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AN EX-LICENSEE'S WORRIES:…
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AN EX-LICENSEE'S WORRIES: A PENETRATING BULLET. B. Reece, coroner, keld an •aquiry at the Graig Hotel, Ponty- F«W, on Monday, concerning the death i Morgan Griffiths, late hotel pro- r «Tfl^°r' residing at Charles-street, Car- i > whose body was found lying at the side v a lonely road on Friday night with a p^Uet wound in his head, near the Rhydlleoh rra. Pencoed'Ca-e, about two miles from foatypridd. fhe evidence of W. H. Perkins, brother-in- .1w» who owns the farm referred to, was that e deceased visited his house on Friday. He n e?led strange in his manner, bnt was not nder the influence of drink. About seven °lock he went out, and soon after there as a revolver shot. Witness went out and °und him lying down, with blood flowing a wound in the head. There was a six- °naTn bered revolver about throe feet away, 0110 cartridge being discharged. ^"he Coroner: Had he written anything to "■"ybody? Police-sergeant Morris: I examined the Papers, but there was no message to any- one. Dr. Bull, assistant to Dr. Howard Davies, f^'d it was not necessary to probe for the ullet. It had gone right through the head, "d could be seen protruding through the 'sin on the left temple. The wound was evi- dently self-inflicted, and death instantaneous. Mrs. Griffiths, the widow, said her husband mL ^een a hotel keeper. The Coroner: And had a good deal of worry lately ?-Yes. In the result the Jury returned a verdict N "Suicide whilst temporarily insane."
GLAMORGAN ATHLETE FALLS DEAD…
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GLAMORGAN ATHLETE FALLS DEAD FROM HIS BICYCLE. About six o'clock on Tuesday morn ing a man teamed William Williams, residing at Pajitec, Tstalyfera, was cycling to his employment In the washhouse of the Ynismudw Tin-plate I WorIts, and when near the Ynismudw Arms he fell off his bicycle dead. At the inquc-st Dr. Lewis, Ystalyfera, said he attended deceased, who was a. strong, healthy man, about thirteen years ago for a disease of the heart, which deceased said "was due to bicycle racing. Witness was of the samo opinion, as deooused had done much racing. Ho attended deceased last week for weakness of the heart. In reply to the coroner, witness said that he was not Burprised at what had happened, having regard to the state of Williams's heart. The jury returned a verdict of "Dea.th from tyncope."
JUDGE'S PLAIN TALK.
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JUDGE'S PLAIN TALK. Mr. Justice Joyce used some very plain language about a perverse litigant who appeared in court on Wednesday. The judge was asked by the Sunbeam Bleach Company to commit Mr. Daniel Clarke, who sold to them the business of Clarke's Ammomia, for breach of on injunc- tion restraining him from representing that he was carrying on the business of Clarke's Ammonia." Mr. Clarke bad been committed to prison for infringing the injunction, but released on on affidavit that he would not do what was oompla-imed of again. Counsel read evidence proving what was complained of had been done. Mr. Clarke appeared in person, and said he was only selling ammonia with a plain labeL Mr. Justice Joyce: What a, perverse and obstinate man you are! Why do you do this? Mr. Clarke denied that he had done any- thing amiss. Mr. Justice Joyoo said he had no desire to send the defendant to prison, but he made the order, and directed it to lie in the office until January 12. Unions tbe* d-'c^daait did! something oy thr,n ho would pro i-.> prison. Counsel for the applicants said ricfendant vets doing th-Mn great injury. J ic' Mr. Justice Joyce: I don't know what you are to do with a maduuuil
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I DISGUSTED JUDGE.
