Weekly Mail

DEATH IN A STABLE AT BLAEN- CLYDACH. Sir. Hugh Thomas, of 2, Glyn-terrace. Blaen- clydach, a. retired collier, 66 years of fte, met with a, tragic death on Tues- day. The deceased had left the house to attend to the stables belonging to Mr. Allen, grocer. Here he was found later lying on his face, which was bespattered with blood. It is surmised that the unfortunate man wae in the act of ascending the ladder to the hayloft Vheyl, through some mishap, he was precipi- tated to the floor, sustaining a deep wound on the top of his head behind the left ear.

STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS AT CARDIFF. For some time past complaints have be-en received by the Great Western Eailway Com- pany that parcels passing through Cardiff have been missed or tampered with, and articles abstracted. Detective Matthews gave instructions which led to the arrest on Thurs- day of a. parcels porter, named Frederick Harbottle, who has been in the service of th.3 company for six or seven years, and he waa conveyed to the Central Police-station, where he was detained. When the house where Harbottle lived was searched several articles of clothing, supposed to have been stolen, were discovered. Some jewellery, the alleged proceeds of robbery, was also traced to an hotel in the town, where a bar- maid and another young lady were the inno- cent recipients of rings from the prisoner.

STORY OF A PAIR OF BOOTS. It was a few months ago that something went wrong with the parcels, but the diffi- culty was in the first place to trace the leakage. Superintendent Saunders, of the police department at Paddington, came down in connection with the matter, and several stations were watched, for parcels were miss- ing in transit from different parts of the country to South Wales. Eventually Cardiff was fixed upon as the likely place, a.nd a strict watch has been kept on the parcels office at the passenger station there for the FREDERICK HARBOTTLE tthe accueed). I past month. The eircamgtan- -hich led up to Harbottle'8 arrest are int^ertang. In March a pSir of boots that a Br^l firm had manufactured to the order of a »«**>*■ garashire policeman had transit to Porthoawl. certain other articles that were missing, wouJd have to pass through Cardiff and, having obtained a description of them, the Great Western Eailway detectives, Matthews, Stephens, and Mountjoy, kept a sharp look- out for a. pair of boots. HarboUle, it appears, had been seen wearing a pair of boots that attracted the attention of his platform col- leagues, and they, quite unthinkingly, no doubt, chaffed him about them. Probably it was the chaff that induced Harbottle to leave off wearing the boots for a week or so. On Thursday, however, he r6ggAn appeared in the boots. Detective Matthew, who was still patiently on the look-out, invited Harbottle into his office, a.nd the boote were duly examined. They were found to be the missing pair, and when charged with stealing them Harbottle immediately acknowledged that he had ta-ken thean from a parcel in the parcels office. Harbottle was then searched, and in his possession was found a gold hunter watch which corresponded to the description of one of the watch oh alleged to have been stolen in transit between Birmingham and Maeeteg about the middle of March. This also he admitted to have taken from the pa-roels office. JIarhott}(')'s admissions dictated the advisa- bility of searching the house where he resided, namely, 27, Clyde-street. Here were found a silver watch and a few gold rings, the letter belonging to a consignment of seven which a. Birmingham firm had despatched last Decem- ber to a Cardigan jeweller, who is still, apparently, awaiting their receipt. Four of these rinvs were Rubeequently traced to a Cardiff hotel by Detective Little, of the borough oonetabul fti"y • Halri-ttie, in fact, told the detective where they could be found. Cigars, cigarettes, two or three hundred pic- ture post-cards, and jewellery of variouu descriptions were also found.

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES. It appears that the 1.50 Lancashire and York- shire train. from Bradford, due to arrive in Huddersfield at 2.33, was just entering the station when, near the signal-box, directly over the viaduct above Fitawilliam- street arches, it came into collision with a. London and North Western engine, which was shunting three ooaches on to the up express line. The impact was terrific. The tender of the London amd North Western train caught the engine buffers of the incoming train, and both were partially thrown off the rails. the front of the incoming engine being completely smashed in, while its tender penetrated the first of the six coaches behind it. The second coach was partly telescoped, and driven right over the top of the third, the debris being hurled on all sides, some even falling over the viaduct into Fita william-street. Doors, windows, wheels, chains, and splintered woodwork were heaped up in terrible confusion. The noise of the collision was heard at a great distance, and from all quarters people hurried to the spot. In this way help was soon forthcoming, and rescue work was started promptly, doctors, policemen, rail- way officials, ambulance men, and others participating with a will. The empty carri- ages attaohed to the shunting engine were removed in a terribly smashed condition. The buffers of the first coach were broken off. EXTRICATING THE VICTIMS. The work of extricating the passengers pro- ceeded quickly, although it was necessarily attended with danger to the rescuers. The body of Ralph George Farrand was sand- wiohed between the wheels at the bottom of the first coach, and death must have been instantaneous. One of his arms was crushed to a pulp, his left ear was lacerated, and his right shoulder dislocated. Mrs. Milne W&S QAder one of the wheels in a terribly mutilated state. The flesh was stripped from her right leg, and her right foot was almost completely severed. Strenuous efforts were made to expedite her rescue, and during nearly the whole of the time the unfortunate lady was fully oon- scious, and was able to take a draught of brandy and water. Her groans and shrieks for help were heartrending to hear. She died quite suddenly, just before her body waa extricated from the wreckage. TO BE MARRIED NEXT DAY. Another message says that Ralph Far- rand was aged twenty-eight, amd was a slater in the employ of the London and North Western Railway Company. He resided at Blackburn-road, Birstall. He was going to Huddersfield in order on the following day to marry Miss Parkinson, of Langwood, Huddersfield, and that lady was on the station to meet him when the train should have arrived. She had the terrible experience subsequently of identifying his mutilated remains at the mortuary. Mrs. Milne was & widow, of 54, Bel grave- street, Leeds, and was going to Huddersfield to visit some friends. The names of the injured passengers are:— Francis Shillito, 28, of 7, Banbury-street, Wilson-road, Wyke, broken shoulder-blade. Emily Brearly, 33, of 8, Hallroyd, Shipley, severe bruises on the head. Joe Calmforth, 32. Ronndhill, Cleckheaton, shock and bruises on the ribs. Frank Moore, 27, of Craven-lane, GomerBall. shock and bruised foot. Arthur Nicholson, 24, fireman of the London and North Western engine, of Far- town, Huddersfield. All the foregoing were treated at Hudders. field Infirmary.

