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OUT OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
OUT OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH. The sun blazed fiercely down upon the Texas prairies that stretched irom horizon to horizon in jne long, monotonous expanse of grass shrivelled by heat the very air was quaking in the tremu- lous heat all nature was languid. Only on the white, limestone road that crossed from north to south was there any sign of life. Here a solitary rider crawled, as it seemed, over the rope-like outline of the highway. Both horse and man ware covered from head to teet with fine white dust that settled on and enveloped them as it did every other jiving thing that dared try the perils of existence Dear the loadway, and both looked tired aud thirsty yet they plodded on in a determined man- ner, evidently uent on a fixed destination. Tlw rier bad a. peculiarly resolute face, that, though bronzed by the hot sun of many Texas Bummers out of all semblance to its original hue, was yet, if not exactly a handsome face, still pos- sessed of a certain manly strength and courage that gave the t lackness of the eyes, the set ex- pression of the lips, and the high forehead, an appearance of masculiue beauty which was more striking than any mere regularity of feature couid have made it. lIt) gave one the idea that what be once determined lie would accomplish; and that surmise was correct. Ever since Edward Dalford had left college, by the death of his father plunged from a luxurious -And somewhat indolent present, and from visions of easy and luxurious paths through the future, into tho bitter knowledge that he was virtually a pauper, his whole nature, that in a life of ease had accommodated itself ouiy too well to oid surroundiugs, that had beeu indolent and :bary of resol ves, letting circumstauces and a wholesome horror of exertion guide his actions, had changed too fuil knowledge that hencefor- ward he uad his own way to make stirred up the liuggish powers within him, roused him to a con- iciousness of himself, accomplished a metamor- phosis of the whole man. The college chum who could have seen and talked to him, busy in his vocation of a cowboy on the plains of Texas, full of Jife and spiritzi, item of resolve, aud bent on the accomplishment of his purpose, hosvevar trivia/ would scarcely Dave reconciltjd the present Eiward Dalford, DOW iu very deed a man, to the Edward Dalford wiio lounged and played through life at college. And ho himself looked back on those days with -16 kind of wonder, and sometimes, too, there, was regret, mingled in his retrospection. But there, in the sweltering heat of noonday, ,is only thought was to reach the creek that wound through the prairie, far to the north Ihough it was, so far that the trees that shaded its banks and for many miles formed the only foliage, were not yet in sight. Once there he and bill weary beast could quench their thirst, ash off the oust and diit ot travel, and rest a while iu ihe shade. He was on his way home to his ranch, which years of toil and saving had enabled him to pur- chase, afcer the completion of a bargain with a large raucbman in the neihbourjng county that put him in the way ot selling some of his stock to iar greater advantage than ha had hoped. Ozi aDd on, through the blinding dust; and heat, that the white road intensified in temperature aud vividness, until at last the rider's eyes caught » glimpse of a green streak winding through the prairie then he urged on his tired steed, and at length the creek was reached, where cool and 'Iear was the water, reviving the traveller's worn- out body; shady the grassy bank and soft the green sward, wonderfully green as compared with the stunted oiades on the prairie; here then were rc-ff. and quiet for the night. Edward Dalford's thoughts, as he Jay there in the cool shade, went back to the past that ho loved with a fervour thac was rather incompati- ble, perhaps, with his present life, both in theory ana practice, but none the less real. He remem- bered his bright childhood and happy youth, and then he thought of sweet Maud Clapham, whom be met on a college rowing expedition. His party, straying far up into the unfre- quented wiudings or the stream, suddenly came upon a splendid iawn running down to the water and up to a large, double-storied house that seemed to have been set down there iu that wilderness by a fairy hand. And they then re- membered that Senator Clapham, well known as somewhat eccentric, lived there, and wondered they had never thought of it before. Some of the party knew the senator's son, so they landed and wore hospitably invited to stay and refresh them- ielves. When young Clapham led them up to the houae a g-.ri in white sud(enly appsired in the doorway, ;ind.was then too embarrassed to retre-at. Edward Dalford fell in love with her at firtt sigbt, as many ethers of his party doubtless did, and a, more intt- mate acquaintance only servea to confirm this first impression in him. lie had had heir image iu bis heart ever since. After that first meeting he spent many a pleasant day at the senator's, and bis iutimacy with young Clapham was a. sufficient excuse for frequent visits. Though he had fallen bopwlessly iu lova he never dared tbink;that this feeling was returned yet, when the death of bis father and the subsequent crash left him calmly looking his future in the face and coga izaut ot his condition, lie went to her again and -rtold her all that he was a pauper, but that he lOlled her; that be had his own way to make now, and that her imago would b" to him aguidiug lighuthrough t,-(,. waters of itS ction and the bufiating of fortune. Much more he told her, quietly, calmJiy and rather sauiy, as though lie were talking olE some dream of his, but the suffering and love In his eyes and the tone of his voice affected Maut) more than a fervid declaration of his passion. He remembered fondly how she came to hi:aa and shyly yet trustingly placed both hands in biW. 1 can wait, Edward," she said, "for r. love y.ouAnd the sweet confession made, shfe hid ber blushing face on his shoulder. He left her with her maiden kiss yet lingering on his lips, and buoyad up by the thought 0,1 the prize that was his but to strive for and win, went to his new fields of labour. Her image henceforth was ever a guiding star and eveu now, on the- banks of the creek, it was the thought of her that was most vividly present to him. He had nearly reached his goal now. Another month, in wljich he intended to settle up his affairs, then he would roturn to the old home and claim his bru le. Whether lie would recurn South again or ii ot would depend, he mused, upon his darlinjr's wishes. He pictured to himself the glad surpra <e« upon her face as lie appeared before her, bronzed and hardoued by wind aud weather-how loving wouid be her welcome He had never writtell-- his life had been too busy-Lior had be bada her expect a letter. "I shall return," he said at parting, "in I know net how many years—uot until I have wou success and fortune—but I shall return." And then she told him that she would. wait for I lis coming. His retrospection and the stillness were bot3i broken suddenly by the sound of voices md tl ia tramp of horses. Rising to his feet, Edwaijd beheld a troop of about a dozen meu. armed. dus cov-f red, their horses showing sigusof a hard and' long rid, Their leader, observing/him, waved his* arm to his companions and g.LiloT)od up soon th 3' wflde troop were close at hand. "There lie is, boys said the one w ho seemei L to h avB some authority over the,rest. "Now tw, of yon se:ze and bind him, then we'll fix him up for the trip to ,hool ouicker:n you can wink." As two of the band approached, Edward 'j itpppd back in wonder. j What does this mean? For whom do you i take me?" ) We're taking you for .oursel ves and justice," said one of them with a/coarse laugh. Now there ain't no use in p¡ay;n the innocent; wu ve got you, and you'll haveto swing." My Go?, but wh?t 'for? Would you commit I a wanton murder, hang an innocent man for a crime he is iguorant of? What is this that I am accused of ?' Well, seeing you want to hear another version of the play you were one of the chief actors in, it's just this; you shot a man back herein Shantyvilie, and wù'V,} tracked you down here. There ain't no use m trying to humbug u". In vain he proiested his innocence, asked for time or trial, proved to them the absurdity, the impossibility, almost, of the thing, told them who he was they were firm in their belief is his guilt, and Judge Lynch is hasty.iu punihmedt. The real murderer, who bad in a drunken brawl shot his victim iu a saloon, had indeed traversed the sanin road as the innocent man, but only up to the creek there be had turned down west, in the opposite direction from where Edward found a restiug place lie had skilfully hidden his tracks, and was now already miles en, almost in the next county so all the evidence went to prove the innocent lliLy. Ti deter- mination on the faces of these self-constituted ministers of the justice of the piains told the tale ¡ of their resolution plainly j there was no hope there for the doomed man. Be murderers, then, it you wili," ho cried in dissp-ur and auger. But grant me this request; let oie write one letter, and then die like a man, with my face to the light." As you like," said the leader, scornfullj-, "but be quick about it I" So there, where he had sought to rest for a few hours from the heat and travel of the day, he was to rest forever from life's troubles, before the joy ihat would so soon have been his had been tasted, oven. Oh, it was too cruel, he thought, and cursed his fate. But there was no time for idle repining; he must say good-by to the darlinsr of his heart 4nd then prepare to die. The letter cost him many a pang but what must be must be, he thought, as j be folded it and g-avo it to one of those nearest him with the request that he would post it, which the man promised to do. Then, with a last prayer, he t!aid.