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THIEVING UP-TO-DATE AT CARDIFF.
THIEVING UP-TO-DATE AT CARDIFF. PENNY-IN-THE-SLOT TELEPHONE BOXES ROBBED. For some days past the Cardiff representa- tives of the National Telephone Company (Limited) have set their wits to work to catoh an expert thief who has been robbing the penny-in-the-slot telephone boxes which are fixed at various small local public call offices. These thefts were not detected for some little time, as the persons upon whooo premises the boxes are fixed have no means of examining the contents; and it was only when an inspector called to collect the money that the robberies were discovered. The telephones are fitted in passages, silence boxes, and other places where the shopkeeper or other person in charge has no opportunity of watching the individual using them. The practice is for the exchange operator to listen for the penny to drop in the box before connecting the person with the number asked for. An automatic register in the box indi- cates the amount that should be contained when the inspector calls. It is supposed that the thief called at the penny-in-the-slot offices, and asked to be allowed to use the telephone. Then, instead of ringing up the exchange, he opened the box by means of a special key, and abstracted the money. So far as we can gather, the thief is as yet un- detected, and having regard to the number of strange persons using these telephones, his identity must be extremely difficult to trace.
PEMBROKE BOROUGHS- I
PEMBROKE BOROUGHS- I UN" IONIST CANDIDATE TO BE SELECTED TO-MORROW. A meeting of the Conservative Executive Com- mittee for the Pembroke and Haverfordwest Boroughs has been called for to-morrow (Fri- day) at Neyland to meet a, possible candidate. It is rumoured that the prospective candidate is Mr. Mannering, son-in-law of Sir Albert de Rutzen.
ROUT OF THE HEREROS. I
ROUT OF THE HEREROS. I The following report was received in Berlin on Wednesday from General Von Trotha, dated Hamakari, the 16th inst. After the battle on the 11th the enemy dis- persed in headlong, panic-stricken flight, leaving behind many cattle and other pos- sessions and numerous dead. We captured large numbers of cattle. Major Von EstorfT followed the enemy from the north in an enveloping movement, and to-day (the 15th) defeated the Herero band which was retreating from Omuramba. The enemy's losses were very heavy. Our casualties were five men killed and two officers and five men wounded. -Reuter.
AN IMPORTANT INSURANCEI AMALGAMATION.
AN IMPORTANT INSURANCE I AMALGAMATION. A provisional agreement has been signed between the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company and the Scottish Em- ployers' Liability and General Insurance Company (Limited), of Aberdeen, by which, subject to the approval of the shareholders, the London and Lancashire absorbs the Scot- tish company.
LORD ANGLESEY'S ADOPTEDI BABY…
LORD ANGLESEY'S ADOPTED I BABY RETURNED. The sale by auction of the effects of the Marquess of Anglesey was resumed, when the contents of Plas Mona, a residence just outside the Park walls, were put up before a large attendance, good prices being realised. This section of the sale will range over three days. Included in the sale are "A most costly wax doll, representing Aladdin ih a satin and blue silk-lined star-spangled costume," and other costly and expensive comical dolls, to- gether with masks, ping-pong sets, curling irons, sets of picture postcards, and a mis- cellaneous collection of "Views of Jerusalem." The baby girl adopted a year ago by his lordship, and who wa3 daily driven about Bangor in a carriage and pair, and under the care of a couple of nurses, has been returned to her parents, who are in humble circumstances.
BENEFACTORS OF SWANSEAI HOSPITAL.
BENEFACTORS OF SWANSEA I HOSPITAL. On Wednesday the board of management I of the Swansea Hospital met, under the presi- I dency of Mr. Hyam Goldberg. Regarding the enclosure of The convalescent home common, Mies Dillwyn said that X, the ajionymous benefactor, promised to defray the cost of doing so, provided it were not more than £ 50. The matter was left in Miss Dillwyn's hands. With regard to a gift of X300 to the hospital, the chairman was authorised to state that the donor was Miss Clara Thomas, of Llwyn- madoc, Porth.
THE HOUSING QUESTION AT MER-I…
THE HOUSING QUESTION AT MER-I THYR. At a meeting of the Merthyr Urban District Council held on Wednesday the Deputy-clerk rend a resolution from the Dowluis branch of the National Union of Shop Assistants saying that they viewed with alarm the great scar- city of workmen's dwellings in the district, thu." causing overcrowding and rack-renting, and calling upon the council to complete their scheme fry," building 500 hous-ee at the earliest possible date.—Tho matter was referred to the housing of the working claisscs committee.
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An interesting debate took place on the Square, at Nelson, between Afr. Waddington and -Mr. Howse on the subject of "Tariff Reform versus Free Trade." Mr. Evans. Caer- philly, presided over the large audience.
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FELL OFF A BRIDGEj
FELL OFF A BRIDGEj WORKMAN'S TERRIBLE DEATH AT LLANBRADACH A man named Albert Garrett, aged 32, of 32. Pontygwindy-road, Caerphilly, met with a fatal accident on Wednesday afternoon, by falling down a viaduct situated near Llan- bradach. Garrett, who was known as "Bristol," was one of about 130 men employed on the Barry Railway Company's viaduct which is in course of construction between the Pwlly- pant side and the Bedwas side of the Rhymney Valley. As the work progresses boarding is removed, as may be necessary, to other parts. On Wednesday a plank 16ft. long was required in a certain positian for scaffold- ing, and Garrett and another were told off to procure one. The plank was duly sawn tG the required length and partly lifted up to the solid floor. Before giving it the final lift, however, Garrett is said to have rested a few seconds, standing over the plank with one foot on the cross-girder and the other on deck. Meanwhile the plank slipped, and in falling knocked Garrett down a depth of about 90ft. He was caught in a tree and sustained severe injuries to his head, which must have caused instantaneous death. He is believed to be a native of Bristol, and only commenced work- ing on the viaduct a month on Wednesday.
