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For Publie Amusements See Column 1 of Page 1. PUBLIC NOTICES pMRL LIFE ASSURANCE OOM- A PANY (LJMITED). SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORT FOB THE YTUR ENDriG DECEMBER 31st, 1906. After reviewing the work of the past year, it is with srreat pleasure that the Directors are able to inform the Shareholders that results of an exceedingly favourable character have been accomplished. and that the Company stands in a better position than the Directors have been able to report in any previous year. The following illustration shows the advance that has taken plaoe in the Income and Assets of the Company daring the past decade:— Income. Assets. 1896 £5""9,793 £610,(}t5 1901 1906 £1.óa).01J £3..306,142 This striking rate of progress must be gratifying to all interested in the welfare of the Company. It has always been the aim of the Directors by liberalising the conditions of Policies and increasing the smns assured to enable Industrial Policyholders to share in the I prosperity of the Company, and in con- tinuance of this policy they have increased the sums assured by approximately 7j per cent. on all Industrial Whole Life and Life of Another Policies which have been in force for 10 years and upwards. A Valuation of the business as at Decem- ber 31st last has been submitted to the Com- pany's Consulting Actuary, R. M. Moore, Esq., who reports a surplus of £519,076 after pro- viding for all liabilities. INCOME. The Total Income for the year amounted to .£1,62::J.013 5s. 9d., being an increase of £120.910 15s. 9d. over that of the previous year. This includes £253.464 9s. income in the Ordinary Branch, which is £29,045 4e. lCd. greater than the previous year. The number of Policies issued during the year in this Branch was 12,932. assuring the sum of £1,119,627 108.. and producing a New Annual Premium Income of £46,517 3s. 4d. PREMIUMS (DECEMBER, 1906). The new Policies issued during the year number 1.2.26.401, and the Premium Income on the Policies in force on the Company's books now amounts to £1.637,029 19s. 2d. CLAIMS. The Company has paid 71,371 Life Claims. Grants, and Matured Endowments during the year, amounting, with Bonuses, to £501.264 8s. 3d.. which, added to the sums previously paid in claims since the establishment of the Company, make a total of £5,22t),m 2B. 9d. ACCUMULATED FUNDS. The Total Funds, with Capital paid up, now amount to £3.3œ,142 15s. 7d., showing an increase for the year of £448,934 3s. 4d. This is the largest annual increase to the funds yet recorded by the Company. By Order, P. J. FOLEY, Managing Director. Wanted, additional representatives in all districts. To good business men liberal terms and certain success.—Apply to the District Superintendents—B. KING, G. WOOD, J. HARRIS. 36, St. Mary-Street, Cardiff- W. COLEMAN, 5. Bhymney-terrace, Caerphilly, Cardiff: J. H. CEOWDES, 1Z. Capel-street, Bargoed, Cardiff. > a8537 TRINITY College of Music, London. (Inst. 1872.) Local Examinations. The last days of entry for forthcoming Examinations at the Cardiff Centre are as under, viz.:— May ZZnd. for M.K. (Theory), June, 1907; June 8, for "Praetioal," July, 1907. Fifty Local Ex. hibitions in Practical Music and Twelve in Theory of Music (tenable at Looal Centres in the United Kingdom, India, and the Colonies), and a number of National Prizes are annually awarded. Local Secretary, Walter Scott, 173. Newport^ road, Cardiff, from whom the our- rent Syllabus may be obtained. e3277 SALES BY AUCTION MAINDEE pUtK, NEWPORT. JAMES STEVENS has been instructed by G. Inglis Jones, Esq., who has let the property, to SELL, as above, by PUBLIC AUCTION, at Twelve o'clock on WEDNESDAY, February ZOth, 1907, the folLow- ing ELECTRIC PLANT, CARRIAGES, HOTHOUSE AND BEDDING-OUT PLANTS, GARDEN TOOLS, &c., Comprising a SIX-H.P. OIL ENGINE, with DYNAMO, switchboard and accumulators, all in working order: sundry tools, cider press, patent fruit dryer, a roomy brougham with shafts and pole, a very stylish victoria, a nearly-new Ralli cart, chaff-cutter, corn crusher, garden aeats, a large quantity of garden tools, flower pots, about three hundred pots of strawberry plants, eight hundred pots geranium cuttings, two hundred pots maidenhair ferns, araleas, lilies, pelar- goniums, calceolarias, orchids, heliotrope, fuchsias, cacti, camellias, dahlia roots, die., Ac On View the Day Previous to SaJe. Further Particulars from Mr. Colledge, The Lodge, Maindee Park, or from the Auctioneer, Arcade-chambers, Newport. February 9th. 1907. 5245 OFFICES TO LET riTWO FRONT ROOMS in WESTERN • MAIL-BUILDINGS, ST. MARY-STREET. CARDIFF, to be LET. Steam-teated and Bl-i«ctrio Lighted.—Apply to Mr. E. H. Orafter. Wd t.ern Mail. Cardiff. e3814 NEW, BRIGHT-TONE PIANOS. NEW PRICES. NEW TERMS. LATEST ADVANTAGES. LISTS FREE ON APPLICATION. DALE, FORTY, &00., PIANOS & ORGANS, HIGH-SThEET and CASTLE ARCADE (near the Castle), CARDIFF. THE ROATH FURNISHING CO., 42, CITY-ROAD, AND VERE-STREET, ROATH, CARDIFF. Nat. TeL, 1æ4. IWILL IT STAND WEAR ? That's the chief question that counts when buying furniture for the home. In may look very elegant and appear well finished, but— will it wear weU? Will it look the same in another five or ten years? is it These are impor- tant points to consider. They maKe all the difference between that which only LOOKS and that which both LOOKS and IS. Our goods are manufac- tured from the finest materials, by skilled work- men in our own Factory. We aim for quality and durability as well as appear- Our terms are Wholesale Prices to cash purchasers, or pay- meIrts by easy instalments to øait the coavecienoe 01 our customers. JffiLUE^AMTY! QUALITY! LONGEVITY! CHEAPNESS! PLEASE ASK FOR ONE OF OUR FREE ILLUSTRATED FURNISHING GUIDES. WESTERN VALLEYS BRANCH- CHURCH STREET, ABERTILLERY. W. P. CARYL. F.S.M.C. CERTIFIED EYESIGHT SPECIALIST TOM SIGHT-TESTING and SPECTACLES ø. HIGH-STREET ARCADE. CULRDIFV. 208a, HIGH-STREET, SWANSEA- e228õ CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, NASAL CATARRH 9 ASTHMA. 9 A SPEEDY HOME CURE. GRANVILLE H. SHARPE. (lAt, L*cti*ttr on Chemistry to tht Liverpool School of Seienct") II & 13 Great Tower Street, E.C., sa-" I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have sub- mitted to a careful Chemical Examination, a amsfe of VENO'S LIGHTNING COUGH CURE. and I consider it to be a skilfully prepared specific, possessing in an agreeable and inviting fpcm, ?SaM? curative and p?n?tive properties. 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POLITICAL FOES ————— -8 ——. Gossip on Politicians NUTS! NUTS! By LLOYD MEYRICK The Swiss is the great hotel-keeper and waiter. The little country at some time or other waits upon the rest of Europe. There is an old joke that an English wag once visited the Swiss House of Commons, and shouted out in a loud voice in the midst of a debate, A cup of coffee, waiter," and more than one- half of the legislators, out of sheer force of habit, started up with the cry, Coming, sir." However, among all the Parliaments of the world, for the moment the most interesting is our own. There are dull and piquant times in politics, and our lot has fallen upon the latter. Apart from the partisan stand- point, it is a good thing for young men to form their characters in strenuous days, with daily topics of high import being constantly discussed. It is our proud boast that political differences make no difficulty in the way of private friendships. This is largely true the nearer we get to the top, but local politics are too apt to be disfigured by a wealth of petty rancour and small spleen. The small man remains small whether he deals with politics or any