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» ^S^DARVELBAY" SEGARS. ,I Ofan Da em. Wholesale: R. KINGSTON and 00.. >17564 QRANGETOWN. CAHOOT. "NO BETTER FOOD. Dr. Andrew Wilson, FJEUUL FRY'S PURE CONCENTRATED COCOA TRY ALSO "FIVE BOYS" MILK CHOCOLATE. BBCOMMENDED BY THE MEDICAL PM- FESSIONAND PI&BB&
r m 1 IIEETING OF THE FEDERATION…
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r m 1 IIEETING OF THE FEDERA- TION EXECUTIVE* raeeting of the executive council WaV South Wales Miners' Federation jjl? held at the Angel Hotel. Oar- f> jj" on Friday, Mr. W. Abraham, j. ^ab°n ")> M.P., presiding. There were also J; ?ei^t Messrs. W. A. Onions, T. 4h«rtr^8' -D- ^atts Morgan, George Little, £ Morrell, Thomas Jones, W. E. Morgan, 1^. Stanton, J. D. Morgan, J. Kemp, J. j^«°ne, Vernon Hartshorn, John Davies, Thomas, J. Evans, T. James, J. Marfning, fc. ;yce, ,J. Williams (Merthyr), and Thomas (Ogmore). || £ ePutation from the Senghenydd collieries « 'he East Glamorgan District appealed to < «°uncll for some assistance in meeting the *Qj-w5es that bad been given against the **aen at the recent prosecution for breach j^Qfttract in stopping against non-Unionisti. t^38 resolved that the whole matter of the Ij^j'^nionist difficulty be discussed at a T^fer meeting of the council. vaell ltll reference to the Tredegar day watch- s dispute, which had been referred by the ^ft i°n Board to Messrs. F. L. Davis and Morreli, who had, it appears, failed to ^oh,6, an application was now made by the for permission to tender notice ter- y^^ting contracts in the event of the aues- not being settled when it comet up on iSPft before the Conciliation Board j**is request was acceded to. George Little, C. B. Stanton, and the 8 tinstone were appointed to represent 1(: c°uncil at the annual conference of the CWe,ra Federation of Great Britain on er 6- officials of the Federation were ap to ?te<* to attend the Free Trade Conference .be held at Cardiff on September 26. .j Orj]i tter 'was received from the Saundersfoot jj, "e'y workmen complaining of the non-pay- It ent of wages for several weeks at Reynold- Colliery. *rit ^eneral secretary was instructed to to the owneng upon the matteT. *o,L.Tom was appointed to see the HJJV«aen of the Gwauncaegurwen Colliery Co r«P9Tt upon the position taken up by the ,t 5^ with respect to the matters in dispute w '■be colliery.
■^STING of THE CONCILIATION…
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■^STING of THE CONCILIATION v BOARD AT CARDIFF. \felf' R- E. Gray presided on Saturday at a "tended meeting of the coalowners' ^entatives on the Conciliation Board, "was held at Cardiff. The meet- Private, and no official report was Ya-cj. is understood, however, that the Bide Cy in the chairmanship on the owners l|r ^f the board, caused by the death of ^«u ard J°De«- wa-fl d bCUSBed. No decision ffentia,rrived a^> but the election of a certain lefj. -ehjan was discussed, and the matter was •q, abeyance for a few days. It is pre- that the consent of the gentleman tlwrped to is to be obtained before making Appointment public.
AGAINST VARTEG COLLIERS.
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AGAINST VARTEG COLLIERS. have been served upon eighteen Jtill 4ff9 *mpk>wcd at Messvu. Vipond'-a Varteg befr,. ^'Hiery for leaving work two hours til);e finishing time on Tuesday, the 18th (Str • day fallo-wing the miners' dermon- j„r3-tion at Poutypool. The employe*"8 claim daisages in, aa<cb case, and the summonses returnable at Pontypool Police-court Saturday.
Dispute SETTLED AT CWMTILLERY.…
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Dispute SETTLED AT CWMTILLERY. hauliers employed at No. 1 Pit, Cwm- lery (Messrs. Lancaster's Steam Coal Ool- Limited), who struck work on Monday ageing owing to an alleged grievance 8t a master haulier, resumed work this rning. A second deputation met the Ujg^Sewent on Tuesday, but it is stated that the t6r c°mp?.ny would not in any way alter the ■^hi u offered to the men on Monday, and beeC terms it wae thought at the time had a accepted by the hauliers. The men held «yjjeeting later, and the decision come to jn was to accept the terms offered, as evening it was announced that there be work on Wednesday.
CtJTTING PRICES AT CLYDACH…
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CtJTTING PRICES AT CLYDACH VALE reeard to the proposal of the directors of j.6(j Qambrian Collieries, Clydach Va,le, to the price list in the Red Vein Seam, a Ration oonsistiijg of Mr. D. Watts Morgan, i°m Jajnea, and some of the workmen Llewelyn, the general manager of >1 j.^nxbrian Collieries, on Tuesday. After «d.,8cuBsion of the situation the Question was °arned.
^^AMINERS APPOINT ORGANISER.
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^^AMINERS APPOINT ORGANISER. liCrTe Monmouthshire and South Wales Col- Examiners' Association, which, during few years has made great progress, jlp**ow entered into a new departure. It that, although the association {j(w^es in its ranks most of the firemen in •till and Monmouthshire, there are tj0' Some oollieriee not affiliated. This ques- ha« occupied the attention of the lodges the executive for some time, and as a *}Jq It of the deliberations Mr. Luther Silver- Abertillery, was elected organiser to •ierJ^ciation at the last meeting of the /tive council at Cardiff.
TIIIE TIN-PLATE DISPUTE.
