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GOD SAVE THE KING! I Monarchy & Democracy I BY LLOYD MEYRICK. A wife can always bring her husband to his knees by threatening to read one of his old love-letters. I do not quite know why the average man so fears the written word. Perhaps if you, in the ardour of love, called her the "star of the morning" she may too literally appear so waiting for the prodigal's return at two a.m. Like old love-letters are old essays, papers, and lectures. The letter of Social Democrat" in your Friday's issue caused me to turn over an old bundle, and I came across a lecture on "Republicanism." It was delivered at the yeasty age of eighteen, and I wound up a very fervid deliverance by this burning utterance As long as you have a Monarchy you have an element in the State that will be the refuge and support of all class distinction and privilege. Around a Court like moths flutter all the corrupt throng of time-servers, place- hunters, and flunkeys." I was very proud of this sentence, and, after all, eighteen is conceited over very little things. The conclusion of the letter of "Social Democrat" reminded me of these young days when he says, "We must put down Monarchy in a legal and constitutional manner." What a witchery there is to all of us in the pulling down! To destroy and topple over seems such a great achievement. As we get older, and, possibly, wiser, we look more to the putting up, to the creating and con- structing. I am none the less a democrat because I cannot now endorse the senti- ments of eighteen. Politics have become the science of practical things and the sphere of short views. The long range politician is helpful as a seer, as a pioneer but the great mass of the army must be moved on by the shrewd tacti- cian, who knows the pitfalls on the way, the marching strength of his men, and, above all, the state of the commissariat. I did not in my notes of last Thursday in a plea for kings mean to treat in detail of the monarchial system, but I welcome the opportunity to say a few words. I see nothing incompatible in the most advanced democracy and a Monarchy. How can we test the question? The great mistake of all theorists is that you can wipe awuy from a nation's life the traditions and habits of thought of cen- turies. Franco tried this in the French Revolution, and what has been the result ? It has appeared to the world as a thing truncated and maimed, a nation that has swerved from its natural orbit in the sphere of things. France tried to start from the Year 1, and has oscillated ever since between despotism, a weak Monarchy, and an unstable Republic. Again, America tried Republican institutions under the happiest auspices. Unhampered by a past, unchecked by the influences of an aristocratic class, the experiment, to say the least, has not been a signal success. In what is America superior to ourselves? What would we have gained if Gladstone or Disraeli had been our President and our King a private gentleman? Would our tinned meat have been any the better ? Would Mr. John Burns have had more olranoe to rise to his present exalted position ? That there may be certain extravagances in connection with a Monarchy, as with all our departments of public administration, is very cleg. and all financial reformers in Parlia- ment should give the matter their earnest attention. Come, my friend, "Social Democrat," I share your mood. Let Kings be abolished, and we will suppose that Edward VII. has obeyed our behests and fled from the throne. Will there be any the more of cakes and ale ? Will sweating go, will slums go, and all the thousand evils that sadden our social and national life? Not one little bit of it. This country most emphatically is in the hands of the people, and Great Britain will become what they choose to make it. The greatest enemy to its development will be the fanciful theorist who imagines a smiling plain and leaves his own little garden to run to seed. It is idle to i talk about the abolition of Monarchy in Spain. It would lead to hopeless disunion ,and strife. National life is not a cheas board on which you can move the pawns with mathematical precision and forecast certain results. I am as democratic as Social Democrat." and yet am as much of a Royalist as Dr. Johnson. To put the matter on a purely materialistic basis. I believe our Monarchy pays us. It does not cripple or retard democratic expan- sion, and yet gives that stability to the State which is only fully appreciated I when it is lost. The shrewdest political thinkers of our time are full of fear that the democracy will waste generations in the activities of the pulling down fever. So far it has displayed a wise conser- vatism, which is the rock bottom of all sound advance. Suppose a man like "Social Democrat" is anxious to help on his country to higher things. Does not work lie to his hand ? Are there not Friendly Societies and Trades Unions, and the forming of a sound public opinion? We want fair garden cities and prosperous country homesteads. We want the horror of the workhouse no longer to darken the old j age of our hardworking poor. We want generalJy to sweeten life and spread its glorious privileges. While there is this work to do, why should "Social Democrat" rush off to the howling wilderness of pulling down Monarchy? We are all so anxious to put our finger on one spot, and say, Here lies the seat of the disease. Remove this gangrene, and all will be well." Every thinker is entitled to say to the people of Britain: You are on the threshold of every political privilege and opportunity. Governments of all shades of opinion ay continually dowering and helping you. Make what you can of it. Work out your own salvation Upon you the credit for success and the blame of failure." It is childish for democracy to reply: "Wait a bit. We want to put down Monarchy and a few other things first. We want our own little paper state, and then we will show you what we can do." This is what I may call, without offence, j flying off at a tangent. The aboliti-on of Monarchy in this country is just as likely to happen as col- lective ownership. The wise man recog- nises with respect a stone wall, and does not wish to butt his head against it. Far better to stick to near things, to pos- sible things, and stroke tenderly the bird in hand. I will not join in any cry that is tainted with disloyalty and useless innovation. I am firmly convinced that the people of this country can attain to their maximum of political advancement under a Monarchy, and it will be advance- ment in accordance with its genius. With no mere lip service, but with profound conviction of the truth of the prayer for our national well-being, do I say GOD SAVE THE KING1
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Paralysed in the PulpitI
Paralysed in the Pulpit I SAD SCENE AT A BARGOED CHURCH I Curate Breaks Down in Sermon I The Bargoed Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, augmented by the Eengoed and Rhymney sections and tho Bargoed Fire Brigade and Town Band, held a church parade on Sunday afternoon. After marching through Gilfach-Bargoed and Aberbargoed streets, during which Mr. Tom Warren, of Aberdare, made an eloquent appeal for support at a temporary halt, the procession reached St. Gwladys' Church, Bargoed, which was well filled, to hear the sermon of the Rev. C. Roach, cnrate-in-charge at Penygraig. The rev. gentleman preached from Luke x., 29, and had reached a pathetic subject when he was Been to be labouring under difficulties. For a time he strove manfully to continue, but his words became icora and more incoherent, and he suddenly collapsed and hung limply over the rostrum, frothing at the mouth. A couple of railway ambulance men and some of the Church workers hastily made their way to the front, and the now uncon- scious clergyman was gently removed to the vestry, where Dr. Baird, a lady practitioner, who is an assistant to Dr. E. R. Bowen, wa.g soon in attendance. Mr. Eoacli was conveyed to the houee of Mr. T. M. Jones, schoolmaster, and Dr. Reidy was also scon in attendance. It was then seen that he had had a. paralytic seizure. He now lies in a critical condition. The sermon was acknowledged to be one of the most touching ever heard at St. Gwladys'. Wiring at midnight last night, our reporter says that Dr. Reidy finds that the patient is suffering from a stroke, and that his con- dition continues critical. The Rev. T. E. Griffiths, vicar of Penygraig, and Iffrs. Roach (wife of the patient) arrived at Bar- goed late at night, in company with the Rev. T. Richards, vicar of St. Gwladys, Bar- goed, who had changed pulpits with the sufferer. The latter is a young man, but this is his second illness. He has been married five years. The patient is being tended with the grea-Wst solicitude by Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jones, at whose house he is an involuntary guest. When Mr. Roach fell forward in the rostrum there were many who thought that he was merely suffering from emotional strain, the subject matter I of his discourse being of an affecting nature. Latest information is to the effect that the patient is much better, and the doctor is pleased with the progress made. Conscious- ness has now returned. A large number of clergy and lailty called to-day to inquire about the condition of Mr. K-oaoh, whilst numerous wires were received, including one from the Bishop of Llaudaff. Mrs. Boach states that her husbstmi's pre- i vious jttneas was an attack oi imBaeosa, and not < stroke.
