The Cardiff Times

ARMENIANS TERROR-STRICKEN Russian Aid Demanded. Geneva, Friday.—The Armenian paper, the "Droschak," published here, contains terrible Slews to-day. The Turkish soldiery have been massacring and pillaging in Armenia since July 3rd, and the viliagc-s of Marnik. Gouravse, Iktar, K.havou, and ScheltJon have been completely destroyed. Most of the villagers have been killed, Mid the rest have fled to the mountains pursued by Kurds from Bitlis The whole of Armenia is terror-stricken, and Russian aid is demanded.— U Daily Mail." SERIOUS DISTURBANCES." Constantinople, Thursday.—Serious disturb- ances are reported from Armenia, but no "details are to hand.—Reuter.

STORM FLOODS IN AMERICA. New York, Sunday.—Yesterday's storm ex- pended from Tarrytown, in New York State, to fee centre of New Jersey, and from Eastern Con- necticut to Mauch Chunk. During the afternoon fell in torrents. Many towns were deluged, tod much damage done in rural districts. The storm also caused landslides and washouts on he railways, and traffic was interrupted. The Streets of New York were Hooded, and water entered the basements of ma,ny hou8es Jersey City suffered most, several buildings there, in- cluding a church and a theatre, being wrecked. A man and three boys were drowned at Mauch Chunk through the collage of a bridge over a reek, the waters of which were swollen by the tain. The steamer British Prince narrowly escaped an enormous waterspout when three Voiles to the west of Fire Island.—Reuter.

THE GERMAN MILITARY SENSATION. Berlin, Sunday.—The latest rumour in cmnac- iion with the Krosigli case is that a Commission ha.s proceeded to Quimbinnen to reinvestigate the toatter, and that the witness Skopeck, whose ev dence, though discredited at the first trial, greatly influenced the judges a,t the recent trial, has been summoned by telegraph to appear before the Commission. No confirmation, how- ever, has yet bsen given of this rumour. Counsel for the defence has based his demand for a re- vision of the trial on the ground that one of the military judges had not, as Article 68 of the military code explicitly requires, been placed hpon the Military Court before the beginning of tlie financial year.—Reuter.

<y¿: SOCIALISTS AND THE VvAR. Brussels, Friday.—According to promise, the Belgian Socialists have written to the principal English and other foreign Socialist bodies to inquire whether they do not think the time has come for Socialists to protest in some way or other against the continuation of the South African war. The first answers, jnst arrived, toe most discouraging. Mr Hyndman, for the English Democratic Federation, says it is too late. Great Britain will not recede, and the Boers cannot obtain better conditions than what have already been offered. Trade unions would shrug their shoulders at a proposal of a general striko, and mere protesting against the war Would be in vain. Besides, while condemning the war, Mr Hyndman said it would be unjust to Protest specially against British cruelties while railar cruelties have been committed by all Europe, America, and Japan in China., the Congo, Cuba, etc. Mr Hyndman's letter puts an end to international Socialist action against the —"Daily Express."

THE MURDER OF A FAMILY, Funeraiofthe Victims. The funeral of Henry Thomas Mortimer and bis murdered family took place on Saturday at Stephen, Saltash. The woman and her four children were buried first with full Religious rites, the bodies of the two boys, Eric and Allan, being en- closed together in one coffin, and their mother and little sisters, Madge and Kennedy, in Another. The three; coffins containing the re- gains of the mother and children were conveyed 1n two glass hearses to St. Stephen's, a mile from Saltash. There several wreaths on each. On reaching St. Stephen's they were con- veyed into the church, where the Rev. Arthur ■reedy, vicar of Saltash, read the first portion of *be burial service in the presence of a crowded congregation. The interment took place after- wards in a double grave in consecrated ground. congregation. The interment took place after- wards in a double grave in consecrated ground. Mr Preedy again officiated. After the burial of the five victims the cortege returned to Sa-lt- ash, and one cf the hearses came back with the body of Mortimer. His coffin was lowered into the same grave without any ceremony. The °&ly mourners were Mr Fisher, of Watford, brother-in-law of Mortimer, and Mr R. Howell, of Plymouth, brother-in-law of the murdered ^oinan. Nearly a thousand people assembled the churchyard, but there was no demonstra- tion.

A FATAL OUTING. Cardiff Man's Death at Weston. An inquest was held on Monday at Kev/stoke on "oe body of Mr Andrew Leigh, of Cardiff. MrCi varies Thomas deposed to finding the body I j13 the water off St. Thomas Head, Woodspring. Oil bringing it ashore Police-constable Rowseli *ound 8s, three saucers marked presents from Weston, and a pipe in deceased's pocket. There J^ere three bad wounds on the forehead and the back of the head. Emily Hole, servant at the Pier Pavilion, said 6he heard screams and cries of Help on the ?'ght of the 17ih inst. as the Waverley was leav- for Cardiff. She looked over the wall and of the 17ih inst. as the Waverley was leav- lUg for Cardiff. She looked over the wall and saw a man, who said, "I am drowning." She told ¡ •Urn to hold on to the rocks, and then informed ^onstable Lone! an<3 the toll collector. When Load arrived the man could cot be seen. Loud deposed that search was made for Several boars without success. „ Caroline Leigh identified the clothing, and stated that deceased worked for Mr Geen, Cardiff, and came to Weiton with the firm for 831 outing on the 17th. He always returned home Bober from picnics. A verdict was returned that deceased died from accidentally falling from the reeks, and thus was frowned.

II" 1IIiI:ImaJIJ-- CURIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Lieutenant-Colonel Yorke, reporting upon the ^ccident that occurred last May at Gretna j^i'een Station,whereby a portion of a goods train *sft the rails, fouling the other line and thus reusing a collision, says no blame whatever rests hpon the drivers, firemen, or brakesmen of the tWo trains, nor upon the signalmen. The Permanent way was in excellent order, but in of the first wagon leaving the metals Colonel Yorke hazards the conjecture that, as it as loaded with cylindrical steel forgings, at 6°ttte time during the journey these rolled to one Blde of the wagon, thus throwing most of the I height to one side. Such an uneven distribution oi weight would render aderailment of the wagon i 1 likely, especially on a curve. If his conjecture 1 \as correct, it would seem that sufficient care I J "as not taken when loading the steel forgings. uwa. -t..

TRYING THE FOWLING-PIECE. < I yean? fellow, named William Osmon, H- Lock Cottages, was before their Worships at Town Hall on Monday because of his < J^orting proclivities. He borrowed a fowling- 1 [llce with a view to purchase, and tried his hand 1 the wild duck and moorhens which were < Hated to frequent the timber ponds at the Alexandra Docks. Of course this could not be k"owed on the premises of the docks, and the 0r>Jp;my's policemen prosecuted him for having goaded gun in his possession on their premises, policemen prosecuted him for having goaded gun in his possession on their premises. "■•'be magistrates' clerk said this appeared to be 1 new sport. That was the second man who.had j-en before the Court. He thought anyone ^siring to perfect himself as a shot might join .be Volunteers or resort to the Newport Rifle ~*ub's range near Mr D. A. Thomas's. The Magistrates directed defendant to pay 10s, and "°ir clerk recommended him to raake his peace ^lth tho Inland Revenue about the gun, or he °u2d probably be summoned again. j I

A CONSTABLES MISTAKE. I In substantiating a charge of disorderly conduct :°ugLt against an Tipper Hollowa-y young man Nort,h London, a constable stated that when ed to move on the accused answered that Was doing no barm, and would go when he 9'oaaed.—Mr Cluer What was the disorderly -o&duct ?—He caused a crowd to assemble.—Mr ar-r But prior to your speaking to him ? I 3>pose he was only talking to bis friends ?— f ,'cr« have been complaints as to these young <Uovvb blocking the way.—Mr Cluer You might j jV9 charged liim with obstruction, perhaps, but seo di30rdcrIy conduct. He is dis- rged.

DELAREY'S WARNING. < Boer Proclamation. Boers and Peace. LEADERS STILL OBDURATE. Convoy Fight. YEOMANRY ATTACKED. The following from Lord Kitchener to the Secretary of State for War was issued on Monday PRETORIA. Sunday. A party of three officers and 65 men sent north from Laclybraud on the right of Elliot's column was surrounded in unfavourable ground at 8 a.m. on 22nd August and captured by a superior force of the euemy, with the loss of one killed and four wounded. Prisoners released. Am holding inquiry. PRETORIA, Sunday. I have received a long letter from Steyn containing an argumentative statement of the Boer case, and saying that he will continue to fight also a short letter from De Wet to the same effect. I have also received from Botha a letter acknowledging receipt of .pro- clamation, protesting against it, and stating that they intend to go on fight- ing. On the other hand surrenders have lately increased considerably. PRETORIA, Noon, 26th August. Since the 19fch August columns report 32 Boers killed, 24 wounded, 139 prisoners, and 185 surrenders. Also 116 rifles, 19,010, rounds small arm ammunition, 245 waggons, 286 horses, and 6,615 cattle. These include all intermediate reports. General ood's columns from the north have come into Middelburg, having encountered but slight opposi- tion. Allenby and Ivekewich are stils clearing to the north of Magaliesberg, tion. Allenby and Ivekewich are stils clearing to the north of Magaliesberg, where the majority of the surrenders reported have been received, includ- ing Kruger, a nephew of the ex- President. I Lord Methuea and General Feathersfcouhiuigh's columns are re- fitting at Klerksdorp, having met with only very slight opposition during the PI) march from Taungs. I have no report of Elliott's columns or from Saens. General Charles Knox's columns, between Orange River and the Thaba N'chu line, have been hustling Trans- vaalers and Kritzinger's men, but that is all at present. In Cape Cobny the enemy's bands of rebels" are hiding and avoiding our columns with some success, General Beatson alone having got in touch in the south with Scheopers, whom he in the south with Scheopers, whom he is driving northwards. The following from Lord Kitchener to the Secretary of State fur War was issued on Sunday night PRETORIA, 24th August. Dehrey has issued a counter-pro- clamation, warning all Boers against the last proclamation issued by me, and stating they will continue the struggle. Copy sent by mail. The following from Lord Kitchener to the Secretary of State for War was issued ou Tuesday :— PUETOIUA, Monday, 9.45 p.m. A convoy from Kimberley to Griqua- town was attacked near llooikopje on the 24th August. The abtack was driven off by the escort, under Captain Humby, who lost nine kiilec1 and 23 wounded, all of the 74th Imperial Yeomanry. The convoy was brought safely in. Eawliuson reports having caught 13 Transvalers after a good 40 minutes' gallop in the open to the easb of Eden- burg.