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TIIIE TIN-PLATE DISPUTE. Asters APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO MEET THE MEN. Meeting of the executive of the Tin- ^^•toakers Association was held at the H- el Metropole, Swaneea. on Tuesday after- tjjg11' Mr. Trubshaw priding. We learn tfjJ- the chief business was to appoint the ggj. ^ittee of masters to meet the repre- jioa f'tives of the men to discuss and, if dj^'kle, settle the outstanding questions in including the payment for Canadas iui; ^oublts aa decided at the recent mcet- *s&tJ?f tlie conciliation board which termi- the strike. The following were the (j?tlemen appointed:—Messrs. E. Trubshaw feo5neny), Joseph Maybery (Llanelly), George A. «.^orcester, Ac.), H. Clements (Beaufort), Robins (Eagle), D. Lewis (Gorseinon), and Th rrop 'Grovesend). dispute at Grovesend Works was again OVd. and it was decided to appoint a s^^ittee of four to meet the men and M eavour to settle the question of the prioe dealing.
^-PLATERS AND THEIR STRIKE…
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^-PLATERS AND THEIR STRIKE tt pay. recollected that a complaint was 8Wie J?y tbe men affiliated to the British ^;0 Smelters, Mill. Iron, and Tin-plate ^ttri Association that their pay allowance the recent strike was only 15s. per by :first class, compared with 17s. 6d. paid Dockers' Union to their men. Mr. the general secretary of the flrst- ^•tu6 8°ciety, has just issued a circular- .*to the members intimating that— « ,^he executive were of opinion that the w°nld be a long one, and it was, there- thought better to start on a benqpt ij We could pay for three or four months, ^^ceesary, than start big and have to ^own- -Ajs the strike lasted only op« •* and a day, however, the executive havi \1:1 CIQed that the strike benefit shall be at *a.te of £ 1 per week first-class members, the others classes in like ratio." decision of the executive will mean an %iH of 5s. per week, and this amount Swe Paid the men this week. This course >0^ although rather late, will allay the aints of those tin-platers who have been ^ning withdrawal from the Union since strike was settled.
^NBEUDY WORKS RE-OPENED.
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^NBEUDY WORKS RE-OPENED. VeJjfr a stoppage of nine weeks, owing to a tlie milia at the Glynbeudy Tin- ^0rks' Brynamman, re-started this the tj Arrangements were made to keep Ot U11?"llOU8e working during the greater part e Ot-Dopage.
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MR. CHAMBERLAIN RETIRES from the CABINET.-See Page 7.
A CARDIFF MAN'S DEPRAVITY.
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A CARDIFF MAN'S DEPRAVITY. HIS YOUNG WIFE DRIVEN TO IMMORALITY. Allegations of extraordinary moral depravity were made at Cardiff Poliee-eourt on Tuesday. David John Hughes, 28, short, thick-set eul- lier, was the prisoner, and the complainaat was his wife, a good-looking young wotuMt, dressed in black. He was charged on a. war- rant that; between June 14 and September 16 he lived in part on the proceeds of his wife's illicit earnings. Mr. Harold Lloyd, for the complainant, said the etory he had to lay before their worships was very sad and sordid, and also most de- plorable. Prisoner, two years ago, married complainant, a respectable woman, and for twelve months they lived comfortably at Merthyr Vale. They moved thence to Cardiff Docks, where there were differences between them, and three months ago they shifted to 11. Lewis-street, Canton. Continuing to disagree. prisoner suggested to his wife that she ehould behave improperly and support him with her earnings For some time she refused to listen to his suggestions, but he assaulted her and behaved cruelly, and she yielded at last. Three months back a man was brought to the house to lodge, and prisoner made to him the foul suggestion that he was not married, and that, if he chose, he (the visitor) could occupy 'he same apartment as his wife. Complainant, unfortunately, gave way, and after several days she received from the lodger certain money, which she handed to the hueband. Subsequently she seemed to throw off all pre- tensions to decency and took men home with her to the knowledge and in the presence of her bushand, to whom she handed the sums she received, he following ^er about and making arrangements in the course of the life to which he bad led her. The next-door neighbour was a Mrs. Saddler, who on one afternoon went into the house suddenly, and, failing to find Mril Hughes, was surprised to finft her with a man. Mrs. Saddler made some comments upon the situation, and com- plainant explained that her. husband had foroed her into it—a statement which he did not deny. Latterly prisoner had been in the employ of Nixon and Co., Navigation Colliery, and occasionally he came home and stayed for a time, but she had kept him in food, and had also given him various mtms of money. Six weeks ago his client contem- plated proceedings, and, knowing that, prisoner worked the greater part of Sep- tember, though for three or four months previous he had neglected her altogether. Mr. Lloyd went on to mention, as a further element in the that prisoner, when arrested at the Taff Vale Station, Cardiff, did not deny the charge. A few days since Police- sergeant Bates was called to the house to quell a disturbance. The windows downstairs had been smashed. Prisoner was thtre, and his wife was upstairs with a man. Ethel Hughes (complainant) was then called. She said she was married two years ago at Merthyr. During the first twelve months of her n-arried life at Merthyr she got on well with her husband. Last year she came with her hns- band to Cardiff, and they went to live at the Docks, with witness's father. When she went to Lewis-street, her husband was sup- posed to have started work at Sertghenydd, but it was very little money he gave her— £ 1 8s since she had h(.en in Lewie-street. He suggested that she should carn her living on the streets. Frank Caudlin, the lodger, was brought to the house by prisoner, and the latter made improper suggestions. She re- fused for some tlm;. Prisoner threatened her, and finally she consented. Before she retired prisoner told the man they were not married, The man stayed at the b.)use a week, and gave her £ 2 tOo., out of which she gave 10s. to prisoner. Witness went on to say that she received a further eum of £ 5 from a gentleman her husband introduced to her in Custom House-street. Out of the money she bought a pair of boots for her husband, and spent the rest in rent and in house- keeping, as she had nothing else to live upon. Accused wrote from Merthyr Vale notifying the dates he had read in the newspapers of the arrival of ships he asked her to meet, and once he requested her to meet a man at Barry, but she declined. She had, however, met ships at Cardiff. What she told Mrs. Saddler when she came in was the truth. She did not then know that her husband was under tho bed. When Mrs. Saddler asked her husband if he knew the oonsequences," he answered that he didn't —— —— care. Upon conveying to her husband the information that ehe could not support him any longer he beat hor, and as she ran into Mrs. Saddler's for protection, he followed her into the passage with a knife. He caught hold of her and threw her down, and put his foot on her chest and nearly choked her. She remem- bered the visit of Police-sergeant Bates, when F.he was upstairs with a man and the prisoner downstairs. She had a conversation with the sergeant, and told him that her hns- band had smashed the windows. When she complained to her husband that she was ill and waf tired of the life ehe was living he struck her. Then she threatened proceedings, and he said he was not afraid because he had in his pockets the dockets and they would "Keep him clear." Upon her information- prisoner was arrested. She had received only £ 1 8s. from him in four months. Mrs. Saddler gave corroborative evidence. She had seen prisoner take men to the house and go out with them to have a drink. On one occasion she gq,w prisoner with his foot on his wife's chest, taking the rings off her fingers. Police-sergeant Bates and Detective Victor Kellett gave evidence in confirmation. The latter said prisoner when arrested had two rings in his posseesion. He made no reply to the charge. The magistrates passed sentence of three months, with hard labour.
