Evening Express

WARSHIP FOR SCRAP HEAP It is now officially announced that th4 cruiser Gladiator, which was wrecked is collision with the American liner St. Paul in April last, is to be sold out of thjs ser- vice. About £ 65,000 was spent in salving ttM cruiser, and the Admiralty is prepared to spend JS500 more on making her water-tight, but the purchaser will have to take the rislr of moving her.

I CONTAMINATED MILK < It was reported by the Public Health I Committee at yesterday's meeting of the i-ondon County Council that out of ninety- two samples of milk selected out of 204 1 taken at London railway etaticms and ex- amined, twenty-two had proved to be tuber* t culous. I

FASTEST WARSHIP The new cruiser battleship Indomitabl4 I arrived at G-?.l,"Ir yesterday after a quiet passage of only three days from Portsmouth under easy steaming. No doubt is felt at I Gibraltar that- she is the fastest and most powerful warship of her class aflbat. I

ICEBERG KIFTY MILES LONG J The barque Dee, from Talcahuano, which arrived at Queenstown yesterday, reported that on September 4 and 5 last in the neighbourhood' of Cape Horn, she passed 100 icebergs—one fifty miles long and 200 to 25ft: feet high, stretching from north-east to south-west.

A MILD rlONTH f November has a gloomy reputation. It It I notoriously the most unpleasant month oi the twelve. But this year November's behaviour calls for little censure—the month has been mild, comparatively dry, sunmy. and free from fog.

TAX ON HOARDINGS t It is understood that one of the neve [ sources of revenue which Mr. Lloyd George will tap in the next Budget will be adver*  tiaements on hoardings, on which he pr& I poses to levy a tax. i

POSTHUMOUS RECEIVING ORDER The London Gazette" last night con- tained a notice of a receiving order against j the late Sir John Puleston, who died O* J| October 19 last.

While a motor-oar was being driven a?at Coventry yesterday it swerved, ra,n p? bank, and OY?rturn?i. Thomas Abbott, <? Newport, Isle of Wight, being killed, and ¡. Coventry man named Pegg badly injured. Real VILLAGE COUNTRY BREAD, sweet 604 uattf- made from country our.-Ste.ens (Limited), DútØI (Iyaiitedj, 136, Queen-etreet. Cardiff.

FURNISH FOB "TTRADUAL PAYMENTS AT J, W. DA VIES & CO. -42, QUEEN STREET, :c.. CARDIFF (FACING PARK-PLACE). NO LARGE DEPOSIT NECESSARY, e6634 0 There is a big rush for OXO PICTURES Neverbefore has the public responded so quickly to an offer of free pictures. And no wonder. The pictures which the OXO Company are offering in exchange for OXO Coupons are genuine Cecil Alain prints, hitherto sold by the picture shops at one guinea each. Bear in mind they are NOT cheap reproductions in photogravure specially printed for giving away. § ETery home in England should have a few of these beautiful pictures adorning the walls. Every picture is a master- piece of colour work which gives an kir of distinction to any room in the house. "Write a postcard TO-DAY for full par- ticulars and an illustrated list of all the 24 subjects offered. Address OXO Pic- lure Office, 4, Lloyd's Avenue, London, E.C. NO- 24. Why pay enormous inter- Bst when Phil Phillips, 24, St. Mary-street, will lend you 9100 and upwarda. Interest at 16s. 8d. per sDonth on all kihda of lew- O"! A A ?ry, D?ds, Shares, Seal- 1/ ikm, China, and long stand- ing Life Insurances. A large variety of Gold and Silver Watches at half "|Q Usual Shop Pricee. See .LO/0 our Windows. A Big Stock of Gents' and LadieW Guards and Alberts, Dia- > soond Rings, Engagement FUR Bangs, Wedding Rings, Gold Brooches and Braoelets. Lorely GenJ Single Stone MoNTH Diamond Rings at Low prices. Give us a call and eee for yourself. Onir ad- EffTULM2 drees Is PHIL PHILLIPS, 24, 8t. Mary-stre", CwrdiJf. 118M DEAKIN S MIRACULOUS CHEST, COUGH, AND LUNG HEALER Will LKOMdiately arrest the course of tire disease and guard against all 111 effects. It possesses marvellous healing and tonic pro- perties, and gives instant Relief to Cooghs. Colds. Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Difficulty of Breathing, etc. It is very beneficial, and has proved for many years a BOON and a BLESS ING to THOUSANDS of SUFFERERS. Prices, lilt and 2/3, of all Chemists and Stores. 14or 2/6 from the sole proprietors and inv^it^rs, I G. DEAKIN & HUGHES. Tho Inflammation Remedies Co.. BIAEHAVON. RED CROSS LINIMENT jmiim Positively CURES Rheum a- tiam. Lumbago, Neuralgia, If 11 rfl\il 11 ?Mnchiua. Stiff Jodnts. Un- UBcjUppsW ?r&ken Chilolams, &C. Mar- ?? feJ. vellc?s resuita from anort ???tMt??r trW. A Welsh castgmer s.: "Qthing like it for Rheumatics." From &gcnts everywhere, l/u boni?; of poatp?id 1/4, trom J. H. MAUNDER Mfg. Chemist, TEIGNMOUTH. DEVON. A sample bottle sent for 2d. to cover postage. Duok and bans. WhdesAle Ag-U. Cardiff Coo liatt for Classiftration FCRNI3HJ5D A part men 13 for OM or two youn? ientiemea; comlo;t.&WO home; a. aid c. b.a.th; near cars and post-offlce; terms mcdmt,Appy ot Bentoa-road, Canton, Cardiff. 3 or 4 BDfms to Let ^DniaraiSd).—64, Byder-«treet Canton, Cardiff. el779d27 W.ijTEDa.ble Day G?L—?ppiy 7, Kjm- Wborley-road, Ruth Park, Card?if. el'?t8d27 CLEAN General wanted f- Day Work.—Apply 45, -street, &! v6.side. el77Ed27 GKA.MAPH0>"E Disc .Records Exchanged. Why buy \J<T new when I exenange u.ed Records in good con- dition for others, lain. 4d-, 7in. 3d.—Any evening after seven, 60, Dorset-street, Gran:;e,_L'.ar([i1i05d27 VOR Sale. Pitch-pine Washing Machine; iron-lip JL. and casters, with brass tap; no reasoiiabie offer refused.—Westlaads, Whitchurcli-road. el78>(d.27 T?KACTIfUJL ?M??M for ?Ye; in gig.did Bdition; cheap to immediate purchaiwz for caih • moaay uigently wanted; seen at any time —-YddIV p., 17, Hanover-street, Canton. e'nakl^ R ESPECTABLE Girl wanted imm«diatelv: aged about 16; good lionle.-Apply 6 Si, Evening Es- press, Cardiff. el7S6d27 R Sale, Two Spaniel Pupa (dog and bitch); nine X. weeks old. Also a Lurcher Bitch, with 2 Pups.- Herbert Evans, Butchers' Arms, St. Clears. el78M22 "TTT-AJTTBD, good General; country gin preferred- »T reference required.—Apply S. Jerrett, 2 Xew Homoe* Gem-geaide, Blaaaavan. '*I?M2?  A' good GeneraJ Want?; reference ?equired.—?pBly AMa,,?on's Arms, Cru?i!n. el791d27 WANTED, young Girl for Farmhouse StalT a ore W w&xea, Jam?s, Green Fajm, St. Maughans, Mcn? mouth. el793d27 "Ir AXTED oCd- Eetrieving Spaniel, on"approval.— Dickinson, Aberyaltir, Brecon. el796d27 WAITED, experienced Cook-General; country • VT wages 220-.CZ4.-3ixs. Ware, Caerphilly, near Cardiff. el792zl AGENTS, CoUeetcr?, Caavta-?M, SbopteepM? Ath,Ke is mcsey in our big-ppoflt si& line every- where; try it; no trouble; sample 6d. P.O.—Aerofly Trading CO., Great George-street, Leeds. e!794zl "I7ANTED. experienced "Hotme-FarLourm&id;mi?U family; reierenee!l.1trs. E. :Y. Ha.nn, Oaklands, Aberam.n, Aberdare. ?179czl p IAIFO; nearly new; iron frame; check action; -t..&14 C3.-B 32.vg F?xprem, Cardiff. en?zl S1DDELEY Auto&Ma; the most TeUatl?. silent and Sl eoou4DTnl?cal c,?,ri manwactured.-Lucal agents Pez-y and .Turner, Motor ?nd Carriage Works, Frederitk- street, Cardiff. el735zl MASSAGE.—Wanted First-class MhiT; certificated! '¡'L preferably Swedfsb,-ipply 8 96, Evening Express, Cardiff. el813d27 WANTED, good General; fond of children; good TT home; reference.—17, Wellfisld-plaoe, Roath Park. ela!2d27 B- AKERS.Wanted, Good, All-round Man; only experienced men need apply.-Baas, Cwmbran. ed27 VERY rtetty Sable and White Cojlle Bitch for Sale, » &ged 12 months; champion pedigree; too small for ehow; lovely coat; sacrifice £ 1; approval, deposit. -W. Day, 150, Darraa Villas, Pon,tycymmer. e1815d27 C OLL,IM.-If you wish to give your friends a hand- some Christmas gift, give them a 'Pure-bred Collie; I have some; grand ftpo to dispose of.— Breeder, 154, Habershon-street, Cardiff. el511d27 "EV)a Sale, Pure-Ured American Bronze Turkey J Cockerel-e.-Appiy Heath Farm, near Cardiff. ed27 A- YOUDIJ-l.¡Wy'S Black Costume; ta?or made;- cost A four guineas; will aeti for L2; almost Apply S 95, Evening Express, Cardiff. el307d27 WASTED, a Girl (17—.13) tor Housework aad assist Vv in Shop.-2, Fcrest-street, Grange. elo38d27 OST, betweeii Great Western Station and Pen- cisely, on Saturday last, a Lady'¡¡ Metal and Leather Belt; finder will be rewarded.-Wiiso., 10, Borliagton-terrace, Panolgely. olZOM27 ALFKen{..I Licensed Horse Slaughterer, Marsh AManure Wows, Bri&tol; highest prices and cash on removal for live and dead horse, cuws, &c.-A,-eilt, Beynon, Barry-road, Cadoiton. Telegrams, Bevnon, Cadoxton. e-lcflaz 1 U:SD, White and Grey Whippet Bitch; owner .£ can have same by paying expenses.-Apply 2, ?kin-?reet, POZUL el7HdZ7  2Furnisil«f~ifooms to "Le't; 6S. week; near oars' Apply 13, May-street, Catheys. el790d27 WANTED, smart, attractive Girl, aged about 16 or 17, for Housework and As¡;i In Shop.—JonM, r;, Caroline-street. el737d27 IF Chailt Plaques left at 55, Miskin-road, Trealaw, 1. are not claimed within three days will be sold^io lefray expenses. el7S3d27 YOUNO Lady seeks Situation as Barmaid; tail; JL experienced; good, appearance; good reference.— Apply a 94, Evening Express, Cardiff. el305zl ADVERTISES h« tMO tc La?mt1? Cottage tJt. Property; mortgage £:0 lI::Zes muot ahowg-gd ,Me of int8reBL-PartiCulan 6 93, Evening Express, Saxlig- el802d27 ABeli«*'« Woman wanted aa lq"eeper to ? A. reapect?? worMng man; no cMMten; mnet pro- f Luse highest Pel"BWces; good wages and excellent WIM far a mftable peTem-Apply Cox, 10, Graig- iemoa,. Ferndaje. el3C0d27 STOP PRESS Latest Telegrams. HALF • TIME Moore:- DEVON. 6 points. GLAMORGAN Nil. V;ALLABIES. 6 points. LANCASHIRE. 3 points. Betting—7 Lo 4 agsu • v. j j J j I I I t 1 1