ORANGE COLONY. WINBCJRG, Monday. Generals Elliott and Broadwood and Colonel De Lisle are engaged in sweeping the country to the east of the railway in a northerly direction. The forces under their corrmand, which left Bloemfontein a week ago, have so far encoun- tered but few Boors, our night attacks having had-siic)2 an effect that the enemy will not sleep in farmhouses when a British column is in the vicinity. Contrary to ex-President's Steyn's recent as. surance to Mr Lleitz that he h id plenty of ammu- nition, it appears from letters captured in Haasebrceck's laager that Mr Steyn, replying to a request from Haasebrocck for more dynamite and ammunition, sent two cases of each, Saying that that was the last supply he had.

STEYN AND DE WET. WINBURG, Saturday. It is reported here that Steyn and De Wet are close to the Eastern border. SHARP FIGHTING. There was some sharp fighting at iicneeri- weer's Kop, near .Fauresmith, last Wednesday, in which the 1st Royal Lancater Regiment had a corporal killed, three men wounded, and o»e missing 4th "tV orcestershire-a drummer killed I 3rd Worcestershire—two men wounded 3rd Manchester—two men wounded (one of whom has since died) and 4th Manchester—one man wounded (since dead). Lieutenant -1-1 li-C of the Worcestershire Regiment, was slightly wounded in the same engagement. On the "2nd inst. the 21st Battalion Imperial Yeomamy lost two men and I/ieutenant D. Gr. Bobbins killed in a, fight near Standerton. Lieutenant S. Selman and one man of the 5th Victorian Mounted In- fantry were severely wounded at Pwaan's Poort on the 20th inst.

HUMOURED SURRENDER. (Press Association Special Telegram.) KL-BRKSDORP, Ang. ID, A rumour is current here that a number of Boers intend surrendering on September 15th, Copies of Lord Kitchener's proclamation have been sent to Potgieter at Wolmaranstad, and Lie- benberg at Hartebeestcfontein. The messenger sent to Woimaranstad was detained for several bonrs as a suspected spy, but was eventually re- leased. The Boers are generally restive in this b s neighbourhood. During the past week numbers were seen to the north and north-east, and were ti,, e cl on by our outposts. The mortality of stock from poorness of condition is tremendous, be- tween 200 and 300 head dying daily. Three Boer families have been removed from the burghers' jainp for disobeying regulations. (

BOERS WORKING SOUTH. (Reuter's Telegram.) CAPE TOWN, Saturday. The Boers in the Midland districts of Cape Colony are pressing southwards. A force under Scheepers is threatening Oixdts- boorn. (Press Association Special Telegram ) MIDDELBURG, Wednesday. The Boers have been active in the Dordrecht listrict, and small parties of the enemy have been seen approaching the town. Two more Boer sympathisers have been sen- tenced here to two months' imprisonment for sntertaining the enemy and withholding informa- tion. Over 40 political prisoners have been con- victed or are awaiting sentence, while 59 men ma six women have been ordered to report them- selves daily.

THE CAPTURE OF A CONVOY. Telegram.) PRETORIA, Sunday. Colonel Williams on the 19th inst. captured a convoy, consisting of 106 waggons, together with 18 prisoners and 1,500 cattle belonging to the commando of Potgieter. Surrenders are taking place freely tlirong'hout the country. (Note.—Lord Kitchener's report was that 86 waggons and various other vehicles had been captured.)

FORTY OF THE ENEMY TAKEN. (Central News Telegram.) PRETORIA, Saturday, Some days ago the 1st Regiment of Scottish Horse, whilst operating in the Rusteuburg dis- trict, suddenly discovered a party of Boers, who opened fire. The Scottish Horse immediately dismounted and returned the fire, and then charged the enemy on foot. The Boers taking alarm ran to their horses, which were hidden in a donga, and fled. They left five men killed and some wounded. Forty of them who were cut off from their horses were captured.

DESPATCHES FOR DE WET. I Mr Bennet Burleigh, the Daily Telegraph's" correspondent, in a message from Edenburg, says j that on Tuesday night 120 of the enemy, probably nnder General Smuts, crossed from west to east jj of tho railway at a point 30 miles south of Eden- 3 burg. They were making for Bensgevonden, and thence, in all likelihood, they are going towards W.penm: and the Basuto border, where a number of small commandoes are hiding in the hill country. It seems that Malan has gone north, carrying clespatches for De Wet. Our patrols and smaller columns are securing pri- soners in the Bethulie district.

A FIGHT WITH SCHEEPERS. (Reuter's Telegram.) CAPE TOWN, Sunday. On the 19th inst. Scheepers' commando was engaged by the 10th Hussars to the south of Uniondale. It is reported that-Commandant Van Dermerive and Field Cornet Dnplessis were amonng the wounded. A casualty list issued on Saturday shows that the 10th Hussars lost near Uniondale on the 20th inst. four killed, including Squadron Sergeant- Major Clarke, and seven severelv wounded, in- cluding Lieutenant C. Mitford, and four slightly wounded, while three men aro reported missing. Lieutenant F. Carr, of the veterinary department of the same regiment, also severely wounded. A few other minor casualties are reported.

KITCHENER AND THE NATIVE QUEEN. (Central News Telegrpjn.) PRETORIA, Wednesday (delayed in transmission). Masikasika, the sole ruler of the tribe of the MakatJiis, f), branch of the Basuto group, paid a visit to Lord Kitchener here a. few days ago. The Queen. who is 88 years of age, obtained per- mission to pay her respects to the Commander-in- Chief, and came in from the Pienaars River dis- trict, to the north-east of Pretoria, with 300 followers, half of whom were her arraed body- guard. The Makatlas brought a quantity of produce with them. Lord Kitchener in an inter- view expressed his pleasure at seeing her well, and hoped her people were well. He was glad to see the great chief of the Makatlas anxious to be in closer touch with the British troops, but he assured her there wojS no cause for alarm. The Queen is now on her way back to her people. The tribe numbers about 6,000.

LORD MILNER AT CAPE TOWN, (Central News Telegram.) CAPE TOWN, Tuesday Morning. Lord Milner arrived here beiore daylight this morning. All well. When Lord 21iiner landed at the docks later in the day he received a very hearty greeting. Sir Hely Hutchinson, the Governor, was not present, but he was represented by his military secretary. Lord Milner drove under the Royal Arches to Green Market-square, where a civil reception awaited him. He was enthusiastically cheered, a.nd in the courso of a subsequent speech ha said that two of his prophecies had already been fulfilled. One was that thrsre would be change in the feeling in England with regard to the war, and the other was that he would return to South Africa, and he was now there to confirm that fore- cast. As a result of bis visit to England he would say that there would never be a change in the Imperial policy.

THE BOER RANKS. The total reduction of the Boer forces from August 1st to August 26th is as follows :— Boers killed 183 wounded 83 prisoners. 1,292 „ surrendered. 422 1,930 Pompom captured 1 Rifles 524 Ammunition, rounds 65,470 Waggons 1,308 More than 6,000 horses and 44,000 cattle. For the previous five months the Boer looses averaged 2,000 a month. 1,980 are accounted for this month already. The total number of Beers estimated by Lord Kitchener to be in the field on July 8th was 13,500. Since that date 3,155 have been accounted for, leaving 10,345.

WHY KITCHENER IS LIKED. Why do we like Kitchener ? I will tell you why," writes a correspondent from the front. Because he has no favourites because he is ready to give every man his chance, and when a man does his level best is the first to appreciate it. He takes him for what he is worth as a soldier and not becausehehas friends or a handle to dis name. When he first took over the com- mand he hunted out a hundred or more fellows who were only filling the places of better men. We like him because he never plays to the gallery, because he thinks only of his business, because he writes as little as he can help, gives the briefest and clearest orders, and knows h pretty well everything that is going on, what everyone is doing, where his columns are, where they are going, and what he wants them to do. K.K. is said to be a hard man he is, no doubt, but only to the skuJksrs and the skrim-shankers and the lardy-das who think they know a lot and don't. We like him because he trusts no one else to do his work, because he is his own Chief-of-the- Staff, and because he carries enough in his one strong head to swamp a dozen smaller men. By- and bye the nation will realise what a splendid servant it has had in Lord Kitchener of Khar- touio."

SHOCKING DISSOVERY. MAN MUTILATED AT A LONDON STATION A shocking affair took place on the Central London Railway on Saturday night. It appears that a train bound for the West End terminus at Shepherd's Bush was suddenly brought to a standstill when pulling out of Bond-street Station. It was at first thought that the motor power had given out, but as efforts to start the train proved unavailing signals wore made to the officials at the station, and a gang of men were soon set to work to discover what was wrong. The front plank at the end of the platform was taken out, and there the officials were surprised to find a man lying in a huddled position be- tween the engine wheals and the platform wall. He was immediately taken out. Yia,it;y examiiia- tion showed that he was terribly crushed, his skull being fraptured, his face badly cut, hi right leg severed below the knee, his left foot cut off, and his arms mutilated. A doctor was summoned, and as on the arrival of the medical gentleman the man was found to be still living, his imme- dia.te rennoval to the Middlesex Hospital was ordered. Upon reaching that institution, however, it was found that life was extinct. Inquiries made go to show that nothing is known at present of the deeeasad's identity. He is described as middle-aged and well dressed. How he got on to the line is a mystery.

