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WORKMEN'S NOTES. .
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WORKMEN'S NOTES. fRADES UNIONIST HOSTILITY TO MR. BURNS. By WILLIAM BRACE trice-president of the South Wales Miners' Federation]. If it is not too late, I should like to offer in this column a word of congratu- lation to my friend Mr. John Burns, M.P., upon the honour he has received in his selection to the important office of President of the Local Government Board. I am aware that there is a sharp difference of opinion prevailing among some sections or the Labour party as to whether the elevation of a man who has been all his life either a working man, in the sense that it is here applied, or a working men's leader to Cabinet rank is a justifiable reason for congratulation. I have no hesitation in believing that Lhose who hold an opposite view to myself and those who think with me upon this question are quite sincere, but I am bound to say that I feel they are not justified in using the extreme language of condemnation in which some have indulged. The only point involved is as t.o which is the better policy for Labour—co build up a party to operate outside until they themselves can become the leading authority or to build up a party which will co-operate with other sections who upon given questions are travelling to the same goal as themselves. A clever pleader could make out a strong case for either. of these policies, but, surely, tho result is so problematical as to make any sagacious man stop short in the demand that any specific line of policy, and that only, can succeed. Mr. Burns's Opportunity. Speaking for myself, I confess to the belief that there is much more to be said in favour of Mr. Burns accepting a seat in the Cabinet and thus assisting the workers without delay than what could legitimately be urged against it. The difficulty that must always occur in dealing with a question like the unemployed by someone who has had no direct experience as to the wants, require- 'iments, and aspirations of the people is generally sufficient to deter any practical steps being taken to grapple with the I problem. A man with Mr. Burns's unique experience will be able to mark oat a path of progress that no man out- Bide the workers' ranks would think about, let him be ever so sympathetically inclined, and the nation may rest assured they will not be asked by Mr. Burns, any more than by any other responsible Minister of the Crafrn, to lend their support to a-ny wild-cat scheme. While I am far from saying there are no people in this country who would not work even if work could bo provided for them, I strongly dissent from the opinion that' it is charity the people desire. The general is charity the people desire. The general mass of the people would infinitely prefer a fair opportunity to work and earn their livelihood in a dignified manner than fcave to live upon charity, however kindly offered. To exist upon charity cannot fail to demoralise the receivers, and, doubtless, had men thrown out of employ- ment been able to secure work before the demoralising influence of existing upon charity had run its length in the oast, there would be fewer chronic out-of-work cases to deal with in this country than there are. Mr. Burns has been given his chanoe, and unlc'^s I misjudge entirely not only his humanitarian instincts, but -his outstanding abilities, the appoint- ment will be justified- not only to the nation, but to those who, for reasons best known to themselves, have so strongly condemned his acceptance of office. Labour and the General Election. Preparatory to the general election, several representative organised bodies of Labour have issued manifestoes. Among the number are the Parliamen- tary Committee of the Trades Union Con- gress, the Labour Representation Com- mittee, and the Mirfors' Federation of Great Britain. The Trades Union Con- gress Committee appeals to the workmen not to vote for any candidate who is opposed to the Trades Union programme and to vote for all candidates who are prepared to resist taxes upon food and industry." This seems to me to be the proper way to work. for when it is remembered that the House of Commons is made up of 670 members it will be appreciated that in addition to the Labour candidates who are standing, should they all get returned, it will require the support of sympathetic members attached to other parties to make possible the passing of reforming measures. The Miners' Federation of Great Britain are contesting only four seats in Wales, viz., Rhondda, West Monmouthshire, Gower, and South Glamorgan.^ The candidates in t'h«ve constituencies will run under the Miners' Federation of Great Britain Parliamen- tary representation scheme, and the fund will bear the cost of the contest, and, if r urned, provide the money for main- taining the members in Parliament. A Winer's Disease. A much-needed amendment to the Workmen's Compensation Act is daily pressed upon my notice. There is a disease called miners' nystagmus, which really means bad or impaired eyesight. This disease is caused by working with lamps in the mine. The "Science and Art of Mining" declares that the primary cause is an uneven light. When a collier ia at his work he hangs his lamp some distance away from him, doing a good portion of his work in semi-darkness. In course of time spots seem to come before the vision, and men have to give up trorking underground for a time, and sometimes altogether. Nystagmus is practically unknown among men working in naked light collieries, because they have not to work under the disadvan- tages of light that the men who use locked lamps have. At present it is held that nystagmus is not an accident within the meaning of the Workmen's Compensation Act. Why it should not be treated as such I have not been able to understand. Certainly the disease arises out of and in the course of the miners' employment, and, as that is so, the Legislature ought to provide, in my judgment, for it to be accepted as an accident under that Act. Seamen and Their Wages. An agitation has been conducted for Borne time by interested parties to get the Consular fees for transmitting the wages of seamen from Continental I countries abolished. Up to recently the Consular charge for this service was 3d. in the J6. This has been reduced to Id. in the £ Why was this charge not abolished at once? Surely, a country like Britain could afford to do this small service through its Consular officers with- out charge for a body of people who are by no means paid in proportion to the risks and sacrifices demanded from them by their calling. While upon the subject of seamen, may I be permitted to quote a question put to me some time ago ? Is it impracticable to have a standard rule tinder which at least half the seamen serving in British ships should bo British subjects? I do not claim any great knowledge on such a subject, but as a general proposition it seems to me that British shipowners and too nation have something to gain by having as many British subjects as possible attached to our mercantile marine. Trades Unionist Criticisms. I was pleased to read Mr. Robert' Smellie's letter in the "Labour Leader" relative to the Hemsworth evictions. By the publication of it a simple act of justice has been done to the Yorkshire miners' leaders, who have been most unjustifiably criticised in the Leader's columns. As is well known to those acquainted with the particulars of that unhappy dispute, not only the Yorkshire Miners' Association, but the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and all the affiliated districts of that body, have rendered very material assistance to the workmen and their families, who have bad much suffering forced upon them in Bonsequence of the stoppage of those sollieries. Why because certain people may not be in agreement with one's views they should always be treated rithout consideration is a phase of publio jife I have not yet learned to understand. Surely, this is not the- best way to bring ibout unity among the Labour forces. I