TRAIN CORD PULLED I I am glad you have come. It has been a perfect bell here since we left Pontrilas." Tliese words were add.reseed to Giiar-d Smith by a young lady paasenger on a Grea.t Western train when the guard entered the oompartmeat at Llantilio Partholey on the 4tih mat., as the result of tihe coaanninioa- tion cord being pulled. It appears that a single woman, named Mary Bees, alias Payne. of Tredegar, travelled in the &aime compartment as the young woman. Her conduct was very ba, and s'he pulled the coTnanurLicatiou cord withmit any reason. When the --uard &poke to her she made a ram-bhog statement, end wanted to get out of the train, thinking she was at Aber- gavenny Junction, and the result was that the gtiard travelled with them. At Aber- gavenny Police-court to-day Keea denied the alleged offence, and. said she was assaulted by the young woman who made the com- plaint. Fined .wit.

„ IS100 LOST IN BETTING I The first meeting of the creditors of the estate of Char lee Frederick Parry, of 4, Adeline-etr-t, '&wPoTt, coal merchant, was held to-day at the office of the Official Receiver. Liabilities expected to rank for dividend were set at 1190 go aaid aeeets at £ 27 8s. The cause of failure as stated by the debtor was laconically "betting Losses. The Official Eeceiver's observations from the state- ments of the debtor showed that Parry lost at least £100 by bets on horses in three or foux years. To enable him to re-pay his losses he obtained loans from moneylenders at heavy rates of interest. With reference to a bad debt of E50, he explained that in May last he joined another person in rnaifjnp a book," but the other person left the town about a month ago, and Parry lost his money. The Official Receiver remains trustee.

I MORE RIOTS IN IRELAND Subsequent to the turbulent scenes at Caahel, Co. Tipperary, on Monday the police and people again oame into oomflict, with the result that many button charges took place, and both sides suffered in the melee. The police were stoned in the barrack yard, and they charged the mob, having to use their batons freely. Stone-throwing was general, and the evening disturbance lasted three hours and a half. Many civilians were injured, and four po Iioe-constablea were badly wounded. Arising out of the riots eighteen arrests were made. At the hearing* on Tuesday evening thirteen of the acoosed were remanded in custody for a week, two were sent to hospital awaiting trial, and three were acquitted.

I A OEOIL "SENT DOWN" Mr. Randal William Gaswyms Cecil, under- graduate of University College, Oxford, so a of the Rev. Lord WUliam Cecil, of Hatfield, is reported to have been sent down for being out of college daring prohibited hours. Mr. Cecil was discovered by a constable throwing stones at a college window m Broad-street a.t about three o'clock on Sun. day morning. The constable asked for 3, card or addressed envelope, which Mx. Oedl was unable to produce, and he was then requested to accompany the constable to the police-station. Hero his identity was soon established, and the case was handed over to the. There was no demonstra- tion wh-en Mr. Cecil left the railway station yesterday. He only came into residence in October last.

MAINTENANCE OF A WIFE At Penanth to-day John Harries was charged with non-payment of arrears of maintenance to his wife, Elizabeth Hairries. MT. Tom John, who defended, said the defen- dant had been out of woark. but bad about £ 3 due to him at the end of the present week, of which he offered to pay EZ if the bench adjourned the caM. The bench accordingly adjourned it for three weeks.

