Evening Express

| PURCHASE OF TRAMWAYS. London County Council to Pay for the Kentish Town Lines. Justices Mathew and Collins this morning rave judgment in the case of the London Tram- Ijay Company v. the London County Council. ■«e council had given notice, under the Tram- ways Act, to acqniro a section of the company's System in Kentish Town, and Sir F. Bramwell "as appointed by the Board of Trade as referee to determine the compensation due to the com- jf»ny. He awarded £ 64,500, but refused evi- dence of annual renewal on the ground that it J^ould involve the allowance for the past and jjjtare profits, which the Act excluded. He based award on the cost of construction less depre- o.tion, whereas the company claimed twenty purchase of the annual value. Justice pathew said he concluded Parliament never ^tended such consequences to the company as Were insisted on by the council, and the award E Itort be remitted to the arbitrator to deal with the question of valuation.—Justice Collins con- jured, and the award was accordingly sent to Sir F. Bramwell for alteration of t ll»ount.

MONSON'SEFFIGY. f f the Tussauds' Appeal will be Heard [ To-Morrow. This morning the Court of Appeal, on the application of Mr. Finlay, Q.C., on behalf of j*Iadame Tussauds (Limited), and Mr. Wiilis Vkitty, on behalf of Mr. Louis Tussaud, fixed ^■toorrow for the hearing of the appeal against injunction obtained for exhibiting Mr. "orison's effigy. Monson as a Witness. At the London Bankruptcy-court this morn- an inquiry was opened concerning the ji^icester Industrial Assurance and Building ^°topany (Limited). Among the witnesses Summoned is Mr. J. A. Monson, Risely Hall, Ripley, who was a director.

[ COMING DIVORCE CASES. I Music-Hall Artistes Supply Food for I Gossip's Tongue. There has been much fluttering in the do- p*8tic dovecotes of the music-hall world of a.te, and the air is thick with preliminary pre- stations for matinees at the Divorce Court. A '-Flo-comic; member of a celebrated family which given several Histers to the stage seeks to Jjt the shackles than bind her to a gentleman gained his reputation on the turf and else- r in1"6' The husband of another serio, also a t* ?eQiber of a family renowred on both sides of | R e Atlantic for their variety triumphs, will »Gek redress for his wrongs in Mr. Justice I gj^Be's court. The co-respondent"in this case »■ a post in connection with the head of one of f richest banking firms in the world.

I FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED. I Young Lady's Discovery will Give | Work to the Police. The Central News West Hartlepool corres- T |,0adent says :—A mysterious affair occurred at 1°1S *°wn midnight on Saturday. As a young named Brewster was passing along the wa^ she discovered the dead body of a which has since been identified as that of I J- Glenwright, bricklayer, of Stockton, t v18 head was severely injured, his pockets p inside out, and his watch stolen. Foul II hi suspected, but no arrests have been

SCREAMING FOR HELP. Pa.rents and Their Family Rescued From Flames at Bermondsey. c The Central News says :—Early this morning Q6 ^as discovered at a confectioner's shop m j^ajige.road, Bermondsey. occupied by Mr. The inmates were aroused by the flames, fortunately were able to escape to the leads, they screamed for help. Eventually Mr. r Mrs. Hunt and their four children were 'Sf;Ued by means of a ladder by a Mr. Stokes, Slsted by Police-constable Wainwright, amid ea-t excitement. The premises were gutted.

A CRIMEAN HERO'S END. Reason Went with His Savings and He was Found Drowned. .The Central News Trowbridge correspondent :—The inquest was held this after- at Seen dive. Wiltshire, on the Y of John Eawlings, 59, Crimean teran, and since attendant at the Australasian London. He had invested all his savings 0 y*e Australian banks, and their failure preyed Q «is mind, a ca-l of £ 300 having been made. Saturday he wrote to his wife that be would ■y found in the canal, and drowned himself. A rdict of Temporary insanity was returned.

POLAX AND HIS PICTURE. Sold it for £160 but will Now Take it Back. 11 the case opened on Saturday, in which MY. sought 1o recover £ 160 for a picture sold "y A.. Constable to Mr. Wallis, who refused ^.P&y, alleging: it was\ spurious, a juror was morning withdrawn, Mr. Polax undertaking jPay all costs and get the picture returned Defendants accepted Mr. Polax's France that he had no intention to deceive. France that he had no intention to deceive.

BRIDGE COLLAPSED. ''•"fiber Train Was Passing and Three Lives Are Lost. 't4: 9entral News telegram from New York this fro rtllng says :—A railway accident is reported hj, Camden, in Arkansas owing to a trestle collapsing- as a timber train was passing. » persons were killed and twenty injured, fatally.

MARY JACKSON'S PONY. At ill "a!y Jackson, a rosy-cheeked widow, living P0].^ton, Cardiff, enjoys a record at Penarth t^.lL'e-(:onrt for convictions; for animal straying. (Su.? horning she again appeared before Colonel e> Mr. Pyke Thompson, and Mr. T. More I, was fined 5s. and costs, Police-inspector liy remarking that defendant's pony simply <»n the streets.

"iness of Prince Esterhazy. f..elltral News telegram from Vienna says Nicolas Esterha-zy. of Galantha, ir, ill. He is the son or Prince Paul who was ambassador at London, and he ^^rTt*}ed Lady Sarah Frederika Carolina Yiiliers. ■S"fc*r of the fi 'Ui Earl of Jersey.

Overdue Liner Safe. I overdue Cunard Liner Gallia arrived at} ?sfc°wn under her own steam this morning. ender has left to meet her.

Platelayer Killed. .} ^?es Hammond, a platelayer, was killed by ¡ ^etsif 638 *,ra*n while uncautiously crossing the 8 Sraintree this morning.

A Mother at Thirteen. SHAMEFUL DISCLOSURES AT NEWPORT. The Fifty Year Old Father of Ten Children, Gets a Child Into Disgrace. At Newport Police-court this morning (Alder- men Moses, H. J. Davis, and T. Goldsworthy on the bench) a most extraordinary case of affiliation was heard. A dry deck employe named William Grey, of 55, Dolphin-street, Pill, employed by Messrs. Mordey and Carney, was summoned to show cause why he should not contribute towards the support of the child of Alice Williams, now living at 44, Dean-street, Barnardtown.—Defen- dant did not appear, but sent his wife, a middle- aged woman, to admit the paternity. — It appeared that the girl Alice Williams was a sister of Grey's wife and was living at defendant's house when the inti- macy occurred which led to the birth of the child, who was two years old on January 1 last. The girl herself was only fifteen years of age on April 28 last, so that she was thirteen years of age when shp became a mother. Defen- dant had admitted the paternity, and, under a. promise to pay 2s. per week, had been con- tributing instalments towards the keep of the child for some time, but latterly had dropped his payments, and that was the reason why a magi!o1trates' order was now applied for against him. He was stated to a man of about 50 years of age. He had been'married seventeen years, and had had ten children born in lawful wedlock.—" Has he no sense of shame?" asked one of the magistrates of his wife, who seemed to have very little of that quality about her in relation to the matter.—" Well," she answered, the girl had left my house nearly nine months before the child was born and he has not been getting enough money lately to keep his own family.—The Clerk said the defendant had committed a very serious offence under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, but it was too late now to prosecute him.— Alderman Moses (chairman of the bench) said the court adjudged him to be the father of the child, and ordered him to pay 3s. per week The Wife (interrupting): I beg pardon, sir 2s. per week r—Alerman Moses No, I beg your pardon, we order 3s. per week to be paid un'il the child is fourteen years of age.—Alderman Goldsworthy: And he ought to have had fourteen years as well.

