South Wales Daily News

SLADE'S EARLY HISTORY. BOTH MAN AND WOMAN HAD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. I Further investigation into the history of the man Slada tends to show that ha was cf weak intellect. In 1893 he was I working at the Ocean Colliery, Nantymoel, as a stoker. Two year2 ago he went to Tynewydd, where he worked at the Aber Level in the same capacity, and a few months afterwards came to Cardiff. Among his fellow-workmen he was considered ti very rough, excitable man. When he arrived at Nantymoel first from Abergwynn he was accompanied by his wife and four children, pond two more children were born there. When a.t Tynewydd his wife was killed through a lamp accident. Mr George Webber, of Rose Villa, Nantymoel, who was brought up at Porlock, says Slade belonged to Minehead, where his father was born, and that his grandfather was &n undertaker and carpenter at Treton in Somer- EOi. A woman came to live with Slade after his wife's death. Slade said she was his wife, that her name had been Fanny May,» an.l she cams from Bristol. This woman drank heavily, and Mr Webber thinks she is the woman murdered, judging by the portrait in the South Wales Daily News. She 8(;n left Slade and the children. At Tynewydd one of the children lives with a Mrs Gomer Griffiths, of 4. Bridge-street, still oblivious of his father's death. Slade had been in the Navy, ami stated on one occasion that he was dis- churned as insane. In 1897, while at Tynewydd, he tried to commit suicide. The deceased woman is stated to be a daughter of a publican in the Pithay, Bristol. Se, martiivt a man named Patch, from whom she is said to have separated. He went &.1t the Cape and she to London, and like Slade, the woman made an attempt to dsstzoy herself. This was about four years ago, wlton she tried to jump over Canton Bridge, but a poiice-constable prevented her.

SLADE'S FIRST WIFE. A NATIVE OF PEMBROKESHIRE. A correspondent writes :—Mary Lewis was the madden name of Slade's first wife. She was the daughter of respectable parents, her father having been in service for 23 ywurs with a former Dean of St. David's (Dean Allen) until the latter's decease.

"GEORGE NAMELEbS" is the title of Miss Braddon's latest story, which is-aramance-otlife in Wgh «)«»«, has been secured lor pnblica&onin the CmfgSrimes and Smith Wales Weekfa Tfeefirst.. i Mrtwnii ul will anoeajr thisweeh. ? f'

CARDIFF. THE NOMINATIONS. The nominations closed on Monday at 5 p.m.. There will be but three contests for ten seats. The fights take place in the Roath, Grangetown. and South (or Docks) Wards. Until Monday it had been thought that Mr James Tucker would be allowed to be returned unopposed in the Docks Ward, bat Mr Charles Wall, who I was defeated a fortnight since by Mr W. H. Tucker, has forced a contest. GBAJN GE TOWN. Samuel Mildon (Lib.), builder, 26, Paget-street (17 papers). Proposers—Austin James Ward, John Richard Davies, Councillor John Jenkins, John Williams, Charles Abrahamson, Hv. Mar- shall, Iorwerth Humphreys, Norman Jones, Samuel Chivers, D. W. Nankiwell, Richard Pratt, John Houston, vYm. James Richards, James E. Turner, Wm. James Parfitt, Harry Norvill, and Robert Pearce. Seconders—James Green, David Rhys Jones, Samuel Evans, Robert Dodd, David Evans, Charles Amorose, Dan Thomas, George Reese, Owen Callaghan, James Charles Slocombe, Francis Perkins, Samuel Batten, Harry Wisbey, George C. Perceval, Phillip James, and James Warwick. Joseph James Ames (Con.), outfitter, I.Windsor- esplanade (11 papers). Proposers-James H. Rodgers, William Alexander, C. Dickenson, J. W. Penn, Jonas Phillis, Rees Davies, Henry James Kitchen, John Evans, Robert James-Jack, William J. Hall, and Richard A. Jarrett. Seconders-Hedley S. Wiler, Fred R. Cox, E. W. Othen, Joseph Aberfield, William John Gay, Arthur Tucker, John Lewis Ellis,Benjamin Smith, Thomas George Purvis, Thomas Ball, and Philip Fletcher. ROATH. William Rupert Thomas (Labour), stationer and compositor, 3, Clifton-street (6 papers). Proposers—Daniel Rees, Robert Tullerton, Frederick Brookes, Lewis Dhsnin, Charles Brooks, and Frank Allen Fox. Seconders—Henry Symonds, Arthur Bates, John Thomas Pugh, John Harpur, Arthur William James, and Henry Charles Bellamy. Henry White (Con.), solicitor (20 papers). Proposers John Llewellyn Treharne. Joseph Owen Conway, Isodore Leon, Charles Philip Marment, Dd. Rowland Williams and others. Seconders Geo. David, Joseph Pattison, Walter Scott, Wm. Jackson Barrows, Wm. Fxost Govier, and others. SOUTH. Charles Wall (Lib.), hauling contractor, 13, Burt-street (three papers). Proposers Wm. Jas. Flower, Herbert W. Huntley, George Tregaskis. Seconders Dalton W. Evans, Mary Dykes, Charles Stewart. James Tucker (Con.), corn and _nour merchant, Cathedral-road (eight papers). Proposers and seconders—J. H. Cory, W. J. Guy, Joseph J. Ames, H. Heywood, W. H. Tucker, W. Chan- non, James T. Powditch, and others, ADAMSDOWN. James Joseph Buist (Lib.), surgeon, of 48, Charles-street (13 papers), the first being signed by the Mayor (Alderman Ramsdale) as proposer; and seconded by Joseph Harding. SPLOTT. Sidney Robinson (Lib.), timber merchant and r importer, Fairwater Croft (10 papers), the first being signed by Councillor Chappell as proposer and seconded by Thomas Thomas. CENTRAL. Robert Hughes (Con.), commercial traveller, 11, Despenssr-gardens (nine papers), the first proposer and seconder being Councillor S. A. Brain and J. H. Brain, BIVERSLDE. Frederick James Veall (Con.), architect, 5, Plasturton-gardens (16 papers), the first pro- poser and seconder being Marcus Gunn and John Pylus Ingledew. PAI-LK. William Henry Allen (Lib.), sm-nitary engineer (20 papers), the first proposer and seconder being Alderman David Jones and John Sully Stowe. CANrON. John Matthias Gerhold (Con.), retired licensed victualler, Cathedral-road (10 papers), the first proposer and seconder being William Benjamin Francis and Charles Dalby. CATHAYS. Wm. Smith Grossman (Labour and Liberal), mason. 31, Harriett-street (seven papers), the first proposer and seconder being Wm. Jenkins and T. L. Powell. MR W. It. THOMAS'S CANDIDATURE. At a general meeting of the Cardiff branch of the Operative Plasterers' Society the following resolution was unanimously carried :—" That we heartily appreciate the action of the Cardiff Trade and Labour Council in nominating their presi- dent, Mr W. R. Thomas, as a candidate far the Roath Ward at the forthcoming municipal elec- tion, and pledge ourselves to support Mr W. R. Thomas, and hope that all working men in the ward will do their utmost to return him at the head of the poll on No". 1st." At a large meeting of the Cardiff branch of the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, held at the Pavilion Hotel, the Hayes, a resolution was passed unanimously deciding to support the candidature of Mr Thomas.

SWANSEA. By a printer's error we were yesterday made to indicate that Alderman Edwards is seeking election as a Conservative." Of coarse, the word written was "Councillor," for there has never been any question as to the soundness of Alderman Edwards's Liberalism. The following are the nominations for con- tested seats :— Morriston Ward (1 seat).—* David Jenkins, provision merchant, Woodfield-street; Alderman W. H Edwards, tinplate manufacturer. Victoria Ward (1 sea.t).Frederick Rocke, wool stapler Alderman Spring, merchant. St. Thomas Ward (1 seat).—*William Evans, engineer, Malvern-terrace; David Williams, boilermaker. Unopposed returns are as follow Alexandra Ward.—* James Jones, retired mer- chant, Brooklands. Brynmelin Ward. 'Michael O'Sullivan, physician, Alexandra-road. Castlo Ward.—*E G. Protheroe, tailor, Calvert-terrace and Goat-street. Ffynone Ward.W. Watkins, gentleman, Ashleigh. Landore Worcl.-Thomas Freeman, tinplate manufacturer. Corrymor. St. Helen's Ward.—*W. Pike, retired mer- chant, Langland Bay. St. John's Ward.Griffith Davies, St, George's-terrace, gentleman. Those names to which an asterisk is attached are old members. It will be seen that in two instances aldermen have retired before their term expires om the 9th of November to obtain re- election as councillors. There will thus only be contests in three out of the 10 wards, and it is certain that in all the fights will be exceptionally keen. There will be general regret at Mr Spring persisting in his attempt to prevent the re- election of so valuable a member of the Council as Mr Rocke, and it is to be hoped that Mr Rocke's admirers will, by triumphantly re- electing him, show their disapproval of Mr Spring's action.

