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Wwllg jftUil ¡ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1906. I The WEEKLY MAIL is published en Fridays and Saturdays, and can be cltaxned frum your local newsagent. If you find any difficulty tn obtaining the paper, please commrtmeate with the Manager, WttMy Mail Offices, Cardiff. The 11 Weekly Mail" will be sent by pest on payment of a subscription in advance on the foUoxomg towts,- d. Ojm Quarter 1 8 Half Year 3 3 One Year 6 6

THE WELSH NATIONAL PAGEANT, Those who attended the meeting held in Cardiff on Tuesday night, or have read an account of the proceedings, have no longer any doubt that the movement in favour of a Welsh! National Pageant will receive every necessary support from the public. As Dr. Mullin, in his graphic description of the Warwick event, said, the two conditions necessary to ensure success i are unity, or co-opetration, and enthu- siasm. The history of the Warwick movement abundantly shows that those oonditions were observed from the first by its promoters, and there is every; reason to believe that Cardiff people in particular, and those of Glamorgan in general, will enter into the scheme determined to see it carried through and crowned with success. The pageant, of course, must be national—too much empha-sis cannot be laid upon that aspect of the movement—but the greater portion of the work in connec- tion with it and of the responsibility which it involves will fall upon the shoulders of the Cardiff people, or, at least, people living in the district of which Cardiff is the immediate centre. The first duty of the committee is, of course, to appoint a secretary, who must be a man full of energy and with plenty of time. This must be obvious to everybody. Sir Marchant Williams on Tuesday night said that the under- taking will be the largest ever known in Wales, and that the National Eistedd- fod in magnitude is nothing to compare to it. This fact points clearly to the necessity of appointing a secretary who will be able to devote unremitted atten- tion to the work. Even the work of collecting the guarantee fund will demand much attention and energy. It would be a good idea if the secretary went about the country and arranged to hold puble meetings at various centres in favour of the movement, to explain to the Welsh peeople what the page-ant means and the good which will come of it. The Welsh public must be educated up to it, and the more they understand about it the more ready will they give their support to the move- ment. The guarantee fund, maybe, looms large in the estimation of some people, but those who are inclined to think there may be any difficulty in collecting L5,000 will do well to look to Warwick and see what the people there did. Their guarantee was £ 4,000, and the money was obtained with the greatest ease; and if that was the case in Warwick, surely, a wealthy town like Cardiff and a wealthy county like Glamorgan ought to be able to secure P-5,000 without any difficulty whatever. Assuming that the money will be guaranteed in a comparatively short time, the committee and secretary will apply themselves to the work of secur- ing ladies and gentlemen who will be able and willing to give their services to the movement. In Warwick no fewer than 300 workers put theirl shoulders to the wheel, and kept at their self-imposed tasks steadily for months. The motto of the Warwick committee was, "Divide et impera." The work of preparation was judi- ciously distributed, and each worker and helper felt that his or her proper work must be done, and done in the best way. Cardiff people in this respect have had considerable experi- ence. Two National Eisteddfodau have been held in the town, and also an exhibition on a very extensive scalo. The townspeople learnt to co-operate! in connection with those movements, i and also to enter into them with enthu- siastic energy. Apart from those events, Cardiff has held several musical festivals, which gave the town a splen- did opportunity to bring its forces into a focus. No town in Wales has had more experience in organising and con- ducting great events, and that experi- ence ought to be of the greatest value j to it in connection with the forth- coming pageant.

MISSING RELATIVES. This column is open for genuine caaes of Missing Relatives only, but not for runaway husbands and wives.. Persona inquiring must write very distinctly I and express themselves clearly in giving par* ticnlars, and most state relationship. Tbe full name and address of inquirers must be given for publication in each instance. Foreign and Oolonial papers are requested to copy. OOOK.-Private G. Cook, R.M., H.M.S. Ame- thyst, Gibraltar, seeks cousins, W. H. G. Cook, last heard of King's Cross, London, April, 1906; also Edwin Southern, formerly of Bath; supposed now in Toronto. GREEN CJoeeph), sailor, Jaet seen Ely, 1872, supposed gone ai>road, mother married Richard Ilaynes Jones. Inquirer, half- sister, Mary Ann Jones, now Mrs. Hudson, Wa-rmslcy House, near Bury Lames. HUGHES.—Mrs. Emma Porter, 3, Acton- square, Sudbury, Suffolk, seeks brothers, Oharles (58) ajid Walter (56), last heard off Charles at Strood, 1876, and Walter at Poplar, about 1889. JONES.-Alfred Jones, 7, New Orchard-street, Swansea, seeks brother, Edwin Jones, formerly of Barnstaple, who was at one time warder at the Isle of Wight Prison, supposed now in London. M'GLY^Wf (Julia), left West of Ireland for Australia, 1876. Inquirer, sister-in-law, Annie M'Glymm, 10, William-street, Middles- brough. Brother John dead. POWELL (Emily, otherwise Latdnam), of I Dartford, last heard of Graves end. Inquirer, cousin, Mrs. E. Turner, 30, Well- ington-street, Cathay, Bristol, who is vory m. THOMAS (Steven, David, and William), natives I of Cardiganshire, now in Australia, sup- | Tiosed that one is a vicar and another a. Methodist minister. Inquirer, cousin, Mrs. Harriet James, 48, Gwynfryn-terrace, Pontycymmer, near Rridgend, South! Wales. WATT (Ellen), left Liverpool for Adelaide, I Australia* to be general servant, 1883, last heard of New South WaJes, 1888. Inquirer, brother, Edward Watt, 3, Princess-strcet, Cormtmh's Quay, Flintshire, North Wales.