WELSH BIGAMY CASE.
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WELSH BIGAMY CASE. ALLEGED SHAMELESS TREATMENT OF A WIDOW. At Oswestry Police-court on Wednesday Joseph James, who was recently arrested at Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, on a warrant, was brought up in custody charged with bigamously marrying at Nantwioh last January. Emma Smith, a widow, now residing at Cefn M&wr. Mr. C. H. Bull prosecuted. Prosecutrix said she formerly lived at Whit- church, where she tooK in lodger8- Last Prosecutrix said she formerly lived at Whit- church, where she tooit in lodgers. Last November prisoner came to her house to lodge. He said he was a single man and by trade a joiner. About Christmas be asked her to marry him, saying if she did so he would always keep her a lady. On January 17 they were married by special licence, wit- ness paying the fees, about JE3. and they lived together at Whitchurch till March last, when, on prisoner's advice she sold her furniture and moved with him to Merthyr Tydfil. From there thev removed to Newport, Mon., where he suddenly left her on Maren 30, in the streets. Prisoner did no work; he had spent all her money, and when she refused to give him anything he punched her. In fact, he used to take as much as Zi a day out of her purse and waste it. During the whole time they were together she received not a penny from him From inquiries she subsequently made, she discovered that he was a married man, and upon that mforation took out warrant against him.—Martha Phillips, widow, of 22, North-street, Bufferland, Pem- broke Dock, said prisoner married her daughter, Elizabeth, at Pembroke Dock on August 8, 1882. They lived together about eight years, after which they came to live with witness. Prisoner remained in witness's house about a. week and left to go to London to look for work. saying he would send for his wife directly ha succeeded in this. But he never did so Witness- did not See prisoner again till February, 1900. when he called at her house and asked his wife to let him have the custody of the boy, leaving the girls with her. Witness, however, sent him away, as he was in drink at the time, while his wife told him she would have nothing more to do with him. Prisoner saw his wife at late as August last. Ethel James, who said she resided with the last witness, her grandmother, identified prisoner as her father. Police-constable Diggory. who arrested the prisoner, deposed that when he read the warrant over to him prisoner replied, I was not in my proper senses when I went through the form of marriage with Emmtl. ftmith." Upon this evidence Briionwr. wty}he: reserved his defence, was committed for trial to the Salop Assizce.
MERTHYR ENTERIC EPIDEMIC.
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MERTHYR ENTERIC EPIDEMIC. REPORT BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER. At a meeting of the health committee of the Merthyr Urban District Council on Wed- day, Mr. T, E> Morgan presiding, Dr. D. J. Thomas submitted & preliminary report upon an outbreak of e&feric fever in the district. Up to the end of August the number of cases notified had been 40, During the week ended September 5 fourteen cases were notified. Eighteen cases were notified during the weels ended September 12, and 5$during the week ended September 19. The number of houses affected was 75. Between Septem- ber 1 and September 19 no deaths occurred from the disease. Of the total number noti- fied between these dates, 48 were removed to hospital. The cases were too evenly distri- buted between the two sexes for the outbreak to bear any relation to occupation. Visits of inspection to the premises affected had disclosed no grow aanitary defects. All the houses concerned were supplied with water from the council's supply, This water was above suspicion. There remained two other souroes of infectiop-milk or some other article of food. The houses involved were supplied with milk from 40 different sources, and it might be concluded that the outbreak could not be traced to milk. With one excep- tion, the milk was obtained in the immediate neighbourhood. The premises of all the milk vendors had been visited and inquiries made as to any cuqs of illness, &c., on the premises or amongst the employes. The other food supply to which attention would naturally be directed was shell-fish. This kind of food had been proved on many occasions to be the cause of outbreaks of enteric fever. Of the total number notified five were secondary cases. In three instances the disease had been imported into the district. One of these ha.d been at Llanstepban from August 5 to August 27, and was taken ill on September 6. The second had been at Goodvrick from August 8 to August 29, and was taken ill op August 30. It was more than probable that both these oases had contracted the disease away from this district. The third case canne from Aberdare on September 5, and was suffer- ing from the disease when he arrived here. There remained 83 cases. It had been found that 64 of these had partaken of shell-fish about a fortnight previous to the outset of symptoms. In an industrial district like this, those figures would not in themselves be conclusive, as a large majority of the popula- tion were partakers of this form of food. But when the replies were analysed it was found that no less than 54 of the persons attacked had obtained their obellfish from one source. Taking first of all the history of these 54 per- sons, it was ascertained that with three excep- tions they first exhibited symptoms of the disease between August 28 and September 1. Two were taken ill on September 6, and one on September 4. As the