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1 SWANSEA MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF AT THE FEET OF A CORNISH GIRL. WANTED HER TO ELOPE WITH HIM. James Taylor, whom the police believe to be a married man with a family, shot him- self at the feet of a girl at St. Buryon, a Oornish village, on Thursday. Taylor went to St. Buryon three years ago from Swansea. He immediately iden- tified himself with the Bible Christian Society, and taught in the Sunday School, where he met a local postman named Kemp, who frequently took him home to dinner and tea. Taylor, who was fifty years oft age, a.nd lived in a tumble-down hemee two miles dis- tant, became acquainted with Cscilia, the postman's nineteen-year-old daughter, and last Easter he is alleged to have sent heT a letter asking her to elope with him. This letter, however, fell into the hands of the girl's parents, with the result that Taylor was forbidden the house. There was a knock at the door of Kemp's house on Thursday morning, to which Mrs. Kemp replied. She found Taylor waiting outside, and he said that he wanted to see Cecilia. When he was refused he palled out a revolver, whereupon Mrs. Kemp slammed the door in his face. He imme- diately fired a shot, which narrowly missed her. The door was at once re-opened, and Mrs. Kemp, pushing Taylor aside, rushed off in search of her husband at the post office. Cecilia, the daughter, who was in bed, heard the shot and her mother's screams, and hurried out of bed to ascertain the cause of the disturbance. As she reached her bedroom door she saw Taylor ascend- ing tho stairs with a revolver in his hand. Taylor said "I am going to shoot you." The girl made an attempt to get past him, but, shouting "See what I will do," Tay- lor placed the revolver against his temple and fired, falling dead at the girl's feet. THE DECEASED AND SWANSEA. In reply to a telegram from the "Daily Post," the Chief Constable of Penzance states that Taylor's occupation was a haw- ker, but that his address at Swansea is unknown to the Penzance police.

NEATH SOLDIER SENT FOR TRIAL MOTHER'S BLOW ON HEAD WITH A POKES At Neath on Tuesday, John Gleary, soldier on furlough, was chajtfai with wounding his mother. Ellen Cleary, Elias-street. Complain.ajrt said defendant. after giving! hier 5s., went out. and returned the worse for drink and asked for the return of the money. Witness ran to another room, bnt he oame a.fter her ani struck her on the bead with a, poker. Dr Thomas said the wound was a long one. but was healing. I> .8. Michael said he arrested prisoner, who replied: "1 have nothing to say." Defendant now said be remembered no- thing. Bench committed him for trial a.t the next Quarter Sessions.

LONG FAST OF SHEEP. CAPTAIN OF SWANSEA TRADER FINED. Alexander Reid, the master of the Swan- sea trading steamer, Princess Louise, was at Glasgow, OIl Monday, fined L5 for two contraventions of the Diseases of Animals Act. He admitted having carried 303 sheep on board the Princess Louise during a voy- age from Glasgow to Liverpool, without providing them with sufficient food, water, or attendance. Dr. Neilson (Fiscal) paid that when the ship reached Liverpool 32 of the sheep were dead. The average passage was from 20 to 21 hours, and on this occasion no fodder W:i" put on board. It was said on behalf of the captain that sheep were fetching such low prices that the owner determined to send them to I, «erpooi, and a telephone message was re- ceived aboard the Princess Louise shortly before sailing. Consequently proper ar- rangements could not be made.

MOTOR AMBULANCE"BUSY. ANOTHER If ALL FROM A LANDORE GANTRY. ■ The Swansea motor ambulance was called out on many occasions on Boxing Day. Thomas Bevan (38), 43, Market-street, Morriston, a fitter at the Mannesmann Tube Works, Landore, was taken to the Hospital, having disc located his left ankle by falling from a gantry girder, a distance of 25 feet. PARK-STREET MAN'S SCALP WOUND. Eli Curtiss, 31, Park-street, Swansea, sustained a scalp wound by falling down. He was taken to the Hospital, but not de- tained. GREENHILL MAN HAS A FALL. Henry Limb art (28), Greenhill-street, Swansea, received injuries to his leg by falling; over eome st«*pe. AN UNPLEASANT "SALUTATION." Catherine James. Salutation-court, Swan- sea, injured her ankle on Monday by falling over a step leading to her house. She was taken to the hospital.

