The Cardiff Times

PRIEST'S COMPLAINT. BLAENAVON SCHOOL APPOINTMENT. Monmouthshire Authority's Reply. Alderman J. It. Jacob provided at the monthly meeting of the Monmouthshire Education Committee at Newport on Wednesday. Father Degan, Pontypool, wrote objecting to the decision of the Elementary Education Com- mittee withholding consent to the appoint- ment of Miss M. A. G. Le Begeue as head teacher of the Biaenavon lioman Catholic Mixed School. She was, lie said, fully quali- fied, and her religious views should be no bar to 111r appointment. Tile Rev. T. G. J 3.UWS: We refused consent on educational grounds. We are prepared to give our reasons to the Board of Education, if necessary. Mr L. Forostier-Walker We are the education authority. Why can't we have them ? The Clerk (Mr Daunwy) The proper legal course is for the correspondent of the school to write to the Board of Education, and the Board will write to us. Mr Foster Steadman According to Father Degan's letter, she is fully qualified, and this committee ought to know the reason why she is not appointed. The Chairman: \e have already adopted the committee's recom- mendation that she be not appointed, and we cannot reopen the question without notice. Mr Foster Steadman The subject will be brought up again by a letter from the Board of Education. Ten New Schools. The Sites and Buildings Committee had, it was stated, considered the regulations of the Board of Education for grants towards the building of provided schools in single school district: and it wa.s resolved to apply for funds to erect ten new schools in single school districts in the county. Councillor G. H. Nurse complained that in the appointment of probationers, undue preference was given to candidates from elementary schools, pupils in the intermediate schools not being given a chance. Alderman S. N. Jones said the scheme should be revised. No resolution was passed

HER TWO HUSBANDS." COGAN WOMAN'S ADMISSION. Henry Anderson, a seaman, of Cogan, after a three months' voyage, found on returning that his wife, Eveline, bad gone to live with another man at Senghenydd. During his absence he received not one letter from his wife, and when he returned be went to Sen ghenydd to recover Mrs Anderson. She came back witn him, and he purchased her some new dresses. Two days more saw her away again, and again he fetched her back. She left him once more. He wrote her, reminded her that she was his wife, and that if she did 'not return he would send the police for her. She came back next day and asked if she should go to Cardiff and see the man off." He was going to join the Army, and she would not see him again. Not wishing to be hard, the husband consented, but he refused to go and meet her at the Rhymney Station. His wife did not return until the following evening. Then it was that he lost patience and temper. He struck her over the eye, and, it was alleged, while she was still unconscious put her outside the door. This occurred on August 29th. At Penarth to-day Anderson was charged with the assault, and he related the story above given. Eveline Anderson, in answer to the clerk, said that she went to Senghenydd because her husband was so cruel to her. When he was away she got married to another man. She married her first husband in February last year, and married again in June of this year the other man. The Bench bound defendant over for six months.

HER SISTER'S CHILD. Cruelty Case Dismissed. At Newport on Wednesday Martha James, Oak-street,was summoned for cruelly neglecting and ill-treating a child, aged four years and eight months. Mr Cooper, on behalf of the R.S.P.C.C., said the child was the illegitimate child of her sister. She had also another ille- gitimate child under her charge. Inspector Sparks said he had examined the child's body, and found it covered with bruises. The defen- dant accused the mother of inflicting the bruises, and the mother accused defendant. There was a scar on the back of its hand, which the child said was caused by a poker. There was also a cut on the child's nose. When taxed about leaving the child naked in the back yard and throwi ng water over it, Mrs James replied, Well, the child was dirty, and I took it out to wash it." Dr. Bassett said there was no doubt that the child had been ncglected. The defendant categorically denied the accusations of cruelty, and her husband supported her evidence. The Bench dismissed the case.

MISSING YOUTH FOUND. Swansea Truant at Brynmawr. David Solomon (15), who his been missing from Swansea for a fortnight, was on Wednes- day discovered at Brynmawr. On going from home he visited his aunt and uncle at 59, De Burgh-street,Cardiff,whogavehim moneyto pay his way back to his home at Swansea. Instead, however, of going home he proceeded to Bryn- mawr. where he obtained employment under the Brynmawr Urban District Council. He then gave his name as David Stanbaul- He obtained lodgings at 10, Blewdett-street, Bryn- mawr. His landlady, Mrs Croft, however, read the account of the boy's escapade, and recognised the missing lad. His aunt and unete proceeded to Brynmawr and took the boy home with them.