NEWPORT. Monday was the last day for receiving nomina- tions, and the result is that there will be no con- testr in the North, South, and Maindee Wards, where the councillors whose period of office expired are re-elected. These gentlemen are Messrs J. Linton and J. Liscombe, -both Con- servatives (North), W. H. Brown (L.) and R. Wilkinson (C.), for the South Ward; and J. H. Williams (L), and W. M. Blackburn (C)., for Maindee. The two wards in which there will be contests are the East and the Central. In the latter Mr J. R. Jacob (L,) is nominated against Messrs F. Phillips (C.) and Louis Hornby (C-), and in the former there are four candidates- Mr Clifford Phillips (C,) and Mr Wm. Banks (L-), the existing councillors, and Mr L. S, ] Abrahamson (L.)and Mr Charles Jones (Labour), Four Conservatives and two Liberals are thus re- turned unopposed. The probabilities are that in the East Ward one Liberal will replace another, and that in the Central Ward there will be a Liberal gain on the present representation.

COWBRIDGE. Four candidates only have been nominated for the four vacant seats on the Council, viz., Messrs W. L. Jenkins, D, Thomas, T. J. Parsons, and C. M. Davies. The last-named takes the place of Mr J. Hopkins, who retired. There will be no contest.

CARMARTHEN. There will be no contest in the borough of Carmarthen, the only nominations received being those of the six retiring members, namely:— Eastern W ard—Messrs D. Parcell Rees, Walter Spnrrell, and Wm. Evans. Western Ward— Messrs W. Vaughan George, E. Colby Evans, and A. Soppitt.

LLANDOVERY. The four retiring candidates are Messrs C. P. Lewis, Llandingat Villa J. 1, James, Spring- field Cottage James Vale, ironmonger; and. John Rees, Gloucester House. Two of the defeated candidates at the bye-election on the 30th July are also in the field, namely, Richard Thomas, signalman, and Dan Davies, grocer. The whole of the six candidates for the four seats were duly nominated on Monday.

HAVERFORDWEST. The four retiring members were again nomin- ■ ated, viz., Dr. J. H. H. Williams, Messrs R. Mumford, W. Morgan, and P White. In addition there were also nominated the following gentle- men :—Mr W. McKenzie, piano dealer; Mr James Reynolds, grocer Mr H. J. E. Price, solicitor and coroner; and Mr Sidney Rees, grocer. A keen contest is anticipated..

ABERAVON. The following were on Monday nominated for the four seats on the Town Council :—Messrs John Davies, contractor *T. D. Evans, licensed victualler; Henry Jones, maltster John Matthews, builder Thomas Francis Williams, herbalist; Wm. Williams, slate merchant; and *Henry Wood, confectioner. The asterisk denotes retiring councillors.

BRECON. The following six candidates were on Monday nominated for the four seats on the Brecon Town Council which become vacant on November 1st: Colonel John Morgan (Con. JCh.), Mr W. Powell Price (Con. Ch.), Mr John Williams (Liberal Cong.), Mr Benjamin Jenkins (Con. Ch), Mr Lewis W. H. Jones (LiberaJ, h.). and Mr Rees t'Vams, J.P. (Con. Ch.). The first four are at members of the Council, Mr Lewis Jones and-Mr Rees Williams being new candidates.

BRECON TOWN COUNCIL. TO THE EDImB. SM_At,the forthcoming mrnksboal election in Brecon out of four candidates seeking re-election three are Conservatives. The Brecon Liberals will surely have the pluck to ran a second candi- date. Our leaders may be satisfied with the pre- sent arrangement to let Liberalism pick up the crumbs that fall from the Conservative table, but the dissatisfaction among the rank and file of the Liberal party is long and loud. At present Brecon is governed by a Town Council, and the Town Council is to a large extent filled by the persons selected by the Tory club. Are the Liberals and Nonconformists going to tolerate this arrangement any longer ?—I am, &c., A BURGESS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sm,-In your issue of the 22nd inst. I notice a letter from Mr T. L. Powell, secretary of Cathays Wa.rd Liberal Association. He apdears to be smarting under a sense of the great defeat his party candidate received at the late General Election. With regard to what Mr Henry White did for Cathays during the time he represented Cathays on the Council, have we not the allotments, have we not in the ward signs of Mr Henry White's sani- tary work, a.nd while he was on the Council was he not working hard for a direct road to Roath Park to benefit the people of Cathays ? These are only a few of the many services he rendered, not only to Cathays but to the town of Cardiff. Mr T. L. Powell says, Cathays people have a very vivid recollection of the way in which he used his position as councillor to push the candidature of Mr J. M. Maclean, M.P." Is there any disgrace, I ask, in a man having his own political opinions and acting up to them ? As a councillor representing Cathays, I say that Mr Henry White worked fairly for the ward irre- spective of creed or party, and to my own know- L o ledge has helped Nonconformists as well as Churchmen, and at the same time not forgetting his work for the poor of the ward.—I am, &c., A. WERTON, Late Secretary Primrose League, Cathays Ward. Llandrindod Wells, Oct. 22,1898.

MR PYKE THOMPSON'S COLLECTIONS. MUNIFICENT GIFT TO CARDIFF MUSEUM. A. meeting of Cardiff Museum Committee was held on Monday evening, Mr C. A. J. Ward presiding. The honorary curators reported to the committee the presentation to the Museum of a munificent gift by Messrs Charles and Herbert Thompson, the executors of the late Mr J. Pyke Thompson, consisting of a large and valuable collection of fine art objects, which belonged to the deceased gentleman. The collec- tion consists of 88 water-colour drawings, 12 oil paintings, eight crayon and pastel drawings, 43 engravings and etchings, and 64 pieces of porcelain, all marked by the refined and discriminating art judgment of their late owner. It will be remembered that the late gentleman's 1892 gift laid the foundation of a water- coloar collection for Cardiff. The present gift may almost be said to complete the series, for through it the Art Committee has become possessed of a collection which in a fairly all- round manner illustrates this delightful phase of British art. Several of the oil paintings are of great value, notably a large canvas, Peasants Washing Linen," by George Romney. This famous painter was a portrait painter, and his landscapes are very rare. The great interest attaching to this picture is therefore obvious. Much of the porcelain is Swansea and Nantgarw, and will find a place in the Welsh collection. The remainder consists of Sevres, Worcester, Chelsea, and Derby. The estimated value of the collection is £ 4,000. The announcement of the gift was received with a deep sense of indebted- ness by the committee. The committee were engaged for over an hour in drafting the annual report for submission to the Council. It was resolved to embody in the paragraph acknow- ledging the services of the hon. curators a recommendation setting forth the desirability of assimilating their position and powers with those of the hon. members of the Free Library Com- mittee.

