The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES A DEATHS. BIRTHS. MelTBIL.—On November lJth, at tbeirresidence, Pea* tilley, Fortescue-road, Bournemouth, to David and Grace McNeil, a ion. 164n IfOROA-K.—On November 11th, at 5, Nortbcote- street. Cardiff, the wife of L. Fraier Morgan, of a daughter. "9n WHITE.—On the 13th. at 8, Pontypridd-street, Cad- ox ton, to Mr and Mrs Edmund White. a son. 165a MARRIAGES. BVANS—MARKS.—On Thursday, November 12th, 1908, atSt. James* Chureh, Cardiff, by the Rev. Sidney Thomas, M. R Evans, second son of Mr and Mrs E. Thomas, Cardiff, to Annie Louise (Louie), youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Lloyd Marks, Rhymney. 946 MJtTH—DATYES.—On Saturday, November 14th, 1906, at St. Matthias' Church. Treharris, by theirev. R. David, Vicar, assisted by the Rev. D. N. Davies (brother df bride). W. R. V. Firth, eldeat son of Mr and Mrs James Firth, Deighton, Hudders- field, to Charlotte (Lottie) Davies, yonngest daugh- ter of Mr and Mrs D. Davies, Reservoir Honre, Treharris. MENDTJ8—REUS.—At Argyle Chapel, Swansea, on Wednesday, Nov. Uth, by the Rev. A. Wynne Thomas and the Rev. E. P. Hughes, William John Mendus, Presbyterian Minister, Montgomery, younger son of the late Capt. John Meadus, Fish- guard, and of Mrs Mendus, 6. Buckingham-terrace, Swansea, to Alice May, second daughter of Mr and Mrs S. L. Rees, 1, Eaton-crescent, Swansea. No cards. x551 MDDAWAY—RIDLER.—OB November 9th, at United Methodist Chureh, Diamond-street, Cardiff, by thd Rev. C. Steddiford, Raymond Herbert Maurice, youngest son of Albert Henry Nugent Reddaway, to Florence Mabel eldest dauthterof Robert Thomas Ridler, both of Cardiff. No cards. 931 n SCOTT—BEARD.—On the 17th rnat., at St. Saviour's Parish Church, Birmingham, Norman Scott, Mer- thyr TydJU, to Florence Wealthy Beard, Bir- mingham. x612n STORES.—STUART.—Nov. 13th, at Vera Crtu, John Trotter only sou of John R. Storer. Penarth, to Annie Haines, eldest surviving daughter of Alex- ander C. Stuart, of Ltveroool.-By cable. 322 DEATHS. ANDREWS.—On the 9th inst., at Lynwood," Newport-road, Cardiff, Solomon Andrews in his 14th year. CHRISTOPHER—On the9th inst.. William, the be- loved bu&band of Elizabeth Christopher, Gwaelody- COTTER.—Sunday 8th inst., at 30, HeweU-|treet, Cogan, John Cotter, aged,63. DAVIDv—On November lljh, Oliver David, aged 68 (coal trimmer). DA VIES.—November 14th, at liis residence, Hill Crest, Aberavon, Port Talbot, Edward Davies, J.P., aged 75 years. GARRETT.—On the 8th inst. at North 8hields, Benjamin Garrett, late of Penarth. 488n GRIFFITHS. -Noveinber 17th, at 10. Fftzalan-place, Cardiff, Elizabeth, relictof the late Thomas Griffiths, formerly of Ystalyfera. 479 GUERET .-on the 7th November, 1908, at the Old Rectory, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Louis Gueret, of Cardiff, and No. 4, Avenue Villiers, Parts, in the 65th year of hie age. 7634 HAGGETT.—On Nov. 10th, at 170, Mackintosh-place, James Neate (Jimmy), the youngest and beloved son of G. and M. Haggett, aged 2 years. 7Sin HA WES.—On the 13thtNovember, 1908, at the Nursing Home, Norwich, Mrs Elizabeth Hawes (nee Austin), formerly of Tycerrig Corwen, North Wales, but late of Cheltenham, and widow of the Rev. David Hawes, late of Narberth and Robenton Wathen, Pembrokeshire, aged 89. JAMES. -On the 14th inst., at Glanyllyn, Roath Park, Cardiff, Enoch James, J.P., in his 60th year. JENKINS.—Nov. 11th, at his residence, 48, Areot- I Street, Penarth, after a very painful illness, William Jenkins, Coaltrimmer, aged 52. LEWIS.—On Sunday, at the house of his brother GwUym, Tom Lewis, Efail Isaf, Llantwit Vardre. LTDFORD.—On Friday, the 13th inst., after a long Illness, patiently borne, Mary Elizabeth, beloved wife ot Edwin Lydford, 1, Arran-street, Roath. McKINNON.—On November 12th, at 7, Senghenydd- road, William Alexander, eldest beloved non of Alexander and Mary McKinnon, aged 36 years. MADDOCBL.—On Saturday morning, the 14th inst., at Brombil Farm, Margam, William Maddock, iu his 67th year. MORGAN.—At 33, Plassey-street, Penarth, in his 39th year, Harry, the beloved husband) of Amy Louisa Morgan. MORGAN .—On 10th mst., Elisabeth, belaved wife ot David Watts Morgan, at Caemawr TOla. Porth. PARKER.—On the 12th November (very suddenly), at his residence, 81. Jewet-rotd, Walthamstow, Ernest Edward, aged 39, second son of Mr E. Parker, Holly Bunk.Howeira-erescent, Llandaff. POWELL —On the 13th inst., at 1, Hawthorn-road, Llandaff Station, Julia Mary, beloved wife of William Powell, aged 49 years. PROBERT.—At the Vicarage, Penygraig, on Tuesdav, 10th November, Ebenezer Probert, in his 65th year. JtADCLIFFB.—On 10th November, at Waterton Court, Bridgend. Tom, age 17, fourth son of Mr and Mrs W. Radcliffe. .B..EES.-On the 16th inst. at Wesley-terrace, Ystaly fera, John Rees, late rollturner, of Heady, Pontar- dulais, aged 67 years. RICHARDS.—November Uth, at 17. Bridge-street. Robertstown, Abraham Richards, aged 40. SANFORD.-On the 7th inst., Ada, the beloved wife of Httnry Saniord, 53. Pearl-street, Cardiff. SLA VlN .-On tbe 10th inst., at 49. Minny-street, Elizabeth, beloved wife of Arthur Slavin, aged 44 years. TAYLOR.—On the 7th inst., at Tredegar, Mon., Sarah Ann, wife of Francis, William Taylor. THOMAS.—Ot fFriday, November 6th, Ann Thomas, aged 73 years, widow of Edward Thomas, at 8, New Howes, TafTs Well. USHER -November 12th, at Llantwit Major, Charles 'Usher, W, Br'rige-str»et, Cardiff. ^ATKINS.—On November 11th, Richard Watkins, outfitter, Cowbridge, *eefi 66 WILLIAMS.-On Thursday, Nov. 12th. Elizabeth, beloved wife of S. H. Williams, cashier, Ferndale. WOOD.—November 7th, at 6, Dyfrig-street. Cardiff, Susanna Lutky, dearly loved daughter of ILObert and Emma Wood. 1 5J6