- "1 am ready." In a few moments the place was once more silent; the hoofs of horses resounded in the dis- tance, gradually growing fainter and fainter, while on the wind swuug the form of Ejward Dalford then darkuess settled down o ver the Kully. In the house by the river in that eastern State, where Senator Clapham sought seclusion in his months of leasure, his daughter Maud, on the day that these events were happening on the Texas prairie, lay on a sofa half as ire p. She had not been feeliug well. Her thoughts wandered to her lover and tried to picture his coming home but there was an indefinable dread in her mind—she Was nervous and restless. At last, slumber came to her, but not refreshing sleep. An iron vice seemed to be closing around her brain she awoke with a scream. "Oh, what a horrible, horrible dream t" she jaid. Then she seemed to breathe easier, and felt happier than she had beeu all day. A heavy weight seemed to have been lifted from her, and she fell into a refreshing sleep. Exactly at the time that Miss Clapham awoke Irom her dreari Eiward Dalford opened his eyes and mtirmurou,- Ah, thÄlJk God, it was but a dream!" Bur. he felt strangely weak; his throat was swollen and wrenched it was not a dream, after all; and then the events of the evening came back to him horribly vivid. How Providence had in- tervened to save him. alreadl ? half given up to death, he could not conceive, nor was it until after many years that he discovere d how it was he es- caped what threatened to be ibis doom. When the party of lyncher s rode away they took the road takeu by the r a al murderer, and had gone but a few yards when they met a youth car- rying water. He's a long way ahead 0(1 ye, mister," be said with a grin. Who is?" Why, ain't ye bUlltiQ a jiman ? I was down here H. while since and a me^n came along, just a-makin' his pony go, I i tll you. And he looked kind of scared, as ef hilI was runnin* from Buth n' "Say, boys, I believe wn've made a bad mistaKe, after all, back there, said one. Go you ahead, and follow this ma n that the young 'un tells of, and I'll cut the one back there down maybe he's not all gone yet." So he rode back as fast ai his horse would carry him, cut the rope that 1 iaid Edward Dal- ford, made his clothes loose, and did what he could to bring him to life or co; asciousness again. Soon be was delighted-t j iiotict, a slight move- rcent of the pulse then, bathing the half dead man's neck with whisky, aiad pouring some betwe3n his teeth, be left him "to recover alone, and rode ou after the other; who eventually overtook the real murderer, and disposed of him •it eveu shorter notice than tbeyj bad given young Dalford. Whsu he had fully racovcre'^ and realized his situation, Edward mounted hitt:<¡ steed as best he could, and slowly, for he was f'fiiint and weak, set out for his ranch. His one thoc ght now was to reach the old home, to see Ma nl before the letter should find her-it would ahno ii kill her,he knew. A day's rest and quiet at his ra cch enabled him to find strength to bear the wearj 5 journey, and so, twenty-four hours after hi E so nearly fatal F-xperience, be was speeding in aID express for the E:lst. How slowly the time wont, a.tti how quickly his heart beat at the thought of they'meeting with his sweetheart How he hoped that the messenger to whom the letter was delivered M id been tardy in posting it. The weary hours passed, a ud- be was once more crossing the lawn where years ago he and his college friends landed on that memorable day, when he saw Maud for the first; time. Time had changed nothing there, though 01 I himself she had wrought many changes. He w as wondering, as he mounted the steps of the sta: iely old house, if she would recognise him, bronza i with the Texas sun, when suddenly the door o pened, and the mistress of his heart appeared one moment she looked at him, then stretched oul both hands. You have come home, Edwa ,rd, ht last "And kept my promise," ht 1 said, as he drew her gently toward him and kisse d her lips. She knew well what-promise. he had kept, and was proud of him for it. And so, arm in arm and band in hand, they wenit into tt e house to walk through life henceforthialways b jgethor.
Dastardly Outrage in Palestine.
Dastardly Outrage in Palestine. BRUTALITY OF ARAEi BANDITTI. LETTER FROM THfi REV. J. M. HOW EL K. The Rev J. M. Hoell, M untain Ash, writes to us from the Hotel Feil, Jeiit isalem, under date January 23 rd On my arr i val at Jaffa by the Russian boat from Port S"i.j on Tuesday morn- ing, January 21st, I came i icrosa an English gentleman who, with bis wif a and others, had been atrociously attacked acc 1 robbed by Arabs at a place sttuated at a dis'¡; mce of about two hours from Jivfia. The gentlen lan is Mr Richard Webb, a nwtive of Oxfordshire, who has resided for five years at Mount Lebat on, in the district of Beyrout. On the 3th Janurc ry he, his wife, and his driver, ieach on horseback; left Beyrout for Jaffa. They were also accompi mied by another driver on foot, and five camels la den with luggage, each of which also had a driver. Tbey were altogether: nine persons, for, in. addition to the forementioned, they were also a ecompanied by a Turkish dervish from Constauth lople, going on pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Mr Webb, on their arrival a;t Caifa, called at the E ritish consulate there for advice, and with thotintt intioa of having the protection of soldiers during tl 1a remainder of the journey, if necessary. Ace Drding to Mr Webb's account, the Consul assure d him there was no need cif anything of the kind,»j .nd. said he was prepared/to take tbo responsibS Ity if anything should happen to them. The-atta sked parties are not at al l disposed "to blame the ( Jonsul, for, see- ing no. otio had been attacked cad ;his road during the past) eight years, he felt Cole ident that there was no danger. During the first: day, after pass- ing Caif a, Mr Webb and hispart-j proceeded safely without any protection as f; c as Tantoura, where they halted for tho night. Next day they started at sunrise to-make anotb< r day's journey, expecting to reach Sidanali befa I e sunset. At midday they passed the village .m -1 CaisarV and at a dhort distance bey ond it by r,2 river convenient to/water the animals they haltec. to take luncheon. But as they afterwards pr eedcd on their journey, at 3 p.m. and at alonel.j place between the Eea on the one: hand and taW cliffs on the other, they were overtaken by five ) lowerful Arabs on horseback, with disguised fact s, and armed with guns, swords, spears, and bliulgaons. The villains, demanding possession of á II their valu- ables, attacked them first of all wj h their blud- geons. Mr Webb fired a revolver twice into the air, hoping to frighten them, but the firing only infuriated them. Then they drew their spears, and Mr Webb was seriously woniided on the head, his thigh, and his hand. One 0 f the drivers had his hands tied on his back and# disabled be- cause, being on the spot witbij him, he endeavoured to assist his master. SerS ous wounds were also inflicted on his head. Theiirobbera not only took all the money Mr Webb hali, but also stripped him of all his clotfaea e:;oepting his trousers and boots. The also took alty the upper garments of Mrs Webb and all she halj excepting a watch which she had hidden-ia her 5 osotn, and olle of herearriugs. The other earring they took. But for the earnest pleading of Mrs Webb, who can perfectly speak Arabic, ou be a alf of her husband, it is more than probable :that they would havo murdered him. It was with the greatest difficulty that toe chit if of the robbers, with drawn sword, fJucceede d to keep off his companions and save Mr Webb' I life. It was because ha tired on them, tho c bief' said, they were so enraged. Afuir takiug all they couid of what was of any value, they t ben went for the camels, which were somo distan< ic behind, and seized their luggages. It was altoget her a loss of some JEJOO to Mr Webb, besides the ipony he, his wife, and his men had! to endure.* They succeeded to press on in thetir bleediug wwounds until a little after sunset. They reache d Sida- uali, where, after some troublei to get any jthey were at last permitted to sleep togethew in a « table. Mr Webb was too much weaken a1 by i)ss of blood and pained by his wounds to g 0 ou ) Jaffa before the following day, when htM was iaiceived into the English hospital and tiost Icndly treated by the doctors, nurses, anol the jKev Mr Hall. When I first saw him be q iad jnst come out of the hospital, a t id, through the kindness of friends, had bam enabled to have his four-wheeled carriage on tl 10 ri Kid to couvey passengers between Jaff, add Jerusalem, and his driver was sufficiently wii 11 resiiored to drive. The Rev. Mr Orris, Epglisl 1 pri fessor in the University of Athene, and inysedJ were the first passengers to patronise him. 1 wa t'glad to learn at the English Consulate it Jerusalem on the following day that one -t)f th q robbers had been caught, and that strong hope t were entertained of the arrest of his accomplices. It is to be hoped that for the saket of the safety of tlio many visitors here from maay lands, the authorities will fJxert themselves energetically audUuccessfully." Mr Howell adds in a post- scrnr."I have written those facts! as I had them from the mouth of Mr Webb himsalf, I called yest, rday to see the British consul' ;bout it. The I authbrities are hopeful."
MR T. E. ELLIS.
MR T. E. ELLIS. As Jhere is so much interest in the condition of Mr Thomas E. Ellis, M.P., wo give the following ixtryct from a letter written by Mr Eilis to Mr John IDuucan, and dated Xjuxor, Upper Egypt, January 31 Wheu I wrote you Oil January 6 I stat»fc3 that I was down with inflammation of the lurrs. This was a mistake. During the fever leaked no questions, and kept as firmly as possible frem brooding. Although I had sus- picionsik)f typhoid, still I thought it was inflamma- tiou. Asa matter of fact it was typhoid, which also affected my lungs for several days. On New Year's Day the fever subsided, but on the 13;1 I had a relapse (happily not very severe) accom- panied by a troublesome throat affection. For several days my temperature has been normal, my throQVt clear, and my condition satisfactory. Yet, alttaough this is my forty-third day in bed. my 'slop diet remains practically unchauged, and I mu3t.be patient for some time. As I inti- mated in,my postcard, I cannot hope to be back till April."
