Evening Express

I ENGLAND, AWAKE! The remarks made by Sir Lewis Morris at Pembroke Dock on Wednesday were valuable and suggestive, and worthy to be read and studied by a wider circle than that within the sound of the voice of the distinguished poet. It is the fashion of bards to be romantic and impractical; but Sir Lewis was very practical and very thorough in what he said. Looking round at the world he saw that we had to fight, and to be prepared for fighting. For in- stance, at sea we had naval rivals who were unheard of a quarter of a century ago, and if we were to continue our rule as mistress of the waves we must be abso- lutely up-to-date, which meant far more thorough technical education than we possessed at present. In the realm of peace, as of war, it is the same, and the struggle will be no less severe because not conducted with shot and shell. Germany and the United States are running neck and neck with us, and in some departments they are miles ahead. Let anyone who desires to see things as they are read America at Work," by John Foster Fraser. There will be found the details of the picture sketched by Sir Lewis Morris. There can be read the present position of a young, intensely eager, virile nation, strong in its own self-confidence, and determined to forge to the front and to keep there. To read that book and then to look around us at home is to return to the realm of Rip Van Winkle. One thing that cannot fail to strike the reader of "America at Work" is the tem- perance practised by the American people. Amongst a large number of business men it is not merely moderation, but absti- nence. They say they simply cannot afford to be otherwise. They find that to keep their place amid all the competi- tion it is necessary that the brain be absolutely clear. Hence in the clubs water takes a position unknown in the United Kingdom. We are no sentimen- talists, but we certainly think there is a lesson here for our people at home. In America the business man subordinates everything to his calling, and that is one great reason why he forges ahead. Such people are dangerous rivals, and if we are to hold our own with them and with others like them we want more self-control, more common-sense, and more education of the right kind. Yet in the midst of all grave Oxford dons are haggling over the retention of Greek!

We appear to be approaching the time when the question of the Welsh National Museum will be definitely settled. Des- perate attempts are being made to qualify Aberystwyth as the paramount oentre. This is a great pity, and if the national museum or library or both go to Aberyst- wyth, the nation will regret it. We do not care about comparisons, which are seldom made or received in a kindly, brotherly spirit, but to place Aberystwyth in the running as against Cardiff appears to us little short of ridiculous. To plant either of the institutions named at Aber- ystwyth will be to sink the best interests of the Principality in order to magnify the policy of the parish pump. —————— ——————

"Like a furnace "—such was Mr. O. H. Jones's description of a meeting of the Llandaff District Council on a hot day. We should fancy it is pretty warm when Mr. D. R. Morgan takes hia coat off, even in the winter time.

Local death-rates last week were fairly low they ran as follows -Cardiff and Mertbyr, 13 per 1,000 apiece; Newport, 14; Swansea, 15 Rhondda, 16. Merthyr is to be congratulated on her return to the paths of salubrity. "It was not ever thus.

I Whenever there is a general election it is amusing to watch the tactics of the opposing parties in regard to "Mabon." The Radicals want him to stump the country, the others are equally anxious to keep him at home. We would suggest tha.t when the next contest comes i: Mabon" should meet his rival soiitors half-way by-going off to the Riviera.

During a breach of promise case heard on Tuesday missives were read in which the following letters constantly appeared —C. Y. K. These, counsel explained, meant Consider Yourself Kissed. Here we have an idea which is capable of development, and which, properly used, would save ardent lovers an immensity of time. If carried out the love-letter of the future might read as follow —" MD- LILYWAMHASWARYCTWAEALG, &c., &c.; &c. and so on through all the letters of the alphabet. 'Twould suit our rapid and prosaic age. I

Despise not your enemy." Such was the title of a telling cartoon that ap- peared at the time of the Zulu War. It is a national trait of ours to despise and under-rate our enemies, and in the end our soldiers and sailors have to bear the brunt. Russia waa wont to despise Japan. We doubt if she will do so for ?the futum. Cab1. to hand t4 of doe& of the most desperate valour, and a hope- ful sign is that the Japanese braver; is at length being acknowledged in St. Petersburg. By-and-bye, all the con- tempt will vanish, to be re-placed by wholesome respect, and when that time comes we may begin to look for the flutter of the wings of the angel of peace.

Australia is on a game which the Welsh people have long been playing. They are looking for a capital. Cardiff has abun- dant reason for thinking itself the Welsh Metropolis, but the whole of the Princi- pality is not convinced even yet, and many North Walians are inclined to favour Liverpool! As a matter of fact, greater Liverpool can almost throw a stone into Wales. But the Australians are going to set up a special capital, so as to avoid all jealousy and unpleasantness. There are many little places in Wales consist- ing of a chapel and a pump that might thus have a chance of rushing into notoriety if this plan were locally adopted.

A London paper contains some corre- spondence on the poverty question. One of the contributors, a Cardiffian, says the British Isles were not made to carry 42 millions of people, and that we should wind up our charitable institutions and devote the proceeds towards settling our poor surplus population in the Colonies. A Newport man also agrees that the country is over-populated, and adds — "All I can say for the town in which I live is that there are thousands too many children; hence the misery of the work- ing men, as a rule." Whatever truth there may be in this, it is curious that th0 humbler the couple the larger their family-as a rule.

