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FOUNDERS IX NEW E*<*aaK HARBOUR. afteru0o?ie ^0lriPany's telegraln on Tues- sank ~Tile White Star liner UtHpS 'o iCe at her moorings at New York. A i> asure. She was coaling at the iter's jlfternoorie3sa"6 from New York on Tues- listed White lays:~It has now transpired her „ 80 to ar liner Germanic suddenly Hot, coal r water poured through caa^^eat d„ P°rts into the hold. There is ice 0l, vp»!, °, water under her, and she 48 hw^er deoka Ply- Tlle ^reat weight of Hlaritt lly resnrwf -?11 upperworks is regarded Ijom ^er tnr,1^1 f°r the accident, having °Ut, the i favy' will close the 4'j, a°ld will afterwards he pumped Says :v?ram ^rom Tork on Wed-; il.%itGerr. Position of the White Star arid fan- 18. unchanged. The tide is hott/ is burj^f iQside the ship, the keel of tJeCK The +°r Beveral fe«t in. the muddy a ^dshina .Tn is submerged, and the at leas+1S ^°°ded- It is expected that reQn.ired to raise and

Ll°ydwSCH00XER IX A STORM to^nBch.oone_ Haven telegram says:— Wh' *ent aj)T arri€- from Newport to Charles- The Fe 011 Thursday night in this The mat- C^fta*n was dead on the deck, ^inh^ooiie-6, ■^ad been washed overboard, ^fka wh 1 3 k8r hatches stove in, her Ijj .carrjgj ^1. mainsail, and part of bul- atav'ay' and her deck swept. ?t>(} j e''9^t the information Ca^/3 Vegg.i ^longs to Kewquay, Cornwall. V"1 Sol0r_ 180 ton/ Her skipper was oq °f Newfciuay. The boat left tl'Wall y 'aBt' with coal, for Charles-

4t9 IX COLLISION. 1 ^r^i^^ciation Plymouth correspon- f°r p S;—As the Channel Squadron MS ^ay-s t^«land on Wednesday morning th. a it lse the battleship Repulse col- ^°r«Ui co^f^ian brigantine. The latter °UeU^' crippled, her fore yards, to be and jibboom being <Us^r at '+V, ? eteam launches happened -w. c 116 time of the occurrence, and rFh Was towed into a eafe berth. Uv^6^Us^IjIj0'S TERRIBLE VOYAGE. Martello, from which four Hit voyage from New York, *n llle isu.^itoi011 Friday, the vessel present- rJ le^°Pe-? appearance. On the 30th » UZ* a'Tjaid to in a hurricane and A huge wave fell on the 6(J V> bo arl3Utt, the mate, and Mr. lrfe t ^ora a^Vyain, and washing a man a '?d th overboard. Another heavy ^9^ Se^iv, crow's nest, and carried from d,e drieaa ed Dale. while the captain llti 1 Uiif. to one side of tile bridge and ren- u ^'ecj "Onscious, and the second officer was !,p. the winch, and had his leg broken. Loll, third officer, who is 25, took charge l^ir f the time his chiefs were detained in ^iis. On j, A VOYAGE OF 194 DAYS. E0f<i3 moraing the German barque Minna (layrrive^ a* Plymouth, after a voyage of aiiisu- from Pnnta Arenas. On Thursday IJi °cedanCe rate at Boyd's on the vessel was < th'i v,^0 25 guineas. The captain reports 0f ary Sales were followed by a suc- )lrer calms south of the equator week l)a°v?s'ons' ■s"° Pro?r -?3 wils made, and the st^. SOt sllort' but twelve days ago a ^cin„ f aui-r provided food, as well as C-^D the Sick men" IPf-LADE.\ SHIP'S UNFORTUNATE ,^6 Xor VOYAGE. CaM^"alur^lan full"ri&ged ship Premier (Cap- Dnt 0Und to Algoa Bay with coal from Vfiltering. lnto ^niouth on Sunday after aSo r. M'h' e,xcepti°nally severe weather. The left Plymouth only a fortnight °n ^°vemb€r 22. S^S V°YAGE OP A SWEDISH BARQUE. Udl,ra0rnine'8 tide the Swedish barque dq erect tll en with patent fuel and manure, M^j^Sed. 01 -^oath Dock at Cardiff badly t^6 'fliqqg e ,eft London nine weeks ago for ■ati»'"6rent w? exPerienced the full force of in deciH r0Us weather. Ultimajtely her tV ^Raira 6 pufc back to a port for shelter rth and on Saturday night reached (QnL.' vvhere she was run into by a 'kh, bc>r n°Wn). The barque by the impact Vi,^ed. suWsprit carried away and stem 6*. ^0r an 6 Wili Probably have to enter dry ^3tS 0Verbaul and repairs. Ba^ S L0N« VOYAGE FROM BARRY. Hilary correspondent, writing on °f th' Says:—Captain Peterson, in com- ^^Hariri6 ne^v British steamer Farnham, of \va.J fwllich arrived last night from ^a> but rmerly master of the Amazon, V i^tri r- -Yeen Baltimore and Antwerp. The u from Barry on January 7, and <ter eather detention may have lost her w fi *G VOYAGE FROM PENARTH. 31 imore correspondent, writing on ^UfTe^ 8ay8 a great spectre ship the ^i«,t8t' sev ln' °~ t^e Lord Line, of Dublin and h into days from Penarth, steamed 4 f, "e harbour yesterday and berthed Qe"req at Canton. Shipmen and 'longshoremen kllcl«r ih Vessel> and failed to recognise Nd cov heavy mantling of snow and ice rSfed decks, upper works, and Hi ^ith I^ord Dulferin was the first into 8wPntev's of the tremendous snowstorm Wi aftd b °Vei the lower bay on Saturday **6 Pvvi fir captain gave an account of very V lences- OF ^0r> \Ve?F A &WANSEA-LADEN STEAMER. {re?day morning the steamer Tregurno, artt40 froni Odessa to Hamburg, landed at ^0h?al. of p crew of steamer William ^ha eaux Glasgow. bound from Swansea to ^iti ti°nedWlth a &eneral cargo, which was Wk^CO m ilri a waterlogged and sinking con- &hi th 1? Start Point on Monday night. grf heavy gale the William Connal elletniXle1 Watcr, which, it is supposed, set t*° ann action amongst a portion of her her hull. The Tregurno lost at 111 rescuing the crew.

tOa o ———— irAt th THE STEAMSHIP JORDAN W R. jj ^fd-hall, Westminster, on Saturday liv° ^arsham, stipendiary magistrate, i'„*B^ted by nautical assessors, de- «tf the ment in the Board of Trade inquiry 51 ^fifJino. Clrcunista,n<3e3 connected with the ^U.^hin subsequent total loss of the °H ^^hio n Fc*an' belonging to the Mercantile a ^ov mPany (Limited), while she was from Penarth to Kustendje, 'aden with coal and coke. Mr. w, iWd that the vessel -jvas not navi- fVc°iirt >Pr°Der seamanlike care, and lijUnd that the master (Mr. George °ertjo *as alone in default, and suspended ^n.fiOardate for m°nths, but recommended Trade to grant him a mate's k^d + during that period. No blame 0 any of the officers.