I Merthyr MarvsGrievance
I Merthyr MarvsGrievance IHE COMPLAINS TO LORD KNOLLYS. Mr. William Evans, a small property owner, who has had considerable trouble with his tenants, appeared at a meeting of the Merthyr District Council on Wednes- day in a very excited state, and said. I should like to mention a piece or fragment of this scandalous affair. My books have gone to London, and I have written to Lord Knollys (Private Secretary It) the King) to bring my case before his Majesty, because I cannot get anyone to stop the Merthyr authority from doing me wrong with the fer. houses I have. I am afraid my letters and books have been intercepted. I told his lordship to kindly wire me in the name of J. Morgan, and I have had no reply. These people who do me wrong do me wrong on the sly and in the dark, and so I have to go on the sly and in the dark to meet them. "All right, Mr. Evans," said Mr. Martin, who was in the chair, pulling him up. Then, (turning to the deputy-clerk) "Tell the clerk that Mr. Evans has brought the matter before us, and that he has written to the secretary to the King." The members, who had finished the busi- ness, then rose from their seats, and Mr. Evans, though not content, left the court.
I Perilous - Occupation
I Perilous Occupation A BOARDING HOUSE-KEEPER'S TROUBLE AT NEWPORT Boarding-house-keeping at Newport seems to be no very secure or pleasant occupation if one may judge from an incident which arose in that town, the story of which was told before the magistrates on Wednesday. A sailor, named George- Werner, who had been a member of the crew of the steamship Ferra, was brought up in custody charged with being drunk and disorderly in Watch- house-parade, and using violent threats towards Mr. William Jones, a respectably- dressed man, who was passing along the street from the dock. The sailor stopped him and told him that he would cut his bowels out, and began searching for his knife. Mr. Jonee said he had never seen the defendant before. Prisoner had nothing else to say than that he thought Mr. Jones was a boarding-master. The Justices' Clerk (Mr. T. Summers) Well, but we don't allow even boarding-masters to be served in that way in Newport. Fined 21s., or a month's imprisonment. In another case Richard Smith, of 11. New- street, formerly a boarding-master, and now a canvasser for a seamen's outfitter, and a sailor, named Edward Moore, were charged with fighting in Commercial-road on Tuesday night. The troubles of the boarding-master were shown in this melcfe. Moore said the fight arose because Smith kept his advance note and would not give it up. I Smith's version was that he had already given Moore money, and had promised to supply him with clothes. Moore came to him on Tuesday night to ask for money for more drink. As he had already had enough he refused to give him more. The man also wanted his advance note for P,2, but, as that was the only security he had for what had already been advanced and for the clothes which were to be supplied (and the note would be useless unless the man went in the ship) he refused to give it up. Moore then pulled him about and fell down. They were fined 10s. 6d. each.
MR. MOSES POWELL DEAD.
MR. MOSES POWELL DEAD. A SURVIVOR OF THE TYNEWYDD I DISASTER. The death occurred at his residence. Surgery House, Ynyshir, on Wednesday afternoon of Mr. Moses Powell. The deceased, who had been ailing for the PaÆlt twelve months, ha-d acted as traffic manager at the Standard Colliery for close upon twenty-three years, and by his death a strong connecting link with the memorable disaster at Tynewydd in 1877 haa been severed, Mr. Powell being one of the entombed miners. He leaves a widow- a sister to Mrs. Thomas, Brynawel, Ynyshir— and three children. The deceased had been a zealous member of Ainon Baptist Chapel, Ynyshir, for many years.
FARMERS' CO-OPERATION.I
FARMERS' CO-OPERATION. I PONTYPRIDD SOCIETY: LORD I ONSLOW'S VISIT. A special meeting of the Pontypridd Dis- trict Co-operative Agricultural Society was held at the New Inn Hotel, Pontypridd, on Wednesday evening, Mr. Walter Davies. Cefn, presiding. It was announced that forms of application to join the association or to take shares might be had from the chairman or the hon. secretary, the Roev. John Jenkins. Llantwit Fardre. It was stated that Lord Onslow had con- sented to visit Cowbridge and address a meet- ing in October. I
ABERAVON FINANCES.I
ABERAVON FINANCES. I LATE COLLECTOR AND AN ALLEGED DEFICIENCY OF JE64. I At the Aberavon Town Council on Wednes- day night the minutes of the finance com- mittee contained a report by the borough accountant, which stated that he had to carry forward jE64 lis. ad. on the water and district rate against the late rate-collector (Mr. John John).—The Accountant reported that he had written Mr. John for an explana- tion, and had received no reply.—It was resolved to convene a special meeting of the finance committee, and to request Mr. John to attend and give an explanation of the alleged deficiency.
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At Mountain Ash Police-court on Wednesday Thomas Thomas, collier, Ynysboeth, was charged with measuring his strength with a friend named William Lewis, by indulging in a stand-up fight on Jhe 9th inst. Thomas admitt,ed the police-constable's version of th8 affair, and was ordered to pay a fine of £ 2 a-n(i costs, or one month's imprisonment. It was decided to issue a warrant for the arrest of Lewis, who had not put in an appearance.
