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THE OVERFLOW MEETING. MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND THE COAL SUPPLY. At the overflow meeting in St. George's-hall there were several thousands present, Mr. George Renwick, M.P., presiding. Mr. Chamberlain had a most enthusiastic welcome, the audience singing He's a jolly good fellow" and wildly cheering. In the course of his speech Mr. Chamberlain said:— What is the interest of every workman in this country? Employment. Every sensible workman knows that more good would be done to him if you can assure him to the end of his working days constant employment at fair wages than anything else in the world. I have tried in my way to help him. I have passed legislation; I have promoted legisla- tion; I have helped others to promote legis- lation, and I believe the marks of confidence which are generally shown to me by the work- ing classes in the kingdom are due to the fact that they know well I have in my public life made it a. first object to raise the standard of living amongst the working popu- lation. (Cheers.) But I have always said that, the Acts that have been passed—Employers' Liability, Workmen's Compensation, and the Factory Acts, and the Mines Regulation Act —pale their ineffectual fifes before the advan- tage which workmen in this country would derive if their employment were more cer- tain, more continuous, more widely extended, and better remunerated. Very well. Now, I say if you will agree to this change of taxation the Colonies will not do nothing in return, but will give you more employment. Is it not always the case that a rise of wages follows more employment—that rises of wages are demanded? I have spoken of iron imports, and iron has risen from 100,000 tons in 1899 to 530,000 tons in 1902. They have come from the foreigner. Meanwhile of the same iron we sent abroad 1,000,000 tons in the earlier year. and we only sent 320,000 tons last year. Let us make a calcula- tion. Yvfl have lost upon that 430,000 tons which the foreigners sent us, and upon which we got no wages at all, and no ad- vantage at all, and we have lost also 680,000 tons upon which we did get wages and which we used to send to the foreigners. That is very pretty; but how long is it to go on? Why does it go on? And what is to happen if it does go (lll? You may think. What does it matter; to me? I am a coal miner, and what does it matter to me what happens to the iron-trade ? I am sending coal to the foreigners in increasing quantities. Why should I join a movement intended to protect the iron trade?" If you look, you will see that the pro- duction of ooal in France, Germany, and America. has been increasing with gigantic speed, and it is as sure as anything that in a comparatively few years they vail want no more of your coal, and that they will probably be exporting" coal here. Take another instance—a Newcastle-on-Tyne industry. I remember when I was a boy that glass and the Tyne were synonymous. What is the state of the glass trade on the Tyne now? I am informed by a gentleman con- nected with the trade that Z5 glassworks have been closed, and that the imports of glass are three times as much now as 30 years ago, and, consequently, now three times as many Englishmen—in this case, of Britons—have been displaced from their ordinary labour to make room for the foreign goods which have come in from abroad. Take chemicals, again. I have tried to find out what is the trAth about a rather technical matter, and I tell you-booause I am telling a good number of other people who will, perhaps, do me the honour of reading me to-morrow—the decom- position of salt by the two processes used for this purpose—Le Blanc and electrolytic—has fallen 22 per cent. in twenty years, and the exports have enormously decreased. I do not want to try to frighten you. You may not feel the result for some years to come. If you are content to say, "Let the present system con- tinue," very well and good. You might say, "Do what you like," if you do not mind the death to come to-morrow. (Laughter.) It will come if you continue the present system. The only way to.stop it is.by retaliating upon those people who put their hostile tariffs upon your goods. ANOTHER SPEECH AT TYNEMOUTH. Mr. Chamberlain visited Tynemouth on Wednesday, and received an enthusiastic wel- come. Addressing a public meeting, he said he had the King's permission to explain the facts, and he asserted t«hat he had distinctly declared his jritention to resign if the policy of prpferentm tariffs not accepted ae th#i policy of the Government. He proceeded to state that yie Colonies appealed to us, and were willm, to give more than they received. He advocated retaliation under present circumstanoes as wise and effective. Between this and the general election he was going to work. and, as far as he could see, was going to keep his opponents at work. He denied the allegation that he had prematurely raised the issue, and he left Mr. Ritchie, who formerly brought a Fair Trade resolution before the House, to explain his present posi- tion. We had to consider whether we would attempt to recover our export trade and aIm open negotiations with our Colonies. We had been too ready to drift, and he asked for a mandate from the country.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND CARDIFF. THE DATE FIXER FOR NOVEMBER 20. Mr. J. Herbert Cory has received a letter from Mr. Joseph Chamberlain fixing the date of his visit to Cardiff for the 20th of November. The following is a copy of the letter:- Highbury Moor Green, Birmingham, October 15, 1903. Dear Sir,—I am desired by Mr. Ohamber- lain to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 13th inst., enclosing the formal invitation from the Cardiff Conservative and Liberal Unionist Associations. Mr. Chamberlain certainly understood that the 24th would be the day, but the 20th of November is equally convenient to him, and he will book the latter date if his Car- diff friends so desire it. In any case, Mr. Chamberlain is obliged to Sir John Gunn for his hospitable invita- tion.—Yours truly, (Signed) J. WILSON. We hear on good authority that Lord Windsor will be at St. Fagan's on the 20th of November—the day fixed for Mr. Chamber- lain's visit to Cardiff. The report, therefore, that the Chamberlain fixture for November 20 clashed with an important private engage- ment of his lordship's is inaccurate.