AT LLANELLY. at" t !16 rn°nth of January 43 vessels paid W^bev elly> as compared with 49 in Wv' bejn' The imports amounted to 5,807 the « a decrease of 1,259 tons compared rts f' figures for the previous month. The WiMa^ed, a total of 8,912 tons, as com- iinii ? tons. At Burry Port eighteen a dues, the export of coal being

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OVERDUE LINERS. b — ♦ ] PAVOMA AND BIIGABIA STILL BUSSING. DESPATCH OT7 A TUG FROM LIVERPOOL. Up to a late hour on Wednesday evening no news had been received either of the Cunard liner Pavonia or the Hamburg-American Com- pany's steamer Bulgaria. The Cunard officials, however, decline tO admit that there is any ground for alarm as regards their vessel, though they have despatched a powerful tug to the Azores to search for her. Following is a list of the first and second ■class passengers who sailed in the Pavonia from Liverpool:—First class: Mr. George Carr, Mr. I A. A. Cheeseman, Mr. and Mrs. James &bank- land, Mrs. Edith Howard, Miss E. Howard, Master Howard, and Mr. F. L. Scott. Second class: Mr. (J. Carruthers, Mr. M. Carruthers, Miss M. C. Colluig, Mrs. Emma Dahl, Mr. George Stevens, Mrs. H. M. Houston, Mr. and Mrs. E. Fielding, the Misses Fielding, Mrs. Grieves, Mrs. J. M Ewen, Master David M'Ewen, Master L. M'Ewen, Miss Jessie M'Ewen, and Miss Grace M Ewen. There were beside.s these several steerage passengers, and the crew numbered 113. THE BULGARIA. In the case of the Bulgaria the following tele- gram was received on Wednesday morning by I Lloyd's from the Gsrraan Consul at Ponta Delgada (Azores): —Owing to high sea the pas- senger's and crew could thus far not be landed from the Wee/ixv.-ken. We are now trying to get some of the crew ashore, and shall imme- diately telegraph their statements. I do not believe that the Bulgaria has sunk. Tha cap- tain of the Veehawken cannot say whether three compartments had filled or were only partly mil. Everything else is only supposi- tion. Another boat of the Bulgaria is said to have been picked up by an unknown steamer. Lloyd's agents at St. Michael's telegraphed on Wednesday, later, as follows:—Crew and Iias^engers previously reported taken by the steamer Weehawken landed noon yesterday; report cargo shifted and vessel on beam ends. Jettisoned quantity cargo, but could not right her. One hundred and fifty horses lost. One boat with five men went adrift. Weehaw- ken waited till noon 6th just., but could not sight Bulgaria. The own-ar.3 at Hamburg telegraph the fol- lowing telegram received from the German Con- sul at tjt. Michael's:—"It appears February 2, during hurrrtane Bulgaria broke rudder, got heavy list to port. Reuter's telegram advising three com- partments full of water lacks confirma- tion, inasmuch as the boatswain and quar- termaster of the Bulgaria, who were taken by tha Weehawken to Ponta, Delgada, state only one compartment partly filled, which considering eleven water-tight compartments, could not mean any immediate danger to the ship. It appears, however, that, in v'ew oi very severe weather, situation of Ship was so critical that Captain Schnridt thought it right to attempt t3 put his passengers aboard other steamers near Bulgaria. Considering circumstances, not unlikely that some consi- derable time elapse before definite news will be received. The Press Association Liverpool correspon- dent states that in underwriting circles there much apprehension exists regarding the safety of the overdue lnrors Pavonia and Bulgaria. The bremium on the Pavonia on Wednesday stood at 15 per cent. The relatives of the crew and passengers display great anxiety as to their fate in the total absence of news. A- telegram from Lloyd's signal station pt St. Catherine's Point on Wednesday evening states:—The British steamer Kooraist.au, from Savannah for Bremen, wh'ch passed Itere :t 4.20* p.m.. signalled the following: "Spoke Hamburg vessel Bulgaria. disabled, longitude 43." It was in longitude *43 that the Wee- hawken passed the Bulgaria. THE PICTON. A Central News West Hartlepool correspon- dent telegraphs: -On inquiry at the offices of Messrs. Ropner and Co., West Hartlepool, it was ascertained that the firm believe that their Eteamer Picton, ftTiich is missing in the Atlan- tic, v ith 23 hands, is standing by one of the disabled lines, either the Pavonia or Bulgaria. The Picton left New York on January 29, and has tiot since been heard of. She is commanded by Captain Urquhart. HULL VESSEL OVERDUE. A Hull telegram states that the Wilson liner Salerno is now several days overdue. She left Newcastle for New York on January 17, under Captain Bearpark, with a Hull and Tyne crew. The liner had on a former occasion caused some anxiety by a protracted passage across the Atlantic, and the Hull owners do not feel any great anxiety .as to her safety now. ARRIVALS IN PORT. A Reuter's telegram from Portland (Maine) on Wednesday says:—The Allan steamer Sar- xnatian, one of the overdue liners, has arrived here. inews was received in Hull on Wednesday of the safe arrival of the liner Idaho at New YoJOk, which was several days overdue, but sustained no damage in the passage across from Hull. The White Star liner Majestic reported at Queenstown on Wednesday having had a very stormy passage from New York. Although a sharp look-out had been kept, nothing had been seen of the overdue liners Pavonia and Bul- garia. which were bound for Boston. The Dominion liner Vancouver arrived at Liverpool 011 Wednesday from Halifax after an average passage, and reports stormy weather on the Atlantic. Nothing was seen of the missing liners. MISHAP TO ANOTHER HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINER. The Pre-s Association Plymouth correspon- dent telegraphs: —The Hamburg American Company's steamer Pretoria, with 500 passen- gers aboard, which left Hamburg on January 29 for New York, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday, having met with a mishap to her steering gear on February 3, which ren- dered her helpless. The rudder was eventually repaired, and by working the twin screw the liner was gradually headed for and kept on the course for the Channel.

SEVEIiE WEATHER IX AMERICA. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STARVING. New York is still in the throes of a spell of Arctic winter. The sufferings of the poor are now intensified by a heavy snowfall, which com- menced on Saturday night and continued on Sunday. Even the main streets are almost impassable, and many others are completely blocked. Saturday is reported to have been the coldest day on record. Railroads, rivers, and harbours are all icebound, with the result that there is a great scarcity of coal. dairy produce, and vegetables. Old furniture is used to feed the furnaces warming public buildings. Crowds of drunken and homeless people are rescued from certain death in the streets. The policemen and firemen are overworked and suffering from exposure. Innumerable fires have broken out in every part of the city through furnaces being overheated in order to thaw the water-pipes. The superintendent of the poor says there are now 10,000 persons actually starving in New York. and 60,000 who are almost reduced to destitution. Many charitable people among the wealthy classes are giving liberally to reduce the distress. A woman and her husband were found frozen to death in bed on Sunday morning in Tarrytown. The entire shipping of the port is practically ice-bound. All tha ferries are suspended.