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UNPLEASANT CASE.I - i
UNPLEASANT CASE.I i Judge and Ystalyfera I Witness. "A DISGRACEFUL STATE OF I THINGS." At the Glamorgan Assizes at Swansea on Wednesday there was resumed (before Mr. Jus- tice Kennedy) an action for detinue brought, by Mrs. Florence Maria Saunders, wife of Richard Saunders, of Ystalyfera, against William Burchell Rees and Laura Swash. Mr. Abel Thomas, K.C., M.P., and Mr. Meager (instructed by Messrs. Randell and Saunders) were for plaintiff, and Mr. S. T. Evans, K.C., M.P., and Mr. R. Vaughan Williams (instructed by Messrs. Moeran and Words- worth) for the defence. The action was for the return of certain deeds and documents or their Value, and an injunction restraining the defendant Rees from further using them. When the court adjourned on Tuesday evening the defendant Rees was under cross- examination, and on the court resuming its sitting on Wednesday morning Laura Swash, the other defendant, who was examined the previous day, stepped into the witness-box, and handed to his lordship a. parcel of deeds which she had said on the previous day were given her by Rees in 1895, and the where- abouts of which she had declined to reveal. The Judge: We will keep these deeds together, madam. In answer to the judge, she said she had the deeds in 1895 from Rees, but a fortnight later she missed the schedule accompanying them. She then handed the deeds to the care of Mrs. Farran. who kept them until she went to Messrs. R. and C. B. Jenkins's office and gave them up for a loan for the defendant Rees. She had the deeds again in 1897. Rees had never told her why when he gave her back the deeds in that year. He kept in his own posses- sion one of the documents that had been deposited with Messrs. Jenkins. The Judge: All you knew was that a docu- ment, for the purpose of evading the Llandilo County-court, had been missed?—The witness nodded assent. The defendant William Burchill Rees was then put into the box, and his cross-examina- tion was resumed by Mr. Abel Thomas, who questioned him very closely as to the docu- ments he and plaintiff had deposited with Messrs. Jenkins, solicitors, in 1897, which, counsel pointed out, included deeds alleged to have been previously given to Laura. Swash. Counsel put the document given to Messrs. Jenkins by the defendant and signed by him and plaintiff, and drew his attention to the recital of its contents, which he submitted were identical with the deeds now put in by the defendant Swash. In reply to a series of close questioning on the subject, the witness gave answers indicating his inability to understand, whereupon the Judge said he absolutely declined to believe any statement he had made as to not understanding what Mr. Thomas had said. He put it to him time after time. Mr. Thomas then repeated the question: Did you say the document deposited with Messrs. Jenkins did not recite all the deeds as belonging to plaintiff?—I don't believe I did. I believe this is a got-up affair alto. gether. Did you go to Messrs. Jenkins's with the fraudulent document, knowing a fraud had been committed, and hand it to the solicitors with others?—I took it to them to ask if it was of any value. I did not know it to be a fraud. I took it to be an insult to the judge. I did not think it a fraud because I did not think anyone was intended to be injured by it. Plaintiff then called rebutting evidence. Mr. Richard Jenkins, solicitor, of Swansea, was called, and Mr. Abel Thomas put the following question to him:—It has been alleged to-day that you were told by Mr. Rees that the document which he produced to you was not signed by him, and that he had not given authority for it to be signed, and that you said you could not advise him upon I it that day, and subsequently it was included in the documents. What do you say?—It is an entire fabrication. I should have kicked the man out of the office. The Judge: I should have been inclined to think so. Richard Saunders, the btrsband of the plain- tiff, denied the allegation of the defendants and their witnesses that he put his mark to the withdrawal signed by plaintiff of the action. Mrs. Ambrose, a neighbour, was called to speak as to the health of the plaintiff, say- ing that at the time of the withdrawal she was suffering from hysterics. Asked, in cross-examination, what was the meaning of delirious, she said she did not know. David Samuel Williams, insurance agent, also spoke to plaintiff being ill in bed at the time. This concluded the evidence. In a judgment which occupied over an hour in delivery the Judge characterised the case as one of the most unpleasant he had ever had to try, because he had felt from the beginning-almost from the first witness-, very great difficulty in satisfying himself in regard to the truthfulness on various grounds of one side or the other. It was a case the basis of which rested upon a disgraceful state of things. He was not there to express an opinion on morality, except so far as it affected the action and the state of things and the aspect which gave rise to that action, as it originated in the fact of the relations which must have grown up where the man, the defendant Rees, had children by both the women, and the elder sister consented to remain in the house where the younger sister was seduced by her paramour, and had chil- dren by him, as she had done. Of course, the relations became very difficult to disentangle, as the children grew up. There were con- flicting claims on the man by tlie two women, neithe of whom had a legal claim on him. They had a man who had dealt very cruelly with the two women, and who, apparently, in this particular case was content to a large extent to live on their manual exertions. The feelings of the parties in those abnormal; circumstances were such as might easily burst out into hostility towards each other and lead to considerable jealousy between the women, both for their own interests and the interests of their respective children, especially on the part of the elder of the two sisters, wao had borne to him two girl children, for whose future she was naturally somewhat anxious. His lordship totally disbelieved the defen- dant Rees's allegation that he submitted the document alleged to be forged to Messrs. Jenkins, whom he described as evidently an able and respectable firm, and, proceeding, said he was afraid—and that was why he could not decide in plaintiff's favour-look- ing at what subsequently happened, he could., only draw the inference he ought not to bo satisfied with her proof that it waa a bona- fide mortgage to secure a bona-fide debt After severely criticising some of the wit- nesses for the defence, his lordship concluded by saying he. nevertheless, did not feel just;- i fled in finding for the plaintiff. He was equally dissatisfied with a large portion of the evidence for the defence. He had been very saddened to see the demeanour of the witnesses in many cases, and also in soma cases obliged to feel that they were inten- j tionally either withholding the truth or not j teling the whole truth, however difficult it might he to prove it in a court of jllstic. Ho I had tried to get at the truth in a difReu't and complicated case, and, while he could not hold the plaintiff had succeeded, he certainly should not mulct her in the costs. Ilo gave I -.E) cos t IIL, judgment for the defendant, without costs. This concluded the business of the assize, v.hich has lasted 21 days.
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THE CONTRABAND SEIZURES I
THE CONTRABAND SEIZURES I COMPENSATION CLAIMS TO BE I PRESENTED. Replying to the views of the Scottish Ship- masters' Association on certain questions arising from the war between Russia and i Japan, the Marquess of Lansdowne says that the question of compensation in cases of vessels seized by Russian warships is not overlooked. All claims connected therewith will be lparefully examined, and if properly substantiated steps will be taken for their presentation to the Russian Government. Every effort is being made for the proper pro- tection of the flip-sang's and Knight Com- mander's crews. MORE INTERFERENCE WITH I BRITISH SHIPPING. Lloyd's agent at Ajaccio telegraphs all follows:—"British steamer Scotian, from the Tyne for Ajaccio, with coals, reports that in 36.38 -IT. by 7.47 W. on 12th August, noon, was stopped by the Russian cruiser Ural, war flag, firing two blank shots, then one shell. The officer examined papers, endorsed articles in Russian, then allowed her to pro- ceed. He stated that he was searching foi over 209 steamers carrying contraband.
CAMBRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICALI ASSOCIATION,
CAMBRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL I ASSOCIATION, INTERESTING DISCOVERY MADE I AT NEVERN. The members of the Cambrian Archaeolo- gical Association, who are holding their annual convention at Cardigan, on Wednes- day visited Nevern, in the county of Pem- broke, which is celebrated for its well-known churchyard cross, which is second to none in the Principality for size and beauty of ornament. In examining the western door- way and stairway of the transeptal chapel, it was noticed by the Ven. Archdeacon Thomas that one of the stones immediately overhead and supporting the upper portion of the staircase, was marked with curious interlacing lines. Communicating this dis- covery to Mr. Romilly Allen, F.S.A.. that gentleman at once proceeded to verify the find. when, in looking above his head for the stone referred to by Archdeacon Thomas, Mr. Allen was so fortunate as to notice that the adjacent st.ones bore certain marks upon the exposed angle similar to those known as "ogams." Materials for the taking of rub- bings were procured, and the conjecture was speedily verified. The ogam letters were perfectly clear and easily deciphered. They read E. C. U. N. A. N. M. A. —. The inscrip- tion was clearly incomplete, the stone having, doubtless, been shortened to make it fit the width of the stairs that it helped to support. There may have been letters preceding those with which the inscription now commenced, and it is almost certain that the last two letters are the first part of the word M. A. Q. A. I.—meaning "The son of." The party next proceeded to Newport to inspect the castle constructed somewhere in the early part of the twelfth century, but now almost wholly dismantled. After this a considerable number undertook the ascent of Caern Ingli. The Pentre Evan cromlech, which is well j known to antiquaries, was next visited, after which the tired party made for home.
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STREET BETTING .! . 1
STREET BETTING 1 CARDIFF STIPENDIARY ASKS QUESTIONS. George Mends, fish salesman, of Bridge- street, was summoned (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary) at Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday for receiving and kiettlli?:b(?t. Mr. 0. Treharne Morgan (from the town- clerk's office) appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Harold Lloyd defended. Police-constable Edgar Dix deposed to seeing seven men approach defendant and hand him something wrapped in paper, which appeared to be money. In some cases the men consulted papers and afterwards wrote something on a slip of paper and then handed defendant what appeared to be money. Defendant looked at what was given to him. and in most instances made an entry in his book. Four other men also went up to him and spoke to him. The Stipendiary: Why do you say "what appeared to be money"? It might have been a tip for the next race. Witness: It might have been. The Stipendiary: You state the facts. I will draw the inference. In answer to Mr. Lloyd, witness was sure he had not mistaken defendant for another man. The Stipendiary (to defendant): Do you know what horse won the Derby?—I cannot remember. Do you take any interest in races ?-Some- times I have a shilling on. Did you have anything on the Gold Cup at Ascot?—I don't know one race from another. I don't know the dates. Htve you a "Ruff's Guide"?—I have no guide at all. Fined C5 and costs for each of two offences, I or one month.
Down on Betting I
Down on Betting I SIX MEN FINED AT ABERHLLERY At Abertillery on Wednesday Bernard Harris, John Hall, and Samuel Lawrence, Blaina, were fined £5 and £ 1 5s. 6d. costs each for assembling together for the purpose of betting. George James, Abertillery, was fined 50s. and El 5s. 6d. costs for a like offence. Oliver Fisher, Abertillery, was ordered to pay £ 12 lis., and Robert Vaughan £ 6 5s. 6d. for a similar offence. The prosecution was taken out under the new connty council bye-laws.
GERMAN COAL AT GENOA I
GERMAN COAL AT GENOA I Scheme to Capture British Trade I Mr. Franklin Thomas, president of the Car- diff Chamber of Commerce, occupied the chair at a monthly meeting held on Wednesday, and stated that the ex-president (Mr. Wood- Davey) had an important statement to make in regard to German competition in France and IbaV. Mr. Wood-Davey said: I have reason to believe that we are threatened with a deli- berate and organised competition in one of our best markets for Cardiff coal. I refer to Genoa, a port where we send over a million tons of coal from Cardiff yearly. Now, a very large proportion of this million tons that we send to Genoa is loaded up in railway trucks from the steamers and from lighters and despatched to various inland consumers in Liguria, Lombardy, and Piedmont. "When Cardiff coal reaches them the only thing they grumble about is the quantity of small coal they get and pay fo? as large coal. You must remember that the price delivered at a works, say. at Milan is approximately 40 francs per ton. Now, I am informed from reliable sources that the Westphali.an Syndi- cate, backed up by powerful interests in the German Empire, have prepared and nearly matured a schemp tp capture .this trade. They are arranging a manipulation of this coal at Genoa, taking out lumps for the inland trade, and discharging coal in a less marketable condition into lighters for bunkers of a combination of five large steamship com- panies. A powerful political influence is being brought to bear on the German steam- ship companies to take this quality of coal. It is notorious that, whilst our Government are hampering our trade with an export duty, the German Government are doing .all in their power to foater their trade. The German steamers that coal at Genoa are the North German Lloyd, Italia.. Hamburg-American, and Deutsche Ost-Afrika," and between' them they take 100,000 tons of coal at Genoa a year. We have, no doubt, a superior article, but as we are working our business at present Car- diff coal, owing to the handling at Genoa in discharging and loading into trucks, contains a lot of dead small by the time it gets to Lombardy. Mr. J. A. Jones remarked that German coal contained much more small than Welsh, but many buyers took the former from a senti- mental spirit, and in the hope that they would reduce the price of Welsh coal. Mr. J. B. Ferrier supported Mr. Jones, and said that the essence of the whole thing was the abominable tax that had been placed upon exported coal by the Government. While foreign Governments were encouraging the trade, the British Government were hamper- ing, and he hoped that further steps would be tak4en to get rid of the tax. Mr. Percy Thomas hoped the chamber would support Mr. Ferrier in getting rid of the Government as soon as possible. (Laughter.) Mr. Ferrier: I said, "Get rid of the coal- tax. Mr. Lester Jones said the chamber was indebted to Mr. Wood-Davey for bringing the subject forward, a remark which found support from other members, but it was thought inadvisable to pass any resolution at present.