THE INQUEST. The inquest on the bodies of the two vic- tims of the disaster was opened at the Town- hall, Huddersfield, on gat-tirda-Y afternoon by the district coroner (Mr. E. H. Hill), who said he proposed merely to take evidence of identification and evidence as to injuries, and to adjourn the inquest until a week next Thursday. Mr. Taylor Jones, on behalf of the Lan- cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company directors and officers, expressed deep regret at the sad accident and sympathy with the injured. He assured the court that his com- pany would offer the utmost assistance with a view of ascertaining the cause of the unfortunate accident. Mr. Linacre, on behalf of the London and North Western Railway Company, expressed similar sentiments. The body of Ralph Greenwood Farrand was identified by his brother, George Henry Far. rand, Bristol; and George Cecil Yeats Milne identified the body of his mother, Catherine Augusta Yeats Milne, who, he said, was the wife of an army surgeon. Mr. Farrand had wounds about the head, and Mrs. Milne had her right leg badly broken; her left leg was also broken, and the left foot torn practi- cally asunder. At this stage the coroner adjourned the inquiry till May 18, when he hoped the injured passengers would be fit to give evidence if necessary. Before the court adjourned the son of Mrs. Milne, who had been very much affected in giving his evidence, told the coroner that he had seen in the newspapers that his mother, before her death, had spoken. He wished to know whether she had left any message for her children. The coroner said it waji a matter for the railway officials, and he had no doubt they would be glad to furnish par- ticulars of any conversation with their ser- vants. The Board of Trade have appointed Lieu- tenant-colonel Druitt, R.E., inspecting officer of railways, to hold an inquiry into the cir- cumstances attending the collision.

ALLEGED BTNRGLARY. SENSATIONAL ARRESTS AT CAP- DIFF. Before the Cardiff magistrates on Thursday David Bees (29), Arthur Rees (24), Thomas Gorman (28), and Philip Williams (30), were charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house, 28, Eldon-street, in the occu- pation of Nellie White, and stealing 3s. 5d. in money, a lady's 18-carat gold watch, a long gold ohain, gold safety pin, small gold padlock, pack of playing cards, value all told, £ 20 3s. lid.; also with stealing about £ 4 in gold, a gentleman's silver keyless watch, a 9-carat gold chain, value together JE8 10s., the property of Charles Thomas, sometime between one p.m. and 5.50 p.m. on the 26th inst. Police-constables George Young, Lea., and Page, acting upon Information received, went to the Craddock Hotel, and arrested the prisoners, who denied all knowledge of the affair. The case was remanded until Thursday iOr inquiries, and, if possible, to recover the property still missinsr. DRAGGED OUT. v FRANCE: Mon ami, you must come out of that or you will get me into trouble t"

THE TRUNK TRAGEDY. DEVEREUX AGAIN BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. PoHce-eourt proceedings were resumed on Thursday at Harlesden against Arthur Devereux, chemist, who is cbarged with mur- dering his wife and two baby children, pre- sumably by poisoning them. and afterwards concealing their bodies in a trunk. The vic- tims, it will be remembered, were found a fortnight ago in a furniture repository at Paddington, The discovery was made owing to the ocarUnued search for her daughter by Mrs. Gregory, mother of Mrs. Devereux. Devereux was arrested at Coventry imme- diately after the discovery of the trunk. Accused was brought up this morning on remand from last week, the charge against him being that he wilfully murdered his wife, Beatrice Ellen Maud Devereux, aged 31, and his two sons, Lawreince Roland and Evelyn Lancelot, aged one year and eleven months, supposed by administering poison to them on or about February 1, 1905, at 60, Milton-avenue, in .œ parieh of Willeedeo. DeTereux was driven from Brixton Gaol in a closed carriage, arocu^j-ied by police- aad enterev ♦ £ » «*?§xt Ulokout ftclsft se&u by those who were out-side-more than half of whom were women. Prisoner was! again dressed in a blue Berge suit. He looked anxious, and was an attentive listener to the short proceedings. Mr. Williamson (foiv the Treasury) applied for a further remand for a week. Sir Thomas Stephenson (analyst) said he was not yet ready with his report, but no time had been wasted in the work of pre- paration. I Mr. Pierson (solicitor for the defence) offered no objection, as it was quite neces- sary that the analysis should be known before the matter could be gone into. The Magistrate then remanded prisoner for a week.

