The Cardiff Times

Millionaire's Death. IENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Kansas City, Missouri, Monday.—Colonel H. Swope, a millionaire philanthropist, Kansas City, died suddenly some time ago, And as a result of certain statements a Dr. Bennett Clark Hyde filed a suit for slander at ^dependence, Missouri, against theecutor of the Mtate, who, he alleged, had accused him of having poisoned Mr Swope and also the latter's Oephew, who likewise died suddenly. The case haS now taken a sensational turn, as it was an- nounced to-day that a chemical analysis abowed that Ookmel Swope died of strychnine Poisoning. In filing his case Dr. Hyde stated that the defendant accusod him of inoculating mem- bers of the Swope family with typhoid fever Senna, from which several of them contracted typhoid fever. Hyde, who married one of Oolanrl Swope's nieces, attended the dead millionaire and other members of the family.— Renter.

RAILWAY MYSTERY. A railway tragedy involving two deaths was ftcwewd on Monday on the South Kactem •ad Chatham Railway line, between Be IIbd Brith. The discovery was made by an gigine driver named Tulley, who, whilst chiv- «**g a. light engine into a shed, noticed the oodles of a man and woman lying in the four- toot way on the up-line. The man's body was *Bae 50 feet from the railway crossing leading froom the Erith-road to the works of Messrs C. Price and Co., and Messrs Callender's Cable and Construction Company, whilst that of the Woman was 50 feet higher up the line. Both bodies were terribly mutilated, and it was afterwards found that they had been run down by the Dartford to London train which passed through Belvedere at 11.5 on Saturday night. The bodies are lying in the mortuary at Bnth, and hare been identified as those of Arttrar William Moon, 44, Price's Cottages, Manor Way, Belvedere, and Katherine Denny, 39, Widow, of Terra Ootfca Cottages, Lower road, Erith. The man was married and had worked for Messrs Price for 17 years. On Saturday night be was at the Belvedere Workmen's Club until eleven o'clock and was seen by his friends to £ >ke a car, which stops at the road leading to Grossing. How the woman came to be on Qje litte is at present a mystery. It is said that when found she was not fully dressed and this tact, coupled with local reports that she had prvviousrf threatened to commit suicide seems to confirm the police theory that the man lost bas life in endeavouring to sapre that of the • *wan. 1

APPALLING BARBARISM. t The appalling murder of their own children y a married couple at Bafcmtenfnred, in Hungary, has just come to light. The servant a wealthy peasant, Gabriel Roka, discovered a dost hea>p the body of a new-born babe, üy strangled. She informed the ponce, *K1 tWo gendarmes were sent to Roka's house tIo investigate the matter. When Roka learned ™at the gendarmes intended to arrest him he a revolver and blew out hs brains in their paaunce. Then Roka's wife made the start- illig confession that in the course of 11 years* 1II8rried life she and her husband had strangied "cweu children immediately after birth because hated children and could not stand their crying and noise. The skeletons of six were 8Qfound in the garden, where they bad been buried by the brutal parents. Prau Rofca, who showed no sign of repentance, was en to the district prison.

SENTENCED TO DEATH. At Bucks Assizes on Monday, before the Chief Justice, Amy Pannell was sen- vaQeed to death for the murder of her infant °Jale child, at West Wycombe. The evidence • *b°wed that the body of the child was found by the side of a railway, death being to strangulation by means of a boot-lace. recommended the prisoner to mercy, j* his Lordship said he would forward the ^un»endatian to the Home Secretary.

