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PIANISTE IN A POND. MAESTEG WOMAN'S FOOLISH ACT. F' Margaret Hopkins, who has for some time past been engaged as pianiste at the Crown Hctel, Maesteg, appeared at Bridgend on Monday on a charge of attempting to com- mit suicide at Maesteg on the previous day. Defendant was smartly attired, and appeared to feel her position very acutely. Mary Ann Jones, defendant's mistress, sadd C she had received no complaint from the p defendant during the seven months tbat she had been in her employ, except that she suffered a lot from pains in the head and from toothache. Witness had had cause to scold the defendant on Saturday, but they became friends afterwards. Bertie James,, a collier, residing at Nanty- ffyllon, said that on the previous day he was out for a walk, and, hearing some screams, he went in the direction of a pool near the Maesteg Deep Colliery. He saw defendant in the water, about three yards from the edge. He entered the water, and succeeded in getting her out. She wanted to get back, and exclaimed, "Why don't you let me drown?" Superintendent Davies said defendant was a Bridgend girl, and the daughter of very respectable parents. The Chairman. (to defendant): Do you wish °twy anyxhi;n?T in reg-ard to your conduct? Defendant: Only that I had the toothache, a,r, and it went to my head. the Chairman announced that the defen- week W°U^ remaJided in custody for a „^Loajing this the defendant, her mother, «rri«f *i?ende baj"st into a paroxysm of tho was Q^te a scene in court, CTbraolns ter moti6t and -4 th. vSKt" SJS • =

A TALE OF A TRICK. + BOY'S SINGULAR STORY OF ALLEGED ROBBERY. Frederick Churchill was charged at Cardiff on Monday with stealing, by means of a trick, 3s. 6d. in money from Thomas Harris, a respectably-dressed lad, aged twelve, living at 37, Love-lane. The boy intelligently told a remarkable tale. He said that at ten o'clock on Satur- day night he was standing in Bridge-street, nc<:r the Hayes, when prisoner came up to him, eating plums, and asked him if he would have a few, and, of cour&e, he 3aid Yes." This led to prisoner opening up a conversation. He asked witness if he would carry a box from the Bhymney Railway Station to the Great Western Station, and the boy consented, prisoner offering him Is. 6d. for the job. Near the Taff Yale Station he said he had a 5s. piece, but no change. Thereupon witness said he had 3s. 6d., and prisoner remarked, "Give it to me and I will hand you the 5s. when I get the truck, as the box will be too heavy with- out a truck." Witness turned up the 3e. td., and the boy at the man's invitation accom- paxaed him to the Parade, and thence to Bichmond-road. When in the back lane prisoner pointed to his boss's house," and instructed the youth to climb over the wall and open the door and bring out the truck. Harris suggested, Why not fetch a truck from Queen-street ?" Prisoner objected that that would be too far, and he took prosecutor around to Oxford- lane, where he (prisoner) got over the wall. Prosecutor waited for five minutes, but the man did not return. Then the lad got on the wall, and saw accused standing in the back-yard. He picked up something, and was as if about to throw at witness, when he said, "Get down ana go away, or I'll cut you open." Witness jumped down and called to a butcher. The latter looked over the wall, but the man was nowhere to be seen. When on the wall witness asked for his money. Prisoner replied, "I won't give it you," and. ran away. Witness complained to the police, and afterwards "he picked prisoner oat of gome others at police- station. station. Detective Henry Roseer said that at 12.30 a.m. on Sunday he went to 168. Woodville- road, and saw prisoner, whose mother said her son returned home on Saturday night about haJf-past ten. Prisoner denied the theft, saying he was "about Bute-road all day yesterday." Subsequently, on being charged, he said, "I have nothing to aay except that I am. not guilty." This defence he repeated to the magis- trates, who sent him to the quarter sessions for trial.

NEVER TOOK A HOLIDAY. RESIGNATION AFrER TWENTY YEARS' SERVICE. Mr. WMtworth, the manager of the Cardiff Cemetery, tendered bis resignation to the parks committee and burial board 011 Von- I ME. WiLLTWOETH. I [Photo Ereke, Cardiff. I day, after holding the position for over twenty years. The resignation will take effect from December 2. Alderman Trounce, who spoke feelingly from the chair, said it would be extremely difficult to find a man to fill Mr. Whitworth's place. It Waft e fact significant of Mr. Whit- worth's devotion to duty that he had never taken a holiday, and his constant super- vision of the cemetery had, undoubtedly, saved Cardiff many a burial ecandai. Messrs. A. J. Stone and John Mander spoke in a similar strain, and the committee, after regretfully accepting the resignation, passed a vote of condolence with Mr. Whitworth on the recent death of his wife, which was mainly the cause of his resignation. It was mentioned that Mr. Whitworth had on many occasions done good by stealth in way of helping the very poor people to Uons cosfc of burial and in other direc- I;