DEVEREUX'S SON RETURNS HOME. A touching incident in connection with the Ken sal Rise trunk tragedy was the meeting at Euston Station, London, of the boy Stanley Devereux Q.11d his grandmother. He had travelled from Leamington in the care of the guard, a lady who was also z e4 travelling to London having been asked to keep an eye on him." The little fellow is the only surviving child of Arthur Devereux, the chemist who is charged with the murder of his wife and infant sons at Harlesden. The woman wait- ing at Euston was Mrs. Gregory, mother of Beatrice Devereux, whose body was found beside the bodies of her twin babies in the ghastly trunk at the Kensal Rise furniture depository. Stanley scarcely looks his six years. He is frail, though fairly tall. Fair-haired and blue-eyed, he was wearing a sailor suit and cap, the latter having His Majesty's Ship Glory on the ribbon. He looked anxiously for his beloved father as he stepped from the railway carriage, tightly clasping a tiny parcel. Then he caught sight of "Granny," and gave a glad little cry as he put his aa-me round her neck. Her tears fell upon his upturned face, the smile upon which changed to a momentary look of perplexity. For the little chap had been told nothing of the awful fate of his mother and brothers and of his father's terrible position. Now he IS with his grandmother at her house overlook- ing that where he used to live with his parents. That he will have to appear to give evidence at the police-court is extremely probable, but that is not the object of his sudden return. lie has been obliged to leave the school at Kenilworth in which his father placed him because the end of the school term has arrived, and there is no one to pay his fees. His father had given the necessary instruction to the schoolmaster to surrender him. He has endeared himself to both school- fellows and teachers, and the headmaster himself drove him to Leamington Station in a motor-car. To a representative of the press Stanley said: "I like my school, and my teacher, and all the boys. They don't know I have come. I am learning to do sums and write letters. I shall go back soon." Will he? This is the letter written by Arthur Devereux from Brixton Prison to the school- master, who had charge of Stanley, authoris- ing him to give up tho boy:— Mr. Taylor—Dear sir, the bearer of this letter Is Mrs. Gregory (Stanley's grand- mother). whom I wish to be the guardian of my child on the understanding that he be not called as a witness in this case.— Believe me, dear sir, yours truly, April 20, 1905. A. DEVEREUX. Detective-inspector Pollard and Detective- sergeant Cole were with Mrs. Gregory at Euston to welcome the child, and Scotland Yard is taking a keen, sympathetic interest fn his welfare. Who could refrain from pitying this innooent victim of so cruel a bereavement?

MALPAS MYSTERY. BODY OF A MAN FOUND IN A CANAL. The coroner for South Monmouthshire (Mr. M. Roberts-Jones) opened an inquest at the Holly Bush Farm, Malpas, Newport, on Thurs- day with respect to the mysterious death of a man between 35 and 40 years of age, whose body was recovered from the Monmouthshire Canal at Malpas on Wednesday by Police-con- stable Voyce. The constable having given evidence of the recovery of the body, Dr. McGinn said he had examined the corpse. There were no marks of violence, and in his opinion death II was due to drowning. had examined the corpse. There were no marks of violence, and in his opinion death was to drowning. The inquest was adjourned until Saturday next in order that the police might in some way establish the man's identification.

LEAVES KAMRANH BAY BY ORDER OF THE CZAR. PARIS, Sunday Morning. It is reported that the Minister for Foreign Affairs has been officially advised of the' departure of the Russian fleet from Kamranh ) Bay. j PARIS, Sunday. The Temps publishes the following tele- gram of to-day's date from Saigon, j despatched at 10.40 &m. I "The entire Russian fleet left Kamranh Bay at noon yesterday. "A heavy cannonade has been heard off the bay, and it is supposed that there has been an engagement with the Japanese scouts. "The Russian transports Kiel, Juniper, Gortchakoff, and Chitai are here." j SAIGON, Sunday, 8 a.m. j No news has been received since yest-erday from Kamranh Bay. The natives are highly pleased at the rise in the price of provisions. Pigs and sheep, which before the arrival of I the Russian squadron cost about niire francs 1\ apiece, now fetch thirty francs. It is stated that Admiral Rozjeetvensky is } sxvferang from dysentery. His officers ,JI.!W.! men are most confident. They expect the r Third Baltic Squadron to arrive at any moment. i No officer or sailor landed from the fleet in Kamranh Bay. BY ORDER OF THE CZAR. PARIS, Saturday. A semi-official telegram from St. Petersburg eta-ttys that the Czar has ordered Admiral Rozjestvensky's squadron to leave Frenoh territorial waters. A rumour was current in the lobbies of the Chamber to the effect that the Minister for the Colonies received a telegram yesterrday announcing the departure of the Baltic Fleet i from Kamranh Bay. This rumour, which is unfounded, probably originated in the news that the Czar had ordered Eozjestvensky to leave.