FORGIVING NEWPORT WOMEN I
FORGIVING NEWPORT WOMEN I At Newport on Wednesday a well- dressed and very respectable woman, Mrs. Emily Augustine Hutchings, of 78, Alma- street, summoned her husband, John Henry Hutchings, for desertion. Mrs. Hutchings now asked the magistrates to be allowed to withdraw the summons against the defendant, who did not appear. "Why?" asked the presiding magistrate (Mr. C. D. Phillips). Mrs. Hutchings: I wish to give him another trial. Mr. Phillips: Very well; we allow the summons to be withdrawn. In another case Cornelius Keefe, of 3. Linton-street, was charged with using bad language in Linton-street. He did not appear, but was represented by his sister, who had called the police to quell her brother's disorder. She had, according to the police-constable's evidence, to run away and seek shelter in a neighbour's house to escape from his menaces. But now (before the magistrates) she put an entirely different aspect upon her brother's conduct. "He did not do anything to me. and all the neighbours said he didn't say anything out of the way," remarked the for- giving sister. The Bench found that Keefe had a history, and they fined him 30s., or a month.
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a A CRUEL HAULIER j a HORSE BEATEN WITH A "SPRAG" -———— a A case which revealed the infliction of con-mg siderable cruelty upon a horse was heard at Mountain Ash on Wednesday. The prosecutors were Messrs. Nixon's Navigation S8 Company, who summoned David Harland for brutally beating a horse which was entrusted to his charge at the Navigation Colliery, on the 8th inst. w Mr. William Kenshole conducted the prose- cution, and in his opening statement said that the defendant was employed as a haulier at the pit in question. The act of cruelty was committed in the main level. John Harries, overman, was attracted by a noise, and saw the defendant in the act of striking the animal with a "sprag." On being asked why he had punished the horse, Harland replied that it was the first time he had employed a "sprag." It transpired that the animal had been ill-treated because a tram, laden with timber, had got off the rails, and could not be moved by the horse. Mr. William Oxenham, veterinary surgeon, examined the horse on the same day, and found swellings on the hind part. Had the animal been unharnessed the cruelty would have resulted in the fracture of the animal's ribs. Mr. John Harries, overman, Mr. Tudor Davies, under-manager, and Mr. W. Oxenhaa corroborated Mr. Kenshole's statement, and Major Morgan Morgan, in inflicting a penalty of £ 5, including costs, remarked that the case was such as to justify the infliction of the maximum penalty under the statute for the prevention of cruelty to horses underground.
Cardiff Man's Character.
Cardiff Man's Character. SERIOUS CHARGE BREAKS DOWN At Cardiff on Wednesday (before Dr. James Mullin and Mr. T. H. Stephens) William Jones, 34, said by the police to be a loafer and an associate of corner boys, was brought up charged on a warrant that between May 10 and August 11 he knowingly lived in part on the proceeds of immorality. According to the police evidence, prisoner is a faithful member of the noble order of the sons of rest, but prisoner described this evidence as a. pack of lies, and asserted that he was an industrious worker. The principal police witness was Police-constable Edgar Dix, who said that at 11.10 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, he arrested prisoner in Bute-street. He said, after being cautioned: I admit I only did one day's work last week, but I backed a lot of winners. I want to call Mr. Carter, a Russian Jew. I know the woman you mean, and I have her name on my arm, and it has been there for years. Accused had been under observation since May 10. He was continually, by day and night, in the company of a lady of easy virtue, named Sarah Jane Young, of No. 2, Rodney-street. He had seen prisoner follow. ing the girl, sometimes when she was in the company of men. Prisoner was called, and gave evidence in his own behalf. His description of himself was at least indicative of toil. He said he was a dock labourer, and stayed at the workmen's hotel, Buteostrect. He gave an emphatic denial of the charge, saying that he had had nothing to do with the woman and had received nothing from her, though when she was drunk she "took the liberty" to follow him and to shout after him. He had worked, amongst others, for Spillers; on the Sage, from Carnarvon; and on the steam- ship Sunlight, carrying deals for Councillor Davis, contractor. Prisoner called several of his fellow-workmen, who attested to his constant contribution to the cause of labour. Inspector William Burke gave evidence for the prosecution, after which the Bench came to the conclusion that there was an element of doubt in the case. They gave prisoner tha • benefit of that doubt and discharged him.
NEWPORT FREE LIBRARIES ANNUAL…
NEWPORT FREE LIBRARIES ANNUAL REPORT The annual report of the Newport Free Library Committee states that the issues of books during the twelve months exceeded those of any previous year-76,699 volumes were issued from the central lending depart- ment, and 22.022 from Maindee: 30,191 were consulted in the central reference depart- ment, and 6,592 in the patent library, the gross total issued and consulted being 135,504. The increase of borrowers shown by the statistics and the large numbers who visited tho various readiug-rooms testify to the great and growing popularity and useful- ness of the institution. It is, therefore, the more to be regretted that tho committee are hampered in carrying on their work by lack of funds, which prevents them from making such provisions for the needs of tech- nical and other students, as well as for general readers, as ought to be found in a town of the size and importance of Newport. To this cause is attributable their inability to provide for the Corporation-road district a reading-room, the need of which is gener- ally recognised, and to carry out the im- provements and alterations required at the Central and Lyne-road. The report concludes with a reference to the need for more funda to extend the usefulness and increase the value of the museum and art gallery, and states that the committee would ask the corporation whether it was not possible to increase the funds set apart for these objects. The finance committee report shows that £ 1,776 had been expended' during the year, leaving a balance of £ 96.
NEWPORT BOY BURNT TO DEATH
NEWPORT BOY BURNT TO DEATH An inquest was held by the Newport, coroner on Wednesday touching the death of Reginald Phillips, aged two years, of 69, Hoskin-street, Newport, who died from buru. sustained on the 13th inst. The father of the child, who is a fireman at the Dos Works, said that he was taking a. rest on the day in question, when his son Eli, aged seven years, told him his brother .was on fire. He immediately wrapped the deceased in a coat and took him to the hos- pital, where his injuries were attended to. He died on the following afternoon. Dr. Wright said the child died from shock, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly.