COUNCILLOR'S INSINUATIONS STORMY SCENE AT SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL. At a meeting of the Swansea Corporation on Wednesday, Alderman W. Watkins called attention to the report of a speeoh made by Mr. Morgan Hopkin at his last election meeting, in which, speaking of the Cray dam, he made the obser-1 vation, after mentioning his (Mr. Watkins) name, that "tbsre was commission at the end of bricks, but not at the end of stone." His (Mr. Watkins's) son had since seen Mr. Hop- kin, and he (Mr. Watkins) was satisfied with Mr. Hopkin's withdrawal of any insinuation against him (Mr. Watkins). Mr M. Hopkin said he had expressed to Mr. Watkins's son his regret that any remark of his should be construed into a reflection on Mr. Watkins's honesty. He hoped that he would be satisfied that he did not refer to him. The Mayor: I shall require you to go further than that. I must have it unreservedly with- drawn. Alderman Evans: If any officials are open to receive commissions it is Mr. Hopkin's duty to point them out. A Member: Let them take care of them- selves. Mr. Tutton: Are the remarks absolutely with- drawn, or do they stand? The Mayor Mr. Hopkin made a. most serious imputation, and if he can't maintain it he should make an unreserved apology. Mr. Hopkin: If you had been present at the meeting and heard my speech you would not say so. Don't forget, a. man can say things in the course of a speech which do not convey the meaning read into them by a biassed individual. I am not responsible for any enterprising editor who placards the town. He has to earn his living and sell his paper. I withdraw any imputation against this corporation unreservedly. The Mayor: This is merely trifling. The attack was made, as I understand it, on the corporation or their officials, and I think, in I the interests of the public, the remarks should be unreservedly withdrawn. Mr. Hopkin: Do you desire me to do more than I have done? The Mayor: Have you been correctly reported in saying that bricks were preferred to stone because there was a commission attaching to them for any member of the corporation or any official? Answer that questipn-yes or no Mr. Hopkin: If you ask that question I will say I have not been properly reported. Mr. D. Davies protested against a growing habit of public men in repudiating the reports In the papers when challenged with a mis- statement. He was present at the meeting in question, and be declared Mr. Hopkin was correctly reported. At the same time, he did not think Mr. Hopkin meant what he said. They had had experience of him in that chamber, where he frequently said ten times more than he intended. Mr. Hopkin subsequently withdrew the Mr. Hopkin subsequently withdrew the allegation unreservedly.

A SORDID CARDIFF STORY. CHARGE OF PROCURING AGAINST A JEW. The adjourned case against Joel Ginsberg, 35, of Jewish extraction, and a shoemaker, of Gough-street, was resumed at Cardiff Police- court on Thursday (before Messrs. L. Samuel, W. H. Renwick, and J. Andrews). Scifipner had been arrested on a warranWjBnd the charge against him was thatv^^w|Bh April 17 and May 30. 1903, he unl awfully'procured a woman named Betsy Levi to -becotoe? an un- fortunate. He was further .charged with having, between May 1 and October 1, lived in part on the woman's earnings.v Mr. Harold Lloyd defended, and the caSte had been adjourned by consent for further evidence to be called by Mr. Lloyd, and also on the part of the police. Complainant,.it will be remem- bered, is a widow, with one child, and she alleged that she was brought from London to Cardiff, at prisoner's solicitation, to engage in work as a tailoress. Mr. Cecil Brown (from the town-clerk's office) now appeared for the prosecution, and con- tinued the examination of the girl at the point at which it was discontinued. Mrs. Levi, who was now attired in a greenish plaid costume, said that-^hen she first went to prisoner's house the1'4 was another girl living there. Witness asked her what she was doing there, and'she said she was going to Buenos Ayres to a libensed house.. What sort of a licensed house?—I don't know what it is. Prisoner, who was present, said to witness that if she remained in Cardiff and got money "he would be able to go where the other girl was going. The same day prisoner and witness Saw the "other girl" off by train. Witness stayed at 22, Stoughton-street, a fort- night or three weeks. Prisoner explained that a house could not be taken "without a man," and he persuaded her ita take the house in the name of Cohen. Afterwards prisoner and his brother-in-law took the house, 14, Tredegar-street, and thej two between them defrayed the expenses of removal. She con- tinued to lead the same kind of life. At Tredegar-street she stayed six or eight weeks, and then went to Np: 1, Gough-street, which was taken by prisoner's wife, and there she continued as before for about three weeks. Then she went to 94, Eldon-road. That house witness took hersielf, and she then ceased to follow the life she had been living. On Friday last prisoner called at the Eldon-road house, and said, "Look here; here is a letter from the same girl which is away in Buenos Ayres. Will you go there, too? It is a nice, good life." I said, "No; you give me my things back. and I'll go to my own country." He again said, It is a nice place there, and you won't get your things if you don't go away." Witness then said she would give information to the police. Whilst witness was in Tredegar- street prisoner introduced another girl from London, called Fanny Davies, and said, "Here I have another friend for you." The girl inquired of witness what she was doing, and she replied, My dear girl, it ie a miserable life." Mr. Samuel: Was she English or foreign?