ROW BETWEEN IRISHMEN. At Abercynon on Wednesday John O'Brien, Albert-street, Miskin, was charged with wound. ing James O'Sullivan, a fellow lodger. O'Brien, who pretended to be sleeping, was asked by the landlord, John Winter, if he would have a drink. He replied. "You can keep your b-- beer." A few words followed), and he struck Winter. Winter then went outside, and a quarrel ensued, and O'Sullivan was struck with a poker on the head, causing a deep wound, which extended to the bone. The Stipendiary committed the prisoner to the Quarter Sessions, and allowed bail in two sureties of JE20 each.

A SOAP ROMANCE. Mr Lever, of SunKght Soap fame, and his brother were in partnership as grocers in War- rington when they started their career. It was a profitable little business because it was well managed, but it was not of extraordinary dimensions. Eventually the brothers conceived the idea of tackling the soap trade, then, one might say, in its infancy. Since then," says a writer in the Penny Magazine," two mil- lions sterling has been spent by Mr Lever in advertising his soap, and from the small acorn has grown the wonderful business at Port Sun- light—a city by itself-on the banks of the Mersey. Here from the profits of soap this commercial magnate has built up schools,clubs, chapels, and reading rooms for his employees. Neat little Elizabethan cottages shelter his 3,000 workpeople, a profit-sharing system has been started whereby the employees benefit by the firm's prosperity, and the one-time War- rington grocer is a millionaire several times over."

On Sunday afternoon the Brynmawr and Blaina District of the A.S.R.S. held their annual demonstration. They were assisted by members of the local fire brigades and ambu- lance corps, by the South Wales Borderers, and the Lancaster Town Band and the South Wales Borderers' fife and drum band. The procession was headed by the banner of the Lydney Dis- trict of A.S.R.S. Collections were made on behalf of the Railway Servants' Orphanages.

