The Cardiff Times

The Welsh Commission. CHURCH OF ENGLAND PREFERENCE. Protests From Welsh Baptists. At the annual assembly of the Welsh Baptist Union at Llaneily on Tuesday, the following resolution, proposed by Alderman E. Thomas, J.P.. Cardiff, was unanimously adopted:- The importance of the work of the Church Commission makes it necessary for this assem- bly to direct special attention to the unsatis- factory character of its procedure, and to the preference which has been given to the Church of England during the inquiry. Whereas 63 witnesses have been called before the Com- mission, and 30 of these have been from the Church of England, only five have been sum- moned from the Baptist denomination, not. withstanding that the year-book of the Church of England gives its membership in Wales as 134,234. whilst the number of members in the Baptist Church (English and Welsh), is 143,584, two other denominations—the Independents and the Calvinistir Methodists—being re- v spectively 174,313 and 170,952. The work of the Church is, by reason of its formularies, almost identical in every parish, and consequently there is less need to receive evidence from Churchmen than to receive it from Baptists and Independents, who are organised upon the Congregational model, and therefore exhibit diversities of operation and experimental administration, with complete freedom of home mission enterprise. We protest against the rejection of evi- dence showing that practices contrary to the law are prevalent in the Church of England in Wales, whilst particular inquiry was being made by the Commission into the precise nature of the doctrines, administration, etc., of Nonconformist churches Bearing in mind that an interim report is probable, and having regard specially to the fact that the Blue Book will show so huge a disproportion of Episcopalian evidence, and thus create an utterly erroneous idea of the extent of the work of the Church of England in Wales. we invite the particular attention of our members to the gravely unfair proceedings of the Welsh Church Commission."

SLIM v. "SLOPPY WAISTS. Writing to a London contemporary, A Sensible Mother says Mothers with any pretensions to moving in good society are learning, or have learned, that the sloppy girl, with big waists, enormous feet (from hockey playing and too much tennis), and a general air of unkemptness, to use a vulgar- ism, don't go off like the girls of the pre- vio<is generation. My eldest girl wears as a general rcle fifteens, but on special occasions, and often °f an evening who': we *re famille, she laces tiur'n-en inches, because she says the sensation of the extra tight lacing is delightful.' She is above average height, and by no means unusually slight. My other two girls are considerably younger. One is seventeen and the other thir- teen. The first now wears sixteen-inch corsets (made inPaxis) as a general rule, and has a pair an inch smaller for specially smart frocks. I am determined for the youngest to have the figure of the family. She is rather more plumply made than either of her sisters,and is, though only thirteen, quite a tall. fine girl.' She has worn the most exquisitely cut corsets that skill can devise and money procure for three years past, and now wears fifteens when taking exercise, fourteens in the schoolroom, and sixteen-inch sleeping corsets." Miss Palmer, a lady of wealth, who once acted with Sir Henry Irving, has arrived at New York, clad in sandals and a single gar- ment fastened with a girle. She is convinced that the age of reason will soon dawn, when the world will go back to the tunic and san- dals. The corset," Miss Palmer said, is a physical crime. So are long tight stockings. If mothers would adopt this costume, they would be healthier, and their babies would grow up stronger and better looking."

COUNTESS WARWICK. Outburst_Against the Press. Countess Warwick was announced as the chief speaker at a meeting of the Social Demo- cratic Federation at Bath on Tuesday night. She wrote from her bed at the Ritz Hotel that she caught a chill at the Bath tent meeting on Sunday night. In a lengthy letter she attacked the Press, excepting the "Times," alleging lack of fair play towards Socialists and wilful misrepresentation of their aims. No daily paper dare print the Socialists' pro- gramme of educational reform. The day was not far distant when they might have a daily paper printed at a London office not a whit aehind the Vowarts in Berlin. Not until "jen would the public understand the full of the meetings held by the organised workers of the country. Mr Hyndman said the shooting at Belfast was worthy of the base, bloody, brutal j Whigs. They were carrying on their propa- ganda in the British Army,and the soldiers did not shoot as straight as they might have done.

CATHAYS GIRL'S STORY. Henry Augustus Lewis (28) was on Tuesday charged at Cardiff with indecently assaulting Louisa Kegan (10), of 63, Cairns-street. It was stated that on Sunday afternoon Kegan and other little girls were playing in the Cathays Park. When Kegan was about to start for home prisoner pulled her back on to the seat and acted improperly. She screamed and threatened to call a policeman, and as Lewis saw one coming he took to his heels. He refused to give his name and address to P.C. Smith (52 A), who caught him, and he was taken to the police station, where he eventually gave his name, and said he lived in Ruby-street. The magistrates committed him for trial at the next Quarter Sessions.

MALE VOTERS' MISDEEDS. Women's Vigorous Protest. At Worcester City Council on Tuesday a memorial was read, signed by Canon Wilson, Canon Claughton. Canon Knox Little, and over 300 women ratepayers and others, protesting against any portion of the rate of 31d in the £ for the cost of the Worcester election petition being levied on women ratepayers excluded from voting for the election of Parliamentary representatives. A letter from the Birmingham Women's Social and Political Union protested against the gross scandal of penalising women ratepayers for male voters misdeeds." .The Mayor said the Council might sympathise, but they were powerless. No action was taken.

ABERYSTWYTH CLIFF RAILWAY. At a meeting of the Aberystwyth Town Council on Tuesday the town clerk reported the rereipt of a letter from the Board of Trade, in which reference was made to the stability and safety of the promenade and cliff railway. The Board of Trade enclosed a copy of a letter i received from Mr Coleman, who has rented the premises for the season, in which it was stated that during the last two years over £2,()()() had been spent on the ironwork supporting the pier, and also some hundreds on the cliff rail- way. The Town Clerk suggested that in order to put everyone at ease on the matter he should suggest to SirThomas Tacon, the owner of the property, to ask for a Board of Trade inspection. This was agreed to.

