The Cardiff Times

PRISONER COLLAPSES IN DOCK. Hanlan "¡IS brought before the rragistrat-es ni Darlington on llnoday, and formally re- manded on the charge ot causing the death of Margaret Dickinson (Z2) and Catherine Hanlon (17), his sister. Police-Superintendent Davison said Hanlon wen t into his house at Albert HilJ on Sunday night aboutlO p.m. with Dickinson, and this was Mi ft last that was seen of the young women. I] alf an hour later intimation was given to the police that the two young women were lying dead., and on proceeding to the place the police found the bodies, face upwards. Dickinsou bore marks ot strangulation, and Hanlon's jbead was almost severed from the body. Accused was brought into the dock in a !a.întjng condition, and collapsed at the close of the sliopt bearing. The Superintendent also informed the magis- trates that Hanlon made no reply to anything that ws s:.id to him. When he was brought to the police station on Sunday night he seemed iin the same dzzed condition as he was now. Witness, in asking for t. remand, said pri- soner would be medically examined as to his sanity. When Hanlon was taken below by several nflicers, the crowd in court heard piteous wail- lIg,

GUNSHOT TRAGEDY. A Remarkable Story. The death of Henrik Emile Herbert Borg- itrom, who shot himself in the establishment vi Messrs James Woodward, gunsmiths, in St. Jajncs s-street. Piccadilly, on Wednesday, was Investigated at the Westminster Coroner's Court ou Saturday. Mr Borgstrom had been very active in the political affairs of Finland, and had a seat in the House of Nobles before its abolition. His wealth was derived from a firm of Finnish ship- owners and from a large estate which he had recently sold. It was stated that he was of no occupation and had no permanent address. He had been living recently at the Hyde Park HoteL Mr Ferrar P. Fenton, an aged gentleman, who gave his evidence in an armchair, said he lived at Mitcham, and was a.n author and Orientalist. He had known deceased for 15 or 16 years. They had corresponded and colla- borated in Christian work. We were." he said. very intimate friends. He was a man of great learning and literary tastes. He helped me a good deal in translating the Bible into modern English. We first began work in 1893, when I was living in City-road, London. He was a very ardent student. and his studies brought down his health and nci vous system. lie was one of the most accomplished linguists I ha.ve ever met, and a ver\ great classical and Oriental scholar. I told him he was going too fast. He could not learn everything." Mr Fenton also said that deceased had re- marked that he was going to South Africa for the satwof his chest and throat. He was per. fectly rational. There -,vis not the slightest Idea, vf suicide in his mini1 coause they were talk- ing on Sunday about f jture work. He said to deceased, "Look here, Bofgstroin, I want you to help me with that' Philosophy of Revela- tion (a treatise which witness was writing). You a,re a profound .thinker over these things, and your ideas tally with mine. If I had your learning and genius 1 could dosomethingbetter than 1. have done yet. I want to do something that will benetithumanity." Bergstrom replied, Doo 't talk of humanity. You cannot benefit humanity it is impossible. The world has be- come so wicked, depraved and corrupt that humanity is hopeless." Witness believed that when deceased left on Tuesday there was nota Bounder intellect or a sounder mind than his on earth. He was a profoundly religious man. Edward Piper, a valet at the Hyde Park Hotel, said deceased stayed there five days. He was very strange in many habits. Witness bad to comb his hair and massage his head because he said he could not lift his arms to his head. He used to go to bed with his clothes on, but without his boots. He would ring the bell. and witness had to remind him that he had called. He was a vegetarian while at the hotel, and ate macaroni chiefly. On Wednesday morning deceased asked where he could get a gun licence. Witness said, Are you going to have a day's shooting, sir ?" Deceased replied, No." Mr Fenton here volunteered the statement that some years ago deceased suffered from heart trouble, and it was 'exceedingly painful for him to raise his arms to his head. He had to get his landlady to comb his hair. Edward Middle, assistant in the gunsmith's shop, said deceased selected a revolver, but said lie could not. see how the empty cartridge could be extracted without pulling out the live cartridges, and asked that one of the latter should be inserted. Witness complied, and soon afterwards had turned away to get out another revolver when he heard a report, and, turning, saw deceased with his hands to his head. Dr-Mitchell, police divisional surgeon, said that from the position of the hat the deceased must have actually pressed the muzzle of the revolver against it and fired through two thick- nesses into the skull: The heart was the most perfect he had ever seen. The Coroner He had a delusion that his heart was bad. Mr Hawes explained that there was no suggestion as to want of means. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased shot himself intentionally, while suffering from mental disease. He was Hot responsible for bits actions.

NEW WATERFALL FOUND, British Rival to Niagara. Georgetown (British Guiana), Nov. 5.—An important discovery has been made in British Guiana during the last, few days by Dr. Carl Bovallius, the managing director of n rubber concern known as the New Essequebo Ex- ploration Company. On an affluent of ihe river Ireng, close to the Brazilian boundary, at about 5deg. N. lat., and 60deg. 9min. W. long., Dr BovaHius found a waterfall rivalling Niagara in height and worthy of ranking with Kaiteur Fall and Mount Borairna as one of the greatest scenic treasures of the country. The new fall has «, beer drop of 300 feet, and is some 200 feet in vvidt b. Kaiteur, it may be mentioned, is 741 feet high and 370 feet wide. The wall of the cliff over which the new fall rushes is slightly convex, showing red, highly, polished jasper in places. At the base there is 8,rJ oval btsin, which. empties about 100 yards from the. firstVfall over a second, some 30 feet in height. In reporting his discovery to the Governor of the Colony, (Sir JF- M. Hodgsou, K.C.:M.G.), Dr, Bovallius states :—" When .1 s-at 1 here admir- ing Ihe grand scenery, the thought occurred t-o Gl that, whilst being nameless, this great fall. jyas worthy to carry a great name,, and after that of his Majesty the King none more worthy to be honoured by us Colonials could be found than that of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain- I most respectfully propose that your Excellency "will allow that the fall shall be called Chamberlain Fall, and b< so, named in official documents and in maps of the Colony."—-Press Association Special.

EXPERIMENTAL FLOGGING. Berlin, Sunday.—It transpires that during his recent tour of Germanv's African pos- sessions, Herr Dernburg, Minister for the Colonies, personally witnessed the Hogging of several natives for the purpose of informing himself whether this form of punishment was permissible or whether it was too severe. The flogging took plase at Tanga, in German East Africa, and Herr Dernburg reports that in his opinion it is^not cured.,—Central News.

COLLIERY REPAIRERS KILLED. Some men were engaged in repairing a wall which t-upported a heavy iron girder over the boiler in a seam of the Hovland Silkstone Col- liery, near Barnsley, when the girder collapsed. Greenwood Ogden,a ripper, wis killed, apd ijl others seriously injured, one dying later in the hospital- 1 The, name of the second man who lost bis life is Arthur Cook, a ripper. All the men were baldly crushed and burned, and five men in J hospital are in a serious condition.