• ELECTION NEWS. Dr. Charles Douglas (R.) and Mr. Graeme A. Whitelaw (U.) were on Wednesday nominated to contest North-west Lanarkshire, vacant through the death of Mr. Holburn, whose majority was 97. Polling takes place on Tues- day next. NORTH BIRMINGHAM. Mr. Midd'emore (Liberal Unionist) was on Tuesday duly nominated for the vacancy in North Birmingham, and, there being no other candidate proposed, he was declared duly elected. NORTH ANTRIM. It was officially announced on Tuesday night that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had appointed Major-General Hugh M'Calmont to be steward and bailiff of the Manor of North- stead, thus vacating his seat for North Antrim. HYTHE. General Sir James Bevan Edwards, M.P. for Hythe, having announced his wish to retire, the borough Conservative Association has accepted his resignation, and decided to support Sir Edward Albert Sassoon. The Liberals will run Sir Israel Hart.

GTOCERS AND ADULTERA- TION. DEPUTATION TO MR. LONG. Mr. Long and Mr. T. W. Russell received a deputation at the Board of Agriculture on Thursday from the Federation of Grocers' Associations Upon Adulteration.—Mr. Long stated that by arrangement wit hthe Local Government Board he would entroduce one combined Bill shortly into Parliament upon the subject, but what was wanted to diminish the existing frauds and evils was less strengthen. ing of the law than greater uniformity in its administration. He repudiated any desire to unduly protect home products.

ACCIDENTS. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT CAERPHILLY. As the Great Western train running between Newport and Pontypridd was shunting to pick up some trucks at Caerphilly at 7.35 on Thursday evening two of the reax carriages got off the rails, and if it had not been for the presence of mind of the driver the whole train would have been in a similar predica- ment. The passengers were very much alarmed by the shock, and scrambled out of the carriages on to the sidings, where they remained in great anxiety until they were assured by Mr. Matthews, the stationmaster, that the accident was not such as would pre- vent them from reaching their destination. The plucky driver, assisted by the guard and foreman, worked energetically at disconnecting the couplings and setting the vacuum brakes (which had all been damaged) in order, and the front part of the train, consisting of the engine and two carriages, continued the journey to Pontypridd with only about hau an hour's delay. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT NEAR PORTHCAWL. An extraordinary accident happened at New- ton (Porthcawl) on Monday. Mr. John Elias, of the urban district council, had taken his horse and cart on the beach, and stopped to speak to someone, while the horse proceeded. Before Mr. Elias could catch up with the cart the horse fell over a small bank, in which the high tide of Sunday had washed a hole. The animal turned a complete somersault into the water, and it was only with great diffi- culty and by Mr. Elias wading into the water up to his shoulders and undoing the harness that tha animal's life was saved. The cart was got out by means of ropes. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF. On Monday evening at the Town-hall, Car- diff, Mr. E. B. Reece, coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of John Lewis, 63, in the employ of the Taff Vale Railway Co. The deceased was crushed between two wagons on Saturday last, the accident ter- minating fatally.—After a long summing up by the Coroner the jury returned a verdict "that the deceased died from the injuries caused by the accident, and that they considered that tha brake was defective."—Mr. Augustus Lewis appeared for the Board of Trade, while Mr. Lloyd Meyrick watched the case on behalf of the relatives. ACCIDENT TO SIR W. T. LEWIS. Sir William Thomas Lewis, Bart., met with a somewhat serious accident in London on Monday night. He was riding in a hansom from Paddington to his hotel when the horse fell, and he was thrown forcibly on to the road, sustaining a severe bruise to the side of his head and a bad shaking. Inquiries on Wednesday morning elicited the fact that he was better, but his injuries will confine him to his room in the hotel for several days. COLLIERY ACCIDENTS. A wagon repairer named William S. Jones, of High-street, Penydarren, died at the Merthyr General Hospital late on Friday night from injuries sustained at the Old Works. Dowlais. A fatal accident occurred at the Maritime Level, Pontypridd, on Tuesday, the unfortu- nate workman being William John Carter, a labourer. The deceased, who was 23 years of age, it is said, was riding on a tram, and struck his head against the roof, causing instant death Mr. R. J. Rhys, coroner, held an inquest at the Merthyr General Hospital on the body of William L. Jones, who died on Friday night from injuries sustained the same day at the Dowlais Old Works. Whilst the deceased was under a wagon repairing it the truck was shifted by an engine, the driver of which was unaware of his presence.—The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." and added a rider recommending that danger flags should be placed on trucks whilst they were being repaired SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A DOCTOR NEAR NEATH. On Tuesday night a serious accident occurred to Dr. Griffiths, who has been in practice at Glyn Neath for the past two years. He was returning home on horseback u trom iNeatn, 111 company wnn -air. vv. Davies, surveyor, between five and six o'clock, and, after reaching Cadoxton, went on ahead of his companion, who was proceeding at a quieter pace. When within two miles of Glyn- Neath Mr. Davies was stopped by a labourer, who told him that a riderless horse, galloping at full speed, had just passed him. Mr. Davies turned back, and at a spot where his horse had shied he came across the body of the doc- tor,-who was lying unconscious by the roadside, with blood flowing from a wound in his head. Assistance was obtained, and the doctor was conveyed to a neighbouring house, where his injuries were attended to by Drs. Dykes and Pritchard. He was afterwards conveyed by Mr Rowlands in a trap to his heme, but right through the night and up till ten o'clock this morning he remained unconscious. It is feared he is suffering from severe concussion of the brain. THE ACCIDENT OX LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD RAILWAY. Lieutenant-colonel Yorke, reporting on the accident on the 20th of December on the Liver- pool Overhead Electric Railway, whereby a train collided with the buffer stops, says:—"The driver seems to have been incapacitated shortly before entering Dingle Station from the due performance of his duties from some cause or other, and to this fact the collision must be attributed. The collision might have been averted had the guard been able to apply the brake." FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. A fire broke out on Wednesday morning on the barge James at ihe Iceland Wharf, Old Ford, London. One man, whose name is un- known was burned to death, while two others —James Baldock and Henry Goudge—were so shockingly injured that they had to be removed to the hospital. The outbreak is attributed to an explosion of gas. TRAGIC DEATH OF A SCHOOLGIRL. At Goole on Tuesday afternoon, as the chil- dren were leaving Old Goole Board School, the school bell, weighing half a hundredweight, fell, striking one of the scholars, a little girl of four, named Jeannie Dixon. She was at once taken to the hospital and medically attended, but sustained so extensive a fracture of the skull that after lingering some time she died. KILLED ON THE RAILWAY NEAR KNIGHTON. The body of a man, said to be that of Henry Hope, a labourer, was found Qarly on Wednes- day morning in a hedge by the side of the line at Bucknel], Knighton. Hope was in Knighton on Monday evening, and it is sup- posed he was cros-ing the line when struck by a passing train. He was 50 years of ago. LADY CYCLIST KILLED. Miss Annie Millies, of Clanham Oommnn was killed near Spurgeon s Tabernacle on Wednesday morning owing to her bicycle skid- ding all the tram lines. ACCIDENT TO A NEATH POLICEMAN. Early on Wednesday morning a serious acci- dent happened to Police-corrstakle Bennett, the latest acquisition to the Neath borough police force. While on beat near the gasworks he entered Mr. Sutton's works. While there he fell into one of the wells, which contained 6ft. of hot water. His cries attracted the night foreman, named William Tamplin, and Edward Hopkins, and they went to his assistance and pulled him out. At the police-station Police- sergeant Jones rendered first aid. Oil and lint were procured, and the injured man's limbs were carefully attended to. Bennett's legs and the lower part of his body were scalded. Dr. Thomas does not consider the injuries as very severe. ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF.. On Thursday morning Edward Ellis, aged 31, a labourer, residing at Walker's-row, Cardiff, was admitted into the infirmary with a badly- cut head, caused by a blow from a piece of iron while working at a saw bench. A child belonging to Mr. Sullivan, of the Moors, Cadoxton-Barry, died on Saturday even- ing from the effects of scaids sustained a week ago. A shocking accident occurred at a quarry near Snowdon on Monday. Three men were buried nader some tons of debris, which was undermined by the rain. Thomas Wood (21), son of Captain Wood, master of the Cardiff steamer Resolute, fell into the hold of the vessel at Cork on Saturday evening, and sustained fatal injuries. Mr. E. B. Reece held an inquest on the body of Edwin Brumwell, a driver in the employ of the Great Westerh Railway, who mc-t with an accident on J urinary 7, which resulted in his death at the infirmary on Saturday. A verdict of "Death from blood-poisoning" was returned. On Friday, during some shunting opera- tions on the lower branch of the Dowlais Works, William Jones, 69 years of age. living at No. 44, High-street, Penydarren, and employed as a -repairer by the Gloucester Wagon Company, was run over by the trucks, and both his legs were severed. Fredk. Jones, aged three years, whose parents live at 27, Springfield-gardens-terrace, Cardiff, was trying to light a candle with a match unknown to his mother, when his clothes became ignited, and before the flames could be put out he sustained severe burns about the legs, arms, and face. He was taken to the infirmary, and attended to by Dr. Smith, but death took plaCe at six; o'clock in the evening.

RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR GLASGOW. An express passenger train which left Car- lisle at half-past three on Saturday afternoon ran into a goods train at Pollokshaws, near Glasgow, owing to a breakdown in the sig- nalling arrangements. Nine goods wagons were wrecked, and the brake van and one truck were thrown over an embankment. The passenger train was entirely derailed. Only three passengers complained of injury, one being Walter Henderson, a member of the Queen's Park Football Club. The injuries were in each case slight. The line was blocked for many hours.

THE SWANSEA 3TUR.DER* nt ANOTHER STAGE IN THE SENSA- TIONAL TRIAL. The prisoner Rhys Davies. haulier, was again brought before the Swansea magistrates on Wednesday charged with the wilful murder of Jesse Hill at Cwmbwrla in 1896. Mr. Arthur Lewis (instructed by Mr. L. Richards) appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Viner Leeder for the defendant. John Evans, insurance agent and steel smelter, testified to seeing a sack containing something buiky in the witness Jones's shop on the day Hill was missed. He did not attach special importance to it till the detectives called his attention to the matter. The sack was similar to the one produced, and was tied up. Witness kicked it with his foot, and found the contents were neither soft nor very hard. It stood about 15in. high from the floor. He was in the habit of going to Jones's shop on Saturdays. It was about four in the afternoon. The sack was lying in a corner. It looked as if it might contain bacon, but he could see it was not bacon because there was a hole in the sack. There was a hollow or depression in it at one part: Mr. Leeder: How could you say it did not contain sand? Witness: Someone in the shop said there was sand in it, and I then saw there was not. Con- tinuing, witness said he specially noticed the sack because of its peculiarity and because he could see that it contained something other than what they told him. He was not sufficiently interested to ask who the sack belonged to. George Evans, steel smelter, Cwmavon, said that in 1896 he lived at Treboth, half a mile from the prisoner's house. Prisoner used to cart coal for witness. He had a pair of boots which did not fit him, and he sold them to Davies. They were too big for Davies. There was nothing neculiar about the boots. Sarah Ann Hill, Widow of James Hill, brother of the deceased, said that about six months before Jesse Hill was missed she remembered prisoner, Rhys Davies, coming to Hill's hay stores and wanting credit for a truss of hay. The deceased called her from Rhys Davies into the kitchen, and said "Don't you trust that man; lie is not a Customer of ours." Prisoner must have heard what deceased said as he was close by. Witness went back to prisoner and told him she could not trust him. as her hus- band was not at home. and he then went away. Hill had always lived at the house. The handkerchief produced was similar to those which he possessed. Mr. Leeder objected to the police producing any old handkerchief they had up their sieeve. Another handkerchief was found on the body— a white one with a black border. Mr. Arthur Lewis said Mr. Leeder must have forgotten the evidence at the last hearing. It was then proved by Jones that he found the red handkerchief now produced in his shop after a visit there by the prisoner. Mr. Leeder asked the police to produce the white handkerchief, but was informed that it had been returned to the relatives after the inquest. Mr. Leeder: It didn't suit their purpose, appa- rently. i In examination, the witness said the hand- kerchief was similar to that used by wording men. She could not swear that prisoner heard ( deceased warn her against giving him credit, but he must have heard if he was not deaf.. Deceased might have used a tattered handker-1 chief. She (witness) did not attend to his cloth- ing. Witness was present when deceased was weighed the same week before his death, and she believed his weight was lOst. 111b. Ethel Hill, daughter of the last witness, said she made her uncle (the deceased) a present of three cotton handkerchiefs similar to that now produced. Her uncle sometimes carried two handkerchiefs with him. By Mr. Leeder: She bought the handkerchiefs in Plymouth two years last. summer. She used to wash her uncle's handkerchiefs. Mr. Leeder: You do not appear to have washed that one. Witness: Yes. I washed it on the Thursday before he was missed. Mr. Leeder: You do not say you washed that handkerchief—you mean a similar red hand- chief ?—Yes, one very like it. Edward Jones said he lived near the Britannia Inn, Landore, and was formerly employed at Vivian's Silver Works. He remembered being in the shop of David Jones a little before Jesse Hill was missed. A short time before that Rhys Davies had been turned out of his house. Whilst he was talking to David Jones and Thomas Harris the prisoner came in. He asked witness to go to his stsble with him to see two pigs he had bought at Carmarthen. When he got there he showed him two hen's eggs. When he returned to the shoemaker's shop be told Jones that prisoner hadn't a pig in the world, and was only playing a joke on Irm. Examined by Mr. Leeder, he talked to David Jones about it since Jones asked him if he saw two men. EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE. Thomas Walters, 54, Colborne-terrace, a ven- dor of sand, said he remembered being at the Landore Siding in October last year. He saw Rhys Davies there. Mr. Lewis: Did he say anything to you? Witness: He only said that it was he who killed Jesse Hill. ifr. Lewis: Only that! I should have thought that was something. Had you done anything to him? Witness: No. sir; but we might have said something about the work. prisoner said, "I killed Jesse Hill." What did you say?—I only laughed. Mr. Leeder: You only laughed, knowing the prisoner's little ways?—Yes. He is peculiar in-his ways?—Yes, and in his talk. You did not believe it at aU?