The Cardiff Times

FOOD SUPPLY IN TIME OF WAR.! 1 Evidence of Mr d. H. Muflins, Cardiff. I Mr J. ll. Mullinri. a director of "Spillers and I Bakeu, Ltil., Cardiil. gave evidenco on Thnra- Jay before the Royal Cornuiiaaion on the question of food supply 1i1 war time. 110 snggostod that the Government sbonld store in different •Darts of the country <?.ige iiuautitie."? of grain, jpglarge numbir of v/arehonses would, as a result, 0.16 into use which were now of little value, owiijg to tha present system of storing on the watfer. Still it was probable that others would have to be bnilt, bat this conid be left to private enterprise, and the rent would leave a fair profit to the warehouse keeper. The rant, Id per quarter per mouth, would be Il small expense to tho Government and a pnyi: sum to the warehouse- man. To this would Deeded the interest on I capital and working in and out of store once in each year, which \Ir Mullins calcnlated coald be done for Is 3d per quarter, or, say, 2s 3d per quarter per annum ia all. This would rnsun £ 1<125.00U per aup.ixni to eccure a resetve of 10,000,COO Quarters of. wheat. Witness imagined that th £ (government would rleci'la to keep the reserve intact until a cortain price was reached in tbe tr £ tj,e," and he saggested that tbe limit should be fixed at 80.; per quarter, with liberty to alter it rf"cireitn]stahce3 made it desirable to do j so, and it should bo a sine gur. non that actual J war would be tha onTv excuse for encroaching on the stock, excepting by special Act of Parlia j ment. iYIr IUul!ins claimed for bia schema that j it avoided the creation of a special class of ■ officials, becauseii at ouce placed at the disposal of the Govenimeni: a large ana reliable class of j men who had made grain the study of their lives. I It ivould also secure the »oq.ured stock of grain 1 in the most natural manner without disturbing ? the courso of valuen in tbe com matlcec by any violent or sudden coinoetUion distribute tha grain all over the kingdom at the most useful j railway centre; lessen all ofticitil rontino to the smallest possible point, namely, the surrender { by the Bank or England of w at ran la for wheat in store for a similar quantity of wheat ex-ship I secure the quiet and almost avitoa atic circuity- tion of the ^rain in stove and out again into j consumption when it was in prime condition, j and it woaULi'Siiiova the Government the I question of the starvation of the PèOPtft" and from the people the probability of famine prices. Mr Milling was questioned by Lord Balfour of I Burleigh (chairman of the Commission), Mr Henry Chaplin. M.P., Col. Montgomery, and I 9thsr members. _h

SWANSEA COUNTY COURT. Rent and Dilapidations- At Swansea County Court on Monday, his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams heard au action ¡ iu which David Kinds claimed of E. TreadweU ¡ the sum of £20, of which £16 was in respect of the rent of No. 62, Bryn-road, and the balance for alleged dilapidations. Mr Llenfer Thomaa was for plaintiff and Mr C. 13. Jenkins for the ¡ defence. The bouse was originally let at £28, but it was contended that plaintiff had intimated to defendant his intention to increase the rent, aod it was this difference that was sued for. The Judge fonnd for plaintIff on the question of tbe I rent and on one or two minor matters, and gave judgment for £16 9:3 8d, leas £14 paid into conrt.

SHOCKING SCALDING FATALITY. A Dean Forest Accident. Scalding and burning fatalities are often due to the absence of fireguards, bnt,singularly enolh, a screen ha* proved a, stepping-stone to the death of a little ohild in Dean Forest. At an inquiry, held on Friday evening by Mr J. W. I Guise, deputy coroner for Dean Forest, relative to tho death of the three and a half years old daughter of Jonah Jackson, collier, of Ruspidge, I near Cindorford, the mother's evidence showed that sha left tbe infant in the kitchen, where 1 there W3 a. protected tire, wbilst she went to attend to the pigs. Almost immediately she heard cnmm. and upon into the I kitchen was fcor^fied to iiud her little daughter lying inside the -r\!severely scalded. An f-mptv saucepan, which had previously contained foiling water en tha fire, was lying near. Wit- ness took the cbiid to Dr. Cress well, who dressed the v.ounds, bus death took place within twenty- four hoars. Just before the deceased passed y.way she said Oada. I jumped upon the screen f.nd pulled the saucepan of water over me." The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." -u_-

PONTYPOOL WIFS DOWNFALL Husband Granted a Separation Order. At Pontvpool on Satnrdav Isaac Carter, a tollier, residing at Wannfolin-road, Pontypool, ar niied for a separation order against his wife, a!leging.U»at alia was an habitual drunkard. Mr 1 W. Everett appeared for applicant. The husband j a aid Ihe marriage took place 17 years ago at Tiverton- Seven years ago his wife "took to drink, j and sbs had not been in the honne four whols j days unring the last three montb. She was more 0r 1&89 the worse for liquor every day, and was xaiberfissions".when indrink*. Once she threatened to thn»»n licbted paraffin lamp at him. In 1901 bo saw her r«a.v» an hotel at Grvrndiffaith with a Man, and they proceeded in the direction of t he Cematar^ There W, Ti'scondnct and he inn j nfrer tlw^cxaxi iulsi* Cjartpr, dan^hter, said her mother eaten f booi» cftsft every day." T^e Bench granted a I .•3par*t^on order, arid ordered tha husband to pay j per towaris bis wife's maicuinance, I

IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. OUTWARD-BOUND SHIPS PUT BACK PENARTH LADEN SCHOONERj AND ALL HANDS LOST. A terrific gale, blowing with only less severity than the devastating storm of October last, pre- vailed in the Bristol Channel last night, but so far no serious casualties have been reported, Shipping, however, was considerably impeded. and la3t night aU vessels loaded at Cardiff and ready to go to =ea were detained. (VII vessels whIch Jeft Cardiff on Saturday night pnt hack to the Hoads, and it was rcnorted thrtt a large lIum. ber of steamers, inward bound, were sheltering | at Lnndy and other places. By last night'n tide j only three vessels arrivad at Cardiff, one entering the Roath Dock and two the West Dock. The capta-n of one of theo vessels reported that the force of the g-:1!f) in tho Channel was terrilic, and that he had experienced great difficulty in enter- j ing Cardiff. On Saturday evening the steamship Micro- phone. 190, outward bound for Southampton, IlJ.d.n with ílom. collide(t in CfJ.rdiíf foaùs with he Spanish steamer Altermina, and returneù to th9 West Dock in a leaky condition. The failing vessel Uranus (Captain Podder). S outward bound from Swansea, put back to the j Roath Dock, having lost bowsprit and suffered otber damage.