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DISGUSTED JUDGE. --4 A POSTCARD LIBEL ACTION IN THE KING'S BENCH. What Mr. Hume Williams, K.C., described aa a. particularly disgusting and a peculiarly vindictive effusion" figured in a. libel action which was tried on Wednesday in Mr. Justice Darlings Court. The case formed a sequel to a family quarrel, amd the libel was written on a. post- card addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Burton, the wife of a compositor living in Wynscombe-street, Eighgate. This lady alleged that the contents of the postcard, which was improperly addressed, were in the handwriting of Mrs. Emma Taylor, of Huntingdon-street, Barnsbury, who, with her husband, was cited as d-efendamt to the action- On the postcard Mrs. Burton was referred to by an opprobious epithet, and the writer proceeded: "Before you dare to try and swear a. virtuous girl's character away, look to your past and also your present, and remember that he has got & womam and two children-and one by him makes tbre&-a..t B d. You are only a makeshift, and second fiddle, Ha.! Ha.!—By One Who Knows." WOMAl wrqt A CAT'S FACE, On tie back of the postcard was a coloured picture of a woman with a oat's face, carrying a portfolio on which was the word Music." This had been crossed out and the word Port" substituted. Counsel said that there was not a tittle of truth in the suggestion that the plaintiff had been guilty of improper conduct, or tha.t she was addicted to drink. Mrå. Bui^on, who for some time did char- woman's work at the Highgate oil shop, said she received the postcard about three weeks after Miss Taylor was discharged by her brother, for whom she had acted as manageress. Witness was walking down the street when a postman handed1 her the libellous postcard with the remark, Here's something funny for you." William Henry Taylor, defendants' eon, sadd that the allegations on the postcard were in his mother's handwriting. He admitted that he was living with a woman whose husband had left her, and that he was the father of one of her three children. A SAM WELLER." SCENE. The cross-examination of this witness was interrupted by the judge, who suggested that counsel had carried a certain line of ques- tioning quite far enough. Thereupon some- one at the back of the oourt shouted in a stentorian tone, Not half. he ain't." The Judge (sharply): Who is that manp The Witness: Ob, that's my father, sir. Thereupon his lordship directed the inter- rupter to stand uP, and ordered him to be removed from the court. The witness indignantly repudiated the suggestion that Mrs. Burton had anything to do with his visits to Highgate, but admitted that he found the money for the libel action. I considered it my duty to do so," he remarked, "because my mother had told me she would bring IJle to ruin and bring my nose to the gutter." Mrs. Taylor, one of the defendants, swore that until that day she had never seen the postcard. She never even heard of it, she explained, until eba received a letter from Mrs. Burton's solicitor asking for on apology and compensation. Then her daughter acknowledged havinS sent the postcard. WOMEN AS OHEAP AS DIRT." The witness sa,id that she was on good teruls with her son until he disdharged his &ister. I used to advise him for his own good," the witness ad-ded. but he sadd I was too moral, and that women were as cheap as dirt in IIighgate." I Emma Alice Taylor, a smartly-dressed young woman of Z2, frankly confessed to having sent the objectionable postcard. I thought I would t^ll her the truth," she snapped out, when asked if she intended I to imply that the plaintiff was an immoral I woman. She was at one time very friendly with Mrs. Burton, ghe said, but she quarrelled Mrs. Burton, she said, but she quarrelled with her when she found that she waa a. married woman. Both Mrs. Taylor a-Tid her daughter wrote a number of words at the judge's dictation, and alftet these bad been compared with the writing on the postcard his lordship said they certainly formed corroboration of the statefmeint for tbe defence. A FAMILY SQUABBLE. A FAMILY SQUABBLE. His Lo-rdship added that the case was one' which^ ought never to have ocoupied the1 atterLtiorn of the Court of King's Bench a.nd twelve jurymen; it was a family squabble, which ought to have been settled before a. magistrate. After a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. Thereupon oo,uneel for the plaintiff asked that the question of taxation of oosts might be postponed, pending the trial of an action for alleged slander, which waa origin,ally joined to the libel action, but is being held over owing to tie illness of a. material witness. The Judge (gathering up his robes hastily); Such a blackguardly dispute should be dealt with by means of a summons for abusive language. As to the question of the taxation of oosts, plaintiff will never be able to pay a.ny oosts. I may 38 well suspend my decision OIl this point until the Day of Judgment. And loud mirth echoed through the court.
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a gtimiilaiit merely for the moment, but a Permanent and Agreeable Form of Nourishment
THE NEWPORT MYSTERY.
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THE NEWPORT MYSTERY. INQUEST ON MISS BARTON: AN OPEN VERDICT. case of the young woman, Louisa Jane aged nineteen years, a domeetio ser- y^t, who was picked up in Fields-road, fJewPort, late on Wednesday night and died before reaching the hospital, still remains a jBystery, even after the holding of the ^QUeet by Mr. Lyndon Moore on Friday tvenilg at the Newport Town-hall. The evidence showed that the deceased, who was the da.ughter of Frederick Elijah Barton, Blacksmith, 31, Bolt-street, went to a. situa- Ion in Clytha Park on Tuesday, and called £ n Wednesday to tell her father that it was «r evening oat, and, alter staying a few Ininutes, went out with her brother. She kept company with a. fireman named Trust, Und waa happy as far as the father knew. Bhe had never threatened to oommit Buicide. ilie father added that he kept no rat poison or other poison in the house. Dr. N. Thomas, assistant-surgeon at the Hospital, said deceased was admitted at 11.30 on Wednesday night. There was nothing in her oondition to suggest a reason for suicide or that she had been outraged or had Btrrggled with anyone. lie'had analysed jlIml oiluw rtonwiit, and found ti^dworpnoephorus sufficient to destroy life. TIe calculated that five grains of phosphorus had been taken, probably in the forfc of rat poison. < The jury returned a. verdict of death from phosphorus poison, but that how or when administered there was not sufficient evidence to show.
