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KILLED ON THE LINE. Cleaner's Death at High Street Station, > A terribly siad fatality occurred shortly after eight o'clock on Monday morning at Swansea High-street Station. How it ac- t']Hy happened is not ex.tCtiy clear at pre- isent, as the first intimation that anything was wrong was the alarm given by a carriage cleaner, C. Bailey, who saw the body of a fell'ow-cleaner, sprawled over the points at the entrance to the fish-siding, which branches off from the departure platform and usually holds two or three large trucks. Bar- rett, who is only 18 years of age, and with his brother-in-law, Mr. H. Bebington, watchmaker, at 5, Bellevue-street, Swansea, was quickly raised, but his condition was so alarming that Dr. Sullivan was immediately sent for. He had barely arrived when the unfortunate young man breathed his last. P.C. Hayes (81) conveyed the body to the lodgings of deceased, where a pitiful scene was enacted. There were no marks indicat- ing severe external injuries on the body, and it is surmised that poor young Barrett must have been caught like a rat in a trap between the paJings separating the line from the road- way and the footboard of the first nsh-truck (two of these unwieldy carriages being shunt- ed into the siding at the time). In this ter- rible position lie must have been squeezed to death, and the hopelessness of his plight was increased by a small maze of wires, pipes and rails at this po;nt. The footboard of the fish-truck projects in a manner as to render it practically impossible for anyone to have escaped, and it is probable that the unfortu- nate young man was tripped up by a wire in attempting to escape.

RUSSIA'S PLANS. To Fall Back on the Railway. Reported Loss of a Jap Cruiser. (Pres.{ Association Special War Telegram.) Y<nc, kow, Friday.-On account of the m. possihility of defending the coast here m61 a thaw permits of entrenchments being made and forts constructed, tse Russians are pre- pared tc fall back on the main railway. Theri are practically no defences, and though the shcfti'ic* and reshiftmg of troops and artiHe,Y to the small forts at the mouth of the LIa. Rivjr gives the appearance of an intention to defend the port, the Administration are evidently depending on an engagement dniand to arrest the Japanese advance. It is understood that the only plans as yet de- termined on are the following — (1) That General Kuropatkin's headqu* ters shall be at Mukden, where Admiral Alexeieif proposes to remain indefinitely o. account of the place being the centre of the Chinese administration of Manchuria. (2) That the almost indefensible plain :o the west of Ta-Shi-Chiao shall be held if pos- sible for the sake of the railway connecting Mukden with Port Arthur. (3) That the Hai Cheng-Liao Yang line shall bo the extreme limit of withdrawal. It seems, howexer, that in view of the ex- posure of the railway at this point, and the almost certain arnival of the Japanese befc! the const ruction of defences, the Russian an- thoritiei fully anticipate that Port Arthur will be isolated and besieged. GENERAL PFLUG'S CRUMB OF COMFOwT. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) St. Petersburg, Saturday.-The following official telegram has been received from v^en- etrail Pflug, commanding at Port Arthnr, diited the 4th inst: — All is quiet at Port Arthur and Ying-ko v. Accotding to information given by eye-wit- nesses a Japanese cruiser with three funnels lies near Chemulpo between the islands, b. v ing recently sunk there. STRIKING EXAMPLE OF RUSSO GER- MAN FRIENDLINESS. Berlin, Friday.—Prince Frederick Leopold, brother-in-law and cousin. of the Emperor, leaves at the end of this week for St. Peters- burg personally to bid farewell to the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, before their departure to the Far East This exceptional act of courtesy is another link in the chain of Russo-German amiabili- ties, and very significant from a political point of view. The Prince will stay at St. Petersburg about a week.—"Daily News." = WARSHIP DUEL IN THE STRAITS OF PECHILI, The Shanghai correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle is ref;ponsible for the statement that a missionary at Tengchau, in Shantung reports that on February 25 twenty.eicrht Japanese sailors landed there ° They report that their ves^l had been sunk between Port Arthur and the Miaotau group of islands as the result of an action with a Wianwarsh'p, which they state was also sunk, their own vessel sinking afterwards. Two hundred of their men were rescued by Chinese junks, and the rest of the crew they say, are on the islands and the main- land. No Russians were saved. The Chinese magistrate gave the Japanese sailors money to aid them in reaching Chifu. (Tengchau is about fifty miles to "the west "J tu- The Miaotau islands are in the trthur^) Yyetw^n Tengchau and Tort FEARFUL OOLD AND LITTLE OR NO FOOD. A special correspondent of the "Daily Ex- press who made the journey to Europe over the Irans-biberian Railway, gives a ivid idea of Kussias transport difficulties:- From the ti.ne that we ciossed the Man- churian frontier to our arrival in European Kussia (he writes) we encountered a eeries of which'TI imputed, must have he.d 100,000 men In one unendir^ stream the armies of tlie