WRECKLD CATTLE STEAMER. Perils of the Lake Michigan Exciting Scenes at Dungeness. On Sunday the steamer Lake Michigan, of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, which was beached at ÐlwgeneSs on Thursday night after collision with the Liverpool barquo Matlerhorn, was in it dangerous position. The !">over tug j Lady Vita returned in the afternoon, having taken a load of water for tbe 450 btad of cattle on board t he wrecked liner. Another load will j be required to-day. Tho tng Cambria is at Dun- on board t he wrecked liner. Another load will j be required to-day. Tho tng Cambria is at Dun- I gertess with pumps, but owing to the heavy seas I [ i-? unable to get them aboard the Lake Michigan, j Tbe damage i. believed to be underneath, as there are £It) signs above water. Fears are en- tertained that if the weather continues rough tbe ve isol may break her back. She has over 25 foot of water in her, and tbe decks are breaking across. When thesteamer was collided with by tbe Mat^rhoru she was several miles off Dungeness. The force of tbe impact was so great that meu were thrown out of their bunks in all directions, and there was immediately a rush to the deck. The engineers and firemen pluckilv stuck to tbeir work, although the seas commenced almost immediately to invade the engine room. It by Captain O'.ven'a prompt- I ns.s ;n lecognising the position and putting bis vessel full ahead for the I shoro that she was saved from sinking in deep water with probably heavy loss of life. The engine room staff were compeliad to go on deck to avoid being drowned. and before tho ship could be properly beached she sank I about three-quarters of a miln from shore, the I epguiea being then entirely siibin?r.d. During the continued heavy weather sbo has drifted a quarter of a. mile further in shore. I The conditions became so bad during Friday night that 60 cI the crew of 98 men were taken oil by the Dungeness lifeboat No. L It was iu- ) tenicd thev should he pu aboard the London tcq Oceanic and landed, but it was so rouf.{b tho lifeboat could not get near the lug, and therefore returned and lav alongside the ship throughout a bitterly cold night with a drenching rain Jailing. The men ware again taken on the wrecked vessel. The crew, working in soaked clothes throughout another cold dav on Sasur- dav and with no opportunity to get hot food, suffered greatly. On Saturday night about half the cresv were taken off, the remainder stopping 011 the wreclc with alifeboatand tug standing bv. An effort is to be nradj to transfer the cattle bv means of a special gangway to the shallow draught, steamer Raccoon, which has been ordered from Deptford. Should this effort not succeed the beasts arc to bo thrown overboard to swim ashoro. The crew are Englishmen with three excep- tions, some of them having served in South Africa. She vva bound from Canada for Dept- 1' ford, whence she would have proceeded to Ant- wetT) to take ont emigrants to Canada. She was only built three years ago, aud it is stated that with her cargo she is injured for about bait mi¡¡ion. A Lydd correspondent telegraphs that the Trans-Atlantic liner Lake Michigan was asrion-iiy damaged in the gale 011 Sunday, and is from the shors. Yesterday divers were endeavouring to locate the damage. I Pumps and other gear lor oalvas^ >.»-re aboard. Hopes air* still entertained by tbe salvage people of gottn.g her off. Arrangements are being made to tranship the cattle instead of swimming them aI- re. Firemen and stokers, numbering <10, havf bean sont back to Lydd. The Lake Michigan has 30ft. <>f water in her bold, and is deep tu the sanShe is the largest vessel ever trailed ou tbe Dungeness coast-.

COLLISION w CARMARTHEN BAY. Glasgow Steamers Severely Damaged. iho steamships Rosslyn and Devonshire, ooth of Giasg0w, have arrivert at SW:1.nsa each much II damaged IU the result of a. collision. The Devon- shire was outward bound from Avonmouth for Liverpool, en route for Australia, while the Rosslyn was bound for Swansea. On Sunday night, when oft Carmarthen B!1,y, during a heavy sontÍ1-weilt ale, the vesseliJ came into violent collision, the Rosslyn striking the Devonshire amidships. The stem of the Rosslyn was much damaged, while the Devonshire was cut into near tbo engines on tha port side. The captain of the Devonshire made a pro'.cpt examination, and discovered tbat the vessel had her plates stove in from the lower deck to below the water line. Captain Coull, quickly grasping the situa- tion, filled the tank ou the starboard side, and thus was able to obtain a big list, which alone prevented foundering. Then he put on full speed ahead, and baached his ship 011 the west siue of Carmarthen Bay, where he plugged the fcreach by means of sails, tarpaulin-i, ore. All this time j tho Rosslyn stood by the Devonshire, so as to be able to take oft her crew should it be found neces- lary. Both vessels subsequently made for Swan- sea, and arrived safely, the Devonahiro going into the East Dock and tbe Roselyn into the Sonth Dock. Extensive repairs will be necessary to both vessels. The Devonshire has sustained tho most serious damage, but the damage to the •item of fho Rosslyn is also seriou- She ts a new boat, on her second voyage, and was bound from Wateriord to Swansea light. The Devonshire, j "lJich has a carr. ing capacity of 6,500 tons, was in charge of a Liverpool pilot at the time of the collision. She left Avonmouth ou Sunday morn- iug with a mixed cargo of 5,000 tons of zinc, copper, and tin, and was to Dave completed her j cm-go for Australian porta at Liverpool. She will j now have to dísc!1arge her cargo preparatory to being dry docked. Neither of tho captains was disposed to say anything about the causes of tbe collision, pre- lerrine to leave this for the legal investigation) which may bo expected to follow.

PENARTH-LADEN SCHOONER. h Lost With All Hands. A Bideford telegram, in connection with tho wrjck in Bid?i'ord Bay of the schooner William ( Green, bound from Penarth to Youghal, Ireland, with flour, says the crew of five and tbe captain's wife and child are believed to have perished, Neither the coastguard nor anyone elso saw the lights of the vessel. Several of the bodies have been washed up. A quantity of ladies' wearing appaiel amongst the wreckage bas led the coastguards to think that the captain's wife must have been on board. The wreck is tight on tbe rock?, bottom up, closo under the clirrs, and high and dry at low water. The coastguards' look-out is within a stone's throw of the wreck, and there they found ber at break of day a total wreck, but where and how she came to grief is not known. The bodies of tbe msti found have been identified as those of Michael Yougblin and Michael Walsh, natives of Youghal. The male-a man named Cook, or something similar —was shipped at Cardiff. Two Bodies Recovered. The schooner William S. Green, of Youghal, was found keel upwards by the coastguards at Downend. near Braunton, Devon, on Saturday. Underneath the wreckage two dead bodies were found. Toe vessel, which was laden with flour ani coal, left Penarth on Thursday. Croyde telegrams state that bags of flour are being washed ashore, and that it is feared all hands have been 103t,

TUG'S LONG VOYAGE. The tug Falcon, which has put into Swansea through stress of weather, belonga to Meesrs T. A. Walker and Co., the well-known contractors, and is on a voyago to Rio de Janeiro,

DAMAGED AT PORT TALBOT. Barque Collides with the Pier Wall, The German barque Athene, from Hamburg. was docking at Port Talbot on Sunday night when the tow ropes pat-to j. and she collided with the pisr wall, considerablr damaging stem and how plates and also the wall. She will have to dry dock. Collisions in Barry and Cardiff Roads. On Sunday morning tho steamship Wagner docked at Barry with damage to the port side, having been in collision in Barry Roads during the night with an unknown steamer bound up Channel.

£750,000 PER MILE. Giving evidence at Friday's sitting of the London Traffic Commission, Sir Theodore Mar- I tin, Parliamentary agent, who said be had been in practice since 1845, and had been chiefly con- cerned in promoting or opposing railways, inci- dentally mentioned that the Metropolitan Dis- trict Railway, which cost £750,000 per mile to make, waa the lamentable result of a report of a Royal (Joõ1lmi""ion. I Sir J. Wolfe Barry: Wag that in cswh or enures V—J only know it from their accounts. I to vflvestijrate the whöleof this 'question, and T found"to -niv horror that it had cost that. It ia a. fact tb:tt.c£7500Q0 was represented in; their balancV'Slieats-. Sir J. Wolfe Barry In shares. ItJ« a matter j of pabfÑ: notoriety that a vast amonnt of that t money w%s raised at very cnercua terms, fet very j heavy diaooani. }