MISSILES FROM TRAINS. A Dangerous Practice. The thoughtless person, like trouble, is ever with us, but probably his vagaries come more prominently under notice at this season of the year, when he leaves his accustomed haunts on pleasure bent. The fact that he is abroad is painfully demonstrated by accounts which find their way into the papers from time to time of railway employees who have- been injured by articles thrown from trains. One railway com- Eany has, within the last few days, had two mem- si's of its permanent way staff seriously injured in this way but the thoughtless authors of the injury are unknown. A very little reflection would convince persons who are tempted to dis- j pose of some of their redundant impedimenta when travelling by hurling it out of the window of the railway carriage that the momentum of the train is imparted to the article thrown from it, and that although at the moment of throwing the immediate neighbourhood of the train may apparently be clear of a1:.y person or object likely to be damaged by the missile by the time the missile falls to the ground, or even before the force with which it is projected into space is expended, it will have to,veiled in the same direction as the train, and will in all probability have struck some object not within sight, when its some- time possessor thoughtlessly launched it into space. No one can say how much of the evil in -lit the world 13," wrought by want of thought," but here is an opportunity of reducing the sum total to a certain c-xtent, and those that be wise will make it a matter of conscience not only to themselves refrain from doing that which may inflict serious bodily injury to one or more of their fellows, but will also place a correspon^iuf restraint upon travellers in the same card age who may be tempted to commit the offence.

FALL FROM A TRAIN, I I Sad Death of a Chifd. The death was reported to the Peterborough Coroner on. Monday of the child Eddie Savage, of Camberweli, who fell out of a Great Northern excursion train from Yarmouth owing, it is al- leged, to the door being improperly fastened. The train travelled miles before the guard's at- The train travelled miles before the guard's at- tention was arrested by the frantic parents, who broke the communication cord in their efforts. The child's mother was only mstra,inec1 with much difficulty from jumping after per child. At the inquest held at Peterborough on the little girl the evidence showed that the child accidentally touched the inside handle of the ■aoor of the" carriage and that the door fiew open, tho little girl falling out on to the line. Mr Savidge said the communication cord would not act. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death," and cteoired to call the attention of the railway authorities to the failure of the-com- xnunication cord.

J c, MOBBING" LORD ROBERTS. Lord Roberts does not seem to be enjoying himself greatly at Harrogate. It is flattering no doubt to be lionised, but decidedly inconveni- ent. On the first morning the omnibus from the hotel was surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd when it appeared at the wells, but there was no Lord Roberts. Tho Commander-in-Chief had very prudently waiked down by an unfrequented path, and he had drunk his allowance and was ) off again before the crowd was any the wiser. I The next day they waited for him at the springs, and the poor man had to pass alcng a line three I, and four deep to get to the counter for his tumbler. Since then he has wisely stayed at the hotel and had the water brought to him every I morning. But he has still to go down to the I bath every afternoon, and must then pay the penalty of fame. --A-

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I War Office Sensation. j SERIOUS CHARGE OF FRAUD. ALLEGATIONS AGAtNST A PEMBROKE CONTRACTOR. At Bow-street Police Court on Monday (before Mr deRufczen) John Henry Coram, justice of the peace, aged 54, steamship owner and Government contractor, of Neyland House, Pem- broke Dock Anthony James, justice of the peaco, clerk.in the employ of Messrs Coram, of Neyland and Charles Ewart Davies (23), corporal in the Army Service Corps, ware charged on re- mand with obtaining a, cheque for £ 180 7s 7d by false pretences from his Majesty's Secretary of State for War. Mr Bodkin (instructed by Mr Williamson, of the Treasury) prosecuted Mr R. D. Muir (instructed by Mr Harry Wilson) defended the three defendants. Mr Bodkin opened the case at considerable length. Heappeared, he said, with Mr Graham Campbell, to prosecute on behalf of the director of public prosecutions. The charges at present against the three defendants would be those of conspiring to defraud the Secretary of State for War, of obtaining a cheque from him for Y,180 7s 7d, of forging a receipt for goods, and of receiving byvirt-ae of a forged instrument this sum of money. The facts were these. In consequence of an inquiry in regard to an account sent in by a firm trading as Coram and Co. to the War Department for S96 5s 4d, Sergeant Stockley was sent down to Milford Haven with instructions to make certain inquiries there. In consequence of these inquiries the prosecution was instituted against the three defendants. It was discovered that for a consider- able time the firm of Coram aud Company bad been receiving from the War Office authori- ties large sums of money over a,nd above what was properly due to them for work they had done, and that this had been done in complicity with Davies, a corporal in the Army Service Corps, at Pembroke .Dock.The firm of Coram and Company consisted of the defendant Coram. and as a very active assistant the defendant Anthony James, who held the position of manager i,here, ard was very active in the business of the firm. They car- ried on business as tag-owners, and aJso worked a, steam ferry which plied between Hobbs Point, at which there were certain ordnance stores, and Neyland, on the opposite sideof Milford Haven. Milford Haven had many forts at various points Those forts were necessarily continually de- manding transport for various stores. The con- tract for this transport vva.3 held and had been held for some years by the company of Coram. Mr Bodkin then explained the system under which requisitions were made and the transport of goods required was effected. Defendant Davies held the rank of sergeant, and acted as clerk to the officers of the Army Service Corps. In this position his duties consisted of checking and copying and entering the details of stores sent from the Ordnance Department to the various forts. Captain Gner was the officer responsible for this work. Trusting to the honesty of Davies, this officer had made no comparison of the press copies witn tne entries in issue notes and earners notes. If such a system of comparison had been adopted faults must have been discovered long ago. To take a single illustration of what was done he (Mr Bodkin) would deal with the account for £ 180?s 7d. It showed in two respects the frauds that had been perpetrated. The account purported to cover the wnole of tha transactions from March 31st to June 30th, 1900 Towards the end of June, 1900, one of the forts known as Popton Fort sent a, requisition for what was known is a Richard- son target, which had been lying in sections in the wharf at Hobbs Point for some time. The target weighed 106 tons. For reasons of economy it was decided that the target should not be con- veyed by the Government contractor, but should be towed by a Government vessel. No particulam of weight or cubicle contents were iaaerted on the issue note respecting the target. A carrier's note was made out in due course, and within a few hours of its reaching the Army Service Corps Davies appeared with the note at the Army ord- nance stores and asked that the particu- lars of the cubicle contents should be specified on the carrier's note. They asked what this was for at the Army ordnance stores, and the answer was that the particulars were expected for a return. The figures were con- sequently filled in. The reason why the figures were not required was, of course, that the target was to be towed by the Government vessel. The result was that the carrier's note was sent in with a number of others specifying the particular cost of the transport of this target by Coram and Co., and a sum of £ 40 or£41 wa.3 charged in the quarterly account, not for the towage of the target in pieces, but for its carriage as a complete target on board one of Coram and Company's vessels. Of course, Coram and Company never had any- thing to do with the target. It was towed by the Government ship Drake. The suggestion was that Davies wanted particulars of the dimensions of the target for inser- tion in the carrier's note, and by a previous arrangement with Messrs Coram the weight was communicated to them, and was in- serted in the account which was submitted to the WarPayOffice, and was paid by that department. There was.seeondly, a charge of forging a receipt far goods. The carrier's note bore a receipt signed A. E. Parsons, master gunner, Bopton Fort," which was not in Parsons's writing. Parsons, in fact, did not receive the target from Coram and Co,, but from the Drake. In due course from London came a cheque for £ 180 7s 7d for the benefit of Messrs Coram and Co. Another example of the way in which, it is alleged, this firm extracted money from the War Office was shown by an item for X58 for tent bot- toms. Ttic we-ightof thcse teiit bottoms was 57 tons, and this appeared on the issue note. But Corams had altered this figure from 57 to 87 in tho Army ordnance wharf books. These books were not kept locked up, and Davies had been occasionally seen at the office of the Army Ordnance Department. The initial C. E. D. was put against the altera- tion from 57 to 87 in respect of this account of £ 1S0 7s 7d. There ware conseouently two sorts of fraud exemplified. There was a vast number of Cases upon an account for the March quarter of this year. On inquiry being made Davies gave as explanation for the alterations in the books and the carrier's notes that he had been in the and the carrier's notes that he had been in the habit personally of measuring stores after they had been loaded on the barges of Coram and Co., and that he had found in many cases that the measurements of the Army ordnance people were not correct, and that the figures were not fair to Messrs Coram and Co. Davies had however, no right to interfere with the measurements at all. Since the inquiry was held he had been making himself conspicuous at the Army Ord- nance Wharf, pointing out that goods were not accurately measured, and that Coram and Co. were complaining. On one occasion, Captain Grier, in charge of the Army Service Corps, not suspecting Coram and Co., went to sea Coram. It was about the beginning of the inquiry. lie spoke of the alteration of the figures, and Coram replied, Let us go and see James, who manages these things." On going to James, Captain Grier was given to understand that neither Jaraes nor Coram hid reason to believe that the weights or measurements were incorrect as re- ceived from Davies. Evidence would be adduced to show that Davies lived in a style which his pay as a sergeant did not warrant. Mr Cummings. foreman of the Army Ordnance Department at Hobbs Point, Pembroke Dock, was then called. Near the ordnance stores was the ordnance wharf, ani not far away was the Army Service office. When a fori, required cer- tain stores a requisition was sent to the chief ordnance officer, Western District. It would be witness's duty to take out an issue note specifying the goods, and on that issue note tbe weight and capacity ol the goods were entered. The measure- ments were made under witness's direction bv one of his men. The particulars were entered on tbe issue note. A press copy was taken of the issue note, and the issue note went into the office cf the Army ordnance stores. There was then made oat a carrier's note, which was press copied in the ordnance of Gee. This was a duplicate of the issue note. The duty of providing actual transport lay with the Army Service Corps. When the barge was ready to receive goods the bargeman checked the cargo as it was loaded. The carrier's note Was taken away by the bargeman. Witness knew Corporal Ab- bott. of the Army Scrvice Corps. He was em- ployed in the office. About June of 19GO witne: s received a requisition for towing a target of the Richardson pattern. When lying on the wharf the target was in sections. The requisition was from Fort Popton. Witness made out an issue note in rospcet of the target, and made a, double press copy of it. He did not specify the weight and contents, as he was told that there was no need to do so, seeing that the target would be towed by a Government boat, and there would be no expense. He ran his pen through the measure- ment column. A carman's note was afterwards made out. Witness saiy Corporal Abbott shortly after this. Mr Bodkin next called Lance-Corporal John Abbott, of the Army Ordnance Corps, stationed at Woolwich from November, 1899, until June of this year. He had served, be said, at Pembroke Dock. It was part of his duty to make out car- riers' notes in the Army ordnance office. The -s carrier's note was copied from the issue note, which proceeded from Mr Cummings. It was no part of his dnty to fat in the name,or the carrier upon the note. This was always left blank. The carrier's note would be countersigned by the Army ordnance officer and then press copied. Thereafter it would be taken to the defendant Davies. Mr James Law. civilian foreman at the Ord- nance Wharf, Hobb's Point, gave corroborative evidence respecting the targets being towed by the Drake. The charge for towing would be about £ 2. He bad often seen Davies on the wharf. He had seen him in company with Messrs Goram's bargemen. Davie3 since last May had been measuring stores, on the wharf, saying that Messrs Coram and Co. complained about the measurements. Witness told Davies that the Government measurements were correct. Davies told him that there was a row about a bill of Coratn's, and he asked him to square it up with his books. Witness replied he could not do so. Mr Bodkin: What did he reply ?- I shai 'I have to square it somehow, and if it is not squared up you will drop into it as well." Captain George Richard Grier, of the Army Service Corps, Pembroke Dock, said lie had been stationed at Hobb's Point sines October, 1899. During the timo he had been stationed there Coram and Co. had held the contract for water transport of stores up to tho time of tho be- ginning of the inquiry. Ho (witness) had had complete confidence in Davies, He was sorry to bay he had not closely examined the boofo. and carriers' notes before that time. Non of these witnesses wore subjected to cross examination, Mr Muir applied oij behalf of the prisoner I Davies for bail in order that he roight properly prepare his defence, At Hollowly Davies was I kept in prison garb, the polices r§fu§iog Wfla tbe ragbt of wearing civilian clothes. I t Mr Bodkin opposed this application on the ground of the gravity of the charge preferred against the prisoner. Cpvptain Grier (recalled by Mr De Rutzen) said I that Davies would still be under military arrest even if admitted to bail. Mr Bodlnn urged that no opportunity should be allowed Davies of communicating with others who were charged with the same offence. Mr Muir characterised this as a monstrous pro- position. Mr De Dutzen said he would remand Davies until the next day pending inquiry into the nature of the military regulations. James and Coram were remanded on bail until Tuesday of nextrweek. QUESTION OF BAIL. Mr De Rutzen sat again at Bow-street Police Court on Tuesday morning to decide whether ba.il should be allowed Corporal Davies, of the Army Service Corps, Pembroke Dock, the youngest of the three defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the War Office of £ 180 7s 7d. The matter was adjourned from Monday's hearing pending inquiry into the position which Davies would hold under the military law if he were allowed out on bail by the civil authorities, Mr De Rutzen remarked that seeing the other two defendants, who were in better stations of life socially, had been remanded on bail, he wished to avoid even the possibility of the idea that there was one law for the rich and another for the poor. On taking his seat this morning, Mr De Rutzen said shortly that he would permit the remand of Davies on bail of two sureties of £ 100 each. Mr Wilson, solicitor for the defence, asked if the sureties were not found whether it would be possible for Davies to be confined in military custody in London. Captain Grier in- terposed that he was going to be detained in the custody of the military authorities in London Mr De Rutzen. was perfectly sure that Mr Wil- son would be given every facility of communica- ting with Davies. After a further private con- ference with the solicitors on either side, Mr De Rutzen said he would accept Da.vies's own recog- nisance of £1.ífJ on con-iition that he would be I removed in military custody.