Czav ware pressing for v n! to the front. Even now I fiuddt to thidk of the miseries that they endured. Th* hit ter wind swept night and day over the frozen plains. So cold was it one night when the stove went out in my carriage that I awoke next morning stiff and cold, from which inci- dent a slight attack of pneumonia resulted Yet in such weather as this these trooo* many of tnem raw recruits, and a few tilf in their peasant dress, were crowded into what I can best describe as "horse-boxes," only 5 per cent. of which contained stoves Each truck held forty men, and light was admit- ted by two iittie windows, ea.ch 2ft by J ft.. The interior contained shelves sufficient for (Ta Un,mai rest hy on th, nooi. Llack bread the only ration T < ver saw served out. Hardv constitutions thev nmy have, but many must succumb to the icv ten-ors of that winter wilderaess thvougli which the long trains drag them so slowly. We first met the Siberian recruit who were pushing on to raise their battal- ions to war I strength. I do not sptak with bias I relate only what I saw. But, lifinlay, th.y were wretched speciTiiens of humanity, altogether different from the mag- niticent railway guards that I have mention- ed, or from the old reservists that we met hastening up further west. They had not b en long und;r discipline, and seem* d en- tirely out of hand Orders had be.-n issued that they were not to leave their trains_ orders the meaning of which we understood on passing several wrecked stations, where they had plundered the food supplies and smashed the windows. The wives of some Russian officials and officers were on "ur train, and at first the.v ran out on the little platforms at the end of the cirs to watch the coming of the heroes; but the heroes in ques- tion met them with such disgrace]! insults, with such yells and abuse, that they f;ui^k'y van Kick again to their seats. I saw no rifles among them. The colonel I have mentioned explained this by 6aying that the rifles were with their regiments at Port Arthu;- and Harbin. "GREAT CONSIDERATION" FOR 4 SCOTCHMAN. Paris, Friday-The following passage c- curs textually in the special telegram "rom Ycng-hau of yesterdays date, to the "New York Herald :— "A Scotchman called Gilchrist hac t, employed to ra:se the Retvisan. He is 0 ways on board and is treated with great .ct}- sideration. He has been given a sumptuTxs ca.t.<in on the side cf the ship likelv to be stru J; by the next torpedo."—"Times." ALARMING INCIDENT AT SEOUL. (Press Association War Special.) Tokio, Friday.—The intrigues of the party in Seoul opposed to the conclusion of the Japano-Korcan protocol has culminated in a bomb outrage there. At one o'clock on the morning of the 3rd bombs were thrown (It the residences of the Foreign Minister and his secretary, who escaped uninjured. v The Japanese police arrested five pedlars i on suspicion, but afterwards released them. The instigators were not arrested. It is believed that the opposition to the treaty is not extensive, and has now been com- pletely crushed. The Japanese Minister is assisting to re- store order. ° DAMAGED RUSSIAN SHIPS REPORTED FIT." (Central News War Special). Arthar, Thursday.—The Japanese fleet FoK S!§htad off Part Arthur suae,} February 2oth. j to1>hS^eTrC^ of tihe poit are in fighting WRl5S#iim again ir.i rr.vT • or km en are bu.v.iv en- RetviJn Tsareviteh, Pallada, and tha The the,r warshins d:mng"'d in tlie bo-n- ™ ^perint^ RUSSLIN ^IW^WHEN WAR BROKE OUT (Press As?oci;vh!on War Special). Pans Friday. "Jmmai'» puhl: £ hes a letter dated F^brt^xy 8ch irom its corres- pondent at Port Arthur, who says that th^ officers commandmg the Russian* fltet. there bad intend-ed to make an attempt to destroy the Japanese squadron in order to make too landing of Japanese troops and war itself I impossible. However, in consequence of the strength of the Japajiese squadron, they afterwards de- t cidied to act on the defensive, and not to go t from Port Arthur. £ As a matter of fact, says the correspondent, i as long as the Russian fleet exists, it will 1 be a source of danger to the Japanese, upon I j whom it can malke surprise attacks aJid whose communications it can cut. ] Moreover, its presence,in the port will pre- vent the Japainese from landing in the Gulf of Liaotung, and will oblige them to laind in { Korea at some distance from the Yalu, oh j which the Russians will have sufficient time to complete their concentration. ] HARROWING ACCOUNT OF REFUGEES' FLIGHT. The special correspondent of the "Stan- daid"' contributes a. harrowing account of the fldghi from Port Arthur, a passage fr,>m whion reads:—"From the frontier station of Manchuria to Lake Baikal which is a dis- tasice of 750 miles, this tradn took no less than five days, travelling at the average iate of si? miles on haur. And day and rugb*, hour after weary hour, the only sight of in terest, arousing anew the terrible fears f those who had left all the,, loved be bond them, was the interjjoinable succession of troop trains hurrying out to the Far East. At every station, and there were station or sidings every hour almost, stood waiting trains to let the women pass. At first came trucks filled with happy, eager, careless ooys, reckless and merry, laughing at the windows full of women's faces, passing compliments and blowing krisses, without