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,;JC, He Looked Extremely Poorly and Thin. L — He had no Appetite, and seemed r to be wasting away." i 0 í Il In • ALAN SHAW. A Us Hot you 311 illustration of a child of 7,1 ^ive in growth. An object I {{ of n-ir8 kind •will be useful to thou- V'ij ait08 if ^ey will only profit by it. 'lift.*1'. 6 toy named Alan Shaw. His jjj n5 aboat him, says that she has yall t' qI laining the cause of the child's r Until we will withhold our com- • a» ?0Q liave read Mrs. Shaw's letter, follows t, "101, Lydgate-lane, "Sheffield, May 21, 1898. have the greatest pleasure 5s efficacy of Scott's Emul- Si. in the case of my youngest an,j so good as to send me a sample ^6 tr0ni continued the treatment, pur- ifi v a local firm of chemists, with Se^^l^injjf^ficial results. I have difficulty if8 ^is indisposition—briefly and twv, to this. He looked 4 DOOrlY and thin, languid, bloodless; 4tizi Or eneroy-in fact, be seemed to stoore nTay- The result of Scott's Emul- 's to30, satisfied me, and altogether of He has picked up wonderfully, 1 J 6. and spirits, and has a splendid | is not like the same child.—I am, y°urs faithfully. ^gned) MARGARET SHAW." Now, there was nothing in the world the matter with Alan Shaw except that he needed more nourishment than his system was able to derive from its ordinary food. There are thousands of these cases, and there are thou- sands of them that are allowed to drift from bad to worse, because the parents do not realise their danger and employ at once the Scott's Emulsion treatment. There is no getting away from the great benefits children are deriving every day from Scott's Emulsion. This is a curative as well as a nourishing agent, having properties which aid and soothe digestion, and overcome all weak and wasting tendencies. Scott's Emulsion is cod-liver oil, glycerine, and hypophos- phites combined in scientific proportions, and rendered perfectly palatable. Children do not look upon Scott's Emulsion as a medicine, because they so love the taste of it that they are eager to take it, and there is no remedy in the world which does them so much good. You can obtain a sample of Scott's Emulsion by sending threepence to cover postage to Scott and Bowne (Limited), Manufacturing Chemists, 95, Great Saffron-hill, London, E.C., and mentioning this paper. Scott's Emulsion is the only recognised per- fect Emulsion known. Take no other. For sale by all chemists. L1987—4.
I ^ CLEAXEB S LOYE I AFFAIRS,
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I CLEAXEB S LOYE AFFAIRS, --110 WENT TO CALI- PORNIA. 1\Jt Lite ———- Sheriff's court, St. George'a- ^onc*ay, Mr. A. G. Steel, barrister, v. high sheriff, and a jury sat to ISe'b 11lages in an action for breach of pro- to Rachael Meller, office cleaner, t lejj 43. Clayton-street, Upper Moss-lane, against Joseph Bates, miner, City- n0t0rnbrook- Manchester. The defendant listen appear- ^r- Ambrose Jone3 (in- 1 >« bjr Mr. W. Powell, solicitor, Manch.es- j.resented the plaintiff. stated that there was nothing of a bltt °F romant,ic character about the Wonii' Was one in which he thought the v. 'c°nsider the plaintiff had been most y treated. The plaintiff wa3 about 40 r 1885 a?f' aU(l lived in Manchester in the jjp Hljg' would bo about thirty years of <Wfi .sk° ^rst made the acquaintance of b^ng He showed her attention *^e0. 6 *k°le of that year, and also in 1886. ^er become an £ l she Of^iig ] e defendant had kept the woman v ye ^rom 1S85 up to the latter part 'SP t,ar- when he married another woman W^es. Kiost aggravating circum- tift *orV arins years 1886 and 1887 he anc]lnf,at Manchester Jubilee Exhibi- 1888 Th°Ue^I0Ut that time and during hi m ^7 48 constantly in her company, 1^6 hiiek0ffu^e^ by all her friends as her If. X'as ti-, an^* 1888 he went to Glasgow, W* tijy,. employed at the Exhibition, and i ^eek b t*me during that year and until ^UchA-t ma(*e a Practice of coming over ijv | r> and visiting plaintiff at her ^d^it M ^me 8^e saw ^Lim was t0* onday, when he came over to Man- ^iT' aOd -hi • ^cr out- He returned to Glaa- ^Qtil beard nothing further about U is-111 October of the same year, when ih ^wB_:airied that he had gone over tu*- .without a word of warn- ^*1 1893 not write to her raia' .wneu she received a letter from for tjJ 111 which he asked her to forgive '■ftd6 an(i make it up again, marry .«° out to him in America. He added v^t h? in his mind all the time, was doing splendidly in work. °v. treatment which plaintiff had sJie e wrote to defendant, promising V^°tit still marry him, and would <w?v America as soon as possible. She unable to go out just then, ,^e illness of her sister, and her own W^MGR BAD" CO in to that he wrote to her in August, lIle ont he regretted that she could not A it v ° America, but said that if she 1x6 would wait for such time as she t ready to go out, hoping at the eame B^e won^d keep her promise. He 4J* terms of his advancement, and c 14 he could make more money in a day than he could make in Man- t}> *^4^3 a week. On the 19th of Septembef N 1 acknowledged the letter. After that atl°ther interval, from 1893 to 1898. fr °f the latter year she received a HL ,0ni him from California, apologising an long interval by saying that he had 411 a11017^1 ^or a trip> had got t}jg and instead of being away for a th a I y had been away for 56 months. He w to be home with plaintiff and IVjM urs to «njoy his Christmas dinner, but ^eeP this a secret to herself, shortly afterwards arrived at Man- L**d turned up at plaintiff's home, 6 renewed the promise. He said he Ok. fiog. f'r to marry him as soon lble. that he was doing very well Anierica, that he had Baved a 5 dollars, and that he would rather Iw a*ai a grain than stay at home. Plain- ^a-ri0 *or&ave him. and looked forward to marriage. This went on for about Of T\and on afternoon of Friday, the the defendant told her he Va ? down to Plymouth for a few days, write to her. She did not see him ascertained that on Christmas Eve married another woman. —Counsel out that the plaintiff had been kept *»o«f • man during a time when she likely to get a husband and a com- He asked the jury to give such in, as would not only compensate her £ 33 settlement in life, but for the received to her feelings, and that would punish the defendant W ^ad treated her. She would be i ^ft.to enforce those damages, if they were ky taking the proper steps in the Courts. ^Uer, the plaintiff, then gave corro- evidence. npicJi ^ed by Mr. Steel as to the long intervals fo the communication between v Plaintiff stated that she had not j>J .tae defendant. She was very fond of J* of produced a copy of the certifi- ^aisLB i-?e^e ^t's recent marriage. 'V^tiff Davenport, brother-in-law of the with whom the latter resided at !*a- v stated that just before Christmas i.ear defendant came to his house. He come purposely to marry his sister- R7T~- take her back with him to America,, it 111 addressing the jury, said that, waa rather extraordinary that the V r plaintiff should have still considered herself bound to the defendant after the wav he had deserted her in 1888, there was no doubt that he had behaved in a most heartless manner by marrying another woman at the last moment. He advised the jury to award reason- able damages. The jury awarded damages— £ 75.