—Not at all, sir. David Herbert Newall, tram conductor, living at 5, Singleton-street, said that. in 1896 he vv as in the employ of Charles Wheeler, haulier, and drdve coal about. He remembered being, at the end of 1896, at the Pentre Pit at five o'clock in the morning, with a number of other youths, round a fire. They were in the habit of teasing Rhys, and on this occasion he believed they had a bit of fun with him about a tea-can. He got annoyed, and said, "I'll do the same for you as I done for Jesse Hill." He seemed a bit angry. By Mr. Leeder: He had frequently seen prisoner teased before, and heard prisoner make a number of silly replies on these occa- sions. Witness added, "And he was sometimes very dangerous on these occasions. He would run after the boys with anything he had in his hand and try to strike them with it." He used to make senseless replies that had nothing to do with the questIOns ?-Witness: Well, not senseless altogether. He could be sensible enough in his way, but he seemed to me funny. Mr. Lewis: spoke broken English. John Evan Price, Brynhyfryd, said he was in the habit of playing cricket near Manselton in the summer. The prisoner, in 1897, was either renting or looking after a field close bv wb»rc they played cricket. One evening, when he was batting, he hit the ball over into the field in question, and witness went after it and found prisoner there. Prisoner turned round as he picked up the ball and came after him. He had a scythe in his hand, and, when witness had got. out of thfa field into the road, he said, "If I catch you in this field I will give You a blow on the head, as I did with Jesse Hill before you." Mr. Lewis: Was he angry?—He appeare(j R0 I thought I was in a dangerous position while I was on the same side of the hedge. (Laugh- ter.) The Stipendiary Was it a joke, do you think? Witness: I could not say, sir. He was not laughing. He said it in Welsh, beginning with a curse, "Dam'o ti." Mr Leeder: Were you afraid?—I did not know what to expect from Rhys. Mr. Leeder: He got annoyed about little things?—I have seen him annoyed many times. Would you not call him weak-minded r-I don't, know about that. Mrs. Thomas, alwoman living in Fern-street, which overlooks Hill's cabbage garden, said she remembered the night Jesse Hill Was missed. Between eight and nine o'clock that night she went out to look for her husband, and saw three men running out of the middle of the cabbage field towards Fern-street. The way they were running would take them into Pentre- gethin-road or to Swansea. By Mr. Leeder: The Hills' own family used to steal cabbages from the field, rn,jfe natural, therefore, that someone should write and tell them it was them, and not the neigh- bours. After the adjournment Mr. Lewis examined the witness Nancarvis, a labourer in the employ of the murdered man's father. Witness said that a knife and hammer found at the shed in the garden on the day deceased was missed and after was not there until tin body was found. The same applied to a hammer, cap, and scarf. MEDICAL EVIDENCE. Dr. Hubert Thomas was then called, and deposed to finding three wounds on the head, which might have been caused by a hammer, There was also a cut two inches in length on the back of the neck. Death was due to hemorrhage principally, caused from the cut at the back of the neck. On being questioned by the Stipendiary, the witness (Dr. Thomas) agreed that death was not caused by drowning or self-inflicted injuries, but from hemorhage caused by the wounds before described. L Mr. Leeder then examined witness. Witness was sure deceased had boots on, and said that the wounds were distinctly visible, especially the one over the forehead. The body lay on its back stretched out on the floor. Witness did not think the body quite covered the door. He took it for granted that the body was as it was when brought out of the water. Any rigidity of the body would have passed off after the time it was brougiit out of the water. It was impossible for the man to fall down and cut his neck; iji fact, at the end of the wound there were two or three small incisions. If a man had fallen on a sharp, jagged piece of glass he did not think this would have been caused. It was impossible for the wound t.) be cut so deep by himself. That was wit- neso's opinion. There was about an ounce or two of water in the bladder, and about a pint in the stomach, which was possible to have gone down by swallowing. The water was of a brownish colour. He didn't notice that the water was of a brownish colour in the pond, and did not test th3 difference between the water in the stomach and in the pond. Wit- ness did not think that deceased breached in the water. For one reason there was no water in the lungs. Tho blood would run out of the body through the wound in about three to five minutes, and the body would have been blood- less. The body placed i^n the sack would not stand 111 an upright position. It was not neces- sary that it should have been crammed into the sack. The knees would have been bent and prominent. The body would have got rigid in about four to ten hours. If a violent death the boay would have got rigid in about three hours. It would be different to a sack of flour, ..nd would be prominent in some parts. The head and the feet would stand out prominently. Re-examined by Mr. Lewis: There might nave possibly been rtains of blood upon the bag. Post-mortem rigidity passed off, as a rule, 48 hours after death. The body could have been easily doubled up if put in before the post-mortem rigidity set in. It would have doubled up at the knees and small of the back. Invariably watar was found in the lungs when death by drowning occurs. It woulù hD-ve been impossible, even assuming that the wounds were self-inflicted, for the man to put himself into a pond afterwards. Dr. Ebenezer Forsyth was then called and examined by Mr. Lewis. He was an M.D. of Edinburgh. He had heard the evidence given of Dr. Thomas, and agreed that it was correct. and agreed with the conclusions arrived at. Cross-examined by Mr. Leeder: Witness said a person cannot drown without water being in the lungs. There was a thick fluid in the stomach. By Mr. Lewis: The appearances of the body were inconsistent with th'a idea of death by drowning. Henry Nott proved doing certain repairs to prisoner's cart. and noticed that the tailboard was partly burnt. From six inches to a foot of the extreme end of the floor of the cart had been burnt. He asked prisoner how he burnt his cart, and he said he was out in the dark and dropped a paraffin-lamp on something near the cart, and the cart caught fire. He put it out and went away, but it smouldered afterwards, and burnt away some of the wood- work. At this stage it was decided to adjourn the further hearing till Thursday. The inquiry was resumed on Thursday morn- ing. Police-sergeant