MXICWOS TtLLACE cOtrjfTHT BREAD, made from treat milk daily.—Stevens (iimAed).- J)UtCh_ -4Cafg, cazddff. I

The Man in the Street —— 4 It is just possible that a new excite- ment will be added to the gaiety of Pen- arth. One of the bath-managership can- didates recently interviewed by the l council told the wondering members of his prowess at Ju-Jitsu, and visions were instantly conjured up of a whole popula- tion given over to the joys of Japanese wrestling. When one comes to think of that secret meeting of the Penarth coun- cillors Last week many possibilities crowd to the surface. Is it possible that the representatives of the ratepayers were qualifying by a study of this fashionable mode of catching and throw- ing to become up-to-date "chuckers-ooit" ? Had one of the candidates (the Ju-Jitsu professor) been retained to give the councillors some private lesiions ? In that case it was no wonder the pressmen were asked to retire. It is notiiltogtiher improbable that the day is being antici- pated when the necessity will arise to have at hand some means by which obstreperous reporters can be properly and adequately excluded. In such an event the newspaper men will be well advised to take lessons in the noble art themselves, and thus be prepared against the day when the very worst occurs. Already Penarth is well supplied with gymnasts, and the newer pastime is bound to catch on. What were the Pen- arth councillors doing at their secret meeting, if they were not Ju-Jitsuing, anyhow ? Dairy-keepers and farmers have but the scantiest notion of the blessings which have been brought them in the train of an all-beneficent, ever-ad- vancing civilisatkm. For one. thing, other people do not go about milking their cows for them at the break of day, as was the custom 60 years ago in the neighbourhood of Neath and other centres noted for the creamiest of creamy milk. When Victoria was a girl upon the British throne the most exciting local news of the day was something like this: "The practice of milking other people's oows has again been very pre- valent in this neighbourhood." And then, probably, the item of news that caught the popular fancy in the following week was a highly descriptive account of the hanging, drawing, and quartering of the culprits who were caught in the act. The people took more liberty in those times, but justice was stern and retributive, and grey- haired grand-sires never tire of telling us about their otherwise good neighbours who took their farewell of the world on the gallows, for stealing & sheep, or some other little thing of no great con- sequence. Matters have improved since then, and people can do more than take a lamb or two—they can even rob a man I of his lifwith the tolerable certainty of being handsomely provided for during a great portion of the remainder, of their existence. As for milking other people's oows, there is no necessity to go to so much bother. All that is necessary is to get the milkmen to give you credit, and other people pay the penalty when the price of the precious fluid goes up. I wonder how many of the 4,000 people who sat at the feet of Mr. Balfour last week noticed the ex-Premier's record-breaking sentence of 530 words? This -was the actual length of the states- man's peroration, and it is said that the place bearing the longest Welsh name turned green with envy, while historians poi-ed over the little four-hour efforts of the late Mr. Glaiktone to find out which of the two deserved the biscuit for long- windedness. Up to the time of writing, it seeing that Mr. Gladstone has been beaten by a clear neck, though the afore- said historians are still deep in their researches among Hansard speeches. .Though they wera never in open com- petition, these two statesmen were very similar in tLeir love fox long, complica- ting sentences, and it was often said of the deceased Liberal leader that two meanings at least 00ukl be ascribed to every other sentence he uttered, chiefly because of their length. Evidently, the sight of the City-hall and the Law Courts inspired Mr. Balfour to do his be-A, and he was not the first visitor who got the impression that Cardiff is used to big things. His previous biggest sentence, 275 words and 26 lines of news- paper print, was at Birmingham last year. But both this and the Cardiff example are insignificant when com- pared with one of the hypothetical questions in the Thaw trial which ran into 2,000 words. I am glad to notice that several members of the OaTdiff Schools Manage- ment CommitJtee have noticed an evil to which I have drawn attention more tham once. If ratepayers had been present at yesterday's meeting a,nd Have seen for themselves the samples of arithmetic and dictation work produced by Dr. Robin- son they would have felt as disgusted with the present system of cramming in our schools as are most of those who are sadly but intimately acquainted with the method at closeir quarters. As the Lord Mayor pointed out, the people do not get full value for their money in the elementary schools. Many of the sub- jects crammed into the youngster are more fit for the secondary sschools, and it would he well if soone of them could be removed to allow a more thorough grounding in the three R's. Working- men's children (and in working men I include all those whose boys and girls roust prepare to fight their own battles from the outset) want something that will be really useful to them-ffiey are getting anything but that. A complete return to the old-fashioned three R's would be infinitely better than the pre- sent system of cramming, and it is pro- bable that something between that and the existing complex methods can be agreed upon. It will be another feather in the Cardiff Lord Mayor's three- cornered hoat if he can hetip to lead the country back to the land of common- sense.

NEWPORT UNEMPLOYED I Alderman Mark Mordey, J.P., presided at a. special meeting of the Newport Diostress Oamimittee held at the Town-hall on Tues- day night. The Borough Engineer (Mr. R. H. Hayn^es) submitted estimates amounting to £1.400 for Labour in connection with schemes for road improvement in the borough, it was decided to apply to the Local Govern- ment Board for a 50 per cent. grant on the estimate, whioh will be E700. There are nearly 300 men om the register at present. Mr. Haynes intimated that he would be able to employ 50 labourers far three months on the work in Beechwood and Ghristehurch roadfi, and foozteen men for six weeka on Brymci--road- V

Mr, H. G. Allen FORMER WELSH M.P, DEAD Mr. H. G. Allen, formerly member of Par- liament for Pembroke Rorouigha, died at P. keston, Pembrokeshire, this morning. The deceased gentleman was the second son of the late Mr. John Hfesleigh Allen, tormerly M.P. for Pembroke Boroughs and chairman of Pembrokeshire Quarter Sessions. He was educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford, obtaining his B.A. degree in 1837, M.A. three years later, and Q.C. in 1879. Mr. Allen represented Pembroke Boroughs in Parliament from 1880 to 1886, and for sixteen years was chairman of the county quarter sessions. He was also an alderman of Pem- brokeshire County Council.

LAUNDKYMAN'S OFFENCE Albert Edward Sayer, described aa a laundryman, of Bristol, late of Abertillery, was charged at Pomtypridd to-day with obtaining Elo by falise pretences from the South Wales Loan and Finance Company. Mr. J. Bryant appeared for the prosecu- tion, and the evidence given was to the effoot that defendant had represented him- self to be a householder, that he paid 7s. 6d. a week, that all the furniture in the house was his own, and that this was unen- cumbered. wheireaa it was subsequently dis- covered that he only rented from a Miss Morgan (a schoolmistress), and that, therefore, none of the furniture was his. Defendant was. on the represent ations indicated, granted a loan of of which te gave a parmiseor-y note for £14 10s. repayable by instalments of Pl per month. Defendant now admitted having made a misrepresentation as to him being a householder, but pleaded that he had no intention whatever of defrauding the com- pany. He had failed to keep up the in- stalments, owing to the illness of himself and his wife. The Bench bound defendant over to be of good behaviour for three years, and made ar. order for the repayment of £10 within twelve months.

SMART CARDIFF WEDDING A quiet wedding was solemnised at St. John's Church. Cardiff, this morning between Mr. Walter Gilbert Scott, eldest son of Mr. Walter Scott, solicitor, and junior partner in the firm of Messrs. Walter Scott and Scott, Cardiff, and Miss Lilian Annie Peers Pittard, eldest, daughter of Dr. Marmaduke Pittard, Cardiff. The Rev. Sidney Thoanaa, B.A. otticie-ted, and the ceremony was wit- rjesaed by the members and friends of tihe families of the bride and bridegroom. Mr. G. O. Common acted M best man, and Miss Ena Pittard (aister of the bride) was the bridamaid. The bride, who was given a.way by her father, looked charm- ing in a travelling costume of mole-coloured cloth, with a mauve Corday hat, trimmed with mauve chrysanthemums and mole- coloured feathers. The happy couple left Cardiff by motor-ca,r for London, where the honeymoon will be spent. There were up- wards of seventy handaome p resents.