I Accident To The King. HIS MAJESTY'S KNEE HURT. An Exchange Telegraph telegram from Portsmouth says that whilst King Edward was yestercsay inspecting the cruiser Cumberland, at Portsmouth, his Majesty tripped over some steps, slightly-injuring hin knee. It transpires, says the Centra! News, that the Ring injure'! himself slightly bv falling whilst insneetjng the crniRer Cumberland. llis lajesty was walking under the armoured deck, and although the ship was well lighted struck his foot against the threshold of a, water-tight door and fall, injuring his leg. The injnry was only slight, and he was able to walk from the ship, i though it apparently troubled him a little later in the day At the naval barracks gymnasium a chair was provided for the King to sit upon. That the injury was not serious, hosvevf, ia shown by the fact that his Maje.stv afterwarcss i said a round of visits to naval depots. __4_

SCHOONER AGROUND OFF j CARDIFF. Crew's Perilous Position. A TUG'S TIMELY RESCUE. Karly on Saturday the schooner Regent, 79 tons net register, belonging to Mr W. D. Crooks, Cardiff, grounded on a sandbank between two and three miles east of the Pier Head. Bound for Cardiff from Dublin with a cargo of J60 tons I of burnt ore, she had lost her way in a thick fog. whilst the sea. was also very rough, with a strong wind blowing. The captain (Mr U. Davies) dropped one of his anchors, which, however, parted almost immediately, aud the other anchor j met with a similar fate. Meanwhile I the little vessel was being lashed high upon the waves, which caught her broadside, but after shipping heavy seas she was eventually beaten over the bank into deep water, and there was left to the mercy of wind and wave. After having failed to attract assistance by fiare3 on deck, the crew took to the riggiug, where they were dis- covered by a Cardiff tng. The Regent was then towed us far as the East Mud, where «he was left an almost complete wreck, The crew managed to fiave some of their clothing I and were taken on board the tu and removed to the :1jlor' Hoane. The crew consisted of only four men. including the captain, the others being Llewellyn Davies (mate) and Isaac Pass- more and David Holohan, A.H. The captain, the mate, aod Passmore belong to Ply- mouth, whilst Ilolouan hails from Dublin. Interviewed by one of our representatives on Saturday, the mato stated that when they took to the rigging they had practically abandoned all hope. The seas surged abont them, and it r.eemed as though the vessel might at any moment founder. They bad consumed almos" all the oil nn board in tbe flames which they made cn deck, and bad burned everything movable they could lay their bands on. I took a lamp with me to tbo rigging," Davies continued, and kept j swinging it. about till we attracted the tug, whilst ul! of us kept shouting for help. We could not have remained on deck longer than we did. We ¡ kept our flares alight for over an hour, but my t last box of matches wa-i blown clean out of my hands." When the schooner was deserted she was half filfed with water, and this made It ilil- I possible for the crew to save more of their ¡ effects than they did. It is believed thafc soon after she was left on tlie liast Mud tbe vessel broke her back. ■ mmcmrmm ■ i n .i Jmm am i

SOLDIERS BADLY INJURED. Alarming Railway Accident. A serious accident occnrred on Saturday on the Redhill and Reading branch of the Sooth- Eastern and Chatham Railway. A heavy train I conveying troopa ran off the line near Gomshall ) Station, with the result that several men were shockingly injured. They were afterwards re- moved to Uie hospital at Guildford. Another message says three soldiate, tùe driver, and the atoker were injured. The Press Association's Guildford correspon- dent gives tbe following account of the accident to a miliary train A serious accident occurred hall, near Woking, to a military train conveying about 150 men of the Northumberland Fusiliers to Southampton, wbere they were due to tmbutk this afternoou for Mauritius. The train ran through Gomshall Station at nearly bO miles an boar, and about twenty yards beyond it jumped the points. The engine-driver, with gie&t presence of mind, Promptly shut off steam, and the train was pulled up withirt n few yards of a bridge j i-.panning the hiphwav. The engine was greatly damaged, and tho first carriage was smashed almost to matchwood, whilst both sets çlf lints were torn lip. The engine-driver sustained very severe injuries to his back and heaJ, and tne fire man was also injured about the head and in both legs. Lance-Corporal White sustained a frac- I tnrolf thigh .and other .injuries, whilst a drunspier,! bov and a private vvore also injured. ■The driver, fireman, end'tl'ie lance-corporal are | in Vciriticai condition, and they with the other; injllrzd wra conveyed tn the County Hospital at Guildford. The remainder of the soIJiers were sent on to Southampton by another train'.

_0. -+ _0_ LETTER-BOX THIEVES. Another Audacious Robbery. Following close upon tha rob. bery at the premises of Messrs Rlkington, in Cheapside, another audacious theft in the same neighbourhood is reported. Shortly after 8 o'clock on Fnday morning a. postmau delivered a very large nnmbor of letters at No. 6, Poultry—a building the upper part of which Ï3 occupied by Messrs Foster and Cranlicld,auctioneers and sui- severs. When the postman left the thief 'forced open tha private letter-bos and appropriated the contents. The work could not have occupied more tlmn a few seconds, for the housekoeper, earning down the'stairs to unlock the b.ox and get the letters, was able to overtake the postman And tell him of the robbery. The police were summoned, and found that the box, which ia let into tbe wall at the side of the street entrancs, had been very cleverly wrenched open with a jemmy. There were hundreds of people passing the time, and it is extraordinary that the tbiet wa3 not detected in the act. A member of the tirm said tunL there were piobably over 70 letters —many of them, no doubt. containing postal orders and cheques. It is thought that the job- bery is the wori; of the expert gang which en- tered the premises of Messrs Elkington. A. week 1 Messrs Keith. Prowse, and Co.,of New Bood- >Lreet,were robbed of the contents of their letter- box at exactly the same honria tbe morning. j

ROBBERY AT A NEWPORT I, POST OFFICE. I The police aie informed that shortly before 9 r/clock on Saturday night the Baneswell Snb- Post Onice, 19, West-street, Newport, was entered inci the cathbos, containing £22 in gold, aomc siifer, and some notes and papers, takefi. The sub-post master is Mr Alfred Farrow, who also :arriies on a papcrhanging and general business :>0 tbe same premises, While reading the" South Wales Echo" in the kitchen his wife heard the back door close noisily, and concluding tha the front door must be open Mr Farrow immediately wont to tbe shoo, and then found that the cash- box had beon taken from a drawer in the desk lixed on the counter. He immediately informed the ppliceman on duty in the street; but so far no traie of the thief or the booty has been found.

_u_ HIRWAIN STOPPAGE. Tradesmen and Miners' Agent. Our correapondsnt on Satnrday sa.w a number 3f tradesmen at HirW&in who had been carrying an the negotiations with Mr Stanton, miners' igent, in the hope of effecting the restart of these collieries. They informed OG correspon. dent that they had done nothing after the refusal of Mr Stanton to allow the men to go to work, or to see the manager of tbe collieries without his being present. They wisbea him to state that they had nothing to do with the convening of the abortive meeting on Thursday night. In fact. thev had now come to the conclusion tbat no beneficial result would be obtaiued by their further intervention.

CONDITION OF COWSHEDS. J.P. Doctor's Ouispoken Comments. Thomas Jones, Whitchurch, was summoned at Llandaff Police Court on Monday for selling milk I which was deficient in fat. Inspector Nott said the sample he look of the milk contained 2.5 per cent, of fat, whereas it should have been 6 per cent. Mr Forsdike, who appeared for the defence, urged that no adulteration had taken place, but that tbe deficiency was due to the fact that the milk had been emptied from a churn which ha.d rematced In the open air for some time. The result wa3 tbat the cream rose to the surface, and as it was emptied into two vessels the cream went into the first. The sample taken by the inspector happened to be from the second vessel. Tho magistrates thought the defendant had acted more or less innocently, but imposed a line of 203 a.nd costs. Dr. Taylor, who wa3 one of the magistrates on the bench, referring to his experience of country farmers, took the opportunity to men- tion how very filthily cows were kept. They wen; rarely groomed, ndtbeir surroundings were in many cases abominable. Hence the dirty state in which they often found their milk. These remarks, however, bad no reference to any of tbe parties in the case under investigation.