Cutting Down the Army
Cutting Down the Army A REDUCTION OF OVER 10,000 MEN When Mr. Haldane announces his military programme next month he will (says the "Daily Express") include the following reduc- tions in the strength of the Army:— Artillery, 48 batteries. Infantry, 10,000 men. Transport, twenty companies. Ordnance staff, one detachment. The reduction in batteries will be balanoed by the cre&tion of a. number of auxiliary bat- teries using the old 15-pounder weapon. Transport will also be given to the auxiliaries for this service. This redaction will effeot a saving of some hundreds of thousands of pounds. The reduction in the number of guns will be as follows:- Horse Field bat- ba.t- Gun. teriee. teries Present numbers old pattern 112 900 New numbers quick firer 84 554 Reduction 26 246 The Army will be divided into the Regular Army for service abroad and a Territorial Army for home defence. The auxiliaries will be conso'idated into one foroe with a. slight reduction, in which the Yeomanry will chiefly suffer. The Army Council has been influenced in its decision about the artillery by the per- formances of the Japanese and Russian bat- teries in Manchuria.
DEATH OF MR. CHARLES W.t
DEATH OF MR. CHARLES W. t I CARPENTER, ABERTILLERY. I Mr. Charles W. Carpenter, the secretary of the Abertillery Education Committee, has died at his residence, Gladstone-street, Aber- tillery, after an illness of about a week's duration, of pneumonia. Mr. Carpenter was well-known and highly respected. He was appointed clerk to the Llanhilleth. School I THE LATE MR. C. W. OABPENTEB. [Photo by J. Cutbbert, Abertillery I Board, and when the Llanhilleth. schools came under the jurisdiction of the Abertil- lery Education Committee, he was appointed secretary of the committee. He was a keen educationist, and very popular. He was twice elected a member of the Abertillery District Council, resigning his seat on being appointed to the secretaryship of the eduoa- tion committee. As chairman of the finance committee he was instrumental in effecting various reforms in the department, and he also took a prominent part in the promotion of the Western Valleys Sewerage Board Act. He was for many years secretary of the now defunct Abcrtillery Chamber of Trade.
ICOLISEUM NOTICES.______I
COLISEUM NOTICES. I PERMANENT CLOSING NOT INTENDED I All the members of the staff at the Oolieeum received on Saturday notices that their services would be no longer required at the expiration of a fortnight. Mr. Oswald Stoll, however, stated to one of our repre- sentatives on Sunday night that these were only provisional notices in case it was decided to terminate the run of the revue at that time. Whether that decision would be reached would depend upon the real business done. If the house was closed it would remain shut until the last Monday in August, when another revue would be produced for the autumn. "Then one may take it," asked our reporter, "that there is no intention of closing the houee permanently?" Oh, no," said Mr. Stoll. If this rain had come yesterday we might not have posted the notices, but, with a possibility of two or three months of scorching hot weather, it was thought advisaoble to make provision for the possible closing of the house."
MORGAN v. MORGAN.I -I
MORGAN v. MORGAN. Judge Owen's Remarks. To the Editor of the Evening Express." Sir,—With regard to the comments made by Judge Owen at Cardiff County-court to-day in the action brought by me against my eon, I may say that what I stated was that, although we traded in a partnership name, still, we did not share any profits made from the business, my son being a salaried partner only. Neither was any deed or agreement of partnership ever signed or executed by either of us. Neither was the receipt produced in court for the goods sued for.-I am, Ac.. W. MORGAN. 23, Carmarthen-street, Canton, June 8.
Crime in -Glamorgan.-_I
Crime in Glamorgan. I DECREASE IN CASES OF DRUNKEN NESS I At the Glamorgan Joint. Standing Com- mittee to-day Mr. O. H. Jones was re-elected chairman, on the motion of Colonel Henry Lewis, seconded by Alderman W. H. Mat-bias. The Oh irf-consrtaibie (Captain Lionel Lind- say) repotted that during the quarter ended May, 1906, 450 pernons 'had been proceeded Against for indictable offences, of whom 365 had been convicted, an increase of 32 convic- tions on the number of the previous quarter. There were during the same period 5,479 non- indictable offences and 4,999 convictions, a deorease of 1,024 on the number for the previous quarter. There was also a decrease of 1,064 in the number of persons convicted for drutrkenneas for the same period. The number of public-houses proceeded against were:—Week days, 20; convicted, 13; Sun- days, proceeded against, 3; convicted, 2. Mr. R. W. Llewelyn said Ih-e had asked for a return showing t-he cause of the decrease in the number of cases of drunkenness. For instance, the number of convictions in I the Newcastle division was as follows: I April. May. Year. 186 103 1904 1M 85 1906 1 I,- -L- ;u_);t, L I  x uits was au exiraoroiuury oeoneaee, osiu ne would like to know the cause of it. I Mr. Blandy Jenkins: The men have no money. That is the reason. The Chief-constable attributed the decrease I to slackness of trade, and to the fact that people were saving up for holidays. Some publicans had been convicted, and they were now more careful in supplying customers. The Chairman expressed the hope that there were some real reasons for the reduc- tion. He, however, feared that the police had misunderstood an order 1æuœ somej I time a?o that they were to make inquiries  in ca?&t? of drunkennœs into the source of supply. In several cases the police took it I to mean that unless they found out. where the men got drink they need not take pro- ceedings against those they found drunk. I That was not so. Persons found drunk were to be prosecuted in any event, and every effort made to find out where they were, supplied.