JUBILEE NURSES' INSTITUTE I ■' The Lord Mayor (Alderman Lewis Morgan) attended the Cardiff Property and Markets Cem.mittee to-day, and stated t the Lady Mayoress had taken up the question of the annual Quqchi Victoria Jubilee Nurses' Institute ball, with the result that it had been arranged that the ball be held 00 Thursday, Deoeantber 17, at the City-hail, pro- vided the property and markets committee gave the use of the hall free of all expense. The committee unanimously complied with the request, the Cfhad rinan (Sir William Crossman) remarking that he was pleased to find that the Lady Mayoress was doing such a friendly act for the institute. I It was decided to grant the use of tie Oity- hall for the Glamorgan Hunt Ballou January 6 at the usual charge.

ODDFELLOWS FALL OUT I Llewellyn Williams, of Bullcroft, Michael- stone-Ie-Pit. charged James Merrett, Dinas Powis, at Penarth to-day with assault. Mr. Gordon Williaans, Cardiff, appeared for the eom/plainanft, who stated tha.t defendant and hCt belonged to the sa-me local order of Odd- fellows. On the evening of the 14th inst. he wemt to pay his monthly subscription at the Cross Keys lun, Dinas Powis. Defendant came up to him, saying, "This is the second time I have spoken to you, and you ought to be in a lunatic asylum, or someone else." Defendant then struck him on the left jaw, and he (complainant) fell to the ground. The Bench imposed a fine of EZ, including costs, or fourteen days imprisonment.

MALARIA FEVER ABOARD I Mr. Peter Allen, of Malefant-street, Oathays, Cardiff, the second officer of the steamer Oakby, who wae removed to the hospital suf- fering from malaria fever when the vessel arrived in Shields Harbour on Monday, is progressing favourably. Daring the time the vessel was trading between .e island of St. Luis and Dakar no less than iainet-een of the crew were in hospital atUinerent dates. The cook, who shipped at Cardiff, was left inhosl pital at Dakar.

COLLEGE RAG SEQUEL At Cambridge Police-oourt yesterday two cases arising out of the "rag" following, the big football match on November 14 were heard. Janies Birnie, a townsman, pleaded guilty to breaking public lamps, and was fined 2te. and coats. The oase against a.n undergraduate charged with damaging an iron hurdle on Christ's Pieces was dismissed on the ground that the evidence failed to show wilful intent.

ONLY A WOODCOCK David Jones, a collier, living at Gadlys, Aberdare, went out shooting the other day. With him were a little boy and a gun, and his intention was to net some rabbits. But Joneø only shot a woodcock, in respect of whieh he was fined 10s. and costs at the local police-court to-day because he had no right to be in the wood where Police-con- stable Welleby found him.

ENGINEERS' WAGES DOWN 5% The Clyde Shipbaiktiiriig aaid Engineering employers will on Tuesday next reduce the wages 5 per cent, on prieee nates, and one shrilling weedeby om time rates. The redfUiction wiU bring the Clyde rates to the level existing in English oemitree, and in firtuire wages in all centres will be kept at the same level.

£ 5 MILK FINE John Wilfred Tovey, Ohrtetclrurch, a dairy- man, was summoned at Newport to-day for selling milk not of the quality demanded. Mr. Morgan, who prosecuted, put in the analyst's certificate showing 21.5 per cent, of added water. The defence was that them-ilk was sold in the same condition as it came from a farmer. This being his first appear- ance, Tovey was fined E6.

DEATH OF LORD GLENESK '1 Lord Gleneak, proprietor of the Morning Post," died shortly before ten o'clook on Tuesday night. He was one of the founders of the Institute of Journalists, and for many years represented South Kensington in the House of Commons, being raised to the peer- age in 1895 in recognition of his political services. His lordahip had been ill for some time.

SHIPPING A-AT STANDSTILL tfew York. Wednesday.—The fog which settled over New York cdty a.nd harbour two days ago is still as dense as ever, and all sea. traffic is at a, standstill. A large number of steamers and sailing vessels are anchored off Sandy ]Elook,-wh-eire all indications point to their remaining for a considerable time long-. The Kronprinaessin Cecilie is one of the liners unable to leave the harbour.

IN THE POLICE-COURTS William Oraddock, a collier, of Bream, who has a long rooord, was fined 45s. at Coleford for being drunk and disorderly. Johm. Foley pleaded mlity at Aberdare Police-oourt to-da.y to stealing a can, the property of Edward Thomas Howell, iron- monger, Miskin. The theft cost him a mouth's impriaomment. At Aberdare Police-oomrt to-day Georgie Smith and Christopher Storey were fined 15e. end ooata for not "spragging" their working- place at the Llettyshcnkin Colliery, Owm- bach. Mr. William Kemshotie prosecuted. Edward Artbaeter, a butcher and collier, of Pillowell, was summoned at Ooleford yesterday for neglecting to bury a sheep's carcase. Defendant said he employed a mam to bury the sheep after it was dead, but he did not do so. Defendant was ordered to pay tho coats.

DUTCH CAn, near Queenreet Siatlon, and of ?he Vtest in the wo(U. Afternoon Teaa with our ÂfiJ:a and BuTUr. &t<VM<, 1;=,e:U:n:r': Limited, CardUX. e4549

Foodless and Fireless" PENRHIWCEIBER PARENTS CHARGED. At Aberdare Police-court to-day John Thomas and Mary Thomas, husband and wife, living at 10, Melbourne-street, Tynte- town, near Penrhiwceiber, were charged, firstly, with eo neglecting their child, David Thomas (aged two months) as to cause his death, and, secondly, with neglecting another child. Mr. William Thomas, Aberdare, who prosecuted on behalf of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, stated that defendants had already been com- mitted for trial on the coroner's warrant for the death of their first child, and the male defendant was really more to blame than the female prisoner, for he was too lazy to work. Inspector Thomas deposed to seeing the dead body of the child lying at defendants' house, and the little one was in a very ema- ciated condition andOonly weighed 51 bs, the normal weight of a child of that age being BIbs. The mother said she did not think it necessary to call a dootor, because they had buried four children already from the same cause, wmlst the husband said they had had great difficulty in rearing the deceased child. There was hardly any furniture in the house, and the other child (Evan Morgan) wasbadly clothed, but well nourished. Emily George, a neighbour, said the baby was a plump and healthy child" when born. Onoe she drew the mother's attention to the child's thin condition, and the mother said she could not account for it, and remarked, "WoO have buried four children before from the same complaint." Witness repeatedly sent food to the uouse, which was often food- less and fireless M. E. Preece, with whom the prisoners used to live in ap3,TIments at Glenlay- street, Penrhiwceiber, said she did not con- sider the prisoners' house in Melbourne- street was a fit place for the baby. When the child was fourteen days old it was in a thriving condition. Mary Jane Lewis, of 46, Pillwyn-street, also gave evidence, remarking that the female defendant was sometimes without food in the house, and the husband worked irregularly Polices-constable Evans described his visit to prisoners' house, and Police-sergeant Davies intimated that the male defendant worked at one time at the Penrhiwceiber Colliery, when he earned good money. Dr. R. W. Jones, of Penrhiwceiber, spoke to having conducted a post-mortem exam- ination, and express-ed the opinion that the child had received insufficient nourishment- Prisoners were committed for trial at the assizes, bail being allowed.