incubation period of enteric fever was usually about fourteen days, the contamination occurred about the middle of August. A sample of the shell-fish was taken for bacteriological examination on September 12, but the result would not materially assist them, as the conditions existing in the middle of September might be very different from those that prevailed in the middle of August. As the analyses were not considered satisfactory inquiries were made at the villages where the shell-fish had been gathered. It was found that no case of enteric fever had occurred there recently. It must, therefore, be con- cluded that the contamination took place after arrival in the district. Mrs. had one consignment of cockles and mussels a week. The cockles were fihelksd at the sea- side, and in 'h.t form their were popularly called rhython." They arrived in sacks on a Thursday evening or Friday morning, were washed and cleaned so as to get rid of the brine on a Friday, and taken in baskets to the market on a Saturday. On September 4 Mr. —— was suffering from enteric fever. The history he gave of hie illness was fairly definite. He had been confined to his bed since August 21, but had been ill suffering from diarrhoea for eight or nine days previous to that date, so that his illness really dated from August 12 or 13. On August 13 a consignment of cackles and mussels arrived at the house. On the following day they underwent the usual process of washing and cleaning, and on August 15 they were sold in the market. The cleaning was mostly done by the wife. but the husband also assisted. To what extent and the nature of assistance rendered by him on August A4 could not be precisely ascer- tained. AH the persons referred to above bought the cockles on August 15. In some instances it was the only occasion upon which they had eaten shellfish for months. It was difficult to ascertain the true histpry in many instances, and the figures given above referred only to those persons who distinctly recollected to have bought the cockles on the 15th of August. There remained 29 cases whose infection could not be traeed to this source, but it was a general experience for cases to arise during the epidemic where the source of infection remained obscure, and was, probably, inde- pendent of the epidemic cause. Moreover, then there was the possibility that an error in diagnosis might have been made in some of these cases, as four of the persons admitted into the hospital were found not to be suffer- ing from the disease. At any rate, the source of the infection of those remaining cases had not yet been definitely traced. The Chairman said that the matter had been taken up by the medical officer and him- self very seriously, and he thought they bad now got the upper hand of the outbreak.—In repiv to Mr. G. O. James, Dr. Thomas said there had been only one death, and the disease was of a very mild form. Nothing could be done to stop the sale of cockles Unless they were found to be contaminated, but in that case it could be done. The Chairman said the cockles were pre- sumed to be all right when they came to Mer- thyr.—A copy of the report was ordered to be sent to the Local Government Board.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
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A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. A YOUNG GIRL OUTRAGED AND MURDERED. A shocking tragedy has been revealed at Malton, Yorkshire. On Sunday evening Annie Marshall, aged sixteen, servant at Der- went Farm, Scamp ton, near Malton. left the farmstead to go to chapel, and on Tuesday, after inquiry and search, her body waa found in the River Derwent. There were two bullet wounds in the head. Her mouth was filled with grass, and there were signs that she had been outraged, and then dragged or carried to the river, the trail continuing for some distance. AN ARREST. A fellow-servant at the farm, named Charles Wm. Ashton, was on Wednesday remanded on suspicion- of being concerned in the tragedy. The police on Wednesday again visited the farm, and discovered the place where it is believed the poor girl was shot. traces of blood being still distinguishable and the grass pulled up. When the Lody of the deceased was found among the weeds in the stream a quantify of grass was stuffed in th« mouth. A post-mortem examination was made, and the result will be made known at the inquest.
REIGN OF TERROR.
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REIGN OF TERROR. OUTRAGES IN THE BLACK COUNTRY. A reign of terror has commenced among the women at Wyrley, Staffordshire, in conse- quence of the renewal of the mutilation of cattle and horses and the expression used in an anonymous letter that the gang will do for twenty wenches before March." This is being taken to mean that savage attacks will be perpetrated on women as on cattle. ;>nd no woman in the parish will stir out of the house after dusk. Additional police are beins drafted into the district. They are making inquiries into the fiendish slaughter of Mr. Green's hotøe, but it is believed throughout the district that the ingenuity of the criminal has completely baffled them. A striking point in connection with this last outrage is that the horse was an extremely spirited animal, so much so that the owner was advised to not even drive it. The belief is pow general that the weapon used is a large sharp hook attached to a long handle, as it is not thought possible that the man could get near enough to a spirited horse to use a knife without himself sustaining injury. Up to Thursday no arrests liad been made Up to Thursday no arrests had been made and no clues discovered.
DISASTER IN THE LAKE DISTRICT.