THE FOOTBALL QUARREL A Cardiff Club Official Talks to a Pressman. The greatest interest is manifested in football circles in Cardiff in the alleged violation of the Welsh transfer laws made public in the Western Mail this morning. The committee of both the Caj-.al? Football Club and the Harlequins Foot- ball Club meet to-night to consider the question, and it is, therefore, with the greatest difficulty that our representative was enabled to glean much information from those in authority on the matter. For instance, Mr. Treatt, being a member of the Welsh Union Committee, could not say anything in view of the meeting of that body on Tuesday, whilst several other members of the committee, on being approached, declined to say a word. Mr.W. M. Douglas, also a member of the Cardiff Com- mittee, however, granted our representative an interview. He stated that Davies had men tioned to some of them that he did not wish to play for the 'Quins any longer, and was very. desirous of getting into the Cardiff ranks. Davies accordingly went to see Mr. Arthur the Cardiff secretary, on Friday, and asked that he might Play for Cardiff on Saturday in the event of D. W. Evans not turning up. On the strength of what was told him he put in an appearance at the Ange I just before the match on Saturday. The committee having heard that D. W. was not able to play forthwith considered Davies's appli- cation. He was first asked whether or not he had got his transfer, and he replied in the nega- tive. The committee on the spot debated the matter for some time, bearing fully in mind the communication received from Mr. Gwynn and Mr. Davies's refusal to grant a transfer. Davies during that consultation, came up and said? If you don't play me I shall go and play int my old club, the Cardiff Northern. Being assured that the youth meant to play for one club or the other that afternoon the committee, being in a difficulty, thought they had better secure his services, instead of putting in a stranger to play full back for them. Do you know whether at any time a Cardiff committeeman has approached Davies ?" queried our representative. I am sure that he has not done anything of the sort." Mr. Douglas went on to refer to the reci- procity existing between the various Cardiff clubs, and much regretted that the 'Quins should get their backs up." In view of the general understanding that existed between them, the Cardiff committee had not taken action in many cases where, if they had had any idea that the 'Quins would turn up rough at any time, they might have done.

GUERET- STREET AGAIN. A Boarding Master Charged with Wounding Ship's Officers- This morning, at Penarth Police-court (be- fore Colonel Guthrie, in the chair Mr. T. Pyke Thompson, and Mr. T. Morel) Henry M'Cormaek, boarding-house keeper and ship's runner, living in Gueret-street, Barry Dock, was placed in the dock charged with violently assaulting and wounding a ship's officer named Carl Woolfe. belonging to the Paul Rickmers, lying at Barry Dock, at an early hour on Sunday morning.— The prosecutor stated that he and another ship's officer accompanied some young women to a house in Gueret-street about mid- night on Saturday, where they had some beer. In an hour or two after they went to the house they heard a row in an adjoining room. He got .up and looked into the room for a moment, when prisoner came into the passage and struck him and his friend on the face and head. The blows he sustained knocked his hat off and he felt blood oozing from a wound on the head. He ran out, and in Thompson-street he saw a police-constable, who at once accompanied him back to the house. The police arrested M'Corraack and had him removed to the police-station. He could not swear that the prisoner was the man who struck him.-—Alfred Saul, second officer of the Madc- line Kickmers, gave corroborative etidence.— Dr. Treharne, Cadoxton, described the injuries. —Police-constable Thomas Thorburn (334) gave evidence of arrest, and said on being charged prisoner pleaded innocence.— Colanel Guthrie said it was useless sending the case for trial in the face of the evidence before the Bench, and the prisoner would be dismissed. ØI:!5II8IIJJ

THE SON OF A CLERGYMAN Confesses to Falsifying a Bank's Ac- counts and is Remanded. At Norwich this morning George St. John Vale, :J,g-ed 22, son of a Norfolk clergyman, and clerk 'at the local branch of the Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Bank, was charged with embezzling £550, the defalcations extending over a period of fifteen months. Prisoner con- fessed to the auditor a week ago that he had falsified the accounts.—Prisoner was remanded for a week, bail being allowed.

CARDIFF-LANE MURDER. The Two Men Charged With the Crime Are Now at Liberty. The t;vo men, John Nolan and John Merna, I who recently were charged with the murder of Patrick Reed, in Cardiff-lane, Dublin, and who after several remands were discharged by the magistrate, there being no "'evidence against them, left this morning for America.

CARDIFF ALHAMBRA. I Another long and varied programme has been arranged »t the Cardiff Alhambra for this week. The artistes selected are of a kind to make it The artistes selected are of a kind to make it easy for the ma.n.,gement to gnamntee that there shall not be a dull minute in an entertain- ment that takes three hours and a half to go through. An additional attraction was lately introduced, namely, a substantial reduction in the prices of admission. That this thoughtful- ness on the part of the management is appre- ciated is proved by the crowded state of the bouse each night.

AI.WAYS Bear iiiMind that there is no remedy equal to Gwiljan Brui' Quinine Bitters for Indiges- ticu and its consequences. If you suffer, trynt at cnee—it ne* er fails. eJMo