TRAIN WRECKED ON BRIGHTON LINE, Pullman Express Disaster 7 KillED: 30 INJURED. TERRIBLE SCENES IN THE DARK A lamentable disaster in which seven per- sons-fi ve women and two men—were killed, and over 20 others injured, occurred to the 3.40 express from Brighton to London, on the Lon- don, Brighton and South Coast Railway, on Saturday evening. The accident happened close to Stoat's Nest Station, about there miles to the south of Croydon, when the train was travelling at a speed of fully 40 miles an hour. The precise cause of the catastrophe yet re- mains to be discovered, but it appears that the couplings between two coaches about; lD the middle of the train snapped at & spot where a new loop line joins the old main line and about 200 yards from the platform ofJ Stoat's Nest Statioa. The resuJt was that the engine and front por- tion of the train ran ahead until puhed up by the driver, just beyond the station, whilst two or three carriages in the ftoont.of the detached portion left the metals and ran along, swaying violently, until the leading carriage crashed against the sloping end of the station platform, on which it overturned and was smashed to matchwood.. This wastbe only carriagewhich was seriously damaged, and six of those who were killed and most of those who sustained serious injury were travelling in it. The seventh person killed was not a pas- senger in the train at all, but a gentleman named Mr William Rose, manager for Messrs Hall and Co., lime merchants. of Coulsdon, near Croydon, who happened to be walking along the platform as a shortcut to his work. The overturned carriage fell upon him, and killed him instantly. Succouring the Injured The painful work of removing the dead and injured from the wrecked carriage was com- menced with aU possible speed. The first medical man to render assistance, a Dr. Kellett, was a passenger in the train, he and his wife being on their way home from their honeymoon. Several local doctors and nurses, together with a number of railway officials, speedily joined Dr. Kellett, and the passengers most seriously injured were. after first aid treatment, conveyed to Croydon Hospital. Others were taken to Coulsdon Nursing Home, whilst a number of passengers less seriously injured, were taken by special train to Victoria, and thence removed to their homes. The killed were placed in the waiting-rooms at Stoat's Nest Station. Most of them were shockingly mutilated, and three of them were not identified until Sunday, when the Sad work of removing the dead and rescuing the injured had been accomplished. The Scene Wreckage. The task of clearing away the wreckage was begun, and as darkness came on soon after the accident flare lights had to be used, the scene being weird and awsomc in the extreme. Considerable difficultywaB experienced in re- moving the wreckage of the coach which mounted the platform, owing to its splintered condition. Its back was completely broken. In the meantime traffic on the local lines was not interfered with except that as each train approached the scene of disaster its speed was slackened. The chief offieialsof the Brighton line'arriyed at Stoat's Nest by special train in a remarkably short time after the accident. Mr William Forbes, the general manager, was one of the first comers, he being quickly followed by Mr S. Charles Morgan, chief engineer, Mr Sidney Scott, superintendent of the linc, and Dr. Turner, the company's surgeon. There were about 20 passengers in the wrecked carriage, and with two or three exceptions all of them were either killed or badly injured. One of the women killed was almost com- pletely decapitated, and the man WSlard had. his skull split open in a fearful manner. Several sustained fractured limbs, and one man had his nose practicaDytornfromhisfaoe., List of Killed and Injured. The following is the complete list of killed and most seriously injured :— KILLED. William John Rose (36), foreman to Messes Hall and Co., coal and lime merchants, Croy- don, and living at the foreman's cottage, the lime works, Coulsdon. B. Willard, foreman bricklayer, 26, Adc1.ing- ton-road, West Croydon. Mrs Kila Beere (55), of Lincolns Hall.; Upper Bedford-place, W.C. Mrs Emma Side, 113, Charlotte-street, Ktz— rov-square, W. Miss Eliza Gate (51), of Highrrofct Villas, Dyke-road, Brighton. Mrs Mazy Aim Spencer (51), of 68, Oxberry- nar^nno JraillJttXL. M3asC9uu4otte Mary Carter {20), of 20, Crom—' we Khngrove, Brighton. INJURED. At the Ovydon General Hospital- Sarah Lines (33), of 23, Hagen-lane,.Rating* Broadway, concussion and mjuty to right shoulder. MÏim Evelyn Gay (M), QtS, .IfJnerva^aaJ Kingston-on-Thames, cozripband. bwidM of 1 right leg limb since amputated. Andrew Steele (33), of 61, DBAjingBiile, Brighton, left leg broken and other mpaeK. William J. Cole (33). of 23, Exeter-stzeet, Brighton. left leg broken and other injuries. George William Spencer (52). of 68,. Oxberry— avenue, Fulham, coacnsskjELandleftieg broken. M. Tierre Lecoq, The Chakit, Preston Brighton, left arm and left-leg lacerated- At the Nursing RomcBmitba Bottom. Mrs Alice Dapner (37), of 7. Hanovovstneetv,, Brighton, scalp wounds and left arm injured. Miss Jane Brandon (27), at 10, Middle-steeet,, Portslade, scalp wounds and ixuarytoirgbieye- The Rev. Thomas Evans (Tiff, Baptist minis- ter, Pontasford, Shrewsbury, and recently stay- ing at the Home of Rest, Arundel House, Kemp Town, Brighton. Young Wife's Pitiful Case. It was a piteous scene at night, when, upheld on either hand by a friend, and walking Uke one in a dream, there came along the platform the tall, pale figure of Mrs Rose, the wife-of the lime works manager. It is a little less than a year since they were married, and to the hap- piness of the approaching anniversary was added for the young husband and wife the ex- pectation of a crowning joy. Mrs Rose, with whom was a nurse, had been waiting daring the afternoon for her husband to hurry back to her from bis business. She knew that he would come as quickly as possible and by the nearest way. When the evening came without him her anxiety deepened into foreboding and her agony of suspense threatened soch danger that it became necessary at last to tell her what had happened. She insisted on being taken to the station to see for herself. Her friends implored her at the waiting-room door to accept the dreadful truth without entermg, but she was in such a condition of mind and health that to have opposed her insistent appeal to be taken into the chamber of death would have meant the sacrifice Of another life. So in the room the covering was removed from the body of her husband. She was led away hysterically crying and in a skteaJmostof collapse. A Dying Woman's YMrnmg. A tragic episode was related by Mr 2. Tflflfcw, ci Coulsdon, one of the reeeoexs, who lives a few minutes' walk from the station. When I arrived," he said, the wreckage was piled high. We could hear a man raiting for help. I made my wwy into the wreckage, and it was like being in a tunnel- Another-short man got in to help me. There was no room for a big man. A woman lay in the midst of the material, and though there was no heavy weight-on her at the moment she was appa- rently badly hurt. She was entangled with, wire—the communication cord, I —and in the restricted space it was difticoIt to get her- free. When I reached her she was saying, I —n dying I want to be k>v«d.' I set to work at once trying to release her and to 00IIIIIf0d; her. I said.. YottH be laved alLright when we can get you oat.' While we were cutting away her skirts a mac beneath the lady was crying, Get me ocrt; get me out.' His legs were pinned down. He kept on saying, I know my legs are gone.* I said to him, We must clear this lady be- fore we can touch you.' In about 15 ruinates we were able to band the lady ooti. Shewas dead then. The man we released almost kmnediately afterwards. I did not stop to ask who they were, for there wa»p*arty of other-work to be done," Honeymoon Experience. Dr. Edward B. Kellett, whose home is only two minutes' walk from Stoat's Nest station, was travelling bis newly-married wife back from Brighton, where he had been spend- ing his honeymoon. "1 was in a secondrctos compartment of the carriage immedktely behind the one that was so baaty smashed," he said. "We got on all right until we reached Ashdown-park-bridge, which is just before the entrance to the Cane-hill tunneL At that point we put on a tremendous speed. We simply flew through the tunnel. I said to nrywife, We are going mnch too fast over theae points,' as I know that portion of the line very well. I had hanfly said it when the- carriage gave a great lurch. Ishoated to my wife, and to the two other ladies in the compartment, For God's sake pvst your foet) up.' There was a. grafting noise, my wife fat! flat on the floor in a faint, and the other ladies and I were hurled across the carriage. Mr bowter hat was knocked fiat. Splintered wood, and glass flew all over the carriage, and then we stopped. I opened the door and lifted my wife and the two other ladies out on to the platform. There I left them while I set about helping the injured. My wife is suffering from severe shock unfortunately, and is under medi- cal care, and I was rather badly shaken. We had two cages of birds, and wonderfully enough, though the cages were smashed out of recognition, none of the birds, were hurt, and they are here now." Mrs Kellett was reported onMondsy to have lost the sight of her left eye as a result of the shock she experienced, and the sight of the other eye is also said to be very seriously impaired.