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SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT SWAN- SEA. "TAXI" V. CAB HORSE KILLED OUTRIGHT. A collision between a taxi-cab, driven by Mr. Odo Chapman, and a horse and cab owned by Messrs. Bullin Bros. (driven by Charles Kempton), took place at Walter- road, at the top of Page-street, Swansea, shortly after Monday midnight, and it re- suited in the horse taking fright and dashing down Page-street at great speed. The oeeupanU of the cab were MT, and Mrs. St. Holier Tweney, Mansel-street. The cab was about to enter Page-street, when the taxi-cab, which was coming down Wal- ter-road, struck the hind part of the vehicle, with the result already mentioned. The driver lost control of the animal in conse- quence of the harness and shaft breaking, and at the bottom of Page-street the horee collided with an electric feeder box, Kemp- ton was pitched through the window of Mr. Connor's fruit ehop near by, and Mr. and Mrs. Tweney thrown out of the cab, which overturned, but, miraculously escaped with- out injury. The horse was killed as a result of the impact, and the cab considerably damaged. Kempton statee that the motor-car was being driven at the rate of twenty miles an hour Mr. Chapman says he did not see the cab until he was close upon it, and in order to avoid a collision attempted to pass behind the cab. when the "taxi" skidded.

THINK! WHAT OF THE CHIL- DREN? CANON MACLOUGHLIN'S ADVICE TO CATHOLICS. QUESTION TO BE PLACED ABOVE ALL ELSE. Canon McLoughlin, during the course of an a,ddre65 to his people, at Llanelly Roman Cathilic Church on Xmas Eve, stated that the church was passing through trouble- some times. He was much concerned about their religion and their schools. These were questions that ffhould be placed above all else. What would become of them without their religion? Incidentally, he mentioned the recent political meeting at Llanelly, and stated that strange doctrines were being preached. An election was approaching. He had been told that priests should not interfere with politics. It was the future of the church and the education of the children he was troubling about. At an election he once lost the best friend he ever had in the whole world. That was what killed Father Fitzgerald, igpe of the best men that ever lived. It was the trouble over the chil- dren that killed him. He was not going to ast them to do anything, but he would urge them to go quietly to their homes and think.

SWANSEA TRAWLERS' JEOPARDY. EXCITING TIMES IN PORTUGUESE FLOODS. ONE SINKS; OTHERS BUMPING ON ROCKS. ALL THE CREWS SAFE. By the rising of the river Douro, in Portu- gal, great devastation has been caused to British shipping, and Swansea has suffered considerably, the Castle Trawler, Picton Castle, having been capsized and sunk, while two other steam trawlers, named the Salome and Gwyneth, belonging to Mr. Christie, of Swansea and Milford, have broken from their moorings in the river, and the last heard of them is that they were on the rocks. The crews in each case are eafe. Each trawler carried some 11 bands, the Piciton Castle being in charge of Capt. Kingston; the Salome under Capt. Sheldon, and the Gwyneth under Capt. D. Harrison, each belonging to Swansea. A reassuring message has been received from Capt. Kmg- ston, which is posted up at the Castle Trawlers' Office, Fish Wharf Swansea "Ship lost; crew all safe." The river is a favourite one for the fcund- ing of fish, and the three trawlers, which left Swansea a.bout November 27th, pro- oeaded there with catches, when the floods came on and the fresh water came down at the rate of ten miles an hour. The river banks ware flooded for miles and the ships located there began to break from their moorings. Information received at Swansea shows that a big steamboat and a Portu- guese man-of-war crashed into the Picton Castle, which was driven down and cap- sized. Little hope is entertained locally that either the Gwyneth or Salome will be re- floated. One gentleman in the town has heard the Gwyneth is lost and the Solome is in difficult efcraite. Messages from Uporto have been greatly delayed during the last two days, and re- ports go to show that apart from the enor- mous damage to shipping the floods have caused terrible havoc in Spain, and it is feared that the death roll will be a very heavy one. So far as the Douro is con- cerned a message two days ago stated the river had risen from 30 to 40 feet. Enquiries made at the Swansea, risking offioes go to show that the crews of the three local trawlers are safe. Mr. Heron, the manager of the Castle Steam Trawling Co., went to Oporto on Sunday. The Picton Castle is one of the best boats of the Swansea fleet, she having cost some £7,500 18 months ago. The Salome and the Gwyneth came to Swansea about a month a.go from Milford, and belong to Mr. Christie, who has opened an office near the Swansea Fish Wharf. The three vessels are roughly valued at £21,000, and it is stated the loas is mostly covered by insurance. REASSURING NEWS FROM PORTUGAL. Nothing further has been heard from Oporto to lead to the belief other than that the crews of the Swansea- trawlers Pioton Castle, Salome and Gwyneth are safe, al- though, as reported on Monday, the c.,raft were lost in the great storm in Portugal. The owner of the Salome and Gwyneth— Mr. S. P. Christie—left Swansea, on Tues- day for Oporto, and Mr. Crawford Heron, manager of the Castie Co., who own the Picton Castle, arrived at the Portuguese port on Tuesday afternoon. Some anxiety was felt locally for the crews of three other Swansea trawlers, who were in the same locality at the time of the storm, but news has been received to the eifoct that the Langland Cattle, Oxwich Castle, and the Vinca ale safe at Leixoee, five miles from Oporto, but a much eafor and more sheJtered spot than the latter. The Vmoa is a new Swansea acquisition, having been purchased from Milford by Qapt. Garnkam, and being on her firet voyage under, her new owner. THE CREW OF THE PICTON CASTLE The crew of the Picton Cattle, whioh will arrive in England on one of the mail-boats, consist of W. Kingston (captain), J. Taylor (mate), C. Smaidon, J. Bakinist, Short, Beckett, Bolan, Sheldon. Buckney, Price CARDIFF TRA WIÆRS PLIGHT. Two utterly exhausted men in a small boat were picked up off Kerry Head at mid- night on Sunday, and taken into Baliy- heige. They were the master and a deck hand of the steam trawler Monarch, of Car- diff, and they reported that on December 17, when they were 200 miles west of the Kerry coast, the main steam pipe buret, and four men were scalded severely. The Monarch was helpless and began to drift. There was practically no food on board and as the injured men were suffering acutely the captain took one man with him and decided to make for tlie shore for help. They rowed and drifted for nine days in weather which was so bad that their" beat was frequently on the point of being swamped. There are still saven men on the Monarch, and the Fenit lifeboat at onoa went out to look for her, but nothing had been heard by yesterday afternoon. Rear- Admiral Paget sent H.M.S. Thursh from QuøeIWtown on Monday evening to search for the trawler. DISABLED VESSEL PICKED UP. The Press Association says the disabled trawler Monarch was picked up off the Blasket Islands on Monday night by the trawler Weymouth, and towed into port at Tralee. Tho Monarch Delonged to Cardiff and a owing to the accident in the engine-room she was disabled and four men scalded. Th? captain and one man left for assistance in a small boat and were picked up on Monday.

