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P U R E:: CONCENTRATED ic, Not a stimulant merely for the moment, but a Permanent and Agreeable Form of Nourishment.
LOCAL TRAGICI INCIDENTS. .
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LOCAL TRAGIC INCIDENTS. DISTRESSING DEATH OF A FOOTBALLER. The body of Philip Edward Phillips, aged twenty, eldest son of Mr. E. J. Phillips, 63, Palmerstown-road, Cadoxton, and secretary of the Dinas Powis Rugby Football Club, who \has been missing frim his home since Satur- day night, was found in the No. 2 Dock ait Barry on Wednesday. Gra-ppling operati-ons have been going on ever since the young man was missed, but directly Diver H. Pollard and others com- menced grappling on Wednesday the irons eaught Phillips's trousers, and he was dragged to tho surface. It is evident that the young fellow must have slipped into the dock accidentally on his way to work on Saturday night, for he left home about midnight, and when the body was- found it was discovered that his toh had stopped at 12.30. The body was found near the cold a.nd ice stores, end the deceased was dreesed just as he left home, even his coat being buttoned ttp, whilst hia money was untouched. There were no marks on the body, which was con- veyed home to the sorrowing parents. MASON'S SUDDEN DEATH AT CARDIFF. A verdict of heart disease was on Saturday returned concerning the death of Henry Paul Fry, 32, a mason, living at 65, Minny- Stweet, Cardiff. The widow said that her husband returned from work on Monday owing to pains in the chest, but no doctor was called in. Mrs. Emily Fry, 33, May-street, said the deceased came to her house about 4.30 o'clock on Friday afternoon. He said he was un- well, and she told him to go and lie down in the parlour. As he was going to lie down lie fainted and fell on his side. Dr. Paterson said that death was due to freatrt disease. BABY'S CONVULSIVE FIT. An inquest was held on Tuesday at Car- diff Town-hall on Henry Hier Young, the eight-weeks-old child of a labourer living at 41, Dorset-street. Deceased • had suffered from, a cold, and the mother on Saturday might noticing symptoms of convulsions, Picked up the little one with a, view of carrying it to a. doctor. Death, however, took place on the way. Dr. Brooks, Taff-embankment, said that death was the result of a convulsive fit. The jury returned a. verdict in accordance via, the medical evidence. WIDOW'S WEAK HEART. At Cardiff Town-hall on Tuesday the cir- cumstances were inquired into of the death of Louisa. Martin, 77, widow, who lived with her daughter, Elizabeth Smith, at 14, Kntretraet, Gransefcown. Deceased had been in failing health. On retiring to rest at eleven o'clock on Saturday night she com- plained of feeling unwell, and later she was brand dead in bed. found dead in bed. Dr. D. Rhys Jones (who attended the old lady professionally1 was satisfied that death ras due to Lear, fr.iiure. Verdict ixcoordingly. INCURABLE HEART DISEASE. Sitting at Cardiff Police-court on Tuesday Mr. LI. Reeoe held an inquest on the body of Emma. Biggs, 65, wife of James Biggs, Bhoemaker, 4, Byron-street, Roath. Deceased had been an out-patient of the infirmary, and she passed away suddenly on Monday morning.. Dr Biggs said he attended her two years ago for an incurable form of heart disease, and she died from heart failure. A verdict of "Natural causes was returned. NEWPORT LABOURER'S SUDDEN DEATH. An inquest was held at Newport on Tues- day concerning the death of Jeremiah Twohig (59), a labourer, who lived with a married daughter, Annie Dalagher, at 44, Castle-street, Pill. Mrs. Dalagher said that on Sunday her father complained of pains in his side, and expired before medical assistance was forthcoming. Dr. Neville gave it as his opinion that death was due to •ynoope.—Yerdict accordingly. SUDDEN DEATHS IN CARDIFF. The etigiit-weeks-old BOn Henry of Mr. and Mrs. H. Young, of 41, Dorset-street, died suddenly on Sunday, probably from convul- sions. A widow named Louisa Martin, of 14. Kent- Btreet, has also died under circumstances which will make it necessary for the Cardiff coroner to inquire into the cause. SUICIDE WITH PENKNIFE AT CWMAVON. The Terdict of the coroner's Jury at the inquest on the body of Charles Hill, of Copper-row, Owmavon, who died on Friday from injuries inflicted with a pocket-knife, was that the deceased committed suicide whilst suffering from a. temporary fit ot insanity. PATHETIC FATE OF A MONMOUTH- SHIRE BOY. The body of a child named Herbert Hy. Smith, aged three years and nine months, the son of a Sebaetopol labourer, was dis- covered in the Monmouthshire Canal on Saturday morning. The child had been missing from home since Friday, and it is supposed that he wandered on to the canal bank and fell into the water. GROANED AND DIED. Mr. E. Llewellyn Reece, the deputy-coroner, eonducted an inquest at the Police-station, Barry Dock, on Wednesday touching the death of William Bell (67), a bootmaker, of 118, Woodland-road, Barry Dock. According to the evidence of William Da vies, a lodger, Bell vrae found appa- rently unconscious. Witness gave him some brandy and raised him into a Bitting position, when the man uttered I a groan, and probably died imme- diately, for when Dr. Northey Bray arrived, shortly afterwards, Bell was dead. The doctor attributed death to an apoplectic