other form of human activity. It is well known that in the House of Commons men on both sides, however opposed in debate, cultivate the closest social inter- course in their hours of leisure. I often think that Gladstone's attachment to John Morley was one of the finest proofs of a great man's capacity to see the essen- tial qualities of his friend unobscured by the most vital differences of Hope and belief. The Life of Gladstone is something far more than a great biography-it is a monument of comprehension and large charity. Gladstone, in asking Morley to write his Life, showed the breadth of his toleration, and the latter, in the way he executed his task, amply vindi- cated so splendid a trust. The book will ever adorn our literature to the glory alike of a great Christian and a great Agnostic. One does get, however, in reading political gossip some queer glimpses of sturdy prejudice and personal dislike. Mr. Cobden had a very strong political dislike of Lord Palmerston. He did not consider him a sincere politician, and would comically explain, "Whatver I may say of the old gentleman, he will still persist in calling me his honourable friend." Lady Dorothy Neville, in her "Reminiscences," tells a story of Lady Chesterfield (a Tory of the Tories), who was in the habit of sending her a turkey from time to time. Lady Neville hap- pened to be expeeting one from her a few months after she had made the acquaintance of Mr. Chamberlain; but, to her surprise, no turkey arrived, and in explanation came the following letter: I hear you have had Mr. Chamberlain to lunch. I, therefore, cannot send you a. tur- key to feed suoh a democrat, and I am amgry at your seeing him so much. Lady Neville's answer was brief: You are wrong. Sir Stafford Nartiheofce has been my only political guest of late, and I promise, if you send: me the turkey, nothing but a' Conservative tooth shall touch it. The turkey came. The second Duke of Wellington had, however, hopes of Mr. Chamberlain even on August 3, 1882, as he wrote* The devil is not as bilaek as he is painted, and somewhere it is written that it is weN. to make friends with "unrighteousness." Therefore, I shall have pleasure in meeting Chamberlain; besides, I think him a sensible man, and sensible men go on reasoning and reforming opinions all their lives. Not so bigots, ot whioh I aim not one. This ducal letter certainly breathes the very spirit of political charity, and shows how hollow is the parrot-cry of incon- sistency. It may be said that no politician changes; he only develops. Politics is not a fixed science, but is as variable as all the wants, moods, and passions of men. Gladstone, Disraeli, and Cham- berlain, all three of whom were con- stantly accused of inconsistency, troubled very little about the gravity of the charge. Politicians soon learn to take praise and blame with great equanimity. They are often praised when they should be blamed, and they must often accept eulogy with the mixed feelings of Henry Thompson on a celebrated occa- sion. Sir Henry Thompson it was who per- formed the operation on Napoleon III., as a result of which that unfortunate Emperor died, and I believe it is actually a fact that the distinguished surgeon —who, of course, had done everything possible, and was in no way to blame— received a warm letter of thanks from a I Red Republican, "in return for his ser- vices to humanity in having so ably made away with a tyrant." I would like to linger at greater length with these Par- liamentary gladiators, and all those interested in such topics must be look- ing forward to the long-expected Life of Disraeli. It is a long time on the way, as it is now many years since it was written Lord Beaccnsfleki died quite quietly, appa- rently in sleep. His last movement woe an attempt to draw himself DIp, as he always did when be rose to speak to either House- a movement strangely familiar to those who watched him. And you, brave Gobhom, to the latest breath, Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death. It is an old complaint that the art of I conversation is dying out. Some observers say that it is a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of conventional chatter. The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy, and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable. In the old days the brilliant conversa- tionalist was well-known and enjoyed special privileges, and when he talked other people were content to listen. There were several such men, of whose origin nothing was known or asked, whose claim to social consideration lay in cultivated and -well-stored brains— these were welcomed without demur. Whatever the cause the language of most of us is getting most deplorably slipshcd. Slang and looseness of phrase haT«^ren trept into the ooqpsek of that high and Doble body-the Cardiff Cor- poration. I shuddered to read in the Evening Express" that the chairman of the Cardiff Technical and Evening Schools Committee is reported to have said that English composition ought to be taught in the elementary, evening, and intermediate schools. "My boy," said the chairman, is in the inter- mediate school, and he cannot spell for nuts. He makes me mad sometimes when he asks me the way to spell different words." This noble specimen of English prose was not uttered in an idle moment by an alderman or by an official, but by so eloquent and polished a speaker as Mr. Councillor Yarath! I am inclined to ask in the proposed educational reform will there be a class for chairmen. It has been left for the humour-seeing eye of an Evening Schools Committee to detect the odd conjunction between nuts and knowledge. Disraeli said: Knowledge is like the mystic ladder in the patriarch's dream. Its base rests on tthe primeval earth, its crest is lost in the shadowy splendour of the Empyrean, whilo the great aiuthors, who for traditionary ages have held the chain of science and philo- sophy, of Poesy and erudition, are the angels asoemuikg and descending the sacred scale, maintaining, as it were, the communi- caAiOQ between man and heaven. After all, what is the use of talking like that? In the homely Saxon of Mr. Councillor Yorath, boiled down, it comes to Nuite! Nuts!
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THE RUNAWAY GIRLS I
THE RUNAWAY GIRLS I Elsie Bate, aged thirteen, and Mabel Patter- eon. aged fourteen, who disappeared from their homes in Cannon Hill-road, Birming- ham, nearly a fortnight ago, have been found in Brirton, where they had taken lodgings. They were deciding how they should spend their last sixpence when a fellow-lodger, seeing a paragraph about them in a paper, suspected they were the truant pair. The police were informed, and the girls are now at home in good health and spirits. After their arrival at Euston they stayed for two days at a Charing Cross restaurant. Then they removed to Brixton, and lodged there for the rest of the trip. They have spent the time in strolling about and looking at shops, but once they paid a visit to Kennington-road with the object of obtain- ing a theatrical engagement.
11 Y,10 FROM POOR BOX." I
11 Y,10 FROM POOR BOX." I Mr. Plowden, sitting at Marylebone, had a little surprise on Saturday. An applicant hinted in delicate phraeee that he wanted help from the poor-bcx. As a. matter of fact," said the chief warrant-officer, he wants ilO from the poor- box." Mr. Plowden smiled and said, "I can only say I hope you are astonished at your own moderation. Ten-pound notes do not flutter a.bout so easily." Applicant: I did not know whether you could arrange so that I oould pay it back into the poor-box Mr. Plowden: No, the poor-box cannot even lend you £10.