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1908. A FORLORN HOPE. To the City of Cardiff, the Metropolis of Wales, all the learned social, religious, and political organisations and societies gather for the purpose of holding their conferences and annual meetings. We feel certain that there will be no com- plaint against the City's hospiitality ex- tended to the meeting of the Conserva- tive Association this week, at the prin- cipal gathering of which Mr Balfour delivered his address not only to those delegates and faithful followers of the Conservative and Unionist cause, but to the country at large. We have no doubt that the delegates have been heartened and delighted with the reception of themselves and that given to their leaders, but when they seriously contemplate the political situation in Wales it must im- press them with the fact that Wales to Conservatism is a forlorn hope indeed. True, they stand to gain everywhere, for where every constituency has declared for Liberalism and progress and against Tariff Reform, which is but a covering for rank and open Protection, when every constituency in Wales is represented by Liberal and Radical, the Conservatives may hope and stand to win something everywhere. The causes of progress can do no more than hold all the seats and strive to maintain their own, and possibly this sad reflection has provided the Con- servatives of the Principality gathered at Cardiff this week with a crumb of satis- faction and hope. It is unfortunate for the meetings of the Conservative Asso- ciations that just what Wales desires and has made up its mind tohave the Conser- vative organisation opposes. It is good for the Principality, but bad for the Tory cause in Wales, and the determina- tion shown for Progressive measures of reform is greater to-day than it was at the last General Election. The gathering of Conservative delegates in the City of Wales should stir the reformers to greater efforts to maintain the present political situation against all the blandishments and the promisee contained in the speeches which have been delivered in the interests of a section and on behalf of the reactionary forces in the country and at Westminster. (

A section of the Hunger Marchers have descended upon South Wales for the mining) valleys, via Cardiff and New- port. According to an interview with Mr Stewart Gray, it is a mistake to suppose that the unemployed marchers are seek- ing for work. There are plenty of un- employed to take the plaoea that may be found, and if a marcher were given work he would probably be taking bread from the mouths of some worker's! family. The marchers are men with a ,mission; they are not, on the assurance of the leader, on a "cadging expedition." The men represent a large type of the unemployed, and they have grown out of the thought of working for wages." The mission as we see it from the ex- position of the leader is to get city workers and unemployed back to the land, and the city unemployed are to work the land not to produice for sale, but for use. This is an ideal of other times and past ages, and the hunger marchers with their mission will find it a difficult task to convince men that wages are not necessary, nor trade, but only a piece of land to work for personal and family needs. There are still to be found people who object to the use of machin- ery, and who regard wheels as the inven- tion of the evil one, but the wortd moves on and leaves them worshipping the past and bewailing the present times.

"Murder will but says the old adage, but recent experience is casting doubt on the accuracy ol the saying, for in recent years there have been many un- solved murder mysteries, and quite a large number of murderers are at large. We have had at least three unsolved mysteries with no one brought to justice in South Wales, whilst London has a longer list of such cases. In answer given to a question in the Commons, it appears that in the Metropolitan Police District since January 1st, 1903, thete have been 92 murders, and in ten cases the perpretrator has not been brought to justice. The return d08& not warrant the conclusion that the police have failed in their duties or become inefficient, and the statement contains the explanation that the police are convinced that they know the murderers in some of the cases, but have found it impossible to obtain the legal evidence necessary to justify his or her arrest, or in case of arrest to secure his or her conviction." It is not very pleasant to contemplate the fact that there are murderers at large and that there is no mystery about the murders beyond the impossibility to trace or bring to justioo the perpetrators of the crimes.

Eisteddfod reform is a never-ending subject for discussion. The Bards are busy, or shall we say that they bring forth the subject for discussion at each annual Eisteddfod and then permit it to rest, being desirous of changing many things, but fearing the consequences whvh might arise. The rights and privi- leges of the Bards of the Gorsedd are jealously watched, and by throwing open the'doors of the inner circle to the new learning it is possible that the old regime would quickly find their occupation gone. Be that as it may, there is another reform movement at work, and something has already been accomplished in improving the competitions at the Eisteddfod. We no longer have the old competitive pieces selected for the choirs, composi- tions on which the choirs hammer for the nine months, but to-day, new work is chosen or selections made from the classical composers in which the intelli- gence of the competitive choirs is tested and general musical advance is encour- aged. The Eisteddfod is becoming more educational and the South Wales Associa- tion of Choral Societies is a body of growing strength to be reckoned with by all successive Eisteddfod Committees. The annual meeting of the Association was held on Saturday when it was announced that the London National Eisteddfod Committee had adopted the rules drawn up by the Association for the control of the musical competitions. It is proposed to hold a model Eisteddfod to show Wales how to conduct the national gathering

It is pleasing to note the increasing popularity of Ambulance work in South Wales. It is not many years ago that we had to regret the fact that it was possible to find large bodies of men engaged at collieries and important works where not more than one or two possessed a know- ledge of first aid and ambulance work. That has been changed, happily, by skilful organisation, and the institution of com- petitions in the various colliery districts. AtTredegar eighty-two students were suc- cessful in securing their certificates, and Dr. Hamilton, of Newport, the examiner, observed at the distribution of the certi- ficates that he had never seen /so large a class go through their work so success- fully. The awards were distributed by Mr Tallis, the general manager of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, and he referred to the arrangements which were being made in Monmouthshire for the establishment of rescue stations. He commended the men for their work, and saidt when the Crumlin station was completed they should rely on the ambu- lance men for a properly trained ambu- lance man would make the best rescuer for he would be in possession of the first essential quality for rescue work—dia cipline.