YOUNG WIFE'S SHOCKING END. At Newcastle, on Saturday, John Kennedy (21), a miner, was charged with the wilfulmlHxler of his wife, aged 17, by shooting her and cutting her throat at Seghill on November 12tb. He also attempted his own life. The facts were not disputed but the defence was tbat nrisoner was insane at the time. Evidence having been given, to confirm this contention, tho jury fonnd. prisoner guilty bnt that he wuj insane at the time. The judge ordered bia detention during | his Majesty's pleasure. |

Lr I Liberal Battle Cry. LETTER FROM SIR W. HARCOURT Mr R. C. llawkin. secretary of tbe Fighty Club, has received the following letter frem Sir j Willi am Harcourt — "21. Graiton-street, W., F.>L>. 22nd, 1904. My dear Hawkin,—1 have to I hank von for your letter informing me of thn honour con. ferrod upon me b\ my election to the presidency of the Fiighty Club for the ensuing year. I need not assure von how highly I anpreeiato the distinction. AR years advance ono learns more and rnoie in vy.li.io tbo energy of tbo youth of the great party to which \vc belong, and to watch with increasing interest the fulfilment of their bOlle, t'here never ¡,If;:t moment whno there was a greater scope for their energies and a brighter prospect for their future. The whole political ficeno has changed on a. sudden like the roiling away of tbo mist which has long clouded heights and valley. Our antagonists liavogivsn themselves away. They have offered us battle on the tic-Ids of Free Trade, free education, and free, labour. Wo hail the conllict arajnst the hosts of reaction with a1l the confidence of imminent victory, undor the traditional colonrs of the party of progress. We have fought with unconqnared patience a, long and stubborn campaign through dark and anxious days, bnt the deeisiva honr has arrived. The ranks of the foe, front a.nd rear. are shaking all stonR the line, and if I am permitted to give the word to the young brigade of tho Eighty Club it shall be the historical Waterloo cheer, li Up, Guards, and a.t them." Yours very sincerely. W. V. IL\IWOURT." Sir William and Yellow Slavery. Writing to the" Times" Sir William Har- court characterises an immortal biuniler" Mr Brodriek's likeness of the Chinaman bound to labour in the gold mines to the Soldier of the King." There is," continues Sir William,,r uosubjeet which at the present time more fully and justly occupies the public mind than that which con- cerns theiclationsof che empioyers find employed and the respective rights of capital and labour. It is well that wo should know the conception entcrtai ned by bis Majesty's Government on such vital questions. This ordinance, it seems, is the model on which the manor is to be dealt with when it is deemed essential (bat the profits of capital shall be artificially sustained by the pre- vision of cheap labour under tho direct control of tbe British Government. It is an example worthy of careful study, and I should suggest that a copy of this ordinance should be framed and hung up in th3 workshops of the artisans and tho j cottages of the labourers throughout the land in order that they may comprehend and bring themselves up to the level of the ofucial standard If it is goorl enough for a British Colony and its exact parallel is tobe j found in the British Army, why not for British; labour at home? It might tend to increase our • exports and supply a form of retaliation against 1 countries y liich enjoy low wages. I think tue Government might have waited for their » (jhinese mandate instead of hustling through the House of Commons with greatly reduced majority a measure which I firmly ■ believe is condemned by the conscience of the nation."

PREMIER AND LICENSING. I The Premier has forwarded to a correspondent who had written him on the licensing question the following letter :— Brighton, Feb. 17, 1904. Dear Sir,I am obliged to yon for your letter and its kind references to my health. On the question of licences, believe me, therc is no differ- ence of object between us. Tbe matter is too long for discussion in a letter but I beg you earnestly to consider whether the cause of temoerancc is likely to bo furthered by a continuance of a state of things in which owing to tha recent, action of a numbor of brew. ster sessions, a feeling of insecurity has been, created which must keep meu of character and j substance from becoming license-holders. I sa.y j nothing on the subject of injustice though I can- not believe that injustice even in the end uro- II motes morality. It is a melancholy reflection I that had the tsmterance pratv taken a reason- ¡ able course with regard to the compensation scheme brought in by the Unionist Government ¡ some years ago tbis difficulty would never have ariseu.—Faitbfullv vonrs?, ¡ ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR. I

BAD BUDGET OUTLOOK. Increased Taxation Likely. It will (tho Loudon correspondent of the I Scotsman understands) scarcely be possible to escape an increase ot taxation next year. For tbat statement there is unfortunately high official authority. At present it is impossible for the Treasury to seo its way to squaring the balance of next year on the basis of existing taxation. Where the money will ba found the Treasury itself possibly could not at this moment say, for the Budget is not yet near enough for I aiiv.approximation to if. rfecisioil. But it may be porriled out tbat the trdeeHsitous condition of thn II national purse makes it cortain that there will be no sort of compensation included in the licensing proposals of the Government. Tho J claims of the trade to a slice of the beer duty cannot, it is evident, be considered.

CHEPSTOW GUARDIANS. I Monmouthshire Council Criticised At the meeting of the Chepstow Board of Guardians on Saturday. Mr G. Soys presiding, tho Rev. W. H. Williams referred to the inten- tion of the Monmonthsbire County Council to Jevya Is rate for education purposes, but not to apply any of the money'to non-provided schools, lie described the propod administration as dis- I honest. The Gloucestershire County Council were going to levy 4¿d. to 5d rate, and ad- minister the Act in all the parishes, but the Mon- mouthshire County Council were goin;.{ to low n Is rate. :wd only partially admimrter the Act. The point 110 raised waswbetherHtue Monmouth- shire County Council leviec. the rate with the avowed intention of not applying it to the pur- poses of the Act, could the Board refuse to pay I it. After some discussion it was decided to take counsel's opinion upon the point raisod. .c-0>-

THE COAL TAX. I No Interim Report to be Issued. ¡ Me Bohenna, of Swansea, has received a letter I from the secretary of the Coal Commission it;1,t¡ng" there is no lilrcJihood of tho Commission making an interim report on the coctl tax either j in tb immedHtle íntnre or It" anv time. The various branches of the industry are so closely connected and so dependent upon one auotbor that the Commission do not think it is advisable to deal with any one branch without answering all tin*questions raised by tbo reference. I am to state that all the information obtained by the ) Commission is at the disposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer at any time It is of course, a mere assumption on the part of the I coalovvners that au interim report by the Com- mission would be adverse to the maintenance of I the coal tax." .IV

TORPEDO IN BRrPTOL CHANNEL Find on the Somerset Coast. Some excitement has been ca used in Bridgwater and elsewhere on the North Somersetshire coast by the discOVIHV at Stert Bav of a. Whitehead torpedo which has beea washed ashore, and which it is supposed was lost during some recent torpedo experiments in the Bristol Channel. It has been taken charge of by some Government officers, who are arranging for its removal to a gunboat which is shortly expected. -c-

MR WINSTON CHURCHILL. Cut by the Tory Whips. Mr Winston Churchill, M.P., no longer re- ceives the circulars and notices sent out in the ordinary course by the treasury Whip to sup- porters of the Government. The hon. member did not ask that they should be discontinued, nor has be requested tha.t they should be resumed.