CARDIFF AMUSEMENTS I
CARDIFF AMUSEMENTS I NEW THEATRE.—Mr. William Greet's prin- cipal company in "The Earl and the Girl" every evening, and on Saturday at two THEATRE ROYAL.—" A Heart of a Hero." EMPIRE.—Oarl Hertz in his repertoire of mysterious surprises, assisted by Miss Eme- line D'Altxvn and company, &c. P ANOPTICON.-Another rare piotoral and musical treat is promised again this week to the patrong of Stoil's Panopticon, Philarmonic-hall, St. Mary-street. The American Bioscope Company present the new South Wales singers, including Messrs. Edward Hope, George Dent, J. D. Poole, L. Morris, and Gwilym Nash, in a splendid repertoire. The pictures include a series illus- trating the laying of the railroad from the Cape to Cairo, Newport I THE LYCEUM.—" A Country Girl." [ EMPIRE. Ten Loonies," in "Dotty," A a. I I
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IBerry at Blakeney
Berry at Blakeney EX-HANGMAN'S PAST LIFE Ux. James Berry, of Bradford, the ex-hang- man, opened a week's mission on Saturday at the Baptist Chapel, Blakeney. He men- tioned that he was the eon of religious parents who were fairly well off, but that portion which fell to him, and would have entitled him to drive about in a rubber-tyred carriage, he wasted in riotous living. Drink was his bane. The description of some of the scrimmages he got into was horrifying, but even though three men together were kicking him he never knew what it was to give in. He had always been attracted by the hangman's science, and had conceived the idea that by suffocating the case," and breaking the vertebrae of the neck at the same time, it was a much less painful death than was commonly believed. On a vacancy occurring he applied to the Home Office, and, his "patent" having been explained, it got liim the appointment out of 1,800 appli- cants. He insisted that under his treat- ment the culprit's face wore a pleasanter expression after execution than before it. He held the office from 1882 to 1893, and in that period was frequently in Ireland "on busi- ness." His average was 25 culprits per year. He had put to death only five women. So loathsome was the task that he could not do other than get drunk to dull his feelings. He had hung am many as seventeen with the same rope. The ropes were a perquisite, and were now exhibited at Madame Tussand's. He gave up the appointment because he be- lieved he had hung both an innocent man and an innocent woman. It waa only two years since that he himself became a Christian, and the light came to him at Bradford railway station, where he had taken his ticket for a journey during which he intended throwing himself on to the line to be -killed, so wretched and wicked and debauched had be become. But as in the case of St. Paul, the Lord spoke to him, and after wrestling with the Spirit for five weeks he finally came out off the Lord's side and joined himself to a mission of the Oongregationalists. There was a great crowd at the Sunday evening service.
A CHARGE ON THE RATES I
A CHARGE ON THE RATES I Seamen and Compensation Act I The following cirou-Laj: has beem sent by the Cardiff Brannah of the National Sailors and Firemen's Union, to the Cardiff Corporation, the Cardiff Council, Board of Guar- dians, and all the Trades Unions:- Sixs,-My committee desire me to bring the following matter under the notice of your body. Following the inclusion) of seamen, in the Workmen's Compensation Act, the Shipping Federation (Limited) have decided on having seamen medicadly examined prior to cm/gagemeriit. The physique of seamen on Britisth skips (excepting oaptaiins, officers, and engineers), is poor, and the rejected men will inevitably become a charge on the rates. The Shipping Federation, having made DO provision for their future sus- tenance, notwithstanding the fact that the shiipowniers pay no poor-nates on their valuable floating property, my committee consider it a serious msutter to the rate- payers of Cardiff, who will probably be called upon to support the seamen rejected. We, therefore, trust this matter will receive your earliest etoentton (ai,,ned)- C. DAMM, Siec. Cardiff Bramran- I
|A LIFE SACRIFICED I
A LIFE SACRIFICED I Belgian Count's Terrible End I A Renter's telegram from St. Morita to-diay says:—Count Do Bylandt, of The Hague, was killed on the Gres.ta. ice toboggan run this morning owing to tihe gross negligence of some workmen, wtho had left a plank on the course. The connt was first to go down the ran, and the point known as "the junction" dashed into the plank, sustaining terrible injuries. Medical add was quickly sum- mioned. The doctors state that deajtih, must have been instantaneous. The expert tobogganers approach "the jun-ction at a. speed of nearly 40milea an honor. Deceased hipad been in the habit of visiting St. Morits for the last twelve winters, and was a most skilful toboga-nner. He was very pojnrlar with the English ooLony.
"CAME UP FROM WALES" I
"CAME UP FROM WALES" I I Boy Linguist's Fate [ A French lady, who was in great dfetiresB, sought the assistance of the magistrate at Clerkenwedl on Saturday in tracing her son, Ediwajd Spagnoli, a boy of fourteen. The boy came up from Wales with a friend on Thursday, amd was missed soon after he got outside Farringdon-street Station, and bad not been since seen. He had lived with her in Bath-street. The boy spoke French, Italian, and English—the latter rather brokenly. When last seen he was wearing a grey overcoat, grey suit, and black cloth cap. His height is about 4ft. lOin., amd his appearance that of a particularly bright and intelligent lad.
IBABY'S KISS AND A BRIEF BAG…
I BABY'S KISS AND A BRIEF BAG I A baby's kiss figured in the evidence at East Ham during the hearing of a charge against Emily Wilmot, 35, a married woman, of Nelson-street, of stealing a, brief bag, valued at 4s. 6d., the property of Robert Con worth Fish, a pawnbroker, of East Ham. On Friday afternoon the prisoner picked up the bag and put it under her jacket. The manager of the shop was informed by a. passer-by of what had occurred, and he gave the woman into custody. She said that she was very sorry, and did cot know what made her do it. A detective said that the prisoner's hus- band was a most respectable man. She, how- ever, had "got in" with a number of drunken women, and that probably accounted for the theft. The Prisoner: I was in the shop 1n the morning. I have never done such a thing before. The Manager of the Shop: I don't think you were in the shop yesterday.—Yes; I pledged a skirt. I don't remember you.—Didn't my baby want to kiss you ? The Manager: Oh, yes. (Laughter.) The prisoner promised to sign the pledge, aud the bench bound bar over under the First Offenders Act.
I DECREASE OF --CRIME-I
I DECREASE OF CRIME I Mr. Justice Kennedy was to-day presented by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle at the assizes with white gloves, there being no cases for trial. The Jndge observed that the absence of crime showed what might be done by reli- I gious and remedial agencies to improve the morals of the people.
I "CREELING" THE BRIDEGROOM…
I "CREELING" THE BRIDEGROOM I An ancient Border marriage custom has been revived at Lauder, Berwickshire, after it had fallen into disuse for many years. The creel, a basket used by fishwives for carrying their "catch," was placed on the bridegroom's shoulders, and the crowd of creelers" threw stones into it until the bride publicly kissed her husband. This the I bride did very promptly, and her guidman I was released.
I THRUSH SETTLES ON MOVING…
THRUSH SETTLES ON MOVING TRAIN I As a passenger train was travelling near North Weald a thTush flew from a wood by the side of the line and alighted on the jacket of the fireman, who was on the footplate of the engine. It clung there until captured.
I ROUND THE WORLD FOR X10,000…
ROUND THE WORLD FOR X10,000 I Captain M. Clarke and his wife arrived in Nottingham An Saturday on their way to Liverpool, where they will embark for Boston, Massachusetts. They started from Yarmouth on Jane 1, 1905, to walk round the world for a wager of £ 10,000.