o Apricots. Keep the secondary shoots pinched back to the first leaf, a.nd shorten any robust shoots on youngt trees in preference to pruning them in winter. As the trees become divested of the fruit, give them a good washing with either clear or soapy water. Examine the border, and if the roots are found to be dry, afford the border a, heavy watering, replacing the mulch for a few weeks longer to retain the moisture in the soil. l-ioos-en any tight ligatures or recently budded stocks, and syringe them over- head in the evening. Such stocks growing in soils of a porous nature may be given a good root watering. The Spruce Gall Mite. A curious fact in connection with this pest, says the Gardeners' Chronicle," is that it is slow to go from tree to tree, even when the trees are in close proximity to each other. For the past nine years I have had under obser- vation four youDgtreesplnnted in line,and not more than 5ft. from each other. When I first noticed them they had been recently planted, and were all of nearly equal size Now, the largest tree, which has never sbown any signs of affection, though its branches are mixed up with those on either side of it, is about lift, high the best of the others is only 5ft., and the worst, which is almost covered with the galls, is not more than 3ft. high, though it is still alive, and makes an annual attempt to grow. Is there any ex- planation as to the immunity of the one tree, the correspondent asks ? Brick-kilns and Gardens. M. Alphon.se Daehy writes to the Tribune Hortieole in reference to the proposition of Ileilinckx, to prohibit the lighting of brick- kiln fires in the summer before July 15th, that. his own and other gardens have certainly suffered considerable damage from sulphuric acid gas emitted from the bricks during baking. He remarks that plants suffer most from this cause when wet,the gas impregnating the moisture on the leaves. Gardens which on) v get the dry winds from the north and east, although in the vicinity of kilns, do not suffer so much as those which receive the moist winds from the south and west. M. Dachy thinks the subject is worth studying as it may lead to a better knowledge of phenomena connectqd with the absorption by plants of gaseous matter, especially carbonic acid gas, which plays so important a part in vegetable life. Seed Saving. This is an important work in many nurseries at the present time,says a writer in the "Fruit Grower." tyweet peas of all the special-named varieties must be thoroughly rogued, care being taken to pull the rogues out. by the roots. The seed should be gathered as it ripens, about twice a week. A little more care in this respect and yimc of the Sweet. Pea seed sellers woul'I^ send out a more uniform article. There i comparison in point of value between Sb" saved by gathering and that thrashed out in the usual way. Cotoneasters as Seaside Shrubs. T have been experimenting with shrubs to furnish a garden close to the sea on the east coast in Norfolk, says a writer in the Field." Two years ago I planted a selection made up principally of plants recommended in books as suit able for gardens by the sea. The garden in which I am interested contains no soil unless a fine sand to any depth can be considered such. Eighteen inches from the surface there is water at all times of the year, and this water contains salt consequently, only those plants that do not object to brackish water have any chance of succeeding. There is also salt in the air whenever the wind blows from the sea. My failures have been numerous, but I have bad some, successes which were quite unexpected, and among these are several species of Cotoneaster, namely, C. Frigida, C. Horizontalis, C. Simonsii, C. Vulgaris, and C. Nummularia. These have grown astonish- ingly well, better than oval-leafed Privet, or the several varieties of Crataegus tried, whilst even the Veronicas, usually at home in such situations as I have described, have not with me been as happy as these Cotoneasters. They I are good shrubs to transplant, and in the driest weather they look healthy. The stronger- growing Co tone asters, such as C. Simonsii, would, I believe, prove excellent for fences in the same way as some of the Escallonias do in seaside places further south than this. Tamarisks as Wall Shrubs. Most people are familiar with the common Tamarisk (Tamarix Gallica) in gardens by the sea, and especially where the soil is sandy and the atmosphere at times more or less impreg- nated with salt, conditions that are unfavour- able to many plants. The Tamarisks are also excellent shrubs for inland gardens, and we know of no more beautiful shrub in August than the newish T. Pallasii, which is of less erect habit than T. Gallica, and its waving, plume-like branches are covered with pink flowers. We were agreeably surprised when look- ing round the gardens of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, a few days ago, to find against the building inside the large quadrangle a grand example of Tamarisk treated as a wall shrub. It had grown to a height of some 20ft., the main branches being fastened to the wall, and the others pruned back to short spurs, from which had developed elegant plumose branches of rich green and decidedly picturesque aspect. It struck us that if the dull-flowered T. Gallica could be used with such effect in this way how valuable the bright-flowered T. Pallasii would almost certainly prove if treated in the same manner. This last-named is quite at home in a garden near the sea, and we can, therefore, recommend it for such places as Yarmouth, Cromer, and Southport, where the common Tamarisk is used with such excellent effect. On Trenching. Freshly trenched ground should be allowed a certain time to settle-preferably a year—be- fore being permanently planted, but that need not prevent it producing a temporary crop. Potatoes form one of the best first crops on trenched ground, as they are not affected by the gradual sinking of the soil to its proper level, and chiefly because the operations of hoeing, earthing-up, and final diggiug of the tubers keep the ground stirred and cause it to become sweetened. Oats, Rye, Mangolds, and Turnips can also be used, but Potatoes are to be preferred for the reasons stated above, while they also succeed particularly well on fresh ground. Trenching should be con- tracted for by piecework. Measurements vary in different districts in some localities all ground work is done by the square of ten yaids, and in others by the square rod of5J yards. The latter system prevails in this locality, and the cost of the work varies from 28 6d to 4s 9d per rod, the latter for gravelly ground and including screening. If it is not possible to see every trench properly turned over, an iron bar about half an inch in diameter should be used for testing each trench. The depth at which the digging was agreed upon should be marked on the rod, and if it cannot be pushed down to thai, depth fairly easily it shows that the work has not been thoroughly done. The Flower Garden. Cuttings of Pentstemons should now be taken of the best varieties. Where they are grown in large numbers it is usual to devote a frame for their reception for s mailer quantities the cuttings may be inserted in pots or boxes, and placed under a hand-light, keep- ing the atmosphere of the frame dose until the cuttings have made roots, when air should be gradually admitted to harden the young plants. Perennial Phloxes produce much finer trusses and the flowers last longer, when young plants are put out each year, especially if the plants are grown in light soils. Cuttings firmly inserted in sandy soil, and treated as advised for Pentsemons, will make roots readily at this season of the year. Half-hardy shrubs have a better chance of passing safely through the average winter if the growths are well ripened, and to attain this end it is necessary to cut away sufficient shoots to allo-v the remain ing branches plenty of room for the free circn- latiou of air. Any side shoots made after this date should be pinched out. Some Useful Vegetables. Make good any failures that have occurred in former plantings of Coleworts, and continue to make fresh plantations, for although Cole- worts are not particularly hardy, if the autumn is a favourable one they will make useful produce before there are any severe frosts. Where an early sowing of cabbage was made, the plants will now be large enough for plant- ing out. These will be followed in due course by plants forming the main crop, for alt,hough it is satisfactory to have an early batch, it is not advisable that a great quantity should be so forward. The earliest plants are not so likely to stand well through the winter, and usually they are the first to bolt into seed.