TRIPM IURJDER MYSTER.Y,
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TRIPM IURJDER MYSTER.Y, AUSTRALIAN CRIME THAT IS BAFFLING INQUIRY. One of the strangest mysteries of crime which Australia has produced has been exciting intense interest throughout Queensland and New South Wales. In the latest Australian newspapers, which arrived in London on Mon- day, its details and probable motives are examined and discussed at great length under the heading of "The Queensland Horror." The fiendish character of the crime fully deserves that description. It was a triple murder, com- mitted on the night after Christmas, under cir- cumstances which can be only surmised, and leaving so little clue behind that all the efforts of several bands of' detectives scouring the country for 100 miles around have failed to produca elucidation. The victims were three young people-Michael Murphy, aged twenty-nine, and his two sister3, Norah, aged twenty-seven, and Ellen, eighteen. They were well-grown and strong, born and bred in the bush, the children of a highly re- spected farmer long resident in the district of Gatton, which lies about 60 miles inland from Brisbane. The son had been in the mounted infantry, and was a powerful fellow. The party, therefore, would not be slow to defend their lives, and the girls their honour, against a couple of roadside assassins; and yet the theory is that they were murdered by o man. They attended a dance in Gatton on Boxing Night, and were driving in a dogcart to their homes a few miles out. They never reached home. Next morning their dead bodies were discovered in a little paddock, which had been cleared amid the scrub, about a mile to one side of the main road. All three had their heads battered in. The hands of the young women were tied behind their backs, and each had been outraged. Norah had evidently made some struggle, and a strap was drawn tightly aaround her neck. There was mutilation which cannot be described. The wattle leaves which lay thickly on the ground were soaked with blood; the place, indeed, was like a shambles. The horse was killed at the same time. It was only when the police boiled down the animal's carcase that they disoovered the bullet of a revolver-a com- mon kind of bullet which offered no clue in such a district. And the post-mortem examina- tion of the man showed that he had been shot in the head. The murderer left no weapon behind; he wiped his bloodstained hands on the bark of a gum tree hard by and vanished. That is all that is known of him. Murphy's whip was missing; so were the girls' brooches. Mystery envelops every aspect of the crime. The strangest, question is, How were the victims brought to the fatal paddock? The track of the dog-cart's wheels on the road, clearly marked, showed there had been no struggle or even hesitation there; the vehicle had turned sharply into the ecrub without pulling up. The horse and its driver must have been shot in the paddock. How could one or two assassins have led them a mile away without some struggle either at the first or on the route? Such widespread sensation has followed the atrocity that the police and the newspapers have been inundated with letters, offering sug- gestions and theories from all classes of people throughout Eastern Australia, including astro- logers and clairvoyants. Police camps have been pitched all over the surrounding country, and each camp has been making minute inves- tigations with the aid of black trackers. Their suspicions seem to have centred upon one man only-a tramp, formerly a sailor named Bur- gess, who was released from Brisbane Gaol in November. They tracked him ftrom Brisbane along the route through Gatton to Toowoomba and near Dalby—80 miles of mountainous and scrubby country—and arrested him at Bunya Mountain, near Dalby, with a few revolver bullets in his pocket. Numberless stories of his wanderings from house to house—some trustworthy, some of no value apparently-are published. And there the mystery stands.
DO CABINET MINISTERS SMOKE.
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DO CABINET MINISTERS SMOKE. Of all the extraordinary attempts that are made to extract information from Cabinet Ministers, perhaps the most remarkable was that of a well-known lady, who the other day asked a Cabinet Minister of her acquaintance whether Ministers smoked at the Cabinet meet- ings. The statesman was as nearly being taken by surprise as ever it is possible for a states- man to be. Pausing a moment to recover his presence of mind, he replied that the Ministers I did not smoke while Lord Salisbury was pre- sent, because Lord Salisbury did not like smok- ing. but that when he left they pleased them- selves. It was a wise answer, because it actually conveyed no definite information.
