The Cardiff Times

CRIPPLE CREEK. MOB INCONTROL. r' Riotous Scenes Described. A large number of Welshmen some time cmce emigrated to Cripple Creek, where on 20th Aasust the mob, as already reported, took posses- sion of the town. In view of the fact that some Welshmen may still be resident in Cripple Creek the following extract from a special despatch to the New York Herald ou tha day of the 3ia- j turbacce svill be read with interest :— i A mob is in control of the town, and whole- sale deportations were begun this evening. A dozen prominent men not iu entire sympathy with the citizens' movemeut have alrsady been run out of the district. Arme^ men on horse- back are now making a ronnd-np of the district to gather more men to drive from the country. Among those rleported are former Attorney- General Eugene N. Engly, Frank J. Hangs, attorney for the Western Federation of Miners J. W. Higgins, former president for the Cripple j Creek Carpenters' Union and Republican candi- date for alcisrman in the Fourth Ward at the last election H. M. N. Heimerdinger, one of the principal owners of the Interstate Mercantile ( Company of Butte, Mont. J. W. Hall, heavy stockholder in the Interstate Mercantile Com- ■ pany of Botte; J. C. Cole, former deputy dis- trict attorney for Teller county M. J. O'Neill, depnty coanty c'erii T. H. Parfet, former manager of the Union store in this city Albert Pierce, for ten years a prominent resident of this city and Frank Aikman, employed by the Interstate Mercantile Company. These men were corralled at various poirts in Cripple Creek, and at half-past six o'clock, when all had been herded together, thoy were started over the hills west of the town and marched toward Florissant, under a heavy armed suard. About five o'clock a crowd swept np Bennett- avenue toward the Union Store that was half a block away. Five hundred soldiers would have been powerless to have stopped the rush of men who were determined that the union store and all it3 sympathisers p'uoald be banished from the Cripple Crsek district. When the mob com- pleted its work the unionists were not only de- ported, bet every vestige of tho store was strewn I around and the stock was destroyed. The leaders of the mob that made tbe rash from Bennett-avenue and Second-street wero armed, and they rushed into the store both from the frcnt and rear, ordering the employes to throw up their hands. The command was obeyed quickly, and within a very few minutes the em- ployes of tho store, together with Eugene Eug- Jey, were led from the#store, followed by mem- bers of the crowd. What Engloy was doing I thare was not learned. Mr Meinerdinger, manager of tbe store, was in the Sheriff's office, a few doors above. Under- Sheriff Parsons left the office and went over to theaters. TIe was quickly seizsd. The Under- Sheriff did not have time to addre33 the crowd, as was his intension. Ho was taken up the atreet, about one hundred feet, where he was held a prisoner. Those to be deported were taken out toward Barnard Creek, three and a half miles away.

SMASHED BY A PROPELLER. SINGULAR FATALITY AT BARRY. A singular accident terminated fatally at Barry Dock on Saturday." In the evening a watchman, named William Thompson (64), who lodged at No. 38, Fryatt-street, and was engaged on board the ss Goldsbro', had taken a man ashore from the vessel, and was returning rn a beat across ^No, 1 dock, when he was pitched into tha water. The boat, it appears, was rowed astern of a loaded steamer, and tho back wash from the latter forced the small craft near the propeller of a steamer, which was light, the blades of whose propeller were revolving outside the water, and tho boat was smashed to pieces, precipitating Thompson headlong into the dock. lie was picked up in a Bemr-coascfcas state, and conveyed to his lodgings I fcy DocH-Ssrgeant Palmer on a stretcher. Dr, Bray, who attended him, found that he bad received injury in addition to the effects of his immersion, and he died at 9.30 the sar-e evening. Deceased was a native of Aberdeen, and had been a mate for many years, but during the last few years ha 1 been engaged as watchman on board vessels a: the decks. Inquest and Verdict. Mr E. B. LL Reece, deputy eoroaer; held an inquest at Barry Dock on Tuesday afternoon into the circumstances-tuteudiDg the death of William Thomson (57), a watchman, who-died after being npset from a boat at the docks on Saturday last. John Thomson, of Aberdeen, deceased s brother, identified tho body. Walter Nash, who wit- nessed the accident, said hesaw deceased trying to push his boat away from the s.s. Regent in the dock, and was near the propeller, which was revolving. He failed to do so and the propeller caught the boat and knocked it over, throwing deceased into the water. Deceased clung to the wreckage of the boat, and WR3 picked up within a few minutes. Deceased soon became uncon- BCIOUS, however, and means to restore respiration Were resorted to, and ha recovered consciousness I before being conveyed to his lodgings at 38, I rvatt-street, after being attended by Dr.' Bray. 'The latter again saw deceased before he died at 9.30p.m., and was of opinion that death was due to shock, following the immersion, There was also an aorasion on the right shoulder. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."

COSTERS' DO^EY DERBY. j Costers in pearlies, their" donahs in ostrich feathers Jarsrs and co!ouredt and their supporters assembled to the number of 2,0C0 at Kensal Green Athletic Gronnd Monday to celebrate the annual occasion of the costers' sports and the Donkey Derby. The competitors were there to struggle for prizes of delightful an:! characteris- tic yanety, ranging from a handsome set of don. key harries?, through a. box order for a Wast Iionaon theatre coupled with a box cf cigars and Bets of carvers, to a pair of trousers to measure They were there for enjoyment-and they got it. The grounds rang with shouts of derisive de- light and counter-cheers of encouragement when a stalwart porter from Covent Garden lost the basket race. He w&3 bravely balancing his 10 tiers and forging well ahead when up came a gust of wind and borrowed his topmost basket, and hi was left lamenting a foot from the winning post There was another grievous disappointment in the truck race. Thb. favourite for the event, a cer- tain Styles, dubbed in alliterative aUasionto his size and strength The Scrapper," led till 150 yards from the winning post. Then, amid yells Gar on What yer gettin' at ?" and other re: marks of more opprobrious character, he wheeled his barrow oft the track and eave ap, complain, ing of illness.

CARDIFF INFIRMARY CASES. A Motor Cyclist Injured. Eugeua tlarconrt (23). a dispenser employed at Boots, chemist. Williat:>-r^seet, Newtown, was admitted to the Cardil ;.nfirrnary on Tuesday afternoon, suffering from ;,a injury to the head, sustained by falling off a motor tricycle while ridiap: cear the Docks. Foot Badly Crushed. A Sengheuvdd engine driver, nan.ed William Francis Griffiths (26), lining a.t 47, Stanley- street, of that village, had his foot badiy crushed while folilowing his occupation on Tuesday, and was conveyed to the CardtfF Infirmary.

GAMECOCK KillS A CHILD. A four year old 13,d named Benjamin Barrage was sitting in his father's yard at Erith when he was attacked by a gamecock. One of the bird's spurs entered the child's head and injured the brain. The consequence wms the formation of an abscess, which caused meningitis and death. At the inquest, held on Monday, medical evidence to this effect was given ana a verdict returned accordingly.