Express in a River. RAILWAY DISASTER IN SPAIN. Barcelona, Monday.—As an express from here was crossing a river between the stations of llospitalet and Cambrils it left the rails and fell from the bridge into the river. There were a considerable number of passengers travelling by the train, but the casualties are not yet known.— Heater. Barcelona (Latcr).-H is officially an- nounced that 12 bodies have been recovered from the debris of the railway accident at Valencia, and 22 persons have been injured.- Reuter. I Tarragona, Monday.—The number of pas- sengers in the train was between 70 and 90. Only two escaped unscathed. There are more than 20 dead. Thí entire train was hurled into the river with the exception of the lug- gage van and the restaurant car, which was telescoped. Ite titcr. New York Trains Collide. New York, 1t)ndav.A collision occurred to- day between two trlIls on th: elevated and exposed section of the subway in the Broux dis- trict, one train overtaking and running into a train in front. The impact was violent, and the first car of the rea.r tram mounted the la-st car ot the other and hung .suspended on the point of toppling oyer the sldr: of the track. The motorman in the rear train was crushed to death in his compartment, and his body was so pinioned among the wreckage that it could not be removed. Fire broke out immediately after the collision, but through the efforts of the fire department it was soon extinguished. There were about 200 passen ers in each train, and they all received a very severe shaking.- Heuter.

THE GERMAN NAVY. GREA r EXTENSION OF PROGRAMME. Berlin. Saturda v .-The memorandum at. tached to the naval estimates gives most in- teresting figures, showing the increase in the estimated expenditure during the ten years 1908 till 1917. The Navy Department gives the total ex- penditure for the period named at 4.172 mil- lion marks ( £ 208,600,000), being an increase of over 986 million marks ( £ 49,300.000) compared with the estimated cost set out in the memo- randum attached to the estimates in 1906. A comparative table shows that the esti- mated expenditure for next year amounts to 339 million marks ( £ 16,950.000), an inciease of 52 million marks ( £ 2,600.000) on the mentioned in the 1906 memorandum and for the ensuing years a-s follows 1909, 405 million mks., increase 98 million mks. 1910, 440 million mks.. increase. 125 miiliou mks. 1911, 461 million mks., increase 141 million mks. 1912, 449 million mks., increase 123 million mks. 1913, 430 million mks., increase 102 million mks. 1914, 416 million mks,, increase 93 million mks, 1915, 401 million mks., increase 77 million mks. 1916, 409 million mks., increase 84 million mks. 1917, 417 million mks., increase 87 million mks. Uence. tor the next ten years the cost of the Navy will average annually 417 million marks (t20.850.000). Of the 986 million marks ( £ 49,300,000) increase. resulting from this com- parison. no less than 718 million marks ( £ 35.900,000) are allotted for ships and arma- ment. The memorandum points out, that the greater navies ar unceasingly working to pe feet their artillery and torpedoes therefore, since the German Navy must not remain be- hind, increased estimates for ships and torpedo boats are necessary. Of the grand total of 4,172 million marks ( £ 208,600,OCX)) for ten years 2,048 million marks ( £ 104400,000) arc set apart for ships and arma- ments. Theesthnatedstrcngth of the navy per- sonnel for 1908 is fixed at 50,323 officers and men, being an increase of 3,576 over last year. -Retiter. Berlin, Saturday.—The "Kolmschc Volks- ze itung "makes the remarkable statement to- day that the Berlin Government has already decided to introduce another Navy Bill in about two years' time providing for the exten- sion of the navy on a much larger scale than was indicated in the recently published pro- gramme. The paper states that the present Bill is but a step in a great scheme for increasing Ger- many's power on the sea. The possibilities of monster battleships are fully recognised, and henceforward no battleship of less displace- ment than 19,000 tons will be laid down.- Central News.

CANADIAN VENDETTA. Broken-Friendship Trial. Like a page of fiction was the talc of how a Western Canadian friendship was turned into a vendetta, unfolded in a trial which has closed at Edmonton, Alberta. Frank Mikota, estate agent, and Charles Semerad, hotel proprietor, were once bosom friends. When the former .returned here early in the year, after a business visit to the United States, his wife confessed that she had been assaulted while under the influence of drugs. As a result, Semerad and another woman Were tried for administering drugs, but acquitted. Meantime Mikota had found in the letter- box, which, on account of former friendship, he had in common with Semerad, a. letter written by the latter to a man whom the hus- band also suspected, and this letter Mikota lodged as evidence. Immediately he was charged with theft from the Post Office, and being tried, pleaded guilty. The Judge sus- pended sentence, and liberated Mikota for the time being. On Independence Day Semerad went down to his hotel cellar to draw beer for some friends who were celebrating the anniversary. Suddenly they beard a shot, rushed down, and found Semerad in a pool of blood, shot in the back. A hole in the win- dow, on a level with the street, showed whence the bullet had come. Mikota, who the police knew had sworn a vendetta, was arrested in bed within an hour. Semerad, after lying for weeks at death's door,recovered. Mikota was brought to trial, but the evi- dence against him consisted only in the detectives' declaration that footprints outside the window corresponded with his, and that a revolver found under a plank side-walk on th 3 route which the flying assailant was supposed to have taken was like one bought by Mikota. On the other hand, a. witness swore that accused was asleep with him in the same room during the time of the crime. The verdict of acquittal was intensely popular.

MAD WIFE'S CRIME. KILLS HUSBAND & SHOOTS HERSELF. New York, Saturday.—A remarkable tragedy was enacted at New Hoshelle early this morning. Nicholas M. Smith, jun., a prosperous business man, whose parents are natives of Baltimore, but are now somewhere in Europe, married last April. Ap- parently he and his bride lived happily and greatly enjoyed motoring. For some unknown reason Smith yesterday sold his motor-car. There was nothing strange about the manner of either of the couple at dinner last evening, and they retired to rest early. This morning the firemen were summoned by a neighbour, who saw the house burning. It was at first believed that it had been set on fire by burglars, but inside the house were found the dead bodies of Smith and his wife. A note left by the wife to a Woman friend said Though I cut off my hair my head- aches did not cease, but they will be relieved in a few nlinntes." An investigation showed that Mrs Smith on Thursday bad two barrels of oil removed from a barn to the cellar of the house. and that the oil had been sprinkled all over the cellar, which was where the tire started. The position of Smith's body shows that his wife killed him while he was asleep and then shot herself. This evening it transpired that Mrs Smith was a niece of Senator Bulkeley, of Connecticut, and had formerly been con- fined in an asylum. A later message says that Mrs Smith had been previously married, and that she inherited from her first husband 1400,000, which she has since lost in speculation.—"Observer."