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DISASTER IN THE LAKE DISTRICT. I m J FALL OVER A SCAWFELL PRECIPICE. The worat disaster which has occurred in the Lake District for years took Plaoce on Sca-wfeli on Monday night, involving the deaths of Mr, Broderick, of Windermere; Mr. Stanley Bidsdale, of Hea.therley House, Kew Gardens, London; Mr. A. E. W. Garrett, of 12, Boss-roHd, Wellington. Surrey; and Mr. Henjjy L. Janp, of 84, Willaelay-road. Croydon. The party set out in the afternoon to climb Sc-wfell, dose to where the late Professor Marshall lost his life. Another party were also endeavouring to make an aaoent of tho mountain a short distance away, but owing to the slippery suite of the ground; and the high wind prevailing they decided to relinquish the attempt. ^)n their return they made the shocking discovery that the other party had beten overtal&t n by disaster, which must have proyed immediately fatal to three of them, while the fqsirih (Mr. Bidpdale). though still alive, was in, an almost unconscious state. He was unable to speak, but feebly pointed in the dja-cction of his comrades, indicating that they should be the first to receive aid, and being evidently ignorant that they were beyond hnman help. Assistance was speedily sought for, but by this time darkness had come on. A search party with lanterns and improvised stretchers set out for the spot and Dr. Fearnhead, of I Wythain, did everything that was possible under the ojychmstancea for Mr. Ridsdale, but the latter died on the way down as the result of his injuries and the ps<olonged expo- sure and exhaustion. It was early on Tuesday morning before the search party reached Westdale with the body of the unfortunate climber, and the three other bodies were not brought in until Tuesday a-ftemoon. The four gentlemen were roped together when found, and were lying at the foot of a huge cliff, at what is called Lords Bake, which they had been apparently attempting to scale. Mr, Broderick was a well-known and experienced climber and achieved several records. His companions, who must have been killed outright in the fall. bore marks of terrible injuries, and it is judged that they had been lying at the bottom of the cliff some two hours before being discovered. A KeSWiek telegram says:—Mr. B. W. Broderick, one of the victims, was mastftT at i Fettes Ooilege, Edinburgh and was spending the recess at his home at Highfell, Winder- mere. The party set out to do the dangerous ascent up the most difficult side of Scawfsll. From the position in which the victims wsre found it is inferred that one of them slipped, and, all being roped together, dragged the others down with him. THE INQUEST. Mr. Gordon Falcon, coroner for West Cum- berland, held an inquest on Wednesday at Wasdals on Stanley Ridsdale (23), London, bank clerk; Richard Wilfred Broadrick (31), master at Fettes College, Edinburgh; Henry L. Jupp (29), bank clerk; and A. B. W. Gar- rett, clerk at the Guardian Assurance Offioe, who were killed on Scawfell on Monday. The evidence showed that several parties started from Riteon's Hotel. Wasdale Head, to explore the wild and grand soenery of the mountain. William Edward Webb, of Highgate, London, who was with another party, left his bag on Rake's Progress, and on returning for it in the descent his party found Mr. Ridsdale ter- ribly injured, but alive, at the bottom of a. deep ghylI. his oomrades being dead. They were ro>pd, ;»*»,! the rope was intact, Garrett being firs;s J^v>u<irick second, Ridsdale third, and Jupp fourth. Ridsdale said: I have broken both my legs and my back. Go and look after the other chaps." He said they had been climbing nearly five hours when the fall occurred. Presumably, one of the party slipped and dragged his friends with him in a vertical fall among the boulders below, probably a distance of three or four hundred feet. When told his companions were dead, Ridsdale asked, "Cannot you resusci- tate them?" Help arrived from the hotel five hours afterwards, Mr. Webb sitting alone in the dark with the sufferer until ten p.m., when Ridsdale was placed on a hurdle. In the descent the two lanterns were extinguished, and for the two or three miles the party had to literally grope their way over dange- rous rooks and loose stones with Ridedale, who suffened great agony. Twice a moun- tain torrent was crossed, and a gap was! broken in a huge wall to expedite the deeeent, but about an hour after the start the unhappy sufferer passed away, notwith- standing the close attention of two doctors. It was daylight before the rescuers returned to the hotel The bodies of Broadrick, Jupp, and Garrett were brought down the next day, Broadrick. who stood 6ft. 3in. in height, became tired in the asoent, and just before the accident changed places with Garrett in the lead. The rope was 160ft. long, e*ola man having about 40ft. The exact cause of the accident can never be known, but the impression prevails in the dale that the wind, which was strong, fitful, and gusty, had something to do with the disaster, although Mr. Webb does not think so. The deoeased were all expert climbers. One. at least, was not recognisable, his skull being crushed down on his chin; another had a broken neck, while all the bodies were limp and distorted out of all shape. The Coroner in summing up said that in recent years the climbing of dangerous places seemed to have obtained a strange fascination for people, and it was difficult to understand what pleasure they derived from it This was a pure accident, and nobody was to blame. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.
RECORD SUIT.
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RECORD SUIT. END OF A LONG-STANDING WILL CASE. The celebrated Chancery suit of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce lapsed and melted away for the very good reason that the whole estate was ultimately absorbed in oosts. A somewhat better fate awaited a Chancery suit whiob, commenced a. century and a. quarter ago, has just been brought to an end. This was the suit of Middleton v. Spicer and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel v. Middle- ton, which, after establishing a record run, has now dropped peacefully out of the list with an order for the payment of £244. less certain costs, to the S.P.G. In 1769 one Daniel Godwyn died, bequeath- ing his residuary estate to the society. A part of the estate, however, consisted of leasehold property, and could not legally be bequeathed to a charity by reason of the Mortmain Act then in force. Thus the estate went into Chancery. An order was made by the Lord Chancellor in 1783 whereby the money, already considerably reduced by costs, was ordered' to remain "on ye credit of these causes subject to the disposition of his Majesty and ye further order of this court." And there the bequest has remained until now as a dormant fund, in spite of the repeated attempts to obtain payment to the society. To Mr. R. S. Tredgold, solicitor, of Seething- lane, belongs the distinction of having persevered until success was achieved. To- warda the end of last year the Treasury Solicitors' Department, whose co-operation was neoessary, were again approached. This time they agreed to apply to the Chancery Division for payment, and an order having been made by Mr. Justice Buckley a warrant under the sign manual has been issued for payment to the S.P.G. of £244. This L244 is the remnant of the amount in court after payment of about Xioc to the Department as the cost of their, share of the work.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN LONDON.