ICHRISTMASTIDE.1
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I CHRISTMASTIDE. 1 I' CAROL-SINGING AND OLD CUSTOMS. "The earth, has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young; The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, I And its soul full of music breakB forth on the air, When the song of the angels is sung." The angels were the first carol-singers. No wonder, then, that carol-singing has been popular ever since the heavenly host sang their "Gloria." a.t the Nativity. Over all the dead past years we catch the echo of their triumphant exclamation—a chorus the majority of which haj penetrated through more than nineteen hundred years. and ech-<es over Christendom to-day, as it will to-morrow, and as it has done for centuries paA. Durrand tells us that at one time the bishops and clergy sang carols and played games on Christmas Day. We suspect that custom is not altogether extinct. To sing the songs of the angels entails no derogation, and if there be young children of the family to j be amused even a bishop might join in their games without loss of episcopal dignity. In Brand's "Antiquities" we find that the term "carol-singing" is derived from "cantare"— to sing, and "rola"—an interjection of joy. The custom of carol-singing is very ancient. In the year 1642 the great popularity of carol- singing occasioned the publication of a volume, entitled "The Songs of Zion." On the cover of a oopy of it preserved in the British Museum a former possessor has written the names of some of the tunes to which the anthor desired they should be sung. For instance, Psalm vi. to the tune of "Jane Shore" (an. association that, does net strike one as particularly appropriate). Another carol was to be sung to the tune cf "Fairest Nymph of the Valley." Perhaps it was this compiler of carols who said (rund acted on the thought) that he did not see why a -wicked nameless entity should appro- priate all the best tunes. THE MAGI. The three wise men so intimately associated with the Nativity of the Saviour are said to have been respectively—Jasper, King of Persia, an old man with a long white beard; Melohior, reputed a. young man of 24, King of Nubia; a.nd Balthasar, King of Saba, said to be black and well bearded. The Emperor Gonsitantine the Great, it 13 believed, removed their bone.3 from the East to Constantinople, afterwards sent them to Milan, and thence to Cologne, whence is derived their title—the Three Kings of Cologne. Their names have been tamed to a curious, not to say profane, use. A charm said to be infallible as a pre- ventive or cure for epilepsy is thus worded: — "Jasper, Melohior, Balthasar, Myrrh, frankincense, and gold, The Eastern kings Devote to Christ the Lord as offerings. For which ail those w;11o their three names do bear The failing sickness need not fear." DENOUNCED AS POPISH FEAST. Considering the now universal upkeeping1 of Christmas, both as a religious coramemora^ tion amd also as a secular festival, it is diffi- cult to realise that so late as 1644 the Puritan Commonwealth denounced Christmas as a heathen and Popish feast, forbidding its celebration and going so far as to decree that December 25 should be strictly kept as a solemn fast, and tha.t all people should pass the day humbly bemoaning the great national sin they and their ancestors had committed at Christmas by eating boar's head. drinking ale flavoured with roasted ap-ples. devouring plum padding, and romping under the mistletoe. For twelve years Christmas Day was observed as a greaA day of humiliation, and the municipal authorities sought to reduce it to the level of other days. History says:—"Upon Wednesday, December ZS. 1647, the cryer of Ca.nterbury, by the appointment of the Maister Maior ordered that a. market should be kept on Christmas Day. For attending the cathedral at that date many persons were mobbed, the people dividing themselves into two parties—the 'Christmasites' and the *aintd-Christma«ites," amd 90 rame t.() blows." Christmas, Easter, a.nd Whitsuntide were to be abolished. Soldiers were sent to the houses of suspected persona to search ovens and larders, with orders to carry a.way for their own eating all seasonable dainties found therein. People who ate, minoo-pies and decorated their houses with evergreens were declared unworthy to sit in Parliament. Put the restoration of King Charles was also the restoration of King Christmas, who evetl" since has reigned undisturbed. CHRISTMAS DAY, 1905, As we know, falls on Monday. The following prophecy of what a Monday Christmas brings is taken from the Harleam MS6.: — "If Christmas Day on a Monday be. A great winter that year youTI see, And full of winds both loud and flhrfTl, But in summer, truth to tell, High winds shall there be and strong, Full of tempests lasting long. Battles they shall multiply, And great, plenty of beasts shall die; They that be born that day, I WOOD, They shall be sitrong. each one. and keen; He shall be found that stealetih aught. Though thon be sick, thon diest not." In spite of the one or two saving clauses inserted, it is by no means a cheerful look- out for the coming year 1906. An extraordinswy custom—the installation of boy-bishope—formerly prevailed at most, if not at all, collegiate churches throughout the kingdom about this time of year. The choristers made an animal selection of one of their number, -who -was allowed to act bishop and perform all his soared functions for three and twenty days or thereabout 1VÏIt.hont the indignation of rtihe oommunity being excited at the idea. of go profane a burlesque. But in Henry VITI.'s redgn the people awoke to the unfitness of this practice as tending rather to the "derysyon than enie true glorie to God or to the honor of His sayntes." All the saane, it was not until after the death of Queen Mary that these acts of profanity were discontinued. If the pseudo-bishop died during h.is days of office he was interred with all the state observed, at the obeequies of re"a,l prelarteB, and visitors to Salisbury Oa.tihedral should not fail to inspect a monument erected to the memory of one of fihese mnmmers, on -which be is represented attired in full episcopal robes. Y L ij!■; rUDE la rich ion superstitious and legendary lore, and would lose much of its romance if deprived of ita mamy quaint beliefs.. One is that it is most unlucky for a light-haired person to be first to enter the house on Christmas morn- ing, ill-luck being said to follow with cer- tainty. In other places a woman or a. child of that sex must not be the first visitor. A sprig of holly used for dhureh decoration, then preserved, is considered potent against evil influences and a protection against fire: also it will ensure good fortune in the coming year.
| MISHAP TO THE KING.
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MISHAP TO THE KING. 'PHEASANT DROPS ON HIS CHEEK AND STUNS HIM. At Welbeck on Friday the King shot orer the Gleedthorpe pheasant preserves, and had a splendid day's sport. The Duke of Port- land a.nd the Duke of Marlborough were of the shooting party. His Majesty is not suffering any ill-effects from his slight accident on Wednesday, when a pheasant shot by Earl de Grey dropped on the King's cheek, stunning him for a few minutes.
e< GENTLEMEN—THE KING."