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I' YANKEE YARNS. I
I' YANKEE YARNS. I HOW HE DIED. I [Chief of police: O'Rafferty, I suppose you ktaow that Officer Dougherty dropped dead on b is beat last niglit ? .P'Rafferty Yis, sor. .Chief: Are you acquainted with the circum- st ances? O'Rafforty Oi oii), Wan av the min who live* our that way, .«ez that there wure a foight, an' Dougherty kim o:>p on the foighters befure he wop3 aware av it, an' the flight wure so gre,%t, an' liim bavin' heart disaise too, sure he jist curled oop m' doied. Sure, sor, it wure a pity he wure I' dea t, fur av be had had good hearin' be might av tieard the row in toime to roon away. BREAKFAST IN NEW YORK. I N, IW Yorkers have hardly yet learned the art of breal tfasting, but they are learning. A very early breakfast is still the rule, save with morning newspaper men and the few professional idlers. Neari y every club in town has its breakfast room open ny seven o'clock in summer and eight in winter. Eveu the French early breakfast of coffee and rolls, to be followed by a substantial luncheon or dejeuner at noon, has not yet ob- taiued wide popularity. However, this practice is grcn TiD £ and dozens ot breakfasters at I De!moL.ico's and the clubs never vary, except on Sunday from the formula of two boiled eggs, I coffee and rolls. Down in the French quarter, to which the mind of every* good liver turns when cookery is the subject of discussion, the early breakfast is "cafe au hit ac<( sue le p)a;t, which means SImpJy p?g deliciomly shirred, and a great bowl of coffee boiled witt. milk. Indeed, nothing can be better than this simple fare. For the iniost part, however, New Yorkers cling to the pro rdent American custom of taking a very hearty brnnkfast at some hour between seven and nine o'clock, and a light luncheon four or five hours late r. Now and then one is found who affects th 3 English custom of a little jam or marmalade- or other sweet at breakfast. Home- less bachelors who have noted the discrepancy between ti ? price ot fruit in restaurants and its price in the down town markets, make a practice of buying a- basket of grapes twice a week for little or nothing, and eating two or three bunches before breaklast. I iTfIE BITER. BIT. ( Monsieur Cllino is a practical humourist. Not long since he was caugh t in a shower wi thout an umbrella. n,) sought refuge under the doorway of the Opera Liouse. It was six o'clock, and he bad an appoiniment with a friend at the Cue do ■Paris at that v ?ry hour. What will he do ? The rain wis falling- in torrentk. Just; at this crisIs a gentleman witb aa largo umbrella passes, Calino has a Napoleonic mind. He rushed ovus: to the stranger, and taking him contidentialiy by the arm, walked aloug with him under his tinti)relia, sayine I'm glad I've met you. I've been looking for you for threo wiie. ks, old cbum, to tell you about my affair with Ciemantina." Calino kept on talking to the man whom he had never seeu, telling- a trumped-up story about some unknown Clemantina, not allowing the stranger to got in a word uittil they had reached the Cafe de Paris. Tben Calino saidl;- "I beg, ten thousand pardons. I mistook you for a friend. Don: fc give me away. Thanks," and he darted into tb-e cafd One of his friends observed that Ca.iino's cravat was in disorder, whereupon it was a isccvered that his diamond pin, likewi.-e his watch t md purse wore missing. I He had been confidential to cue of the moat expert pickpockets i a P;1rl. I NATURAL HISTOIXS LECTUKKS—-THE FLEA. This is a small ani;.ial, but mighty industrious. It has no settled piaci* oi abode. Like the Arab, it is a nomad. It has a seeming preference, and that preference is in fa four of the yellow dog. Why thi3 is so is immaterial. The flia is great jL, txiper. It can ride along on the back of its favoante dog, and should you be five feet away, with une bound it can clear the distance and alight on your coat collar, then with a dexterous haniispring it drops down behind your collar aud is lost to sight. It is an old saying ttriit "a thing must be seen tq be appreciited." ,1j- is not so with the flea. If it was, tho flea is so sm til that it would never be appreciated. A man i 6 known by his works so is a flea. You lodk at th 6 delicate tracery in the sculptured marbie shaft; tiVit is a man's work. All at once you feel an excruciating bite in the middle of the back that is IN flea's work. It is easy to tell what's biting you » Of course the flea is carni vorous, but it never kills its prey. It bites out J'.vhat it wants and leaves its victim to suffer.y; never takes two bites in the same place. It lea,?;i merrily from one spot to another, browsing as it goe4, its agility saving it from instant death in \many cases. The nimble little fl vv teacl k3s us to exercise pittlenct, under the most trying circumstances, and not to despise small thinK". Is ii; not the easiest thing in the world to smile and 1.^ ok pleasant, and chat vivaciously, while a fiea. is ) doing just as it pleases on your spine. Then is wb en you feel that ycu were not built right.
- - - - -THE TRAGIC AFFAIR…
THE TRAGIC AFFAIR AT CAERPHILLYa Inquest and Verdict. I Mr E. B. Reece, district coro n cr, held an inquiry at Caerphilly on Monday ai'i ernoon into the circumstances attending the de a th of Mrs Henry Jackson, who was found lyii>|?dead in a pool of blood by her servant on Friday uight, as fully detailed in our issue of Monday.* Mr John Leigh, solicitor, Cardiff, s tated that the deceased lady was his aunt. Slit* had been subject to occasional periods of deiljression of spirits for some years past, but her j amily did not think her to be at all seriously ilft. HI) last saw Mrs Jackson alive on the 2nd inst. She was then rather depressed, but not so muc i so as she had been a week or two previously, Ht j- husband died about six years ago, and she had < been de- pressed three or four times since then. Eliz I Powe?l said that she bad been iti service with Mrs Jackson for the pasf four-a t d-a-h-\lf years, aud was the only servant she h: (ti. Her mistress suffered very much, and was ofti n in low spirits. Witness then described how tie had been sent by Mrs Jackson to ask Dr L1. t wellyn whether some pills;, prescribed for her wet D to be taken that nigh)1:. 0:1 her return, after half-an-hour's absence, she saw her mistres s lying on the kitchen floor with her throat cut, iaLid a larera poulterer's kyif,) by her side. Sergeant Wm. Bliuson deposed to being le-alled into the house by the last witness, whose ev Vionce he corroborated ID osrtain points. Dr Llewellyn, o!t Caerphilly, said th, it he knew the deceased very well, for he had atte tided her on several occas ions, and she had been t rnder his treatment for a liew days before her d, tu. She had been suffering from congestion of \the liver since her return from India about two tety years ago after a residence there of several ye; trs. She appeared to be slightly depressed when jhe last saw her alive, bnt-did not strike him as be, ing dangerously ill. Wfwn he was called in life WMS extinct. The wounoi in her throat comnlete ly severed the jugular v-ain and the carotid artery. She must have bled to death in a very fe w minutes. She had beau dead for half an hour < «■ so before bu was callefil iu. There was no doubt a s to the wound being s elt-iuflicted, and he was ot opinion that.she inust,b.LVC been in an unsound" state of mind w hen sbtfj committed the act. The Coroner having'adLil'C>!sed the jury, they < at once returned a vetdict to the effect that the 1 deceased had corcm, ittatt suicide in the manner described whilst in an c.nsound state of mind. I
SUNDAY DRINKING AT HAVERFORDWEST.
SUNDAY DRINKING AT HAVERFORDWEST. 124 Persons Summoned. The hearing ot 124 pmmouses "ail1st persons for )n{ring!ng the Wetf?t Sunday Closing Act at Haverfordwest was conducted at the petty sessions on Monday. From the evidence ot the pr!ncipal witness, P.C. David Griffiths, it appeared that three constables concealed themselves on stores iu the occupation of Mr Willim Llloqiti, contractor, and which are situated directly opposite the Sea- man's Arms, 111 which pubi ic-hotise the defendants were alleged to have bad drink. From their place of concealment tire constables quietly watched the defendants eater the house ou three successive Sundays, and cn each occa.sion made a note of them as they went in.—The majority of the defendants admitted tho offence, and in E these caseMnnesof2? 6d tnd costs for the first offence, and h wittiout coats ou the second aud '•third charges was imposed. Some of tho de- fendants sought to justify tlieir presence on the premises of the Seamen's Arms, and in a few V»ses the charges were dismissed, while the 1 '6 maining defendants were mulcted in the sum of and 2s 61 and costs respectively.
MYSfERIOUS FATALITY ATI HHYMNEY.…
MYSfERIOUS FATALITY AT HHYMNEY. A Young Woman Found in the River. A etri accident betel a young woman named Ellen -'Woods, 24 years of age, daughter of Wm. Woo( tA, Cwmshou Mathew-square, Rhymney, on Satur day evening. It appuars that she went with .), funeral to the Pant, near Dowlais, on Saturn lay, and returning horns between 8 and 9 at nig. lW in company with an old sweetheart named Jeremiah Shen, who bad the marriage banns p nblished at the Rhyruney Church twelve months ago. Late on that night she was found in the ) dver Rhymney in a frightful condition. She was 'taken home in a cart, and on beiug ex- amined L 7 Dr Raw, a large scaJp wound, 3 inches by 22 1 inc, les was found en her bead, and several other inj iries. After receiving the best at- tention tr 'OlD Dr Redwood's assistant she ex- pired on VIonday atteruoon. The man Shea states thai both fell, he and deceased, into the river, but hi I. escaped without the slightest injury. Near the sp. )t where she was found there is ahigh wall, and a most dangerous road from tha Brifige Stat ion by night. An inquest will be held.