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MARKETS. CORN. Cardiff, Saturday (from the Cardiff Grain Coranany. Limited's report).—The few samples of home-grown wheat on offer at our market made last week's prices; foreign was firmer, and in some cases 6d higher. Grind- ing barley was 6d per quarter dearer. Quota- tions for oat's, maize, and beans were un- changed. Gloucester, Saturday (from Messrs. Lucy Brothers' report).—Fair supply of English- wheat at our market to-day; value about unchanged. Fcreign quiet at late rates. Barley and maize firm. Oats unchanged. Cowbridge, Tuesday.—The market was again depressed, and prices showed a decline on the I week. Wheat 3s 5d, barley 3s 6d to 3s 9d, and oats 2s to 2s 4d. There was no demand at these prices. CATTLE. Roath (Cardiff), Tuesday.—There was a short supply of cattle on offer at pur market to-day, which met a steady trade at firm prices. Sheep were few, and prices were fully maintained. A few calves were offered, and met a fair trade at moderate prices. Pigs were a full supply, and met a steady trade at about late rates. Quo- tations:—Cattle: Prime steers, 58s to 60s per cwt.; secondary lots, 54s to 5Gs per cwt. cows and bulls, 42s to 48s per cwt. Sheep: Prime yearlings, 8d to Bid per lb. for nice weights; ewes and heavy fheep, 6!d to 7d per lb. Pigs: Baconers. 7s 6d to 85 per score; middles, 8s 3d to 3s 9d per score; porkers, prime small weights, 95 to 9s 6d per score; sows, 6s to 6s 6d per score. Calves, 7d to 8d per lb. There was a moderate attendance, and business was brisk for best qualities. Other lots moved off slowly, and at the close little remained unsold. Cowbridge, Tuesday.—There was a large market to-day in every class. but prices were against sellers. Beef from 6d to 7d per lb. Cows and calves from P,15 to X18. Sheep a large supply and very slow sale, at quite id per lb. lower on the week. Nearly all were sold, owing to the scarcity of roots. Pigs a small supply, and sold at about last week's prices. Salford, Tuesday. Smaller, supply of cattle, for which there was a good demand. About the same number of sheep, for which there was a brisk demand. About the same supply of calves. Quotations: -Cattle. 4d to d; sheep, 6d to 8d; calves, 6d to 8!d per lb; pigs, 7a 6d to 8s per score. HAY AND STRAW. Bristol, Saturday.—Hides: 931b and upwards, 3id to 3Jd; 831b to 921b, 3§d to 3Jd; 731b to 821b, 3id to 3|d: 631b to 721b, 3gd to 3id; 541b to 621b, 3|d to 3|d; 531b and under, 3^d to 3id; cows, 631b and above, 3Jd to ojcl; light, 3 £ d; bulls, 2|d; heavy cuts aad warbled, oid; light ditto, 3id; irregular, 3d. Calf-skins: 171b and up- wards, 4Jd; 121b to 161b, 5id; 91b to 111b, 5Jd; under 9i b, 5(1; cut and irregular, 4d per lb. Horse hides. 13s 6d. 148 6d, 15s 6d, 17s. and 188 6d; first kips, 3id; second kips, 2id. Fat: Mutfcn 2d, beef lid, rough lid, and sweet 2id. Wools: C Is. B 2s 2d. A 3s 7d. X 4s 7d, XX 5s 6d, XXX 6s 3d, Lot 7s 6d. Forward price to Thursday.— Wools: C 1", B 2s. 2d, A 3s 7d, X 4s 7d, XX 53 6d. XXX 6s 3d, Lot 7s 6d. Fat: Mutton 2d, beef lid, rough lid, and sweet 24d. BUTTER. Carmarthen. Saturday.—There was a small supply of butter in the market to-day, which sold at from Is to Is Id per lb.; basket butter, Is to Is 2d per lb.. according to quality. Cork, Tuesday.—Firsts, 112s per cwt.; seconds. 95s; fourths, 73s. Fine mild, 100s. Number of firkins, 40. HOPS. Worcster, Saturday (from Messrs. Piercy and Co.'s, late Messrs. Piercy and Longbottom, report).—Only twelve pockets of growers' hops have been weighed at the public scales here this week, but some trade continues to be done from the stocks of those merchants who hap- pen to have a few small parcels left over from their purchases during the season, and for which full prices are easily obtained. Growers still demand very high figures for the few remaining lots they have left unsold. There is a better inquiry for yearling and old hops, and prices remain very firm. LLANSAMLET FAIR. The Llansamlet February Fair was held on Tuesday. There was a very poor ehow of cattlo. but what were there sold at from Cl4 to L18 for cows with calf. Nags were nume- rous, but sales quiet. Ponies were in fair demand, and prices for this class ran from X15 to Z20. There were a large number of flannel stalls, and prices ruled as follow:—Flannel, lid to Is per yard; extra wide, Is 6d to Is ad per yard; blankets. 16s to 22s per pair; shawls, iarge, 12s to 15s each:, turnovers, 2s 6d to 3s each; stockings—men's, Is to Is 6d per pair; children's, from 5d to 8d per pair. The day was beautifully springlike, and some good sales in the latter were the result. CORN AVERAGES. The following statement shows the quantities sold and average price of British corn, imperial measure, as received from the inspectors and officers of Excise, in the week ended February 18, conformably with the Act 45 and 46 Vict., cap. 37 Quantities sold. Lyemge price. Qrs. Bfis. s. d. Wheat 84,267 6 6 0 Barley 75,353 4 26 10 Oats 22,433 3 16 11 Comparative statement for the corresponding week in each of the years from 1895 to 1898 Wheat. Average. Badey. Average. Out*. Avge, Qrs. Bus. K. d. Qrs. Bus. s. d. Qrs. Bus. s. d' 1395.61,795 1 19 11 f2,741 2 22 2 23,892 0 13 6 IK6 ..41,201 7 2n 3 67,018 1 21 10 21,'78 5 13 9 I3rr7.4 ,976 3 28 11 !■ 4,930 7 <5 9 16,008 4 16 5 m8.63,404 6 35 0 7.\718 0 27 U 21,296 4 17 8 REXiATIVK VALUE OF EBEDING STurrs. Pb* Pur Pen BoSBBL. QtTiRTKR. CWT. lb. s. d. lb. d.j 1. d. Wheat, Esglish 65 3 10$504 29 cl 6 9 „ „ (official; average) 60 3 4 26 0 6 1 Anstraliau (best)| 5! 4 1 11% 32 6 7 4 „ „ (average) 52 4 0 j496 32 0 7 3 Manitoba (best) 6 4 1 |495 32 6 7 4 Barley, Knglish (bestii 56 4 4 £ 448 35 C 8 9 „ „ (official averaere) 53 3 5} 400 26 10 7 6 Eussian (best).. 50 2 4 ,400 38 t' a 2 „ „ (average) 50 2 3 400 18 0' 5 0% Oats,En-listi (best). 42 2 7JH336 21 0 7 0 „ „ (official1! average) 39 2 2 !|312 16 Hi 6 0 „ Eussian (best) .I 41 2 Hi >20 21 6| 7 6$ „ (average)] 40 2 5 :i320 19 3| 6 9 Maize,American 63 2 5$|'430 19 3; 4 6 „ Galatz 60 2 5J! 180 19 9| 4 7& Eeass, Kgyptian 10 3 11 11480 31 6| 7 6 Pead, Canadian 63 4 1 i;504 3?. Cj 7 2) Linseed, Calcutta 51 4 410 37 61 10 3 Flour, Leather Tie 56 5 5 280(sk)26 0 12 7 Flour, rmthertio 56 5 5 280(sk)26 0 12 7 Hran — 5 0 Pollard — — 5 0 Barley Maal — — 5 5 Linseed Cake (best) — — 7 10 J „ „ (average) — — 7 9 Cottou Cake (best) — — 6 0 „ (average) — — 5 9 Hay, Euglish Meadow; (best) — — 3 6 „ „ (average — — 3 3] „ „ Clover(be8t.) — — 3 It „ „ (av'ge) — — 3 8' „ Dutch (best) — — 3 4 (average) — — 3 0 The above prices (except official averages) are from the latest wholesale Quotations. Retail traders require to add wholesale profits, ware- housing, carriage. Aa.