SIMPLE ACCIDENT CAUSES DEATH OF LLA.JTELLY DOUBLES. An inquest was held en Xmas Eve M Carpel Ails Vestry, I, Lin ell y, respecting the death of W.Mliam H. Ward IUI, doubler. Pottery-place. Mr M. Hiabaxds represented Ztiessrj R. Tlhomas and 0<x Mr J. Lewis, manager of the works, was also present. Mrs Ward said her husband came home a fortnight ago complaining of a fall. Ho worked for a week ami then took to fcia bed and d-i-ed ovi the 23rd. Last January he had an accident necessitating the am- putation of a finger. Evan Williams, Llewelly^treet, saw de ceased fail, but he continued to work. Oa sevroal occasions aftervmmùlS (deceased said that the shaking caiuaed by the fall affected him very much. Dr Edgar Davies said death was due to ocote meningitis, which might have been caused by tie fall. The inquiry was adjourned until Thurs- day for the attendance otf the Factory In- spector.

WELL DONE, SWANSEA. EXCELLENT BEHAVIOUR OVER THE HOLIDAYS. Swansea behaved itself admirably over the Christmas holidays, and the police have no cause for complaint as to the be- haviour of the crowds who visited the town. There, was very little drunkenness, there being only three cases before the magistrates on Tuesday morning.

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HOLYHEAD MURDER. 1 LABOURER SURRENDERS. CHRISTMASTIDE CRIME. Holyhead was on Christmas night the scene of a squalid tragedy. The victim was Mrs. Gwen Bll-en Jones, said to be the daughter of a Mr. and Mrs. Parry, ot Bethesda, whose husband lives at Llanfair- fechan. On the charge of having murdered her William Murphy (49), labourer, is lying in Holyhead Police Station, he having given himself up to the police 1a.te on Christmas night. Deceased was 35 years of age, and had been seen begging in the streets oi Holy- head, with a child. The parties resided in Baker-street, one of the poorer streets, and a week ago Murphy, in conversation with men in Baker-street, is alleged to have said that he would do tor Gwen Jones, and that she would not live to eat her Christmas dinner. I Jones appears to have epeint practically the whole of Christmas evening in the com- pany of a woman named Lizzie Jonee, ot 61, Baker-kstreet, and they went into a public-house near the railway station and had a drink together, remaining there about five minutes. On coming out they met 'I Mu.rphy, who was accompanied by a man named John Jones, better known as Johnny Flarnmia.n, and the four eattered into a con- versation, in the course of which Murphy ¡i askod Gwen Jones to come with him. Gwen Jones apked Lizzie Jones if she would ex- cuse her, as she wanted to see Murphy, and Lizzie JOTIf'> replied that it would be all right, and Murphy and Gwen Jones walked away together. Lizzie Jones then went home. About nine o'clock Murphy went to her house, and it is alleged that he said he had killed Gwen Jones.