BEDCLOTHES IN PAWN. Newport Mother Sent to Prison. William and Mary Miles, 6. Rudry-street, New- poit, stood in the dock at Newport on Monday to answer a charge ofneglectiog tbeir four children. Mr Lyndon Moore piosecuted, and detailed at length tbe deplorable slate of tbe house and how tbe mother gave way to drink. The only food in the house was a bit of dry bread, and the mother admitted tbat the bedclothes were ''in pawn." When Dr. Bassett visited the house the husband was abusive and threatening. Mrs Miles said that she only was to blame. Her husband gave her his wages. The Bench thought it was a deplorable case, and fined the husband I 20s, or 14 days. The wifo was sent to prison for two months with hard labour. The Bench com- plimented Supt. Brooks and other officers for the manner they had conducted the case. rawd'

NEWPORT WIDOW'S DEATH. Excessive Drinking of Whiskey. At nn inquest on the body of Cecilia E. Jones, widow of the late Mr Jones, Glasllwch Farm, Newport, on Monday the jury returned a verdict that death was due to syncope, caused byexces, sive drinking. The evidence showed that a. sale was conducted at the farm on Friday, and that during the afternoon deceased was frequently drinking whiskey. Mr and Mrs Llovd, who Jived close by, pa.id her a visit during tho afternoon, and left her playing the piano at 7 o'clock. Mr G C. Jones, her brother-in-law, returned to the house shortly before 11 o'clock that night aud found her dead in the chaiy.

The news haviug spread that operations had commenced at Bryncetbin Pits, formerly owned by tbe Barrow-in-Furness Company, a large nurm ber of men came there on Monday • in search of employment. It is proba,bto that the reopening j of tho pit will be proceeded with shortly. There j are plenty of unemployed-men in the immediate vicinity to meet all requirements for a. consider- | able time. (

Labour Co-Partnership. I I CAPITAL AND CHARACTER. North Wales Go-operative Quarries. PAPERS BY PROFESSOR CHAPMAN AND MH W. J. PARRY. Tho bjly of tho Cory Hall, Cardiff, was well filled on Saturday morning, when tho industrial conference promoted by the Labour Co Partnet- s|>ip Association, on the invitation of the Cardiff, Blaina, and other South Wales Co operative Societies, was continued, Councillor T. Allen, }\I,; inu., presiding. On the platform were ex- bibited various articles manu factnrect oy co- operative societies in dib'erent parts of the country. 'Those present at tho conference in- eluded Mi9i1 Diliwvn ,BwanRca), Councillor Good, Mr John Parry, Mr Anouiin Williams, Coun- oilier Price (Blaina), Mr D. Lleufer Thomas, Mc J.J. Dent (Board of Trade), Mr Charles: Thompson, Mr Carslake Thompson, Alderman E. Thomas, Mr Low, Mr Austin Jenkins, Mr j Watts Morgan, Mr Wangb, and Councillor Chap- pell, secretaiy Cardiff Trades and Labour Council. ¡ The Secretary (Mr Ucnry Vivian) read letters of regret for absence from the Earl of Stamford, Mr T. Burt, M.IJ., Mr MeKcnna, M.P., Mr George J. Holyoake (veteran social reformer), Councillor Joseph Greenwood. Th« Chairman de- livered a brief address on the objecfcsof the associa- tion. He remarked that, perhaps, the workers thought more at present of thoir rights than of theic duties, but tbis was tho fault, not of tbe workers, but of the wages system. The object of I tbe association, he continued, was the increase of I material resources by purely voluntary effort, ani by a process based on the principle of self- help, and their methods were those of evolution. Democracy would succeed according as it selected the wisest men to be its leaders. Ho was pleased to see present members of Trade Unions, but their sreat wish was to get the large employers of labour to take hold of the movement, although the first overtures must necoasarity i corno hom the emplovers themselves. The Secretaiy presented the report of the í year's work. Fifteen now societies, orgauisod by ¡ workmen with workmen's capital, had been registered, covering a, variety of industries.. The movement was progressing spondidiy in Ireland, guided by the Irish Agricultural Org-anisatjoll Society, and it was probable that by alliance between the L.C.A. and the Co-Operativo Pro- ductive Federation the educational departmeutj would be organised more efficiently. I Professor S.J. Chapman, Owcna Chester, read a paper ou Producing Co-pb; lively A Critical Review and an Anticipation." j Ho pointed out that nil forme of economic activity I had not met wills i;in»l ?uecess owing to variety in physical, climatic, and economic «ur j ons1 :i ings, but each country bad somo apparently sue eeasfui forms of co-operation of its own to point to. Co-operative forms were protean, buttbey must not wait for them to evolve themselves. All philosophies which disparaged ideals were false, and unfortunately this century did not compare favourably with tbe forties and fifties of theJ.5t.b, when so many experiments in social science wero introduced. j He then compared productive and distributive j co-operation, aud emphasised 1,1113 greater benefits of tbe former because of the fact that it began; with the producers and not with the consumes^ i It was not essential, however, that the workers should possess capital. What was essential was (1) s, sharing in control and (2) a sharing in risits, j and tboretcre in pioiils, lie did not share the be- lief that only big businesses would survive in tbo futnre; big and little would exist side by side, • After indicating the practical conditions under which business may be successfully carried on he proceeded to deal with the importance of character, which meant strength to work with a will, docility to obey, and open-mindeduess to weigh the opinion of associate*. To develop this character education was of chief importance. Finally, this association was working on right lines, for it was working not merely to substitute j one framework for another, but to vitaliso a system. M Lleufer Thomas, in opening the discussion, refericd to the agricultural co-operation in Canada in the light of experiences gained j while travelling in the Dominion. lie aleo j emphasised the fact thai capital was rot essential to tbe worker, but tbat character was of i supreme importance, failure in the past being due to want of higher qualities, Miss Dillwyn (Swansea) spoke as an employer of hhour. ho had came to tho conference, she Raid. to learn; she would be an apt pupil, and her sympathies were with them. In her own business. shares had been taken 1:0 bysotn of her. employees, and if this were done in other busi- nRe strikes and similar troubles would be Ie! frequent. But she was stcoccly opposed to ■ municipalisation. which on1y choked private ■: enterprise, tha backbone of the country. The discussion was continued by Mr Robert Halstead (secretary to the Oo-ooeiativo Prodtic- tive Fedeuition), Mr Spencer Hill, Councillor Amost Mann (Leicester!, Mr Richards (Blaina!, Mr Morgan (Harry), Mr Aneurin Williams (hon treasurer), Mr Henry Vivian (secretary), Mr. « Lawrence and othew.1 -Afternoon Meeting. r r In the afternoon Mr W. J. Parry, the wall- known leader in the Ponrbyn dispute, ro id a; paper on the "Industrial Possibilities of Wales i with special reference to the slate industry. Some interesting statistics were given relativo 1 to the increase of co-operative stores in Wales I I experiments of Mr Augustus Brigstocke, but of chief interest were tbe speaker's remarks on tho I foundation and progress of the North Wales j Quarries Co., Ltd., of which ho is himself the j ] leading spirit. Three slate properties of more i than 350 acres had been acquired near Bethesda, j the purchase money being £ 18,400, and thev j already employed 250 of tho late employees of LordPenrbyn. The company entered into posses- I sion of one of the properties, the Pantdreiniog, in August last, and in the firet five months tho roofing slates turned out fetched £3,342. There > were exceptional facilities for co operation in i 1 Wales, and there was no reason why the industries of coal mining and cloth-naaking should not ) adopt the principle and develop themselves in r the valleys of the country. S Speeches were delivered later by Mr J. Price ) (Blaina), Mr Pain (Cardiff Railway Servants, No. 1 Branch), Councillor T. R. Prout, Mr i Roberts (Cardiff), Alderman E. Thomas, Rov. JI, M. Hushes, B.A. (Cardiff), Mr Aneurin i Williams, Mr Reos (Cwmbwrla), Mr Graham (Cardiff), and Mr Richards (Blaina). M Towards the close Councillor Cbappell moved, f and Mr Saniuol George Davies (Brynmawr) < seconded the following leaolution :— That this j conference, recognising in the co-partnership j ■ principle a great lever for improving tha condi- ] tion of the industrial classes, and placing buai. J s ness upon a, just and safe basis, advantageous to all classes, urges Welsh workmen to follow the example of tbeir English brothers, and to i j establish 'labour-co-partnership producti vc societies, and invites both employeis aud i employees in tbe greater industries of the Prin. cipality to consider the many advantages to both parties resulting from unity of interests pro- duced by well, conidared schemes of profit-sharing j and investment; further, that the Trades Councils 1 and co operative societies of the district; be re- i quested to convene an ea.rly conference to dis- J cuss the possibility of action on the above lines." j Mr Vivian sammed up the points of the debate, and a vote of thanks to the chairman and tho ( readers of the papers having been passed the j [ meeting terminated. i -C' .A>i.-