NO FIGHT IN THE CITY.
NO FIGHT IN THE CITY. The Central News says that the City of London Liberal Executive have decided not to contest the setlt at this election, the members being satisfied with having made their protest last February, The executive of the City of London Con- servative Association this afternoon adopted Sir Frederick Baartrary, ex-ILP. for Pookhaan, as the .Unionist candidate for the Taoaraqr OMMed by Sir Bdmard GtorfeVi xmiowAiOIL
BAMBAATA BEATEN.
BAMBAATA BEATEN. izulu Leader Wounded. I STAGGERING BLOW FOR THE REBELS DURBAN, Sunday. On receiving information yesterday evening that twenty companies of Bambaata's and Mehlokazulu's impis were in the vicinity of the Mome stronghold, Colonel MTKenzie ordered Colonel Barker, who was encamped at Cetewayo's Grave, to proceed to the north of the Mome Valley, and waylay the impis. At the same time Colonel M'Kenzie moved his own force to the top of Mome Mountain to surround Sigananda's men. Hearing heavy gnu and rifle fire 2,000 feet1 below, Colonel M'Konzie altered his plains, and desoenfod into the Mome Valley to cut off the enemy. In this he partly succeeded. Mehlokazulu himself and two hundred i rebels were killed and numbers wounded. Captain M'Farlane, of the Transvaal Mounted j Rifles, was killed, while Lieutenant Mareden, of Royston'a Horse, with six of Colonel Barker's men, were wounded. Fighting continues. The authorities are raising a further two hundred Rangers in I Durban. Lieutenant Campbell, of the Rangers, was I wounded by a revolver shot in the thigh at I N'Kandhla yesterday evenine.-Re-mte-r-- I 350 KILLED: DEATH OF LIEUTENANT I MARSDEN. DURBAN, Sunday, Lieutenant Marsdem baa succumbed to-his wounds.-Itenter. With COLONEL M'KBNZIE'S FORCE, Sunday. Colonel M'Kenzie has had a.n engagement with a large force of rebels, in which 350 of the latter were killed. Bambaata himself is reported to have been wouinded. The enemy were demoralised, and fled within a few minutes of the attack.—Renter.
Theatre Burned DownI
Theatre Burned Down I 21 FIREMEN INJURED. I PARIS, Monday. The Eclair's" Madrid correspondent tele- graphs that the Arts Theatre at Barcelona has been destroyed by fire. Twenty-one fire- men were injured. The loss is estimated at 500,000 pewes.-Fenter.
INSPECTOR AND SEWERMAN.
INSPECTOR AND SEWERMAN. HIS "FAVOURITE EMPLOYMENT." I A corporation "sewerman," named Thomas Morgan, 48, was up before Messrs. J. H. Hallett and Joseph Howard at Cardiff Police- court to-day, the charge being that he assa-ulted Chief-detective-inspector Rankin in the execution of his duty in PLantagenet- I lane on June 9. Rankin stated' that at 11.30 on Saturday night he was in the vicinitv of PLantajrenet- -a- lane, and saw prisoner in the company of a Srirl. Witness went towards them, when prisoner hurled at him the heavy stone (pro- duced), which took effect upon his (Rankin's) left shoulder. Witness went up to prisoner, and told him he should arrest him. Then he kicked the inspector on the right leg. There was a. tussle, of which the girl took advan- tage and escaped. Rankin blew his whistle. In response Inspector Holden (health depart- menlt) rushed up, and just at that moment accused kicked him on tHe right leg and crippled him. With the assistance of two police officers prisoner waa overpowered and conveyed to the police-station. Inspector J. W. Holden explained the cir- cumstances under which he assisted so oppor- tunely. The man, he said. was about to deliver another kick when witness knocked him down. Witness helped to take prisoner out of the lane, a.nd as he was extremely violent the task was not easy. Morgan had been up before five times, and he blamed the drink. Yes, End then your favourite employment seems to be assaulting the police" was Mr. Hallett's comment thereon. Fined 40s., or one month.
"DICK TURINJS" CRIME.
"DICK TURINJS" CRIME. After a trial extending over two days, John Jones, better known in North Wales by his sobriquet "Dick Turpin," was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude at Carnar- vonshire Assizes on Saturday for what Mr. Justice Sutton described as a cruel and cowardly attack on an old woman living in a lonely cottage near Pwllheli. Jones stole £10 from a box in the woman's bedroom, and hearing her coming upstairs, hid under the bed. She s-aw his figure, and as he ran downstairs he attacked her so severely with a hammer that her life was despaired. After being sentenced the prisoner made a vehement speech from the d??;?, oner made the police as "land sharks." You are send- ing a man to commit suicide," he shouted at the judge, and I swear by God Almighty that I am innocent."
I A GIFT FROM CARNARVON.'
A GIFT FROM CARNARVON. An initeresting ceremony was performed during Lord Charles Beresford's stay with part of his fleet at PhaAeron Bay, Athens, reocmtly (writes a naval correspondent of the Daily Mail"). The Commander-in-Chief proceeded on board the cruiser Carnarvon on Sunday, May 20, amd with all due oere- mony handed over to the ship some mag- nificent giftB from the county of Carnarvon, to the cruiser. These included a. gong with four discs, giving the cathedral chimes, a mlesi-vesilver shield for competition among the guuw crews, and a great ship's bell surmounted by the Prince of Wales's feathers, and eograved with two bands of leeks. Lord Charles, after an impressive speech and the transfer of the gifts, was the ftrst to nee the bell, on which at noon he struck "eight bells."