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A man is Teported to have taken a number of prepayment orders for plants and shrubs at Newport on the representation that he was engaged by a firm of florists at Cardiff. After getting the money with the orders he gava the address of the firm he declared he repre. sented. But as the goods did not arrive at the time they w-ere dtie, inquiries were made from which it appeared that the address given was a private house and nothing was known of the business he had spoken of.
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HEALTH OF EBBW VALE j
HEALTH OF EBBW VALE At the monthly meeting of the Ebbw Vale District Council a death-rate of 11..35 was reported. Twenty-one casee of diphtheria and one of typhoid fever were notified during the month.
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At Wednesday's meeting of Ilontyp-;(Id Board of Guardians, the application for an increase in salary from Mr. Joshua Williamc., 1 collector. Y.^trad Rhondda, was favourably! considered, and an increase of £7- granted. The annual emolument now stands at £ 400.
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KING SOLOMON'S GOLD_L
KING SOLOMON'S GOLD_L MORE ABOUT THE RUINS OF GREAT ZIMBABWE, Among the latcEt arrivals from South Africa is Mr. R. N. Hall, F.R.G.S., who is well known as a leading authority on the mysterious ruins of prehistoric times, the monuments of which are scattered throughout Southern Rhodesia, many of them being associated with the extensive ancient gold workings from which, in the Biblical Opbir period, enormous quantities of gold are believed to have been extracted. Mr. Hall has recently completed two years' exploration work at Great Zimbabwe at the request of the Rho- desian Government, and also three months' examination work, at tho request of Mr. Rhodes' trustees, in the Myanga district, which abounds in mystery, as it contains bell fortp,, bell terraces, stone-lined pits and galleries, aqueducts, and other relics of sccie long-forgotten race. Mr. Hall informed Reuter's representative that his recent operations at Great Zim- babwe 4iad brought the enigma of these ruins very much nearer solution. His dis- coveries of new and hitherto unsuspected features cf ancient architecture, buried buildings, gold ornaments, and relics repre- senting the period when Phallic worship was practiced have been highly important. A large selection of the latter, also of gold and other relics, has been secured. 'Ihe evidences that Rhodesia was a country from which King Solomon's gold was obtained are fast accumulating. The builders of the more ancient portion of these massive and extern sive ruins are believed to have been Sabseo- Arabians of about 1.000 B.C., who at that time were the gold purveyors of the world. No suggestion has been made that any of the structures were erected by the Phoeni- cians, but distinct traces of their influence are believed to have been discovered. Mr. R. N. Hail, who left Penarth for Bulawayo, has contributed several special articles to the columns the Western Mail on his investigation of the ruins of Great Zimbabwe.
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In the generalisation of calculation each man, woman, and child in the United Kingdom is supposed to have received 101 letters' apiece last year. This, of course, is misleading. What would be a more interesting calculation, if the Postmaster-General could work it out. would be how many adults in the United Kingdom go from year's end to year's end without receiving a letter at all, and. perhaps, without sending one. There are sure to be many hundreds, if not thousands lonely. friendless wretches for whom the remainder can spare endless sympathy as they take their share out of the Briton's huge mail-bag. The records of the Postmaster-General are. in a degree, the records of the race which they concern. And reading the figures of the postal service for the last year we can easily form the conclusion that the Briton takes his troubles lightly and transacts his business with surprising carelessness. Last year was a bad year. Trade was stagnant, and business letters were not numerous. But the picture postcard fashion reached abnormal limits. Surely, the never has been such a fashion before; yet it is a craze to be encouraged. It is an easy and pleasant method of communication between friends. It has limitless artistic possi- bilities. We in this country have not yet reached the extreme to which it is carried in Germany. There you will see the solid Teuton arriving in a strange town, sitting down to his Dortmund and his pile of picture postcards, sipping the one and vigorously addressing and stamping the others positively in hundreds. If you are at the same table in the munici- pal gardens, he will politely request you to sign his postcards also, and before you are half through the colossal task you begin to wish unending warmth to the man who first thought of picture post- cards. There is a limit to the fashion, and Germany has reached it. But what a careless, forgetful lot of people our postal statistics show us to be. Last year people sent over £ 80,000 through the post without a sufficient address. Cash, bank-notes, cheques, postal orders, &c., of over £10,000 in value were nonchalantly dropped into pillar-boxes without being addressed at all. So the lean years do not seem to make the people more careful in the way they transact their business. The growth of the postcard and the use of the tele- phone are instances of the hurry-scurry of life. and the forgetfulness which drops a cheque for £1)500 into a post-box without addressing it may be the same. A locum tenens' complaint in a Scotch parish that after the service lias begun the elders stay in the vestry smoking, is rather a curious one, judged from the standard of propriety and devotion which is set up south of the Tweed. But in Scotland they seem to believe with the late C. H. Spurgeon, that "they can glorify God by smoking a pipe." A Lon- don contemporary re-calls an instance of an Archbishop of York (Dr. Black- burn) smoking his pipe in the vestry and taking refreshments. Sir Waiter Scott mentions an instance of an old Scotch- man—Duncan, of Knockdunder—actually smoking in church. The late Kilsby Jones, a Nonconformist minister, who was considered an oddity," is credited with having lighted his pipe in chapel on more than one occasion. He was short of matches probably. It is also recorded that the famous preacher, schoolmaster, and bard-Davies of Castle Howel, trans- ¡ lator or Grey's Elegy—always drank a jugful of homo-brewed at the chapel house before the service began. Some preachers take sal volatile instead of I alcoholic drink as a stimulant. In view cf the great number of deaths ¡ by drowning this year—the number is far above the average—several papers are drawing attention to the necessity of learning the art of swimming. It is extraordinary how few people are able to swim even a short distance. It is stated —and there are reasons fcr believing that the statement is true—that most of our coastguardsme-n and sailors are ignorant of the art. The same remark applies to fishermen, both those who follow their occupation on sea and in coracles or boats on rivers. Such a state of things is greatly to be deplored, and an effort should be made to remedy it. No art is easier to acquire than that of swimming, Any boy or girl can be taught its rudi- ments in two or three lessons—sometimes a single lesson suffices. The subject is one really that our educational autho- rities ought to take in hand. Unless his is done the number of drowning fatalities will increase year by year. The late Miss Cobbe's will is a reflex of its author's mind and creed and atti- tude towards certain movements and' questions of public moment. Several of her relatives benefit under it, but she did not forget her friends. Mr. Price, of i Rhiwlas, for instance, receives £ 1,000. j Miss Cobbe contemplated with horror I the possibility of being buried alive, and she took steps to absolutely prevent j such an event in her case. Acting under instructions from her when alive' a doctor completely severed the arteries in the neck and windpipe after her death, and lie benefits under her will to the extent of £ 21. Miss Cobbe's name will be long remembered at Barmouth, where she founded a library, and also by the Anti-Vivisection Society, to which she left a legacy which cannot be less than £ 5.000. Miss Cobbe was a remarkable woman in many respects. A conspicuous trait in her character was independence of mind, and her generosity was prover- bial.