MISSI ON A KY- BOX FUNDS. I ALLEGED AUDACIOUS THEFT BY BOYS AT MAESTEG. Two lads, named Lewis Duppiaw and Wil-' liam Tompkins, were arrested at Maesteg on Tuesday ch.ad with stealing Õ8. from the missionary-box at Zion Chapel on Sunday. It is alleged that the lads were scholars in the Sunday school, and tha4t they conoealed themselves in the chapel after the school bad dispersed. The boys were remanded to Bridgend on Saturday, and were granted] batt. I

LONDON LETTER. A COLUMN OF INTEREST TO ALL OUR READERS. LONDON, Thursday. There was an air of stately melan- choly about the ceremonial yesterday when the King received the colours of the disbanded 3rd Battalion of Scots Guards at the Palace. His Majesty, who obviously deeply regrets the dis- bandnient of this splendid battalion, had intimated on his last inspection that he would take charge of the colours. Accordingly a deputation of officers, a file of men representing each company, and the pipers marched to the Palace, and were received by King Edward in the grounds. In its outlines the cere- mony reminded one of the mounting of the guard. But there was a pathos associated with it which is absent from the more magnificent function, and there were some who could have wept when, as the subaltern advanced with the colours, the pipers, marching up and down after their manner, played the Lament of Lord Lovat." THE TRADE DISPUTES BILL. The Attorney-General has tabled his amendments to the Trade Disputes Bill to-day, and they go further in the way of surrender to the Labour party than the indications recently afforded of his intentions. To make the alterations intelligible, it is necessary to repeat the principal clause affected. The parts the Attorney-General proposes to delete are in brackets. Clause 2 stands:- It shall be lawful for one or more persons, acting on their own behalf or on the behalt of a Trades Union, in con- templation or furtherance of a trade dispute to attend [peacefully and in a reasonable manner] at or near a house or place where a person resides or works or carries on business or happens to be, if they so attend merely for the purpose of peacefully and" (the words "peace- fully and" are proposed as an addition) "obtaining or communicating informa- tion or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working." In Clause 3 the words "to retort" are to be struck out in the declaration that an act done shall not be actionable. EARL OF CRANRROOK DEAD. The Earl of Cranbrook, whose death took place at the age of 92, was one of the heroes of the Conservative party. He was 'with Disraeli in his hard-fought Parliamentary fights, and he held office. A brilliant debater, he was of a quick, imperious temper. His last appearance in the Commons was a highly dramatic incident. Sir George (then Mr.) Trevelyan had stated that Lord Beaconsfieid had said he was going to war when he went to Berlin. Mr. Gatborne Hardy assured the House that not only was the statement untrue, but that Mr. Trevelyan knew it was untrue. Mr. Trevelyan placed himsoif under the protection of Mr. Speaker Brand, who shilly-shallied with the point. Sir Stafford Northcote, who was then leader of the House, invited his colleague to withdraw the expression. The hot-headed and hot-hearted states- man rejoined, "Not only do I refuse to withdraw it, but I repeat it," and this was the last words he said in the House of Commons. FIRST-GLASS MISDEMEANANTS. A graceful concession was made to the self-imprisoned suffragettes by Mr. Secretary Gladstone in promoting them to the rank and privileges of first-class misdemeanants. In announcing this to the several members who appealed to him on behalf of the women Mr. Glad- stone was careful to say that he did so with the concurrence of Mr. Horace Smith, the committing magistrate. The concession n-;1<; well received in the House, and. indeed, it is the cor- rect course. The only object in detaining the women is to prevent them from annoying peaceable citizens who do not happen to agree with them, and there is no reason why their lot need be made as hard as that of the offender who is imprisoned in default of paying a fine. They will now enjoy all the leisure and ease and comfort that can be afforded in compulsory retire- ment, and, in short, to quote the picturesque simile often used in the dock, they can do it on their heads-the two months, I mean. INCITEMENTS TO REVOLT IN INDIA. It is generally agreed that drastic steps should be taken to put an end to the incitements to rebellion which are being circulated by agitators in India. A couple of specimens will show how serious these incitements are becoming. A society in Bengal known as the Golden Bough has issued a circular urging the people to break the nests of the Feringhi birds, tearing them in pieces, and throwing them into tho Ganges, and to beat tihe sahibs of the city and drive them 3.way) that the Hindus may govern their own country. The same circular informs Mohammedans that their Hindu brothers have great hope of them, fend asks them to bring any wesvpons they can get, such as latihis (clubs), spears, and guns. A Bengal agitator, addressing a. meeting of employes of the East Indian Railway, told them that sugar was refined with pig. and cows' blood, that the English had fattened on dogsj meat and grown bold, and that Japan had shown them what Asiatics could do. Mr. Rees is going to can Mr. M or ley's attention to this subject, and to ask what action the Government proposes to take to prevent the debauching of ignorant multitudes by such incitements. MONUMENT OF INEPTITUDE. A curious bit of county council bungling has cropped up in that costly business in the Strand, where the council has created a desert and calls it an improvement. Amid the desert of unoccupied land which the council! dignifies by the name of an "island" stand up boldly two old houses, forming parts of what was once Wych-street. They are monuments of county council1 ineptitude. They are the premises for many years occupied under lease as offices by Mr. Charles Browne, the well- known advertising agent. Mr. Browne's lease expires at the end of this year, but he has the option of renewing it for 121 years on giving notice. This he has done, and in addition has taken action in the High Court to enforce his rights. All this has occurred because the council forgot about Mr. Browne's premises. Its compulsory powers to acquire and demolish houses required for the creation of the wilderness expired two years ago, but, as I have said, Mr. Browne was forgotten. He is now master of the situation. Displaying great prudence in dealing with so power- ful and unscrupulous an oppone it as the county council, he has refused an offer to arbitrate because it might be held as an acknowledgment that com- pulsory powers still exist. All he has to do is to sit tight and await the definite offer which the council must eventually make. LORD ROSEBERY AND THE DEATH DUTIES. Lord Rosebery's attack on the death duties was not founded on a direct case, but was in connection with an important addition to the library of London University. This is the collec- tion of Professor Foxwell. Owing to circumstances into which it is unneces- sary to enter, Professor Foxwell was about to sell his books to America, when the Goldsmiths' Company stepped in, bought them for fifteen thousand pounds, and presented them to London University. This makes a total of a hundred and fifty thousand pounds which the Goldsmiths' Company has contributed to the university. ROYAL GOAT FOR WELSH FUSILIERS. One of the goats from the fine flock of Cashmeres at W ndsor has been given by King Edward to the Royal Carnar- von and Merioneth Militia, constituting the 4th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The regiment, the old 23rd, has always had a goat to march at its head. For this reason its nickname in the service is The Nanny Goats," or "The Royal Goats," the latter in recognition of the fact that the Sovereign has usually supplied it with a goat.