RUSH AND CRUSH AT SWANSEA POST OFFICE. DIMENSIONS OF 1909 CHRISTMAS TRAFFIC. 4,000,000 LETTERS: 85,000 PARCELS. J Christmas at the Swansea Post Offioe was a very busy one. The approximate number of letters dealt with was about 4,000,000, or a quarter of a million more than last year. Parcels numbered 85,000, or 3,000 increase on Christmas, 1908 I In the South Wales travelling post offices, which a-re staffed from Swansea, 2,250,000 letters and 75,000 parcels were dealt with, and these showed proportionate increases over those of last year. Christmas cards formed a very large pro- portion of the letters, and the parcels, as I usual, comprised almost every conceivable form of article, from the seasonable braoe of pheasants to the baby's rattle. In regard to the general arrangements the work was undoubtedly heavier than in any previous yerr. In fact, year by year the growth of Swansea has its reflex in the Christmas strain upon the postal staff. The response this year was ready and hearty, a j very gratifying fact having regard to the circumstance that the department was in charge of Mr. John Howell, who, since the recent death of Mr. E. Taylor, is the acting- postmaster, and an absolutely clear disipa-tch was made of the night mail of Christmas Eve and the West Wales mail of Christmas morn- ing. The staff was considerably augmented by the engagement of temporary clerks and postmen, the majority of whom had been re- commended from the unemployed list of the Local Distress Committee. Their work, we are officially informed, was very satisfactory.

¿f I BRITISH NAVAL SECRETS. GRAVE CHARGE AT PORTSMOUTH. A case involving the alleged theft of a wireless telegraph receiver from the naval torpedo school ship Vernon, brought against a draughtsman named Richard Sidney Knowiden, aged 24, assumed additional gravity «,t Portsmouth on Tuesday, when prisoner caree up on remand. Charges were added under the Official Secrets Act of unlawfully obtaining plans, modeis and sketches of apparatus connected j with wireless telegraphy, which he was not j entitled to obtain, with tlie object of pos- ( sessing himself wrongfully of secret infor- tmatmn. In opening the case Mr. Bodkin, instruct- ed by the Public Prosecutor, said the new charges extended over a long period. From .1' documents and plans found at prisoner's house it would seem he bad required them for his own purpose, contrary to his duty and orders. During the past two years there had been a continued drawing of plans and other documents until 80 had been accumu- lated. These, said counsel, had been found at prisoner's private house, together with instruments of the value of £ 20, which had also been taken from the Vernon. In June last, Mr. Bodkin continued, prisoner was seeh making copies of certain documents his explanation that he was assisting others in preparing for an examination being deemed fairly satisfactory. Three detectors in prisoner's possession contained impor- tant improvements, the res-ulta of experi- ments by naval officers on the Vernon, I while prisoner had drawings which con- stituted a record of advanced discoveries in 1 wireless telegraphy by naval officers as well as sets of'drawings ir-sued to officers only. In the course of evidence for the prosecu- tion it was stated that when prisoner was arrested at the dockyard gates on December 17th, with a wireless telegraph receiver in his possession, he said: "I cannot think why I took it; I know I ought not to have I taken it." Among the official documents found at prisoner's house were five place relating to I shipbuilding.

WELSH DAIRYMAN'S SAFE. RATHEK A COOL BURGLARY Afr ISLINGTON. » Six men stole a safe from a dairyman's shop in Halfmoom-cresoent, Islington, on Sunliay uight, in the presoaoe of a crowd of beys who watched its removal with great interest. Mr Evan Evans, the proprietor, left the premises about eight o'clock, and the six men, who appeared from different directions, at onoe set t-o work. Two of them entered the shop by a side door, and after they hajd subdued the barking cf two dogs, three other men entered. The sixth remained in the street to watch a barrow, in which the safe was to be wheeled away. Presently five men emerged from the side tfOor, oarrying a weighty looking object covered with a mackintosh, alud the boys of the neighbourhood looked on in amazement. T'he burden was placed in p. barrow. and thee ompany moved off, two proceeding down an adjoining rotaid with the bajrrow, and thf, others disappearing1 in different directions. A little way down the road the men with the barrow coolly walked past a JlDliceman, who apparently mistook them for a couple of costers who bad been doing a little Sinn. day business. Meamwhile the boys had realisai that a robbery had ocourred, and one of them informed the police, but before the latter appeared aJl trace of the men had been lost. The earfe, wbioh contained only a small sum of money and a number of papers, was found broken open on Monday morning in the area of an empty house in a neigh- bouring street.

CHRISTMAS TRUCE CLOSES. CHAMBERLAIN AND PENSIONS. The general political armistice ends on Tuesday, when all parties hold meetings throughout the country. From now the campaign will daily grow fiercer until the polling opens in London on Friday, January 14. and in the country as a whole on Satur- day. January 15. Mr. Balfour is steadily recovering from his attack of pulmonary catarrh, and will Jeave Whittingehame, East Lothian, next week, to open his series of speeches at Hanley on January 4. Mr. Asquith, who has meantime rejoinea nis tamily at Arcnerneid, Hast ix)- thian, will speak at Brighton on January 4. Mr. Lloyd George returns to the fray at Reading on Saturday. The remarkable activity of the Unionist Peers is shown by the fact that they wdlli address more than two-thirds of the 165 meetings to be held by Unionist leaders in the next eleven days.

