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KITTIE TMORbE S CAREER. .
KITTIE TMORbE S CAREER. Kittie Morse talked into her schoolroom that rainy Monday moraine with a lagging footstep and llIlnlling heart. She was sick ei teaching, sick of working—' sick of livinj," abe told herself, with a. mean htrle smile. StM hail had an unusualiv tiresome .-lass that 7ear. and she was worn out in soul and body. At mich times, wherj bitter thoughts came without invitation. she always remembered Jack Farnsworth's wurcfis:— "Ail right, Kirti-e. dear. Go and be in- dependent. Be or;e of the new women Hive tt :m99ioii and 'iJO hte work, and refuse to ham- per yoiur career with a husband.' But if the (tune should ever come when your work pills on you jjkj you want a big. clumsy fellow to lovy you ard taace care of you. if you think you can care for me, just let m", know. I'll come, dear. You believe that, don.' you?" "And Kiotie had. answered yea. But that was years ago and it seamed tea to Kittie. had iftarted out to tind her lire work with enth,->;9'asnri a vc-y slim pocket book, and plenty of encouraging triads. First she tried th stage." She felt .sure that sae bad talent if she could only get the chance to demonstrate it, She had1 always been I wwceas in the amateur theatricals of the town, arwi kind friends encouraged her m the beliat £ thai1 she could do great work on the prote*- «icffirtl boards. She #t i.he chance at last, •arter fire months' study and work, and it «nde'I in such a complete failure t-ha' even Kith,. was convinced that the career of a a •ctress w ;< not the one for he- So she sadly gave up her ambition in that direction. TheTi she tried newspaper work. That was e failure, because the tc vn was so little and sv- behind the .tones. She dead*-3 to go away Jlrom the place where everyone had "known Kittie Morse since she was a baby," and find õV\rk in vorne big city, where talent could be recognised and work well paid for. Then it was that she thought of Jack and longed tor him. The world had not been over ■ kind to her in her struggle for bread, and. ■■though that struggle háà given her many opportunities to meet men, she had found aooie of them so kird, so generous hearted, so companionable as Jack. "I was t fooJ," sobbed Kitrie. P> throw 'hL11' ovar for a whim—«t mete childish notion "that he would hamper my aims and ambitions my **T»er. WTia. nonsense It all seems IK/w Whv. I can never be anvtliinja? but a. fodder. I have no real talent for anything— £ nd f did love Jack. Oh, Tv. known that "•rer ?in;« be hour I parted from him. Weli, at s too late now. It's ali dead and gone, and IVa got 'mv career' to compensate me for -the loss of the cJearest man that ever .ved." And it never ocorurred to Kittie to try then t i re-call Jack. She had chosen he" path in liie and she would :),b\de by her choice. So she had left her town, and had gone- to the nearest city to go into newspaper work there. Hard work and persistence brought her a.t last a fairly good position, but when seitool-teocn.n? offered her more money and better hours she did not hesitate to desert the reporters' ranks. And so. after five yea, toil, "prfcttv Kittie Morse found herself school-ma'am in & fashionable school ?n a vweH part. of the city. She had made few l.ieud*, except the newt- patier men, and they gradually lost sight of her after she had deserted their work. Two of f hem had tried hard to marry her, but Kitte .had turned up her nose at one and quietly <iisrni.iifed the other. dhe thought't all over thi^ rainx morning a3 she -at at her desk watching the children come into their places, and between geography ic&tons and spelling classes she re-called bits ..f her pMt. She hadn t beard from Jack for four years. vVas he married? Most men were married at thirty if ever they intended to be. ind Jack was thirtv-two now. And she was twenty-sere??. What an age it seemed ^h" w>ndered how she could hook so voun<? arid w hy she wasn t gray and wrinkled after thos« h\ t, years of hard struggle, Was the-e anything in thi« whole world qiiite wj nerve-weanog js ^liool teaching, :4he won- <ierecf, I never did have any endttrance." she soliloquised, as she listened tf a brief history of l>ebe»ding of Mary Stuart, and kept her ev" on a nispering mlsw in tlie rear seat and a si«.iii hd who was slyly chewing giirn &Ld whittling hie seat at the .oa;!1e time. My nerves are bound to give way some day." she thought, wearily. Or my mind. I wonder which it will hE". Wonder U Jack would like to n^nr me just to save me from nervons prostration or the ma i- house ? Tinrd class i C1 arithmetic ?o to the board. Ir it takes tone men three days to dig a ditch ae-v-n feet long <nd twenty feet deep now many days will it take three men. working a.t the same rate of speed, to dig a ditxh twentv feet long ,H1.-t seventeen feet deep? Find the I »n*wer. I #ondfer if Jack :s as good looking s he used to be? He WiJóol the brlehtest man I eve7-—Johnny tJ-aylor, stop throwing* spit- baUs He had such lovely ;*urly hair, and his teeth were as white and even—Sallie, can t you do that simple little problem ? Dear dt?»r' It seed's to me this class is unusoiallv forgettuf, even for Wotxla-v mQrning." And Kitt.a began her problem in arithm..t:ie <iii over again. When sii« dismissed schoo} at noon sh<? had ai hour and a half for lunch. She found her sandwiches ,iry and her oake stale, and she fell to rejecting on the ■thickt.ess of the Steaks '•hat sue and Jack were wont to in- Cuige in in their "salad d;iv«. "I suppose he a well-kn<: wn lawvy by this time," she mused, hf "as {.ktve:- enough in the old days to ;'i-ake lots of money. What good times ve used to have f vVc- alwa\Tt read the last new book together +ni often criticised it till ttt-re ■as noth.nv left, of its um'ortunate author. How w- ijsed to enjoy Thackeray *JeaT" Jack, if I hadn't known your xrni- l<ar; tons hip once i shoi:?dn't be so lonely rmr. f" I \a-' i.-areJ for a less congenial man than jou, itear boy. I should have got used -0 joh g along through hfe bv myself after tnese rve years' experience. "I fl thought Jack wasn't marri»d T be- lisv* I d ivnte tohiin. No. I wouldn't., either. Kitty Morse, you're a coward. After ivming that man as you did and alter- five, \ears of orowntid at last bv some degree 0; sue- cess, ,-ou can calmly contemplate writing to ack F3.rnsworth to "Please come and n?arry yov if he can possibly care enough abojt y '>u, because you're tired of work and lonely, aiid have no more desire for a career. PvX>r Kittie She was never intended for new 'voman. She had the uetenoi 1.ivion •sad the brain, bat nature had srive^her a •peraonaMy, a disposition ard a temperament that was rot suited fc "a woman with a carter. And it had taken her ':ve hard ▼ear? to realise it.. l?nt tii; realisit.ion, if it came late, brought a treat light and a longing for Jack vhat ,otli.j ifJt be easily repressed. Two <hivs later Mr. Jack Fa-mswortn was <:ítt¡"z,n his office, dictating letters, on^nitr^ his mAd. and giving orders, ail at the same time. He was a busy sne<-■ss/i:] fov-yiv. witii no time for anything but ases and nionevmaking. He opened his mail wechui- ^ally, read it indifferently, and made enm- meut* to his stenographer pertinent, to the various letter*. Presently he on me. to a sqrta' e white envelope addrt ^ed in a woman's hardwnting. How familiar it looks r he thought, gazing at the address in a highly unbusinesslike way. at the address in a highly unbusinesslike way Like Kittie Morse's, writing, only more iharacteristio: firmer than her dainty pen- j manship ever was." He tore open the e;-velope. unfolded the paper, and JIIat staring at the letter before him. It was very brief and seemed to Jack's tiaztd mind tc be making -ather remarkable inquiries about iiis matrimonial bonds and otWr absurdities "1 s.m going out of town to-night, he said t., hiy stenographer. "Y'ou mu.st hurry up the*, papers and try to finish them to-dav I T'h"¡1 lit went to find his partner. In answer t" his -p'ote^a.tion" Ta,ck only 1 answered:—"Yes, I know; but those cases -nil have to wait. This a. very important piew ot business, which I air; obliged to settle «T> once. So do the best yoi? can without me tor ,1 few davs.' I A little later in the day Jack got a tele- gram which read: — Pay no "ittention to my letter. Will ex- plain in letter to follow. "K. MORSE." He read the telegram, SITU ted, and slipped ••at into his packet. Striding into Kittie's room in the boarding- ht»u-» fht next day, he. informed the maid tii;>J. he would wait till Mi** Morse got home schoak lien he sat <^owa»^ rcad^tlw tolegrain again, and decided that he would r not wait, but would go to the school ttfter iMT. Miss Morse w¡¡. hearing a spelling lesson when the knock came on her door. S'he said, ''Come in," indifferently, and looked up to see what the other teacher wanted. Then Kittie fl ashed crimson and almost broke down. For Jack strode into the room and. regardless of children and lesson, looked into her eyes and said:—"It's all right, Kitty. I'm Dot yet married, but hope *.o be very .,Roon Kittie never knew how ¡ihe got through that Pilars. But at last it was over, and she was sitting in the cab. with Javk holding both her hands and asking her eager ques- tions, to which even the little ^choolma'am could gi-e no answer. But when they reached her room and Jack put his arms around her and asked her to choose agaii* between hirn and a caree-, Kitty found her tongue long enough to sav I' "Vou are. my career. Jack, Jt\8.iI", "Ex;- change.