I RESCUED. I Cartoon by Sir F. C. Gould. (By permission of the Proprietors of the Westminster Gazette.")

v Stringent Criticism. WELSH CHOIRS & "DOLLAR GREED. A'paxagraph recently appearedin the South "Wales Daily News expressing a fear that the Americans would tireof Welsh music owing to the States being overrun with Welsh choirs and parties. A Scrantoo, U.S.A., newspaper comments upon the paragraph as follows The writer in the South Wales News sizes up the situation correctly. Americans I 8are a&eady tired of Welsh visiting choirs, and that because of the eternal greed and selfish grafting practised by some of the visiting organisations. Americans always support a visiting choir most generously when ordinary decency is shown, but when the choir comes here first, last, and always with the dollar on the brain, it does not take the American long to wake up. Welsh-Americans cannot be fooled by glow- ing Press notices. That day is gone by. Unless the visiting choir can deliver the goods' its doom is soon sealed, and why should this not be the order of things, when in America we can, with time and training, provide as good a male, female, or mixed choir as ever crossed the Atlantic ? Welsh-Americans lowe to entertain singers from the Old Land of Song. They dfelight to meet-them, but when the first object of a visiting choir is to extract dollars from the pockets of the Welsh-Americans, and when art and dtecency 8ft lost and berried in this solitary sordid motive, the visiting choir will find a cold welcome and an empty hall. This is no theory but an actoai and existing condition, as some choirsAave found to their sorrow and loss.

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. Birthday Revival Play. The annual Shakespeare festi val at Stratford- on-Avon this year will extend for nearly fixir weeks. For the 22Dd time the performances wffi be under the direction of Mr F. R. Benson. The following artists have consented to take part in the festival :—Sir Herbert Tree, Mr Martin Harvey and Miss N. de Silva, Mfes Genevieve Ward, Mr Otho Stuart, Mr Arthur Bourchier and Miss Violet Vanbrugh, Mr Lewis Waller and Miss Winifred Emery, Mr Henry Ainley, Mr James Carew and Miss Klien Terry. The festival will be opened on Fridlay, April 22nd, by Sir Herbert Tree, with a per- farojsMaee of "'Hamlet," given, in curtains. "of the most interesting matinees Wifl be that given by Old Bensoaoians," when scenes will be presented from A Midsummer Night's Dream, The School for Scandal," The Taming of the Shrew," and The Merchant of Venice." In the two latter scenes Mr and Mrs Benson will be supported by probably 40 of the actors and actresses who have at one time or another worked under the Benson banner The Birthday Revival play will be- '"TheTwo Gentlemen of Verona, a play not seen at Stratford formairy years.

LONDON MOTOR ACCIDENT, James Bggett (25) of Eeher-stoeefc, Upper Kjenrringetn-tane, chauffeur, was charged at W on mondwwmuke "mandwagbter Of Joseph Pritchard (39), at ftomweD-eond, South Kensington. Mr T. Doerdin Dutton de- fended. Inspector Wilkinson said thatshortly before 11 ocfcx& on Saturday nigbt he was called t» Cromwell-road, and saw the deceased with his headrnthegutterandsprioasly injured. A motor-car, of which prisoner was the driver, was standing close by. Other indications pointed to the fact that after the brakes of the car had suddenly been applied, both near side wheels hadswerved on to the footway and then again into the roadway. Charged with driving his car in a reckless way, prisoner said, In order to awoid another car I Dulled on the near side. I refuse to say any more." He was sober and made no other statement. Accused was remanded for a week, and his enroloyers' bail accepted.

WARMING TO PEA VENDORS. At Bridlington a grocer named Alfred A. Bridden was summoned at the instance of the East Biding County Council for havingsold to an inspector under the Food and Drugs Act a. tin of peas which was found to contain sulphate of copper. Dr. Mitchell Wilson said sulphate of copper ought to be prohibited by law in the preparation of foods. It was a deadly poison, the maximum medical dose of which was only two grains, and when it was administered the patient was carefully watched, becaoée of its deadly eflecte. The defendant said the peas were of the best qual- ity, and had been aold as he had purchased them from a ftcst-class Hull firm. Be had not known the tins contained any mMooa pBeNor- vative. The Bench imposed a toe of and costs (the maximum penalty was OD), and expressed the hope that pea vendors woold notice <he case and take heed.

RED CROSS 80CIETY. Ajmee&ng* under 1ihe aospiees of the Bdtiøb I&e&QXHS Society (Glamorgan Branch >wreheid at the Orange, the Xxzmbles, the residence of Lord GHazitawe. EBB Iordsb*, who presided, said they were porbably awn her Majesty Queen Alexandra, who was at the head of the great Bed C*ossmo<<rement,had appealed to the Lord Lieutenants of the different. counties and their wives to assist her in estabtishing brandies of this society all over the Kingdom. Ibe Hon. Elaine Jenkins said been atifced by Lady Plymouth, who was the presi- dent of the Glamorgan branch of the society, to form » Divisional Committee at the Mum- btes, and she sincerely hoped they wonld do all they could to assist her. Mrs and Miss Aeron Tbomas were appointed hon- co-secre- taries, and Mr T. W. Islay Young hon. treas- urer.

"MUST RELY ON THE MASSES r Lord Ridley, speaking at the annual meet- ing in Newcastle on Monday of the Newawtte Diocesan Society, urged the necessity of the Church relying-rather upon the contributions of the masses than upon the large s^Bscrip- tiong of the wefi-to-do. Landowners to pay more and more in taxation, and it was obvious that what was paod intaxation was no longer available for Church purposes. Landowners had not stinted their ooMgatiuns to feeChaggh in the past, nor would ttleydo so in f but they had many-direct calls upon them lor Church purposes, m*) the Church's income^ should be drawn from as^ marry and.. varied soarcœ as pœsii:JIe.