Charged with Murder. THE TRIAL AT CARMARTHEN TO-DAY. Prisoner Thomas Brought Up to Answer for the Death of a Sixteen Year Old Girl. Telegraphing at 10.30 this morning our special reporter says :—The ancient borough of Car- marthen is being surfeited with sensation this morning. Not since 1888, when David Rees, the Llanelly murderer, met his fate, have the morbid- minded people of the town had such a delightful time. Reversing the lament of the old prophet, the present times are better even than the for- mer, for are not all the characters in this play, I THE PRISONER. from the central figure down to the humblest' Carmarthen people? And is there not in this case, in addition to the sight and taste ef blood, a. half formed suspicion of a sensation of another kind ? Ladies in Court. A number of "ladies" got into the hall at eight o'clock, and the crowd has for hours been surging backwards and forwards around the hall. The prisoner was brought to the court about quarter to ten, and was rather warmly greeted by the crowd. The officials of the court, members of the har, jurymen, legal I gentlemen, and pressmen had the greatest difficulty in gatting into the hail. The officials inside the court proffered assistance to pressmen, I THE VICTIM. but they were unable to infuse the same readi- ness into those at the entrances of the hall. The The first batch of copy sent to Cardiff was half an hour on its way to the messengers, who were, like the peri, at Paradise's gate. The judge was twenty minutes late and took his seat at 10.40. The prisoner was immediately brought up, amid SCENE OF THE MURDER. the breathless silence of the crowd in court. In answer to the challenge he pleaded not guilty. The first twelve jurymen called were sworn, there being no challenges. It is a strong jury. Mr. John Jenkins is the foreman. Counsel Engaged. Five members of the Bar have been briefed in the case, Mr. Rees Davies, M.P., and Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P. (instructed by Mr. H. Brunei White, Carmarthen) appear for the Crown; and the defence is conducted by Mr. Bowen Rowlands, Q.C., M.P., Mr. F. C. Philips, and Mr. E. Marlay Samson (instructed by Mr. James John, Carmarthen). The court having been filled, the doors were shut. When the case opened, the hall was becoming exceedingly hot. Prosecuting Counsel Speaks. At five minutes to eleven Mr. Rees Davies, M.P., rose to open the case for the prosecution. Mr. Davies, who spoke in clear tones and a calm manner, without repetition and with no i verbiage, outlined the facts of the case. Prisoner watches the case with apparent interest seated n a corner of the dock leaning on his knee. A ghost of a smile appeared to flit across pri- soner's face when Mr. Rees Davies mentioned the new evidence, showing how he reached the spot of the murder on the night in question, having taken a short cut across the fields, coming out at a gate close by where the body was found. Mr. Rees Davies in opening occu- pied about half an hour. Judge Makes Inquiries. The Judge twice interposed, once to suggest that the prisoner's statements to the police should be given in general terms only, and the next time, when Mr. Davies referred to Dr. Pringle's examination of the prisoner, his Lord- ship interposed to suggest that nothing might be said which would prejudice prisoner. Mr. Davies said he was not going to indicate the character of Dr. Pringle's evidence, and, pro- ceeding in his address, said that every man was presumed to be sane, and if the defence intended to plead insanity it would be necessary for them to prove that he did not appreciate the nature of his action on the occasion of the murder and did not realise that it was a wrong- ful action. When Mr. Davies resumed his seat the judge asked whether he had furnished the defence with a copy of any new evidence or had stated the nature of that evidence. Mr. Davies said he had furnished copies of the evidence, and had stated the whole of it except any that he might call as submitting testimony to the defence. After further conversation Mr. Rees Davies said he had determined to put in all the evi- dence, and would call Dr. Pringle and other witnesses in chief. It was further agreed that expert witnesses should give their evidence without a preliminary statement by counsel. First Witness. A plan of the locus of the murder having ti#«n nnt in and nmved. the father of the deceased was examined. Painful interest was created by the examination of the aged and feeble grand-aunt of the girl. The prisoner showed more interest when Mrs- Dyer described how one day, about a fortnight before the tragedy, prisoner called at her house — I MRS. DYER (the Girl's Grandmother.) I and attempted to center. She stopped him, and he asked for water. She gave him water and he left. Mary Jane was in the house, hiding behind a door, and trembling like a leaf. In cross-examination, Mrs. Dyer said Joseph Thomas, the uncle of the prisoner's father, was in the-asylum, said to be insane. Interest in the proceedings, which flagged somewhat during the examination of deceased's aunt and Mary Morris, was whipped up by the appearance of David Jones, deceased's brother, a lad of thirteen, who spoke to accompanying her from her aunt's house past the prisoner's house on her way home on the night of the murder. David Jones, spinner, a new witness, spoke to repeatedly lending a razor to prisoner, the first time being about seven weeks before the murder. The day before the murder witness asked for the razor. and it was returned. The next time he saw the razor it was shown him by Police-sergeant Harries. The broken, bloody instrument found by the THE RAZOR (with which Crime was com- mitted). 1.—The Blade. 2 and 3.—The Broksn Handle. Broksn Handle. body of the deceased was here produced an identified by witness. Mrs. Jones, wife of the last witness, spoke to prisoner borrowing the razor on Sunday morn- ing. It was the same razor as he (Thomas) returned the night before. Evidence was next given showing that the prisoner was at Lammas-street Chapel on the Sunday night, and left at a quarter past seven, before the service had concluded. James Lewis, the lad who proved this, also stated that on a day about three weeks before the murder he saw the prisoner and deceased walked arm in arm up the Asylum-road. Prisoner's Confession. Police-sergeant J. Jones deposed that at quarter to ten on the Sunday night prisoner came to witness in King-street, and stated that he had killed a girl, had cut her throat, and that she was £ quite dead. I DAVID JONES (the Victim's Brother.) I — Prisoner added that he was determined to do the crime, and had had the razor for the pur- pose. Thomas gave further details and came quietly to the police-station. How the Crime was Committed. Police-sergeant John Harries bad further sen- sational evidence, including another statement by the prisoner that the girl had a muffler on, The Mother of tie SfurtJered Girl. I and struggled with him, or he would have killed her sooner. Prisoner sajd, "She screamed, and I put my knee on her throat a,nd cut it .with a razor." Cro-is-examined. witness said that prisoner was calm and collected, like a, man whose mind was at rest. Public are Unruly. During the luncheon adjournment the crowd in court spread out and occupied seats and gang- ways :-2"CT\"c¿i for the convenience of those en. gaged in the case. The greatest difficulty was experienced in dislodging them. When the court resumed, the Judge had to interpose te support the authority of the officials. Prisoner's Mental Condition. After Dr. Thomas's evidence respecting wounds. Mr. S. T. Evans said that completed the evidence respecting the crime, but he was prepared to call other witnesses respecting prisoner's condition if Mr. Rowlands still de- sired it.