LORD ROSEBERY'S SON. ] Support From the Liberal Ler.der. < A t the annual meeting of the Mid-Lothian I { Liberal Association, held in Edinburgh on Saturday, the Master of Elibank road the follow i ing letter from Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- I man :— I "I see that tbe meeting takes place to-morrow ( at which you formally renounce your candidature for Midlothian, and I cannot resist sending a 1 line to associate myself with what I am sure is > the general feeling of tbe electors—namely, f cordial good wishes for your success in Peebles and Selkirk, and &n equally hearty greeting to i Lord Dalmeny, who takes your place. I have no fear for Midlothian. The standard-bearer may change, but the old flag remains tho same, and the army of voters will not be tempted to desert it by the allutemenls, either of disguised Pro- tection or of thinly-veiled slaveiy, which at pre- sent are the two foremost policies of the Govern- ment." ]

CARMARTHEN TEACHERS. The annual meeting of the Carmarthen and District Teachers' Association WfJS held at Carmarthsn on Saturday, Mr Henry Lyons, St. Clear's, presiding. Tbe secretary's report was fftttisfactory, the membership having increased to ] 60, a, record in the history of the association. The ] balance-sheet showed a favourable balance. Mr Pickard. lecturer in horticulture, Aberystwyth, 1 delivered a practical address on How to Con- duct a February RambJe" (nature study). Officers ] were electAd as follow ;—Vice-president, Mr J. S. Willio.ms, Trelech secretary and treasurer, j Mr W. H. Mitchell. Ferryside local secretary 15. and O. fund, Mrs Watkins, Carmarthen local secretary examination board, Mr J. H. Davies, Carmarthen Press secretary, Mr R. It ] Tyler, Laugharne Parliamentary correspon- dents, Messrs D. M. Jones and G. Samuel. loA

ANOTHER SELF-STYLE0 EMPEROR. Another Emperor announced himself on Fri- I day in Paris. He is Jules Arou, a clerk, 40 years of age. A cab wns standing in front of Laennec Hospital, and he conceived a violent fancy to tbe horse. He took the animal's bead into his ( embrace and began. to bite its nose. The horse shook his head right and left, bnt 3till Jules Aron kept his teeth fixed in the animal's nose. Finally two policemen came to the hor&e's assist- ance, and made Aron release his hold. Ha was taken to the Police Office in the Rue I^'oudary, where he declared that in his quality of em- peror of lands and seas he had a perfect right to bite the horses in his countries if such was his good pleasure. "Besides," he added, II I bold the world in my hand." The emperor was quickly despatched to the special depot wbitbe* demented folk are taken. I

The Finance Committee of the Llanelly District Council had under consideration on i. Monday an application from Mr i>. Randell for £100 on account of disbursementfianû charges as solicitor. It was decided to pay him J&50 and to ask that his completed bill of coata should be 6;)nt in by tba next meeting.

i FERNDALE SHOP ASSISTANTS. Strike Notices Given. | Co-operative Stores and their Employes. The question of wages has for tho last five or six weeks somewhat strainod tho relations existing between the committee of thu Fernoale Co-operative Stores and their stuff. The stores committee, it is stated,formuiatod a scale of wages, whieh tile emplovees refused to accept. Negotiations took place between the stores com- mittee and tbe employees, which resulted in nearly II.I1:tho stores employees "giving in their notices. Most of the staff aro members of tho National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Wars housemen and Clerks, and'as notices had bcon given in without the consent of tho Executive Committee of tbeGnlO!} Iho eniuloyecs were induced to withdraw their notices and hand the matter over to tbo central office. The matter was then taken up by t he general secretary. I Several weeks have elapsed since ho sent the first eommnoicntjon to tùe Gtore! committee asking] them to leceive a deputation to discuss the m.tl,erín dispute. This request 1111.8 been re- peated on two different occasions since, but no jiotice has been taken by the stoves committee of anv of these communications. Tbe deputation waited upon the committee last Thuisdav at I their usual weekly meeting, but were not ad- mitted. The result is that 2.3 notices were on Saturday handed to the secretary of tho stores committee terminating their engagement with the stores on the 27t.h inst., unless a satisfactory arrangement can be como to in the interval. It is reported that 13 out of the 16 men who form the committee are members of the South Wales Miners' Federation. History of the Dispute. The dispute which has occurred between tbo committee of the Ferndale Co-Operative Stores and their employees has created a good deal of interest, aortthe members of the society, who number 1,809, are perplexed as to what will hap- j pen should the 23 hands who have tendered notices cease work next Saturday night. The society, which was established in 1880, is very strong, and has an annual turnover of On Monday one of our reresentatives had a conversation with Mr Lewis Watkins, chairman of tho committee, and Mr J.J.Jenkins, the! secretary, who expressed a desire that tho facts j of the case should be placed before tho public. Mr Watkins explained that it was incorrect to say that the employees had refused to accept the scale of wages formulated by the committee, who formed it at the express desire of the staff. The difficulty has arisen," proceeded the chairmajii 11 not over tha scale, but over tbe question of representation. After the committee j had submitted the scaio of wages to tho ¡:wp]oyce"" they asked that they shouh1 be re- presented by their agent when it would be con- siderod. The committee thought this was con- ■ tnnv to the general custom, and declined, i ht-oause they ifrst of all wane the employers to discuss their gtievaticcE, and then, should wo j fail to agree, the committee" ill be qaite pre- ) pared 10 meet the men's agent. Three j months ago, when they tendered notices, which were afterwards withdrawn for the reason explained In the South Wales Daily News to-day the employees agreed in a letter to this principle, but the committee could not meet them tÍJ20 because the notices were lurming. After the witluhawal of the notices we again offered to meet then: on thp. condllions hili own, bll 1)0 reply was received, and the men thus terminated the negotiations. Subsequently, Mr Macpherson, the general secretary of the Shop Assistants' Union, visited Ferndale, bnt the committee refused to meet him o;i the ground that the men had not first of an discussed thoir crievanees with them. It bad been reported that the committee bad bfren asked to meet a deputation, and that they had taken no notice of two applications to this effect, but this was entireiy wrong. In his first letter, Mr 1 Macpherson said that tlue committee bad refused j to negotiate with the local branch, but tl:13 was a mis-statement. The committee had no communica- tion at all with the branch, but only with their employees, whose secretary (who is also the secretary of the local branch of the Union) wrote I to Mr Macphrrrson refuting the statement. The committee, for that reason, did not reply, neither l1ietthey leply to the second letter, bEcauso they could not discuss the scale with JUr Macpbersou for the reason? given above. But we have told 11\:1]," said Mr Watkina that we arc still open to negotiate with tho employees. We do not vet know what tbeir grievance j", and if they tell us personally what it is. and we fail to agree, we shalJ bo quite pre- pared to meat their agent. Is not this fair, aud upon Tradft Union lines generally ? J. have also ¡ intimated lo one of the men tbat I am willing to meet IVh Macohevson and to explain one posi- tion to bim, but not, of course, to discuss the I scale. the number of man employed only 23 of the44 affected by the have tendered noticcs, though, the remainder are, according to Mr \Yatl<in¡;, members of Lhe Union. "'With reference to the 13 members of the Stores Committee who ara members of the Miners' Federation, these men," explained tho chairman, have taken 11 very i rominent part in the matter, and were anxious that everything Kiiould be done on Federation lines. This has j btjen done. so I can't HCe lJO,ÎI.ll. complaint can b4 triade ill tbli; respeqty and tltis, I think, is a j point greatly ill one feeyour." i Mr Jenkins remarked that a scale,of wages had been in operation in the sjiocery department for eighteen months, and it had worked very | smoothly, and was included in tbe one in lis- pule. ) After the first notices were withdrawn," added Mr Watkins, a general meeting of thle [ members approved of the steps taken by the > tionists present. It is very awkward that the • men should press their demands now, as they did < before, a.t theend of tbequartc-r. Htillit will make it very inconvonient to the members if no settle- ment is effected, and the men are either trying to < compel us to grant their cr,se without considering it or intend to shut up our premises for the benefit sf private business in the place." What will happen it they cease work next Sat- urday," asked tbe Pressman. j "011," was tho jocular reply, "We shall to employ Chinese, and if we can't get j hem we shall have to put the shutters up. Bo t, seriously now, theshopwill not bo closed, though, )f conrso, we shall necessarily be much incon- venienced if the men leave." ,.40.