RHOIWDA BOYS tLLIREKiED. At Ysfcrad Bhondda Police Court on Monday George Hadley, Marion-street, dydssch Vale, was charged by the N.S.P.C.C. with iltteeating his two boys, aged nine and eix respectively. Mr Spic kern ell (Messi-a Spickett and Sons) pro- secuted on behalf of the society (instructed by Mr John Thomas, local inspector). Mr R. R. Williams, schoolmaster, dydach Vale. said he had frequently noticed that the children were iBused. Dr. Gabe Jones also gave evidence of illtreatment. A fine of 3Cs was imposed.

Mt Herbert Lewis, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, has appointed Mr A. E. Barnes to be his private secretary, in place of Mr R. J. Simpson, pro- moted.

MERTHYR "EYESORE." Site for Town Offices. t CHURCH SCHOOL LAND- Rector's Charges Against the Council. The Rector of Merthyr (the Rev. Daniel Lewis), made a vigorous attack on Merthyr town authorities on Tuesday, in reply to the petition of the Town Council to the Local Government Board to issue a provisional I order for the compulsory purchase of a piece of land m High-street, forming part of the i? .°^ old St. David's National School, which wa6 required as a site for the ejection of public offices. The occasion was a Local Government Board inquiry, which was con- ducted by Mr M. K. North. C.E. I Mr T. A. Rees (town clerk), said the present Town Kail was quite insdecya&te- The Mayor (Councillor P. T- James}, ex- amined by the town clerk. said that the sito-of the old St. David's School ifae at present an eyesore. There was no longer any school there. The Rector (the Rev. Daniel Lewis) That is not correct. The Mayor It is a fact that the present site has ed unutilised for three years. Pro- ceeding, the Mayor said that the Town Hall should be extended in order that the work of the county borough might be efficiently carried On. Why Was the School Ctesed P I Replying to a question by the inspector as to why the St. David's National School was closed the Town Clerk said that the school was not in a fit state to carry on the educa- tion of the children. The Board of Education gave the churchwardens ample time to put the school into proper eootBtion, but theyre- fused to do so. Mr T. Chmter (churchwarden of St. David's Church) It was the rector and managers who had to do with the school and not the cfaewch- wardens as stated bv the town clerk. This concluded the evidence for the Covncil and the rector called witnesses. Dr. W. W. Jopes (choarchwardeii of the Parish Church) said he forjnally opposed the proposal of the Council as a trustee of the site,. His, co-churchwarden, the We Colonel D. k; Lewis, had also entered oppoawm. IA answer to the town clerk, Dr. Jones said that he made his objection on the ground that the land was, held for a> certain purpose. The Cbmchpeoplehad .Qren framwing. it owing to the action of the Board of Bdoc»-" tron and the local authority. The Town Oerit You are prepared to feedd a school T. Dr. Jones Yes. ? How soon T—As soon as we get pernlission. We have funds and are ready to gty-on. Mr Stream, a sidesman at St. Davadfe Church, spoke oft a proposald to erect an institute on the site. The Town Clerk Áto the What is; the rental of the glebe in Merthyr-? The Rector That does not arise. j The Town Clark It is over "000 a year. Tbe Rector Hiat is most untrue. ThP, ques- tion does not arise, and I beg to-contradict it. We-have lost a valuable supporter of our posi- • tion in the late Colonel Lewis. Rector's o IJstaught. A the inspector, the Rector said that that difficulty had arisen from the boo- tility of the local authority, born of his opposi- tion to the incorporation of Merthyr. The Councii had militated against the work of St. David's School, and had tried to capture it. Built by the generosity of ple, it was the best-attended and.. school in the town. Hostility towards Vohmtary schools in Wales, said the rector, bad been enormous, and he would not have entered into this matter but for the reason that it had been put for- ward that the trust had failed. The trust had not: failed, and was still going on. There was a desire 11,00 intention to proceed forthwith to build aOlmrch Institute on the site. But for the action taken by the Council the work would have been commenced. As showing the animus of the local authority, they were under the impression that they could capture the school immediately it was stopped, but in that they were somewhat sadly disappointed. The Mayor re marked that if the requirements of the Board of Education with respect to the St. David's School had been Carried out it would have meant a large sa. of expendi- ture to the local education authority. He had reason to beheve that the contract for the re- building of the school was never signed. The Rector Certainly it vwe. Mr Xenkizis, I the boiMer, had the contract in his hand. Town Otark's Retort The Town Clerk said the rector had wprJrow of the hostility of the Board of Education and of the local education authority, but all that was mere nonsense. The Rector The is to be seal in letters in the Council offices. And as farther proof I may: say that our teachers were not paid the same salaries as teachers in Council schools, and the saianeai of our teachers when transferred to Council schools were knmedi- adxty increased—a moostroos shaoe. The inquiry was then closed, the Inspector remarking that he had inapeetad the-site.

CARDIFF'S SMALL HOLDING. Progress of Negotiations. A long discussion took place at a meeting of the General Purposes Oommitfcee of OmliffCity Council held Tuesday (the Lord Mayor pre siding) as to the settlement of the negotiations between the Corporation and the Plymouth Estate on the one hand and the Corporation and the Cardiff Landholders' Co-operative As- sociation on the other,for the Capel Llaniltern e property under the Small Hiatdings Act. It appeared that a difficulty had arisen owing to the asaociafaon hot having got their rules as amended to provwle theclebentwrsias required by the' Corporation/ from the Registrar of Friendly Societies, and owing to the delay in i-Vming the negotiations between all parties. It was Anally, decided that the lease from the Barl of Plymouth is to be sealed at once and imme- diate possession tmk- bY the OmVomtion, the Ourparattan to p«y immediately compensation for disturbance 3i*d tenant rght, agreed at £ 500, E:lSJ to be repayable by the Cardiff Land- holders' Co-operative Association. It was also decided that the contracts for the erection of cottages, the construction of roadways and fencing, be proceeded with at once, the Association to be permitted to take possession on repayment of the sum of gM and on their giving an undertaking to execute their lease, and the debenture to be given by them to secure the Corporation against loss. The rent payable by the Association is to date from the completion of the erection of the houses, and an understanding was arrived at that the Small Holdings Committee should. safeguard the property of the Corporation in any hay crops that the land would vield prior to the completion of €he cottages.