GIRL KILLED BY 4'7 SHELL.I
GIRL KILLED BY 4'7 SHELL. I Miss Moo Irian, the daughter of a farmer at Sohurwoburg, in the Utrecht diatriot, has been killed by the explosion of a 4.7 Naml gun &hell. Her brother found the shell in a field on •his way home, and she and her sister pro- ceeded to remove the explosive in order to use the shell for d-ecorntive purposes. As they found the lyddite very hard, they poured some water over it, when it began to bubble. Becoming alarmed, the girls went towards the door, when there was an explo- sion which wrecked the house and killed her.
RACEHORSE WITH LEPROSYI
RACEHORSE WITH LEPROSY I New York, Saturday.—Sysonby, the horse for which Mr. Foxhall Keene refused ZW,000, has fallen a victim to horse leprosy, a disease that caused the destruction of the progeny of the famous Hermit in England a century ago. Mr. Keene's family physician has been called in, and concurs in the diagnosis. This is the fist time this disease has developed in the United States, and will entail the destruction of Sysonby, the burn- ing of the stables, and the destruction pro- bably of many of Mr. Keene's other racers. A late message from Mr. Keene says that he has hopes of saving Sysonby.-Laffan.
A NEWSPAPER WAR. I
A NEWSPAPER WAR. I A riewspaper war is engrossing the atten- tion of New York. The "American" is attacking the "Herald's" "object matri- mony" advertising columns, which for many years have been one of the most astonish- ing features of the greatest American news- paper. The "American's" exposure is stated to have the support of Dr. Parkhurst's purity y, and Pinkerton agents have brought to light some astonishing facts. The senea- tion is all the deeper because the details are not digoussable even in mixed company. The "Herald's" income from this "object i matrimony" column is fully Clo,ooo a year,
IANCR-CHY IN RUSSIA.I
ANCR-CHY IN RUSSIA. I BIELOSTOK, Monday. The chief of police has been abot dead.- Renter. SIEDLCE, Monday. Last mgbt a band of Terrorists attacked i with revolvers the burgomaster, th-e chief of j the Governor's office, and the secretary of t-be polioe board, who were walking in the street I' together. The first two were wounded mor- tally, and the third slisrhtly hurt.-Iteuter.
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I A Diver on the Line. -■ill!
I A Diver on the Line. ■ ill! "PROSECUTION BY THE BARRY CO. 1 A considerable amount of public interest was evinoed in a case heard by Messrs. J. Lowdon, T. Andrews, and James Jones at Barry Police-court to-d!ay, in which Joseph Clemence, 65, of 65, George-street, Barry Dock, a diver in the employ of the Barry Railway Company, was charged with tree- passmg on the premises of the company. Mr. G. O. Downing, solicitor, Cardiff, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hiarold. i M. Lloyd, solicitor, Cardiff, defended. After detailing the circumstances, Mr. Downing said the defendant had been in the employ of the Barry Bail way Company about seventeen years, and they did not urge the infliction of a. heavy penalty, but asked for a. convict/iou as a warning to others. James Banwell, engine-driver in the employ of the company, proved seeing the defendant crawl underneath some wagons, which were stranding on the low level near No. 9 Tip on the morning of the 28th of April. Witnees shouted to Clemenoe to the effect that it was a foolish thing to do, inasmuch as one of his mates was killed near the same spot on the previous mdrning. Clemenee, however, proceeded on his way. John James, fireman on the engine, corro- borated, but remarked that he did not think Olemenoo heard them shouting. The wagons began to move just as Clemence got clear. Inspector Osborne put in plans of the spot in question, and said that there was a foot- bridge, and also a notice warning: tree- passers near the spot where Clemence crossed the line. Cross-examined by Mr. Lloyd, witness said he bad been in the company's employ 18 years. He did not remember any of the company's employes being prosecuted for trespassing before, and admitted that employes of the oompany crossed the metals day after day. It was not necee.sary for Clemence to have crossed the metals to have reached his work that morning. Mr. Lloyd contended that the company had not made out their case. No doubt the defendant had been guilty of serious mis- conduct, but to be a trespasser the man must be where he had no right or wayleave. The presence of the train on the metals did not make Clemence a trespasser. The Bench were of opinion that there was a case to answer, and Mr. Lloyd said it was obvious that this summons was taken out as a warning to others. He considered that where a man who had such an excellent character and long service, and risked his life in his occupation as diver, was guilty of misconduct, it would have been more con- siderate not to have dragged him into court. In an industrial community of this sort Mr. Lloyd thought a little forbearance on the part of the company would be well. Defen- dant had been discharged from his employ- ment without any warning, and he urged the justices to dismiss the man under the Sum- mary Jurisdiction Act. Mr. Lowdon (to Mr. Downing): You are not pressing for a heavy penalty? Mr. Downing: No, sir, but the directors thought the case should be brought into court. The Bench imposed a, fine of 10s., including costs.
X100 a .Year Increase.
X100 a Year Increase. SALARIES GOING UP AT CARDIFF. I The finance comm-ittee of the Cardiff City I Council resolved that the smlary of Mr. R. W. Lewis, the acting city treasurer, be advanced from R,350 to £ 450 per annum, such increase to commence from July 1. At the council meeting to-day an amend- ment was moved it-hot the matter be deferred until the new oity treasurer took up his appointment. The amendment was lost.
I Perils of the Mine. I
I Perils of the Mine. I PECULIAR FATALITY AT RHUABON I A peculiarly singular fatality occurred this morning at Ruabon. Shortly before two o'clock four miners were working in the Wynnstay collieries, when Jonathan Hughes was in the act of striking some coal with his pick. Simultaneously a large coal block fell, striking his pick. He was compelled to relax his grasp, and the piok was flung violently by the force of the blow, and its point accidentally struck William Gregory, aged thirty-six, of Lower Cefn. Gregory's chest was penetrated above the breast-bone. He bled profusely, and died within ten minutes, surrounded by his agitated comrades. Such a curiou3 fatality was officially declared unparalleled. Hughes was terribly distressed, but the occurrence was un- doubtedly unforeseen. Itiohard Price, Plasbenion, whilst working at the same colliery, was shockingly injured by a fall of coal, and his death was to-day reported.