THE PENYLAN MYSTERY. -
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THE PENYLAN MYSTERY. 'Mr. E. B. Reece, at Cardiff on Wednesday resumed the inquiry into the circ umstanoes of the death of John Richard Clarke, Eyre-street, East Moors. Police-constable Ernest Jones said be ♦xamined the spot where deceased's body was found, but he saw no marks of a struggle, while the clothes were not disarranged. Sub- 8equently he found a bottle (which was stip- Posed to have oomtainjed laudanum) a.bout twenty yards from the body. There was in the pockets money to the extent of 5s.. lOid., IL bunch of keys, tin of tea. and sugar, a knite, and a. handkerchief containing femna/nte of decaying food, which the fcotr<mer pronounoed to have been at one tbne bread and oheese. Dr. Biggs, who has conducted a. post-mor- tom, sa.id the body was that of ft well- developed, strong man of about 45. There wore no marks of violence, and no signs of Poison All the organs were healthy, except the kidneys and urina.rv organ--—which were bot seriously dis-sed, but in a state that mig-kt have oauAed melancholy. The man must have been dead a fortnight. The body was frozen. There was some congestion of the brain, but Do more than was frequently seen in ordi- lary cases. He could not assign the cause of death. It was doubtful, at this stage, whether laudanum (assuming it had been taken) could now be detected if the contents of the stomach were submitted to detailed analysis. The jury, endorsing the views expressed by the coroner, returned an open verdict, and found there was no evidence to show the cause of de-aih. Dr. Biggs, in answer to the coroner, said the bottle had. oontained laudanum.
NEWPORT POISONING CASE.
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NEWPORT POISONING CASE. RESTAURANT-KEEPER AND THE SPIRITS OF SALTS. Mr. Lyndon Moore, the Newport Coroner, held an inquest at the Town-hall on Wednes- day touching the death of Thomas James, aged 43, a restaurantrkeeper, of 40, Llanarth- stroet, who died at Newport Hospital from poison a.bout eight p.m. on Tuesday. The widow, Susan James, said that her hus- band was in an industrial assurance com- pany, paying 6d. a week. About two p.m. on Tua-day she went to the kitchen and saw her husband sitting down on a chair with his arm across his stomach. He said he felt very bad. She asked him if he would have a glass of beor, alid he replied in the nega- tive. Witness thought that he was going to I have one of his fainting fits. He staggered, but witness took hoLd of him and kept him up. Bhe asked him if he would have a drop of brandy, and he replied, "No." He said, "I thought it was whisky that I had taken." She tasked him wha.t he bad taken, but he could not reply. Dr. Buckner attended, and gave deceased an emetic. I<atcr on in the after- noon at the hospital he told witness that ho had taken spirits of salts. Dr. Crinks, house surgeon at the hospital, said that deceased was admitted on Tuesday. He was suffering from hydrochloric acid poisoning (the popular name of which was spirits of salts), and died abput eight p.m. the same day. It was difficult to mistake the poieon for whisky. The jury found that deceased committed vnicide whilst temporarily insane.
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OUR SHEET ALMANACK IS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. I
MAJOR PHILLIPS AND HIS WIFE.…
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MAJOR PHILLIPS AND HIS WIFE. Application was made in the on Monday in the divorce case of PtalUpe v- Phillips to oommit Major Henry George CoaWs Phillips, the respondent, for mol^ wife, Mre. Annie Elizabeth Phillip stated that on August 10 Mrs. w^nts. staying with, a lady at the Respondent got into the house -_d kitchen window early m the n forced her to write a letter witi^amng an allegation of misconduct made a«Mnst him. He threatened to shoot her and himse she disclosed the circumstances under which the letter was written. The vacation Judge granted an, in junction restraining respondent from wife. On September 29 re&pondent went to Ohenaston House, Kensington wherethe wife lived, rushed past the butler, knooked him down and went into the dining- room, but was ejected by a detective. On October 5 Mr. Justice Bray granted anotner injunction. Since then respondent had passed the house and looked in at the window. Mrs. Phillips felt that her life was a perfect terror ^(iunsel for respondent submitted there was no evidence to show that Major Phillips had ever molested bis wife since tbe order made by Mr. Justice Bray. It was far from his thought or in-tontion to do her harm. Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane eaid he thought respondent had kept himself outside the terms of the orders made against him, but he thought that the fact of his bein £ constantly in the neighbourhood had alarm to his wife, and he should not commit him, but should grant a third injunction ordering respondent not to go.within h^i a mile of the house. If he did he 6hould se him to prison immediately.
A REMARKABLE DIVORCE CASE.
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A REMARKABLE DIVORCE CASE. In the Divorce Couxt on Monday & case was heard in which Mr. Llewellyn Bidg Jones a sub-lieutenant in the Roy^1 -Navy. sued for divorce from Blanche Mary Eadge Jones, nee Cooper, on the ground of her misconduct with a man unknown. I he suit £ £ 'Tdrfendad.-Mr L. petitioner, said the facta of the <»ee wre somewhat unusual. The marriage took place on tbe 29th of October, 1904, at Plinth, when petitioner was at the Eoyal Naval Barracks. He made the acquaintance of the XSSnt, who was then a demi^ondaine, He married her. After the maxria^ he had to go to London the same day. Oni his^return she told him that on the night .+ h marriage she had committed miisoonduct with one of his brother officers. He subsequently left her. Petitioner gave evidence, and evi- SEE ™ ALSO »IJE» TO PRORE With a man unknown. A decree nisi waa granted.
"ICE MAIDEN'S" DECREE.
