouncing ' judgment in/ 1 tlio' cross appeals Westarn Electric; Company v. Plaunt,. from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario;"of.• June?Bo,• • 190?,'' affirming - a decision / of- Mr//' Justice Blatchford, - sitting in .'the High, Court of Justice- for Ontario! and a report of the Local Master of' Ontario, in favour of the respondent. (Mr.- Plaunt), for,. 40.919 dollars,./with interest and costs, .upheld the Local, Master's' report;. and; dismissed.; the appeal, and cross appeal, with-costs. The action, was brought 'to recover damages for breach of a,contract/for the sale and purchase of telegraph poles.- Their Lordships vh'eld : it : proved that, the. respondent was ready and':willing to perform' the .contract -by/-furnishing', a sufficient supply, of telegraipli poles 'for- inspection ■ at places - designated: iii the - contract, and'..that the appellants,/by, deliberately neglecting • or refusing to proceed with the, necessary inspection! in' ; due time,, committed a breach of the agreement, which justified, the respondent in putting an end to the contract. : LONDON'S;, OLDEST CORONER DEAD. The death is:'reported of Dr. Danford Thomas, coroner for.' the Central London district. 1 -Dr. /.Tho.mas had' chargo of the Crippen ' inquest, : and after - the adjournment had gono on, a visit to Hastings. ': Though, he! had • 'been','in poor health for somo time, his death was somewhat sudden. Dr. Thomas investigated many murder mysteries during his thirty years of office. Among them were the Euston Square: mystery of 1879,. the celebrated Kentish Town crime of 1890, when Mrs. Pearcy was executed for /the murder of: Mrs. Hogg and her child; the shooting of Mr. William Whiteley, the W'estbourne Grove studio murder, the unsolved Camden Town' .tragedy, and tho murder. of Dora Praeger, The Crippen inquiry will now be conducted by Mr.' Walter Schroder. / / ■ ' ' SOBER BRITAIN. 1 Figures'published in a Blue Book on the Licensing Laws show/a' gratifying decrease in the .number of for drunkenness in' England and Wales. A comparison between tho yoars 1908 and' 1909 gives tho following result:— ■' Convictions—l9oß 187,803 , 1909!............' 169,518 , . : • Decrease ... 1 18,285 The decrease in England and Wales u

thus 9.74 per cent. In Scotland: it was | 19 per cent, in Scottish towns - 27. per cent, and in Ireland 8. per cent. GROWTH OP INSANITY: . • The' sixty-fourth report of. the Commissioners in Lunacy, shows that there is a still further increase in the number of persons certified insane in England and Wales. On January 1 tlve number of certified insane persons under care was 130,553, a number exceeding that recorded on January 1, 1909, by 17GU, as compared with an increase for 1908 or 2703, of 2096 for 1907, and 2009 for ,1900. - The-private patients under care on January 1 last' numbered 10,616 (males 4622, females 5991), an increase on the figures, of the preceding year .of 223, or 2.1 per cent. This increase was 43 in excess of the average yearly increase for the ten years 1900-10. The rate of increase,'however, is falling slightly.' ; HEROINE OF THIRTEEN. j A gallant rescue, of a little boy . from, drawing was made at Loughborough by & thirteen-year-old'girl named Nancy Bradshaw. The boy fell. from a bridge into' the deep water of a canal, and was quickly carried into mid-stream. .The girl dived* in and swam to 'the . rescue, and, though hampered by sodden clothes, succeeded- in safely landing the boy on the canal. bank/ amid the cheers of a group of onlookers. ' EXPLORER'S BROTHER'S AFFAIRS. : At'a, meeting in London of. the creditors of Mr. Frank-;R. ,-Shackleton, .of . Park Lane, ; brother:of Sir.Ernest Shackleton, .the Antarctic explorer/:a'resolution .for' bankruptcy;, was passed. : The gross liabilities, were estimated at .£80,009, most of, the. claims being partly secured. : Bythe sale of . the contents, of the debtor's' residence, etc.,' <£1500 had '"been! realised. Mr. Shackleton. is .'ill, suffering from internal". trouble/ and 1 ' ,will 'hot . be .able I to. attend to business' for three months. iProofs'of debts':totalling : i£4BioßP, includ-' ring a. claim of /£24;309f0r money lent/ wore dealt with. OCEAN TRAINING TOR LADS , 'The four-masted steel... barque, which has been purchased -by Messrs. Devitt 'and:-'-Moore; -for-, training ;cadets : for the. merchant .servira,- / lias -left,, the i Thames' for Australia '.with twenty-two,cadets un-' der Captain' Home. . .The Medway,/ which is] of .'2500; tons: and a 'sister, ship/'!of the Port ; JacKson;' /is to! ■ aj-riye' at' ■Sydney,'. in the first - half • of. November,' ; arid; will to,/Newcastle/'Af ter .an -interval .of j a -couple of .months the ;sh:ip ; irt.ttirnsvby,'.waytof: Cape" Horn, .thua, :,OTinpleti^' : avround-th^woTW' ; .voyage. /' '•REMARKABLE; .TRAIN. -OUTRAGES. /, An-extraordinary-outrage'.has':been perpetrated in a -first-class': compartment of, a ' train onvthe-Metropplit!m Jtweerii .Mr. William! Frost,' ''a. : ; •at 1 : 'Ruislip,'-'.was\attacked by "'a'.:;'-, total ■ stranger, f.who,'• during - the','fierce''' Struggle ■ that!, pulled: out ,a 'revolver and shot -Mr.' 'Frost in the ; , faco/i./The/train was stopped, aAd.-the\a6majii?ditappedr.-edi into the.'- tunnel, iwas'tafterwards ■ captured .; and '/'given l - into custody/' : He, : gav.e - his ;name -as-'Simpson and,-, an -ad-' dress/: at '/Wandsworth. / .'ln -his/pockete! 'were found.'43.live.cartridges/ two"bottles I of .chlor-jform/ a .bottlo' of laudanum,, and: 'three"pieces of . cord/ ; While in a train'' between Nottingham' , and;. .Trent:,; Miss Cirac-3 Clark, aged 21, was , attacked and' 'robbed ;by/!a /.yomigV mechanic,-. named : Pickering,, .'- who ' was arrested,/ after :a desperatestruggle.—"Standard/'. OS \ Em-'-pire.''.. ■ ■/■/v.'/-. i /