I GLAMORGAN CLUBS. I
I GLAMORGAN CLUBS. I I ARE MEN FORCED TO JOIN THEM P I I The Glamorgan Standing- Joint Committee to-day discussed a motion submitted by Mr. Gwyn Morris that the Government be peti- I tioned too amend the laws relating to clubs resrula-ting the hours of closing, providing adequate police supervision, and that pre- mises deprived of licences should not be turned into clubs. Mr. Gwyn Morris said he wished to add to this motion a clause suggesting that the clubs should also be licensed for revenue purposes when intoxicants were supplied. A serious state of things existed in the county. They had 112 clubs regis- tered, with a membership of 25,000. Whilst he did n-ot wish to deny the working man the privilege of joining a club, they knew very well that most of these clubs were evasions of the licensing laws, espe- cially in,regbrd to Sunday closing. They also found that they were so managed that men were obliged to join these institutions in order to obtain employment. Then, a-gain, they should not lo&e sigtht of the fact that many of these drinking clubs were made use of by betting men. There was a tendency to decrease the number of licences, and it was necessary to prevent the brewery com- panies making use of these clubs to mini- mise the loss they sustained in the reduc- tion of licences. Alde*rma>n E. H. Daviea seconded the motion, which was then adopted.
[ HENRY HEATHFIELD. I
HENRY HEATHFIELD. I ASKS TO BE DEALT WITH SUMMARILY I i Henry Hea-thneld, 73, J?ora?.ttreet. Roath'l the notorious CajdiS police eluder, was brought up in custody at Llandaff Police- court this morning and charged on remand with ha-ving stolen certain articles of clothing, the property of Mr. Frank Green- elade, of Woodside, Boa-th Park, on May 22. The prisoner bore a quiet, inoffensive appear- ance, and refrained from asking any ques- tions of the witnesses for the prosecution. Mrs. Augusta Greenslade said that her charwoman put recently-washed clothes on the line on May 22, and they were missed on the following day. She identified the articles produced as her property, but there were other things still not recovered. Kate O'Connor, the charwoman, said she put the clothes on the line and then removed them to the hedge which surrounds the house. Police constable Prosser (Llanishen) repeated his evidence, already published, to the effect that he found the clothes pro- duced in prisoner's possession, and that prisoner had made no reply to the charge. The Chairman (Colonel Woods) having stated that the prisoner would be committed to the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions, Heath- field asked to be dealt with summarily, but his request was not granted, and he was again removed to the cells to await his trial.
WELSH RAILWAY DEVELOPMENTSI
WELSH RAILWAY DEVELOPMENTS I It is announced that the London and North-Westena Railway Company contemplate constructing an embankment about six miles long, to protect their line on the North Wales coast, east of Abergele and Rhyl. The sea in this part of the country has of late years made serious inroads, and the oouree adopted by the company is absolutely neces- sary, more especially as the land is of sandy subsoil. It is alfo proposed to raise the level of the line where possible. The scheme for the construction of a light railway between Rhyl and Prestatyn is to be revived. The opening of the Prestatyn to Dyserth railway by the London and North-Western Railway for passenger traffic by motor service, and the extension of the line to the mountain village of Newmarket this year, is giving an impetus to the district. No doubt the rail- way oompany will oppose the light railway, seeing thaa it will run parallel for three miles with their line, but much nearer the sea.
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TRAGEDIES AT HOME
TRAGEDIES AT HOME CARDIFF MEN AND THEIR WIVES. Sensational Incidents at Bristol. At Bristol on Saturday night a carpenter, named Prosser. and his wife, were removed to the infirmary in a serious condition. The woman's throat had been cut. and her head bore injuries alleged to have been inflicted by her husband with a hatchet. The man, it was stated, had also attempted to cut his own throat. Owing to Prosser having lost his situation with Mr. Thompson, builder, of Bishopaton, he did not go to work on Saturday, but left the house during the morning, and his wife also went out. The latter returned before her husband, who followed during the after- noon, entering the house by the back way and going direct to his apartments, which consisted of a living and a bed room. Mrs. Per was in the former, when, she was joined by her husband. On his appearance a quarrel immediately commenced, but as their co-tenants were used to hearing the Prossers rowing they took no particular notice. When words had passed for about. five minutes, however, the other residents in the house were horrified to hear a heavy thud, which was quickly followed by the startling cry, in a woman's voice, of "Murder, murder." The alarmed inhabitants promptly fetched Mr. Clarke, the landlord, who rushed to the scene. Endeavouring to enter the room, he found the door fastened, but when by means of another he obtained an entrance an awful eight met his gaze. Mrø. Prosser was lying on the floor, and over her stood her husband, striking her with a car- penter's hatchet. Blood was flowing copiously from the woman's head and also from the man's throat. Cloee by was a blood-stained razor which it is suggested Prosser had used against himself, whilst the hatchet was after- wards found to be broken short at the head. Everything was spattered with blood. Mr. Clarke knocked the mar. down and he lay on the floor. The police nere fetched; medicul men followed and, the wounds of man and wife having been dressed, the pair were con- veyed to the infirmary in the transport wagon of the St. John Ambulance. Preeser and his wife passed a fair night, but both continue in a precarious condition. Later inquiries show that the man was under notice- to leave his lodgings, and also had lost his employment as a carpenter. Some of the relatives from Cardiff were expected in Bristol this afternoon in connection with I the affair. The-Landlord Interviewed. I In the course of an interview, Mr. Clarke stated that he was called to the house about half-past four in the afternoon from his resi- dence at 5, The Polygon, on acoount of a disturbance proceeding in Dowry-square. Be immediately went to the houee, and there found the inhabitants gathered inside the passage. He went through to the two rooms occupied by Mr. amd Mrs. Proeser, and on entering he raw the woman on the floor and her husband standing over her with a hatchet in his hand and striking her. He promptly went to the woman's rescue, knocking her husband to the floor. He was bleeding from the throat, and blood was also streaming from the woman's hoad. Asked as to the identity of the people, Mr. Clark said he knew little about them. They appeared to be respectable people between the ages of 40 and 45 years. Prosser was a carpenter in the employ of