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"ICE MAIDEN'S" DECREE. KING'S PROCTOR ESTABLISHES HIS CASE. In the Divorce Court on Monday the Presi- dent gave his decision in the case in which the King's Proctor intervened to rescind a degree nisi granted to Mrs. Mariajine Louise Hamilton for dissolution of her marriage with Mr. Gavin Hamilton, the allegation being that petitioner had committed mis- conduct with a Mr. Oswald Mosley. petitioner set up in Bond-street as a maw- curis £ wihere the husband passed as her cousin. Petitioner alleged that she had been driven to committing misconduct with Mosley in order to keep her and her bus- band. The president said he was of opinion that the letters which the wife had written to Mosley did not bear out-her case. He could not trust to petitioner's uncorrobo- rated statement, and he did not feel satisfied that Mrs. Hamilton had acted under the compulsion of her husband in committing misconduct. His lordship came to the con- clusion that the Prootor had established his case and t!he decree nisi would be rescinded and'the petition dismissed, with costs.
HARTOPP DIVORCE CASE.
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HARTOPP DIVORCE CASE. SIR CHARLES AND THE SETTLE- MENT ON HIS FORMER WIFE. The Central News understa-nda that Sir Charles E. Hartopp has filed a petition pray- in^ for a variation of th<* settlement which he° made upon Laxly Hartopp, his former wife on the occasion of the marriage in 1895. Sir Charles obtained a divorce against hzs wife on the ground of her masconduct with Earl Cowley, and this has recently been made absolute. He now petitions that the marriage settlement shall be construed as Sough Lady Hartopp had died without ^ssue, and he asks the court to make such further or other order as may be just.
MARY AND THE MASON.
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MARY AND THE MASON. WALKS OUT WITH A MARRIED MAN. Before the stipendiary (Mr. T. W. Lewis) at Cardiff Police-court on Thursday an affilia- tion case was heard in which Miss Mary Edith cation was heard in which Miss Mary Edith Croft, Stoughton-street, Grangetown, sued John Walter Harris, 12, Chester-place, as the alleged father of the baby boy she carried £ her arms. Mr. Harold Lloyd appeared for the complainant; Mr. Evan Davies defended. The facts, as detailed by Mr. Harold Lloyd, were that the parties met some time in 1904, and subsequently walked out, defendant representing himself to be single, whereas he wa^s a married man. Intimacy was frequent until April when complainant told defendant TU condition. Defendant then refused to have anything more to do with her, and the child was born on November 8 last. Complainant, in evidence, said she used to meet defendant at his mother's, and at his sister's rooms In the same house. Asked what he intended t odo he replied Noth- higt" but if she wished he would meet her "Zf Bose're. defendant'. Ulster (a smb- admission to her as to his conduct. The Stipendiary: You knew your brother was a married man? Yes. And you did not say anything about it?— y™ I to'd him. I asked him what he intended to do. He replied. "I shall not stand to it. I SHALL CLEAR OFF." I I SHALL CLEAE OFF." Witness, in answer to his worship, said she' was really Annie Ca^ey, but had kept ber husband and lived with Percy Kogers. The latter was called, and said defendant told Vii-ni he proposed to "hop off." Witness admitted to Mr. Davies that he was not friendly with defendant. Complainant (re-called) said sho first met defeudaDlt at the Three Horse Shoes, where she was employed. She was now in service at Murphy's Boarding-house, but she said, in answer to Mr. Davies, she had never gone out with a Greek from Murphy's, nor had she ever soon a Greek in the establishment. Defendant, who is a mason, gave a general denial to the accusations. He denied, as alleged, that he had ever taken the girl to T.io.ndiflff or to the Empire. She nse4 to come to his house in Chester-place and inquire after him, but he had never accompanied her furether than the end of the street. By Mr. Harold Lloyd Yes, I suggest that :ohe annoyed me. Further examined by Mr. Lloyd, who produced defendant's letters, wit- ness did not deny addressing complainant in those letters, "My dear Mary." The Stipendiary made an order of 3s. 6d. a week until the child attains the age of four- teen with oosts, including advocate's fee. teen with costs, including advocate's fee.
" A LONG HONEYMOON."
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A LONG HONEYMOON." At Merthyr Police-court on Thursday Patrick Cahill, who only came out of prison a week ago, was summoned by his wife, Charlotte, for CZ 19s. 6d., arrears of a. maintenance order. Mrs. Cahill (a younfr woman): He hasn't worked since we were married. The Stipendiary: A long honeymoon, j (Laughter.) Defendant was ordered lo pay al, the rate of 6s. a. week, or go to prison for a month.