ABERGAVENNY TOWN COUNCIL, At a. meeting of Abergavenny Town Council on Monday, the Mayor (Councillor J. Straker) pre- siding,"the agreement with the Cardiff Alkali Company for the supply of ammonical liquorwaa approved. It was decided ta lay down gas pipes to the dressing-room of the A.A.A. in the Cottle Market. The Mayor informed the Couneitthat he intended to entertain the school children of the borough and his division in the Monmouth- shire County Council to a tea, and entertainment on Thursday, September 8th. It was decided to hold a wholesale fruit market wvery Friday.

BETTER THAN MONJiY IN THE SAYINGS BANK. The working man to-day giwsa more attention to the food he has to eat than his forefathers gave, and he realises that bis health—his bank- depends very largely upon the properties of what he eats and drinks. It follows, then, th*t the popular article of food is that which is easy to digest but rrore popular still are preparations which are found '\0 a;:l and strengthen the digestive organs, and a! o to acc as Rn energiser for thc5 whole systsm. Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa is such a food. It places a means in tbe hands of everyone to Liilrl up and maintain a sound constitution, wbich enables its possessor to travel his life's jGnrnev without the aches and pains which are ir. many cases prevectibJe. Then we come round again to souad common senaa based on ex- perience.

— WELSHMEN AND THE ENGLISH PULPIT. Departure 6f a Pontypridd Minister. SPEECH BY SiR ALFRED THOMAS, M.P. In connection with the departuro from Ponty- pridd of the Rev. W. G. Jenkins, B.A., who has for tho last n years been pastor of the English Congregational Church, a fareweH meeting was held on Tuesday night. The rov. gentleman, who will succeed the Rev. Dr. Bruce (retired) a3 pastor of the Congregational Church at Rudders- field, will commence his duties .,t that place this week. Prior to the meotiDg a social tea was held. Councillor W. R, Davies presided, sup- ported by Sir Alfred Thomas, M.P. The Chairman remarked thaf the church was thankful to Mr Jenkins for the great j work which he had accomplished in their midst. Mr T. S. Jones spoke on behalf of the deacons, and dwelt upon the success which had attended Mr Jenkins's ministry. Sir Alfred Thomas, M.S' who was cordially II received, said they had occasion to rejoice rather than to mourn when they bore in mina the noble j work which Mr Jenkins had done in the town. (Hear, hear.) He was a man of brilliant parts, j and bore an unblemished and saining reputa- tion. (Hear, hear.) They rajoiced !o think that his reputation was brighter when he left them ) than when be came to them. They could not adequately realise the worth of a man who fear- lessly-stood up for and spoke the truth, whatever the consequences, and if there was a time in the history of the Church when she needed strong men it was now. (Hear, hear.) In times of peisecn- tion they had all that was good and all that was bad in the land, bat now it was only the grace of God that coald beep a man straight. (Hear, hear.) Mr Jenkins took with him the best wishes of all and the bon. member trusted that he would be a greater instrument for good in Huddersfield than he had ever been in Pontypridd. (Hear, hear and applause.) Other speakers followed. The Creigiau Amateur Association Football Club, of which the rov. gantlernan was the founder, have presented Mr Jenkin3 with a hand- j some cabinet I

MR LLOYD GEORGE RETURNS TO LONDON. Arrangements far the Coming Struggle. Our London Welsh correspondent wires :— Mr Lloyd Georsre, afteronly a fortnight's stay at St. Petersburg has returned to London. and hope3 before the end of the week to go to his home at Criccieth to enjoy a much needed rest. The strain and labours of the past Session have seriously affected his strength, and in view of the arduous campaign arranged for the coming winter, it is of supreme importance that he should secare complete and rbsotute rest. To this end he is strongly advised not to speak in public or to accept any public engagements at least until the end of September. To this course he is compelled to make two exceptions. For m'\Dy years he has been one of the most regular attendants at the National Kisteddfcd, where he usually presides on the chair day. lie is to occupy this position this year again at Rhyl, where he and Sir Watkin Wynn (who also has a prescriptive right to a share of the chair day) are to preside next Thursday. Later in the month he is to attend a meeting of the committee of the National Council of the Free Churches of Fing- land and Wales, convened specially to consult as to the beat means of securing the assistance of the great Nonconformist orgaoisat iODS of Eng- land for'the Welsh Free Churches in the great struggle on which they have embarked. Some months ago Mr LloVd George took steps to ascer- tain from the English Nonconformist leaders the extent of the support which might be cxpectcd frcm England in the event cf a drastic policy being carried out in regard to the working of the Education Act iu Wales. I understand that the I response which tie then received was of the most encoaraging character. At the committee meet- ing which will be helrl before tho end of September; a formal decision will be taken on the subject,

BARRACK TRAGEDY. Girl and her Lover Shot, J On Tuesday morning the police were called to the ShrapneP Barracks, Woolwich Common, to the quarters c-f a couple, and found a tragedy had taken place. At one side of the room Jay a young woman bleeding from a rifie shot, and on the floor the corporal was discovered dead. The young woman was immediately taken to the Plamsteai Infirmary, where she lies in a pre- carious condition, while the body of the man was removed to the Mortuary. No reason can be assigned for the tragedy. It is understood that the coaple were engaged and were to have been married in a few months' time. Being a non- commissioned omcer. the cOlporal was allowed a room of his own, and could invite whom he liked. Both the deceased and tbe young woman are about 25 years of age. It is believed she came to Woolwich last night to see her sweetheart, and was met by him, the couple afterwards proceeding to the corporal's quarters. She is described as good looking and of respectable appearance. When found she hal a bullet in the eye, the sight of which is destroyed. The deceased man was a very intelli- gent soldier, who had great prospects in the Army. He belonged to the Royal Field Artillery, and was mash liked by his comrades. It is sur- mised that he hsst shot the young woman and than blew his own brains out. The young couple had hitherto appeared to be very happy in each other's company. Deceased's name is Bn3geon; and be belonged to the 143rd Battery.

LOCKED IN THE SCHOOL. Nelson Child's Predicament. ^Particulars of a somewhat esciting incident hare transpired at Nelson, It appears that on Sunday last the six year old daughter of Thomas Prosser was missing from her home at 7 o'clock in the evening. A hue and cry was raised, and immediately a. search party was organised to scour the diatrict. About 10 p.m. one of the party suggested going to the Board schools, in which premises the Church of England Sunday school was held during theafternoon, with a view to ascertaining whether the child had been locked in. This provsd to be the case. It seems that shortly before closing time the child had walked ont from tier class and returned to another part oE the building. Here she had evidently fallen asleep. Tho school officials locked the building np in the usual course, and the premises would not have been re-opened until Monday morning, When found the child had been crying for a. very considerable time. but she appears to be none the wone for her novel experience.

LAD'S FRIGHTFUL DEATH. On Monday morning a lad, aged 16, named Jack Winter, of Weatbury (Wilts), who is in the employ of Messrs Aplin and Barratt's creamery, in the Station-road, was putting a. strap on one of the wheels, when the machinery caught him by the apron and drew him in, crushing him to death instantaneously, tearing his arm and leg off and battering hia head.