I THE INDIAN WAR.
I THE INDIAN WAR. NATIVES FIRE INTO GENERAL LOW'S CAMP. A Renter's telegram from Simla. aays: — A telegram from DIr atates that the British Camp at Mundlah Khan, opposite Mian Kalai, on General Lows line of com- munication, was iireti into, and Private Green, of the Scottish Borderers, waa killed. Shots have also been fired into the head-quarters camp. The enemy were only seen by the advanced guards and pickets as they were re- tiring, and were estimated to number about twenty. A more serious attactc ftas been made on the British post at Kasabat. LIEUTENANT LlivlUND KILLED. I A Renter's telegram from Simla say*: — Lieutenant A. Limond, of the 6th Puajaab Trii:a,rit.ry, hM been stabbed and killed by a fniatio near Boga, in the Toohi Valley, which I was occupied by Sir William Lockhart's forces I during the recent bxpeo tion against the Wazins. under the Powindah. Lieu- tenant Limond and an orderly were surprised alone, and attacked bv four men, three of whom they killed, while the fourth was taken pri- soner. The bodies 01 the three murderers were afterwards burned here. Seven Hazara coohes were killed with swords and twenty others wounded. The attack wag made from the direction of a. village which is providing a. patrol to protect the telegraph line. The wire has been cut between Mandah and Khar, in the Swat Valley.
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tmm——p CHINA AND JAPAN. THE GAINS OF RUSSIA. The ;"StsiTidard's" St. Petersburg correspon- dent wrltH: --TIle press is already reckoning up the Russian gams in the Far East. The "Novoe Vremya" gives currency co letter stating that North A anchuria is almost unpopu- lated, and of greatly lesa value to China tisan the left bank of the Amur, which it parted with or; 1858 withou+ fir in? a shot. 1'tie Araur, it says, must be wholly Kussian. s«J the Trans- Siberian Railway must end d't an unfrozen port. RUSSIA AND CUREA. A Central News telegram from Cologne on Wednesdav says-—The St. Petersburg corre- spondent of the "Frankfort Gazette" states that he has been advised that Russia intends ro occupy certain ports of Corea until all the stipulations contained in the 'hino- Japanese treaty of peace have been duly ear- ned out. To enforce this line of policv Russia is stated to be concentrating 16.0C0 troops near the Corean frontier. THE SUPPLEMENTARY TREATY. A Reuters telegram from Tientsin on Wednesday says:—It is understood that the A Reuters telegram from Tientsin on Wednesday says:—It is understood that the negotiations for the supplementary treaty between China and Japan are proceeding, but have Lot yet assumed any definite sha-pe The proposal that Japan should withdraw her troops from the Liao Tung peninsula in sections as the indemnity is paid by China is considered in some quarters to be a some- what cumbersome and expensive arrangement, and it is maintained that the same object will be secured to Japan by the temporary occu- pation of the commanding positions of Port Arthur and Wei-TIai-Wei without such out- Arthur and Wei-TIai-Wei without such out- lay of money and troop? as would be involved by the first-named proposal. The question of European control of the Chinese Cubtc-ms is not favourable- received in oifi ial chcWs. and it is considered that such a scheme would in no way secure the payment ot the indem- nity, but would exercise a disturbing influence calculated to produce an opposite effect. The Chinese Customs are already sufficiently well a<imini«*tered. and any extra control on the part of European Powers would be resented by China.
I THE ARMENIAN REFORMS.I
THE ARMENIAN REFORMS. SCHEME OF THE JOINT POWERS. FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF I' THE VILAYETS. A Reuter's telegram from ConstantinopSe on Tuesday says -The scheme of reform for the Armenian provinces submitted to the Sultan by Great Britain, France. and Russia is wlder- stood to include, besides the points already telegraphed, important provisions for the linan I' oial administration of the vilayets. The scheme of che three Powers proposes to entrust the admiru.,orration of taxes to the mudirs. or headg of communes, who would be held responsible for the good management of this branch of the service, the inhabitants of trio communes being- liable for the total amount of tuxes, which would be collected by tax gatherers appointed I by the Communal Council. The scheme also proposes rh" abolition c>f the system of fanning tithes and taxe. Tne mudirs would have the right to retain out of the taxes a sum sufficient for the needs of the loea.1 administration. No mention is made of the control to be exercised by the Powers over the carrying out of 'he reforms. At the same time, it i« stated that the Power* intend to ms-Tuot. their Consuls to report upon the manner in which the reforms are executed, and will appoint Consular officers where there are none at present, I
BURNED WITH HIS BRIDE.I
BURNED WITH HIS BRIDE. I A JILTED LOVER'S DIABOLICAL I REVENGE. A Palziel's telegram from Detroit car?: — In the town or ^lidlaitid. Midland 'x>uaty, Michigan, a young man of 21, named Hale, wa, married on Sunday last to a Miss Belle Hammond, a young >*irl of 18. After the ceremony th« young couple went to occupy a new houqe which Mr. Hale, senior, had given to the bride and groom as a wedding prasent. Early on Monday morning flames v ore discovered issuing from the hou.se, Wh-u the firemen had succeeued in putting out the fire, the Ixxhe.. of voting Hale and his brido of a day were ffllllld charred beyond all recog- nition, portions of bott¡,bodH,¡S being entirely consumed. The worst was to corae. It was afterwards discovered t!>at the. stairs and floor- ing had been saturated with kerosene oil, and ing had been saturated with kerosene oil, and that greaay rags had been buffed beneath the cas-pets. A young man, named John Allen was arrested on Tuesday afternoon en I suspicion. The reason or the dastardly act is s-aid to be that Miss Belle Hammond was imaged to be married to Allen before meet- !.n{r Hale, for whose sake she jilted her former b,'pr There is fear that a lynching- corn mitt-e-e may be organised.
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-+-- FRANCE AND THE SOUDAN A SERIOUS SITUATION. I A Renter's telegram from Paris on Wednes- day sajs :—There-call of M Groast, governor of the French Soudan, is atM-t-d by the I Estafette" to nave been definitely decided upon. The situation in that part of the French I African possessions, the journal continues, has been rendered most serious by the repulse of the Monteii Expedition, which ha.s produced so disastrous an efect on the natives that v'he inhabitants of the important country of Segu, on tve right bank of the Nile, south-wost of Timbuctoo, have sent word to Samory inviting him tc return.
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A SAD INCIDENT. CHILD BURNED TO DljATH AND MOTHER DIES OF SHOCK. A Renter's telegram from La Roche on Wednesday say", ■—A particularly sad incident occurred at. a fire which broke out at the Hotel des Voyageurs at Garcounet, near this town, ast night. A little girl in one of the rooms could not be rescued and was burned to death. The mother of the child, en learning of the fate of her daughter, fell dead on the spot.
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The Press Association iearns that Mr. William O'Brien, M P.. was on Wednesday served with a notice in the English Conrt of Bankruptcy for the amount of the judgment recently recovered I by Mr. Chance Mr. 0 Brien will resign itiB seat in Parliament immediately on the adjudica- tion takiag place.
THE TRIAL OF JABEZ BALFOUR.