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Steam Yacht Sunk. BY A PENARTH DOCK TRADER. LORD BYRON IN PERIL. Our Southampton correspondent tele- graphs :—The ss. Knightsgarth, belonging to Messrs Ilea, Liverpool aid chief coal agents for Elder, Dempster and Co., was con- cerned in a disastrous collision which occurred in Southampton Water shortly before mid- night on Tuesday. The K night sgarth having discharged a cargo of coal, was proceeding from Southampton to Penarth, and when u quarter of a. milt. off Southampton pier she collided with the steam yacht Eros, belonging to Mr P. It. Houston, M.P., Liverpool, with serious results. The Eros was moored, and except a watchman all her officers and crew were asleep in their bunks. The Knights- garth struck the yacht amidships, crinching her way almost up to the funnel. The watch- man, anticipating danger, had alarmed his mates, and to this fact alone is due the absence of loss of life. As it was. many men had narrow escapes, one just getting out of the fast-flooding cabin in time. There was no time to save anything but life, and all aboard were forced to leave thF- sinking yacht either in pyjamas or night- shirts. Eight minutes from the time she was struck the Eros fonndered, heeling right over as she touched bottom. In that short time, however, the yachtsmen were able to launch the boats and escape. The owner had left the Eros tba.t dav, but Lord Byron (Mr Houston's guest) was aboard, and with others just managed to scramble into a dinghy as the yacht sank. The cause of the collision is quite a mystery, as the night, though dark, was perfectlv clear, and the v.cht had two lights burning brightly. J Tiie Knightsgarth's bows were badly 'rlamaged, and-ps at first it was thought she, too, was in danger of foundering—the c-ptain beached her in Southampton water. After an examination had determined that her injuries were not so extensive as was feared, tugs hauled her afloat again. Another correspondent, says that the captain of the Knightsgarth with commendable pre- sence of mind allowed his vessel's bow to remain in the latter until the crew of the latter were safely got off. Some jumped on to the Knightsgarth, and others got into the yacht's own launch lying alongside.

AND OTHERS WANTED TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. The undermentioned persons are wanted in connection with the estates of deceased persons. Questions will be replied to as quickly as practicable, but not necessarily in the next issue. Answers will appear in this column only, and it will be useless to ask for a reply by post. Any inquiry relating to one of those notices must be accompanied by a cutting from this }JaJwr of the announcement to which it refers, and the distinctive letters and number should be repeated in the communication. Ingham, John, retired calico printer, of 24, Olive-street, Southport deceased. Next of kin wanted immediately. L.L. 2,866 Black well, Rev. John William, of 184, Mary- lebone-road London, died in April last. Next of kin wanted immediately. L.L. 2,867 Talbot, Mrs Annie, widow of the late Thomas William Talbot, and William Henry, her son, wanted in connection with the estate of the late Mrs Caroline Sarah Williams. L.L. 2,868 Kcogh, Thomas, late of 4, Loftus-lane, off Capel-street, Dublin. Relatives wanted. P.J. 2,869 Kirbv, Albert Turner, formerly of Hudders- field, but later of 19, Victoria. place, Camp- road, Leeds, tobacconist's assistant, wanted to his advantage. Y.D.O. 2,870 Leahy, Michael, son of John Leahy, late of Preston, Victoria, Australia, wanted to his advantage. S.M.H. 2,871 Smeeton, Samuel, formerly of Firhby, Notts, last heard of in Meinnbula, New South Wales, wanted to his advantage. S.M.H. 2,872 Andrews, Andrew, late of 15, Salisbury-street, Edinburgh,sometime an engineer and black- smith in Sydney, New South Wales, de- ceased. Brothers and sisters or their children wanted. 8.M.H. 2^73