Although Mr W. Abraham, M.P.. and Mr Thomas Richards, M.P. (the president and secretary respectively of the Miners Federa- tion) were unable to be present at the meeting of the Executive Council on Monday owing to I ill-health, we are pleased to say that their in- disposition is not of a serious nature. Both gentlemen are suffering from the strain whiah the recent election entailed. JL

Wintry Weather. —_—-—<-—— ICE GAVE WAY. 1. After Sunday sehool yesterday afternoon a number of lads ventured on to the frozen sur- face of the Long Pond at King's Lynn. There had been a rapid thaw, and the ice gave way, precipitating 12 of the youngsters into the water. There were some plucky rescue scenes, but one of the' children, a ten-year-old girl, named Brown, was drowned. DIED IN THE SNOW. A painful sensation was caused on Saturday by the announcement that the Rev. Robert Hutton, a clergyman of the Church of .Eng- land, had been found dead in the show on the highway at Carrog, near Llangollen. The de- ceased, who was 80 years of age, lived in retire- ment with his son at a Merionethshire village, whence he came from Llangedwyn, having previously held a Staffordshire living.. Early in the day his son, who resided with him, had a serious accident when skating on a local lake, cutting his forehead dangerously, and his father set out on the four miles walk to Corwen through the bitter cold to obtain medical aid.. He was later found by a way- farer halfway on the journey lying dead in the middle of the road near Rhagatt Hall, and conveyed on a cart to his home at Guthrie. At the inquest Dr. Edwards, of Corwen, said death was due to syncope accelerated by shock. SNOW PLOUGHS & SNOW CUTTERS. The Tebay and Kirkby Stephen branches of the North-Eastern Raihvay-w-em on Saturday choked with snow, and snow ploughs and gangs of snow cutters were constantly em- ployed in an endeavour to keep the line open. The line was twice opened out after being blocked. The road between Teesdale and Swaledale is blocked, and a coach driver who made his way on horseback into Swaledale on Tuesday has as yet been unable to ubbam. Sheep are suffering severely. «. FEVER PATIENTS SHOCKING FATE. An unfortunate and pathetic incident is re- ported frotn Dudley, where a lad was bamt to death as a result of the storm while he lay in bed suffering from scarlet fever. During a snowstorm the wind came down the chimney with such forcte as to blow the fine out of the grate, and ignite, the bed clotbittk. The lad, whose name was Edward Bockiey, Wasfocmd enveloped in flames, and before they could be extinguished he wusfcained terrfble'"ihjm*ies., He wa#* '*remot*ed tn the hospital,: but death took place m the evening frcttf shock, as the resolt <Sf thiS twffns and fright. TEN MPN DROWNED. Withregard to the loss of thPortuguese sailing vessel Fortuna. off the island of PssyaL, .20 of the crew were drowned, their bodies being subsequently washed ashore. Rrve of the crew managed to get away from the sinking vessel in a small. boat, and were rescued on Sunday after suffering great privation. FRENCH CRUISER ASHORE. Paris, Supday.-The followi-T tetegmm has been reoerwad here from Tangier ;—~ The French auto Cbafeeaiarenanlt ran ashore at' the mouth of the river Tahaddeet at 5 o'clock-, this morning. She was on her way from L' Orient to Toulon. The captain reports that the vessel was driven ashore at high tide by a strong westerly wind and a heavy swell."— Renter. ICE ACCIDENTS. A chapter of accidents through the snow and intense frost has occurred near Ho where the roads are in some pbces almost impassable from snow accumulations or ice. Mr R. G. Fugier, headmaster of Whitford Schools, fefl just after he left his house at Downing and sustained a severe compound fracture of the left leg. Two of his scholars also sustained accidents. An elderly lady. Miss Aston, residing near Mertyn HaXL, was returning over the mountain from Brynford Rectory, when she slipped on the ice-bound road, and lay in a bleak, desolate spot for-some hours, guarded by her two dogs. A boy going homewards saw the lady on the road, but the dogs would not allow him to approach. He obtained the assistance of elder persons, and the dogs gave up their lonely and faithful vigil. Miss Aston was carried to Brynford Rectory, where she re- mains, having sustained a fracture of the leg. Several other minor accidents are reported.

18NORANT MOTHERS. Surprised that Babies Cannot 8waikom Bacon. Some remarkable dwrkawiirw condition of children nursed on hire are made in the annual report of Miss Frances Zonetti, inspector to the Ohorlton Board of Gumdums. Inspection has not been easy, especially in the cases of some waawn who ba" for many years carried on bahy farming wifhont inter- ference. These women naturally resent the presswre of new rides, yet many of them need guidance far more than do younger women with less experience but more capacity for receiving inscrartion, and are frequmOy very ignorant as regards the treatment of in- fantile diseases and the proper feeding of babies. One woman, the mother of a large tmootf, gravely assured me that there must be same- thing wrong with the baby's throat, as it had so much difficulty in swallowing pieces of bacon, &c., supplied from the family table. Another woman, who boasted of her ex- perience of children, was in charge of a baby aged eight monihs, whom I found eating a raw tomato, of which I was told it was very fond. and which was said to be the only unsuitable article of diet it was allowed to taste this baby's bottle contained ground rice and water with no milk."

POOR AND WARSHIP WASTE. Adtwrsrlty Co-operate with Satvation Army. The Admiralty authorities at-chathwn h lent their countenance to a Salvation Army plan for the feeding of the local poor, with every prospect of the scheme being extended to other of the ports and dockyards where Navy men are stationed or are visitors. While the warships are in harbour a large qoantitv f of food is always left over, and this was treated as waste ,until the Chatham branch of the ..Anny requested that it should be given to 'them for the relief of poverty. The food does not consist of scraps from Jack Tar's table. It is available because, with numbers of men absent on leave, it represents a surplus supply, and would otherwise be wasted. Permission. to collect it was readily given to the Army officials by the Admiral Superintendent, and the men of the variotts vessels in port heartily co-operated with the Salvationists in the col- lection. The result has been most satisfac- tory. On one night alone 600 persons were fed, and it is hoped that by the time the win-. ter is over no fewer than 50,000 meals will have been provided. It is very probable that next winter the Salvation Army will extend the scheme to other naval ports if the consent of the authorities can be obtained.