a thought of the morrow. At another station would be long lines of loaded trucks, from which evtefn the sight of pretty faces could draw no sign of pleasure. • At Lake Baikal thM pitiful freight of wom and children, the babe at the breast and the babe unborn, turned out of their trucks and carriages for the first time for five weary days to face the dreaded crossing of the frozen lake. For five interminable days the poor wretches had perforce been kept shut up in the train, which nowhere stopped lomg enough to admit of air or exercise being taken, but, ever on and on, thousand mile after thousand mile, to reach safety. And at Lake Baikal were Russian troykas, three horses harnetsed abreast to a sledge, and here the women and babes piled in, crowded for wamnth, and wrapped, such as bid,wam clothing, into shapeless heaps of shawls and furs. In the fear of exposing tender children to the frosty air and the wind which ever blows along the six hundred miles length of t his mysterious lake, the wrapping wa.« some- time overdone. Several children were found dead by the time that fivo hours' gallop across the lake came to an end. And' how mamy fell ill none knows. Influenza broke out abroad •Jie train, but none dare break down, and the flushed, feverish faces of brave mothers told a tale as t-ad as the pale, waon faces of the little sufferers. TWO CRUISERS AND A BATTLESHIP OUT OF ACTION. A Port Arthur telegram to St. Petersburg states that in the Ohemulpo fight tíloe cruiser Tokachiko was destroyed, and the armoured cruisee Asama severely damaged. During the bombairdment of Port Arthur the Japan- ese battleship Skikissfoima had a funnel blown away and tih-e engines destroyed. {Note.— Tho Asama visited the Bristol .(,ICQS

SHELLING AGAIN. "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" at Vladivostock Jap Squadron Heaves in Sight. Russian Warships Not at Heme. (Press Association Special Service.) St. Petersburg. Sunday (6.39 p.m. ).-A telegram of to-day s date has been received here from Vladivostok stating that at five minutes past one this afternoon five Japanete warships bombarded the town. 6.57 p.m.—The following telegram of to- day's date has been received here giving de- tails of the bombardment:— v At 25 minutes past one o'clock this after-' noon five of the enemies' battleships and two- cruisers approached the Island of Askold, which lies near Uasuri Bay, and opposite Pa- trocles and Sobol bays, and, taking i'P posi- tions for battle, opened fire with all their guns at long range The enemy's squadicn was at a Wife di&. tance of about eight versts (five and one-third miles) from the shoire. Their fire was directed against the shore batteries and the town. No damage was done, as most of the 200 shells fired failed to explode, though charged with lyddite. Our batteries, on which were the Comman- I dant-General VeioneU the Brigadier Oom- mdndant-Generai Artamonoff, and other mili- tary authorities, did not reply, awaiting the eloper approach of the enemy. The bombardment busted 55 minutes, and at 25 minutes past two the firing ceased. The enemy retired in the direction of As- kold Island." At the same time two destroyers made their appearance near Askold Lslaild and two otners near Cape Maidel. The enemy's ships were covered with ice. The attack, which resulted in no loss to us, cost the enemy over 200,000 roubles (about £ 20,000). Most of the shells fired were from 6-m. and 12-in. guns. The population oi Vladivostok had been warned in the morning by the sentinels on the look-out that a bombardment was prc*b- able, and were duiy notified that a Japanese squadron had appeared upon the horizon. They, accordingly, remained tranquil- RUSSIAN OPINION WHICH MAY ALTER. (Press Association War Special)- St. Petersburg, Monday.— The 'ovog Vremya" regards the bomibardm-entt of VhdL voatock as a mere theatrical coup intended to excite national chauvinism in Japan with a view to obtaining more easily from the Japan- ese Parliament the credilts necessary for the carrying on of the war. Another party of 850 workmen, sent from the St. Petersburg workshops to expedite the work of repairing the damaged Russian war- ships, will leave for the Far East to-day. BELIEVED TO BE APPROACHING ™E WEST COAST OF JAPAN- I (Press Association War Special.) Paris, Monday.—The correspondent of the "Echo de P.),ris" at St. Petersburg telegraphs that a Chinese was killed and two persons wounded at the bombardment of Vladivos- tock by the Japanese yesterday. The correspondent adds that it is believed at St. Petersburg that the Russian Vladivos- tock squadron has gone to bombard some ports on the west coast of Japan. The "Matin" to-day published a telegram from St. Petersburg stating that one mail was< i-eriously wounded and four slightly injured in the shore batteries during the bombardment of Vladtvostock. The wife of a soldiet on duty in the mines was killed in her house. I A telegram to the "Journal" from St. Petersburg says: "During the bombardment of Vladivostock five men in the batteries were wounded, and the wife of a soldier was killed." THE JAP OUT-BOERS THE BOER. (Central News Special Service.) Paris, Sunday.