SUBMARINES COLLIDE. Marvellous Escapes of French Sailors. Toulon, Saturday.—In course of a sham attack by submarines upon battleships here a'n yesterday the submarine Bonite came into col- lision with tho submarine Souifleur, causing a panic among the crews of the two vessels. The collision occurred when the two vessels were proceeding to make a sham attack on the battleship Jaurcguiberry. and it wasapparently due to an error of judgment ou the part of the commander of the Bonite. The submarines were at a depth of over 90 feet at the time. The Bonite struck the Souffleur's conning tower, one of the ports of which was smashed, and water began to make its way into the in- terior of the vessel. Acting with great cool- ness, the officer in command gave/ the orders for an ascent to the surface, dud after the water ballast tanks had been emptied the Souflleur appeared above water. The Bonite also came to the surface, and in going to the rescue of her consort again col- lided with her. The accident was not noticed by the other ships of the fleet, which were about 400 y;trds away at the time, and it, would have been ditTicultto render help if it had been needed. The two craft finally got back to the submarine station under their own power.— Heuter.

CONQUERING THE AIR. Paris. Saturday.—The dirigible balloon, Patrie, v hicb left Paris at 8.40 this morning, descended at Verdun at 3.40 this afternoon, having travelled 186J miles.—Central News. Pa.rk.Saturday night.- -During some further trials this morning the aeroplane of M- B lei rot came into contact with agate and was considerably- damaged, necessitating hint abaJidor-iing for the pre.sent his attempt to win the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize of £ 2.000. Mr lieu ry Farman also made two attempts to win the prize, but was obliged finally to give up owiiig to the inclement weather.—Central News.

I The Thaw Case. I SECOND TRIAL APPROACHING. llarrv Kendall Thaw is about to be placed on trial for the second time, charged with the mur- der of Stanford White in New York. Some con- tingency may arise to delay the case until after the holidays, but the attorneys for the young defendant are pressing for an early hearing, and District-Attorney Jerome has declared the prosecution ready. December 2nd wa.s agreed upon at a hearing before Jus ice Dowling last month, and the Thaw case was regularly en- tered as the; first (ase on the December calen- dar of the trial term of the Supreme Court. Thaw. in his cell at the famous Old Tombs Prison, which he has occupied since the night of the tragedy on Madison-square Ropf Garden, June 25tli, 1906, is preparing to face his second trial with the same confidence of acquittal he possessed at the first ordeal. He daily advises with his counsel, chafes at the delays already encountered in getting his story before a t-econd jury, and is impatient fow his days in court to begin. It is nearly a. year since the first trial was begun. It covered a period of 12 weeks, and after two days and two nights of deliberation the jury could not agree. Seven of the twelve men who heard the dra- matic recital of Evelyn Xesbit Thaw—a story of alleged wrongful treatment at the hands of the noted architect, a-story tkat was flashed by telegraph and cable to every part of the civilised world, and read as one of the most remarkable utterances ever heard in a court room—failed to believe that her confession to her husband justified him three years later in taking the life of the man charged with the ruin of his chorus-girl wife. They voted for guilty of murder in the first-degree. Five of the jurors, on the other hand. were ready to acquit, most of them believing that Thaw's mind had been so upset over the story of the girl's down- fall that he was bereft of reason and was en- titled to that provision of the law which ex- cuses a person so insane as not to know the nature or quality of his act, and not to know that the act is wrong. At the police station the night of the tragedy, and afterwards in the city prison, Thaw contended he was actin r as an agent of Providence in sending Stanford White to his grave. Great interest centres in the course of the defence at the coming trial. It is generally be- lieved that, despite any ideas of justification which Thaw may put forward, his present lawyers will confine themselves to making out a case of legal insanity. This may be emotional or hereditary, both of these phases of the matter having been gone into at the first, trial. Six or seven alienists took the stand at the hearing and testified that Thaw had been driven insane by the story told him when he and the girl who was to become his wife wpre stopping together in Paris. Dr. Hritton D. Evans, superintendent of the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane, made a world-wide stir by expressing Thaw's condition of mind on the night of the tragedy as a brainstorm." The dark clouds had been gathering for a, year or more, he declared, and, when Thaw saw White "glowering" at him on the roof garden, at the first night of a summer extravaganza, known ns 11 Mile. Champagne," the storm broke, and Thaw fired. It was con- tended that with the death of White the force which had fomented the disorder was removed, and that the clouds of blind insanity had broken away. District-Attorney Jerome and Francis D. P. Garvan. his first assistant, again will have charge of the prosecution, but Thaw has made an important change of attorneys. Replacing Mr Delmas as chief counsel will be Martin W. Littleton, of Brooklyn. Mr Littleton is known as a capable lawyer and brilliant orator. There is much peculation as to whether or not Evelyn Ne bit Thaw. the schoolgirl-like- figure, about which the storm and tempest of the first trial beat out its fury, will again take the stand in her husband's defence. A report has been current for some time .hat she will not.—Press Association Special.

BIG WAR CHEQUE. Russia Pays Japan £ 4,860,440. On Saturday the Russian Ambassador visited the Japanese Embassy at 4, Grosvenor-gar- dens, and formally handed to the JapaneseAm- bassador a draft for £ 4,860,44J 19s 6d, the balance of the srnn due to Japan for the moneys expended by her on the maintenance of the Russian prisoners, as agreed under the terms of the Portsmouth treaty. The original sum due to Japan was slightly larger, but there was a small contra account eni-ailed by the maintenance of the few Japanese prisoners on Russian soil. This "deal practically- concludes Russia's financial indebtedness to Japan as a result of the war. The payment does not mean that the money which is now in the Bank of England will be transferred and so unsettle the money market. On the contrary, Japan will temporarily lend the money. World's Largest Cheques. The worlds largest cheque was for £ 11,008,875, paid over the Bank of England counter to the Japanese Minister as the first instalment of the Chinese indemnity for the war of 1895, The second instalment was a cheque for £ 8,225,000 Is lOd. When De Beers cheque for E8,225,000 Is lOd. When De Beers bought the Kimberley Central Company they paid over a cheque for £ 5,338,650. Mr Pierpont, Morgan, in connection with the disposal of Mr Carnegie's steel holdings, drew a cheque for £ 4,781.754 2s 8d, and last month, when money was over 100 per cent. premium, he sent down to Wall-street about 15,000,000 in one batch of securities. The smallest cheque is probably that for one cent (td) drawn by the American Treasury for Mr Cleveland, in whose Presi- dential salary an erro had been made.

OIL FUEL FOR THE NAVY. Mosquito Fleet's Equipment. A naval correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes :-A scheme for dotting our coastline with oil fuel depots has just been decided upon. This is being done so that the torpedo flotillas may have convenient bases to replenish their tanks at, for oil is quite ousting coal from the furnaces of our mosquito fleet. Already the Admiualty have decided to establish depots at Harwich. Grimsby, South Shields, Queens- ferry. Invergordon. Barrow, Birkenhead, Bel- fast, and Queenstown. Other ports are under consideration, and will be added to the list as found necessary. The new depots will, of course, be additional to those at the naval ports. A number of storage barges, each capable of carrying 500 tons of oil, has been bii;lt, whilst others arc building. These barges arc o be sent to Harwich, Grimsby, and else- where, and it is from them that the torpedo craft will replenish their tanks. A couple of tank steamers have been told off to keep the depot barges filled up. Another innovation s that these steamers will obtain their cargoes from abroad, instead of distributing oil im- ported into Great Britain. In fact, the Petro- leum, one of the two vessels in question, is now on her way to Port Arthur, Texas, for a cargo of oil fuel for the Navy.

