The Cambria Daily Leader

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Our Note Book Doctor Difficulty.* A Ques- tion of Finance.—Why Not, Appoint an Arbitrator?— Life in a Sanatorium. It is sincerely to be hoped that the Swansea doctors and the mcmlwrs 01 the societies affiliated to the Labour Association will be able to see their way to an amicable composition cf their differences, and so obviate the possibility of the hospital being made the cockpit of the contest between them. The position is certainly an unfortunate one to say the least, and an matters stand there is a possabuity- to say no iiioi-e--of a siep being ta ken what may have the effect of comparing the nlticirncy of th<* work and what is admittedly a. noble insti- tution. The doctors are asking a cer- tain figure for attendance upon the wives and families of insured and un- insured persons, ■* # The Societies are not disposed to agree to the amounts suggested, and they propose on the 2,5t[i of March. when existing contracts will expire or as soon after as possible to put into operation, a sc heme under which they will engage whole time medical men of their own. Since the difficulty is one of tinalice it ought not to be im- possible to find a solution without re- sort to extreme measures under which inconvenience and hardship will he imposed upon innocent people who may or may not be directly concerned. One way out of the present impass would be to submit the question as to what the rate of attendance should be to an independent arbitrator who possesses a knowledge of the position, and whose verdict Mould be -accepted by both sides. The time is so short that steps to obtain an amicable settlement should be taken with the least possible delay. Mr. Glan Griffiths, the assistant .secretary of Sw;in»sea Y.M.C.A., whose brilliant description of life in the Udal Tore Sanatorium in Yelverton, Devon- shire, was published in the "Leader" last Monday, writes to say that there are six Swansea men in the Sana- torium. and all are progressing fsyvour- fcbly They are Messrs. Mike O'Brien (Dockers' T'n 'on), Bob Richards, W. T. Lewis (Manselton), Tom Rieharas (Plough-road), Evan Rees (Gwaun-cae- gurlven), and himself. They are all on work, grade 2, which means that they have to carry about 20 to L'olbs of clay-like earth in a basket between the hours of 10 a.m. and 11.4;) a.m., ind again between 2.30 p.m. and 4.45 p.m. Other work has to be performed indoors after break- fast-Mr Griffiths says his this week is the cleansing of all the tea and coffeo urns, so that, as he playfully remarks, "For once at-any-rate it can truth- fully be said that I am urning mv Ili-Ing. The Swansea Guardians were yesterday engaged in voting from two o'clock until six o'clock. He is a very respectable man. He is very well-known to the police at Fforestfach," was a local polioe officer's testimony as to a man's character. :1(0 A oertain Swansea man the other day went to a scientific lecture, and, after sitting it through patiently, re- marked It's all very interesting, but w hat's it about?" ::1t: "Cardiff is only a small portion of Wales," says the Outfitter." Car- diff will find it difficult to ltelieve this, even though Swan&ea can win five foot-  on the same day. ball gajnes 011 the same day. "Anything to asked the magistrate. No," replied the defendant. Are you sorry?" asked the justice. No!" was the reply. Got any cigars" asked one Swan- sea Guardian of another at yesterday's meeting. "Go and ask the Corporation for one." was the reply of the gentle- man, who waF smoking one of his own. Tnan, w h o w a. -,mnk-ing one of his own. A mistake was made when they started building Swansea," said a mem- ber of the Housing Committee on Fri- day. They ought to have begun by levelling Kilvey Hill!" On two occasions lately we have had more votes than there were Guar- dians present," was the statement made by the clerk when he told the Swansea L-iiardlans to write their names on the Ballot papers. <<= A magistrate is a man who once knew some law, but forgot all about it when he got on the Bench—at least that is the general impression," said Mr. Fordham at the West Jxradon Court yesterday. A Parliamentary election is bad rnough, but he is a brave man who t-eck County Council honouxs in a country district. At this time of the year, diving or motoring to remote villages six miles from anywhere" is not at all pleasant. # # .The Clerk to the Swansea Guar- dians had to read a testimonial in Welsh, and at the outset read something which elicited laughter and sounded like" Jeh thing majigig pussy." At the close those present cried, "Translate it all." 4 He is a good chap,' is what it means," said the obliging official.