SCOTT-STREET AFFRAY Cornelius Cummings (47) was brou#it up a.t Cardiff to-day charged (before the Deputy- Stipendiary, Mr. E. Milner Jones) with violently assaulting and wounding John Dempsey on the back of the neck and back with a tomahawk, with intent, in Scott-street, on November 24. There were "ructions" on the night in question arising out of th,e hostilities. Prisoner is a brother-in-law of the prosecutor. The two, it was stated, were imbibing, and an altercation followed abomt their resipective lady loves, and there was much noise caused by the smashing of crockery and the falling of pictures in the struggle. Prosecutor alleged that in the quarrel the prisoner attacked him and inflicted the injuries, which rendered him unconscious. Pol ke-00 n stable Edward Edwards proved that there were stains of blood om the tommyhawk, and blood was issaiing from the wournds. He was taken to Dr. J. J. Buist (police-surgeon), who certified, in evidence, that the wounds were punctured wounds, that on the neck half an inch long and a quarter of an inch deep, and the one on the back three-quarters of an incih long a.nd quarter of an inch deep. Prisoner declared that he acted on the defensive. He was sent to the assizes.

;a;= KILLED ON THE T.V.R. Mr. D. Rees, coroner, conducted am inquest to-d-ay on the body of -Lm Ford, an elderly man, residing a.t Maesmawr-cottages, Upper Boat, who was killed by a Taff Vale Radlway train on Saturday afternoon between Treforeffl, and Upper Boat. The evidence was that the engine-driver saw Ford on the line about twenty yards in front of the engine and walking in the samie direction as the train. The driver thereupon blew the whistle and was under the impression that-deceased had got out of the way, but the letter wa,s struck by the footplate, and amongst other injuries sustained a fracture of the leg and arm. A verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned.

THRASHING A JIBBER Thomas Lawrence, of Blewitt-street, was at Newport to-day fined 40s. or a month's im- prisonment for cruelling beating two horses by "thrashing them unmercifully" going up Pentonville ihcline. Thp quoted sen-tence was part of the evidence of Mrs. Rail ton, who wit- nessed the matter. Inspector Easdown, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said he found one of the horsoo had been considerably injured. Defen- da.nt's employer (the p,roprietor of an oil tank) told him that defendant was allowed to geft-the assistance of a chain horse to go up the hills, but he preferred keeping the money to engaging one. defendant said one of the horses was a great jibber.

J.P. PLEADS FOR WORKMEN Three workmen of the St. Julian's Brick- works were summoned at Newport to-day for trespassing on the Great Western Rail- way. Mr. Thomas Parry. J.P., tihe ex-anayor, said tihe men only crossed the railway for the ptirpose of going to their football ground. He had spoken to the men, and had written to the company. He thought as it was the men's first offence the company mnght have been lenient and not prosecuted. The Bench told the defendants that they ought to be grate- ful to Mr. Parry for speaking on their behalf. They were simply ordered to pay the costs.

BARRY NURSING ASSOCIATION Major-general H. II. Lee, hon. treasurer/ of the Barry District Nursing Association, has just received the handsome donation of Y,145 towaTds the funds of the association— £ 114 Os. Id., the weekly contributions of the workmen at the Tyne Engine Works, Barry Dock, and 130 ls9. lid. donation from Mrs. C. H. Bailey, in to the a/mount contributed by the raen. The Barry Bur- sing Association is (maintained entirely by voluntary subscriptions*

7== I A MYSTERY OF THE SEA The master of the steamship Ellaline, ] which has dry docked at Barry for examina- tion, reports to the Receiver of Wrecks that on the voyage trojh Marseilles to Barry ne observed about sixty miles north-east of Finisterre on November 20 floating in the water a hatch (fore and aft) and some splinters of wood, some painted Mue and some painted white, which appeared to be going eastward.

I DESECRATION TO BE PURGED The Bishop of Lichfield has decided that the whole of St. John's Church, Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent, need not be re-consecrated in consequence of a suicide in the belfry on Saturday last A short reconciliation ser- vice will, however, be held in order to "purge the desecration-"

PURCHASE OF FINE TOBACCO The B1!W1k Cat Cigarette Company have 1 purchased the entire English consignment of the fine Virginia tob-- crop of 1904, ",hwh has been lying in bond f or th?? I years. It is estimated it will take three years to convert this emP into cigarettes.

I- -.WARSHIP IN COLLISION i The large Italian armoured cruiser Pisa (10,000 tons' was run into to-day off Leghorn by the Italian steamship Elsa. At the time of the aecident the Pisa was lying at anchor. The cruiser received such damage that she had to be towed to Speezia.

I INDIAN REBEL SENTENCED I Calcutta, Wednesday.—Ohowdbury, the man who attampted to shoot Sir A. Fraser, Lieutenant-governor of Bengal, on the 7th I instant, pleaded guilty a. t the Hight Court Sessions, and was sentenced to ten yeaxsl rigorous imprisonment.

I HALL FOR BRITON FERRY It was reported at a public nfceting last eveming that Ll,250 had been promised by local gentlemen towards the erection of a new public hall for Briton Ferry, including :10500 from Mr. Herbert Eccles, J.P.

CHELMSFORD BYE-ELECTION I Mr. Pretym an ^Unionist) and M.r. Benoe (Liberal) have ween nominated for the CShelmsfoTd Division-

(Kindly M? our Van man to te?M a TILLAGB 1 COUNTRY J-??F.—Steveca (Limited), Dorothy Care.

Body in a Pig-Sty I A FARM MURDER CONFESSION The vicar of Cowling, near Keighley, has received a letter confessing that the writer murdered Miss Elizabeth Whitaker, whose charred body was found in a pig-sty on Lamb Farm. He has handed the letter to the police, who are for the present withholding all names. Otherwise the letter is as follows: "Dear 8ir,-By the time you have got this letter I shall be on the way to give myself up for the murder at Lamb Farm, at Claw- ling, Keighley. I had been sleeping at the fairm for about a week, when one night, about half-past nine, I had just laid down in the pig-sty. Then I heard some one coming, and I got UP. and was going out when I was stopped by a woman, who asked me wha.t I was doing there. I told her I had come for a night's shelter, and she said I had come to steal the hens, and she started shouting to the farm for someone, and I told her if she did not give up shouting I would kill her, and she got hold of me, and called me a thief, and I knocked her down with a stick I had with me, and Sjie Dropped Like a Dead 'Un I "So I thought I would make a good job of her, so I set fire to her and left her, and made my way to where I have been ever since. I have had no rest since I came here, and I can't get any sleep for thinking about it, so I have made up my mind to give myself up. I am well known at I was bom at I have a wife, and am not living there, and my name is "Postscript.—I am well known round about My name is I have a wife and child living at —, but don't live with her. I have been in priscA for net looking after them at I hWe lodged ¡ at —— The letter ends with the signature "Minor." Major Atcherley, Chief-constable for the West Riding, has been making personal in- quiries in the case, and detectives are also at work, but the police as yet have made no arrest. No order for the exhumation of Miss Whitaker's body haa been received.

STRANGE BIGAMY CASE John Tuck Jackson, 49, a traveller, was charged at the Thames Polioe-eourt yester- day with bigamy. On Monday the prisoner's second wife summoned him at this court for maintenance, when Jackson's defence was that he was not legally married, having a wife alive. He was afterwards arrested on the present jharge. Miss Betsy Brokenshaw, housekeeper a.t a hotel at Bradford, deposed th.a.t on November 26, 1891. she wasprecent when her sister, Louise, was married to the accused at a registry offioe at Maniohester, where they afterwards lived for two Oir. three years. They then rernovoo to Newcastle. { About six weeks ago the witness ha,d a letter from her sister, but until then had not heard of her for about 15 years. Alice Petely, stated that she first met the prisoner at a missiofi-hall at Christmas, 1904, he being one of tha workers at that place. In 1906 she became engaged to him, and he told her that he was a divorced man and had no wife. Jackson also assured her that he was a perfectly free man. Witness then miarried him. Prisoner was remanded.