GRAVE ANXIETY AT CARDIFF DOCKS.…
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GRAVE ANXIETY AT CARDIFF DOCKS. Profound anxiety ia felt at Cardiff Docks as to the preaemt whereabouts of Mr. H. J. Simpson. Mr. Simpson has not been seen by any of his friends and acquaintances for over a momith. He left Cardiff four weeks ago last Tuesday "for a couple of days' shooting in the North." Since then Mr. Simpson has not been seen, nor has a single word been received by any of his friends or relatives, and his letters are daily accumulating in the office. This disappearance has aroused the deepest feelings of concern, for Mr. Simpson may fairly be described as the most popular man at the Docks. Head of the firm of J. P. Haoquodl and Co., coal exporters, and a director of the Taff Vale Railway, Mr. Simpson occupies a, position of great pro- minenoe and responsibility, while his inte- rest in everything that concerns the wel- fare of the town and port is all-embracing. Volunteering, football, and sport generally find in him an ardent supporter, and he was the most notable absentee from the New Zealand match at Cardiff on Saturday. Mr. Simpson is a justice of the peace, he is an enithusiastic motorist, golfer, a.nd yachts- man. His friends and relatives are wholly unable to account for his absence, and, naturally, it is feared that some mishap has occurred to him while out shooting. The anxiety is all the deeper because Mr. Simp- son did not mention to his friends where he was going, and they are at their wits' end as to where to begin to maie inquiries.
MR. JOE SIMPSON'S CAREER
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MR. JOE SIMPSON'S CAREER POPULAR BUSINESS MAN AND A GENIAL SPORT. Mr. Joe Simpson," as he is affectionately called by everyone in Cardiff, came here in 1870 or 1871. His father had removed to Car- diff about that time to take up the manage- ment of the "Western Mail." He came here from Newcastle, where he received his educa- tion. and after thirty-five years' residence he retains many of his Tyneside characteristics. It was in 1875 that he first entered business in Cardiff in the office of Messrs. Tellefsen, Wills, and Co. Subsequently he became char- Mr. H. J. SIMPSON. tering clerk for Messrs. Hacquoil Brothers, and he has been connected with that firm .«v«r .eiiiM, b«ii>g at Vw pment tiiM of it« prinoipals. k' In his early days he was a genial figure, much sought after, particularly by the new arrivals from the North Oountrie. He was a. playing member of the Cardiff Football Team, and for two years its captain. In thA latter capacity he saw the change to the four three- quarter system, and, as one who has played so prominent a. part in the development of the Welsh game, his absence from the match last Saturday was particularly noticeable. Throughout his life he has been fond of eport. He is a familiar and popular figure on the golf links of South Wales. Porthcawl is his favourite golfing resort. He was one of its founders, and in the entmnoe-hail to the club-bouse is a water-colour sketch of Mr. Joe Simpson by Mr. Hal Ludlow, the well-known artist, who is a member of the same club. It is a character picture of Joe Simpson driving, and its title sums up the opinions of the members on the subject of the sketch, "One of the best." Shooting and rowing are amongst the sports he favours. The principal part of his commercial life in Cardiff is identified with the firm of Hacquoil Brothers. When Mr. F. P. Hacquoil retired from the firm Mr. Simpson became a partner with Mr. John P. Hacquoil, and the firm became known as John P. Hacquoil and Co. The firm are prominent colliery owners, coal shippers, and shipbrokers. Mr. Simp- son purchased an extensive portion of the Monmouthshire estates of the Duke of Beau- fort, and he built a magnificent residence a.t Devauden, near Chepstow. A few years ago, however, he disposed of the greater por- tion of the land, but failed to find a pur- chaser for the house, which has einoe been untenanted.
THE FATE OF THE BARMAID
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THE FATE OF THE BARMAID On behalf of the Joint Committee on the Employment of Barmaids, a booklet, con- taining exhaustive and authoritative infor- mation on the subject, has been published under the t'tle, "Women as Barmaids." The object of the publication is to impress the desirability of the gradual abolition of women from this occupation. The 1901 census figures showed that there were 27,707 barmaids in England and Wales, of whom all but 1,400 were unmarried. The defenoe of this large employment of women in a trade from which the usage of most other countries debars them rests mainly on their superior attractions for customers as compared with barmen. The figures relating to the ages of bar- maids are full of significance. They show thart barmaids are most numerous between the ages of 20 and 25, but after there is a big drop. Having reached that age, tke barmjaid, in the euphemistic language of a trade organ, must return to her friends," although the census figures showed that there were in 1901 three barmaids in England and Wales over 75 What becomes of the barmaid when she passes the age limit? In the answer lies the most serious indictment of the profes- sion. Suicide is abnormally frequent among them, for owing to the prejudice against accepting them in other employments there is often no alternative before them but the life of the streets. Still, many barmaids marry; and it seems that more of them marry men above their own station that other working girls, owing to the opportunities t/hey have of making such men's acquaintance
--=-TURKEY AND THE POWERS…
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--=- TURKEY AND THE POWERS ORDERS TO CEASE THE NAVAL DEMONSTRATION. A telegram received in Berlin from Con- stantinople announces that as the Porte has I a-ccepted the Powers' demands regarding financial-Teform in Macedonia, and an agree- ment has been reached on tbe various points at issue. The admiral oomma.nding the international fleet haa received orders to cease the na-vill deEK,>n6tiation.—Rsuter.
BACK TO THE LAND .
