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WORLD UNREST. Attempt on a President. 11mb Kicked Away from Osorstep F OUTBREAK OF MOB VIOLENCE. From many parts of the world comes news (¡f violence and riot, indicating serious unrest among various peoples. An attempt has been Blade to assassinate the President of the Argentine Republic by a bomb, happily with- ?it success. Another bomb has exploded in eheran, killing two men. In several parts of S r in there are serious Labour disturbances, while in Barcelona almost a reign of terror exists in consequence of the series of bomb outrages recently committed, and great uneasiness is felt at the prospect of the city receiving a visit from King Alfonso. Severe fights between police and mobs have taken place in Sicily as the result of the sen- tence on Signor Nasi, several persons being killed. In Portugal the Crown and Govern- ment are still in serious conflict with the People. A COOL PRESIDENT. Buenos Ayres, Friday.—As the President! f the Republic was alighting from his motor car to-day in front of his residence, a bomb was thrown at him but did not explode. Four men were arrested. The actual bomb thrower was a native of Argentina, 22 years of age.—Reuter. New York, Saturday.—A later telegram from Buenos Ayres says that according to an Official statement President Alcorta was alight- ing from his carriage at his residence when a taan dropped a bomb containing over 201bs. of explosives and constructed from a paint can at the President's feet. It failed to explode, however, and Senor Alcorta unperturbed kicked it away and then Entered his house. The miscreant is believed to be insane, and Bo political significance is attached to the in- cident. —Reuter. A telegram from Buenos Ayres was received Saturday morning by the Argentine Lega- tion stating that public order is firmly estab- lished and that President Alcorta is pursuing Energetically the political programme adopted. The coalition of the opposition parties having broken up, they will withdraw from the next elections in March for the partial renewal of the Chamber of Deputies, when the popular J[ote will show the country's adhesion^ to the residential policy. General business is pros- perous and abundant crops have been gathered "broughout Argentina. The Legation was with- out news of the attempted assassination. UNREST IN SICILY. Paris, Saturday.—According to a despatch pom Palermo, published by the Matin, the t°wn of Trepani is in a state of revolt. The message says that a severe encounter took place between the mob and police, and that Several persons were killed. The Prefect and a captain of Carbineers are said to be among the victims. Trepani, it is stated, is without tight and without water. Alltelegraph and tele- phone wires have been cut. Communication *ith the island is interrupted, and about a hundred arrests have been made. At the Italian Ministry of Interior, however, •hese reports are denied.—Reuter. The riots are the result of the sentence on Signor Nasi, who has been imprisoned for ileven months and twenty days for embezzling Public funds while Minister of Education. Although disgraced in Rome, Nasi has always been a hero in Sicily. He sat in Parliament for the town of Tre- Pani, and after his fall his constituents re- elected him five times, the Chamber refusing to accept him. Since the sentence was pro- mulgated matters have looked threatening in Sicily, and now apparently have reached a crisis. ANOTHER BOMB IN TEHERAN. Teheran, Saturday.—A bomb exploded early thIS morning in a lonely street, killing a gar- dener and a labourer who happened to be pass- ing. Preparations are being made to illuminate the open place in front of the Parliament buildings this evening in celebration of the preservation of the Shah's life. A deputation from Parliament waited on the Shah to-day and congratulated his Majesty on his escape from the bomb outrage yester- day afternoon.—Reuter. The following official telegram has been re- ceived at the Persian Legation :—" While his Imperial Majesty the Shah was proceeding to 8arahabad Palace at the end of Garikhana- (wenue an unknown man threw two bombs Underneath his Majesty's motor car. Eight persons were wounded and two were killed. His Majesty, who was in no way hurt, returned to the Palace of Gulistan in Teheran." REIGN OF TERROR IN SPAIN. Madrid, Saturday.—The newspapers publish the following telegram from Cartagena:— Owing ÛJ the discontent created by the in- crease of the octroi duties, which is intended as Compensation for the reduction in the wine fluties, the shopkeepers decided to close their establishments. The workmen's Unions ceased work in sympathy. Yesterday passed quietly until seven o'clock in the evening, when some strikers and street urchins threw stones at an electric tram- car and broke the lamps. The Civil Guard charged and fired into the air. Several per- sons were slightly injured. Order was eventu- ally restored."—Reuter.
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ENGLAND'S DUTY. Mr Stead and Macedonia. Vienna, Saturday.—The London corres- pondent of the Zeit telegraphs an interest- ing interview with Mr W. T. Stead on the "Macedonia situation. Mr Stead declares that in speaking about Macedonia, Englishmen ought always to wear sackcloth and ashes, because the whole of the trouble was entirely of England's making. Had it not been for Lord Beaconsfield's peace with honour policy, there would have been no Macedonia question to-day. As we put back Macedonia under the hoof of Turkey," continues Mr Stead, for the sake of a jingo triumph, we must do our oest now to secure the elementary rights of human beings for the people whom We betrayed." Mr Stead deprecated t,he suggestion that England was endeavouring to make differences between Austria and Russia in connection with the Macedonian question. On the contrary, he declared England was doing her utmost to make the powers consolidate to do something Practical. He thought the suggestions made by »ir Edward Grey in the matter were the most Practicable. There was only one way of doing lasting good, and that was by appointing a Governor of Macedonia, no matter of what nationality, but certainly an official who could _fLfem°ved if circumstances warranted his removal. To work for that end through the CenSaNewsnCert was England's plain dU y'~ '1'30
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dAP FLAG INSULTED. Apology and Indemnity Demanded T°ti°, Saturday.—The Japanese Government J8 Maintaining a determined attitude comsern- mg the seizure of the Japanese steamer Tateu d am off Macao by the Chinese Customs, and Qeoiands an apology and an indemnity from ma. The Chinese Foreign Office wishes to submit e entIre question to a mixed Court, but this fused by the Japanese Government unless ifte vessel is first released and an apology is made for the insult to the Japanese flag. It appears the Tatsu Maru regularly cleared Kobe with a consignment of arms for Macao. The Portuguese Minister at Peking rapports the contention of the Japanese glister that the vessel was seized in Portu- gese waters. It is believed in official quarters that the hmese Government will finally yield to the demands of Japan. The Japanese Foreign Office says no ulti- atum has been issued, and the sailing of the cruiser Idzumo for Hong Kong is not intended as a threat. It is quite evident, however, that J apanese Government will resort to force unless its demands are conceded within a Reasonable time.—Reuter.
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MILLIONAIRE AND HEIRESS. A startling tragedy in which a millionaire and to heiress were the actors has been cabled from £ Os Angeles, California, to New York. Mr W. "• McComas, one of the best known mining ^agnates in the West, entered the Hotel Peppe» 'Los Angeles early on Saturday morning jyhile a ball was in progress and announced that he had killed a woman who had thrown acld on him. His blistered hands and face and discoloured hair corroborated his state- ment. The woman was Mrs Charlotte Noyes, a ^ealthy heiress, who was some time ago divorced. She was on friendly terms with Mr f'IcComas, who for several months lived in an hotel close to her handsome residence. As a dance was ending the millionaire en- tered and asked for a deputy-sheriff, to whom be announced that he had killed Mrs Noyes. Hie police found the woman on the floor of t"fe dyiing-room of her house with two bullet bounds in the breast and one in the heart. McComas said he had known Mrs Noyes for months. She was bothering me," he ad.ded, and I couldn't stand it any longer. I put an end to it," he concluded, when threw acid at me."