At Builth Board of Guardians on Monday one of the relieving officers reported that a lad in the house was ready to go out to service When the lad was asked what he would like to be. he replied A parson." (Loud laughter.) The Rev. B. Owen: He shall be my curate., (More laughter.)

Reply to the Bishops, ALDERMAN RAFFAN'S VICTORY. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the eastern division of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Federation of- Free Churches, held at Wood-street Chapel, Cardiff, on Mon- day, the Rev. Thomas Richards, Newport, prtfciding, the following resolution was unanim- ously passed We desire to place on recotd our profound satisfactiOll that the recent election has shown an unprecedented majority of votes cast in support of candidates for Wales and Monmouthshire who are-pledged to assist in passing a Bill for the Disestablishment of the Episcopal Church in the Principality, the number in favour of such a Bill (260,576) showing a majority of 139,355 over the op- posing forces (121,521) j and we earnestly anticipate the passing of such a measure into law as soon as the block treated by the Peers has beien swept out of-the way. The President said the Disestablishment question was forced by the Church party at tne election—the bishops forced candidates into the field to fight it. The figures were significant. The following delegates were appointed to attend the Hull conference of the National Free Churches Council :-The Revs Thomas Richards, W. Davies (secretary), Thomas Bowen (treasurer), and Mr Herbert Price. The following were nominated for places on the National Executive :—The Revs. Thomas Richards, W. Davies (Penarth), D. Davies (Penarth), W. A. Cooper (Penarth), H. Abra- ham (Newport), Mr Bdward Thomas, J.P., and Mr Herbert Price. >

The Victorof Leigh. ALD. RAFFAWS WELCOME HOME. Alderman P. W. Raffan, M.P., who won the Leigh Division of Lancashire for the Liberals after a brief contest, returned to his home at Newbridge, Monmouthshire, on Monday, and was accorded an enthusiastic reception. He was accompanied by Mrs Raffan, and when the train arrived at Newport a large number of his admirers gave him hearty greetings. The assembled friends included Alderman W. Edwards, J.P. (vice-chairman of the Mon- mouthshire County Council), Alderman T. Parry, J.P., Dr. J. Lloyd Davies, J.P., Mr E. W. Evans (chairman of the Newport Junior Liberal Association), Mr J. Hazell, Mr E. A. Charles, Mr L. Cooper, Mr H. Badge, J.P., and Mr R. W. Thomas (Newbridge), Mr C. Dauncey, Mr T. G. James, and Mr A B. Badger. M.A., (Monmouthshire Education Committee), and the Rev. D. Bevan Jones (Caerleon). Alderman Raffan was heartily congratulated on his." sharp, short, and successful contest. Lefts than, a month ago," said one of the speakers. you went away hundreds of miles to a constituency where no one- knew you. To-day you come back as member of Parlia- ment for that constituency, after a contest where there were tremendous odds agamst you. It is a remarkable feat, one to be proud of." Propession at Newbridge. At Newbridge, where Alderman Raffan resides, a large number of .people had assem- bled, When the train steamed in loud cheers were raised, and the Abercacn band played See the Conquering Hero Comes." Mr and Mrs Raffan were escorted to an open carriage, and a torchlight procession, headed by the Abercarn band and the Newbridge bugle band, was formed, and paraded the streets to the Workmen's Institute, where a public meeting was held. The chair was occupied by Mr R. W. Thomas, a prominent local Conservative, and after Mrs T. J. DM"ie9 had presented Mrs Raffan with a bouquet from the local branch of the B. W. T.A., and Mr Rafian with a buttonhole from the local Reception Committee, oongratolatory speeches were delivered by the Revs. J. M. Jones. D. E. Williams. J. Rees (Abercam). Messrs W. James, M. H. Badge. J.P.. R. Davies, J.P.. T. Shepard. T. J. Davies, C. Morgan, and W. Price. Mrs Raffan thanked the inhabitants for their kind reception. Alderman RaffaTi, who was enthusiastically greeted, abo rekn-iied thanks. He said that they at Newbridge knew that he had always had the interests of the workers at heart, and that reception was a complete demonstration.; that the workers of Newbridge stfil bettered in his sincerity and integrity. They might depend upon it that he w°oj<Lnev«r give*, vote in the Mother of Parliaments contrary to the principles which he had advocated in those YaBeys. (Cheers.) After the meeting Mr and Mrs Raffan again entered the unhorsed carriage; and were

,drawn to Qlandwr, their residence. MR EDGAR JONES,, M.P., AT ROME. Heirty Reception at Waltstown. Mr Edgar R. Jones, the newly-elected iDem- ber for Merthyr Boroughs, had a. great recep- tion upon his return home to Wailoiowu On Mbndjpy. Upon.. his arrival at lVMt^ wrth tbe pl'l&pifjn. train a torchlight "procession'"was" formed headed b$- the Ynyshir Bras^JBand. under -the conductorsthip of Mr Day, the band being fqUowpd by the Wattstown and Ynysbir ço Brigades. Along the rocxte to 8ria 1,.W the now member was cheered again and again. Mr-Christmas Janes presided, and the Ivorites, the Surface Craftsmen's Association, the committee of the Wattstown Institute, and the ambulance brigades of the district sent delegates to ex- press to Mr Jones, their congratulations on his return to Parliament. Mr Tom John and Dr. Chaike paid high tributes to the hon. member. Mr Edgar Jones, who wasTecetved with cheecs, expressed deep gratitude for the kindly en- )Couragem-t given to him.