—The Chi-fu correspondent of the "New York Herald" (Paris edition) telegraphs that on Wednesday at midnight the forts of Port Arthur sighted many lights approaching the entrance to the harbour, fol- I lowed by firing TI13 forts immediately opened bombardment upon the supposed enemy, only to find, after an hour's firing t it the lights were merely lamps attached to the masts of lumfotr rafte, and, according to reports from Japanese (sources, the whole I' affair was a ruse designed to make the Rus- sians waste then ammunition. The firing was front two Japanese torpedo boats, which towed tho rafts within sight of the forts, and tnen took caro to attract the attention of the forts ill the inarme; de-seribed. EAGLE CAUGHT AND PRESENTED TO THE MIKADO. Toiuo, Sunday.—A live eagle, captured by one of the. torpedo boats blockading- Port Ar- thur, was presented to the Mikado to-day. It is regarded as an omen of victory.-(" Daily Chronicle.") SENSATIONAL ARRESTS ON THE VOLGA. £ t. Petersburg, Sunday night.—A party of eflght or a dozen Japanese, d'sguised as Tar- tars, were discovered towards dusk on the Siberian Railway crossing the Volga at Syzran. They were trying to get on to the bridge, and had a number of packages in their possession The sentry addressed the men in Tartar. But they were unable to reply exoep^j^Rus- sian, and hi» suspicions were at once7tfi>used. He called up his comrades, by whom the strangers were arrested. TI.øir packages were found to contain a. considerable quantity of dyna.tIU i.e. -( ",s t..a.n.da.rd. ") PRICE OX THEIR HEADS AT VLADIVO- STOCK. (Press Association War Special.) St. Petersburg, Monday.—A despatch from Vladivostock of to-day's aate says. :— "Last night passed qunetiv. TM people and troops are in unueuaiiy high spirits. A search has been organised throughmrt the town for Japanese, and placards haw been posted on the walls stating that the police offer a reward for any information as to the whereabouts of Japanese. Persons who con- ceal Japanese on their premises are liaibie to trial by court-martial" VLADIVOSTOK BOMBARDMENT THE OVERTURE TO A FIGHT. New York, Sunday.—A cable purporting to emanate from Tokio alleges that Japan; has executed a master-stroke of strategy, which Ily must result either in the destruction or cap- ture of Russia's Vladivostok squadron. Having received news that the four cruis- ers had broken away through the ice to the open sea, with the presumed object of play- ing havoc on the coast of Japan and preymg upon commerce, the Admiralty ordered the patch of two battleships, several cruiacra and a torpedo flotilla, which now probably occupy a position preventing the return e-f the Russian cruisers without giving battle.- "Daily Telegraph. JAPAN PLANNING A LAND COUP. Telegraphing from Tokio, the Daily Tele- graphils" correspondent makes the following statement: — "The present situation is tho lull before the storm Preparations are going rapdiiy forward for the commencement of the land operations, and I expect that important events will be heard of in the course of a few days. "The Japanese Government is not anxious to begin its land campaign prematurely, and is organising its forces witlh marvellous fore- sisjht and completeness for every possible contingency. "The opening of the hostilities ash are is likely to furnish Russia wit.h as great a sur- prise as did the naval actions. It is impossible for one, of course, to give details, but events will soon show the capacity of the men who are Erecting Japanese affairs and the quality of the troops at their disposal." KOREANS DRIVE BACK THE RUSSIANS. (Press Association Special Service.) New York, Monday.—The following tele- gram of to day's date h« s been received here trom Seoul:- The Russian soldiers in the vicinity of An- ju are committing all manner cf excesses, maltreating native women and robbing them at every opportunity. On March 4 6ome Korean soldiers attacked an<pi^l-t^ Russian troops. The Koreans are reported, as the result of a collision at Kang-ge to have driven the L a collision aL Kang-ge to have driven the Russians back beyo-td the Yalu. [Note.—Kang-ge is 125 miles north of Ping- yang.] VLADIVOSTOCK RESIDENTS RETURN. (pre", Association War Special.) 1 aris, Tuesday.—Ac wording to a telegram of yesterday's date from Harbin, published by the "Matin," the bombardment of Vladi- vostock on Sunday by the Japanese caused some panic in the town, but the inhabitants who Ind led have returned. I he telegram continues: -General Sak- u J'?. "u<3 led have returned. I.he telegram continues:—General Sak- naiofi, commanding the first army corpe, ar- riVv 011 Sunday at Harbin N umbers of troops continue to pass through Th n on their way to the south. [ 1 he railway is being worked with remark- able regularity. During the three weeks this gieat movement of men end material haa been going on there has been no accident. Harbin presents the appearance of a mili- tary city. The volunteer reserves and recruits are continually being drilled. It seems probable that some action will shortly be taken in Korea. WHY THE KOREANS AND COSSACKS FOUGHT. (Central News War Special.) Seoul, Monday (5 p.m.).