CORRESPONDENCE PUBLISHED IN TOKIO. TOKIO, Sunday. An official communique dealing with tihe alleged infringement of French neutrality by Admiral Poziest-vensky is issued to-dasy. r.rhf statement shows that upon receipt "f the news of the trri-ral of Admiral Rozjest- vensky at Kamranh Bay the French Govern- ment sent cabled inefraf-tions to the Governor-General of Tonquin instructing him to see that the neutraJity regulations were strictly enforced. Subsequently, in deference to the protest made by Japan, the Govern- ment again oommunicaJed with the Governor-General, instructing him to request Admiral Rozjestvensky to leave as soon as possible. The Governor replied that the instructions had been carried out. The French. Governmt also asked Eassia to instruct Admiral Rozjestvens-ky to leave French waters. Russia agreed, and France was able to assure Japan that the necessary steps to ensure the strict observance of neu- "trality bad been taken. Satisfaction is expressed at the correct behaviour of France, and the movements of the Russian squadron are beirg anxiously watched to see that the French assurances are fulfilled.

RUSSIANS' SECRET MOVE AT HAINAN. The cable to Hainan is cut (says a Hong Kong correspondent), and it is suspected that this is the work of the Russians, or of Russian agents. A high Government official here expresses the opinion that Great Britain cannot afford to permit any longer the Baltic Fleet's breach of neutrality at Hainan The Briti-sh' Ceet was at Lema Island, a few miles off Soag Kong, on Tuesday night.

A ROMANTIC WEDDING. WEALTHY LADY AND CHAUFFEUR. At St. Peter's, Eaton-square, on Thursday, Miss Sarah Frances C. L. Baldock, only child of Mr. Edward Holmes Baldock, of 8, Grosvenor-place, was married to Mr. Cyril Bishop, formerly chauffeur in the service of the lady's father. The bridegroom's solicitor was present, as were also several police officers, opposition to the marriage having bean threatened. The bride, who is said to be very wealthy, was attired in a travelling cos- tume. She was aewmpauicl-tl by an aunt, and was given away by her solicitor. There were only about a dozen people present., and the service passed off without interruption.

MUTINY AND MURDER. CAPTAIN INTERCEPTED TO PROVE IDENTITY OF A PRISONER. The owner of the Liverpool ship Leicester Castle, on which a mutiny and murder oc- curred on September 2, 1902, in connection with which a sensational arrest w-as made in America, states that Captain Peattie pro- ceeded to New York ten days ago by the Etruria along with one of his old seamen to identify the man in custody. Captain Peattie now copimands a steamer, and was intercepted at Algiers by the British Consul, with instructions to go to America as soon as possible.

THE IRONY OF FATE. It may be remembered that last month a Nihilist bomb was discovered at the house of Prince Troubetzkoy, the military attache at the Russian Embassy in Paris. The bomb was removed by a police agent named Emile Juncker, and at eight o'clock on Wednesday this same police agent was run over by the Prince's carriage. He had his cheat smashed I in amd both legs broken. He was removed in I a dying condition to the Beaujon Hospital. The occurrence is inexplicable, but it is I thought that Juncker may have been pushed under the carriage by some mysterious indi- vidual.—Central News.

TRACED TO CARDIFF 9 MANCHESTER GIRL ELOPES WITH MARRIED MAN. Dressed in a blue reefer coat, her hair hanging in wary masses over her shoulders, Miss Lilian May Blomerley, aged seventeen, stood in the witness-box at Manchester Police- oourt and told a story of an elopement with Robert Lea Owen. Owen, who is 28 years of age, z.nd was for- merly & grooer at Prestwich, was charged with abdacttng the girl while she was era ployed by him as a domestic servant. The couple were traced to Cardiff. The mother of the girl said that when Owen was leaving Prestwloh with the intention of going to Oponsfiuiw, as his wife was very ill, she allowed her daughter to go to help in the removal, but only on condition that she returned home the same night. She denied that she wsb cognisant of an attachment between the two. or thsit she gave hor con. sent to the elopement. Jlms Blomerley, in the witness-box, stsubed that she and Owen twice talked over the elopem.m before they actually t array. On liarch 24," she continued, he aaked me to go a,way with him to Bristol, and said he would n^aite me åeppy: After Owen had taken his wife to a relative's house, the girl went on, she accompanied him to the station and took a trip to Lon- don, finally settling down as man and wife at Cardiff. Owen cross-examined her in a familiar manner. Now, Lil, when I wss at Newcastle did not you send me a letter?—Yes, I did. And didn't you say, Lilian, that you were brokcn.he.a.rted?- Yes. And didn't you say, Lil, that you wished you could come and live with m ?-I said that. Was it at your suggestion as much as mine thaA we went away?—Yes, it was. Ovren was committed for trial at the assizes. It appears tha.t prisoner was arrested by a Cardiff constable when walking in St. Marry- street with the young woman. The arrest was tho result of information and descriptions supplied to the borough police in the ordi. nary way. The pair generally stayed at Bristol, but letters were addressed to Cardiff Post Office, and on the day of the arrest the couple had oome to Cardiff with the intention of getting the letters.