CARDIFF FREE CHURCHES, —1— ,'■ Matting of Executive. EDUCATION COMPROMtBE AtiO ¡¡ BI8ESTABLI8HMENT. A well-attended meeting of the Executive Council of the Cardiff Free Churches Council was held at the Y.M.C.A. on Tuesday, Mr John Morgan (solicitor) presiding. The chair- man and the Rev. Cadwaladr Parry (secretary of the Council) reported upon their visit to the Disestablishment conference in London on November 12th urging upon the executive to take up the work within ita area. A letter was then read from Mr Hnghes (secretary of the Welsh National Liberal Council) urging the Free Churches Council to take up propaganda work in reference to Diaeetaboahment and offering to supply speakers. The Executive decided that in view of th» greater urgency of the education question at the prment. moment, any action to be taken in regard to Disestab- lishment should be deferred until the Council was in a position to give it undivided atten- tion, which would be the case within the next i. few days after the terms of the education com- promise had become known. Education Compromise. A long and interesting discussion took placed as to the attitude which the Council should ta ke up in reference to the suggested compromiseupou the education question. The terms as disclosed in the Press were referred to, and it was pointed out that there were certain very important de- tails which had not yet been disclosed, notably as to the freedom from tests of headmasters in the non-provided schools and also as to the provisions relating to contracting out. Kmpha- sis was laid upon the fact that whilst the sug- gested compromise promised to secure the two nr^ajw principles of full public control and free- dom of teacher* from religious tests there was not yet sufficient indication of the precise terms to enable any decision to be arrived at. Hie executive decided not to pass any resolution, but requested the secretary to call a special meeting as soon as the terms oLthe compromise were known. Purity Crusade. Mr Marchant, direetor of the National Social Parity Crusade, wrote asking the Free Churches Council to assist in organising a series of local meetings on the subject of purity. The Rev. J. Thomas, secretary of the Citizens' Union, who was present, undertook to submit the letter of Mr Marchant to his Union, and thus to carry out his wishes. The (executive approved of this course. y Deputation to the Churches. A resolution was passed to send deputations to the different churches so as to promote inter- communion and make more fully known the work of the Council both in regard to spiritual and social affairs. A circular in regard to this matter, containing also an invitation for nomi- nations of both ministers and laymen who would assist in this ptoject was authorised. Additions to the Executive. To fill vacancies which had arisen on the executive the Rev. Thomas Hughes, of Minny- street Congregational Church, and the Rev. E. Ratcliffe, of Newport-road Methodista, were elected.

FREE TRADE IMPERATIVE. Address at Swansea. Mr F. W. Soutter, of the Free Trade Union, who is conducting atsampaign at Swansea, on Wednesday addressed a crowd of working men at the South Dock. He emphasised that every man about the docks, no matter-whether a clerk or a shunter, ought to recognise that his work and his bread were bound up in the maintenance of Free Trade. Whereas our im- ports were 154 millions.tastyear our exportawere 342 miUions. which proved convincingly that England is the country that would be hardest hit if we resorted to taxing the manufactured goods that came in. Some questions were asked especially bearing on the fact that tram rails now being laid in High-street, are of Belgian manufacture. He replied that whatever the competition might be statistics proved that England is still the leading nation in its ability to export iron and steel manufactured goods. No other country could touch us.

TJOOKS YEARS YOUNGER. RIGHT FOOD BRINGS BACK THE BRIGHT EYES OF YOUTH. A Hatesowen woman write* :—" If women past their fimtl youth would have the bright eyes, the clear win, and the elastic step of youth, they should let Grape-Nuts form part ot- their daily diet. I speak from experience. I work twelve hours daily, and am as bright ahd strong, and young and happy (though un- married) as ever I was. All this I believe is through taking Grape-Nuts, as prevlouslyl was often ailing and always easily fatigued. I have besn eating: Grape-Nuts twice a day now for twelve months, and a lady tells me I look qaite ten years younger. Recently I have been giving Grape-Nuts to a little child that was rapidly wasting away. She taken the food quite eagerly, and her face is now getting quite plump and rosy and pretty, although it was such a weakened pinched face before. I'm so glad that Grape-Nuts is such a cheap food for her. because her mother is so poor. Name given by Grape-Nuts Co., Ltd, 66, Shoe-lane, London, E.G. There is no beauty apart from health, and health is conditioned by food. To enstire the buoyancy of health that keeps one always young, lessen the quantity of meat and take Grape-Nuts in place of Indigestible utarchy foods. The partially prfe-dieested Grape-Nuts, with either hot "or cold muk. is the ioeal food to keen I" healthy, purified blood-stream con- tirnousiy coursing through t he body. A ten days' trial proves.-There's a reason for Gnvne. Nuts. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genoine, true, and full of human interest.