—The Korean mili- tary authorities here have received a telegram to-day stating that a body of Cossacks yes- terday made an attack upon Kanghai, a Korean town near the frontier. The Koreans allege that the Cossacks out- raged several women and then billed them. There was a skirmish between the Rus- sians and a body of Korean soldiers in the town. in which many of the latter were wounded. The fight only lasted a short time. The Cossacks, after seizing all the fodder in the town, retired in a northerly direction. JAPAN'S HEIR APPARENT TO GO TO THE FRONT. Mr. Douglas Young, the "Dacly Express" war correspondent, telegraphs to his paper from Kobe that the Crown Prince Yoshihito Harunomiya, the eldest son of the Mikado and the heir to the throne, and Prince Arisu- gawa are to go to the front. RUSSIA TO SWAMP MANCHURIA, (Central News War Special). Paris, Tuesday.—The St. Petersburg coir- pespondent of the "Echo de Paris" states that by March 17th the Russian troops in Manchuria will number 217,000, a force equal to the strongest army the Japa-nese could as- semble on the mainland. Prince Bonaparte, who has been appointed to the command of a brigade of Cossacks in the Far East, was received by the Czar yea- terday. He leaves on Saturday. GOVERNM HAVING AN ANXIOUS TIME. The Central News understands that the Governments of Great Britain and Russia. view with anxiety the tendency of tihe Press of both countries to exaggerate the import- ance of events. Th.e danger likely to accrue in the present good relations of both countries is recognised, and efforts are to be made to bring about a more friendly tone in the PreSlS of both Russia and Great Britain. RUSSIAN SUGGESTION FOR A TRIPLE ALLIANCE. ("Times" Special War Telegram per Press Association.) Moscow, Monday.—The Press feeling against America is growing stronger, and that against England does not decrease. A project has been mooted for a stand by Russia, France, and Germany agaenst the ag- gression of England, Japan, and the United States. The ultra Slavs are chary abotot accepting Germany as an associate at any price. L'n- eas,aiess, however, at the possibility of the ex- tensQon of compi; cat ions is noticeable. RUSSIANS MARCH FROM POSSIET BAY. ("Times' Speccal War Teiegram per Press Association.) Tokio, Monday.—The Japanese squadron took possession of Hai-Yun-Tan, one of the Elliot Islands, on February 29th. The Ja- paneso found only stores of coal aid signal- ling nags, the Russians having evacuated the island on the 23rd. The Russians contdnue to push southward a!oig the coast from Possiet Bay towards Song-Ching. The "Vladivostock squadron is apparently c-overmg their communications with Vladi- vostock. (Note.-Fro.m Possiet- Bay to Seng-Ching is about 330 miles along the Korean coast.) JAPAN'S PROTEST AGAINST BARBAR- ITIES. (Central News War Special.) Rome, Tuesday Mormng.—The "Ageaizia Ljtx-ra" publishes a telegra.m stating that a number of Chinese and Japanese have been massacred in Vladivostock district, and that the Japanese Government has protested against thesa bsrbaritdee. ¡. ANXIETY FOR THE VLADIVOSTOCK SHIPS. -("Times" Specdal War Telegram per Press Association.) Moscow!, Monday.—Admiral Alexedefl's telvgram anno«unoing that Vladirostock was bombarded yesterday by seven vessels, in- cluding apparently the Idzumo and the Ya- kumo, said not.hing about the Vladivostock squadron, and it is feared here that dts re- turn to port is imperilled. Theliegrams have been received, stating that the numerical strength of the daring Chunchua bands in Manchuria is rapidly in- creasing. It is remarked several bands are commanded by Japanese officers. TO COMMAND A BRIGADE OF COSSACKS. Paris, Tueeday.—A telegram from St. Petersburg to the "Echo de Paris" states that Prince Louis Buonaparte has received permission to. paroceed to the Far East to com- mand a brigade of Cossacks. SIMPLE MEALS TILL THE WAR IS OVER. Tokio, Momiiay (10 p.m.).-The Emperor of Japan is abandoning a.11 luxurious food. His Majesty will limit hnmseltf to three simple meals of two dishes daily until the end of the war. The Court is following the Miikado's frugal example.—"Daily Chronicle." JAP SQUADRON STILL NEAR VLADIVOSTOK. (Central News Special Service.) St. Petersburg, Monday Evening.—A dis- patch from Vladivostok states that at ten o'clock this morning a Japanese squadron I composed of seven .hips was 6een to be ap- proaching the port. About noon the war- ships passed into the Gulf of Ussuri, and aft,er some manoeuvring steadied back to the open sea. INDICATIONS OF JAPANESE ADVANCE. Ping-yang, Monday.—Two thousand Rus- sian cavalry, with seven guns, retreated 011 Wednesday throlgla Kusong and Sonchon towards Wiju. They destroyed the telegraph wires and poles.—"Daily Mu.il MILITARY HONOURS FOR JAP MILI- TARY ATTACHE. (Central News War Special.) Rome, Tuesday.—It is announced that the King of Italy has decided to conifer the Grand Cross and Crown on the Japanese military attache, Colonel Torasuke Kurada. JAP TROPHIES OF WAR ARRIVE. Tokio, Monday.—The Prize Court has de- cided that the six Russian steamers captured since the 6th Feb. are to be considered Japan- ese prizes of war. Thirteen Russian warships, the Naval De- partment reports, have been injured since the beginning of the war. Their displace- ment amounts to 94,000 tons. The guns recovered from the Russian cruiser Variag, sunk at Chemulpo, arrived yesterday. —"Daily News." VLADIVOSTOK BATTERIES DAMAGED. Rome, Monday.—A dispatch received here to-day by the Japanese Minister states that two of the Russian outer batteries of Vlaii- vostok were badly damaged in yesterday's bombardment by the Japanese squadron.- Central News.