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FACTS AND FANCIES.
FACTS AND FANCIES. A man's browmaiy be"liue-:t'with thought, and1* yet the lifting not b)3;very thick. The society mail who drinks- like a. fish"-is: al ways to be found;" deep in the swim." McGinty went to tba bottom of the sea to 6ud out how large the CO)p of suckers was. Said the chimney-swallow: This is a dark outlook, but I suppose. I will have to be sooted with it. At last accounts aj cyclone was Icose in Indiana. It probably will bavo to be pacified with a post- office. A sure sign that the door-bell is going to ring: When you are the only one in the house and are -in the bathtub; All the countries of the earth appear to be sigh. ing for an Eiffel ToMttir. It is a towering ambition, so to speak.. The joke that is 600 far fetched is liable to become stale in transit. Therefore a joke should never be carried toofm-. There,may be soruo^doubts as to whether faith cure really does cur<?, but its killing powers have never been questioned. Every once in a while it is stated that tho swallow-tail coat bassits day, but the society man and the waiter dou'ttewallow tales of that nature. A disappointed ffifitl says that be has joined a great many yocieties,abut tinds no satisfaction in them. Did you evecr try the society of your wife and children ? If a, man wants his-wife to believe that he is a genius his wisest plg-ji in to persuade her of it before he gets married. He will generally find it easier then. George What is your favourite pet nama for your father, Louise? Louise (looking at George in a most pathetic and appealing manner): Pop (They are now engaged). NOT EXACTLY A FEAST.—Umphstein: Gif 1: a dicket to Cheecago. How mooch ? Agent: Excur- sion? Umphstein Veil, yes. I'm going to sphend Fasd Day mit. my friends. It vos p.n esgursion, but no pignics. Willie (who has eaten his apple): Mabel, let's play Adam and Eve. You be Evo and I'll ba Adam. Mabel: All right. Well? Willie: Now you tempt me to eat your apple and I'll suc-
The Representation of Mid-Glamorgan.
The Representation of Mid-Glamorgan. MEETING AT BLAENGARW. Mr S. T. Evans, of Neath, tho selected candi- date of the Mid-Glamorgan Liberals, visited Blaengarw and Pontycymmer on Monday, and his reception was of a most flattering nature. The Rev. J.. HDGHES presided at the Blaen- garw meeting, and in his opauiug address re- marked that it was a new thing for them to have a political meeting in Blaengarw. He had Leen no member of Parliament there since he bad come to the neighbourhood, and of course it was many a year since they had had a contest. Personally, he felt confident that, whatever might be tho opposition, Mr S. T. Evans would be, returned triumphantly. (Loud cheers.) Mr ALFRED THOMAS, M.P., who was cordially received, was theu called upou, and addressed the meeting in Welsh. He paid a graceful tribute to the memory of the late respected Mr Talbot, and expressed bis pleasure at the fact that the electors of Mid-Gtamorgan bad selected as his successor such a sturdy Liberal as Mr S. T. Evans. (Loud cheers.) If they desired good work done fur Wales, they must go.in for young and energetie Welshmen, thoroughly conversant with the language and sentiment of their fellow country- men. (Hear, bear:) Proceeding in English, the hon. member observed that every Welshman was a politician. (Cueers.) He knew of no part of tha Uuitxjd Kingdom where greater interest was taken in poliucs tiiau 111 Wales. The principality would, doubtless, claim a groat dfeal of atteutiou 111 the coming session in connection with the Tithes Bid, and he ventured to predict that when the time for voting came round every Welsh 'Liberal member—and Mr S. T. Evans among tbem-would be found in his place. (Hear.) His (the lion-member's) object in attending that eveu- ing was not to tell the electors of Garw what was their duty. They knew it well. He attended merely to show bis appreciation of tho gentle- man they bad chosen as a candi- date. His (the speaker's) standard of a good- parliamentary representative was placed pretty high, but he found that Mr S. T. Evans came up to that standard, higil as it was, for he was a thorough Liberal, was lail of energy, and passionately loved his native land. (LvuJ cheers. ) Speech by the Candidate. Mr S. T. EVANS was then called upon, and was accorded an enthusiastic reception. Having thanked Mr Alfred Thomas for his atten- dance, Mr Evans proceeded to discuss the several planks in the platform drawn up by the Mid-Glamorgan Liberal Association. The first place had been given to Home Rule for Ireland, for whatover their wants in Wales might be, all would admit that their first j attention must be given to this measure. They would dohbtiessibear a good in the comine session about buying out the.,landlords in Ireland, and this was a matter to which every Liberal through- out the country should give his moat serious attention, for the Tory party had made up their minds to bay out the landlords at the biggest IIrice they could. The landlords were not a favourite class in Ireland, but they had for a long time been a favoured class, and it tvas now time that favouritism should come to an end. (Cheers.) The speaker condemned the coercive policy of the Govern- ment in Ireland, and said that in adopting the policy of Homo Rule the Liberal party were merely ackDowiedgiug that tbe people in Ireland were the bs>at judges of their own affairs. (Loud cheers.) Home Rule must be conceded—(hear, hear—and tho objection raised against it, so far as Ireland was concerned, was untenable. It was said that, were self government granted, they would be throwing the government of Ireland to a particular clas; But this ob ec- tiou, coming from the Tories, came with very uad grace, for was it not a fact that for years past the government of Ireland bad been in the hands of a particular class, the landlord and the Tory class? (Hear, bear.) He felt proud as a Welshman that the bogey of religious bigotry hadinot been taken seriously in Wales. Should bo be returned to Parliament, nothing would induce him to vote for a measure of local Relf. government to Ireland that would separate Ulster from the rest of the country. (Cheers.) He hoped that a large measure of Home Rule would be granted to the sister country, with a National Parliament in Dublin. (Cheers.) His (the speaker's) views on Welsh Home Rule had been given fully 111 hIs reply to the invitatiou extended him by the Mid-Glamorgan Liberal Association. He saw no danger at all in granting 1 ;ne largest measure of Home Rule for every part of the kingdom, consistently with Imperial politics being left to be dealt with at West- monster. (Loud cheers.) The largest organic cb lunge which they wanted in Wales was uu tioubtedly the Disestablishment anil Disendow- me ut of the State Church. (Applause.) Before au) ody could justify the connection between the 't State and the Church it should be proved eithitr that the establishment benefited by the Statt or that the State benefited religion. But histoiy clearly proved that in every country where -there haa been a State establishment the interfi toenca by the State with religion had done no go od to religion itself and, on the other hand, that religion itself when established had done ii, ) reciprocal good to the State. (Cheers.) The împrovement in the Welsh Church in thes o days was no doubt due to the fear of » measure of disestablishment and disendow. wont; but if the mere fear of this reform brought a b«ut such an amendment, was it noi, reasonable £ o suppose that the reform itself would bring about: very much more? (Applause.) Should he blJ returned to St. Stephen's for his native const jfcuency, it would be not only his pleaJ. sure but his absolute duty to do everything he' could to bobfur the position of- the mining portion of the comm. unity, of whom the constituency was so largely con tposed. He was intimately acquainted with the miners, with their habits of thought, and with tbfe Conditions under wbioh they lived, and be felt that, so far as Wales was concerned,, the eight hours Kjuestion and the we^Kly paynn of wages were r vpe for. legislation. (Loud cheers.) Having reterre d to the disastrous calamity at Abarsychan, the ^speaker proceed ed to advocate an amendment iI J the Employers' Liability Act in the direction of m aking it impossible for employers to cotatract out of the provisions of the Act, and of making the employers responsible for the neglect of all ofcjcials, high and low. (Loud obeers. Ilo woul, t lay it down as a princlple- that everything ou (rht to be doue to minimise the danger iiiii-r whie b the miners worked. (Cheers.) Mr ISAAC EVAN^, miners' agent, Neath, fol- lowed in Welsh. He said that though their candidate was a lav jyer be would go to tho House of Commons to rat. treselic the public, and nof merely his own class Mr Evaus had for rnauj years been identifi ed with the mining com- munity. He knew th eir wants, sympathized with their grievances, and was in close touch with their aspirations, (l heerK.) The speaker then dealt with thequestio n of royalties, and concluded by declaring that tllC Mid-Glamorgan division was more Radical th an even the Rtiondda, andi that it would be worse, thau useless for a Tory to contest the seat. (Lai tghter and cheers.) Mr T. SALATHIEL, ii 1 proposing a vote of con- fidence in their can: lidate, said that though Blaengarw district bad tiiofc nominated MrEvaqsr, they would support hiirtas one man. (Applaud.) Mr JOHN THOMAS, miners' agent, Pontyrbyd, seconded, aud said that ithe miners of the district would give the candidat iJ their undivided support. Mr JACOB JONES endorsed these sentiments, and the motion was car with acclamation.
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THE ABERSYCHAN DISASTER.