THE TRIAL OF JABEZ BALFOUR. PRISONER AGAIN UP AT BOW- STREET. The hearing of the charges of conspiracy and fraud preferred agamst Jabez Spencer Balfour in connection with various land and building I societies was resumed at Bow-street Police-court on Wednesday morning (before Sir John Bridge:. Mr. C. Matthews and Mr. H. A \'ory prosecuted ou behalf of the Treasury, and Mr..lohn O'Connor and Mr. Swaruston defended. The accused presented his Customary appearance on being conducted into the dook at 3. quarter to eit.ven. WHITEHALL-COURT. The witness George C Kentish, who had been secretarj to J. W. Hobbs and Co., again went into the witness-box Having replied to une or two questions which counsel for the Treasury omitted to put on Tuesday to witness in reference to the Whitehall Court property, witness waa cross-examined by Mr. O'Connor. He said that while secretary" to Hobbs and Co. he had learned that there was tu be a. building on the embankment, which his firm would have to build. This was, he beheved, before the purchase meeting in JaDuiiry, 1386. He gathered this ar some meeting Qf, or conversa- tion with, the directors. The alterations in the draft and the fair copy relating to the purchase were all done at the same time- with the exception of the figures referred w on Tuesday He believed that all the directors of Hobbe and Co were present, as well as the solicitor and himself. He had no ref- lection of being told who the vendors were. He could not recollect Wright giving him any reason for making the interlineations. M-r. O'Connor: Why is "being 10 per cent." not in the fair copy? Witness; Possibly it was taken out before I got it. Further r-rnss-examined a* to alterations and interlineations in the document relating to the purchase of the property, witness's attention vus called to the fact that, although in the early part of the document there had been an alteration of £ 32.500 to £,)2,000, there had been no such alteration later on- Counsel asked whether there should not appear to have been some mistake. Sir John Bridge The witness cannot give judgment on that; lie simply copied the docu- ment. Witness went on to say that he was present at a meeting of the directors of Hobbs and Co. on the 19th of January, Umb. No upubt the Whitehall Court property was discussed. The minute-book showed that there was a report to the effeot tha* the negotiations were in pro- gress. They approved of the minutes of the previous meeting, which showed tbe price to be paid for Whitehall Court. These minutes showed ail the alterations referred to Sir J. Bridge: Thar. appears on the face of it. Mr. O'Connor: I want it to go down on the depositions. Sir J. Bridge Oh. no, no; you must have some regard to time. Mr. O'Connor Ito witness) :Now. give us all the assistance in your power. I do not want to treat vou in a hcstde manner. Sir John Bridge The witness is giving his evidence fairly. You waste time. Mr. O'Connor I have no desire to Sir John Bridge: Go on. please. Witness went on to say that no ouservations were made in his presence as to whom the purchasers or the vendors were. He thought it was the ordinary course of busi- ness for Hobbe and Co. to accept from Wright any agnwment put before them. Lp to this point witness bad no conversa- tion with Balfour over the agreement. Witness was next qeetioned as to the docu- ment which he sent to Burns, containing a list of the various sum? payable, and here the prisoner proceeded to Tyrompt his counsel. Witness said that, tie made the document out from the minutes and sent it to Burns, as secretary of the House ajid Land* Investment Trust, that being 'the institution who were financing this operation- Up to this point (February 11. 1889). he had no communication wirh Balfour. Witness corresponded with Burns, the secretary. Mr O'Connor. Let me see the list. Now. whi!e all these arrangements were Toing on. do von know whether Balfour was out of Eng- land?—I had no knowledge: I know he was in London in the early part of Janua.rv. Do vou know whether 'he was awav on the Continent at this time?—I do not know where he was. Further cross-examined, witness said it was about the 17th of March, ibe datte of Mr. Balfoilr"- appointment in connection with these companies, that he began To correspond wi"h him about these negotiations. From that date forward all his transactions were through Balfour, and. with the exception of certain variations, witness conducted the business on the line-s of the document supplied to Burns. The document wa3 here handed to thp prisoner, and closely scrutinised by him. "Let me see that paper when you have done with it," said the magistrate, and thereupon Bal- four smilingly parsed it up to the bench. Witness continued that it would be his ditty to inform Balfour from time to time of the amount:, required to fulfil the obligations. This would be in respect ot all the contracts entered into by Hobbs and Co. in rehUvon to Wh itehall. Mr. O'Connor Was it Balfour's office as mediaftor ? ?Jr. Avorv: That is a new name for him. (Lauirfiiter). Mr, O'Connor: As general manager then, to supply those sums ? Mr. Matthews: What he did under the agreement will ahow. Mr. O'Connor:W a'! he supposed to know v,hat these ?ontracts were? Mr. Matthews: How can Mr. Kentish say that. Mr. O'Connor: But my frier.ds lay such stress upon that £ 20,000. I want to show it was not Mr Balfour's business to provide for all arranyements. Mr. Matthews: We laid stress upon the £ 20.000 because that is the sum Balfour is said to have applied to his own purposes. Witness had to sro to Balfour for The money. Where h, Tot ;t. I do not know. (Laughter.) Mr. O'Connor: I contend that Mr. Balfour's position was entirely fiduciary. Mr. Matthews There we atrree with you. Mr. Avory: But w. say that he broke his trust. Mr. O'Connor: That you will have ito pro, Sir Jolm Bridge (lanehin^lv): And you seem to be trvihc- to prove it for them. (Laughter.) PRODUCING AGREEMENTS William John Gneen, clerk in the Land Revenue Record Office, Whitehall, produced the oricrinal building agreement, dated Decem- ber 31. 1883, between a commissioner of woods and forests and Jonathan Thomas Carr. relat- ting to curtain land now called Whitehall Court. He also produc •' a supplemental agreement between the sam.e irtie* and the Whv'ehall Court Com pan v (Limited), datied 12th of December, 1884. He also produced the assignment by Carr of his building1 agreement 12th of December, 1884. He also produced the assignment by Carr of his building1 agreement of Whitehall Court, daled the 9th of January. 1884. He also produce! the thrr>A leases granted under Vhat agreement to the House and Land Investment Trust, dated the 27th of Sep- tember, 1888. OFFICIAL RECEIVERS EXAMINER, Mf- Walter Bramall, senior eia-muner in the office of the Official Receiver, said thar he Had charge of the investigation of the account* of the Liberator Building Society, and to some extent of the House and Lands Investment Tru-st rimd t-he Building Securities, and of Hohb< and Co. entirely, and the J.ondon and General Bank. He had examined the difffretit books of these companies relating to the White- hall Contracts Account. He had before him the original agreement of the 17th of March, 1886, under whioh the prisoner (Balfour) was ap- jointed to manage the whole business of tht Whitehall property. He had found among the papers reports made from time to time by Balfour of hi* dealings on this Whitehall Con- tracts Accounts. The reports were made in triplicate to the House and Land, the Build- ing Securities, and the liberator. They pur- ported to show the moneys received by lum from those three companies and expended by I him. He had compared those reports with the account kept at the London and General Bank, I called the Whitehall Contracts Account, for the years 1386 and 1887. Those reports distin- guished between sums of money paid to the vendors and the sums paid to Hobbs and Co., I the builders, The total sum appearing by ttiose ieports to have been paid to the vendors (in- cluding architects) was £90,186, The report did not distinguish between architect and ven- dors. The disbursement, included the payment of commission due to Balfour under the agreement of the 17th of March, such commissions being 2 per cent. From the books the total amount of the commis- sion appeared to have been £ 6,671.159, He had traced the amounts provided by the different companies in their bocks. Various amounts in the books of the Liberator were treated as advances to the House and Landi Trust. The Building Securities Company ap- peared1 also to have made advance* to the Trust I Sir John Briage (interfering) alluded to the I' way in which the ease was being A-One into in detail, and said the enormous quantity of fringe seemed to be swallowing the kernel of the case. Mr. Avory re.plied that it had been deemed necessary to Iro deeply into the fringe to find things out. Witness went on to say that he had examined the books of the London and General Bank to waoe the pgtyweni of various aoo^ptenoes of RobhtandCo. Ho g»vv partioularg of a number of bills, teach for £ 1,000, discounted by the bank, and the proceeds were placed to the credit of Wright. The other bills, making up the J620,000, with the exception of three bills for J6916. were pa.id at maturity by the Lon- don and General Bank. SiJr John Bridge: How does it show that the £ 20,000 was to lie paid to a man, named Greier as one of the wndors ? Witness: That is shown hv the minute-book of Hobbs and ("0, Witness went on to sav that it was finding Greig'? name upon the bill-, that firs- put him on the inquiry. He then examined the documents to see who the vendor* really were. He could not finrl anv agreement with Greig- If. p'rtirula.r18,d certain sums placed to Wright's credit in thp London and General Bank in 1886. and mentioned that after these trans?otion>« Wrisrht'<s account was debited with B943 by a. cheque drawn in favour of "J. S. B." The court adjourned for lunch on. BALFOUR INTERRUPTS. On resuming Mr. Bramall again went into the witness-box, having m iront of him a pue of documents and ponderous ledgers. Witness pro- oeedeo tc refer to varu iw cheques in reply to Mr. Avory, when the accused for the first time audiblv interrupted. Mr. Avory referred to the "threet lost cheques," upon which Balfour, in a. tone of creat confidence, and mith c-omplete self-pos session, remarked, at the same time making a note, "You mean three of the lost six?' Counsel admitted that that was. ao, and proceeded to refer to other details, when MR. BRAMALL CONTINUES. Sir John Bridge said You may take it gene- rally that the whole of the j620,000 went in to tho hands of prisoner or Wright. Mr. Avory: Have you traced the whole of the J620,000 which was supposed to be pay- able tc- the possession either of H. G. Wright or the prisoner Balfour—some to one and some ti the other?