Griffiths deposed to visiting the shed in the cabbage garden at Cwmbwrla. On one of the panels of the shed appeared the marks of a blood-stained hand, and the panel was cut out, and he now produced it. In com- pany with the borough analyst, he on a later day removed some of the soil on the floor of the shed, which appeared to be blood-stained. A small piece of wood was picked up on the floor which appeared to be -tainerl with some reddish matter. A photograph was handed to the wit- ness. and he stated that it purported to be that of the piece of panel produced. He was closely questioned by Mr. Lewis, who, after examining the photo and the panel, opined that they V.ere not the same. Witness declared the piece of wood to have been carefully kept in the Town-hall during the interim. THE KNIFE PRODUCED. Police-constable Lloyd stated that in the fourth compartment of the shed in Hill's gar- den he found the large knife produced con- siderably stained with blocd. He also found the hammer, a cap, a scarf, a piece of rope, a rake handle, and a brick, most of which were stained with blood. ANALYST'S EVIDENCE. Mr. Clarence H. Seyler, borough analyst, said he visited the shed, and obtained a number of articles, which he enumerated. He believed the viece of wood prorluced by Detective (j riffiths did not coincide with the photograph. He sub- jected the articles to analysis, and found evi- dences of blood on all the articles, except the moist soil got from the shed. Most of the articles bore bloodstains, but some of the stains were. not of blood. The cap, hammer, and knife he found to ccntain small hairs, consistent with human hair, apparently of brownish colour. The blood was that of a mammal. Detective Griffiths here asked to make a cor- rection in his evidence and was re called. He explained that thire were two pieces of board cut. The pi-ss he had produced that day was not the one which was photographed and analysed. He had not seen the other piece since. Police-constable Thomas said he remembered being on duty near the Dillwyn Arms at 8.40 on the night of the 4th of December. He saw Rhys Davies and two women come from the shoemaker's shop, and, in consequence of what Jones told him, he met Rhys Davies, and asked what was the matter. He said, "It's nothing much, oiucer." Witness said, "I thought your house was on fire," and prisoner replied, "No; I put a coat in front of the fire on a stool, and a cinder fell on it." He said nothing about any other articles being burnt. THE WITNESS JONES AND THE POLICE. Inspector Nicholas said that up to the 18th of December, 1896, he was one of the sergeants in charge of the High-street Police-station. He remembered the witness David Jones calling there under the influence of drink. He made a rambling statement to Police-constable Tucker about the murder of Jesse Hill, and mentioned a name. He sent him home, and mentioned the matter to Detective Griffiths. Crosfi-examined by Mr. Leeder: Jones was very drunk, but could walk. He had often seen ,T ones under the influence of drink before that, but not since He nUlde no report in his book. Captain Colquhoun (chief-constable) proved receiving an anonymous letter from David Jones, and causing inquiries to be made. Eliys Davies was accompanied to the station. On that occasion he was not arrested. He was not examined by witness. No report was made of his examination. THE ARREST. After luncheon Detective-sergeant Morris was called. He said as soon as the body of Hill was discovered he instituted inquiries. After the receipt of the anonymous letter written bv Jones in December, 1896. he endeavoured to dis- cover its author, and succeeded. On January 13, 1897, he saw Jones at once, who made a statement to him. On January 16, in conse- quence of the statements in the anonymous letter, he went to Brynhyfryd, and met prisoner near his stable. Witness asked him if he had at any time written, or asked anyone else to do so, a letter to some person informing him that some persons were stealing cabbages from his garden. He said, "Yes, I did ask that shoemaker down by there" (pointing to Jones's shop. Witness said, "I have heard you were out all night on the 26th of September, 1396." He said, "Yes. I was looking for my little mare. She had broken out of the field. I was all over the place. I was on the middle road about two o'clock in the morning by the Hill's cabbage garden. I heard something there. I saw two women sitting in a doorway." Witness asked if he knew them, and if he would go with the police to try and find them. He said, "Yes, gentlemen, I'll go anywhere with you. What do you want? Do you want me to confess, or do you want me to give evidence? Witness asked him what he had to give, and he said, "That. is the point." Witness added that he, in 1897 and 1898, frequently saw Jones, and on January 16 last he took a statement from Jones. On the 19th he arrested prisoner at 11.30. He was near his house. Witness explained that he and his companions were police officers, and they were arresting him for the murder of Jesse Hill. He advised prisoner to be careful, and he said, "I'm always careful." In answer to the caution prisoner said, "Ah. me? I'm innocent Me kill him? I was very friendly with the little man." He then conveyed the prisoner to the police-station. CLOSE OF THE CASE FOR THE PRO-ECU TIOV. In cross-examination witness said there was a reward of £30 offered by the Hill family for the discovery of the murderer. It was through the lad James Hill that he went to the \vifness Jones respecting the letter. The Hills were annoyed at the statement in the papers suggest- ing that the murderer would be found in" the Hill family. The police were at an early stage quite satisfied that the family had nothing to do with it. This concluded the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Leeder said he would apply for a remand. The Bench, in reply to Mr. Leeder. stated that they were unanimously of opinion that there was a case, and that the prisoner should be now charged. PRISONER PLEADS "NOT GUILTY." Mr. Leeder then went over and conferred with the prisoner for several minutes. The prisoner was formally charged, and said, clasping his hands together, "I am not guilty, sir; I am not guilty." The prisoner was then remanded for one week, on the application of his advocate, who explained that, the evidence being fresh, an adjournment was necessary in prisoner's interest.