KING EDWARD AND THE CZAR. Berlin, Saturday.—According to a Copenhagen telegram published by the Lokalanzeiger/' it has now been settled that the Czar will meet King Edward at Fredensborg.—Renter. Homburg, Saturday.—King Edward returned to Homburg from Wilheliushohe yesterday even- ing at 9.30. To-day bis Majesty received Princo Nicholas of Nassau and his daughter, the Coun- tess of Meremberg. This evening a grand dinner will be given on the terrace of the -botel.-Petit-er. iiomburg, Sunday.-—King Edward received to- day the Regent of Saxe-Cobure. In the afternoon his Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Cam- bridge, drove in his automobile to Friedrichshof. -Reuter. THE mAR'S RECEPTION IN FRANCE. Paris, SaturdsY,L\lo discordant voice against the welcome to be given to the Czar is heard from any quarter except from the Socialists. The Council General of the Revolutionary Socialist Union, which is closely akin to the Anarchist party, has issued a manifesto denoun- cing the reception which the representatives of the capitalist class in France are about to make in the name of France to the Autocrat of Russia, the murderer of his people." According to to- day's Matin," the greatest precautions along the Czar's route to Compiegne will be taken at the bridge of Comnieffne, which traverses the Oise. The bridge is Sld°and the accesses narrow. No crowd will be allowed to collect near the bridge. All along the route to Compiegne there will be more police officials and troops than public.—Central News. Paris, Saturday,—The Figaro addresses to the President of the Republic an open letter, in which it asks M. Loubet to pardon all political prisoners and allow the exiles to return on the occasion of tho Czar's visit. In this way," remarks the paper, the whole French family, without exception, will be assembled around its guest and around its chief The Gaulois says it learns on the authority of a personage well acquainted with what passes at the Eiysee that the President intends to par- don the Nationalists and Royalists who were banished by the High Court. -Reuter.

1 A LINCOLNSHIRE TRAGEDY, 'I SUPPOSED SUicToFOF A RECTOR. The Rev. C. E. rector of Scrivelsby, near Horncastle, Lincolnshire, was found shot through the head on Friday after- noon, in an outhouse at the Rectory, with a gun lying alongside of him. The circumstances of his dealh, it is stated, all point to suicide. The new3 of Mr Chapman's death will be re- ceived with much concern in English athletic circles, and with deep regret by past and present Llandovery boys, for Itir chapnian was during I many years on the teaching staff of the famous Welsh public school. The son of a Lincolnshire clergyman, he was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1884. II He was of immense stature, and won in successive years his English Ruo-by International cap. I He played thr ;e-quarter' And formed with Wade in the days' of the three three- quarter system probably the most power- ful wings that t be predominant partner hajs ever produced. He was also an accom- Eliehed cricketer, and ifl conjunction with his rother, the Rev. Frank E. Chapman, played I many a memorable innings for Llandovery School. Of a frank and generous disposition, and mixing freely with the boys he was included among the three most popular masters at the school. Mr ( who was married, was I ordained in 1894 at Llandovery, his first curacy being that of Llandingat.

AMERICANS AT STRA r FORD. The Vicar's Protest. The special ureacher on Sunday at Stratford- on-Avon Parish Ohurch was the Rev. W. Baker- Beall, and the collection was in aid of the dio- cesan branch of the Church of England Temper- ance Society. As usual during the summer months a very large number of Americans attended the morning service, at the conclusion of which they trooped into the c-hancel to look at Sftakespeare's grave and monument. The I large chancel, in :fsct,_ was nearly filled with well-dressed visitors, ladies and gentlemen, from across the lÜlantic. They had been there but a short time when the vicar (the Rev. G. Arbuthnot) appeared among them robed in his cassock, and stepping into one of the priests' miserere stalls, admonished them for a mean act associated with the offertory. Holding in his hand a number of very insignificant copper coins, he mentioned that they had been found by the churchwardens in the offertory plates. They were American coins of scarcely any value in the States, and absolutely valueless in this country. Yet they had been put in the collection. Being entirely worthless, he wished to inform those who had put them in the phi'? that he was pre- entirely worthless, he wished to inform those who had put them in the that he was pre- pared to hand them beck if they would come up and claim them. Needless to say no one accepted tbe rev. gentleman's effer. j

J U D G ;;c-HvvïFËD R NED. I An Elgin correspondent telegraphs that Lady I Smith, wife of Sir Archibald Smith, Master of the Rans, was drowned in tho river Spey at Absrlour, Morayshire, on Monday evening under very sad circumstances- The. deceased lady, who I bad been in a weak state for some time, was sitting with her husband on the banks of the Spcy, in the vicinity of V* ester Slchie's House, Spcy, in the vicinity of V* ester Slchie's House, the mansion belonging to the estate of their son- in-law, Mr J. W. H. Grant, and two maids were also in attendance. Tho latter eventually left î and during their absence the Judge, becoming circ,, Y, fell asleep. It is supposed that Lady I' Smith then rosc, from her husband's side, and in some way became imniersed in the deep pool of the river known as Palsnuan, for a bov who was in the vicinity saw deceased floating in the water. He immediately ran to the ferryman at the boat- house. who succeeded in getting the body ashore opposite Aberlour Station Life, however, was extinct. Lady Smith, foriuerly Miss Isobel Fletcher, was the eldest daughter of the late Mr John Charles .Fletcher. 01 Dale Park, Sussex, and v.'as married in 1867. John Charles Fletcher, or Dale Park, Sussex, and-was married in 1867.