"FACTS FROM MR. URE." CHAMBERLAIN AND THE PENSION MONEY. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has addressed the following letter to the editor of the "Newcastle Daily Journal," who forwarded him an extract from a recent speech by Mr. Edward Shortt, Liberal candidate for New- castle, stating his disbelief in the ability of the Conservatives to raise the money re- quired for old-age pensions if they rely upon Tariff Reform or protective taxes for their re ven ue "I have received your letter, with copy of paragraph from Mr. Shortt's speech, and can only say he has no authority for the state- ment he is alleged to have made. We shall have enough for old-age pensions, I do not doubt, and in addition we shaJl find, I think, no difficulty as to the revenue. "Mr. Shortt has apparently taken his facts from Mr. Ure. He should be more careful about his authority, and if he wants to know what the Unionists will do he should apply to Mr. Balfour or to somebody who represents them, instead of going for the politics of his opponents to his friends."

DARING SWANSEA BURGLARY JB100 STOLEN FROM LOCAL JEWEL- LER'S. A daring burglary was penpetrated nt the premises of Mr. E. EJwill, jeweller and pawnbroker, Goai-street, Swansea, on Wednesday night, when jewellery and other articles, estimated by Mr. Ehvill at close upon JS100 were stolen. Entrance was effected by scaling a wall by means of a ladder at the back of the prer mises, and forcing upon the back door. The window was practically stripped of its con- tents, entrance to which had to be effected by prising a door. The safe, which contained a sum of money, was tampered with, but without tangible results. The burglar or burglars worked by candle light, marks of tallow being visible on glass cases.

LLOYD-GEORGE'S LLANELLY SPEECH. A FEW FACTS ABOUT TIN PLATES FOR THE CHANCELLOR. "A Unionist Candidate" writes to Tues- day's "Times" In the report of Mr Lloyd-George's speech at Llanelly, in alluding to the tinplate in- dustry Mr Lloyd-George said that Llanelly amd district solid five amd a half million pounds' worth cf tinplates annually to the whole world, and that last year we sent America £ 885,000 worth. The following, taken from the Statistical Abstract of the United States for 1908, page 518. is instructive, and ::ivæ the figures which Mr Uoyd-George carefully omitted to draw attention to:— "Value of tinplates imported) from the United Kingdom—1891, 55.645.076 dollars worth, or over L7,000,003 worth. The average for the years 1889, 1890, 1891, was over £ 5.1 million worth; 1908, 4,279,862 dollars worth, or £855.000 worth." Thus we see that we exported to the United States at the time the tariff was put on more tham we export to the whole world now. Tthis blow to our tinpl-ate industry is described by Mr Lloyd-George as "a remark- able triumph for Free Trade." And he told his delighted hearers that they were now "reaping their reward," adi "were held up as an example to the whole of Britain, etc. The rapid growth of the tinplate industry In the United States under a, tariff one would think was rather a shining example of how an industry under a tariff may be built up by Protection. It mray not be long, if Free Tra/Ji° is to continue, before Mr Lloyd-George discovers that even our tin-plate trade will be competed with in its home market, as it already has been in its Canadian market.

•a SWANSEA CAGE BIRD ASSOCIA- TION. FOURTH ANNUAL SHOW AT THE MACKWORTH. The fourth annual radius show of the Swansea and District Cage Bird Association was held on Monday afternoon at the Mack- worth Stock Rooms, High-street. There were over 200 entries in 35 classes. The judge was Mr. D. A. S. Longden, Sketty, and the hon. secretary, Mr. Alf. Hitchings. PRIZ2 LIST. Norwich yellow 1, C. Vyse; 2, D. Jer- Norwich buff 1? S. H. George; 2, R. Mabbett; 3, D. Jeremy. „ 0 e Norwich ben 1> r•, Heal; 2, o. H. George. Norwich, unflighted: 1, C. Vyse; 2 and 3, W. Stock. Yorkshire cock 1 and 2, A. E. Taylor. Yorkshire hen 1, J. Mock and Son; 2, W. R. Taylor; 3, A. E. Taylor. Yorkshire non-fed 1, A. E. Taylor; 2 and 3, A. C. East. Border yellow 1 and 3, A. Steins; 2, R. H. Mugford. Border buff 1, A. Steins; 2, E. M. Evans; 3, D. Williams. Border uneven or variegated 1, J. Richards; 2, J. Hocking; 3, Sampson. Border green: 1 and 6, J. Kichards; d, J. Hocking. Border green buff 1 and 2, J. Hocking; 3, J- Richards. Any other variety 1 and 2, A. Hitch- ings. Selling: 1, E. M. Evans; 2, C. Vyse; 3, J. Richards. Selling, 10s. 1, F. Heal; 2 and 3, A. Hitchings. Dark goldfinch mule 1 and 2, T. Thomas; 3, D. Lewia. Dark linnet mule 1, Arthur Ward. A.O.V. mule 1, R. Mabbett. Goldfinch 1, G. Thomas; 2, F. Heal; 3, G. Balch. Linnet 1, S. J. Nicholas; 2 and 3, J. Bancroft. « Linnet, 1909 1, W. J. Bancroft; 2, 0 Thomas 3, E. Howard. Siskin or twait 1, W. J. Bancroft; 2, W. J. Donnell; 3, W. J. Jenkins. Red poll 1, J. E. Jeffries, 2 and 3, D. J. PROSCCR Bramble nnch 1, E. Howard; 2, Phil Jenkins; 3, D. Prosser. Chaffinch 1, W. J. Bancroft 2, H. Jen- kins; 3, C. Vyse. Greenfinch 1, W. J. Bancroft; 2, S. Price; 3, T. Balch. A,O.V. British 1, S. Pnce; 2, II. Jen- kins. Soft bill: 1, D. Williams, 2, H. Jen kins; 3, P. Edwards. Bullfinch 1 and 2, S. Price; 3, R. Mab- bett. SPECIALS. Best canary in show A. Steins. Best British W. J. Bancroft. 1 Best mule Gomer Thomas. J