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COAL LADEN SWANSEA TRADER. Serious Explosion at Nantes. Paris, Monday.—A telegram from Nantes to the '"Petit Temps" says:—An explosion occurred yesterday evening on board the Riussiam schooner Hednrich Magdalene, from Swansea for Nantes with coal. The deck and the crew's quarters were blown up. Two sailors were seriously in- jured, and are in a critical condition. The crew were pdcked up by other vessels. The schooner foundered shortly afterwards. The Heinirclh MagdeLene left Swansea nine days ago for Nantes with a cargo of coal shipped by-Messrs. E. Williams, Cook and Co. The local agents are Messrs- G. Shep- herd and Co. Neither of these firms have, however, re- ceived any intimation of the explosion, which has occurred on board. In the absence of further information, the shippers courteously de-dined to say anything on the matter at present. How the explo- sion occurred his not transpired.

Army Divorce Suit. In the Divorce Court on Monday, Major Charles Henry Hale of the Army Medical Corps, sued for a divorce from his wife, Elsie Innes McGeorge Hale, nee Brown, oca the ground of her adultery with Col. E. R. Mur- ray, D.S.O., of the Imperial Yeomanry. The suit was undefended. It was stated that the marriage took place at Aberdeen and there had been one child of the marriage. The parties subsequently re- sided at Aldershot, and lived happily until 1901 wheal petitdoner had to go out to serve in the South African war. According to the evidence of petitioner, taken on commission, as he w:¡,¡.. 1\1 Indda, he received certain information, and when 'the wife joined him dm South Africa, he accused her of misconduct. She then said she could not give up Col. Murray, that lie had tra- velled to Cape Town with her, and he would be broken-hearted. Petitioner saw Col. Mur- ray, and as his wrife afterwards promised to give Col. Murray up he consented to take her back. Subsequently she again left him say- ing that Col. Murray would1 kill himself if she left him. Respondent in a letter to pe- titioner admitted they had lived together 11 in London and passed as brother and sister. A decree nisi with coste was granted.

SMILE r The splendid tact for which his august grandfather is renowned seems to have been inherited bv the young Prince Edward of Wales. The other day a member of the Court, with the intention of entertaining the two Princes, told them a story. They itouMtd it rather dry and wearisome, and after a time had a strong lendenev to yawn. At the dose Prince Albert did so gtute audioly, upon which Prince Edward, conscious of the fitness of things, nudged his yownor brother, and said in a whisoere<f aside, Smile 1

SWANSEA FRUITERER'S AFIRE. St. Helen's Road Shop Gutted. A fire broke out art Tfo. 2, St. Helen's-road, Swansea, early on Sunday morning as the result of which true- locik-up shop—occupied by Mr. James Cminora, fruiterer—together with the stock and perishable gocd:s, were considerably damaged by fire and water. P.C. (50) FielHer was on" ditty at 1.41 a.m. in the neighbourhood of Northampton-gar- dens, when lie saw smoke issuing from the door of the shop: Fielder found the shop on fire, and the assist ant—a younig woman— crying outside. The alarm at the Oxford- ,street section house- had previously been given for P.C. (67) Evans, who was in charge of the station, reports receiving the ala;rm at 1.37 a.m. The brigade, under Sergt. Ed- wards, were soon busy and confined t,he out- break to the shop,. which is situated just 'be- neath the old Salvation Army Hall. The assistant, questioned: as to, the cawse, said that a few minutes previously she dropped some money, and stroluck. a match-to look for it, when some rubbish caught li^ht. She then became frightened and ran out into the street. The damage is covered bv insurance.

King- Depressed Ovar the War. The Paris "Matin" publishes a communica- tion from its London correspoadent,, who had a conversation with an English gentleman "of high position, who is honoured with the King's friendship," and who had jurt. returned from the palace. He found, his Majesty well in health, but worr-ied over the war in the Far East. "He is very sad about it," said this personage, "and in his own words 'I am rcallv unhappy about the Russo-Japanese War, which I regard a.s a most deplorable event. I consider, on the other hart id, that our good understanding with France has never been more useful than it is now, and that it will become more and: more so, not only in the interests of England and France, but in the interests of the general peace. If complications were to occur, in spite of alli the efforts made to avoid them, it is then, above all, that the union between France and England would render the greatest ser- vices. This union must be maintained very closely for the welfare of all. whatever hap- pens. And I hope,' his Majesty concluded, 'that the Press of all countries, the EngDish Press as well as every otiter, will do its best to diminish, rather than to aggravate the difficulties: These were King Edwards very words."