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WAGE INCREASE DEMANDED BY MINERS. Formal notice was received by Mr. Gas- coyne Dalziel, secretary of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Ce.alo'wners' Association, on Thursday from -Mr. Thomas Richards, M.P., the Secretary of the South Wales Miners' Federation, of the intention of the I workmen to apply for a general inerea-Re of wages of 2 per cent. on and from November 1. 1 A meeting of the Conciliation. Board will, therefore, be convened on the 10th inst. to consider the application. Wages at present stand at 37 per cent, above the standard at 1879.

NON-UNIONIST DIFFICULTY IN SOUTH WALES. The notices given to terminate contracts a.s a proteet against the employment of non- Unionists at the various collieries in the Rbondda. Valley expired on Wednesday, but, as anticipated, not more than one-third of t,he men who tendered notices will come out on strike, these having in the great majority of collieries been witlhdrawn. It is. however, understood that the notices to ceaso worn will take effect at the Lewis- Merthyr Colliery (Porth). F em dale Collieries (Messrs D. Da.vis and Sons), Park and Dare Collieries, Treorky (the Ocean Coal Company), and Biaenc-lyciach Colliery (Tonypandy), and about 7,500 men w.i.}tl be affected. At none if these, however, it is expected that the struggle will pro longed, the cases of the Lewis. Merthyr and Fernda-le Collieries being regarded as the most serious, the number of, non-Unionists and those out of compliance at theee collieries being stated to be rather considerable, running to three figures at each place. Up to late on Wednesday night matters remained in an indefinite state at the Park and Darf-e (Ocean Coal Company), Treor-ky- Ultimately, however, at a mee-ting of the men it wa3 reported that there were stin employed eighteen noa»UnionistJ, and it wac, therefore, decided to give effect to the notices. It ia now definitely known that several collieries in South Wales will c-ease working in consequence of the nen-Unionist difficulty. The FenidaJe night workmen held a moes meeting- on Wednesday at the Assembly-hall, Mr. Tom Evans, Peny-graig, presiding. It was announced that there were 67 non- Unionists in the four pits of Messrs. D. Davis and Sons, aaid no fewer tha.n 204 in arrears. A resolution, was,passed not to go to work on Thursday, a-md the outlook is serious. About 3,000 men are concerned. THE GARW VALLEY MEN. At the Oeean -Jolliery, Garw Valley, where notices terminated on Wednesday, the men have decided to keep on working during next mouth to give the remaining 23 defaulters every Opportunity of paying up their ai rears. STOPPAGE AT BLAENAVON. An adjourned meeting of the Bittenavon. colliers was held on Wednesday evening. The proceedings were private, but we under- stand that at ten o'clock a vote was taken, arnd it was unanimously decided that the notices should be carried into effect. It may be interesting to state that six weeks ago there were 409 men outside the Federation. This uumb&r was reduced to 59 on Monday last, and a further reduction was mia.de, until on Wednesday there were only about 30 Who were not affiliated with tne Union. It is in consequence of these thirty outsiders that the stoppage will take place. STRIKE AT GLANAMMAN. TOOLS RAISED AT GELLYCEIDRIM COLLIERY. The notices tendered by the remaining GelTyceidrim Colliery workmen expired on GelTyceidrim Colliery workmen expired on Wednesday, when the men raised their tools. The colliery is considered the best- eqiripiped in the anthracite district, and is one of the most successful in South Wales. Since Mr. E. R-. Fisher was appointed general manager it has been working with much regularity, and has considerably developed. Should the dispute be prol.m,fr»d the loss to the district will enormous, hut at present an. immediate settlement seems very remote. The fortnightly wages are between £ 1,500 a.nd £ 1,600. Mr. E. R. Fisher, i the general manager, seen by our xepo-terl on Wednesday, stated that up to the present he was not sore what the dispute was a,bout, as the workmen's committee had aijjpraaeihed i him on divers masters. TEEE CLYNE VALLEY DISPUTE The dispute at the Clyne Valley Collierv, SETTLED. I near Swansea, has been practically Fettled, and on Wednesday the 200 moil affected went j bank: to work, leading the matters in dispute to be arranged by their agent. PENRHIWCEIBER. At a mass meeting of all the workmen employed at the Penrhmceiber Colliery it was decided to come cut on strilce. Conse- quently the colliery will be idle to-d-ty, (Tliii-rs- day). There are at present 24 non-Unionists ajid 79 men in arrears. STOPPAGE AT FOCHRIW COLLIERY. A breakage of the pump occurred on Wed. nesday at the Rhas Las Pit, Fochriw, belong- ing to Messrs. Guest, Keen, and Nettiefolds (Limited). As a oonsequence work -vas sus- pended for the day. The men employed on the night shift were brought up through the Big Pit adjoining.