THE ABERSYCHAN DISASTER. The Funerals, .1 I SOLEMN PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION. Harrowing Scenes. I [FROl ouoRTr.:Rs.l I ABHKSYCHAN, Monday Evening. Yesterday vast number^ of peopie travelled considerable distances in order to satisfy a natural curiosity of visiting the scene of the de- plorable calamity of last Thursday, and though notbiog of an unusual kind was to be seen, crowds lingered in the vicinity of the Llanerch I Pi until towards nightfall, while the majority who had set out intent on making a day of it availed themselves of the numerous inns and beerhouses in the district, and in the end pre- sented appearances wholly out of sympathy with the bereavement that weighed so heavily upon all classes of the surrounding populace. Sight- seers journeyed from such distances as Merthyr a'ld Aberdare, but they got away in good time. Those who had come over in contingents from Blaenavon, however, all appeared to wait for the last train; and the scene" of confusion, disorder, and delay at the Abersychan and Pontnewynydd railway stations were not calculated to impress casual onlookers witl1 any large sensp- of toe softer feelings of the trippers towards the -itJTeted. Such was the crowded state of the train that the engine was uuequal to the load, and in the endeavour to reduce the number of passengers, several members of the police force wore roughly handled, free fights were common, and the windows of the carriages were smashed, and other damage done by the drink-excited mob. After nearly an hour's delay at the two stations, the train was lightened, but bad to return from Blaenavou for the people left behind. Although there was nothing to see up at the pit, the explorers were steadily prosecuting their labours iu the fall blocked workings, where bodies were believed to be lying, and in tho gathering dark- ness of the night the remains ot Samuel Jones, of Talywain, wore quietiy seut to bank, a collin being at once procured, and the body conveyed to his sorrowlllg widow. Later on, what was lJru- nounced to ba part of the skull of some unfor- tunate worker came up, and then a quantity of human uraius and the woi k of burying theso evidences of tbe havoc-creating disaster was undertaken by one of tha police-constables on duty at the pit-bank. With the exception of considerably reducing the falls, and the sending up of a couplo of suffocated horses, the night passed without otherwise noteworthy. incidents but as early as eight o'clock this morning, before many ot the curious were astir, and while everybody in the villages was busy in preparing for the funerals of their relatives and friends, another body was fouud, and on being sent up the shaft was identified as that of Edward Jones (Abersychan), wiiose widow and five children mourn his premature and ghastly fate. Yet another discovery was reported this afternoon and, enclosed in a coffin, the remains of James Driscoll were seut to the poor widow and children at their desolate home in Talywain. Thus three out of four missing hauliers had been accounted for, and, according to tbe ofiiciallist of claims, there should remain in the working only three bodies—Charles Jones, a single man, of Abersychan a boy named Elias Lewis, of the fame village; and Joseph Thomas (married), of Talywain—giving a total of 175 victims. But as a matter of fact, the pit autnorities doubt whether Thomas was down on Thursday morning, and also have misgivings as to the presence of young Lewis, although the finding of a coat which was Kuosequentiy claimed to have been worn by the boy clearly disposes of doubt. The work of re- moving the tailing is, however, proceeding at such a rate that any other poor fellows who wero so tragically snatched away by death must be recovered in tho course of a day or two at most. Subscriptions towards the relief of the suSerers are stated to be coming in fairly well, but by no means at the wanted rate in case of such dire disasters and those who have charge of the funds are becoming anxious lest tbe public should allow the first promptings of sorrow and practical symlJaby to die away, aud lose all account of tho actual differing comprehended in the word want." Mr Evan Owen, the general secretary of tho South \Yales and Monmouthshire Miners' Provident Society (or, as it is popularly known, the permanent fund), received the following letter this morning at Aoersychan, but very many more are needed ;— Ewenny Priory, Bridgend, Feb. 7, 1J90. Dear Air Owen,—Have read with deep regret account of terrible expleHioIl at Abersychan, and enclose a cheque for £25 towards meeting the strain on the íuutis or the Miners' PruvHleut Society whicb sad Joss of life aud IDj uries in- flicted will entail on that excellent organisation and remain, yours faithfully, T. PlCTON TURBERVILIi, The district relief committee and the members of the Permanent Fund who are now in the dis- trict are completing their inquiries as to the necessities of each afflicted family, and although, as already stated, over JE750 was disbursed iu grants of J35 on Saturday afternoon, the Perma- nent Fant: Committee has decided to another grant on Thursday neXt at the offices of Messrs Partridge, Jones, aud Company, Mr F. A. Smith, who is a member of tho oilicr, staff, having been appointed local secretary in succes- sion to Edward Jones, the overman, who was among the victims in the pit. The arrangements for tho funerals of the victims were so hurriedly framed that it was impossible to ascertain the actual number of bodies borne to God's acre to-dny, but there could not have been fewer than 80, although the number of victims carried shoulder-high with the general funerals by devoted workmates, over a couple of miles of steep roads, could not have exceeded 60. But what an appalling measure of grief even this number represented throughout the scattered population! Fortunately for ail concerned, the day was springlike, and the clear sky and brilliant sunshine in strong contrast to the long-winding processions of bjt.terly-weepiug women and deeply- touched men, It was arranged that two proce- sious should form opposite the Abersychan police-sttion-t.he first at noon, and tbe second at 3 o'clock, butitwas considerably past midday ere first contingents of mourners touk up their pOoli- tiuns; and meanwhile respectful crowds poured into the place from all paints and in various forms of conveyauceR. There was a delay of over an hour before the sigual was given to move for- ward, and it was then seen that the cortege was beaded by Mr T. P. Price (tho parliamentary representative of the division), and the members of the Abersychan Local Board, of which Mr W. L. Pratt is chairman, while the Miners' Provi- dent Society was represented by Mr Evan Owen, Mr John Jones (Blaenavon), and Mr Jonah Sage (Risca). Sergeant Allen and four members of the constabulary sufficed to regulate tbe heavy truffle, and when all was in readiness tho cele brateti United Choir (in reality the Pontypool and Abersychan Choral Society) was heard plain- tively sinking the opening verse of the hymn in which th9 entombed miners at Tynewydd Pit were beard engaging by tbe explorers who were anxious to succour them. A somewhat free translation or the favourite old Welsh h Inn was used to-day, but its lack of poetic graco was more than compensated for by the impressive phrasing the setting used being taken from Dr Parry's well-known Ieuan Gsvyilt Requiem. Owing to the death of a shild yesterday morning, Mr Roger Prothero, who, as conductor, takes so much pride in the choir, was unable to be present, and the duty of leader devolved upon Mr Eng- land hut the part-ringing lost none of its melodic force, as the sopranos and contraltos de- clared In softened tones In the ùep and mighty waters, There hi none can succour me. the refrain was caught up by the tenors and bass, and the vast assemblage was at once moved to realise the painfully saddening mission in which the procession was engaged. There is something soul-stirring in Dr Parry's music; and the de- votional earnestness with which the band of trained vocalists rendered it was perhaps accentuated by the fact that three mem- bers of the choir are among the victims of the disaster, and are to be interred to-day, when its full strength of about 150 voices will be beard. The setting is too radiant with the gems of composition and perfect harmony to be called a dirge and yet as such it was intended, although the thousands who listened as tho sound-waves were borne on the breeze across fields and up hills will not readily forget the deep pathos imparted to the whole hymn. The route lay along Broad-street and Snatch- wood-road to the point where a sharp beud points the way to Trevethin Church, while about a mile ahead lies Ebenezsr Coneregational Chapel. When the procession was in full forma- tion 37 coffins were being borne but before this pageant of sorrow bad been developed many dis- tressing scenes were witnessed. Walking ahead of tbe cortege from Broad-street, it almost seemed as though every household was waiting to take up its appointed position with a dearly-cherished burden; aud aa openings were made, and the affected bearers of their poor friends moved for- ] ward, the uncontrollable grief of the widowed women and fatherless daughters intensified tho agonising character of the whole surroundiugs. Disasters of magnitude have* happened in various "parts of the kingdom, and addftions will doubtless Hiavo to be chronicled as times goes on but, rhappily, records of whole communities of several •large villages being simultaneously plunged into the most poignant grief are rare, and, therefore, calamities such as tho Llanerch explosion may be regarded as national in <('ir area of ;.fil ction. iREVETHIN CHURCH. When the procession reached the point just above the