ACCIDENT AT A NEW TREDEGAR PIT. Owing to a mishap to the balance rope at the West Elliot Pit, New Tredegar, on Tues- day, great inconvenience was caused to several hundred workmen, who had to wend their way to a distance of over a mile in order to ascend by the East Elliot Pit. The working of the pit was suspended until the rope had been Oh&DV'd- which was done during the night.

Morals of Swansea. SHOCKING SIDE STREET SCENES. At a meeting of the Swansea Watch Com- mittee on Tuesday afternoon Dr. Rawlings (the chrirman) drew attention to the many complaints which had been received of im- morality in side and back streets and in gar- den s in the town after dusk. Some of the lanes, he said, were becoming quite notorious, and he remarked on the danger there was when the passers-by were women and children. Inadequate lighting was, he believed, largely to blame. Mr Solomons said the scenes com- plained of were not confined to gardens. The Chairman read a letter from a resident in Carlton-terrace in which the writer gave an account of scandalous scenes that were to be witnessed after dusk, and the unpleasantness and even danger to women and children who had to go to some of the houses which had long gardens and shrubberies attached. The Chief Constable said since the receipt of the letter he had had the districtspecially watched by the police. Mr Solomons said the same things were going on in Lower Oxford-street and Western-street, and he attributed it to inadequate lighting. Mr Miles suggested that the complaints might have been exaggerated. Kventualiv it was agreed that a committee should consider the necessity of increasing the police force with the object of securing ade- quate police supervision.

MINUTES IN WELSH. L.G.B. and the Tregaron Guardians. The Local Government Board has written to the Tregaron Board of Guardians stating that in the opinion of the Board the minutes of the proceedings of a Board of Guardians must be recorded in English. If, however, the guardians desire to have a set of minutes in Welsh they are empowered by Section 59 of the Local Government Act, 1894, and the applied enactments to make regulations requiring a duplicate series to be kept in that language, but the clerk could not under the existing terms of his appointment be regarded as required to keep a double set of minutes. Mr David Da vies, Werndriw, the original mover, said this reply simply urged them to insist upon the Govern- ment to appoint bilingual officials. As all the guardians discussed the proceedings in Welsh it was ridiculous that the minutes should be recorded in F"relish. The Clerk (Mr Jenkyn Lloyd) er-piaineci 'at the advantage derived from JY" mutes inserted in English was when orifinal resolutions had to be sent in connec- tion with loans, etc. No further action was taken.

WELSH NATIONAL COUNCIL. REMODELLING THE CONSTITUTION. Mr Haldane to Attend the Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Welsh National Liberal Council will be held at Rhyl about the middle of October. Amongst the speakers will be the Right Hon. R. B. Haldane and the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, with probably the Right Hon. R- McKenna, as well as a number of the members of Parliament for Wales. It is anticipated that the gathering will be of exceptional interest and importance, not alone because of the presence of these gentlemen, but also because of the suggested remodelling of the constitution, whereby organisations of Welshmen outside Wales will secure representation on the Council.

FERRYMAN COMMENDED. At Swansea on Tuesday Annie Lilley, of Bethesda-street, married, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide on August 50th. Evidence was given that while she was in a boat crossing the White Rock ferry defen- dant jumped into 10 feet of water, but Ferry- man Llewelyn caught hold of her and managed to pull her back into the boat. Capt. Lemon, of the Salvation Army, who accompanied the defendant, informed the magistrates that she was now under her care, and that she intended handing her over to the Rescue Home at Cardiff. Her husband consented, and the defen- dant herself was also willing to go away. The magistrates thereupon adjourned the case for a month, and the Chairman (Mr J. W. Jones) congratulated Llewelyn on the rescue he effected, which, he believed, was not his first.

U.S. CONSUL FOR CARDIFF. Mr Lorin Lathrop, who has been Consul for the United States at Bristol for 25 years, has just been appointed to the position of Consul for Cardiff. Mr Lathrop was appointed to Bristol from the State of California in the year 1882. He has held his position longer probably than any other American Consul in the UnitedKingdom. During his long term of office in Bristol it will no doubt be regarded as somewhat of a sur- prise in Bristof that the Cardiff appointment should be really a promotion, but in Washing- top the different portsare regarded almost en- tirely from the point of view of American business conducted there. In this respect Cardiff stands ahead of BristoL Mr Lathrop, who succeeds the Hon. Daniel W. Williams at Cardiff, will take up his new duties in the course of the next few months.