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BLOWN UP. I SWANSEA TRADER'S DISASTER. I DYNAMITE EXPLOSION: SHOCK FELT I | 100 MILES AWAY. 100 WIILES AWAY. I MANY KILLED. I A terrible disaster bus occurred on the ste/unor Alum Chine, a C'ar- j t diff vessel, which was a well-known trader to and from Swamea. The Alum Ch ine was lying in the Patapsco River, six miles below Balti- more, being loaded with dynamite, when an explosion took place, a number or men being killed and injured. Th oi- nien beiiig kil?od lnjured. The A graphic account of the tragedy is telegraphed by Reutcr's correspondent at Baltimore. I I A Terrible Scene. I Baltimore, March 7.The dynamite that Was being transferred to the Alum Chine wa.s eontaiaod in four railway wagons, which wer on the deck of the lighter. Ck)6c by were the tug Atlantic and several launch(> belong- ?ing to ship chandeHers who were fur- nishing the, Aim Chine with supplies of one kind or another for her voyage. I Suddenly a puff of smoke came irom the hold of the ship. One of the crew who noticed it at once realised its significance and ran screaming to tho I deck, followed by as many more panic- stricken :men as had time to escape. alongside the Alum Chine lay a lauuch belongin to a ship chandler named Goodhues, and fourteen of the Alum Chine's crew leaped into her. Deafening Roar Heard. Meanwhile those on t/w Jaulleil lad pushed off as quickly as they possibly could, and, turning; their how away from the burning ship, put the little overcrow detl craft full si-eci alidad in the hope of getting out of harm's way before the ine\ itp_bl<? explosion oc- ciii-red. Smoke was now pouring out of the ship's hatches, and the launch had not gone more than 200 feet when there was a deafening roar. Columns of flame shot out from the Alum Chine in every direction, and the air was tilled with flying debris. Pieces of machinery and portions of the hull, weighing tons, shot hundreds of feet into the air, while smaller nieces of iron and ste<W, many, .how- ever, three feet long and weighing fifty pounds, were found at Annearandel! on the Baltimore County shore, three or four miles away. I__ Other Vessels Injured. Within less than a stone's throw of the Alum Chine lay the tug Atlantic, and a little further off the United States callier Jason, and on both these vessels awful havoc was wrought. The flying debris included many boxes of yet un- | exploded dynamite, and it is believed | that it was such boxes falling on the decks of the Jason and the Atlantic that | caused such devastation aboard those i-essels. It was certainly a box of dynamite falling on the deck of the Atlantic and there exploding that cause the death of three men killed on that vessel. The shock was felt as far away as Reading (Pennsylvania), nearly a hun- dred miles distant, and also at Atlantic Citv, while at Dover, the State capital of Dela ware, one of the members who happened to be speaking at the moment in the Lower House of the State Legis- lature, remarked That was evidently all earthquake." A schoolhouse at Sparrow Point, several miles from Bal- I timore, was partly destroyed, and several children were hurt. The Crew. I The crew had been signed on at Barry. Captain Auslev commanding, i Over hundred persons have so far been reported killed, injured or missing. Built as Glasgow in 1905, the Alum Chine was originally known as the Clare- mont. She has a registered tonnage of 1,767, and carried a crew of 2o all told. I She was registered at Cardiff, and be- longed to the Alum Chine Steamship Company, of which Messrs. H. G. Harper and Co., James-street, a.ro managers.

WITNESS FAINTS. I BRITONFERRY SERVANT GIRLS ALLEGEO ATTEMPTED SUICLE. A sad case of alleged attempted sui- cide was brought beiore the Neath County Justices yesterday, the ac- I cused bein; Elizabeth Powell (18), in service at" Tyla-Morris," Britonrerry. Mary Owen, a fellow servant, satd that on returning to i! Tyla-Morris yesterday evening, the accused was sit- ting down writing a letter, and would not go to bed. Witness went upstairs, and on coming down shortly afterwards to see the time, she ,aw- Witness proceeded no further with her evidence, and fainted away in the arms of a pulice- man. Superintendent iKvans said he did not propose to trouble the witness any fur- ther, as it was doubtful whether ac- j cused was in her right mind, and he asked for a remand until next Friday. He had communicated with her parents who lived at ivlerthyr Yale, Merthyr, kut had not received a reply. The Super- intendent handed to the iiench a copy of the letter which accused was writing on the. night of the sad occurrence. The chairman, after reading the con- tents: Is there nothing more tangible for her act than this? Superintendent Evans: I think that tho witnesses will be able to say some- thing further. The application for an adjournment was granted. The accused was siezed with a fit and fell to the ground with a I I thud.

At Yarmouth County Court a jury yesterday awarded £ 25 as damages to a corporation road sweeper for a broken leg. He picked up a coin from under a stall, vi(i the stall-keeper struggled to recover it. The sweeper fell. and the coin proved to be a half- penny.

