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Move by 15,000 Horsemen Fails. Japanese Cut Up an Isolated Detachment. (Press Association Special War TeJegram). Tokio, Friday evening.-An official dis- patch from Marshal oyama's headquarters states that Russian artillery yesterday bom- barded the Japanese positions in front of Shaieopao, Hanchenpao, Mentapao, and the vicinity. At 5 o'clock this morning Japanese scouts encountered and repulsed about 100 of the enemy's infantry near Reninulupao. The enemy, who had been advancing south- ward since Wednesday, have retreated north to Linkanfang, 10 miles to the north-west of Cbitaitzu. REPULSE JAPANESE ADVANCE GUARD. (Reuter's Foreign Special.) St. Petersburg, Feb. 17.—The following despatch, dated the 15th inst., has been re- ceived from General Kuropatkin: — "On the 14th our cavalry on the right flank repulsed the advance guard of the enemy s cavalry. "On the same day Colonel Udenitch was slightly wounded in an outpost affair. Another despatch from the Commander- in-t <'■• s'-nt i;fl yesterday says;- "On the night of the 15th inst. our vol- I unteers on the left flank attacked the vil- lages of Vatishan and Tatzipao. "The enemy were dislodged and the vil- lages set on fire. Simultaneously another force of volunteers drove the Japanese out of a wood near the village of Sinono." FORMIDABLE STRENGTH OF THE RAIDING FORCE. (Press Association War Special). With General Oku s Army (undated), via Fusan, Friday.—The Russian raiding force of 15,000 cavalry, 500 infantry, and 20 guns, moved south on both banks of the Liaoho to Siaopeho on the Lunho, directly west of Liao-yang, on Thursday. It began gradually retreating north, and is now twelve miles to the north-ea6t of Siaopeho and three miles east of the Liaoho. The Japanese pursued the raiding party and inflicted damage on it. The Russians on Oku'a front are inactive. JAPANESE CAPTURE A GUN. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) St. Petersburg, Friday.—A telegram from Sahetun of vesterday's date says during the past few days increased activity has oeen ob- served among the Hunhuses in iJouth-east Manchuria. Simultaneously with the Japs' attack on the bridge to the north of Gunshulin, a de- tachment consisting of the Frontier Guard, with two guns, was sent against them on the 14th inst. It encountered the Japs and ddeated them. When subsequently moving forward, how- ivcr, the detachment was surrounded by two regiments of cavalry, four companies of infantry, and a large band of Hunhuses, and sustained heavy lecses. One gun was lost and nearly all the gun horses and a number of artillerymen were killed. The scene of t- fight was about 15 miles to the north-east of Gunshulin. KUROPATKIN ARRANGING ANOTHER MOVE. (Press Associai. War Special.) Tokio, Saturday (10 a.m.).-Reports from the Shaho arriving here state that the Rus- sians are showing increasing activity on both flanks, and are extending and strengthening their right. They seem to be concentrating a heavy force on the left in fron. of General Kuroki. Fushun is the base of the latter's opera- 11 It is estimate! that the Russians there number six divisions. An impression exists that Grencral Knro- patkin is preparing to assume the aggressive. The weather is etell unfavourable, but the excessive cold will soon be over. The Chinese reports that General Kuro- patkin is preparing to abandon the Shaho line and retire northward are discredited here.

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MINOR RUSSIAN DISASTER Japs CutJJp a Small Detachment Kuropatkin's Next Bid for Victory (Reuter's Special War -olegram). St. Petersburg, Saturday.—The following dispatch, dated the 16th inst., has been re- ceived from General ropctkin;— ts "In consequence of the receipt of reports that a considerable number of Hunhuses under Japanese leaders were massing in Mon- golla, near the railway at Gunchulin and Kunchenzi, 1 despatched on the 11th a. de- tachment of frontier guards under Lenizky to make a reconnaissance. This force haying learned of an attack on the 12th on a bridge near Fantsetun, advanced against the Japan- ese and dispersed them. During the pur- suit, which was continued for a distance of 20 versts to the north-west of Gunchulin, Lenizky encountered six squadrons of Japan- ese cavalry and four companies of infantry, and a baud of over 2,000 Hunhuses. Sur- rounded on all sides, our detachments after some fight; succeeded in retiring to Gun- chulin where they arrived on the 15th. KUROPATKIN'S NEXT BID FOR SUCCESS. (Press Association War Special.) Tokio, Monday.-It is reported that the Russians have constructed two light railways, one connecting Fush. and Yenling, and another extending from Fushun to the Upper ohaho. j This taken in conjunction with the Rus- sian activity in other respects, and especially with the heavy concentration in front of General Ku oki, is taken as indicating a plan to turn Kuroki's right. General Kuropatkin continues constructing defence works along his whole position. It is believed accordingly that he resolutely intends retaining his position when the ITreat battle occurs. The Tokio papers print a statement that 126 Jap soldiers, captured at Heikoutai, were roped together and paraded through the streets of Mukden. The information comes from Chinese sources. • It is impossible to verify it here. It is expected that there will be an official enquiry, and a protest should it be found to be true. LARGE JAPANESE FORCE NEAR HARBIN. (Central News War Special.) St. Petereburg, Sunday.—Several of the Russian correspondents mention the pre- sence of large Japanese forces north of Muk- den. Reports are in circulation at Mukden chat a strong force of Japanese cavalry has moved from ti-io,border of Mongolia, in the direction of Gunchulin. The force is said to number several thousand men. Chinese at (gunchulin declare that a com- bined force of Japanese and Chunchuses numbering several thousand and consisting of artillery, cavalry, and infantry, is in the neighbourhood. Another Chinese report is to the effect that 10,000 Japanese are moving through Mongolia to reach the rear of the Russians. TW MORE CONTRABAND CAPTURES (Press Association War Special.) Tokio, Monday.—The naval authorities announce this morning that the British steamship Silrinia, bound for Vladivostok, from Cardiff, with coal, has been seized. The place of the seizure is not stated. 3.30 p.m.—Another seizure is announced this afternoon, th:o. British steamer Powder- ham, bound for Vladivostock from Barry with Cardiff coal having been seized by a Japanese warship on Sunday. The place of seizure is again not di- vulged.