GRAVE POLICE ERROR, MISTAKEN CASE AGAINST TWO GERMAN SUBJECTS. A case pointing to a remarkable mistake on the part of the police was on Wednesday investigated at Spelthorn Petty-sessions, a.t Teddington, when two German subjects, Henrich Hoffman, a hairdresser, of How- la-nd-street, Tottenham Oourt-road, and Kahn Miller, an agent, of Wood-lane, Shepherd's Bush, were charged with attempt- ing to pick pockets at the Hampton Court tramway terminus on Easter Monday. Mr. T. F. Chiarlton, solicitor, of Kingston, who appeared on behalf of Miller, said the police had evidently made a serious mistake. Detective Albert Aldridge stated that at half-past six on Easter Monday evening great crowds of people were trying to get into the cars at Hampton Court. He saw Miller standing behind some ladies in the crowd, and take his hand from the folds of a. lady's diess. The lady had an old-tashioned pocket at the back of the skirt. Witness KEPT OBSERVATION ON HIM for an hour and ten minutes, and during that time saw him speak to Hoffman and push against several ladies. By Mr. Charlton: Kempton Park Races were o nthat day, and a great many people were at Hampton Court waiting to return by tram. In giving corroborative evidence, Police- oonstable Barnard said he raw Miller lift a lady's jacket and try to reach her pocket. Hoffman was apparently trying to hide his movements. Miller, in giving evidence on oath, stated that he had not had much experience of English crowds. He had been to only one other race meeting in England, and that was at Epsom on Derby day. On Easter Monday he went to Kempton Park Races, taking the precaution befoie- hand, however, to leave his valuables at home. After the last raoce he went to Hamp- ton Court to taJte a tram to Shepherd's Rush, but though he tried for over an hour he did not get a seat. The oharge against him was a most absurd one. He was the English agent of a Berlin firm, and living in a house for which he paid £1 a. week. As to the other prisoner he was a perfect stranger to him, and the only time he spoke to him was when he trod upon his toes in the crowd, and said "I BEG YOUR PARDON." Mr. Charlton said Miller was a man of undoubted respectability, and complainedl that he was locked up all night, and that his friends were not informed of his arrest until four o'clock next morning. Mr. Theodore Fraenkal, a costume manu- facturer of Berlin, said Miller acted at; his agent in England, and he was a man he would trust with hundreds of pounds. Mr. Max Wyler, of Cla,pham Common, also vouched for Miller's respectability, adding that he was a man with a substantial bank- ing account. He produced the bank book, and it was examined by the bench. Mrs. Miller came forward, and stated that when her husband left home in the morning he promised to be back to dinner, and afterwards to go to a place of entertainment. She produced tickets for a music-hall in sup- port of this. Hoffman, in evidence, declared that Miller was a perfect stranger to him. He ridiculed the idea of attempting to pick pockets, and appealed to a good character that he had borne in England for fifteen years. The prisoners were discharged. Subsequently they and their friends declared their intention of bringing the cir- cumstances of the case to the notice of the German Ambassador.

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DRIEST ASPHYXIATED AT SWANSEA. An inquest was held a.t Swansea on Tuesday iOn the body of John Louis Corentin Le Guen, lboman Catholic monk, who was found dead in his bedroom. The Father Superior of Caer Maria Abbey, CaxdigailEihire, stated that the deceased was a priest of the Benedictine Order, 61 years of age. He left the abbey for Swansea on Saturday afternoon to assist at St. David's Church. The Rev. Father Gwydr, rector of St. I)avid's Roman Catholic Church, Swansea, said that deceased retired to rest on Saturday evening at about 9.45. The Rev. Father Morrall, St. David's, said that on Sunday morning, about 7.30, he knocked at the door of deceased's room, and eould get no answer. He opened the door, ftnd a great volume of gas came out. The Windows were shut. He saw the deceased in bed dead. Apparently he had turned out the Sas and turned it on again. Dr. O'Sullivan said that deceased was a •trong, well-nourished man. Death was, un- doubtedly, due to asphyxia, caused by a gas escape. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," the Coroner expressing the sympathy of himself and the jury with the monks of the abbey.

JUMPED INTO TAYF RIVER. At Cardiff Police-court on "Wednesday Emily fiorn, 34, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by jumping into the River Taff on Tuesday evening. Police-oonstable Davits said that at half- put seven on Monday night he was called tc Penarth-road Bridge, and saw prisoner standing on the footway wet through and covered with mud. He told her she would 1)0 charged with attempting to commit sui- cide, and she made no reply. When charged 6he said, "I aim sorry I did it." She ap- peared to have been drinking. Mr. Samuel: Has the doctor seen her?- «o, sir. Prisoner: It waa done quite uninten- tionally. A. boy named Walter Speirke said he saw Prisoner climb the bridge, and then go on to the boards at the end of the trudge. She then jumped into the water, and witness °a>lled for assistance. The case was remanded for a week for Prisoner to be medically examined. ANOTHER CHARGE. William Davies, 26, was brought up a.t Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday charged "with attempting to commit suicide by throw- i ing himself into the River Taff on April 25. A man named Ernest Taylor said he heard a splash in the water, followed by shouts of Jump over." No one responding, witness himself jumped in, and prisoner, when he saw him in the water, came towards him. Where he stood, the water was up to his waist. He appeared to have been drinking. He was remanded for a week for the doctor to make an examination of him.