PEMBROKE BOftOUGHS. Sir George Armstrong Again Invited te Contest the Seat. At a well attended meeting of the Comniittee of the Pembroke and Hnaford- west Conservative Association at Neyland: a vote of thaakp was passed to Sir George Arm- strong for tW excellent fight which he made in the recent election," and a resolution was adopted extending to him a hearty invit.ation to again contest the seat. WELSH CAMPAIGN FUMO PROPOSED. TO THE EDITOR. S-rr,-Re Liberal campaign fund which is bemg urged by the Radical Press. Could we not have a fund- for WaLes ? I am by no means a weattby man .myselfjbat I would be wflling-am so would thousands of other younc peop(e-to give and do what I could to help, in the counteracting of the powerful influence of the Dory party. Up ttll now they have had their own iting, but the General Election which has just finished has roused in thousands of hitherto apathetic labecals a feeling of indignation at the methods of the opposite party, and of keen regret at the unpreparedness of the Liberal organisation. Let all Welshmen and Welshwomen do every- thing that fies in their power to prevent the doctrines of the Tory party undermining "the young people of Wades. The enemy are, and have been ail along, quietly but steadily spreading their ideas over the length and breadth of the country, aavd if they are allowed to get their own way, as they unfortunately have in the past, thay will suc- ceed in sowing seeds which will grow up to be a danger to the country, by poisoning the of the 70mg against the -pehiciples of their fatbers.-I am, Ac., I JONES. Cardiff, Jam. 31,19i0.

BUSINESS MAtrS SPECIAL. Manchester and Liverpool business men are, latter, to enjoy the twaaegts extended to Bir- mingham commercial men by the London and liorth-Western Railway Company, who are to start daily specials" to Broad-street equipped with a business office and shorthand typist staff. There has been a very successful mil dress rehearsal of the Birmingham to Broad-street run, everything being carried oat as far as practicable on the lines which will be adopted when the servifce is in fnfl uairting order. Among the details; practised was the steno- graphing and typing of letters by Miss Vine, the chief of the compauy^s staff of train typists. Miss Tarrant, one of her colleagues, divided duty with her an this trial spin. It was rather strange at first," confessed Miss Vine to a Press representative. hot when I became accustomed to the motion of the train typing was not nearly so difficult a matter as I had imagined it would be. Of course I could not write as quickly as if I were in my office, but I should thank that with prac- tice it would be easy to attain a high speed. I only missed the key oncewhen the trampaapod a crossing." Shotdd the innovation prove a success it will probably be extended to Manchester, Liver- pool, and other kapgthy rons.

NEWPORT BAKERS' PROGRAMME Negotiations are proceeding between the Newport Operative Bakers and Confectioners and the Newport Master Bakers and Confec- tioners' Association with a view to the forma- tion of a Conciliation Board for the purpose of considering local disputes. The men have submitted a programme of labour conditions to the masters, which include proposals for a 63 hours week, including meal times, that work be started not earlier than 5 a.m. except on Saturdays and special occasions, that double time be paid for all Sunday labour, that wages of first or single hands be 36s, second hands 32s, third hands 28s, that overtime be paid for at the rate of ordinary time up to 8 p.m.. after- wards time and half, that 54 hours shall con- stitute a week of regular night work, including six hours which shall be allowed for meals,, that one improver be allowed to every three men, that a full week's wages be guaranteed to all operatives regularly employed, and that employers adopt a system of apprenticeship.

Mrs McKenna, wife of the first Lord pf the Admiralty, gave birUp^toJa sou oc Monday at Admiralty House, Whitehall.

"Like an Avalanche." TON PENTRE PIT ROOF FALL. A timberman s death was the subject of aa inquest held at Gelli, Rhondda.on Monday, by Mr R. J. Rhys. coroner. The victim was Job-- Williams (62), Maindy Colliery (Ocean Coal Company), Ton Pcntre. Deceased. who was an experienced workman, was engaged in securing a portion of roof where a fall had occurred a week earlier, when, mthout any warning, it gave way again, and the un- fortunate man was buried beneath a hundred tons of debris. Fred Collins, a repairer, said he was on CL-i spot about a minute before the accident occurred, and had no suspicion there was any danger. Summing up. the Coroner said the disaster came in the nature of an avalanche. A verdict of Accidental death was re- turned. SEPTUAGENARIAN COWER-S FATE Mr R. J. Rhys, coroner, held an inquest at Penydarren on Monday on WilDam Kdmtmds (73), collier, who was killed at Rhas Las Pit, Fochriw, on Friday evening last. Edmunds, with other colliers, was going to the shaft bottom when he wag knocked down by a journey of trams. A verdict of Accidental death was returned. ABERTRIDWR COLLfER CENSUREB. The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Albert King, collier, of Caer. philly, who was killed at the Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr, was completed at Cardiff on Mon- day. Deceased was fatally injured by a m of stcme from the roof. After hearing fntthef evidence the jury returned a verdict of Acci- dental death," and asked the coroner to censure a colliery workman named Cross. The Coroner (Mr W. L. Yorath), addressing Cross, said the jury considered he had been very in- discreet in not carrying out the imtiucUons given him by the person in authority. Befcae removing a prop he should have provided double timbering. But for the fact that Cross was called away suddenly to assist with some trams he would probably have found hiuaaalf in serious trouble.

THE- DAYLIGHT COMET. Many people are still asking where to feflfc for the comet. An astronomical correspaoAaafc in the Glasgow Herald puts the answer his nutshell. Look to the right hand of the planet Venus after sunset—say about 6 pm. The comet is setting later each night. and getting higher in the sky after sunset. But it may be well to be a little more detailed. In the first place, then, the planet Venus is the-magnifiefenfc starlike object visible just now in the i rati south-west just after sunset. The comet ii now somewhat higher up than Venus, its declination being now northerly. It is moving north-eastwards, its right ascension increasing. It.is consequently moving lusocb a dmcttoD that it will in about a week be due north ct Venus—that is. on the fine joining the planet and the Pole of the heavens. As its movement north-eastwards contiznaes it will pass to the left of this line—and then the general direct* will be, look above Venus. Venus itself wffl cease to be a guide after ten dopys or-so, as It s setting sooner after-the son each raghfc. Observations of Astronomers. The Daylight Comet—or Comet" A JSN," te give it its official titIe-has been observed aa Greenwich every evening since Friday. A photograph of it was obtained at the Obowmb- tory on Friday at 6o'clock in the wcuiug. The. exposure was for five miautes, and showed that it has the usual characteristics of other brW comets. The tail has the appearance era bright hollow cone, as the shadow cast. by <2m nucleus darkens the central part of the cone. The tail measured ldeg.r about twice the waflh of the moon. As 6 o'okick in the eveoioc k somewhat early for an exposure of a phl«Hb image obtained is rather foggy. The comaM very near Venus, a little to the 29.-and W^JMM can be seen with a good pair of teuueui— Professor Turner, Director of Oxfoed Uulwua- sity Observatory, reports :—" Saturday canal seen in clear skv contfououiry focgn 5JMi nucleus hidden by hnrranr migt 6/40; Ml faint, but extended IBdeg. or 20deg. NM visible after nadeua set. Conditions Iwttef than any hitherto at*Ox £ ord, except, Jan. 20, when -comet mu<h bajghteL, thoogh MW mnch nearer horizon. Photographs taken Umvefsity Observatory butdc* Yetdowekqw&