EXPLOSIYES IN CARDIFF. r ™THRSGL OF DYNAMITE THROUGH THE STREETS. Twenty-five tone 77 a unloaded in the Old si T fnainlte W6RE Monday and sent^™ various destinations. *>wn to total quantity went by W tbe carted through the tow^n that while the other moiet^* he station, outlying depots. Since happened between a tram-car and a conveying explosives in Bute-street authorities have made urgent rep^eSS tions to the Home Secretary (Mr. Herbert Gladstone) to make orders whioh will avoid I the serious risks. Mr. Gladstone has at last a,ppa,rent,ly seen the danger which exists in I carting explosives through the town during hours when there is heavy traffic, and in a I communication to the town-clerk (Mr. J. L. Wheatley) he asked what suggestions could be made to minimise the danger. Mr. Wheatley has replied that the safest method would be to land the explosives on the oon- f fines of the borough in the Bhymney River, from which it could be carried to its destination without going through the most thickly populated parts of the town. If this -cannot be accomplished, the town-clerk sug- I gests that the discharge and passage of explo- sives through the town should be confined 'I between the hour of midnight and eight, a.nu, when there is little traffic and the risk of collision is smaller than later in the day.

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HEROIC EVERSON. « HOW HE RESCUED MR. SAM BARRETT. As alroady reported in our columns, Mr H. Everson, mechanic, has been recommended for tho King's medal, in recognition of an act. of gallantry he performed a-t the Powell Duffryn Company's Penallt sinkings on J Thursday week. About 7.30 in the morning an accident occurred in the No. 2 Sinking Shaft of the colliery. The shaft was engaged in winding water from a depth of 345ft. by means of a la,rge barrel holding- 800 gallons. A scaf- fold is suspended in the shaft for the purpose of walling the shaft where necessary. The barrel came in contact with the scaffold, raising it some feet, and, releasing itself from the barrel, it fell. The recoil snapped the chains holding it-, precipitating it, to- gether with two mem, named Barret and Mr. SAM BAEBETT. Mr H. EVEBSON. I Steele, to the bottom, a distaooe of 30ft. into about 12ft. of water. STORY OF TffE RESCUE. Down! Down! Down! pown a water-pipe for a depth of 95 With firm, grrip Henry Eversd-a, the young mecha-io of PcnaUta fit, was desperate. The cry of Samuel Barrett from tho bottom of No. 1 Shiaft was b^oo^ing fain tor, and a desperate disease required a desperate remedy. n The crab ropes were swinging uselessly, as though taunting the nervy young mechanic to do the impossible, for they were twisted, and, in the opinion of Mr. p. A. Gray,, it Eveison had attempted to deeoeod by them, the frightful momentum and spin would have compelled him to loosen his hold, and he, too, would have followed Francis Steele and Barrett into the water. What short-Id he do? How oouild toe reach the bottom eafely? The oniy- way was a fear- ful risk. It was to lao- himself down the slender w^ter-pipe! Not a moment was to be loet, and lie gripped the pipe, pale a"Ud determined. The distance was about ten tnneg- the height of an ordinary house, yet he never hesitated, never looked up, but went steadily down. It seemed an age ere be reacted the scene of the disaster, and peering below far the first time he saw that Barrett was olutohing a "knocker-wire," but was up to his nook in water. "For God's fjake, oome quick, or I nhalii have to let go?" pleaded- the drowning maai, bat the problem of saving him was not an easy one to solve, as the staging upon which the sinkers worked had been knocked to pieces by the bowk. With a big effort the medhanio, whose strength was by this time also failing, managed to readh a chain of the water barrel, and this was the meaThS of ultimate rescue, for he lowered it down partly in the water, and dragged Barrett into it. Not seeing Steele about, the • mechanic gave the signal, and he and his almost h-elpleeg charge wetre polled up. Suoh are the details briefly retailed at the coroner's inquest this week, when the death of Steele was declared to, be accidental, and we venture to agree with the co-roner and jury that no man ever deserved recognition more than this life-saver. The first Albert Medal went to a Welshman; will the second be presented in Wales? Barrett is suffering from shocik, and is under tibe care of Dr. John Biobarda, Hengoed. The lucky man says he felt confident, even though he sank twice and was up to his nook in water, that he would be saved. The bottom of the dba-ft was full of water, and the usual operations of raising it by means of a barrel were being carried out at the time of the accident. Barrett and Steel were on the platform, which had a bole in it large enough for the barrel to pass through, but it caught in the side of the timbers.