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e< GENTLEMEN—THE KING." HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH IN SOME NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK. E-ecvr-admiral King Hall has now been per- mitted to make public the following letter from Lord Knollys, written in October, 19œ His Majesty is afraid that it would be diilicsult to make any public announce- ment that he considers his health can be as loyally drunk in water as in wine. The King commands me, however, to say that you are authorised to make it known privately, and in any way you think best, that you are authorised to state that total abstainers can always drink his health in some non-alcoholic drink to his entire satisfaction.
THE MOST POPULAR HYMNS
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THE MOST POPULAR HYMNS In order to ascertain the general opinion as to which, hymns have docue most) good during tho remarkable revivals of 1905, the well- known Cornish Organ Co., of 67, Farring-don- road, London, EjC., asked their customers to send iin a list of the twel-ve hymns which they considered wore doing the greatest gr-cd at the present time throughout Great Britain. One hundred arwi fourteen lists were sent in, with the following results:—1, "The Glory Song," 110; 2, Tell Mother I'll be there," 93; 3, "Count your Blessings," 69; 4, "When the Roll is called up yonder," 47; 5, "Looking fhia way," 46; 6, "Jesu, Lover of my Soul," 38; 7, "Throw out the Life-line," 35; 8, "No, not one," 35; 9, "AU to Jesus I surrender," 34; 10, "Never lose sight of Jesus," 27; 11 "I never can forget the day," 26; 12, "All hail the power of Jesu's name," 26. .——————
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Eawara of Imitations of Gwilym Evans' Qulnlaa Bitters. The Best Kemedy of the Age. See the name Gwilym Evans" on the label, on the stamp, and on the bottle, without which none are genuine. Sold •verywhere in bottles, 2s. Sd. and 4s. 6d. each. 41617 •
---MISSING LONDON LADY .
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MISSING LONDON LADY UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEAK- ANCE & ALL THACES LOST, I The unexplained disappearance of a. Lon- don lady Las to be recorded. On Wednesday evening last, Miss Louise Ward Telfair, cf Chepstow-villas, Bayswater, left her house shortly after six, saying that she would not be away for more than half an hour. She was afterwards seen by two persons, and then vanished utterly. For three nights her friends, in the hope that she might suddenly return, kept the gas burning, but no trace ha-3 been heard of her, in spite of the fact that she was a. lady of striking appearance and personality. The true story of her d i appear a nee was given to a press representative bv the missing lady's married sister, who said that the absurd story about an early romance having affected Mies Teifair was "absolutely untrue." W-HAT TIIE MISSING LADY IS LIKE. The authorised description of Miss Telfair is as follows: — Age 45, 5ft. 81in., complexion fair, hair white, aquiline nose, oval face, slight build, dressed in a smoke-blue skirt, short coat, silk blouse, black hat with feather, black veil, black feather boa, oarried an umbrella, wore jewels and a garnet brooch, also had two paste brooches with her. Miss Telfair's sister, who is a. well-known portrait-painter, particularly requested that her own name should not be mentioned. On Wednesday evening Miss Telfair left tho house to go and find her sister's little daughter, who, a few minutes before, had goiio out to take a parcel to an old servant who lived in Colville-mansions, five or six minutes away. Miss Telfair, who rarely went out in the evening, said to the servant at Chepstow- viiias before going out: I ve got to go and fetch something, and shall be back in half an hour. If D (the little girl) returns, ask her to wait for me, and do not let her go out again on any account." The importance of mentioning the niece is that the strange disappearance of Miss Telfair is believed to be intimately associ- ated with the little girl. After leaving the house Miss Telfair, it has since been ascertained, met a butcher's boy, and asked him the nearest way to Col- ville-mansions. At the mansions the first words she said to the servant were, Is the little girl hcref-" The servant replied in the negative, and Miss Telfair exclaimed, "Oh, how dreadful! Subsequently interviewed, the servant, who was the last person to see Miss Telfair, says that Miss Telfair then said, If she does come, tell her to go straight home." SPOKE OF THE TRYIXG" WEATHER. The servant adds that the lady seemed excited, so much so that she said, Are you quite well. Miss Telfair?" to which the latter replied, I am about the same, but the weather is trying." That is the whole evidence of those who last saw her, though Miss Telfair did call at a shop to ask if some wood had been ordered—a thing she had never been known to do before. It remains to be explained that Miss Tel- fair had an extraordinary affection for the little girl. By a curious coincidence, the little girl had lost the pared which she was taking to the mansions, and had returned by another way, arriving home shortly after her aunt had gone. Miss Telfair, said her sister, had suffered from fits of depression since the beginning of November, and it had been particularly notice-able on the Sun-day preceding her dis- appearance. Little things seemed to worry her. Finding that the missing lady did not re- turn, and ascertaining from the servant at Colville-mansiona that she had seemed ex- cited, Miss Telfair's sister at once gave infor- mation to the police. Miss Telfair had borrowed her sister's umbrella before going out, and also had in her possession a curious Japanese silk purse, which contained sixpence. One other incident which might have im- pressed itself upon her mind was that the little girl did not kiss her before going out, a thing she had never omitted to do before.
"SCRIBES AND PHARISEES."
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"SCRIBES AND PHARISEES." EX-NAVAL OFFICER'S BRAWLING DURING CATHEDRAL MASS. Edward Arthur Belwey, late commander in the Royal Navy, was, after a week in cus- tody, charged on remand at Westminster with brawling in Westminster Roman Catholic Oathedral. Defendant disturbed the congregation during the celebration of High MasB by shouting that they were Scribes and Phariseee." He was led down the aisle with a hand placed over his mouth to pre- vent further interruption. The Magistrate stated that there was a medioal certificate in the case from the prison doctor, and he understood Com-1 mander Selwey's friends would see that he was looked after in some institution. A lieutenant-colonel said if essential his worship's suggestion must be followed; but his friend, the defendant, now offered to give his word of honour that he would not again interrupt a service. Defendant had learnt to see that it was not the right thing to do. Mr. Dratton, for the oatihedral authorities, remarked that defendant had been charged three times with brawling. Defendant: I regret the incident, and it will not occur again. Since I have had seven days' imprisonment I have seen suffi- cient of the Scriptures to show me that what I did waa not the Lord's way. I can- not consent to any course which impHes that there is anything wrong with my mental balance. Mr. Horace Smith: That is another matter. Defendant: I will give you my assurance that nothing of this sort shall occur again. The Magistrate: Very well. On that understanding you may be discharged.