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£1,200,000 PROFIT. GREAT TRAMWAY DEAL. PIERPONT MORGAN AGAIN. New York, Monday.—Mr. Pierpont Mor- gan, known as an inveterate buyer,-figures to-day in the sale at a profit of over a million sterling of Chicago tramways. One of his great purchases five years ago was that of 95 per cent. of the stock of the Chicago City Railway Company for £ 9,734,000. In this transaction tie co-operat- ed with the late Mr. Marshall Field, Mr. John T. Mitchell, the Illinois Trust Savings Bank, and more than a hundred others. He has now sold this property for £10.939,500 to the Chicago City and Con- necting Railways Company, which is formed, it is believed, with the object of bringing the entire local traction system of Chicago under one organisation. It is understood that the plan is to con- stitute a gigantic "combine," with a. capital of £80,000,000, which would be easily the greatest surface traction company m the world. Last year 340,000,000 passengers wore carried by the Chicago tramwaya.- ("Daily Mail.")

.=, TRADE AT WEST WALES DOCKS BAD WKATHEE RESTRICTS SWANSEA. EXPORTS. COAL TRADE QUIET: IMPORTS BRISK. (Specially Compiled for the "Daily Poet.") Swansea, Monday.—Although there was a good supply of tonnage last week, the wea, feber was msot unfavourable and consider- ably restricted the export trade. The im- port trade, however, was again brisk, and the total imports and exports give an in- crease of 17,000 tons compared with the oor- rexpanding week last year. The coal and patent fuel trades were quiet pnd the gen- eral exports only moderate. Imports inciuded-Sweden, 600 loads tim- ber; Eiussia, 1,200 tons sleepers, and 570 loakte timber; Norway, 1,720 tons iron pyrites; Germany, 786 terns general; Holland and Belgium, 700 tons general; Prance. 1,710 tons pitwood, 1,004 tons zinc ore, and 112 tons general; Sparn, 2,970 tons iron ore, and 200 tOOllS copper ma,tte; Canada, 2,594 loads tim- ber; Mexico, 340 tons bar copper, and 643 tons copper matte; San Francisco, 58 tons fruit. Goal shipments-Sweden, 3,790 tons; Nor. way, 650 tons; Germany, 8,135 tons; Holland aoti Belgium. 8.390 tons; France, 23,470 tons; Spain, 2,340 tons; Italy, 11,650 tons; Tunis. 1750 tons; Brazil, 2,080 tons; and home ports, 4,685 tons. Patent fuel-ktraxoe, 940 tons; ItaJy, 700 tons; Tunis, 400 toms; and Braail 3,000 tons. Imports, 25,915 tons; exports, 81,037 tanej and total trade, 106,952 tons; compared with 130,616 tons the previous week, and 89,784 tons the corresponding week last year. Shipments of ooal, 67,960 tons; patent fact, 5,040 tons; and tinplates and general goods, 8,039 tons. The latter were for—Germany. Holland, Belgium, Franco, Portugal, Italy, New York, anli home ports. Shipments of tin/plates, 67,908 boxes, and re- ceipts from works, 87,542 boxes. Stocks in the dock warehouses and vans, 124,093 boxes, compared with 104,459 boxes the previous weak, and 176*350 boxes at tins date last year. The followiug vessels are due to load geDo eral cargo in the current week-Hero (Rot. terdam), Juno (Amsterdam), City of Oadoz (Hamburg), Dokka (Copenhagen amhi Stettin). Adolf (Gothenburg), Achilles (Nantes and Rordieaux), Venedotian (Mediterranean porta), Flavian (Italian Ports), Skyros (Batoum amd Odessa), Amasis (Alexandria), amd Bristol City (New York).