IWENT TO THE WRONG TOWN I
WENT TO THE WRONG TOWN I Bishop Welldon, the Dean of Manchester, who was to have spoken at a temperance meeting at Stockport, was unable to get to the meeting owing to his confusing Stockport with Stockton, and travelling to the latter town.
MEAT, LENT, AND DRINK (
MEAT, LENT, AND DRINK ( A venerable old man from the country excused himself to the Bow-street magistrate by saying that he always abstained from meat during Lent, and in oonsequence a little drink had a great effect on him.
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" THAW REVELAT)ONS7
THAW REVELAT)ONS7 I AN OLD DIVORCE CASE. I Mrs. Harry Thaw's visit to the Tombs Prison on Saturday was interrupted in raither a dramatic manner. Before She had reached her husband's oell an excited messenger came hurrying up, and said that Mr. Delma.s, leading counsel for the defence, wae anxious to see her, without delay. i ,g,he refused to go at first before she had seen tihe prisoner, but something the mes- senger said ca.used her to change her mind, and to h-urrry away to see Mr. Delmas. It was revealed later, says a cable to the j "New York Herald" (Paris), that Mr. Delmas i had just heard of her name having been men- tionei in a divorce suit brought a??Lnat Mr. George W, Ledefrer, the weH-known thmttioal I manager. I Name Had Been Cleared I I Mr. Thaw was much distressed over a report that Mr. Jerome intended to ask has wife under crose-examination what was her oonnection with the divorce suit. Da. denial of the story, Mr. Daniel O'Eedilly, one of the co-unstl for t,he defence, said that it was true that Mrs. Tha.w had been mentioned in ooluneotion wi th the case, but that her name bad been cleared. Mr. O'Reilly admitted that the conference with Mrs. Thaw was of an unusual character, and that Mr. Delmas had not known of the com) eotiion of Mrs. Tha.w's name with that of Mr. Lederer, aDd that lie wished the matter entirely cleared up before he went ahead with the triail. He demed that Mr. Abraham Hummel the lawyer with a. shady reputation, Whose pst-uUariti?a have ben described in the "Evening Express"—had any papers left over from the Lederer case that might be used against Mrs. Thaw. After a long 00In- ference with the lawyers, Mrs. Thaw visited her husband in the Tombs. I The State of Thaw's Mind I It is semi-ofreially announced at New York that it is not the intention of Mr. Jerome, for the prosecution, to ask the appointment of a commission to determine the present state of Mr. IfLrry Thaw's mind. From Boston comes the news of the arrival of James Morley, for filve years Mr. Thaw's valet. As he confessed at Cardiff, he says that he is willing to tell of Mr. Thaw's eccen- tricities. The prisoner, he alleges, once attacked him with a knife, and at another time shot him in the leg. He scattered £4 notes about, and had a habit of lighting his cigarettes with bank-notes. Differences Among Counsel .1 It was stated last night in New York taiat the differences among counsel for the defence in the Thaw case had been settled tihirough the intercession of the mother of the accused. Mr. Delmas will continue the examination of the witnesses, and will make the closing address to the jury.
£120 A YEAR FOR SENTIMENT…
£120 A YEAR FOR SENTIMENT I Cardiff Rate Collection I An important report was presented to the Cardiff Corporation Finance Committee to- day by the city treasurer (Mr. Allcock) in reference to the collection of rates. Two vacancies having occurred on the Olerical staff, Mr. AIloeook recommended several changes, one of which was that Warrant- officer Elkington should be transferred to the clerical staff, and that the warrants should be served in future by the police force, as was done in other towns. The Chairman (Mr. F. J. Beavan) said this work uaed to be done by the police force, but Alderman Edward Thomas, who was not present, raised an objection to it, amd a war- rant officer was appointed. Alderman Illtyd Thomas remarked that Alderman Edward Thomas objected to the warrants being served by constables in uni- foim. The City Treasurer said it was a question whether the corporation ought to pay £120 a year for mere sentiment. Mr. Vivyan: Undoubtedly, Alderman E. Thosnas's reason was- a sentimental one. The Head-constable said the police could very wvll do the wo! and there was no reason why the warrants should not be served by them in plain clothes. The extra cost would not be more tbia, ElO a year On the motion of Mr. Vivian, seconded by Mr. Yorath, the reoonimendatioms of the city treasurer were adopted. Superintendent Assistant Overseer I Another part of the report dealt with the position held by Mr. Edward Howell, superin- tendent assistant overseer, who received a salary of 1575 (of which 1340 was compensa- tion due under the eheme for the unification of the Oardiff parishes, L75 a year allowance for five years for re-valuation, and X1601 salary). Mr. AUcook suggested that Mr. Howell should be paid XZ08 16s. Id. for the re- valuation, upon whioh he was prepared to relinquish his position on the 31st of Mairch next. The report was adopted. Mr. Allcock further reported that, apart from the arrangememt with Mr. Howell, if his suggestions were adopted, the following saving in the rates section of his department would resultThree clerks already with- drawn to my general office, proportion of their salaries, £ 260; two vacancies filled by re-distribution of work as embodied in this report-srularies, SZSO. lees £ 33 compensation retained, £ 297; annual saving at present, 1557.
"WHAT ARE WE COMING TO"? I
"WHAT ARE WE COMING TO"? I What are we coming to when a boy of twelve years old, with a strong father and mother, working people, can't be kept in order?" exclaimed Mr. Biron, who had before him at Old-street on Saturday James Car- moody, aged twelve, charged with being con- cerned with four others, two aged seventeen and two aged twenty, in entering a stable for the purpose of committing a felony. The two elder prisoners bore bad characters, and the mother of Oarmoody said her boy was led away by them. Mr. Biron: If I give the boy up to you will you or your husband punish him? The Mother: Yes. Mr. Biron, sentencing the two elder lads to three months and two months respectively, remanded the lads of seventeen, and in giving the boy Oarmoody up to his mother said, "I hope your father will give you a downright good thrashing."
I A SHABBY THEFT I
A SHABBY THEFT I A young man, who gave the name of Leonard Landducci, but vihose real name is Ernest Jarvis, was convicted at Birmingham on Saturday of a shabby theft from a. young woman with whom he had been keeping com- pany, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The victim was a domestic servant named Nellie Stewart, and she had saved X4 5s. to- wards purchasing a bicycle. During one of her walks with her sweetheart she mentioned that she always carried the money with her in her satohel. One night last week Jarvis offered to carry the satchel, but he returned it when they parted, and the girl did not look into it until she got home. She then discovered that the money was missing, and informed the police. Jarvis, who pleaded guilty, said he had been out of work, end oould not resist the temptation.
PRISON FOR REFEREE-BAITERI
PRISON FOR REFEREE-BAITER I The strong partisan spirit of Alfred Shaw, a collier and a football enthusiast, gained him seven days' imprisonment at Notting- ham on Saturday. When a Bristol referee ordered a Notts County man off the field on the previous Saturday it was too much for Shaw's equanimity, and he joined the rest of the crowd in a rush for the referee. The police protection was too efficient, and the referee reached a dressing-room amid a shower of lumps of mud. Shaw's lump struck a police-sergeant.