CHARGED WITH" SEVERING" COAL. I Y STRADGYNLAIS MAN SENT FOR TRIAL. At Ystradgynlais Polica-oourt John Law- rence, of Ark Cottages, was charged with "feloniously severing coal with intntion to I steal the same." David E. James, colliery proprietor, Pajit- mawr Colliery, said that on the 1;)th inst. he hid himself on the right bank of the Rtv-or Tawe, and saw defendant's daughter CCWd-ng from Lawrence's house to a spot by the river where the seam crops to the surfaee. She picked up some lumps of coal and took one lump with her to her home. Subsequently he saw a man in his working clothes, and unwashed, coming from the house with a bar and mandril, and begin to use the mandril to cut the coal. Defendant's daughter went towa-rds him with a sack and bucket, an-d eommeneed filling the gaek with the ooal that had been cut. Dafemdamt was committed to the Brecon Assizes.

RAILWAY MYSTERY I 8 NEWPORT MAN KILLED AT EBBW VALE. A shocking discovery was made on the Ebbw Yale branch of the Great Western Kail way about a mile above Aberbeeg Junction just after nine on Saturday night. The dead and badly mutilated body of a. well-dressed gentleman was found on the line not far from a level crossing. Signalman Philip Gibbon saw the body lying on the railway at about 9.15. The deceased's head was shockingly battered. When the body wa¿; removed by a constable from Aberboeg to Ivory Farm a search of the clothing showed papers pointing to the I deceased being Mr. Richard Brown Evans, a traveller for Messrs. Lloyd and Yora-th (Limited), brewers and wine and spirit 10718 merchants, Newport. Communi cations on £ auiday with Mr. Evans's friends at Newport eetablished the identity. How and exactly when the fatality happened is not yet known, nor for the present are the circumstances a.t all clear. Mr. Evans was 40 years of age, and unmar- ried. He lived with his mother and sisters at 30, West Park-road, Newport. His relaitives do not know by what train he left Newport or why. They were surprised at his non- return home. on Saturday night. Deceased, who was a son of the late pro- prietor of the former Victoria Brewery at the top of Bridge-street, Newport, had been in tho employ of Messrs. Lloyd and Yorath for a niunber of years. He was first in tho service of Messrs. Yorath before the busineP3 was amalgamated with that of Mr. John Lewis Lloyd. He haxi always been looked r.pon as a man of great integrity, and was much respected by a large circle of friends. Mr. Evans was an old, well- known. and active member of tire Newport AtAvletic Club. Formerly he played football a,nd cr-icket a good deal. He was a member of t.he general committee of tihe olub, a.nd of the ,srub-oominitteea dealing: with athlctic meetings and hockey. "SUICIDE WHILE TEMPORARILY IN'SANE." Mr. vtalfOrd held an inquest at the Han- bury Hotel, Abcrbseg, on Wednesday, con- cerning the death of Mr. Richard Brown Evans. A great deal off interest was cenfenad in the proceedings. Mr. Ilorasby, solicitor, Newport, atppeared far the relatives of deceased, and alwo his employers, amd Inspec- tor Bolcher represented the Gseset Western Railway. The body was identified by deceased's brother. Mr. Evan Ralph Evans, who last saw him alive ou Friday last at the offices of Messrs. Lloyd and Yorath. He was then in good health. Philip Gibbon, signalman, proved finding the body on tho line, and Podice-eonstable Cot-troll seatTohed the body. The Coroner: I see that the last page of his receipt-book contains the entry, "Satur- day afternoon.—I have had all the money. Mr. Hiaoe hae trusted- me, and I he failed him.—R. n. E." Underneath was written tihe worda, My mother." Mr. Thorny Arthur Himce, cashier to Mesisrf. Lloyd :nd Yorath, said that deceased was £ 15 out with his account on Saturday last, ami he owed him (witness) a sum of money which he had not pressed him for. Deceased ha.d no particular instructions as to htis round. Deceased's brother stated that deceased was not a betting man as far as he knew, and bad no mental trouble. Tho ju.ry xoturned a verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity."