DR. JOSEPH PARRY HOME AGAIN. EXPERIENCES AMONG MORMONS. Dr. Joseph Parry, the well-known Welsh musician, arrived home in Cardiff on Saturday evening after an absence of 11 weeks in America, where he officiated as the chief musical adjudica-, tor at the great Eisteddfod held by the Mormons on the 6th and 7th of this month at Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Parry looks all the better for his long journey to the Far West, and when seen on Monday by a South Wales Daily News represen- tative had a good deal to say of his experiences among Brigham Young's people. Well, and what about .the eisteddfodic Mor- mons ?" asked our representative. The Eisteddfod was a huge success in every way," said Dr. Parry. It was held in connection with a Mormon festival called the convention, and was attended by ten thousand people. The great Mormon Tabernacle was crammed." Of course you cam across many of your countrymen among the Latterday Saints ?" My dear sir, I met scores of them. They came into the city from all parts of the State of Utah. Among them I met some Merthyr people who attended the same chapel as I did when a -boy, and they well remembered my parents. Others again came from the Rhondda Valley, Aberdare, Carmarthen, Pembrokeshire, North Wales-in fact from all over the Principality." "And all of them good and zealous Mormons ?" Every one of them." Including yourself ?" Sir !"—but the doctor happily saw the joke. No," he added, they made no Mormon of me, nor, fair play, did they attempt it. They are in no way intrusive as to their religions views. Why, I never saw nicer people in all my life. Polygamy there is absolutely a thing of the past. Another man I met came from Rhyl, and he was a member of the Cambridge Choir at the time I took my degree." And Salt Lake City-were you impressedby it ?" Immensely. Brigham Yonng had a genius for organisation. There is this beautiful city, 700 miles away from Denver, the nearest city on'the east, and 900 miles from California on the west, planted in the centre of what wasyearsagoa vast wilderness. It is now magnificently wooded, and the roads are 125 feet wide. I ascended the summit of Ensign Peak, where Brigham Young planted the Mormon flag, and I could not distin- guish the city for the trees. It stands in an enor- mous amphitheatresurrounded by ihesnow-capped Rockies, and presents one of the most impressive pictures I have ever seen. The buildings are magnificent. They have the Tabernacle, which holds 10 000 people, the Temple, an opera house, baths, and other superb structures." And how did the inhabitants receive you I was never better treated in all my life. They simply overwhelmed me with kindness. I was among them for two weeks but one day, and had interviews with nearly all the Mormon leaders, including President Snow, the bishops, and the apostles. I attended one of their services'on Sunday night. The city is divided into 24 wards. They have a place of worship in each of these, and on Sunday they all meet in the Tabernacle, where the Eisteddfod was held. They made me president of one of the Eisteddfod concerts, and on another night I delivered my lecture on The Masters before a crowded audience at the Tabernacle." And what had the Mormon leaders to tell you of their Welsh co-religionists ? They rank the Welsh among the best citizens in America." The Eisteddfod-in every respect was it Welsh ?" Well, it was originally promoted by the Welsh section. This was the third Eisteddfod held. The committee, however, included Welsh- men and Gentiles." How about the music—was it good ?" The singing of the competitors, soloists, and choirs was fully up to the standard of the Welsh National Eisteddfod, and to my surprise some of the compositions sent in were excellent. They are truly a music-loving people. They have a choir of 600 voices attached to the Tabernacle, and they had the members photographed specially for me, and placed me in the centre." And you are going there again, of course ?" Well, they intend to have another Eistedd- fod there two years hence, and they have pressed me to be there, and I don't know that, if alive and well, I shan't go."

TINPLATE TRADE. ASHBURNHAM WORKS. Two mills at these works were restarted on Mon- day. The others will probably be restarted to-day (Tuesday). The restarting of these works by Messrs Bowen and Co., after a stoppage of over two years since the Ashburnham Tinplate Com- pany suspended operations, is a boon highly appreciate^ •

The Lord Mayor of London on Saturday at the Guildhall received for custody during the next year the Elcho Shield won at BiBley Rifle Meeting by the English Eight. In the bar of the Station Hotel, Spennymoor, on Saturday Thomas Stephenson, of Tudboe and W. Hankey, of Coundon, fought two rounds. Stephenson wa3 felled and received fatal injury, hit head striking the stone floor. The 'Bus, Tram, and Cab Trades Gazette is one of the latest weekly publications issued, and the first number, which is dated Saturday, October 22nd, indicates that it will be devoted to the interests of these important industries. CLEAR COMPLEXION, LUXURIANT HAIR, spotless arms, soft, white hands, and shapely nails are produced by CDTICUBA SOAP, the purestj sweetest, and most effective skin Eurifier and beautifier of this or any age. It is so ecause it strikes at the cause of most minor cutaneous affections, viz., the clogged, irritated, inflamed, sluggish, or overworked pores. CUTI- CUBA SOAP derives its remarkable purifying and beautifying properties from CUTICUBA, the great skin core, but so delicately are they Mended with the purest of toilet and nursery ooap materials that the result-is incomparably sapextQi otall <Miu»r»l«xior> soaps.

EDUCATION IN MONMOUTHSHIRE. ADDITIONAL FUNDS WANTED A PROBABLE ID RATE. A meeting of the County Governing Sody for I Monmouthshire under the Welsh Intermediate 'j Education Act and the scheme for the manage- I ment of Jones's Charity was held at Newport on Monday. Alderman E. Grove, J.P., presiding. There was a good attendance of governors, in- cluding Sir Henry Jackson, Bart., Mr F. J. Mitchell, Aldermen Parfitt, Jones. and Raffan Dr. James. Messrs S. N. Jones, W. Thomas, S. D. Hiley. A. A. Williams, etc. Deputations were received from the managers of Ebbw Vale, Abertillery, Tredegar, and Ponty- wain County Schools on the subject of income. Mr Griffiths, of Abertillery, said the schools were attended by 100 pupils, but the income (£860) was less than the expenditure by £189. The buildings had but they were unfenced, the funds not being sufficient to erect a boundary wall. Mr Richards, of Ebbw Vale, said the stu- dents would be removed into the permanent buildings in January next and that the clerk esti- mated the income and the expenditure at £1,000. The Vicar of Tredegar said at Tredegar it was hoped to remove to the permanent build- ings next month, and that the funds would be £178 13s to the bad on an expenditure of £1,033 16s. Mr Williams said that at Pontywain the tsmporary schools were only just opened, but they had already found that the income would be inadeq uate. It was shown that the fees at the different schools were low, 15s and 16s 6d per term, or £2 5s to £21Os per annum, and that by the scheme one-fifth of the income had to be set aside by each school for scholarships and bursaries. In the case of Abertillery this one-fifth, amounting to JE125 per annum, was not wholly spent, but accumulated year by year, whilst, as Mr S. N. Jones, said the schools were starving. The Chairman pointed out that the fees were very low, and asked whether a raising of the fees by one- third would not meet the difficulty.—Both Mr Griffiths and the Vicar of Tredegar replied that the increase of fees would deplete the schools by one-half or make them a comparative failure. The Chairman pointed out that at Newport the fees were £9, at Pontypool and Abergavenny £41Os, at Pontywain JE3 3s. The Vicar of Tredegar said the parents generally were unable to afford a larger fee. There were a few who might be able to do so, but the majority could not do so. He sug- gested an application-to the Charity Commis- sioners for further help, and asked the Governing Body, as an outside effort, to endeavour to abate the grinding tyranny of external examinations. On a suggestion of Sir Henry Jackson it was de- cided that the age of the scholars, the wage-earn- ing power of the parents, and whether they all re- sided within the schoolarea should be furnished to the Governors as a guide to them in their de- liberations. The Chairman promised that all the points enumerated by the members of the deputa- tion should be considered. The Governing Body must see what the reservation fund amounted to and what could be done with it. The deputa- tion then retired. Mr A. A. Williams made application on behalf of the Governors of the Pontypool County School for an additional grant of £232 13s 6d for the pro- vision of a chemical laboratory, heating apparatus, and fencing the playground. The Chairman said that last year the reservation fund was £600, and this year £785. Whether the time had come to go to the Charity Commissioners for permission to pay £500, £600, or even £1,000 out of this reser- vation money, so that these schools might be put into a decent and faircondition would be a matter for the Finance Committee. Mr S. N.Jones recom- mended the augmentation of the rate from id to Id, and pointed to the example of Glamorgan, where a Id rate was levied, and the technical instruction scheme and the Intermediate educa- tion scheme worked harmoniously together with the happiest results of good schools, properly furnished, and with a balance on the right side. Alderman Raffan and Mr W. Thomas spoke against an increase of fees as being fatal to the success of the schools in the industrial districts. The whole question was then remitted to the Finance Committee by 11 to 3, a suggestion to enlarge the Finance Committee by the inclusion of a governor from each claimant school, made by Alderman Raffan, being abandoned. A letter from the Bedwas School Board with reference to pupils residing in the parish of Bedwas, was read by the Clerk, from which it appeared that Bedwas children earning scholar ships tenable at Newport did not take up the scholarships because of the distance. The board made a. suggestion that the boys should be sent to Pengam and the girls to Pontlottyn and the Governors decided, although the districtwas out of the county, to extend their help and refer the matter to the chairman and the clerk with power to act. The Vice-chairman (Mr S. C. Bosanquet) wrote resigning his position as a representative of the Governing Body upon the Central Welsh Board, as he had been unable to go to a meeting for the last twelvemonths, and Mr S. N. Jones, Aber- tillery, was elected in Mr Bosanqnet's place.

NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD AT CARDIFF. ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS IN THE PROGRAMME. The supplemental list of subjects of ths Cardiff National Eisteddfod, 1899, now issued, includes several alterations and additions. Among the latter are two new prizes, one of JE50, given by Mr Humphrey Lloyd, Manchester, for an English essay on "The Brythons of Strathclyde," and another of £25, given by the National Eisteddfod Association, for an essay, English or Welsh, The Bibliography of Welsh Music." Two competitions for recitations are also added. The names of the musical adjudicators are now published and they are :— Sir J. Frederick Bridge, Mr T.E. Aylward, Mr Ben Davies, Mr EmlynEvans, Dr. Joseph Parry, Mr Daniel Price, Dr. Roland Rogers, Eos Dar, Mr W. Reynolds, Kettering. In the chief choral competition (No. 1) the maximum number of voices has been reduced to 200, and-conductors of choirs are requested to communicate with the hon. secretaries as to the arrangement of Men- delssohn's work. To obviate the difficulty in the quartette in Dr. Parry's H Jesus of Nazareth" (competition No. 3 for male voices) the committee has decided that the melody of the quartette shall be sung by a tenor as a solo, but the solos in this work must be sung by bona fide members of the choir, and who have been such for at least two months previous to the 18th Jay of July, 1899. In the brass band competition (No. 25) the Verdi" selection is substituted for the Zauber- flote overture. In addition to the prize for the open pianoforte competition (No. 32) a gold medal will be given by Messrs S. and P. Erard, London.

CARDIFF CARPENTER IN TROUBLE. ALLEGED FORGED ADVANCE NOTE. Tom Clarke; (22), carpenter, was brought up on remand at Cartiiif First Police Court on Monday on a. chaige of obtaining from Solomon Albert Hart the sum of £1 7s on July 14th by means of a forged advance note. Evidence in the case had previously been given, and on the depositions being completed the magistrates (Messrs T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and R. E. Spen- cer) sent the prisoner for trial. Another case against the prisoner was then investigated, one in which he was charged with stealing and converting to his own use on August 30th a bicycle valued a.t.£10, belonging to Mr Richard Todd Hancock, trading as the Halo Cycle Com- pany. The evidence showed that the prisoner hired the bicycle and did not return it. He tried to sell it to Mr Fowler, auctioneer, for 7:Jguineas, but failed, and then asked for an advance of 30s, the machine to be put in the next sale. He pro- duced an unstamped receipt for the machine, and Mr Fowler lent him 30s, for which he took a re- ceipt, and prisoner also gave him a sale note for the bicycle. The bicycle was given up to Detective Kellett, who was tpld by prisoner that he had nothing to say." On this charge also the prisoner was committed to the Assizes. No bail," said the Stipendiary in answer to the prisoner's request.

CHARGE AGAINST A NEWPORT SECRETARY. At Newport Town Hall on Monday Morgan Davies, plasterer, and lately secretary to the Newport; branch of the National Association of Operative Plasterers, appeared in answer to the summons for withholding money, books, and papers belonging to the association. The case had been adjourned twice to enable an audit and a settlement. Mr Horace LYIe appeared for the association, and Mr G. H. Llewellyn defended, Mr Lyne said the result of the audit was that there had been found to be a balance due from the defendant amounting to £14 16s4d. The only question remaining was as to the amount alleged to have been paid away by the defendant for postages and stationery. In arriving at the £14 16s 4d the auditor had given the defendant credit for everything. The cash book did not come up to the date the association asked for, and there were certain pages which had disappeared. The 1 association were practically taking defendant's account of the receipts and expenditure. Mr Llewellyn said it must be apparent that the secretary would be entitled to-some.thing for post- -I ages and registration, and suggested that as JE6 17s 9d was claimed for registration and postages a, balance should be struck, and their Worships' time saved. Altogether JE.42 5s lid was claimed by the defendant for various payments and ex- penses, which were admitted. Mr Lyne agreed to allow half the £6 178 9d for postages and registration. William Thomas, the secretary pro tern., then gave the necessary evidence as to the audits ordered not having been held during the past year, and to the difficulty in getting possession of the books from defendant. The cash book he produced had several pages torn from it, by the children the defendant asserted. The receipts were entered up to the 19th June, and the ex- penditure to the 27th March. In reply to Alder- man Moses, the witness said the only safeguard against loss was the quarterly audit, which the defendant had not had conducted, although he had received notice to hold it. The Magistrates fined defendant Is and costs, 10s, and ordered him to pay the amount agreed upon within a month in default two months' imprisonment.

The death is announced, at the age of 101, ci Mrs Ann Johnson, widow of Mr W. Johnson, well known as a temperance agent in Darlington for many years. At Berlin on Friday Prince Shuaes Sultaneh, tbessecoadsoixof theShah of Persia, was received by Prince Hobeniofae, who afterwards returned the VjF

AMAZING- ESCAPE AT CARDIFF. A TERRIBLE DEATH-TRAP. FALL INTO A 60 FEET WELL. One of the lU03t miraculolls escapes on record from well-nigh certain death has just come to light at C t'ol"d iff. It ws Otl Thursdav morning of last week that Mrs Bennett, wife of a cab driver, living at 38, Elm-street, Roath, stood examin- ing a bush of chrysanthemums in the back gar- den, when the ground suddenly gave way under her feet, and the terrified woman went down, down, until her head, shoulders, and arms only appeared aoove the surface. Her piercing shrieks caused a woman named Mrs Jenkins, who with her husband is a joint tenant of the house, to run with all speed into the garden. There she found her friend planted in the soil up to her armpits, and gradually dis- appearing from view altogether. She grabbed the" vanishing lady" firmly by the shoulders and held her until the combined yells of the two women brought out their husbands, who with some little difficulty pulled Mrs Bennett out of the debris, and placed her once again on ten-A firma. And then they realised from what a horrible fate they had rescued the hapless woman. There, revealed in an its grim naked- ness before their eyes, was a yawning chasm 60ft. deep if a yard, once used as a well, and there, too, deep down at the very bottom, was an accu- mulation of dark, sullen water, which afterwards plumbed to more than four feet. Suspended, feet downwards, over the mouth of this chrysanthe- mum-concealed well, and with the consciousness chat she was still descending, she knew not why or whither, it is scarcely conceivable what Mrs Bennett's feelings must have been, or the extenL of mental shock which she sustained on learning the precise character of her sonsational predicament. Some women's nerves are made of iron. Mrs Bennett on Monday com- plained to a reporter merely of a bruised thigh and side, and declared that after the first shock she immediately attended to her ordinary duties about the house. What appears to have broken Mrs Bennett's descent Wits a slab of stone, which seems to have been thrown across the gaping hole, lesflng upon two planks and a few bricks. This slab had be- come loosened, probably by the leakage of a drain which had been let into the side of the well and probably by the recent heavy rains, and Mrs Bennett's tread upon it on Thursday morning acted as the proverbial last straw. The slab, for- tunately for Mrs Bennett, fell three-cornexwise, and after slipping about four feet got partially jammed, so breaking the woman's further rapid descent. Had it been otherwise Mrs Jenkins, who is plucky but by no means robust, could never have retained her hold of her fast-disappear- ing friend, and might possibly have been herself dragged into the abyss in her noble efforts at rescue. The well is of the usual cylindrical form, the walls being of unhewn blocks of rubble stone. Nobody connected with the house appears to have known of the well's existence, but there is little doubt that prior to the extensiol1 of the borough water supply a. pump was here for the use of this block of old houses in Elm-street. Mrs Jenkins remembers when a girl pumping at a well hereabouts for her grandmother, but whether this is the particular well she is unable to recall. While the well is unquestionably ancient, the drain is obviously not, because who would dream of putting a drain in the closest proximity to a well that was being used ? Why, then, were the occupants oÍ the house at the rear of which the well is situate net made acquainted with its exist- ence, and wlly-and this is of much greater importance—was the nature of the covering of the well so flimsy and unreliable as a permanent pro- tection ?