village of Pontnewynydd, where the road crosses the valley to reach the heights of Trevethin, the uuited choir drew forward to be in readiness to take its position with the contingent bearing towards Ebenezir. That which descended into the valley road was a long and simple funeral cortege, consisting of twenty-one coffins, borne on biers shoulder high, each coffin being followed by it own immediate mourners and flanked by surplus bearers in readiness to perform their pathetic duty. In every instance the coffins were flower-laden. As the procession wound over the river and up the steep road carved out of the hill side there was happy sur- cease to the frequent halts which bad been ninde hitherto to allow of additions to the number of cdtim. The choir had started on the second portion of its mournful errand, and, as the dirgo- Jike melody was wafted across the valley, women and children came out at the cottage doors, the residents of the villas which dot the hill- side stood bareheaded at the end of the approaches to their house, and groups hurried up the steep by-roads and paths to watch the unusual spectacle, which probably extended over halt a mile. The minute-bell in the old weather- beaten tower, uestlwig almost in its surroundings of ancient yews, begall to toll as the procession approached, and the R»v J. C. Llewellyn, the venerable vicar, stood uuder the new lyoh gate on the south side of the churchyard to receive the first cotliu. The other clergy accompanying him included his curates, the Revs, H. Evans and G. G. Williams; the Vicar of Pontnewynydd (the Rev D. O. Davies); the Rev Mr Evans, curate of Pontnewynydd and the Rev Morgan Jone?, curate ot Panteg. The first coffin to reicii the gate contained the remain1; of Henry Hiilier, 31 years of age, of Abersychan, who, as thu breastplate set forth, "died on Feb- ruary 6, 1890." As the clergy moved up the. steep graveyan; path, the Rev J. C. Llewellyn com- menced to recite the burial service sentences, with I arn the resurrection and the life,' aaitb tho Lord." Then the coffins were borne into Church in due order, and reverently deposited 111 the chancel, the organist playing the DJad March" in Saul. The edifice was soon filled, and many were tllI- able to train admittance. Iu the churchyard several affecting incidents occurred. Women fainted, and were led away as tho rear of the pro- cession came up one of the Bridges, of whom there were four (a father and three sons) beiug the last to bo borne in. Many of the graves wore old ones, but in the newer portion ot the grave- yard, lying due east, there were no fewer than y,trt i lyin?- eightuewdoubiegraves inaline and ciosetogether. Some idea of the pressuro of the funeral arrangeineuts may be gathered from the fact that the diggers were completing the excava^on of graves as the service was proceeding within, and that since Saturday morning the work has been carried on uninterruptedly. Several graves held two coffins, and tho gravo for tiie four Bridges was a large double ono on the south- eastern slope. After the services had been con- cluded (each clergyman present superintend- ing an intermeut), the local corps of the Salvation Army buried one of their members—Frederick Martin, of Abersychan. The local lodge of Oddfeilows assembled dtninfrthe afternoon to follow David Vater, of Pont- newynydd, to Trevethin. Theru was a largo gathering of members, as the deceased had beon secretary of the lodge for a number of years, and was much respected. Eight other "funerals also took place during the afternoon at Peeygarn, being those of the Pontypool residents who were killed iu the pit. „ EBENEZER CHAPEL. I Twenty-five gr:1Ve-somu to hold two or three members of one family-have been prepared in Ebenezer Chapel yard, which slopes severely up from the road, and here indescribable scenes of anguish took place as the departed miners were finally put to rest. The advent of tho cortege had been heralded by the choir, whose effective voice. blending was heard by the decorous throng long before the procossion appaared ascending the steep highway. Either sid, of the road was lined by people who were evidently much moved by the picture presented by the long line of flower-laden coffins, aud women and men faltering under their atilictiou. The graveyard had been largely possessed by visitors from far an 1 near, and as the cuifins were borne through the gates they were preceded by ministers of various denomina- tions in the surrounding and even distant districts, among those present being the Revs J. Cole, D. Lewis, D. D, Richards, D. M. Davies, G. Phillips, O. Tidinan, and W. S. Jones. The coffins were borne direct to the appointed graves, and, considering the extraordinary circumstances, tile mournful proceedings passed off with credit to those who had charge ot tbe funoral arrange- ments; but the lowering of the coffins into the graves was too much for many ot the distressed women, aud piercing ones and exclama- tions were heard from various points; whde the completely overwhelmed Mt-« Ashman—whose three sons, son-in-law, and grandson were laid in graves side by Fic1e-WÀve wny for the fourth time since leaving home under the ordeal, and it required the closest and most careful attention to restore her to consciousness. At the sides of other gra ves Jnstances of women swooning in their grief were numerous enough, and considerable commotion was caused by Police- constable Stephens being sensed with a violent tit and falliug heavily against the railings of a tomb. But each family had its own burden of sorrow and amid intermittent sympathetic outbursts, appeals of the several officiating ministers for the pH'rcy and protection of God for the -tfl.etpd, rose in sonorous and fervent tones. In one or two instauces, the short burial service was conducted in Welsh. When all the interments bad been effected tho ministers and laigo numbers of the general public returned toabor-sycliin but widows, daughter*, sons, brothers, and other relatives of the dead liugereil round the open graves, giving evidence of their suffering, and taking .a last farewell of all that remained to them ot the sturdy men and boys ot less than a week ago.
THE AFTERNOON FUNERALS. I
THE AFTERNOON FUNERALS. I For several hours the vicinity of High-street, Abersychan, presented an extraordinary scene, tho crowds of spectators moving from point to point and mingiiug with the assembling mourners in a manuer to cause confusion. But about four o'clock the second procession bad been formed, and contingents made their way to Noddfa Chapel, Talywain, Vurteg, and Pisga, where interments took place, with repetitions of the touching scenes witnessed earlier in the day. Mr Edward Jones (mauaging director), Mr Partridge (chairman), and other geutlemeu couuected with Messrs Partridge, Jones, and Company, Limited, attended the funeral of Eiward Jones, the overman of the pit, whose loss is Aspecially deplored hy the local members of the 'i? liner, of the Miners' Permanent Fund, and during the day a number of leading Recbabito officers attended to read the ritual prescribed by the order fQr deceased members, this ceremony being performed by Mr F. W. Biett, district secretary (Cardiff), who was accompanied by Messrs G. Batemau, D.C.R. (Hisca), Edward Davies, D.D.R. (Newport), J. Walsh, D.S. (Newport), J. Phillips, P.C.D.R. (Abercarne), G. H. Dunn, J.D.S. (Newport), and E. H. Booth, district trustee (Abercarne). During the day it is roughly calculated that the follow- ing interments took place At Trevetbin, 21 Eb-nuzer Chapel, 16 Penygarn (Pontypool), S Taivwam, 13: Varteg, 4 Noddfa, 9 and Pisga, 3 total, 75 so that there remain about 100 ot tin: victims to be buried between now and Wednesday afternoon, though the major portion of the funerals has been fixed for Tuesday with similar arrangements as to-day. After the funerals of William Tudgay and his sou Joseph had left the house yesterday, before they were laid to rest at N oddfa, the news came that the mother of the elder Tudgay, who lived with bim, bad died. She was very iii at the time of the explosion, and the shock bad proved too great for her enfeebled body.
BURYING THE DEAD.I
BURYING THE DEAD. I [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] • I Yesterday win- a day iong to be remembered in the Monmouthshire Valleys. Between sixty and seventy victims of the terrible • disaster at the Llanerch Colliery were laid reverently to rest in the local cemeteries amid a demonstration of public feeling remarkable for the depth and the intensity of its human sympathy and its' almost more than human compassion. Even to the cursory on-looker the aspect presented by Aber- aycban and Puntnewyuydd early on Monday morn- ing was suggestive of a day of humiliation. The blinds of every window were drawn, mute witnesses to the calamity which bag darkened so many homes and laid desolate so many tender, loving hearts. Business was suspended habili- ments of mourning aud all the paraphernalia of grief obtruded on the attention. From an early hour clusters of men could be observed in the streets discussing the disaster for the hundredth time, recalling some characteristic trait of a departed comrade, or strange, uncanny premonitions of the calamity. The day broke crisp and fine. A bright sun shone in a clear blue sky, diffusing on all nature its grateful radiance aud warmth. In the air was perceptible the sweet, vernal breath of approaching spring and the bills and valleys, which stretched in panoramic vista on every side, appeared to smile responsively to tho laughing sunshine. Joyous- ness, glow, serenity—these were tbo outward and surrounding conditions. Ab, me What a con- trast here to the anguish and the of the entire community It is difficul' bow measureless a calamity this I -^he inhabitants of these sequesterec g within their