Mainly About People. I The Marquess of Bristol's letter dissociating himself from Mr. Chamberlain's policy excites less interest and concern than one which his nnele, Lord William Hervey, penned when First Secretaxy of the Embassy at Paris. Lord William had disinterred a great deal of data relating to the Spanish marriages, which were then exciting all Europe. His communication, which was intended for publication in book form, although its contents were adopted by Palmerston, was considered by Lords John Russell and Clarendon to be of so inflamma- tory a character that it was suppressed. Ickworth Park, in which Lord Bristol's Suf- folk mansion stands, covers 1,800 acres. is eleven miles in circumference, and has taken the place of what was once a whole parish. The house is of remarkable design. Frederick Augustus, Earl of Bristol, intended it as at once a family mansion and a. temple of art. Unfortunately, he lost his collection of paint- ings and sculptures, and the original design had to be modified. The present owner is a stately old gentleman, who recently caused much merriment when, quite seriously, at a public banquet, he felicitated the town of Felixstowe upon now having—its own petty sessions. In Lord Hampden, to whom congratulations are due upon his 63rd birthday. New South Wales, a few years ago, had one of her most popular Governors. Had he not been born heir to Speaker Brand, to eight or nine thou- sand acres, and to 110,000 a year, she might have claimed him for her own. For he has told us that were he a young man again, and had no ties to bind him to England, he would take such capital as he could rake up, and be an Australian farmer. He. at least, has faith in the Land of the Golden Fleece, whatever returning Americans may say. But, then, he stayed five years. Yajikee malcontents do not. It must be something of a curiosity for residents in Shanghai to see A Chinese IMoneymoon" staged in their midst. More strange, however, was the experience of Sir Arthur Sullivan to see The Mikado" played out in real life. Some time after the opera had been sent upon its world-wide i travels, he was staying in Los Angelos, where, in a slice of territory of undecided nationality, was a man in whom were vested the offices of judge, sheriff, and execu- tioner. As sheriff he arrested a Mexican for murder; as judge ke tried and con- demned him. Sentenced to death, the man was set at liberty pending execution. In due course the sheriff-judge, now become executioner, went for his victim, whom he found playing euchre. Come along, Juan Baptisto," said he. The Mexican pleaded for time to finish his jame, and the judge himself sat down and took a hand. When the stakes were won prisoner and oaptor went pleasantly off together, and Juan Baptisto was adequately hanged by the official trinitarian. Those artists whose works at the Academy are just now running the gauntlet of the quidnuncs' criticisms may find consolation in the fact that the laugh does not in- variably lie last with the critic. Landseer'e famous picture, the "Hare and Stoat," a ma.g- nificent piece of painting, is a classic example. The artist cut out and pasted upon the back of the work the following "immortal" from an art paper of standing: "In Mr. Landseer's picture of a rabbit attacked by a. weasel it appears to us that the rabbit is more like a hare, and the weasel has none of the characteristics of that species of vermin, for it is more like a. stoat" Smith: Bought a sawmAU, have you? What are you going to do with it? Brown: Bring out a new food for invalids. The Prince and Princess of Wales when they visited the tomb of the Emperor Maximilian the other day would have irl mind the poor sticken" widow of the murdered ruler. The ex-Empress Charlotte has never recovered from the agony of the dark days of the mid-seventies, when those who had offered him the crown of Mexico turned upon the Emperor and shot him. His brave wife was with him until all seemed nearly lost, when she came to Europe to enlist help. No sooner was her back turned than the blow fell. The cloud that descended upon her mind has never lifted for long together, and her days are spent in sadness and despair in Brussels, the capital of her brother, the King of the Belgians. There is a pathetic story in connection with the death of Maximilian. One of the Emperor's generals was a full-blooded Indian, named Mejia, who was taken prisoner with him. Two hours before the time for execution General Alatorre, leader of the troops which had the Emperor captive, entered the cell. General Mejia," he said, "I have been three times your prisoner, and three times you have spared my life; my aide-de-camp has a horse at the door, and you are free to go where you will." And the Emperor?" queried Mejia. Will be shot in two hours," said the other. And yon dare to come to me with such a pro- position," rejoined the prisoner. Leave the room this instant!" Two hours later General Mejia and the Emperor Maximilian fell together. General Jakomlesky's assertion of a month or so ago that Admiral Alexeieff would ask to be recalled seems likely to be borne out by events, although two months back it was believed in St. Petersburg that the Viceroy of the Far East would be superseded. Englishmen have no reason to love the falling idol. His rapid rise to power was the outcome of an outrageous proposal he made some years ago when trouble in the Balkans threatened to embroil England and Russia. Although privateering is for ever dead, Alexeieff sought permission to buy a number of vessels from America for the purposes. Permit me most respectfully to say that jrotw BaKNUotutr doa8 pot know America." he cabled in response to a message saying that there would not be time to buy the suggested destroyers of commerce. He got the necessary permission, and, as the secret story runs, did actually buy eight vessels to be converted into privateers to prey upon British merchantmen. What would have happened at this breach of international law iff not easy to imagine. But the question did not have to be answered. The war- cloud was dissipated, but Alexeieff was marked from that moment for promotion, was given command of a ship, and in three years was an admiral. Congratulations, old man! I had no idea you intended to marry." Nor had I until the lady had arranged everything herself." Lord Massereene is the first man who would be sought out were Home Rule. with a separate Parliament, ever granted to Ireland. For in his keepmg at Antrim Castle are the Miaca and Speaker's Chair of the old Irish Parliament. He is the great-grandson of that John Forster, Lord Oriel, who was the last Speaker of the Irish Parliament, and who so bitterly opposed the Union. After the historic meeting at which the Parliament passed, Foster refused to give up the Mace. "Until that body that entrusted it to my keeping demand it," he said, "J will reserve it for them." The Massereene viscounty is the only Irish peerage, except the barony of La Poer-one of Lord Waterford's subsidiary titles—which is open to female succession. Not for our day and generation will the privilege be necessary to keep the title living, for there are two sons of Lord Massereene's marriage to Whyte-Melville's only child. Lady Maeaereene is a strikingly-handsome woman, with a head of hair which is the envy of all her lady friends. She appeared as "Joan of Arc" at a bazaar in Dablin not long ago, and her luxuriant tresses floated below her knees. She felt a shrewd tag at the back, and looked round to find an inquisitive little maid pulling the hair to see if it were real!