GRAND DUKE ASSASSINA- TED. 4 First Name on the Doomed List." Shattered in His Carriage by a Bomb, Czar and Czarina Prostrate with Grief, (Reuter's Special Service.) St. Petersburg, Friday.—A telephone mes- sage from Mc w reports an explosion at the Kremlin Palace where the Grand Duke j Sergius is residing. The occurrence has ca.i ed Treat aiaj:n among the population. It is rumoured that the Grand Duke him- self was killed, but this report lacks con- f -ation. Reuters' confirms the report that the Grand Duke Sergius was assassinated by a bomb thrown at his carriage. The Press Association telegraphs on Fri- day afternoon as follows;- "The Grand Duke Sergius has been w- sassinated at Moscow by a bomb being thrown under his carriage." (Reuter's Special Telegram.) St. Petersburg, Friday Evening.—Fur- ther details of the as.sas.sination of the uncle of the Czar, the Grand Duke Sergius, in Moscow on Friday, show that his Imperial HighneA was driving from the Nicholas Pal- aoe through Senate-square. Behind his carriage came two cabs. At the law courts a pledge in which two men were seated (one of them dressed like a workman) shot out ahead of the Grand Duke's carriage. It then slowed up and allowed the latter to pass. At this moment a bomb was thrown beneath the carriage The explosion was so great that all the windows in the law courts were smashed, and the report was heard outside the city. The carriage was blown to pieoes, nothing but four wheels remaining. The horsee were unhurt and bolted. The Grand Duke Sergius was killed in- stantaneously. His head and limbs vere torn from the body. The driver was so seriously burned and otherwise injured that he died on the way to the hospital. The murderers were at once arrested. Their names are not yet known. One of them coolly remarked, "I don't caro. I have done my job." The sound of the explosion immediately attracted a large crowd, and only a few moments after the outrage people were to be seen picking up fragments of wood and torn clothing. The gates of the Kremlin were promptly closed, but on Red-square outside a uemon- str^tion was made by the crowd agamst a number of students who had begun to scat- ter revolutionary proclamations. Some of the students were very roughly handled, so much so, indeedj that a magistrate from the adjacent law courts gave orders for a num-1 ber of assailants to be arrested. When the Grand Duchess Elizabeth was apprised of the event she rushed out without hat or cloak, and hastened to the s2etis of I the assassination. The remains of the Grand Duke were taken to the Nicholas Palace. taken t{) the Nicholas Palace. "BY ORDER OF THE GRAND REVO- LUTIONARY COMMITTEE." St. Petersbu'g. Friday Night.The police are fully aW:f? that the Grand Duke was assassinated ..y order of the Revolutionary Committee. After the massacre of January 22 the revolutionary executive drew up a ist oi the persons who were supposed to fe principally responsible for the massacre, and the first, name on the iiist was that of ■ e Grand Duke Sergius. It is fully expected that others who were condemned to death by the Revolutionists will soon be assassinated. Russia is face to face with a reign of ter- ror. Responsible people have the gloomiest expectations for the future, and the weak Tll-ll ')]1": the bureaucrats arc panic- stricken. To-day'- assassination is as serious on its possible consequencea as was the recent massacre itself. Tin assassination has had a curious effect upon the attitud- of the authorities to- wards the newspapers Boys ran through the streets to-night with special editions II is3u<~ a,s late as nine o'clock, shouting at flip • voices. "Murder of the Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovitch. Tha fact that there are no expressions of gri{ for the Gran' Duke might easily be misunderstood in England. The attitude of Russia towards its Government officialsbs r The public are accustomed to re- gard the reactionaries and the reformers as engaged in a constant duel, wherein neither side is expected to be too particular as to the means its employs. After tho assa.s6in- atio- of de PI eh •fc1' t oi^cinls of his wn Ministry betrayed no particular emotion. The worst, fnf" nf the affair, in ihe view of the intelligent classes, is that it will completly destroy any chance ot an immediate convocation of a National As- sembly. GRAND DUKE WELL AWARE OF THE RISKS HE RAN. Moscow, Friday Night.—The part of the palace to which the remains of the Grand Duke wc taken communicates by a private corridor with the Chudov monastery. The remains were hastily placed in a royal coffin and carried into the monastery chapel. There, at eight o'clock to-night, prayers for the dead were said in the presence of a great gathering of the nobles of Moscow. All night long the Archimandrite and other priests will read the Gospels over the coffin. Officers and members of the Grand Duke's staff keep silent vigil over the re- mains. Services for the dead will be said to-morrow at two o'clock and also at eight. The b';J will be taken to St. Petersburg for burial in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. The Grand Duko was perfectly aware of the risk he ran He always drove through the streets: at the highest possible speed, and leaned back in a corner of the carriage, so that he was almost invisible to the root passengers. He stated frequently that tie did not fear either bullets or bombs. A sigh of relief went through Moscow when it was known that the Grand Duchess was not with her husband at the time of the explosion. During the troubled times since the massacre she has almost invari- ably accompanied him in his carriage, in- different to the threats that he would be assassinated. It is believed that the crime was insti- gated by tne nussian oocial Democratic 1 Revolutionary Society. Early iu the day it was noticed that large numbers of men m I workmen's attire, but unusually intelligent for such a, class, were prowling about tha J boulevards and the central streets. Daily Express. « 30,000 MEN OUT: F SUPPLIES I STOPPED. (Reuter's Foreign Special). St. Petersburg, Friday.—Tm strike is now rapidly extending. At four o'clock this afternoon the men employed at Neva Thread Works, number- ing 2,400, joined the movement. They were followed by 8,000 men of the Indiarubber Works, and 1,500 men employed at Dahl's Factory. Other fresh recruits to the ranks of the strikers bring the numoer of men who went out to-day to about 30,000. The temper of the men is more threaten- ing than at any previous period. The employers regard the situation as ex- tremely grave. St. Petersburg, Friday.—The managers of Putiloff Works announce tb-it as the mon hav« not returned to work, the stores at tha works, which have hitherto supplied them with food on credit, will no longer be per- mitted to do so until operations are re- sumed. This decision mearya that from to-day over ten thousand men will be deprived of means of obtaini g provisions. Great bitterness has been caused among the strikers by the sudden stoppage of the supplies. TELEGRAPHISTS STRIKE EN MASSE. (Reuter's Special Service). ¡ Warsaw, Saturday.—It is officiallv an- mranOed that the strikes at Tomaszow. Novo Radom. and Zawieroe are at an end. At Lodz 75 per cent, of the workmen are out. Moeoow, Saturday. -The telegraphists call