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BACK TO THE LAND -8100,000 FOR THE SALVATION ARMY. We are informed by General Booth that the Salvation Army has been entrusted with the conduct of an important scheme for dealing with one aspect of the unemployed question by means of home colonisation. The scheme waa announced to the King on Tues- day in the following letter from General Booth:- International Headquarters, December 19, 1905. Your Majesty,—I have the honour and sincere pleasure to announce to your Majesty that by the generosity of Mr. George Herring a. fund has been plaoed at my service which will enable me to carry out an important experiment in home colonisation. The scheme will, I believe, prove of great benefit to a. certain section of the deserving poor, and will, if suc- cessful, as I have some reason to think will be the case, show that some of the men who now constitute a. great difficulty as surplus population in the cities can I be happily settled as peasant proprietors on the land at home. i The fund which Mr. Herring has set apart for this purpose, and of which the Salvation Army is to have the use, a.mounts to £ 100,000, and is ultimately to be paid by us in annual instalments of £4,000 to your Majesty's Hospital Fund. I trust that our effort in this matter to solve in one of its aspects a. difficult national problem may secure your Majesty's interest and approval, as I am sure Mr. Herring's wise and generous gift to the King's Hospital Fund will be grati- fying to you. I am extremely obliged for Lord Knollys's letter of yesterday's date. It is very encouraging to me to know that your Majesty is interested in our emigra- tion work, which continues to be very successful. Praying that the hand of God may be upon your Majesty for good, believe me to remain, your faithful servant, (Signed) WILLIAM BOOTH. DETAILS OF THE SCHEME. The details of the scheme, as explained by General Booth, axe as follow:— (1) Mr. George Herring is placing at the service of the Salvation Army the sum of £100,00> to finance the effort, & portion of MR. GROOOE HBRRINO. which is to be at once expended in an initio tory experiment, the remainder to be fur- nished as required. (2) The entire ainoum-t is to be paid again by us in twenty-five instalments to the King's Hospital Fund, for which it will constitute a magnificent gift. (3) The Salvation Army is to conduct, con- trol, and supervise the effort. This involves the provision for each settler of five acres, or thereabouts. of suitable land; a cottage when required; the finding of stock, seed, implements, and other means necessary to tne cultivation of the land, as well as adequate provision for their families until the land is sufficiently productive for their support. All this, with interest, will be charged to the settler, and be paid by him in annual instalments spread over a, term of years. This payment will be made up some- what as follows :-(.a.) 3 per cent. on the entire amount; (b) li per cent. for an extinc- tiOlD fund; (c) J per cent, for expenses of management. When the holders have paid the entire sum required from them the land will be oonveyed to them, subject to a cove- nant preventing the sale of intoxicating drinks upon any part of the holding. The profit, if any, from the scheme, will go to form the nucleus of a permanent fund for the further extension of the effort. Suitable land in localities possessed of the necessary means of transit will be required, and the Salvation Army will be glad to; reoeive from friends information respecting land available and adapted to the object. OBJECT-LESSON AND ITS EFFECTS. The plan, it will thus be seen, oontemplates benefiting the community in several different ways. It will supply an objeot-lesson which, if successful, will lead to:— (a.) The prevention of the exodus of agricultural people from villages to cities, and also attract back again to the land from cities many of those who ha>e been brought up in the country, and have an instinctive liking for it; (b) It will form an objective to place before young people which will help to overcome existing restlessness, and, with the prospect of having land of their own, lead them to regard the country as their permanent home; (c) The method, if successful, has the advantages of giving the promise of covering the land with peasant pro- prietors.