Magnetic Girl Marvel. PHENOMENON OF THE CAUCASUS An account of a phenomenon observed in a girl of twelve residing at Vladikavkas, in the Caucasus, has been communicated to the Novoe Vremya," writes a St. Petrsburg cor- respondent. The girl is the daughter of a workman named Luba.. It is stated that every object which she approaches begins to move. If she goes near a dresser with plates upon it they begin to dance, washing hung on a line flies off it, a bottle standing on a table is raised in the air and, falling down, is broken in pieces, and stones lying on the ground leap in the air and fall again. The girl is perfectly healthy, and laughs at the occurrences called forth on her appear- ance. No one can explain them, although a number of doctors and professors of physical science have been consulted. The child's parents are very poor, and wish to send her out to domestic service, but she always loses her places owing to the assertion of ignorant people that she is possessed of a devil, and that she should be sent to Father John of Oronstadt, in St. Petersburg, to have the demon exorcised. At present the means are being oollected to send the child to St. Petersburg for her mar- vellous magnetic powers to be examined by medicaJ authorities.

GLAMORGAN R.A. Conditions for the Evening Express" Cup. There was a larger attendance than usual at the annual meeting of the Glamorgan Rifle Association, held at Cardiff on Wednesday Lieutenant-oolonel A. P. James, 3rd V.B., pre- sided, a.nd among those present were Lieute- nant-colonels E. M. Bruce-Vaughan and J. J. David, Major Tigar, Captains Ivor Bowen, M. H. Hunter, and O. Felton, Lieutenants Thomas (Goraeinon) and W. T. Davies, G.M., Sergeant G. Williams, and ex-Sergeant G. T. Starkey. Lieutenant-colonel Vaughan moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the sub- scribers, and also to the proprietors of the "Western Mail" and "Evening Express" for their vainable assistance in offering two splendid cups for competition. He expressed his grateful thanks to the Cardiff papers for the assistance they had always rendered to the aegociation. The proposition wasj seconded by Captain Felton, and carried. On the proposition of Sergeant George Wijta liame, alterations were made in the oondot tions under which the "Western Mail" aim "Evening Express" Cups will be competed f<he At present the scores made at 200 and 500 ya*u<:c- in the Talbot Memorial Priae are addedpatij scores lpade in a separate "shoot" at yards for the "Western Mail" Cup, and f lar conditions govern the contest forI "Evening Express Cap, witil the exce that the scores made in the first and s series are add.ed to thoee made at 600 Sergeant Williams pointed out that C('- tors who started badly in the Talbot MCI and association series had no chef winning either of the oups.-Lieutelff. T. Davies supported Sergeant Willi2nd it wae decided that the coiditioua- Western Mail 11 Cup should be sewnds at 600 yards, and that for the ling Expreæ" Cnp seven rounds at 500' it was intended, when more target a\ ?? tion is available, to make these otlone more difficult. The annual competition will st Margam in Whit-Week.

FRENCH EXPRESS [I LED English Passengersped The French express from (-0 BMle met with an accident last ni Neale, where, owing, it is 13olievedhe great speed, the coaches ran off t' The train ?aa compoMd <^ coac es" re and four of them were ?.?'?  about 40 paasen?ers, nearly them Eng. lish. lish. ?re injured. Five Pasftngem and & g>re injured. -Central News.

I THEATRE ROypIDIFF The Carl Eosa Opera y on es" day night again filled a re Royal to the doors. The perforrwae Wagner's "Lohengrin," which wfJldlJ rendered, I the leading parts bein by Herr Juliu8 Walther, Mr. Lewys Mr. Alexander I ltim Akr.lfl. Bevan, Mr. Frank A The P^famme mond, Md M?d?me ?. The  for the rest of the Is as follows:- To-night (Thursday' t'a  of To-ni?ht (Thursday^ Ma.ca?'B Fi?"; to-morro??, .-cL.U.ria. Rustic.f1" =matinee' two o'clock, "T? ?- Bohen?n I Girl."

I BRITISH pC EDUCATION I The t?o the Prince of Wales p.ida?tt<.t?-???. paid were ke?nl??? what they saw. and wer'e knllrilte, and were rather The Pnnc The little P1"1U( They soon recovered awed -bi y the g th. ei, r by the sneøe and evidently their bey are being taken to enjoyed their aistoric places in the some of th<? their education. metropolis a??? ?

moi, I Y^RKS wonders in I weaaildren it is useall the London cb 11 S Hospitals.