LIFEBOAT SATURDAY FUND I The Lord Mayor of Cardiff, as president of the Cardiff Lifeboat Saturday Fund, has issued an appeal to all the clergy and ministers of the city asking them to appoint responsible scholars from each Sunday School, who will volunteer to carry out the envelope collection. Many hundreds of young workers will thus be engaged in assisting the committee on behalf of this great national cause, and, no doubt, many thousands of the citizens will generously resfpond to the appeal. The envelopes will be left at the houses on Friday, November 27, and called for on Saturday, the foUowing day, and each collector will wear an official badge. On Saturday evening the workers will be entertained to tea, and the local hon, treasurer of the fund (Mr. E. Gurthoys) and members of the committee, will asoem'ble and count the money collected. The local committee are indebted to Mr. I Oswald Stoll for the free use of Andrewlg-ha,li.

BRUISES ROUSE SUSPICION When the remains of Mrs. Ada Gordon, ,aged forty-five, the widow of an Army officer, of South Kensington, were sent for cremation, the crematorium officials found thirteen bruises on the face and body. In oonsequence the cremation was not carried out, and the Kensington coroner held an inquiry into the matter yesterday. The coroner's officer stated ne nad been given to understand tihat great violence had been used towards Mrs. Gorrdou by a man, but he oould not produce any evidence of an assault. A medical man said death wa,s due to heart dieeaee accelerated by alcoholism, a.nd not to the 'bruises, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly.

BRIDE AT Is. 6d. PER LB. I In one district of the Tyrol a custom pre- vails by which a bridegroom pays the parents of the bride a sum of money before the marriage ceremony takes place. Recently a peasant in the village of Kolked could not coone to terms with the parents of his sweet- heart, so they called u/pon the mayor of the village to decide on the purchase price. The .mayor, who is a cattle dealer, valued the young woman, at la. 6d. per lb. Her weight was found to be 1601b., and the bridegroom headed over £ 12, apparently much pleased I with his bargain.

FOOTBALL COUPON FRAUD William Alfred Thomas, a olerk and sorter at Walsall Post Office, pleaded guilty at the local court to attempting to obtain £ 5 by tse pretences from Robert BurrelL Flush- ?n?. HoMa?md. Prisoner Pl,o"d a poetmark 'n an emvetope at t in the morndj?. and ,fter seedn? the eveming pa,per with football resuite emlosed four oorrect &oores on a coupon and a fiv"hilling order, and stood to win X5, and put the letter ajnongsit the Iiight's Continental mail. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the second division.

TOLLED HIS DEATH KNELL I How a. sexton tolled the bell at his own dearth was related at the inquest on John Newberry, the sexton of St. John's Church, Horniingkvw, Burton-on-Trent, yesterday. Having quarrelled with his wife, Newberry went to the churah, tied the bell rope roumd his neck and then jumped from the heating apparatus in the belfry. The strain on the rope ran.- his death knell. A portion, of the church is to be reconsecrated.

PANIC CAUSED BY EAHTHQUAKE An earthquake occurred on Monday, the effects of whi.oh were most strongly felt at Arrude, Olivaes, and Franca, in Portugal. The shock, which, lasted 7sec., caused an indescribable panic in the districts affected. Many buildings collapsed, and factories and mills were partly -destroy-ed.Centt-al News.

DOCTOR8WEIGHING MACHINES I The Essex Education Committee decided yesterday to increase the salaries of their medical offioers by L100 per annum, on can- dition that they provide themselves with motor-care and carry with them to each school a weighing machine and height measure.

LEADING DRUID'S DEATH Mr. George RicMes, general secretary of the Ain?emt Order of Druids, who had only been married juet over a month, died a.t RuU yesterday after a. short illness. He was one of the most familiar figures in the Friendly Society world, being largely responsible for the promotion of the International Druids' Oomgrese held recently at Munich.

'VARSITY MAN SENT DOWN "I A member of Oxford University, who is alleged to have taken a prominent part in the Fifth of November disturbances by throwing stones at a window of Balliol College, has been sent down by the Uni- versity authorities.

DIED IN A CEMETERY j A tragic occurrence took place in Boston Cemetery yesterday afternoon, a man, named, Clarke, who was acting as one of the bearers a,t a funeral, beiTi? seized with sudden illness at the graveside. He expired in the ?hurloh.1 where he was removed almost immediately.

PROFIT ON COUGH DROPS A man informed the Bow County-court judge yesterday that he went from public- house to public-house selling cough lozenges. I sometimes sell fourteen dozen packets a drjy, makdmig a. profit of aobout 7s., he added.

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The Luard Murder I SUPPOSED CANADIAN CLUE I The supposed clue to the discovery of the murderer of Mrs. Luard, which led the police in Canada a few weeks ago to commence investigations among recent arrivals in the Dominion, has not yet been abandoned (says the "Daily News"). A detective from Scot- land Yard is in Winnipeg, and during the past few days has been engaged in a series of inquiries in this district, with the assistance of the provincial police. So far, however, it is admitted that the search has been fruitless.

ZOO BABY WALRUSES I The kindly forethought of the authorities ot the Zoological Gardens in providing mussels for the new walruses has proved abortive as the newcomers have only three teeth between them. They have yet to "cut" the others. Their predecessor of 41 years ago died after ondy a fortnight's residence, but every effort will be made to induce the newcomers to live. A varied diet will be at their disposal, including:Milk, filleted fish, chopped meat, seaweed, eseallops, cod-liver oil, fat, and mussels (shelled). Yesterday the walruses were released from their craraped wooden boxes, and flopped cheerily into the sea-lions enclosure. It will be a race between science and death if they are to survive in London, as a food which suits them must be found before their vitality is undermined.

GOODS TRAIN RUN INTO I Serious interruption to traffic on the main line of the Great Western Railway between Newport and Cardiff occurred at an early hour this morning. A light engine ran into a goods train at Maindee Junction, on the east side of Newport, about 1.30 a.m., and knocked four wagons off the roád, blocking both up and down main lines. Both the Bristol and Paddington express trains due in Cardiff at 2.5 a.m. and 2.20 a.m. respectively were behind the block, and were delayed for over two hours. A special train was made up at Cardiff and sent on as a relief for the mail train to Neylftnd. The breakdown gang from Newport were soon on the scene of the accident, and the Bristol train was signalled into Newport at 3.25, the Paddington express following shortly afterwards. It was after four o'clock before Carciiii wa,s reached.

IT DIDN'T WORK I A boaster, anxious to pose as a traveller of wide hotel experience, arrived at a hotel strange to him and a companion. "You see, my dear fellow," he said to his friend, as they were shown io their bedroom, "you must assert yourself, and let the servants know you mean to have what you want. There are no towels, no soap, no anything here. Just you watch me!" He subjected the electric-button to a long and strong press. No answer. He tried again, and finally a big, burly waiter appeared. "Did you ring, gir?" he asked the traveller. "Cer- tainly I didf" "Well, don't do it again!" said the man with a scowl as he slammed the door and departed.

CHARTED FOR ABERDARE We are given to understand, on reliable authority, that a. movement is on foot to obtain a charter for the incorporation of Aberdare. Some of the most influential townsmen are identifying themselves with the matter, while we have every reason to believe that some of the most prominent people on the Merthyr side will render all assistance in their power to secure for Abefrdare what their own town has obtained. There is every probability that the move- ment will take a definite form very shortly.

FELL FROM SCAFFOLDING A labourer named Thomas Folly, aged 35, of 29, Nora-street, employed by Idewrs. J. Allan (Limited), contractors, Cardiff, was I seriously injured on Tuesday by falling from the scaffolding on which he was at work at the New Bakery, Oathaye. He was taken to the infirmary, where it was found his injuries consisted of a Bealp wound, fractured leg, and both arms fractured. The condition of the injured man this morning was about the same. I

NECESSARY MUSIC I "I've got one of my rons learning the cor- net and the other the fiddle; one daughter studying the piano and the other plays the flute; while, to top it all off, my wife has 1 started taking singing lessons." My gracious, is your family aa musical 118 all that?" "No; but there's a vacant lot next to our place, and we don't want anybody to tftiild on it."