RAZOR OR BROKEN BOTTLE ? "è" Collier Stabbed in Buis-street. j Perlro Vircanio (29), a good-looking young ■Spaniard of tall siature, was charged at Cardiff in Monday with cutting and wounding Edward Williams with a razor on Saturday night in liulo-stroet;. Tho prosecutor, a collier from Aber. iridwr, caid ho was drinking with friends in the Albion Hotel, when a quarrel arose between the orisonev and a man called John Lewis, who was sne of bis party. He told Lewis not to get mixed ip with foreigners,and shortly after the Spaniard tvas ejected from the bouse owing to his beha- fiour. Ten minutes later he and his friends also .vent out, and after walking about 20 yards a friend suddenly shouted out, Look out for that foreigner, he's got a razor." He saw the pri- joner jump him, felt something cut bis head, *nd foil to tho ground. Morgan Williams, a mllier, living at Park-terrnce, Sangbenydd, said 10 was the friend who shouted warning of the ittack to the prosecutor, and ho it was who ibased the Spaniard and cal1?ht him, afterwards landing him over to the police. He had seen a razor in tbe prisoner's baud. P.O. Sidney Adams evidence of arrest. To him the prisoner said, Three or four fellows wero fighting with me, and I struck somebody." Dr. Buist spoke is to the nature of the wounds, and prisoner then his version of the aifrav. He went into the I\.lbion to buy a bottle of wbisky, which he placed n his coat pocket, and then proceeded to have a Irink. There was a Maltese with him, and the prosecutor came up and annoyed them, taking off lis jacket and wanting to fight them. went >utside, but Williams and some of his friends 011 owed and began to ill-treat h'm. One of them cicked him on the pocket, and the whisky bottle ,vas broken. Using part of it as a weapon, ho itruck One of the men on the head and then ran iway. Prisoner was committed for trial at the \.ssi zes. tway. Prisoner was committed for trial at the \.ssi zes.

A "BEAUTIFUL DEATH." I Whitaker Wright Imitated. At the Islington Coroner's Court on Friday Dr. Danford Thomas held an inquest touching death of George Craven, aged 61, a jeweller, )f Storey street, Islington, who committed suicide in a determined manner Gordon Henry Lawrence, who lived in the lama bouse as deceased, said the latter had bean rat of work, bad lost his wife, and had been depressed in consequence. At the time of Whitaker Wright's death he remarked to witness what a beautiful death bo (Whitaker Wright) had had. Deceased added I tbat he bad enough poison in bis place to kill 40 people. Witness tried to persuade him to gi\6 liim tho poison, so that be might destroy it, but lie refused. At half-past 8 on Tuesday morning deceased rushed into his room, and calling out his na.me, fell to tbe floor, expiring fi-ve or ten minutes xflor wards. The medical evidence showed that deceased liad talon a large quantity of cyanide of potas- sium, the quantity being so large as to almost I; destroy deceased's stomach. The jury returned a. verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity."

DEATH OF A GLAMORGAN J.p. The death.is announced of Mr Edwin Jones, -enior member of the firm of Messrs Bayliss, Tones and Bayliss, bolt manufacturers, Victoria ¡ Works, Wolverhampton, and 139. Cannon-street, E.G., in his 7lst year. MrJones entered the works I at Wolverhampton as a. young man,a.nd by his in- telligence and integrity soon gained a responsible position. In a verv years he became a, mem- ber of the firm, and the same time mar- ried Jane, daughter of Mr William .Bayliss, the I senior partner of t.befirt1), Twenty years ago Mr Edwin Jouea was closely associated with the coal and iron industries of South Wales, and was put on the commiMion of the peace for the county of Glamorgan. lie was chairman of the Freshwater, Yarmouth, and Newport-Railway Company.

Mr Robert Holmes, of Habershon-street,, traffic manager in the employ of. the Cardiff Railway Company was on Monday crushed > betwieen some buffers ati'd injured lnterri'ally.'He t was removed Io Cardiff Infirmary where he was { atteoded by Dr. Browalee aDd detained. t

MOTHER'S RARE COURAGE. Baby Thrown from a Burning Room- Bearing in mind the mother's inevitable stinct to protect ber offspring in time of danert a young woman performed an act of rare course4 early on Monday morning by throwing her eiht. months-old child from a burning building. About fhc o'clock in tbe morning a fire waS discovered at a bouse in Ravenscroft-streetj Hackney. It was then well nblaze. A f:\mil:r ot tho name of Ribs occupied the gronnd floor, and they wore able to escape to the street. Upstairs » young married couple, Mr and Mrs Richards. found when awakened thai the flames had cut ou their retreat by tbo staircase. Their room on the first floor was full of smoke, and they realised that they would be suffocated if they remained many moro minutes- Both acted promptly and with coolness. Richards threw out a mattress and bedding into the street. It was an ordinary risk for young and active people to lean down upon this, with freedom of limbs bnt lor either to jump with the baby to protect was madness. Through the curling smoke and the licking flames they saw Mrs Ellis in the street making signs for tbem to throw the child down to her. Mrs Richards hesitated hardly a moment. Then she tossed the baby out. of the window and dosed her eves. Her husband saw Mrs Fllis spring forward, and by great good judgment and Juck catch the baby by its clothes, so that there was no impact with the ground or the bedding, Cheered by this, Richards and his wife-she is only a girl of 20— themselves leaped safely down. The house was completely burnt out, the fames overwhelming in a few minutes the room from which the Richardses bad jumped. The baby was not 111 the least affected by the episode, and later m the day was seen smilingly eating bread and butter as though sudden descents of the kind were part of life's diversions.