ENGLISH FACTORY RAIDED. St. Petersburg, Sunday.—At 7 o'clock yes- terday evening a dozen men armed with revolvers climbed a wall by means of a rope ladder and entered Messrs Thornton's cloth mill n the right bank oi the Neva. They took 300 roubles from the co-operative store and a small sum from the office, and then burst into the room of the timekeeper, a man named Pavloff, who had been for manv years in the service of the company, demanding money of him. Pavloff refused to give them any, whereupon he wa s shot dead. His nephew, who was present, tried to close with the murderer, and was also twice shot mortally in the chest, and died the same night. The officer in chargo of the factory police, on hearing the reports, hastened up and opened fire on the robbers with his revolver, but, he was himself wounded in the Ie and fell. All the robbers escaped, and no arrests have yet been made.-Reuter.

SELF-IMPOSED FETTERS. Paris, Saturday.—This morning a young Persian named Ibrahim Miryssoff presented himself at the gate of the Persian Legation here and proceeded to chain himself in a set of fetters. Efforts were made to release him, but he refused to give up the key to unlock the fetters, which had to be broken. Ibrahim was then taken to the police station. The Temps was informed that Ibrahim came to Paris from Constantinople three months ago to obtain treatment for a disease of the chest. The Legation had procured his admission to several hospitals, from all of which he had been dis- charged with the intimation that nothing but a hot climate could cure him. He refused to return to Persia, but consented to go to Cairo with money furnished by the Legation. Once the money was in his possession, however, he refused to leave Paris. The Legation will now have him repatriated, as it appears that his mind is affected. -Reuter.

SOMETHING TO TELL HIM. Dying Man's Unfulfilled Desire. An inquest was held at Cardiff on Saturday on Henry Short (57, Aberystwyth-street, a wagon lifter, who died suddenly on Thursday. Charles Lock, a fellow-worker, said he was sent for on Thursday evening, when Short, wiao was suffering from spasms, said he had some- thing to tell him, but died before he could do this. It was further stated that the deceased drank heavily and had been ill for a fortnight. Dr. Timms attributed death to fatty degenera- tion of the heart, and the jury returned a ver- dict accordingly.

v- DISASTROUS EXPLOSION. Many Workpeople Buried. Rbeim", Stturdav.k boiler explosion occurred here at six o'clock this evening at a cloth factory. The buildings collapsed, bury- ing a number of the people, several of whom are believed to have been killed. The work of rescue is being carried out by a large gang of trien.Reuter.

Death of Justice Kekewich AN EMINENT DEVONIAN. We regret to announce the death of Mr Justice Kekewich. at his residence in Devon- shire-place, London. W. He had been 111 for several days with a chill. The direct cause of Justice Kekewich's death was appendicitis. The learned Judge was playing golf at Deal on Monday last, and again on Tuesday morn- ing, but oon after his return to town on Tues. day afternoon be complained of a chill and internal pains. Medical aid was called in. and eventually it was decided to conduct an opera- tion for append citis. He did not recover from the effects of the chloroform. The operation c showed that the attack was a very acute one, and that if the operation had not taken place the end must have come within a few hours aJter aeutc suffering. I t' was the late Judge who tried the case of Tenby Town Council v. Mason, ruling that municipal corporations have the right to ex- clude both Press and public from their meet- ings. Sketch of His Career. Sir Arthur was in his seventy- fifth year. He was by descent and birth a. Devonian, being the second son of the late Samuel Trehawke Kekewich, of Peamore. Exeter, who was successively M.P. for Exeter and South Devon. Sir Arthur's school days were passed at, Eton, and proceeding to Oxford he took up his residence at Balliol. I He did extremely well at the University, graduating with first-class honours in classics, and obtaining a second-class in mathematics. Exeter College, honouring his Devonshire blood and his scholarly attainments, elected Mr Kekewich a Fellow in 1854. Entering him- self as a student of Lincoln's Inn he was called to the Bar four years later. The year 1858 also saw his marriage, allying himself matri- monially with an eminent firm of solicitors, his bride being the daughter of Mr J. W. Freshfield. He thus became the legal adviser of the Bank of England, a lucrative appoint- ment. After nine years' practice as a Q.C. he re- ceived in 1886 a call to the Bench as a Judge in the Chancery Division, receiving the usual order of knighthood. That he was one of the most popular men who have sat in that division there can be no doubt, but he was also among the most severely criticised. Courteous, rapid, and wrong," was an Epigram applied to him by a legal wit. He was certainly a rapid worker. having sometimes seven, eight, and nine cases in his list on a single day, so that the leaders in his Court had a hard, if prosperous, time, and needed often to sit up most of the night mastering their briefs. That it is the fate of a strong Judge to be reversed in the Court of Appeal," is something of a legal axiom,but the figures would prob- ably show that Mr Justice Kekewich. if he was rapid," was not frequently wrong." The number of appeals arising from his deci- sions were not more than the average, as com- pared with his brother Judges, but the number became somewhat exaggerated in the public mind, which forgot that he tried an unusually large number of cases.. Sir George Kekewich. the member for Exeter, is a brother of the late Judge. Late Judge's Last Judgment. It is interesting to note that the la.st. judg- ment of Mr Justice Kekewich, and almost the last case heard by him, was that of the Tenby Corporation v. Mason. During the bearing of the case it was noticed that his face was unusually flushed, and though his giasp of the details was as complete as ever, he was evi- dently indisposed. His judgment in the case mentioned was written from dictation, and read for him.

Mr Lloyd George Injured. MOTORING ACCIDENT. Mr Lloyd George with two friends was motor- ing from Manchester to London on Sunday, and when on a rough piece of road near Lich- field the car jolted and Mr Lloyd George was thrown against the wind-guard on the front of the car. His head struck the guard, and the glass cut his left eye. On reaching Lichfield a doctor put several stitches in the eyelid. He was able to proceed to London. At Mt Lloyd George's residence in London late at night it was stated that he had arrived, And that he was much better. The wound was rather a deep cut right across the eyelid, and might have been serious, as it was very close to the eye. The only explanation that could be given of the cause of the accident was that the car went over some obstacle in the road.