BARRY SCHOOLMISTRESS'S PAINFULLY SUDDEN DEATH. M' E. B. Llewellyn Reece, deputy-coroner held MnritOin 9 uia,^y Pock on Tuesday on Miss Marline t orbes Robertson (29), of 55, Court-road, whod^H m'stres3. a* Hoi ton-road Girls' School, on Snnrla^11 ^-a sudden circomstances on holiday morning after having onlvaiew hours twyth V retCrned fr°m h6t ^liday^at Ibe^s- Miss 'VTacy Catherine Robertson, deceased's sister said she a ept with deceased fhatnigbt. •just before l o clock in the mornir g deceased maae a gurgling noise in her throat, and witnes I awoke her sister by taking bold of her hand She thought, however, that her sister was asleep, and she left tbe room to sleep with another sister. At the time sfie believed,deceased was dreaming, and that accounted for the noise in her throat. Miss Jane Robertson, another sister, said aha felt aneaay about deceased about 5 o'clock, and want to her room, and she found her lying dead. Dr. Wilde was of opinion that death was due to failure of thd"heart's action, and the jury-re- turned a verdict according!y.

GRAVE SPACES AT BARRY CEMETERY. Councillor J. A. Manaton presided over a meeting of the Barry Public Works Committee on Tuesday, when, in considering the report of the surveyor as to sdditionril grave-space at the Cemetery, Councillor Mil ward advocated the principle of charging for such spaces as at Car- din. The Chairman and Councillor D. Morgan considered this would be a. great hardship on the poorer classes, who were really paying for I the Cemetery cut of the rates, but it svas de- cided to procure a copy of the rulfs and charges in force at Cardiff. Tenders of Mr H. Ring- I ham for street works were accepted in each case for lanes at Wyndham-3trreet, Tynewt-dd-road, lanes at Wyndham-3trreet, Tynewydd-road, and Massycwm-street respectively. In reference to the exchacge of land belonging to the Cadox- j ton lari-jh Church, suggested by the Rev. J. S. Longdon. the Clerk advised that such an ex- I changa would be illegal, because »it w»3 public I property.

I ALL THE BODIES RECOVERED. SCENE AT THE PIT MOUTH. On the evening of August 13th the residents of South Wales and Monmouthshire were shocked and startled to learn that an accident, unfortu- nately of a kind all too common in the Welsh coalfields, had occurred at one of the two new pits which are being sunk at Ynysddu, Sirhowy Valley. The circumstances of the disaster wi11 be i u tho recollection of onr readers. Seventeen men were engaged at the bottom of a shaft upon sinking operations, when suddenly the sides of the shaft gave way, and five poor fellows were overwhelmed by the debris. Most of the others too were partially buriad in the fall. By dint of hard work the gallant rescuers had the gratifica- tion of extricating 10 of the men. Unfortunately, however, just as the party were on the point of releasing the two remaining poor fellows, who had net been completely buried, a second fall occurred, cutting off the possibility of further rescues, and causing the brave searchers to flee for their own safety. Thus it was that seven of the toiler3 in the mice lay buried balow beyond all hope of rescue. When the officials of the mine, headed by Mr Falcon, the manager, and other mining experts who were brought to the scene by the dreadful news, had made every investigation, and had become fully satisfied that the seven unfortunate men below couid not by any possibility be alive, means of recovering the bodies as promptly as possible were discussed, and it was eventually agreed that the onli. thing to be done was to deposit ashes, &c.. to a certain depth on top of the falls, and afterwards to repair the sides of the shaft, and excavate the rubbish until the bodies were reached. This v.a.3 naturally a rather slow process, and although night and day shifts of men were constantly worked, it was not antil a coaple of days ago tha.t the workers began to see the end of their task approaching. Naturally, as tha end drew near, greater care had to be exercised in the work of excavating for fear of further mutilating the bodies, and anxious rela- tives and friends of the entoinoed men could only be informed that every effort was being made to bring the bodies up na promptly as possible. A few curious people, tompted by the fine weather and tha rumour that the bodies would probably be brought to the surface that day, walked over on Sunday from Cross Keys on the one side and Ynysddu on the other, and stood on the high road above the pits gazing at the scene of the disaster with a fascinated curiosity. Occasionally the bowk would bring to the surface five or six of the men. who, clad in their oilskins, formed part of the gang employed in the work which was still being carried cut at the bottom of the shaft, and they would be replaced by others whose turn or shift it was to go below. Batother- wise the bowk brought mud and water and stones to thesnrface with monotonous regularity. At the pit-head our representative gathered that only a comparatively small amount of rubbish lay between the workers and the bodies of the en- tombed men, bat the morning passed, the after- noon wore on, and still there was no sign of the bodies being brought up. The quantity of water which the bowk brought with each accent indi- cated that there must have been a steady inflow down below, and the workers, when they ascended for a brief rest or for some refreshment, spoke of the difficulties which still had to be encountered before their task wcruld be completed. Mean- time. in a large closed van, on the siding which runs close to the pit-head, were the seven coffins waiting to receive the bodies of the victims. These were of elm, with btass mountings. One of them was a particularly large coffin, its length being 6ft. 4in. It was intended for the remains of William Jimes, who, when alive, stood 6ft. 2in. ip height. At an early hour on Monday morning (writes our reporter) a. number of relatives and friends of the seven men entombed in one of Messrs Burnyeat, Brown, and Co.'s new sinkings at Ynyaddu assembled in the vicinity of the pit in anticipation of the recovery of the bodies, which had been incorrectly stated by Press agencies to have taken place on Sunday night. As a matter of fact the first body found wa3 only discovered by the searching paity just before the night shift men knocked off work at 6 o'clock on Monday morning. As each body was recovered it was wrapped in oilskins and t>!aced on the staging at the bottom of the shaft preparatory to being conveyed to tho surface. The boJMs were naturally all in a terrible state of decomposition, but singularly enough were not mutilated to any great extent except in one case. Shortly before lOo'clcck an improvised wooden stretcher was lowered down the shaft, and punc- tually at the hour the first body was slowly brought io the surface in the bowk accompanied by two of the men who had formed Dart of the gang employed in the search. The stretcher was reverently carried to the carpenter's shop, and the body was there identified by a fellow-lodger as that of Thomas Richards (47), Ynysddu, a single man and a native of Blaenau Festiniog. Without delay Mr Alfred Morgan, of Newport, who has been entrusted with the burial arrange- ments. and his assistants prepared the body for interment ana piaced it in the coffin which was in readiness for it. Forty minutes later the second body was brought to the bank. It proved to be that of Joseph Norman, a married man, residing at Bed- was. His wife. who had been living a.t Worcester .for some time, ariived at the colliery daring the day. It was 11.30 when the third body reached tho j surface. It was that of Wm. Everscu (21), Ynys- ddu, and theie was an affecting scene when the fa'.hci', mother, and yoang wife of the deceased. who were amongat tiioae waiting to see the bodies recovered, learned whose remains they were. Deceased's wife was led away, weeping bitterly by her husband's parents, Deceased's father iden- tified the body. The next corpse brought to bank was that of Thomas James (28), a single man, of Ynysddu, the body being identified by his brother. Then followed the remains of John Gabb (21), Ynysddu, identified by one of hia brothers. The sixth body to be raised was that of William Ridout (30) single, Bedwas, also identified by his brother; and the seventh andiastwaa that of Samuel Gladwin (24), married, identified by the wife, who had come from Sheffield. The work of raising the bodies was completed shortly after 1 o'clock. The Victims of the Disaster. Of the seven victims of the disaster two were well-known members of the Ynysddu Football Club. One of these, Wm. Everson, had been captain of the club, and was Jooked upon as a smart and useful player, having acted as emer- gency man for his club in several positions on various occasions. The other, John Gabb, a. well- set-up young fellow, standing about 6ft. in height, was also considered a good player. Both were very popular with theircomra.dss and feUow- workmen. Three of the remaining men resided in Yynsddu and two ic^Bodwas. Associated with one of the victims of the disaster is a story which has its romantic side. When the list of the victims was first published his name was given as Samuel Wall, but since then the officials at the colliery have received information to the effect that the real name was Samuel Glad. win. He came to Monmouthshire from the neighbourhood of Sheffield, and his wife alleges that he deserted her. Gladwin lived in the huts near the pit.