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MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN LONDON. On Friday morning last a middle-aged man, who gave his name as Henry Cox, and de- scribed himself as a. clerk, waft found lying on the pavement in Park-lane, London, in- sensible. A policeman took him to St George's Hospital, where he died the same day. While in the hospital he gave an ad- dress in Kensington, which proved on inquiry to be false. He asserted he had been drugged somewht-re in Westminster. It had been im- possible, said the Coroner at the inquest at Westminster, yesterday, to trace the man, and the statement that he bad been drugged was, in his (the coroner's) opinion, wildly improbable. The doctor at the hospital could find no trace of poison, and the jury- returned a verdict of Death from natural OMUM."
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A SUMMONS TO SURRENDER. PHILIP (Mr. T. W. David):- Be pleased then To pay that duty which you truly owe To him that owns it, namely, this young Psince: I And then our arms, like to a muzzled bear. Save in aspect, hath all offence sealed up; Our cannons malice vainly shall be spent Against the invulnerable clouds of heaven; And with a blessed and unvex'd retire. With unhack'd swords and helmets all unbruised, We will bear home that lusty blood again Which here we came to spout against your town, And leave your children, wives, and you in peace. But if you fondly pass our proffer'd offer, 'Tie not the roundure of your old-faced wall. Can hide you from our messengers of war, t Though all these miners and their discipline Were harbour'd in their rude circumference. Then, tell us, shall your city call us lord? —" King John."
. STRANGE TRAGEDY AT A jISWINDON…
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STRANGE TRAGEDY AT A SWINDON INN. made no reply wiMa charged with the murder of the unfortunate girl. It is stated that the parties were formerly acquainted, but Palmer had been away from the neighbourhood about twelve mouths, and the young woman bad been heard to remark that she did not wish to renew the friendship. Swinford was a native of Fairford, Gloucestershire, and was about twenty years of age, while Palmer is somewhat older.
THE ACCUSED SENT FOR TRIAL.
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THE ACCUSED SENT FOR TRIAL. At Swindon Police-court on Monday Richard Palmer, described as a groom, was charged with murdering Hetty Swinford. Mr. Sims prosecuted for the Treasury. The evidence showed that the accused had been keeping oompany with the deceased, and that the banns of marriage were published a year ago. Palmer suddenly left the oountry, returning recently. Last Friday he entered the bar of the Ship Hotel, Swindon, where Swinford was engaged, called for beer, and shot the girl dead with a revolver as she was serving him. Medical evidence showed that the deoeased was shot through the heart and died immediately. A photograph of the deoeased was found on the accused, bearing the inscription "The curse of my life," and on the back were the words "To Dick, with love from Hettie." Prisoner, who maintained a stolid demeanour, asked no questions and reserved his defence. He was committed for trial at the Wilts Assizes. The accused man Palmer was, after his oommittal for trial, J removed to Devizee Gaol. A large crowd had assembled outside the main entrance to the police etation in the hope of seeing him taken in the ordinary way to the Great Western Rail- way Station with other prisoners,. Bat, in order to avoid a demonstration, the police decided to remove Palmer quietly, and in p. conveyance, by road, While the people were assembled the police quietly removed the prisoner in a brougham. He was taken out by the back way and driven straight away. THE INQUEST. On Wednesday the adjourned inquest on the body of Hettie Swinford was held before the North Wilts coroner, Mr. W. E. Nicholson Browne. Before proceeding to take further evidence, the Ooroner said that since the jury met last Saturday a curious proceeding had happened. The local magistrates had committed Palmer for trial on a charge of wilful murder. It was not customary for a magisterial bench to commit an accused person in a case like this until the coroner's jury had given their de- cision. He considered the magistrates had acted somewhat hastily, and their action was somewhat of a slight on the coroner's court. (Hear, hear). Evidence was then taken, the witnesses who were called at the magisterial hearing on Monday-the landlord and landlady of the hotel and Dr. Astley Swinhoe—repeating their evidence. Police evidence was also given, showing that Palmer and Swinford were en- caged to be married a year ago and the banns were published, but the engagement was broken off and Palmer left the neigh- bourhood, only returning a week or so ago. He entered the hotel last Friday about fiv* p.m., and shot the girl dead with a revolver. Superintendent Robinson produced a photo- graph of the girl which was found upon the accused man Palmer. On it was written the words. The curse of my life." The jury returned a verdict of Wilful nyirder against Palmer. FUNERAL OF MISS SWINFORD. A shocking tragedy was enacted at the Ship Inn, Swindon, on Friday, Esther Swinford, a barmaid, being shot dead. The young woman was in the bar with a Great Western Railway labourer named Richard Palmer, when the report of a revolver was heard, and on the landlord going to the apartment he fownd the girl lying on Ihe ground dead and bleeding from a wound close to the heart. There was a revolver in the room, and on the police being summoned. Palmer was arrested without making any resistance. He The funeral of Miss Hettie Swinford took place amidst a great demonstra-tion of sym- pathy. The funeral cortege left the Ship Hotel at four o'clock, and proceeded to St. Mark's Church, where the first portiou of the service was impressively read by the Rev. H. Brocklehurst. The coffin, which was covered with lovely floral tributes, was borne from the house to the church, and later to the ceme- tery, by twelve men. taking turns by fours, and carrying the coffin on their shoulders. The streets were lined with spectators, and the church was densely packed, while in the cemetery a. crowd, estimated at some 5,006, assembled. The chief mourners were the deceased's father, brother, and three sisters, and her uncles and aunts. The coffin was of polished elm, with brass fittings, the inscription on the breast-plate being as follows:—"Esther Swinford; died September 18, 1903; aged 19 years." It is a pathetic coincidence that just a week ago, about the time of the funeral, Miss Swin- ford sat for her photo, and she received a proof on the morning of the day she was mur- dered.
SHOOTING CASE AT LAMPETER.