JOOITT COUGH foT\ 8 KEATING'S LOZENGES J 1 EASILY CURE I ITHE WORST COUCH. 1 B One fiv«s relief. An increasing B B *|'e of over 80 years is • cert*in B B of tbeir value. Soldinl3jd. H HI tias everywhere. B i-

aMaBnasMae==!:=»!9sesisaesEB9ae=a SWANSEA SCHOOL BOARD. Annual Budget Increase of £ 1,450. A special meeting of the Swansea ScLfOl Boaid on Tuenday received the estimates of income and expenditure for the year ending March, 1905. 0 The total sum required is £ 66,500; a de- crease of JE1,450 compared with 1904. The chief items on the income side are grants from the Board of Education, as against £ 17,050, and JS7,380 fee grants, as aga-inst £ 7,950. The deficiency of ineo ne, compared with expenditure, and for which precepts will have to be issued, is £ 35,000, compared with £35,512 10s. On expenditure side there is an estimated increase of £1,000 in interest on loans and repayment of prin- cipal, bringing the full amount payable under this head to JB13,000 per annum. There are a few large decreases, chiefly on account of the Glamorgan Education Authority having taken over the schools in outlying ctistricts under the new Act. The salaries, for ex- ample, are expected to amount to £37,000. ats against £ 38,000. The fuel, light, and cleaning bill will go down by JB400, and the repairs to buildings and furniture by J;200. Apparatus is expected to cost B200 less, and salaries of evening schools teachers will be less by B500. Replying to Rev. W. Watkiws-Edwards, the Ciork said the nett gain to t,he borough by the taking over of tllie schools outside the boundary was from je700 to JB800. Mr. Colwdl asked if a,ny provision was made for contributions from the county to- wards the education of the large number of chdldaetti wiho ca.me over the boundary into the borough schools? The Clerk replied) in the nega'tive, and said he had communicated with the county authority. A claim would have to be made tlbe Glamorgan authority for a contribution, and if there was any dispute appeal would have to be made the Boalrd of Education. Rev. W. W. Edwards drew atteirl,tioli to the omission from the estimates of the pro- bable increased income to the town under the new Education Act. It had been. estimated that hois amounted to about a 3d. rate for the year, or about £ 4,000, and he thought it should be provided for in tihie estimates even if the schools were not taken over in April but in September. Th Clerk said it had been a,rrangei to issue precepts for six months only, so that if tho schools were 'taken over in September fresh estimates would have to be made. The Chairman (Mr. # David Roberts) did not think such ravine existed. The Clerk said he was responsible for tl11.e statenijenit showing that £ 4,266 would come into the borough, but lie based that estimate upon je5,000 being received under the Neces- sitous School Boards Grants, whereas last year over £ 6,000 was received. Then again the £ 764 provided for by the talcing over of the schools in the outlaying districts by tihe County Council was beintg actually received at the Dresent time. The Chairman: Then the ratepayers are at the present, moment receiving £1,000 extra to what was anticipated, and reducing the statement to a, miniimum what the town is losing at the present moment is £ 239 per a.umiTn by the delay in putting the Education Act in force. Answering the Cleric, tlbe Chairman, added that that was exclusive of tho £ 2,262 the voluntary schools were losing. In answer to Mr. Devonald the clerk said that he estimated a permanent cost of £ 1 per head to bring the Voluntary Schools up to the efficiency of the Board Schools. Eventually, on the motion of Mr. DcvonalJ the estimates were approved, and the Hoard authorised to issue a precept on the Swansea Corporation for £ 16,310 to cover the de- ficiency for the half-year ending September, 1904. This is equal io a 9d. rate.

Chamberlain Looking- Better j than Ever. "The Times" learns that very satisfactory news of Mr. Chamberlain's health continues to be received. In a. letter from a d'stin- guished British officer in Egypt he is de- scribed as iiooking younger and keener than ever.

BIBLE SOCIETY CENTENARY, Commerative Services at Swansea, Bible" and "Sunday" are word« woven in British Ustory. There j* TitTf* room for honc*t douot that to tho pr"dr £ drawn from this greatest of books an/ to humane observant of that sanest of ?,! £ £ tions we owe the greatness of Britain's oast ch„rch« LfcwTof & t"' "r « tot pwtance. The society has distributed, at pnce n<w *v 190.000,000 copit* ot the Bible 01 pon- -ns of it. For the fast & yea/'v aTera?e of publication has been more th « 6,000.000 copies, and owing to the soo: tv 4 eamicna the whole Bible is now publich«-o in 97 languages. At the opening ot the y-nr the society hid spent BuL t h,,re -as a, Jeficit Ot £ 60,000, causer oy no d*lme of income, i T'k ttl3t eveots bave f°rcej dmt • 'R ur?8kJ our Imperial auty tliat we emulate the Bibie, ^speciallr 'territories th*f' have recently oasseS r^' ofierin«to ou' minL Privileges wo possess. The com- of 220 noo ng f°l centenary fund I^O.OOO guinea;, And it will get them. £ /5,352 have already been subscribed, and among the donors a: e tne King, the Prince at Wales, and the Germar, Emperor. On Sunday, with one exception, Swansea paid homage to the Book we all revere, and took up collectlora towards the guineas. V RICE ON "THE LITTLE BOOK "And he had in his hand a little book opened," was the quaint text chosen by the vicar, Rev. Talbot Rice, in St Mary's Parisb Church on Sunday evening, upon which to address a crowded congregat ion; and be told how one school of commentators he-Id that thff words were a prophecy of the Protestant Ite- formation. They were there, the vicar said, to think and speak of what they called the