"The Mirth and Fun Grew Fast and Furious. I (BURNS.) # (" Leader Skctcb.) Our artist's impressions of the "Leader" newsboys at their annual dinner at the Albert Hal! Isst night.

WIFE SHOT DEAD. I DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMS WOUNDED I BY A PERSIAN. (Reuter's Foreign Special). I Teheran. Saturday.—The Belgian Director of Customs at Bushire, and his wife, were retiring home alter dinner bust night when an unknown Persian ran alongside their carriage and shot Madame Constant dea-d. M. Constant was seriously wounded.

IRISH TEAM'S ARRIVAL. I A GOOD BUT COLD PASSAGE TO I WALES. The Irish team arrived at Swansea on Friday evening at about (5.30, and put up at the Hotel Metropole. The captain of the side said the men were quite fit and well, and they had experienced a good, but cold, passage to Wales. As to the issue of the contest, he would express no opinion. The weather on Friday night it-as very cold at Swan-, sea. At about nine o'clock a slight sleet was falling, and a fall of snow seemed not improbable, but the weather bright-' ened up. I

DIAMOND QUEEN." I CALIFORNIA LADY'S DRESS WORTH I £ 75,000. I I Mrs. Clara Stocker, who is known as ?"C?alifornia-'s Diamond Queen," caused a sensation last night by attending the opera at 1..08 Angeles wearing jewels valued at The gems were fixed (says a corres- pondent of the Express") on a dress of gold fish net, over golden satin .The dress was slit un one side, revealing a. diamond-studded stocking and diamond buckled pumps. Mrs. StLckcr is deoscried as resemb- ling a picture from a fairy book. She is the heiress of the late "Lucky" j Baldwin, the famous Californian Turf j plunger.

MANY LIVES LOST. I Constantinople, Friday.—In reference to the loss last Saturday of the Cal- vados, a si-nall English steamer, plying between Constantinople and Panderma, during a blizzard in the Sea of Mar- mora, it has now been ascertained that I the crew and over two hundred pas- sengers perished.—Reuter.

GROVE V. CaRPOBATIflN. I I In the Chancery Court, before Mr. 1 Justice Sargeant on Friday, the action Grove the Swansea Corporation was mentioned. Mr. McMorran, K.C., said his motion might be allowed to stand over until the next term. Plaintiff and the Swan- sea Corporation were in treaty for a settlement oi the action. There would be a meeting ot the Corporation on the 19th of this month, and the matter probably be referred to them. Mr. Justice Sargeant asked if this course was agreed to bv the other side, counsel replied that it was. Eventually it was agreed to take the ca&e on the 1st Friday m the next term.

BERNHARDT AND THE CONVICTS. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt recently gave a dramatic performance in the prison yard at San Quentin, California, to an audience of 2,000 convicts. rc- 1

£ 150,000 FIRE. A serious conflagration occurred in the business quarter of Yokohama yes- terday, and destroyed the Lxchange. a num ber of silk factories and ware- houses, and 250 other buildings. The da.mage is estimated at 1:150,000.

DESTROYER AND LINER. The French torpedo-boat destroyer Casque collided oft Toulon with the English liner Or • • nsiraiii*. f)rtly the Casque "1.8 -i?.vi-yl, her rudder being broken.

In five weeks G'ehtv-lv J;.<• ratchatcher has 500 rat: at &? [average cost to thr < A ■•er :•»*. j

AGOEPTED. ACCEPTED. 1 RAILWAYMEN SATISFIED WITH I MIDLAND CO'S OFFER. STRIKE AVERTED. I I As foreshadowed in our columns, it is now defiinitcly stated that a serious rail- way stoppage has been a verted. j In another page will be found the reply ma de by the Midland Railway I authontIes to the men regarding the case of Guard Richardson, and this afternoon our London correspondents telephone us that the Railwaymen's Joint Executive at Unity House this morning, has accepted the company's statement. Thus the country is spared an indus- trial upheaval which must have had grave consequences.

I THE UNWRITTEN LAW. I PROFESSOR'S ALLEGED MURDER OF A LAUNDRYMAN. I I The d, ramatic appeal to the un- written law" has been made by Pro- fessor Oscar Olsen, of the University of Minnesota, who yesterday shot and killed a laundryman named Clyde Dar- ling. Professor Olsen (says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle") placed a pistol against the laundry- man's breast as the latter knocked at the back door of the professorial resi- dence with the ostensible object of pre- senting a bill. Professor Olsen fired twice, and the man fell dead on the threshold. The professor then invited a neigh- bour to view the body, at which ho pointed, saying, l'i-e shot that fellow. He's dead." At the police station Pro- fessor Olsen declared, My defence will he the unwritten law.' Darling ruind my home. I don't blame my wife. It wasn't her fault." He was led to a cell sobbing bitterly.