GERMAN ARMY MORALS. A Secret Inquiry. Berlin, Saturday.—The Lokalanzeiger states that by command the E-mi-eror i. Court of Honour, under the presidency of Lieut.-General Von Locwenfeld, commanding the 1st Division of the Guards Corps, has begun preliminary proceedings against Lieut.- General Count Von Hohenau, formerly aide- de-camp to the Emperor, who has been re- moved from his post as commander of the Life Guards at Potsdam owing to the revelations regarding his moral character contained in Herr Harden's famous articles in the Zukunft," but has been allowed to retain his pension and the right to wear his uniform. The object of the investigation by the Court of Honour, which has already begun collecting evidence, is to ascertain how far Count Von Hohenau's behaviour has violated paragraph 175 of the penal code. A witness in the Harden case, giving evi- dence in camera, made most serious accusa- tions against the Count's moral character. The Lokalanzeiger adds that it is persis- tently rumoured in military circles that General Von Kessel, commander of the Guards Corps, is about to resign. General Von Kessel was called as a witness in the Harden trial, when he denied that Count Kuno Von Moltke ever told him tkat, Prince Eulenburg was implicated in He Hohenau affair Or that the Count ever admitt<x! to him his mistake in not officially reporting the case.—Reuter.

RAYNER A "MALINGERER." The authorities are considering the advisa- bility of removing Horace Rayner from Park- hurst Prison to Dartmoor, on the completion of the sentence of solitary confinement passed by the visiting justices last week. The reason for this course is the inability of the Parkhurst officials, owing to the large number of weak- minded prisoners under their care, to give Rayner the necesary supervision. The magisterial inquiry has resulted in the classification of Rayner as "a malingerer.' and in the ordinary course he would be trans- ferred to Portland as a hard labour pri- soner. Owing to the loss of his eye, consequent on his attempt at snicide at the time he mur- dered Mr Whiteley, he has been placed on half task," and will be set to work in one of the prison shops.

MILKING CUTTLE FISH. Sepia is obtained from the cuttle fish, and you will find on the Chinese coast many cuttle fish fvms-.great tanks where the fish are bred for their black milk. which gives us Indian ink. The tanks are divided by means of sluices into a number of compartments or locks, and care is taken never to disturb the fish, for when they are disturbed they darken all the water with their black fluid, which thus is wasted. To milk a cuttle fish, the queer creature is driven slowly and gently into a compartment or lock lined with metal. Then the water is gradually drawn off. and the* fish in the end finds himself left high and dry. He becomes alarmed, he squirts forth all the sepia in his sack. Then, milked dry, he is returned to his tank again. The sepia is packed in kegs and hermetically sealed for the market. It is very valuable. One euttle, fish yields about a sovereign's worth of it a year.

FOREIGNERS & PLlMSOLL LINE. The London correspondent of the Birming- ham Post says he has authority for staging that an agreement having been arrived at be- tween Great Britain and Germany w th regard to a load-line for mercantile vesseles,communi- cat ons are be'ng opened up with both the Norwegian and the Swedish Governments for- the conclusion Of a s milar agreement. While the agreement with Germany does not enforce the adopt ion by German shipping of the Plim- soll line as we know it in England, it goes a long way towards it, and if similar arrange- ments can be made with other countries many of the causes for complaint which British ship- owners have had against foreign competition will be removed.

MERTHYft THEFT CHARGES. At Merthyr on Monday Wm. Owen was sent to prison for 14 days for stealing a pair of boots from the shop of Edmund Turner and Co. at Abercynon on Saturday night. Mary Miscull (13) was remanded to the work- house until Thursday until the Stipendiary could decide what to do with her, for stealing beetroot at Pontlottyn, she having pr viously been convicted fqr stealing stout. James Keiller was given the option of paying a fine of 10s or going to prison for seven davs for stealing six tickets, valued at Is, from the automatic machine at the Railway Inn, Mer-. thyr, on Monday last.

There was a great parade of Friendly Societies at porth on Sunday afternoon, the procession baing headed by the Porth Fire Bri- gade. under Captain TJhomajs, and Cymmer Colliery Brass Band. the latter playing sacred music. Collections were taken in aid of Porth Nursing Association. At St. John's Church. Cymmer, the Rev. J. P. Griffiths, M.A., Pontv- pidd. drew attention to the trAöhyand rub- hishy reading matter that found its way ihto the family circle onSunday,and he appealed for a movement to counteract the sale of news- papers on Sunday.

Tenby Shooting Affair. A CRIPPLED SON INJURED. I Tenby Borough Justices on Monday, the Mayor (:\1r F. W. Gregory), presiding, resumed the hearing of the charge against John Davies, I labourer, Jones-terrace, of inflicting grievous bodily harm upon his son, John, a uinpl.. it being alleged that accused shot. him with a gun on the evening of November 18th. The lad was so badly injured in the right leg that the limb had to be amputated ;it the Cottage Hospital. Mr S. Lort Stokes, solicitor, Tenby, appeared for the prisoner. Plans of the room in which the affair took place were produced by Mr Glover Thomas, architect, Tenby. and F. S. Thomas, of Tenby, continued bis evidence. He stated that in his opinion a gun was tired at an angle of about 45 degrees across the room. from the direction of the doorway towards the bed in the corner. In cross-examination Mr Stokes elicited from the witness the opinion that from what he saw at the scene of the shooting the occurrence might have been an accident. Dr. E. N. Knowling, who attended the lad, described the injuries, andgav, it as his opinion that the shot was fired from in front of the bed. the shot striking the right leg, shattering it badly. Mrs Way. who lives in the same house as the Duvie-es. said Davies had been ill in bed, but in the afternoon of the day named his wife went onto anù came home drunk. Davies hit her in the side with his clenched fist, and she fell on the. bed. He struck her again, and after a struggle with her tore away her pocket with the purse in it. Davies said to Mrs Way, "I've a good mind to blow my brains out, This is enough to break a man's heart." Later the drunken woman fell down in the yard, and Davies said to Mrs Way. You had better pick her up, for if I lay my hands on her I shall kill her." She had hpard the prisoner use threats towards his wife. but not. when hp was sober. In cross-examination by Mr Stokes, thn wit- ness said the prisoner and his wife had lived a very unhappy life for the last eight weeks. P.C. David Davies. who searched the pri- soner when he gave himself up at the police station, found two live cartridges in his pockets. While hcing conveyed in the train to Carmarthen Gaol on remand he said to the constable. My wife is the cause of all this trouble, and when I get out "he will have to clear out of the house, or I will hang for the The prisoner pleaded not guilty when for- mally charged, and Mr Stokes submitted there was no case to answer. The Bench expressed a wish to hear the evi- dence of the injured boy. and granted an adjournment for this purpose. After discussion the prisoner was remanded for a month, bail being allowed.