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The Rev. W. HOUSTON COLLISSON, B.A. Mus. Doc., The author of "Noah's Arch," shortly to 1'e produced at the Waldorf Theatre, and several other works of excellent merit.
LAWSON'S PRISON LIFE.
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LAWSON'S PRISON LIFE. MURDERERS AND BURGLARS DIS- CLOSE THEIR PLANS. Under other circumstances I would have given thousands of pounds to have gained the experiences I ha.ve gained in the past few months," said Mr. H. J. Lawson, the com- pany promoter, whose connection with Mr. Ernest Texah Hooley is well remembered, to a. press representative at the Hotel Victoria, London. Mr. Lawson, who has been serving in Worm- wood Scrubbs Gaol the sentence passed on him at the Old Bailey, appears quite broken in health. I have lived and slept," he con- tinued, "in the large south wing, together with about fifty fair samples of fallen British humanity-murderers, burglars, and forgers. In the depths of night I have heard tales of murders committed or to be committed; plans of future burglaries, in detail; and have even been offered a share in the "swag" if I could use my influence to save trouule in the carrying out of the crime. "I have seen aU phases ot prison life, including a mutiny-in the exercise yard, where one warder was only saved from death by the intervention of his fellow officers." Mr. Lawson has completed two very ingenious inventions, one an improved motor, and the other a walking-stick which, so he claims, will ena-ble the user to progress at a. pace equal to running.
THE CURRANT BOOKLET.
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THE CURRANT BOOKLET. Amongst the good cheer which will contri- bute all over the world to make the coming Christmas merry, greater importance should be attached to currants, the delicious little dried berries coming to us from Greece. They are abundant in nutrition, and rich in certain acids which are most valuable aids to health and strength. There are many methods of cooking currants, and numbers of delicious dishes suitable for the festive season can be made from the fruit. Your grocer has a supply of small booklets giving various recipes for preparing the fruit, and you can have it free of charge. You should know that there to a. special variety of currants sent from Vostizza. in Greece, which are used as dessert. They are delicious eaten alone, and also a suitable accompaniment to almonds or grated cocoa- nut. Everyone wishful to add a wholesome, welcome, and economical delicacy to the table this Yuletide should make a, point of asking the grocer for the little book. L2060
PIT TRAGEDY.
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PIT TRAGEDY. A MISTAKEN SIGNAL: JURY COMPLAIN OF LAXITY. Mr. J. B. Walford held an inquest at Tre- degar on Monday into the circumstances attending the deaths of Samuel Henry Brook- ing (51), colliery mechanic, and Peter Watkins (36), fitter, which took place at Tytrist (No. 1) Colliery, Tredegar, on Friday last by the bursting of a steam joint in the shaft. Mr. L. Robinson (assistant inspector of mines) was present. Mr. W. Kenshole, Aberdare, represented the Tredegar Company. Mr. D. W. Jones, Merthyr (instructed by Mr. W. Hopkins, of the Enginemen and Stokers' Association) was present in the interest of the relatives, and Mr. A. Onions, miners' agent, in the interest of the workmen. Jacob Edwards, foreman stoker, stated that Brooking had shut off the valve to the steam pipe in the shaft after repairing the joint the night before, and, acting on the instruc- tions of Brooking, he (witness) had gradually turned it on to test the valve at four o'clock in the morning, and found that the joint in the shaft was leaking. Witness then shut off the valve, and went to call Brooking, who had gone home, to attend to it. Mr. Onions: Who gave you instructions to turn the valve that morning?—Brooking him- self before he went home. Thomas Merrick, tipping contractor at the pit top, admitted that the valve was turned by him. He was on the pit top when he heard the recognised signal given for the steam to be turned on, and he went in search of Brooking, the mechanic, to inform him. He did not know Brooking was in the shaft attending to a leaking steam joint. He failed to find him, and he (witness) there- upon turned the valve himself. The pipe to which the valve was connected carried steam to the haulage engine in No. 2 Pit, and he took the signal to mean that the engineman wanted steam to start the engine. He turned on the valve because he had been instructed on several occasions to do so by Brooking himself. The Coroner: You turned the valve on your own account, without having a conversation with anyone?—Yes. You wish you had not done it now?—Yes, I certainly do. Witness said he was misled by the fact that the pit was working at the time. David Evans, certificated manager of the colliery, said there were no rules affecting the turning on or off of steam. Witness was totally ignorant of the fact that Merrick, the contractor, was in the habit of turning on the steam, and if he had known it he would have taken notice of it. The jury found a verdict of "Accidental death." They added the following riders:- (1) That interference with the steam valve by an unauthorised person points to a general slackness in the management in looking after and securing these valves; (2) that a pair of doors on the landing between the two pits would afford a means of escape in a similar occurrence, and should be seriously con- sidered by the management. I
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MR. LABOUOHERE, M.P. for Northampton for the last 25 years, has just written to his constituents announ- cing his intention of not contesting the "n borough at the General Election. He is 74 years of age.
COAL AS CONTRABAND.
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COAL AS CONTRABAND. IMPORTANT CARDIFF APPEAL DIS- MISSED. In the King's Benoh on Monday the case of Sibery v. Connelly came on for hearing by way of an appeal from a decision of the stipendiary magistrate at Cardiff. It raised the point as to the right of seamen who were serving on board neutral vessels trading in the Far East during the recent war to claim to be entitled to be paid while not proceed- ing in the vessel on the ground that she was actually carrying cargo which the belligerents had declared to be contraband. The respondent was Patrick Connelly, fire- man, of 8, Patrick-street, Cardiff. Mr. Morgan Rees at the polioe-oourt appeared for the seaman, and Mr. John San key (instructed on behalf of Messrs. Vaug-han and Roach) was for the appellants. Mr. Hamilton, K.C., and Mr. Hermon Cohen (instructed by Messrs. Vaughan and Roach) now appeared for the appellants, and Mr. A. Neilson (instructed by Mr. Morgan Rees) was for the respondent. The crew, who shipped at Glasgow on board the steamship Gogovale, sued the captain for wages when the vessel returned to Car- diff, and they had an order in their favour. The seamen shipped after the war broke out, and signed articles to go to Hong Kong, and to serve for three years within certain geo- graphical limits. When the ship arrived at Hong Kong with coal the crew found that she was bound for Sasebo, in Japan. They refused to go on, and remained at Hong Kong, the ship proceeding to Sasebo with a Chinese crew. When she returned the crew were taken on board again and brought to England. On reaching Cardiff they sued the captain for maintenance and wages while at Hong Kong, and the stipendiary came to the conclusion that the risk (which the cap- tain knew and did not disclose to the respon- dent) placed the voyage outside the terms of the contract into which the parties had entered, and the omission of the captain to disclose such material information consti- tuted a breach of the contract which justi- fied respondent in refusing to proceed from Hong Kong to Sasebo. Mr. Hamilton, K.C., argned that this decision was wrong. The voyage was not illegal. Sasebo was within the limits pre- scribed by the articles, and the crew were bound to proceed there. The seamen signed articles for a voyage which they knew was to be performed within the theatre of war. They were willing to Tun certain risks, and r there was no special risk incidental to this cargo being coal, that cargo being by British law an innocent one. Without calling on Mr. Neilson for the respondent, the Court held that the crew in the circumstances were justified in not pro- ceeding on the voyage; therefore, the deci- sion of the magistrate was right, and the appeal was dismissed, with costs. Leave to further appeal was given.