—Yes; less JB500 discount. In cross-examination by Mr. O'Connor wit- ness said that he had not been able to find any Greig agreement. Sir John Bridge: Nor Greig himself, I suppose. Witness: I have seMr. Greig. Sir John Bridge ilaughingly): But not '"the' Greig?—No. (Laughter.) THE FIRST PART ENDING. Evidence of bank cierks was given to show that Gi-ei^'e bills went into Louville Wright's aocount at Dimsdale's Bank, and thJi then Wright wrote a cheque in favour of Balfour. Mr H. J. Bromham, of the firm of Thomp- son, Burney and Co., who, in 1886. was a clerk in the office of Messrs. Bonner, Wri2h,f. and Thompson, said that in that year three agree- ments were prepared in that office relating to Wiiitehall Court. Oii« was between Hobbs and Co. and the Whitehall Court Company, and his second between Hobbs aiid Co. and Goldritm and Mitchell. He was asked whether the third was between Hobbs and Co. and a person named Greig. He could rfot say as to that now. It was as to the payment of £ 20.000. He believed thait the agreement was at his office, aiM that jt might be possible to produce it to-morrow. Mr. Matthews said tna., this concluded this part of the case. He should ask for the oom- mital of the accused for atiylvinz the £ 20.000 to his own use, for obtaining that sum bv false pretences, aiid for fraudulently aiding and abettirifir Hobbs. SIR JOHN AND "LONG JOHN." Rir John Bridge (to Mr. O'Connor) I will hear you now. MI. O'Connor: Are you going to commit now Sir John Bridge I will hear what you have to say first. Mr. O'Connor (after consulting the prisoner) said he did not intend to enter into any defence inst now. He would reserve that for another olace, but he wished to make a formal protest akrainst the committal, because of the peculiar circumstances under which the prisoner came before the court. Sir John Bridge said he would listen to a defen-co but not to protests. Mr.. O'Connor withdrew the word protests and argued that there .should be no committal until there had been placed before the court some documents showing the charges on which the extradition took place. Sir John Bridge relied that there wouid be no ab.-oluto oommittal till the whole of the case wa- before him. Mr. O'Connor replied that in that C'd.3e he should reserve his observations. He should exhaust every means to prov, that the cliarges now made were not those upon which extradi- tion was granted. Sir John Bridge said it would not matter :n the least what the extradition was, for the ciuestion was what were the charges dis- closed by the evidence upon which extradi- tion was asked. tion was asked. Addressing the prisoner, the Magistrate asked: Do you wish to say anything? Palfour (rising): I reserve my defence. Sir John Bridge: I shall commit when the proper time arrives. THE BANKRUPTCY CHARGE. The bankruptcy part of the ease wa* next proceeded with, the accused being charged, under the Debtors' Act, with leaving tie country with certain money under unlawful conditions. Several bankruptcy officials were examined. Sir J. Bridge asked the assistant Official Receiver where Balfour went TO. Witness replied that he went n) Dover and subsequently to Buenos Ay res. (Laughter.) Further evidence showed that befoie going away Balfour drew live .El CO Bank of England not.. out of the Union Bank at Crovdon, and cashed one of the notes, taking The other four with him. A clerk in the River Kate Bank at Buenos Ayres spoke to Balfour coming to that bank and asking for money for the four remaining notes. After some object! n. witness gave him gold for them Balfour indorsed the notes in the name of "S. Butler, and gave a ")03.i address. This part of the case being concluded, Mr O'Cotinor sa^d it was rather imperfect because thern was no evidence to show Balfour's posi- tion when he wen t. Sir John Bridge He left England and took with him part of hi? property which ought to have been available for division amongst his creditors I think there w ample evidence. The learned magistrate then administered the usual caution, and asked Balfour if he had anything to say. Rising, Mr. Balfour replied that he should reserve his defence. The intimation a#> to committal at the con- clusion of the whole case was repeated, and the further htwing was adjourned till to-day (Thursday). I
ANOTHER QUESTION OF! PRIVILEGE!…
ANOTHER QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE BISHOP EDWARDS'S INTKP.RUPTKD DINNER, The "Scotman's" London letter says <hat the right of Lord Selborne to sit in the House was right of bit- Selborne to sit in the House was not the only question of privilege raised on Mondav evening the other was the right of the Biahop of St. Asaph to be entertained in the members" dining- room. The right rc-v. prelate was taken into the icom by Lord Cranborne. He found him- self in curious company, for at the next table there was seated Mr. S. Eyans. who had naif an houi liefore bert calling in question his accuracy in forcible rather than carefully selected terms. The tishop was, however, preparing to enjoy his dinner, notwithstanding the proximity of his Radical censor, when the attention of his ho«t was called by the purveyor to the iact that he was a stranger in a. place reserved for numbers. Thri ouestiou of privilege wa" not. contested. The bishop began his dinner in one room, and he fini-hed it in another, wheie it was oermisiible to "ifei him hospitality.
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OIL SET ON FIRE BY THE SUN. BIG BLAZE AT ROSS. What promised to be an alarming fire brske out on Wednesday afternoon on the premises of Messrs. Holder and Co., ironmongers. Ross. A large number of barrels containing petroleum were stored in the yard. Several barrels leaked, and it is supposed the heat of the sun ignited the oil. The conflagration was in close proxi- mity to the showrooms, workshops, and a row of almshouses. Fortunateiy, owing to the prompt arrival of the fire brigade, the fire was quickly subdued, not, however, before enormsus damage was done. The amount of the damage is not known.
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-> ON A VOLCANOES SLOPE. ENGLISHMAN HAS A NARROW ESCAPE, A telegram from victoria. (British Columbia) states that, according to intclligcnec received from Auckland, New Zealand, an Englishman, na.med Carr, recently had a narrow escape from biting killed on the slopes of the volcano of Ruapehu. in the centre of the northern island. Carr had ascended the mountain, which is nearly 10,000 fe-et high, when he wa,s almost overwhelmed by a sudden eruption. He i was injured by falling pcoria\ and only suc- ceeded in again reaching the foot of the moun- tain with great difficulty. tain with great difficulty.
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A pauper inmate of Longford Workhouse, who manv year9 ago was master of that insti- tution, his, it is stated, come in for a iegacy of teveral thousand pounds it, America
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE OF MINERS.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE OF MINERS. LOCAL DELEGATES IN LONDON. A conference of the representatives of the coal miners throughout the Unittd Kingdom was held on Wednesday at the Westminster Palace Hotel, IxHiCioii, under the chairmanship of Mr Beujatniu Pickard, M.P president ut the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, to consider the Mines Regulation Amendment Bill. recently introduced by the Home Secre- tary, and the second reading uf which hn." been put down for to-day (Thursday). 1 he organisa- tions represented were the iVliners'Fedtration,the Miners' National Union, and the South Walts Slidung-scale Committee, the latter body acting on behalf of the whole of the men engaged 111 the collieries of the Principality. lhie follow- ing were the delegates present on behall of the federa.t.ion --Mr, S. Woods (vice-pi esident), Mr T. Ashton (secretary; Mr. Enoch Edwards (treasurer); Yorkshire. Messrs. W. Parrott, K Cowie, W. Wads worth, and J Murray; Lan- cashire, Messrs. T. Aspiuall, '1'. Greenall, T. Glover. E. Huckman, and W. Lajigtord: Mid- land Federation. Messrs. B. Dean, A. Stanley, W. Johnson, and W. Littdiani; Nottingham, Messrs. W. Bailey and J, G. Handbook Leicestershire, Mr. T. Chambers; South Derbv, Mr W. Buckley; Derbyshire, Messrs. J. Has lam and W. Harvey: ^Scot- land, Messrs J. Weir, R. Smellie, W Small, and R. BTown. South Wales was represented as follows:—Mr. W. Abraham (".Mabon ), I M.P., Rhondda Vaf.ey Mr David Mor- gan, miners'agent, Aberdare: Mr. i- D Isaac, Rhondda Valley Mr Thomas Richards, Beau- fort, Monmouthshire; Mr, Alfred Oniony Abercam, Monmouthshire; Mr. Thomas Davies, Gelligaer; Mr. George Phillips, Uwm- bach: Mr. J. Morgan. Anthracite District; Mr. Isaac Edwards. Mert-hyr; Mr. David Beynon, Maesteg; Mr. Lewis Miles, miners secretary, Bedwas, Cardiff: Mr. W. Evans, Rhonddk. and Mr. Thomas R. Thomas, Biroh- orove: North Wales, Mr. E. Peters. The representatives attending the conference m the interests of the Miners National Union were — Messrs. W. H. Patterson, J. Johnson, W. House, W. Barnes, R.. Voting, H. Bovle, and J. Wilson; Durham. Messrs. J Hopper, T. Joneo, A. Galbraith. J Storey. W Johnson. G. G-trrigan, and • Symor.ds.