STRUCKED BY ROCKET? BOY IN FLAMES AT SOPHIA GARDENS. Mr. Ll. Reece (deputy-coroner) held all inquest at the Cardiff TOwn-hall on Thurs- day on the body of William Henry Wilt- shire, nineteen, Planet-street, an assistant sawyer, who had been working in Castle- road, and who died in. the infirmairy at three o'clock this morning as the result of burns sustained through being set on fire in Sophia Gardens Field. (A report of his death appears in another column). Mr. Sydmey Jenkins represented the mother of deceased, Mrs. Mary Ann Wiltshire, who is a. widow. She said she visited her son (after the accident) in Cardiff Infirmary, at twenty miimtcy past nine on Wednesday night, and was with him until he died. All Tie said was he hadn't been in the field two minutes, when something fell on him and set him on fire. By Mr. Sydney Jenkins: There was nothing about deceased's clothing in the nature of celluloid or oil or other inflammaibja material. James little, a lad, said that at ten minutes to nine he saw deoeaeed put a fire- work on a stick, and it exploded a.nd set his clofchee alight. Witness rolled him on the floor, and he got up and ran away, and cried, "HELP, I AM SUFFOCATING!" Some gentlemen extingnasihed the flames with their overcoats, and deceased was taken a-y. There were men looking after the fireworks. Deceased's waistcoat was here produced, with some fireworks that were found in the pockets. A lad named Green explained tlhat one of the pywtecihiiic displays was an imitation bicycle. Roys pulled the fireworks off, and put them in their pockets, so that when one of the men essayed to ligtht the bicycle there was found to Toe notihing on it. Air. Re-ece surmised that the boys took the fireworks as often as they had the chance, ami t.he witness replied that that was so. Mr. Reece: You didn't see him put the stick in the ground?—No, I didn't see that. William Jones, fifteen, corroborated. Mr. E. Deacon (Messrs. Pain) was in charge of the operations, but did not see deceased. A great many fireworks were stolen, includ- ing a dozen boxes similar to those produced —the "comet sta-rs" in "Mount Vesuvius." The Foreman asked if men were in charge. Witness: Yes, they were all over the place. Police-constable William Henry Thomas Thomas said the lad's clothes were burnt off and lie wrapped his naked boy in an over- coat, and had him removed to the infirmary. lie said some man he did not know threw at him a rocket, which struck him on the shoulder, and the sparks set him afire. Dr. Dobbin (Cardiff Infirmary) said deceased was terribly burnt from the knees upwards, and he succumbed to shock, following upon the injuries. The doctor, in "teply to Mr. Reece, said he had seen such a severe case. A juror, who lives in the vicinity, oom- pla.ined that there was not sufficient super- vision at these firework displays. Boys were always seen about for days afterwards, and this was dangerous"to children. The Coroner (to Mr. Deacon): How many men were there? Mr. Deaoon: Five men and two policemen. Mr. Reeoe: It seems to be a reasonable allowance. The verdict was "Accidental Death." PARKYREITHIN, GLYNARTHEN.

CARDIGANSHIRE SHOOTING CASE. PRISONER TO BE TRIED FOR ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER. After three remands, granted in conse- qrrace of the injured woman's inability to appear, Da-vid James (32), a collier, residing at Paj-kyrcitbyn. Glynarthen, in the parish of Peni>ryn, and formerly in employment at Penrhiwceiber (Glamorgan), was again brought before Sir Marteine Lloyd and other magistrates at Penrhiwpal (Cardiganshire) on Tuesday to answer a charge of feloniously attempting to murder his wife, Elizabeth James, by shooting her with a revolver on tihe 10th inst. The courtroom was crowded with countryfolk, many of whom bad travelled miles. Mrs. James deposed (in Welsh) that she had been married to prisoner for ten years. She lived with him in Glamorgan for about five months in 1897. On tho 9tih David Evans, -4 Waasnfawr. came over with the sruomer to her house. She prepareid tea for them. David Evans drank his tea, but her husband, weirt out to the haok, as he was apparently I ill. She opened the door for David Evans to go home, and pri--oner acked her what she was doing outside with Evans, and thereupon declared that she was a bad woman. He caught hold of a revolver and fired it. &ho felt that she had been hit in the left side. She hoard another click, but the revolver did not go off. She ruslhed' out, and heard a report and paw a flash of fire! She fainted from lorn cS blood. Dr. Powell, Newcastle Emlyn, ptafced that 11(\ found a round penetrating wound about an inch in diameter ou the left side. The bullet had not been extracted. The woma.n could not yot be &aid to be out of danger. Some conversation ensued as to obtaining, legal aid for prisoner, Who pleaded Not guilty." In making a for suoh aid prisoner said, I had no intention whatever to shoot her. I fired only to frighten her. I have no means to pay for legal aid." Prisoner was committed to the assizes, and the Bench promised to assist him in ototain- init lneaj v