Mr. Thompson, of Bishopston, and was employed in the erec- tion of new houses near Cumberland Basin. Questioned as to the habits of Mr. and Mrs. Prosser, it appeared, from Mr. Clark's state- ment, that they were in the hatbit of quarrel- ling with each other; so much so that three days ago he gave them notice to quit. Mr. and Mrs. Prosser hailed from Oar- diff, where, it is stated, they had a Family of Six Children. I The woman's name is Sarah Ann, and her native plaoe is Compton Martin, Somerset. Her husband's name is John. They had evidently residod in Bristol for some time, and it is believed that they came to Dowry- square from St. Paul's. Curiously enough, on Friday Mrs. Prosser was in conversation with one of her co- tenants, and told her that if there was any need at a.ny time to communicate with her relatives they wore to telephone to Proeeer, manager to the Co-operative Stores, Cardiff, from which it appears that the manager was her son. The gentleman here referred to is Mr. Harry Prosser, who is married and highly esteemed by all who know him. The Cardiff society has many branches. Mr. Prosser was formerly an assistant in Splott- road, and about three months ago he opened the new branch at Llantrissant, of which he is now manager. Inquiries at the Royal Infirmary late last night elicited the information that the woman was worse than when admitted, and the ma.n also in a very grave condition. Neither caee, however, is at present regarded as exactly critical. Another Case. David Nelson, 45, boilermaker, Hotwells- road, Bristol, is alleged to have attacked his wife with a hammer on Sunday, rendering her uncoascious. Neloon, it is said. absconded, and, the police knowing that he formerly lived at Cardiff, watched the stations. Later in the day the man was arrested in another part of the city
A GIPSY QUARREL. I
A GIPSY QUARREL. I SERIOUS CHARGE AT MERTHYR. I After repeated remands, consequent upon the prosecutor's inability to attend owing to the fact that he could not speak, Josiah Price, a gipsy, was brought up at Merthyr Police-court to-day oharged with causing grievous bodily harm to Caradog, his cousin, who is also a member of the Romany tribe. M.r. W. R. Edmunds defended. The evidence of the prosecution showed that on the 19th of May a party of gipsies was travelling with va-us from Gellyga.er to Merthyr. A call was made at the Perrot Inn, Treharris, for refreshments. A quarrel arose between prosecutor's brother, Fred Price, and the prisoner, and they fought iu the road outside the public-house. Though prosecutor did not interfere in the row, the prisoner struck him a violent blow with his iist in the face, and knocked out one of his teeth and fractured his jaw, rendering him unconscious. The prosecutor was brought to Merthyr, and, after being treated by Dr. Wa,rd at the general hospital, was taken to the workhouse infirmary, where he remained until three or four days ago, having been unable to use 1* jaw to speak for a period of nine or ten days. The prisoner was com- mitted for trial at the next assizes, the Bench consenting to accept bail approved by the police.
DEATH IN A SNOWFIELD._I
DEATH IN A SNOWFIELD. I Details of the mountaineering accident near Gastein show that Erich Unsinn, a. watchmaker, aged 68, his son Adolph, 39. and two other men. Tomic and Scheffiinger. left Gastein with the object of crossing the mountain range of Tauern and reaching Mallnitz, in Oarinthia. When the little arty had attained the crest, 7,000ft. high, they were caught by a terrific snowstorm, and lost their way. Both the Unginns got on a precipitous snowfield, and fell a considerable distance. Adolph, who is the father of five children, received such serious injuries that death was instantaneous. Erich, the older man, was only slightly hurt, and was found by a rescue party, which Scheffiinger fetched from the valley, nearly frozen to death. The lot of the fourth man, Tomic, is still unknown, but it is supposed that he fellover a precipice.
YOUNG GAMBLERS AT BARRY I
YOUNG GAMBLERS AT BARRY I When brought before the local magistrates to-day James Bolt, Patrick Gallivan, James Martin, Michael Collins, John Harding, and Charles Wood pleaded not gruilty to gamb- ling in a public place; but Police-constable Beedles said he distinctly saw the youths play a couple of '"hands." "There was another boy with us," was their plea. Was he playing, too?" asked Mr. T. Andrews. Yes," came the reply of the lads. Fined 2s. 6d. eaoh.
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Slimmer Smitt Dry Cleaned and TaCor preeaed; returned in three davs.-I. Mlany-rtraet. Catheys. For keeping a disorderly house at 7, Green- wood-street, Barry Dook, a labourer, named Thomas Goodmill, 53, was to-day fined zP,5, or a month's imprisonment, the defendant, on hearing the sentence, remarking. "Thank you, I am much obliged, but it is not justice." Oonsumers say 13 perfection. MVZNB, RREiATV-
- - - - Tramways Finances.
Tramways Finances. ALDERMAN TROUNCE DEFENDS THFI CRITICS In submitting the minutes of the tram- ways committee for the approval of the Cardiff Oity Council this morning the Chair- man (Mr. J. W. Courtis) stated that last week the tramway receipts amounted to C2,909, being only £ 2 sbort of the record takings for one week. Alderma-n Trounce called attention to the item of z63,411 in the tramway accounts, and wanted to know whether it was balance or profit. He also wanted to know whether the article which a/ppeared in the "Western'Mail" wtas authoritative. MT. Arthur Ellis, the writer of the article, had brought out his condem- nation of habitual critics in a most deter- mined and heated manner. It was the privilege of every ratepayer to criticise if he thought there was reason for doing so. In 19C2 a sum of 18,024 was taken out of the rates in aid of the tramways, and this had not been repaid to the rates. The question was that of whether there were or whether there were not any profits. The manager was denouncing the critics before the critics had had an opportunity of seeing the accounts. Mr. Courtis replied that the letter was published by request, and with the object of giving the public full information on the working of the tramways. The matter dropped with the remark from Alderman Trounce that he would bring it up again.
Suicide Near Pontypooll
Suicide Near Pontypooll A LETTER TO HIS SWEETHEART When a man named John Morgan, who is in the employ of Mr. Henry Knipe, qf Grif- flthstown, was prooeoding along the old Mon- mouthshire Canal at Tycoch, near Cwmbran, this morning, he saw a body floating in the water. He communicated with the police, and PoKce-sergeant Norris and the lock-keeper Mr. Richard Williams) succeeded in recovering the body from the water, when it was found to be that of Richard Jenkins White, 22, an assurance agent, living at Canal-side, Cwm- bran. The throat was cut from ear to ear, and in the pocket was found a letter addressed to White's young lady, in which he stated that he had contemplated suicide for some time. It is thought that pecuniary difficulties were the cause for the young man committing the raeh act.