— A foreign girl. I was talking in Yiddish. She started crying. Prisoner said. Don't cry, it will be all right in Cardiff." She wanted to go back to her own country Prisoner said, If you want help I will give it you. If you go away you sha'n't come back to my house." The girl said she would rather die than go on the streets, I said I would give her a home. In two days I gave her 27s. to go to London. Continuing, witness said that after the adjournment the other day, as she was pass- ing the cell in which the prisoner was, he looked out of the little window and pleaded to her in Yiddish, Forgive me this time, for the sake of my little children." On Saturday night prisoner's wife came to her crying in Scott-street. MARRIED IN POLAND. By Mr. Lloyd: I have been a widow two years. My husband was Moses Levi. I was married in Poland ten years ago. The child I have with me is my own, and is not an adopted child. Six years ago I came from Poland and went to live in London. I lived in Glasgow a couple of months on a visit to my brother, "Jacob Josephs." I did not lead a bad life there. I swear by the synagogue I never led such a life until I came to Cardiff. Fanny Levi did not live in the same house with me. (Mr. Lloyd called a tall Jewess into the court, but witness denied having ever seen that girl in Glasgow.) I don't know Cohen, bat I do know Mr. Joseph Cohen, of Scot't-streeit, where my little 'boy is. I have never had my photo taken with him. Did you and Joseph' bring Fanny Levi from London?—No. Were you and she leading a gay life" King's-cross, London?—No, sir, I never did, and can prove it. Have you ever seen Mr^ Josephs before?—No. Did you ever see him in Glasgow?—No. You told me your brother's name was Josephs?—Yes, Jacob Josephs. Did you go to Eldon-road and put a photo- graph in the fire?—No. Have you and a gentleman had a photo taken in Cardiff or elsewhere?—No. How long have you known Mr. Josephs, of Scott-street?—Just a couple of days. D, you know Max Levi?—I know "Max"—not the other name. (A man was ushered in whom witness recognised as Max.) He says (explained Mr. Lloyd) that you and Josephs have lived together as man and wife. Have yon?—No. Further examined, she admitted having seen Jem Wimburg in Glasgow or Leeds. She had never said she would lose all she had—as against prisoner—for giving information rather than that Josephs should be locked up. She did not remember having been summoned at that court for assaulting a woman. It was not a fact that she told tfye police her name was Cohen. She had never said she came from Birmingham, and that her husband and son were still there. The child was not brought to Cardiff by the man Josephs. She had never been to London with the man during the six months she had been in Car- diff. She had never lived in Birmingham or Manchester. She knew Leeds, as one of her brothers lived there. Have you ever been to prison?—No. Did you get fourteen days at Birmingham as a disorderly woman?~No, and if I was ever in Birmingham I will ta.ke five years for it. Were you convicted in the name of Sulkie Cohen ?—No. Witness admitted in subsequent crosa-exami- nation that it was not proper for her to have left her child in prisoner's house whilst she lived elsewhere, bat her explanation was that she did not know what else to do. Mrs. Gins- berg did not take the child to remove it from the life witness was leading. She had never said to anybody it was rather hard that she should have to pay J61 a week to keep her husband and child in Scott-street. She denied having ever lived in Cairns-street, Cathays. Ginsberg had never spoken to her when she was with Josephs, alias Cohen. When the latter was charged the other day in connection with a pedlar's certificate witness was not outside in the corridor. She was not aware that Josephs (she knew "the fellow") told the magistrates his name was Joseph Levi. she did know, however, that he was locked up. Were you ever associated with a ma.n who was sent to penal servitude for house-break- ing?—No. A man named Josephs?—No, sir. Never?—No, never. Was Joseph Levi the name of the gentleman who went to penal servitude for house-break- ing?—I don't know. Did you go to Ginsburg's son three or four months ago and try to borrow money ?—No. Did you ever send an umbrella, a Trilby hat, and a blanket to prisoner's house?—No. I asked prisoner for the things to go away from Cardiff. He said in a constable's presence, I don't know the woman. She has no things here." I suggest that the last tvreive months you were in London you led a disorderly life?— No. I put it to you that you never Raw Ginsburg till you took yonr boots to hie shop in Oardiff t6 be repaired?—It is not true. What was the date upon which you first met the prisoner in London?—I can't remem- ber the date, but I know I came to Cardiff on a Thursday. I came a week after the conver- sation with prisoner. I suggest to you that you never saw prisoner in London at all, and that you had been in Cardiff a month or two before ever you saw the man?—It is not true. Of course, I got lost in Cardiff. She denied having led such a life before, and did not know that there were opportuni- ties of seeking her co-religionists to have put her in the way of work had she wanted work. I suppose there is a gentleman who would have looked after you in matters of religion? Mr. Samuel: Many. Mr. Lloyd: (to witness): Do you suggest you could not have GONE TO YOUR PASTOR, and have told him, and have found in him a friend?—If I had known I would have done it. I put it to you that you wanted to go on the streets?—No; I always started crying, and said, Leave me alone, I want to go home." I have never been to Penarth with a man on a Sunday afternoon. Were you ever locked up in London for soliciting in Piccadilly, and did the police let you out the next morning?