NO WARLIKE INTENTIONSI
NO WARLIKE INTENTIONS I Prince Von Buelow, the Germa.n Chancello; in a statement he has given to the Pub- lishers' Press avers that it is incorrect to suppose that the result of the recent elec- tions will be to produce a tendency to an aggressive foreign policy on the part of Ger- many. The Emperor had no warlike inten-, tions, as was erroneously supposed in some foreign countries. It was equally incorrect to attribute adventurous tendencies to him- self (Prince Von Buelow) .-Central News.
REMEDY WORSE THAN DISEASEI
REMEDY WORSE THAN DISEASE I Mongoose, which were introduced into Grenada by the planters to destroy the cane rats which attacked the sugar canes, have become a plague. They have exterminated the rats, but they have also almost exter- minated the fowls on the island, and have attacked sheep. On several occasions they have entered the labourers' houses and bitten children.
CRIES FOR HELP I
CRIES FOR HELP THE NASH CRASH I Steamer Goes Down in II Raging Sea I FOURTEEN LIVES LOST Thrilling Stories of Rescue. The Bristol Channel was the scene of a terrible disaster shortly after midnight on Saturday. The steamship Orianda, of Lon- don, collided with the steamship Heliopolis, also of London, and fourteen of the crew of the Orianda, including the master (Captain Williams) were drowned. The Orianda was outward bound with ooal from Cardiff for Speazia, and the Heliopolis was light, stea-ming up the Channel for Car- diff. The force of the oollision was terrific, the Orianda being struck midway between the engine-room and the stokehold. For a moment the vessels were locked as in a. vice. When they separated the Orianda reeled, then heeled over, and sank within hsalf-an- hour. In the oollision one of the two lifeboats of the Orianda was smashed to atoms, and it was with great difficulty that the other boat could bp out free from the davits. The master (Captain Williams) mustered all hands on deck, and all were fitted with life- belts. They shouted for help, and as the steamer went down they jumped olear. Six men were able to reach the lifeboat, whioh, however, became waterlooged, and for nearly two hours the men suffered from exposure, the weather being bitterly cold. Plucky Pilot John Sparkes, a Barry pilot, hearing the cries for assistance, and observing tihe flash- light signals from the Heliopolis, bore down on the small boat, and in three successive attempts rescued a. man each. time. These were two Greeks and a South American engaged as deck hands. The two others in the boat, Chief-engineer J. Aitken and Third Engineer W. H. Evans, were rescued by the Swedish steamer Bbba, which also steamed about the vicinity in sesarah of other sur- vivors. The engineers, in an interview, said that the steamer left Cardiff about 9.30 p.m. on Saturday. The weather was boisterous, and high seas were running. When in the Channel, between Nash Point and the Fore- land, they saw the Heliopolis approach, but too late to avoid a collision. After the impact they shouted to those on board the Heliopolis to hand them a line and stand by. The Orianda heeled over, and lay for some time before sinking with an awkward list. The Heliopolis had meanwhile drifted across to the south-west, a distance of a couple of miles. Eventually it became necessary for the crew to jump into the water to clear the wreckage, and even then they were in danger of being injured. On gaining the lifeboat Evans assisted the others aboard. A man who subsequently died before his companions were res- cued seemed unconscious when picked up, for he hung his head down and twice fell forward into the water. It was fully an hour after first getting into the boat that they were rescued. Evans once slipped from the grasp of the pilot, who tried to rescue him from his cutter. It waa Evans's first voyage to sea, while, of the others, Aitken was some years ago ship- wrecked off Nova Scotia, and then had a narrow escape. Captain Williams was a native of Borth, Cardiganshire, and is well known at Cardiff. The Heliopolis, on arrival at Cardiff, was found to have sustained damage to the bows, and was placed in dry dock. Captain of the Ebba The captain of the Ebba, Mr. Charles F. Benson, who heroically saved the lives of the chief and third engineers (Aitken and Bevan) said in an interview: It was blowing half a hurricane off the Nash, when we heard cries for help, and in the darkness we managed to catch sight of a ship's lifeboat with what appeared to be three or four men in it. I called my orew together and asked for volunteers. Five quickly responded, and we endeavoured to get a boat out. This was soon seen to be absolutely impracticable in the terrific seas which were running, as hardly had we launched her before she was filled with water and smashed. Seeing the futility of this, I tied a rope round my waist, gave orders to the officer to work the ship to windward of the boat, and as soon as she was under OUT lee I jumped in, with the rope round my waist. "One of my sailors, Rudolph de L. Arcus- pris, did the same. The boat was full of water, and, with our heavy clothes on, we experienced muoh difficulty in tying ropes round the waists of the men in the boat. A third appeared to be dead, lying face down- wards in the water. We hauled them all up, and made the two as comfortable as possible. They were in a. greatly exhausted condition, but the third man, evidently a fireman, appeared to be quite dead before we got him out. We persisted with artifi- cial respiration for two-and-a-half hours, but our efforts were unsuccessful." Complaint Against Colliding Vessel Mr. Aitken, the chaef engineer, states that directly after the crash the lifeboats were launched, and immediately afterwards the ship made a big lurch and went under. He dived under the water, and on coming to the surface mama?ed to get into a boat, and heLped a few more into it. The boat was swamped and was sinking," added Aitken. when the captain of the Ebba pluckily jumped into our boat at great risk to himself, and, tying a rope round the chief engineer's waist and my own, we were hauled up on deck. I remem- ber nothing after until I found myself in a bunk on board the steamer, which was the Swedish Ebba. "I cannot speak too highly of the courage of the captain, officers, and crew of this vessel. The steamer that struck us was a big boat.' After the collision she stood a long way off." The Chief Engineer, interposing, said- "Yes; she stood off. We asked them to throw ropes and stand by. but they took no notice of us. We were in the water over two hours before we were picked up." "CAN'T YOU HELP MEP" A Pathetic Appeal Nothing could be more dramatic, more thrilling, or more pathetic (writes another of our representatives) than the experience of Mr. Robert Aitken, the chief engineer, at the moment he saw the captain fighting for his life in that angry sea, and heard him making his last appeal, Ca.n't you help me, Aitken?" Thoroughly exhausted and almost half-dead, Aitken had but one answer, No, I am too done up." Mr. Aitken, who lives at 19, BLaen- clydach-street, returned home at 2.30 on Sun- day afternoon, and a touching scene was that of his wife rushing out of the house imme- diately she saw the cab being driven up to the front door and embracing him when he stepped on the pavement. Mr. Aitken, after describing the crash, said: "While I was hanging on to the hatch I saw Captain Williams swimming a.bout, and he cried out to me, Can't you help me, Ait- ken?' I was too weak, and I had to reply, 'No, I am too done up.' I was then carried away from him, and I last saw the poor man swimming about and disappearing in the darkness." A terrible experience, Mr. Aitken." "Yes, it was awful. After what seemed to me a couple of hours the lifeboat, which had skidded off the chocks, drifted towards me full of water. I let go my hold of the hatch and struck out for the lifeboat. I managed, after an almost superhuman effort, to get alongside, and one of the men who were in the boat hauled me into her, but not without great difficulty. The boat was full of water, but