CARDIFF MYSTERY BODY FOUND IN THE DOCK IDENTIFIED. The body of the man found yesterday lying at the bottom of the East Dock Basin, Cardiff. is believed to be that of George Dawson Baxter, third engineer of the steamship White Jacket, of Cardiff, who had been reported missing since April 18 last. On the clothing being searched wedding cards were found with the imprint, "With Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Baxter's compliments. 124, New City-road, Glasgow."

Publican and Collier. —; i UVELY SCENE IN THE RHONDDA Two Black Eyes Cost X5. At Ystrad Police-court to-day John David Jones. collier, Tylorstown, was charged with assaulting Mr. Ehys Price, manager of the Bridgend Hotel, Tylorstown, on Saturday night last, and from the evidence given a lively scene must have been witnessed on the occasion referred to. According to the prosecution, defendant, on being asked to leave the premises, turned round on prosecutor and dealt him a violent blow, giving him two black eyes. The defence set up was that defendant objected to leave the premises at 10.50 p-M.- at the time he was requested to go--berause it was not then "stop-tap," and claimed tbe right to stay in the public-house another ttn minutes. It was not until prosecutor oogan to forcibly dispute his rights that he 'let fly" at the manager, and then he adrqittd that a regular stand-up fight took place. A fine of L5, or the usual alterative, was imposed.

Sunday Tradng Fights I I PREPARATIONS f NEWPORT. I I The fight at Newpo? on the question of I Sunday shop-opening II be resumed before I the magistrates to-m<"°rw> when the 23 sum. monses which were turned three weeks ago, to enable the "tch committee to hear a deputation on tiidatter, will come on for hearing. Instead the watch committee relenting and coniting to withdraw from the prosecutions, ty have, at the request of the Free Church oncil, the Sunday School Union, and the Vley&n oonnexion, stiffened their backs, a.nve authorised the town council to empl,oounsel to fight the case. The ShopkeeperProtection Society has not by any means m idle since this decision has been OOD20 Their members have taken a census of Stay operations, and have a long list of pels and bodies, including the corporation, nibers of the corporation, magistrates, Free Church Council digni- ta,ries-wh,o b either directly or passively been reepons for Sunday trading between 12.1 a..m. an<53 p.m. It is probable that when the siJon8e8 issued at the instanoe of the wsto)mmittee come on for hearing to-morrow flist will be read out and appli- cations fornimonses against the persons will be apA for in open court.

COST NEWPORT LIGHTING I Corpoion Want a Big Loan I With Jence to the recent Local Govern- ment iny at Newport into an application on thet of the corporation to borrow £6O.E()O the purpose of electric lighting and p supply, the Local Government Board replies that the expenditure on the powerion must be regarded aa expendi- ture tramways purposes, that the ques'°^ sanctioning a loan for that pur- pose' a matter for the Board of Trade, an& that department would be willing to entn an application for such loan. The an" on this account is £ 45,250. With ref to the balance the Local Government would sanction a loan less the amount ot outstanding on works which would be gjeded. The tramways committee has II pd to apply to the Board of Trade for a of £ 45,250.

YNMAWR SHOOIING CASE :ient in a Grave Condition I ryl Jones, the young man who was found in the temple at a Erynmawr hotel, is conscious, but he passed a restless night. operation performed yesterday was not Jssful in removing the bullet, and the I snt's condition is still grave.

NEWPORT ASSESSMENTS j Curious and Interesting Point A curious and interesting point in assess- ments at Newport has been raised. Whilst the ratepayers' association has been persistently calling attention to the fact that the corpora- tion, as a large municipal trader, has its tram- way and lighting undertaking assessed at a ridiculously low figure, the assessment of the gas company has been raised. The company has objected to the increase, and will, if necessary, procectd to an appeal. The Great Western ailway Company's assess- ment in the borough has been increased to the extent of over £ 2,000.

WARNING TO HOUSE OWNERS. Dwellings Flooded With Water. Two lads of eighteen and seventeen respec- tively, Daniel Lee and George Edwards Elliott, were charged at Cardiff Police-court this morning with stealing 281b. of lead piping and some brass taps from six empty houses in Godfrey-street on April 29. Mr. Arthur Vachell prosecuted on behalf of the Great Western Railway Company, the owners of the houses. Two small boys said they saw the prisoners get out of a window of one of the houses carrying a bag, and this, when they were afterwards stopped by a Docks detective, was found to contain lead. It was stated that in consequence of the removal of water-taps and pipes in these houses the back premises were flooded with water. The prisoners, who admitted the offence to a constable, were committed for trial at the quarter sessions on bail.

HIGH-CONSTABLESHIP OF MERTHYR At the sitting of Merthyr County-court to- day, his Honour Judge GWllym Williams, on taking his seat, addressing Mr. W. W. Meredith, solicitor, the newly-appointed high. oonsta.ble, congratulated that gentlema,n upon the honour conferred upon him by his appointment to the high-coc&ta,bleehip of his native town. The selection of so young a man, he said, must be a great satisfaction to Mr. Meredith, because it showed the confi- dence and respect of his fellow-townsmen. He hoped Mr. Meredith would fill the office with satisfaction to them and to himself, and would be spared for many years to look back upon his year of office with pleasant recollec- tions and tender memories.—Mr Meredith thanked his honour for his congratulations and kind wishes.

STREET BETTING AT NEWPORT I The Newport Watch Committee and General Purposes Committee wants to go the full length of arresting persons without warrant who are found betting in the streets. The town-clerk has been instructed to urge this desirability upon the Association of Municipal Corporations, with s6 view to obutuing the authojdaation el th* Aams soczouwtz.