INQUEST ON THE VICTIMS. Story of Two Falls-Thrilling Leap for Life. The Coroner's inquiry into the Ynysddu Pit disaster, in which seven men lo3t their fives aad 10 others had narrow escapes from death, was opened before Mr Coroner Roberta-Jones at the < Co-operative Hall, Cross Keys, on Tuesday. Amongst those present, in addition to the rela- tives of the deceased, were Mr Martin, H.M. inspector of mines"; Mr Kobsou, assistant inspector Mr Handcock (Messrs Downing and Handcock, solicitors, Cardiff), representing Messrs Burnyeat, Brown, and Co., the owners of the new sinkings, tbe scene of the disaster Mr S. M. Stockwood, for the Employers' Liability Corporation MJ: Alfred Onions, representing the South Wales Miners' Federation and relatives of the deceased; Mr M. Falcon, colliery manager; and Mr Braithwaite, engineer. Mr John Hayes was elected foreman of the jury, and the arrangements were under the super- vision of Police-superintendent Porter of Risca. At the outset Mr Handcock said he bad been desired by Messrs Burnyeat. Brown and Co. to express their extreme regret at the disaster and their sympathy with the relatives of the de- ceased men. The seven men buried in the pit were — James Norman, 36, married, Bedwaa. William Ridout, 30. single, Bed waa. John Gabb, 21, single, Ynysddu. William Everson, 21, married, Ynysddu. William James, 28, single, Ynysddu. Thomas Richards, 47, widower, Ynyaddu. Samuel Gladwin, 24, married, Sheffield. Formal evidence of identification was given by relatives. The man who was known at the sinkings as Samuel Wall was identified asSamnel Gladwin, of Sheffield, by bis widow, who said he left her about twoyears ago. The Manager Called. Mr Palcon, the manager of the new sinkings, said he vaa a certificated colliery manager and had had three years' experience at Lletty Shenkin and Abergorky Collieries. The pits at Ynysddu were being sunk by Messrs Burnyeat, Brown and Co., by direct, labour tinder his own supervision and that of Mr Braithwaite, In June last a man stumbling on the stage fell down the shaft, and was drowned. With that exception there had been no serious accident until the present disaster. At the time of the disaster the pit had beeu sunt to a. depth ot 172 yards. Shortly before 6 o'clock on the evouing of the 13th 17 men were below. The sides had been bricked op to within five yards of the bottom, and in no place was the thickness less than 12 inches. Witness then told how shoitly after 6 o'clock the banks- man gave the alarm signal to the engineman. Hurrying to the pit muuth witness ascertained that Belch, the foreman sinker, had descended with others in the bowk. Immediately after- awards they brought up a few men, and then witness joined in the rescue work, which occupied a little over an hour. He saw there had been a fall of about 100 tons. All the rescued men were completely buried, and grea.t difficulty Wag experienced 10 extricating them. A second. fall occurred at about 7,30, and it stopped the rescue work. In witness's opinion some of the [ men were probably killed outright by the first fall. vVe bad nearly rescued two of ths deceased 1 men, went on Mr Falcou, whan we saw |:iBoicfttiona of the seoond tr '•) moving ] and pieces of clay falling down. The eight men with me noticed this. We jumped into the bowk and shouted to the banksman, and we were pulled up without delay." rlhey were oply a. yard from the bottom when the second fall happened, and some big pieces of stone hit the bowk, in which witness and the lather men were, knocking it to the side of the ,shaft. If the bowk had not been drawn np as quickly as it was witness and the eight men with him would hMe been buried. Afterwards they ..descended again and lowered the stage, but were satisfied there was no possible chance of rescuing the remaining men, as the fall continued. When the bowk ascended one man was holding on to it with bis hand, and they stopped at the stage to dra,g him into the bowk. I Witness proceeded to describe, with the aid of plan, the means adopted for ascertaining the depth of the fall and the steps taken to recover the bodies of the entombed men. He said severa hundreds of tons had fallen, and before thay could excavate them they had to secure the broken brickwork in tbe side. They reached the bodies of the seven menonMondny morning, and commenced to raise them at 10 o'clock Replying to the foreman, witness said they were guided by the character of the ground in fixing curbs in the brickwork. In some places the curbs would be 25 yards apart in others only five. He knew that at one point the groand was" risky." and there they made tho brick- work 4ft. 6in. thick. 1 By Mr Onions Shots were fired for loosen- ing the ground- The last shots were fired at midday on the day of the accident. The fore- man sinker would be able to speak as to the effect cf these. There were props to the lower part of the bricking. Since the fall had been t cJeared witness had examined the ground. and could find no indicati) uthat the shots had loosened the steps on which the prop3 were fixed. He considered that the methods adopted for securing the ground wore effective. The steps on which the props were secured were quite as strong now as before the accident. Witness said the shaf- was examined regularly by the night and day foremen, in accordance with the requirements of the Act, and there had been no complaint prior to the accident. The ground which slipped was wedge-shape. When they were sinking witness did net have it in his mind,that there might be a side slip. He could not say he had previously heard of a slip of that character, although he had heard of a side falling in. Sinkers' Evidence. David Jones, sinker, said he had bad 10 years' experience at sinking He had been employed at the Ynysddu sinking for three months. At mid- day on Saturday, the 13th inst., he went to work as usual with 16 other men. Everything went on all right until nearly 6 o'clock, when a fall oc- curred on the south side. There was no previous sign of any fall. The side and the brick work gave in, and witness was knocked down. As this happened one of the men jumped into the bowk and gave the alarm. Then the rescue party came down. and witness was liberated. lie was partly buried by the fall, but was not injured. Witness did not think the fall was due to negligence on the part of anyone. By Mr Onions He had never been called out of the nit through any alarm of danger. Sides All Right. Evan Jones sinker, inysadu, who was at work at the bottom of the shaft when the accident hap- pened, said he had had 23 years' experience of underground work. He tested the sides of the pit at about 4 oclock on the afternoon of the accident, and found them quite firm. Witness was completely buried by the fall, and from what he had smse been told he must have been there an hour before he waa rescued. By Mr Martin: It was not good ground at the sa-ne time it was not bad enough to cause him any alarm. Witness saw the curb give way and the props fall out, whereupon ho turned his back to the fall. John Jones, sinker, Ynysddu, with ton years' experience aa sinker, said he had no fault to find with the colliery officials, who he considered did all that was necessary before and after the acci- dent. The sides of the shaft were examined j every day. vVilness was completely buried by the fall, and did not know how long he Jay there before he was liberated. John Belch, foreman sinker at Ynysddu, with nineteen yea.r& experience, said he examined the sides about ten minutes before the accident, and also at midday. On neither occasion did he observe anything wrong. There were no indica- tions of dribbling." The fall came suddenly and quite unexpectedly. Cause of Collapse. In witness's opinion the water ou the south side had a certain effect on the earth, and this, combined- with tha gas given out by a seam of coal, affected the solidity and stability of the earth and caused the accident. The shaft was well ventilated. Thomas Brait;hwaite, niining engineer and general manager of the pits, aaid that they had had no difficulty witli the ground prior to this accident. In his opinion the caase of the acci- dent was the wsigbi, of day behind the wall, which pushed the wail oul. There was no un- usual quantity of water in the west pit—in fact, there was more in the east pit.-—By Mr Martin He remembered a similar accident at the Albion Colliery some years ago, and he should say the cause of the two accidents was the sa^ e. The Coroner, in summing up. said that so far as he could ses from the evidence there was not the slightest trace of negligence on the part of anyone. The officials were competent and expe- rienced raen, ancl the workmen themselves had stated that everything that should be done was done. No doubt it waa one of those accidents which would happen 1U spite of all precautions. Verdict. The jury returned a verdict of Accideatally killed," adding that in their opinion there wati no negligence on tbe part of anyone.