Newport Liberals, SPEECH BY MR LEWIS HASLAM, M.P: Attack on Socialism. Mr Lewis Ha-slam, M.P. for the Monmouth Boroughs, received a cordial reception at the Corporation-road Hall, Newport, on Monday evening, when he addressed the first of a series of meetings in the district. Councillor Jas. Bashain presided, being supported by Alder- man A. R. Bear, J.P., T. Goldsworthv, J.P., Geo. Greenland, .T.P.. Councillor R. J. Searles, and Mr Joseph Howes. Mr Ha-slam, taking up the subject of Socia1ism, which was mentioned by the chair- man. said there were some people who spoke of the possibility of dividing property equally. He did not think many of tho,e present be- lieved in that. because it was utter nonsense. There were others who ursed that the State should run our industries. He had had ex- perience of some industries, and thought if they were taken over by the State their ruin would be rapid and sure. These men might be philanthropic and well intentioned, but what was the use of all this if the result of their policy meant national ruin ? He agreed that there should be a greater division of the world's goods, but if they listened to some of the extremists and acted upon their po'icy, the result would be disastrous. The (han- cellor of the Exchequer was asked to provide money for the unemployed, and Mr Haslam saifl he thought it was an excellent proposal, so\vas the proposal to provide better houses for the working classes. Dealing with old age pensions, the hon. member said he hoped a scheme would be propounded on right prin- ciples. It was necessary to have a thorough alteration in their method of dealing with the poor. They should separate the deserving poor from the undeserving poor, and there should be an effort to make them more self- reliant. (Applause.) He did not believe in providing pensions for notoriously-bad citizens, but agreed that if a man had been thrifty and had saved a little money, the old age pension should be added to it. Mr Joseph Howes said they should dis- tinguish between the Socialists and the Labour party. He was liov a Sotiaiist, but he be- lieved in the Radical Labour party, which had done an immense amount of good. (Applause.)

A NEATH PARENT SENT TO GAOL At Neath on Monday Morgan Rees, labourer, Cecil-street, Melincrythan, and his wife, Melinda, were summoned at the instance of Inspector Best, of the N.S.P.C.C., for cruelly neglecting to maintain their children. Mr Jestyn Jeffreys said that defendants were prosecuted and fined for a similar offence at that court in April, 1905, in regard to five children. Since that time two of the children had died, and the defendants were now sum- moned in respect of two children, the third being in the custody of friends. Inspector Best said he visited the house and found it in a filthy condition, and the children almost starved. Both of the parents were in a very dirty state. P.S. Michael said that during the past three months both defendants had been in prison for drunkenness. Blodwen Christian, a neighbour, said that on ODe ocea- sion she visited the house of the defendants when the motber was in prison. She found things in a deplorable state, there being abso- lutely no food in the house. The female defen- dant told the Bench that she had only received 4s 6d from her husband since August 31st. The Bench sentenced the husband to one month's imprisonment, and adjourned the case against the woman for a month.

PROSECUTIONS AT MERTHYR. Hard Working Wife & Drunken-Husband Alfred Vaughan. a Merthyr labourer, was sent to prison for two months by Sir Marchant Williams, sitting at Merthyr on Monday, for ne- glecting his three children. The evidence showed what the Stipendiary described as a disgraceful case. Vaughan, originally an ostler, now worKed as a casual labourer at 16s a week, and in order to get his money every night in- stead of at the week-end, he worked for a con- tractor, thus losing 4d aday. Defendant's wife, Inspector Starr said, worked hard by sewing and taking in lodgers to keep a roof over her head. but the children were often short of food and adequate clothing. Defendant went home every night drunk. Mrs Vaughan said that she had not received, during the last three years, more than 3s a week from her husband, and as she could not pay the rent she was now under notiec to leave the house. The Stipendiary said that the de- fendant had a very good wife, and sent him to prison as stated. A Lazy Fellow. Morris Connors was sent to prison for three months for neglecting his two children. De- fendant was a collier aLd an able-bodied man, who had served in the Army, and was now a Reservist, living with his sister in Upper TafT- street, Caedraw. He had deserted his wife, and only contributed 15s towards her support during the last 18 months. After the desertion a child was born, but defendant only saw it twice before it died on the 18th inst. Defen- dant's wife had received parish relief, but it bad been stopped because her husband lived in Merthyr, while she lived in Penvdarren. The consequence was that her children had little food and less clothing. Inspector Starr said that defendant was a lazy man who could get good work if he would take it. Mr F. P. Charles appeared to prosecute on behalf of the N.S.P,C,C,

MAYOR'S SUNDAY. Prosecutions at Neath. William Thomas Jones, landlord of the. Crown Inn, Neath, was fined 40s and costs at the local police court on Monday for Sunday tradihg on the 17th inst.—P.S. Morgan, who visited the house, said he saw there eleven men, three of whom wer bona fides—-Mr Justin JelTries for the defence asked the magis- trates to remember that Mayor Sunday was a very exceptional day and that a large number of people came into the town.—Several men were fined 20s and costs, or fourteen days, for being on the premises. Ann Williams, landlady of the Talbot Arms. Bridge-street, Neath. was also summoned for Sunday trading.—P.C.David Evans said about 11 a.m. he saw about six men leave the Talbot Arms, and recognised one as Thomas Wagstaff, of School-road, Melincrythan. The bench fined defendant 40s and costs, and Wagstaff, who pleaded guilty to being on the premises, was fined 20s and costs.

BOTH LEGS SEVERED. An inquest was held at Abercynon on Mon- day on the body of William Granger, a septua- genarian miner, of River-row, who was run over on the Taff Vale Railway on Saturday. Mr Thompson (of Messrs Ingledew and Sons) represented the Taff Vale Company, and Mr D. W. Jones, Merthyr. the relatives of the de- ceased. Mr Granger was walking along the Yuysmeurig railway crossing to his work when ) he was knocked down by a mineral train, both neartl1\ knee. The jury rpturned a ycrdict of" Accidental death." 1 r I; Thompson intimated that the Taff Vale Com- pany had come t-n an arrangement with tb, Mountain Ah District Council for the erection of a bridge over this crossing.

I Dulais Valley Pit Blasts. COLLIERY COMPANY PROSECUTED. At Y st radgunlais Police Court on Monday the Dulais Valley Anthracite Colliery Company and Daniel Lewis Jones, manager, were sum- moned at tjie Lnslk'sitJon of Mr Dyer Lewis, in- spector of mines, first for not providing or pro- ducing an adequate amount of ventilat ion in the mine secondly, for allowing coal to be worked other than with locked safety lamps, thirdly, for not providing pr:>per means of communicating distinct and definite signals from the surface to the bottom of the shaft. fourthly, tor not securely fencing a fan engine:, and fifthy, for not keeping on themorks cor)- stantiy, available for use, proper apparatus for raising and lowering persons at each shaft or outlet. Mr Edward Powell, Neath, prosecuted, and Mr Villiers Meager (instructed by Mr Moy Evans) defended. Mr Powell said one man was burnt at an ex- plosion on April 9th, a man was burnt in an j explosion on August 19th. and at an explosion on September 9th four men were injured, three of whom died. On October 8th another explo- sion occurred when three more men were burnt. The inspector had called the attention of the company to the insufficient ventilation to cope with the accumulation of gas which they discovered as the result of experiments. Mr Dyer Lewis and Mr White, inspectors, gave evidence, both of whom attributed the explosions to accumulation of gas. Xo colliery in their district had so manyserious explosions as the Dulais Valley. The Court fined the company and manager 25 each and costs on each summons for insuffi- cient ventilation and not using safety lamps. The summonses for not providing proper means of communicating signals and for not keeping apparatus for raising and lowering persons at each shaft were withdrawn on pay- ment of costs. Mr Meaeer pleaded guilty in cases for not securely fencing a fan engine, and the defen- dants were fined 10s each and costs. The manager was fined IDs and costs for em- ploying a man without entering his name on the register.