GRUESOME WORK.1 REMOVAL OF SKELETONS AT NEWPORT. I- flutnan Remains a Century Old to be Reinterred. Same gruesome work is taking plaoe at St. Wool-las Churohyard. Newport. In order to make a detour for the new tramway route on Stow-hill, in avoiding the narrowest and steepest place on the hill, the corporation, under the powers of their local Act, are- taking down the houses on one side of Clif- ton-road and cutting into the churchyard (long sinoe closed for burials) on the other. The skeletons of Newportonians of a century., and-in somt cases—more ago, are being turned up OIl to the surface again. The ques- tion arose, What is to be done with them? The Town-clerk (Mr. A. A. Newman) reported to the Parliamentary emd improvement com- mittee of the corporation that he had re- ceived a letter from the Home Office stating. that the remains which are disturbed must be re-mt-eried in some cemetery or burial ground other than that from which they have been removed, that the proposal to re- inter the remains in the same churchyard is not authorised by the local Act, and that, under these circumstances, the Secretary of State regrets that he would not feel justified I in ? -9 :iusi?g with the requirement that the remains must be removed to some other burial ground- He also reported that he had written to the Bishop of Llandaff asking for his consent to re-inter the remains in one grave in St. Woollos Cemetery, and that the bishop had replied consenting. It was also reported that the cemeteries committee were willing to allot a piece of ground for the re- interment of the remains. The committee decidea that the remains be removed to the cemetery and there re-interred with all decency.

I Strange Man in Bedroom SINGULAR AFFAIR AT TYLORSTOWN I Butcher Committed for Triall At Porth Police-court to-day Oharles William Summers, a butcher, was charged on remand with being for unlawful purposes on the premises of Mr. David Fenwick, grocer, Tylorstown, in the small horns of Sunday morning. The evidence given at Pontypridd Police- court, and which appeared in yesterday's "Evening Express," was again gone through in deteil Mr. C. Matthews, who defended, sub- jecting the witnesses to minute cross- examination. The prosecutor was asked why he did not follow the defendant, and Mr. Fenwiok replied that his wife dissuaded him from doing so. Defendant was committed to take his trial at the quort-er sessions, bail being allowed.

IBARGOEA GR(,)CERIS FAILURE Attributed to Strikes and Stoppages A meeting of the creditors of John Evans, grocer, 12, High-street, Bargoed, was held to- day at Merthyr. The debtor in his state- ment of affairs put down his liabilities at zCI,02 6s. 4d., all the creditors—105 in number —beang unsecured. He returned hie assets at LI20, made up as follows:—Cash in hand, 15s.; cash deposited for costs of petition, Lio; stock-in-trade, £ 60; five good book debts, £ 14; and 85 doubtful debts amounting to Lla2 7s. tOd-, and 88 bad debts amounting to JE431 le. 4d., estimated to realise only F-35 14s. 5d. Thus there was a deficiency of 193z 16s. 4d. The causes to which the debtor attriburted his failure were:—The strike of 1898, and stop- pages and strikes in his neighbourhood during the last six years, bad debts, two severe illnesses of his wife, who assisted him in the business, and keen competition. The debtor, who commenced business about eight years ago. made a deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors in 1900, under which a dividend of 4s. oad. in the £ was paid.

I LOUGHOR COMPANY'S CLAIM. In the King's Bench Division to-day Mr. Justice Bigham concluded the hearing of the ca?e of the Lou?hor Colliery Company I (Limited) v. Harries Bros. and Co., of Swan- sea. Defendants admitted & claim of XID9 for coal supplied, but oounterclaimed for damages, alleging the coal supplied was so ba,d that the Cairn Nana took over seventeen days in going from Swansea to Bordeaux, and besides suffered damage to her steering gear. For the defence, John Edward Thomas, secretary and agent to the colliery, and other witnesses were called to prove th&t the coal shipped on the Cairn Mona. was ordinary Loughor through and through coal," as ordered. This kind of coal was screened, and about 10 per cent. of small taken out. His Lordship said that defendants bought Loughor through and through coal" and got it. Judgment was given for plaintiffs for their j claim and on the counterclaim, with costs.

I PRECENTOR FOR FORTY YEARS The funeral of the late Mr. David Williams, Danygraig, Taff's Well, took place yesterday a.t Tabor Chapel, Taff's WelL Before the last rites were performed in the graveyard adjoining the dhapel a service was held in the sacred edifice, and addresses referring to the exemplary character of the deceased and to the service he rendered to the Methodist connexion, were given by several ministers, and also by Mr. Thomas Thomas, Cardiff, who stated that Mr. Williams had held the position of precentor at Tabor Ohapel for forty years. Several wreaths were received from friends, and one from the Caerphilly District of Oddfellows (Manchester Unity), of which body Mr. Williams had recently been elected Deputy Grand Master.

"MR. X." AND "MRS. A." Mr. X." was the name assigned to a witness at the Marylebone Police-court yesterday. He was a brother of Mrs. A. the veiled lady from the Midlands who gave evidence on a previous occasion against Frederick John Hicks, physician, who is accused of perform- ing an unlawful operation upon her and another woman, Mrs. Beatrice Davies. In answer to a question, the witness said that he did not mind being the unknown quantity" for the time being. Obviously there was no help for it, re- marked Mr. Plowden. To disclose the witness's name would be to disclose that of Mrs. A." Mr. X. who is understood to be a medical man, deposed that his sister made a state- ment to him one night when the rest of the family were at the theatre, and he examined her. The hearing of the case will be continued at Bow-street Police-court, London to-day.