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I Case Against a Swansea Traveller At Swansea or, Monday Nathan Shannock, traveller, Gowor-street, was summoned for cruelty to his wife Matilda. Mr. Leeder prosecute Mr. Thompson defended. Complainant said they were married in 1895, at Liverpool, and had three children. On Thursday who-i she asked him for a key he threatened to break every bone in her body. He had assaulted her at other times. Cross-examined: You want to get rid cf your htusband? Complainant-: I wouldn't live with hiin. You want to live separate and apart from him?—Yes. And he has been seized with the same de- sire?— Complainant saici her husband was an un- discharged bankrupt. The stock-in-trade • was her own. She admitted she had a few pounds, but declined to say how much. Defendant said he was travelling in j-ic- tures and earned from 15s. to 20s. A-.ter; his bankruptcy his wilV purchased the stock, and was now making a good living. She also was in receipt of JSl 5s. a week from her father's property, booides a sum of Jo6U, Ho (defendant) was an undischarged baak- rupt and a poor man. Mr. Leeder: I put it to you that you have hoon taking goods away from the shopsiaoo its purchase from the official receiver. Defendant (excitedly) Who says so? Mr. Leeder: She says so. Defendant: Oh, she says everything. Did the girl in the shop actually help yon to pack up the parcel?—No, sir. Defendant fiaid he had lost much ciocay ion another shop in High-street. A separation order was granted, defeud- ant to pay 10s. per week. An application for sureties of the peace by Mrs. Shannock against her husband was also granted. I

CZAR IN PERIL. Wholesale Plot of Assassination I Reported. Ruthless Butchery of Strikers at Warsaw. St. Petersburg, Sunday.—The Minister of the Imperial Court has handed a note to Couiu. Lanisdorft informing him that the pre- senee at the Grand Duke's funeral of repre- 1 sentatives of foreign courts was not desired. Adjutant-General Hesse has succeeded in persuading the Czar to absent himself from tne funeral ID Moscow. Although the streets from the Nicolai Station to the Peter and Paul Cathedral would be lined with troopts during the cere- mony, and closed to traffic, it is yet feared that a fresh attempt might be made during the procession, as not only the Czar, but the majority of the Imperial Family would fcllow the coffin. It is even said that the murder of the Grand Duke Sergius -as only committed in order to force the Czar and the Imperial Family to show themselves together in pub lie, and thns afford an opportunity for the execution of a terrible plan-the throwing of several bombs from the roof of a house among the procession.—("Daily Mail.") ROYAL FAMILY IN SUSPENSE. (Presfc Association War Snecial.) St. Petersburg, Sunday.—As the details of the terrible crime at Moscow have gradu- ally became known they have only increased the profound impression produced here by the first news, causing a feeling of general consternation. This feeling has to a certain extent been further intensified by the usual crop of wildly extravagant rumours whcch always accompany any news of great impor- tance m Bussia—rumours which it is im- crop of wildly extravagant rumours whcch always accompany any news of great impor- tance m Bussia—rumours which it is im- possible to verify, but some of which I feel bound to mention under all reserve. It is stated for instance that the Im- perial family is completely prostrated by bound to mention under all reserve. I It is stated for instance that the Im- perial family is completely prostrated by I the tragic event and the awful suspense of uncertainty ss to what will happen next. The Dowager Empress is alleged to have received a letter from the Social Revolu- tionary party on Friday night, intimating that her time on earth would be short, as her name was next- on the list. AMAZING BARBARITY IN WARSAW PRISON. Paris, Monday.— The "Aurore's" St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs: — Petersburg correspondent telegraphs:- It is confirmed that 150 strikers were shot in Warsaw Prison without- trial. in Warsaw Prison without- trial. HOW THE CZAR HEARD THE DREADFUL NEWS. St. Petersburg Sunday— Fridav had dawned auspiciously at Tsarskoe ctelo and the Czar was at his best, playing the'most pleasing of a 1 the roles that can fall to the Russian gen eman that of the dispenser of hospitality, tie was entertaining Prince trtch Frederick prior to the latter's depar- ture for the front. "Everything had passed off smoothly, and at the close of the repast host and "guests had shaken cit the restraint of formalitv, and his Majesty; m excellent spirits and hopeful of Russia s future at home and abroad, sat cheerful and affable in the centre of a circle of bright-hucd life. "The guests were com fortahl V smoking Havana cigars or l.ussian cigarettes, and CJJI- versing freely in groups, when the Emperor's aide-de-camp. General Hesse, suddenly left! the apartment, a.nd, after mysterious com-! munings £ >' hside, returned open-mouthed, wild-eyed, and colourless. His look and gait may have prepared the mon. rch's mind for the appalling tidings which Genera] Hesse, in words known to none of the guests., ccm- municated. T,r "As soon 88 „ -^aJesty realised what had 'happened the effect was v ithering. The news operated like a wind-borne blight. The blood fled fronl Emperor' cheeks his head was bowed towards his ireast, and for some moments be made no remarks. His only recorded words are, 'But how can that be f Everything is so quiet—the strikes are ceasing, the excitement is subsiding. What- ever do they want. ("Daily Telegraph.") --=