MINERS & EAST GLAMORGAN. Mr Evan Thomas Adopted Candidate. The committee appointed by the East Glam- organ miners to conduct the ballot for the selection of a candidate to contest the division in the event of a vacancy met at the Park Hotel, Pontypridd, on Monday, when result of the voting was declared. The candi- dates were Mr Evan Thomas, minors' agent. Rhymney Valley, and Mr Thomas Andrews, checkweigher, Treharris. The latter gentle- man presided, and the secretary, Mr Watts Morgan, gave the returns as follow :— Thomas. Andrews. Rhymnev District. 3.021 588 Dowlais District 923 1.975 Rhondda 2.388 1.453 Pontypridd 1,836 1.649 East Glamorgan 1.693 1,119 Taff and Cynon 923 1,975 9.882 6.828 I The Bedlinog and Vochriw district refused to participate in the voting, as they declared that it was inopportune to select a candidate at the present moment. The Chairman, who was the defeated candi- date. moved the adoption of Mr Evan Thomas as the nominee of the miners to fight the division when a vacancy arose. He was wel pleased with the impartial ma.nner in which the ballot had been conducted. It. was well known that Mr Thomas and himself differed somewhat in their political creeds. It was known that friends of the I.L.P. had worked hard to secure his return, but he would assure them that the minority would accept the decision of the majority, and work loyally to secure the return of Mr Evan Thomas when the time I came. (Hear, hear.) Mr Enoch William, Merthyr Vale, seconded, and Mr Evan Thomas was unanimously adopted. Mr Watts Morgan, in acknowledging the compliment p,iid to the officials, said that ere long they woula see a united Labour group in the House of Commons, and when the next ballot came to be taken on the question the South Wales miners would be recommended to vote for joining the L. R.C. Mr EVAN THOMAS, Selected Federation Candidate. (Photo., Freke, Cardiff.) Mr Evan Thomas, the selected candidate, is the miners' agent for the Rhymney Valley, a position he has occupied with conspicuous success during the last 13 years. Previously he was checkweigher at the Park Slip Colliery, Tondu, and when the explosion took place in 1892 he was one of the first to form the rescue party to explore the mines, when about 40 miners were rescued. Mr Thomas can speak both Welsh and English fluently. In 1887 he was ordained as minister of the Baptist de- nomination at Bryncethin, and continues to occupy the pulpit from time to time. He has devoted much of his time to public work, having been cliairman of the now defunct Gelligaer Schdol Board, governor of the County School. and a member of the Glamor- gan County Council. Last year he was elected president of the East Glamorgan Liberal Asso- ciation. with which he has been actively identified many years.

RHONDDA MINERS' SUB-AGENT. Suggested Second Ballot. The result of the ballot taken for the posi- tion of sub-agent to the Rhondda miners was declared on Monday at a meeting of the Executive Council of the district. The votes cast for the resDective candidates were as fol- low :— Tom Evans, treasurer, Penyraig 11,842 John Hughes, checkweigher, Cymmer.. 4,280 T. Mardy Jones, checkweigher, Mardy.. 2,850 Noah Rees, checkweigher, Clydach Vale 2.722 Sam Thompson, miner. Tylorstown 2,560 James Dicks, checkweigher, Tonyrefail 1,193 J. P. Kent, check-weigher, Llwynypia 1.011 -tnasni-uch-as-AlrEvanglia.s n-ot obtained a clear majority- of the votes cast it remains with the district to decide whether a second ballot will be ordered. .it I.. !!———

FURNACEMEN'S PRANK. John Hogan and Michael Kenoedy were em- ployed filling "mine" at the Cyfarthfa. fur- naces. A heavy chain, placed near the fur- naces by the order of H.M. inspector of fac- tories. was missed. At 6 o'clock the men went to breakfast, but did not return with the others at 7 o'clock, and when they did turn up at 8 they were drunk, and upon finding that their places were filled, Hoganattacked Har- rington and Kennedy attacked Jones, who had replaced him. They admitted then that they had placed the chain on a barrow. and tipped it into the furnace. Their conduct prevented 32 charges being put into the furnace, and caused damage to the amount of iC5 10s. The men were now fined f 1 damage. 5s each and 5s 9d and costs for destroying the chain, and 5s and costs or seven days for the assault.

DEATH OF AN ISLAND. Captain Tilton, of the whaler Herman, who arrived at San Francisco from the Arctic, wit- nessed four weeks ago the death of McCulloch Peak, a volcanic island 300 feet high, born in an earthquake two years ago. Scienti- I fic photographs were taken by a revenue cruiser of the disappearance of the peak, which hap- pened during an earthquake disturbance felt for miles around, the Bogoslof Islands.

-7-- KENFIG HILL WATER SUPPLY. Council and Water Company. At a meeting of the Penybont Rural Coun- cil at Bridgend on Saturday, Mr D. H. Price presiding Mr Jesse Hurley, the Council's water engineer, reported that the head of wat-er in the service reservoir as so low be- tween Thursday and Saturday that the supply to the Kenfig Hill district had been consider ably interfered with. The Council had re- cently decided that if any cause for complaint again arose they would proceed against the company for breach of contract. Mr J. I. I). Nicholl was of the opinion that the Coun- cil should now take proceedings, and on the motion of Mr T. J. Davies, Cefn Cribbwr. a committee was appointed to consider what steps should be taken, and it was decided that the engineer's report be sent to the chairman of directors of the Garw Water Company, and that he be asked if the company had any e x plana ti on.

For some time measles have been very preva- lent at Swansea, and several infants' schools have in consequence been closed. So far there have only beeu three deaths from mtvasles in the borough this year, but Dr. Ebeneaer Davies. the medical officer of health, fears there may be more, as in the winter of 1905-6. Warmth and isolation he recommends as the chief measures to be adopted in the nursing of I patients.