TEACHING OF WELSH IN CARDIFF. At the Cardiff Technical and Evening Schools Committee on Friday, Mr. Hurry Riches presiding, a letter was received from Mr. Wallis James, secretary of the Cardiff Welsh Sunday Schools Union, stating that the classes for the teaching of Welsh organised by the Union would be thrown open to the general public, and no restric- tion or religions tests of any kind would be imposed. These were the conditions laid down by the education committee before giving its sanction for the holding of the classes, in order to obtain recognition by the Board of Education, and the reply bedng con- sidered satisfactory, it was decided to give the formal sanction. A PHOTOGBAFHIO EGO. was laid on August 21. 1907, fry a hen owned by Mr. Llewelyn Arthur, butcher, Llanelly. The egg is now in the possession of Mr. Joeeiph Ghappell, Stationer, Ogmare Vale. [ UPhoto Joseph Ritihards, VaJa.

[ A MISTAKEN ARREST. YOUNG MAN RELEASED AT CARMARTHEN. A respectable young man, named Richard Williams, employed as a canvasser by a firm of postcard photographers, has suffered the indignity at Carmarthen of being im- J prisoned for several hours on a charge of larceny which proved to be false. It appears that simultaneously with his visit to a house in Tabernacle-terrace a gold locket was missed, and Williams was arrested on suspicion. He was marched through the town in the company of a police-sergeant and constable, and was closetcd in the county police cells until after eleven o'clock at night, when upon the locket being dis- covered he was immediately liberated. On Monday morning Williams appeared before the borough magistrates, when Sergeant Phillips stated, in reply to the clerk (Mr. R. M. Thomas), that he arrested him on definite information charging him with having stolen a gold locket. He had since found that the charge was totally "without foundation. Superintendent Smith said he did not intend to offer any evidence, and the Chair- man (Mr. John Lewis, Arybryn), addressing Williams, said the bench were very sorry to find that he had been arrested on a false charge, and desired it to be made publicly I known that he left the court without a stain upon his character.

SWANSEA MINISTER'S DEATH INQUEST ON THE REV. WILLIAM JENKINS. An inquest was held at Swansea on Friday on the body of the Rev. William Jenkins, M.A., late pastor of Cradglas Church, Swansea. Martha Jaanes, ■housekeeper to the deceased minister, said he preached aa usa-a.1 laiet Sun- day, and. after dinner took m nap. Ha.lf a.ti hour later she went into his room and found him dead. He preached three times that Sunday, which waa more than usual. Dr. Edwards attributed death to heart failure, and a verdict was returned accord- ingly. Deceased was a native of Llantwit Major. His family were engagad in agricultural pursuits, and were well known in the Vale of G-lamorgan. It was intended that Mr. Jenkins should follow the profession of a chemist, and he was educated with that object in view; but he elected to become a minister of the Gospel, and was ordained in the same year as the late Dr. Pugh, of Cardiff. His first pastorate was Oarmol Church, Aberavon, where he ministered for some years. In 1882 he removed to St. David's, and remained there for twenty-two yearns. Daring his long ministry at St. David's he was seldom seen in the busy centres, preferring to enjoy the peaceful seclusion of the cathedral city. A few years 1 The Iiate B&v. WILLIAM JENKINS, M.A. t 1 110- I ago, however, he was prevailed upon to remove to Craiglas, Swansea, to succeed the Rev. David Hughes Griffith, and it was here tha;t, lie died. Mr. Jenkins married the daugh- t,er of the late Mr. David Morgan, Canton Cardiff- He waa held in the highest esteem by the denomination and a large circle of ."fit-, an SSSeS preacher in both languages. In 1904 he was elected moderator, whioh position he filled with distinctive ability.

A WOMAN'S NOISY TONGUE OVER 300 CHILDREN GALLOPING THE STREETS. An after-effect of a Prosecution by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children during the course of last week was seen at Newport on Monday when two sisters, Kathleen Heirene and Mary Driscoll, were summoned, the first for assaulting Fanny Ward and Emily Shake- sheff, neighbours, and the second with dis- orderly conduct. Mr. W. Lyndon Moore said that in a case brought by the society last week a warning not to interfere with the witnesses pro- nounced by the magistrates had been effec- tual as regards the principals in the matter, but the assaults were committed by neigh- bours. Both Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Shakesheff stated that they had been struck by Heirene for giving evidence in the society's prosecution of a woman named Jones for neglecting her children. Mrs. Heirene's only witness was Mrs. Jones, but that woman simply said that she herself called the police. Mrs. Heirene: There's what you get for taking a woman's part. (Laughter.) In Mrs. Driaooll's case, it was said that she spoke so wildly and so noisily that over 300 children gathered in the street. It would take all the police force to make me shut up," she said. Heirene was fined 42s., or two months' imprisonment, and Driacoll IQB. 6d., or four- teen days' imprisonment.