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HOUSEBREAKING INCIDENT. WATCH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN THE VICTIM. A.t Cardiff Police-court on Monday a man ntam°d William Johnson, fish hawker, who formerly lodged in Bute-terraoe, was brought up (with a warder on eaocth side) charged with entering on the 8th of October the dwelling-house of Councillor Walter Thomas (then chairman of the watch committee) and stealing a coat, a vest, a pair of trousers, a watch, a pair of boots, and three breastpins, of the value of £ 20. There was a further charge of stealing two silver watches, a silver whain, a gold ring, and a silver pencil-case, of the value of £4 10s., the property of the domestic servant, Emily Harris. Councillor Thomas lives at 271, New- port-road, and is a coal exporter. On the day in question he was away from home, and returned on the 9th. His sister (Miss Catherine Maria. Thomas) and Miss Harris left on the same occasion for the day. Before leaving they secured the premises; on returning they found that an entry had been made and the articles speoified taken away. Detective-sergeant Davey, who examined the premises on the Sunday, said the boundary wall seemed to have been sealed and an attempt made to force a way with a coal hammer. That attempt failing, access was apparently gained by climbing over the conservatory and getting through the lavar- tory window on the fixat floor. Prisoner, when taxed with the changes, said "they were both right," also adding that "we took besides a few cigars, a drink of whisky, and a saveloy." Prisoner was committed on both charges to take his trial at the Cardiff Quarter Ses- sions.
GAGGED AND MURDERED.
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GAGGED AND MURDERED. At Govan, near Glasgow, a woman named Murray, aged about 60, was found gagged and murdered at her house at 34, Green- field-street. The eon of the deceased, John Murray, is wanted by the police in connec- tion with the tragedy but cannot at present be found. It is understood that a bottle of poison was found near the body, but it cannot at present be determined whether death was due to poisoning or violence.
DOCTORS DISAGREE .
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DOCTORS DISAGREE ACTION AGAINST DR. G. A. DA VIES. The case of Coumbe v. Davies IYU heard on Monday in the King's Beuoh Division (before Mr. Justice Chznncll). In this aotion Mr. John Batten Coumbe, of Newport, sued Mr. George Augustus Davies, of Pembroke-road, Bristol, for damages for losses caused by the alleged misrepresentations of defendant in regard to the business of a general medical practitioner, which plaintiff purchased from defendant in Newport for £ 1,600. Defen- dant said the representations made were true, and plaintiff was fully aware of all the facts when he bought the business. Mr. Shee, K.C., is for plaintiff, and Mr. Duke, K.C., for defendant. Mr. Shee, K.C., sa.id plaintiff was a gentle- man of considerable standing and qualifica- tion, and. wanting a business, he went to the Scholastic, Clerical, and Medical Asso- ciation, who introduced him to defendant's business. The business was stated to be a "good middle-class business," with visiting fees from 5s. 6d. upwards. This the plaintiff found when he bought the businef?s was not correct, as it was really a 2s. 6d. to Is. 6d. business. Plaintiff only found out the truth in 1904, as defendant stayed with him the first six months, and the bills were sent out by a dispenser. Plaintiff now said that he had lost the £1,600 he paid for the business, and also for the cancellation of the lease of the house which he had taken for defendant for 21 years at JE110. Mr. J. B. Coumbe, F.R.C.S., M.D., detailed the circumstances under which he bought the business, which, he said, was not a good middle-class business at all. It was a low class business, and he would not have looked at it had he known the true fees. Cross-examined: He admitted the patients were good middle-class, who ought to have pa.id better fees. Mr. Duke charged plaintiff with entering within the Bar in the luncheon interval, and looking over his (Mr. Duke's) papers. Wit- ness admitted that he thoughtlessly went into the Bar, and foolishly just looked at the papers. Do you think that is consistent with gen- tlemanly conduct?—I apologise sincerely. I did it thoughtlessly. Further cross-examined, witness said he always understood the visiting fee to moan the charge for the visit without medicine. Witness, in further cross-examination, admitted that a report made by his accountant on the business showed a. gross booking of over -Pi, -n a year. In the courso of some conversation the judgo said that even supposing it was wrong to include medicine in the charge for visits his difficulty was to see that this could be held as fraudulent. At the conclusion of plaintiff's evidence the case was adjourned. JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT WITH COSTS. when the case was called on Tuesday Mr. Shee said that he had carefully considered what his lordship had said on Monday as to the necessity for the plaintiff calling more evidence to support the charge of fraudulent misrepresentation, and after that, and con- sidering that his lordship was sitting in the capacity of both judge and jury, he did not propose to persist in the charges ha had made when opening the case. These chargcs would, therefore, be withdrawn, and that, of course, would be followed with judgment and the usual consequences as to costs. His Lordship said he did not wish to ex- press any opinion on the points which were obviously in dispute between the parties. Accepting the statement that the plaintiff had been misled, and that he would not have bought the practice had he known the actual truth as to the fees, and even supr-osing plaintiff was right in his statement that the term "visiting fee" would be understood generally in the medical profession as mean- ing a 'fee apart from medicine—assuming all that, what struck him most strongly was that the plaintiff could not hope to succeed unlea.s he could make out that the statements made were not only incorrect, but fraudulent. It was impossible to come to that oooclutjion when they saw that the defendant put before plaintiff all the books and gave him every opportunity to look at the books and see for himself in what sense the word "visiting fee" was used. It was quite clear tihat, while accepting plaintiff's statement that he would not have bought the practice had he known all the facts, one could not turn over the books produced by the defendant without seeing what the fees were, and tha.t medi- cine was included in the fee. That was his view, and he thought that plaintiff had failed in giving prima facie evidence tha.t the e,tatement made by the defendant was fraudulent. At the same time, he hoped it would not be thought that he declined to hear the case any further. Mr. Shee said he quite understood that, but he had accepted judgment. Mr. Boilhacthe, for the defendant, said he would have liked to have had Mr. Davies in the box, but after what Mr. Shee had said he would accept judgment. Judgment was then entered for defendant, with costs.