we managed to keep her afloat. While we were drifting about we shouted for help as loudly as we could in our weak, exhausted condition. The seas were washing right over us. Our cries were heard by Mr. Sparkes, who was in his pilot-cutter. He made several gallant attempts to get alongside our boat, tacking no fewer than seven times without success. In the end, however, he was aible to take three of us on board." Did you see the Ebba at all?" "Oh, yes; the captain of the Ebha. heard our cries for help, and after the steamer had drifted alongside an effort was made to launch a boat. This was found impractic- able, as the boat was quickly swamped. Showing great bravery and daring, the captain of the Ebba. jumped into our water- logged craft with a rope fastened round him. Then, tying another rope round our waists, we were hauled up, one after the other. We were half dead, and I became unconscious immediately after reaching the deck of the Ebba. R. Aitken, the ohief engineer, is reeeivirng medical att-on-tion at his residence, 19, BLaenclydach-street,, Cardiff, and to-day he was suffering seriously from a nasty wound in the leg and the shook to the system gene- i cally. The doctor has given, strict oroetra that he is not to be seen by anyone outside the immediate family oirole. Captain Ketley's Experiences To our reporter Captain Ketley gave a few particulars of the accident. He said: We left Purfleet (London) for Cardiff. We were coming into this dock for repairs. When we were off the Nash, soon after midnight, a steamer collided with us." When you got clear what did you do?" We lowered one of the lifeboats in a few minutes, with eight men in it. They lighted blue lights on the water's edge, so that any persons in the waiter oould see the boat, and I could also see it." Did you get the boat away before the other ship sunk?" Yes. I cannot understand how only five of the crew were saved." "Then the other steamer went ;d(>-vm?" Her lights disappeared." How long was your boat away?" "About an hour." "And the lifeboat's orew saw nothing of the m«i?" "Nothing whatever. We aJso hailed a pilot-boat and directed her as nearly as we could to the plaoe where the other veeeel disappeared. Captain Ketley has been in command of steaD." "rs for nearly eighteen years, and has never before had an accident. He feels this one very keenly, especially as it is accom- panied with so large a loss of life. He added at the close of the interview that the night was clear, but dark—that is, there was no I fog. MR. SPARKES' THRILLING STORY I Mr. Sparkes, the pilot, who was seen at his residence, told our reporter a thrilling story. He said that about one o'clock that morning two of his men (Colin Dowswell, of Gloucester, and Ernie Davids, of 43, Harbour-road, Barry) informed him that there was a vessel burn- ing blue lights and blowing her whistle for assistance just ahead. We were close reef at the time," he added. I came up on deck a.t once, and saw the lights to the south-west of us. We sailed down as quickly as we could, and in about five minutes I saw the signal lights, and someone on our quarter—probably Captain Williams, of the Oriandar-called out, We have been in collision, pilot. There aie men in the water. Try to save them.' The ship's boats were out, but they could not live in suoh a sea. Immediately I heard that there were men in the water I got away to wind- ward, and almost immediately I heard the cries of the men in the boat. They seemed to be some distance off, and were shouting all together to attract attention. We made for them as quickly as possible, and found they were in a small boat, which was waterlogged, and one side of the boat was entirely out. The men were in a shocking state, and could do hardly anything to help or save themselves. There was a steamer coming up, which I afterwards found was the Ebba, of Sweden (Captain C. F. Benson) &nd I hailed her and said, There is a wreck on our port bow; try to save the men.' The steamer put her helm hard aport, and came round immediately to render assistance. I made one or two tacks and came upon a boat containing six men, one of whom called out, Save us, pilot; we are drowning.' I replied, 'Yes, keep cool, and we will save you.' We got our punt out, and although it was very dangerous in such a sea, one of my men, Ernie Davies, who seems to have the strength of a lion, laid hold of one of the poor fellows, who were all in a helpless state, and he was put on board the yawl. We again beat round, and I secured another man and put him on board. We tried again the third time, and I managed to lay hold of another, who seized me by the arm and called out in despair, 'Oh God! save me, pilot.' I replied, 'You keep cool; I will save you.' Then came a terrible sea and struck him, drag- ging him right away, and he went under, and as he gradually released his hold his finger-nails tore into my arm—(marks of which were plainly visible on his arm and the back of his hand;. We still continued to stand by, and Dowswell secured another and carried him into our boat. I was then told that the steamer Ebba had rescued the remainder, and we beat about to see if we could find any more in the water, but found none. They had all evidently gone down by this time, as everything was quiet." A Widow's Grief Mrs. Williams, the widow of the unfor- tunate capta-in of the Orianda, is also staying a.t the same address, and is, very naturally, prostrate with grief. She had. come from Borth to Cardiff to wish her husband bon voyage, and she has now decided not to return home until her huriband s body has been, recovered. ORIANDA INSURED We understand that the hull and machi- [ nery of the Orianda was insured for RA.500 with mutual olube. I The Crew of the Orianda. The following is a. list of the crew of the Orianda, the place-name in parentheses indicating the town recorded at the Board of Tra-de Offices as the man's birthplace, and the second plaoe-name, where available, indicating the address given to the Board of Trade before ouiling:- Saved. The rescued men are:- R. Aitken, 19, Blaenclydaoh-street, Grange- town, Cardiff, ohief engineer. N. H. Bevan, 48, Marine-terrace, Aberyst- wyth, third engineer. Metzal Jean, ordinary seaman, Constanti- nople. Oorinelo Insaeta (Mimdaca, Spain), A.B., 200, Bute-stTeet. D. Lambros (Constantinople), oooik, 804, Bute-street. Drowned. J. Williams, Borth, Aberystwyth, master. F. Jones, New Quay, mate. R. Hunter tfreeport, N.S.), second mate, 198, Severn-road Cardiff. J. Nightingale (Barbados), steward. J. Valender. Cheltenham, mess steward. J. Tullis iBirmingham), fireman, 101, Penarth-road, Cardiff. George Stenner, Liverpool, fireman, A. Jones, Bristol, fireman. T. Davidson (Montrose), donkejnman, 1, Frances-street, Cardiff. Tom Morris (Ohepstow). ordinary seaman, 46, Milton-street, Cardiff. J. D. Jesus (Porto Rico), A.B., 217, Bote- street. H. Garcia (Ferrol, Spain), boatswain, 192, Bute-street, Cardiff. G. Fracfkelos (Constantinople), ordinary seaman, 49, Bute-street, Cardiff. John Himaen fChriatiania.), second engineer.
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I SENTENCE-ONE DAY I William Morgan, aged 29, of 9, Feering- street, was charged at Newport to-day with stealing a quantity of old tramway iron, of the value of 3s., from a yard adjoining the electricity power station. Corporation-road. The iron consisted of old bolts and a piece of fish plate, which had been taken up when the old tramways were repaired. Mr. R. H. Haynes, the Newport borough engineer, said the things had been dug up from under the surface of the ground. The Clerk (Mr. T. Summers): This is robbing the ratepayers, and they cannot afford to lose this iron. Prisoner said he had a wife and three chil- dren to keep, and hoped the magistrates would deal leniently with him. The Oh airman (Mr. Moxon-Fuller^ said the case had a good many mitigating features, inasmuch as the articles were found on a piece of open ground. Prisoner, however, had a record, and the bench felt they must do something. The case would be met by a sen- tence of one day in the cells.