—Mr. Rowlands, replying to the judge, said he would prefer those witnesses examined in chief. Governor of Carmarthen Gaol. Mr. Forbes, governor of the gaol, said the prisoner had been of calm and apparently rational demeanour while in the prison. The only peculiarity was his callousness—his utter carelessness. Cross-examined by Mr. Rowlands He was struck with his callousness. A Prison Surgeon Called. Mr. E. R. Williams, surgeon to Carmarthen Prison, said he had seen prisoner every day since he had been in the prison, and had made several special examinations. He discovered nothing in the way of hallucination or illusions on the part of prisoner. From conversations with prisoner Dr. Williams said he had io"med the opinion that prisoner knew the nature and quality of the act he had committed. He owned that the act was wrong. It struck him prisoner was sur- prisingly callous and indifferent, and lie con- cluded that he was morally very depraved. He knew chat moral perversity or moral aberration was one of the most striking indications of men- tal derangement. Taking the act and the callousness together he argued moral perversity, and then he asked prisoner more questions, the result being that he concluded prisoner was less callous, and that he did appre- ciate ..the nature of the act. In homicidal mania the commission of the act in most cases brought peace and rest to the mind of the doer, so that the feelings which had been disturbed became calm when the passion was gratified. It was also common for homicidal maniacs, after com- mitting the deed. to go and deliver themselves up. Homicidal mania generally broke out without warning and fiom trivial causes. He would hesitate to say that a person who committed such a ferocious act and im- mediately became calm, was necessarily insane. He believed in hereditary insanity, but could not say such tendencies might be dormant in the nearest relatives. He learned from the prisoner that in his own judgment he was sane when he committed the murder. That, together with the other phenomena, did not suggest to witness that there was something wrong with prisoner mentally. Two of the prisoner's mother's first cousins were, he had been in- formed, queer in the head. Mary Williams, half-sister to the prisoner, was also queer." Relatives Visit the Gaol. On Saturday morning- prisoner Thomas was visited at Carmarthen Prison by his stepmother and his young brother Dan, who presented themselves outside the accused's cell at eleven o'clock with fresh underclothing for the criminal. When he had, in the presence of a warder, made the necessary exchange, the unfortunate man turned to talk to his relatives whilst the stepmother made the returned apparel into a bundle. On seeing his imprisoned and well-guarded brother—whose colour momentarily left him-the lad began to cry bitterly. The brothers had not met since the Sunday on which the murder was committed, and now they were face to face neither could speak for some time. Eventually the elder, apparently harden- The Father of the Murdered Girl. I ing himself for the interview, asked why the little fellow hadn't been to see him before. The reply given was that he had been very busy. He has. by riie way, to earn his own livelihood and assist, though slightly, to maintain his brother and sister, who are much younger than himself. The conversation that ensued was very brief. The wretched man made no recriminatory admissions, but he alluded to the approaching trial, and asked what counsel bad been engaged. The step- mother, in faltering tones, told him that all that could be done had been done, and besought him to do his part. He then became very reticent, and gave no sign either of attrition or contrition. It was, in fact, difficult to know what interpre- tation to put upon the demeanour of the man. The interview seemed a most fruitless one, and the visitors, on leaving, piteously bemoaned the very deplorable position of their relative. Details of the Crime. The deceased, who was vcr^n^ on sixteen years, lived with her great-aunt, Mrs. Rosa- mond Dyer, at a small cottage called Dawelan, situated in a not much frequented lane at the back of Carmarthen Asylum and about a. mile or so from the town itself, but still within the borough boundary. Mrs. Dyer is reputed to be the owner of considerable pro- perty, and people, with that readiness with which they always jump to conclusions in such matters, put down her grand-niece as being destined to inherit at least a portion of the money. Moreover, she was naturally vivacious, and was considered good-looking, and so she was regarded among her friends as being very eligible," to use a term in vogue in a higher social circle. She must have been unknown to Thomas previous to his return from the Army, for she lived only two years with Mrs. Dyer. Her childhood was spent at Fforestfach, near Swansea, where her father is a weaver. How Thomas first became acquainted with deceased, who was nearly ten years younger than himself, has not been ex- plained. He, however, soon became pas- sionately fond of her, and he used to fre- quently meet her at the Coopers' Arms, where she used to visit the landlord's daughter, Ma.ry Morris, a. close friend of hers. The dis- parity between the ages of the deceased and t-he accused caused Thomas's suit to be looked upon with much disfavour by Mrs. Dyer and family, and even member. of his own family teased him in a playful manner about his going with so young a girl. He, however, used to reply with the jemark that "Alary Jane is all right." But sIrt., if the evidence is to be believed, did not reciprocate any of the devotion he so lavishly bestowed on her, and she did not love him, and, it is stated, she feared him. Mrs. Dyer even used to lock the gate in front. of her cottage because lie was in the habit of loitering about its vicinity. On the fatal 19th of November (which was Sunday) the deceased left her great-aunt's cottage early in the afternoon, and seems to have spent her time in company with her friend, Miss Morris, finally partaking of supper at the house, in Johnstown, of her aunt, Miss Phillips. On her way home she had to pass the house of the prisoner in the Asylum-road, and she asked her young brother, who was staying with Miss Phillips, to accompany her past the house. She and her brother left about twenty minutes to nine. They parted oompany after proceeding a little beyond the prisoner's house, the brother going back to Johnstown, and she pursuing her way homewards. It was a bright, cloudless night, and the moon shone with a ,clearness that lit up all around, but it was bitterly cold. She reached in safety Pentrenieurig Farm, which is some three or four hundred yards from her aunt's cottage, and while parsing the farm she cheerfully wished "Good-night" to the Misses Scurlock, who were standing at the gateway. A little time after the Misses Scurlock saw a man hurrying by; he was coming from the direc- tion of Dawelan Cottage. About twenty minutes to ten a man, who proved to be the prisoner, went up to Police-sergeant- Jones in King-street, in the town, and said, "I have killed a. girl." He readily went with the sergaant to the police-station, and voluntarily saidthe had killed the girl with a razor, and that! she was lying on the road between Dawelaai and Pentremeurig, adding, 1 did it because she would not come with me. His story, improbable as it .seemed at first, received ghastly confirmation from his blood- stained hands and the large patch of blood which dyed one of his knees. Mr. T. Smith, superintendent of police, and Dr. R. L. Thomas and two or three others proceeded in a fly to the spot indicated by Thomas, and there, in a pool of blood, they found the body of the girl. There was a cut from the ear to ;he chin, and another fearful gash -almot;t severed her head from the body. Life was extinct. A razor covered with blood, the blade separated from the handle, was lying by. The body wa, put in any. A few minutes after a. "Western Mail" reporter, almost breath- less after a futile attempt to find the exact scene of the murder, met the fly. It presented a weird spectacle as it moved slowly through the lane. Inside sat Sergeant Jones, with the body of the girl on his knee, the light of his lantern striking full on her blood-stained features. We have given a simple narrative of the facts. One cannot help noticing that, had Thomas not given himself up and voluntarily confessed his crime, if he had kept silent, destroyed his trousers, and secreted the razor, it would not be an easy matter to bring the murder home to him in a manner which would have excluded reasonable doubt. The only available evidence with respect to his movements on the day of the murder shows that in the evening be attended service at Lammas-street Chapel, and that he left before the service was over. From the I moment he left the chapel to the time he gave himself up his movements are not accounted for except by the information volunteered by him- self. It was at first reported that a certain person had seen Thomas near the spot where the murder was com- mitted, but that person will not figure among the witnesses to-day. There are, how- ever, a few fresh witnesses on the side of the Crown. The young man David Jones, a weaver, living at Johnstown, will be called to identify the razor with which the deed was done. Thomas was frequently in the habit of borrow- ing it. He returned it to Jones on the day previous to the murder, but on the morning of he tragedy Thomas again borrowed the razor from Jones's wife. Mrs. Jones, it seems, has not recovered from a recent illness, and it is feared that she will not be in a condition fit to appear for examination at to-day's pro- ceedings. But the one witness on whom all eyes will turn is Dr. Pringle, medical superintendent at the Bridgend Lunatic Asylum. His evidence is awaited with an interest bordering on the sensational. Dr. Pringle was appointed by the Treasury to make an examination of the mental state of the prisoner, and Thomas's fate must greatly depend on the doctor's testimony. The drift of that testimony has, we believe, been correctly outlined in the Western Mail. It should not be supposed, however, that should Dr. Pringle's evidence be unfavourable to the prisoner, the defence will collapse. Evidence will be submitted to the jury by a number of witnesses, who will show that insanity exists, both on the paternal and the maternal, side of Thomas's family.