CURIOUS COINCIDENCE. Vein of Coal Discovered. Curiously enough, the cause of the disaster was also, in a measure, a somewhat fortunate happening for the company. The depth to which the shaft has been sunk is about 190 yards. About 70 yards from the bottom the falls which buried the men have disclosed the rock vein seam of coal, of excellent quality, some 4ft. 6in. in thickness. There is a largs hole extending about twenty yards to a dead end, and this has been securely timbered. Before the accident (happened the shaft had been sunk some 70 yards below the vein of coal, ao that the fall may be said to ha.ve brought this vein to light much earlier than had been anticipated.

TREDEGAR COLLIER'S THEFT. Housebreaker Who Hammered- Joseph Goodwin, a collier, of Tredegar, was charged at ths local Police Court on Tuesday with forcibly entering a grocer's lock-up shop in Market-street, Tredegar, during Sunday last and taking 14tH>. of bacon, a quantity of cake, cigarettes, and other things to the value of 17s. Robert Jones, haulier, who lives near the back of the premsies, staled tbat he beard hammering at the shop on Sunday night abont 8.30, and on going out met prisoner coming from the rear of the shop with a carcel Witness asked what he had, to which prisoner replied, Nothing;" and be dropped the parcel which contained the bacon. The other articles were found in the garden and two boxsa of cigarettes in the prisoner's pos- session. Prisoner was fined £5, or one month a imprisonment.

SHOP ASSISTANTS. Parliamentary Candidate. The result of the ballot for the selection of a. Parliamentary candidate to represent shop assistants has been reported to a meeting of the Executive of the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants. Warehousemen and Clerks. The poll was very small, less than a fourth of the members returning voting papers. The figures are Mr James Macpherson, general secretary, 896 Mr H. L. Barratc, organiser, 548 Mr T Spencer Jones (formerly of Cardiff, now editor of the Shop Assistant ), 505 Mr Bón Wilson, trustee N.A.U.. Bradford, 241; Mr J, A. Seddon,, St. HeleDs, 174.

NO SHELTER FOR BARRY ISLAND. Negotiations Closed. On Tuesday, at a meeting of Barry Public Works Committee, a letter waa read from Mr Robert Forrest stating that in regard to matters .affecting Parry Island be was prepared io meat -a small committee to discuss the matter. In reference to the proposed shelter, however, for which the Council sought the necessary site, he vwas sorry that his views were not acceptable, and the matter must end. He thought;, moreover, that the deputation which waited upon him reo cently had received his terms favourably. Coun- cillor Milward; I think we should have an understanding on these rcatters, and have- nothing to do with Barxy Island unless Mr Forrest gives us carte blanche.—It was-agreed to refer the letter to a joint meeting of the Licens- ing and Public Works Committees.

RUSHING TO CATCH A TRAIN. AN OLD LADY INJURED AT NEATH. On Monday, Mrs James, an elderly married- lady, who lives at 23, Alexander-street, Neath,, had jost said "Good-bve" to her daughter at the Neath Gre?t Western Railway station, when two men, rushrng from the rmreshmant rooms to catch the moving train, accidentally dashed against her with such force aa to knock her down, dislocating her hip, breaking her right arm, and causing other injuries. Foreman Porter Conybaare at once realised that the lady was seriously injured, and promptly saw to her being conveyed to her borne on an aml->ll..1a.nce.

f GUESTS HOT, AND DISHES COLD." Guests hot and dishes cold is now the rule There is no more delightful dish for a hot summer day than a Brown & Poison Blanc- Mange. It is made with Brown & Poison's Patent" Corn Flour and sweet milk. There is quality in this Blanc-Mango, there is flavour, daintiness, food value Served with stewed fresh fruit it is a cooling, appetising and refreshing dish for a, hot summer day. Recipes for serving Corn Flour and Fruit in twenty one different ways are given in Brown & Poison's booklet. I Summer Sweets." to be had for a Id stamp from .1' Brown & Poison, Dept. 5.JU, Paisley. Send for it now, you may forget.

ARRANGEMENTS AT RHYL Threatened Choir Strike. The Executive Committee of Rhyl National Eisteddfod held a meeting on Monday night, According to the report of the Finance Committee, the subscriptions exceeded the amount subscribed when ihe eisteddfod was last held at Rhyl. Up to date, however, the financial statement showed a balance of £878 on the wrong side. The 1 Gorsedd circles on thesandbills along the Marine Drive were reported to be practically complete. Mr E. Lewis Evans, as hon. secretary of the Arts, Crafts, and Science Committee, reported that arrangements had been made for the open- ing of the joint exhibition of the eisteddfod and the Welsh Industries Association. At last week's meeting a discussion arose OD a recommendation by the Music Committee that the offer of the choir conductor (Mr Wilfred Jones) to provide free of cost four tenors and four basses to strengthen and improve the balance of the choir be accepted. In the course of the discussion, it was stated that there was a strong feeling against this proposal, and that if it were carried out there would be a general strike among the choir. It wa¡(decided that the matter be put to a vote of the choir, with a request that the decision of the majority be | loyally accepted. It was now announced that rather than give unintentional offence to anyone Mr Wilfred Jones had withdrawn hia offer.