REPLIES. Mcllvaine or Mcllveen (L.L. 2,850).—We have no further information as to the identity of the person named, but the relatives are advertised for by Arthur H. Wadick, Wakefield, New York City, U.S.A. Stables (L.L. 2,840).—As your husband is away and it is necessary to act at once, get a solicitor to write us immediately, for as the matter is in the hands of the High Court you can do nothing without one. Manwaring (T.P. 2,841).—Write to Messrs Gibson, Usher, and Co., solicitors, Portugal- street Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London, W.C., giving them all the information pos- sible as bo your identity.

CRUELTY TO POULTRY. German Breeder Sent to Prison. Berlin, Wednesday Afternoon.At Sonne- berg to-day a well-known poultry breeder, named Morgenroth, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for having inflicted ter- rible suffering on a number of fowls exhibited by him at the recent great, German poultry show held in that town. Morgenroth hoped to secure firsts in certain of the highest classes with his birds, but the feathers on a number of cocks were not in accordance with the regula- tions governing the exhibits in those claseas. He accordingly plucked the birds, and having procured a sufficient quantity of the correct feathers fastened them skilfully to the flesh of the fowls with pins. In order to keep the tail feathers of other cocks in an upright position Morgenroth attached to them wire clamps driven into the flesh of the birds. His exhibits made a strik- ing show, and the judging committee was on the point of awarding him the coveted prizes when the fraud was discovered. So indignant were the judges that they gave Morgenroth a severe thrashing before handing him over to the police. The magistrates com- mitted him for trial, with the result already stated.—Central News.

SWANSEA HOUSING PROBLEM. At a meeting of the Swansea Corporation Housing Committee on Wednesday, Mr W. H. Morris presiding, the Deputy Town Clerk said that owing to street widening 11 houses would have to be removed in Emma-street, Grove- street,. Williams-street, and MitchelLs-road. He suggested that the committee should consider the question of providing accommodation for the people who would thus be displaced. Mr Kuthen said it was time the committee formu- lated a comprehensive scheme for the provision of houses to let at from 4s to 4s 6d a week.— The Chairman We have something under weigh now. The Corporation recently applied to the Local Government Board for power to borrow money for the erection of some more work- men's dwellings on the Col bourne-terrace, pro- perty, and an inquiry was held, but the Deputy Town Clerk on Wednesday reported that up to the present the decision of the Board had not been received.

I Black v. White at Barry. STREET AFFRAY. Coloured Man Stabbed. At Barry Dock on Monday night Joseph Allen, a coloured seaman, was stabbed in the abdomen, and a Swede named Otrun Ander- sen (27) was taken into custody charged with wounding him. Some disagreement took place in boarding- houses adjoining each other in Travis-street, and was followed by a. tight between Ander- sen and Allen. it is alleged that when An- dersen found he was getting the worst of it he took out a pocket knife aud stabbed the negro, who at once called out, that a. knife was being used. The crowd interfered immediately, and Allen was taken to the boarding-house of Mr Defoe. Dr. Lloyd Edwards attended him, and found a punctured wound in the lower part of the abdomen. The injury is not, likely to be serious if tit"¡, are n., complications, and late last, night the injured man was progressing favourably. Andersen was afterwards found at the rear of No. 1, Travis-street, and arrested by Police Sergeant Rees and Spiller. Otrun Andersen, a Swede, was charged at Penarth on Wednesday (before Col. Thornley and MrS. Thomas) with unlawfully wounding a coloured seaman named Alien. John Foscolo, seamen's outfitter, said he saw the men fight- ing in Travis-street., Barry Dock, on the 2nd inst. when prisoner stabbed the coloured man in the chest with a knife, and then ran into the house. Witness ran to the aid of Allen, and took him to his boarding-house. Dr. W. Lloyd Edwards said the man had a. wound in the abdomen half an inch in length, and reaching to the wall of the abdomen. The wound was probably caused by a knife. He ordered the man'sremoval to the local hospital, where he still lies in a dangerous condition, an could not appear that morning. The case was adjourned until Monday next at Barry.