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A crowded open-air meeting of seamen was near the Shipping Offices, Barry, on Monday, when Mr J. Henson, the local secre- tary of the Seamen's Union, dealt with the questipn of the employment of Asiatics on ooard British ships. There were at present, he said, over 25,000 Chinese employed in Mntfeh ships in all capacities, and they were displacing white labour. The Government had ealt with the Chinese question in South r,"ca> and they should now deal with the inese question on British ships. (Cheers.) A resolution 01 gjKabsnf}
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HEAVY SNOWFALL Blizzard in Scotland. TRAIN BURIEB IN A DRIFT. Remarkable Sequence of Mishaps. The Central News Fort William correspond- ent telegraphs The snowstorm which set in on Wednesday last culminated on Saturday throughout the wilds of Lochaber and Rannoch in a perfect blizzard, and late on Sunday night there was no indication of the storm abating. A passenger train from Glasgow to Fort Wilf liam became embedded in a huge wreath o- snow about a mile north of Rannoch during Saturday evening, and all efforts to extricate it proved unavailing. A flying squad withanadditionalsrowplough was sent from Crianlaroch to its assistance, but unfortunately owing to the accumulation of snow the engine attached to this plough left the metals immediately behind the snowed up train. A breakdown squad from Glasgow was wired for, but this relief party, when about a mile south of Rannock Station,ran into another drift, and was held up. Meanwhile a relief party, with an engine and a snowplough, from Fort William, succeeded in cutting through the drift to the passenger train, only to find that the track behind them had become choked up with snow. Thus throughout Saturday night and the greater part of Sunday the passengers, about 15 in number, ware imprisoned in the train. They, however, suffered no discomfort, as the carriages were heated by steam, and supplies of food were conveyed to them from Rannock bv the railway officials.. Shortly before 6 o'clock the relief squad managed to extricate themselves and succeeded in reaching the derailed engine, which was got on to the line. This permitted the passenger train and the engine and plough from Fort William getting back to Rannock. From here the long-delayed passenger train proceeded to its destination, which was ultimately reached at a quarter-past 11 to- night, nearly 27 hours late. It is difficult to convey any adequate idea of the severity of the blizzard which swept over the trackless moor of Rannoch on Saturday and Sunday, wreaths, averaging from seven to ten feet in depth, extending along the line in some instances to a length of 500 yards. A Street Accident. Mrs Ryan, of 7. Taff-street, Cardiff, slipped on the snow while out walking on Sunday, and in failing dislocated her shoulder. She was seen by Dr. England, who sent her on to the Infirmary. MERTHYR VICTIM OF THE COLD. John Morrisey died from exposure at- Merthyr on Sunday morning. P.C. Clinch found him lying unconscious at 5.35 in North- street, Penydarren, and took him to the Gelli- faelog Police Station. Efforts were made to revive him, but Morrisey died at 6.35 in the constable's house. The body was conveyed to the Mortuary. Morrisey, aged between 30 and 33, was a native of Cork, and he had been wan- dering about Dowlais, doing casual work, for some years, but with no fixed abode. Deceased was slightly deformed. The Brecon Beacons in their covering of snow looked wonderfully beautiful in the sun- shine on Sunday, and many Merthyr people walked to points of 'vantage to view the spec- tacle. I Violent Gale at Fishguard. The most violent gale experienced at Fish- guard this year raged during Friday and Saturday. The landing of passengers and cattle was, however, accomplished without mishap. Incoming vessels were considerably before scheduled time assisted by the northerly gale, while the outgoing steamers were ham- pered. The breakwater withstood the severest test, and the concrete parapet, some eight feet higher than the mole itself, which was con- structed during the summer of last year, afforded protection to the vessels in the har- bour. On Saturday afternoon the St. George faced the tempest admirably. At times the seas swept her form stem to stern, but after clearing Strumble Head—the roughest point on the coast—under such conditions she reached Rosslare safely an hour behind sche- duled time. Ski-ing in Derbyshire- More severe weather has set in in the Peak district, and snow fell heavily duping the greater part of Saturday. Ski-ing was in- dulged in on the high elevations, and drifted snow, 6ft. in depth, is by no means uncommon above the 2,000 feet elevation. Many of the hill villages are suffering from the effects of the storms/the roadways in a large number of places being quite impassable.
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Workmen's Cottages. SOUTH WALES EXHIBITION. Solving the Housing Problem. The first meeting of the committee appointed to undertake the organisation of the South Wales Cottage Exhibition, 1909, was held at the Guildhall, Swansea, on Saturday afternoon. There were representatives present of most of the Borough and District Councils of South Wales and several of the trades and labour organisations. In the absence of Lord Glantawe, Mr Haynes, borough engineer, of Newport, was voted to the chair. Mr H. R. Aldridge, secretary to the National Housing Reform Council, outlined the procedure adopted at the Sheffield and Newcastle Exhibi- tions. At Swansea they were fortunate iu possessing an ideal site of 20 acres offered by the Corporation, and he recommended that the site should be laid out for 12 houses per acre, including roads. He recommended that there should be three kinds of houses as at Sheffield-all self-contained workmen's houses, each with a bath. Class A, two bedrooms, large living room, scullery, and bath, the maximum price to be fixed at JE175, and the minimum at £135, including architect's commission and builder's profit, but not cost of land or roads. Class B, three bedrooms, large living room, scullery and bath, maximum price £200. Class C, three bedrooms, parlour, large living room, scullery, and bath, maximum price £225. He moved that there be 12 houses per acre. Alderman Morris (Swansea) seconded. Mr Hoskins (Swansea Corporation estate agent) described the site, and said although 20 acres were available for the exhibition, he suggested that competition for the planning be invited for 50 acres, for thus the scheme would be more comprehensive. The land was to be let at JE18 per annum per acre including roads, or 30s per annum per house, and Mr Aldridge described the price as uncommonly low, and said gratitude was due to the Corporation. At Newcastle the price worked out at £2 per house. Mr Howells (Caerphilly) did not think the price as reasonable as was suggested, for it worked out at £450 per acre at 25 years pur- chase. However, at Caerphilly the price was £ 900 per acre. The Ex-Mayor of Swansea (Mr Harris) replied that Swansea was fixing a price which was reasonable, and yet not too low to fail to act as an example which would commend itself to other landowners. There was land ad- ioining which other landowners had let at the rate of £100 and even JE150 per acre. The resolution was carried unanimously. It was also resolved, on the motion of Alderman Solomon, seconded by Councillor IvorGwynne, that a prize of JE50 be offered for the best scheme of town planning on the estate. « The question of class of cottage was referred to the Plans and Sites Committee. Lord Glantawe was elected president, the ex-Mayor of Swansea (Councillor Harris) chair- man Alderman Morris (Swansea) vice-chair- man, Mr P. P. Vivian (Swansea) treasurer, Alderman Solomon hon. secretary, and Mr Aldridge organising secretary. <. It was agreed to fix the guarantee fund at JEl 000, Mr Aldridge announcing that the Swan- sea. Corporation had handsomely headed the list with £400..