PAINFUL FATALITY. A Signalman Meets Death Under Sad Circumstances. A case of very sudden death, surrounded by circumstances of a peculiarly sad and melan- choly character, occurred at Newport on Sun- day afternoon. A railway signalman from Panteg, named George Edwards, had, accom- panied by his son, arrived in the town for the purpose of attending the funeral of his cousin, Thomas Prosser, of West-street, who met with his death a week earlier by falling downstairs and fracturing his skull. Edwards, with his son, was waiting to join the cortege in Baneswell-road, just outside the "Western Mail" Office, when, about 3.30 p.m., he men- tioned to some bystanders that he felt poorly. He was advised to go and sit down for a little while in the shop of Mr. Hurd, newsagent, on the other side of the street, but he had only been there a very short time when a seizure came on, and he died at once. The funeral of his cousin passed the place just as the polioe arrived with the ambulance oart to convey the body to the mortuary to await an inquest. Edwards, who was a middle-aged man, leaves a widow and ten children.

FEVER KILLED THEM. Officers of the Ship Trafalgar Die on a Voyage. Advices received at Queenstown from Mel- bourne on Sunday night contain the intelli- gence of the arrival there of the Glasgow f(,ur- masted ship Trafalgar, from New York and Batavia, on the 17th of December in charge of an apprentice named William Shelton, aged eighteen, who reported that Captain Edgar, Chief Officer Roberts, Third Officer Samuel Norwood, the cook, Daniel Shechan, and the seamen, John Carpenter and Joseph Reid, had died of Java. fever during the voyage. Three seamen deserted. at Batavia, and the second officer obtained his discharge there, and the duty devolved on Shelton of endeavouring to navigate the vessel short-handed to Mel- bourne, which he did with the greatest diffi- culty.

WAIFS AND STRAYS. The Industrial School Scheme at Car- diff. At the usual weekly Gospel Temperance meeting held on Saturday evening at -the PeopleVhall, Loudoun-square, Cardiff, the speaker, Mr. Percy Thomas, said much con- troversy had taken place in the local press of late with regard to waifs and strays. He took the greatest interest in the matter, and had had an opportunity of conferring with one or two members of the Cardiff School Board relative to it. From this he had learnt that the board desired to see as many of the waifs and strays in school as there was accommoda- tion for, and to carry out this desire they had increased their staff of attendance officers, at a heavy annual cost to the ratepayers, and were also endeavouring by a census of the various localities to compel the regular attendance at school of every poor child in the town. lie had been told, both by members of the board and teachers, that it was untrue that any teacher had ever refused admittance to a child on account of his dirty and ragged con- dition, whilst the chairman of the board had authorised him to stafíe-and he was glad to make it public—that they had now under con- sideration a scheme for an industrial school, which, it was hoped, would effectually meet the needs of this lapsed class of children.

ARRESTED AT QUEENSTOWN Police Want This Man for a Robbery at Swansea. At the Queenstown Petty Sessions this morn- ing a man named George Miller, alias Brown, was charged with larceny of jewellery, &c., to the amount of about £50, belonging to Mrs. Anne Martin, of Swansea. The accused was arrested as he was about to proced on board the American line steamer Philadelphia. The prisoner was handed over to a police escort which arrived from Swansea to convey Miller to that place for trial.

BREAKDOWN AT SEA. Engineers Repair Gallia's Machinery and She Has Proceeded. The Press Association Queenstown corre- spondent telegraphs :—The Cunard steamer Gallia, from Liverpool for New York, which was passed disabled on Sunday off Waterford Head, arrived off Queenstown at seven o'clock this morning. Her temporary disablement was caused by the breaking of the hisrh pressure slide rod, which the ship's engineers, after six hours' hard work, succeeded in removing and in substituting a new one. The Gallia having embarked mails and passengers left Queenstown for New York at 10.30.

DRINK BROUGHT DEATH. A Waterman's Dying Request In Sheerness Police Cells. Robert Ward, a waterman, who was arrested on Saturday night a.t Sheerness, was found dead in his cell at Sheerness Police-station this morn ing. The police surgeon was called and certified that death was due to excessive drinking. The deceased called the lock-up keeper about ten minutes before his death and asked fcr beer, but was given tea.

ON THE SICK LIST. The Marquess of Granby had another bad day on Sunday after a. slight relapse. This after- noon he is reported to be better. The Lord Chanceller is so much better that he hopes to resume his duties at the House of Lords not later than Monday next. Sir Gerald Portal had further recurrence of weakness on Sunday night. This afternoon's bulletin says Sir Gerald Portal's condition is little changed save that he is somewhat weaker." Lord Hannen has passed a better night and is rogressiiig favourably.

Miners and Friendly Societies. A special meeting of the board of delegates of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society was held in London on Saturday, Mr. D. J. Whibley pre- siding. It was decided by 157 to 22 that miners should not be admitted as members in future. This decision does not affect the 5,000 miners who have joined the society during the past five years. ThN delegates took this step in con ideration of the actuarial report.

At the ordinary meeting of the Merthyr Union Guardians on Saturday at, was. agreed that the board contriEMtS- £ 2Sf'aSfrtJar. 7tfcYllfrl Merthyr General Hospital.

Signalman Cut to Pieces A SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT I CARDIFF. Great Western Express Train Brought Death to Pillinger at I Adamsdown. On Sunday evening a- shocking accident befel a relief signalman, named Fred William Pillinger, attached to the Great Western Rail- way at Cardiff, which resulted in his death. The deceased had been on duty at the Long Dyke Signal-box, Adamsdown Goods Yard, and at 5.15, having finished his work for the day, left the box for home. He had evidently got on the four-foot way and was walking in close proximity to the metals, when he was caught by the engine of the passenger train which left Paddington at 10.20 in the morning, and due to reach Cardiff at 5.36. The accident occurred near the Windsor- road Bridge, and the officials, noticing that something had gone wrong, stopped the train, and, together with Inspector Roberts, who was travelling on the same train, made a search and found that their conjecture was only too true. Underneath the engine, and scattered in other directions were the remains of the poor felldw. The officials describe the scene as of the most horrible character The head was completely severed from the body, and had been taken fully fifteen yards from the place where the accident happened. One of the legs was cut off, and the left arm was hanging very slenderly by the skin. The train, which was detained for about ten minutes, then proceeded, and a little while afterwards Inspector Roberts went to the Cardiff Station for an ambulance, and took with him Ticket-collector Eldridge and F. Parry, who, with the assistance of Police-constable Jackson, gathered up the remains and took them to the mortuary in Working-street, where they lie awaiting the inquest. The deceased, who resided at 56. Court-road, Saltmead, was about 30 years of age, and was unmarried. The deceased at the time of the fatality carried with him a small wicker basket which contained a copy of Tit Bits. His watch was going when the remains were picked up.