ABDUCTS HIS OWN CHILD. SINGULAR INCIDENTS AT NEWPORT. There was unusual excitement in Corporation- road district of Newport on Wednesday, it being alleged that a girl, thirteen years of age, had been bduapped. A hansom cab stopped outside the Corporation Hotel. and three men alighted from it. Some time later a little girl came into sight around the corner of the street, and as she was crossing a piece of grass land alongside the road a medium-sized man, who wore a blue serge suit, lifted her from her feet and carried her towards the cab. She struggled and screamed but was forced into the cab, the driver of which jumped on to the box and drove the girl and the man away. The screams of the child were heard for a con- siderable distance. Inquiries made by one of our representatives show that some weeks ago a woman, who is said to be separated from her husband, came to live in the district bringing with her the girl in question and two boys somewhat younger. On Monday night the husband was seen in the district, and the boys, who were playing outside, at once ran up to him and, it is stated, went away with him without any objection. The father wanted the girl as well, but she was not willing, and the mother is alleged to have come out of the house and in- tervened. The father is alleged to have said to a local tradesman that he would have the girl if lie had to wait a year for his oppor- tunity. To-day's incident seems to bear out this contention.

A ROYAL BETROTHAL Prince George of Greece, whose betrothal to Princess Marie Bonaparte is cow, after several contradictions, officially announced, is the second son of tha King of Greece, and conse- quently a nephew ot Queen Alexandra. He was born in 1869, and as a youth entered the Navy. His raid on Crete precipitated the Greco-Turkish War, and the popularity he gained among the Cretans by that act, led to his being appointed in 1893 High Com- missioner, when the Powers decided that Crete should have Home Rule. Unfortunately his government proved a failure, and he had to retire. Prince George is one of the most im posing-looking of European Royalties, stand- ing well over six feet in height, and he has a muscular development- which would ensure Prince George of Greece Princess Marie Bonaparte, j him a foremost place among professional strong men were lie less happily situated. Princess Marie Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Roland Bonaparte, the head of the Lucien descendants, is one of the greatest heiresses in Europe. She owes her wealth chiefly to her mother (the eldest daughter of the famous M. Blanc, of Monte Carlo—known sometimes as Monte Carlo Blanc), who died two years after her birth. Princess Marie has lived with her father, Prince Roland, in a palatial mansion not far from the Arc de Triomphe. Prince Roland is the grandson of the brother of the great Emperor, and a son of Prince Pierre.

A THIN SKULL Curious Cause of Death. A remarkable fatality has taken place at Windsor, the circumstances of which were detailed at an inquest on Wednesday. George Thomas Batchelor was going to his work with a, fellow-workman, when he sud- denly fell in the road. He struck his head, be- came unconscious, and was removed to the Windsor Infirmary, where he lived for four days, the doctors being unable to certify the actual cause of death. The Coronecr ordered a post-mortem, and it was then found the man died from a fracture of the skull. The doctor said Batchelor's skull was a par- ticularly thin one, and it was a most un- common thing for a man's skull to be frac- tured by a fall from his own height. He had seen a. man's skull which had been struck by a crowbar less fractured than this. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned.