THE NATIONAL ART UNION DRAWING. WINNERS OF THE CHIEF PRIZES. The result of the Great Art Drawing held in London on Wednesday by the National Art Union for the readers of the "Western Mail," "Evening Express," and the Weekly Mail," is as follows:— FIRST PRIZE.—Value :£100. 34,886 Mr. J. C. W. GRIFFITHS. Rising Sun, Blaina. SECOND PRIZE Valuo E30. 14,134 Mr. JOHN ATKIN, 243, Holton-road, Barry Dock. THIRD PRIZE.-Value &20. 43,372 Mr. JONAH JOHN, Colenso House, Narberth. Drawing for the South Wales section of the National Art Union scheme took place at the Holbom Restaurant, London, on Wednes- day, in the presence of a lairgo number of people. The officials included Mr. W. H. Da vies, J.P. (of Southampton), cihairman of the National Art Union; Major 1V. de B. Holmes, Messrs. H. H. Harpur (solicitor), J. A. Dowdney, R. B. Macnaug-hton, H. Shialey, H R. Hodgson, W. Lambley (secretary), and A. Lever (hon. treasurer), whilst Mr. E. H. Crafter was present to watah the interests of the competitors who had entered by means of the coupons advertised in the Western Mail," "Evening Express," and "Weekly Mail." Tickets for the \VaLt?h section, numbering 50,428 entries, were placed in the large revolv- ing drum, whioh was closed and then rotated a. number of times. The draw was conducted by Mr. W. H. Daviea, J.P.. who firot drew the n umber 34,836. This was found to be the number of a coupon si by Mr. J. C. W. Griffiths, of the Rising Sun, Blaina, who thus became the winner of the first prize vsl,u.ed,at xilo. Ihe dru?n was then closed and revolved a>gain, after which the chairman drew the ticket. numboroo 14,134, far the winner of the second prize, valued at £ 30. The coupon bearing this nmntfer bore the signature of Mr. John Atkins, 243, Holton-road, Barry Dock. Mr. Davies then had the drum closed and revolved once more before he drew the ticket for the third prize, valuo JE20. This time the number waa 45.372, and the signa- ture on the corresponding coupon was Mr. Jonah John, Colenso House, Narberth. The chairman's next taak was to draw 1,010 tickets for the subsidiary prizes, for which tine numbers a.nd winners' names will be announced in tine" Western Mail," Eveming Express, and Weekly Mail in a few days. Ae soon as the names amd addresses of all the winners have been verified and classified an order form will be sent by post to every winner, and no winner must apply for his or her prize until this form has been received.

CHATS WITH THE WINNERS. SURPRISE AND PLEASURE AT THE NEWS. The winner of the first prize was at home | at his father's residence, the Rising Sun Hotel, Blaina, on Wednesday when our repre- sentative called to hear what Mr. Griffiths | had to say about his good fortune. Mr. Griffiths said that he had participated in innumerable competitions, but had never been fortunate enough to win anything. "But." he added, "everything comes to him who waits," and, though Mr. Griffiths was greatly surprised, he now felt inclined to believe that, after all, there was something in the old maxim "I was merely feeling satisfied that I would reoeive a consolation prize," said Mr. Griffiths, "as I had forwarded more than 50 coupons, which made me I eligible for a 43onsolation priae." In answer to a query, the winner said that he had sent in 182 oouvens altogether. Mr. Griffiths is only 21 years of age, and resides at 1111-0 hotel with his father, Mr. John Griffiths, of the firm of Grifb'tlis Bros., brewers. The winner of the second prise is Mr. John Atkin, of 243. Holton-road, Barry Dock. Mr. Atkin is a single man, 2J years of age, and is engaged ae a pitwood weigher at Barry -No. 2 Dock. The pleasing news was conveyed to the winner by our Barry representative. Mr. Atkin was delighted, remarking, "It is a great surprise to me." He sent in 52 coupons, bat never thought that fortune would favour him tosuoh an extent. Mr. Jonah John. of Oolenso House, Nar- berth, the winner of the third prize, when informed by our representative of his good fortune at the offices of Messrs. Lewis and James, solicitors, Narberth, where he baa been for over sixteen years employed as cashier, would scarcely believe the news tmtil he saw the telegritu announcing the result.

BOY AND GIRL MARRIAGES "A girl of nineteen years of age wants to be separated from her husband before she has been married for two months," was Mr. Stipendiary Arthur Lewis's obe-e-rv&tion in a case heard at Porth Police-court, on Thurs- day. in which ktte Ann Reynolds, a prepossessing youn.g woman, souglit for a i-eparation oarder from her husband, a yowth- .fu:l-Looking collier, named Herbert John Rey- nolds, now remdmg at Caecrau, Maeeteg. "Have you amy affection for him, still?" queried the Stipendiary. No, sir, I have not, was Mr. Reynolds' decisive answer. "Do you think he has for you?" asked Mr. T. P. Jenkins, and Mrs. Reynolds was quite as emphatic in replyinig to this question also. Applicant, continuing, said she would not go back to live with her husband, as he would not keep away from his relatives. Reynolds, however, averred that he still loved his wife, and was prepared to provide her with a home, and attributed tho present unpleasantness to the intervention of his wife's parents. Mr. James Phillips, solicitor, Pontypridd, who appeared for the appileant, read some letters which the husband had written his wife, and which were devoid of all affec- tionate terms. The Stipendiary remarked that the case was a, very painful one. Parties who were little better than children got married, and through the intervention of parents or something or other, wanted to be separated in less than a year. "It would be very much better," added ibis Worship, "if they consi- dered a little more before embarking on this sort of speculation." An order was made for 10s. a week.