LOCAL COMMISSIONS.
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LOCAL COMMISSIONS. The London Gazette of Tuesday night con- tains-the followuig:- LINE BATT ALIONrt. South Wales Borderers.-Second-lieutenant C. E Kitchiu to be lieutenant, vice C. W. Pearless, promoted; dated November 23 last. Lancashire Fusiliers.—Major Sir Robert A. W. Colleton, Bart., from the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, to be major, vice C. J. Blomfield, promoted; dated January 22. Welsh Regiment.—Lieutenant Osborn B. Prit- chard to be captain, vice H. D'A. Harkness, promoted; dated 4th inst. MILITIA ARTILLERY. Glamorgan Artillery (Western Division).— Horace Armine William Webber to be second- lieutenant; dated 22nd inst. MILITIA ENGINEERS. Royal Monmouthshire.—The undermentioned gentlemen to be second-lieu tenants: -niigel William Francis Bayones (dated 10th inst) and Jestvn Llewelyn Mansel (dated 11th inst.). MILITIA INFANTRY. 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers.—Arthur Berger to be secoml-lieutenant; dated 22nd inst. VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. 1st Mon mouthsltire.-Lieuteiian t G. E. Lle- wellyn to be captain; dated 22nd inst, MEMORANDUM. Volunteer Infantry Brigade, Western Counties. —Major M. Dixon, 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, is appointed supply and transport officer to the brigade; dated 22nd inst.
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GAZETTE NE WS, BANKRUPTCY ACTS. 1883 AND 1890- RECEIVING ORDERS. Wm. D. Evans, of Birchgrove, Llansamlet, Glamorganshire, collier. LleweUyn Williams, High-street, Blaina, Mon., engineer. Hugh Harries, trading as H. O. Harries, at West End, Abercarn, Mon., tailor. LOCAL WINDING-UP NOTICES. The "London Gazette" of Friday night states tha.t at an extraordinarv general meeting of the members of the Glanystwith Steamship Company (Limited), recently held at 11, Bridge- j street, Aberystwith, it was resolved and duly confirmed that the company be wound up volun- tarily for re-construction. Mr. L. J. Mathias, of Aberystwith, has been appointed liquidator for the purpose of such winding up. The "London Gazette" also states that the LI est Llantwit Colliery Company (Limited) has been voluntarily wound up for re-construction. Mr. J. Price, 34, West Bute-street, Cardiff, has been appointed liquidator.
LOCAL PATENTS.
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LOCAL PATENTS. The following :ccord to February 15 is supplied by Mr. N. Watts, chartered patent a,-ent:- APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS. Alexander O'Reilly Good, Cardiff: Roller for blinds, maps, wall diagrams, <i-e.; No. 2,696; February 7. John Stocker Sanders. Pembroke Dock: Engine revolution indicator; No. 2,893; Feb- ruary 9. Watkin Willis Lethaby. Cardiff: Horse-balling instrument; No. 3,112; Febrnar" 11. Lewis John Williams, Llandaff: Clm-brake for rubber-tyred vehicles; No. 2,706; February 7. INVENTION PROVISIONALLY PROTECTED. Thomas Williams and Thomas Lloyd, Risca: Recording telephonic messages. Recording telephonic messages. APPLICATION TO REGISTER A TRADE MARK. Taylor and Co., Swansea: For tea.