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Mainly About People.
Mainly About People. A tall, slight man, on the wrong side of fifty, with a. kind and gentle face and dreamy eyes. That is a rough and short description of the President of the British Association, the man who yesterday opened the annual Congress at Cambridge. In early days he showed few signs of future great- ness. At Eton he was a football player rather than a worker. At Cambridge he only took a second-class degree. But even at this early age he started reading papers of an educational nature to an audience of rustics in his native village. He is a man of culture in almost1 every walk of life. Modern science is an open book to him. As a musician he has written clever papers on many composers, notably Handel. To this day (says the Daily Mirror ") he has a habit of playing the piano in the early morning, garbed in a dressing-gown, while the rest of the house sleeps—or tries to. Questions of religious controversy are per- haps the subject on which he has spent most time as a writer. In 1879 he published his greatest work, A Defence of Philosophic Doubt," which raised a storm of criticism. A later work, on "The Foundations of Relief." was also severely handled by rival philcsophers. He takes little physical exer- cise and little interest in the ordinary affairs of life. In fact, he hy.s expressed, in a famous speech, his contempt for the modern habit of newspaper reading. tie cycles a little, and playa golf. But his favourite occupation in leisure hours is to lie full length on his back and talk. He is also, by the way, Prime Minister of Entr- j land, and Arthur James Balfour is his right honourable name. The Queen s twin maids-of-honour, the Honourable Misses Violet and Dorothy Vivian, have become twin-aunts, their bro- ther. Lord Vivian, having been blessed with a. daughter. Though this peerage is but modern, the Vivians (to which family Lord I Swansea also belongs) have been very impor- tant personages in Cornwall as far back as the memory of man runneth-probably ever since that county was inhabited. But that is nothing (said "Free Lance"); they claim descent from one Viviafius Annius, a Roman general mentioned by Tacitus, which tabes the ancestry of the new Christian (the Honourable Daphne Winifred Louise Vivian) even further back towards the creation of the world. The London County Council in placing the Disraeli tablet at 22, Theo, gave their solution to a vexed question by the statement, Born here. 1804." Like Homer, who had seven, Gladstone;' Who had three birthplaces, and Whistler, who was born in America and in St. Petersburg, Disraeli had at different times given three different birth- places. The London County Council have now settled the matter as far as the ordi- nary tourist will concern himself, although the reason for their choice is somewhat obscure. The Jewish World," apropos of air. Rufus Isaacs s election to Parliament, recalls the fact that when Lord Rosebery made his re- entry into political life at Chesterfield there was a big over-new gathering, which Mr. I^acs wae asked to address and keep interested until the lion of the occasion could come out from the adjoining hall. Mr. Isaacs later told how he felt instinctively that he was doing fairly well, when suddenly a great outburst of cheering occurred. He went on speaking, but racked his brains to wonder what local topic he had touched upon to rouse so much responsive feeling. The demonstration was repeated, and maintained with great j vigour, and while he was still searching his mind to know by what happy inspiration he had obtained that signal effect a voice over his shoulder said, Hadn't I better take them now, Mr. Isaacs?" It was Lord Rosebery, who had come on the platform behind him unperceived. 1 Sir Riley Lord, who "has presented a white j marble statue of Queen Victoria to adorn th. courtyard of tie new infirmary at Newcastle- r on-Tyne, has been one of the most active members of the council of the Tyneside city I for jnst on twenty years, and has been once its sheriff and twice its mayor. It is INactically to him that Newcastle owes its fine-infirmary, for during his first mayoralty in 1895-96 he inaugurated the Victoria Diamond Jubilee fund and raised £ 1C0,QCQ; to which another JEICO.QCO was added by Mr. John Hall, and yet another £ 100,000 by Mr. Watson Armstrong. The foundation-stone of the building was laid in 19CO by the King-tli-en Prince of Wales—and the ceremony brought Sir Riley Lord hie knighthood. Sir Riley is sixty-six. and for four and forty yea.rs has represented a well-known insurance company. An a,r.a~dote of Thomas Coutts, the founder of the still famous bank, relates that, having hoard a. competing banker beast of refusing a loan of ioC.CCO to a certain peer, Coutts sought out the latter, invited him to call at the bank next day, and then handed to him Lw,Cw in notes. What security do you require?" asked his lordship., "Just your I O U," was the reply. That was the beginning of the enormous business of the bank with the nobility and aristocracy generally, and with the King and the Royal family Tho noble lord was rich enough, but when he wanted iZG,000 his wealth was not immediately available. Within a few weeks he paid into Coutts's £ 400,090, the outce-me cf an estate which he was selling when he asked the other banker for a. loan of £ 30,000. The Earl of Effingham has the distinction of being tie only peer to hold a- gold star for services in the cause of cycling and athletics. Incidenta-lly he is an enthusiastic motorist, but he is Netter known as president of the Northampton Rovers and vice-president of the Banbury Star Cycling Oiub. He is also president of the Berks. Bucks, and Oxon Centre of the National Cyclists' Union. Lord Effingham is thirty-eight, and is the fourth holder of the earldom granted in 1596 to the second Baron Howard of ElauthAAn. who waa made by Queen Klizabeth commandtT of the faJnou3 fleet which destroyed the Spanish Armada. This baron's father, a son of the! second Duke of Norfolk, was Lord High Admiral of England, and the first ambassador ever sent by England to Russia, his appoint- ment "to the Count of the Czar of Muscovy" bearing date 1553. He was the trusted councillor of three monarchs-Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary.