fit, and the jury returned a verdict accord- ingly. DROWNING CASES AT GRIFFITHS- TOWN AND CWMBRAN. Mr. M. Roberts Jones held an inquiry at Griffithstown on Tuesday into the death of Herbert Hy. Smith, aged three years, whose body was recovered from the Monmouthshire Canal at Sebaetopol recently. The boy was playing on the canal bank, and his body was found floating in the water shortly after- wards. A verdict of Accidentally dro- ned was returned. A second inquest was held at Cwmbran on Ernest Charles Jones, aged three years, son of Robert Jones, foundry labourer, of Cwm- bra-n, who also was drowned in the canal on Monday. He and another child were playing on the canal bank, when they both fell in. Mrs. Jones, the child's mother, saw the oocurrenee, and called assistance. Her child was alive when rescued, but died shortly afterwards. The jury returned a verdict oi Accidentally drowned." I
THAGIC SIGHT FROM SHORE
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THAGIC SIGHT FROM SHORE A telegram from Ilalifax (Nova. Scotia) ttates that the Norwegian barque Adeona, of Arendal, has been lost, it is feared with all hands, off Richibucto. The vessel was lying off the <w-~bour, com- pleting her cargo, but dragged her anchors In the terrific gale which jas been racing on the Atlantic coast Bin- Wednesday last, and •truck a reef near the harbour entrance. Efforts at rescue from tli«> shore were fruit- less. and a boit-t "l»**ohed from the wreck was swamped ana all its occupants drowned. drowned. was swamped ana all its occupants drowned. No sign of life is visible on board. and the »OTO1 is bein* raj&idly broken up.—Bcuter..
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MUTINY OF STOKERS AT PORTSMOUTK-See Page 7.
A CARDIFF CANAL BANK MYSTERY.…
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A CARDIFF CANAL BANK MYSTERY. DYING MAN FOUND IN THE STREET. Robert Edgar Griffiths, nineteen, and Richard Groome were charged at Cardiff on Monday on suspicion with causing the death of George Fortt, ait the East Wharf, Car- diff on November 3. They were respectable in dress, and equally so apparently in general appearance, and their attitude in the dock was becoming and respectful.1 Groome was the shorter of the two; Griffiths was some inches taller and somewhat above medium height. They were undefended. The pro- ceedings against them were formal and brief. Police-oonstable Charles Payne (called) said: "At a quarter-past two on Saturday afternoon I arrested pris-on-or Griffiths in Homifray- street. I told him I should take him into custody on the charge of vicolently wound- ing a man on the East Wharf on the night previous. I cautioned him. He replied, 1 have been took in for this charge before to- day.' I conveyed him to the Central Police- station, where he was detained." Detective Little, the next witness, said: I arrested the other man at 2.40 p.m. on Satur- day last in St. Mary-street on the charge of violently assaulting a man opposite the York Hotel on the previous nighty I cautioned him, and he said, 'All right. Superintendent Hayward applied for a remand until next Tuesday, and the Bench acceded to the application.
THE INQUEST.I
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THE INQUEST. VERDICT OF THE JURY. An inquest was opened at Cardiff in the afternoon, before Mr. E. Llewellyn B. Reece, deputy-coroner, with reference to the death of George Gilbert Fortt. The Coroner, on taking his seat, said he only intended to take evidence of identifica- tion that day, because, he understood, more elements affecting the case might be forth- coming during the week. He' asked if the two men who were in custody were present, because they had a right to be. Detective-Iaepector Davey, who had charge of the case, communicated with Superinten- dent. Hayward. and the two referred to- Robert Griffiths and Richard Groome-were brought up from the cells below the police- court, and placed in the dock. Jane Fortt, widow of the deceased man, was then called and stated that her husband was a labourer, 35 years of age. The Deputy-Coroner: Did you see him at the infirmary ?—Yes. I was present when he died. When was that?—About ten o clock on Saturday morning Did he say anything about what had happened?—No, sir; he was unconscious. What was the last time you saw him on Friday night?-He left the house about 8.30. Was he sober then?—Oh, yes. When asked if they had any questions to ask the witness, prisoner Griffiths said: "I am sor". I was not there at all." The other prisoner made no reply. The Deputy-coroner: That is all the evidence that will be taken to-day, and I adjourn the inquiry until three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Prisoners wero taen taken below in custody. THE RESUMED INQUEST. The adjourned inquiry waa held on Wed- nesday, and the accused men were placed in tlie dock. They were represented by Mr. Sydney Jenkins, solicitor. The head-cons table (Mr. W. McKenzie) was present at the inquiry. Bridget Ma-ttie Palmer was the first wit- ness. She said she went into the York Hotel on Friday evening about ten p.m., with Mary Jane Williams, Thomas Edwards, and George Fortt. They left just before eleven. The deceased was quite sober then. They went outside, and Mary Jane Williams and Thomas Edwards walked in front of witness and Fortt towards Custom House-street. Witness