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The body of Mrs. Davies, wife of David Davies, Tylrawst, Cerdinen, Bettws, near Pantyffynon, was found hanging to a rope from the ceiling of a bedroom at her home on Wednesday evening. The body was dis- covered by her father, and when cut down on Wednesday evening. The body was dis- covered by her father, and when cut down her throat was found to have been out as if with a knife. Deceased bad been wash- ing all day, and vrus apparently healthy, 1
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— — ^^i GROCER'S ROMANCE. m MILLINER (ETS DAMAGE FOR BREACH OF PROMISE. A somewhat prosaic breach of promise case was heard yesterday in the London Sheriff's Court, with a view to the assessment of damages. Judgment was finally entered for i400. The plaintiff was Miss Emily Hammond, a of Brierley Hill,, Staffordshire, whale the defendant was Mr. Thomas Edward Mantle, a. widower, of Bishop Auckland, who there carried on the business of a grocer and cafe proprietor. Mr. Oharles (for the plaintiff) stated that the promise was not denied, and defendant had not entered an appearance. Miss Ham- mond had reached the stage of life when "èe sbouJd know her own mind, and should be glad to settle down and expect a happy married life. HOW THE PARTIES MET. The parties met some years ago. counsel proceeded, but did not &ee each other very frequently. Mr. Mantle married, but his wife died in August 1904. In September, 1904, be visited Brierley Hill mid remained from Saturday to Mondav. He intianarted that her would lifce to meet Mj38 Hammond. agadn, and on Oatobeor 2 he wrote:— Now, my darling, I am oomimg to the object of my letter. Will you came at the expiration of the usual time in such oases to be my darling, sweet little wife? I am sure I can make you happy, and I am cert.arn you can make me so. I love you, and I love you—and I can pve you no higher Pra.ise-because you are so like my darling Annie (his first wife)—a sweet, devoted, unselfish Ettle pet. These lmes followed an aseuramee that he would send the young lady the "cream amd ooffee" he had promised her. ACCEPTED THE OFFER. Miss Hammond accepted the proposal next day, and on October 5 the defendant wrote suggesting that the marriage ought not to take place before the following August. Difficulties arose in March, 1905, and defen- darut wrote a postoaj-d asking for an mter- view at a Birmingham hotel, but Miss Ham- mond objected, and they arranged to meet a.t her brother's house in Birmingham. At tha.t rnierview defendant said his chil- dren were opposed to the marriage, but plaintiff saAd that could be got over. Then he went on in the strangest way' to prepare the lady for his change of front. BEGAN DISPARAGING HIMSELF. He began, to detract from his own aJtnao tiveneas by telling her tha.t he had "got a. lot of boa Is," amd was not so nice as she thought he might be. Counsel thought, however, tbat the real reason was in there being another lady in the case. On April 12 defendant wrote from Harro- gate saying definitely he was not able to marry plaintiff. and adding, "May God bless and keep you in His everlasting arms." That, counsel observed, in view of the way in which this amorous grocer had acted, was as blasphemous a thing as he could possibly write to a woman whose life he was spoiling. Plaintiff had been put to considerable expense. At defendant's suggestion she adver- tised her millinery business for sale, and in consequence the business fell off considerably. WHRE THE MOTHEEHN-LAW WAS TO LIVE Then plaintiff had a mother, and as there was often objection to a mother-in-law living in the same house as a. newly-married couple, Miss Hammond bought for JE450 a house at Kimber in which her mother was to live.. That house was still untenanted, and repre- sented a considerable loss. Defendant had three shops in Newgate- street, Bishop Auckland, and in addition he carried on a cafe which was extensively patronised. Plaintiff, an attractive-looking woman, wearing an astrachan coat, with black hat, said that in consequence of advertising her business the takings fell,off R3 or R,4 a week. She had spent between jE40 and LSO on articles for the household. Defendant had told her that he could take JE300 a year out of his business without affecting it. The jury assessed damages at £400, and judgment was entered accordingly.
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
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ROMANTIC MARRIAGE. Bath Abbey wa/s on Wednesday the scene of a charming wedding, foliowing a romantic love-story. While acting as leading lady in a company touring in South Africa, Miss Maud Welman granddaughter of Colonel Sir Claude Wade', better known as Miss Katherine Pole, met Mr. George H. Goch, the mayor of Johannes- burg, a.ud a prominent mineowner. Their friendship ripened rapidly, and it was arranged tha-t their marriage should take place at the earliest possible date after the mayors official duties terminated. Mr. Goch arrived in ED-gland on Saturday. ,The bride wore some splendid diamonds, and carried a bouquet of orange-blossoms sent from France. The honeymoon is to be spent on the Continent.
PLENTY OF MISFLETOE.
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PLENTY OF MISFLETOE. Mistletoe is selling at low rates; so frolic- some youth may rejoice in the prospect of every likely corner being adorned with the "merry" evergreen. Several hundreds of tons, nearly all French-grown, have arrived in 6,000 crates at Covent Garden sinoe the beginning of the month. The popularity of mistletoe is as great as ever, and its quality is very good, but yes- terday trade was slow. As much as 14s. or 15s. per crate wai. obtained last week, but yesterday only 7s. 6d. And, although prices may go lower, a. reaction between now and Saturday is considered quite possible. Two years ago a dealer started at 8B. or 10s. a crai^. and fini&ued up just before 10s. a CRZLI,, and fini&ued up just before Christmas at 25s.
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GLAMORGANSHIRE BEATEN. .