-Prior to the opening of the con- ference in the morning there was a preliminary meeting betweer.i the member., of the South Wales "Coailowners Committee and several of the men's delegates Sir Win Lewis the agent to the Marquess ot 13ute, occupied the chair, and the proceed.ngs. which were of a. strictly private character, lasteu about an hour. The exchingc of views th: t took place between the masters and the. men had sole reference to Mr. Asquith's new nirafiire regulating tie conduct of collieries. re-, The miners' conference was of a much more I rolongeo nature, the discussion being car- r(,l ried on w 'th much animation from ten o clocu; in the morning until between four and live in the afternoon, when the delegates adjourned. The proceedings were conducted with closed doors and admissioi was refused to the mem- kreof the press. At the close of the meet- ing however, it was ascertained that Mr. John Wilson, M P Mr. Thomas Ashton (secretary of the 'Miners Federation), and Mr, Lewis Miles (miners' secretary, Cardiff) had beei ap pointed joint secretaries of the conference so as to ensure the representation of all the three organisations constituting the gathering. Messrs .lohmon, of Durham, and Albert Stan- ley. of Cannock Chase, were likewise elected as the credential committee. These preliminaries havmg be em settled, The Chairman, in a bpe^ch of some length explained the objects of the conference, and invited exhaustive discussion of the measure which, he said, had been the immediate cause of their moeting together. The rest of the day was devoted to the consideration of the various clause* of the Home Secretary- Bdl. It is understood that considerable dissatisfac- tion was expressed with some of the provisions contained ill tile Bill, which it was thought in some quarters would act to the uisad^an.a^ some quarters would act to the uisad^an.a^ of the men. Several resolutions in the course of the mom- im: and afternoon" sittings Mere passe<i ghinfi expression to these vie vs, and these v.ill k brought up at the joint conference ox masters and men. which ,11 open at the W est- mincer Palace Hotel this (Thursday) morning. Th", business of that gathering, which, it is ex- pected will be of a very important character, will be devoted entirelv to a careful considera- tion of the- Pill now before Parliament, and an effort will be made to reconcile -die differences which are known tc exi,t on certain points between the owners and the miners. It mar be n .entioned tna- nOIl< <*f tbf delegates from the Miners' Federation were present at the meeting ovet- which Sir William Thomas Lewis prided. One of the first, questions, it i- understood, wdl be as tc the advisability or non-advisability of making the proceedings public. The members of the South Wales SHding-seale Committee, before ir,i»vng- <he English and Scotch Trmipfs in conference on Wednesday, held a meeting in London on 'T'I1!<;d<>v. at which the wlilp of the clauses in Mr. Aoouith's P:ll wco di«cussed tini at treat length. T*"1 d obl-era tion a of the com- mittee are reported to have Iwen cf a "PTV iinvni- mous r>hrir*>"fer. The cha'T-nnau th" meeting was Mr. W. Abr-diam f'Maho'wh M.P.
VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE
VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE GLAMORGANSHIRE RIFLE ASSOCIATION. At the Assembly-rooms, Aberavon. on Wed- nesday afternoon the annual meeting of the above association was held. Major Trick took tile ciiaiv, and there were also present Majors Jones (secretary). 1). R. David, and Langdeu, Captains Dowdeswell and Bell. Lieutenant- E. Davies, Naysmith, Staff-sergean t Lane, Sergeajifcs T. Williams, J. T. Williams. G. S- Harris, and E. Roderick, Corporal Hursell, Privates Blair, Morgan, Gibson, and others.— The accounts of the past year were produced and adopted, and the committee's- report was also read.—Vo ee of thanks were accorded to donors of prizes and to the auditors.—The fol- lowing were appointed on the committee: Captain Bell, Sergeant Harris, Majors David, Gray. J. fones, and R. Thomas, Captain Knox. and others. — Ser- geant G. S. Harris (Swansea) waa ap- pointed auditor of tiie association.—In view of the difficulty respecting th Pork Talbot Ranges. Colonel Viviaii has kindly placed ground on the Aberavon Moor at the disposal of the association, and a sub-c- :!imi»tee was appointed to deal with the question.—Major Jones having resigned the post of necrettiT. Lieutenant Evfcn Davies and Sergeant G. R Harries were appointed srcretaries pro ten,,
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PEMBROKE TOWN COUNCIL THE NEW RATES. At th« quarterly meeting of the Pembroke Town Council on Tuesday, the flayer (Mr J. I H. Jiowiuig) presiding, considerable discus- sion arose over a bill submitted by the auditors I for four guineas each for auditing tiu- lass itiul- ea.r's accounts, the work having occupied two days.—Home of the members thought nm: the auditing could be completed in one day easily, and ultimately it was agreed to draw cheque? for two guineas for each auditor. —The coiinc;! made the following rar*s for the next ha f- ynar:—Borough rate, 6d in the f: general district rare for the Pater Ward, lOd. in the £ and i, gas rate of 4d. in the £ for tlie Pem- broke Wn.rd, a general distinct rate of 7d. in the £ and a fas rate of 3d. in the £ .—A lerter was read from 'he War Department in imating that in a short time the pier at Hobbs' Point would be closed to the public, and requesting the council ro move in the matter, as they would be debarred from using it.—A long dis cuss ion ensues!, as tfnis pier i.s the onlv con- nection between 'Pembroke Dock and Neyland. and suosequ. ntly a comrnitUe was appointed to wait on the authorities, .stating the views of ihe council on the matter
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RIGHT OF WAY AT LLANELLY ALLEGED CLOSING OF A FOOT- PATH. The inhabitants of the Furnace a pleasant suburb of Llanelly, are greyly exercised over the closing of a footpath, where they claim to have bad a right of way for many years. A petition, signed by nearly all the residents in the district, has now been sent to the rural district council, and that body have authorised a number of the members to inquire into the matter.
COAL SHIPMENTS AT LLANELLY,
COAL SHIPMENTS AT LLANELLY, A GRATIFYING INCREASE. Speaking at the last, meeting of the Llanelly Harbour Commissioners, the clerk (Mr. John Jennings) said that the return of c'oal exported from Llanelly during 1894 was not yet complete. It would be found, however, that there was an increase of 41,612 tons in the shipments as com- If pared with those of 1893.
REVELATIONS BY SO CALLED MEDIUMS.
REVELATIONS BY SO CALLED MEDIUMS. ST A liTLI N G s'K) R Y OF A SIX NIGHTS" TRANCE. I Professor Arthur Dale, who is at present exhibiting at the Souih Loudon Mosc-hall. allege-* that he is able to prow that the so- called hypnotism, of which so much is being made at present, is a sham. In support-of this contention he claim* to have got several mediums of well.kunW11 professors of the art of In puotism to sell their late employers and themselves, and to declare that hey have never influenced at anv time and have deceived the professors, the medical worid, and the publio generally. Mr. Dale declares that from his examination of these persons he proved that the tests were no tests in the course of an inter- view with the representa-f lve of the London "Star" Mr. I >ale said he received from W. Taylor, who has been the subject of a six days' trance at Leicester, a letter, in which he said "1 am going to give the game away," and lie '"engaged him to come here to help in the ex- posure. I The following is the account of the inter- View — "Have you any other subjects who are will- liii- to give evidence that they have assisted in these matters "Well. engaged Miss May Roberts, of Brighton, but when it was suggested that she should have twelve needles put in her head, sl)c wrotf, and sud she believed in hypnotism, and that she was too ill to appear." "How do you ,ay it is possible for a subject to bear the testu of needles thrust m the arm, and into the head, and to deceive the doctors when the eye,; am, "lor that I refer you to Mr. Marshall here, who knows all the trickery, and has taught manv of the latest professors, Mr. Marshall is even more emphatic than Mr. Dale in his insistence that the whole busi- ness it humbug, and denounces the professors one bv one by name. He stvys he was engaged to do the business at Leicester, brd when \11, Dale told him lie was going to make the ex- posure he became afraid of being arrested for fraud, and decided to take part in the exposure. He says, "I have been examined bv over 500 doctors, and have deceived them ali. I have had 57 needles put in my head this week. "And how do you suggest, that you can bear the eYe test ?" "All I do is to practice until I can 'squint inwards'—so!" And It- so moves his eves that nothing but the white is visible. tell", he continues, "I practice until I let them touch the eve-so and he rubs the finger backwards and forwards over tic eyeball. I "And what about th» long trances? Do you sav that a man can sustain the appearance of being under control for a number of hours with- out making so'ie sign?'' Oh. the wrr-Ie thing is made up of signs. F t instance the s\ibjec! is examined by the hvpnotist about once an hour. He takes 1,1 M hv the hands, and if the subject wants to be nlaced on the right side he presses with the riyht thumb: if on the left he uses hia l^ft thumb if he prefers to be placed on his back he uses both. Then you will notice the operator out hi-hand over the subject's mouth, ami if he is thirsty he will apply his tongue to the hana unseen by the watchers." That Mr. Marshall is confident of his power to deceive is ma-nifest from his statement that he is willing to go into a. hospital and mislead the medical mPIl there. Later in the evening the show was put on I the stage. Taylor, from Leicester, being one of those who presented themselves. He de- clared he had been shamming in the six days trance; that he had got up after the audience left at night, and did not resume his pos'tion until he had had supper and a walk. Asked bv Mr. Dale how he deceived the watchers, he replied. 'They were having a drink or t Me cheerfnllv acknowledged that he was a fraud Marshall followed suit. It may be well 'remarks the "Star") to men- tion that Mr. Marshall ,-onfesses that main- seekers after truth 011 this subject are being deceived. He mentions the name of a well- known surgeon connected with ft London hos- nital, who is experimenting, and say,; the subject invariably pretends to })O. under control, be- cause lie thinks he would not otherwise get his fee. Amateur hvpnotisers, it is turthel (ie- clared. are blackmailed by subjects who have, their "mesmerisers" very much at their me icy. •\ lready rumours of the most hideous kind are aljout, and if hypnotism is the sham, and ;b, orofe.-jed subjects are as unscrupulous as they are said to be, the opportunities for evil are innumerable.