POSITIVELY DISGRACEFUL." A Remarkable Agreement. Frederick Frost, an assistant in the employ of Ernest L, Vinden, florist and fruiterer, of Syd- ney-terrace, Fulham-road, who was charged on Monday at Westminster with stealing vegetable3 value 3s 8d, had been in bis situation since July, 1901, aud Vinden stated to the magistrate he be- liaved that Frost bad been robbing him for » long time. Mr T, Datton, for the defence, asked Vinden whether he did not benefit to tbe extent of JELO by charging tho prisoner with this theft. The Prosecutor I have got £ 10—ho ha3 for- feited that, and I'm only sorry that it is not £100, i\lr Dutton Yon got hlm to sign all agreement, drawn by a solicitor, to pay you half-a-crown a week tiU tbe amount reached £10, which was to bo forfeited for an act of dishonesty—which you now say has occurred ? Vinden Yes. Mr Dutton said be put the agreement in evi- dence, and he should like the prosecutor to ex- plain why he waited till the £10 was in his hands if hb knew, as he alleged, "that the defendant had been robbing bim for a long time." Vinden He is a. very artful lhief; so I waited until I got a clear case. In further cross-examination be admitted that on Saturday, when Frost was arrested, he wrote u. letter 10 Mrs Frost, tb:3 wife of the piisoner, in which he stated, I venture to advise you tbat it will bo n¡,;ele5B employing any Ical heJp, as Frost was taken in the act of selling my goods, and there is a very Btroug case against him." Tho Magistrate It was a most improper lattor to ritc, Mr Dnlton And it furthermore recites, in the face of this remarkable agreement, that the defendant had been robbing bim (tho prosecutor) for a long time. Mr Horace Smith It is positively disgraceful, and I do not want any more wituesses. The pri- soner is discharged.

MAD BULL HUNT. Thrilling Adventure of Lord Dalmeny. Lord Oalmsny, Lord Roseberv'a heir, has just bad an exciting encounter in Dalmeny Park with a mad bull, which after a great hanc he man- aged to run to earth and despatch with bis rifle. The animal. which was very powerful and ex- ceedingly vicious, escaped from its keepers while being detrained at Ratho Station. Tha railway journey had evidently driven it into a perfect state of frenzy, and no soonor did the men in charge of it attempt to remove it from the train than the enraged animal, after attempting to gore several people standing near, made a. furious dash for freedom, and escaped. A sealcll for the bull was iruHless until Tbiu»da-y, when, after causing a reign of terror in the neighbourhood, it took up its quarters in Dalmeny Park. Its owner and a number of his assistants tried to captme it in a large field, but a fierce charge sent them scurrying away to tbe nearest trees. Lord Dalmeny, who bad been out rabbit shooting, was attracted to the scone, and the situation ws explained to him. He quickiy exchanged his sporting gun for a rifle and pro- ceeded in pursuit. A lijng.chase over lull and dale followed, but- Lord Daiuieuy finally caught no with bis quarry. By nijls timfl »JI tbf» gamekeepers on the plac1 bad jpioed in what bad developed iuto a big-gam., hunt. liord Dalmeny's first shot was ineffec|r.ft"l. Twice the bull tore down a narrow path towards his Lordship, who on each occasion darted out of bann s way. In tbe bull's third attack Lord Dalmeny had a narrow escape, but succeeded in springing up the side of an embankment. The scene was most exciting. rhe bull was beiiowing with rage, and the position of Lord Dalmeny was one of considerable danger. Fortunately he kept remarkably c-ooi, and taking a. steady aim shot the maddened beast in the heart. The bull fell with a crash and died in a few seconds. Lord Dalmeny escaped unhurt, but daring the en- counter much anxiety was felt for his safety.

A CANNIBAL TALE. The Crew that was Massacred. A yarn of cannibals was told in the Probate Court on Monday aflernoon, when a Mr C. J. Willcock, of New Zealand, applied that .the Court should presume the death of a sailor named William Joseph Spencer,whose widow was entitled nt bis deceauc to a small fortune of £350, Sponcer left England for New Zealand in 1873, and after an adventurous voyago be reached New Zualanu a year later. In 1889 he sailed from Cooktown. N. Queensland, as one of the crew of the cutter Ysabel. His destination was Dobbo, in the dangerous Arm Islands—a group of 80 islands in the Dutch Eaat Indies, west of New Guinea. From there they wenS > to Nimatoto, in Dutch New Guinea. They reached that place in August, !(}89. The islands at that time were inhabited by ferocious cannibals, aud after tbo cutter had been there for about a week they were attacked by the natives, led by the Rajahs of Lamor- dand. The crew consisted of six, with John Warlters 3.B captain, three other white!>, and two aborigines. The cannibals fought furiously, and the plucky crew of the Ysabel had no chance, although they defended themselves valiantly. They were massaercd one by one and—probably —eaten, Their ship was scuttled, burned to the water-line, and sunk. Sir Francis Jeune, aftei he bad heard this tote.said that the Conrt would nreilllme tOe death of öponcer lHJOll au llffidavit being produced which would show that tho mat who sailed with the Yrc-abel in 1873 was the vie' tim of the light among the Cannibal Islands.

CRANK'S CURIOUS THEORY. New York, Monday.— Edward Rolgar, of Chicago, callcd at the White House tbis morning and complained that he had not received anwen to letters which he had been writing to Mr Roosevelt since he visited the White House last June. He demanded to seo the President, in order to obtain an explanation. As soon as they heard his name, the secret service men arrested Relgar, for whom thsy had been Oil tho look out. tie did not resist, though loaded revolver and a box of cartridges were found in his pockets, as well as papers indicating tbat he had applied for several patents. lIe has a theory that all men should be re- named, so that the name should indicate thai" business, and he believes that Mr Roosevelt haf authority to compel this. On a former visit, when he succeeded in reach- ing the President, he insisted ou developing thiv theory, to which his attention, he said, was called by finding that his coaldealer's nama Waf Wood." "Think how it would simplify matters" hf said to Mr Roosevelt, if the man s name had been Coal.' In the same way a grocer's name migbt be made Butter or • Sugar or La.rd." An undertaker's might be a baker's Baker,' and a carpenter's Carpenter.' --+-+-

MAIL DRIVER ATTACKED. Exciting Incident at Cogan. Shortly before 6 o ctock on Monday morning & dastardly attack was made at Cogan upon th< driver of the Poat Office mail van plying between Cardiff and tenartb. Price, the driver—a veteran who went through the siege of LadvRmjth-whoj in the employ of Mr Gillard,the mail contractor, states tbat as he was passing Mr Corbett'f coalyard at the top of Cogan Pill saw three men, who called upon him to stop. Dis- logaruing the erica, Price, who had delivered bis mails at Penarth and was reo turning home, drove on at rncreased speed. A second afterwards a. great stone crash through the van window, narrowly missing the driver's head. The driver reported the cir cumstances immediately upon returning to &ht Cardiff Post Office, and the police were at ooc. advised. No arrests, however, were effected, 8on(¡ the theory is that Price's assailants ware half, drunken sailors who wanted a lift to Cardiff, anJ. who, annoyed at tbe driver's refusal, attempted to stone him. ■-U LMLJJW 'il'.tl.

TO PROTECT MEN OF HIS SORT." A.rcher Pascal, a seaman of H.M.S. Fire Queen, travelled with some cardsharpers from Barking to Stepney, and los 20s in the attempV to find the lady." Resolved on revenge, bf bung about Stepney Station next day, and seized tbe principal of the gang, whose name is Alfred? Jackson. He refused a bribe oi 25s, which waa presently incteased by 10s to let him RO. At the Thames Police Court on Monday Pascal gal4 he had given Jackson into custody eo that, tie suautdnot cheat any more of my sort." Pri- soner was sentenced to three mUDtbsl hard labour.