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SMALL HOLDINGS. & The Claims of Wales. SCOTTISH PREFERENCE. Speech by Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P. Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P., proposing the toast of the Vale of Glamorgan Agricultural Society, at the annual dinner of the society, at the Bear Hotel, Cowbridge, on Tuesday, made comments on the Small Holdings Bill for Eng- land and Wales. Mr Thomas said there was not much opportunity of studying the Small Holdings Bill in the House of Commons, because it was sent to one of the Grand Com- mittees, to which only a small proportion of the House of Commons belonged, and when it came back to the House it was pretty freely guillotined. He was told it was a measure which was going to do great things it was going to bring people back to the land. Perhaps by next year all their Cardiff friends might be settling down at Cowbridge. (Laughter.) But there were strong economic reasons which had led people to leave the country for the towns, and he doubted whether it would be found that Parliament could bring them back to the land in the face of those economic conditions any more than King Canute could stay the flow of the tide. The Bill was not for those already on the land, but for those who wanted to get there, and per- haps it was not going to benefit them as agri culturists as much as some supposed. There was one thing he could not understand. There was one Bill for England and one for Scotland. He could not understand why there should be different Rills for the two countries, but if it was necessary then where did poor little Wales come in ? Mr Thomas said he had rather expected to find in the Small Holdings Bill some reference to the report of the Welsh Land Commission, and some of the recom- mendations contained therein carried out. To his mind the report of the Welsh Land Com- mission was largely a history of the universe from the time of the Creation—(laughter)— and you had to look through a great many pages of it before coming to anything on Welsh agriculture. There were, however, recom- mendations in the report—a Land Court, fixity of tenure, and that sort of thing. This was recommended in the Scotch Bill, but not in the Bill for England and Wales. He asked them as agriculturists why what was good for Scotland was not good for Wales ? Tnere was another point which struck him as rather curious. It was argued that if a man was wanted to take an interest in a property that property should belong to himself. It was suggested that not only should a man have a right to go on the land and acquire it under lease, but also have an opportunity of purchas- ing it. But for some reason those in authority —who knew much betted than he (Mr Thomas) did-said to the man, Oh, no, you must lease the land, but must not buy it outright." And the reason given was a very funny one- so it seemed to him. He believed Lord Kipon was asked: \Vhynotgivethe man who wanted to get the land the right of purchasing it And Lord Itipon replied in words to the effect that that sort of thing had been tried many years ago and had faded that at the begin- ing of last century there were a large number of farmers owning small holdings, but could not make them a success, and, if not. then why should they now, when the conditions in agri- culture were not so favourable ? Of course the condition of agriculture now was not nearly so prosperous as at the beginning of last cen- tury, but what puzzled him (Mr Thomas) was this If there were so many men anxious to get back to the land, how would they be able to make it more profitable to-day, when they would have to pay a rent, than one hun- dred years ago under more favourable condi- tions and when the land belonged to them- selves and they had no rent to pay at all ? He was simply a commercial man, uninformed in these matters, and he ask0d for an answer to some of these little problems which he had mentioned. Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher, Bart., M.P., pre- sident of the society, responding to the toast, touched upon Mr D. A. Thomas's remarks. Sir Henry said he had had more experience of agri- cultural matters and small holdings than Mr Thomas had, and he knew Mr Thomas himself would readily admit that. He (Sir Henry) had owned property over a period of 50 years, and during the whole of that time had lived among the tenantry. He was not confident that the Small Holdings Bill would be alto- gether a great benefit to the various sections of the community. He doubted very much whether it would draw the people back to the land. It must be recollected that small hold- ings were all very well where the locality was suitable, and he thought they might be suit- able in the county of Glamorgan. But he knew of other counties where small holdings had not been a success and had come back to the landlord because the holders had not been able to make a living out of them. He thought that the occupier, having to pay his rent to a public authority, might not be so leniently" treated as by some owners of pro. perty. Mr D. A. Thomas had forgotten to put before them the minority report of the Welsh Land Commission, which pronounced against a Land Court. He thought it would be very disadvantageous to have in agriculture a Land Court. It had not been a success in Ireland.