CHORAL AND OTHER CONTESTS. Position of Laca) Choirs. As a result of the lots drawn at Rhyl this week for the order in which choirs and bands will compete, we find that Mountain Ash Young Choristers have been drawn to sing first out of nine children's choirs on Tuesday and that on vVednesday, iu the chief choral contest, tbe Mid- Rhondda United Choir will sing second out of five. In the ladies' choral contest on Thursday Llanbradach will 3ing fifth, while in the male voice choral competition on Friday, in which 11 parties will appear, Cardiff Male Voice will Bing tenth. In the same contest Manchester Orpheus Glee Society will sing fifth, and it is a singular coincidence that this is the fourth time that this choir has;been drawn to smg fifth in Welsh contests on recent occasions. On Satur. day the Cory Workmen's Prize Band will play first and the Ferndale Prize Band second in the quick-step competition. Iu the brass band chief quick-step competition. Iu the brass band chief competition the Cory Band will play first, and Ferndale fourth and in the second competition ha Cory Band comas on fifth, and Ferndale eventb.

MOUNTAIN ASH MEETING- Appointment of Conductors. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Mountain Ash National Eisteddfod, 1905, was held on Tuesday evening, Major Morgan Morgan, J P., in the chair. It was resolved that Mr W. Abraham (Mabon). 1\1. P., Rev. T. Cynonfardd Edwards (America), Rev. T. P. Williams (general secretary Caradog Society, Newcastle, Pennsylvania), E. Thomas, Cochfarf (Cardiff), and Dr. Gomer Lewis (Swansea) be the eisteddfod conductors. A letter was read from the King's private secretary according the patronage of his Majesty to the eisteddfod. A similar letter was read from Sir Arthur Bigge, according the patronage of H.R.H. the Prince of Waies.^ The secretary announced that he had received tho following subscriptions The Marquis of Bute, through Sir William Thomas Lewis 100 guineas; Lord Abeidare, 100 guineas Mr D. 4.. Thomas, M.P., 100 guineas; tho National Eisteddfod Association, 100 guineas. He had also received the offer of a prize of 10 guineas from Mr Joseph Jones, West Virginia, for an essay on the services rendered to Welsh literature, poetry, and music by the Aberpergwm Family. The following were appointed presi- dents :—Lord Aberdare, Mr O. A. Thomas M.P., and Sir William Thomas Lewis.

CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY. I Rapid progress is now being made, says the I Central News, with the construction of the Cape j to Cairo Railway, and the route which the line will traverse towards Khartoum has been ten- tatively decided upon. At present the line is in I process of construction on the north side of j Victoria Falls towards Kalome, while the work of erecting the huge bridge which will cross the J Victoria Falls towards Kalome, while the work of erecting the huge bridge which will cross the J Falls is proceeding from either side. A powerful cable way has been built to carry the necessary I material across the river for the bridge and < permanent way, while the component parts of { engines and rolling stock are also being con- » veyed to the north side to help forward the I making of the track. The bridge is expected to j be completed by the end of this year, and the section to Kalomo, 150 miles in length, a few months later. It is hoped by the time the Kalomo linefis finished that arrangements will I have been made for extending the railway another 250 miles to the copper district, north I of the Kaiue River, and then the project is to carry tho line to Lake Tanganyika. Ths railway will traverse the north of Eastern Rhodesia to the south eud of the Jake. It has nat yet been I decided whether the line wilt IOUow the-eastern shore of the waterway, or whether steamers ou the lake will be employed to continne tbe means of communication. The railway, however, will be joined with the Uganda line, and then pushed northwards past Fashoda to Khartoum.

RHONDDA CHILD FATALITIES. Upset a Saucepan. On Mouday, Mr R. J. Rhys (coroner) conducted two inquests in the Rhondda Valley concerning the deaths of two children—one through scald- ing and the other through burns. The first was at Ferndale, the deceased being James Tanner, iged six years, of Mountain-road, Blaenllechau. The lad on Saturday morning mounted the fender in front of the tire, and in trying to Hft a saucepan containing hot wa.ter which had been placed on the hob, he upset the contents over himself and was scalded so severely that he died on Monday. A verdict of Accidental death was returned. Penchant for Matches. The circumstances attending the death of Idris Taylor, 3^ years of age, of Bennett's Houses. Pentre, were also gone into. The deceased was left in the bedroom by his parents on Sunday morning, and by some means procured a box of matches He walked outside the kiichen door, and when-striking a mateh his flannelette night- shirt took fire, and he wa3 soon enveloped in flames. The father said his boy had a penchant for playing with matches, and when placed out of his reach he would climb the chairs for the purpose of securing them, Accidental death wa.3 the jury's verdict.

"ACCIDENTALLY SHOT." Norwich Wife's Tragic Death. Ao inquest was held on Tuesday on the body of Laura Curtis, who was shot by her husbatid a.t Sprowston, Norwich, on Saturday night. Medical evidence showed that both the woman's jaws had been broken either immediately before or after death, this injury not having been caused by the fatal gunshot. Neighbours said there had been frequent quar- rels between deceased and her husband, and one witness stated that just before the report of a gun she heard the husband lock the door and say, I will do it." Evidence was given by Curtis himself. He pro- tested that he and his wife were on excellent terms on Saturday, and that he would uot hurt a hair of her head. Be was toying with the gun and it accidentally went off while his wife was seated on the nursing chair undressing the baby. A gunsmith deposed that the weapon was of defective action and liable to go off accidentally. The Coroner advised the jury it would be most unsafe for them to return a verdict of wilful murder, and after a short deliberation they found that deceased was accidentally shot.

SAD CASE AT TREDEGAR. "Incorrigible Young Woman" A painful case was heard before the Tredegar magistrates on Tuesday in which Clara Jenkins, 15 years of age, whose parents reside at Whit- wortb-terrace, Tredegar, was charged with' steal- ing a gold rmg from a house where she bad been allowed to stay on Friday night last upon tho- representation that she had nowhere to go over- night. On Saturday she pawned the article under another name and address. Thegir) was further charged with stealing two brooches and a pair of corsets at Tredegar on Friday from another house. Prisoner's father said he had tried his I daughter in every possible way, and he wished her to be sent away as she stayed away from home and he had no control whatever over her. Superintendent Allen stated that the parents had experienced great trouble with her, The chairman (Mr E, Jones WilliamB) taid she appeared to be an incorrigible young woman, and the Bench had decided to commit her for one month in division 2 in the hope that something might be done to get her into a home in the meantime.

ESTATE FOR A £10 NOTE. Land Transfer at Westbury. I At Westbury Board of Guardians, on Tuesday, a.new system of land transfer, which at any rate possessed the elementof cheapness,wasinaugura- ted. It arose out of the,case.of Henry Oakey and his wife, who some years ago, were received into that house, the estate which the parties possessed belas presented to tbe guardians at the time. On the guardians essaying to realise only a small figure was offered, and afterwards withdrawn, owing to a question of title arising. The matter has since stood over for years. At Tuesday's meeting Thomas Hart, a local labourer, pur- chased the property for a £10 note, plus £2 for the Cix>p of fruit. The estate comprises about 40 perches of land, and two delapidated cottages. The purchaser professed contentment with his 'I'. bargain, although there wsre no title deeds, bat at the same time there was the fa; t that the property had been m the Oakey family for very many years. In return for the money the guardians simply made out au ordinary receipt which it was considered a penny stamp would cover. One of two guardians poked fun at that arrangement, suggesting that it was an example of how land transfer cgald be cheap-and j-ewsy.