PONTARDAWE RAILWAY MEN. BOUND OVER UNDER PROBATION, ACT. TASTE FOR GLOVES: SERIOUS CHARGE. At. Pontardawe, on Friday, Rupert John Workman., checker, Pontardawe, and Wm. George Milne, drayman, Pontardawe, were charged with stealing eight pairs of gents' gloves, value 19s. 4d., the property of the Midland Railway Co., on December 18th. Mr. C. B. Jenkins defended. Mr. Tumor (Birmingham), prosecuting for the company, said there had been nu- merous complaints of theft on the railway. Goods had not only been pilfered, but par- cels of drapery, and the company had had to pay compensation of from L10 to JB15 a month. Things had come to such a. pass it was time it was stopped. James Dingley, stationmaster, said Workman's wagee were 21s. weekly and Milne's 23s. They were both single. On December 18th a parcel of drapery arrived from London addressed to Mr. John Davies, draper, Pontardawe. It was Workman's duty to check parcels and compare them with the invoices. An entry on this par- ticula,r invoice in his handwriting read: "Paper torn when received at Pontardawe; apparently pilfered." David Williamson, manager for Mr. Davies, said the parcel had been much torn, and eight pairs of gloves missing, the cost of which had been claimed from the company. Wm. Evans, divisional superintendent, Birmingham, said he saw Workman and told him he was suspected of the theft. Workman replied "I have one pair. They are in my box; I will bring them down at the dinner-hour." Witness told him that would not do, and went to Workman's lodgings, where he found the gloves pro- duoou. He also found two Xmas ca-rds and some handkerchiefs, about which inquiries had been made. Workman was taken to the police-station. Milne, seen afterwards, said, "It's no use your searching my lodg- ings, you won't find anything," and added, that he had taken a pair of gloves, but got frightened and returned them to the parcel before delivery. When jointly charged, Workman said, "I had one pair." Milne said, "I had only one pair and put theaa back," Defendants denied having stolen more than onfo pair each. Mr. C. B. Jenkins pointed out that the theft, of the whole of the gloves had not been traced to the defendants. There was the possibility that the other gloves might have been abstracted elsewhere. That, however, could not excuse their theft. De- fendants had hitherto borne clean charac- ters they had very low wages. He strongly urged the desirability of not branding de- fendants as jailbirds, but giving them a chance to reform. Chairman said it was a serious offence; buth defendants were in positions of trust, and had abused that position. They had borne a good character up to now, and, taking all the circumstances into considera- tion, and that Milne, if convicted, would lose a pension, they had decided to bind them over under the Probation of Offenders' Act.

At Bridgend Eisteddfod prize winners ir- eluded: -Recitation (under 15): 1, W. J. Davies, Port Talbot; 2, Blodwen Williama, Pert Ta'lbot. Pianoforte solo, Miss Sara.h Griffiths, Swansea. Male voice party • Bargoed. Mixed choirs Skewen.