Late Mr John White, J.P. INTERMENT AT THE MUMBLES. Impressive Ceremonial. The remains of Mr John White, J.P., of Swansea, were interred at the Mumbles Ceme- tery on Tuesday, amid universal manifesta- tions of mourning. The cortege left Windsor Lodge, the residence of the deceased gentle- man, in the following order :—First carriage, Revs. G. F. Packer and W. Griffiths, Dr. T. D. Griffiths, and Mr D. E. Thomas (undertaker). Second and third carriages, bearers selected from the oldest employees of Ben Evans and Co., of which the late Mr White was managing director. Westington car bearing the remains of the departed. Pall bearers—Messrs E. Meredith Thomas, G. W. Mayhew, W. H. Ayresley, Hill, Davies, Barrett, Radford, Maggs. Foster, Morton, Percy Thomas, Randell Evans, Clayton Phillips, and Warton. First mourning coach—Mr David White, of Pontardulais (brother), Mr Morgan W. Davies and the Rev. T. L. Kyle (brothers-in-law), Mr John White (nephew.) Second mourning coach—Messrs G. P. White and T. White (nephews). Third mourning coach—nurses and maids. Fourth mourning coach—Messrs E. Meredith Thomas, G. W. Mayhew, W. H. Ayresley and John Gray. Fifth mourning coach—Mr Ben Evans, J.P., the Rev. R. L. Rhys, and Mr A. F. Horford. Sixth mourning coach—Sir Joseph Renals, Mr James Parker, Mr T. Nevill and Mr A. R. Gery (all of London.) The cortege first proceeded to Holy Trinity Church, of which the deceased gentleman was a sidesman, and at the conclusion of an im- pressive service the cortege was re-formed, a posse of borough police, under the command of Captain Colquhoun and Deputy Chief Con- stable Gill, heading the procession. Following the mourners came a large number of leading citizens, including the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr and Mrs David Harris), Sir Griffith Thomas, Sir Robert Armine Morris, Mr John Williams, M.P., Messrs W. Waller, J.P., W. F. Richards, J.P., J. Aeron Thomas, J.P., Edward Daniel, J.P., T. Phillips, J.P., Joseph Hall. J P > H. A. Latimer, J.P., W. Williams, J.P., D. C. Jones, J.P., A H. Thomas, J.P., John Powell, J.P., John Dyer, J.P., D- Roberts, J.P., J. W. Jones, J.P., F. Madford, J.P.. T- J- Davies, J.P., D. Walters Rees, Registrar of Bridgend Jenkin Jones, W. Tre- harne, Morgan Williams, Alfred Davies, T. W. James, Councillor Corker, D. P. John. deputy town clerk D. L. Evans, W. James, David James, E- L. Enoch, Richard Lewis, Sidney Hall, R. W. Jones, H. W. Vincent, Messrs Lloyd, p. Tuckfield, B. M. Payne, Isaac Gale, Rev. David Williams, Councillor Jones, John Legg, Lewis Lewis, J. R. Down, Alex Andrews, F. C. Eddershaw, Llewellyn Jenkins. J. F. Harvey, Rev. Penar Griffiths, John Griffiths, Revs. E- 0- Evans and J. H. Watkins-Jones, A. W. Samuel, S. Day, O. Wills, Rev. T. L. Richards, Thomas Jones, J. T. Davies, Rev. Evan Williams, W. Thomas, F. Parker, Lloyd Williams, Liverpool Pugsley Gwynne, Coun- cillor Gwilym Morgan. J.P., ex-Mavor; David Meager. Rev. W. Gibbon, P. G. Iles. W. Edwards, J. Fulton, Dr. Ebenezer Davies, H- W. Hansard, W. F. Hulley, H. Monger, J. Williams, W. S. Clarke, W. Michael, A. Mit- chell, W. ManseL, T. Rees, D. Davies, Douglas Davies. T. CTheetham, O. Curran, L. Bowen, H. Rees, assistant official receiver Rev. T. Sinclair Evans, David Evans, J.P., Llangen- nech Park John Thomas, Rees Evans, David Thomas, Philip Jenkins. T. Eynon, Byron Davies, T Pearce, E. Allen, J. P. Rowlands, Alderman John Lewis, Carmarthen L. W. Adams, Uanelly: Rev. W. M. Morgan, Ystrad- gynlais David Thomas, P. Clement, George Davies, David Richards, J. Jay Williams, Bed- does Nash, Griffiths, Pollard, Sidney Williams, Dent Jones, Thomas Roberts, F. Rowe, Cave, D. J. Mevler, A. J. Chappell, C. T. Passmore, David Thomas, W. J. Davies, p. Gustavus, J. R. Leaver, J.P., Rev. P. T. Pinch, D. Davies, J. Biddle. Tudor Davies, David Glasbrook, J.P., George Deer, Colonel Lewis, M. Edwards, W. Law, J.P., Fred Lewis, Colonel Rees, W. J. Rees, J-P-, John Rees, superintendent G.W.R. Dr. G. H. Stephens, W. Simpson, Rowland Jones, M. Mitchell, A. R, Living- ston, Jenkin Thomas, W. Jenkins, R. G. Davies, and many others. The interment took' place on the western side of the beautiful cemfetery at the Mumbles, the Revs. G. F. Packer and W. Griffiths officiating.

ACCIDENT TO A TINPLATER. Port Talbot Youth's Arm Cut Off. On Tuesday at the Mansel Tinplate Works, Port Talbot, Charles Jones (15), of Edward- street, Port Talbot, engaged at the cold rolls, got his right forearm nearly cut off in the shears. He was afforded first aid by/a fellow employee nam-sd Evan Thomas, and this timely assistance undoubtedly saved his life. Dr. Arnallt Jones performed amputation at about the middlo of the r; "ht foreaT The patient is progressing satis

TRAINING COLLEGES. NEW REGULATIONS NULLIFIED. Four Millions for Catechisms. BISHOPS WANT MORE. Mr McKenna intended his new regula- tions for training colleges to be the teachers' charter of freedom. The two essential con- ditions for admission laid down were priority of application and superiority of qualifica- tions. Given these two conditions, a can- didate, whatever his religious views, and whatever his social standing, could, it was assumed, demand admission into a training college. Sir Robert L. Morant's Circular 570 has, however, proved this assumption to be unfounded. Qualifictaions no Recommendation. The Permanent Secretary's circular nullified the Education Minister's good intentions in respect of priority of application. It does so no less effectively in the case of superiority of qualifications. Under existing conditions the lists of candidates who pass the entrance examination are given alphabetically and not in order of merit, and afford therefore no guide to the candidates' comparative attainments. The circular states that the Board will, under the new regulations, issue for the 'information of the authorities of each college a separate list of its own candidates arranged in order of merit, which may assist the several colleges in making their final choice. Excellent Both common sense and com- mon justice This promise fully bears out the intentions of Mr McKenna's regulations, and presumably establishes the teachers' charter. But, alas what Mr McKenna's regulations give the circular takes away The circular says The Board do not propose to lay down a rule that a candidate placed higher in this order of merit is to be selected in preference ,to a candidate placed lower in this order. A training college will be justified in giving preference to candidates on other grounds And, as was shown in last Thursday's South Wales Daily News," these other grounds need not be communicated to the candidate rejected, may not, indeed, even be asked for by the Board of Education Protestors v. Protestants. The bishops of the Anglican Church of to-day are earning a reputation as protestors as rapidly as many of them have lost their reputation as Protestants. Five of these bishops have entered a formal protest against Mr McKenna's regulations as calculated to deprive the bishops of the privilege of using public funds for denominational purposes. In their letter to the Prime Minister these five protesting bishops point out that, under exist- ing conditions, out of 5,364 students admitted to residential training colleges, and the cost of whose professional education is wholly borne by the State, 3,337 must be Churchmen, 629 must be Roman Catholics, 270 must be Wes- leyans, leaving only 1,128 places to be tried for by the other denominations in competition with Churchmen and Catholics. That is, while 4,000 seats are preserved for the denomina- tionalists, Churchmen and Catholics may com- pete also on equal footing with Nonconformists for the 1,128 unreserved seats. The main argument advanced by the bishops is that the denominational system of training colicges has been in existence for 60 years, and should not now be abolished. They omit, however, to state that it was the bigotry of the bishops of a past generation which pre- vented the sta.tesmen-Churchmen, though laymen—establishing an undenominational system of training colleges for teachers. The Committee of Council on Education in 1839 proposed to establish a State Normal School for the training of teachers on a basis of religious comprehension, i.e., all denominations were to be admitted on an equal footing, definite religious instruction being given only to those who desired it. This proposal, made by Church laymen, was opposed and defeated by the bishops and the clergy. What the bigotry of 1839 established the bigotry of 1907 would now perpetuate. Over £4,500,000 Already Paid. The Churches of England and of Rome have already, as the result of the bigotry of 1839, seized for their own sectarian uses over four million pounds of public money for training Church and Catholic teachers alone. The pre- cise figure up to July, 1905, was £ 4,195,956, of which £ 454,881 was paid between 1839 and 1863 and £3,740,219 between 1863 and 1905. If we add the grants paid these institutions for 1906 and 1907 (up to July 31st laA) the total will exceed four and a half millions, and this sum is being added to at the rate of nearly £160,000 every year, or over £3,000 a week, for pro- viding the Church of England and the Church of Rome with lay teachers to supplement the priests' efforts to denominationalise public education. Hid in the £ There remains only to ask what the Church pays for this privilege. We find by the Parlia- mentary Paper (H.C. 233) that for the year ending 31st July, 1905, out of a total income for Church of England training colleges of £ 188,242 the Chureh itself only contributed £ 8,957. This works out at less than 1Hd in the i. That is to say, for a contribution of 11 id in the £ the bishops claim to make 32 of the residential training colleges close preserves for Anglicans, from which all Nonconformists may be excluded.