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GORSEDD CIRCLE AT RHYL. CELTIC SYMBOLISM IN SFONE. An Early Victorian Incident. The committee of the Rhyl National Eistedd- fod, to be held next week, have provided for the assemblage of the Bards of the Isles of Britain in connection with the eisteddfod a permanent Gorseddf circle. Owing to the energy and devotion of Mr P. Moscyn Williams, the well-known Pedr Mostya of the Bardic fra- ternity, the circle is now practically complete, and has been viewed with great curiosity by thou- sands of English visitors at Rhyl. The site i3 on the sand hills east of the pier, and the entrance, which must be eastwards of the central stone, is just across the Marine Drive from the north-west corner of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Chil- dren. Rhyl Council own the whole of the sandhills and the foreshore on this side of the town, and they have volunteered to set apart the land for and to preserve and maintain the Gorsedd circle when it is handed over to them. The circle is within a natural amphitheatre, from the slopes of which a great bodv of spectators will bea.bleto witness the picturesque ceremonies; and the Local Committee and the Council will endeavour to ensure the permanence of this formation by reo vetments of soil and grass. The Gorsedd Stones. The Maen Llog or Logan Stone which Mr Mostyn Williams has succeeded in obtaining is a huge slab of limestone supported upon great blocks of the same material, while, to meet the convenience of the moderns who are to assemble upon it, it is approached by two flights of low steps. Twelve upright stones, supposed to re- present the signs of the zodiac, are placed iu a circle around the Maen Llog they are of lime- stones from the well-known Rhewl Quarry at Rathin, and, with eight of the stones in the outer circle, are the gift of Mr A. O. Evans, ex-Mayor of Denbigh. A greater circle, called the outer circle," beyond which the exoteric ai-owd may congregate, is marked by seventeen stones, also placed upright, in such positions that they indi- cate the midsummer and the midwinter solstices and the vernal and autumnal equinoxes. In this outer circle are stones representing the geological formations of North Wales, on which subject they might form the material for an interesting object lesson. Eight of them are of the favourite pink limestone of the Vale of Clwyd. Three fine blocks are cf the very dark Halkyu limestone, which is also valued in archi- tecture. The stone on the right of the entrance and a similar one opposite it are the gift of Messrs Oakley and Co., owners of a famous Festiniog quarry, and are aiguilles of slate. Next but one, on tha right of the entrance, is an | imposing monolith of the Lower Silurian forma- tion from the celebrated quarry of Gwm Bowvdd Fastiruog, contributed by tho owners, aod there are two fine examples of millstone grit from the lowest bed of the Gwespyr Quarry, given ,by lowest bed of the Gwespyr Quarry, given ¡by Messrs Balcock. There are to be three Gorsaf, or station, stones on the east of the outer circle, across the entrance, and so placed that from the centre of the Lo..fan stone to the centre of the Gorsaf stones three lines might be drawn, indicating the bars or rays of light in the bariic sign. One of these will be a tall pillar of Halkyu I limestone full of fossils, and will be surrounded by a miniature circla ol smaller blocks. Another, it is » expected, will be large piece of granitfe from Glyn Ceiriog, but it has not yet arrived. from Glyn Ceiriog, but it has not yet arrived. The third will be the great boulder presented by I Lord Mostyn, which has been on the ground since the proclamation of the eisteddfod last year. This immense stone has been declared by Mr De Ranee, of the Geologi cal Survey, to be a. lava boulder from Coniston, in Cumberland. It is quite foreign to the geology of North Wales, and must have been carried to Flintshire by glacial action, after its eruption from the vol- cano at Coniston. Anyhow, humanity first had j cognisance of it at Ffrith y Gareg Wen, or the Park of the White Stone, an ancestral pro- perty of Lord Mostyn. II A Pretty Incident. aat,k°rity of Lord Mostyn himself, it is stated that Queen Victoria once witnessed a horse race from the top of this very stone. The grandfather of the present peer used to exercise his racehorses on the Ffrith y Gareg Wen, and iu loos, the late Queen, then tbe Princess Vic- toria, visited Wales when 13 or 14 years of age, with her mother the Duchess of Kent. She. Sf £ ?,e- at ?ar1?n1Hni' residence of Sir R. WiUiams Bulkeley, and attended the Beaumaris Eisteddfod. On the return journey she came to St. Asaph, and when on the way from St. Asaph to Holywell she passed the Ffrith y Gareg Wen, which is about half way between these places. A number of horses were being exerciser! on the Ffrith, and as a trial race was about to take place the Princess and her mother alighted from their carriage, and the future Queen of Britain was lifted on to the great boulder to witness the race. A brass tablet is to be affixed to the stone containing an inscription to this'effect.

THE DESTROYER COLLISION. Commander Tyrwhitt Court-Martialled. As a result of the ioquiry last week at Devon- port into the collision between tbe destroyers Arun and E^ecoy, off the Scilly, Commander Tyrwhitt was yesterday charged before a naval court-martial at Devonport, with hazarding the two vessels, Lieut.-Commander Paton, of the Decoy., repeated the evidence he gave at the in- quiry. In a written defence Commander Tyrwhitt said he did not signal his consorts because it would disclose his presence and strength to the enemy. He did not think navagation lights ought to have been shown as he would not have done so in time of war. He appealed for the sup- port of the Court, not only on his own behMfo but also on behalf of the large number of officers who were ever willing to incur great risks and responsibilities which were necessary for the good and efficient development of the torpedo boat service. The Court found that the charge of hazarding the vessels was proved, but decided that prisoner had not shown that he had not been guilty of negligence. Prisijner was sentenced to be reprimanded.

JUMPED THE RAILS. Accident in Dean Forsst. An inquiry by officials representing the Great Western and Midland Railway Companies, who are joint owners of the Forest of Dean Railway, was held at Speech House Station on Tuesday, in relation to an accident which occurred at Parkend on Friday. The proceedings were private, but we understand that upon the day named an engine, while drawing two heavily- loaded treeks of stone, jumped the rails, drag- ging the trucks with it. The latter overturned. Before the engine was bronght to a standstill some considerable damage was done to the per- man en t way. Foreseeing the danger, the fire- man jumped from the-engine to avoid the pros- pect of a catastrophe, for the locomotive was heading towards a pond, into which it would have plunged had it not been brought to a stand- still in good time.

ALLEGED INCENDIARISM. Arrest Near Newport. OniTuesdayariokofcloveron Simmond's Farm, Caisash, about six miles from Newport, occupied by Mr Alfred Frost, was found to be on fire. The brigade was summoned, but owing to a lack of water could not be of much service. The damage is estimated at £50- At Newport on Tuesday James A. Smith, said 'to be a tramping painter, of London, was charged with setting fire to the rick. The evidence showed that P.C. Bale met defendant on the Chepstow- road on Monday night, and Smith told him there was a hayrick on fire along the way," Later Smith admitted that feeling rather cold be went to lie aown alongside the lick. He lit his pipe for a smoke, and Lv throwing the match down set the rick on fire, Subsequently he ran away. De- fendwifc vrtw remwntaUn Sfttqrfoy..