POACHERS AND GUNS.
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POACHERS AND GUNS. TWO CRYNANT MEN FINED AT NEATH. At Neath on Friday Luther Hopkins and Jenkin Morgan, of Crynant, were charged with poaching on lands the property of Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, on November 29. Mr. W. H. David, who appeared for the prosecution, asked the jusices to deal with the offenders in an exemplary manner, inas- much as one of them was in possession of a gun, and it was well within their knowledge that a keeper was shot quite recently only four miles away from this very spot. Police-constable Wines said he saw the men in a wood, and heard a shot fired. Hop- kins waa the man with the gun, and Morgan had a lurcher dog. Hopkins bad to pay 40s. and costs and Morgan 20s. and costs.
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Mr. GEORGE MITCHELL, The ex-polioe-oonstable poet, author of "Ballads in Blue," has lately been appointed minister of the Wood-street Baptist Chapel, Walthamsrtow.
MASKED ROBBERS,
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MASKED ROBBERS, TWO OUTRAGES IN THE STATES BY ARMED BANDITS. Two outrages of a typical American dbarac&er are reported. In the first case six masked men made their appearance at tihe little town of Suffield, in Connecticut, invading the bank, where they bound a man I and a boy to chairs. In their hosto they passed by a drawer containing several hun- dred pounds in cash, and with dynamite blew up the safe. From the latter they took £ 10,000 in bonds, which can only be nego- tiated by the owner, so that the bank loses nothing. Apparently the p-resence of armed burglars in the town frightened the people, because, although the explosion awakened many, all kept indoors. When the burglars, who took only the smallest precautions to avoid detection, were olear away the police began looking for them, but' it was too late. The second outrage was also the work of armed bandits, who at a place called North Yakima, when the Northern Pacific train slowed up, jumped into the tender and "held up" the fireman and engineer. One robber remained holding the couple in check with a revolver, while the other went immediately to the car containing a safe, which he blew open, but secured, according to the officials, not more than £ 103. Curiously enough, th-" robbers worked so warily that the passen- gers travelling by the train were ignorant of the outrage.
SALMON P0A_CHI-G ÛHAHÜE ¡-.
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SALMON P0A_CHI-G ÛHAHÜE At Builth Wehs on Monday four men were charged with Attempting to catch salmon in the close seafi0,n Treflys, Llangammarch Wells. Mr. Gwyn-ne James, Hereford, appeared on behalf of the Wye Board of Conservators. a,nd Mr. Gwynne Vaughan, Builth Wells' defended. Two of the men, Arnold Wilb;airig> Bwlohmawr, and John D. Jones, Bryn jioelddu, farm servants, pleaded guilty, and were fined JEZ. and 8s. 6d. costs. The other two, John Jones, Brickyard-row, Garth, and Thomas Evans, Tyclyd, Beulah, grooms, Pleaded not guilty, adding that they were mei.ejy onlookers who had been attracted the Cammarch River bank out were mei.ejy onlookers who had been attracted to the Cammarch River bank out of c-u-riogi-ty by the appearance of a torch- liifht.—Th 0 majority of the magistrates con- sidered tthey had intent, and defen- dants wijre £ i 53. 3d. costs eaoh. dants wijre fined £1 and 53. 3d. OOISts eaoh.
REV. W. S. JONES RESIGNS.
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REV. W. S. JONES RESIGNS. SUPPOSED SEQUEL TO PASTOS HOWTON'S MEETINGS Interest is being taken in the Mid-Rbon-rld:g district in the resignation of the pastora^ of Jerusalem Baptist Chapel by the Rev. "■ S. Joneo, Llwynypia, owing, it is said, tO umbrage having been ta.ken by a large section of the Church to the rev. gentleman • association with the meetings conducted hT Dr. Dowie in London and Pastor Howton Carmarthen and other places. It was not until quite recently, when 1* was reported in the "Western Mail," that Mr. Jones bad attended and taken part in meeting of Pastor Howton's at Oarmartb* that matters reached a, climax, with the result* it is stated, that half the members of Church now abstain from participating ill the Communion. Mr. Jones, it appears, disavows a-ny COW nection with either Dr. Dowie or Pastor Howton, but admits having been subjecta tn the laying on of hands for the purposes o* health-personal healing. He denied having either practised or taught anything of the kind himself, as he does not think that either the laying on of handa cr anointing is necessary for the purposes of Divine healing, a prayer of faith alone being sufficient, his own first experience of Divine healing beintf in connection with a-n illness of his own. —
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MR. BALFOUR SPEAKS.