own native hills, far ne the turmoil and hurry of lifo, a c I)f toil and circumstance,knits tbeu and Bo the whole community partakes to some extent, tbo character of a family whose members have joys, aspirations, and sorrows in common. In these circumstances the calamity of Thursday last overwhelmed the people with sorrow and dismay. Yesterday these feelings found public expression, and no one who wit- nessed the sceue will soon forget its pathetic solemnity. Shortly before midday small processions of men and wouieti-witt) cothis borne aloft in the sun- shine-could be observed from one of the insny emlllence around Abersychan slowly wendiug their way from houses of mourning and converg- int,, to a given point in the heart of the tewn, to wit Uuiou-street. In some cases, two, three, even tour bodies were borne from the same little tenement. Of one family five members were carried to their burial, three sons, a son- in-law, and a grandson. No pails or coverings of any kind were used, and there were but a few biers in the long proces- sion, the corpses in nearly every instance being borno on the stalwart shoulders of men who esteemed it a privilege to render this sweetly solemn service. Meanwhile a vast number of people had assembled in Union-street, which was the point of departure for the, general funeral processiou, aud a^ coffin ,-litercofiiti arrived many a sileut tear was shed in the sympathetic throng. Members of the Salvation Army atteuded Que ot the victims, and came down the hill-side singing a strangely ecstatic refrain. It was nearly one o'clock when the mourners, now numbering several thousand peopie, started for the place of intermeut. At the same moment the choir which led the van commenced suigmg an Eugiisl1 ver- sion of the moving Welsh bymu, Yay dy froedd mawr a'r toul.,u." Tae traas' aion, which ió Ie. producod below, conveys but an inadequate idea of the graud original version. In tiie deep and mighty waters Theie is none call succour ffie Only my re-u:e y.er, Jesui, lie Wilt; t.icu upon the tree. This was sung to a dirge-nke LUue-Dr Parry's requiem, if we mistake uot—with au impressive- ness that could never be conveyed in words. The tune is, in fact, a passionate lament, and surely never was a threnody heard with so many added circumstauces of solemnity. Immediately it was pitched, a responsive chord vibrated iu every breast. It discovered tb8 very fountains of feel- ing. Women nervously sobbed, and strong nwu could be seen with the tears coursing down their careworn clici ks. That the hymu was doubly uu pressive by reason of the occasion was, cf course, self-evidont, but it was also SULJr; with exquisite taste. Another hymn, which was rendered Ly the choir, began with the appropriate sentiment Thee we adore, Eternal Name, Aii(I Iiiiinbly own to Thee 11"w leuble is our mortal irame, What dyinji creatures We. The melancholy coriege proceeded in the direc- tion of Pootypool, over the high road, the places of interment being the parish churchyard, Trevethin, and Ebeutzor Cemetery, Pont- novvynydd. The ciiuir sang the whoie way, a distance of nearly two miles. Over twenty coffins were included in the processiou when it leit the starting point, and as many more were added on the runte. Nearly ail the latter were from the little hamlet of Suaichwood, where scarce a house- hold has. escaped the dread visitatiou. The coiffns by ly the way-side, awaiting the arrival ot the funeral procossion from Abersychan. Each was attended by a little band of mourners, whose grief was distressing to wituass. The incidents at Suatchwood formed, perhaps, the saddest feature of an inexpressibly sad day. Scarce one of the modest white washed cottages which line the road but had its grim signal- niark outside the little wicket-gate. This, more than aught else served to bring to one's mind some adequate ccuception of the cata- strophe. Truly the angel of death was abroad in the land, and one couid almost hear the beating of its winfls." Severe simplicity characterised the services in the cemeteries. Over the open gra ves a fw earnest words were addressed to the multitude by the local ministers, who spoke in voices tremulous with emotion; and to the invoca- tion that th) Almighty would bless to thorn this bitter dispensation there was an echoing fervent arneu
MEASURES OF RELIEF. I
MEASURES OF RELIEF. I A meeting ot the inhabitants of Pontypool was held at the Ulub-cbambers on Monday night, Mr David Williasus, chairman of the locai- huard, presiding, A relief fund iu aid of the suffering families of Llauerch Colliery explosion was in- augurated aud a committi-a formed. Mr E. Fowler, draper, was appointed treasurer, and £ 176 9^ were subscnbed in the room. Mr J, C. Hanbury, Pontypool Park, has con- tributed £ 25J towards tho relief fund. Ou Monday, Mr Slee, resident secretary of the Loudon, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Insurance Company, visited Abewsychan, aud paid all the claims that have beeu made against the company in connection with tho ars plosion. Councillor Ramsdale., of Cardiff, has had a very busy time in the district ill his capacity as Ruperiutemlent of tho Prudential Assurance Company, aud up to this(eveiling had paid claims tu the auiouut oi £ 433 12-*& i, There are, bow- ever, several otheis r^rna.ijing to be settled. "Daily News" Relief Fund. I Messrs Hodges &' Son. Clothiers, Aberdare £2 2 0 Mr R, G Jones, d. Uower-street, Swansea 11 6 0 N«w Quay b ó 1 Messr. D. Duncan and :-iou", ,iroprieturs o( the tSou'i Wa¡u Daû;¡ .'Vezc:I 10 10 0 -013 3 1 A Good Example. TO THE KL/ITOK. I StR,—After iutrouueing the service yesterday morning, I drew the attention of my congrega- tion to the terrible explosion at LWiorch Colliery, Abersychan, and gave them particulars as they were reported in the South. IVales Daily News for Saturday. Before I proceeded W:\LII my sermon one of the members got. up and moved that a collection be made, another seconded, j^ud another supported. Tho result is the chtquM I enclose in this letter for £5 6; Id. Please acknowledge the receipt of same. It may be for the f,;ood of the distressed if you make a short reference to this spontaneous help. Perhaps other congregations will be led to do thf) saxnn.—I am, &'• I DAVID JONES, C(?. Miniater. I Park-street, New Qnny, Card., Feb. iI
CARDIFF BAKERS AND THEIR GRIEVANCES.
CARDIFF BAKERS AND THEIR GRIEVANCES. Formation of a Union. I Cardiff bakers Lave long complained of the great disadvantages under which they labour, and with a view or getting their giievimces redressed a meeting was hold at the Colonial .ball 011 Monday evening. Mr S. Jacobs occupied the chair, and the attendance proved tho g»tpat interest evinced in the matter. Letter from Sir E. J. Reed- I The CHAIKMA.Y read the following lattetr which he had received from Sir Edward Reed Dear Mr Jacobs,—In reply to your favour of yester- day, I bet: leave to say that 1 observe with pleasure* the proposed formation of a Bakers' Trade Union tn., Cardiff. Working men have 110 other means than that of trades' unions—or none that I know of-for pro- lectins their lawful interests, and it is good for no class to have its lawful interests neglected. Many faults, no doubt, may be found with the working of trades' unions, alld many mistakes are nmd" by them But that is only natural, and certainly employers have made a great many mistakes on their side of labour questions, so that we have to find excuses for both parties at some time or other. The great thing to avoid, iu my opinion, is a ready resort to strikes, whicb should be the very last resource of workmen, because of the injury they inflict all round. Worst of all is a strike whicb fails the mischief worked ly .such a strike is far-reaching and incalculable. Many men have a good deal to learn, and so have many employers and both should as far as possible combine firmness;wiLh patience, and spare no pains when diffi- culties arise to come to a mutually fair agreement. I bope the day i* coming when employers and employes will meet in trade erjuticils that such trade councils will be assisted, when necessary, by councils of con- ciliation and that by these moans justice will be done all rotiti(l. i aiiida tirm believer in the value of capital, which is as indispensable in many cases as labour itself but it is certainly best both for labour and capital that men should work reasonable hours, be paid sufficient to enable them to bling up their familios respectably, and be treated so far as possible as the equals of and virtual partners with the capitalist. These results can only be brought about by the union of workmen for trade purposes, an,1 for this reason I am glad to see a Bakers'. Union started. Wishing you all success, I am, &c., E. J. ItEED, Broadway Chambers, Westminster, Feb. 8th, W90, Loud cheering followed the reading of this letter, and it was forthwith decided to form a union ou a similar basis to that which has been adopted in other largo centres. The union was given the title of the South Wales Bakers' and Confectioners' Union, but the question of amalgamation with the Manchester Unity was deferred.
THE COAL THADE.
THE COAL THADE. 10 per Cent. Advance Asked For. A conference took piace at Sheffield on Mon- day, between a number of eoalowners repre- senting the colliery proprietors of South York- shire, with reference to the miners' agitation. Th9 object of the conference was to discuss a demanu of the miners for a further demand of 10 percent. It was contended by tbe masters that; the price of coal did not justify a further advance, and they said that if they were to anuounce their decision at once, it would be to refuse the demand. They promised to give an anwer aSter a meeting of eoalowners to be held in London, to-day (Tuesday).
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GENERAL NEWS.