said, "Wadk on, George, while I do up my bootlace," and he did so. They were not quite im the middle of the road. When witness turned round she saw one man standing by Fortt, and another some distance off, and a second look saw Fortt staggering to the ground. Deceased cried out, Mattie! They wants money, and she said to the man, "What have you done?" Then one said, "You can b well have the same," and she waa then struck on the jaw. Witness aaid she then ran up to Fortt, and put her hand under his head, as he was lying down She saw him fall, but did not see the blow struck. The two men then cleared off towards the direction of the bridge. She shouted wit to Mary Jane Williams, and wheal she came back tineas said, "Quick, qwek; they Have killed George." The Coroner: Why did you say he was killed ? Wiitness: Because I couldn't get any life out of him. He was insensible then?—Yes. How long was he insensible?—Aa soon-as he fell down. „ — Did a policeman come?—Yes, and F was taken away in a cab. The Coroner (to Detective-inspector DttTeA: Whem were the motl-arrested ?-About three p.m. on Saturday. "THAT'S THE MAN." On the following day, continued witmess, she saw a policeman conveying Griffiths through Caroline-street, and she shouted to her companion, Mary Jane, that's tlx man who killed George." Griffiths was the one whom she saw standing close up to Fortt. She had been to the police-station, but did not identify anyone. The Coroner: Griffiths was there, you know?-Yes. but I did not notice him. But you were there?—Yes, but I was too upset then. I didn't think it was so serious. In answer to Mr. Sydney Jenkins, witness said she had had some glasses of beer on Friday night in company with Fortt and others. When did you meet Foirtt?—Just before ten o'clock. You know the prisoners?—Yes. An4 yet yon did not identify Griffiths?—I was too upset. You were perfectly fober?—Yes. Mrs. Catherine Thomas, wife of Llewelyn Thomas, 61, Loudaun-square, eaid she was passing the York Hotel on the night in ques- tion a. few minutes before eleven as near as possible. She was going down towards Lou- dounrsquare, when she saw two men stand- ing on the edge of the pavement outside the hotel. Their backs were turned towards the canal, and the women faced them. Witness had not reached the railway bridge, when she heard a womain shout, "Oh! what have you done?" Witness turned round; and saw a man fall to the ground. She saw two men and a woman leave the little (Irowd that were standing at the spot where the man ten. One of the women shouted out, "Oh I you b coward." They were then walking towards the bridge. One of the men came "up to witness and her h usband and told them to go home—it was none of their business. She identified Groom as the man who bad so addressed them. Her husband made no reply, and Groom added that the man inter- fered with him, and it served him right. He was very excited. The man on the pavement sadd thaa was the way to knock them out. She could not identify that man, as they were too far from her. She heard one of the women say she would go for the police. The man on the pavement said, She's going for the police; give her one." They then went away, and her husband went for the police. Two men and one woman cleared off under the bridge. In answer to Mr. Sydney Jenkins, witness said she did not see amy blow struck. A KNOCK-OUT BLOW. Susan Howells said she met the two pri- soners in St. Mary-ritrect about ten to eleven, and went to the York Hotel to have a drink. There was no other woman with her. They left the York about closing time, and did not see the other people there. When she cam, out of the hotel there was a bit of a row, and a man waa calling to a woman to Oome on." Groom said, What's the matter with you?" Dicky Groom put. up his fist d I knocked him under the obn. The other man fell back on the road. Groom did not hit' him again. Witness Men went away towards the railway bridge, and stayed there a mintJ100 or two. Prisoners came down, and Diolcy Groom sadd. That's the way to knock them out." She was quite sure there was only one blow struck. Mr. Sydney Jenkins: How far were. you off when you heard all that you have said?- I was quite close, sir. STATEMENT BY GROOM. Police-constable Evans stated that at 2.15 p.m. on the 5th of November he was on duty at the Central Police-station in the charge of the prisoners. Groom knocked at the cell door. Witness went to the door, and asked him what he waaited. He said, "I want your advice on what I am charged with." Witness unlocked the cell and cautioned prisoner. He said, I want to call Susan Howells. She was with me when I came out of the York Hotel, followed by Griffiths. Fortt came out of the door, and passed a remark to Howells, which I didn't catch. I pushed him on one side, and then he told me, "You and sparred out at me, and to make sure I gave him the first punch, and as I punched him he fell back in the road. I saw a lady and gentlemam. I said to them, "Did you see him insult my young lady?" and they advised me to go home, and I went, and I heard nothing more until I was arrested. The jury retired at 4.20, and, after a quarter of an hour's absence, returned with a verdict of "Manslaughter" ag-ainst Groom. Nothing was said regarding Griffiths. Groom was committed for trial at Swansea Assizes, and both men were then taken below.