Check to Extravagance.
Check to Extravagance. CARDIFF ECONOMISTS' TRIUMPH I At the Cardiff city Council to-day Mr. Lewis Morgan moved the deletion of the reoommendaJtion of the asylums committee, that a Bub-committee visit not more than five of the candidates; and, further, that the final selection of a medical superintendent for submission to the council be made to a meeting of the asylum committee to be con- vened for the 5th of July. Mr. J. T. Richards seconded. On a division the amendment was declared oarried. Alderman Carey then moved that no sub- commitee visit the asylums, but that they simply select not more that five candidates and bring the names of three before the council. Mr. A. J. Stone seconded. A division was taken, when sixteen voted for the amendment, and thirteen against. The amendment was declared carried. Alderman Illtyd Thomas moved that the salary of the medioal superintendent of the lunatic asylum be £500 a year rising to 1700, instead of £ 650 rising to "00, as recommend-ed by the council. Alderman Trounce seconded. Mr. Veall said he was personally in favour of starting at 16W, but the sub-committee insisted on SAW because there was no fur- nished house. The amendment was lost, and the recom- mendation of the committee agreed to.
A LENIENT PROSECUTOR.I
A LENIENT PROSECUTOR. I Newport Lad's Hard Life. I A young man, named Bert Cleaver, hail- ing from Newport, was bronght up in custody at Port Talbot to-day oharged with stealing Ll Os. 7d., the property of Captain Nottingham, of the convict-ship SUCCESS, at present on exhibition at Port Talbot. Captain Nottingha-m stated that the lad had been employed as a bill-distributor, and after returning to the ship cn th-o 2nd inst. he was given JE1 Os. 7d. to purchase a postal order, ,and did not Teturn. Witness sa.id that he did not wish to press the charge, and he was sorry he put temptation in the way of the lad. The lad had thad a very ha.rd life, and he was instructed by the management of the ship to say that if he was trea-ted under the First Offenders Act he would be taken on again. Police-constable Harris deposed to receiv- ing prisoner into custody from the Newport police. The Bench oommended the action of the management, and bound the prisoner over under the First Offenders Act.
" PRINCESS ALICE'S" HONEY-I…
PRINCESS ALICE'S" HONEY- I MOON. PARIS, Monday. Commenting on the visit to England of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Long-worth, the Petit Parisien this morning remarks on what it considers the exaggerated importance which is being attached to the travels of President Roosevelt's daughter. -e One 3ndght think," says the paper, th a. queen, accompanied by her prince consor t was making an official tour away from her realm. The lady accommodates herself remarkably well to the mise en scene, and does not appear to be imbued with the Re- publican ideas of her country, but Mrs. Longworth errs in forgetting that in three years' time Mr. Roosevelt will again have become an ordinary citizen, as he has him- self declared, and will have returned to the obscurity in which his predecessors ended their days. A less ostentatious honeymoon would, therefore, have been in better taete." --CentrEul News.
NIGHT BOWLER ARRESTED
NIGHT BOWLER ARRESTED At Chepstow Police-court to-day John Buttermore, tramp, was charged tha.t, being a suspected person, he did unlawfully fre- quent High-street, Chepstow, with intnet to commit a felony. Police-constable Thomas at four o'clock on Sunday morning saw prisoner try the doors and windows of three shops. He told him he should take him into custody for trying to break into the shops. Prisoner admitted the accusation, and said if he hadn't lost his knife he should have lifted the latch of one window. He also admitted that he tried to get into a house at Cross Ash, removing the shutters, and breaking three panes of glass, but the woman in the house called out, and he went away. Prisoner was committed for nine days' imprisonment, and it was stated that he would be re-arrested when he came out of gaol by the Monmouth police for attempted burglary.
FIRE AT MAINDY.I
FIRE AT MAINDY. I A fire broke out about eleven this morning in an unoccupied house (No. 30, Flint-street) at Maindy. It was discovered by Edwin Bush, of Maindy, who, with Engineer Arthur Mills, of the Maindy Fire Brigade, at once got the reel out. The fire, which originated in the back room, burnt rapidly, the staircase soon catching fire. By one o'clock the fire was practically extinguished, but by this timo the house was badly damaged. The house is the property of Mr. Hodgkinson.
THE WESTERN SEWER. I
THE WESTERN SEWER. I The Cardiff City Council to-day agreed to a motion by Alderman Mildon, seconded by Mr. Mander: "That the tender of Messrs. Whyte a.nd Co., of Belfast, for Contract No. 6 —Western Sewer—at X70,368 5s. 4d., be accepted, subject to paragraph 163, sub-sec- tion 1 (1) of 23rd November, 1905, an approved insurance company to be accepted in lieu of sureties—and contract to be signed within ten days of notice of acceptance."
AN EXPENSIVE SPREE. I
AN EXPENSIVE SPREE. I A fine of 40s. and costs was imposed at Merthpr Police-court to-day upon Dennis Sweeney for being drunk and disorderly at Dowlais. The defendant had been placed on the black list as an habitual drunkard, but has not been before the court for nearly two years.
STREET BETTING AT BARRY
STREET BETTING AT BARRY The Barry magistrates to-day fined two brothers, named Henry Cowley and William Cowley, labourers, 40s. each for street bet- ting. Defendants pleaded that they were looking for work.
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I Dick Seddon Dead.