HUMAN BONES UNEARTHED. I DISCOVERY DURING EXCAVATIONS ON OLD CASTLE SITE. While the contractors' men were car- rying out excavations preparatory to putting in the foundations for the new Cinema which is to occupy the site ad- joining the "Leader" Buildings Friday afternoon, they unertehed a number of human bones several feet below the sur- face, at a spot adjoining the frontage of Worcester-place. They were bones of the leg a,nd rib, and in one case they had evidently be- longed to the sazie individual, inasmuch as they fitted perfectly in the socket one of the other. The have apparently been buried for ) a very long period, but in spite of this, f they were in a good state of preserva- tion. It will be remembered that human bones were found when the present "Leader" ofifces were being built. J Soma human skulls were also un- earthed, together with a coin of King George Il., bearing the date 1790. Tlie bones have been inspected by Mr. A. G. Moffatt, a prominnt member of the Swansea Scientific Society.

I THE ELOP.NC VICAR. To deprive the Rev. Albert Knight, the eloping vicar of Christ Church, Hunslet, Leeds, of his living, a sitting of the Ripon Diocesan Consistory Court will be held at Leeds on March 26. Mr. Knight is still legally Vicar cf Christ Church.

I Mr. Quaritch paid £ 240 at Sotheby's Mi- Qua i- tI cli-paIcl t240 at Sotheb '('I.(i .r. 7 i P: j;. of .jj. Shakesp:i>. s.iW f«>- S97t). ?-? ?h?, Es?' ?' b;<?? .'8*!?. ih° dn\ J of tiie oi Witerl.:o, has dir-.i hi vear. 1

SEVEREST ON EARTH. I DR. MAWSON FINDS THE CLIMATE 1 VERY TRYING. I ( Renter's Foreign Spccial.) I Melbourne. Saturday.—Mr. Hunt, the Commonwealth Meteorologist, has re- ceived a wireless message from Dr. Mawson in his winter camp in Adelie Land. t I Dr. Mawson states that the climate is i probably tho severest on earth. The I average wind velocity is fifty miles an hour, and there arc deluges of snow. Dr. Mawson expects to keep in touch by wIreless.

I CASE STOPPED. a i COWER BARRISTER LOSES HIS j ASIZt ACTION. I At Birmingham Assizes to-day the hearing was resumed of the action brougiit by Mr. George Beynon Harris (formerly of Goner) against Mr. John Israel Parkes (his father-in-law), Mrs. Parkes, Mr. Arthur J. Parkes, Mr. and Mrs. Holt, and Mr. A. J. Buller (soli- citor). Plaintiff claimed an injunction and damages for conspiracy for depriving him ot the custody, control, and society j of his wife and children. Mr. John S. Parkes, in further cross- examination, said he thought his daughter was reluctant to take the step, but she said she could not live with her husband. He thought cutting off the supplies or money might be all impulse to plaintiff to work. The jury stopped the case and re- turned a verdict for all the defendants.

~^= I PARLIAMENT. i KING TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE! QûEEN. j The King, accompanied by the I Queen, will open Parliament in State at j. p.m. on Monday. No more than a s hort week-end therefore separates i the old session from the new. The Home Rule, Welsh Disestablish- ment. and Scottish Temperance Bills will he passed through the House of i Commons a second time before being sent to the House of Lords under the Parliament Act. It is expected that th? discussion in the Commons on the Home Hule Bill will last a week; on the Welsh C'hurch Bill three days; and on the Temperance Bill one day. Women's suffrage will again be an issue before Parliament on a Bill in- troduced by one oi the gi-oups of Suffragists in the House. The Prime Minister has promised time for this, and a week may be given.

I FROZEN TO DEATH. Constantinople, March 6.—It is all- nounced that the intense cold has claimed many vktims both at, Chatalja j and Bulair. Several sentries have been found frozen to death. Arab troops in the Dardanelles are alleged i to have mut'nipd. d?ciaring that they ?vere too numbed to ?ht. Fifty were shot by way of example.—Reuter.

CHURCH BURNT DOWN. Hall tux, N ova Scotia, Saturday.— The Church 01 St. Dunstan at Char- lottetowll Cathedral, of the diocese of' Prince Edward Island, has been de- stroyed by fire. s- The damage is estimated at 25,000 dollars. -Reii ter.

I A ROYAL COFIRMA nON. 1 The King and Queen will be present at the confirmation or Princess Mary in the Buckingham Palace private chapel on March 16, and Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria will also attend if still in town.