A DISTRESSING CASE AT WHIT- OHIIRCH. 0 p Poisonous mackerel has played sad havoc in the home of a man named Palmer, who lives with his wife and three children at Poole's Farm, Whitchurch. The family par- took of the fish on Good Friday, and in the course of a few hours afterwards they were all complaining of stomach pains. The three little children became so ill that Dr. Robinson had to be sent for. He examined Parents and children, and found that they were suffering from ptomaine poisoning as the result of eating the mackerel, which had been bought at the Cardiff fish market. One of the three children died on Wednesday, and the other two are so ill that their recovery is exceedingly doubtful. The Parents did not Buffer to the same extent ae the children and have recovered.

ABERDARE TRAGEDY. Mr. B. J. Rbys (district coroner) held an inquiry at Trecynon Police-station on Fri- day into the eircumistances attending the death of Anne Jones, wife of Evan Jonee, of 37, Belle-street, Trecynon, who wae found drowned in the Public Park lake on Thurs- day. The husband gave evidence of identifica- tion, and said that the deceased had been ill for some time. She I w very weak, and could only walk with difficulty. Thomas Davies, who is a lodger at the Carmarthen Arms, Aberdare, spoke to see- ing the body in the water and giving infor- mation to the police. Polioo-oo Wallaby deposed that he Proceeded to the spot, and waa subsequently joined by Police-sergeant Hopkins, with whom he conveyed the body to the deceased's home. home. David James, draper, Treoynon, wae called, &nd said that he saw Mrs. Jones pass his establishment between eleven and twelve o'clock on her way to the park. She looked Very ill, and appeared to be quite weak. A. verdict of "Found drowned" was returned.

DISCOVERY ON SWANSEA SANDS. On Saturday morning a complete suit of clothes much the worse for wear, a.nd appar- ently belonging to some poor man, was dis- covered lying on the beach near Trafalgar- terrace, Swansea. The circumstance natur- ally gave rise to considerable speculation, but the Swansea police incline to the opinion that it does not mean a tragedy, but merely ft change of clothing.

A SWANSEA MYSTERY. An inquest was held at the Tunnel Hotel, Swansea, on Tuesday on the body of Louisa Ellen Evans, the young laundress belonging to St. Thomas who had been mysteriously massing from her lodgings at St. Helen'e- avenue for about a fortnight, and whose body ^as on Sunday discovered in the North Dock. The evidence threw no light on the occur- ence, and the deceased was described as a cheerful girl.-The Coroner advised an open Verdict, and this was returned.

MEN AND HORSE DROWNED. At Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsey, Hunting- donshire, late on Sunday night, a horse and c8Jt, containing two men, named WiUiam ^hitwell and Henry Fresher, backed to the of the river bank and toppled over into the water. Both men and horse were drowned.

MlLFORD HAVEN MAN HANGED ON A TREE. Robert Swainson (29), labourer, Milford Haven, waa found suspended by a rope from tl"B branch of a. tree in a field at Milford Haven by a man named Lewis. His father last saw him alive at six a.m. on Easter Sun- day.

DEATH IN THE STREET AT PONTY- PRIDD. jAborut five o'clock on Tuesday evening ^haj-lea Gnabb, 40, bachelor, lodging at j^orgun-etreerti, Pwllgwaun, Pontypridd, fell the entrance to the Taff Vale Eailway ftation, and expired before medical assist* "n06 oould arrive. Deceased, it is under- wood, had been in bad health for some

SUICIDE AT NEATH. Mary Ann Hull, a widow, of King-street, j^th, aged 51, committed suicide on Wednes- evening by hanging herself in the back Deceased a married daughter ™ tSfcree other children. I