TAXIGAB TRAGEDY. CHORUS GIRL'S FATE. Sequel to a Bohemian Life. The fresh details available on Thursday throw a strange light on the London taxi- cab tragedy on Wednesday night, when a man named William Barnard Davy shot his wife, from whom he was separated, and then committed suicide. Davy fought through the South African war, had excellent prospects, and inherited a consider- able fortune when he became of age two years ago. This unhappily proved his undoing. He came to London and led a Bohemian exist, ence, living in great style at the best hotels and spending money recklessly on travelling and amusement. In three months, according to an acquaint- ancet, he spent £1.000. One instance of his extravagance astonished even those acquainted with his utter disregard of the value of money. Captivated by a pretty woman whom he met by chance at a music hall. he made her a present of a diamond necklace worth JE750. One night in the West End he encounted Irene Key (a girl whose parents lived at Stoke Newington), well-known as Renio" to her intimates, and fell in love with her. The two were married on May 12th at the Strand Registry Office from the Hotel Metro- pole, Northumberland-avenue. The bride. groom then described himself as a mechanical engineer, the son of the late William Davy, of independent means. The bride gave her full name as Irene Rose Key, aged 21, daughter of Charles Edgcombe Key, of independent rattana. Mr Davy was supported by Captain McAdam. of the 13th Bengal Lancers, and an Oriental gentleman who signed the register as a witness M..T. Naili Bey. An Unhappy Beginning. Mrs Davy was never received by the young man's family, although they went together to Worksop, where Davy's mother live3. When they returned to London they took rooms at the Hotel Metropole, and lived there for three months. Their life appears to have been very unhappy. He had very little money, and it was said that Mrs Davy paid the bills at the hotel. When they left at the end of September last Mrs Davy took a flat in the neighbourhood of Russell-square, and they did not live to- gether as man and wife, After this Davy fell from bad to worse. He tried to find employ- ment and failed, and how he existed in Town is not quite clear. Queenie Keys appeared nightly in the West End wearing beautiful clothes, and on the night on which she was murdered she wore an ex- pensive directoire costume and a large merry widow hat. Sometimes Davy was seen with her at a well-known public house in the Hay- market, where both were well known. Latterly, however, when they appeared together they seemed to have quarrelled. On Wednesday Davy told his friends that on the previous night he slept on the embankment. ( The End of His Tether. This is undoubtedly true. On Wednesday after- noon he met a gentleman acquaintance in the Haymarket, and told him that he had not a cent in the world. He asked for the loan of a sovereign, but this w as refused. The gentleman did, however, give him half a sovereign, and they parted. That he contemplated the terrible deed which he successfully carried out is clear. He borrowed a sum of money from his wife, and purchased the revolver with which he carried out his resolve. inquiry shows that on Thursday or Friday afternoon last Davy entered into conversation with a barmaid at a Piccadilly Hotel and said, I am going to do somebody in to-night, and unfortunately it is my wife." He said he had been away for two days, and he produced a gun licence and told her (the friend) that he had bought the revolver and cartridges. Davy also said that his wife refused to go with him unless he got rid of the revolver, and later on he told her that he was going to take it to a rifle-range and leave it there, and call for it afterwards. The man, added the friend, appeared to be very dazed and upset. He asked for envelopes and note-paper, and sat down and wrote three letters. He showed her the photograph of his wife, from which she recognised her as a girl who had been in the hotel before. Davy came back and met his wife. They appeared quite friendly. and he asked a waiter to telephone to another hotel in Piccadilly and ask if there was a telegram for him, The waiter was busy at the time, so Davy said to his wife, "We will go over there and see." This was between seven and eight, and it was apparently from the other hotel that the taxi-cab was taken. The barmaid also recalled another conversa- tion of Davy's, which was that he had been in the Army, and that he would give ten years :1f hia life to bring happiness to his wife."

elFree Trade Policy. DEMONSTRATION AT CARDIFF. ROUSING SPEECHES" IV MR BRACE AND MR H. J. WilSON M.P.'s. A notable feature of the visit of Mr Balfour to Cardiff was the open-air demonstration which was organised by the Free Trade Union, the tocal leaders of which were determined to take the opportunity to Bet forth the many fallacies with which the arguments of Tariff Reformers bristle. The fine open-air meeting held on Thursday evening was prefaced by a big display of literature during the day. The Cardiff streets on Thursday were flooded with sandwichmen, a procession of one hundred of whom paraded the ma in thoroughfares through- out the day. They bore placards propounding the following questions in big blue tetter") Is Mr Balfour a Tariff Reformer ? Who knows ? Will Mr Balfour tax coal and ruin Cardiff Will Mr Balfour tax meat t Will Mr BaUour tax bread It Will Mr Balfour tax wool?" As the afternoon wore on some of the boards were changed and bore invitations to attend a great open-air demonstration which was being organ- ised and which would b&addr eased b ywell- known members of Parliament. Special precautions were taken to ensure the five question? reaching the ex-Premier. A copy was forwarded to him by registered letter to St. Fagan's Castle during the day, and in the evening the message was telegraphed to hhn so that he should receive it after reaching theplat- form at the masa meeting. The Union officials also handed copies of the questions in envc. lopes of a jingo description, and bearing the Unibn-Jack, to everyone at the two maas Meet- ings, March of the Band. j The Free Trade demonstrators bund, which came about 8 o'clock across Cathays Park and Windsor-place, endeavonred to reach the big op»n spuoe outsidp the Drill Hall, where the mass meeting was held. As the band, sur. rounded by a posse of torch-bearers, marched to the strains of their martial music to a spot about 50 yards from the Drill Hall, they were stopped by a strong force of police, and in obedience to a command to turn they at once retraced their steps and proceeded by another way toStation-terrace,where a largely-attended meeting was held. The proceedings were through- out of a most good-natured description, and there was a great display of enthusiasm, which provided a stpong contrast to the proceedings inside the Drill Hall, where Mr Balfour's meet- ing was by common consent declared to be sig- naliy lacking in fire. The Free Traders had got a useful platform, the leading occupants of which were Mr William Brace, M p., and Mr Havelock Wilson. M.P. The other speakers in- cluded Mr H. G. C. Allgood, who presided, Councillor C. Wall, and Mr Roblin. The latter moved a resolution pledging all present ¡¡t the meeting to support the Free Trade policy of the country and to oppose any system of Protection or attempt to tax the food of the people.. Fiscal Fallacies. t. Mr William Brace, M.P., gave an admirable and forceful presentation of the Free Trade argument. He demonstrated by figures how the nationalisation of railways on the Continent and the nationalisation of royalties in Con- tinental countries made it possible for Con- tinental competitors to secure contracts which might otherwise have come to us. What we wanted, he showed, was land and royalty re- form, not Tariff Reform, and he illustrated the effects of protection upon America, and 'Continental working men, by pointing to the unity of all the leaders of the working classed in protec^l countries in their euorta to bring about the abolition of tne system which pressed so heavily upon th^ people. A com- parison of thrt employment of miners in this and Protectionist countries was also used as an illustration of the advantagelf of Free Trade. The spea ker showed how in this country be- tween 1898 and 1906 there was an increase of 173,491 in the number of men employed in mines, while the increase in Germany was only 154,000, and in France 32,612. Mr Brace, in concluding a speech which aroused his hearers to a high pitch, asked why it was, if Tariff Reform was to achieve all that ita expo. nents claimed for it, that it sent to starvation whole families in Audtria and Germany ? (Loud cheers.) An Interrupter Silenced. Mr Havelock Wilson, who was continually interrupted in one corner of the meeting by a Tariff Refonner.gave his opponent a Roland for an Oliver every time he opened his mouth. People might talk about the spendid effects of Tariff Reform in Germany, he said, but he was in Berlin the other day and learned that there were 40,000 unemployed there. (Cries of Shame.") The dukes and earls I in yonder meeting, he added, would tell you different, but they don't know anything about it because they only stay in the big hotels and never go down to the shims. (Cheers.) The interrupter retaliated by advancing the theory that Tariff Reform would stop all unemployment. My dear sir," retorted Mr Wilson, amidst roars of laughter, you've come to the wrong shop you ought to be at the duke's meeting over the w«,y." The resolution was subsequently put and carried prwelically unanimously. Thanks to the speakers, on the motion of Mr Matthews, seconded by Councillor Wall, closed a highly successful meeting amidst hearty cheers.