THE VACCINATION ACT. CERTIFICATES REFUSED AT BARRY. At Bariy Dock Police Court two applications were made by anti-vaccinators for certificates of exemption under the new Act, and these were both refused by the magistrates (Messrs J. S.Batchelor andW. W. Nell.) In the first instance John Henry Hope said ho had heard that vaccina- tion was injurious, and this was not considered a conscientious objection whilst in the second case the magistrates desired the production of a medical certificate as to whether the child was sufficiently healthy to undergo vaccination. A NEWPORT OBJECTOR. The Newport magistrates at their sitting on Monday received an application under the Vaccination Acts from Mr Abraham Morris, Marlborough-rcad, for an exemption for his infant daughter, May Morris. The Magistrates' Clork put him through a preliminary examina- tion Yes, he had a conscientious objection he believed the opsration "ould be injurious to the child. Then the "Mayor took on Mr Morris. Had he any other children ?" Yes," replied the supplicant. •' Had they bean vaccinated ?" Yes, ¡ some of them had "—must have been, seeing that hitherto the law has been compul- sory. Was the last child before this one ?" "Ye and the vaccination killed it." Then Alderman Moses took up the running the Mayor being evidently considerably impressed by the killing proctss. Do you think It Ied from vaccination; that that was the actual cause ?" queried be alderman in his moat forensic manner. Yes, I believe that." You firmly believe that, do you V Yes, I do."—The Mayor (to applicant) I always grant these applications with great reluctance, because I believe that one of these days there will be a severe epidemic through some of you gentlemen refusing to have your children vaccinated you really desire it ?—Applicant Y'es.—Certificate granted accordingly.

-J!:8Oo>II.M"¡.3-¡:n AMERICAN SLATES. A CONSIGNMENT FOR CARDIFF. The London steamer Port Adelaide, 1,717 tons, in command of Captain Dulling, is at present dis- charging at Cork a portion of a cargo of slates imported from New York. The cargo on board the Port Adelaide represents over 2,500 tons of American bine slates, all mcasuring 24in by 14in and 24in by 12in. After discharging a certain por- tion of t>he cargo at Cork the steamer will pro- ceed to Cardiff, to which port the balance of the cargo is consigned. These American slates are imported at Cork by Messrs Eustace and Co., Limited, timber and building material merchants They are not, however, the sole importers of American slates at Cork, as a similar cargo to that of the Port Adelaide is expected to arrive during the present week consigned to another firm.

IIC'W"R' CARDIFF NATURALISTS. The annual meeting of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society was hold on Thursday at the South Wales Institute of Engineers, Park-pla,ce, when the president for the past year, Dr. J. Tatham Thomp- son, retired. It was a matter of deep regret to the members that Professor J. B. Haycraft, of the University College, was unable to take the office for the ensuing year owing to continued ill- health. Dr. C. T. Vachell, an old friend of the society, however, accepted the invitation of the committee to fill the breach, and was elected ac- cordingly. Professor 1,viHiam Galloway gave an account of his journey through the Mediter- ranean to Koumania, illustrated by a series of lantern slides of photographs chiefly taken by his sons. As the objects of this society may be unknown to many of the residents of Cardiff and district, we may state that the society was founded in 1867, the objects being the practical study of natural history, geology, the physical sciences, archaeo- logy, art, literature, and other kindred subjects, and to assist in the development of the Cardiff Museum. During the past 31 years much has been done in these directions, particularly in the furtherance of the museum, which bids fair to become a national institution. During each winter session six public lectures by eminent lecturers are delivered, and five or six members' meetings arc held, on which occasions papers are read or lectures are delivered by members or friends of the society. A list of the lectures for the ensuing sessio-l1 will be found i!1 another column. Of these perhaps the most important is that of Mr Frederic Villiers, F.R.G.S., who will deliver a lecture on November 24th at the Large Park Sail ou the subject of the Soudan. As Mr Villiers has just returned from the Soudan, after going through the campaign, his lecture cannot fail to prove of the utmost interest. Another interesting engagement is that of Miss Mary Kingsley. one of the mosi remarkable lady travel- lers. Her subject will be West Africa, of which region she possesses the closest knowledge, derived from personal experience during her travels.

===- -=- CARDIFF PARLIAMENTARY COM- MITTEE. STREET FOUNDATIONS ELECTRIC MOTORS. The Cardiff Committee at their meeting on Monday adopted ,the recommendation of the Public Works Confmitteo that powers should be obtained :n the next Dill to compel landowners to make batter foundations to new streets. On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Alderman Carey, it was resolved to co-operate with other towns in opposing the measure already passed by the House of Lords granting powers to private syndicates to carry out electric motor works in opposition to Corporations. Tho Mayor, in the course of his remariis, said that a syndicate which was a very powerful one already had works at Nottingham, Swansea,, Derby, and elsewhere. They bad attempted a private enterprise at Pen- arth, and it was probable they would try to intro- duce themselves into Cardiff. It would be well, therefore, for the town to take immediate steps in opposing the measure when it came before the Bouse of Commons. It was further resolved to ask Mr Maclean, M.P., to take action in tho matter.

SUDDEN DEIAXH IN A PIT. A death under very sad circumstances is re- ported from Aberdare on Mondav. An old ma.n named John Davies, of Robcrtstown, fell dead in his stall at the Tunnel Pits, Aberdare, soon after he had descended. Davies was one of the men who were stopped in consequence of the Workmen's Compensation Act when the Aber- nant Pits restarted after the strike, but succeeded on Monday in getting employment at the Tunnel Pits, owned by the same proprietor (Mr James Lewis, J.P.). Death was due to heart disease.

PHILLIPS AND Co., TEA SPECIALISTS, sell a tea. at Is 4d per lb. which they guarantee to be superior iu ail i'fc:-pectn to that sold at '■ present-giving sliopfj'' uo to 2s udparib, liuy^lb. of and compare I it with "present-giving uea." It will at least bo in structive, and will open your eyes as to how the thing is done." There is really no mystery about it. fceick after all,

±> A Kit Y COMPANY. ALLEGED SERIOUS DEFALCATIONS BY AN EMPLOYEE. For some days past disquieting rumours have been in circulation as to defalcations on the part of a minor employee of the Barry Company; and upon special inquiry on Monday it was stated that losws to the extent of over £ 1,000 bad been incurred through misappropriation on the part of an official whose duty it was to deal with a particular branch of income. The facts were difficult to ascertain, there being evidently an endeavour to settle the matter and spare the delinquent the disgrace and his family the pain of a prosecution. The misappropriations had evidently been in progress for some months, probably more than a year, and were discovered through a demand being made for an old account for purposes of comparison with the correspond- ing period, the failure to supply this leading to an investigation which revealed the irregularities.

'.V FIRE AT CARDIFF. SHIPS' STORES DESTROYED. fire broke out at 9.25 on Monday night at the general ship stores of Messrs W. H, Tucker and Co., 3, 4, and 5, Bute-street, Cardiff, which occu- pied the attention of the fire brigade for sometime. On receipt of the alarm through No. 9 box the Bute-street reel was despatched, followed shortly afterwards by a, steamer from the central station in charge of Chief Engineer Geen. The engine was speedily at work with two deliveries playing on the fire from a hydrant in West Bute-street, whilst the reel was engaged from a hydrant in James-street. As the scond floor of the warehouse was thoroughly ablaze it was deemed necessary to send for the fire of escape, by means of which hose was carried to the windows of tho second floor. The operations of the brigade were directed by Chief Constable McKenzie nnd Superintendent Hayward, and after two hours' hard work the desired effect was secured. The flames were confined to the second floor, and ultimately subdued. A large quantity of ships' stores were destroyed. The building was not damaged to any considerable extent. The origin of the outbreak is not known. The firemen had great difficulty in getting at the fire in consequence of the dense volumes of smoke that arose from the burning goods, which com- prised large quantities of cordage and canvas, and the work done by the brigade in saving the premises is highly creditable.