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TRADE REPORTS. BRITON FERRY. The directors of the Briton Ferry Works are about to lay down plant for the manufacture of coke on it large scale, sufficient, in fact, to cope with the increasing requirements at thase works. The erection of several ovens and a, washery will accordingly be proceeded with forthwith. The output of hematite at ths Briton Ferry Works this week was again satis- factory, hnd the six smelting furnaces at the Briton Ferry Steel Works and the three at the Albion Works were fully employed. The same number of mills were in operation at the Villiers, Baglan Bay, and Gwalia Tin-plate Works as in the preceding week. The export shipping trade was good. a noteworthy feature being the large quantity of coal shipped by the Dynevor Company. SWANSEA. Shippers had but a poor supply of fresh tonnage during the past week, the terrible weather experienced being sufficient tb account for the limited arrivals. Now, however, that the conditions are much improved, it may be anticipated that the current week will be a very busy one. It is satisfactory to find that, compared with the same period of last year. the week's operations show an increase of 14,000 tons. The imports include 2,300 tons of pig iron from home ports, Spain 8,900 tons iron ore, 623 tons copper precipitate, and 461 tons copper matte, Hamburg 90 tons general, Amsterdam 450 tons general, and New York 50 tons ganera.I. The coal and patent fuel •r e? were Quiet, shipments of the former including France 15,118 tons, Spain 1.550 tons, Germany 2,850 tons, Italy 2,0u9 tons, and home ports 8.479 tons. Patent fuel: France 3,655 tons, and Italy 3,150 tons. The general export trade was active, and an exceptional number of steamers are loading and to load, including one for Galatz and Braila, the first of a new ^nfiu°r Danubian ports, for which Messrs. H. GoWberg^and Co. are agents. Vessels to load: —Wells City and Massapequa for New York, iilni Branch and Laju for Batoum and Odessa, Samaria for Mediterranean ports, St. Gothard for Leghorn and Genoa, Lusitania for Adriatic ports, Dana for Lisbon, Alverton for Reval, City of Rotterdam for Hamburg. Garay, Nigel, and Aline for Rotterdam. Imports, 16,381 tons; exports, 44,811 tons—total trade, 61.192 tons, compared with 62,969 tons the previous weeh; and 47,350 tons the corresponding period last year. Shipments of coal 32,714 tons, patent fuel 6,850 tons, and tin-plates and general goods 5,292 tons, the latter including for France 950 tons, Spain 375 tons, Holland 100 tons, Germany 500 tons, Italy 1,597 tons, New York 300 tons, and home ports 1 470 tons. Ship- ments of tin-plates 42,187 boxek. and receipts from works 61,428 boxes. Stocks in the dock warehouses and vans 261,369 boxes, compared with 242,128 boxes this day week, and 124,733 boxes at this date last year. Vessels in dock: Steam, 40; sail, 55—total. 95. Imports: Pig iron 2,164 tons, scrap steel 162, ingot moulds 17, iron ore 8,900, zinc ashes and ore 185, copper precipitate 623, copper matte 461. arsenical ore 180, pitch 305, building material 845, grain 177, ÐIld sundries 2,262 tom. Export^: Coal 32,714 tons, patent fuel 6.805 tons, and tin- plates and general goods 5,292 tons. SWANSEA VALLEY. The past week was an exceptionally brisk one at the collieries. At Birchgrove, where the output has been steadily increasing for some weeks past, the production exceeded that of any week for the past or present year. The total output, throughout the valley must have been almost a record one, and there is every prospect that shortly the production will be largely increased by the opening up of the Llangyfelach coalfield. The workpeople in the vicinity of Llansamlet and Glais, as well as Birchgrove, are naturally perturbed at the announcement of the sale, which takes place early next month, of the Graigola Collieries. These collieries are fully employed, and in such an excellent condition that it is expected a purchaser will be found for them, and that there will be no stoppage. The present pro- duotion of thesa pits amount to nearly 2,(00 tons per week. A fairly good week's work was done at the various steel-producing establish- ments. At the Dyffryn the full complement of furnaces were once more smelting, four at the Upper Forest, same number at Pontardawo and Landore, two at Cwmfelin, and Millbrook one. Stocks are now almost depleted, and prices for both qualities remain at the same figure as on the corresponding week of last month. The quantity of pig iron produced was normal, and the same applies to coke burnt at the patent ovens. Copper trade exhibited an improvement on the previous three weeks. The large plate mill of the Morfa Works was again in full swing after the recent breakage. Work at the sheet and tin-plate mills was fully up to the average of the past fortnight. Morris- ton and Midland Works, which have been at a standstill for over a fortnight, are to be re-1 started this (Tuesday) morning. It is antici- pated that the misunderstanding between the employer and employed at Cwmbwrla mills will be amicably settled before the end of the present month. The majority of finishing departments at the tinworks are dreadfully quiet, and many of the old hands, at Morriston especially, are in a most poverty-stricken state. Foundries and. engineering sheds were doing quite as well as for months past. Chemical factories and manuries me well supplied with orders, and, on the whole, the outlook could be worse. DOWLAIS. The week just concluded was an excep- tionally busy one in the works. All the manufacturing departments were kept employed at hfgh pressure, and overtime was' general throughout. The proprietary have in hand very substantial orders which (require immediate attention. With numerous recur- ring demands, it is found to be well- nigh impossible to meet the constant heavy calls. Notwithstanding the fact that the Plate Mill (Ivor Works) is now greatly im- proved and expanded, its capacity is still found to be quite inadequate, although taxed to the utmost degrea. Big lots of steel plates were despatched from this branch into the country, and several others sent to the neighbouring ports of Cardiff and Newport for shipment. The Little Mill also is running without cessa- tion, merchant plates, of which a good con- tract for Staffordshire has been secured by the company, and small goods taking first place. Likewise the various centres of labour in the Old Works know no rest, and matters appear likely to remain in the same satisfac- tory state for some time to come. The only reference needed to the collieries is to record the enforced stoppage which took place on Friday at the South Tunnel Pit. Cwmbargoed. During the early hours of the morning a heavy fall occurred, and in consequence the work- men were prevented from descending. A rjood deal of damage was done, but the passages were cleared and the necessary repairs effected in time to resume work on the follow- ing day. RHYMNEY VALLEY. The past week has been a very busy one throughout the whole of the steam and house coal collieries in the Rhymney Valley, and the prices of all kinds of coal remain unaltered. Sinking operation are carried on very suc- cessfully by the Powell Duffryn Company at Bargoed to the lower steam coal measures. The Tredegar Iron Company (Limited) have commenced a service of workmen's trains between Maesycwmmer and Abertryswg Col- liery, in the upper part of the valley. This new arrangement of workmen's trains, in addition to the one already running by the Powell Duffryn Company between Machen and New Tredegar, will be a great boon to the workmen in the valley. The tin-plate trade has been moderately active, with a firmer tone as to the future. NEWPORT COAL TRADE. The following is the quantity of coal shipped at Newport for the week ended February 18, 1899:—Foreign, 60,032 tons; coastwise, 15,886 tons.
LLIAINSLIIY STTRVEYOR AND…
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LLIAINSLIIY STTRVEYOR AND HIS STAFF. A special meeting of the Llanelly Finance Committee was held on Monday morning to consider the position of Mr. George Watkeys (borough surveyor) and his staff. it was decided that the staff should be directly in the employ of the borough council instead of being employed by the surveyor as heretofore. It was further decided that the staff should con- sist of an assistant, with a salary of £120, rising to £ 150; a competent clerk at £ 80, and rising to £ 110, and a junior assistant. it •was an instruction that the surveyor should be debarred from private practice, that he devote the whole of his time to the duties, and that he be allowed to engage articled pupils. Before finally fixing his salary, the committee decided to make inquiries as to the salaries paid in other towns.