A NOVEL' LOOK-OUT." Clergy and congregation of Christ Church, Newgate-street, have passed through the strange experience of being locked out- of' their place of worship. Although all were in attendance at the appointed hour for evensong, they found the doors closed," and consequently had to retire. On leaving the church 011 Sunday afternoon the cleaner failed to slip back the bolt of the inner lock, and, as was his custom, he left the master I key in the church. Then the door swung to, and the church was locked up absolutely. Every other door was bolted on the inside, as the vicar, the Rev.E. II. Pearce, was away on his holidavs the churchwardens, Without whose authority the doors could not be forceci, were not present and the clerk, who has the duplicate master key, was cut of town. Next morning the door was un. locked by, means of an old key.

^CROCODILE SWIMS NIAGARA FALLS. For the first time on record a living creature has passed over Niagara Falls and come out alive. In the interests of science Mr Frank C. J Bostock. of rne-nagerje fame, tried this experi- ment. He sent his-i-00 years old Egyptian croco- dile Ptolemy over the falls. This anir.ial is a splendid swimmer, very cautious, and has a hide as tongh as six thicknesses of sole leather. Early one morning he was towed out from Navy Island and set free. As ne passed over the mighty j cataract Ptolemy was aroused out of his usual calmness. With a mighty effort he raised himself partly out of the water and waved his forearms wildly in the air. Then he passed over the great falls, which have the power to light the whole of the United States of America,, Ho had to fall not only 164 ice! but to go down into the tremendous hole which the water had hollowed out beneath its ttgc-loug falling. It seemed impossible that he would conio oat alie, but an hour and a half later, when hope bad been abandoned, Ptolemy swam to the shore, and was dragged out of the seething waflprs tired but sound.—South London Press.

Cadbopy's Cocoa ieT absolutely lilire, beiiig I entirely ree from kola, malt, liopr-i' alkali or any foreign adm-amre, Caution '.i'lie public should insist on haviufi £ adl>uvj''&»-3ol4 only in Packets and Tius^as Other (Gocp^g are pftea b u'rJSuUli/ed f°r the &BK3 pltxtoprofis. 3.113d

The Attempt to Swim the Channel. GALLANT STRUGGLE. 13* Hours in the Water. 2 A Dover correspondent telegraphs :-Holbein, who left Dover on Saturday morning to attempt to swim across the Channel from Cape Grisnez, entered the water about a quarter to 4 on Satur- day afternoon. There was a BtifCsh breeze blowing, and after swimming six miles the sea became very choppy. When the morning showed no improvement in the weather it was decided to abandon the attempt. Holbein was then about five miles from Dover. The sea had been breaking in his face for a long time. There was no moon, and Holbein was once or twice lost sight of by his party nearly all of whom were very sick. The sea, was very rough, but throughout the night Holbein battled against the waves bravely. After swimming 12 hours Holbein neared the English coast, but it was then apparent that he would soon have to abandon the attempt. The swimmer, however, gallantly struggled to finish the distance, but about half-past 4 o'clock 011 Sunday morning he had to be pulled out of the sea. Then he was off the Varne, and practically within five or six miles of the English coast. The condition of Holbein was so serious that before being brought ashore into Dover on an ambulance signals were made for medical assist- ance. PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS. On 24th August, 1872.—J. B. Johnson at- tempted to swim across the Channel. This was f the first serious attempt to swim across the Chan- nel Johnson was a very good swimmer, but could not stand long immersion, and had to give up before he was out of sight of land. On 25th August, 1875.—Captain Matthew Webb swam tho Channel. Webb was only aiair I swimmer, but his ability to stay long in the water was the main secret of his success. He was swimming 21f hours.

LIBERAL LEADERS AND Mr- RHODES. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Spectator :— Sir,—Your exhaustive article on Mr Rhodes and the Liberal Party may well satisfy your readers as to your position in the controversy. It omits, however, to touch one point, namely, how far you are justified, prtecedeiite lits, in connect- ing the question of Mr Rhodes's subscription with the action of the Liberal leaders on the Raid Committee. The fullest proof of the fact so rashly impugned by Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman would not lift this assumption beyond conjec- ture, and it was probably this paragraph in your News of the Week' rather than C. B.'s letter which so excited the wrath of the two statesmen as to tempt them to language they can scarcely fail to re-grot --I am, sir, &c., AN OLD READER." In an editorial note the" Spectator says We are glad that our correspondent's letter gives us the opportunity to say again what we said when publishing Sir Henry Cainpbell- Bannerman's letter-i.e., that we entirely with- draw our suggestion that the story of the £ 5,000 subscription might afford a clue to his and Sir William Harcourt's action on the Committee. We accept their disclaimer, as we said on August 10, absolutely and without reserve, After their letter these who think with us that they were too lenient to Mr Rhodes will have to find some ether explanation. It was natural enough that Mr Chamberlain should be lenient, as he clearly I believed Mr Rhodes to have done, and to be doing, good service to the Empire. From those who, like Sir Henry Camp- .7 bell Ranneiman and Sir William Har- 'court, appeared to agree with us that Mr Rhodes's service to the Empire was bad, not good, service such leniency was not to bo ex- pected, and still remains, in our view, inex- plicable. When we uso the word lenient wo mean that the two statesmen in question did not really press home their cross-examination of Mr Rhodes, and insist, as they could have insisted, upon Mr Rhodes producing the letters which he refused to produce, which he clearly was most anxious not to produce, and which, finally, he was allowed not to produce." -=

THE BRITISH NAVY, Severe German Criticism. The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten on aturday published a strong criticism,apparently written by a naval man, upon the recent British naval manoeuvres. The writer declares that after careful study the rumours concerning the alleged inefficiency of thb British fleet must be regarded as absolutely justified. Ee even goes so far as to say that the British fleet, matched against a hostile fleet of even approximately the same calibre, would be badly defeated. The writer considers Great Britain'?- naval equipment to be far behind the latest improvements in ships, material, construction, armour, and guns. First class armoured cruisers, he declares, are con- spictlolls by their absence, and the number of torpedo catchers and destroyers is equally insuffi cient. He regards the sudden close of the manoeu- vres as proving the well-founded character of his contention, Admiral N031 being in a hopeless plight owing to the bad material under his com- mand." The failure of the cruisers," continues the writer, shows a want of clear method in the tactical use of this class of war vessel in the British Navy." The article recognises the skill cf Admiral Noel, and the daring strategy and de- termination of Admiral Wilson but, comparing the British and French manoeuvres, he comes to the conclusion that while France can boast of success, Great Britain can only mark failure, for the French manoeuvres have proved the superiority 91 the French fleet in the Mediter- ranean, whereas the British manoeuvres showed that a, powerful, well-directed French fleet would keep the upper hand even in the Channel." ..u-

ALLEGED ARSON NEAR NEWPORT. At Newport County Police Court on Saturday William George Neil was charged on remand with arson by setting fire to the cottage of Samuel Stadden on the 10th inst. The prisoner, who is a labourer, lived in a cottage about 150 yards from that of Stadden. The prosecutor, with his wife, left his cottage about 7 o'clock on the night in question and proceeded to Newport. On returning home he found that his cottage, which was a thatched one, had been burned down, v ell -a, but that the furniture had been sa" ed by the neighbours. Prosecutor, who was known as Black Sam," left the prisoner at the Royal Otk Inn, Christchurch, when he went on his way to Newport. Witness had ordered the prisoner's wife off his master's land. Mrs Stad- I den stated that as she passed she heard prisoner say, I'll pay Sam." She could not say what the other words were. Witness had quarrelled I with prisoner's wife. John Bennett, aged eight years, stated that he went to the cottage just I after 7 o'clock. Witness saw that the roof wa.s on fire and went into the roadway. He then saw I' prisoner sitting upon a, gate. Whilst witness was in the roadway prisoner got off the gate and walked down into the field from the direction of the cottage. Defendant was committed for trial to the Assizes, bail being allowed in two sureties of £ 20 each.

POPULAR ACl RESS ROBBED. Philip Sulkoviich (22), Russian subject, de. scribed as a, painter, of Twine-court, Cable-street, St. George's-in-the-East, was charged at Maryle- bone Police Cou."it on Friday with breaking into I' the residence of Mrs Genevieve Ward, the well- known actress, of 22. Avenue-road, St. John's- wcod, and with stealing articles valued at about £100. Miss Ward said she was awakened shortly after 4 o'clock in the morning by tile ringing of ¡ the front door bell, and on going downstairs she found that the house had been entered by way of tha drawing-room window. Among the articles i she missed were all her curios, which were kept in two cabinets, Police-sergeant Henderson stated that he found the prisoner crouching under some bushes by the side of a wall, and 011 search- ing him found a dagger and a silver ashtray. On looking round the garden he saw several other articles that had since been identified by'Miss Ward. The prisoner was remanded.

BURGLAR wn A CONSCIENCE. A well-dressed German stepped into Hammer: smith Police Station and confessed to having I committed thirteen burglaries in twelve months ¡ in Homburg. He was chargcd at Bow-street on Friday, and he stated that in 18S4 he was sent | to penal servitude in respect of five burglaries. After serving three years in prison he was liber- ated on licence and'expelled from the country. His conscience was now troubling hlrn,a,TId he had written to the Public Prosecutor in Germany, I but up to the present he had received no reply. Mr De Rutzen said that the conscience of most people, situated as the prisoner appeared to be, would bo satisfied by the confession made to the Public Prosecutor, who did not appear to have I thken any notice of the letter sent to him. The prisoner's statement would bo forwarded to the proper authorities, and he would be remanded I until some reply had been received.