!y Granville Barker, tje well-known actor- manager, has been attacked with typhoid fever in Dublin, while on tour, and his wife, Miss Lillah McCarthy, Vis* been summoned to his side.

Mr Balfour at Cardiff. THE WELSH CHURCH BILL. fiscalTre^orm. Licensing Bill and Morals. The great audience in the Drill Hall on Thursday numbered4,000 to 5,000,and they gave Mr Balfour a rousing reception Whether the demonstration would have been so hearty after the speech is questionable. Few among them could fail to have been disappointed. For the Conservative leader to commence his speech under the compulsion of acknowledging the good work of a Radical Government in foreign affairs is altogether a novelty to a Tory audience. How long since is it that the Little Englanders went away, and who was more prominent among those "Englanders"than some of the more prominent merribere of the present Ministry ? Mr Balfour informed his hearers that they might rest content that the Govern ment would carry out the traditional policy with regard to the Navy. He urged ample provision is respect of the Army; and then, touching upon the programme of the Government, he had nothing better to give than a few pleasantries upon their insatiable appetite for legislation," which bewildered" by the rapidity of its action. He announced that he had received intimation as to the latest phase of the educa- tion question, but failed to satisfy the natural curiosity of that great company of his fol- lowers concerning the attitude he will take up concerning the compromise which has been arranged. Here again was disappointment, and the satirical references to changes in the Educa- tion Department by no means made amends for lack of leading thought on the more important matter. Turning to Disestablishment, Mr Balfour threw off part of the hesitation which marked his manner so painfully throughout his address. There was less of that careful phrasing a clearer form of declaration, and something even of passion and purpose. Singu- larly enough, he described the Church of England in Wales as the ancient Church of this country." and yet lwent on to describe it as part of the English Church. Really it is time even for English Conservative leaders to read the history of the Welsh Church and arrive at some degree o understanding as to its essentially political character, through the subversion of the ancient British Church and the imposition of the alien sovereignty of Canterbury. Natur- ally, of course, he promised to oppose most strongly any scheme of Disestablishment; and he asked Nonconformists whether they con- sidered that the cause of humanity, of morality and religion—tV> which they make such glib appeal, and for which they do so little-was to be advanced by Disestablishment and Disen- dowment. Nothing was more remarkable than his assumption that the Church of England in Wales is identified with the cause of religion. In the years gone by it has shamefully neglected its duty in that regard, and in the years now with us the English Church stands for Catholic invasion of a Protestant country it being not only alien in organisation, but also absolutely at variance with the religion of the people, substi- tuting sacerdotalism for the individual per- sonal responsibility which Nonconformity teaches. The right hon. gentleman was in good voice in certain passages, whilst in his declamation concerning Disestablishment his delivery was admirable and his manner most effective but from time to time there was a remarkable falling off, suggestive of illness or failure of memory. This was conspicuous in his reference to the Government and what he considered to be their departure from Free Trade principles; for, after stating that he would speak of two such departures, he obviously forgot altogether the Patents Bill, and had after some consideration, to substitute a reference to unemployment. The Licensing Bill was, of course, a gross and scandalous injustice." He did not seem to notice how very poor was the response to his denunciation of that measure; but those present did not fail to recognise the pregnant meaning of his phrase that he wuuld make some valedictory remarks upon that measure. Evidently, he has already passed sentence of death, and it remains only -for the Lords to register his decree. As his speech went on he appeared to have increased difficulty of expres- sion. There was sometimes a lack of words, and the sentences became involved. He would labour points that were merely incidental, and miss points that arose naturally out of his argument. Where he gained his idea as to the principles of Free Trade it would be difficult to imagine, for he described it as a system which con- cerned itself solely with the consumer and reo jected all consideration of the producer. He spoke of the application of British shipping laws to foreign shipping as if that were some- thing new, and yet the Cardiff Bench applied British shipping laws to foreign vessels in Cardiff Docks before this Government took any action. The cases are on record. The by-play on Mr Btrrell and Ireland Wall very clever, evoking shouts of laughter, and yet he was very careful not to answer Mr Birrell's points concerning the House of Lords. The only theory of Free Trade which I have been able to understand is naturally Mr Balfour's theory of Free Trade. It would save time, much speech, and a great deal of dissension in the Unionist party if an attempt were made to reach an accurate per- ception of the true doctrine. To say, as Mr Balfour said, that the policy of Free Trade is to absolutely ignore the interests of pro- ducers is absolutely to misrepresent the case. In conclusion, be reaffirmed theposition of last year when the Union met. They had, he said, to have regard to necessities of revenue, to arrangements with the Colonies, and to the safeguarding of our industries, and these he declared to be the principles of fiscal re- form," without manifesting in the slightest degree how these principles could be reduced to practice. I