I TRAWLER SUNK; CREW SAVED I The steam trawler Bosphorus, of South Shields, foundered about 30 miles off Aberdeen yesterday. The crew got off in the boats and arrived safely in Aberdeen this morning. The side lever gave way, and the engines went down. breaking the boat.

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Swansea Hotel Manager I APPLIES FOR A DISCHARGE IN I BANKRUPTCY. Before his Honour Judge Owen at Cardiff Oounty-oourt to-day Albert Frederick Rushe, formerly proprietor of the Cross Keys Hotel, Queen-street, Cardiff, applied for his dis- charge under the Bankruptcy Act. In July, 1896, the applicant filed his petition, showing his liabilities to be L5,37 146. 4d., and the asseta were estimated at xl86 19s. 2d., leaving a deficiency of RZ51 9s. 2d. Applicant stated that he waa now managing a hotel at Swansea for Messrs. Worthington at a salary of 30s. per week, with commission. Hia Honour: And I presume you mean to take up another hotel. Have you one in view now? Applicant replied that he had not one in view. His Honour: Oh, yes, yes; but you can start a public-house without a "sign" even. (Laugh- ter.) Your creditors have not been paid any- thing, not even a farthing. Do yon. make any offer? Mr. G. F. Forsdike (who appeared for the applicant) etattd that the object of the appli- cation WW3 to enable his client to improve his position. If the order were granted his pre- sent employers would be more likely to find him better employment. Hia Honour: They will put him into a tied- house, I presume. (Laughter.) His Honour made an order of discharge, and suspended it for two years.

I BAPTIST FESTIVAL AT CARDIFF The annual festival in connection with the Baptist Sunday School Union of Wales was held at Tredegarville Baptist Ohapel, Cardiff, yesterday. The united chorus was made up of the choirs connected with the Baptist Churohes at Cadoiton, Barry Dook, Caetleton Caerphilly, Penarth. and Whitchurch., and, under the baton of Mr. W. T. Samuel, they sang a number of hymn-tunes and anthems in a very praiseworthy manner. Mr. T. O. Jonee, F.R.C.O., presided at the organ, and also contributed a, selection on the same instrument. In order to carry out the pro- gramme the festival coir men ced in the after- noon, and both at that gathering and in the evening the attendance was very iarce The afternoon meeting was presided over by Mr. W. H. James, Barry Dock (ex-president of the Union), and the Bev. J. Williams pre- sided over the evening meeting.

VICAR AND SWEETHEARTS. In his "Parish Magazine," issued yester- day, the Rev. O. Rhodes, vicar of Woodhorn, says:—"I am always delighted to hear of our lads getting nice sweethearts, and delighted to meet them and speak on the road. But why need some walk out their girls in a degrading fashion, which suggests the lowest of the low manners in the lowest cities? Country folk should be above that. And when a dear young fellow has been able to afford to marry whv does he not oftener spend his evenings in walking out the nice young wife (if she is nice, and she must see to it that she really is!) as he used to do before he waft married- with the perambulator? That would make marriage seem higher and more honourable than bowling and indulging the appetite with boon companions that have got a bit of wage in their pockets."

DEATH OF MRS. EVANS, PENCOED I After a. brief illness, Mrs. Evans, wife of Mr. William Evans, Court Bouse, Pen coed, the agent of the Iianharan Estate, passed away peacefully this morning. The deceased lady, who was in her fifty-fourth year, was a native of Glyn-Nea.th. where the interment will take place. She was widely esteemed on account of her uniform geniality and urbanity, and much sympathy is felt by a wide circle of friends with Mr. Evans and t,he family in their bereavement.

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS. Constant Header (Swansea).—" Spare Moments" puzzles were dealt with last Saturday. It is on Saturday we give our chief list of solutions; on Mondays the list is supplementary to that of Saturday.

TREDEGAR BOY KILLED I James Whitmarsh, thirteen, was instanta- neously killed by a fall at Tytrist Colliery, I Tredegar, yesterday evening.

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I THAT SIXTY-FIVE. I 0. I FIFTEEN GATHERED IN LAST NIGHT. I The 65 copies of the "Evening Express" which are being bought this week at JE1 each are rapidly coming in. Up to this morning 36 had been obtained. To-day's returns are as follows:— j Mr. JAMES HANCOCK, 29, NORTH VIEW-TEEKACE. ABEBAMAN. Mr. JOHN CHBISTOPHEE, 23, BLAENGAJRW-EOAD, BLAENGAEW, Mr. WILLIAM SPENCER, 3, CHURCHILL-TERRACE, CADOXTON-BARRY. Mrs. M. C. GRIFFITHS. 47; TUDOR-ROAD, CARDIFF. [First call, 57.] Mrs. J. REES, 71. ARABELLA-STREET, CARDIFF. [First call. 95.] Mr. HARRY HAWKINS, 39. WYEVERNE-ROAD, CARDIFF. Miss SARAH PRICE, 11, HOLFORD-STREET, CEFN. Mr. GEO. GERRY. 9k DOCK-STREET, [First call, 19.] COGAN. [First call, 19.] Mr. D. B. JAMES. 3, WRAUGHTON-PLACE, ELY. Mrs. MARY DREW, 8, ABERMOELAIS-TERRACE, MERTHYR. [First call, 13.] Mr. JAMES COX. 62. HIGH-STREET, MOUNTAIN ASH. (pirst call, 59.] Mrs. JAMES, 30, CRESSWELL-TERRACE. NEATH. [First oall, 27.] Mrs. MARY DAVIES. 7. LLEWELLYN-STREET, NANTYMOEL. Mr. REES DAVIES, COLLIERY REPAIRER, PARK SLIP COLHERY, 8. STATION-ROW, TONDU. [First call, 12J Mr. JAMES HARWOOD, GLANYNANT-TERRACE. TYNYPWLL-ROAD. WHITCHURCH.