STIPENDIARY'S SUGGESTION. At Aberdare Police Court on Tuesday Mar- garet Prothero, of Mountain Ash, summoned her husband, Rees Morgan Protheroe, late licensed vctualler of Hirwain, and now acting as johmaster at Barry, for persistent cruelty. Mr W. Kenshole, of Aberdare, appeared for complainant, and Mr Harold Lloyd, Cardiff, defended. Upon the case being called, Sir Marchant Williams (stipendiary magistrate) stated that he thought the parties had better arrive at a settlement. He was not speaking at random, and he thought in everybody's in. terest it was better, if it was possible, for the case to be settled amicably. Mr Lloyd stated that he hoped the case would be settled. There were many unplea sant things in connection with it, but he would endeavour to see if he could come to terms with his friend. Sir Marchant Williams then adjourned the case until the 17th.

TO COME IN AT LAST. Northumberland and M.F.G.B. The Northumberland miners have com- pleted the vote on the question of joining the National Miners' Federation. Result:—For joining 16,230, against 3,613. The membership of the association is 24,000, and formal appli- cation for admission to the Federation has made.

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Gagged and Robbed. ATTACK ON AN OLD LADY. Sensational Burglary Charges. The Waltham magistrates had before them on Tuesday a sensational case in which four persons were charged with attempting to mur- der an elderly lady and with burglary at her house. The prisoners were Jack Powell (23), a hawker, of no fixed abode, Emily Broyd (32), a married woman, of Vine Cottages, Green-street, Enfield Highway, Ellen Dennis (23), married, of Bell-lane, Enfield Highway, and Ernest Harry Minns, alias Jerry Archer (27), of no fixed abode. The latter was only arrested on Mon- day at Saxmundham. They were charged with burglariously breaking into the dwelling-house of Emily Wickenden at Beech Hill, Waltham Abbey, on the night of August 22nd, and steal- ing three gold brooches, £9 in cash, and a building society's pass book also with at- tempting to kill and murder her by forcing bed clothes into her mouth. Mr Sharland, who prosecuted, said the facts were such as were not frequently investigated in a court of justice. They seemed to point to a state of things which existed in this country two or three hundred years ago and not at the present time. Mrs Wickenden was an old widowed lady, living alone in a cottage at Beech Hill. The cottage was some little dis- tance away from the road, and the road itself was but little frequented, it leading from High Beach to Waltham Abbey. A chaise way led from the road to the cottage, which stood in a spinney and was close to a small iron cottage which until recently was occupied by the prisoner Broyd. She frequently did charing for Mrs Wickenden, and consequently she was well acquainted with the cottage and also with the old lady's habits and arrangements. With regard to the female prisoners, both were married, but both, though young, were separated from their husbands, and there could be no doubt that they and the male prisoners were cohabiting together. On the night of August 27th Mrs Wickenden went to bed at her usual hour, but early in the morning, while it was yet dark, she was awakened by a feeling of great pressure. Some- thing was being forced upon her which inter- fered considerably with her breathing. So great was it that she became insensible, and must have been in that condition for some time, for when she came to herself it was broad daylight. She was exhausted, but at that time she managed to inspect the room, and found that her boxes had been interfered with and that the property mentioned had disappeared. Before the robbery took place the four prisoners had fre- quently been seen together, and the men were without money. Immediately after the robbery they were seen in the possession of money, and the male pri-oners purchased new clothing, and the scarf which the woman Dennis was now wearing wa." also bought by one of the men. Subsequently Dennis pawned a brooch. Minns disappeared, and was only arrested on Monday at Saxmundham. He was wearing a new suit, and had in his possession the sum of £2 6s. While he was being conveyed by train to London the name of Mrs Wickenden was men- tioned in the course of conversation between the two detective officers who had charge of him. One asked how she was progressing, and the other replied that she was not getting along very well. Minns then made the signifi- cant remark, I suppose I shall hang. What sort of a feeling is that ?" Evidence of pawnbrokers was givpn. Detective-Sergeant Kenmore said he saw Powell and the two women in Green-street, Enfield Highway, on the evening of August 29th. He asked the man his name, but before he could reply one of the women remarked, What are you stopping Jack for ? I know nothing of the job." They were arrested. At the station Dennis handed her purse to Powell, saying, Here is my purse, Jack, you had better take it, as the money belongs to you." In it was found a sovereign and 10s in silver. Dennis said she wa nted to make a statement, as she was innocent. In that statement she said she lived with Powell, but on the night of August 27th her lawful husband came to the house, remaining there all night, Powell being away. Powell came there the following after- noon, and asked her to pawn a brooch. WTien she asked him whose it was. he said, It is nothing to do with you." On September 2nd witness received the prisoner Minns from the Saxmundham police. When charged Minns, pointing to a sum of £2 6s which the police had taken from him, said That is all I have got out of it." Detective-sergeant A. Hawkins said when he charged Powell he replied, These two women know nothing about it." Later he said, Don't blame me for the lot. The girls have nothing to do with it. I had a fiver and that brooch. I never saw a book or the other brooches. If the book has gone Jerry (the other male prisoner) must have it." The prosecutrix, who gave her age as 75, and was attired in black, then entered the wit- ness-box. She described the cottage, in which she lived alone and which is removed from other houses on the road. On the night of August- 27th she was awa.kcned by pressure over her head and face, as though she were being smothered. She screamed and fought with her hands. She then felt something put over her head, and pressure was put upon it, In the struggle a finger got into her mouth, and she bit it. She remembered no more for some time, and when she came to again it was broad daylight. When she was able to get up she noticed that a wooden box had been opened and that money, brooches, and a book had gone. She then found that her upper lip was bleeding, and there was blood on the pillow. Dr. Jefferson, who examined Mrs Wickenden after the affair, said he found her in a very dazed condition. She was suffering very much from shock, and her face gave the impression that she had been recently nearly suffocated. Upon this evidence the prisoners were com- mitt<ftl for trial at the Essex Assizes.