—Never; it's not true. I ask you again have you ever gone by the name of Sulkie Cohen?—No, never. Have you told heaps of people in Cardiff— 30 or 40—that 'tha.lv is your name?—No; my name is Betsy Levi. You have gone under the name of Betsy Cohen?—No, sir. Have you given tradespeople in Wood-street the name of "Snikie Cohen "?—No, sir. Cohen was in trouble before you gave in- formation ?—No. Have you never lived with Oohen, and have you sever gona under the name of 00hmJ- No. I only knew him for the few days in Scott-street. I never told a Jewish girl—Miss Album-that I had been on the streets in Manchester and London, and t.ba.t I was keep- ing my husband in Cardiff. After an adjournment for luncheon, Mr. Lloyd put a few more questions to com- plainant, who eaad she did not know the name of the girl who went to Buenos Ayres, and she had never seen her since. On Friday last prisoner came to her at 94, Eldon-road, as was his habit, to ask for money, and she told him to clear." She kept the Eldon- road house out of £19 she had deposited in the bank. Coming to prisoner's alleged request for forgiveness, addressed to wit- ness as she passed his cell, there was a diffi- culty in underatanging exactly what the wit- ness sai4. and Mr. Samuel saying that he understood Yiddish, asked the witness to repeat ;.the words in that dialect, which she did, and be interpreted it, "Forgive me this time.I have done wrong. I shall not do it again." Mr. Brown then called Max Blaer, master tailor, 8, Scott-street, who said be had known Betey Levi for the last' five years. He used to live in London, "off Whitechapel." about five minutes' walk from Comtnercial-road. She assisted witness in his trade. He had NEVER SEEN ANY BADNESS about her character. Witness had only been four weeks in Cardiff. By Mr. Lloyd: Prisoner was in my employ- ment for about six months. Jacob William Sturm, 4, Scott-street, ex- photographer, and now in the employ of the "London Tailors," Bute-road, said he had known complainant for six months, and had often seen her about at night in prisoner's company. Witness had seen another girl at Ginsburg's house, and he repeated a conversation he had with the prisoner about this girl early in May last. Prisoner met him in the street, and asked "Would I like to go away somewhere?" I asked what it was. He told me he had a girl, and asked if I in- tended to go away with her to Buenos Ayres. I knew what it was going to Buenos Ayres. I replied, "In our family we have no such characters," and that settled the question. Witness, answering Mr. Lloyd, said he had seen complainant and the man Josephs together in the house. She used to come and see the child, and they had a conversation, but not privately. Witness had been told, but not before this case had started, that Mrs. Levi and Josephs were ma>n and wife. Mr. Brown: Have you ever seen anything special to make you believe that complainant and Josephs were married?—No. Most of the witnesses being Jews, they were sworn upon the Pentateuch, until one dusty gentleman came along and took his oath upon the Koran. This was one Hassan All, a boarding-house keeper, 15, Tredegar-street, who said that when Mrs. Levi lived next door (No. 14) prisoner several times ealled upon her. THAT YOS PARTLY UNTRUE. Jacob Wolfe, tailor \gjid machinist, 15, Craddook-street, wished to make upon oath a statement different from the one he had pre- viously given to a. police-officer. Mr. Samuel: Do you say that what you told the police were a lot of lies?—That vos partly untrue. That's right enough. In answer to Mr. Brown, witness said last Saturday he was in the small police-office downstairs, and made a statement to a tall I young gentleman in plain clothes (Police- j constable Price). Mr. Brown read the witness's statement:— "I have known prisoner for six months. I used to go to his house very often, I remember going to see him the Sunday before last Whitsun. I found him in his room, about his business, with a man I don't know. I saw Betsy Levi there. She was standing in the passage. The man Ginsberg said to me, 'Don't worry; if you oare for a woman, you can have her (meaning Betsy) on paying for a room. Mr. Brown: Is that your statement?—Yes, that's the statement. Mr. Brown (still reading): "When I went to the house I saw fresh women there nearly every time." Is that part of the statement? —It is not. Witness was pressed by the Court, and, after much prevarication, owned up to a "portion" of the statement last read out. Mr. Brown (still reading): "I heard him (the prisoner) say in a barber's shop, '1 am doing good business in Cardiff. These women come to my house, and I get the money. Witness admitted having said this, where- upon Mr. Samuel said it was plain this man had been tampered with. Witness, replying to Mr. Brown, stated that he had not been to prisoner's house that morning. He had, however, seen accused's wife in the court that day. but he did not speak to her. Mr. Samuel: I believe every word this man has said is false. He has committed perjury wholesale, and I hope he win be charged with it. I make the statement advisedly. He is AN INFAMOUS PERJUROR, and nothing else. Police-constable James Price gave evidence as to seeing the girl Levi loitering about the streets at night. He had observed prisoner following the girl several times, and had aJso seen him speak to her more than once. He arrested prisoner on the warrant at 2, Gough- street, on Saturday. He said nothing, except, "Tell my wife." Mr. Brown asked for a remand for further investigation and additional evidence. The Bench remanded the case for a week. Mr. Lioyd applied for bail; Mr. Brown opposed, and the Bench declined. Prisoner was remanded in custody, as before.

CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. LADY INDICTED FOR SHOCKING CONDUCT. At Devon • Quarter Sessions at Exeter on Wednesday—Lord Coleridge. K.C., pre- siding—Mr. Randolph, on behalf of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, opened a re- markable prosecution which has excited great, interest in the West of England. The accused is a. lady named Frances Mary Day. who three years ago came from Wimbledon to reside at Wooda, an eight-roomed house at Northam, near Bideford, North Devon. The house stands in its own grounds, is sur- rounded by a wall, and is two hundred yards from the nearest residence. The household consisted of Mrs. Day and her four daughters —Hope, Joan (aged thirteen), Phyllis (aged ten), and Delkie-and a baby boy. There were no servants. Last December Mr. Morgan, a Cambridge undergraduate, took the nearest cottage. and became friendly with Mrs. Day. Return- ing from college last June his suspicions were aroused, and in consequence of his communi- cations the society took the case up, and Mrs. Day was charged with assaulting, ill- treating, and necrlectiqp Joan and Phyllis. The accused, a rather good-looking woman of middle age, was fashionably dressed, and wore some pink carnations. She was quite self-possessed, and handing her infant to her nurse, pleaded in a firm voice, "Not guilty" to the indictment. The charge relating to Joan was taken first. The case, having been opened by Mr. Ran- dolph. J Joan, a bright child, bearing out counsel e opening statement, said she was put in the cupboard because she was lazy, and put to stand naked by the garden gate because she had not combed her hair. She was tied to the orchard gate all night because she was two hours washing dishes, her mother telling her that all she lilied staying: up late, tihe could stay up all night. She became unconscious when tied to the beam in the loft. She still had marks on her fingers where she said her mother bit her because her hands were dirty. Her sister threw three buckets of water over her .one night, and. she had to wear the wet clothes next day. Water had been thrown over her at eleven o'clock at night. Joan continued that when in London her mother frequently illtre&ted her by pressing her hand against the hot bars of the grate because she did not get the oven hot. When she and her sister took seeds up from the garden her mother, with a small table knife, out pieces out of her arms. On another occasion her mother twisted her arm till it broke, and the doctor set it. She was frequently beaten with a. malacca cane and carpet beater. Witness was under cross-examination by Ifr. Hawke an hour and forty minutes. She admitted she told lies, but she also told the truth. She answered readily until counsel suggested that the all night in the garden story was one of her untruths, when she broke down, and the accused also wept. What she had said against her mother was true, and she would not think of saying it if it was not. She had run away five times, once of her own free will because she was cross. She denied that the rope was placed in the loft for her to swing on, or that she went there for amusement. The girl Phyllis gave corroborative evi- dence, and confirmed the all night in the garden story. She had not seen her mother throw buckets of water over Joan, but she had heard her mother tell her sister Hope to do so. George Morgan, student, Wells Theological College, formerly of Cambridge, spoke to the finding of Joan in the nelde the picture of hopeless despair. He had almost to use force to get her to return to her mother. The girl showed her scratches on her arms. On July 31 Phyllis took him to a hole in the loft, and, looking in, he saw Joan apparently very ill and vflth scaroely any clothes on. He passed her in some food. He had pre- viously oornmunicated with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren, and then he telegraphed. He was for- merly a. frequent visitor to Mrs. Day's, and never saw her commit acts of cruelty. The ^JaSe was adjourned

I (f' John Williams, a collier, was killed at Seven Sisters Colliery on Thursday by a shackle rishtft.