BUILDING SPECULATION. OARJDIFFOOAL MERCHANT'S FAILURE. A first meeting of the creditors of William lichards (trading as the Antelope Coal Com- >anyj» 1, Pontcanna-road, Cardiff, coal mer- kbant, was held on Monday at the office ►f the official receiver (Mr. George David), 17, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. The statement of affairs showed liabilities expected to rank, £ 1,537 5s. Id.; assets, £ 749 6s. 7d.; deficiency, i787 IBs. 6d. Mr. G. F. Willett (solicitor) waa ►resenit in the interests of the debtor. ►resenit in the interests of the debtor. The causes of failure alleged are loss on ale of property by mortgagees, and loss in .rading through delay in delivery of coal, tnd aieo through inability to attend to bu&i- ieas in consequence of illness. The Official Receiver, in his observations ipon the ease, says the bankrupt is 61 years if age, and a marine engineer by trade, but ,omae 24 years ago he married the widow of /he late landlord of the Antelope Hotel, Bate' street, Cardiff. Shortly after he started in jusineEs ae a coal merchant, trading fr°^ .he Ansbek>pe Hotel. He considered wjrth about £ 1,000, which wae ^nve?t^i in easetoold properties. He left the no 896, but continued the coal ny .raded as "The Antelope Ooal june> tssisted by his first ^^fierties, wliich 904, when certain leas^^d P^oP^^r houses lebroltwfcaleatt^Antelwe^ o £ whicJl wera n lx^efcmtih-road.tor^ff.^e afc 16e < and the et at 12s. i^rw^^d at a of iT^e^tel^ were sold by the mortgagees. SitoTro^Sty debtor alleges, cost £ 2,750 0 buM ^d was mortgaged by him for ?1 goo. The gtables and yard and houses were old by the mortgagees for £ 1,310, causing a oss of £ 1,440. The second mortgagee of the jTopearty was a trade creditor, and there is still claimed to be due a sum of £1,2û2 12s. 8d. ;0 this creditor, but the bankrupt disputes it. rhe. bankrupt states he practicably gave up jusiness in June, 1904, when the whole of his xirte and horses were disposed of by public motion. Since then he has been doing very ittle business. In November, 1905, he mar- ried a second time, and his wife transferred certain leasehold properties to him. These •easehold properties are set out at the value )f £ 2,600, upon which there are mortgages amounting to £ 1,815 13s. 9d., leaving an esti- mated surplus of jS784 6s. 3d. The houses are litnaited in Romilly-road, Pontcanna-stre-et, md Lansdowne-road. The bankrupt up to tfarch, 1904, kept proper books of account, md was assisted by his then principal credi- tor. Since that time he has kept no books showing his trading or financial posmon. ['he household effects are claimed by the vife, and are subject to a bill of sale executed Jy her in April, 1901, to secure £50, which las not been re-paid. rn, No resolution was passed. The official 'eceiver remains as trustee.

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M.P. AND CONSTITUENTS. LIVELY RIGHT-OF-WAY DISPUTE IN NORTH WALES. The footpaths dispute between Mr. Osmond I Williams, the member for Merionethshire, j and his constituent a in the vicinity of the former's newly-acquire.d property near i I Dendra-eth Castle, has developed a. new phase, which May lead to an amicable t adjustment of existing differences. Follow- i ing upon the adverse criticism passed upon his conduct by his Festiniog constituents at the Glanypwll meeting, as already reported, Mr. Osmond Williams intimated to Penrhyn-: deudraeth Parish Council his deerre to meet them for friendly discussion of the matter. The interview has not yet taken pla^se. Meantime, summonses against the men who defaced the notice-boards cLoeing the path- way are down for hearing next Thursday, before which further etepe for adjustment are anticipated. I

I "MAPBETANIAI GO IN AND WIN!" Sister ship to the Lusitania, this great Canard liner has left the Tyne for her trials. The workmen who have built her, fired by the success of the Lusitania's trip across the Atlantic last week, placed a large board at the bows with the above inscrip- tion. Majestically, but in absolute control, she slowly left her mooring at Wallsend, and gracefully negotiated Shields Harbour to the open sea, the pride of all who saw her. The scenes of enthusiasm in Shields, North and South, were great. On Saturday the Mauritania coimmenced her speed trial, running from Flambarcuph Head to the Aberdeenshiro coast, the trip extending over a period of three days. The Mauretania has taken precisely two years 1 to reach entire completion, and was launched about one year ago. She is 790ft. long, 88ft. in breadth, and 60ft. 3in. in depth (moulded). Her funnels from the licel line are 155ft., and have a diameter of 24ft The masts stand 216ft. high; her tonnage 45,000 tons, and her load draught is 37ft. 6in. [Photo World's Graphic Press.

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