IENGLAND AND FRANCE.
ENGLAND AND FRANCE. CARDINAL VAUGHAN ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP. A Dalziel's telegram from Pari" i'aYs: -The "Figaro" relates a conversation which a cor- respondent had with Car.unal Vaughan a few days ago. during the iatter's rt-cent visit to France." Surprise being expressed that the cardinal should visit the country, his eminence said the French always appeared vtry asto- nished to see any Eug-hmaii manifest any sympathy fur France England was looked upon as an under-handed enemy, or as per- fidious Albion, and this hostility was as much the subject of great astonishment to English men us was the latter s sincerity in recog*- nisiiig French glorv and rendering just homage to Frenchmen. The habitual bitterness of the French newspapers contrasted greatly with the esteem which the English people always ex- pressed for France, specially in private con versation.
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j, PREMIER EXPECTED AT PEMBROKE DOCK. PROBABLE VISIT TO THE DOCK- YARD. It is anticipated that Lord Rosebery, accom- panied by Lurd Spencer, will arrive at Pem- broke Dock to-morrow evening or Saturday morning on board the Admiralty ship Enchantress. Their lordships will, doubt- less, visit the Jockyard, where the huge battle- ship' Hannibal is being rapidly pushed forward, and where, too, active preparations are being made towards lengthening the slip tor the purpose of permitting the lengthy cruiser Andromeda to le laid down. Although Lord Roseberv's visit does not bear an-official aspect, yet much good might be accomplished if his 1 rdsliip's attention were dmwn to the requirwmc.-ts of this Welsh naval establish- ment, as to /riving dock accommodati on, fitting out, and other matters which ought to be attended to.
MYSTERIOUS AM A Hi AT WREXH…
MYSTERIOUS AM A Hi AT WREXH AM. MAN FOUND DYING ON THE HIGHWAY. On Tuesday a coroner'* inquiry began at Wrexhinnconcfrnintftht) death of a man, believed to be a collier from Wett Leigh, Lancashire, who was found in a dying state on the highway. Deceased was seen by a number of people on Friday and Saturday, to whom he stated he had been to Chester Race* with his wife, and afwrwards came to Wrexham, where three men assaulted his wife and pitched him ints a ditch The inquiry was adjourned for a post-mortem and further inquiries.
KNOCKED DOWN BY AN M.P. -'I
KNOCKED DOWN BY AN M.P. A BL4.CKMAJLKR S PUNISHMENT. The London correspondent of the "Liverpool Courier' ten-: this gtorv — "I am able to vouch for the following exfr.iordinary story": A mem- ber of Parliament, who sits for a southern metropolitan borough, at three o'clock in the afternoon was Iw a stranger. This individual,, who evidently knew the M.P., proceeded to accuse the hon. gentleman of having visited a certain houtre for an illegal purpose. The j nan's object was really to en- force blackmail, but the hon. member knocked the fellow de>, n .icd looted him. He has not since seen or heard anything of his accuser.
A BOY'S SUICIDE.
A BOY'S SUICIDE. THE RESULT OF BETTING, A London coroner's jury on Wednesday found that George Mumford, aged fouitten, shut him- self while tem]»rari!v insane. He had robbed his father and was given to betting. He left a note saying his father would have to draw *?4s. from a liookmakcr, as he had put Is. each wav on Victor Wild. —A companion stated that deceased drank pert wine, and when bo shut himself could scarce!. stand.
--OIL FACTORY IN FLAM ES.
OIL FACTORY IN FLAM ES. A Reuter's telegram from St. Petersburg says: —A telegram fton) BJcu sav* a great tire has occurred at Messrs. Rothschild's kerosene factory at that place. The flames sprang to the off reservoir and raged furiously for seme time. A vonsiderable amount of da mag* was done,
INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION | IN…
INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION | IN WALES, PROGRESS OF THE CARMARTHEN- j SHIRE SCHEME. After delay which lias appeared interminable, the i¡;tt'rIl100iat.e education ichemc is now fairly ui the stocks in Cariiiartlttiushire, and sitol-tiv the genuineness of the cry for "light, more Light," in an educational sense, which for years luw almost amounted to a shriek in some quarters of that county, will b- put to the test- of experience. There are six intermediate echcol disuicts in Carmarthenshire. Llandvs- sul has a joint school. to tine supjwrt of which Cardiganshire contributed as well a., Carmar- thenshire. Contribution is made according to population. The larger part 01 the school district being in Carmarthenshire, that county pay-6 more than Cardiganshire. Whitland a. dual school; Carmarthen lias, a boys' school, and is to have another for girls; Llanelly has two schools, one for each, sex Llandilo has a school for boys, and Llandovery is to have one for girls. The long delay which has taken place in bringing the county scheme into opra- tion has made those interested in the educa- tion of the various districts somewhat im, patient, a-nd. as the majority of the new schools have not been built, teaching has been com- menced in temporary premises approved of by the intermediate education committee, CARMARTHEN. At Carmarthen, however, Queen Elizabeth's Jramuiar School has been transferred itti c -rtain reservations to the county, and May last has been conducted as an inter- ii,ediate school. It serves an extensive area, covering the Carmarthen Petty Sessional Division and having a population of 29,230. I,, spite of its central position, and the tiadi- tional educational haio which encircles Car- marthen, the ildwol has not, however, been *k>urislring of late. There is accommodation for 120 boys, but there are only about 45 Heholars there at present. The number of teachers is three. The head-master has a hxeo salary of JS150, and a capitation fee of .m for the first 50 scholars. The two assis- tant masters have about £ 120 each. There 's no higher grade school at Carmarthen, and tl e private venture schools, of which there are two. or three, do not appear to have at all suffered by the conversion of the Grammar School into an intermediate school. The intermediate school for girls at Car- marthen will be located in temporary pre- mises in Quay-street, where the building occu- pied. by Mrs. Maries Thomas for the purposes of her school for girls has been acquired. 1 h'_ new school, which will be erected nea.r the present boys' school, will have accommo- dation for about 100 girls. The head mistress will have a salary of £ 120, m addition to a pitatiou fees. LLANDILO SCHOOL. This is a school only for boys, tlie move- ment to get a school for girls at Llandilo having proved unsuccessful. The school has been carried all in temporary premises since la",t November, the number of boys attending at present being í5, The new school will have aoccmmoiatio.u for about 100 boys, and will serve the area covered by the Llandilo Petty a, Division of Llansawell, with a population of al-)ut 16,912. The number of Uachers i." three. The headmaster gets JE155 and capitajion fees. There is no higher grade schooi at Llandilo. LLANDYSSCL SCHOOL. This is a dual school to s«.r\^ a part of Carmarthenshire and a pair ot Cardiganshire, -n icA'arnnn''thenshire part has a population of i0,159 and Cardiganshire 7,877. The district comprises Newcastle Einlyn and Liantihangel petty sessional divisions, bringing in Llany- byther and Llallwill io. The school will at first be located in temporary premises. I he permanent premises will have accommodation for 60 boys and 40 girls. Th(- salary of the 1 ead teacher will be £ 150 r:\( d and capita- tion grants. There is 110 higher grade school at Llandyssul. LLANDOVERY'SCHQOL. The attempt made to convert Llandovery College into an intermediate school having so signally failed, there is to be only a girls' school at this town. It win serve a wide district, with a, population of 15,218. Accom- modation w.n be provided for not less than 60 girls. The salary of the head-teacher will lid L-120, with a certain portion of capitation fees The school has not started even ill temporary premise*, but plans of the 1 cw school have been passed. The head-teacher has not been apjxhnted. LLANELLY INTERMEDIATE COLLEGE. With a certain grandiloquence the people of Llanelly have. named their iiu>titut-.ou "The Llane ly Intermediate and Technical College.' The town will have two schools, one for boys and one for girls. The schools will serve an area comprising the Llanelly Petty Sessional Division, bringing in Kidwe.ly and Pembrey. Llanedy. Dangennech, and Llannon The boys' schooi will have accommodation for 120, the girls 80. The boys' school wi] have three teachtrs. It has been guaranteed tnat the salary of the head-teacher shall be J6300, and that of the head-mistress £ 220. Two assistant masters have bt en appointed at the boys' school at a. salary of jE150 each. The schools have been started in temporary premises. The number of scholars so far is disappointing, beiug only about 25 boys and Z3 girls. There is a higher grade school at Llanelly, and it will, no doubt, be injuriously affected by the new school. Indeed, it appears to have alrtady suffered, and the general opinion is that one school will kill the othtr.
- CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL.
CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. SPKCIAL MEETING. Ow big to the breaking up of the quarterly meeting some time ago in something like con- fusion, without half the agenda I.ei.ng dealt with, a special meeting of this council had to be held on Wednesday tc* transact the items of business passed over- Mr. C. E. Moms (Pen- biyn) presided. THE "SLEEVER" DIFFICULTY. Remarking upon the report of the inspector of weights and measures, Mr, Jno. John (Parc- ellyn) said he must protest agwinst the in specter trying to entrap ignorant people. His dity was to detect fraud. The i.nspectoi- went into a public-house and asked for two "sleevers," and the people, thinking it quite legal, supplied him. and they were prosecuted. If the publican had said he could not supply him with "sleevers," but would give him two two-penny glasses of ale, there would be no ;joseci.tion. He ought to use some discretion. The Chief-constable said the inspect' could r.ot use any discretion he had to do what <he law told him to do. Professor D. E. Jones This is too technical a subject; 1 do not. know what a "sleuver ia. and I move that the matter be dropped. (Laughter, awl" Hear, hear.) Tha maiter then dropped. ADULTERATION OF FOODS. The Local Government Board wrote to say tl ay deeply regretted tint the council did not send more samp] '< to the analyst for analysis. (July hix had been sent, and those proved the stuffs to be v 'rv h:ghlv adulterated. The beard suggested th:«t one sample for every 1,000 population be taken every yaw, which would mean, said the Chief-constable, about 120 analyses a year at 15s. each. Mr. D. Stephens moved and Mr. T. Rees (Dolgwm) seconded that 40 samples be sent everv vear. Mr. James John (Carmartheni proposed and Mr. John Jolm seconded an amendment tint the. full 120 be taken. I The morion wa* carried, ONLY WELSH NERD APPLY. I O.u the morion of Professor Jones, on behalf of Mr. Gwilvm Evans, it was agreed :—"That in the opinio'i of this port oil it is es»ent;al tliat the work of agricultural instruction and its inspection should be entrusted only to per- sons possessing t" knowledge of the Welsh lan- gt age and also an intimate acquaintance with the conditions under which Welsh farmers now carry on their work. This was all the business.
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I SUICIDE AT ABERDARE I JUNCTION. ARMY PENSIONER BLOWS HJS BRAINS OUT. On Monday last Samuel Smith, a pensioner, formerly in the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, left his iodgmgs in Aberdare Junction, with a gun in his hand, and slating that ha was going to the wood to shoot a crow which had killed some of his chickens. He did not return during the day, but no alarm was felt. as it was thought that he had gone to see some of his comrades at Nelson. As, however, be did not luake an appearance up till Wednesday mowing a search party was formed, and the body was found during the dav lying in St. Cynen's Wood. Naviga- tion. The body presented a. fearful sight. The top of the skull had been blown off and the brains scattered, aud lying near him was a bowler hat covered with bUod, whilst his hand was blackened with powder. The gun was laid at his feet, and in his pocket was discovered a flask containing mixed shots, a powder flask and 14 gun caps. The deceased was evidently very determined to commit a terrible deed, for kind of fork had been fixed into the ground and he must have touched tbe trigger whilst he vya3 lying on the ground- The deceased wu# a tingle ojan. 40 yetMm cf vgc,
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-+- SHIPPING NEWS. SIGNALLED OFF THE LIZARD. May lb.—Passed Ea*t Baros,a, from Adelaide lor London Ann Jane, of Carnarvon Claremont, of Dublin Peder Anacu* of Drammen Pride of the South, of Padstow Kookwood. from Queen-town for Leith: Cookham, Bostoe. '"oiutnbia tag! Handsend, and Harberton, all five of London Ferndale and Sprightly, of Sunderland ATOll, of Liverpool; Suevia, from New York for Ham- burg; Medway, from West Indies for Ply- Turquoise, of Glasgow Phoenician, from New York for Hamburg Plying Culture tug of Glasgow Ontario, from New York for London Electra Diamanti, of Falmouth Bacme, of Cardiff Hypatia, of Brunswick [ ram, trotn New York for Southampton tV1hr* ot Bristol City of Rotterdam. of -Hibhn 1 heme, of Belfast Bohemia, from Baltimore for Hamburg Penzance, of Cardiff her Majesty s ship Amelia. Passed Went. 0 E opooner, oi Carnarvon; Swm, of Harwich • Livingstone, of Lancaster Enterprise, of Yar- mouth steamers Lapland, of Leith City of Hamburg of Dublin; Treglison, of St. Ives Mane, 01 Kiel Titan -tugj Amiral Ceedle. of Kouen Admiralty yacht Enchantress ■ New- big-m, of Newcastle Theory, of Belfast Gem. ot Newcastle Werfa, of Cardiff. On Cardiff pilot cutter Minnie L.Wind, 1ST fresh weather, cloudy: sea, moderate; bar GOTO* Wing. SIGNALLED OFF THE MUMBLES. May 15.—Wind, iN., strong weather, cloudy sea, rough.—Passed East: Steamers Sydenham, of London .lason, of Glasgow St. Margaiet, of Glasgow Springbok" of Llanelly Clyde, of Liverpool. Passed West, • Salisbury, of South Shields Received Orders Lianthewy, of Newport, for Swansea. SWANSEA .—A RRIY A LS ■NUK Hi DOCK. Jlaj 14.—Good Hope, 28, Staekpo'e, nil. Britannia, tug, 16, Sea, nil. Princes* Mary, g, 196, CarUiri general. PKJXCE OF WALES DOCK. May 14.1—Enid, a, £.0, Newport, tin Noitg. s, 294, Storncway, nil. e SAILINGS. NORTH DOCK May 14.—Jeuuc Fenianri (Pimei, Pontrieux. SOUTH POCK. Mav 14 —Margaret, tui; (Davies; Port Talbot Alhill, s fBarjren), Stettin. LOCKS (Martin;, Mineiitaii. Friend- "< (Stephens), Yealm. Ferric, (Burns), Man- chester. PRINCE OF WALES DOCK 14.—Pity of Kutterdani, s [Greenj, Hamburg. William Connul, II (Hamilton;. RordW.ux. KNTEKEL) OUTWARDS.—Mav 15 CVen, Stream Firhtr, s, B, BamnftM, las, Shephefi Genoa and Leghorn. Stuart, a, B, Wilkinson, ~&0, Burgess 1 Co. St. PetejHhiiig, Jason a, B, Campbell. 456, Burgess Listen, Noreg, s, N'.vy, Hoe. 294. Burgess & eo. Algiers, Sydenham, g, B, Love. 1.544."Letru-Jieux and I)y vid Mortaiciie, J.eonie Anantasie, F, Le Tiohellec. 82, L. G. ,J"01'1"'8 Mortagne, Amslie. F, Guejfan, 92, L. U. Jeffreys Granville, Marie Eugenie, F, David, 75, L. G. Jeffreys Pa rnpol. Estelle Leon. B, Rabeeq. 66, L. J. Jeffrevs (ju tnpet. Antoinette Sidmie, F, Kerisit, 45, I." G. Jeffreys Guernsey, Stoc-kton. s, H, David, 226, P. Mn-rrow CLF; \RED.I, 16 Caen, Stream Fisher, s, H, 500 <oal Calaui:Mi-huddle, s, B, 1.200 fuel. 700 eoal Katonin, Lamington, s, H, 2,500 tin-plutes Guernsey, Stockton, s, B. 400 coal Granville, Marie Fug-erce, F. 140 coal Tunis. Free Lance, s, B, 150 fuel, 1.150 coal Quimpei, Antoinette Sidonie, F, 90 eoal Philadelphia, British Princess, Ii. B. 1,000 general cargo St Nas-airt, Rubio. 9, B, 2.100 coal IMPORTS-May 15. Heiijubcnt, V. A., 248 tone pitwfo<). W. Jiaves & filo IMPORTS COASTWISE. — Muv IL. Aberdeen, via Carititf, Princeda Afjiv, a. 60 toru; general. Tucker & Co Nr-wport, Kiel, s, 90 tons jjeneial, William*, Torrty, oil.I Feild EXPORTS CO VSTVVISE.—Muy 15. Hull, &e,. Princess Mary, s, 50 general. Tucker & Co. Stackyole, Good Hype, 42 coal. W, M. Xhoinas Guernsey, Stockion, s 480 tual, Evam it Bev ui; 30 cool, p, Mariow Faveivham, Earl of Bea' onsfield. 200 coal, O. Thomas Ipewieh, William, 140 coal, It Hudg-en.. Douglas, Eliza Francis, 90 ooui, H. il'xlgr-ns Dublin, Pioneer, 115 ooa-l, Gwaan eae-Gurwen Co. Mistley, Ho]>e, 160 coal, Gwaun-cae-Huiwen Company Belfast, St. Margaret, s, 520 coal. Vivian .V Sons Great Yarmouth, Betty Kiuwcll, 275 coal, Letrlciuux and David