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NEW YORK GOVERNOR. 0 WELSHMAN'S RISE TO FAME Mr. Hearst has failed in his attempt to become Governor of the New York State. He has been boa-ten by Mr. Hughes, the Republi- can candidate, and a Welshman, whose exact majority cannot yet be given, but which is placed by the World at 54,519. REASONS OF DEFEAT. The result of the election (says the New York correspondent of the "Evening Standard") is a personal loss, but a victory for a cause. It is impossible to doubt that a good candidate on Mr. Hearst's platform could have swept New York State. The upper classes, who are almost entirely antagonistic to Mr. Hearst, took courage last week from Mr. Croker's telegram urging Democrats to vote for Hughes, and Mr. Roose- velt's intervention through the mouth of Mr. Root, and believed that Hearst's complete destruction was imminent. Consequently, they were terribly disappointed—in fact, almost panio-strácken-on. Tuesday night, at eight o'clock, when the issue was still doubt- ful. Broadway resembled the Strand on Mafe- king night. Bonfires were blazing, and hooli- gans were blowing horns. But inside the clubs an atmosphere of deep depression pre- vailed, which was hardly dissipated when it became apparent that Hughes was sure of a small majority. SMALL CAUSE FOR REJOIOING. Instead of rejoicing men have assumed the appearance of victims of a shipwreck who have norrowly escaped drowning. Everyone reoogndsestha,t the great movement against capital has hardly been arrested. The country, as a whole, is enormously prosperous, And public corporations are paying huge dividends, yet the working men are reaping only a small share of the MR. CHARLES E. HUGHES. New Governor of New York. harvest. Salaried men are paying bigger prices for most of the necessities of life, thougih they are earning no more money them before, while every year tihe immense influx of immigrants is making the struggle for life harder for the common people. THE PERSONAL DRAWBACK. Hearst utilised this feeling of discontent to the full, but could not overcome his own per- sonal character and reputation. The move- ment against capital has proved successful, but "yellow" journalism has been defeated. The immediate result of the election is rather negative. A big victory for Hughes would have, meant full markets and a con- tinuance of the era of expansion, but this has been discounted by the small victory. The publication of the figures probably raeians a depression in prices, which may last indefinitely, because the seriousness of the attack upon capital has now been thoroughly demonstrated. MR. CROKER'S THUNDERBOLT. The Hearst party attribute their defeat to the action of the disaffected Democrats, who followed Mr. Croker'a lead and voted againat the party candidate. Mr. Moran, the Hearst candidate for the firwemorehip of Massacnuaette, was defeated by a majority of 37,000.—Central News. THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. NEW YQjiU^, Wednesday. The result of the elections' in the retrt of the country outside New$"or\ State is that the Republicans retail the control of the Republicans retail the control of Pnnerese, but .by a ieduoed majority— nameT about 70, instep of 112. They have swept Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, Iowa, Minne- aota Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio. In Chicago the Independence League polled 40 000 votes, but there was a Republican plurality in tbe w^ole State (Illinois). The supporters of the Hearst movement were "snowed under. The Democrats have won throughout the South, as usual. MR. LONGWORTH RETURNED. The Republican Congressmen, Mr. Cannon, of J-mnois, and Mr. Longworth, of Ohio, have been returned, but Mr. Wadsworth, of New York, and Mr. Baboock, of Wisconsin, have been defeated. Arizona. has voted against the proposal that the state should be united with New Mexico, which is thus defeated.-Reuter. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS. ADELAIDE, Wednesday. The elections to the Legislative Assembly ADELAIDE, Wednesday. The elections to the Legislative Assembly of South Australia are virtually completed. Ninteen Labour candidates, nine Indepen- dents, eight of whom are allied to the Labour party, and twelve Opposition candi- dates will probably be returned.-Reuter.
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BAIL ESTREATED, is CLERK IN HOLY ORDERS WANTED ON A GRAVE CHARGE. At the Berkshire Assires Percy Aiming' Gardiner (30), of Egham House, Bourne End, Bucks, a clerk in Holy Orders, failed to sur- render to his bail on a grave charge. Mr. Justice Phillimore ordered his bail to be estreated. Mr. Acland, K.C., said he had been. in. structed to defend Gardiner, and had just received a telegram saying that Gardinerha4 been missing since Monday. The question as to the state of his mind would have been r&ised. The Judge: Whatever the state of his mind, he must be found. if possible. HOW THEY WILL LOOK AT NINETY. SOME WELSH NOTABILITIES IN THEIR OLD AGE.
AN UNDERGROUND TRAGEDY. .