AN ACTOR'S TRAGEDY. An actor without funds managed to get a second-class ticket on a line of steamers run- ning between Seattle and San Francisco. The voyage consumed the better part of three days, and in view of the fact that his finances were at a low ebb, he solved the question in this way The first day out he slept all day to keep from eating, and remained up all night to keep from sleeping. The second day he took physical culture exercises. On the third day he could not stand the strain any longer, and went down in the dining-room and ordered the best meal on board the boat. While eating this meal he could see in his mind's eye a picture of a cell in the bastille in San Francisco. After finishing his meal he said to the waiter, How much do I owe you ?" Nothing," replied the waiter, your meals are included in your ticket."—" San Francisco Argonauts"

DISHONEST MILKMAN. At Abercynon Police Court on Wed- nesday Thomas Henry Parker, Penrhiw- ceiber, was brought up for embezzling a sum of money, the property of the Callow Park Milk Company. Mr R. Edwards James, Cardiff, appeared to prosecute. Wm. John Bunney. the local manager, said he suspected defendant of not paying in all be received, so he went the round with him one day and checked him. He found that prisoner was 4s 9id short for that day alone. Defendant was committed tc prison for 14 days.

ROW ON ABERYSTWYTH BEACH. The sequel to a row on the South Beach. Aberystwyth, on Friday wa.s provided iu the police court on Wednesday, when Ludwig Merle, hair dresser, of Pier-street, was sum- moned by J. V. Lewis, bathing machine owner, for having assaulted him. There was a cross- summons. and Merle was also summoned by Mrs Lewis for assault. The story oi Lewis was that Merle came down on the beach at 7.30 and began to undress near the rocks. He caine nearer the bathing machines, and Lewis remonstrated with him. Merle's reply was a blow in the face, and a fight followed. In cross-examination, Lewis admitted that he had been warned as to his conduct towards visitors by the Town Council. Witnesses for the com- plainant, said Merle was as mad as a hatter." Merle's tale was a different one. According to him Lewis was the aggressor. Lewis, he said, came up, and calling him a —- Jew, twisted his arm. Witness said he was not a. Jew. Lewis I did not. The Bench fined defendant 5s and coste and dismissed the crosa-summons.

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Station Robberies. I MORE JEWELS MYSTERIOUSLY VANISH J A daring jewellery robbery was parprf rated at Charili g Cross Hallway Station about 9 a.. Ill. on Monday. A porter took a box I from a cab and carried it inside the station to label it, After he had labelled the box. however, it mysteriously disappeared, and it is now ascertained that it contained jewellery valued at about JE500. There is at present no clue. Further inquiries show that the missing jewellery belongs to Mrs Cleeves, of Winch- more Hill. The lady and her husband drove to Charing Cross on Monday to proceed to Ostend. At the station the luggage was handed over to a porter toweigb, aud while he was doing this Mrs Reeves's dressing-bag, con- taining jewellery, was placed at the side of tha weighing machine. When the porter went to pick up the bag it had disappeared. The jewellery included a diamond necklace, diamond bracelets, rings and brooches. The station authorities were at once in- formed, and the owner was advised to give information to the police at Bow-street station. The police officers who are now en- gaged on the case have little to work upon, the jewels having disappeared in a manner which is altogether mysterious. No suspicious characters had been noticed about the station at the time of the robbery, and it would be a comparatively easy matter, at a busy time such as that which always precedes the de- parture of the boat train, for the case to be taken from the station and got safely away without suspicions being aroused. Pawn- brokers in the neighbourhood of the station were notified of the theft, but no attempt appears to have been made to pledge the ¡' jewels. 6reat Jewel Hauls Abroad. Baden Baden, Monday Morning.—Two burglars last night broke into two rooms at the Hotel Stephanie here, and stole jeweller;^ valued at 90,000 marks from the Baroness Ephrussi, of Vienna, and from Baron Gold- schmidt Rothschild, of Paris, jewellery valued at 100,000 marks. The hotel manager believes the thieves were two of the hotel guests, who left early this morning.—Central News.

STORY OF A LEGACY. Suicide After £ 400 had Besn Spent. The remarkable story of a publican who came. into some money seven years ago, lived on it at the rate of about £1 a week until he spent every penny, and then committed suicide, wa.s told at the Westminster Coroner's Court. on Wednesday. The inquest was on the body of Richard Jones, of Rutland-street, Pimlico. His widow said he was a peculiar man, keep- ing all his affairs to himself. She suspected, however, that he was in financial difficulties. On Saturday afternoon he went, out, saying he was going to get her some money. The Coroner Were you hard up ? The Witness Yes, we were destitute. Upon her husband returning home, she con- tinued, he went to bis bedroom, and she found him partly on the bed and partly on the floor with a sheet pulled over his head, and his throat cut. Had he ever threatened suicide 1—Xo, but he had told me he would never do any more work once his money was gone. The Coroner's ofiicer remarked that some seven years flgo Jones was left £ 400, so that he bad been living at the rate of £1 a week. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide," and the Coroner remarked that he wished there were more verdicts of a like character re- turned..