A very painful sensation was caused at St. Neot's on Sunday by the news that one of the Vicar's sons, Mr Richard W. Meade, had been found dead in his bedroom killed by a gunshot wound in the head. A gun was lying near him. Decerned, whoso age was 30, had up to a few months a go been practising as a solicitor at Stokealey in Yorkshire, where he hold the posi- tion of deputy coroner. HoliaAV.iv b Ointksnx akji PiLJus, Much wttchiuluesa mueo be exercised at all Unaes. and the earliest evidences ot ill-health mast be immediately cheeked, or a slight illness may result In a serious malady, lieliwrec! and sore throat, aiphtaeria, quinsy, coupjiis, chronic congh, bronchitis, and ino&t other pulmonary affection* will be relieved by cubbing this eooliug Ointment iuto the ekinas noar as practicable to the seat oj mischief. Jhi i treatment, 80 simple tt) the and effective, is admirably adapted for tile removal of tise diseases during infancy and youth. Old asth- matic invaiifls will derive marvellous relief from the use of Halloway's remedies, which have broupht round many stleik sulferers, aud re-esoabliuh^tl health lifter every othor means had signally faiW

¡ Disaster off Hartland. SOAROOF TRADE INQUIRY I AT NEWPORT. j A Board of Trade inquirv was opened at, New- ] | port otto Hall ou Tuesday, before Capiain | George R,icnardson, one of the Board's inspectors, as to the accident to the pilot cutter Carlotta, of Newport, off Hartland Point on the 13th of an-^ Pr°bable loss of life entailed, I Mr Ray, pilot, and Wilfrid George Gould, his assistant, beiiia drowned. Mr R. P. Williams, solicitor, appeared for the Board of Trade Mr P. J. Lean, Cardiff, for the master of the Druincruil and the first and third officers Mr W. C. Hunger, solicitor, I Newport, for the relatives of the pilot Mr Roger Ernns, for the assistant Mr Arthur Ingledew, Cardiff, for the owners of the Drumcruil and Mr Horace Lyne, solicitor, Newport, for the Newport Pilotage Commis- sioners. Opening Statement. The opening statement was to the effect that The opening statement was to the effect that the Drumcruil passed St. Vincent in water ballast on the 30th of July, bound for Barry Roads for orders. S took on board whan oft' Trevose Head Mr J. Thomas, pilot, of Cardiff. Mr Ray was also on tho look-out for the steamer, in the belief that she \va3 bound for Newport to load. Mr Ray hailed the I steamer shortly before 8 o'clock on the evening of the 13th August off Hartland Point, but was told a pilot had been secured Subsequently Ray asked for a passage up, and in the belief tha,t there was a second pilot on the cutter tho captain of the steRnier gave tlae re- quired permission. The cutter's punt was sculled around the bows of the steamer, but filled with water, either owing to the suction of the steamer or to contact with v the bow. Ray remained in the punt, but his assistant was thrown out. When the captain of the steamer heard that the punt had filled, linea and lifebuoys were thrown to the men, and Gould got hold of one and was I hauled partly up, but fell backwards An A.B. named Rawlins went down the ladder on the out- side of the steamer to give help, and the first officer had a line secured around his waist and jumped into the water but Gould grasped him in such a way that he could not breathe, and he had to let go his hold. Another line was thrown from the steamer's quarter to Gould, and held by him. Meanwhile the captain signalled to the cutter to come down and help, and he saw the cutter catch up with Ray in the submerged boat, and lower mainsail, and concluded, as the main- sail was afterwards raised, that ho had been rescued. The night set in dark, with thick rain and squally, and after consultation with the Cardiff pilot and the other officers of the steamer ho decided to resume the journey. There were several questions arising out of the affair, such j as whether every effort was made by those on tho j steamer to save life, a,nd other" questions no j doubt would be suggested hy the inspector after hearing the evidence. hearing the evidence. Pilot s Assistant's Evidence. I Heary George Gould, pilot's assistant, said he remained on the cutter in charge of it, and saw the punt go under the starboard bow of the I steamer. He noticed that the punt, during the few moments that he had lost sight of it, had filled with water, and that Mr Ray was in it. His brother was in the water. The. steamer threw two lifebuoys to his brother, and a lope was also lowered to him, which witness eaw him catch hold of. He also saw those on board pull his brother out of the water, and tlfcught he was safe. He then sailed the cutter to save Mr Ray. He got the cutter close to him, and noted that he was taking off his mackintosh. He told Ray that the steamer had saved Fred." Whilst he was say- ing this he was at the helm and threw Ray a life- belt, but it fell short. He threw a second life- belt when he was not more than ten yards from him, and the cutter Was between the steamer and the punt. Witness asked Ray if he ha.d the life belt, and ho replied that ho had, and asked to be thrown a line. Witness threw the liue, but it was too dark to see whether he got it. lie put the boat round again and passed the punt. It was then quite dark, but he could see the sea break over something which he believed was the punt. The steamer had drifted about a mile, but he could see her lights. Witness cruised round and round until midnight, in the hope of finding Ray, but could not do so, and the wind freshening he returned to Barry, in the belief that his brother was safe on board the steamer. lIe saw no boat lowered by the steamer, but she came about and backed down Channel. Master of the Drumcruil. Mr Ernest Nicholson, master of the Drum- cruil, 2,594 tons register, owned by the Astral Steamship Company, Tower Buildings, Liverpool, said the steamer was in the race of the tide off Hartland Point when he was hailed by Ray. He reconsidered his determination not to take Ray on beard, thinking that he intended to leave another pilot on the station. He expected the punt to come round to windward, that being the usual course. Vihen he saw the punt was about to cross the steamer's bows be ordered the engines, which had been stopped, to be put fuil speed astern, so as to assist the punt. He stopped them when he saw the boat at the bows, as the steamer had a slight astern movement on. The punt crossed clear of r-lie steamer and headed to come along- side. The punt was sculled short round, and the steamer was driving to leeward so fast that he exclaimed, They'll make a mess of it." The forecastle look-out reported that the punt had filled. He ran and got a lifebuoy and threw it on deck, and lines were thrown. He saw nothing of Gould, but Ray he saw pulling himself over the upturned boat along the keel. The punt had drifted back to the other side of the steamer's bows. Eo saw the third mate come back and fall exhausted on deck. As soon as he saw the assistant assured of being saved he ran on to the forecastle head, all to attract the attention of the cutter to the nmn on the upturned boat, which was then 20 or 30 yards distant. He signalled with his cap. He i stayed there whilst the cutter tacked back and sailed directly towards the man on the boat, and then returned to give attention to the assistant, whom he supposed was alongside. He returned to the lower bridge, and was about to order the chief engineer to get out the lifeboat when he ss rv a man being brought over the side, and thinking it was the assistant, he stopped and gave a hand, but found it was the third mate. Afterwards the chief officer reported to him that he had seen one poor fellow sink." He returned to the bridge, where Pilot Thomas had been watching the cutter through a night glass, and said he be- lieved the other man hsd been pulled on board the cutter. This was confirmed by another of the crew who was on the look-out. He ordered steam on and made towards tlie cutter. He saw through his glass that the peak of the cutter's mainsail was dropped, signifying that sha was hove-to. He attempted to speak the cutter, but it was tacking about, and the pilot on board told him that if he persisted in it he would have I another accident. The chief engineer got the Jee lifeboat ready by removing the grips, but although tho order was not countermanded I the boat was not launched. If he could have imagined for c. moment that the pilot had not been rescued he should never have left the spot. Know- Ii ing that one man had been drowned and that the other was saved, he did not put down the lifeboat, because in doing so there was risk that the boat would not get clear of the steamer.' § The Captain's Story. After luncheon the captain of the steamer was under cross-examination for some time, and said it was Lis firm conviction that there was it was Lis firm conviction that there was another pilot on board the cutter, and that there was therefore adequate help, He did not think it was absolutely wrong to launch a mint to windward, because with the wind iu tea rieht riaht quarter the boat would drift down to the steamer without effort. To handle the steamer in tie race off Hartland Point was difficult. His inten- tion in ordering the lifeboat- to be cleared was to turn round and follow the cutter. On the way ato Barry the steamer spoke another Newnort cutter, and his reply was that they had already spoken to No. 10 (the Carlotta), who was following them up. He believed at this time that Ray had been picked up, and was following the steamer. Mr Hunter wanted to know if the can- tain would act the same if ho were placed in\a similar position next week. The captain replied that that was a hypothetical question, which he similar position next week. The captain replied that that was a hypothetical question, which he found it difficult to auswer. He did all he thought was necessary at the tune. Subseguenlv in reply to Mr Lean, the captain aJGmitted that the orthodox thing was to lower a boat, but that the result of trie debate^ in his mind was that he would not save his Sixin at the expense of tha I iivcs of any boat s crew which might be put off from the steamer. What the Mate Saw. Walter P. Masser, first mate of the Drumcruil, spoke to the fact that four oat of the sis life- buoys were stopped across, or corded across the aperture, for convenience in lashing them. He was on the bridge at the time of the accident, it being his watch. He went to the deck and gave his attention to Gould, who was raised 10 feet out of the water, and then. as he fell back. he put his arm through the lifebuoy and struck out for the ladder. Then the third mate went over the side with a line round his body. and got hold of Gould, but the latter clutched him in fUCi! f n^nner tiiat the mate called out to lower both to the water. Then Gould floated past tho r I hne thrown over the quarter. As a result of a conference, it was arranged that the steamer should cruise about, to make sure that the pilot had been, picked up. Vititness's impression was that the punt did not come into contact with the steamer's bows, as he was down near the ladder waiting to receive its occupants. There was ap- parently every reason to believe that the cutter had picked up the pilot, or else the steamer would not have gone on. Ho had seen the last of Could. a?-c1 knew that he was drowned. The inquiry was then adjourned. The Board of Trade inquiry as to the fatality to H. J. Ray, pilot, and W. G. Gould, of the Newport pilot cutter Carlotta, was resumed at Newport Town Hall on Wednesday before Cap- j tain George Richardson, one of the board's in- spectors. The different solicitors who ap p ared on the preceding day were again present. The j Mayor of Newport (Councillor Brown) was present at the opening of the Court, and there was a goodly number of local pilots constituting tho audience. Mr Horace Li-ne, who appeared for the New- port Pilotage Commissioners, addressing the Commissioner before the evidence of the first mate (W. P. Masser) was resumed, said he did not think the inquiry would be satisfactory to all the parties concerned until the Cardiff pilot (J. Thomas) had attended and given evidence. Ho did not think the story could be fully told until that had been done, Mr R. P. Williams, for the Board of Trade, offered to put in the pilot's signed statement, Mr J. Lean, for the master of tbe Drumcruil, could uot accept the st&tejneut, because he had one the pilot had signod which completely ex. onerated the master. f .Mr Williams thought Mr Lyne's applicatio n for thA nilot's attendauce was a reasonable one, t J'd said if Thomas was keeping away designedly it would be the duty of Cardiff Pilotage Board to take up the matter. There was a SIO penalty | provided by the section for anyone who refused I to give evidence. There was the certificate from j the Cardiff doctor to tho effect that the pilot was [ suffering from a strained back. Mr Lyne did ot suggest that the pilot was keeping out of way, or that the master had anything to go wij$i Lis non-attendance, but he did not think all parties would ba satisfied until the pilot's evidence had been given. The first mate (Mr Masser/ then continued his evidence. in reply to Mr Lyne, he said he thought that lifelines and lifebuoys were suffi- cient, considering that two men were in the water. When he sa.w that Gould, the apprentice, had hold of a line, be looked to see what had be- come of Ray, the pilot He saw him on the other side of the steamer, clinging to the upturned punt. He at once reported this to the captain on the bridge, and the latter immediately came for- ward. In reply to Mr the mate said the clos- ing up of the lifebuoy did not render it useless.be cause Gould got his arm into it. The crew of the steamer was 31, including the captain. Was it wuneas s opinion that the two men had perished ? asked Mr Hunter. The witness paused, because there had been no trace of the two unfor- tunate men, and Mr Lean remarked the assumption was that hey were drowned, but that the was no actual evidence to that effect. lee other witnesses were Thomas Blankley, third officer Elias Anderson. A.B. Thomas w*OCVe JfJctc-er, second engineer Robert boatswain and Adolph Siiber- Their examination did not materially vary the statements of the master and the chir-- f mate. .tlenry Charles Edmunds, Newport, pilot. 25 years experience, was called by Mr Lyne, "and said tnat on the evening of the 13th inst. he was three or four miles above Hartland Point,and that there n-otlliiig ill the weather to prevent a. lifeboat 3.S1^ ia,nnched. Mr Lean objected, and the in- soector declared the evidence to be inadmissible. -j- .e questions for the consideration of the „ OU,v -Weie. in number—as to the cause of the capsizing of the pnnt the circumstances at tend- ing the attempt to get on board the steamer J J"1 everything possible was done by the ^"v'4 L critter to save life: and whether KvWW *°Meredr Jbe steamer, and if not (\\h_ch was the fact], what were the circum- stances under which it was not lowered, ) Mr Lean, addressing the inspector before lun- niee.Tio°^Toa^t0 T%]?t thS C9rdiff P* Sent necessity of an adjourn- j After luncheon Mr Lyne said he had sat;*fied a'ten^ nnV Cardiff pilot was unable to attenu, and waived the point as to the fcilot'a statement being produced. Accordingly it waE not produced. 0 y not produced. 0 y ?Ir1,LeimiI then addressed tho inspector cr eWtn tf ™a3<F\P°intillfi out that it was ciea^ to the mind cf tne master that Pilot Rav nacl Deen saved, and as five minutes would h"ve oeen occupied in lowering the lifeboat, he adopted the best, safest and quickest course. The otner mficers of the -hip and the pilot on board concurred in this decision. The fact that the lifebuoys were tied across did no; destroy their buoyancy or their value to a man in the water who could swim. Everything he submitted, had been done which the captSn could do under the circumstances to save life. ir^poctor notified that he would recort to i,he ijoard ot Tracic on the earliest possible day and the inquiry was then closed. The Gallant Deed of the Third Mate Before the close of the inquiry Mv Lyne sug- gested to the inspector that he should represcn:, the conduct of Thomas Blankney, the third mate, in going down over the side with a rope in the endeavour to save the 1& of the assistant to tho notice of the Royal Humane Society with the idea of obtaining some recognition of his gallantry. Blankney said in the course of his evidenc3 that lie was lowered over the steamer s ide, but tile rope slipped down over his body, and he went over a second time and got within five yams of Gouid wnen he sang out to those aboard Let go. They did so, and he caught hold of the drowning man, but the ship sr&ve a lurch and he lost him. He made a second attempt to rescue Gould, but ccuid not see him. :na. 1-1