FATE OF A JEALOUS LOVER. EXTRAORDINARY STORY TOLD AT AN INQUEST. At Tipton Green, Staffordshire, on Wednes- day Mr. A. A. Betham (deputy-coroner) held an inquest concerning the death of William Henry Hickman, eighteen, who committed suicide under tragic circumstances. Eliza Hickman stated that deceased, who was her son, was a colliery horse driver. She last saw him alive at about 10.10 p.m. on Sun- day, when a neighbour named Standford called her to her house, where she found her son with a knife in his hand, trying to cut his throat. He did not, howerer, infiice a wound. Wit- ness took the knife from him and tried to persuade him to go home. Witness called for assistance, and her husband came. Deceased rushed at his father, knocked him I down, and kicked him in the face. Deceased I had previously attempted to commit suicide. On one occasion he asked her to put her head on the table and let him chop it off, adding that he would then chop his own off and they would die together. AN EYE-WITNESS'S ACCOUNT. Maud Puroell, a young woman, stated that at about" 7.40 p.m. on Sunday she 9aw the deceased and his sweetheart, a young woman named M'Knight, in the Bloom- field-roaxi, when they were quarrelling. Witness heard deceased remark, I will cut, your throat," and McKnight call him A ——— monkey." About 10.15 the same night she saw deceased run past the house at which she lived, sit on a doorstep a.nd unlace his boots, and then run towards the canal, shouting, I will ——— do it." She then saw deceased jump over a wall amd into the canal. Witness screamed, and some women went to the spot, but.she did not see anyone attempt to rescue him. Witness saw deceased rise to the surface, throws his hands up, and then sink Susannah MCKnight, Bloomfield-road, de- ceased's sweetheart, stated that she had been keeping company with him for about twelve months. About a fortnight ago she had a quarrel with deceased. Witness and another young woman had been talking about a young man, and deceased thought they had been saying something about him. On that occasion, she alleged, deceased's toother shouted to her son, "Drown her, Will, and drown yourself as well." On Sunday night last they had another quarrel, this being also due to deceased believing that she had been saying something about him. On this occasion also Mcs. Hickman, she alleged, shouted to her son to drown her and himself. Mrs. Hickman did not like witness, aftd dis- approved of her son keeping company with her. Deceased had not promised to marry witness. On Sunday night last deceased was the worse for beer. Witness did not hear deceased threaten to cut her throat, but she admitted calling him a rotton dog." A JEALOUS SWAIN. The Coroner: Was he jealous about you? Witness: Yes, sir. Did he think that you went with other young men? — Yes. Witness, continuing, stated that on a. Sunday night about six months ago deceased told her that they had been nagging "him at home, and asked her to drown herself with him. The Coroner: And you very properly refused to join him in this matter? Witness: Yes, sir. Were you prepared to go on with the court- ship ?—Yes. I expect that I should have kept going with him. But deceased did think you wanted to get rid of him?—Yes, sir. Police-constable Jones: Has he not quar- relled with you about a soldier? Witness: Yes; but that was only a soldier that came over to see me. He was my cousin. (Laughter.) Mrs. Hickman, on being re-called, denied that she had ever told her son to drown the girl and himself. Her younger son had shouted to hie brother, "Drown her,. Will." M'Knight stated that what she had stated about Mrs. Hickman was perfectly true, and she could call a witness to prove it. Police-constable Denton deposed to recover- ing the body at about 11.30 on Sunday night. Deceased was only attired in his trousers, shirt, and socks. A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane" was returned.

PORTHCAWL REST. ALLEGED THEFT BY AN EX- PORTER. At Glamorgan Quarter Sessions on Thursday (before his Honour Judge Williams) Albert Myton, 23, described as a labourer, was indicted for stealing a cash-box, containing1 cheques, postal orders, JE49 Is. 6d., and 120 half-penny stamps, the property of Janet Lambton, matron of the Porthca.wl Rest. Mr. Rhys Williams prosecuted, and Mr. Denman Benson defended. The prosecutrix, who is the matron of the Porthca.wl Rest, said the prisoner had been employed at the Rest as a porter, at a salary of JE30 a year, with board and washing. He left on July 25, but frequently called there, as he was courting one of the maids. On the date of the robbery she saw him at the Reet, and the following day the maid left the cash- box, which contained £17 10s., belonging to the piano fund and money belonging to her, in a storeroom. When" brought back to her on August 31 it only contained her puree and some postal orders and cheques, and was con- siderably battered. In crose-examination, ahe said the maid mentioned had been ill and left. Another porter was engaged at the latter end of July, and left at the end of August. In re-examination, she said the new porter would not know where the money was kept. No one else was seen running away on the day of the robbery. No one else, 60 far as she had heard, was afterwards seen suddenly flush with money. Evidence was given, as to the cash-box, with the contents missing, being found broken open in a plantation near the Rest, and of the prisoner being seen running away from the direction of the Rest on the night of the robbery. Mr. G. Williams, the secretary, who saw prisoner running away, said he could not have dropped the box where it was found then, as he was running from the Rest to the station. When arrested he denied the theft. He admitted that he had been a.t the Rest, but said he left at seven o'clock, a.nd went to bed at his lodgings. Inspector Evans found about JE15, which the prisoner accounted for possessing by saying that, in addition to his savings out of his salary, he made as much as £1 a. week in tips. In defence, Mr. Benson said the only evidence connecting the "prisoner with the theft was that a fortnight after the money was missed he had a certain amount of money in his possession. Mary Jane Ware and Rebooca. Harris (pri- soner's sweetheart) spoke to being in the company of the prisoner on the day he went to the Rest up to the time he left, and the impossibility of him going to where the cash- box was kept. Prisoner's mother said her son was a dutiful son, and had early in June sent he.r £10 to look after for him; while Mrs. Hammond, prisoner's landlady, and Bees William Jones, a fellow-lodger, said the prisoner did not leave his lodgings again that night. Defendant described his movements on the night in question. He said he had JB20 of his own money when he left the Rest, and he detailed how he had spent part of it. He never saw the cash-box. In cross-examination, he denied that he had altered a bathroom key so a.s to fit other doors. He denied that he was ever paid out of the cash-box, and contradicted three or four witnesses. He admitted having done a bit of betting, but denied saying he was ha.rd up. Mr. Rhys Williams applied to the court that, as the witness bad imputed perjury to hie wit- nesses he should be allowed to cross-examine him as to his own character. Mr. Benson objected, and, after legal argu- ment, asked the court to reserve the point. The Chairman held that that course was permissible, and prisoner in cross-examina- tion then admitted that in 1901 he wae con- victed of forging a cheque for dE28 10s. at Hereford Assizes and was bound over. He had been ordered to pay £5 for deserting his service, and £5 in London for selling bad meat. In re-examination, he explained that with regard to the forgery he at that time had no banking account, and, having a blank cheque, he filled it in, intending to pay the money in to meet it. The prosecutor's view of the case was evident from his release on recognisances. As to the meat, he did not know it was had. The jury retired at 2.30, and after an a-lisence of 40 minutes, returned a verdict of Not guilty," to the evident surprise of the chairman, who, turning to the prisoner, said, emphatically, Go." Turning to the jury, he said: I thought I had a good jury this time. You may go also. You are not wanted again this sessions."