Schools Problem. NEW BILL TO BE PRESENTED. In the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr Akers Dongfcs (C-, Kent) asked, Wui the Premier now make his promised statement with regard to the Education Bill ? Mr Asquith: The Government, after much consideration, have come to the con- clusion that the proposals which they are about to submit to the House on the subject of education should not take the form of amendments to the Bill which has already been read a second time, but that they should be .presented in order that the House may have the opportunity of reviewing them as a whole as a new Bill. These proposals are the outcome of prolonged communications from various quarters, and they will be put forward by the Government, not as the plan which we regard as ideally the best, but as one which all parties who are really anxious for a settlement of a vexed and long-standing controversy may without any sacrifice of principle on one side or the other-concur in accepting. I have strong grounds for believing that those with whom on behalf of our Nonconformist friends we have been conferring on the one hand and on the other the Archbishop of Canterbury are prepared, in order to obtain a settlement, and if there is solid reason to hope that a settlement may be so obtained, to support our proposals. Both have made it clear in their communications with us that they claim no authority to bind either the ministers of the Church of England or "the Nonconformist bodies as a whole. Both have given us the assurance that so far as their authority and influence go they will ex animo acquiesce in the settlement embodied in the Bill and give their support to its being brought into effect. This, of course, is without prejudice to some not unimportant parts of detail which may well deserve further consideration. The Bill will, if possible, if the rules of the House allow, be presented to-morrow, but in any case its provisions will be in the hands of Ministers to-morrow afternoon, or at the latest on Saturday morning. I should hope that sufficient time will elapse to allow us to con- sider our proposals to take the second read- ing of the new Bill on Wednesday and Thurs- day in next week. Mr Akers Douglas I think I at once to say that, so far as the Opposition are concerned, we think it is a very short time. If aLl entirely new Bill is tobeintro- u-ed it should not be taken as early as Wednesday. Mr Asquith I hope the right hon. gentleman and his friends will suspend their judgment on that point until they have seen the Bill. I can assure him there is no inten- tion on our part to unduly press it.

— Peers and Licensing, CIRCULAR FROM THE CHURCH. A circular letter has been addressed to members of the House of Lords on the Licens- ing Bill by the Bishop of Croydon ( chairnfan) and Mr Gerald A Thompson, secretary of the Church of England Temperance Society. The letter urges that the very considerable concessions made whilst the Licensing Bill has been in Committee make it. reasonable and fair and such as should be rccepted by all in earnest about practical temperance reform. Among the most important concessions urged are (1) The licence holder will get considerably more compensation for disturbance than under the 1904 Act. (2) The extension to 21 years should enable all prudently managed businesses to build up sufficieht reserve to safeguard their interests. (3) Since the introduction of the present Bill there has been abundant evidence that tied house tenants see in its provisions the promise of relief from a system which bears unfairly on their class. (4) After the very large reduction in the number of licensed houses during the 14 years of the reduction period, any further reductions for some years will be so limited, as tb$aake it easy to provide against risk by ordinary insurance. (5) The definition of monopoly value in the Bill shows no more is involved than the pay- ment of a higher licence duty than hitherto. For these, among other considerations, the letto" ask* lor the support of all who desire to see the question dealt with once for all upon reasonable lines, and the necessity for reSSSert- >»<r th" SteM'a <u»vfci>ol ovar the Trade*

Bute-Taff-Rhymney. AGREEMENT REACHED. Parliamentary Netices Issued. Parliamentary notices were published in the local newspapers yesterday of proposed legislation, by which the TafE Yale Railway Co. is seeking to buy the Rhymney Railway Co. and the Cardiff Railway Co. For very many years efforts have been made by leading shareholders in the Taff and Rhym- ney Railway Companies to bring about an agreement which would include these com- panies and also the docks and railways of the Cardiff Railway Company. Hitherto these efforts have proved of no avail, mainly, as Mr Boyle, once chairman of the Rhymney Rail- way Company, told his shareholders years ago, because the Tatr viewed the value of the Rhymney line through different eyes from those connected with the Rhymney, and latterly the construction of the Cardiff Railway Company's line to Tre- forest complicated matters. That there will be opposition is only to be expected, for many of the leading Rhymney shareholders look upon their line as a potential 12 per cent. one—a view not shared by the Taff Board. However, by the agreement come to, tentative as it is, it is hoped that the share- holders will be satisfied. In other words, it may be taken that there has been a compro- mise between the erstwhile rival interests. The details of the scheme are indicated in the Parliamentary notices, but they are simply in- dicated in broad outline and leave all the most crucial questions in regard to dividend and other guarantees for future consideration. Briefly, however, it provides for the complete absorption' by the Taff Vale Company of the undertakings both of the Rhymney and the Cardiff Railway Companies. In the Bill proposing the vesting of the undertaking of the Cardiff Railway Company in the Taff Vale Company, powers are sought to acquire not only the Bute Docks and the new Cardiff Railway—the property of the Car- diff Railway Compaqy-but also all canals, feeders, timber ponds, warehouses, pumping stations, and foreshore rights, &c., belonging to the Marquis of Bute and the Bute trustees. It is proposed to dissolve and wind-up the Cardiff Company, and provision is made for the exchange of Taff Vale stock for existing Car- diff stock on terms and conditions to be agreed upon and authorised by the intended Act. Provision is also made for compensating present officers and servants whose services may not be required as a result of the amalgamation. PAweiS further are sought for an increase of capital, and to extinguish any privileges or rights which in any way interfere with the objects of the amalgamation. Guarantee to Rhymney. The Bill under which the Taff are seeking powers to absorb the Rhymney Railway is drawn on practically similar lines, and no men- ition is made in either of the dividend to be guaranteed the Rhymney shareholders, or the manner in which the existing rights of holders of prior securities are protected. The Bill provides for the payment of the issue to and acceptance by the holders of Rhymney Stocks of Taff Vale Stocks in substitution, subject to such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon and provided for under the intended Act. It may be pointed out that thetle are impor- tant relationships between the Rhymney and Great Western Railway Companies. Under the Bill the Taff Vale are taking over the obligations ofthe Rhymney Company in regard to the Taff Bargoed and Merthyr joint lines, and it will be recalled that when the first an- nouncement of the amalgamation was made in these columns we were in a position to state that it carried with it the sanction of the Great 'Western Railway Co. The outstanding feature of the scheme thus broadly outlined is the amalgamation of the three concerns with the Taff Vale Company in control. Of course the Bills have to undergo examination of all the varied interests affected, and the degree of opposition or approval will depend on the precise details, and until these arc known it is impossible to anticipate the verdict of interested shareholders, of the freighters, and the trade as a whole. The amalgamation as has already been pointed out involves a capital of £ 20.000,000 and the combined trades of the Penarth and Bute Docks exceeded 17,000,000 tons in 1907, whilst the combined gross revenue of the three undertakings amounted to nearly £ 3,000,000.