SWANSEA 8!GAMY CASE. Fireman Sant for Trial. At Swansea Police Court on Wednesday John Robsoii Wilson, 26, fireman, was charged with i bigamously marrying Margaret Matilda Thomas, his wife being then alive at Swansea. Mr Laurence Richards -prosecuted. The girl Margaret Thomas said she was in service in a house of business in Oxford-street and prisoner became acquainted with her three months ago, On returning from a sea trio a months ago, On returning from a sea trip a month ago he proposed marriage, and she accepted him. He had lived with"her for a fort- night, had given her no money, but continually borrowed from her. O11 the 23rd inst. he got 10d from her (the last money she had), and she I did not see him again till he was in custody. Deective Sergeant Lewis produced a certi. ficate of prisoner's marriage in 1893 at Swansea. Parish Church to Elizabeth Hur'ow. When he MTJsted prisoner be said he had been expecting it ail the week, and added, "I've made a mess of it this time. Police Coustable John said he saw the wife of prisoner at Stevensford, near Haverfordwest, on the 17th inst. Prisoner Can you ten me how many chil- dren Elizabeth Huriow has ? I Witness Two, I have been told. Can you tell me who they are by ? Witness I ean't. The prisoner was subsequently committed for Ii trial at the nesfc Assizes. A CASE AT LLANELLY. Emily Hagar was brought up in custody and I charged by Inspector Evans at the Llanolly I olice Court on Wednesday with committing bigamy. Superintendent Phillips stated that only evidence sufficient for a remand would be taken. It was stated that defendant, who was married to John Hagar in April, 1881, entered j mto a second marriage last July with a man named Robert Robinson, her first husband beinc then alive. Defendant was remanded for a wee!?.

KILLED BY A MUMBLES TRAIN. j On Monoav about midnight, a fatal accident j occurred on the Swansea and Mumbles Railway | near Priorton-terrace, Swansea. As has fre- quentiy been found to be the case previously, a man had sunk down to rest on the roadway close to the railway line. He was seen by the driver of the train, but not in time to prevent his being run over by the first carriage, tho engine anpar- ently clearing him. He must have moved' into danger on finding the engine close upon him. He f was not identified at once, but a name on his clothing showed that ho belonged to the neigh- bourhood of Aberavon, whilst two books bore the name of Brown. An inquest was held at Swansea on Wednesday on the body of an unknown man who was killed on the Mumbles Railway late on Monday night. On the body of deceased was found a Sunday School Union book tr-itli the name Master D. J. t Lrown written upon it. whilst bis hat bore the j name, of an Aberaraan hatter. The body had, however, remained unidentified. Charles Kitte, driver of the train, said he saw a black object lying between the rails and the wall, where the space was about 2ft. Sin. The engine did not touch deceased, but he appeared to have moved, and the first carriage ran over him, neariv sever- ing his head fron his body. The jury, whilst exonerating the llriver from all blauie. leoom- mended that the Railway Comnany should have the line patrolied at night before tbe trains passed. :"==-

TO PAWNBROKERS. A Case of Imposition An unusual case came before the Stipendiary Magistrate in Cardiff Police Court 011 Wednes- day, in which Emanuel Green, a pawnbroker, of 19, Portmanmcor-rcad, was summoned for taking profit on a pledge other than that specified in the fourth schedule to the Pawnbrokers Act of 1872. A pledge was redeemed by one of defendant's customers, and his wife, in reckoning up the in- I terest, charged 3'd too much. Several offers to refund tbe overcharge was made, but were re- fused. Mr George ])a,vlà, who defended, argued that the incident was a pure mistake, and he I quoted two cases under the Sheriffs' Act where it was held that a mistake did not- constitute an offence, and further submitted that guilty know- ledge must be proved. The Stipendiary observed j thtlt he was not at all sura that under the terms ( of the Act it was necessary to prove a guilty mind, to which Mr wid replied by quoting the cases above referred o. In delivering his judg- ment, the Stipendiary said, looking at all the circumstances, he was bound to eomo to the con- clusion that it appeared in the highest degree im- probable that defendant's wife would have made clusion that it appeared in the highest degree im- probable that defendant's wife would have made that mistake, expert in such calculations as she must be. That was to say, be thought the mistake was an intentional one, and that defen- dant "s wife intended to get 3d more than she was entitled to. He found that the mistake was made with mens rea, and as the Act was framed for i the protec tion of the poorest and most uneducated he thought^ the provisions should be strictly applied ana a substantial penalty imposed. Fined £ 2 and costs and ad vocate's fee.