Lord Balfour of Burleigh vesterday awarded Scottish miners an advance of jiI2i per cent. on the 1888 basis, equiva- let to sixpence daily. ••oi !\vsaji <♦. > est'-stti.'iy,: I Albert Prit"l);"V Tvn5. Fntchl-ey,; 1 who :1.1.1 v ;:1il l worVr.-n club i at the morai ?Ind ruun-I i Wi -Si 0 2..V. d ""f)t fori I Liceasiag let. j

THE ONLY WAY. I CO-OPERATION ALL ROUND. f DOCKS DIFFICULTIES AND HOW TO I SOLVE THEM. WHAT IS NEEDED. For the time being the congestion on the oock hues controlled by the Swan- sea Harbour Trust has been rc- monxl. The Trust have been subjected to a good deal of criticism for their al- Jeged lacli of foresight in not making aoequato previa on for dealing with the inerd tra.ffic wIDch was expected to ffolnlow the opening of the King's Dock. The system ;1t present m operation for thB iegul-itioji of traffic to and from the docks is by no means perfect. Indeed far from it. But the question which a good many people- are asking is whether there ™af not ? others outside the Trust and raJiw¡1Y milpailies, to whom some of th' ? S m at any rte for tiie cre?oa M tb0 PltlOn whJch resulted in the ?L^nt1 k,ssU001 a circular by the rail- ter"C?^?ail!e intm?ng thAt tin and terne p'a? 1i gal vanned sheets would nn 1 ^eP[<Xl ?' conveyan?. to the SWR,HSea 1)(Xks ""? tbe ve?? for ??-j?ch ? t? co?ignin<.]? were Jnt?nd?d ?ouJd be appordoned. The Balkan War. I ilhe Trustees certainly did expect a suostantu-J addition to accrue to the tiattic ot the port as a result of their enterprise m collst) licting the K ingb Dock, a.nd it wa? but re?onabie to a?- sume that as a bc<Iv of busmen men they would take precautions aocord- ingi. But the position created bv tie outbieak of the Balkan war stands in a different category. Up to the eleventh hour it was hoped and expectoo tha t the efforts of the Peters in the direction of inducing the combatants to compose their differ- ence a without resort to arms would have been attended with success. Unfortu- nately it was the unexpected that hap- pened. Nor was it possible, once the dash of arms had been heard, to rorm any reliable estimate of the prob- able duration of the war, or the extent of its influence upon local trade condi- tions. In case there should be fome as no doubt there are—who may be in- clined to disagree with this vW, let' us lvmember tor a moment what hap- pened in the ease oi the Boer War The prediction of those who w ere in close touch with the situation in South Africa in 1899, who were supposed to know, and might have been expected to Know, was that the campaign would have been brought to a close in three months. What actually happened r Instead oi the war lasting three months it lasted—nearly three years. In the same way the Balkan war mav be brought to a conclusion a week or two hence, or it may be prolonged tor months. In matters of this kind no one can predict exactly what is going to happen, or if the point may be put in another way. let us say that in modern warfare the course of events is notJ generally in accord with the predictions. Market Closed. The spread of the war resulted in the cutting off of an importnnt market ior v\ elsh tinplates, the consequence being that the warehouse at the Western IN-harf at the Prince of Wales Dock not only became congested, but manufacturers regardless or uncon- scious of the fact continued to send tor- ward consignments for the same ware- house. Their accommodation jine bein^ already taxed to its utmost capacity^ j the wagOll couJd not be discharge^ Hence the block. (Continued on Page 5.)

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Swansea Mercantile Co., Ltd. 18, PARK STREET, SWANSEA. i MAKE CASH AlJVAMV." maj: Lio to j To all respectable Householders No Charge unless Business Done Bills Discounted. Strictly Private and ConDo dential. -For further particulars apply tI. B. ilONtS) Managing Director, GRAND Theatre, i 11 SWANSEA. I; MONDAY, MARCH 10th, 7 I FOR SIX NIGHTS AND FOR SIX -NIGIELTS AND i MATINEE on Saturday. i H. ARMITAGE and ARTHUR LEIGH: introduce the FINE AMERICAN PLAY, THE X i BARRIER i (Adapted by Rex Beach from his Novel of the same name.) 5 years' run in the United States and Canada.  i —————————————*——————— ? ? A Notable Co???.—STANLEY BEDWELL LOUIS ? HECTOR, RICHARD HICKS, CHARLES BARRETT, ARTHUR LEIGH, FLORENCE TRESSILIAU, FLORENCE +. 4- in ;LHUNTV. X (, + I BOOK NOW. <& J) .). + ý. l