HIS SWANSEA CONNECTION. Further details of the dramatic suicide of the ex-Swansea pedlar, James Taylor, at I St. Buryan, in Cornwall, exclusively report- ed in the "Daily Post," show that Taylor first shot at Mise Kemp, daughter of a post- man, and at Mrs Kemp, afterwards shooting himself. Mr. Kemp says that "Taylor was aged about 50, and lived by himself in a cot- tage at Merry Maidens, two miles from St. Buryan. It is an out-of-the-way spot, with no other houses near. He has been here about three years, and was a hawker, tra- velling round the district in a pony-trap, sell- ing pins, needles, thread, and other articles, t and buying rabbit skins. We know little of his Life history He said he was born in i Chatham, and that he came to St. Buryan from some pla^e in Wales, where, we under- stand, he had ^wife and children. About two years since Tayior came to the United Methodist Chapel at St. Buryan, as a Sunday Schooi teacher and a member—for he seemed to b0 religiously inclined—and the other members used to take him home to dinner or tea on a Sunday, so that he could go to school in the afternoon, or chapel in the evening instead of returning to Merry Maidena.. Like the rest, I brought him to my house to meals. The Christmas be- fore last he was here and had his Christmas dinner with us, and we made him very com- fortable. "Seven or eight months ago—at Easter time—he made tiimeelf too much at home, got too friendly, and came in too often. So my wife forbade him to come to the house. Two evenings since then he has forced his way in. Once I took him by the arm and led him outside, and he never came in any more. "Taylor then threatened the wife that he would make her suffer for having him turned out, and as a consequence, I suppose, he has 6ent several bad letters-not fit to read—and beastly cards through the post. I expect it was my girl (meaning his daughter) that at- tracted the man here as much as anything." I Nlrs. Kemp says that "about 8..30 in the morning Taylor called at our house, and ask- ed to see the girl, meaning my daughter. Ho was wearing a hard hat, an 'oiler' coat, and leggings, and had with him his travel- ling kit, which he dropped in my porch. Ho had opened the porch door and come in. I unfastened the inside kitchen door and told him. he could not see my daughter, as she was in bed. The man then held up a revol- ver and fired it. The bullet tore a hole in the left sleeve of my dress without injuring me, went right through a wooden partition just inside the kitchen door, and lodged in a small bookcase on the other side of the parti- tion. The books must have stopped the bul- let. "Taylor got ready to fire another shot, but I shoved him on one side, bolted out of the doorway, and down the front garden, and ran to the Post Office, where my husband was. The two small children were in the kitchen. The little boy ran after me, and | the girl (aged 10) remained in the house." Miss Kemp now takes up the story. She 1 hays that "the man very coolly came up- stairs into my room, 2nd 1 was sitting on the side of the bed. He stood in tho centre of the room, put the revolver before my face, and, trembling, was going to puM the trig. ger. I shouted 'No, Tayior; no, Taylor!' He then told me he would show me what he would do with the revolver. Without say- ing another word, he put the revolver to his forehead, fired one shot, and fell dead on the bedroom floor. j "I ran downstairs. Father went up to the room and saw the body on the floor, and sent for the police." Mrs. Kemp repudiated any suggestion of a love attachment on the part of her doughter, who, she remarked, was too ill to even wash a dish, and, therefore, not fit to be married THE SUICIDE OF AN EX-SWAN SEA, PEDLAR. A verdict of "feio de se" was returned at the inquest on James Taylor, the ex-Swan- sea pedlar, who shot himself under remark- able circumstances at St. Buryon (Cornwall). Kemp, a postman, at whose house the I tragedy occurred, said he had not noticed I Tayior to be particularly fond of his daughter. On the morning of the occur- rence he saw his wife coming down the street. She was so excited that she could hardly tell him what was wrong. She said Taylor had gone upstairs to kill the girl, and had fired at her (his wife). He went to his house and saw Taylor dead on the tloor of his daughter's bedroom. He had a bullet wound in the temple, and by his, side was a pistol. Witness's daughter was I standing in the porch ef the house in her night clothes. She told him that when she was in bed she heard a commotion down- stairs and her mother screaming. She got out to come down and see what it wa-s. As she was sitting on tie side of the bed Tay- lor entered and put a pistol against his forehead. The Coroner Did he say anything?— No. She said "Taylor, don't don't." He said "I will show you what I can do," then put the pietol to his head and fired. The Coroner read a letter received from Taylor by tho Kemps. The latter said :— "Mrs. Kemp,—I am coming to see Cecilia some time this week. I hear that she is poorly. By seeing me might make her better. Being as I am as you say, I will be to the better. Nothing but a low life.—Jim Taylor." Taylor, in further evidence, was de- scribed as a very intelligent, quiet man, well up in the Scriptures. Mrs. Kemp showed the jury the blouee she was wearing when she was shot at by Taylor. The sleeve was torn away by the bullet, and the coroner congratulated her on her lucky escape. Sbe said they were on friendly terms with Taylor until Easter. He did not seem to be particularly attached to her daughter; he came in and sat down with the rest of them and chatted. She afterwards forbade him to come to the house. She told him that she had heard "talk around," and that her daughter, on account of her health, was not fit to be married to anyone. Taylor said he would have her by hook or by crook. Well, he must have told you that he was very fond of her?—He said he intended to have her and marry her. I said he should not have her while she was in my care. I fancy he thought she had money, and that I wanted to keep her because of her money. But didn't he admit that he was a mar- ried man?—Yes. He told her he was a married man with children. The Coroner remarked he considered Taylor could not have meant to shoot her but to frighten her. Beyond Taylor's in- fatuation for Mifis Kemp, there was noth- ing to show but that he was perfectly nor- mal and sane. As stated, a verdict of "Felo de se" was returned.

SWANSEA ELECTRICTnr STATION. The aoaual inspection of the Swansea. Electricity trtation took plaqo on Thived-ay evening, the OUairmaa of Committee (Mr Alex Sinclair;, being amongst the Corpora- tion memberr present The Electrical En- gineer, Mr Prnssman. took tibe committee I round and: everything was founli to be in a satisfactory state. J

SWANSEA "UNFORTUNATE" RESCUED FROM A WATERY GRATE. Susan Brown, an unfortunate, living on the Strand, Swansea, was rescued from drowning in the North Dock, Swansea, on Friday evening by Herbert Nicboits, 18, G L'e;:rLfieM>strieet, who jumped into the water rally dressed and succeeded in bringing the woman safety to the quay side. She was taken to the Hospital and sub- ccquently to the workhouse. It is alleged that Brown was under the influence of drink at the time of hex immersion.