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• A VICAR'S EXPERIENCE. TELLS HOW BILE BEANS erRED HIM. ADVICE TO SUFFERERS FROM SICK HEADACHE AND BILIOUSNESS. In thousands of instances every day throughout- this land of ours the visit 01 a kindly vicar brings comfort and consolai.«..i to sufferers. When, however, a vicar (a;) offer advice which relie.es bodily suffenn., as well as mental, welcome indeed «rc yisits. -in Such is the happy position ot the Rev. H. Miuton-Senhouse, V'car "f St. uthbeif s i Church, Birmingham. He has p rSIlI,,11y proved the great value el Bile Keans 'or biliousness aud sick-hcndach". ana is rnv.* able to point those parishioners who sufier from the- ailments to a mean* of cure. Not only so, but he has availed himself of the means of speaking to a wider congrega- tion by permitting a statement of the facts of his cure to be published. In a letter ad- dressed to the nik Bean Co.. ho states briefly, but clearly, how he earn., to iry Bile Beam: and he telle how highly satis- factory was tli., resiul. The following ii a copy of his letter: 155, City road. Pirmingham. ] 1/lOi1904 "To Messrs The Bile Bean Co.. ¡ Dear Sirs, I have derived so much benefit from Bile Beans and have known so many cures wrought by them that I teel I ought to tcs ) iify to their worth. For several years I suffered from sickness and biliousn-^s. One afternoon J v.as feel- ing so iil from these ailments, that my looks were noticed by several people 1 visited. At two houses I heard of how Bile Beans had effected cures in casos similar to my own. In one case, th" man had been unable to work for some tune; had tried various re- medies in vain, and had been cared :i'ti- mateiv by Bile I resolved to try this remedy. At th- end of a wc-ek I was feeling better, a,nd after a short course of the Beans I found myself quite, cured. Now I am never without- the remedy in the house. In tho interests of other sufferer^ you have mv permission to publish this letter. Faithfully yours, (Signed) H. Minton-Senhoiise, to V; car of St. Cuthbert s, Birmingham. The above is bv n) means an isolated case of a clergyman publicly expr^s^n^ preciatioii of the merits e 1->' Scientists, clergy, iiilrse." _iid ined'eal all unite in praising this srest \eg^_ab.e household remedy.. I" Beans, while Illlld in their operation, are at the same tune wonderfu.lv effective.) Thev act directly np»n the j,v';r stom- ach, and tone up these organs o carry ( ut their natural functions. Liver md stoma :h disorders are the root cause of most of the! common ailments; and ov their r.etion on! these vital organs, Bile Beans (-,m. lalio, ness. sick-headache, indirection, wind, -dizzi- ,v ness, debuity, constipation (yet cause 110 griping, piles- anaemia, female ailments, bad breatlf I:uazbig and ringing noisas in the head, 'etc. All chemisU stock Bile Beans! a.t Is. li<l- or ^s' 9<1, ]x'r hüx (2a 9d. Lox contains three times Is. I 'd. s;7jp). Avoid all substitutes, there ,.s jicthing "just f»s good." Bile Beans ar-e 1 ot sold loos-—only! fn sealed boxes.

Dr. Preecc, American Counsel at Swan- gea, has rcoeived no communication as to I the possible appointment of a successor, as reported in a Scranton (U.S.A.) newspaper. lie has, however, received ?. copy of an- other American paper in which it is stated that Mr. Prytherch has been appointed in place of the late Mr. Phillips at Caraiij, and he thinks the Scranron journal is mixing up the Oimes.

Loughor Disaster: "The En- gineer's" Opinion. "The Engineer," in a leading article, deals with Colonel Yorke's conclusions re the Loughor railway disaster. "As for the broken rod," it says, "Noth- ing can be said with certainty. As to the sec d point, the question of the speed at which alight engine can be made to nin, that is very much a question of the size ot the driving wheels. The diameter of the wheels of tho tank engine is 5ft. lin., while that of the Montreal's drivers is 5ft. Sin. The difference is so small that it is to 116 obvious that at 50 or 55 miles an hour it was impossible ,hat the Montreal should be able to haul a load of 196 tons, besides its ten- der. and push the tank engine as weli and, furthermore, all the evidence goes to .show that before starting, the coupling between the engines was screwed up tight, so that it must have required a great deal of push to make it slack. "As to the third point, the shifting of the centre of gravity, we cannot see how that could i:ave any effect further than eliyhtly reducing the load on the leading wheels and increasing that on the drivers and trailers. Lilt the engdne, when full, carried nearly 16 tons on the leading wheels, and a reduction of even a couple of tons would etill ican-e ample weight. The leading bogie wheels of the Montreal, for instance, carried lets than half as much. "So far, then, we are driven to the con- clusion that this must be classed with the Waterloo and a few other accidents as ii> explicable on the only evidence available.