I Dick Seddon Dead. NEW ZEALAND'S FAMOUS PREMIES I SYDNEY, Sunday. | Mr. Seddon, the Premier of New Zealand. died at sea. yesterday. He sailed on the Oaprey Grange in the morning on his return home, and died in the evening of heart failure. The vessel returned here this morn- ing.—Reuter. "Good-bye, My Dear, I Am Going" o i jjjn ij i, Monday. Mr. Seddon complained of feeling unwell yesterdady afternoon, and proceeded to hiu state room, where he slept for two hours. On awakening he remained resting on hit couch waiting for dinner. Mrs. Seddon sa4 near the couch. Suddenly Mr. Seddon raised himself and leaned his head on his wife's shoulder, saying, '"Good-bye, my dear, I am going," and expired. The Osprey Grangd was then 170 miles from Sydney.—Reuter. Mr. Seddon was born in 1841 at Eccles, Lao-' oashire, his parents being Thomas Seddon and Jane Lindsay, and he emigrated to Victoria at the height of the Australian gold1 fever in 1863. He was a mechanical engineer, end soon grasped the possibilities of Colonial development. In. 1867 he married Miss L. J. < Spotswood at Williamstown, and soon after removed to New Zealand. He threw himself actively into public Life, his first position. as a. public man being in connection with tha Westland Provincial Council, of which he became chairman, and he was the first mayor of Kuman-a. In 1879 he entered the Homse of Representatives as member for HoMtika, afterwards sitting for Kumara (1881) and Westland (1890). In January, 1891, he accepted office in the Ballance Ministry as head of the Mines Department, and subsequently served the colony as its treasurer, and suc- cessively at the Ministries of Public Works, Labour, Defence, Education, end Immigra- tion. In 1895 he became Premier. He leaves three sons and six daughters.
ISERVANT'S SLANDER ACTION.
SERVANT'S SLANDER ACTION. A peculiar deadlock has arisen in the sLander action from Newcastle Emlyn heard at Carmarthenshire Assizes on Friday. The chief principle involved in the case was that, of privilege, and as to whether the defendant exercised that privilege of communication in making inquiries respecting the bride's lost treasure- with malice, recklessness, or right- ness. The jury who tried the case after a patient hearing brought in the peculiarly- worded verdict: "We find the defendant guilty of exceeding his duty, and give £ 25 damages and costs." Mr. Justice Jelf then informed the jury that they had nothing to do with the question of costs, and deferred judgment. On Saturday morning his lordship suggested an arrangement between the parties, so as to avoid going to the Court of Appeal, for whichever wa.y he decided the case ought to go to appeal. Mr. B. Francis-Williams, K.C.: I have seen my client, but so far no arrangement has been come to. His Lordship: I will give judgment at Brecon. In the meantime I hope you will give further consideration to the matter. If not, I must give judgment in the beet way I can. Mr. B. Francis-Williams: If in the mean* time some arrangement is come to we wiU communicate with your lordship.
CHURCH WINDOWS SMASHED
CHURCH WINDOWS SMASHED An extraordinary series of sacrilegious acts has recently been perpetrated in the rural districts of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. The culprits have visited several churches and smashed the stained- glass windows, apparently from wanton mischief, for only in one case was anything taken from the church. The last outrage took place at Wilford, near Nottingham, on Saturday, when a memorial window in the south aisle was smashed. Similar acts have been committed at Mountsorrel, Quorn, Loughborough, Kingston, and Sutton Bonington. The police are keeping a okiee watch.
HUNTING MR. ROCKEFELLER.
HUNTING MR. ROCKEFELLER. With a cheque for E200 in his pocket, a reporter of the Paris "Matin" has been hunting Mr. John D. Rockefeller in the hope of purchasing from him fifteen minutes' con- versation. The amount was calculated on the supposition, that the millionaire's income is about je800 an hoar. Though Lhe reporter was anxious only to say, "How do you do, master?" as he puta it, to the world's richest man, Mr. Rocke- feller's son-in-law refused the request with much laughter, and the Oil King remained invisible in his relative's house at Compiegne. At the time of the Portsmouth Peace Con- ference the "Matin" telegraphed to Mr. Rocke- feller asking him to pay the £ 200,000,000 indemnity demanded by Japan.
SHADOWED LOVERS CASE. '
SHADOWED LOVERS CASE. A fresh application for release on bail of Private Hammond, of the 7th Hussars, was made to the Northampton county magistrates on Saturday and again declined. It was stated that the Treasury had tele- graphed to the police to obtain bail if pos- sible in consequence of the coroner's jury having exonerated him from the charge of murder. Colonel Rawlins. the presiding magistrate,, said that the bench saw no reason for alter- ing their decision. The public are very indig- nant at the magistrates' attitude. Hammond and a companion named Steel are oharged with murdering a civilian who was in the habit of shadowing sweethearts and black- mailing them. The men will again be brought up to-morrow.
ACTRESS'S RECORD SPEECH.
ACTRESS'S RECORD SPEECH. NEW YORK, Sunday. Miss Maude Adams last night concluded a thirty-one weeks' run of Mr. Barrie's plaj Peter Pan." Extraordinary enthusiasm was displayed, and a cablegram of congratu lation from the author was read to the audience by Miss Adams. She was compelled to make a speech, and repeated the words "Thank you" threfl times. This is the longest speech of this kind she hae ever made. She usually sayg Thank you once, and then dimappears.- LaJI an.
IN PRAISE OF BEEF TRUST.
IN PRAISE OF BEEF TRUST. NEW YORK, Monday. The Rev. J. R. Day, LL.D., Chancellor of Syrac-,if-,e University, in a sermon yesterday strongly defended the Beef Trust from the attacks now being made upon it after the recent disclosures. Mr. Day declared that the Trust was the poor man's only friend, and expressed his grief that the beef scandal had caused the companies a loss of tens of millions of dollars.—Central News.
FOX SHARK CAPTURED.
FOX SHARK CAPTURED. Three fishermen at Southwold on Saturday secured a fox shark, or thresher ash, a pug. nacious species, which is the greatest enemy of the whale. This fish is rarely caught in our waters, and the one which was captured on Saturday was about seven feet in length. One blow from the enormously strong tail of this fish is sufficient to stave in the sides of a. large boat.
CARDIFF COUNCIL BORROWING
CARDIFF COUNCIL BORROWING The Cardiff City Council to-day resolved to (borrow the sum of 120,790 from the corpora- tion of Sheffield for the provision and pur- pose of a public elemen-tary school, and to affix the common seal to an indenture of mortgage thereon.
PLOT TO DESTROY NEW YORK TUBE
PLOT TO DESTROY NEW YORK TUBE NEW YORK, Monday. What is believed to be a plot to blow up the new electric underground here was dis- covered yesterday, when a man was found lighting a bomb in the subway. He was taken into custody.Celltral News.
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