MYSTERY AND TRAGEDY. The Llwydcoed Discovery. John Jones, a collier, aged 50 years, residing at 30, David-street, Aberaman, left home at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning accompanied by a fellow-lodger named Robert Edwards, to visit the former's brother at Hirwain. They reached Hirwain, and left there at 9.30 the same night. As they were passing over the brook near the Gamlyn Viaduct. Llwydcoed, in some way both fell into the brook, which is about 20 or 24 feet below the level of the bank. A man named Isaac Davies was passing soon afterwards, and heard groans. He went down to the brook, and found Edwards hang- ing from a tree suspended by his clothing. Davies released him, and saw that he had sus- tained in his fall a severe scalp wound. Edwards was under the impression that his friend Jones had gone away and left him there, but about 6.30 yesterday evening two young fellows were passing near the spot, and ob- served the body of a man lying in the brook, with blood all over the face. Information was given to the police, and Sergeant Hopkins and P.C Taylor went and removed the body,which was found to be that of John Jones. Edwards lapsed into unconsciousness, but recovered. He is, however, unable to give any details of what occurred on Sunday night.

BLACK MAN'S CALLERS. Liberia President and His Methods. Liberia's negro president, who is staying at the Victoria Hotel, London, is taking extra- ordinary precautions to guard himself against intrusion by visitors. They are numerous and persistent. They want to talk to him about Liberia's mining rights, opening out Liberia's trade, and im. proving Liberia's institutions. They would like to discuss politics and the negro question with the president, and even to sell him curios and jewellery. His device to get rid of them without seeing them is neat and effective. On the ground floor is a book for callers, who are invited to write their names in it—before departing. When a lucky visitor's card gets as far as the president's outer apartments, the invariable question is, Shall the gentleman wait," and the answer is, The gentleman is requested notto."

SHATTERED BY A SHOT. TERRIBLE MISTAKE IN 06MORE PIT. A shocking fatality occurred at Aber Colliery, owned by Messrs Cory Bros., on Monday night, by which Evan Lewis, residing in Corbett-street, Ogmore Vale, met his death in a shocking manner, and a lad named Reggie Bye, work- inf with him, was seriously injured. It appears that Lewis mistook aery of warn- ing given by another collier—who was firing a shot close by-as a cry for help. He and the lad rushed to this man's stall, when the full charge met Lewis, shattering his head and fearfully mutilating his body. The lad sustained considerable injuries to his face, right arm, and leg. He is expected to recover.

HUSBANDS AT £ 200 EACH. The average price of a husband in Co. Mayo is £200. This was the sum fixed by a witness who was examined before the Royal Commission on Congestion in Ireland, which held a sitting at Claremont on Saturday. This witness explained that on an average a hundred Irish people re- turned home to their parish from America every year. Some of these were girls, who went to America at about 16 years of age, and after stopping in America for six or seven years returned home with about £200. They had then no difficulty in getting a husband and settling down. Then," said Sir Francis Mowatt, amid laughter, the price of a hus- band in Mayo is £ 200."

MR GLADSTONE S AIvrNESTY. Nearly 350 prisoners were released on Monday in the Metropolis, owing to the Home Secre- tary's extension of the remission system. To pre vent inconvenience to the police authorities in the West End, prisoners from Wormwood Scrubs will be despatched by rail, a.t the Gov- ernment's expense, to whatever part of London they come from.