"HOTEL DE MARL" IN THE BARRY…
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"HOTEL DE MARL" IN THE BARRY DISTRICT. At Barry Police-court on Monday afternoon (before Colonel Guthrie and Mr. L. Wood) seven men, named Robert Boyle, James Nolan, Thomas Rankin, John Stanton, John Ellis, Michael O'Brien, and Alfred Laurence, were placed in the dock charged with disorderly conduct at Cadorton.—Police-constables Clynch, Mendus, Toms, and James said about 3.45 the previous afternoon they saw the defendants in Courtney-road in a beastly state of drunken- ness and drinking from thfee 41-gallon casks of beer, and creating a great disturbance.—Nolan, Stanton, and O'Brien were sent to prison for fourteen days each, and the other men were mulcted in 10s. each. O'Brien was fined 5s. and 1,. damage for breaking the cell windows.
THE SKETTY STABBING AFFAIR.1
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THE SKETTY STABBING AFFAIR. The Sketty stabbing affair again occupied 1 the attention of the Swansea bench of magis- trates on Monday. The charge preferred against the father, William Taylor (71), farmer, was that of unlawfully and maliciously wound- iug and inflicting grievous bodily harm on his son William John Taylor. The son declined to prosecute, and, after some hesitation, the Bench agreed to permit the withdrawal of the case.
BIXEEDIXG OF STOCK IN GLAMORGANSHIRE,
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BIXEEDIXG OF STOCK IN GLAMORGANSHIRE, LOCAL GENTLEMAN'S SUCCESS AT ISLINGTON; As we briefly reported on Tuesday, a complimentary banquet to Mr. William Thomas, The Hayes, in recognition of his signal successes at the Centenary Smithfield Club Show. Islington, in December, 1898, and of the deep interest taken by him in the breeding of pure stock, took place at the Angel Hotel, Car- diff, on Monday evening. The Hon. Ivor Churchill Guest presided, and he was supported by, among other representative gentlemen, the Mackintosh of Mackintosh, Colonel Wilkinson, Mr. Thurstan Bassett, Colonel Homfray, Mr. R. Stratton, Mr. E. W. M. Corbett, Mr. D. T. Alex- ander, Mr. L. Shirley, Mr. W. H. Lewis, Mr. C. Williams, Mr. L. Gottwaltz, Mr. F. L. Perry, Mr. H. Kay, Mr. J. J. Handcock, Mr. W. Emer- son, Mr. E. Akers, Mr. R. Templeton, Mr. A. C. Stewart, the Rector of Sully, Mr. D. Lewis, Mr. T. P. Thomas, Alderman John (of Cowbridge), Mr. W. V. Huntley, Mr. T. Thomas (the Bear), Mr. R. Thomas (Boverton), Councillor I. Thomas, Mr. D. Morgan, Mr. W. L. Yorath, Mr. E. Lewis, Mr. A. Carr, Mr. L. Williams, Mr. T. George, Mr. J. Roper, Mr. J. Hillier. Mr. D. Smith, Mr. A. Hibbert, Mr. J. L. Perry, and Mr. C. J. Spaar. The usual loyal toasts having been proposed and duly honoured, Mr. R. Thurstan Bassett submitted "The Navy, Army, and Reserve Forces," and boyond that took the liberty of expressing his pleasure at supporting the chairman in doing honour to Mr. William Thomas, with the members of whose family he had been associated in friend- ship since childhood. (Applause.) The toast was acknowledged by Colonel Wilkinson, The Mackintosh, and Colonel Homfray. The Chairman, in proposing the toast of the evening, the health of Mr. William Thomas, said they were all there to congratulate Mr. Thomas on his magnificent performance at Smithfield the other day. (Applause.) When competition was, perhaps, keener than ever before, it was especially gratifying to find Mr. Thomas had won the prize medal, although he had won no less than five prize medals before. (Applause.) They felt that the result con- ferred great honour on South Wales, and he knew many other people would have liked to be present if possible to honour Mr. Thomas for his remarkable achievement. He hoped Mr. Thomas would give them a wrinkle or two when he got up to respond. ("Hear, hear," and laughter.) One thing about Mr. Thomas was that he not only showed stock but he bred ,it. (Hear, hear.) That was the thing that most influenced them in joining to do him honour, for the medals were got by stock bred by him- self. (Applause.) The speaker then referred to the love of sport evinced by the Thomas family—Mr. William Themas in coursing and Mr. Rees Thomas in supporting fox-hunting— and in conclusion said it would be needless for him to detail the personal characteristics of Mr. William Thomas to a company who knew him so well. He called on them to drink the toast with "three tunes three." (Applause.) The toast was drunk with musical honours. Mr. Thomas, in reply, referred to the change that had taken place in the breeding of stock during the last fifteen or twenty years. They could now take prizes with from one to three- year-old mutton that years ago took mutton of three or five years old to take, and the change was due to the improvement of the sires. (Applause.) Mr. Thomas referred to the good feeling which now existed between land- lord and tenant. He stated that of late years they had been rather slovenly in the breeding of sheep, but he was now glad that they had adopted a better standard, and hoped it would continue. He referred to the breeding of horses, which, he said, now produced between £50 and £60 each. Mr. C. Williams proposed Success to Agri- culture," and Mr. Stratton and Mr. L. Shirley responded. The toast of "The Chairman" concluded the proceedings. During the evening a number of excellent songs and recitations were rendered by members of the company.