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AN UNDERGROUND TRAGEDY. KILLED IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE A LADY. Mr. Walter Schroeder, deputy-coroner for Central London, on Monday held an inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Mr. Harold Simpson, aged 45, who met his death as the result of an heroic attempt to rescue Miss Kaye at Bishops Road Underground Station on Thursday morning last. Mr. Simpson waa removed to St. -Mark's Hospital, Paddington, and died the following morning. f The Coroner said the lady, he understood, fell from the platform on to the line at Bishops Road Station in front of an approaching train. The lady was at present in St. Mary's Hospital. The deceased was identified by his brother, Mr. Edgar Roesiter Simpson, of Sevenoaks, a barrister. The deceased was formerly a ftfookbrokei', but latterly a gentleman of! iuvicPeode^i'. means. He enjoyed very good health., wai not subject to faintnees, and had nferer threatened to take his life. Mrs. Simpson, widow of the deceased, was nexij&alled. She lived, she said, at Bolbec, wKtcihuroh, Buckinghamshire, with her iusbiffid. Sh« last saw him on Thurs- day morntttg. He was going to London by the 9.38 train. Miss Kaye, who had been staying at witness's house, was going to London with Mr. Simpson. She was goingi. on to Haniwell. The Coroner: You knew she was going to London with your husband?—Yes. JUMPED ON TO THE METALS. Evidence was given by Mr. Rynne, showing that on Thursday morning a lady and gentleman were walking along Bishops Road Platform, when the lady deliberately jumped j on to the metals. Mr. Simpson followed her, j with the apparent intention of rescuing her from the approaching traib. Similar evidence was given by other wit- nesses. A railway porter testified thalt the gentle- man instructed him to label the luggage for Han well. Hanwell is the place that Mr. Simpson said Miss Kaye was going to. The story of the engine-driver of the train which ran over Mr. Simpson and Miss Kaye was: I saw the gentleman and lady walking along the platform towards my train, wlhich was approaching them. The lady suddenly stopped and jumped on to the line. When on the ground Mr. Simpson put his arms around her back. I had a. good view. I didn't see any attempt on the part of either of them to move. Dr. Hubert George Rickman, house surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, said when admitted Mr. Simpeon was suffering from shock. His right arm was off at the elbow. The Coroner: Did he recover conscious- ness?—He remained in a state of conscious- ness throughout, and died ait 4.15 a.m. on Friday. He had made no statement. Death was due to a fractured skull and injuries to the spinal column. Railway officials who assisted in the removal from the metals of Mr. Simpson and Miss Kaye said the latter made no state- ment. The chief clerk at Bishops Road said: I issued a first-class single ticket to Hanwell last Thursday morning. The Coroner: Who ptrrohaeed it ?—The gentleman. The Coroner: Was that the only ticket he purchased?—Yes, sir. CONDITION OF THE LADY. Dr. Rickman .&8 re-called and questioned about Miss Kaye, whom he also had under treatment. The Coroner: In what condition is Miss Kaye?—She is still suffering from concussion. The Coroner: Has she been unconscious from the time of her admission?- Yes, sir. The Coroner: Is she likely to recover?—I think it is about' an even chance. I think it is almost improbable if she will recover. At any rate, added the witness, it would be a matter of months before she could give evidence, even if she ever could. The Coroner asked the jury whether they considered it necessary to have the evidence of Miss Kaye. The testimony had shown that Mr. Simpson and Miss Kaye were walking up and down the platform apparently quite calmly and self-possessed. The Foreman of the Jury said they would not adjourn. Another railway witness being re-called, said that when Mr. Simpson jumped down into the 4-foot way after Miss Kaye, he placed 'his hands on her shoulders, pushed her down, and at the osme time ducked his own head. A police officer reported that letters found on the deceased's body, for which the coroner had asked, were locked up in the safe at the hospital, and could not be I produced until next day. The Coroner said those letters might put an entirely different complexion on the affair, and adjourned the case until 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday. VERDICT OF THE JURY. The coroner's jury inquiring into the death of Mr. Harold Simpeon. returned a verdict of "Death' from misadventure." The jury excluded the possibility of suicide, and believed that he was endeavouring to save the life of Miss ICaye. The letters, for production of which the inquest was adjourned, suggested future engagements of an ordinary description.
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HOME RULE FOR IRELAND DRAFT SCHEME ACCEPTED AS AN INSTALMENT. The Irish Times," discussing the Home Rule question and promised legislation of the Government, says *We have very good reason for supposing the Nationalist leaders have already been riiown a draft of the Government's proposals, and have agreed to accent them as an instalment/*
.u-ACTRESS AND HER BABY. .