Swansea F ;lse Pretences Case Falls Through. At. aufcea on Monday, Johil Qumton Battyc, secretary of the local branch of the Sailors and Firemen's Union, St. Mary- citreet, was summoned for obtaining a I; cr of clothes by means of false pretences from Win. Henry Hill. Mr. H. Thompson de- fended. 1 Complainant, a seannn's boarding-house ( keejjcr, Strand, said he t ad a seaman named John Morris lodging with him. Morris owed him 14s., but he reduced it to LOs. Later on defendant and Morris came for the bag, which lie held as security for the money. Morris said he had got a ship and wanted his bag. He *aid the ship was in llw North Doc k—the "Loch." Complain- ant replied, "I shall do nothing with you, Morris; you tried to rob my house." Morris said, "ir. Battye will represent rue." iJe- iendant said he was going to see Morris on r board, and wrote out an I.O.U., upon which complainant handed over the. bag. Com- plainant said the false pretence was that Battye knew there had been no such sbio as the "Loch" in the dock for 13 months In reply to Mr. Thompson. complainant admitted b* eouid nui iv.gal'y prove O.nr a I sh:n -if vh* .r. cd V' was -:i.t in the k day \-I.t1;u. i he 1.U. L. statori Ukft voi*i vat -.■ochivar." The dimmvxx! the case. Mr Thompson romarkiti;: there would probabiv 1)<" tur*h««r T,<<in."f,b in the civil ^oiirt.

Swansea County Court. Before his Honour Judge Cwilvm Will'ms. ADMINISTRATION* CHDEUS Gli-ANTED. i>. J. Minors (31), solicitor's cir.rK. applied j for an adir.inistrut^on order. Debtor, who j was represented by Mr. David Scline, said he earned C2 a week, and owed JB45 8s. 9d. He offered to pay 20s. a month. The apph- cation was granted.— John Bengerfield. machinist. 10, Clarence-street, Swansea, who oves £28 9s. 3d., made a similar application, and faid the bailiffs had been after bim five times. He earned 32s. a week, and had five children, a-nd offered 10s. a month.—Mr. Clarke (Messrs. Leeder and Morris) appeared for the applicant The order was granted. ALLEGED BALANCE BY AN AGENT. Mr. Lieu for Thomas (instructed ty MOKS. Davies and Ingram) asked for judg- 1 mcut, found by the chief clerk oi the II Couuty Court, fcr L14 7s. 6d.. in regard to the n'jtion brought by the lxindon, Ed in burgh Assurance Company v. Thomas Bees, Malvern-terraoe, Brynmiil. — -r- Thomas asked for an adjournment until *iie f ilijwing day, for arguments to be advanced by counsel, but iiis Honour gave judgment fur the plaintiff, payment 10s. a month. The claim was in respect of balance alleged to be due by an agent. SWANSEA FATALITY: CUSTODY Ob THE CHILDREN. "It- is really a question as te the custody of the children," said Mr. Lleufer Thomas with reejx'Ct to an application for the, apportion- i ment of the of two < hildron, Mirhaoi John Purcell (13) and Mary -inn Pur- ee'! (c), children of Richard Purcell, who was ku7 ^e\\y 'n December, ar.a in res- ff; ^u^ Moss-s. Dick, Kerr and Co. Las. )ad .'o in full satisfaction. Mr. -.nomas submitted the children would bo more conuortable h the Larmodys (rela- ui the deceased's wife, who died in 1 1 'Swansea, rather than the deceased husband's relatives in Ireland. The children fu 've'c' witb the Darmodvs after the lather 5 death, but there was thus difficulty, tnat the Darmodvs were Ulster Protest vnts, whereas Purcell was a Catholic.—His Honoui said that matter had a bearing upon the case. N-r Meager, who appe;red in support of tb en's >oval to relatives in Ire- la• ) was the deceased's father's wish that 1 .dren should be sent out to Ire- land > r Meager called Inspector Pearse, who aileged the children bad siuce been neglected. He removed '.hem to the infir- niary.—His Honour awarded 5s. a week in respect of each child's maintenance, and made the payment to the paternal aunt, Mrs. Troy, who lives in Waterford. IIis Honour gave no costs to either side.

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TRAMWAYS ACCIDENT LIABILITY Important Point for Contractors Decided, An important point in regard to the liability of contractors for rreidenis, when undertaking County Council contracts was decided on Saturday by Justice Wawrington in the Chancery Division. -ssrs Thomas Tilling and Co., Ltd.. 'bus owners, sued Messrs. Dick, Kerr and Co., Preston, tor kiamages for accidents caused to their 'bussoe by raised temporary rails erected by feu_ 'dants (who were sub-contractors to the Lon- don County Council) while converting the South London Tramway to electric trac- tion. l' Deferxlauts denied negligence, and pleaded they were protected by the Local Authorities Protection Act. His Lordship found there was no negii- rrvnee proved, but held defendants were not- protected by the Aft, being of the opinion that the raised rails were erected in perform- ance of the private obligation which arose jn connection with defendants' contract with the Council. Defendants were therefore liable for the da-mage caused. It was arranged the amount should be de- ckled by an official referee. Stay of execution was granted with a view to appeal.