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Prison and Torture. CARDIFF SEAMAN'S EXPERIENCES. An almost incredible story of adventure and peril in Russia was related to ouf repre- sentative at Southampton yesterday by a fire- man named Patrick Cunningham. Cunning- ham says he was one of the crew of the Cardiff steamer Dulverton (which vessel has since been lost at sea) when she left Cardiff over 15 months ago bound for Odessa with coal, under the command of Captain Burns. Cunning- ham says he fell out with the second officer and jumped the ship on her arrival at Odessa. After wandering about the place several days he was arrested by the police for no other apparent reason than that he hap- pened to be in the square when a high official was killed by a bomb. He was thrown into a prison, where liquid food was put into a long trough out of which 16 persons had to help themselves with long spoons. During his incarceration he saw many Jews taken out never to return, and their fate he could only surmise. lie was taken out of the lock- up on the night preceding the Feast of St. Anthony, and conveyed to a house where an attempt was made to force a confession from him. On the following morning his gaolers removed him to an Orthodox church, and here a kind of tribunal had assembled. A man in the chancel pronounced a sentence which Cunningham was told was to the effect that he was to be put to death by electricity. He was afterwards placed in a cabin contain- ing an electric battery and subjected to shocks, but was taken out again and removed to a chamber where stood a rack. Cunningham, seeing a door open, made a dash for liberty, and succeeded in escaping. He found his way to the British Consul and told his story, but the Consul did not credit it, nor would he help the deserter. Cunningham was rearrested, and kept in prison for 22 days, being liberated at the expiration of that time without being subjected to any further torture) his release being due, he says, to the fact that the Consul had now concerned himself about his whereabouts.

Cheque for £ 26,936. THE SALE OF SWANSEA 'PHONES. The Swansea Municipal Telephones Com- pany on Tuesday afternoon held its final meet- ing, when Mr Daniel Jones presided, and the borough accountant (Mr Hopton) reported that the National Telephone Company took over the municipal undertaking on August 10th last. and up to that date would pay the Cor- poration all the amounts paid out on their account, and all sums received on their account since March 31st. On August 10th the National Company handed over to the Corporation a cheque for £26,936 2s lid up to the end of March. The total amount agreed to be paid for the undertaking, inclusive of stores, was £31,6415s 3d, but deducted from that was a sinking fund, amounting to E2,213 Is 8d. That left payable JE29,428 5s 7d, and then there had to be deducted unexpired rentals due subse- quently to the 31st of March, which amounted to £2,61115s 8d. In answer to Mr Corker, Mr Hopton said he could not yet tell precisely what the net profit to the Corporation on the undertaking and sale would amount to, but they might safely take it as at least £ 1,000. Mr Corker and the chairman said they ought to congratulate themselves on the general result in having not only their money back, but so substantial a profit. On the motion of the Chairman, it was de- cided to record on the minutes the Corpora- tion's appreciation of the excellent services of the manager (Mr Mackie) and his staff. On the motion of Alderman Lee, it was also decided to thank the chairman as well as Messrs Soloman and David Davies (the initia- tors of the system into the town) for the ser- vices they had rendered.

CANADIAN BRIDGE DISASTER. The Death Rtll. Quebec .Saturday. -Expert examination ofthe collapsed bridge, though at present only super- ficial,shows clear indications of structural weak- ness. The buckling of the great steel base of one of the arches and the overloading of the unsupported end of the span are given as the two causes of the disaster. The number of killed is now 78- The disaster will mean a loss to the contrac- tors of two and a half million dollars, but the work will be proceeded with.—Central News. Quebec, Saturday.—The loss of life occa- sioned by the bridge disaster is now placed at 75. A few bodies have been recovered, but it is supposed that the remainder are entangled in the wreckage. Earl Grey, Governor-General, has received the following message from Sir William MacGregor, Governor of Newfoundland:- On behalf of Newfoundland I beg to express my sincere sympathy with Canada in con- nection with the disaster at Quebec. Reuter.

DOG'S DISCOVERY. At Stroud, near Rochester, a dog uttered strange cries, and refused to move till its master accompanied it to a thick overgrowth of tall herbage, where was discovered a dead body with a handkerchief over the face. It appeared that the deceased man had stabbed himself in the throat with a pocket-knife and had bled to death. At a Coroner's inquest yes- terday the deceased was identified as Edward Thos. Turner. A verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity was returned.

LADY JERKED FROM EXPRESS TRAIN, While an express train from Euston to Bir- mingham was travelling at a high speed north of Coventry on Monday night Miss Rachel Ed- wards fell out on to the railway. It appears that Miss Edwards's skirt became jammed in the carriage door, and when she opened the door to release it the strong current jerked her out. Her dead body was afterwards found on the line near Stechford. Deceased was a Birmingham ladv, and was accompanied by two young nieces, Natalie a.nd Doris Mogg, with whom she was returning from a visit to London. There were other occupants of the compartment, but the inci- dent happened so unexpectedly that nothing could be done to assist the unfortunate lady. The body was terribly mutilated, and death was evidently instantaneous.

The death has occurred at Swansea, at the advanced age of 89, of Mr William Penrose, for many years chief assayer at Messrs Dillwyn's Works, Llansamlet. He was grand- father of Mrs Lawrence Irving (Miss Mabel Hackney).