THE MAN OUT AHEAD,
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THE MAN OUT AHEAD, The man with oil and smut on his palms, and perhaps a touch of it on his nose; the man who never rides first-class, but always rides first-a class all of himself; if, when starting out on a railway journey you have any thoughts or prayers not immediately required for your own use, invest them in him. For, although the passengers on the train may be plentifully punctuated with princes and dukes, capitalists, promoters, M.P.'e, bishops, and other clergy, plus liberal spoon- fuls of the very cream of society, nevertheless. the man with tpegrease and coal dust on him is far and away the most important fellow on board. When the present writer sinks back into the soft embrace of a seat in a coach of a fast express for Liverpool, and sees, as he lights his pipe, the platforms of Euston Station ewim away, he never fails to take a mental snap- shot at the Man on the Machine; for, whether we run into the big shed at Lime-street or into the bigger shed of Eternity depends largely on him. Sober he will be. May he also be healthy and hearty, clear-eyed, cool, and steady. For in the hollow of his grimy hand he holds us all. One of these men, Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, is —and for many years has been—in the employ of the L. and N.W. Railway. He is (almost needless to say) competent and fortunate. Otherwise he could not have retained his posi- tion. The line has suffered no serious calamity for which he could be held responsible. Some- times he would be laid up for a few days, but that was his bad luck—not that of the company or of the public. For, look you! important as it is that engine- drivers should be sound men, they are not necessarily so. If it were a hard and fast rule that men who run locomotives should never be ill, especially when on duty, the volume of traffic would fall off materially. As men do other kinds of work while half ill, so they are obliged to drive the iron horse in the same condition. Pilots of steamboats and wheels- men on ships have dropped dead at their posts; and the faithful chaps on the reeling steam wagons are not exempt from the common fate. For over 26 years," says Mr. Wilkinson, "I was at no time a really well man. I had fre- quent spells of giddiness and pain in the back of the head. I had also a bad taste in the mouth, a poor appetite, and after eating my food often repeated,' or came up in my throat. There was much pain at my chest and stomach, as though what I ate stopped there, like a train shunted off the main line. "What was particularly bad for me was loss of sleep, more or less, at night; so that I felt tired and out of condition in the morning. In the course of time I got weak and found it hard to get on with my duty. However, I struggled on as I could, and came through all right, but the strain was all I wanted to stand up under. "Sometimes when I reached home after a day's run I was so worn out and .exhausted tha.t I was glstd to settle down anywhere. I consulted doctors and took many different medicines, but only got ease for the time. Then the complaint came on again, bad as ever. So it ws with me—up and down, but never well or right. I had often heard of Mother Seigel's Syrup as a sure remedy for indigestion and chronic dyspepsia, but up to this time had not enough faith in it to try it. In November, 1895. I read about it; I mean cases it had cured, some worse than mine. On this I bought a bottle from Mr. F. W. Hughes, The Ince Drug Stores, Spring-view, Lower Ince, and it did me a lot of good. I kept on taking it, and I wasn't long before I enjoyed my meals and everything agreed with me. The pn in the head and the giddiness troubled me no more, and I was another man. I only regretted not having known of Mother Seigtel's Syrup twenty years before. I tried Mother Seigel's Soothing Plasters for pain in the side and back, and they relieved me in- stantly. "I tell all my friends about how I was ured, and you may feel at liberty to publish my hasty letter if you think it may prove useful. I will reply to an." inquiries." (Signed) Thomas Wilkinson, 258, Warrington-road, Lower Ince, near Wigan, Lanes., Nov. U, 1898. Goodness knows there are dangerous and disagreeable things enough in the calling of an engine-driver (or, indeed, of any outdoor railway man) without his suffering from a stomach that never makes schedule time. And now, if never before, these valuable public servants, when 80 afflicted, will know what to do. L501
ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT AT ABEBCABS.
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ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT AT ABEBCABS. On Monday night a successful athletic tourna- ment, promoted by the local athletic club and under distinguished patronage, took place at the Empire, Aberdare, whieh was thronged with an appreciative audience. Mr. J. Wood, Car- diff, acted as master of the ceremonies, and Mr. Jacob Hyams, London, was referee, the judges in the boxing competition being Messrs. M'Larn, Aberdare, and W. Morgan, Cardiff; club swinging, Messrs. Jacob Hyams, London, and G. Upton, Aberdare. Mr. John Manders, Cardiff held the watch, and Mr. A. J. Sheen, as hon. secretary, materially contributed to the success of the entertainment. In the competi- tion for club swinging the prize was awarded to Mr. T. White, of the Newport Athletic Club. In the amateur bantam championship of "Wales for 8st. 41b. weights the palm was awarded to J. Driscoll, Cardiff. An excellent display of box- ing was given by Pedlar Palmer, the unbeaten light weight, has brother, Matt Palmer, giving promise of future excellence. Mr. A. Avent, Bristol, and Thomas Davies. Aberdare, also gave an exhibition match. A bout of single- sticks and other interesting features were also included in the programme.
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EXCITING AFFAIR AT TREALAW,
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EXCITING AFFAIR AT TREALAW, SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST TWO SOLDLERS. Before the Stipendiary and other magistrates at Ystrad Police-court on Monday, John Haltessey. a private in the Engineer?, and Charles Ritchings, of the Gloucestershire Regi- ment, both on furlough, appeared on remand charged with wounding William Norman, a break-driver, residing at Trealaw, on Friday evening, the 10th inst. Mr. J. Phillips, solicitor, Pontypridd, prosecuted, and Mr. J. Spickett, solicitor, Pontypridd, defended Hallessey, but Ritchings was not defended. The case had been parti* heard the previous Monday, but owing to Norman's critical condition was adjourned, Hallessey being remanded in custody. The prosecutor stated that on the night in question he was returning in a break from Porth to -Dinas. A man named Charles Ford was in his company at the time. When cross- ing the railway bridge near Dinas Station he met the defendants. Prosecutor and Hal- lessey shook hands, and Ritchings asked Norman for money to have a drink. Prosec- tor refused, and immediately Hallessey struck him a blow on the side of the neck. Prosecu- tor was staggered as a result of the blow, and Hallessey aimed another blow. but he (Nor- man) avoided it by ducking his head. He, however, fell to the ground, and a scuffie ensued between Hallessey and himself. Rit- chings then punched him in his side. After releasing himself prosecutor shouted for the police. There being no police about. Ritch- ings said, "Give it to the b Hallessey then struck prosecutor in the stomach, and Ritchings hit him in the side. He then raised himself into a stooping position, and was between the two defendants when he received a, severe blow with something across his fore- head. He could not say with what, but remembered seeing stars, and imme- diately fell to the ground, where he lay unconscious for some time. Defendants then ran away towards the railway station. Charles Ford picked him up, and as he (prose- cutor) did not know the defendants Ford told him their names. In reply to Mr. Spickett, prosecutor denied that he was in any way drunk; also denied having said that "soldiers were no b class." He had only taken three glasses of beer that night. Dr. Llewellyn (Penygraig) gave evidence of having attended the prosecutor the night of the assault. He found him bleeding profusely, with an extensive wound on the right side of the head. It was a triangular-shaped wound. two of the sides being two and a half inches long. The flap hung over the right eye, ex- posing about 3Jin. of bone. He had put twelve stitches in the wound. Cross-examined, he said that it was 'caused by direct violence. It could not have been done by knuckles. It might have been done by Norman rushing to hit one of the defen- dants, and n doing so falling to the ground. His cheek was bruised. Prosecutor was prac- tically out of danger, but not absolutely. In his defence Hallessey said that prosecutor was drunk, and rushed at him and fell to the ground, this causing his injuries. The Bench decided to commit defendants for trial at the quarter sessions, and accepted bail in two sureties of £25 each. and themselves in £50.