Holy scriptures j thrre to remember its con- quests especially in connection with the so- ciHly that had issued 180,000,000 copies of that one book,, perhaps th^ ixio^t enterprise of the last 100 years. The vicat compared the Living and the Written Word' —the man and tho. book. Both were of hum- ble, obscure origin. The Bible did not coma from intellectual Greece or Imperial Roma; it came from simple people. It was our East- ern book, written by Easterns; yet, in spit& of that, reigned all over the Western world. It came from a men exclusive people, and yet was ititernati-iiiii and catholic. Think of the conquests of the book J It had never been left alone. Pagan Rome did its best to destroy the book 01 the Christian martyrs: Rome, falsely Christian in the dark ages did the same it was then kept in obscurity or burned. But you could not kill it. Tha book had its Easters, and was always gOing up to God, even in fire a.nd smoke. The Bible lived to-day. Though criticised And dissected, it would not stay apart, but al- ways came together again. Voltaire said that Christianity and the Bible were dead; but to-dav his house was a depot for tb. Bible Society. Think of the triumphs of tfce book in the lives of men. Stories of St. Au- gustine and Wilberfof-oe were related by tha vicar in proof of this. Did they ever reflect how well the Bible translates into foreign languages? The Moslems were prohibited from translating the Koran, but our F-ai-rtk Bible was the standard of Knglisd literary purity. The Gospel claimed all language* as vehicles of grace GOOD WORK, BUT MUCH STILL TO B& DONE. Rev. David Connor, M.A., at St. Andrew's Church, Swansea, on Sunday, referred to the work of the Bible Society. In 1804 the most important parts of the Bible were current in 40 living languages, spoken by 20 per ceafi. of the human race, In 1904 they were cur- rent in 436 languages and dialects, spoken by 70 per cent. of the human race. According to Max Muller, there were some 900 different languages in the world; so that much work remains to be done. Mr. Connor also allud- ed to the interesting faei. that, under the new Pope, translation^ of the New Testament were now 'being issjxi at Italy at a very low price. ST. PETER'S CHURCH, PENTRE- CHWYTH. St. Peter's Church, Pentrechwyth. joined with all the other churches of Christendom in celebrating the centenary of the Bible Society. Mr. Davys Thomas officiated. In the morn- ing the service was for the young. In the evening when there was an attentive rnd de- vout congregation, Mr. Thomas gave a con- cise resume of the rise and progress »»f tha society. It strikes a casual visitor that at St. Peter's Chuch you find a great deal of re- ligious enthusiasm and vigorous organisation..

AT THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR, Gwilym Ev&h/r Qumme Bitters is recom- mended for mdij^wtif.n in its different forms, such as sick headhisii&s, heartburn, cramp, flatulency, sense 01 fulness and oppression after eating, drowsiness, and pains in the region of the heart It is, without exception, the best remedy for depression of spirits and melancholy. Being a vegetable "Pick-me- up, it is strongly recommended for nervous diseases, such as undue auajety, despondency. fainting fit. neuralgia,, and nerve pains generally. When you ask for Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bitters, see that you get it, with the name "Gwilym Evans" on the labd; on the stamp, and on the bottle, without which nonfe tt genuine.

Ex-Swansea le?gy man's Promotion. The living of St. Paul's, Newpcrt Terk- dered vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr J Tenson Wren ford, has been offered 'bv the Bishop of Llandaff to '.he Rev. A. A Mat- thows, B.A., of Blaenavon, who has aoi vet accepted or refused it. REV. GENTLEMAN ACCEPTS .e are enabled to state, on the authority A .1 v,rV" Se:1tleman himself, that the Rev. living t'K:WlS accepted the offer of tha

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STRANGE RESULT OF PATENT FOODS, The practice of eating prepared breakfast foods, gram mashes, and similar preparations now so widely ad .viti-sed under various jam* is having the result of largely increas- states tf^yfi?nCt mdl&e*tion. An expert si?J^d J?V <humin stomach, being de- digest meat and strong nourish- wS for its taken. q tlties of mushy foods are j th-s^UAnntowrthirdt ^ve '^own how dLiJed (liL nln-KW "!rmach of which is trstJ™ ss killed, and u £ n exammS" it wL foS that the inner coat of the stomach had come quite leathery through the imuror.— food; and the liver had become eniarcred" Grain foods and mashes may do for fowls and horses, but if human beings indulge in them they must take the consequences, which are indigestion and liver complaint. Wherever theise occur, whether arising from improper food or not, Chae, Forde's bile beans will prove a cure. Miss Nancv Bartlett (of Treveiison, Wcet!ey-road, Bos- combe) says "Some time ba.ck my stomach had become so weakened that I was unable to digest meat. For six months I had to leave off taking it. because the least bit caused me such pain. I became low spirited, had acute headaches, and at times felt so dizzv I could hardly stand. At night I couMu'r, .sleep, and altogether I felt I was reduced to a Very serious condition. Seeing bile beaas men- tioned in a paper as being a safe and xliablo cure, for all digestive troubles, I gave them a trnl. Before I had taken many boxes I found myseif wonderfully better, c-nd I am glad to tell you that I am now quite cured. I never have headaches now, no Ion ^r ftel de- pressed, my appetite has quite ooTrve ba^k I can again digest meat, and I am (tltoireiW'n splendid health." Everywhere .-lediciro vendors now stock Chas. Forde's bile bears They arc the widest used of all medicin- s.