"WHYTBECAU A CATHOLIC." LOCAL CONVERT'S CONFESSION OF FAITH. Mr Robert E. Dell, late organiser in South Wales for the Church of England Defence Insti- tution, and now managing editor of the series of Catholic Heralds, established for the propagation of the tenets of the Church of Rome, addressed a meeting in the Cory Hall, Cardiff, on Monday night, under the auspices of the St. Teilo's Historical Society, explanatory of Why I Became a Catholic." Mr T. Robson Matthews presided over a large attendance. Mr R. E. Dell recalled an occasion, two years ago, upon which he attended a meeting in that very hall to ask questions of Dr. Rivington, who was lecturing under the auspices of the Catholic Historical Society. That lecture was probably the beginning of his conversion, the beginningof his dissatisfaction with High Anglicanism. The High Church party started with the assumption that the Church of England was part of the Cathouc Church, that it was the same Church as before the Reformation, but they never stopped or were influenced by facts. At St. Albans, Hoi born, for'instar.ce, the Church of England had absolutely no existence in fact; the High Church was art of an ideal Church, existing only in the imagination of the clergy and laity of St. Albans. The speaker went on to observe that to the fact that he came to Cardiff to advocate the theological continuity of the English Church he attributed his ultimate conversion to the Church of Rome, because thereby he was obliged to study history. To establish theological con- tinuity it was necessary that the Church of England should accept plainly the doctrine of Transnbstantiation. Yet in the report of a doba,te in the House of Lords in December, 1548, prior to the English Prayer Book, Cranmer and Ridley explicitly denied the doctrine of the Real Presence. Before the present century there was not a single Anglican divine who believed in the Real Presence. Where, then. was the claim of the Church of England to theological continuity ? The question of authority was aJso an important matter which conduced to the speaker's conversion. They could not draw a distinction between the authority of the bishop and the authority of the Church, between the authority of the law and that of the judge. If they did the result would be anarchy, and the result was anarchy in the Chcircn of England. Then, as to the ques- tiou or nnity, well, he never found the same re- ligion taught in suy two parishes when he lived at Cardiff, (Laughter.) Several questions were put i ;L!lsv,ered by Mr Dell at the close of his aadi.ess. Replying to one to the effect, Does not the Catholic Church think it has a right to have recourse to physical force to enforce its doc- trines ?" he said it was the State, not the Church, that had recourse to physical force in the past, The Church found out who were heretics and the State punished them.

NEW YORK PRICES. [RECTEE'S TELEGRAM, j NEW YORK, Monday.—On the Stock Market to-day prices yielded after early support on London selling and the decision of the Supreme Court against the legality of the Joint Traffic Association^ and liquidation for specu- lative profits on last week's rise. The market closed steady a,t a fractional rally, bat with net losses of from one to two points. Government Bonds were easier and 11 Railroad Bonds weak. Atchison Preferred and Erie Shares declined Cleveland Ordinary, Illinois Centnl, and Reading First Preference, ) Baltimore Shares, Canadian Pacific, Qnincy, Milwaukee Common, Delaware Hudson, New York Central, and Northern Common, 1; New Jersey, 13 North Western Ordinary and Delaware Lackawanna, 1 Rock Island and Denver Pre- ferred, lj Union Pacific Shares and Union Pacific Preferred, Denver Common, North- ern Preferred, and Wabash Preferred, 3i Louis- ville, 1 Norfolk Preferred, 1 Money easy. Sterling Exchange strong. Silver bars lj higher. Gross earnings for September of Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, 3,426,000dole. Cotton, after opening advance, declined under liquidation and indications of heavy crop move- ment closed steady; spot easy, n lower. Cotton oil steady and unchanged. Petroleum firm. Lard firm, 5 points up. Wheat declined on shorts selling, but advanced on general covering, closed strong spot has ruled irregular, Flour firm. Corn declined on easy cables, but recovered with wheat, closed strong spot firm. Sugar firm. Coffee declined in sympathy with foreign weak- ness, closed barely steady; spot dull. Tin quiet, but 5 points up. Iron quiet. Cooper firm. Oct 24 Oct. 22 Call Money U.S. Gov. Bonds 2 p.e 2 p.c Ditto, other Securities 2 p.c 2 p.e Exchange onIjondoD,60days'sis5ht 4.82% 4.1:12 Ditto, Cable Transfers 4X6>< 4.85% Exchange Paris, 60 days' sight 5,23% 5.24% Exchange on Berlin Days 9436 94A Four per Cent. U.S. Funded Loan 111% 111% Western Union Tele&rapli Shares 91 Atchison Topeka, and S. Fe 12& 12% Do. Do. 4 p.c. Mor Do. Do. 5 p.c. Preferr.. 345b 35% Baltimore and Ohio 43% 44% Do. Do. S.W. 4 p.c iWa 10472 Canada Southern Shares 52 51t Canadian Pacific 80 81 Central New Jersey 85;, 87 Central Pacific Shares 2474 24% Chesapeake and Ohio Common- 20.4 21% Chicago, Burlington and Qulncey i-JVa 115% Chicago and North-Western Ord. 130 ^31% Chicago and N-Western Preferred 176 176% Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul 107% 108% Chicago and Kock Island 100% t 101% Clevel'd, Cin., Cli, & St. L3. Ord. 38» £ 39X Delaware and Hudson LOl7f 102 Delaware Laokawana 110 141% Denver and Hio Gram de Shares „. 12 123t Denvel. Preferred 52'2 53% Illinois Central Shares 108)4 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 190% 1907,i Louisville and Nashville Shares. 53% 55 Michigan Central Shares K5 105 Missouri Kansas, and Texas 10% 10% Missouri Pacific 32% 32 si New York,Lake Erie,and Westsin 11 12 £ Ditto, Lien 69 69 New York Central andHudsoitfiiv 114% 115% New York Ontario & Western, Ord 14 113A Northern Pacific Common 39f 40% Northern Pacific Preferred 74^ "5 Norfolk and Western Preferred. 48 49% Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. 58V; gsja Philadelphia and Beading Shaves 16% 16% Philanelphia&HeadingSp.c.lstlnc 33% 39 Do. do. 4 p.c. Mor EO-Y, 81 Union Pacific Shares 31% yiy. Do. Preferred 62^ 63% Wabash, St. Louis, and /'aeUlc 7^ 7^ Wabash. St. Louis, etc. Pref. Shrs 19% 20 (silver Bullion 61% 60 COTTON AND PIWDUCE MMIKM Cotton,day'sreceipts at U.S. ports 33,000 27,000 Cotton, day'sreceiptsatQ-ulfporte 37,000 31,000 Cotton,day's exportbo G-Britair. 19,00;) 38,000 Cotton, day's export to ContiueiKj 30,00) 1,003 Co, jon future Nov delivery .j 5.14 5.21 Cotton future Jan. delivery 5.25 5.31 Cotton'middling upland N. York. J 5 £ 5% Ceiibon middling New Orleans .| 4}g 'Petroleum, refined, in cases 8.15 8.15 Petroleom^ta'dard White N. York 7.40 7.50 Petroleum,st'd%vhitePhiiadelphi;x 7.35 7.35 Petroleum, Pipe Line Certs 118 118 Spirits of Turpeaoine 37 i7 Lard, Wilcox's spot 5.373^ 5.32% Tallow, Prime City 3^ 3% Sugar, fair refimugMoscovados. 3 33-32 3 33-3 2 Do. 96 p.c. Centrifugal 4% 4% Corn.Newnixed, \Vestern s PO t I 40 39% Corn futures Dec 38?i 38% Corn futures May 40% 39% Spring Wheat. No..1 spot 80; £ 79 Wheat;, i ed winter on the spot 80% 73% Wheat. delivery Dec. 77-Y, 76 Wheat delivery Mar. 784 7512 Coffee Rio No. 7 6 6 Coffee Itio No. 7 Low Ord. Nov 5.15 b.25 Coffee ditto delivery Jan 5.40 5.45 Flour ex State Shipping Brands. 2.85 2.85 Iron, No. 2 Northern 17.75 17.75 Tin, Australian 17.75 17.75 Copper Vi% 12% Steel Bails 18 18 Freight Grain Liverpool soeamers 5d 5d Freight Grain steamers London. Slid 514 Ii Freight, Cotton to Liverpool 1 tfe H Wheat, Chicago, Dec. delivery 70% 67% Corn, Chicago, Dec. delivery j 32% 32 Turpentine,Savannah 34>g 33

MR E. W HOBNUNS'S new story, "AtLarge" is now appearing in the Cardiff Times and South Wales Weekly News." Two other serials, complete ulcfces, and t e news of the week. One penny GEORGE NAMELESS is the title of Miss Braddon's latest story, which is a romance of lifeín high places, has been secured for publication in the Cardiff Times and South Wiles Wetkly jYcwg, Ttoeflrst instalment will appear this we^k.