Aberavon Annual Health Report I)r. Arnalit Jones, medical officer for Aberavon. in h.-j annual report, estimates the present population averages 8,000. There were 295 births in 1904 yielding a rates of 5 pel 1,000, and 125 deaths (15.6 ;x~r .COO\ There were nine illegitimate births and 20 deaths were due to zymotic forms of disease, including 12 from diarr- hoea. The births in 1903 were 283, and the deaths 151. Deaths numbered 48 amongst infants nn- der the ago of 12 months. The feeding bottles with rubber tubes attached, which Hi-» ~o popular with the working classes, arc, responsible fo- numberless infantile deaths. They were generallv foul and reek- ing with germs. The genera! rates of Eng- land and Wales, 1935, were 28.4 per 1,000 brrthiv. and 15.4 deaths (per 1,000). The doc- tor nrocr»r-d — "Before facing the heavy cast of general .lospital, io^atnu of .scarlatina, we should .'iTfst of a", provide the town with an pft'- c'.et:t steam ciifrnfertor and see what that win do to dinunsh the number of cases of scarlatina There were seven deaths Voin pulmonary consumption It is ,mite time a mortuary was provided. Our rniblic supply of wLlter is not satisfactory in ouaiity, neitner is the quantity of water sufficient for the needs of the- town."

Revival and "Kingr Olaf" Rehearsal. The Swaiibi a Choral Society, of which Mr. i). T. Thomas LS conductor, put Elgar's "King Olaf" ui hand, but afterwards aban- doned the rehearsals, on account, it was said, of the difficulty of bringing vocalists together because of the religions revival. Since then cthe; reasons have been aJleged for the temporary check. It is being said -that the latter the aftermath of the King's visct that the selection from among the members of the Choral Society of t.ingers for the party privileged to sing on the Royal yacht caused such dissatisfaction as to make a creditable performance of "King Olaf" impracticable. Mr. 1). J. 1 homas, seen by a Dady Poaf represent ativc, emphatically denied this. T.ie revival was the sole cause :!1 the arrangements: Eben- ezer Ch a pol used for the choir practices had y -eason ot it ceased to be available. But in September next the Choral Society would again be brought together and the prac- n.i^ fcr the performance of "King Olaf," the work of the greatest living Brit- ish master of music.

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INFLUENZA INCREASING. I The influenza epidemic is again spreading over the country. The visitation is of a very prostrating nature, and the disease is certainly on the increase. The origin of It undermines the nervous system to a. -vztrangm TPIJI ^OUTREO noX MGA3 SE the disease, or rather the circumstances which bring it about, is as much a mystery- greater extent than almost any other dis- ease, and it is Pneumonia that kills, and Pneumonia strikes the man who imagines he has only a mild form of Influenza, and can go about th9 street as usual. It can hardly be doubted that the prevalence of Chest and Lung Comnlainte must be as- cribed to the baneful influence of influenza, whose after-effects so frequently take this form., Now the Best Remedy is without doubt Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bitters.

Painful Aberavon Sudden Death. At Aberavon on Saturday night a start- ling sudden death took plaoe. Mrs. Ellen Buckley, aged 36, wife of Patrick Buckley, was speaking with some neighbours, and appeared to be in her usual health. korty minutes later deceased's sister called at the house, and there found Mrs. x Buckley quite dead. Two of the deceased s children were playing round the corpse, and lisping out, "Mam, mam. don't go to sleep. DEATH DUE TO SYNCOPE. Mr. Howal Cuthbertson held an inquiry on Monday respecting the sudden death of a. married woman named Buckley, wife of Patrick Buckley, Charlotte-street. Mary Murphy deposed to finding de ceased dead on the floor, with two of the children playing with the corpse, and ask- ing their mother to wake up. Dr. Arnallt Jones attributed death to syncope, due to heart disease, and a verdict was returned accordingly.

.—- MR. LITTLEJOHNS RESIGNS. Candidature Abandoned from Lack of Funds. A letter from Mr. J. Littlejohns, resigning his Labour candidature for Swansea District, c!' was read at a meeting of the Labour Repre- sentat-ion Committee at Melvncrytliau, Neath, on Saturday evening, Councillor Vv. if. Morris, Swansea, presiding. *t was ad- dressed to Mr. Henry Pavies, secretary, Cwmavon, and was as follows — BELIEVED HE WOULD HAVE WqN. "Dear Mr. Davies,—During the past few weeks I have been forced to completely re- consider my position as Labour candidate for Swansea District, and have now finally decided to acquaint you with the vesult. From the time of my selection up to the end of last year I took every opportunity cf appearing before the electors; at large pub- j lie meetings in every centre, at numerous Trade Unions and similar gatherings, and in assisting many local Labour candidates. Much literature was distributed, and s-everal good working committee- were termed. Tho result was most encouraging, so enco-irug- ing, 111 fact, that by continuing in the same manner I believe I could win the seat at the next General Election. But I am now in ;-n une.i;.«:-cted difficulty. "Up to last Christmas," he adds, "the necessary iuuds for the '-am- paign were at my disposal, and it was confidently believed that a further amount would be forthcoming sufficient- to pay all expenses up to the day of the poll, and, as the returning omcer's expenses arc guaranteed me, that no financial difficulties would occur. Now, however, it is dioicovered that to supply these funds is impossible, and I am, consequently, compelled to discontinue the candidature. As the Independent La- bour Party pledged itself, at my nomination, to be responsible for all the expenses of the candidature. I have no right to appeal else- where, and have, therefore, no >t-her course open but to tender my resignation." The committee, after discussion, decided to accept the resignation with regret, after la "D expressing warm appreciation of Mr. Little- Johns' championship of the Labour car. and recognising that he was not to blame for the withdrawal. The committee agreed to invite the South Wales Miners' Federation to contest the seat in the Labour interest, and in the event of lis refusal to. communicate with Mr. J. R. Macdonald, secretary to the National Labour Representation Committee, with a view of securing a Labour candidate for the constitu- ercv. PROTE MR. T. GRIFFITHS AT BRITON FERRY. At the branch rooms of the I.L.P., Briton Ferry, on Saturday evening. Mr. Tom Grif- fiths, organiser, Steel Smelters' Associa- tion. spoke cn the fiscal question. He said that under the present systen) llie lot of j the worker was unhappy, but that Projec- tion W8.S not the remedy. He urged the workers to send their own representatives to Parliament, whose mtsi- ness it would be to protect the people, not from an imaginary foreign enemy, but from the real enemy within t Iwir-. own country. who had a monopoly in the land, railways, mines, factories, etc. They must move forwards towards na- tionalisation. 9 Several questions were put to the speaker and answered. Mr. E. E. Evans pressed.