SOUTH GLAMORGAN. Mr. Herbert Gladstone, the Chief Liberal Whip, sat as arbitrator at the offices of the National Liberal Federation, in London, on Wednesday, and heard arguments from the representatives of the Radical and Labour parties in support of their respective claims to fight the constituency in opposition to the sitting member, Colonel Wyndham-Quin, at the next general election. Alderman T. J. Hughes presented the case for the Liberals, 'and Mr. W. P. Nicholas for the Labour ¡ party, the members of which considered I that their case was the stronger of the two? The proceedings were private. The greatest cordiality is said to have pre- raHed throughout the proceeding*.

SERIES OF SAD TRAGEDIES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A NURSE. The staff of the Cardiff Nursing Institute, in St. Andrew's-crescent, received a painful shock on Monday afternoon through what is assumed to have been the attempted suicide of one of the nurses, Miss Kathleen Winifred Cherry. Miss Cherry, a young lady of about 25, was nursing at Dr. Taylor's, Windsor-place, a fortnight ago, when she was severely burned about the face and head by an acci- dent to a methylated spirit stove. Since then she has spent practically all the time in bed. but was rapidly recovering from her injuries. For the last few days, however, she had been depressed, and it is feared that the shock of her accident must have affected the brain. t On Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, the lady superintendent of the institute left her patient lying in bed, and a. few minutes afterwards she was also visited by the for- mer's sister. This lady had only just left the room when the superintendent was alarmed by screams in the street, and, rushing to the room, found that Mise Cherry had dis- appeared. The blind had been drawn up and the window was wide open, while a row of medicine bottles standing by the sill appeared to have been carefully removed. Some men who were in the street saw the nurse at the window on the first floor, and shouted to her to go back, but almost directly they. saw her drop into the kitchen area in Park- grove. She was then wearing the skirt of her uniform. and must have hurriedly slipped it over her nightdress before going through the window. The men carried the unfortunate girl into the house, and Dr. C. C- Shepherd was at once called. The nurse was terribly bruised about the feet and legs, and was suffering from severe shock. On examination the doctor found that the left ankle was fractured and the right badly sprained. A little later Miss Cherry, who had not lost con- sciousness, was removed to the infirmary, where she now lies. She appeared to recover from the shock to some extent, and though she is still in a serious condition, it is likely that the will recover. From a further exami- nation at the infirmary it was thought that both her legs were fractured. Miss Cherry is a daughter of a captain of the P. and O. line, who lives a.t Weston-super-Mare. MAGISTRATE'S SUICIDE. Mr. James F. Howard Cartland, head of tbe well known firm of Birmingham brassfounders, James Cartland and Son, committed suicide a.t noon OIl Sunday by shooting himself with a revolver in a field near his residence at Edgbaston. He had been in indifferent health for some time, under treatment by Dr. Ballance, and had complained of severe pains in his head. The deceased gentleman was a prominent figure in public and commercial life in Birmingham, and the family of Cart- land is one of the most honoured in the Mid- lands. He was a magistrate for the City of Birmingham. TONYREFAIL MAN TAKES POISON. Mr. E. B. Reece held an inquest at Tony-r- etail on Friday upon the body of Evan Thomas, a colliery hitcher, living in High- street.—The widow said her husband had been kept from work by indigestion for over a week, and at times he was low-spirited and strange in his ways. On Wednesday he par- took of a good dinner, but afterwards com- plained of pain in his stomach. About 2.30 she heard a. noise in the garden, and on going out saw her husband, who said to her: "I have taken It, and I shan't be long now." With support he walked to the house, where he died half-an-hour later. A bottle partly full of carbolic acid, was found in the coal- house. — Dr. Monroe, who had attended Thomas, said four ounce's of acid had been taken out of the bottle, sufficient to kill four people, and Police-constable Watkins said his inquiries went to show that the acid had been bought at Porth.—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while tem- porarily insane." A CURATE HANGS HIMSELF. Dr., Taylor held an inquest at Mortlake, Surrey, on Friday on the body of the Rev. Richard C. Hankin, curate of Barnes, who was found hanging in a bedroom at Barnes Rectory on Wednesday evening. Mr. Richard Hankin, father of the deceased, said his son was 36 years of age, and was ordained ten years ago. Whilst at Reading deceased had some trouble in a love affair, and attempted suicide by poisoning himself. He was removed to an asylum at Oxford, and recovered.