THE CHARGE AGAINST HAR- BOTTLE: A REMAND. A large crowd besieged the entrance to Cardiff Police-court on Saturday in anticipa- tion of the charge against Frederick Har- bottle (22), a parcels porter, in the employ of the Great Western Railwa:¡ at-Cardiff fetation, of stealing a. pair of boots, valued lis., the property of his employers. Prisoner, a tail, slim young fellow, was respectably attired. Mr. R. H. Parsons (Vachell and Co.) appeared to conduct the prosecution, and, addressing the magistrates (Messrs. F. J. Veall and David Duncan), said he proposed only to give sufficient evidence to justify a remand. The charge was in respect of a pair of boots (produced), but there were other charges to be preferred. Detective Thomas Little said, in answer to questions put by Mr. Parsons, that at 7.45 on the night of the 20th he was called to the Great Western Railway Station, where pri- soner was given into his custody by Rail- way-detective-inspector Matthews. He made no reply to the charge of stealing the boots. Mr Duncan (after consulting with Mr. Veall and Mr. Nash, the magistrates'-clerk) sa,id: There is no evidence that prisoner had anything to do with the boots. Mr. Parsons: Generally, we only give evi. deraca of arrest. Mr Duncan: Tlipt doesn't alter the facts. Mr. Parsons: Very well. I will call evi- dence upon the point. Detective-inspector John Matthews was then called He said that on Thursday, at about five pm., he saw the prisomv wearing the boots at the Cardiff Great Western Eailway Station. He was asked to go to his office. He went a.nd there witness told him that the pair of boots he wae wearing were similar to a pair that had been reported stolen between Bristol and Porthcawl. Witness then asked the prisoner to show him the bottom of the boots. He lifted up h's foot, and witness, when he saw the bottom of the boot, remarked to the prisoner, "They arc identical with those stolen. I require them, unless you can give any satisfactory explanation." 1fr. Parsons said he did not purpose to call any further evidence, and remarked that Mr. Harold Lloyd (who had been instructed to defend the prisoner) was unable to be present. The application for an adjournment of the case until Thursday was then granted. Mr. Parsons objected to bail being granted, on the ground that part of the alleged stolen property had not been recovered.

HARBOTTLE AGAIN BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. The prisoner, Frederick Harbottle, 22. was again brought up at Cardiff Police- court on Thursday charged (before Mesars. Louis Samuel. Richard Cory, and W. S. Grossman) that he, whilst acting as a servant in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company, fe'on- iously stole a pair of boots, value lis., also a gentleman's gold demi-hunter watch, value £6 18s.; a gent's silver chronometer watch, value £1 16s.; and seven 18-carat gold rings, value E6 2s. lid. Mr. Parsons applied for a further remand until Wednesday, to which application he said his friend, Mr. Lloyd, consented. Mr. Lloyd said he did not object, subject to the prisoner being admitted to bail and the amount of the sureties not being pro- hibitive. He was arrested last Thursday, and it was hard that he should be detained in prison. Mr. Parsons, in answer to the bench, said it was on account of the holidays he was not able to proceed at once with the case. So many factories and other places had been closed that they had not been able to get the witnesses, who had to travel a consider- able distance, some of them from Cardigan- shire. The magistrates granted the remand, and HiCoe>pted bail, prisoner in £ 50 and surety of £ 50, or two of £ 25-

TRAINS IN COLLISION AT HUDDERSFIELD. A serious railway accident, involving the loss of two lives, occurred at Huddersfie Friday afternoon. A London and North tern passenger train, which left Bradford at 12.30, on reaching Huddersfield crashed into a Lancashire and Yorkshire engine and three coaches. The Bradford train carried very few passengers, hut when aid waa brought it found that two people were dead and seven or eight injured. A later telegram says:—The accident P- pened near Huddersfiield Station, a Lon and North Western engine, with two coaches, which was shunting out of the station, coming into collision with the 1.50 Lancashire and Yorkshire train from Bradford, consist- ing of an engine and six coaches. The names of the killed are Ralph Farrana. a railway labourer, about 40 years of age, address unknown; and a lady who, before she expired gave the name of M'Lachlan, and said she was staying at the Cobden Hotel, Huddersfield. The three first coaches of the train from Bradford were telescoped, and some portions of the debris were ikurled over a viaduct into I the street below. The collision occurred just outside the joint station at Huddersfield. The train from Bradford was proceeding slowly, but the force of the impact with the ponderous North-Western tender was such as to tele- scope two of the Lancashire and Yorkshire coaches. A scene of indescribable confusion followed. A considerable quantity of wreck- age fell into Viaduct-street. 30 feet below.

UNKNOWN VESSEL SUNK OFF THE NASH. A disastrous collision occurred on Saturday night between Xaok Point and the Foreland, resulting ra the foundering of a Ehip, believed to be a French schooner, and the los6 of all her crew, Eupposea to number seven hands. The occurrence was one of such terrible suddenness that the particulars of the disaster available are necessarily few and incomplete. The steamer Racine is a well- known coal tra/der, belonging to Messrs. L. Gueret (Limited), of Cardiff and Barry, running weekly between Barry and Havr«, -lotien, and other French ports. She is a ship of 1,029 tons register, commanded, by captain Le Gac. She sailed from Barry on Saturday evening at about half-past seven, with about 2,500 tons of coal, bound for Havre. Dusk set in jus-r, after Barry was cleared, and the night grew dark and gusty, the wind blowing a stiff breeze from the north-east. All went well till just below Nash Point, when at abemt haif-past nine o'clock a, violent crash experienced by ,.bl)-ze on board the Eacine. The chief officer (Air. Le Gac), a relative of the master, was on the bridge at the time, the captain having j,3t gone below. Those on deck failed to discern anything ahead, and no lights were visible before the collision. The captaitt and The crew of the Eacinc were quickly. on deck, and seeing what was described as a "big black patch" on the wa.ter jast under the steamer's bows, and hearing cries for help. Captain Le Gac at once ordered the boats to be lowered, which was done without any delay, but, although they rowed about ter some time and the steamer stood hy. nw*lm6z whatever could be seen. the col- liding vessel having evidently gone down with all hands within five minutes of the collision. It is believed that the bows of the schooner became locked in the bows of the steamer by the terriSc force of the collision, and when the engines of the Eacine were reversed the ecbooner freed hereelf and went down imme- diately, for nettling more was seen or heard of the ship and crew or a particle of wreck- age discovered. Captain Le Gac believes that his steamer must haTe collided with a small sailing vessel coming up Channel, and it is assumed tha.t she carried no lighta, for nothing WlJ seen of her till after the collision, when, by her appearance in the darkness on the water, it was surmised that she was a scheoDer or barque, carrying possibly a crew of about M-vps hands. It is also believed that she ww of French nationality, inasmuch as one of the crew heard a cry from the sink- ing vessel as if that of a Frenchman calling for help. The Racine was herself seriously damaged, there being a hugs gap in her port-bow, the rent being about 6ft. or 10ft. by about 5ft.. with a big bulge also on the star- board bow. Seeing tha.t she wae making water freely and likely to founder, Captain Le Ga-c decided to put back to Barry, where fche docked on Sunday morning. The Racine now lies in the Barry Basic, an*7. w»i visited by marry hundreds of persons on Sunday. It is evident that she, too, would have gone down after the collision had it not been for the fact that she is fitted with water-tight compartments, which enabled her to return to safe anchorage at Barry.