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GLAMORGANSHIRE BEATEN. HOME TEAM WEAK, BUT PLAY WELL. [By "FORWARD."] Glamorgan County signally failed to talfati anything like full advantage of the oppose tuniity of placing a. refpTosanta-tive side in the field against New Zealand at Swansea on Thursday, and they thus threw away any chance they might have had of emuila-ting the glorious example of Wales in lowering the colours of the All Blacks. With the excep- tion of R. A. Gibbs, not one of the bgwks originally chosen turned out. The forwards showed more loyalty to the county, a.n4 turned out almost In full strength. W infield's place at full-back was well filled by J. C. Dyke, of Pen art h, and the gax- caused by the absence of the chosen three- Quarters were filled by J. L. Williams M14 W. Prillen, of Cardiff, Howel Jones, the ha-ndy ma.n of Neath, and Willie Arnold, while the committee bad to fall back on Phil Hopkin-. Swansea, and Johnnie Jones, of Abcm/von, as half-backs. Jones played for Wales against England in 1901. But this is bis only appear*- ajico in the national jersey. With Dai Jones, W. Joseph, and J. L. Williams in the pack. reinforced by Dick Thomas, Mountain Asb. D. Weetooott and J. Powell, Cardiff, and H, Hunt, of Swansea, the oounty vanguard was a. fairly strong one. The Colonials, on the other hand, playeA a. thoroughly representative team, in which seven changes were made in that defeated at Cardiff on Saturday..Booth took the place of Giillett at full-back, and Smith, the cham- pion hurdler, re-placed Deans at centre three-quarter. Hunter was substituted by Stead at five-eighth. The pack was practi- cally identical with tha.t which played At Cardiff. At two o'clock there were not more thaa 12,000 people on the ground. This compara- tively stna.11 a-tteadajice was due in a measure to the faot that it bad beoome generally known in the town that Glamorgan would only be indifferently represented. The conditions were almost entirely favourable to a. very fast came, the ground being in perfect order, while there was only a slight breeze blowing from the Mumbles end of the field. The Swansea Poet-office Band played lively selections of music to while away the dull period of waiting. There were no new developments in the question of referee, Mr. Games being left in undisputed possession of his responsible posi- tion. Popular opinion favoured a win for the New Zealandera. NEW ZEALAND. Back, E. E. Booth; Three-quarter ba>cl £ 3: H. J. Abbott (left wine). G. W. Smith (centre), e.nd W. J. Wallace (right wing); Five-eighths: J. W. Stead, and H. J. Myno^k. Half-back: F. Roberts; Forwards: F. Glasgow, 8. Casey, P. Newton. W. Cunningham, J. O'Sullivan, C. Seeling A. M'Donald, and D. Gallaher (winger). GLAMOP-GAN. Back: J. C. M. Dyke; Three-quarter backs: W. Arnold (right wincl J. L. Williams (left wing), Howel Jones and W. Pullen (centres); Extra book: 11. A. Gibbs; Half-backs: Jones (Aberavon) and P. Hop- kins Forwards: W. Joeeph, T. Jones, J. F. Wit. Hajns, R. Thomas, D, Westaeott, J. Powell, and H. Hunt. The teams were photographed in front of the pavilion before they entered the field. and then the members of the oounty com- mittee ajid the New Zealand party walked across the ground to the committee seats. The sta.rt was delayed by a.bout ten minutes, it being twenty minutes to three when the All Blacks led the way from the cricket pavilion, the band meanwhile playing Hen wlad fy Nhadau." At this time there were abooit 15,000 people on the ground. When time was called the final score wee as follows: 1- G. T. P ta NEW ZEALAND 0 3 9 GLAMORGAN 0 0 0
PENMAKK BURGLARY.
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PENMAKK BURGLARY. STOLEN PROPERTY FOUND IN A MANURE HEAP. At the last Glamorgan Quarter Sessions Mt Swansea, Thomas Morg&n.and Thomas Fury, pedlars, were sentenced to three and nine months' imprisonment respectively, for com- mitting a burglary at Penmark Vicarage, ill the absence of the Rev. P. Mortimer, on Sep- tember 28. On Wednesday evening the property which was stolen on the occasion was discovered. A workman on Penmark Place Farm. which is situated close to the Vicarage, was clearing a manure heap in the farmyard when he came across silver. plated biscuit and cake stands, a metal watch, two silver watch-boxes, two brooches, and other small articles, whioh have been identified by the vicar as his property.
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YOUNG GIRL'S STOIT. CHARGE AGAINST DINAS POWIS YOUTH. Police-constable Peacock on Wednesday arrested a. young man na.med. Walter Lewis, aged seventeen, son of Edmund I.ewie. landlord of the Star Inn, Dinas Powis, for a serious offence under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, the prosecutrix being a girl named Emily Hill, aged fifteen, daughter of Francis John Hill, of Britway-rood, Dinaa Powis, who bad been in the employ of the accused's fa-ther for several months this year, amd the offence is alleged to ha.ve been committed on various occasions between the middle of May and the middle of September. The accused was subsequently brought before Mr. J. A. Manaton at a special sitting of the Barry Police-court, and remanded on bail till next Wednesday at Penarth.
UNDERTAKER'S CHRISTMAS
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UNDERTAKER'S CHRISTMAS THE BRISKEST SEASON OF TBII YEAR. There are some folk to whom Christinas brings (financial) good cheer, and who there- fore, may be distinguished from the bulk of us, who are poorer after the great festival than before it. For example. An undertaker was brought up at Lambeth County-court on Wednesday on a. judgment summons. He asked for time until after Christmas. Business in his trade, he declared, was always brisk at Christmas; he found it the very best season of the year. Application granted.
CHARING CROSS DISASTER,
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CHARING CROSS DISASTER, The inquest on the victims of the Charing Cross disaster was resumed by the West- minster coroner on Monday. The evidence of identification bad been taken at previous sittings. The coroner now oommenced the hearing of evidence as to the cause of the disaster. The inquiry was then adjonrned until January s, when expert evideur-e will \y heard.