GENERAL NEWS. Dundee dock labourers struck work on Mon; day for an advance from sevenpeuce to eigb' peuce per hour. Profe8or Huxley is about to pay a short vjsit to Teneriffe witb his younger son, who is Just getting over a bad attack of influenza. Ie is announced that the vote for tbe pf the Parnell Cúmmis8iou will amount to £ 50;0C0. Tbe Rasaian physician, Dr Bapchinski, aD' nonuces tbat he has discovered a cure fot diph theria. He says the disease is easily curable by inoculation of erysipelas. In the next numbor of Ir Stead's new period- ical, Mr Steed wIll puhlisi1 a lonp accouut of the intenlew betweeu himself and 1fr Houston, at which the> latter offered the then editor of the Pall JIall Gazct e "be fored letters. A g;g;HHJC labour and financial aJIiance will b8 formed within the American Federation Labour, its object being to accumulate funds to be placd at the disposed ot any trade whosd craftsmen may be on strike or locked out. Colo!)I,1 Mallesotj has decided not to ask for a review of tbe damap, ( £ 1,000) he wr.s recent-l ? ordered by a special tay ar. the Loudon Sheri" Court to pay for libelling :r Herbert GlaC1:itoJ18 in an Anglo-Indian fourna). Mr Gladtone has aeaiu been approached by an Am8rjC<ln firm of publishers. Thi time he \Vas offered £ 6,000 a year ror the exclusive use ok all he writes; but this, like its predecessors, wa8 immediately declined. A jury on Saturday awirded lIfr" Somerseti Max well-stretjf, Duohn, £ 3,500 damages agains' I the Great NorLnern Riiiway Compauy of Irelan for the !o"fj of her bnsbaud, whu was killed iu tbe railway accident ¡¡.t Armagh bst f<Ummer. Ou Sunday night a communication was received at Ôúuth Shields, stating that Joseph Macready< a firemall aboard a Sh:el<1s steamer, and another "t the crew belonging to the same steamer, bad been s hot at Bilbao. Both meu belong to South Sn¡elù", and are repélrted tll be dead. Ou 1iondny a consignment ok nine tons of efD" balmed-mummified cats lrom Fgypc were off\3red for sale by auction ill Li vfHpOOl. Tlw saie-room w:iS crowded. Heads WAr," offered separately, as muds as 4s 61 each b"ing- ",i, A complete body with- OIn bead brought 5-s 61, and Lhe bulk IJroughC £ 5 17s 6d per tun. lr Fiizgerald, pre2!Ùent of the National LsagU0 •. in America, has lseued au address tu the members |! asking for contributifJns to aid another effort for Insh freedom. "A general election iu Grea' Britain is," be says, impending, and two yearH at most, possibiy two mouths, wiil briog WI face, to. face with the crisis." I\Ir Jesse Coliings, 1\1.1' replying to a \Veisl1 correspondent, says :— Wo wdl have disestab- lishment, but no" soon. :i:trr Gladstoue i6 ecclesi- atic to his finger cuds. I alll aware that b8 had written a letter and led you Welsh people to believe that he wia give you Disestab- 1ibmeDt, but if yuu observe closely ùe bas II '■ said anything that no couldn't turn and tw: any way he likes if needs be." Marshal .hcIaholJ, ex-President of France, ha completed his memoirs, but they will not b6 g-iven to the public. He lutewts to bave ouly t'ix copies printeJ-oue for himself, one for bis wife, one for each of his three sons, and olle for bis daughter. He has received fi.tering- offers frolO pub; i:;Í1er", but refuses to allow bis work to reC81 ve g-Gueral circulation. The Marquis of Butft was present at a meAtjlJ in Ediuburgh ot tho Scottish University Coin" mission on Thursday, when evidence 011 the subject (Jf theological tests was heard frpm the Rev Professor FlinL, the Iiev' Professor LindsaTi of tb. Fre Cunrch College, G¡;¡gow, and th8 Hw J. M. Robertson, minister of St, Ninians. Sunderland is at present receiving the bendit of the Rev Mr Baxter's vaticinations. lIo has bûell picturing a very sad sceue of it in the not very distant f 11 tare. Wo are to have many ternbla wars, and the map of Europe is to be re-arranged in a v/ay that its existing ¡nli:tbitant8 will be able to make nothing ot. The most plea8ing and most prominent item, howevr, 111 Ins programme is the" translation of 144,000 Christians- without I dying." A strangA cae of miscarriage of justice C;¡!n13 to 1;g-ht Oil Saturday whea in tiie Queen's Bench Division au appeal was beanl against thd aciiof of the Middlesbrough lllag':rf:lte8, who had sentenced a ri vetter namou KMrnahan, in 'he employ of Messrs Rayiton, Dixon, and C".i shipbuilders, to three months' imprisonment fof stealing 7s. Kernahan, being deaf, did nDt under- stand t!pthls solicitor was pleadin fTuilty for htm. The court recomineuded that 1;rr:h:lI) h(ltlld bave a free pardon. .1 Judge Lloyd, of FJiut, has been ivín pl<b¡¡c there hi" view ot Welsh funerals. H:3 Honour said that, ulJfortll!1a"ely, a creat deal of money was spent, upon funerals 111 Waies, people ha\in a notion that the more expensive a fuupral was the more wa t.ho respect they were paying to the deceased. He wouid be glad when be diAd if his funeral expen ^s would not .xcee:1 £ 5. I10 wouid, only allow £ 7 for rbe funeral expenses JI1 this caw, ami make an order (II tue defendant t4J pay £ 4. Rev William R"ss, of Cowcaddens, Glaow, has been calling the atten tion of the Gaelic Society in tbat CILY to tlm fact that their Welsh brethren, by p«rsisteut effort, ha vo now secured several valuable concessions regarding their language fruln the Government, und that the S'clety for UJ.il :z, ng the VVel-ii Lmgnage has already published LWO school nooks for the teach- iug of Welsh as a specific subject. The inspector* testify that whue \V(1Istl i" taught tbe ct1Ïldrell have improved nJ English and Jlr Ros desires to s'e the exampia uf Wales wiluwed IU the Higdirati is. Tile Farl ot Dunraven, presiding at the Prince's-hall, London, OIJ Monday :âteruoon, ill support IIf the Women's Trade"! Association, saId that the problem of improving the pUKitioD of the poorer classes of female workers was most difficult —in tact, so tull ot difficulty that many person! had despaired, awl tliougut that rlOhilJg cuuld be done. Hl', however, believed that the propect of labour for the fut.ure were most promising, and it would be the fault ot labour if it did not avail itself of tbe opportunity. A resolution in favouf úi organisation for women workers was passed. The rumour that Mr Ernest Parke, the IID- prisoned journaiod, i III il1 the infjrmary is not quite correct. lIe was tr:1nf\.Jrred the other day from Holloway to wh8re he was visited (by speciul permissiou ot tile Home Secretary) b1 oue of his lata colleagues, wilo hund him, indeed, in the infirmary, but in fair health nd exceih nt spirits. The judg-e who sentenced him and Ir Matthews were both approached ou the subject of his prison treatment. Tile result wat4 that, although he couid 110; be made a first-clasa misdemeanant, it was decided to allow him cer- tain prjv¡]egeh wbich wjJj go far to mitigate bi* undoubtedly hard lot. TLe Jews intend to (!r:1ppll) with one of the m08t important of the difficulties that have con- fronted thoH during this generation. They afl a community havo been tLo victiirs or a curious dissent and rivalry, and so keen was this that a few yearo; 111;0 it would h;fj seemed Utopia.n even to hint at the union of Asbkenaz m, Sephardim, and the Reformers. A different spirit now prc- vails, and when Dr Herm:1.UU Adler ascends tbe Rabbinical chair he will be asked to attemut to deal with the rli£.ic\1ly in ueh a way ttiat the soIuLion will comprise the establishment of a bond of union betweell four great dissenting partiel anti Lhe general oriranisation of the 8ynag-O!ue. Concerning SIr William Gull's religious belief 80me interesting iuformation is given. H. looked on the univere::ls replete with mystery. Dogmatic assertions aH to its nature were m' tolerable to him, Some years since be Iftid en- graved on a seal a mqjtto. au its construction he had bestowed long thought. It was the result of much philosophical and theological inquiry. C"iiceptio Dei Negatio Iud Ratio rei- With his intimates IlH would dilate on each of the themes which the triple aphorititn propounds. It is remarkable that Gull wrote a ood deal about diseases of tue 11orVU!B system, thus giving another example of tbe curious coincidences tbat nut infrequently medical men die of diseases to wbich they have given pecial attention." Of the veterans of tbe Balaclava cbare, it i. ascertained now that there are five wbo are pautpers. It is not a question of relative, but of actual poverty. A singular scheme has been st.artied for thoir relief, aad a praiseworthy one ..180. ThAre will b,) a p-,rformance oqanlsed at: the EVnpire, and the proceeds iven to found a cntt¡¡g-o home for these old English worthies. Miss Amy Rosello will recite Tennyson's poem, aud foi1 background or scenery tha stage will accommodate In their old regimentals these sur- vivors of that wild charge. A curious commen- mentarr on tLe Laureate's ode iu honour of thø Light Biigade WI II oe the muster of these broken- do Wll 0).1 soldiers at whose prowess it wall scarcply a pootica! flight to say that aU the werld wondered. The scheme for the formation of a London Board of Conciliation for the adjmltmant of labour disputes has DOW been completed by the Labour COI\(iliatiun Committee or the London Chamber of Commerce, and has ben adopted by the council of that body., It recognises the necessity, pfurtited out in our column when the project was first mooted, ot n proper representa- tion of empJoynd as welJ as employers. The pro. posed new board will consist of 12 capitalists elected by the Chamber of Commerce and 12 members Iected by tbe employed- Each of thesa sections will appoiut three more members, who from their position, authority, or influence' may bp. considered useful additions to the board, Trado Conciliation Committees, equally composed of employers aUí1 employed, and representing a body or trade in tfje metropolis of more than a thousaud indi vidu"h, may eend to the board twú l118mb.;rs, an employee, aod all operative. An extraordinary Socideut ha happened at Wiiimer Castle, the. residence of Lord Granville, The W est Street Harriers were chasing a har« across the country neitr S. Margarets, wben Pussy gave them the slip. Just <1." this time & fox wa started, aud the' hounds ave chase. A most exciting run ensu.e<j, tue fox Jeading th. hunt across the country at a rattling pace into Walmer. Some footoall phyen; stipped bis C'lure herp., aud he struck pff to the rounds of Walmer CastJe, skimmiii,? round uy the moat. III the meantime Earl Grauville and some of tbe occupauts of the catle c,.me out to witueM8 ttle sport,when suddenly the fox made straight for the castle, anù, crossing the1 drawbridge, passed through the corridor:\s far as toe drawi[}g--rùn; door. Here it was brought to bay and killed lJJ some of the hound which had followed him ictc the castle.
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