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Great Ocean Race, LUSITANIA v. LUCANIA. Plans are now completed for the great Cunard race on the 3,000 mile course from Liverpool to New York. The youngest of the fleet, the Lusitania, is to give her relative, the Lucania, two hours and a half start. The company announces that the Lucania will leave the starting-post, the Liverpool landing-stage, at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, and the Lusitania at 7 p.m. The Lucania will run at her usual pace to Queenstown, picking up passengers there twelve hours after sailing from the Mersey. The captain and engineers will permit the Lusitania to go easily as far as the Irish port. There she will take the late mails. Then, if the weather is good, she will be driven at her full speed, 25t knots an hour, in pursuit of the Lucania, whose 20 knots will keep her ahead for some time with the sport- ing start allowed by her gigantic rival. Thou- sands of people will pack the Liverpool land- ing stage, the dock walls beyond, and the Cheshire beaches opposite, to give the flyers a send-off. Excursionists are expected from London, the Midlands, and the Clyde ship- building yards, and some of the passengers have crossed from America to be in the race. So great was the competition for berths that many voyagers who generally cross in second cabins have gladly taken any third-class berth left. There will be heavy bets and sweep- stakes among the travellers on the result. The Lusitania, accidents excepted, is a sure winner, but the speculation will be on the time it takes her to overhaul the Lucania, and how much she will have won by when Sandy Hook is reached. To sustain the excitement the vessels will keep in touch all the way by Marconi wireless. The 2,000 passengers on each will never be short of .something to talk about and wager upon, and bets can be made by telegraphic messages between the mam- moth pair. The Lucania's tonnage is 13,000, the Lusi- tania's 32,500. She will carry twice as muck fuel as the Lucania. Telephones on Board. On board the new Cunaxder Lusitania a* complete central battery private branch tele- phone exchange has been installed. As soon aa the ship arrives in port and while she remains there, connection will be made with the shore system. The installation of the Lusitania is described at length in the current number 01 the National Telephone Journal." Ten pairs of wires for exchange junction lines are carried in lead-covered cables from the distributing frame to each side of the ship, where they are terminated in a box if special design. On the landing stau° or dock where thi hips will be berthed are fitV.i a series of >■ nila.fr. boxes, each having t'ue ten junction lin< froriv7 the town exchange 'terminating on them.! These boxes are so placed that in whateve. i position the ship is berthed one of them will; be within easy reach of the box on the ship. A length of special tlexible cable containing ten pairs of wires, and fitted at each end with a cable head, is provided for effecting connec* tion between the ship's box and the shore box. When the cable head is placed in position on the fixed terminal box and pressed home, a spring catch is automatically brought into operation and holds the cable head firmly so that the studs of the movable cable head make good contact with the springs of the fixed terminal box, thus connecting the ex- change junctions through to the ship switch- board.

Greater Barry. Suggested Expenditure of JE25,000 On Tuesday evening a joint meeting of the Barry Publio Works and Licensing Committees of the District Council was held for the purpose of dealing with the re-, port of Mr W. T. Douglas, C.E., an eminent expert, on the best means of developing th4 town as a seaside resort. Councillor O. McCann was voted to the chair, and in the course of discussion Councillor W. J. Williams, J.P., expressed the view that they should not spend any money on Whitmore Bay. Witlt the exception of one or two small improve- ments the island was good enough. He cer- tainly thought that they should build a small shelter. Personally, he advocated the devel- opment of Portherry Bay for the benefit of the town, because from a town point of view he considered it would be waste of money to spend anything on Whitmore Bay. Councillor J. A. Manaton favoured an oppo- site policy, apd considered that the town would. benefit by the trippers and the visitors gener- ally. This year the clerk had sent replies to a bout 250 inquiries respecting the town and itA. attractions for summer visitors. The estimate of E6,000 for a shelter on the island was only what was necessary. The development of Porthkerry side would mean £10,000. yet Blackpool had spent half a million on sea walls, &c., with the result that they made it one of the best seaside resorts in the kingdom. Personally he thought they should limit their expenditure to JE50,000, and even that would take five or six years to expend. He advocated the provision of a promenade and six shelters at an estimated cost of £ 14,510. If they pur- chased Porthkerry Park and the foreshore that would mean extra buildings. It was eventually agreed to recommend the improvement of Barry Island at an expense of £25,000 in providing shelters and band stand. With regard to the Porthkerry side, it was moved that this he referred to a sub-com- mittee to report, and this was approved, bat Councillor W. J. Williams opposed the expen- diture of money on Whitmore Bay, and also advocated that the whole matter be deferred pending the report of the sub-committee.

——— _J.. M ———— DEATH OF MR MACIVER, M.P. Vacancy at Liverpool. A Liverpool correspondent telegraphs that Mr David Maclver, M.P. for the Kirkdale division of Liverpool, died at Ambleside at 8.30 on Sunday evening. Mr Maclver, who had been seriously ill for some time, was born at Liverpool in 1840, and was senior partner of the firm of David Maclver and Co., steamship owners, in the River Plate trade. He sat in Parliament for Birkenhead from 1874 to 1886, and at the time of death was the Unionist member for the Kirkdale division. He was returned unopposed in 1898, and at the General Election had a majority of 592.

HYGIENE OF THE BLOUSE. The blouse is, the British Medical Journal asserts, from the hygienic point of view, a particularly desirable form of garment. Even persons who are not well off can supply themselves with several and change them as often as soiled. The same desirable frequency of change would be difficult in dresses made on the dress reformer's plan.

NEYLAND GAS ARBITRATION AWARD. The Neyland Urban District Council oil Monday night received from Mr R. T. P. Williams, solicitor, Haverfordwest, Mr Valon'j award in the gas arbitration. The price to be paid by the Council for the gas mains, &c., was £ 1,597- The Pembroke Company's claim was £2,876 5s 5d, and the Council's tendef £ 1,307. In respect to additional works exe- cuted by the company after they had received the Council's notice, £107 5s 5d was to be paid, but as these works were outside the arbitra- tion no tender was made. Objection had been taken to the arbitrator including in his award anything more than the original claim, but ultimately the whole matter was left in his hands. The Council now instructed the clerk to procure information of the law costs, and the surveyor to prepare plans and estimates to be laid before a special meeting of the Council.

A fire broke out at 41, South Market-street.. Newport, occupied by Mr Harris, on Monday, but it was pit. out before mr damage-Jhadt been done. r •*