Wasting of the Nerves. INVALID NEARLY FIVE YEARS. TWO SPECIALISTS FAILED. Gained 191b. in Weight and mada Healthy and Strong by Dr. Cassell's Tablets. Mr. ORABLES EGGENTON, 6, Greame street, Range, Manchester, writes: "For nearly five years I wae practically an invalid, suffer- ing from extreme nervousness and bodily weakness. I have been con- stitutionally weak all my life, but the chief causa was overwork and a severe attack of Influenza. The least thing worricil Mffr<^GplSS)N Sitltlon. Cf w^' p unier two special- ists, who dosed mo with iron tonics which akways left me in a worse condition. I saw Dr. Cassell's Flesh-Forming and Strengthen- ing Tabiets recommended for Nervousness and Loss of Flesh, and got a box at Delves' Dru-g Stores, Manchester. If anyone had told me I would be so improved witih the first box, after two specialists tried to cure me, I could not have believed him. What surprised me most wad the rapid increase in flesh and bodily strength. When I oom- menced I weighed tot. 91b.; at the end of twelve weeka I had gain-ed just 191b. My flesh is firmer; I un very much stronger both in body and nerves, and lam Sunday I walked twenty miles without fatigue. I a.m returning to my work next week. Yon have my heartfelt thanks and best wishes for your success." Dr. CASSELL'S FLESH-FORCING and STRENGTHENING TABLETS create NERVE, BLOOD, WEALTHY FLESH. STRENGTH, VITALITY, PREVENT PR EM A TURE GREYNESS, and delay Old A^e Appearance The remedy of doctors and scientific men; the perfection of medicine lor weak, decaying nerves and body in young or old. Ask for Dr Cassell's Flesh-Forming and Strengthening Tablets, price 10id. and 2b. 9d. per bottle. Sold by all Chemists, or post free from the famous Dr. Gae=ell's Co. (Limited), King-street West, Manchester. Advice free by' letter. 3954

PEACEFUL TIN-PLATE TKADE At the quarterly meeting of the South Wales ana Monmouthshire T?ti-pla.te Manu- taoturers. Association, held at Swansea on Tn :sda. plenary powers were given to the executive Iter the next three months with regard to any questions which may arise. Daring the whole of the past quarter the relations between masters and men have been sueh that no meettag of the executive has been called