Ruined I.ndustries in South Wales. FACTS FOR TARIFF REFORMERS (BY SCRUTATOR.") A conspicuous example of the" ruin that is overtaking the iron, steel, and manufactur- ing industries of this country ia supplied in South Wales by the great undertaking of Guest,.Keen and Nettlefolds, Ltd. The follow- ing facta and figures may be commended with confidence to the careful consideration of Tariff Reformers. The company was established about eight years ago. Its Ordinary Shares are 20s, and these are to-day quoted in the market at 61s 3d.. Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds are colliery owners, iron and steel makers, and manufacturers of the iron and steel in different forms so that the company is an example of the different branches of the iron trade in this country, and may be taken in itself as com- pletely illustrating the woeful effects of Free Trade. During eight years upon a capital of millions the company have made profits of approximatelv 3 millions sterling. 'l'h:.ir divi- dends have been 10 per cent. ever since the establishment of the company, rising to 15 per cent. in 1907 and 1908, the accounts being made up to June 30th in each year. Besides dividing profits to thi* extent, the Company have set aside out of profits a reserve fund of £ 1,100,000, also £100,000 put to the accident and fire insurance fund and they carried forward in last year's eccount £190.235. Mr Arthur Keen, the chairman of this company, is a Tariff Reformer taking a very active part in the work of propaganda. Lest it be supposed that it is the coal trade profits which have established the position of Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Company, it may be pointed out that only this week upon a de- clining market—coal prices having sunk 4s to 5s per ton as compared with 12 months ago— the value of Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (Limited) Shares in the local market are marked as having risen that is to say, they cannot be bought to-day as cheaply as they could last week. Another Shocking Example The Ebbw Vale Steel and Iron Co mpany- whose manager, Mr F. Mills, is most. active in promoting a tariff-has a similarly doleful record. In the year 1900 the dividend was 12 per cent., and so in 1901. Nothing was I dis- tributed in the following year but 10 per cent. was the dividend in 1903. Then came three years with 5 per cent.; and then 10 per cent, in 1907, and 10 per cent, last year. This is not all. The profits of this company have been applied also to putting to reserve fund £ 141,000, £ 150,000 to new works, £ 50,000 for special im- provements, and sundry other allocations. But for iron ore purchases that, were not sufficiently foresighted, the profits would have been very much greater. Baldwins, Limited, urnishes a third example of terrible trouble. Only the Preference Shares of this undertaking are quoted in the market, and these £1 shares are at a good premium, having been sold this year at 22s 6d. The profits on manufacturing and trading accounts for 1908 amount to £129,707. This company distributes only a rela- tively small proportion of its profits, which in four years to 1907 wet-e £ 286.000. Butitdi* tributed in dividends only £ 103J.^5, and made la reserve of £ 80,000. gistanavon Company ft a h., -wor^inc; along under 10 percent, fl;vi- dends iu- -rti toas re jE219,389 profit in five years, and has distnouted £ 51,000, in dividend, whilst tl41,000 has gone in improvements, and there is a. balance in hand of A:27,000 odd. 1. Tredegar has tism from 5 to 71, and now to 10 per cent., and here again there is a beggarly jE75,000 in reserve, the company having made only tn&,6Sl profit last year. The Crewning Examples. But there is no need to multiply examples of the evil that Free Trade has wrought. Full disclosure can never be made until those s( eel works, Briton Ferry way, and certain otheis n the western district publish their accountej and the general reader is able to learn whether it was 40 or 60 per cent. divirl*nd that has been distributed dining, recent years. Perhaps some Tariff Reformers who are suffering from Free Trade and are shareholders in these concerns will make the facts known. Sufficient has, however, been stated here— all are facts, incontrovertible, the figures having been taken from the published ac- counts of the companies themselveø-to show how strong a case the Tariff Reformers have

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LONDON HORROR. Woman's Body Under Floor. POLICE UNEARTH GRUESOME TRA6EDY An extraordinary mystery is at present en- gaging the attention of the London authori- ties, the central fact being the discovery of a woman's body, the neck tied tightly round with string, under the boards of a tailor:3 shop in one of the suburban districts. The discovery was made in a. remarkable fashion. On Monday afternoon a Lewisham tailor was seen to be wandering round the neighbourhood in an aimless sort of fashion that excited attention. He was carrying his little boy in his arms. The police watched him and came to the conclusion, from his peculiar behaviour, that he was not quite in his right mind. Accordingly they took him to the police station, had him medically examined, and finally sent him to the workhouse infirmary. Meanwhile, curiosity was excited as to the whereabouts of the man's wife, and inquiry elicited the fact that she had not been seen since Sunday. Yesterday the police visited the shop and noticed in the front part of the premises that some of the boards had been newly laid down. As for the woman, there was no trace of her to be discovered. The police officers decided to pull up the boards, and on doing so a terrible sight met their gaze- The missing wife's body lay in a great yawn- ing hole beneath the boards. It was standing on its head, suggesting that the body had been hurriedly bundled in, and the boards then fas- tened down upon it. Around the woman's; neck a piece of string was tightly fastened* The body was recovered from the hole and conVeyed to the mortuary. Meanwhile, it may be stated that the dead body of the woman was fully dressed, and the police surgeon who has made an interim ex- amination of the body, certifies that death is due to strangulation. She was 27 years of age. Inquiry yesterday elicits the fact that the strangled woman was last seen alive on Sunday last by the parents, who live next door. She was then in excellent health and spirits. The'husband still remains at the workhouse jnflrmary. The name of the strangled woman is Mrs Hume, and the address of the tailor's shop is Loampit-hill, Lewisham. She was a pretty, fragile-looking woman, who is spoken well of by the neighbours. The husband has been known for his eccentricity for a long time past. On Friday last he was noticed loitering about the tramway track as though thinking of throwing himself in front of an approaching car. Several cars had to be pulled up. It is stated that the couple did not appear to live very happily together. The mother and father of Mrs Hume arrived in Lewisham from Cambridgeshire, and they are now lodg- ing next door to Hume's shop. The reason for the delay in the discovery of the body was due to the fact that the floor was covered with linoleum, which completely hid the new boarding which had been placed over the woman's tomb. This linoleum was only removed when Hume's father-in-law searched the shop this morning. He then saw the new boarding and called in the police. The Central News says the husband is being detained in the padded cell of the lunatic ward of the Lewisham Union Infirmary.