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u- ACTRESS AND HER BABY. CHILD BORN ATCARDIFF, AND FOUND ON THE RAILWAY. The adjourned inquest on the body of the now-ly-born female child which was supposed to have been dropped from a special theatrical train near Sltoke Edith Station. Hereford- shire, on a journey from Cardiff to Wolver- hampton, was held on Tuesday in the ladies' waiting-room at Stoke Edith. Mr. T. P. Hasliam, solicitor, represented the mother of the child; Chief-inspector Turk, of Wor- cester, the Great Western Railway Company; and Superintendent Phillips the polic6. The Coroner said the inquiry was adjourned to ascertain how the body got on the line and who was the mother. Both objects had been attained. He did not think it desirable to disclose the name of the mother to the public. The name was, therefore, given to the jury only. The Coroner added that the girl had borne the whole brunt of the trouble. The man, probably quite as much to blame, got off soot- freo. Tho only verdict could be that THE CHILD WAS STILL-BORN. Deteotive-serge&nit James Lewis, Wolver- hampton, said that he went on October 17 to see a certain lady member of a theatrical company. She made tYie following state- ment:—"It was my child, and it was born dead at Tudor-street, Cardiff, on Tuesday, October 9 last, and I packed it up, and as we were coming along in the train between Car- diff and Wolverhampton on Sunday last I pushed it down. I did it all myself, and no one in the company knows anything about it. I hope it wdll be kept quiet If it is known it will ruin me with my company." Dr. Wood, re-called, was asked as to his statement abo-uft the bloodstains and his opinion that the child was alive or barely dead when it struck the ground. He replied that the child was sufficiently developed to show active signs of life—he meant muscular movement when born; but it was too imma- ture to support an independent existence. Asked as to his opinion of the mother's state- ment that the child was born on the 9th of October, he certainly did not think it possible. The Coroner thought they had cleared up the matter sufficiently to give a verdict which would act as a WARNING TO THE MOTHER and others in spite of the discrepancy about the date of birth. It was not strictly evi- dence, but there was a long letter from the Cardiff Landlady to the effect that the young lady was ill in bed on the 9th, but went all right to her work with the other ladies on the following days. The only verdict ouuld be that the child was stillborn, and the police were taking no further proceedings. The mother had been asked if she would like to attend, but declined. A Juror said that he did not believe her statement. He believed the doctor. The jury gave a verdict that the child was born to a single woman, was stillborn, and was thrown out of a train.
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NO REASON FOR SHOOTING. MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER HAS NOTHING TO SAY. William Sanday, aged twenty, a pmart- locking youth, who was wearing a merchant seaman's uniform, was charged before the Nottingham magistrates on Monday with the murder of Albert Jameg Sm?th. clerk in charge of one of Messrs. Thomas Cook and Sons' excursion offices, at whom he fired with a revolyer on Saturday night. Smith, who was 23 years old, died subsequently in the hospital, and the police evidence now showed that early on Sunday morning the prisoner was traced to a lodging-house near the Market- place, where he was found quietly sleeping, with a, revolver loaded in five chambers by hiq side. Afterwards at the Guildhall, when charged with murder, he replied, I am very sorry for it now. I can give no reason why I did it." Prisoner, who manifested but slight con- cern, had now nothing to say, and was re- manded.
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GALWAY ELECTION. Polling took place in Galway city on Satur- day for the election of a member of Parlia- ment, the candidates being the well-known author and journalist, Mr. Stephen Gwynn (Nationalist), and Captain Shawe-Taylor (Devolutionist). The result was declared as follows; Mr. Stephen Gwynn (N.) 983 Ca-pt. Shawe-Taylor (Devolutionist) 659 Majority. 424 No cbanae. Previous elections resulted:— 1901. Arthur Lynch (If.) 1,247 H. Plunkett (C.) 473 Nat. majority 774 1900. M. H. F. Morris (C.) 882 E. Leamy (N.) 763 C. majority 119 1895. J. Pinkerton (A.P.) 596 E. Leamy (P.) 465 M. H. F. Morris (C.) 395 1892. J. Pinkerton (A.P.) .1 644 Arthur Lynch (P.) 593 Anti-Parnell mai 51 ..3_- ,1 ine cay am not pass witnout popular uproar. A Galway correspondent telegraphs: —A mob of men who had been drinking, and were armed with sticks, rushed about in the afternoon in all directions, beating men, women, and children. Fighting went on for a time in all parts of t)ie town, and the police seemed powerlesa.
MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AT BARRY.