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PEMBROKESHIRE J.P.'S RATES. A Remarkable Case. At Pembroke on Saturday Mr Charles Mathias, J.P., Lamphey Court, Pembroke (county), was summoned for not paying his rates, amounting to £113 altogether. Mr Mathias appeared and said he did not in- tend paying rates on land he did not own. He had asked the overseer to tell him where the land was and he would not. Colonel Mirehouse said he was desired by tte Bench to express their surprise at the course defendant had taken. There was not the slightest doubt that the rates were owing, and the overseers had done their best to get him to settle them, and he had not taken the slightest trouble about the matter, but had ignored them altogether. They were sorry to set a magistrate in his position acting like that, and they had decided to issue a warrant for the amount named. <. i. Mr Mathias gave notice of appeal at the next Quarter Sessions.
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INJURY AND TUBERCULOSIS: Mr W Yorath (city coroner) held an inquest at Cardiff on Monday on-the body of Wm. Ar.+V^ir Green (38),of Williamstown, Penygraig, tocidiit Infirmary on 26th Febru- Tt anoeared some coal fell on the de j while he was at work in the Cambrian roUie^ClydaclTVale, on tjbe 8fch Novemter. He to CWifl ISfirmarysnBer.w ^rTp^lareement of the spleen and an injured ankle Dr. Spencer Watkins, of Cardiff In- firmary said that tuberculosis developed some the deceased's admission to the m- time after the decea^ of his death, stitution, and thatwas Gf wit- the by the accident. The jury verdict thatdeath was due to tuber- returned a from injuries received through culosis resu. SJJ deceased while folio w- a piece of coal faumg Kensbole was reOTesenting'the^mployers, and Mr D. mSS** Ration.
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„ T „ Millard, shearer at the Upper t? f w Morriston, has been elected pre- fident oYth^Steel Smelters' Union, which has '^ut 4,000 tinvt&WiHme" members.
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DRUCE DIARIST Again at Bow-st. Court, THE STORY OF LOST DOCUMENTS. Mary Robinson, alias Mary Ann Robinson, made another appearance at Bow-street Police Court on Monday on the charge of perjury in connection with the recent Druce case. Sir Chas. Mathews, who is prosecuting, called as a witness, Mr Richard Cattarus, of Leadenhall-street solicitor to the New Zealand Shipping Com- pany. On 29th March of last year he said he re- ceived from Mr Kimber, solicitor, a letter com- plaining, on behalf of the prisoner, of the breaking open of boxes and loss therefrom of documents on the company's steamer Rimutuka, between New Zealand and Plymouth. These documents were said to include originals of letters from the fifth Duke of Portland and from Charles Dickens to the prisoner. In the course of the correspond- ence which followed, the company wrote that they were by no means satisfied that any documents of the kind mentioned ever came on board the vessel, and they did not associate themselves with the alleged loss. Mr Kimber eventually paid the costs which the company had been put to in instituting official pro- eedings. The prisoner, asked if she had any questions to put, said I had nothing at all to do with Mr Kimber and the Shipping Company. Mr Kimber did it to make a sensation. I knew nothing of what he had done until I received a letter. After the evidence had been read over, the prisoner added The things were lost at Wellington. They never came on to the boat. The captain told Mr Kimber so. He would not believe it. Detective-Sergeant Halven, stationed at Wapping, said he had been associated with Inspector Reed in making inquiries with regard to the alleged loss of the documents. The box from which they were supposed to have been extracted was an ordinary tin trunk such as one could buy for 5s 6d. The prisoner told him she had it specially made, and it had cost her 30s. The prisoner questioned the accuracy of th^ witness's description of her box, apparently resenting bis depreciatory comments. I bought it for steel, anyway," she said. It had four bolts and a padlock and you could not have bought it anywhere in New Zealand for less than one pound. Of course things are dearer there than here." Broach and Ring. The next witness was Mr John Chadwick, manager to a Great Queen-street firm of pawn- brokers and jewellers, and he spoke to the quality and value of the brooch and ring which the prisoner had said she had received as pre- sents from the fifth Duke of Portland. Taking the brooch in his hand Mr Chadwick was asked its intrinsic value. It is practicaly valueless." he replied. Of what metal is it ?" asked Sir Charles. Base metal," was the answer. And the ring described as a turquoise ring," continued Sir Charles, are the stones real ?" No, thev are imitation, anwered the witness. Pastel" commented counsel. What would its value be ? It could not cost more than a sovereign if it was bought retail. Prisoner put no questions to this witness. Mr George Win. Thackrah, of Sunnyside, Woodbury-road, Finsbury Park, a partner in the firm of Druce and Company, of the Baker-street Bazaar, repeated the evidence which he gave for the defence in the proceed- ings against Herbert Druce. Witness said he entered the employment of Thomas Charles Druce at Baker-street Bazaar in 1863, and remained with him till the day of his death, which took place at his residence, Hilcombe House, Hendon, in December, 1864. Hedenied •that there was any funeral procession from Baker-street Bazaar, the funeral, which he attended, taking place from Hendon to High- gate Cemetery. On 30th December last, witness went on, he had attended the exhumation of the body of T. C. Druce, at Highgate, and identified the re- mains as those of his former master and friend, Mr Thomas Charles Druce. Asked if she had any questions to put, pri- soner said he had not said anything of the height Druce was. Witness I should say about five feet eight or five feet nine somewhere about that. What colour was the hair?" she asked fur- ther. Brown, streaked with grey, such as it was in his lifetime." "Yes," the prisoner muttered as if she ex- pected the answer. Sir Charles Mathews said that concluded the evidence at present available, but on Mon- day, 16th March, he expected to be able to call witnesses who were on their way from New Zealand. I Prisoner was remanded for a week next Mon- day. She will make a formal appearance, and 1 the case may be concluded on the following Monday.
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SUNDAY TRADING. Joint Committee Action. At the Glamorgan Standing Joint Committee onMonday, Mr O. H. Jones presiding,Mr Byass moved that the police be instructed to prose- cute shopkeepers. who traded on Sunday at Aberavon. The action of the police in dis- continuing the prosecutions had resulted in three shopkeepers who now traded on Sondays reaping an unfair advantage over those who had ceased to so trade. The Chairman said the Act under which these prosecutions were taken was not alto- gether satisfactory, as it persecuted the small and let the big traders go. In cases of betting and gambling it was different. The Rev. John Davies (Cadle) said the prose- cutions had effected a great deal of good at Swansea, where only three shops were now kept open on Sundays. Mr S. Thomas (Penarth) thought they should carry the thing to its logical conclusions if they did anything at all, and prosecute people who went to church in carriages and motors.. The Chairman That is not illegal. Mr S. Thomas With all due respect to you, it is against the law, under the same Act. Av Member You can go to church in a carriage, but not in a boat. (Laughter.) Mr S. Thomas said that if they did anything at all they should proceed against everybody who violated the Act—railway, tram, and motor travellers. The Rev. John Davies said that something should be done throughout the county. The resolution was carried.