—TljSB jury returned a verdict that deceased com- mitted suicide whilst temporarily insane. CARDIFF PRINTER'S FATE. The Cardiff coroner held an inquest on Wednesday at the Town-hall touching the death of Dan Rees, 42, printer, whose body was found in the Ely River on Tuesday.—The widow, Mrs. Catherine Rees, 7, Philip-street, Canton, eaid her husband had been strange for some weeks, but had never threatened self- destruction. He left home on the 8th inst., and she never saw him alive again. When hia waistcoat was picked up on the 16th in one of the pockets was found a. packet labelled "Sugar of lead." A small scrap of paper con- tained the writing, "Dear Cassy, my head is in a whirl." The pockets of the coat on the body were filled with stones.—Dr. Buist said death was due to drowning, and a verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane" was returned. MAYORESS COMMITS SUICIDE. Mrs. Fothergill, the wife of the Mayor of Ossett, near Dewsbury, committed suicide OD. Tuesday by drowning herself. The lady, who was 70 years old, after breakfast went to the reservoir belonging to the works of her hus- band, a mungo manufacturer, climbed the fence and jumped in. A workman saw her, but was too late to get her out a.live. No reason is known for the act. SOUTHEND LOVE TRAGEDY. An inquest was held at Southend- on-Sea respecting the death of Grace Potter, aged 21. She had been engaged to a Mr. Henry John Aston Hack. As she had been (seen in company with other young men, he broke off the engagement. She went to see him on Friday and returned a bicycle which he had given her. She asked him to kiss her, and he declined. She then said that was the last time he would see her alive. When she had gone the man gave information to the police, and subsequently her body was found in thef lake in the recreation ground. Her relations were not known, and she had sent her boxes to Hack. An open verdict was returned. THE CATHAYS TRAGEDY. Frederick Loveridge, who it ia alleged attacked his step-daughter with a. razor and afterwards attempted suicide, ia Cathays, is now well on the road to recovery, and it ie expected that he will be able to leave the Cardiff Infirmary in a week or two.

ALLEGED SERIOUS ASSAULT ITALIAN SEAMAN SENT TO THE ASSIZES. At the weekly sitting of the Penarth magis. trates on Wednesday, when the bench v.as occupied by Mr. D. Davies and Mr. W. Jones, an Italian, named Ferdinand Bawrdenezzia, aged 24, described as a marine fireman, was placed in the dock charged on remand with committing a murderous assault upon Nicholas Machiavello, a, boarding-houe* keeper acd fteamem's outfitter, of 2, Dook-road, Penarth, on Monday. The prosecutor Machiavello. who was in a weak state, but able to attend, and had his head bandaged, gave evidence that on Monday afternoon, about two o'clock, he traa. coming out of his house in Dock-road, and in going down the steps at the front door he saw tlie prisoner, who was in Ferry-lane. Prisoner came up, and aimed a. blow at him. The accused had a raeor in his right hand, {uid made a lunge at his throat, but he (prosecutor) stooped to save his throat, and he received the blow on the chin, the cut by the razor being about two inches in length, penetrating to the bone. Prosecutor ran away. but prisoner followed him with the raaor still in his hand. He ran into the Dock Hotel, and called for assistance. The landlord and several men in the bar went out, and eaw the prisoner, who was standing oilside sa if waiting for complainant to come out. Some of the men went up to the accused, who tried to run away in the direction of the dock, bnt he was pursued and overtaken, when one of the men, named Kennure, took the rftzor from him, and prisoner was secured and handed over to the police. The evidence of the prosecutor was corro- bora.ted by Daniel Ooughlin. fireman, and hor Machiavello, prUtane;"1i son, the former stating that the attack was so sudden that he did not know that the prosecutor wa.s cut till he afterwards saw him bleeding profusely from a slash" just under the chin. William Kennure. a labourer, of 37, Glebe- street, Penarth, described the manner in which he chased the prisoner after the attack, and also his arrest of the accused. He seized Bardeneasia by the arms and took the razor from his trousers pockct. Be held on to the prisoner till assistance arrived, and prisoner was handed over to Police-constables Roberts (164) and Clynch (400). Dr. Hacquoil, who attended to Machiavello'e injuries after the attack, said the raaor blade penetrated through the flesh under the chin, and notched the bone. Had not the Taaw ■ caught the bone the throat would, no doubt, have been cut, for much force was usod in ¡ the blow. I Polioe-conetable John Roberts (164) gave evidence of apprehension of the accused, who, in reply to the charge, said, I did it." Prisoner was committed for trial °;