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MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AT BARRY. A young lady. Miss Howe, 24, Plymouth- road, Barry Island, was walking along the Wayoock-road, near Barry, on Saturday, when at the bottom of the hill, near the cross roads, she found a man lying on his back in toe middle of the road. He wdto unconscious, and his head was lying in a pool of blood. A bicycle was close by. Miss Howe at once summoned help, and Mr. D. H. Morris, a school teacher, of Wyndham-street, Barry Dock, cycled to Barry Police-station. The man, havimg been attended to by Dr. King, was conveyed to his home, at 55, Court-road. Barry Dock. He is Mr. Fred W. Thomas, a fitter in the employ of Mr. C. H. Bailey, Tyne Engine Works. "Dr. James was summoned when the man was brought home, and found that he had sus tained concussion of the brain. There was a deep wound between his eyes, a.nd another on the crown of his forehead. It is believed that Mr. Thomas lost control of his machine in going down the hill, but, strange to say, the bicycle was not damaged. His condition is critical. CARDIFF SCHOOLMASTER'S SKULL FRACTURED. Mr. O. F. Davies, a young schoolmaster, of 85, Donald-street, Cardiff, and a native of Narberth, met with a serious accident in Penarth-road on Saturday evening. He was riding a bicycle, and swerved to avoid a woman and a child who were crossing the road. He struck the woman, but not violently, and, his bicycle skidding at the same moment, he was thrown to the ground. I He was picked up unconscious by a police- man and was taken to the infirmary. It was found that his skull was fractured, and he is in a critical condition. On inquiry > at Cardiff Infirmary we were informed that Mr. Davies's condition shows a slight improvement. MONMOUTHSHIRE'S UNDER- SHERIFF IN AN ACCIDENT. Whilst Mr. Percy Laybourne, the under- sheriff of Monmouthshire, was riding his motor-cycle from H^nllys to his residence at Green Meadow, Caerleon, he had a side-slip, and was thrown. Fortunately, his injuries were not very severe. CYCLIST'S LEG BROKEN AT NEWPORT. Christopher Bell, a young man. of Griffiths- town, was riding a bicycle homewards from Newport on Saturday night, and when on the pitch on the farther side from Malpas a trap collided with him. He was thrown off, and had one of his legs broken. MOTOR CYCLIST THROWN. WhilsA two Newport men, named Lewis Stephens and Henry Smith, were riding on mctcr-cycles to Cardiff on Sunday morning the nzohiue of the former skidded between Castletcn and St. Melloir's. Stephens was thrown off, and bad one of his legs broken. ILrt was taken back to Newport Hospital 4a an unconscious condition.
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MILLIONAIRE IN A MOTOR SMASH. WIFE, SISTER-IN-LAW, AND NURSE INJURED. An American gentleman, said to be a millionaire, and to hail from Philadelphia, met with a serious accident while motoring near Gailleres, in the district of Mont de Mairsan. He was accompanied by his wife and her sister and a hospital nurse, and was using a hired car belonging to a Paris firm. About four o'clock, as the oar was proceed-! ing at a moderate pace up a gently rising! road, the steering wheel snapped, and the car overturned. The American gentleman was caught by the legs under the massive cylinders, both limbs being frightfully crushed. In that position the unfortunate gentleman lay for over an hour and a half, while the chauffeur, who was quite unin- jured, went in search of help. When assist-! anoe arrived the sufferer was extricated from his position, and conveyed to an hotel at Mont de Marsan. The two ladies and the nurse escaped with contusions and cuts from broken glass.—Central News. —
TRAGEDY ON THE RAILWAY
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TRAGEDY ON THE RAILWAY TWO MEN RUN OVER AND KILLED: ANOTHER INJURED. A ^booking tragedy occurred on Sunday night on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, near Hampden Park Station, about two miles north of Eastbourne. A violent storm of wind and rain was raging, and, probably, in order the more quickly to reaoh their homes, four young men had struck out along the line. When they were about two hundred yards on the south side of the station one of them, ~n^Tnf*d Rogers, lost his hat owing to the wind. To this chance he moet likely owes his life, for scarcely had he left his companions to! sear oh for it when a motor train, the approach of which had not been heard above the noise of the storm, overtook the party and ran over them. The driver, seeing that something had happened, at once stopped the train, when it was found that two of the three had been killed outright. Their naimee are Frank Upton and Thomas Mason, both nineteen years of age, and both of them labourers by occupation. The third, Frank Ripley, was unconscious and very badly injured, and was removed with all speed to the Princess Alice Hospital at Eaet- bourne. The bodies of Upton and Maeon wero taken to the borough mortuary at East- bourne to await an inquest.
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ACCIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. TERRIBLE COLLfERY "FALL" AT YSTRADFAWR. Dr. W. R. Jones held an inquiry on Mon. day at Ystradgynlais touching the death oft Samuel Hyatt, aged 48, Bryngroee Cottages* Ystradgynlais, labourer, who was crushed tot death at Ystradfa.wr Colliery on Sa.turday. John Thomas Jones, Church-terrace, haulier, said that a stone fell on him. Thomas Davies, Ynisuohaf, repairer, said the distance between the two pair of timbers was 16ft. Mr. White (inspector): Why did you knock out the pair of timbers?—To bore a hole. How often do you put tho timber?—About 4ft Why did you maka am exoeption?-Beeaum the roof was stronger here tban anywhere eleo. Do you think so now?—Well, no. How big was the stone?—About 9ft. loagu 7ft. or 8ft. wide, and hall a. yard thick. Aboutf four tons. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." RESOLVEN CHILD KILLED. I Annie Jane Harries, the little tw old dafighter of Mr. Lewis Harries, ..J butcher, of 11, Oommercial-road, ReeolTeo, met with a shocking death on Saturday. The child was playing on the pavement, and just as a coal cart approached she run before it, and was knocked down. The wheel passed over her chest, and deattt was instantaneous. YSTRADGYNLAIS MINER KILLED. Early on Saturday morning Samuel Hyatt* labourer, Bryngroes Cottages, Ystradgynlais. was crushed to death at Ystradfawr Colliery, and another workman, named Edward Lane. of Ynys, was injured. A large stone—about four tons in weight- fell on him while he was in a stooping posi- tion cleaning the line. The deceased was 49 years of age, and a native of Pontypool. He leaves a widow to mourn his loss. PIT MISHAP CAUSES BLOOD- POISONING. An inquest was held at the Richards Arms, Aberbanaid, on Monday, touching the death of William Jones, 60, of Lower Graig Cottage, Abercanaid. The Cyfarthfa Company was represented by Mr. Howell Jones, agent, and Mr. Bowen, manager of the Castle Pit, and Mr. J. F. Trump, his Majesty's Inspector of Mines, was also in attendance. It appeared from the evidence of George Laurence, who worked in the same stall as Jones, that a stone about 61b. in weight fell upon the deceased, with the result that he sustained a nasty cut on the crown of the head about a quarter of an inch in length. Ha continued to follow his work for another week, but he was obliged to give up his work on the 6th of October. Dr. M'Donell attended to his injuries. He attributed death to blood- poisoning from the effects of the soalp wound. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. LEVEL-CROSSING FATALITY AT BRITON FERRY. Harry Hennatt, who was knocked down by a shunting engine at the Great Western Rail- way level-crossing at Briton Ferry on Satur- day evening, died from his injuries on Mon- day. Soma time ago the Great Western Railway authorities erected a. footbridge over thit crossing, owing to the large amount of traffic carried on at this spot. BLAINA COLLIER KILLED. At Blaina on Tuesday Mr. Daunoey cola ducted an inquiry into the death of William Meredith, collier (51), of Blaina, who wag killed a.t Messrs. J. and W. Stone's colliery, Blaina, by a lump of ooal falling down the &Wt.-Th,e jury returned a. verdict of "Aoofi. dental death." CARDIFF SEAMAN KILLED IN CORNWALL. Owen William Owen, fireman on the steamer Moss Rose, of Cardiff, which is lying in Hayle Harbour, lost his life by fall- ing between tlfe ship and the quay, and at the inquest on Tuesday the jury returned a verdict of Accidental death," and recom- mended that the owners be asked to provide a, proper gangway for access from shore to ship. BRIDGEND CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH. Mr. E. B. L. Reeoe (deputy-coroner) held 8111 inquest at Bridgend on Tuesday on the body of the eight-months'-old child of Mr. and Mra, Sydney Thomas, of South-street, Bridgend. Mrs. Thomas deposed that on Friday mornr ing her little daughter was sitting in a.chadr near the fire; another child, aged nineteeD months, was also in'the room. There was a saucepan containing boiling water on the front bar of the fire-grate. Witness had occasion to go to the back kitchen for a minute, when she heard a scream, and, on rushing into the kitchen, found thu. the saucepan had upset and that the child had been scalded about the head and shoulders. A verdict of Accidental death" waa returned. CARDIFF SEAMAN'S FATAL FALL. Mr. LI. Reece held an inquest at Cardiff on Tuesday on the body of Jamea Waite, 62, a seafaring man, who had been laitterfy in hospital. He had been staying about eighteen months at 26, Angelinaretreet, and Jane Loveless, the landlady, said deceased on Saturday afternoon was on his way to bed, and he had ascended four of the stone steps, when he fell unconscious to the passage. Dr. Girvan said that the cause of death was fracture of the base of the skull. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death;" CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE IN MERTHYR INQUEST. Mr. R. J., Rhys, coroner, held an inquest at the Merthyr General Hospital on Wedne& day on the body of William Wright, a labourer, who died at the institution on Saturday last from injuries sustained at the Cyfarthfa Works, on the 25th ult. Mr. White, his Majesty's inspectotr of factories, waa present. It appea.red that the deceased was standing on a waggon shovelling ashes into the boilers, when an engine, with four truoks in front, collided with the waggon, with the result that Wright was doubled up uflder the axle box. A latcher, named Davies. whose duty tt was to be in front of the waggons shunted, declared that the truck on which the deceased was working was obscured by smoke from a small stationary engine. The other witnesses gave a different story, and said there was no smoke or steam from the stationary engine to obstruct, the view. Mr. Morris, traffio inspector, said he was told by the deceased that he was caught between the wagon on whioh he was stand- ing and another wagon behind. The Coroner commented upon the contra- dictory evidenoe, and said eome witnesses were not telling the truth. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."
WALKED "ALMOST DEAD."
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WALKED "ALMOST DEAD." An inquest was held a.t Newport on Y7ecta.es. day by the borough coroner Mr. Lyndoo Moore) respecting the death of John Smith, am. auctioneer's porter, 41 years of age, wh& was found in an unconscious condition in MaJpae-road at the bottom of Barraak-hill on Tuesday last. From the evidence it tramspired that the deceased died immediately after being carried to his lodgings in Aibany-etroet. Dr. M'Laren said he saw deceased three years ago, and was surprised to find thai* he was aJive this week. He had walked about almost dead since he (the doctor) saw him first three years ago. He was consumptive, but died from heart failure. The Jury returned a verdict aooordidslw.