WEEK BY WEEK. LIGHTER SIDE OF CURRE^ EVENTS Cardiff's second Town-hall was opened 1854. Those who witnessed tho event and a still alive can be counted on the fingers one hand. Everybody will be interested to learn h all the door-mats in use in the new in Cardiff were made by the blind nien 1 the Cardiff Institute for the Blind. A curious entry in the register of avon Ohurch read,? as follows:—"7th Ju 1 1812. Richard Morris, aged 50, a native Wales, died at Nant-y-glo, bled- death by a quack doctor." It is claimed at Hengoed that a res-idØØt; hokle the record for big vegetable marr°i.e4 The one mentioned in this column weigo. 611b., and measured 47^in., but the Henff0^ giant is 67Jlb. and 54Jin. Oaersalem, the oldest Nonconformist p of worship in Dowlais, was built in 1821, b belongs to the Baptist denomination. Vil <j a due appreciation of the eternal fitness things it stands in Well-street. Dr. D. M. Phillips's new work on E**? Roberts and the Welsh Revival is going 'w'1 a rush. The first edition has been pletely sold out, and the second has be0" issued. .d" In a, contemporary published the other 91 ¡; of Offa's Dyke there is a. reference to 'fO6 Win Lais, neiar Cardiff. Sounds more I' a Chinese laundryman than the busy village of Tongwynlais.. The gentlema/n who headed tho group visiting mayors in the procession was Worship of Aberyatwyth (Captain Doughto. Cardiff's little Western rival is nothing if 11 wideawake in these matters. Once he leaves his native shores a Britis^f^ has no idea of the name under which becomes known to the foreigners. Mr. Philipps. M.P., is often in South America, a a Buenos Ayres paper has a good deal say about "Senor Owen Philippe" under bold title "Lord Owen Philipps." The patriotism of the exiled Cymro no bounds. A typical old Welshman 1,609 miles to New York to meet the Seth Joshua on the latter's arrival, and invite him to preach at the little We chanel in far-away Emporia (Kansas). N!' Joshua. is going. In its news summary the "Times" refctØ to the militant pastor of Capel Ala, Llanell as the Rev. Dr. Morgan. The name re-ca^ another stalwart Disestablisher, the eloatieI1 and versatile Lleurwg who would hat: watched the Commission with vigor#11,, interest, but who is gone "to where beyoJl these voices there is peace." Even the coal-tax has ite humorous sidf^ tihoug'h the merchants and the miners not think so. The down express cn the T* Vale Railway was rather late, and reasons were suggested. They were all til1" hatted by the -passenger who said: "We being kept back till midnight to save t"3 t-ax." Despite the heavy downpour in Cardiff Monday proof cf the phenomenally waather comes from Tintern, where a l^i picked a cluster of fine ripe wild str^ berries on the side of the road a couple days ago. The flower gardens are also f0 of blossoms, a.nd even the apple trees blossoming again. .2 t. Two lads at the council school at Cade* ton-Barry have a fine record of attend a n° » Fred Woodfield was present 3,619 times 0 of a possible 3,667; the other lad, Stawthi, attended 3,550 out of a posS'i? 3,667 times, and the education havo decided to present the boys 1 special prizes when they leave school. When the Recorder of Cardiff a-ppears tI public in his wig he typities a 8trug¡r between waggishness and dignity. In 0-11, ward appearance his official wig and gener air are almost oppressive in their sevef" impressiveness; fortunately for the happier of a company like the great gathering of Lord Mayor's guests on Monday, recorder's face is a greatly enlarged which is always on active duty. It was last Monday morning. Three laiown incumbents who had spent Sunday in contiguous parishes were being driven the station in a break from the inn of tJ1 nearest market town, where they had s-leg; during the night. A man, hailing t a. driver, asked him to go back and call a; It certain house for another passenger. > oain't be done," was the reply; "I 111 take these empties home firstf" A local solicitor is the proud possesf1" a, raven, which he keeps in a large wire In the cage there is a box for the °'r iay" rooet, whiah he never does. The other ?', tbe next-door neighbour, who had lost ;j,' cat, oaJ'led on the owner of tihe raven. aO** Baid. I believe my eat is in your raven cage." On examination it was found tha-'J the cat bad kittened iu the raven's box, the bird, ferocious though ho is, took 11°: notice of t.he strange company, which allowed to come and depart in peace. Apparently, all tihe Welsh B.A.'s pairing off. Yesterday Mr. Jeremiah WI Hams, B.A., headmaster of Abergele County School, and Miss Stythe, B.A., were marrie at Carnarvon. Another academic weddij1^ whicti is looming up on the matrimonii* horizon ia tha<t cf Mr. Charles Morgan, B-* -j, prsineipttl of the prcpil teachers' centre^ Cardiff, and Mise Dinah Thomas, princiPy. of the famous Dr. Williams's School at gelly. But though married they will remain baohelore. A plain and unsophisticated delegate v)? ing a Sunday school in North Cardiganshi a fortnight a.go made a confession that d came amongst them with great fear an trepidation, for in the morning service 11 had observed four M.A.'s and one B.A. Wha." would he have said if he had postponed hi visit to the following Sunday, when tbere were five M.A.'s present (two Oxford, Cambridge, and one London), three (one London and two Wales), and more ths- ? a, dosen university and theological students- It seems that the new Paget Rooms opened by Mr. Robert Forrest at Penarth on Satnr" day present one feature of special interne to local followers of Terpsichore. The ba11 room floor is swung on springs, and identical in all its details with the Rooms in London, which is admittedly We finest dancing floor in the world. The designer of the latter was Mr. Herbert the well-known London architect, who is a close personal friend of Mr. Lewis to whom the erection of the Paget Rooms is mainly due. A native of Blackwood, the Rev. J. 1L Morgan, has recently been elected to the; highest position that his ministerial brcthrco in Canada could confer upon him. He ,J¡g raised to the office of president of Manitoba Methodist Conference. The presi- dent, secretary, and exnsecretary, thou?" comparatively young men, had so little haIr. upon their intellectual heads that a story told by the secretary raised a. general king"- He said that the action of tlie conference in raising his two brethren and himself to 5ucb. official distinction reminded him of solI1Ø wicked boys he read of in the Bible, who 6ai to the prophet, Go up, thou b21d-hc,-fl. And then the hairleas ones went up to tbe front seats. Look here," said a clean-shaven man whO looked a. cross between a butler and to an inspector on the Great Western Railwa^ platform the other evening, I want 9- 16s. ticket, and only have 15s. Do you thi;1 the Great Western Railway will trust The inspector, taken aback, turned to ft friend, and beneath his breath asked he knew him. Yes, I know him," was t11?1 reply: "he is a barrister. Let me see. so-and-so-eases were011 to-day. It's So-and-s*]; K.C." "Will half a sov. be of any use? asked the inspector of the K.C., and thJ man of law gasped. When he had recovered from his astonishment at the trust in him he gratefully accepted, and out his card as a guarantee of good faith- Dr. W. T. Edwards, of Cardiff, is one the few people still living who the opening of the old Town-hall. Not 0!11:1 does the venerable doctor's memory carry but he was a mermber of the town council at the time. One of the incidents he re-ca' in connection with old Cardiff happened 1S yetwrs ago. He was then a boy of nine, a»o one night on returning home from thØ theatre in charge of his elders he had to wade through the TafT on account of tb-3 bridge having collapsed. That he did suffer anything more than temporary comfort is proved by the fact that he is 84 years of age, and is so 113..1(> and heartv that be bids fair to reach the hundredth milestone of his life. Captain John Thomas, of Solva. has been giving a local reporter an interesting ncron?™ of the visit of the late Lord Tennyson to Solva pome years ago. Sevs Captain Thoir»?*: —As near as I can remember, in the of the summer -if 18S6 a very beautiful yacht ca.me to anchor in Solva Roads. Bon re Evans, of Penyraber, and myself, took ? boat, and rowed out to the yacht. After øt- ting alongside we found that two g'uitleir' and a lady wanted to be piloted to the 1a"< Irg place in Rolva Harbour. I was intorn'P' that the visitors were Lord Tennyson, eon (the present Lord Tennyson), and wife, the present Lady Tennyson. in* greater part of their stay ashore was in my house. I remember particularly e thing which his lordship said to me sitting in my humble abode. He picked ) a book that was lying 011 the table, and: > asked me. What book is this?" I told hl it was The Pilgrim's Progress/' written Welsh. Ah," he said, my motto 1^n Welsh one—' Y gwir yn erbyn y byd. v** you tell me what that is in English. toki him it was "The truth acaiawt world," aA which bis lordship yra6 jDlna.«HL