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MR. BALFOUR SPEAKS. I PROTECTION AND FREE l TRADE. Mr. Dal our addressed a gathering of four thousand persons in the Coliseum, Leeds, on Monday night. Mr. Balfour said: —"We arre now an Opposition full pledged-(laughter)-and, I hope, not inadequately prepared for a great work, for an interesting work, even, perhaps, for an entertaining work, which Lies before us." (Much laughter.) Not one of the late Government, he proceeded, looked back with anything but pride on the record that lay behind them, he cared not to which depart- ment of activity they referred, whether it were administrative reform, social reform, the conduct of foreign affairs, or the augmen- tation of those defensive forces upon which all sound diplomacy ultimately rests. (Cheers.) PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE. He did not deny-he never had denied—that there was a difference of great importance I in their ranks upon the subject of Protec- tion and Free Trade. That difference existed in the Conservative party before he was born. (Hear hear.) It came into existence with Sir Robert Peel's conversion on the subject cf the Corn Laws, and was it tolerable that a divi- sion willeh had existed for sixty years with- out destroying the unity of the Conservative or Unionist party should now be permitted to divide friends who ought to be united, and to paralyse efforts which in the future, as in the past, ought surely to be successful. Protection might be right, or it might be wrong, but he belonged to the section of the party which was Free Trade, and not Protectionist. (Cheers.) Lord Rosebery had, he would not say unfor- tunately, but quixotically, attempted to unite the Liberal party upon what he called the doctrine of Free Trade. He (Mr. Balfour) thought Lord Rosebery meant the doctrine of the fiscal status quo," but they could not umte a party upon a negation of change, least of all could Lord Rosebery unite the Radical party upon it. Therefore, Lord Rose- bery's scheme was destined to fail. OOBDEN CLUB PEDANTRY. From the beginning he (Mr. Balfour) and those who agreed with him shared a com- mon contempt for the form of economic pedantry which was preached by the Cobden Club. (Laughter and cheers.) Free Trade was a relation existing between countries, and Free Trade doctrines were not satisfied by a dinner once a year, and by talking about its virtues. ("Hear, hear," and laughter.) Free Traders filled him with surprise and disgust. They did not get their doctrines from Cobden—they called themselves after his name, but their doctrines were not Cob- den's doctrines. Remarking on the way in which our goods had been—not accidentally, but deliberately-kept out of foreign markets, Mr. Balfour urged that what was true of negotiations and diplomacy in matters purely political was equally true in matters commercial, and we oould not have diplo- matic sucoess unless we were prepared to risk diplomatic failure. Taking two countries at random, were Italy or. Germany, he asked, the best guarantees of our interests? What man. was there, not besotted by an imper. feet knowledge of political economy, who would regard such a pro-position as reasonable or rational for any great com- mercial country, let alone the greatest com- mercial country in the world? HOW WOULD YOU NEGOTIATE?" He was asked, "How would you negotiate?" and his answer wa" that no general reply could be made to that query. But thirteen years ago he said that if foreign nations delibarately screwed up their duties on English goods there might be occasions of bringing them to a batter state of mind by our placing duties upon their articles. He still held that view, unmodified and unchanged. lie had made it clear- (1) That without some threat behind we could not n,egoti.ate profitably with other countries on commercial or other matters, (2) He did not think we ought to allow Protection to intervene in this, .any more than in other portions of our proposed fiscal reform; (3) He readily admitted th3lt if there were a general non-protective ta.riff duty it might prove convenient in. this connec- tion; (4) That no such general tariff, Protec- tionist or non-Protectionist, was really necessary. In regard to preference, the existing difference was more one of method than of principle, but the danger he saw in the attitude of some members of their par-ty waa that they were ra-ther unduly anxious to limit the means by which preferenco with our Colonies might be effected. MICROSCOPIC TAX ON FOODSTUFFS. So far as he was concerned, he had never thought that the imposition of a small duty on corn was a thing that should be resented on principle, and there was no man outside a. lunatic asylum who would deny that if we could obtain permanent Free Trade with our Colonies for a miscrosoopio tax upon food- stuffs it would, from every possible point of view, be a gain to all concerned, liut the Colonies, so far as he knew, had never put forward any plan, and how could we judge the burden which Colonial preference would throw upon us until we saw the whole scheme in its entirety, and until we saw a free conference discussing the subject with- out prejudice? He was not capable of judg- ing of separated and isolated elements of possible arrangements until he saw the whole spread before him; therefore, he would recommend his friends to suspend judgment, which, he ventured to feay, could not be ade- quately formed on our present evidence. He was prepared to suspend his judgment. Of the value of the object he had no doubt. We must know what it was that under various circumstances we should receive. Was not that commonsense? (Cheers.) THE INSULAR IDEA. "The reason," said Mr. Balfour, "why 1 make this early reservation is my belief that nothing will endanger the Imperial idea more than any such introduction into it of the insular idea. Protection is insular or it is nothing. It is alien, there fore, in its very' essence and spirit to the Imperial idea, a.nd the Imperial idea is the one which most appeals to me. (Cheers.) Lord Rosebery has gracefully toyed with the Imperial idea, though he has rejected it- perhaps, only temporarily — for newer favourites." Was there ever a time (he proceeded) when unity was more reqnired by the party to which we belong. We are in Opposition now. (A Voice: Not for long.") I do not wish to be extravagant, but it is within the bounds of possibility that we may be in Opposition even after the general election. ("No," and laughter.) How are you going to fight that election ? With the confidence that can alone help you to make the best of your powers, or as a feeble and decimated minority, now that you know what, after all— you did not know a few weeks ago—what it is that the present Government desire to effect ? NEFARIOUS RADICAL PROJECTS. We now know that old, old game is going to be played again. We now know we are going to have Home Rule-(cries of "No," and another Voice: "Let the All Blacks on them." (Laughter)—Home Rule proposed, I mean. (Laughter.) We know now on autho- rity that the Welsh Church is to be disestablished — ("No") — proposed. (More laughter.) We know now upon authority not so explicit, but, I take it, equally authen, tic, that the Church schools and the denomi- national schools are to be destroyed, and that a system of secular and non-religious education is to be substituted. (" No.") Well, we have got so far. Is not that enough? Suppose the Prime Minister's speech next Thursday, or whenever it is, leaves us with no further illumination. We have got sufficient reason for bringing our ranks together in order to show that if we be in Opposition we shall be an Opposition strong enough to stop these nefarious projects. (Cheers.) I thank Lord Rosebery for the vigorous protests which he has made against Home Rule projects which, however obscurely expressed, left their meaning un- mistakable. I know perfectly well what Sir H. Camp bel I-Banner man's opinions are, because he has stated them; I know per- fectly well what Lord Rosebery's opinions are, because he has stated them; but what Sir Edward Grey's opinions are I do not know. (Laughter.) All I know about them is that Mr. Asquith agrees with their, because he has said so. (Laughter.) Sir Edward Grey declares that he knows much better than Lord Rosebery what Sir H. Campbell- Bannerman thinks, and much better than Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman what Lord Rosebery thinks-he has the happy gift of reading souls. (Loud laughter.)