DROWNED BY WEEDS. An inquest was held at Peterborough Oil Mon- day afternoon on Arthur Head, the youth who was drowned through the capsizing of a pleasure- boat in the river Neme on Sunday. Two beats were upset and the occupants thrown into the water. iivewere rescued with difficulty, but deceased, a good swimmoi, was sucked under by the weeds, his body not being recovered for two hours. The jury returned a verdict of Acci- dentally drowned," adding that the weedy river was the primary cause of deceased's death. Peterborough Town Council have for several years vainly appealed to the River Commissioners to have the river cleaned out, its condition being staanding db-grace.

ALLEGED STABBING AT SWANSEA. At Swansea Police Court on Monday David Ludwig (27), of Pentregethin-road, Swansea, was charged with maliciously wounding -lohnBeynoa, his landlord, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm, on Saturday evening. iSaneBeynou, wife of the injured man, gave evidence to the effect that her husband aud prisoner had a fight, and tka,t her husband was stabbed in the throat. TIe was unable to appear The case was ad. I iournprl fni- Wp.Rk i

SEVERAL LIVES LOST. A serious storm of wind and rain was e* perienced on Monday over the greater part oi England. The tempest lasted the whole day, and considerable damage to shipping was done. The storm caused a stoppage of the North W&let passenger steamers and other coasting services. Wreck off Watchet. A Watchet correspondent telegraphs that the ketch Dart, belonging to Mr Pulsford, of Mine- bef1d, became a total wreck at Blue Anchor. She first dragged anchors during the early morning's tide, and ran ashore, her crew having to take to the rigging, where they remained for over two hours In the afternoon the sea ran a tremendous height, breaking the Dart in halves. The cargo of coal was washed out of the vessel's hold. The masts and spars were subsequently saved, other- wise the boat is a total loss.

GERMAN STEAMER LOST. Four cf the Crew Drowned. Havre, Monday.—The German steamship Lusitania collided last night twelve miles from Ijes Casquets with the Spanish steamer Amboto, from New Orleans. The Lusitania sank within an hour. Twenty-one men of her crew were picked up by the Amboto, bat four were drowned.—Reuter. fn Distress ofT Holyhead. Off Holyhead a large screw steamer was in great danger. The lifeboat and two tugs put g out to offer assistance. A large schooner was also noticed in distress by an incoming pas- senger steamer, and a second lifeboat went out. The cross chitnnel steamers had a bad time. The Leyland liner Barbadian, with her machin- ery out of order, took shelter in the oulea roads at lilolrheact. and although the hawsers from two tugs were got aboard the captain decided to remain overnight until the gale moderated, as the liner could not assist dugs under her own steam. Sandstorm at Rhyl. In North Wales, after a week of brilliant eun- shine, a fierce north-westerly gale, accompanied with torrential rain, which lasted well into the afternoon, raged along the Welsh coast. At Rhyl there was a regular sandstorm, which covered the streets end promenade with, in some places, deep drifts. The glass in one of the shelters W, blown in. and telephone commmiioar tion was interfered with. Outdoor amusements were all suspended. Schooner Runs Amok. The schooner Trevellas, of St. Agncss, twice ran into the steamer Regnant, of Liverpool, anchored in Mounts Bay. No lives were lost, but thetrevelli-, was bad! damaged. Steamer Strikes a Rock. A Guernsey correspondent telegr&phs :-On Monday morning the excursion steamer Courier, pi'o.eeding from Guernsey to Sark with a large number of passengers, struck a rock near the Island of Jethon. and remained there. The pas- sengers wera taken off by a steam launch be Ion-g- ing to Herm, and landed on that island. All are reported safe. The mishap occurred in sight of St. Peter's Port,and a tug was instantly sent out to render the Courier assistance The sea was choppy at the time, but tha actual cause of the grounding has not been stated. Queer Hailstorms, It will be remembered that en Saturday, the 1.0th inst., a very heavy thunderstorm burst over die greater part of Scotland, being especially severe in the Border districts. At Hawick it was said that the hailstones were over an inch in diameter, and that there was a hard substance in the centre. Specimens of this substance wera forwarded to Professor Geikie, University of Edinburgh, who found that they were cinders. The professor thinks that they were swept np from the railway or some other source. I can't remember," says Professor Geikie, any qait-a similar case, but during thunderstorms queer things are sometimes showered down. I remem- ber a fall 01" pprch taking place at Airdrie some years ago. They were swept up from a pond in the neighbourhood. Falls of herring have often been recorded and so have sho-.vers of haddocks. Grain has been carried up from threshing floors in Morocco and brought down again as showers. Probably the manna of the Israelites was of the nature of an esculent lichen stripped from trees and distributed during a storm. Anyhow, a so-called fall of manna took place at Herat while that place waa being besieged, and the starving garrison was in this way relieved. Similar falls of manna have often been recorded as having taken place in Persia and other parts of Lower Asia. The manna was found to be an esculent lichen, and was traced to its source by a French botanist. Miscellaneous Incidents- During a terrible storm at Vigo the Charebof St. Andres was struck by lightning during the celebration of Mass. A portion of the structure fell in, killing one woman on the spot and injur- ing several others. The officiating priest fainted and great excitement prevailed. Heavy rain fell in London during the early hours of the morning and throughout, the after- noon. Reports from Leeds, Birmingham, and other places show heavy downfalls. In the neighbourhood of Birmingham the tram service had to be suspended owing to the state of the streets. It was the steamer British King, not the British Prince as reported on Sunday, which nar- rowly escaped an enormous waterspout when three miles to the west of Fire Island. Piume, Monday.—A tremendous gale blew here this afternoon, and great damage was done in the town, although only one life was iost. Disasters to ships at sea are feared. -Reuter. Two pleasure steamers collided on the Severn near Worcester during a fog on Sunday. One vessel was much damaged, but no personal iu. juries were sustained.

WRECK OF THE LIZZIE BELL. Captain's Certificate Suspended. Messrs P. Iredale and Porter, Mersey Chambers. Liverpool, the owners of the Liver- pool ship Lizzie Bell, which went ashore and became a total wreck off the south-west coast ol the north island of New Zealand two days aftei leaving Wellington for Newcastle, N.S.W., that a court of inquiry into the circumstances attend- ing the stranding of the vessel has been held at Wellington, and that after careful consideration the Court gave judgment on the 6th August t<s the effect that they found the stranding of the Lizzie Bell wa3 due to negligent navigation. Captain Rees's certificate has been suspended for 12 months, and fined £ 25." The words quoted are the exact copy of a cablegram received by the owners from their agents at Wellington. The Lizzie Bell originally left Glasgow on the 4th February for Wellington, and arrived at the latter port on the 31st May. After dischacing her inward cargo she took iu ballast and sailed on the 24tli July for Newcastle, New South Wales, and two days later she stranded 011 Cape Egniont, between the north and south islands, and became a total wreck. Twelve of the crew are missing, but until a letter has been re- ceived from Captain Rees giving full details of the disaster the owners are unable to supply the names of the saved and missing. 8'fI.'JI8":

BATHING FATALITY AT BARRY ISLAND. Mr E. LI. B. Reece (deputy coronerv and r. jury heid an inquest on Wed- nesday at the Marine Hotel, Barry Island, respecting the bathing accident on Mon- day. when William Thomas (29), tinworker., Tony wynlais, was drowned in Whit-more Bay. It was stated by John Orfel Jenkins, a friend of deceased, that the latter went into the water in the company of another man, but being a better swimmer ventured farther out. The waves were or aking very high over deceased, who disap- peared once, and after getting up again raisoo his arms twice as if in distress. The fellow- bather tried to save deceased, and witness raised an alarm on shore. Witness was severoly ques- tioned by jurymen, and in reply declare# that everything that was possible had been done in attempting to save d. ceased. Deceased's widow said that hei husband was subject to tits. litach-iiispectm Midlen, who gave evidence, was inten-ogated re, Lipectilitz the inadequate provision of life-saving apparatus on the beach, and after arriving at t verdict of Accidental drowning," the jury re- quested the Coroner to teommunicate with the local District Council, asking them to see that lifelines and lifabuoys were attached to bathing machines. P

FALL INTO A QUARRY. Accident Near NewTredsgar. A distressing accident oc-etired late on Sätnp. day night to John Howells (27), lodging in Charles-street, Abertysswg. He had been during the day on a visit to his parents at Tredegas with his brother, a.nd about 7.30 p.m. was seer, by his landlady. About- 10 o'clock his brother went into the honso and said John was on the way, but as lie had not come in by midnight ft search was made for him, without result. Not faL from the street is a quarry, from which stonet are supplied to No. 1 Maclaren Pit, Abertysswsj; and for building purposes. Above it is a path way v, kich loads to the brook, as well as thff mountain path to Tredegar. It is supposed thai Howells wandered from the path and rell inttf the qua.rry, a distance of 40 or 50 feet. About H on Sunday morning John ilamcr, who was pass, ing, heard groans, and on investigating founÓ' Howells ou a heap of stcnes in the quarry, lis body was badly bruised and his face cut. He was conveyed home, but during the afteb noon was still unconscious, and Dr. Davies Wlllo unable to ascertain the extent of his injuries.

STREfeT BETTING. A new ruling upon street bctiinp, which fj, followed will have important results all over the kingdom, W:l3 initiated by the borough magis- trates at Wolverhampton on Monday. Finec amounting to X40 were inflicted, chiefly on II. group of the general public, who were charged with aiding and abetting, although they only had had transactions with bookmakers in the ordinary way. In future the public so oifonJing will be summoned at the same titue as the book- makers themselves. This new ruling is the Ques- tion of the hour in Wolverhampton.