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SEAMAN DROWNED AT CARDIFF. Widow Fails to Get Csmpensation. At Bristol County Court on Monday Sarah Ashford, of Bear-court, Hotwells, sought to recover £3(X) compensation for the death of her husband, an engineer on the s.s. Ceres, belong- ing to Messrs R. Burton and Son, of Cardiff "and Newport. Mr Robinson. (Messrs Wans- brough and Co.) was for the applicant, and Mr Parsons (instructed by Messrs Macintosh, Thompson and Co., of v Cardiff) for the respondents. The Ceres is a small boat plying between Bristol, Cardiff, New- port, and sometimes Barry. On the night of the 23rd October the boat was brought to anchor in Penarth Roads to await the morning tide. At 3.30 next morning deceased was miss- ing. Nothing further was heard of him until the 4th November, when his body was picked up near the entrance to Cardiff Docks. There was nothing to show whether he accidentally fell overboard or committed suicide, but Mr Robinson submitted that they could not pre- sume a felony. Judge Austin held that it was necessary to show that death was due to an accident arising out of the deceased's employ- ment. Evidence was given that the man was never known to suffer from depression and he was a sober man that his duty would bring him on the deck, and that a lurch might send him overboard, the bulwarks of 2ft. 6in. being no real protection. His Honour-said the facts were so meagre that he declined to find that the man met his death by accident. There must be a verdict for the responderfts.
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MURDERER'S SUICIDE. Allerstein, Monday.—Captain Von Goeber, who shot Major Von Schoene Beck on Christ- mas Eve last, committed suicide at Fouvock this afternoon in prison by severing his jugu- lar vein. A doctor who was summoned was only able to certify that life was extinct. Cap- tain\Von Goeber, like his alleged accomplice, Frau Von Schoene Beck, had been for several weeks under medical supervision in order to determine his mental condition. He was only released and taken back to prison at Allers- stein a few days ago. The doctor declared he was mentally perfect on the way to the prison. On that occasion he had the narrowest escape from death, the trap conveying him getting caught between the gates of a level crossing as an express train dashed up. The gates were only opened in the nick of time. The trap was seriously damaged. Frau Von Schoene Beck on the other hand was found by the doctors to be hopelessly insane. Captain Von Goeber's trial by court martial had been fixed for the middle of this month.—Reuter.
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SEPARATE BOARD FOR WALES. Merthyr's Co-operation. At Merthyr Education Committee on Monday a letter was read from the Denbighshire Education Committee inviting Merthyr to send representatives to a conference at Shrewsbury for the purpose of urging upon the Govern- ment the necessity of appointing a separate Education Board for Wales. Mr F. T. James moved the appointment of three representa- tives. Scotland and Ireland, he said, had their separate Boards of Education, and he- saw no reason why Wales should be left behind. He thought a Board of Education for Wales would be in the interests of the people of Wales. Mr William Lewis, Penydarren, seconded. During the last 30 years no nation had done more for education than Wales had done, and the more power they could get the better would it be for education and for the nation. The resolution I was carried.
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Collapse of an Hotel. THIRTEEN PEOPLE KILLED. Brigue, Sunday.—Considerable damage and loss of life were caused yesterday evening at the village of Goppenstein, situated at Loetsch- berg Tunnel, by the collapseo fan hotel recently built at the southern entrance to the tunnel and of the offices of the Loetschberg Works. From 20 to 30 persons were buried under the ruins. According to news received this morn- ing 13 persons were killed. Ten of the bodies have been recovered Doctors and engineers attached to Loetschberg Works, who live at Brigue, were advised of the catastrophe in the course of the night, and at once set out with a rescue party. The victims of the disaster include a doctor and two engineers. So far seven injured have been extricated, the condition of two of them being serious. The cause of the disaster has not yet been ascertained. Some of the accounts attribute it to an avalanche,while according to others it was due to tunnelling operations.— Reuter. The building has only recently been put up by the tunnel company for the accommod tion of its higher grade employees, and the disaster occurred just as the engineering and clerical staffs were sitting down to dinner. Suddenly a loud noise was heard, and two children rushed into the room crying out An avalanche, an avalanche." At the same moment there was a violent rush of air caused by the fall of an enormous mass of the wrecked building, burying about 30 per- sons in the ruins. The Post Office, which was also occupied by the local police, heeled over to an angle of 45 degrees, and everybody rushed out. The work of rescue, which was immediately commenced by the workmen employed in the tunnel and the inhabitants of Goppenstein, went on all Saturday night and Sunday morning, the last body being got out at nine o'clock in the morning, and the last of the injured at one in the afternoon. In all there are 12 dead two of them children, and 15 injured, who are suffering from broken legs, contusions, &c. The dead were taken to the hospital of the works at Goppenstein and the wounded to the hospital at Brigue. Among the dead is Dr. Bossus. of Geneva, who had only been married three weeks. His wife is suffering from injuries to her head and legs. The dead also include an American fitter named Mervart, 50 years of age, a French engineer named Guillet, believed to be of Rouen, who was representing a French firm, and M. Dubreuil, a Frenchman, the chief accountant. Of the injured five are seriously hurt.. A profound sensation has been caused among the inhabitants of Goppenstein and the tunnel workmen, and manv of the latter are leaving. The tunnel works were not damaged, but work will have- to be suspended for some days. Brigue, Sunday (Later).—The destroyed buildings did not lie in the path of the avalanche, but were literallv hurled down by the displacement of air caused by the fall of the enormous mass of snow. This displace- ment of air frequently does more damage than an avalanche itself. A remarkable demonstra- tion of this phenomenon was furpished in 1895, when a mass of four million cubic metres in bulk feJl from the Antels Glacier near Kander- steg into the valley beneath. The wood chalets and houses on the opposite side of the valley were all swept away by the rush of air caused by the huge fall. The Goppenstein disaster was due to the same cause. In the same way the quarters of the Kennel staff at the Loetschberg were not struck by the avalanche, but were destroyed by the violent atmospheric displacement. Reuter.