SERilOUS$TAMOcTaFFRAY NEAR SWANSEA. A serious stabbing affray occurred at Sketty on Wednesday evening, with the result that an aged man is under arrest and his son li,s in a serious condition. The prisoner is William Taylor, aged about 70 years, once a farmer at Hendrefoilan but in later years carrying on busin-ass as milk vendor and nursery gardener at Sketty. His only son, John William Taylor, is 30 years of age. When his father reached home on Wednesday night he was inoxicated, and charged his son and daughter with having appropriated some of the milk money, and. refusing to be quieted, it is alleged he opened his pocket knife and closed with his son, who sustained r. serious stab in the. breast. The injured man was throughout tho night in a critical condition, but under the care of Dr. Perkins he has somewhat revived. Police-ser- gaant Hopkins arrested the father, and took him to the Swansea Police-court. He was brought before the county magistrates at the Guild-hall on Thursday morning, when he was remanded.

Thomas Cornish, labourer at Caerau Colliery. Maes teg, fell dead at the colliery on Tuesday evening while he was giving orders to some of his fellow-labourers. Deceased was a bout 50 vears of age, and lived at V."ctoria-terrp.ee.

DTNAJECTO OUTRAGE. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BLAKENEY. NARROW ESCAPE OF A MAN AND EIS WIFE. At Blakeney (Forest of Dean) on Wednesday night an explosion occurred at the residence of an old man named Davies, a big charge of dynamite having been placed under the kitchen window. The house was badly damaged, together with its contents, and Davies sustained fractured ribs, but his wife escaped. A year ago an attempt was made to wreck the same house, and recently to blow up the sawmills in the neighbourhood. The outrage is considered to be an act of spite. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The Central News Blakeney, Gloucestershire, correspondent telegraphs:—A remarkable out- rage was perpetrated here shortly before mid- i night on Wednesday, a house being almost I blown to pieces by a charge of dynamite. The inhabitants were alarmed on hearing a tre- mendous report and concussion, followed by cries of "Murder." Three police officers hurried to the scene, and found that a cottage occu- pied by an old man named Davies had been practically blow.'n ui). The kitchen was a wreck, and the ceiling was blown down. There were two married women and a little boy besides Davies in the house, and all escaped personal injury except the old man, who had several ribs broken and sustained other injuries. He said he heard someone upon the premises, and, looking through the window. recognised a man there. The explosion imme- diately followed. Davies attributed the out- rage to spite perpetrated upon him because he prosecuted in a case some time since when a less serious attempt was made on the same house. A year ago a portable steam engine in the neighbourhood was maliciously destroyed also by dynamite. These recurring acts of despe- radoes have produced a feeling of disquietude in the district. ARREST OF A COLLIER. Moses Virgo, a collier, a very well-known in- dividual, of Blakeney Hill, was apprehended at home at mid-day on Thursday, and charged by Superintendent Ford with being concerned in the dynamite outrage on Wednesday night at the house of Henry Davies, of Loiterpin, a fisherman.

ANDREE BALLOON EXPEDI- TION. THE SIBERIAN REPORT CRITICISISD, A Reuter's telegram from Stockholm on Satur- day says:—The Siberian explorer, HerT Stradling, has been interviewed regarding the report from Krasnoyarsk. He stated that the people of the country where the balloon is supposed to have been found are very rapa- cious, and that the report had probably been invented by them in the hope of making some money, because the Government always pays for such news. Herr Ekholm. on the other hand, believes the news to bear the stamp of probability. A Reuter's telegram from Mabno on Satur- day says :-Herr Andree's brother has informed the local paper that he does not believe the report from Krasnoyarsk regarding the alleged finding of a balloon and three bodies. In the first place, the country round is cultivated, and it, therefore, appears incredible that three corpses and a balloon could have been there for a year and a half without being seen. Furthermore, in stormy weather bodies would almost to a certainty have been separated from the wreck of a balloon. The Press Association Hull correspondent on Saturday night interviewed Mr. Harry Lister, F.R.G.S., concerning the reported discovery of remains supposed to be those of Andree and his companions. Mr. Lister, who had just arrived from Russia, stated that some fifteen months ago he denied through the London press the probability of statements then made as to the whereabouts of Herr Andree. Mr. Lister points out that the latest report emanates from the same locality as the previous one, and, knowing the country as he does. he expresses great doubt as to the reported finding of the bodies of three men. Mr. Lister points out that the telegram states that one of the men had his head crushed, the inference being that the other two had escaped such injuries, but had died of starvation. This, Afr. Lister thought, was practically impossible, for, knowing the precise locality in which the discovery is reported to have been made, he asserts that it is well populated, and that it would have been next to impossible for the men to have starved there. A Central News telegram from Christiania on Sunday says:—Nans-en, in reference to the discovery of what is reported to be Andree's expedition in Siberia, thinks it highly impro- bable that the balloon is Andree's and the bodies found those of Andree and his com- panions. A Central News telegram from Stockholm on Sunday says :—Professor Nordenskjoeld believes the reports of the discovery of Andree's balloon to be mere Tartar rumours. He says there are reasons for believing Andree to be safe in Franz Josef Land.

THE CAMP MFRDES. THE LIBELLED BAEMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. At Westminster Police-court on Thursday William Browne. 27, a barman, at present un- employed. was fined 30s. and 10s. costs, or one month's hard labour, for assaulting a young woman, named Cissy Lorell, at Chelsea. Browne is the man who recovered JE500 damages from the "People" newspaper, as well as damages from otner newspapers, in connection with the Camp murder case. Prosecutrix, a stylishly-dressed and rather attractive looking person, formerly a. barmaid, described herself as an actress. She said she had known Browne about a couple of years, and made an appointment to meet him at 10.30 011 Wednesday night. She, however, failed to keep the appointment. and when she returned home at one o'clock on Thursday morning he was waiting for her. Remarking, "Do you call this half-past ten. he commenced beating her with her umbrella, which he ultimately broke over her head, Browne (excitedly): I kept this young woman for two years, and have spent Y,600 on her-all the money I got out of the newspapers for libelling me in the Camp murder case. She wants to turn me off row. I waited for her, and when she got home she had a man with her. I I iiviaence Having been given by a cabman that defendant beat the prosecutrix in a very deter- mined manner, A Police-constable deposed that the young Ul woman made a complaint to him that defen- dant had been following her about demanding money. Browne: That is untrue; I spent all the money I got from the "People" and the other papers with you. Prosecutrix: You never had £ 600. Half of your money was taken for legal expenses, and what you did get you spent with bookmakers, not with me. Sir James Vaughan: Is there any truth in the statement that you have kept him? Prosecutrix: We have been living together, but I have never kept him. Sir James Vaughan remarked that had it been established that Browne had lived on prosecu- trix he would have given him three months.

CRUSADE OF PEACE:. THE FORTHCOMING LONDON CONFERENCE. When the national convention assembles in London (writes Mr. W. T. Stead in his latest "Peace Crusade" article) it will be in some respects the most notable gathering of public men which has been seen in the Metropolis for a generation The great town's meetings are choosing their representatives at the conven- tion with a due regard to the greatness of the movement they are sent to support. Here are a few of the delegates, picked at random from many scores. From Westminster will come Cardinal Vaughan, Sir Joseph Pease, and Mr. Burdett-Coutts, M.P., the representative of the division in the House of Commons. Mr. Alfred Thomas leads the Welsh party in Parliament. He is elected to the conference by Cardiff, which also sends Mr. Maclean, who is at present in India. Sir W. Hornby comes from Black- burn, Mr. W. H. Myers, M.P., from Winchester, Sir Thomas Lea, M.P., from Kidderminster, and Mr. John Burns and the Rev. Guinness Rogers from Battersea. In the same hall will be the mayors of most of the great provincial boroughs.

ESCAPE OF A CONVICT. The Central News Stafford correspondent tele- graphs:—At seven o'clock on Monday morning it was found that a convict, named John Gallick. who was under a sentence of penal servitude for fraud, had escaped from Stafford Prison. He had cut his way out of his cell, and then successfully climbed two high walls, one of them being about 30ft. high. getting into the street, and making his escape. An alarm was imme- diately given, and the warders and police at once went in pursuit of the runaway. He was a joiner by trade, and his tech- nical knowledge stood him in good stead in negotiating the walls. He escaped in con- vict dress.

BARRY PIERHEAD STATION. The Barry Railway Company have commenced the erection of station premises at the Pier- head, Barry Docks, and the railway thereto from Barry Island Station will he opened for traffic H thr>? f"r the summer holiday season.

LATEST NEWS. THE NET DEAN OF ST. ASAPH. PROBABLE APPOINTMENT OF A SOUTH WALES VICAR. A North Wales news agency has good reason to believe that the new Dean of St. Asaph will be the Rev. M. E. Green, M.A., vicar of Aber- dare, who married three weeks ago the elder daughter of Sir W. Thomas Lewis, Bart. Mr. Green is a. thorough Welshman, and his appoint- ment would be favourably received by the clergy throughout the diocese.

THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A BARGOED MAN. On Tuesday afternoon a man named James Evans, who had been strange in his manner for some time past, was missed from his home, Capel-street, Bargoed. Search parties went scouring the locality all night, and the search was continued on Wednesday, but it was late that night when the poor man was discovered on Gelligaer Mountain alive, but in a. most pitiful condition, having been exposed to the weather for 24 hours.- Dr. Owen, who was one of the searchers, immediately applied restora- tives and artificial respiration. The unfor- tunate man was conveyed home, but after a. few hours died from the effects of exposure, not having regained consciousness.

THE HOOLEY BANKRUPTCY, DENIALS BY EARL DE LE W ARR AND MR. BROADLEY. The Press Association says:—In the London Bankruptcy-court to-morrow {Friday) the second of the private sitting in connection with the affairs of Mr. Hooley will be held before Mr. Registrar Hood, when Mr. A. M. Broadley will be examined on behalf of the trustee. The examinations are being conducted by the trustee of the persons to whom Mr. Hooley states he paid sums of money for various purposes, and who are alleged to be accounting parties to the estate. "he first witness examined about a fortnight ago was Earl De la Warr, who has acknow- ledged having received £19,000, and not £25,000, as stated by Mr. Hooley. The debtor alleged that he paid Mr. Broadley £150,000 far intro- dtcing directors and for preliminary puffs, &c., and furth-r states that he heard Mr. Broadley had made £80,000 out of the transactions. Mr. Broadley denies that h? used the money, except for legitimate purposes. It is expected the examination will last a considerable time.

DEATH OF LORD JUSTICE CHITTY. The Press Association regrets to state th&t the Right Honourable Sir Joseph William Chitty. a lord justice of the Court of Appeal, died at half-past- three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon at his residence, 33, Queen's-gate- gardsns, London, W., after an illness lasting only three days. Failure of the heart's action, following upon prostration caused by influenza, was declared to be the e-ause of death. His lordship was in his seventy-first year. The late judge, who came of a legal stock, was born in 1828, and was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated ;n 1851. For three years he stroked the dark blue craft in the university boat race, and maintained his interest in the event by acting as umpire for several years. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1856, taking silk eighteen years later, and as a barrister he enjoyed a very extensive and lucrative practice in the Rolls Court, of which he became the leader. In 1830 he was returned, in the Liberal interest, with Sir William Harcourt, for Oxford City, but his Parliamentary career was brief, for in the following year he was appointed a Chancery judge, and shortly after- wards received the honour of knighthood. He was appointed a Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal in 1897. He married a daughter of the Right Hon. Sir F. Pollock.

THE POONA MURDERS. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A SUPERINTENDENT. A Central News telegram from Bombay on Friday at two p.m. says:—Young Cliapekar has been arrested. The circumstances of his arrest are sensational. Whilst the police were preparing evidence for presentation at the court at Poona to-day young Chapekar entered the room. Before the police were aware of his intention he drew a revolver and fired at the police superintendent. Fortunately, he was flurried in his aim, and before he could again fire he was promptly seized. The superinten- dent escaped without being hit. Young Chape- kar was at once charged with the attempt. It is alleged that after his apprehension he admitted that he was the ringleader in the shooting of the informers, the brothers Dravid. A Reuter's telegram from Bombay on Friday, later, says: —The excitement caused at Poona, by the murder of the brothers Dravid has been intensified by a scene enacted last night at the police-station. Several members of a club formed by Damoaar Chapekar, who was exe- cuted for the murder of Mr. Rand and Lieutenant Ayerst, were berng examined, when Chapekar's youngest brother fired a, revolver at the native chief constable. The shot, how- ever. missed. The assailant boasted that he had killed the brothers Dravid, and named a Brahmin, called Ranale, who has been arrested on suspicion, as his accomplice.

COMPENSATION ACT. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT AT NEW- PORT. His Honour Judge Owen gave judgment at Newport County-court on Thursday in the action Holness v. Mackay and Davies, which was heard at the last court. It was an action under the Workmen's Compensation Act, brought on behalf of the widow of a foreman ganger, named Holness, employed by Messrs. Mackay and Davies, railway contractors, oi Cardiff, to recover a- sum of £300, Holness having been killed on the Great Western Railway whilst going to his work in the early morn- ing of November 12 last. The action was heard at the last court, the defence raised being that the accident did not arise out of and in the course of Holness's employment. The gang of which he had charge was ballasting a siding on the south side of the main line between Cardiff and Newport, at a distance of about 800 yafds from the Cardiff end of the tunnel, just outside Newport Station, and Holness was killed on the main line 150 yards nearer to New- port Station than the spot where the gang was at work. It was shown in evidence for the defendants that Holness had been told to go on to the railway by the Waterloo gate, and not the Macsglas gate, as on entering by the for- mer he would be able to avoid the main line altogether. There was no evidence as to which gate the man did enter by, but his Honour said it did not much matter. Each case would have to be decided upon its facts. He thought the case was aualagous to two others upon which judgment had been given, and he held that this accident arose out of and in the course of the man's employment, because, in his judgment,, hi* work began when he entered upon the rail- way in order to reach his work, and not for his own pleasure. He gave judgment for £250 188,. a sum equal to three years' earnings, and said 113 would apportion the amount between the widow and the two children when he had evidence of their position before him. Hi, Honour divided the money as follows: — Half to the widow; one-sixth to the son, aged 15; and one-third to a daughter, aged 13, who was stated to be in delicate health.

BETWEEN THE RAILS. NOVEL CLAIM AT NEWPORT COUNTY-COURT. An extraordinary accident was inquired into by his Honour Judge Owen at Newport County. court on Thursday in an action brought by Henry Beil, haulier and contractor, against tho Great Western Railway to recover a sum of zE23 12s. in respect of injuries to a horse. Mr. Parsons appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. L. H. Hornby for the defendant company.- The case for the plaintiff was that the horse's off hind hoof was caught between two rails at Pillgwenlly level crossing last October, and. falling over, could only be got up again by means of crowbars and ropes. The hoof was wrenched, and it was alleged that the horse was badly and permanently injured. It was Gontended for the plaintiff that the company, carrying on a dangerous business, must exer- cise the greatest care, and that they had not done so it was sought to be shown that there was an opening of about an inch and a half between the running rail and the short check rail. and that the latter was nearly half an inch higher than the running rail, which was a further clement of danger.-In answer to this it was shown that the opening between the rails was the ordinary width, and that it could not be less because of the width of the flange of the wheels running over the road. The crux of the position was as to how the accident really happened.—His Honour took the view that the horse slipped and just caught the toe piece oi hi.? shoe in the rail. and then stumbled over. It would .iot have happened if the shoe had been properly shaped. He thought it was very dangerous to have a shoe with a short, sharp toe-piece, instead of a piece running to the heel—Judgment was given for the defen- dant company.