TO-DAY'S MARKETS. CORN. LONDON, Monday.—There was a, moderate attendance this afternoon at Mark-lane, but only a retail business was done in wheat of the finest wlite descriptions. Of foreign Australian makes 29s to 29s 6d long New Zealand 28s to 2Ss 6d. Flour unchanged, quiet. Maize steady at opening quotations. Barley Persian in small supply on the spot and firm Black Sea also firm at 14s 6d. Oats Supplies on the spot being rather short, holders are firm, and the demand at the clese was quieter. CATTLE. LONDON, Monday.-Beast supplies 1,380. Of primer sorts the number was short, and firm rates asked. Trade, however, was too slow, and requirements too light to admit of higher prices, and 4s 6d to 4s 8d was the general top rates. The entries of sheep were 11,450, which were more than sufficient for the demand. Best Downs of neat weight ruled at 5s 4d to 5s 6d, but9st hardly exceeded 5s 2d, and at the close rates were against sellers. There con- tinues to be little inquiry for calves or pigs. LIVERPOOL, Monday.-The supply of stock was smaller than last week. Cattle show de- mand at irregular prices. Sheep also in poor demand at lower prices. Beef, 4 £ d to 61. Mutton Scotch, 6d to 8Jd Irish, 5M to 7d. Live weight cattle, 23s to 34s per cwt. There were in the market 1,727 cattle and 4,748 sheep. MEAT. LONDON, Monday. — Beef Slow barely steady. The following are the quotations Scotch, long sides, 3s 8d to 3s lOd short sides, 4s to 4s 4d; English sides, 3s 8d to 3s 10d United States sides, Liverpool killed, 3s 3d to 3s 4d Deptford killed, 3s 4d to 3s 6d American hindquarters, 3s to 3s 6d forequarters, 2s to Zs 4d. Muttou Firm, but slow Scotch, 4s 2d to 4s 6d German, 3s 8d to 3s lOd New Zealand, 2s 9d to 3s Syd- ney, 2s 4d; River Plate, 2s 4d to 2s 5d. Veal Very slow: English and Dutch, 3s to 4s 4d, Pork Barely steady English, small, 4s 4d to 4s 8d large, 3s 10d to 4s 2d. FISH. GRIMSBY, Monday. — There was a large supply of fish brought in by about 60 smacks and 25 steamers. There was a brisk demand. The following were the quotations Soles, 9d to lid turbot, 8d to lOd; brills. 7d to 9d per Ib; plaice, 3s to 4s lemons, 6s to 7s; whitches, 4s to 5s live halibut, 5s 6d to 7s ditto dead, 4s to 5s per stone live ling. 3s to 5s ditto dead, Is 6d to2s 6d cod. 2s 6d'to 5s ditto dead, Is 3d to 2s each; hake, 40s to 100s per score kit haddocks, 8s to lis per box. PRODUCE. LONDON, Monday. — Sugar Refined in moderate demand at late rates beet quiet produce clearing house, January, 12s 51d to 12s 6d combined sellers, 12s 4Jd to 12s 5id combined buyers, January and March, 12s 6d sellers, 12s 5id buyers later, open market, January, 12s 4Jd plus -J per cent sellers plus per cent buyers January and March, 12s 6d sellers less 2 per cent buyers. Coffee quiet Rio, March, 78s 9d sellers 78s buyers. Linseed spot, 40s nd to 40s 9d. Oil, 20s 4ld to 20s 6d. BUTTER. CORK, Monday.Ordinary: Seconds. 115s; Thirds, 91s. Kags Thirds, 90s. Mild Cured Firkins Mild, 97s. In market, 67 firkins and 12 mild. SUGAR. GLASGOW, Monday.—The official report says :—The market opened with a good demand at firm prices. The private report says :— The market opened quiet, but closed firm, and a good business was done at steady prices. WOOL. LONDON, Monday.—Messrs. John Hoare and Co. offered this afternoon 3,558 bales, Messrs. Williams and Overbury 4,249 bales, and Messrs. Windeler and Co. 1,710 bales. The attendance was good and competition brisk at late prices. BRADFORD, Monday.—The wool market was very quiet, notwithstanding the firmness shown at the London sales, and except in regard to I low cross-breds, which have been very much sought up, there is no tendency to enhanced prices here. English wool remains very dull. The yarn trade remains quiet, and there is thill no buying at all except for immediate wants. Export trade bad, but still very firm. The piece trade was exceedingly dull. METALS. GLASGOW, Monday.—Scotch firm a good business was done at 43s 2d, 43s 4Jd, and 43s 4d cash, and 43s 4ld and 43s ojd month; buyers, 43s 3id cash and 43s 6d month sellers, id more. Cleveland strong a small business was done at 35s 9d and 35s lOJd cash, and 35s lid and 36s month buyers, 35s 9Jd cash, and 35s lljd month sellers, 35s 10d cash and 36s Ojd month. Cum- berland steady; a small business was done at 45s 3d and 45s 61d month buyers, 45s 3,-d cash. and 45s 6d month sellers, Id more. Middlesborough steady a small business was done. Closing: Scotch irregular; a good business was done at 43s 5d and 43s 4d cash, and 43s 7d, 43s 7^d, 43s 6d, and 43s 6|d month buyefS7 43s 3|d cash, and 43^6d month sellers, gd more. Cleveland easier a small business was done at 35s lOd and 35s 9d cash, and 36s and 35s lid month buyers, 35s gid cash, and 35s lid month; sellers, 35 9,-d cash, and 35s lUd month. Cumberland nrm a moderate business was done at 45s 4d cash, and 45s 6d and 45s 7d month; buyers, 45s 3M cash, and I 45s 6d month sellers, Id more. Middles- borough steady a small business.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Newmarket Training Notes. Official Scratchings. The Sportsman has officially informed by Messrs. Weatherby of the following scratchings:- rr Hurst Park Hurdle Handicap—St Peter. Leicester engagements—Marjolaine and Fontaine- bleu. Leicester Handicap Steeplecha.se-Caustic. Manchester engagements-All Mr G C Scruby's horses. All engagements—Good Cause (dead).

The Turf Sick List. The Sportsman Newmarket correspondent, tele- graphing this morning, says :— Captain Machell's condition is unchanged. James Waugh continues to improve daily Peter Price's health is unchanged. Harry Barker had a change for the worse on Sun day night, and is not so well this morning.