BOOTS IN THE "PRAM" I
BOOTS IN THE "PRAM" I A young married woman, named Violet Elizabeth Winn, of 45, William-street, was dharged before the Newport magistrates to- day with stealing two pairs of boots from the shop of Joseph Phillips at 174, Chepstow- road, on Saturday evening. Sihe had been at the shop to look at some boots. The assistant said he saw that she had two pairs of boots in a frail basket in her peram- bulator. When he stopped her she did not deny it, and Police-constable Churches taking her into custody, she said her husband drove her to it. Defendant told the court to-day that she had no intention of stealing, but intended to pay for the boots. The Bench fined her 10b.
"PUSHED DOWNSTAIRS94I
"PUSHED DOWNSTAIRS94 I A ship's fireman, named Michael Orimmins, of 37, Feering-sfcreet, was before the Newport magistrates to-day for violently assaulting and beating his wife, Elizabeth Orimmins, who was so much injured that she was un- able to attend the court. A remand was, therefore, asked for. Defendant also showed signs of ill-usage, his nose and forehead being scared. Police-constable Widcombe said he was called to the house by one of the relatives. The wife in prisoner's presence accused him of crashing her downstairs. Her back was very badly injured. DefEmdant declared that she Was drmnk, and feU downstairs. He was remanded for a week on bail.
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ALBUM OF HEROES The Mikado and the Crown Prince of Japan are each having an album made of photographs of all the military and naval officers killed in the war with Russia.
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I In Search-of Conies I COLLIER'8 EMPHATIC DENIAL Mistaken Identity ? Trespassing in pursuit of conies was the charge preferred against James Wheeler, collier, at Llandaff Police-court to-day (before Colonel Forrest and Mr. T. G. Cartwright). Police-constable Jenkins, Pentyroh, stated 1 that on the 2nd of February, at 4.45 in the afternoon, whilst cytsLisig, he saw two men in the Glyn Wood, belonging to Mr. Lewis, Greenmeadow. One of them came over the fence aesl placed three nets outside. When the man saw witness he bolted. However, he caught the other m&n before he could get out of the wood, and he gave his name ae Thomas Clark, of 18, Union-street, Cardiff. Witness discovered that to be false, and found out afterwards that the man lived at 26, Aldsworth-road, Canton. Altogether wit- ness picked up fifteen nets, "twelve of them inside the wood and three outside. Daniel Thomas, woodman, identified the defendant as a man he saw looking over the hedge into the wood on the afternoon of Saturday, February 2. Daniel Wheeler, a very old man. and father of the defendant, said that his son came to see him at Hafod on the same afternoon. He stayed from two o'clock till 2.30. Defendant elected to give evidence on his own behalf, and made a determined effort to set up an alibi. He said that the man Thomas Clark, who waa captured by the police-constable, had lived in apartments with him for about nine months. Witness did not see him on Saturday, February 2, until he came home at seven o'clock in the even- ing. He asserted that Clark, in giving his (witness's) na.me as the man who was with him, was telling an untruth. Witness did not go to work on the day in question, and left home between eight and nine in the morning to walk to Hafod. It was a distance of about fourteen miles, and witness went via Pentyrch and Garth Mountain. He spent half am hour at his father's house and came back by the six o'clock train to Llandaff Sta- tion. The Clerk (Mr. C. H. Evans): What did you do between half-past two and six o'clock? Witness: I walked round a little bit with my brothers. Yes, and what else?—WeU—(hesitatingly)— we walked around a bit, sir. But you were not walking round and round and round from 2.30 till six o'clock?—Well, we were going from one public-house to another and going round town together, as brothers should. Do you still say you never saw Clark that day?-j did not see him until I came home in the evening. I ask you to be careful. Do you still say you did not see him that morning?—I did not, sir. In further replying to the clerk, witness stated that if his wife said that he and Clark went out together that morning she would be saying what was untrue. In giving the decision of the bench, Colonel Forrest said: We have heard the evidence you have given, which is, no doubt, a very plausible story, but we are afraid we can't believe it. You are fined 25s. and oosts, or one month.
i Ex-Sergeant and J.P. I
Ex-Sergeant and J.P. I BRECON COURT INCIDENT I Stephen. G. Payne, the landlord of the King's Arms, Brecon, made a.n application a.t Brecon County Police-court to-day to vary a. miadmtenauce order recently made against him for the maintenance of his wife, under the Licensing Act. Upon entering the wit-ness-box, applicant eaid, I find Mr. Lewis Williams (the deputy-mayor) is the confidential adviser of my wife, and I do not tihink it is right for him to sit in judgment upon me. If he takes any part in the matter I shail not go on with the case." The Deputy-mayor: I have not advised your wife. I only advised her to see a eolicitor. Applicant: That is in her handwriting to me. The Deputy-Mayor: I told your wife I did not listen to tittle-tattle out of oourt. 1 exercised my right in that way. Applicant: I object to your sitting in judg- ment upon me, The DePuty-M,ior: Yon cannot do that. You axe making a mistake. I Bhall sit here and act as I have always done. Applicant: I shall not go on with the case, then, but go wihere X oan get justice, if Mr. Lewis Williams sits on the bench. The applicant subsequently withdrew the application, remarking that he was not going to be domineered over by Mr. Lewis Williams. The Mayor: You must not speak like that. Applicant: I came for justice. The Mayor: You, as an old police-sergeant, ought to knok better. A remark from the applicant to the deputy- mayor, in which he stated that this was not the first time his wife had mentioned his name to him, drew from the deputy-mayor the remark: I had never spoken to your wife until last Friday. Applicant: I have been arrested upon a warrant, acting upon your advice. The case was then sbruok out, v with oosts against the applicant, which included advocate's fee. In reply to a question by the clepttly-mayor, Mrs. Paysie eadd that she had not spoken to him until last Friday.
ISLUMP IN PROPERTY_______I
SLUMP IN PROPERTY I Barry Builder's Speculations I The first meeting of the creditors of the estate of John Milward, clerk of works, Well- field, Pencoitre, Oaxioxton Barry, was called for to-day at the offioe of the Official Receiver (Mr. Geo. Daivid), Cardiff. No proofs, how- ever, had been, filed, amd, consequently, them was no quorum, the estate remaining in the hands of the Official Receiver. The examina- tion of the bamlkrupt has been fixed for the 1st of March. According to the statement of affairs, the frroes liabiilities are £5,953 18s. 7d. There are five fully-secured creditors for £ 5,953 18s. 7d., and the debtor estimates the value of the securities at £ 7,902, leaving a surpihis, subject to realisation, of LI,948 Is. 5d. This he places as his assets, and states:—"I do not consider I am insolvent. My present posi- tion iB due to a slump in the. property market at Barry and vaoanciies at the houses in oon- sequence of depression of trade." In his deficiency account, the debtor, amongst other items, gives the following: "Loss on turf speculations, £ 600; loss on property outgoings more than income for last two years (estimated), £500; and depreciation on fifteen bouses in Fryiatt^treet and seventeen houses in Sydenham-street, Barry, during the last three years." The Official Receiver, in the course of his observations, states that the debtor, who was a builder and contractor, had not traded during the last fifteen years, living uipon the income from the various properties built by him, and by acting as clerk of works and architect. The deibtor had disclosed no unsecured creditors, amd the fuHy-eecured creditors held mortgages upon fifteen houses at Fryatt-street, Barry Dock, twenty-six houses a.t Sydeaham-street. Barry Dock, amd two stables and yard at the reaw of Sydenham-street, also two semi-detached viHae at Penooitre-road, Oadoxtan. The debtor estimated a surplus of £ 1,948 Is. 5d. from these properties. "In my opinion," says the Official Receiver, in conclusion, "the deficiency account cannot be accepted, but I do not think it advisable to say more at this stage than that I am closely investigating it."