WATER FROM WALES. LONDON'S ATTEMPT TO TAP THE WYE AND TOWi". A TREMENDOUS DAILY SUPPLY SOUGHT. The Water Committee of the London County Council, in view of the instructions of the Council on October 11th, to submit legislative proposals for increasing the water supply of the Metropolis, have just prepared a report recommendiing the introduction of a Bill for the acquisition by the Council of the undertakings of the eight metro- politan water companies, and also a Bill for obtaining water from the valleys of the Wye and Towy in Wales. The committee declare that it is evident that a reservoir system capable of meeting the needs of a year such as 1898 must be of such magnitude as practically puts all such stdrage 1 schemes out of the question, and that recent experience has proved that it is impossible to depend in a very dry year upon the quantity of water obtainable from the valleys of the Thames and Lea. The report continues :— We therefore propose that the Council should deposit a Bill for obtaining water from Wales, but in doing so we advise the Council to make an alteration in its former resolution. The Welsh scheme, as approved in 1896, was divided into two parts—namely, the Usk section and the Wye section. Wo then advised the Couricil to take up the Usk section in the first instance, but since that date Sir Benjamin Baker and Mr Deacon have expressed a preference in favour of the Wye section We think the Council would do well to rescind its former resolution, and order a Bill to be promoted for obtaining water from the valleys of the Wye and Towy upon the lines set cut in our former report with reference to that portion of the engineer's scheme. The estimate of cost in onr former renort has ooen slIghtlY reo duced, the total amount necessary for providing a daily supply of 200,000,000 gallons being £16,5%,000, and this will probably be expended in three instalments."

CZAR'S PEACE PROPOSALS. STATEMENT BY COUNT MURAVIEFF. VIENNA, Monday Evening.—The Neue Freie Presse states that Count Muravieff in the course of an interview with the Baroness Suliner ex- pressed a fervent hope that the idea of peace would seize hold of and ulLimately conquer the world. There were no doubt many difficulties in the way, but the success of the Geneva Coven- tion showed that even formidable obstacles could b e surmounted. A common agreement amongst the Powers to undertake no fresh armaments would bean important measur°, and might suffice for a start. The newspapers might be of great service in this matter if they would refrain from stirring up popular passions and from yellow journalism generally. The project for an arbitra- tion convention between England and the United States failed because it was not cordially supported by the British and the American news- papers. Count Muravieff expressed himself con- fident of the ultimate success, and incidentally mentioned that France had given satisfactory assuranecs on the subject. In conclusion he de- clared that the entire idea emanated from the brain of his august sovereign.—Central News.

DUEL IN GERMANY. LAWYER WOUNDED BY AN OFFICER BERLIN, Sunday Night.—A duel was fought this week between a lieutenant of one of the regiments of Guards stationed in Berlin and a well-known city lawyer in a remote corner of the Thiergarten. The origin of the dispute appears to have been a very trifling one. The civilian, upon entering a railway carriage on the City Railway, stumbled over the stretched out legs of the officer, whereupon words ensued, and the lieutenant called the lawyer a clumsy Jew. A meeting under severe conditions was arranged, and the man of law received a dangerous wound in the breast. He was conveyed to the house of some relatives in Magdeburg, where he is now said to be in a precarious condition.—Daily News.

BRITISH SEAMEN AT ANTWERP. BELGIANS LIBELLED. ANTWERP, Monday Night.—At the meeting of the Town Council to-day loud protests were made against the action of the British Board of Trade, which immediately on the landing of British seamen at Antwerp has them shipped to England under the pretext of protecting them from Belgian immorality, thereby libelling tho town and damaging its trade. The meeting requested the interference of the Belgian Government in the matter.—Central News.

ALARMING ILLNESS OF LORD LATHOM. The Earl of Lathom was seized with a sudden and somewhat alarming illness at Lathom Honse, Ormskirk, on Sunday, and a physician aud nurses were sent for, and are now in attend- ance. HiB Lordship has never recovered from the shock caused by the traffic death of the Countess last November, The Earl aml family were making preparations for a yacht cruise, mainly in tho bone that it would benefit Lady Edith Wilbraham, who has been ill for some time.

WEST INDIAN RELIEF. THE MANSION HOUSE FUND. The Mansion House West Indies Hurricane Relief Fund amounted on Monday evening to £35,200.

ANOTHER SWANSEA SHIP OVERDUE. There is some anxiety in shipping circles at Swansea as to the safety of the barque Balmoral, which left Swansea for Hall Francisco on the 1st of June. No less than 25 guineas have been paid for reinsurance at Lloyd's.

Q CARDIFF. PROVIDENT DISPENSARY, GUILDFORD-STREET,— Statement for the week ending 22nd Oct., 1898 :—Number of attendances at the Dis- pensary with medicine supplied, 147 number of visits paid by the medical staff at patients' own homes, 51 number admitted during the week, 3. Applications for membership to be made to Mr J. Bargery, at the Dispensary, any day in the week from 9 till 12 a.m., and from 3 till 8 p.m., except Wednesday, when the Dispensary closes at 4 p.m. —HERBERT M. THOMPSON, Hon. Sec.

PENARTH. EISTEDDFOD.—>It has been decided to hold the 1899 Eisteddfod on Monday, March 6th. Mr W. E. Singer was re-elected chairman Mr T. E. Jones, treasurer and JHessrs M. Nicholas and T. Jones Jones, secretaries. A sub-committee was appointed.

ABERYSTWYTH. GUABDIANS.—At the meeting oi the board on Monday the Clerk stated that the Assessment Committee had agreed unanimously to fall in with the proposal of the Newtown and Llanidloes Union to join hands in having the whole of the Cambrian Railways property re-valued. The board confirmed the decision. The Clerk pre- sented the estimate for the ensuing half-year, which showed an increase of JE174.

PON LYPRIDD. THE LATE EGLWYSBACXI. — A service, in memory of the late Rev. John Evans (Eglwys- bacb), was held at the New Town Hall, Ponty- pridd, on Sunday, when sermons were preached by the Rev. Thomas Jones, Pontypridd, and the lie v. J. R. Jones, Tabernacle. Professor T. D. Edwards presided at the organ, and a solo was rendered at the evening service by Mr6 E. P. Mills, Pontypridd.

NEATH. TOWN COUNCIL.—A meeting of the Council was held on Monday, the Mayor (Councillor A. George) presiding. The sanitary contracts for the forthcoming municipal year were settled as follows :—Town scavenging, Mr T. Alford, .£780; street watering and general haulage, 6s per day, Mr Henry Thomas haulage of metalling, 8d per ton, Mr Richard Richards, Duke of Wellington Inn.

CEFNCOED. JUBILEE LIBRARY. — On Friday evening the above institution was formally opeued by Major J. J. Jones, J.P., Fronheulog, who delivered an appropriate address. Mr County Councillor T. Morris, Mr Matthew Owen, president of the new Library, and Rev. J. H. Da,viesalo suokeon the benefits of the institution.