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SHOOTING CASE AT LAMPETER. A WELL-KNOWN FARMER IN CUSTODY. John Lloyd Will Luna, fatt-mer, of Gwarffynon, Llanfairclydogan, Is in custody at Lampeter Police-station charged with firing at and seriously wounding his brother-in-law, John Williams, on Monday night or Tuesday morn- ing. It appears that on Saturday last John Williams, who is a. grocer residing at Peny- graig, Uanfairclydogau, some four or five miles distant from Lampeter, arrived home somewhat the worse for drink. After arriv- ing home he took some spirits and went to bed. While his wife and children and a lodger were having supper together he came into the room and threatened to kill them all, at the same time taking hold of a loaded gun. He afterwards armed himself with a knife, and the wife and children, as well as the lodger, ran out of the house, and John Williams then bolted the door. John Lloyd Williams took compassion on the wife and children and allowed them to come into his house, Gwarffynon, an adjoin- ing farm. Mrs. Lloyd Williams is a sister of John Williams. On Monday night John Williams went to Gwarffynon, armed with a hatchet, gave the door a terrible blow with it, and demanded his wife. John Lloyd Williams said it was too late for her to return then. It was about ten o'clock, and very dark. John Williams then proceeded to smash all the windows, and used most violent language, threatening to burn up the whole lot of them. There were about twelve per- sons in the house at the time. It seems that they were all quite panic-stricken, and that John Lloyd Williams eventually fired through the window and shot John Williams in the abdomen. As the condition of John Williams was con- sidered serious Mr. David Davies, of Velindre, a magistrate, accompanied by Mr. Daniel Watkins, justices' clerk, attended at Llanyny- gog. Llanfairclydogau, the house to which Williams had been taken, in order to take his depositions. Mr. D. F. Lloyd, solicitor, and landlord of the accused, was also present, as well as Police-sergeant Thomas. The deposi- tions of the injured man were to this effect I went to Gwarffynon, the residence of the accused, as my wife and children were there since Saturday. I had had some beer. I asked my wife to come home, bnt she refused. John Lloyd Williams said it was too late, and I became angry, and said if the would not come home I would break the door and window and make her come. I broke some of the windows. I don't remem- ber anything else until I was shot. I don't know who shot me. but it came from the direction of Gwarffynon. It was very dark. I don't know what it was I broke the win- dows with. I think it was a piece of wood. After being shot I went to the barn or stable. Afterwards the sergeant came there. On Tuesday afternoon the accused was brought before Mr. David Davies at Lampetsr, and was remanded until Friday next, bail being allowed for his appearanoe.
SERIOUS CHARGE AT THE MUMBLES
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SERIOUS CHARGE AT THE MUMBLES At Swansea County Police-court on Wednes- day, Charles Beynon. of Liverpool, a well- dressed and apparently well-educated youth, who had been camping above Langland Bay, was charged with a criminal assault on Olive Theresa Kift, seventeen, a good-looking girl, the daughter of Joseph Kift, tobacconist, Newton-road, Mumbles, on Tuesday night last. Mr. Dormer Andrews, who appeared for the prosecution, said on Tuesday evening complainant and her cousin, Beasie Myles, went for a walk neajr the Osborne Hotel with defendant and another young man named Bert Stone, living at Mumbles. After sitting on a seat defendant suggested that they should go to the camp which he had on the hillside, and she and Beynon went. The other couple took a different direction. Defendant gave her a lozenge. They got to the but and defendant locked it. She became unconscious, and when she came to herself found that she had been outraged. The cousin afterwards came, and they went home together, and she told her cousin what had happened, but did not tell her mother till the next morning.—The prose- cutrix bore out this statement.—The defen- dant, when asked if he had anything to say, denied having given prosecutrix any nreets.- Mr. W. A. Thomas, who was instructed hi court, said defendant was the son of a sea captain, and a stranger to Swanllea.-The Bench adjourned the case for a week, allow- ing bail-defendant in JE50 and two sureties in X25 each.
--------ABERDEEN TRAGEDY.
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ABERDEEN TRAGEDY. At Stone^-veu on Wednesday Robert Wil- liam Wallace, labourer, Aberdeen, was indicted for kilHng his son and for wound- ing his wife with a poker. The evidence showed that the parties were married in June last year, and the prisoner became almost immediately insanely jealous of his wife. He made serious accusations against her which were entirely without foundation, though at other times he was a most affectionate hus- band. The defence pleaded insanity, and Wallace was ordered to be detained during f the King's pleasure
ALARMING OUTBREAK IU CASTLE-STREET..
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ALARMING OUTBREAK IU CASTLE-STREET.. —r ,-r Two fires have occurred in CasUe^sfihjrffc,1^^ >' diff, in one week. The first was stt Stranaghan and Stephens', on Tuesday, the second broke out on the premises of Mr. Robert Bevan, cycle and gun dealer, of U. Oa«tle-street, on Saturday night. All the employes were in the front shop at the time, but Charles Webb, the foreman, going o. towards the back found that the workshop was on fire. He at once gave the alarm to Mr. Bevan, and was sent off to the Central Fire Station. Here the news was received at 10.13, and the brigade at once turned out with a. steamer. On arriving at Castle-street they found that the fire which had already obtained a good hold on the wood-built work- shop, before the alarm was given had spread to the storeroom. The roof of the Quad* rant cycle stores had also caught. Several wooden sheds were standing near the soena of the fire, and Superintendent Geen directed his chief efforts to preventing the fire spread* ing to the adjoining buildings, the Angel Hotel. Messrs. Miles, Danielle, and Oo.'s premises, and the mews of Mr. Chick, which were i. imminent danger. Jets of water were soon playing from the roof of the Quadrant storea on to the burning workshop, and other jeta were directed to the roof of the shop to prevent the tire from .gaining a hold hera. The blase, however, was fieroe, and, the flames reaching the interior of the storeroom, several boxes of cartridges exploded in a fusillade, which lasted for a few minutes. Superintendent Geen, accordingly, sent for a second fire-engine, and. the hose being carried through Mr. Chick's yard in Weetgate-atteet, nater was directed to the buildings ia the rear. With so much hose in operation the brigade had the fire under controt by eleven o'clock, and at 11.15 it had been extinguished. Mr. Bevan's workshop, with its contents of about twenty bicycles and accessories, had been completely burned, and the guns and cartridges in the showroom with fixtures had been destroyed. A holo had been burnt through the roof of Messrs. Chick's saddle-room, and the back of the premiaes of Messrs. Miles, Danielle, and Co., as well as the oellar, had been damaged by water. The property is owned by Mr. o. Jackson, barrister, late of Penylan, and is insured, as also are the stocks of Mr. Bevaa and Messrs. Miles, Daniells. and Co. An etrti- mate of the damage done is not yet availably and the cause of the Are is unknowm*
FIRE AT PONTYPOOL.