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Mitchell and Corbett. A CONTEST IS NOW ALMOST CERTAIN. Said the Englishman is in Excellent Trim and Will Provide a Big Surprise. A DalzicTs telegram from Jacksonville Florida, on Sunday say. --The latest version oj what will take place, in case the Duval Ciub attempt to bring off the Mitchell and Corbett fight, is that both Mitchell and Corbett will be arrested when they attempt to leave for the scene of the contest, under a warrant issued by Governor Mitchell. The members of the Duval Club appear somewhat tired of the shilly-shallyiug of some of the men of muscle and their patronage. On the day of the fight, when "time" is called, Mitchell and Corbett will be given exactly one minute to "put up their dukes" in, whether Governor Mitchell's army is on hand to stop them or not. It is reported to-day that Panama, Park, four miles east of Jacksonville, will probably be chosen as the scene of the fight. The arrival of Mat Masterson yesterday removed any doubt that may have existed as to Mitchell's inten. tions. The Englishman will fight," he saic this morning to an interviewer; and I tell you, this fight is going to be a big surprise. Th< men who are laying odds on Corbett are likoij to get left. Mitchell is in better trim now thai at any time in his life." The contest will be fought in a tent belonginj to "Dick" Gentry, a showman, now in thii city. A moderate estimate of the new arrival* yesterday in Jacksonville places them at 200, and the hotel keepers say that many of their rooms have already been engaged 1y telegrap h The betting to-day is about 100 to 70 on Corbett. "Ike" Thompson, the bookmaker, stated to- day that he has taken 10,000dols. on Mitchell at odds of 2 to 1. The contest will be fought at 10.30 a.m. (southern time), equivalent to 4.30 p.m. Greenwich time on Thursday next. A later telegram through the same alen01 says :-The Duval Club has leased the railway to Maryport for the 25th inst., so that if the governor stops the fight, it will M fought some- where on the Maryport road, but none will be allowed in the trains except those with fight tickets. A Dalziel's telegram from Jacksonville this (Monday) morning says:—The betting on the Mitchell-Corbett fight is in favour of the latter, whose partisans, however, only offer 5 to 3 as against 5 to 2 asked by the backers of the Eng- lishman. It is affirmed that there will be no trouble as regards the deposit by the Duval Club, and it appears that the chances of inter- ference by the authorities are diminishing, and the men will be able to meet near Jacksonville without molestation. Corbett, according to those in the know, will be dieted from Tuesday onward, and will drink weak tea and no water until the fight comes off. Tickets to see the contest are selling for about S5 each. Kelry, the purse-holder and referee, has arrived here. He declares that police protection must be guaranteed by the Duval Club, or he will resign. General opinion of the adepts of the noble art throughout the United States is that Corbett will win, but such authorities as John L. Sulli- van and Peter Jackson are reticent, while Mitchell is strongly fancied by certain conneis- seurs, though the odds range anywhere from 25 to 1 downwards. May be Postponed Again A Central News telegram from New York this morning says :—A Herald dispatch from Florida states that Mitchell has wrenched his ankle and that it is doubtful whether he will be able to fight on Thursday.

TO-DAY'S SHARE MARKET. CONSOLS OPISlZ.lOcLOA.H J( Con. Goscken s p c Money, 98{|, Do. do. Account, Feb.1 Local Stock 104v4' New 2J do. do Q7^1 Bank of England Stock. 329'/> IndiaoJ 108%| Do. 5 do 98 Vj Met. B'rd of Works, 3J pc 115 Do. do. 3 p c 106 Indian Rupee Paper 4 p c 62^)62'^ 614& Ins.Canadian 4 p Ct.Jan,J 108 .1 Ins.C.Good Hope,4 pr. Ct. 110 '«* Ins.NewZealand Consolid 107 Ins. New S. Wales4 per C,'104fe Ins. Victoria 4 pr. C,'82-3-4 104 Ins. Sonth Australian 104 bis. Queensland 4per Cts. 103 bis. Queensland 4per Cts. 103 MUME BAIL WATS. Brighton Bailway Ord 167 Do. Deferred ]l53%'152%:lS5^i! Caledonian Consolidnted.il 14^| Do. Preferred Con. OrdJ 80%; Do. Deferred do 34% 34^ !34^S; Chstliam a d Dover Ord. 13-% 13^ Do. Preference 94'4> Glasgow and South West.li04 Great Eastern Ordinary) 74 74^ 74 Gt.N'thn.Prefd.Con. Ord.illOfo Gt.N'thn.Prefd.Con. Ord.illOfo Do. de. Defd. do. 50 Do. do. A's 50 Great Western 154 Hull and Barnsley 27 Lancashire and Yorkshire 104^ London and North-Westn London and South-Westi)|l84 Do. do. Deferred 64 Man. Shef. and Line. Ord 50 Do. Preferred 77 Do. Deferred 22-% 24 Metropolitan Con SO^j Metropolitan Con SO^j j Do. Land Stock 71^i Do. District OrdillllXJ -1%|27^ 27^4 Do. Preferred 83^, Midland Ordinary 1*8 Nerth British Od. Pref. 73 72% Do. Ordinary 36-36-% 36$j[ 36 North Eastern Ordinary 167&■; 168% South-Staffordshire 123 South-Eastern Ordinary '13 Do. Deferred 69^4j 69 >68% East London 7 Taff Vale Ac. 9 75' Furness 67^jj MISCELLANEOUS. Uruguay 3J per Cent 35 Honduras 5 Paraguay 13 Transvaal Loan |i07Aj>' London S.Katherine's Dli; 37^J East it West India Docks,i 15 j Peninsular & Orient'lPref 1136',vj Do. Deferred.118714: Cunard Steamship, £ 20pi;j 11 „ Gen. Steam Nav., £ 15 pd'j 4% Do .5 per Cent. Pref 5>s Do. 5 per Cent. 1887 5 Anglo American Tel. Prei 81^ Do. do. Ordinary. Direct I-Taited St's Cabl" I I -IIR i. Eastern ditto Eastern Extension 15^ Brazilian Submarine 11^ National Telephone Arthur Guinness Ordin'y 349'/a| Allsopps Ordinary 60 » Bryant & May Ordinary i«%! Consett Iron -1 tlbbw Vale St. «&. Ir'n Co. 9 Hudson's Bay Shares '.2'it Hotcbki ss 1 Deccan Land Suez Canal j Spratt's Patent ~J*j Hammonds Eastmans a' fjeed's Forge J* Lister and Co '> £ inlt Union Ordinary £ ,»] Elmore Cop'erDeposit'ng Nitrate Kailway '^j Primitive Kitxate Saa Jorge Nitrate San Pablo Nitrate •• Dublin Distillers Bell's Asbestos j ••• Oceaua Land ovli Chartered Africa ^4 Q Uni ted Concessions i. ••• New Exploration (Bos.). lw,Rr; Cape Copper Mines ISS ••• lio Tintos •Vlason aud Barry rharsi s Copper .*>j Mysore Gold •• Mysore Gold Fields jjO/ Oregum Ordinary 4J/S ••• Montana# ••• ••• De Beets Diamonds oi?\ I South African Kilil'rati'i) 9á"! ■ •• New Jajrersfontein I"I^» ••• •*♦ GoldFieidss S. Africa 2"i i Salisbury Gold New ï; City and Suburban 4 Jumpers g'*] Ferreiras ■„ .7ubijee 4^1 •simmer and Jack ^1 v Wemmers ••• ••• ••• Crownreef .j' Langlaagtes ••■ Lanrlaaglc Block B ••• Sheba It.-1 Primrose Pioneer -.A! ••• Australian Broken Hill Wentworth Priority ••• ••• Tarapaca Water ••• •-• Do. Bunk British Water Oris I ••• | 3 No th'sN; Collieries c<yl Coat, I j Pear's^oap Ordinary 5 ••• Bartbolway Brewery Ord. 9 Do. Preference lM4l St. Louis Brewery, Ord. Do. Preference 6 -•

TRIPLETS AT CARDIFF. Triplets were borrt at, 3. Clarence-road, Grangetown, this morning. The proud mothet is Mrs. Ellen Plowman, wife of a m,l" scoke*

TO-DAY'S FOOTBALL. SWANSEA V. HALIFAX. Half-time score Halifax 3 minors, Swansea Nil. Final score Halifax 5 minors. Swansea Nil.