f "WORTHLESS, LAZY FELLOW"I
f "WORTHLESS, LAZY FELLOW" I I Father Gets Three Months f Peter Smith, of New Orchard-frtreet, Swan- sea, and Elizabeth Evans, of the same address, were charged a.t Swansea Police-court to-day with wilfully neglecting tbedir five chil- dren. The parties had cobatbated together for some years. The evidence adduced by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ChU- dren, for whom Mr. Leeder a was to the effect that the mole defendant was a worthless, lazy fellow, and allowed the woman Evans to beg to secure maintenance for herself and her children. The children were in a dirty and neglected state, aind badly provided for. The woman was suffering from cataract, and two of the ohildren firoan other affections. Smith had been employed under the corporation, but would not attend to his work. The Bench sent him to prison for dIree. months, and discharged the woman.
ISPINNING STRIKE OVER.t
SPINNING STRIKE OVER. t The strike in the spinning department of the York-street Flax Spinning and Weaving Company (Limited), Belfast, by wihioh 2,200 operatives have beep idle for a. week, ended to-day, the workers returning to their employment on the terms existing at the time of tihe dispute.
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ILost or Pledged P
I Lost or Pledged P VICTIM OF ROBBERY ARRESTED In March last a daring robbery of jewels, valued at L4,500, from a post-office was re- ported to the Birmingham police. Mr. Isaac Eidinow, the victim, had for years carried on business in Hatton-garden, London. H< told the police that he left the gems in a. wallet on the counter. Directly he discovereq his mistake he returned, but they had dis appeared. On Saturday Eidinow was oharged before the magistrate at Clerkenwell with fraui dulently converting L71 worth of di31 monds to his own use. It was ex. plained that on Thursday, in the High Oourt, erne of the creditors of Mr. Eldinow- the latter has, since the Birmingham, inci- dent, become a bankrupt—brought an action: against a. arm of Birmingham pawnbrokers for the recovery of diamonds which Eidinow had pledged with them. The creditor, Mr. Sternberg, said the dia- monds were some of those which. Bidinow. stated he had lost. Eidinow, on the others hand, maintained that the diamonds were I from his own private atoc-k-and not part of the 14,500 which the wallet contained. It was proved conclusively to the jury,- said counsel, that the prisoner's statement was untrue, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff, the jury finding that part of the diamonds which prisoner said he had lost he had, in fact, pledged." Mr. D Eyncourt: Up to that time the story had been believed? Mr. Osborn: Well. I don't say that. But we had difficulty in b-ringing any accusation! home. To Detective-sergeant Hayman, who ar- rested him, prisoner said, "All right, I will let you see everything. It is your business. I searched him" explained the officer, and found two packets of stones." Eidinow made no reply when charged. He; was remanded. Bail was allowed L74 £ 2,OO.;>7~
iTell Tale Footprints
Tell Tale Footprints MERTHYR CONSTABLE'S SMART CAPTURE Michael Ryan was brought up at Merthyi* Police-court to-day on two charges of steal- ing brass bearings from some old Bessemer1 plant at the Dowlais Works. Mr. F. P. Charles prosecuted. On the 10th inst. Police-constable Ings saw that three bearings had been removed fromu the A" cogging engine, and, noticing a boot- print in some hardened grease, took a plaster cast of it. On the 16th prisoner was ca-ugbs in the act of carrying away some other b--er ings, and he was given into custouy. Th< plaster cast was compared with one of th. boots prisoner pps wearing, and they wer4 found to correspond. Prisoner pleaded guilty to both charges. He was sent to prison for three months 011 each charge—six months in all.
NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR'S -DEATH-
NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR'S DEATH Great Libel Case Recalled The death occqrred early to-day at South* sea of Mr. Richard Holbrook, senior pro- prietor of the Portsmouth Times." Mr. Holbrook, who was in his 88th year, had been connected with the paper for 57 years. Ha was previously manager of the Bath Chronicle." Mr. Holbrook was one of the defendants in a great libel case thirty years ago, Queen v. Holbrook. He and his sons fought for the principle that proprietors of newspapers were not criminally responsible for libel inserted without their authority, knowledge, or consent. The point turned on whether general authority to the editor did not carry direct responsibility. After a, long litigation the High Court decided in) favour of defendants.
FERNDALE MANAGER
FERNDALE MANAGER Faces a Serious Charge- Frank Parry, manager of the Constitu- tional Olwb, Ferndale, was charged upon a warrant at Merthyr Polioe-court to-day with assaulting a girl under sixteen, named Mar- garet Sa-rah James, of Tirphil. Mr. F. P. Charles prosecuted, and Mr. Harold Lloyd* Cardiff, defended. Mr. Lloyd applied for an adjournment, and stated that the prisoner was only arrested on Saturday night, and he had no oppor- tunity of prepaaing his defence. The prisoner held a responsible position, and denied the charge. The cam was adjourned for a week, and prisoner was allowed badl-bimaelf in S50 end one surety for the same amount.
IFRENCH SAILOR KILLED
FRENCH SAILOR KILLED Body Landed at Port Talbot The Frencfh barque Rhone arrived at I Port Talbot Docks on Sunday from Dun- kirk, when it was reported that one of the sailors had been killed whilst in the channel. The sailor, whose name was Yves Marie, was working between the decks, and the tossing of the boat caused him to fall down the hold, a depth of 21 feet, and hgwao -instantly killed through severe injuries to his head and neck. The body was taken charge of by Polioe-sergeant W. Phillips (Docks), who conveyed it to the mortuary to await an inquest.
LOST HIS BALANCE
LOST HIS BALANCE Morriston Man Mangled James Burkenshaw, living in Powell-street* Swan-&, -d emiytoyed as a greaser at thd' DufEryn Works, Morriston, was engaged to day greasing, when he somehow lost hit balance and fell into the machinery. He sustained severe internal injuries, fron Which he died later at the awamom HoopAa)
DID NOT LIKE THE ARMY
DID NOT LIKE THE ARMY A young man named Sidney Ernest Case* who gave an address at 26, laanvadr-road, was broughtpefore the Newport magistrates to-day, charged with deserting from the Royal FieTd Artillery at Newport Barracks, He came down from Newport, Isle of Wight, and had only been in the artillery for six weeks. For ten days he had been an ab- sentee. Detecfcive^ergeant Tanner jpefc him in tha street, and, having has suspicions aroused; questioned Mm and asked him to show his right arm. The tatoo marks identified him. He said he did not like the Army. The Bench handed him over to am eaoart.
STEAMSHIP COMBINE
STEAMSHIP COMBINE Mr. Charles W. Morse, who recently oeoam& the control of the Ward line steamers trading between New York and Cuban and (Mexican ports, has now purchased the New York and Puerto Bdco Steamship CompanYI thus practically obtaining control of the coastwise shipping trade. The amount in, volved in the transaction is not stated.
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