Mr THE CLAIM Speaking in Ballymonev Mr Birrell said when he came had much to learn of that Strang;. esting country. Some people asked wh had he. being where he was, to say what h about the administration of Ireland. n. strong enough t::1 speak out his mind upon the question without regard to hostile criticism. A man who found himself in the position he was in was surely entitled to speak out his mind with regard to it. They would never have proper Irish administration and Ireland would never have a chance it ought to have— a chance, he was gld to say, she was availing herself of—cf working out her own regenera- tion, social, political, and economical. until she ceased to be the shuttlecock of parties in England. It seemed to him ridicu- lous that Ireland should depend upon the choppings and changes of the English voters, which was the case, at present. Alluding tll the question of land pur- chase. he said one-third of the land had actu- ally become the property of those who for- I merly tilled il. There was a danger of that, movement being arrested, but in the next Ses- sion of Parliament the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer would devi> and was devising a method which lie would submit to Parliament that would relieve the Irish ratepayers from this nightmare hanging over them of the arrest pf land purchase. They must pnforce (>_istit\1{ land laws and reform them where u< enssary, .->o that land purchase might go on speedily. In education he proposed at present to confine ) himself to improving school build ings and the salaries of the teachers, and to do that at once. Then he would go on to University education on a democratic scale for all classeS. National M.P.'s Warning. At a United Irish League demonstration in Ballymote. County Sligo, to deal with the que-or tion of grazing lands. Mr Odowd, M.P., the principal speaker, advised the crowd not to f resort to a system of cattle driving in the country. Mr Birrell, he said, was one of the > best Chief Secretaries who ever held the posi- tion, and they should give him at least breath- f ing time. If they acted illegally in cattle driving they would drive Mr Birreli in disgust i from the Irish Office. An Extensive Drive. Information reached Roscommon on Monday of an extensive cattle drive on the grazing lands of Cam. fourteen miles from Roscommon. The combined stocks of four graziers, number- ing s¡>YHal hundred animals;, were cleared off the lands. A district inspector and twenty men of the c onstabulary left Roscommon for the scene of the drive on.loDday evening. The Nationalist Entente. In an interview with a representative of Freeman's Journal." 3ir John Redmond said he had read Mr William O'Brien's speech a.t Ballycullanc on Sunday, and had uothú new to say in reference to it. He stood h ILLS -de- claration at Ennis that be was willing to entcj into consultation with Mr William O'Brien or anyone else sincerely desirous of national unity. I believe," said Mr Redmond," such a consultation as I have indicated can be held in the near future, and I have hopes that it may be successfu in the object we al! have in view.. I would under the circumstances earnestly de- precate any continuance of the Gontroversv on either side for the present. I feel bound also to say emphatically that the statement profess- ing to give the terms of the ageement is from beginning to end untrue and most mis- chievous."

Miners' Federation. The Executive Council of the South Wales Miners' Federation met on Monday at Cardiff, Mr W. Abraham. M P. (Mabon), presiding over an attendance which included Mr W. Brace, M.P. (vice-president), Mr Thomas Richards, M.P. (general secretary), and Mr A. Onions (treasurer). Show Cards.—The case of a workman at Blaenavon, who it was alleged had been stopped as the result of action taken in con- nection with show cards, was brought before the Council. It was resolved that he be paid victimisation pay for the time he was idle. New Contract Book.—It was reported that at several collieries a new book had been pre- sented to the workmen to sign on obtaining employment at those collieries. It was resolved that the matter be rai ed at the next meeting of the Conciliation Board. Aber Colliery, Ogmore Vale.—The work- men at this colliery asked permission to tender notices terminating contracts in consequence of the owners having given certain workmen notices, ostensibly for filling dirty coal but the workmen generally believed that this was not the real causp of the notices being given. It was resolved that Mr Tom Kvans make in- ■^e-ti ation int" this matter with a. view to » settlement, and to report to the Council.

KiNG AND SWAtl CHIEFS. His Majesty's Advice. The King received at Buckingham Palace on Honda the Swazi chieftains, headed by Melunge, brother of the Regent, who have come to this country in the hope of settling a number of outstanding questions connected with the tribes, farms, and mode of Govern- ment. Lord Elgin and Sir Francis Hopwood presented the chiefs to the King who received them most kindly. After Melunge had addressed the his Majesty made a brief speech in reply, the effect of which was as follows :—I am glad to receive your homage and devotion on behalf of the Queen Regent, the paramount chief, and the whole tribe. I shall continue to afford you my protection, and I have instructed my High Commissioner in South Africa to listen to any representations you may have to make to him. But I expect that you will in turn obey my officials in South Africa and act in harmony with their instructions and desires. With regard to your petition or address, that you will send to my Secretary of State for* tho Colonies in the usual way. and I shall be very pleased to receive it through him. In conclusion, his Majesty expressed the hope that the Chiefs were enjoying themselves in Engla.nd.

A WHIRLWIND IN KENT. Buildings Demolished and Workmen Buried. Deal was visited by a- whirlwind about 7 o'clock on Monday morning. At Little Monge- ham a track was made through an orchard, the trees being flattened. At Sholden Paddock trees and fences were blown down. and at Orchard Farm, Sholden. occupied by Mr Wellard. most of the comparatively new brick and slated buildings were demolished, and two workmen were buried in the debris, but fortu- nately they were not seriously hurt. The damage here is estimated at £500. At Sandown Farm the stable roof was carried away, and a mass of brickwork fell upon the horses, while one man was rather seriously injured- A Rochester barge was totally wrecked on the rocks east of Folkestone during the heavy gale. The crew of three, one. of .whom has his leg broken, were rescued by the rocket apparatus, after spending three- hours in the rigging.

DR. MACNAMARA. Concerned About Socialism. Dr. Maenamara. addressing a Liberal meet- ing at Bristol on Monday night, warned the working men against the appeals of the Tariff Reformers and the Socialist. He urged them to stick to Free Trade, not as a panacea, but to be accompanied by reforms in housing, educa- tion, land laws, and other questions. The Socialists at street corners were (capturing men, especially the young, in a manner that disturbed him. for though a strong social reformer lie was opposed to their cardum* principle that private ownership of wealth, of means of production, and exchange should be abolished, and that the SVite should be the capitalist and Jthe employer. It the working men got their heads into th6 clouds of impossible chimera, the forces of privilege would benefit, and serious items of practical reform Jack the driving force neces- sary to get them through

WAGSTAFFE ROMANCE. MRS JALLAND AGAIN WINS. The Appeal Court on Monday,without calling upon counsel for the respondent, dismissed the appeal against the judgment oi the Chancery Court, which decided in favour of Mrs Jalland, or WagstafFe. In giving judgment, the Master of th*. Rolls said he had no hesitation in saying that he thought the judgment of he court below was perfectly right,, and the appeal must fail. He thought Justice Kekewich was right in the declaration he made upon the construction of the will, that this lady was entitled to the income dur. ing her life and until her second marriage. Lords Justices Moulton and Farwell omcwred and the appeal was dismissed.

KING LE0P0LD7 I Abdication Rumour Denied. Brussels. Saturday.—With reference to JUV article recently appearing in the Matin of Antwerp, pointing to the contingency of Prince Albert beiu appointed Regent of Belgium owing to the repeated absence oi Hing Leopold, tl1. Patriote of Antwerp states that it has high authority for declaring that the King does not think and will nevel" think of abdicating. The journal points out that even if he desirr to do so, his Majesty i. not able to establ" a regency, which can only be done by Ministers coming to the conctusion tb is impossible Cor the Kin,c. -.if¡n.-R