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FIRE AT PONTYPOOL. £ 400 DAMAGE: TRAMP TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. The Pontypool Fire Brigade was summoaed between three and four o'clock on Tueadayt evening to attend an alarming fire which broke out in an oil store at the rear of Mr. Marsh's ironmongery shop in Lowar George- street, Fontypcol. Tin fire was first dis- covered by a lad employed at the shop. The brigade endeavoured first to carry their hoae through the shop, but were foroed to retire by the dense volumes of smoke. Accordingly they had to commence work at the back, apid by this time the petroleum in the shed there was well ablaze, and the flames were shooting up high in the air. Fortunately, there was » plentiful supply of water, and the brigade one. ceeded in preventing the flames from spread- ing to the adjoining cottages. At one time the premises of Mr. Herbert, chandler, and the electrical works appeared to be in dasger, but about half an hour after the brigade's arrival they had the fire under control, and neither property was damaged. Not long afterwards the blaze was extinguished. Con- siderable damage was done to Mr. Maxslt's premises and stock, which are insured, the amount being estimated at £ 400.
A GARDENER BEFORE THE LOCAL…
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A GARDENER BEFORE THE LOCAL BENCH. A remarkable sequel to the fire in Georga- street, Pontypool, on Tuesday afternoon was the appearance in the local police-court dock on Wednesday morning of a middle-aged man, named Wm. Wilson, who was oharged with unlawfully and maliciously setting fire to Mr. Marsh's oil stores. Prisoner, who was now described as a, jobbing gardener, was repre- sented by Mr. W. J. Everett. Charles Marsh, the owner of the shop, statad that the previous afternoon, a lad in the shop informed him that the shed used for storing oils at the back of the premises was on firs. He immediately summoned the fire brigade, who, with the assistance of the police, suc- ceeded in extinguishing the nre. At the time of the outbreak there were nine barrels of petroleum in the; shed. Four of these barrels were completely destroyed, while Ow shed and the contents of the adjoining ware- house were also damaged. He estimated his loss at about £ 400. Millie Stratton, an intelligent girl of fifteea, said that as she was going through Tow. Forge Yard about 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday she sa.w some straw burning at the back of Mr. Marsh's premises. She also saw a man, whom she identified as the prisoner, in the act of kicking the burning straw against some paraffin casks, which were lying about. She afterwards saw him go into the oil shed for a long piece of wood, with which he afterward* stirred the fire. After picking up his frail lie went towards the woods. In cross-examination, witness said she did not see the prisoner trying to beat the fire out. He pushed the burning straw under the casks. A married woman, named Mrs. Ann Jarvis, who lives in a cottage adjoining the stores, said that she saw Wilson start the blaze with a stick, and she immediately gave an alarm of fire. Evidence as to the arrest was given by Police-sergeant Watkins. who stated that he found prisoner lying down in the Trevethia Woods. He charged him, and Wilson replied, i never saw anything so simple in my life. I struck a match to light my pipe. I flung it down in the straw, which was near the para- ffin casks, and that caught fire. I tried to put it out, and burned my trousers in doing so." Mr. Everett stated that prisoner was not a tramp, as described by the press, but a job- bing gardener, who had been in the Pontypool district for about ten years. Be submitted that there was no case for him to auswer, as it had not been proved that Wilson did mali- ciously set fire to the stores. Prisoner repeated his statement made to the police-officer, and the Bench, in the end, com. mitted him for trial at the next quarter saw sions, bail being allowed in two sums of JEM or one of 150.
FIRE AT NEWPORT.
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FIRE AT NEWPORT. About midnight on Saturday the Newport Fire Brigade was called to an outbreak at the shop of Mr. Smith, chemist. High-street, Some inflammable material in the cellar ha4 taken fire, but before the brigade arrived thf Barnes had been extinguished.
FIRE AT MERTHYR BREWERY.
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FIRE AT MERTHYR BREWERY. Between ten and eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning the roof of the boiler-house at the Penydarren Brewery took fire through the over-heating of the stack. Mr. R. Jones, one of the directors of the company owning the brewery; Mr. Phillips, the manager; and Mr. Pritchard, the secretary, happened to be about the pre- mises at the time. The alarm having been given to Police-sergeant Jones and Police-con- stable Davies, of Penydarren, they at once ra- paired to the scene, and a strong force of con- stabulary was sent from Merthyr with the hose reel, under the command of Inspector Canton. The outbreak was soon subdued, but the pressure of water was not satisfactory, and had the fire been of extensive proportions disastrous consequences might have ensued. Part of the roof of the boiler-house, which is detached from the main building, fell iu, and altogether the damage done is estimated to amount to about JBSO, which is covered by tannrance