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Zakka Khels Submit. I BRITISH VACATE BAZAR VALLEY. Calcutta, Sunday.—The expedition against the Zakka Khels has ended, and the troops have vacated the Bazar Valley- They will reach Peshawar shortly. Over 300 of the Malik"s" headmen have presented petitions praying the Government to spare the Zakka Khels. g The Afridis have promised to punish the offenders in the recent raids, and have deposited rifles worth 20,000 rupees as security. The Zakka Khels, who suffered severely in the fighting, have promised to co-operate with the Jirgah, and have made the fullest submis- sion. General Willcocks has accepted the terms on behalf of the Government. Calcutta, Sunday.—The Zakka Khels settle- ment is certain to command complete public approval. The expedition has secured in the shortest time on record results which months of campaigning have failed to pin on previous occasions. The acceptance of "the principle of tribal responsibility. by the whole Afridi class ia likely to have most important results in influencing the conduct of neighbouring tribes. Times, per Press Association- Chora, Saturday,—The operations of the Bazar Valley field force have been brought to what would seem to be a successful conclusion. After a long discussion the £ fri<li Jirgah, on the evening of the 27th, senkjjj,a.;written peti- tion to Sir James WillcowSs. of which the ¡ following is believed to give the main points —Responsibility for the good behaviour of the Zakka Khels will in future be divided among the other leading Afridi tribes, each accepting responsibility. Raids on British territory or other acts of hostility by the Zakka Khels will be punished by direct reprisals against them by their fellow tribesmen. In default of satis- factory reparation by this means, those holding themselves responsible accept in turn liability to forfeiture for their allowances, or such other punishment as the British Government may consider fit.—" Times," per Press Association, Jamrud, Sunday.—The Bazar Valley expedi- tionary force reached here to-day. The with- drawal from Walai was effected without oppo- sition.—Reuter. A Unique Withdrawal. Jamrud, Sunday.—The expedition is now at an end. The return from the theatre of operations was carried out in a manner unique in the history of frontier warfare, in that it was effected without a single shot being fired at the retiring troops bv the enemy. The retreat from the camp at Walai was cleverly carried out. The whole body of troops had to pass out through a narrow gorge, and both the gorge and the camp itself were surrounded on all sides by hills, from which the tribesmen, who are well trained in this particular type of guerilla warfare, could ha.ve kept up a con- tinual fire However, the transports and the troops quickly defiled down the Walai river, and well before noon the camp was deserted by the British. The retreat from Chora was not so difficult, as that place is nearer to the Khaibar, and there was less likelihood of the enemy being encountered. The troops have returned in the best condi- tion, and all are highly satisfied with the result of the expedition.—Press Association Special Telegram. King Congratulates Troops. At an early hour on Tussday the India Office issued the following •— The King has sent the following telegram to Sir James Willcocks :— I congratulate you on the success of the expedition, which has been conducted with so much skill, and on the bravery and good con- duct of the troops, which I consider have been beyond all praise.—Edward R. and I."
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APPALLjNG CRIME. Family Wiped Out by Terrorists. Odessa, Monday.—A terrible affair is re- ported to-day from Kherson, near which town a whole family has been murdered by armed robbers. The house attacked was a large one, situated in a somewhat lonely spot a short distance out of Kherson, and the property of a wealthy landed proprietor named Duboff. Last night the place was quietly surrounded by a number of armed men. who, forcing an entrance, proceeded to batcher the inmates. The master and mistress of the house, with their five children, were all murdered in cold blood before any effective resistance could be offered, but the robbers mat with a vigorous opposition on the part of the male servants, who, hearing the noise of the struggles, quickly armed themselves and rushed to the rescue. A sharp fight ensued, in the course of which four of the servants were seriously wounded, but all the miscreants succeeded in making good their escape, none of them having, so far as is known, received anY serious injury. Little hope is entertained of any of the murderers being brought to justice. The deceased landowner has recently be- come a marked man, having incurred the ani- mosity of local social revolutionists, and there seems little doubt that the outrage was perpetrated, if not by those members them- selves, at any rate at their instigation.—Cen- tral News.
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-= SAILORS AT A BULL FIGHT. Two Matadors Injured. Paris, Saturday.—The "Journal"s" Madrid correspondent forwards details of the bull fight which was held at Lima in honour of the visit of theUnitedStates battleships lying off Callao. The President of the Peruvian Republic, the Government officials, the Diplomatic Corps, and a large number of officers and bluejackets of the American squadron were present at the entertainment, which was witnessed by a great crowd of inhabitants of the capital. The fight, however, was marked by two serious accidents. The third toreador, Bonarillo, was tossed 20 feet in the air by the bull, and received terrible, though not mortal, injuries. The American guests, disgusted at the sight, began to leave the arena, but the Peruvians, inured to such incidents, loudly demanded the death of the bull, and the popular matador, Padilla, advanced into the middle of the arena. But when a few paces from the animal he slipped, and the but! dashed upon him and with his horns inflicted a terrible gash on the neck. In spite of hIS. terrible wound, how- ever, Padilla succeeded In raising himself to his feet, and with a masterly stroke of his weapon laid the bull dead. Both performers were carried away to hospital.—Central News.
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General Gordon's Fate. LORD CROMER'S "INTERFERENCE." Messrs Macmillan and Co., Limited, are about to publish the Earl of Cromer's work on modern Egypt. The author deals fully and unreservedly with the whole of the principal historical events which occurred in Egypt from 1876 up to the time of Tewfik Pasha's death (January, 1392), also with Soudan history up to the end of 1907, but he takes the view that it would be premature to similarly \treat events in Egypt subsequent to the accession of the present Khedive. The Dufferin Mission, the Hicks' expedition, the abandonment of the Soudan, and the Gordon Mission are dealt with. General Gordon was anxious not to go to Cairo, but to proceed through the Suez Canal straight to Khartoum, but Lord Cromer opposed this route, the road from Suakin to Berber being blocked, and the result was that Gordon went to Cairo. On this subject Lord Cromer makes the following observation :— If I had not interfered as regards General Gordon's route, a point which at the time seems to be one of detail, the course of history in the Soudan would have been changed, and many valuable lives, including probably that of General Gordon himself, would have been saved. General Gordon would possibly never have got to Khartoum, and it would not, therefore, have been necessary to send any British expedition to the Soudan. It is prob- able, indeed almost certain, that in a few waeks he would have returned to England without having effected anything of import- ance towards the accomplishment of his mission. I remember that it crossed my mind that I had better not interfere, but leave General Gordon to work out his plans in his own way. It was, however, clear that ingoing to Suakin General Gordon would foredoom his mission to failure, and that he would never have made any such proposal had he been well acquainted with the state of affairs then existing in the Eastern Soudan. I had, therefore, excellent reasons for interfering, but looking back upon events as they subsequently occurred I regret that I did so." Gordon's journey to Khartoum and the relief expedition, together with the correspond- ence in relation thereto between Lord Cromer and the Ministry of the day, afford interesting reading. In speaking of Gordon, Lord Cromer says :— The truth is that General Gordon was above all things a soldier, and moreover a very bellicose soldier. In fact General Gordon wished to 4 smash up the Mahdi. This was the keynote of all his actions in the Soudan. As to his instructions he threw thom to the winds."
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SATURDAY NIGHT ROW. Cardiff Bench Thank Civilian. Facial and sartorial damage was in evidence at Cardiff Police Court on Monday as the result of an exciting affray which took place on the Cowbridge-road shortly after 11 o'clock on Saturday night. There were three prisoners charged with assaulting the police. P.C. Snow- croft bad reason to arrest Henry Gardiner (28), who struck him a violent blow in the chest and kicked him. The officer's overcoat and whistle were damaged to the extent of 5s. P.C. Coombs went to Snowcroft's ¡D8sistancc>, and received from Gardiner a punch in the jaw and another in the stomach. Gardiner, it was alleged, said, We're the boys who'll put you through it." While he.wa.< being taken into custody, Thomas Whitworth (34) dealt P.C. Snowcroft a blow. and kicked him. P.C. Griffiths, who was in plain clothes, then arrested Whitworth, but a rough-and-tumble followed, and Whitworth got away from him. A civilian named George Roberts, whose face was marked, caught Thomas Whitworth, and when P.C. Griffiths again took hold of him, there was another set to. While on the ground Whitworth bit him four times on the leg. George Roberts, who helped the police, sus- tained a blow on the face, and was also kicked on the back of the neck by Whitworth. The third prisoner was John Whitworth (39), who assaulted P.C. Coombs. The Magistrates (Messrs T. Andrews and J. W. Curtis) considered it a bad case. Gar- diner was fined £2 and costs, or one month Thomas Whitworth was ordered three months without the option, and John Whitworth one month's hard labour. The civilian, George Roberts, was thanked by thf Chairman (Mr T. Andrews) for assisting the constables.