The coal trade is not so flourishing, I hear prices have been going down lately." said a Western Mail reporter the other day to a colliers' agent. I notice that the prices a,re going down," was the reply, but I do not see bow we can prevent that except by a limitation of the out- put. Has such a step been considered ?" It has been talked and written about, but nothing definite has been agreed upon. At the present time the output is very heavy, and this, I believe, is the cause of the fall in price." And you think a reduced output would have a. beneficial effect upon the price 2" I think it may. It would have to be done, not by a reduction in the number of trams, but by taking a weekly holiday. understand that there are several contracts yet unlet, and unless the price is kept up our wages will suffer far more than by a temporary stoppage of one day a week." There is certainly something in that" I i,iiik it ought to be tried," said the agent as be hurried off to catch his train.

BLAIBERG'S ARCADE -Pledged for £ 30, Thirteen Dozen Real Welsh Shirts, 2?. lid. J~ AMES-STREET, Docks.—5 9ct. Gold Albert.- Blaiberg's. AMES-STREETrD^cks7^5sTi2ct. Wedding Ring JAMES-STREET, Docks.—Our 50s. English Lever,.— previously advertised take 40.5. this wee only Blaibersr. e3212i24 jgLAIBERG'S Arcade for Jewellery. B LAIBERG'S Arcade for Clothing. JgLAIBERG'S Arcade for Bedding. BLAIBERG'S Arcade, one of t.iie largest Pawn- broking Establishments in Gr ?at Britain. [3217i2 MASON Wants Situation as Foreman or Take Piecsvrok, with reference.—Write Mason. Express Office, Cardiff. c5224i27 BLAIBERG'S ARCADE.-Sepa.rate Departni-nt for Jewellery Customers; 198., Wedding Ring, 3&dwt., 22ct., quite naw. SHOULD you Heqiurc a reliable Silver Lever, one S that can bj Reeommendcd, please call at Blaiberg's Arcade, and see Manager. Approval for comparing before purchasinpt. J^EAL Welsh Drawers, Is. lOftd.—Blaiberg's Arcade' IF you Require a Splendid (we fniarantee it as such Mackintosh (maker, Currie, Edinburgh), please call at Dlaiberg's Arcade. Only 21s. BLAIBERcYS ARCADE, Bute-terrace to Bute-street" B 3225i27 IT*OR Sale, 14 Volumes of Encyclopaedia, equal to new price 50s., or Exchange for anything in value. Also Brass Tea or Coffee Urn.—Apply 7( Mundy place, Cardiff. e3226i27 I)EATH. Wii.I,IAMS.—On January 20, at 86, Woodville-road. Fred George, aged 15, the dearly beloved child ot Sarah Anne and the late Benjamin It, Williams formerly of Newport. lt.I.P.

J Tramway Men on Strike. MAY BACK THEIR DEMANDS WITH DYNAMITE. They Attack the Police with Sticks and Stones and then Set Fire to a Gar. A Renter's telegram from New York says :— Serious disturbances occurred on Sunday a.t Bridgeport, Connecticut, where it hundred employes of the Traction Car Company have struck work owing te the discharge of five of their comrades, completely paralysing the com- pany's traffic. On Sunday the officials tried to run some of the cars, but the strikers blocked the tracks in every street. Conductors, drivers, and even the police were driven from the cars. Sticks and stones were thrown at the cars, and the windows were broken. Only one car, which was strongly guarded, suc- ceeded in making the usual circuit. During the day there was constant rioting, and one car was set on fire and completely destroyed. It is reported to be the intention of the strikers to blow up the main depot with dynamite, of which a quantity was on Sunday evening stolen from the premises of a dynamite cartridge com- pany. ——————————————

A CURIOUS DISPUTE. Enstone Has a Public-house and Now He Wants a Licence. At Newport Police-court this morning (be- fore Alderman Moses, Alderman H. J. Davis, and Alderman T. Goldsworthy) an application was made by Mr. R. H. Parnall for a tempo- rary transfer of the licence of the off beer retailing house known as the Herbert Arms, Church-road, Maindee, under some- what unusual circumstances. The for- mer holder, Mr. W. J. Tothill, had sold his interest in the lease. and had givell up pos- session to Mr. John Thomas Enstone, but in consequence oÎ a question which had cropped up as to money between Tothill and the brewers— Messrs. Hancock and .Company—since the date of the lease the former had refused to give up the licence to Enstone. The result was that the new occupant had no licence to go on selling with. Mr. Parnall submitted that the bench under the Licensing Laws had power where a licence was wilfully with-held to grant a dupli- cate to the person equitably entitled to it, as 110 submitted Enstone was.—A letter was put in from Messrs. Bailhache, Sykes, and Glasier, solicitors, addressed to Mr.Kessick. the clerk to the magistrates, giving him notice that Tothill did not wilfully withhold the licence, but simply retained it pending the settlement of the dispute with the brewers.—In answer to the bench, Mr. Parnall said there was no covenant in the agree- ment to assign the licence to the new tenant.— The Bench, in the result, decided to adjourn the matter for a week to see if the dispute could be settled in the meantime.

A DRUNKEN SCOTSWOMAN. She Pleads With a Sympathetic Bench at Penarth. At Penarth Police-court this morning (before Colonel Guthrie, Mr. T. Morel, and Mr. J. Pyke Thompson) Annie M'Kay, living in Penarth and Cogan, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Saturday night.—Police-constable Parsons late on Saturday he received complaints from a gentleman that a drunken woman was misbehaving herself on the Penarth-road. He went up, and found the prisoner very drunk and using moat disgusting language to her three children, who were with her. He ordered her to go home, but for some time she refused, and when she did attempt to walk she continually fell, and her clothes trailed in the mud.— Prisoner said she was not more drunk than the officer was. She admitted she had been before the gentlemen "many times, but she had be- haved herself well lately, and if she was poor she was honest.-—The Bench decided to give her another chance, and she was discharged.

WOMEN AND THE KNIFE. A Month in Gaol for its Use m Cardiff. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary) Justina Olsen, I 32, was brought up charged with cutting and wounding Elizabeth Anderson with a knife on the arm at 19, Nelson-street, on the 20th inst.— Prosecutrix said she was lodging at prisoner's house and had given notice to leave. On Saturday night she was in her room when the prisoner came in and they quarrelled, the latter finally using a knife, wlich she had in her hand, on witness's arm and nose.—Dr. Roche said the wounds were such as would have been caused by a knife, but they had since healed up. —Police-constable Dredge said he arrested prisoner.—Prisoner was sent to gaol for a month with hard labour.

PARAFFIN LAMP UPSET And Little Arthur Brain was Seriously Burned. At nine o'clock on Sunday evening Arthur Brain, aged eleven, was admitted to the Cardiff Infirmary suffering- from the effects of severe burns. It appears that the lad, who lives at No. 16, Adelaide-road, was undressing in his bedroom when a younger sister, who was in the room, upset a lamp which was on the mantelpiece, and caused it to fall on her brother's head. His hair at once caught fire, but luckily he had the presence of mind to extinguish the flames with his hands. The injuries resulting to his hands and head were of a sufficiently serious character to warrant his detention.