WORSE THAN BEING VACCINATED. A4Diseussion at Neath Guardians. At a meeting of the Neath Board of Guar- dians on Wednesday, Mr If. Jones presiding, discussion took place on the new regulations of the Local Government Board with reference to the payment of medical oilicers for the vaccina- tion of children. The regulations provide for a fee of 5s 6d, and a resolution was moved the 3s 6d be paid. An amendment of 4s was immedi- ately put forward. The Itev. Z. P. Willia mson I (vicar of Margam) advocated 5s. Mr B. A. Griffiths (Cwmavou) thought3s 6d quite suffi- cient Mr Preston made a plea for the poor. It was most, important that vaccination should be performed with skill and accuracy. (Hear, hear.) lie thought ol the serious effects of im- proper vaticination upon the health of children. W hy." lie added, it makes my blood run cold to think of it." Mr John Hemming con- sidered the discussion worse than being vac- cinated. (Laughter.) The resolution in favour of .is 6d was carried by ten votes to five. of 3s 6d was carried by ten votes to five.

At Swansea on Monday Councillor Howel Watkins, J.P., presented to a lad named Watkins, J.P., presented to a lad named William D. Symms the certificate of the Royal Humane Society-for the bravery he displayed in saving from drowning his brother Temple, aged six, who while playing in the canal at Port Tennant fell into 4ft. Sin. of water and would have been drowned but for the recipient of the honour plunging in to the rescue.

A FRANK MAGISTRATE. Wife's Human Feeling. A wr.man told the VWTibietior. Bench ov W'-dnesdav that she had V-en deserted by hn husband. She admitted that sbe frequentiy went to music halls with her mother; hor husband instead used to go to chapel Mr Marshall (for the defendant): But yoo prefer the music hall to the chapel ? The Witness Yes. Ttie Presiding Magistrate: So do a great majority of people. Mr Liall: You used to go into public- houses to get a drink ? The Magistrate Not very dreadful if she <Üd.4 I do it myself. Mr Marshall submitted that on the same set of facts the Croydon magistrates had dismissed n similar summons brought by two women two I years ago, and if there had been no desertioD then. there could be none now. Sir Charles Elliott (one of the magistrates) I Nonsense Mr Marshall (hotlvy It may be nonsense, but it is the law, and if you won't accept it we, must go to the judges in the High Court to pat you right. The Bench ordered the defendant to pay his wife 5s a week for her maintenance.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. Suffocated by Tuberoses. Naples, Monday.—Signorina Claudina dt Tommeso. a beautiful guest at the Pension Miramare, has committed suicide under extra- ordinary circumstances. The attention of a valet de chambre, who was walking on the terrace of the pension, was attracted by strange cries proceeding from the young lady's room, to which he at once hastened. Receiving no answer to his knocks, he opened the door, and was almost overpowered by a heavy, sickly odour. When he had opened the window and cleared the air he found that Signorina di Tommeso was lying dead on her bed. s The room was a mass of tuberoses; the strong smelling flowers were everywhere, and ti)A unhappy lady had covered herlacc, her bcea^, and almost the whole of her body with them. suffocating herself with the powerful scents- Central News.

THE QUEEN'S APARTMENTS. The rooms on the official list kept by the inspector of Buckingham Palace and called her Majesty's private apartments,' are nine in number. They are cut off from the rest of the palace by a corridor, which is the only means of access to them. This corridor," says a writer in Cassell's Saturday Journal," is itself a lordly apartment, with windows on one side, between which is a row of marble busts of royal ladies, each upon a pedestal. and opposite each window is a cabinet of priceless wa.re. A soft gleam of light is diffused over aU at night by electric lamps, and when the suite is in occupation no attendant is permitted to be seen in this corridor, except when entrusted' with the duty of escorting a favoured guest into the royal presence."

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