DOLLS IN PRISON CLOTHES I Statuettes of Miss Christabel Pankhurst and dolls direseed in prison clothes are amongst tihe Christmas presents which the militant suffragettes are preparing for their friends. Calendars, also, have been issued for Christmas, and the more entihuaiastdo members are buying suffragette picture- postcards, nearly all of which have been designed by the Artists' Suffrage League amd issued by various societies.

SOLDIERS, AS COOKS I In order that men of the 4Znd French Infantry Regiment may become proficient in the art of cookery, the- commander of the regiment. Colonel Dufour, has made ar- rangements with twelve of the leading restaurants at Belfort for a number of his soldiers to attend the kitchens every day during the next two months to receive instruction from the chefs.

INSANE RELATIVES I Mrs. Oouchman, who drowned her child in the Bdver Darenth at Shoreham, and also tried to take her own life, was stated at the inquest on the child yesterday to have had a number of insane relatives. Her father drowned himself, her uncle was found dead in a field, and her grandmother and her grandmother's sister both died in an asylum.

THANKS FOR THREE MONTHS "Thank you very much," said William Charles Gould, a labourer, of no fixed abode, when sent to prison by the Newport magis- tra-tes to-day for three months, on a charge of stealing a pair of boots. value 6s. lid., from the shop of Henry Phillips, outfitter. Dock-street- Prisoner said he was out of work and very hungry. He ate the food that the police gave him like a starving man.

DESERTED FAMILIES I Mr. John Burns states in yesterday's par- limentary papers that on January 1 last there wore in England and Wales 7,298 rwomen in receipt of relief a,part from their husbands, Aand they had 20,774' children de- pendent on them. One thousand one hundred and sixty-four of the women and 3,000 M the children were chargeable to London unions.

RECORD BAG IN TWO SHOTS 'While shooting recently with Mr. Bradley Martin's party at Balmacaan, Inverness- shire, the Earl of Home had a sharp, right and left at rabbits scurrying through the bushes. The beaters were much surprised when they went forward to pick up the rabbits to find a dead woodcock I beside each I of them.

LIFE-TIME IN PRISON I Two burglars who were tried yesterday at t,he Clerkenwell Sessions possessed remark- able records. Charles Coafee, aged 65, who was sent to a reformatoT^- for five years in 1867, had since spent nearly 34 years in prison, while Patrick Smith, aged 50, bad been imprisoned for 21 years.

NO OPTION FOR PARENTS I The Brentford magistrate decided yesterday that technical education in elementary schools is compulsory and. not optional. He imposed a fine of 2s. 6d. on a father who bad failed to send his daughter to laundry classes held at a school one mile and a half from her home.

THE IRONY OF FATE I Joseph fuelling, a fruiterer, on whom am inquest was hedd at Paddiington yesterday, shot himself while he was worried about a lawsuit. As he lay dying in hospital the suit was decided in his favour.

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Dorando v. Hayes MARATHON RACE AT NEW YORK New York, Wednesday. -Doirando and Hayes, the heroes of the Marathon race in England, have finished their training foI" to-morrow'si contest. Both are in fine condition, but Dorando is the favourite, owing to his marvellous exhibi- tion of stamina during training. Yesterday he covered seventeen miles in an hour and 32 minutes, finishing as fresh as when he started. He haa done half-miles repeatedly i,n 2min. 40eec. Seven thousand spectators are expected to witness the race. Over a thousand Italian residents have bought seats. They will have their own band, while the Americans also have a band. Both sides will sing patriotic songs during the race, which will be 262 times round Madison- square Gardens, where an ideal track has been laid. The contest starts at nine o'clock.

FEARED TOTAL LOSS I It is feared that the Cardiff steamer LeyaJ Briton, which went ashore at Passara, near Catania, while on a voyage from Lavigo for Glasgow with a cargo of mineral ore, will become a total wreck, for according to the latest advices the waves were breaking clean over the vessel fore and aft. The vessel was lying in a very exposed position, and in the heavy sea she Wia. badly damaged, and when the salvage steamer Berger Wilhelm arrived on the scene from Bizerta a contract was ma,de on the no cure no pay principle, but owing to the gale the salvags steamer proceeded for Syracuse, a.s it was believed that the salvage of the Loyal Briton was impossible. Captain Davies and the whole of the crew were saved and landed at Oatamia. The Loya-l Briton was a steel screw steamer of 2,259 tons gross and 1,441 tons net register, built in 1904 by Messrs. J. Blumer and Co., M Sunderland, and owned by Messrs. Gibbs and Lee, Pier-head-chambers, Cardiff.

"TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE" I To the Editor of the Evening Erprese/' Sir,-In common with dozens of others in the same employ I finish work at 5.30 p.m. Several of us live at Oathays, and others at Splott, Roath, and Canton. We camnot, get a workmen's car until after six p.m. We cannot afford to pay Zfi. to go home by car; there- fore, we walk home rather than wait 40 minutes, and the cars loee our pennies. Why cannot we be allowed a penny workmen's ticket on any car between the hours of five p.m. and 6.30 p.m.? If this can be done n Newport and other towns why not in Cardiff;, —I am, &c., A J. CUMMINGs. 25, Florentia-street, Oathays, Nov. 24.

LORD MAYOR HONOURED I Tfiere was a large attendance of members of the Cardiff Law Society at a complimen- tary dinner given by them to the Lord Mayor (Alderman LewLs Morgan) at the Whitehall Rooms, Park Hotel, on Tuesday evening. The president (Mr. T. Rodway Hunt) took the chadr, and was supported by Messrs. T. H. Stephens, Willia.m Bradley, Arthur James, John Morgan, Harry Cousins, J. H. Westyr Evans, Ivor VacheU, H. P. Linton, George David, Walter Scott, and others. The Lord Mayor's legal colleagues on the corpora- tion were represented by Councillors J. T. Richards, G. F. Forsdike, Sydney Jenkins, and C. Reginald Harrison.

'ALLEGED JEWELLERY THEFT At Marlborugh-street Police-court, London, on Tuesday Desire Russelt (18), a hair- dresser, refusing his address, and Leon Bus- selt (17), indoor servant, Upper Brook-street, Vi., both Belgians, were remanded charged with stealing and receiving jewellery worth £ 500, belonging to Major-general Frederick Hemming, retired, of Upper Brook-street; alsp with stealing and receiving jewellery valued at £ 330, the property of Mr. Reginald Everitt Lambert, of the same address. Replying to the magistrate, Leon Russelt said, They drove me to do it, because I am working there for nothing from. morning till night."

ENTHUSIASM RUN WILD Two young Chingford men named Joseph Benry Chiswell and Arthur Joseph Frost, were fined 30/- and costs each, for assaulting a football referee. It was alleged that a foul took place, which was not observed by the referee owing to a crowd of players in front of the goal. It was stated that the defendant Chiswell ran up to the referee exclaiming, "Did you not see it? I will kill you," and struck him in the mouth, knocking him down and loosening one of his teeth, and that the defendant Froet also knocked him down, saying, Let's down him."

MR. ROOSEVELT AND R.G.S. President Roosevelt has accepted an invi- t,ation to deliver an address before the Royal Geographical Society in London on his return from his tour in Africa, which will probably tale place early in 1910. Mr. Roosevelt is t,he only honorary member of the society who is not of Royal blood The society have never yet been addressed by a president or ex-president, though the Prince of Monaco and the Duke of the Abruzzi, both honorary members, have read papers before them.

VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER At an inquest yesterday on the body of Charles Peter Steward, aged 74, a retired engineer. who was knocked down by a motor fire-engine on Friday, Thomas Edward Alawlay, the driver of the lire-engine, admitted that he was driving at more tha.n the limit speed of twelve miles an hour. The jury returned a ferdict of Man- slaughter" against Mawby, but expressed sympathy with him, as they were of opinion that he was acting under the insitructions of his employers.

NEW WELSH C.M. CHURCH The first Welsh Oalviniatic Methodist Church in Abertridwr was opened on Mon- day, and the ace-ommodetion of the new edifice-Nazareth-wa,g taxed to the utmost. The officiating preachers were the Revs. Lewis Davies, Abertridwr (pastpr); D. Davies, Pentre; Philip Jones, Llanelly; and J. Mor- gan Jones, Cardiff. Six memorial-stones were dedicated. The chapel, which has been erected by Mr. John Williams, builder, Aber- tridwr (architect, Mr. Lundy, Cardiff), at a cost of £ 2.000, has accommodation for 750.

SACERDOTAL TENDENCIES The Liverpool committee of the Ohuirch Association yesterday passed a resolution protesting against Dr. Lang's preferment to the Archbishopric of York, on account of tia sacerdotal tendencies. It was stated that a.t the last general election thourandis of Unionists voted for Liberal candidates in the hope that the Liberal party would endeavour to stamp out ritualistic practices in the Church, but Dr. Lang's appointment was a complete reversal of the policy initiated by the late Prime Minister.

FOOTBALLER IN TROUBLE At Coleford Police-court yesterday Oscar Homer, a Cinderford three-quarter back, was fined 10s. and costs for using abusive lan- guage. Defendant was further charged with using threats to his father-in-law and his half-brother on the same date. Mr. H. Wi!- liams appeared to prosecute. It was stated that defendant threatened to murder his father amd brother. Homer said he was starry, 'and the Bench adjourned the case for a fortnight, defendant being bound over and I ordered to pay the costs in the raeantime, I

THE STEINHEIL MURDER I The Paris detectives who are investigating the Steinheil murder mystery yesterday dis- covered another pearl whilst searching amongst the dust in a garret at the house where the crime was committed: Mme. 8teinlheil considers this as proof that burglarious murderers escaped through the garret, bu.t the police are sceptical.

MOB LYNCH NEGROES I In order to appease a mob seeking ven- geance on titree negroes accused of killing" a deputy-sherift', a justice of the peace at Union Oity. Tennessee, agreed to open a court, summon a jury,, and legally sentence the culprits to dearth. This was done, but the mob refused to be satisfied, and, seizing the negroes, took them out and lynched them.

A MUl UAL AGREEMENT I Rowland Rymer, an apprentice at Chep- stow, was summoned at Coleford by Eliza,beth Hughes, a single woman, of Miffe End, Cole- ford. to show cause, &c. Mr. H. W. Berthon, Lydney, appeared for complainant, and Mr. H. Williams, Monimouth and Coleford, for defendant. Rymer agreed to pay 36. per week and the costs.

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"No Prospects in View' I YOUNG LOVER TAKES HIS LIFE I An inquiry was held at Cheam, Surrey yesterday into the death of William George Winter (nineteen), a labourer, whose decapitated body was found on the railway after he had attempted to kill his sweet- heart, Ethel Mason, in Nonsuch-park. A letter written by deceased to his sister Elizabeth was read. It contained the follow- ing passage: — I think I will soon find some resting place at last; alao my dear sweetheart Ethel. I killed her because I love her. I love her dearly. I could not think oi dying and leaving her behind, one whom I have always trusted to. She is an angel to me, and I know that she loves me. You know we are engaged to be married, and I could not see any prospects. I have not got the means of getting married. I love Ethel dearly, and we have always trusted one another. I could not die and leave her dear sweet face behind me. The father of deceased, in giving evidence, said he and his son had quarrelled owing to the latter having given up his job. Wife ness had not spoken to him for several months. Inspector Buroh said that Ethel Mason said to him: "I met him (deceased) at half-past five p.m. I went to Ewell by train, and we walked back through Nonsuch- park. Just before we got to the park giltm I remember he touched my neck with some- thing sharp. I screamed, and ran towarda the gates, and my young man ran away." The jury found that deceased committed suicide whilst temporarily insane.

SCOTTISH DIVORCE SUIT I The croas divorce suite of Mr. Johi Alexander Stirling, of Kippendavie, Perth shire, and his wife, Mrs. Clara Elizabetl Taylor, or Stirling, were before Lord Guthrw in the Court of Session at Edinburgh yester ■day. it was stated in court that on August 30 last Mrs. Stirling confessed that øhe had misconducted herself with the heii — to a. peerage. Mr. Stirling's counsel declared t.hat when Mrs. Stirling left her husband she left behind debts amountin? to EI,9& She had been receiving an allowance o* ?17 in a-w?ak. and an æpplioaMcm wm mad? that it should be reduced to ? 5g. LOT, Guthrie allowed Mrs. Stirling £75 ant expenses in her own suit, and £Z5 in 11.. hTtsba-nd e action, and aliment at the rate oi 1500 a year

MARTIAL LAW IN RUSSIA I. An Imperial ukase was published at 8t.. Petersburg yesterday ordering that the form of martial law known as enforced protection shall be maintained in the Governments of Voronezh, Poltava, Muisk, Kursk, and Peuza for a,nother year. In other words, the in- habitants of these provinces are to be a.t the mercy of the Governors un,t,il November, 1909; at the whim of officials, men and women will be driven from their homes to another part of the country by administrative order, the Press will be harassed, editors fined without I the right to appeal, and houses searched by the police. Further, it will be in the power of any Governor to make any vexatious local regulations he likes.

HOW TO RAISE A SKIRT How a lady raises her skirt and how ahe does not do it were both demonstrated in a case at Brompton County-court yesterday, in which a dressmaker sued a firm of cleaners for alleged damage to a, dress. Placing his hands in the middle of his back, counsel sug- gested that the owner had seized her skirt ) in that manner, in. order to raise it above the ground, and so did the damage. "A lady does net take hold of her skirt likt that, sir," said the plaintiff, indignantly, She does it like this." Turning round ii. I the witness-box, the lady dexterously elevated her skirt above her ankles as an objeot lesson.

PREFERRED CAKE TO BEER At a meeting of Keynsham Guadians the Chairman moved that the usual special din ner be given to the workhouse inmates oc Christmas Day, but that no beer should tx given. Colonel Rolleston, in seconding, saici they did not want to make people merri for a few hours on beer and unhappy after wards. Mr. Fry said that when the ininatek were given the choice between a pint oi beer and a pound of cake thirty-two voted for the beer and forty-six for the cake. He moved an amendment that beer and cake should be given; but it wae lost by a large majority.

OLD CONVICTS CAUGHT In a case at Olerkenwell Sessions yesterday I it was mentioned that while watching some suspected men Police-sergeant Bishop feared that he had been recognised ac a detective. He dodged into a jeweller's shop, changed his clothing, and oame out aa a shop assistant. He arrested one of the men as he was leaving a warehouse with stolen booty. The buil-ding was raided by officers, and the other men--old oottvicta were captured inside.

GAMEKEEPER'S STORY f Alfred Wright, of Grantham, was com- mitted for trial at Spittlegate, Grantham, yesterday on a charge of attempting to murder John Papletoft, a gamekeeper in the service of Earl Brownlow. According to Mafletoffs story, he found the prisoner poaching on Lord Browiilowl,% preserves. Upon asking him what he was doing there prisoner told him to stand back or he woul4 I shoot him. He levelled a muzzle-loading gui at him, but it mosflred.