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Show VIOLENT CRIES ARE DIG Gangs of Armed Ruffians Active in Heart of City-of London. AMERICAN TOURISTS ARE OBJECTS OF COMPLAINTS Accused of Addressing Post- cards When They Should Be Listening to Sermons. BT PAUL LAMBETH. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Oct. 1. There ha3 been a revival of crimes of violence in this city and tho police arc exerting themselves to check it. The criminals In mo3t Instance:, have been going about armed and they have not hesitated to uso pistols and knives. Tho city has probably more criminals crim-inals than any other metropolis in. the world, but as a rule they have refrained until recently from using weapono. An extraordinary etory of rival gangs: of armed ruffians fighting In a crowded street in thc West end was told lately at thc central criminal court, when the McCausland brothers were tried for shooting at Henry Byfield and Byfield was charged with attempting to murder Matthew McCausland. It was alleged that in a faction fight thc McCaus-lands, McCaus-lands, each armed with a revolver, attacked at-tacked Byfield, who was armed with a dagger. Justice Hamilton said that to any one familiar with Soho and who knew how readily Its narrow courts lent themselves to the escape of persons taking tak-ing part In the crime It must be manifest mani-fest that leniency In dealing with faction fac-tion fights of this sort would be a public menace. He sent the two to prison with the added penalty of hard labor. Complaint Is made at Stratford-on-Avon of thc behavior Of certain American Ameri-can visitors, who attend the services In the parish church with the object of visiting vis-iting Shakespeare's tomb In the chancel. Americans go through their purchases of pictorial post-cards and address theni during services. Among thn interesting residents at Edmonton is Edward Muuro, 101 years old. who served in the American na.vy from 1835 to IS0S. He went through the Mexican and civil wars, fighting in the latter with Farragut's fleet. It Is understood that the Austrian emperor em-peror will be represented at the coronation corona-tion next Juno by the Archduke Fred-crick, Fred-crick, as tho Archduke Francis Ferdinand has no taste for state ceremonials. The Archduke Frederick Is thc richest member oC tho Imperial family. He inherited the bulk of Archduke Albert's property. Male Beauty Contest. Thirty men solemnly appeared at thc Pier Pavilion. Folkestone, where a. male beauty show was held. Each man put his head through a velvet screen in a heavy gold frame in order lo be judged, and" then mutely appealed lo the audience to do tho rest. The pavilion was densely crowded, mainly with women, who took their task almost as seriously as thc competitors. com-petitors. As a result of the voting the most beautiful of the thirty was declared to bo V. Gambler of Bedford. Thc police po-lice did not interfere. Queen Alexandra prolonged her stay at Sandrlngham for considerably more than a fortnight after the day which was originally fixed for her journey to Scotland. Scot-land. It Is not expected that she will make any long say at Mar lodge, and, according to present arrangements, sho will leave shortly for Denmark, Intending lo join the Empress Marie near Klani-penborg. Klani-penborg. Queen Alexandra Is not going to Norway this year Following the example of the French government, parliament will consider a bill obliging school children to wash their hands at thc beginning and end of thc school day in thc school houses. Cotton in South Africa, General Brabant Is Interesting himself very largely lu the movement now on foot for the encouragement of the col-ton col-ton growing on the border districts of tho Karroo. lie has produced evidence for the benefit of tho fariuors that cotton can bo grown along tho coast line, and has not hesitated to express tho opinion that the needs or tho Lancashire mills could be supplied by South Airlca. Thc government, which has been making mak-ing Investigations concerning illiterate volors, finds that tho Scotch voters arc the most intelligent in the kingdom. , Cheers Insido and outside the court rollowcd the dismissal by tho "Wolverhampton "Wolver-hampton bench of a charge against Fmanucl James, who was accused on suspicion sus-picion of having stolen 3s Trom thc Dunstall Park Racecourse company. |