I Principle of Co-option. REPORT ON THE CARDIFF INQUIRY. Board Adhere to Their Position An inquiry under the Education Act was held a.t the Town-hall, Cardiff, on the 14th of last month by Mr. W. N. Bruce, one of the principal assistant secretaries of the Board of Education, and his report can be inspected at the town-clerk's office up to and including the 12th inst. Alter giving in summary form the evidence and arguments put before him, Mr. Bruce states that he sees no reason why Cardiff should have taken so different a line from that pursued by the Welsh counties. The suggestion that the town council of Cardiff was likely always to contain more educa- tional experience than the Glamorgan County could hardly be seriously entertained. Up to the present time the town council had recog- nised the principle of co-option in the case of the technical instruction committee, and, although their view had now changed, they had been prompted by a sense of courtesy and good feeling to individuals to continue the practice—even to the extent of having an out- aider as chairman of tihe committee. They also proposed to co-opt on the education com- mittee one more woman than was legally necessary. In conclusion, Mr. Bruce states tha.t in th. present situation it would, he thought, be un- deairable for the Board to change the ground which they had chosen as to the basis of what was practically an appeal to Parliament. They had offered the town council the maxi- mum of concession, which they considered consistent with their duties under the Educa- tion Act, and it would, in his opinion, be best, as the inquiry produced no sign of a. conciliatory disposition on the part of the town council, to adhere to that position, and to leave other bodies or persons to set their own claims in their own way.

JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN Ticketless Traveller's Adventurei  A Nottingham man, James Parkinson, has met with bad 1-k in Sheffield. On Wednes- day night he bought in Nottingham a ticket for a etation a few miles out, but got into the Sheffield express, and, when the train was tra- velling at the rate of 40 miles per hour, just outside Sheffield he jumped from the foot- board. The train was stopped, and the man was picked up severely injured about the head. At Sheffield Police-court to-day he appeared enveloped in bandages, and was sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for travelling without a ticket. The Great Central Railway Company were the prosecutors. Parkinson's defence was that he got into the Sheffield train by mistake, but he would give no satisfactory aocount of himself or .nv j fixed place of abode, and was penniless.

MERTHYR STIPENDIARY RATE I Decision of the Court of Appeal) The Merthyr stipendiary case was continued in the Court of Appeal this morning, when Mr. Ryde continued his argument in support of the position taken up by the auditor, who disallowed the higher charges from a police- court room at Mierthyr. The Master of the Rolls, in giving judgment, said that the Acts provided for facilities for the administration of justice, the chief part of which was the adjudication in court. For defendants to suggest that this was not included in the intention of the Act was far- fetched and extraordinary. He, therefore, thought that the decision of the court below waa wrong. The other lords justices concurred. The costs have to be paid by the guardians.

WOOD PAVING AT NEWPORT. I The works committee of the Newport Corpo- ration having advertised for tenders to lay wood-block paving in Market-street, received only one tender. It was from the Improved Wood Paving Company (Limited), at E534 7g. 9d. A short time previously the corporation accepted the offer of Messrs. McEuen and Co. to lay similar paving in Griffin-street (which is parallel to and about the same size as Market- street); and works committee now decided not to accept the tender sent in, but to ask Messrs. McEuen to do the work at the same rate.

TREDEGAR OUT-OF-WORK FUND. The voting at the Tredegar collieries and works on the proposed out-of-work fund re- sulted as follows :-For, 892; against, 1,112- majority against, 221. Poohin (No. g) CoIlilrv has DØto Mt been baJOotted.