HEAD TEACHER'S CONDUCT
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HEAD TEACHER'S CONDUCT IMPUTATIONS ON CHARACTER WITHjn^^Ar. The Carmarthenshire Education Committes recently held an inquiry respecting the allega- tions made by the Rev. J. M. Evans, rector of Merthyr, near Carmarthen, against Miss Sarah Williams, head mistress of the non. provided school in tha.t village, and the latter refuted the charges. On Saturday afternoon, at an adjourned meeting of the committee, the clerk (Mr. J. W. Nicholas) read a letter from the rector, who stated:- "With reference to the charge of improper conduct against Miss S. Williams, the person who was chiefly responsible for the charge is not—as I am informed-Drepared to have her rjtatemenAs investigated at a public inquiry. I have, therefore, written to Miss Williams withdrawing all imputations on her character so far as my part in the matter is concerned, and I have in Form 9 (sent herewith) stated that her conduct has been satisfactory."
STRANGE STORY.
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STRANGE STORY. DISAPPEARANCE OF A AT NEWPORT There is a good deal of uncertainty 1131 some myctery attaching to a story whM (a.1t been told by the Rev Alvan elderly Canadian gentleman who eoIB j» or eight months ago started in road, Newport, a movement called the come Mission repenting the disapp a ance of his wife, who hs a 0rt Canadian. Mr. Phillips settled at Newpox^ a stranger, and appealed for help LO"e raJ tho mission. There was no v'ery worfc response, but he still went on with the assisted by bis wife. He is stated.. rIIiy, acted as a Wesleyan chaplain iu the and to have been engaged in military tions in Northern India and Central some years ago..enar»" some years ago. Tho mission work comprised the P1 tion of beds and cf meals for wayfarer-, in this matter Mrs. Phillips engaged 1- work, though to one of her position Sh6 said to have been uncongenial, and tb.a-t. became despondent. Mr. Phillips stat-efl on Tuesday, December 5, she spent of tho day at the mission. la- ment of what transpired afterwards is t1 Mrs. Phillips left ostensibly to go to apartments in Capel-croscent. This wa3 ,1, hd seven o'clock, and it was understood tha object was to prepare their room l°r husband, who would follow a little took an affectionate farewell of her ^rJ6 *n,ts. and no doubt arrived at their £ 1,Pa;r^BL,1 ia Shortly afterwards, however, a gentlem3^^ said to have called at the house (}nc-, 9 for Mrs. Phillips. He was shown in aju, landlady, and shortly afterwards left a^^Ty accompanied by Mrs. Phillips, who was ing a satchel. Outride, it is further they were joined );y a second man, all walking off together. About 8.30 Mr. Phi' arrived, but finding that his wife was n home he made inquiries of the landlady, was then informed of tho visit of the terious stranger. Greatly alarmed, but ing, perhaps, that his wife and her panion hi,, gone to meet him, he return.^ to the mission, only to find that his had not been there. He then sought assistance of tho police, who, according to the statement of Mr. Phi" would afford him but little satisfaction. reported the circumstances of his ed departure, and, he alleges, was then inf0^ that a certain gentleman, armed with O..V0 documents a.nd acting under the instruct! of the Canadian Government, had sough*' assistance of the local police officials had taken his wife away. Beyond this, Phillips further alleges, he could ge^ information as to the identity of the strafs^* o1' his object in taking his wife away, that there was no question of crime that his wife -was not under arrest. Shortly after ten o'clock on tho follo"1^ morning, however, a cab v?a3 driven up, his apartments, and from it two men aligP^J one of whom, Mr. Phillips states, detective of the Newport Borough The other, I10 presumes, was a Canad1. official. They took away a trunk coi't^ ing a quantity of Mrs. Phillips's and, remarkable as it might seem, Phillips assisted to put it on the cab, was then driven to the Welcome Mi £ 8'iLa where another trunk was taken up. packing of these trunks, Mr. Phillips expl^1^ had been done by him on the instruction the police, and he was powerless in to matter. The cab then proceeded to the tral Police-station, the trim™ were ta-'v, inside, and the cabman paid and dismiss t Later in the day Mr. Phillips took more h's wife's clothing to the i>01ice-etation, this was packod into one of the boxes hy,. detective and himself. From that tiiufi this Mr. Phi lips has neither seen nor bØJ.1- L3 anything of his wife. Tho Newport police state that they caC.jj throw any light upon the matter which usefully assist in making things plain to tP* public. A cabman named George Wall, of *2 Alma-street, states that on tho morning Wednesday, December 6, he received a phone message from the police-station toh0*^ himself in readiness. Shortly afterw^ Detective-sergeant Tanner and another came down, and ho drove them to Crescent. There they took up a trunk, Phillips assisting in putting it on the He then drove to the Welcome Mission took up another trunk, afterwards to the police-station, where he left the ø and the trunks. LETTER FROM THE HUSBAND- The husband, the Rev. Alvan Phillips, .ritm from the Welcome Mission, 34, street, Newport, as fo.lows:— a For private reasons my wife mm Ihomo on December 4. Since that tim« have been besieged with letters grave charges, which, by your permissioal* I wish to refute. The first, that 312* Phillips has eloped -with a former lover, J* absolutely false; aJso that any foul have been used to take her life—she is on the ocean to Canada Again, the of hear bein& taken by deteptivee. with h^r boxes, to tlbe police-station is imagination*' and not a. public ailair.I1ioiita.tqiiii;iit tilo hash money has been paid the police Or newspapers is not true. The fact tha* am a minister and the mysterions lIP'" sudden disappeaianoe of Mrs. Phillips are ■not matters outside private affairs. statements that we have lived unhappy j can easily be investigated by calling our late home, 72, Cap el-crescent, or at our previous lodgings, 20, Alma-street. I ø certain all can be explained to interested. The character of Mrs. Phillips.* will defend legally if anything further J-9 said. Mrs. Phillips is highly connocte"- Her brother holds a high position in ottbvo under the Government, end her family 73 one of the oldest in the country. ()I18 brother in Ontario is the largest ohecsø manufacturer. Her connections reach to Port Simpson, British Columbia, and fot years Mrs. Phillips and myself wet's missionaries, and were stationed on Que/Ø Chariot to Island, British Columbia. 0-ar lives here have been eelf-sacriftdng, a* the work of the Welcome Mission speaks for it,self. I hope this will be satisfactory tO all. HUSBAND GOES IN SEARCH OF BIg WIFE. The Rev. Alvaai Phillips bos left N<^ port, taking vith him his effd-ts. lIe told some friends that he wished to caton a fast boat from Southampton to reach Ne1^ York in order to follow up his wife v8 quickly as possible. The work of the mia?io" has been taken over by the Incorporate* Seamen and Boatmen's Friend Society, wbicJl has branches in many parts of the country-