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HOUSING IN SOUTH WALES. Vigorous Locaf Actitrn. In addition to taking in hand the organisa- tion of the South Wales Cottage Exhibition, which will be held at Swansea next year, the National Housing Reform Council is en- deavouring to stimulate public interest in the housing problem generally throughout South Wales. As a preliminary, a meeting was held on Monday at the offices of the South Wales Miners' Federation, and the nucleus of a district committee for South Wales and Mon- mouthshire was then formed. The first members of this committee, who have power to add to their number, are Messrs H. Jenkins (East Glamorgan), W. H. Morgan CRhondda), D. Morgan (Anthracite district), F. Edwards (Monmouthshire district), Alderman Curie (South-Western Federation of TradesCouncils), Alderman Solomon (Swansea), with Mr Henry R. Aldrych, secretary of the National Council, acting as secretary of the district committee. The committee will give special attention to the arranging of confer- ences, the distribution of literature, the ap- pointment of deputations to local authorities asking for more vigorous action in the adminis- tration of existing powers, and other work of a similar kind. As soon as the promised Housing Bill has been introduced a conference will be held at Pontypridd, to which miners and other representatives from the following districts will be invited r^Rhondda, East Glamorgan, Bhymney Valley, Merthyr and Dowlais, Aber- dare, &c. Similar conferences will be held later at Newport, for the Eastern Valleys, Blaina and Ebbw Vale for the Monmouthshire and Western Valleys, Tredegar, &c. at Neath for the Anthracite and Western districts, and for the Ogmore and Garw Valleys. It is expected much will be done by quiet steady work to im- prove the housing conditions throughout Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.
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M.P.s STOP AN EXPRESS. An exciting experience which befel three members of Parliament on a journey in an express train from Hastings, on Sunday, is to form the subject of a question in the House of Commons. These members, Mr Clem. Edwards, Mr Alfred Mond, and Mr J. Rowlands, were re- turning to London after taking part in the election campaign. Everything went smoothly," said Mr dem Edwards, until we reached the sharp curve at Bickley Junction. At that point the train swayed from side to side, throwing us in all directions, and we expected every moment that it would leave the metals. We considered the situation so serious that we decided to pull the communication cord and the train was stopped near Penge. We think that there ought to be an inquiry into the matter and. we are going to address a ques- tion to the President of the Board of Trade. The explanation might possibly throw some light on the Grantham and Salisbury acci- dents." At the offices of the South Eastern and Chatham Company it is stated that the train was the 5 p.m. express, which runs from Tun- bridge Wells to Victoria without a stop. The Superintendent of the line said: An official has received a report with regard to the stop- ping of the train. The reason given by the members of Parliament for puling the com- muncation cord was that the train was going at an excessive speed. We have not yet had an opportunity of questioning the driver, who did not come on duty until this afternoon, but a full inquiry will be held into the matter. So far as the time allowed for making the journey was concerned there was no necessity to run at excessive speed.
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LOCKED UP AND MISSED SHIP A Barry Prosecutien. Imanuel Conte, a Spanish seaman, was pro- secuted by Mr T. P. Prichard, solicitor, on behalf of Anastasio Machalia, a Cardiff board- ing house master, at Barry Police Court on Mon- day, for failing to join his ship after negotiating his advance note and receiving £2 2s in money, under section 65 of the Act of 1906. Owing to the difficulty of making prisoner understand the evidence,.he was remanded in custody until Wednesday. Fred J. Edwards, a coloured sea- maij, for failing to join the ss. Zent. after signing articles, was prosecuted by the Ship- ping Federation, for whom Mr H. Handcock, junior, appeared. Prisoner had stated that he could not join the ship because he was locked up at Cardiff. When he returned the vessel had gone to sea. This case was aLso remanded for further evidence.
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CURIOUS CAUSE OF FIRE. On Monday a fire broke out at the stables connected with Messrs Baldwin's level at the Old Furnace, Pontypool. The ostler went into the stables to attend to the horses, and while he was engaged in that work one of the animals knocked a lighted lamp out of his cap. The lamp fell into a quantity of hay, which was quickly set ablaze. The horses were quickly got out of the stable. The Pontypool Fire Brigade responded to a call under Capt. Cope. When they arrived it was found that the fire was confined to one of the stables, and it was impossible to save it from destruction. The brigade directed its energies to the adjoining property, and was successful despite shortage of water. The damage is estimated at £59.
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An inquest was held at Swansea on Monday touching the death of Georga Staples (33), labourer. Deceased was injured in 1905 whilst engaged 011 the loop line of the Great Western Railway at Landore, being crushed between trucks. Dr. D. R. Edwards attributed death to pericarditis, following the accident. Nothing more could have been done for the man in the hospital. Verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned.
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Anthrax Poisoning. SUFFFERERS IN SWANSEA VALLEY. On Monday an inspector from the Board of Agriculture paid a visit to the Swansea Valley, and in the company of Dr. W. Owen Evans made an inspection of Ynismeudw Farm, near Pontardawe, where 15 cattle have died from anthrax, and whence have been traced several cases of the disease in human beings. Four fresh cases of supposed infection are reported, the patients b.eing Mr John Morgan, of Cwmtawe Farm Captain Nicholas, Mr John John (brother of the owner of the cattle), and Mr Joseph Jones, of Penygarn. T'his is in addition to the two men already reported as being in the Swansea Hospital, where they are progressing favourably, and the case of Mr W. Williams, butcher, of Ynismeudw, who died on Saturday. The four fresh patients so far have not the disease in a severe form. "Coroner's Inquiry. At the Swansea Hospital on Monday Mr Viner Leeder, the borough coroner, held an inquiry Into the circumstances attending the death of William Williams, butcher, of Britannia House, Ynysmeudw, near dawe. Angharad Williams, the daughter of the deceased, said on the 21st ult. her father com- plained of pain in one of his hands, and also said he had caught a chill. On Sunday the arth. got worse, and as poulticing did no good medical aid was obtained, and he was removed to the Swansea Hospital last Wednesday. He had been on the farm where 15 cows had died of anthrax. At that time he had no cuts on his hands. Evan John, of Ynismeudw Ucha Farm, said on the 15th ult. deceased went to his farm to kin a cow for him. At that time he was un- aware that the animal had died from anthrax, but believed the cause to be the result of slipping on some new pavement that had been put down in the shed. Subsequently he learned from the veterinary surgeon that his cows had died from anthrax, but he had been unable to find out how the disease had been contracted. Witness and deceased were both under the impression that the cow the latter skinned had burst a blood vessel on the brain. So far as he was aware thpre was not cut or scratch sus- tained by deceased while he was engaged in skinning the cow. Deceased had told him he had received a blow from a spreader," and both deceased and his daughter thought that caused the swelling on his arm. Dr. Hamilton Quicke, house surgeon at the hospital, said deceased's forearm was ampu- tated on Thursday, and death took place on Saturday. The cause of death was anthrax poisoning. The Coroner said the disease was most dangerous, and usually came from dirt in the wool or hair in which the anthrax spores con- gregated The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.