LADY BAMCROFT IU. Due to Soar Miik "Wm Lady Bancroft, who retomedirom JtollBu stone last week with Sir Squirt- Bancroft, mm taken in suddenly. It was. that her indispoBtaon was doe to one of the mxmerons soar milk cures which are now in vogne. Hex condition is repaebod to be improving. In an interview with a Press representative, ■Sir Squire Bancroft stated her who retained to town from Folkestone last week. was-taken suddenly ilL Her throat wm poisoned, and th-g-rea symptoms were of ac alarming character. A prominent specialist who was away in the country came up by motor-car, and for 24 hoocs the gravest view vwv. entertsiaed as to her Ladyship's condition, Xiady Bitaawft had been taking the sour milk treatment for some little time, and had ex. perienced no ill effecrte whatever ^ntal the last suppiy. The milk wsoared." 044 Sirequire. Thatis to say. Lady Banrmnfl did not prepare it.herselL I understand from the doctor* that Am danger of the treatment is that some of taw prepared milk may be fooL" Physician's Warning. A physician, inroa-weEattttm with a Press representative, safei he was not surprised at Lady Bancroft's experience. The treatment is becoming very popofe* of late," he remarked, and it is time peopty learned to appreciate some of its dangers. Iv the first, place, it shoold not be taken without medical advice. Secondly, many-people pe. pare the sour milk themselves, in crude ways that are decidedly dangerous. "The milk hasto be scientifically fi i iniiitil, and the dangw is that it may become oca*' tammated. This can easSy hawean after the process of sourmg, maA tn ttat rf the milk is poisonous. Apart from this risk I am a treatment. When the soured milk Irwr beagby state it does much good."

ARTIST'S EXCJTfNG STORY. At the South-Westem Police Ooorfc-on IBbMt day Walter Jackson, aged 36, was-chaaga&otf remand with breaking and entering ahnoeeW Atbara-road, Teddington. on January 4B&, —4 with attempting to m order the occupier, Mf John Hunter Campbell, an artist and (tesignt^ Prisoner was«aid to harve been concerned number of burglaries in the district. Prosecutor, in the afternoon in qoesflM^ found the prisoner in the hall. Jackson ex* plained that he had called about taking votwuf at the house. but after some conversation bt suddenly hit prosecutor over the head wNb jemmy. Prisoner subsequently pointed « revolver at Mr Campbell and polled the U*M- three times, but fortunately the weapon miaarf, fire. Dr. John C. Pooie, of Hanmfaou Wi^aall that but for the fapet-Hiat MrOampbeB wearing. a thick wig has skull-might have beft fractured. William Woods, a gardener, said he aaa prnooer run out of prosecutor's house jemmy in one hand. Jackson ran aaw, aw witness chased him. He went intto of an empty house, and, jumping en the fi- sat there, pointing; a at me," wituem added, and said, "If you touch me rn blow your brains oat." The prisoner stibeequeoflbf goto^er ttoe fesice into the garden of Ooieheft RAd and mesped Witness nft in ininln iili irfl fled him at the Police Court- Another witness said he saw accused climb over the fence of Ooichett Hall and walk away. Detective Magner deposexi to ifndSW the a*- volver produced in the grounds of Ootcbstt HaIL It was loaded in three chambers. When prisotner was arrested a bag of cartridges and three keys were found on him. The cartiifltpe* corresponded with those found in the it iwiaaa A jemmy was. found at his lodgings. Accused was committed for-trial.

INVENTED CRIMES. St. Petersburg, Thursday.—A remadcStilt illustration of Russian secret police methods is furnished by the Z case, which has just been eacaeainee by the supreme court-martial. In hit capacity as chief of the secret police at Vla- divostok Zavaritzky showed such great zeal. that after a time there was nothing left for him to do. He thereupon began to invent crimes. He wrote a letter to the commander of the fortress threatening him with death and signed it The Vladivostok Revolutionary Com- mittee." He filled many people's resideneft with propaganda literature, and arrested inno* cent youths, and finally sent to his own Amt a coffin contabmig a bomb, which, however, did not explode. When at last these exploit! became known to the commander of Vladivos- tok he caused Zavaritsky to be arrested, and court-martial sentenced the zealoos secrcl police chief and two of his assistant,4 to thre« years' imprisonment. A complaint which Zavaritsky managed to get conveyed to tbK Procurator-General led to the sentence being countermanded, but as the result of a retrial! by the supreme court-martial, Zavaritaky aZA. his underlings have now been sentenced t* four years' hard labour.—Central News.

At a Cardiff inquest on Monday evidence W84 taken with regard to the death of Jobs Lewis (48), coal trimmer, of Tenby-street Cardiff. As far back as May last deceased was helping to fix a tally in order to run coat into the hold of the ss. Calyx when his foot silppod on the deck of the ship and he sustainec a rupture. He died last Friday. The medica evidence was that death was due to tubercular I trouble of the right lung. The doctor did nof think the ajcddoot had contributed to tht doath, but it was possible that the injury ha« hastened it. The jury returned a verdict ir accordance u-ith the medical evidence, and ex pressed the opinion that had boa accordance with the medical evidence, and ex pressed the opinion that had boa hastened by Uuo accident.