SEARCH BY A BARRY PILOT-BOAT. Amongst tho boats which joined in the search for the foundered ship or the crew was that of Mr. J. Dyer, a Barry pilot, who was cruising about "soekiing" in the vicinity of the collision at the time of the oe-cnrrenoc. Although he continued the soarch for a couple of bonrs he found nothing. The mem on board the pilot-boat believe that the sunken ship wae a brigan- tine.

BOAT WASHED ASHORE NEAR THE OGMORE RIVER. A bo ait, bearing no nam e, but, appa- rently, of foreign bmid, has been washed ashore at the month of the Ogmore Eiver, east of Porthcawl. Mo other wreckage has been found. The boat is about 12ft. in length, and has a beam of about 4ft., and is about 2ft. 6in. deep. She has no top-rail nor sculling-plate. She is most peculiarly painted, being red <xu the top planks of the port^sido and white ft the top of the starboard side. She has been holed in the bottom of the port-side. The bottom of the boat is painted black.

RESCUE IN THE ATLANTIC: TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS. The Dutch steamer Irene entered the East Bute Dock, Cardiff, on Saturday laden with timber. When in the Atlantic the master of the Irene picked up in their own boats the crew (twenty aJl told) of a French fishing steamer, which ha4 foundered. The unfortunate men, who had lost all their effects, were kindly taken care of by the master of the Irene, brought to Cardiff, and will probably be sent by the French Consul to their homes. In answer to questions put to the second mate of the Irene, our representative was informed that the Irene when in the Atdamtio on Wednesday evening between seven and eight sighted the Alice, a two-masted French schooner, flying signals of distress. The Irene immediately stood by, and the crew, number- ing twenty, were taken on board. Some of the poor fellows were in the last stage of exhaustion, and were too weak to get aboard without help. Hall an hour after the crew were Gaved the Alice sank. The Alice had been to Newfoundland with salt, and WIllI bound from there to St. Malo, light. She was captained by a French man, named Courio. She was caught in a hurricane, and after recovering encountered a second. She first started to leak ten days before the Irene was sighted, and the pumpr. were kept working continually. Meanwhile, other members OIl. the Alice were engaged in firing rocketa. but no help was sighted until the fourth day, when a steamer passed withitt 500 yards of her. The Alice lowered a. bottfc, but the crew of the steamer "simply laughed" (so our representative was told) and steamed away again. Matters were now looking serious, and the schooner was taking in toon tons of water per hour when the Irene waa sighted. The poor fellows simply screeched with delight at the hope of rescue, whilst others dropped in a faint on the deck from exhaustion. Very pathetic was the sight of t.be rescued sailors thanking the crew of the Irene on taking their leave on Saturday. All tho crew are Bretons from St. Malo and the district. They remain a.t the gailorie Home till Wednesday, and hope to reach St. Malo on Friday.

FEARED LOSS OF THREE LIVES IN BELFAST WUGH. Noticing an upturned boat some distance from Hob-wood, County Down, Ireland, m man named Lavery gov assistance, and rowing out to the place the body of a boy, aged about seven, was found floating in th* water. Two caps were also picked up in the channel, and inquiries lad to the discovery that a man named Robb and his two sons had gone out for a sail on Belfast Lough earlier in the day. Everything pointe to the other two occupants of the boat being also drowned.

SCHOONER DAMAGED. Lloyd's Portland agent, telegraphing on Son- day rright, reports the arrival of the steamer Salerno, of Hamburg, from Hamburg for Car- diff, with the schooner Alpha,, of Irvine, frosr- Par for Ghent, with a cargo of china clay.\ in tow, with bows stove in. bowsprit and fore-, mast gone, making water, and having sus- tained other considerable damage, the schooner having been run into by the Salerno 1 off St. Catherine's at eleven p.m. on Saturday. The Salerno afterwards sailed for Cardiff, ( damage, if any, unknown.