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MR JOHN CORY AND PRIMATE. Enriching Lambeth Palace." Some years ago Mr John Cory, J.P., D.L., of Duffryn, became possessed of a large oil painting of "The Seven Bishops who were committed to the Tower in 1688 because they refused to distribute the King's Declaration of Indulgence for Liberty of Conscience. When brought to trial they were acquitted amidst popular rejoicings. Amongst them were William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury William Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph and Jonathan Trelawney, of Bristol, hero of the song :— And shall Trelawney die ? And shall Trelawney die ? There's twenty thousand Cornishmen Will know the reason whv Recently the picture was shown to Mr Edwin Seward, who suggested that as an authentic work touching an event of much historical importance, the gallery of Lambeth Palace would be a most appropriate home for it. Mr Cory saw that its peculiar interest and usefulness would in that way be better recognised, and with his usual liberal mindedness at once fell in with the suggestion to present it. An interesting correspondence with the Archbishop of Canterbury ensued, and his Grace ultimately expressed the great pleasure it would give him to receive the painting, which Mr Cory then caused to be suitably restored and framed, and presented. The Archbishop most cordially thanked Mr Cory on behalf of himself and his successors, expressing admiration of the handsome and appropriate setting which had been given to the work. and stating that the incident of the committal of the Bishops being so intimately connected with the Palace of Lambeth, Mr Cory's kindness in giving the picture was notable and appropriate, greatly enriching the gallery and thus endowing the See with an im- portant heirloom. He regarded it as a munifi- cent and interesting gift, stating that he would not forget the considerateness and kindness which had been shown in the whole matter.
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A NEWPORT MYSTERY. Girl's Body in Canal Lock. Some sensation was caused at Cefn, a litofcle village between Newport and Risca, on Monday by the discovery in the lower lock of the 14 locks of the Monmouthshire Canal of the body of a young woman, said to be Miss Clara Shaw, agéd 22, a native of Birmingham. She was employed as a packer at the West Park Laun- dry, Newport, and lodged with Mrs Jones, of The Dairy, Penllwvn-avenue, Newport. About 7.45 that morning she was seen crossing the fields in the direction ot the locks by Mr Thomas, High Cross Park, and shortly after 9 o'clock a carpenter named Morgan when pro- ceeding along the canal banks saw her body in the water. With the assistance of Mr H. Bailey, the lock-keeper, the body was recovered from the water, which was about 15 feet deep below the bank. Deceased was an attractive-looking young lady, and it is not known whether she was drowned Dy accident or otherwise. No letters or papers were found on her, and she had not confided to her friends that she was troubling about anything. Mrs Jones, the deceased's landlady, in an interview, said the young woman was re- ligiously inclined and attended church regularly Her mother and stepfather lived in Birming- ham, and she always spoke of them with respect and seemed to be much attached to them. When she left home at 7.15that morning evidently to attend her work, there was nothing strange in her manner
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PENARTH-CARDIFF TRAMWAY. Mr W. L. Morris, the chairman, presided at the monthly meeting of the Penarth District Council on Monday night. It was decided to apply for a loan of JE350 for the carrying out of certain private improvements in Glebe-street, Penarth. The chairman and surveyor were appointed to visit the South Wales Cottage Exhibition of the National Housing Reform Council shortly to be held at Swansea. A letter was read from Messrs Vachell and Co., solicitors, Cardiff, stating that they were again asked to apply on behalf of the Penarth Tram- way Syndicate for a Provisional Order to enable them to run a service of trams between Penarth and Cardiff, and that they would be obliged if the Council would inform them whether it would now assent to the proposed tramway, the present scheme being similar to the one previously laid before the Council. Mr Mordey stated that he thought the Council ought to come to a decision and have the matter settled. The Chairman explained that there were no plans or even a scheme before them. The Council had previously insisted upon certain conditions, but to this request the syndicate had not given a reply. It was decided to ask the syndicate for plans, and as to whether they agreed to the conditions re- ferred to. Mr R. Guy, who has been a member of the Council for 15years, announced that he did not intend to seek re-election. He felt grateful to the members for the kindness and considera- tion he had always received at their hands. All the members expressed regret at Mr Guy's decision.
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NORTHERN LOVE TRAGEDY. At Huddersfield on Monday Daniel Lyons, 16, mill hand, 6, Milford-street, Huddersfield, was charged with attempting to murder Leah Stansfield, 15, also a mill hand. The Chief Constable, applying for a remand, said the prisoner had been keeping company with Stansfield, but as the latter's mother objected to the courtship, the girl had endea- voured to keep out of prisoner's way. This morning she was making her way to work when the prisoner rushed at her, pinned her against a wall. and drew a carving-knife across her throat. She was wearing a thick shawl and the blade failed to penetrate. The girl broke loose and if an screaming along the canal side with prisoner in pursuit. He caught her up and threw her into the canal. As the girl was struggling in the water the prisoner jumped into the canal and did all in his power to keep her head under water. A man named Lister Iredale came up, and entering the water rescued the girl, who was quite unconscious. The girl was suffering from severe shock, and unable to give evidence yesterday. Accused was remanded. His mother said the girl had taunted him until he did not know what he was doing.
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CHILDREN'S PLAY FIELDS. Merthyr's New Preposal. At a meeting of the Merthyr Education, Com- mittee on Monday, Mr Arthur Daniel presid. ing, the Mayor (Alderman D. W. Jones) called attention to the need of playing fields being provided for children, and he moved that fields be hired in various parts of the borough. Mr Sidney Simons (ex-Mayor), in seconding, said he believed organised games could now earn a grant. Children at present went about the streets playing, and paid 5s for it at the Police Court. It was a disgrace that a place like Merthyr had no place for children to play in. The Mayor's resolution was carried. I The deputy surveyor and clerk were instructed to prepare a report on the proposed erection of a new schoo! for Mount Pleasant and Pontygwaith.