I PONTYPRIDD FAILURES. His Second Bankruptcy. The public examination of John Price (tradiutf as H. Price), contractor, Tonypandy, took place at Pontvpridd Bankruptcy Court on Juesday- The liabilities wereJE448 17a 7dand the deficiency JE581 la 9d, the causes of failure being insufficient capital, taking contracts too cheap, and weather last summer. This was debtor's bankruptcy, and he was closely questioned b1 I the official receiver regarding allegations madB by three or four firms that he did not infof" them that he was an undischarged bankrupt wheJJ r he bad goods from them. The bankrupt, bO\'i" ever, swore Dositively that be had told either represeniatives or members of tbe firms in eac^ case when he first dealt with them. He did keep books of accounts because he d'" not understand bookkeeping. He t6' turned certain debts as being due t0 the estate, but letters were read denyinlt liability and stating that the debtor had be0." paid for the work done. He had not sued creditors for the sums which he alleged were d°e to him, and the official receiver asked him he expected him (the official receiver) to them when liability was denied, and added t&'S he expected him (the official receiver) to coIleO, them when liability was denied, and added tJJ. if the bankrupt had collected them there w have been no need for him to file his posliltio.00 The examination was eventually closed. Loss of Eight Cows. Lotwig John,, milk vendor and beer dealet. Park Hotel, Senghenydd, was represented by Do D. Roberts-Rosaar, solicitor. The gross liability were £312 12s 5d and the deficiency JE299 12s 11 theca-uses of failure being a loss of eight cows?. t various times, bad debts, and bad trade. 5 commenced business about six years ago witho, any free capital. A distress for three quarter ren$, amounting to £ 31 10s, was levied upon fjrj effects at the hotel, and the sale by auction not realise sufficient to satisfy the distr^j Debtor was questioned respecting goods from Messrs Crosswella, and his explanation thj,t he could notprepareabetteraccount b0C»0^ bis papers bad either been mislaid or lost the sale. The examination was adjourned October 18th. Penrhiwceiher Butcher's Affairs. Evan Howells, batcher, of Yynsboeth and rhiweeifcer, showed gross liabilities £ 161 and deficiency £ 146 7s Id. Doubtful debts fL.1 returned at £ 34, and bad debts £ 132, and were estimated to produce £ 10. Debtor been in business abont nine years, and buted his insolvency to pressure by creditors j bad trade. The furniture wa3 claimed by wife. Mr Roberts-liosser appeared for the J whose examination was closed. Ji i

KILLED BY LIGHTNING. WHILE MUSHROOMING AT NEWPORtJ A storm passed Over Newport early on Tuesdtfl morning. TOLn a seaman, who was near the Docks mushrooming, was strocij^' the electrJc fluid and kjlJed. Part of tLIeto ThiDf was tbiPfc The deceased, it appears, was forniarly bo! engineer of the steamship Talavera, vfb* :a/U left at South Shields last Jannarv. ^to tore away the clotft of his cap, bat left the on his head. Part of his clothing was more than twenty yatds. hte was various parts of the hody. A. paper found on the dsoeased name and address of Mrs Maclaren, who keeKJ boarding-house in James-street, Newport.. qairies made there by oar representative that a man named Casey lodged there three weeks ago, but they knew nothing movements since. Deceased is described a? \t> tween 35 and 40 years of age, aboat 5ft. height, with dark brown hair, sandy moust and several days' growth of beard. He dressed in a dark suit of tweed. ,J The inquest wa» opened in the afternoon Mr Lyndon Moore, coroner. SuperintaD^V Brookes asked that it be adjourned, as tbeyjp not yet been able to find anyone to identify f body. He submitted documents found on tbO ceased, The first was a note from Alexa^y Brookland, chief engineer, showing that J,j>' Casey was engaged as engineer on the ss. vera from October, 1903, to January, 1904.% had borne a good character. The se jond was Owen Thomas, showing that Casey bad worfe?Spf engineer on the ss. Reveil, Limerick, 26th, 1903, to Septembor 21st, 1903, and the (a' was from W. Schiller, Cardiff, chief the ss. Microphone, showing that > Casey.^Di served as second engineer from Decembe* A' 1901, to June 7tb, 1902. The inquest was journed until Tuesday next. -gJ* It was explained that deceased must havf picking blackberries, because a number of were found in his mouth,

SOMNOLENT BRIDEGROOM* Twice Disappoints the Bride. Arrayed in bridgl robes and surrounded & attendants, a young woman awaited patieo'. Runcorn Parish Church on Sunday morDiOfj, \p arrival of the bridegroom. Everything readiness for the marriage, but as the hour went by a look of anxiety came °*eticP'; features of bride, clergyman, and congre^atH0^ The hour for ihe service drew nigh, and was noeign of the absentee it was deci^ postpone the marriage until noon. A sea*0^ > made for the delinquent, and he was f°?flrf P' home, and explained his conduct by had overslept himself. Ho solemnly t"? however, to be at the church at noon.$0°, crowd that once more gathered at the chur^0 pOf was keenly disappointed, for neither br1.^ bridegroom appeared. Half an hour ear'1 fa'tbiess swain bad sent a message to informing her that he had changed his m'" did not intend to marry her. urid0 In the neighbourhood in which the bo sides much indignation has been cruel treatment to which she had been Btt^e Like the man ,wbo has deceived her, 9 t»r^ humble circumstances, but friends have » jjpp a fund to enable her to take legal proce against him.

FATALITY AT ABERYSTWy1 I Run by an Express An adjourned inquest touching th0 jL^j Mr Lewis Jones (76), Aberystwyth, knocked down by an express on the railway near Aberyatwytb, took place rpb^ns- day. Evidence by the engine-driver. 0{ Hughes, and the fireman, Henry wastry, said deceased, who was hard of jj0 did not bear the engine whistling Whoo 0, on the level crossing and was knocked driver not being able to pull up in *4 diet was returned of Accidentally 10 eot»V the jury added a rider that the railw^^fe^ be asked to take-effective steps for the the pablre using the crossing t

FALL THROUGH A GREENH0 tf0d On Tuesday morning a woman Blackmore fell through a greenhonso gttgt» of a house in Cogan-row, m sv*3 en*K severe cots on the legs. Dr. Ha°^ j0 tbe moned, and inserted several to^ Tbe injured woman is 6 named Robert Smith, and it '3 Tuesday an altercation took P^^joleoKhr°V and the man became somewhat 0t » woman, in endeavouring to escape' e tO° e^6^ a window an3 tried to walk downi e greenhouse, but it gave way cut by some trok en glass. pfj

At Tuesday's meeting Library Authority (the Distric^ garei*h librarian stated that 12 pages0' j jutic 0p" j,«' had been torn out. This bad °<tv ance to the Welsh readers. aU .,are3 aU the matter to the police. It ^jea"1 magazines had been similarly ecnte ously. It was decided to with a view to discoveiipg