ILANDLADY.& CAPTAIN I PECULIAR CLAIM AT CARDIFF Sequel to an Invalid's Death A peculiar case came before his Honour Judge Owen at Cardiff County-court to-day, when Mrs. La,ura. Dobbie, Plasturton-gardems, Cardiff, claimed £50 from Christopher Gowan, captain of the steamship Nothermoor. Mr. John Sankey (instructed by Messrs. George David and Eva.ns) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lewis Morgan defended. Mr. Sankey, in opening, said the case was an unusual one. On October 29 last rooms were let by the plaintiff to defendant's wife. Mrs. Gowan arrived two days later, in a. great state of weakness, and had to be carried upstairs. Plaintiff soon discovered that she was suffering from consumption; and, in con- sequence, other lodgers left the house. On November 9 the husband arrived, and, on see- ing the condition of his wife, requested Mrs. Dobbie to do all that was necessary to be done for his wife, and he would be responsible for the expenses. Mrs. Gowan was unable to leave her room, and had to receive constant attention. Owing to Mrs. Gowan having died from con- sumption plaintiff had suffered a great less through not being able to let her rooms. Mr. Sankey, continuing, said that a number of letters had been received from the defendant. one of which was the following:- Steamship Nothermoor, Naples, December 8, 1903. Dear Mr. Dobbie,-I am very grateful to you and Mrs. Dobbie for your very kind and sympathetic letter; also for all your very great goodness towards my dearly beloved wife. Believe me, I shall be for ever grate- ful. I am most anxious to know my dearest wife's last words. you may be certain I will can on you the first opportunity after arrival home. God grant my dearly beloved wife is in Heaven, and may He bless you all for your goodness 0 cannot tell you at present when I am going from here I will drop you a line another time Yours, very sincerely, O. GOWAN. Mr. Sankey: You see, yonr honour, the gratefulness was not translated into money. (Laughter.) His Honour: No, the gratitude came on black-edged paper. (Renewed laughter.) Mrs. Dobbie gave evidence bearing out counsel's opening statement. About a week before Mrs. Gowan died her bed had to be destroyed, and after her death and on the day of the funeral the rooms occupied by the deceased were like a public road, owing to the large number of visitors to the house. His Honour remarked that the damages claimed were very high. Mr. lerwis Morgan concurred. Mr. Lewis Morgan (to plaintiff): Why do you charge Li lis. 6d. for the rooms? You only charged Mrs. Gowan one guinea. Are they more valuable now than they were before the death of Mrs. Gowan?—No reply. Did you ever ask Mrs. Gowan for a penny more than a guinea?—No. You charge zell 155. for the wear and tear of the house. Did you have more than three or ronr people during the whole time of the funeral?--They were inland out all the time. And they consisted of deceased's brother and sisterIL-Yes. But they paid for their roams?—Yes. Is it true that your sister died from ocm- sumption ?—Yes. And you knew that Mrs. Gowan was con- sumptive when yon took her in?-No. I did not. Mæe. Spray told you so when she engaged the rooms, and you said you knew all about the eme, as your sister died from it?-No: nothing of the sort. You say you charged extra for extra, cook- ing?-Yes. Was not her dinner brought from the Dorothy Cafe?—Yes; but she never ate it. Did this wretched woman get anything from you except wretched beef tea?—Yes; dainties and littde thingB like that. You oharged for ererytMn* you •o4vUed» —Yes. And you were paid every week?-yel Was there a Moss Elias there?—Yes; she was nanny ever in the house. She was Mrs. Gowan's companion, and came with her?—Yes. Is it true that you wer& not often in a fit state to attend to your duties?—Jfo. I was always able to attend to my duties. Is it true that you were repeatedly under the influence of drink?-No. Is it troe that on the night Mrs. Gowan died that your Ausband had to hold you up, and that yon Vominated into the coal-scuttle ? Mrs. Gowan died with her arms round my neck, and it was enough to make anyone sick. Miss Elias was in bed and asleep at the time- DOCTORS' EVIDENCE. I Dr. Marmaduke Pittard said it would be I dangerous for any person to live in a house after a ftal case of consumption unless all the walls were re-papered, the carpets raised, and the house thoroughly disinfected through. out. Mrs. Spray, wife of Mr. George Spray, dilen- tist, Cardiff, spoke to engaging the rooms for the deceased- She informed Mis. Dobbie that she had failed to get rooms elsewhere, as Mrs. Gowan was suffering from consumption. Mrs. Dobbie expressed her willingneea to take Vm Gowan. and said that her own sister had died from the same disease. Mrs. Gowan was very ill at the time, but could walk. In reply to Mr. Morgan, witness stated that on the day of Mrs. Gowan's dea.th plaintiff appeared very excited, but witness could not say that she had had anything to drink. Miss Elias, who acted as companion to the deceased, said that the funeral was attended by only a couple of dozen persons. Dr. Walford, medical officer of Cardiff, said that had the house been disinfected after the removal of the body it would not have been dangerous lor anyone to have lived in the house. His Honour considered that plaintiff was entitled to recover, and allowed L15 for damage to the house, and zElO for general damage-

CONTROL OF PANAMA CANAL I Handed Over to the U,8 Government The Panama, Canal property was 3restordoy formally turned over to the United States on the Isthmus of Panama, and the title now rests absolutely with the United States Government. At tne same time orders were given to deposit with Messrs. Morgan and Coi, in New York 40 million dollars in payment for the French ownership. Ten million dollars will be paid to Panama, this week.

WENTWOOD FIRE Manager Voted Assistance With reference to the recent fire at Went- wood, when the house of the manager (Mr. J. Macdonald) was destroyed, with practically; all his furniture, clothiug, &c.. the water- works committee of the Newport Corporation has decided to vote Mr. Macdonald £50 for his immediate necessities, and that the question of the further amount to be contributed by the corporation towards his loss be deferred for the present.

EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATION At Merthyr Police-court to-da.y George Breeee, landlord of he Red Cow Inn, Glebe- land, applied for a vaccination exemption cer- tificate in respect of his ohild born on the 16th of March. "Have you insured its liter", asked the stipendiary. "No," was the renlv- The certificate was granted, hia worship say. ing, "I would insure it now if I were you."

Before Mr. E. Treharne, at an occasional court held at Barry this morning, Edward Davies, of 15, Holmee-road, Cadoxtom, was 1"8- manded until to-morrow on a charge of steaU i mg 341b. of brasB from the Barry Graving ..Dock.