Mr, Littlejohns and the "Trium- j virate, I The Mayor Of Swansea prtisided over '.h' annual dinner of the Swansea branch of *h? Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers and Confectioners at the Royal Hotel, there being present Councillor A. Lovell -1111 Messrs. Sidney Palmer (confectioner), J. Littlejohns, D. Williams, Cardiff (district secretary), W. T. Thomas (president), Mr. Wibbericy (vice-piesid-'i;), .Mr. Millard Wibbericy (vice-piesid-'i;), .Mr. Millard (treasurer), etc., etc. The following toasts were honoured — "Master Bakers, Miiiers, and Allied Trades," proposed by Mr. \Y. T. Thomas, and responded to by the Mayor, who ex- pressed pleasure at the imp-roved lot of the bakers; "Swansea Branch of the Amalga- j mated Union of Operative Bakers and CUll j fectioners," by Mr. \Y. Rees, responded to by Mr. Williams; and "Swansea Trades and Labour Council," proposed by Mr. Wibbcr- I ley. Mr. J. Littlejohns said the Labour repre- sentatives on the Swansea Council were largely responsible- for improvements in the town. There were, however, three men .m the Council who practically ruled the town, because they were clever men. Messrs. J. Hawos, C. James, Alf Thomas, and Harry Lovell entertained the company.

i'.v; i .SII I'W.I 1': hOLmX ( U,> 1 A i. Kitybebvll Parish Ce'incil :et at Tanv- T^tig iliiszn iSvhco. _Mr. 1>. ;oi • .nu there were ai.s;> present J. J'n I V" (vice-chairman), K! I. J. T. Davies, D. J'amos. J C i.. | lhi ma~. D. J". Lewis, D. JJovri, »ad f !erk i.Njr. I). T. Wiiliaius). }. Mr..1. Phi'Wns urged ii-.e ir.s;K«rt.i(tr; e? -i -octoitii at the 1 pp-er part of oarifli. h-n Council decided to appoint William?., M. Davies and D. I'urticlj. dn "j Mr. D. James, Labour 1 lucid report of District Council w,>rl" A u idopted. ,<Uv'

hir LIloyd-George at Barry. At Cardiif, on Saturday, Mr. Lloyd-George met Barry representatives of the Labour party in an endeavour to settle their differ- euce with the Revolt members of the educa- tion committee. The Labour menuers strongly oppose the reduction of teachers'I salaries, Mr. Lloyd-George suid he could not offer suv financial assistance to Barry should the authority be declared .11 ocfault, as all the £ 100,OCX) proposed to be raised would prob- ablv be required for Mr-rionothshire, where '.lie' Default Act might be put in force. He i iid vised t-lte Labour delegates to approach, Bishop Hedley with a view to promoting I aaother compromise. •