Fifty Years Ago. FROM CARDIFF TIMES," NOV. 20,1858. Sir E. B. Lytton has been re-elected to the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University. This is the only occasion on which an Englishman has received this mark of respect. The opponents were Lord Shaftesbury and Mr Dickens." It is gravely proposed by a correspondent of the Melbourne Argus' to explore the interior of the vast cbntinent of Australia by means of balloons. Subscriptions are asked for the purpose of making the experiment." On Sunday last a large concourse of people assembled together at the river side at Rhymney to witness a baptism in connection with Penuel Chapel. An appropriate discourse was preached by the Rev. H. Thomas, Jerusa- lem, after which the rite was administered to nineteen persons, four males and fifteen females." The half-yearly meeting of the Monmouth- shire Railway and Canal Company was held on Wednesday last at Newport. Crawshay Bailey, Esq., in the chair. Previous to the business of the meeting, Octavius Morgan, Esq., moved a resolution conveying to Mra Booker Blake- more the deep sorrow of the shareholders at the sad bereavement she had recently suffered. The resolution also mentioned how deeply the company deplored the loss of the efficient ser- vices of the late Mr T. W. Booker Blakemore as Chairman." Several railway schemes belonging to this and the neighbouring county of Monmouth are before the public, and there is one which may be regarded as of special interest to Cardiff. The line is to be called thu Brecon and Merthyr, those two important towns, the .f¡ne agricultural, the other mineral, being the extremes of the line. Once at Merthyr, the communication with Cardiff is at hand. Hence to this shipping port, the development of trade in the direction which the proposed line is to take may be deemed of great moment to Cardiff and the neighbourhood. Besides the Taff Vale, the project has the support of the Bute trus- tees."

Suffragette's Trial. LEEDS. ASSIZE PROSECUTION. At Leeds Assizes on Thursday Jennie Baines and Alfred Kitson were indicted for unlawfully assembling so as to endanger the public peace at Leeds, on Saturday, October 10th. Accused pleaded not guilty. The case, which arose out of Mr Asquith's visit to Leeds, was opened by Mr A. W. Barslow, K.C., who stated that Baines advocated the rights of women, and Kitson was a leader of the unemployed. Counsel described how the accused took part in an open-air meeting at which a resolu- tion was passed to demand an interview with the Prime Minister, if not by peaceable meane by force. Mrs Baines said, If these tyrants refuse to listen to us, break down the barriers, break down the doors, and compel them to hearusl"- Evidence was given that Kitson and Baines were seen speaking to each other at the suffragette meeting in Victoria-street. The resolution was carried bv a show of hands and there was a rush to the Coliseum. Both Baines and Kitson werp. arrested. The latter had a piece of brick in his hand. It was elicited in cross-examination that Kitson was not exactly in the rush, but that Baines went right to the front of the building at a meeting of the unemployed. A letter was read from the Premier declining to receive a deputation. It was after that that the resolu- tion was passed. The hearing was adjourned. The trial was resumed yesterday. Mrs Baines afterwards gave evidence. Sha said she spoke about half an hour. JEict speech was not inflammatory but propagandist. She stated Mr Asquith had his bread buttered on hotlt sides, and thatsuffragista were fighting for liberty, freedom, and justice for women, and she asked if these tyrants won't listen to us, then we must go to them. She said nothing about breaking down barriers and breaking down doors. » Replying to the judge she said she had never in her life countenanced force. A photographer journalist, wlio said Mrs Baines called Mr Asquith a coward, produced a photograph of the carriage scene, and said he did not regard the movement as dangerous. He did not hear the word tyrant used. The prisoners were found guilty ahd were bound over to come up for judgment when called upon. Mrs Baines stated her refusal to be bound over.

PECULIAR SHOOTING STORY. A remarkable storv was related to the Nottingham magistrates yesterday in, a case in which Victor Campbell (36) was charged with the attempted murder of Florence Mills (32) housekeeper. Prisoner, a married man, of Leicester, occupying a good position as a traveller for the Berlin Aniline Company, Man- chester, met prosecutrix at Nottingham Hippo- drome, claiming acquaintance through hef sister. He called on November 3rd at the resi- dence of a gentleman in Nottingham, where she was in service, induced her to go out, after which they proceeded to the house of friends of hers. There, it was stated, he was about to divest himself of his overcoat. When prosecu- trix said she could not stop he insisted that she would have to slay as long as he did. He afterwards, it; was alleged, pulled out a revolver and shot her. destroying her right eye. The medical testimony showed that she had the narrowest escape from death. Prisoner was if drink, and suggested that he did not know the revolver was loaded. He waa remanded, bail being allowed.

U RAG" AT CAMBRIDGE. Following the football match witp the At's-. tralians there was a rag at Cambridge oø Saturday evening. A demonstration took place in front of the Lion Hotel, where thf Wallabies were staying, after which a rueh was made for another spot, but the police pre- vented a bonfire. A scene of considerably rowdyism followed, and eventually a hayeta-C» was fired at the back of the Colleges, wijera many street lamps were broken. There WI" no further damage. lflii!-