ABERGAVENNY. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Monday afternoon Mr Robert Powell, sou of Mr H. Powell, Powella Cycle Works, who about 12 months ago lost the sight of his left eye, stooped suddenly to turn off a tap, and in doing so nearly lost the sight of his right eye. A piece of wire in the wall penetrated to the bone about an eighth of an inch from the optic.

LATE SHIPPING NEWS. [LLOYD'S TELEGRAMS.] A Liverpool telegram states that the steamer Catherine Sutton was spoken by the steamer Cervante on Sunday 30 miles north-east of the Smalls with engine disabled. The Endeleigh, from Cardiff for Port Said, has returned to Plymouth with condenser leaky. The steamer Ella docked in the Coannel Dry Dock. Cardiff, and reports that she grounded off Archangel. She will be surveyed. A Pera telegram states that the British steamer Easton arrived with steam steering gear smashed and has proceeded to Odessa with hand gear. The steamer Jordan, of London from Smyrna, is at Leith with deck swept and damaged by heavy seas during the voyage.

PHILLIPS AND Co., TEA SPECIALISTS, sell a tea at Is 4d per lb. which they guarantee to be superior in all respects to that sold at "present-giving shops" up to 2s 6d per lb. Bay Jib. of Phillips's ls4dand compare it with the present-giving "tea. It will at least be in- structive, and will open your eyes as to how the thing isdone. There is really no mystery about it it's a mrofKuxuneiBtel trick afo* 1.

CARDIFF. REMOVAL OF SWINE.—At the Cardiff First Police Court, on Monday, a fine of 53 aud costs or seven days in default was ordered to be paid by Jonathan Marfell, Llan- brane Farm, Duffryn, St. Lychan's, for causing swine to be removed in Constellation-street with- out a proper declaration. GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE.—A boy named Robert Wilkins (14) was again placed before the magistrates on lie remanded charge of stealing three sacks containing firewood, valued at 4s 9d, the property of his employer, Frank Turner, from a yard in Havelock-place, on October 20th, It was decided to give the lad another chance, and his mother became surety for his future behaviour.

BARRY. DUCK STEALING.—H. Pearce, a labourer, W808 charged on remand at Barry Police Court on on Monday with stealing a duck, the property of Thomas Sully, on Cadoxton Common. On Fri- day last prisoner was seen by Mrs Sully carrying a live duck in his pocket going in the direction of the Wenvoe Arms Hotel. Ten ducks were tnissed that afternoon. A few minutes before thai Fred Griffiths, a haulier, saw prisoner with two other men knocking the ducks down with stones in a field, and after doing this they picked them up and carried them off. When arrested by P.C. Clinch a short time afterwards on the Cardiff-road Pearce was found with the duck still in his possession. Prisoner was sent to prison for one mouth with hard labour.

SWANSEA. ASSAULT ON A CONSTA.RLE.-Micha.el Ryan, labourer, of Carmarthen-road, pleaded guilty to being drunk, but with respect to a further charge of knocking P.C. Hill down and biting and kicking him said his condition affected his memory. Sent to prison for 14 days. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—George Jenkins, labourer, of Waterloo-street, was charged with smault-9 Richard Brooks, insurance agent. Mr Viner Leeder, for complainant, said defendant rushed into complainant's bedroom, pulled him out of bed, and punched him severely. Fined 40s and bound over to keep the peace,

BRIDGEND. ALLEGED THEFT.—Susan Jones, of 19, Wyndhani crescent, Canton, Cardiff, was charged with steal- ing goods, value £ 18 Is, the property of EdwaiKl Abse, furniture dealer, Bridgend, and Mary Ann Canton, of Elder-lane, Bridgend, was charged with receiving some of those goods knowing they were stolen. It was alleged that Jones stole goods while a servant to Abse, and some of them had been pledged by her at Cardiff, and some were found in the house of Mrs Canton. Re- manded for a week. CRUELTY.—"Wiiliam Hopkins and John W*ll, both of Bridgend, were charged, the first with cruelty to a horse, and the latter with causing the same. Hopkins was discharged, and Ball was fined 6d and costs. ASSAULT.John Tanner and William Harris, colliers, of Nantymoel, were each sequenced to seven days' hard labour for assaulting a fohtfr man.

BRYNMAWR. Boys BIRCHED —Four juveniles named Geozge Jenkins, Henry Hopgood, T. H. William., IWicI William Eaton were on Monday sentenced to receive four strokes each with the birch fox attempting to break telegraph wires and insulators on the London and North-Western Railway 011 the 2nd inst. by stone throwing.

MERTHYR. OLD OFFENDERS.—Redman Coleman was drnnk and disorderly on the 15th inst. and the 18th inst. There was a long list of convictions against prisoner, who was now fined 10s and costs, or, in default, 14 days' imprisonment, in each case, the periods of imprisonment to be successive. Mary Sullivan, an old offender, was drunk and disorderly at the Riverside. Mrs FTn.«w>h Phillips, Parrot Inn, had turned her out of the house, and she then broke windows, valued at 15s, Defendant might have been in the house an hour or two. Mr North (the stipendiary) deprecated the conduct of publicans who allowed people to stay in their houses for hours, and then in turning them out when anything occurred which they did not like. Defendant was. fined 5s for being drunk and disorderly and 5s and the damage, which he assessed at 2s 6d, and the costs for breaking the windows. SUSPICIOUS CONDUCT.—James Watts, for whom Mr BeacLe appeared, was charged with Remand- ing money by threats with intent to steal from John Thomas, tailor, High-street. Complainant met the prisoner and Redman Coleman near the Slaughter-house. Prisoner asked him for la, which complainant said he did not possess. Then prisoner said he would have to fight,and limed a blow ineffectually at complainant, who ran away and informed the police. The-charge waa reduced to one of assault, and prisoner was fined 10a. or 14 days' imprisonment. CHARGE OF ROBBING CHILDREN.—Catherine Davies, Penydarren, was charged with stealing 4s 2d in money, the property of Richard'Brinton, on the 16th inst., and also with stealing Is 6d, the property of Charles Armeni, on theS 2nd inst. Mr Beddoe appeared for the defence. It was alleged that defendant met children, and offered to hold their money while they went with messages to a public-house. Whmi- Ohtry retin-ned prisoner had disappeared with the money. Accused admitted her guilt as to the Is 6d, but denied the other charge, and she gave evidence to the effect that Mrs Armeni had afterwards received from her 4d and a serge dress. Mrs Armeni said she had handed this property over to the police officer. Mr Beddoe asked the stipendiary to- deal with the young woman under the First Offenders Act. Defen- dant was a very respectable young woman, and member of a Penydarren choir. The Magistrate thought there might have been a mistake as to the identity of the accused in the Brinton case, but he was scarcely justified in merely binding accused over to appear when called upon, and he fin«d her £ 1, or 14 days' imprisonment. A Boy's FKEAK.—Wm. Beck, boy, was charged with wounding Francis Giovanni, a chip potato man. Two or three lads quarrelled, and the accused foolishly took out a knife. The wound said to have been inflicted was very slight, and accused was discharged with a caution. UNGRATEFUL VISITORS.-Alfred Cresswell wae summoned for attempting to obtain intoxicating liquor at the. railway refreshment-rooms, Merthyr, on Sunday, the 16th inst., by pretend- ing to be a traveller. He was fined 10s and costs, or in default 14 days' imprisonment.—Hy. Morgan was similarly summoned. The Stipendiary said defendant was a traveller, but not a bona fide traveller. The fact of a railway ticket having been taken out at Merthyr did not in itself make him so. Defendant was fined Is and costs.

RHONDDA. SELF-CONVICTED.—At the Ystrad Police Court, Ezekiah Jones, hairdresser, Tonypandy, waa summoned for stealing an umbrella, valued at 12s, the property of John Williams, grocer, Blaenclydach, Rhondda Valley. Mr D. W. Jones, Pentre, defended. On Thursday last the parties were companions, and prosecutor believed defendant had taken the umbrella to play a joke." Defendant remarked upon being apprehended I that he thought the umbrella belonged to his friend' Mr Cording. Under the new Act defeiidant was allowed to give evidence. Mr Jenkins observed that defendant's statement had proved fatal to him. A fine of iEl waa im- posed.

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