-I CHINESE ON THE RAND.1 -i…
CHINESE ON THE RAND.1 FAVOURABLE REPORT BY LORD MILNER. A White Paper was issued by the Colonial Office on Wednesday containing further cor- respondence relating to labour in the Trans- vaal mines. Lord Milner in a. dispatch to Mr. Alfred Lytteiton, dat-ed July 4, says"It is early yet to speak of the success of the experiment with the first hatch of labourers imported under the Anglo-Chinese Conven- tion, but it is regarded as highly satisfac- tory by mine officials and managers. The men are keen to become etficient miners, and show neither fear nor dislike of working underground. There seems no doubt they! are very well able to look after their own interests. The outbreak of beri-beri is not regarded at Johannesburg with great anxiety. In all other respects the health of the coclicf is most surprisingly good. I consider the experiment has so far been sufficiently satis- factory to justify our making every effort to secure a steady stream of indentured labourers."
VENEZUELAN BLACKMAIL.I
VENEZUELAN BLACKMAIL. BRITISH AND AMERICAN PRO- PERTIES HELD TO RANSOM. A Trinidad message says: -The Venezuelan Government has seized the property of the New York and Bermudez Company, especially the Asphalt Lake and Guanoek Railroad. estimated to be worth £ 2,000,000 sterling. The company has protested, and has demanded the protection of the American Government as an American corporation, also of the British Government in the interests of the British bondholders of the company. It is likely that the two Governments appealed to will take concerted action. The seizure of the company has no legal grounds, and is but the beginning of a blackmailing cam- paign against foreign companies. Another mesage says:—Mr. Bax-Ironside, British representative at Caracas, has pro- tested against the action of the Venezuelan Government. It is reported that a campaign has also been started against the English railroads. German railroads, and French cable, for the purpose of obliging these com- panies to re-pay by extortion what Venezuela was constrained to pay to them by the Powers.—Reuter.
THE NAVAL MANOEUVRESI
THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES LIEUTENANT REPRIMANDED FOR I MISJUDGMENT. A court-martial was held on Wednesday on board his Majesty's ship Endymion, one of the vessels of the Channel Fleet, now lying at Tor Bay, fo-* th", trial of Lieutenant Waldemar Bernard Wilkinson, of the Endymion for neg- lect or by default hazarding the safety úf. the vessel. The evidente was to the effect that late at night on the 9th of August, about twenty miles Pouth of Penzance, there was a collision between the Endymion and a Nor- wegian vessel, named the Ruth. Lieutenant Wilkinson was the officer of the watch, and it was alleged that the collision was due to his misjudging the distance between the Norwe- gian boat and the Endymnion. The lieutenant admitted that he was guilty of an error of judgment in calculating the distance between the two ves&els.-In the result be was acquitted of the charge of neglect, but was reprimanded for default.
WATERSPOUT IN BRISTOLI CHANNEL.
WATERSPOUT IN BRISTOLI CHANNEL. A Rhoose .correspondent writes: At one I o'clock on Wednesday afternoon I saw a waterspout travelling at an enormous speed up the Bristol Channel. A heavy shower had just fallen, and on looking seaward from Ehoose beach, at a distance of about 50 yards from the shore I noticed what seemed to be an unusual commotion on the surface of the water. From this surface arose a per- pendicular column, reaching a very black cloud. Its upper half was similar in shape to an inverted cone, and, like the cloud, was black. The lower half had the appearance of white vapour. The column at the base seemed to be about five yards in diameter. The lower end looked very much like the surface of a boiling cauldron, while the noise it made could be heard from the shore. In about three minutes it had reached the Pebble Beach. Porthkerry, where it lost con- tact with the water, and the column was soon drawn into the cloud, which passed over Barry Dock."
AMERICAN WHEAT MARKET.
AMERICAN WHEAT MARKET. There was a. further extraordinary advance in wheat at Chicago on Wednesday, and the wildest excitement prevailed. May touching 114h in New York, and 1121 at Chicago. Reports of a more alarming outlook for the wheat crop in the North Western States of Canada seemed to turn every individual in the" pit into a frantic buyer. Messages from North Dakota reported many fields to be uncut because of the shrivelled ocildition of the berries, due to the ravages made by black rust. The farmers in Minnesota are said to be burning the wheat fields and clea.ring the ground for next year's crops. Later dispatches express a fear that if freest reached the Manitoba crops of wheat it would mean widespread damag-e.-Reuter.
SIR THOMAS LIPTON'S CUP. I
SIR THOMAS LIPTON'S CUP. I The yacht St. Eclaire, owned in Detroit, has won the cup offered by Sir Thomas Lipton to the winner of the best two out of the three races. There were nine competitors. -Reuter.
A TRAWLER DESTROYED BY FIRE.
A TRAWLER DESTROYED BY FIRE. The crew of the Boulogne trawler Fried- land, No. 275. were landed at Lowestoft on Wednesday by the smack Iris. The Fried- lan-d caught fire off the Norfolk Coast, and ao the crew could not master the flames, they took to their boat. and after waiting about were picked up by the Iris. The Friedland drifted to the Nasborough Sands, and burnt to the water's edge.
BRECON PRIVATE CCUET-MARTIALLED.
BRECON PRIVATE CCUET-MARTIALLED. Sentence was promulgated on Wednesday at the depot of the South Wales Borcterrg., Brecon, on Private James Morris, a married soldier, who was tried by district court- martial on Friday last on a charge of attempting to strike Captain-adjutant Law- rence, 3rd South Wales Borderers. Prisoner has spent 48 days in confinement prior to being tried. The court's decision of guilty was confirmed, but the sentence of 84 days' imprisonment was remitted.