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No Right of Way. LLANFIHAdGEL CRUCORNEY ACTION. The action of Watkins v. Prosser, which was 1 heard at considerable length at the recent Monmouthshire Assizes and involved a right of way dispute at Llanfihangel Crucorney, near Abergavenny, was deferred for judgment pending a visit to the scene of the dispute by Mr Justice Grantham. His Lordship, who delivered judgment at Hereford Assizes, said the evidence had been somewhat voluminous and conflicting. He thought it best to defer giving judgment till he had viewed the farm. Any doubt he might have had as to the merits of the case had been entirely removed by that visit. From the char- acter of the locality he had no doubt that originally the traffic from Little Llwynfrank, Skirrid, and Pant-y-lyle was all towards Aber- gavenny, and the road running in the deep cutting by Little Llwynfrank was the main road from that farm and Pant-y-lylc, and probably Skirrid. If by any chance they wanted to go to Llanvihangel they could do so by following that. road down to where it met the old road, not half as far as the new road was, and so back to Llanvihangel. When the railway came and the old road had become un- usable it was no doubt inconvenient to have no shorter way to go to Llanvihangel Station than to go down to the apex of the new road and the Little Llwynfrank road from Pant-y- lyle, &c., and so he had no doubt to accommo- date his neighbours the owner or occupier of Great Llwynfrank allowed the occupiers of Little Llwynfrank to go over his fields with light loads to the station or the smithy or church, but did this without ever giving an indefeasible right to the Little Llwynfrank Farm to use the road- His Lordship said the evidence on the side of the plaintiff was absolutely conclusive if true, and as the evidence given by and on behalf of the defendant did not really controvert the plaintiff's, because the evidence of almost every witness called by the defendant was consistent with the state of things sworn to by the plaintiff, he was clearly of opinion that judgment must be for the plaintiff. There was no evidence at all satisfactory* to his mind to show that the user of the road over the plain- tiff's land, formerly the Marquis of Aberga- venny's, was ever anything more than permis- sion granted from a neighbourly feeling, and never exercised by anybody as an adverse right to the owner of the land over which the user extended. It was a pity that the good feeling which had existed between the occu- piers of the defendant's farm and the plaintiff was ruthlessly destroyed by the defendant being induced to claim as a right that which had been allowed him as a neighbour. Judgment was given for the plaintifl", 40s nominal damages, with costs on the High Court scale, and his Lordship also granted an injunction, as claimed in the statement pf claim. Messrs Gardners and Heywood were solic- tors to the plaintiff, and Messrs Gabb aifd Walford for the defendant.
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WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. f ) Mrs Billington Greig at Cardiff. Appeal to Women Liberals. Mrs Terese Billington Greig, one of the most eloquent and militant of the suffragettes, assured a large audience at Andrews Hall, j Cardiff, on Monday night that they did not j want to kill anybody or destroy anything—if } they could help it; but theywere going to pro- duce in the minds of the Government the feel- ing that unless they gave in there would be { much trouble. The machinery of the age was j noisy, blatant advertising, and so the suffra- k gettes were using it as far as their feelings would allow them and to the best of their ability. (Hear, hear.) It was only by shocking people that they could get reform. In this age of advertising," declared Mrs Greig, we have advertised. We have done new and strange things." It was the need of v the nation that drove them to demand the j right to vote—because they recognised that as wome alone would make a muddle of govern- ment, so man alone had done so. She was over- whelmed by the fact that there was no argu- ment against women's suffrage which was not based upon expediency or utter fallacy. The Bill which came before the House of Commons on Friday and received the support of the majority of the members could be saved only by the intervention of the Government. She therefore Appealed to Women Liberals to call upon their party to assist them in saving the Bill, and so save their (the party's') name and honour and put an end to this m. happy militant agitation. Unless it were dono last Friday's victory would be barren and hollow. Women Liberals who had been con- -tent with so-called constitutional methods had been shocked into thinking by the tactics of the aggressive suffragettes, and thereby the cause had made one great stride towards suc- cess. When men were refused the vote thev broke into prisons, set fire to shipping, killed several policemen—(laughter)—and terrorised bishops and other representative men. The suffragettes had not gone so far as that, but if necessary they would continue their aggres- sive agitation. Mr Jos. Keating presided, and short ad- dresses were delivered by Dr. Rhys J ones and Mrs Keating Hill. A resolution on the lines of Mrs Greig's speech was carried With acclama- tion. Miss Stevenson presided at a meeting in the afternoon, when Mrs Keating Hill said the Hon. Ivor Guest, M.P., voted against women's suffrage last Friday, and so she hoped the women Liberals pi Cardiff would not support him at the next election. Mrs Billington Greig also spoke, and said they based their claims to the vote on the ground of complete equality with men.
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FRIENDLY SOCIETY LAW. At the Carmarthen Borough Police Court on Monday Mr John Fox, from the Registrar- General's office, London, appeared to take pro- ceedings against the Temple of Love Lodge of Oddfellows, Carmarthen, and Mr H. G. Lewis, Magazine-row, for neglecting to send in the annual return for the year 1906, as required by the Friendly Societies Act. Mr Fox said defendant was written to on two or three occa.<¡ions, and under the Act five months' grace was allowed. Pro- ceedings were taken in respect of the year end- ing Dec. 31, 1906: and the account should have been sent to the Registrar-General before May 31,1907. This was not done. There were 35.000 societies and branches within the pur- view of the Registrar-General, and if every lodge did as this Carmarthen lodge had done there would be no safeguarding the interests of the members. Defendant Lewis's excuse was that he was ill during the latter end of 1906 and in the early part of the following year. Mr James Thomas, Barn's-row, one of the trustees of the lodge, said he and his co-trustees were unaware of the repeated requests for the returns, as the secretary had not brought the correspondence before the lodge. In the result the society was fined Is and costs, and ordered to pay three guineas ad- vocate's fee, and the secretary was fined JOs and costs and the court fees, the Bench eliciting the fact from Mr James Thomas that there was nothing wrong with the lodge ac- counts, as was seen when the audit took place last week.
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THE LODGER SYSTEM. Pontypool Medical Officer's Criticism. Dr. S. B. Mason, medical officer, Pontypool District Council, in his report for 1S07, em- phasises the need for extending the district. The population of the town was increasing, and nearly every available site was being built upon. A number of persons took in lodgers in a promiscuous way, and this led to overcrowd- ing, immorality, and frequently disease. Houses suitable for the artisan class must be built. Sites were required for an isolation hospital, refuse destructor, and for sewage disposal works. The death rate was 6'6 per 1,000. It was very gratifying to find a decrease in the infantile mortality rate. It seemed as though the distribution of printed instructions to young mothers had borne some fruit. The birth rate had declined, but after allowing for the decrease in infantile mortality, the district was better off than in the years when the birth rate was higher. Phthisic had proved fatal in seven cases, and he emphasised that people should not sleep in rooms with anyone suffering from this disease.
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AHEAD OF HIS TIME. GOVERNOR KELSEY'S PROGRAMME. By the State Senate's second rshabilitation of the incompetent Mr Kelsey, and the cer- tainty that Mr Hughes's anti-racing, ballot reform, and other measures will be defeated. Mr Hughes, as a reforming Governor, is more than ever out of touch with the reactionary Legislature. In Albany, politicians are dexer- mined on clipping the wings of reform without scruple. Mr Hughes is content to wait fop better times. He stands alone, scorning the assistance of political machinery. He declines to exercise his executive power to coerce the Legislature, convinced that the failure of his measures is preferable to wielding the big stick. As the justice and public necessity of Mr Hughes's, programme are not enough to recommend it to the Legislature, reformers now wait ior the assertion of public sentiment to bring the Legislature to a sense of its mis- deeds.—New York Correspondent of the Times.
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HENRY EIGHTH'S WRITING ? Quite a remarkable find "—of no little his-. toncal interest, even if all that is claimed for it. be difficult of proof-has just been made by Mr T. Thorp, a book-dealer, of St. Martin's-lane. It ts, from the literary point of view, just a first edition of Erasmus's work on marriage- • Cnristiam Matrimonii institur. The his- torical importance, however, of the little volume is not only that it was undoubtedly in the possession of Henry V III., hut that it bears sundry marginal notes, in a contemporary handwriting, which Mr Thorp believes to be. that ot no less eminent a reader than the much- married monarch himself.