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SHIPPING DISASTERS. COLLISION OFF LUNDY. BRlCANTINE SUNK IN THE FOG. As the coasting steamer Catherine Sutton. 140 tons register, belonging to Cork, was. pro- ceeding up the Bristol Channel, light, 011 Tues- day, bound for Newport, she colided midway between Lundy and Ciildy with the hriy;aiitiiie C'oila. 153 tons register, of Kaversham, bound from Lurry Port to Erance. with coal. A dense fog prevailed at the time, and almost r-- soon as the vessels sighted each other the col- lision occurred, ihe steamer striking the bri- gantine on the starboard gangway. The C'oila began to settle down, and boats were launched from eaoh of the vessel- The crew of six liand-i (besides the captain s wife) from the bri- gant'r.e were taken on board the steamer and conveyed to Newport, where they landed on Wednesday morning. THE STRANDING OF THE RIO FORMOSO. Li The sti-Mn-dup Rio Forniono, of Liw- pool, which wt-nt ashore in the Bristol Channel, off Llantwit-Major, during a fog on Tuesday mornitijT, remains in the same posi- tion, Ijadly damaged. Her propeller h:w been carried away, and her hnlll is badly holed in several places. She will be temporarily re- paired in the course of a cvupte of days, but owintf too tlK< state of the tides she is not ex- pected to ba trot off for a week, when she will I probably be towed to Cardiif for an overhaul and rejxiirs. A SCHOONER RUN DOWN BY A CARDIFF STEAM KR. During the dense four whioh prev;» iled on Tuesday night the steam.,hip Grimsby, of Car- diff. owned bv Messrs. Byrne and Co., Post- c'Wr*-ebnridiery, while prrxeeding up Channel collided off the Foreland with the schooner 'Ti; me .f ONiC"lnJ ÙR. of Fowey. ITie whooner by the ;nij)Lwt was cut down to the water's edge, and as "hA wa- rjuicklv settling down the captain and crew, five in number, were taken on board the Grimshv, and were .-cil^ecuemiv lauded at Cardiff. The school.er was 98 tons register, and wa" owned by Mr. Inkerman Tre traskis. of jpsr. Cornwall. We understand thut the rescued erew left Cardiff duriug this day for their respective homes. MISSING VESSELS. The two following vessels, previously referred to as overdue, were posted at Lloyd's on Wed- nesday as m'-Ming :— The Rosina, of Milford, whioh left Newport, Mon., for Cork, with coai, on December 18 last; left Fenarth January 4. The steamer Mane, of London, which left St Yalery for Runcorn, with flints, on the 21st of April last, and has not since been heard of. OVERDUE VESSEL. The following vessel, not being heard of sinoe the date specified, is considered very much over- due :—Mary and Maria, of Hull, which Jeft Great Yarmouth for Hull on the 21st of Decern- j ber last. MINOR CASUALTIES. ¡' The barque Clan Gaibraitb, of Glasgow, from Dublin, arrived at Swansea with sevliraí ho, plate3 injured through collision in the Bristol Channel with the steamer Lord Banger. NAVIGATION REPORT. A Lloyd's Holomval telegram states that the Dwnia is full of ice. Although at present the navigation here may be described as open, the conditions of the weather are not settled and there is danger of navigation being interrupted at any moment.
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The Rev. C. Bou^tield, curate, of Sandhurst, Berk-hiro. was waiting outside Camlw-rley I Station in a trap 011 Tuesday for his wife when, .11;4 as the train was running in, the horse boltta up High-street, and, swe-rving suddenly at the junction of the London-road, the vehicle was upset. Mr. BoushwJd fell on his head, and did ou W«4^fsday morniog from his injuries.
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bigamy BY A WOMAN. HER SECOND HUSH AND T, WITH APETTING- EXTRA OR 1)1 NARY DOC'LTMK^ FROM THE FIRST HI SBA>~D- At \Vel*hpo,x Folice-court on Tuesday Ellen 'thomas was charged witJj. r 2, nntt nig biirauiy. at Shro .v.-bur\. on Ma-V ief 1?-4, by marrying .!< Edward" hu-Kiiid. Kit'hiuii Tliomas. whom she n4o. at W elshpool in 1890. l^eing abve. (JJ l'.dwjird Williams wa« charged with aid'11? abetting. — itnesse.^ gave evidence as j solemnisation of the marriages, and 1" jjc- | su.srttion was cau-etl in court by the Pr tia.i of a docuinent which read as folk'^Vjj Jdnidyssil, -Montgomer' Ihonuis do iiereby give notice that 1 vl i.ret up all churns that 1 have on my wife, I homa.i al so, that will not take juedinsr.7 against her in any way whate^eIjf I Signed), R. Thfiinas witness, E. Trow. 11!øJI. the fncj of such a document. Air. W1K> appeared for the fuuale prisoner. '» tended there was ,no case of animus I nd said no jury m the world would on Mich evidence. The case was one or P^j ignoraiitfe on the pari of rhe woman, been living apart- from her husband f"r t'ine. and ;■}.■• \v;.s vn.iler the :in]iressi°" th<. document madu hei fiee to maii.v ^'J.rtiS. Mr. Miiio'ii-c .1 mies, 0„ Lohalf oif lofli' urged snndar ple-a -The Mairi^trah? untied prisoners for trial and allowed hail.
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C H A P r: L J b H IN W A L cT' MORE ABOUT THE BRYNTEG 'liie Independents of Flintshire si.ire were occupied at their quarterly last week in discussing a quarrel that took among the memlit-rs oi' a ohaii, cahed The iollowing is copied from the Ban" of l- a striking illustration of the inner chapel dom :—"In Aprd, lgjft. lie Church* j an invitation to one Mr. G. W. Wilo*"1;^ Pontypridd, who professed to be a nieinh1' t o:\acher of cur denomination, but had c' ,-j^l Baptist. It appeared, during a trial tot of between him and the Rev. VV. 1. -M°rrl^;cii' Pontypridd, ilnn he was still a Baptist. sequent- upon this discovery several n'elI^ils|i left the Church, but others took steps to 1 <(J an Independent of him. The process cCO*nl £ fie tiie iir.t Sunday in the present year- p* ]"reached as usual morning and even"1^: the 'society' winch follow id he recei^30 youns children into full membership, (,p ot wards ad-mini«trred the Holy Crdman the Lord's Supiwi. (>i,w ,s support^ fr0tji proposed chat .Mr. illhv di.-iii-i' being a memlier ^nd minister, ft wa-« and carried uuaniinousiv He .emaincd penitent.a! stool for six we^ks. h'> tr»T)9* closed, whilst passing 'hrou^ii the ^'tea' formation from a dipping iSa?-*ti«t to Independent. The imlp.t was not during the process. On the 17th of 1 e co'J' the Rev..T. Nirn> -organ, ot I..>ndcn' Srmed the ('iianm and Mr. V. iLlian'1'' J31 announced to preach the following this time nearl\ one-half of the n;6f 9oP" objected to the proc-s. l-ul the maj°rlptt' th" ported Mr. ^'iiliams, and 'lie objectors Church, and forntt-d an Independent.^ get" •H the Board Schoolroom. Tiie ipiarter..J' j(it' ins appointed a coiom:tt"e to matter, but Mr. Williams and .Jib th>; refused to have anylh ng to do u(u^ The upshot was that the t liuroh was and t-X))elled fi om feilr.wshin, and Mr-, tl"1 Morgan ceni-ured for the part he took
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