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.==-=-======: the Moscow-Rjasan and Moscow-Rybinsk- Windau Railways have ceased work. Voronezh, Saturday.—The 'ouih Western Railway employes, telegraphists, and am- bulance men at'the station l-"r0' v>h 3,000 men in the railway workshops, have struck work. FATAL COLLISION BETWEEN STRIKERS AND TROOPS. (Reuter's Foreign Special.) Lodz, Saturday. — A collision between strikers and troops occur daily, which lives are lost. lives are lost. EMPEROR ALEXANDER'S MURDER IN 1881. The Emperor Alexander, father of the Grand Duke Sergius, was himself murdered while driving a sleigh in the streets of St. Petersburg in 1881. The Grand Duke was brother-in-law cf I the present Empress, and also of Princess Henry of Prussia. UTTERLY PROSTRATED: CZAREA'S CONDITION DEPLORABLE. St. Petersburg, Friday.-Late to-mght I learn by telephone from Tsarskoe &10 that the Czar is utterly prostrated by th3 news of the assassination of his uncle. Immediately upon receipt of the telegram announcing the tragedy his Majesty ordered his Ministers to come at once to Isarskos Selo, but when they arrived at six o clock he "as unable to see them. I am told that the state of the Czarina is deplorable. There is consternation throughout the Palace.—Daily Express." "WICKED ASSASSINS" *PRA)EP,;S FOR THE DEAD DIJKL & fcUUL. (Reuter's Foreign kprciaL) St. Petersburg, Saturday.—1116 ^r has issued a manifesto deploying the aeath of his beloved uncle at the hands of wicked acsassins, and asking his loyal subjects to join in prayers for the repose of the Gra.nd Luke's T.O- CZAR AND CZARINA BECOME A PREY TO TERHOR. (Central News Agency.) Paris, Saturday.—A St. letersburg des- patch to the "Petit Journal" says the Czar and Czarina, on learning e j^assina- tio.i of the Grand Duke Sergius. became a prey to terror. ""he Empress wiished to send her children immediately to Denmark, but that step was vetoed on account of the loss of prestige to tht Empire which would result. The "Petit Parisien's" correspondent tele- graphs that when the Czar heard the tragic news he wept, and murmared, U God, why this M^'itful crime?" Tho correspondent hears from a member of the Grand D-iki Sergius's household that a strange incdent occurred .n the 1 alaeo of tl-l Kremrn at the moment of the crirnc. It > said that a young g^1 m the Grand Ducal study and saw a vision of the Duke standing before her covered with blood and with closed eyes. The appari- tion, she declared, said to her, 1 am dead pray for me;; pity me." the terrific] child rushfsd away, and soon heard of ih0 assassination." A spontaneous manifestation, says the j correspondent, proving*the unpopularity 0f the late Grand Duke/was witnessed on the scene of the tragedy. A crowd gathered, and several persons dapped their hands in the blood. They then traced crosses on the neighbouring walls, crying, "Russia is puri- fied by blood." WHAT THE POPE SAID. When the Pope heard the news he is re ported to have said "How sad it is that people should think to find relief in violence." DREAD ANNIVERSARY. Friday was the anniversary of the day on which the Czar's Winter Palace was blown up with dynamite in 1880. The Czar Alexander IL and his family escaped through being a little late for din- ner. Eleven soldiers were killed and forty-seven wounded. MURDERED DUKES UNSAVOURV OA-REEB. The Grand Duke Sergins. who ha« met tlio r>a.ille fate a.s his father, the Km per or Alex- ander, was born on April 29, 1857. He stood in peculiarly elo."e relationship to the pre- sent Tsax, for besides heing his under he was also brother-in-law of the Tsaritsa. He mar- ried her elder sister. Elizabeth, a beautiful princess, who in her day was the most courted Royal maiden in !?urope. ft was indeed said that a.t -ne time the Kaiser was exceedingly a/nxious to marry her. She was, however, attached to the Grand Duke, and voluntarily became a member of tre Greek Orthodox faith shortly after her marriage Sergius enjoyed the usuaJ pciueation cf <3xand Dukes and the usual opportunities which the noble coterie possess of becoming rich at the public, expense. What is known as the "Grallld Duca.1 influence" at the Im- perial Court is supposed to have been escr- owed particularly by Sergius. Hie? intimacy with the Tsar was early established, and though they were uncle and nephew, they called eaeh other by their Christian names Though Sergius had a military training he did not apecia-lise in that direction ais does the Gra.nq Duke Cons tan tine. Sergrhis. years ago, made himself notorious a« the squeezer and persecutor ';f the Jews. a con- genial task which he engaged in under the guise of religious ardour. He belonged to the hectoring type of Prussian militarism. stern and pitiless to the points of tyranny a.nd inhumanity, and of all the Grand Ducal gang was perhaps the most uncompromising upholder of autocracy. According to common report, it was the strong reactionary tendency of Sergius tha..t was largely instrumental in frustrating the Liberal schemes of Prince Sviatopolk-Mirski. and brought about the retirement of the latter from the post of Minister of the In- terior. Sergius was for 3, number of years Gover- nor-General of Moscow, a.nd in that caipacity he gained a reputation for severity, which procured for him. apart from other con- siderations of a more personal character, a, wide unpopularity. He was finally relieved of this office 'u January ]i^t. when he left his official residence and took up his quar- ters a' the Kremlin. And the story of his retirement is a vivid illumination of the grotesque scandals in which the Grand Ducal ring has always been involved. Sergius was, of eon-roe, eager for the war, and was one of the members of the Grand Ducal Syndicate that bad exploited the itimber concessions near the Yalu. When, mainly through the efforts of the syndicate, hostilities with Japan h;id been effected, Ssrgius did not offer to take the field, but devoted himself very energetically to oTga.n- isins; the ambulance service and the relief fund. To the latter a prominent Moscow merchant, M. Morosoff, gave a contribution of cloth. Shortly afterwards he found his fund. To the latter a prominent Moscow merchant, M. Morosoff, gave a contribution lof cloth. Shortly afterwards he found his cloth was being <?o-ld in Moscow shops. M. Morossoff remonstrated with the Grand Duke, who was aoYninistering the fund, ori» this malversation, and the Duke thereupon ordered him to be expollod frcm the city. Fortunately M. Morosoff has influential I friends, and there was a popular agitation, followed by an appeal to the Tsar. The decree cf expulsion was rescinded, and a- a direct result Sergius was relieved of his governorship of Moscow. He still, however, i retained the command of tlJe troops in the Moscow military district, and if the hand the assassin had not intervened, would have held it until the end of the war. Sergius was. fortunately, a-s some people think, childless. But. inasmuch as Sergius had a personal character even bla-cker than his public re- cord. it may perhaps be said that his bro- ther Vladimir is the most dangerous despot. Yoars ago, in his book on the Jewish perse- cutions. the late Harold Frederick spoke of the Grand Dnke Sergius as "the leant intelli- gent. and respectable Romanoff since the time of Paul, aud in Russia familiarly called by a name which involves offences hardly I to be hinted at in type."