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THE NATIONAL LIBERAL FEDERATION. ANNUAL REPORT. The Press Association has been supplied with a copy of the twenty-first annual report of the committee of the National Liberal Fede- ration. to be submitted at a meeting of the council at Hull next month. The report describes the steps taken to erect "a lasting and appropriate memorial to their great leader by his political followers. On February 14 the subscriptions received by the treasurer had reached the sum of £3,675, from over 50,000 subscribers. The committee expect that these figures will be considerably augmented. The authorities have granted a site for the erection of the statue in the central lobby of the House of Commons, and the commission has been placed with Mr. F. W. Pomeroy, of London. Included in the report is a copy of the Harcourt-Morley correspondence, and, alluding to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as Sir William's successor, the committee say-.— "The choice is one which warmly commends itself to the party as a, whole, and with such admirable leaders in the two Houses as Lord Kimber-ley and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, loyally supported as we know they will be by their colleagues, there is no fear that the Opposition will not be led in accordance with the best traditions of the party." After eulogising the grand work done for the party by Sir W. Harcourt and Mr. J. Morley aud expressing regret at their retire- ment, the committee proceed to criticise the home policy of the Government. "By far the most important legislative achievement was the Irish Local Government Act. It was not Home Rule in the Liberal sense, but a com- parison between the Bill of 1892 and the Act of 1898, both introduced by Lord Salisbury's Governments, would show that enormous pro- gress had been made, through the instrumen- tality of the Home Rule movement, in secur- ing justice and equality for Ireland- There was a disposition in some quarters to suggest that the Liberal party ought to stand in a white sheet, and confess that their advocacy of Home Rule was a mistake for which they were now sorry. In reality the Irish Local Government Act was the white sheet in which the Unionists had confessed that their opposi- tion to Home Rule was based on reasons which they now admitted to be unsound, or which, at all events, they had abandoned." The re- port also deals with the Vaccination Act and other measures passed last session. Dealing with foreign affairs, the committee say that the actual course of Lord Salisbury's diplomacy with regard to the Fashoda ques- tion presented the usual muddle. At one moment he was heard saying that the Soudan belonged to Great Britain and Egypt by right of conquest; at another time it belonged to Egypt alone. The policy of the Government in China, the report added, had been almost more strongly condemned by Conservatives than by Liberals as being weak and vacillating. The result had been that Russia had. by our diplomatic defeat, secured what she wished in China. The occupation of Wei-Hai-Wei was a desperate attempt to retrieve a lost situation. Touching upon the present and the future, the report added that in the House of Commons Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman had already made it clear that he intended to lead his followers in the fighting spirit in which they desired to be led. The tone and temper of the party were alike excellent. There nevel- was a t.mc in the history of the Liberal party—or. indeed, of any party—when every member of it held the same opinions on every single sub- ject. The committee strongly urged upon Liberals the necessity for attending with increased zeal aad care to the details of local organisation. The outlook was full of encouragement, and, with assured loyalty amongst themselves, they looked forward to a general election in the not far distant future with confidence.
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WORCESTER MAN IN TROUBLE AT NEWPORT. William Henry Morton, a native of Worcester, has a strong penchant for stealing builders' tools. He was charged before the Newport magistrates with stealing a hammer and trowel from Bishton-street, two trowels from Spring- street, still another trowel and a spirit-level from Goodrich-street, and a mason's frail, each lot belonging to different builders and being taken from unfinished houses. Each and all of the implements were sold or pawned. The last case had to be withdrawn. When asked what he had to say, Morton said, "Nothing; misery and poverty is no excuse. I only ask you to be as lenient as you can."—He was sen- tenced to three months' imprisonment, and one of the magistrates remarked that it was a wholesale theft. Prisoner: I am perfectly aware of it. A Magistrate: Think over it and reform. Prisoner (in a subdued voice): Who is going to give me the first foot on the ladder if I do turn? The Clerk: The Prisoners' Aid Society. The prisoner turned down the dock steps with a grunt of disgust.
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AN ASSIZE ANOMALY. The Merioneth Assizes were continued on Saturday (before Mr. Justice Darling) at Dol- gelly.—In charging the grand jury Justice Dar- ling said that, although there were great com- plaints about the need of justices to perform the work accumulating at the Queen's Bench, he had been compelled to come down from London to Dolgelly to try a man who was charged with attempting to steal a penny. In addition, the grand jurors, the petty jurors, and a host of others were put to the trouble and expense of attending, and yet having prac- tically nothing to do. He thought a means should be devised of stopping the holding of assizes when there was really no work to do, and if the grand jury made a presentment to that effect he would be pleased to forward it to the proper quarter.—The judge's suggestion was adopted.
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