Evening Express

We hope the pundits of the Lancet" will read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the observations of Sir Marchant Williams. Sir Marchant is stipendiary magistrate of an important and populous industrial district, and his time is fully occupied in dispensing the law to evil- doers of all descriptions. But within the last week or two a remarkable change has come over his flock." Drunks have almost disappeared, and his courts have I quite a neglected aspect. What has caused this, we should like to know, if not the Revival, at which the Lancet" sneers as a species of manialg The reply of the Lanoet" would, pro- bably, be, "Oh, but it won't continue. This, of course, is the last ditch, so- to speak. There are plenty of people making use of this argument. It is a pleasant way of hoping for the bast." Well, it is for the people themselves to determine whether it will last or no. Often in these cases there is a falling off, but there is a residuum that doesn't fall off, and if only one convert in ten is reclaimed is not that a gain to the com- munity"? Sir Marchant Williams's testi- mony is of great value." low, had morrow escapes yesterday. In one case a goods train broke in two at Llantarnam, and the rear part, running back, would, probably, have oollided with the North mail but for the promptitude and presence of mind of a signalman called Vickery. In the other case a locomotive hauling a passenger train to Treherbert went wrong at Uan- da.ff, and only by a miracle was a fearful casualty averted. In neither case, probably, could the accident have been guarded against. Considering the vast .number of trains running in our country daily, the number of mishaps is remark- ably small. No other country can show such a creditable record. Yesterday a report on the water supply I was made to the Cardiff Waterworks Com- mittee. We wish a similarly detailed report could b9. made on the mud that permeates the borough. We never in our lives saw Cardiff streets so filthy as they have been the last few days. The very pavemehts are dirtier than an Ordinary causeway, and in some parts they are slippery with filth to a dangerous degree. Unless some improvement takes place we shall begin to hope that an alderman will slip and break his neck, for then something would, perhaps, be done. Slander is one of the cruelest in the long category of moral offences. Too often its victims are powerless to say a word in their own defence, or, when they chance to hear of the gossip, are driven 4alf wild, as in the case from Barry, which was settled at Glamorgan Assizes yesterday by a full apology and payment of costs. In that case abomin- able allegations were made against a 1 young lady, and all their foundation was the very idlest of idle gossip. It is to be 'hoped this case will exercise a salutary effect on gossips and talebearers, of whom there is an army everywhere. We commend the people who brought the action, and if slander were oftener dealt with in this way, we should have a good deal less of it than at present. From abuse of the Welsh Revival the Lancet" turns its attention to apotheosis of chestnuts. Facts and statistics are given to show that chestnuts are the most digestible of nuts, and we can in imagination see the learned editor of the Lanoet" grilling his chestnuts and munching them with gastronomical gusto. This is just like the Lanoet." It is always going to extremes. Either it is awarding extravagant praise or it is gloating over the thankless task of putting us against some favourite dish or beverage. Most often the latter. If we relied on the Lancet" we should be afraid to eat or drink, or even to breathe, and we earnestly advise our readers who value their peace of mind or their health of body to avoid tha opinions of that eminently respectable, but as eminently Pecksniffian paper. Lianelly is gradually getting together a. portrait gallery. It has for years possessed a fine full-length oil painting of Mr. Morris, a former member for the United Boroughs, and another of tho lOotø Mr. Richard Janion Novill, who in his day was such a commercial power in the place. Then there are a noble life-size crayon portrait of Richard Cobden by a f ormer g if t-ed res i d en?' former gifted resident and a large paint- ing of one of the Chambers fairly, accom- panied by his "faithful hound." To his group is now made an addition of great interest-an oil painting of Dr. Llewellyn Bevan, who translates his LL.B. as "Llanelly Boy," and is as- proud of it in this as in its scholastic version. At the meeting when the portrait was formally handed over it was mentioned by a speaker that Llanelly had turned out as many distinguished sons in various walks of life as any town of its size, and we believe it would be difficult to traverse the assertion, Llanelly sets a good example in other ways. Its people are possessed with an ardent local patriotism which prompts them to hold together and to aim at high things, even if they do not always attain them. In this the tin-plate town is far before some much larger centres in the Principality. To a Llanelly boy—and Carmarthen boys are imbued with the same spirit in respect to their fine old capital-his town ever remains the hub Jf the universe. We may smile at this enthusiasm, but it is a sentiment that spells success. The spirit is eminently Keltic, and, for that matter, there are few more thoroughly representative Welsh towns than the industrial capital of South-west Wales, which, by the way (leaving out Glamorgan), is far and away the largest and most important town in the Principality. ThPowgh Cardiff's every street How gently, flows the mad. Each townsmaTi splashes with. hia feet, Ejaculating ajl thiaA'g neat, And battles with the flood. The pavementa all axe iined With sticky liquid gi-ne. Why don't .the Corporation find A remedy? Or are they blind? Wha.t are things coming to?

Mainly About People, Considering that the Crown JPrimse of Por- tugal is but eighteen years old, the report which has been started in Germany, that he is to be married to an English princess, is somewhat premature. The only princesses of a suitable age would be Princess Ena of Battenburg, or the daughters of the Duke of Connaught both of whom, however, are older than the Crown Prince. little iMias Bono Fakntfcwa. who leaves London on Tuesday next for Japan, with her grandmother, the Viaoountees Hayashi, is often to be seen with her English governess taking a morning constitutional in the Wegt End. She is a great personage at the Lega- tion in Grosvenor-gardens, and when, two years ago, she acted as maid of honour to Lady Marcus Samuel at a Guildhall banquet, she displayed a dignity and grace beyond her years. Her grandfather, a great educa- tionist and reformer, earned himself the title of the Dr. Arnold of Japan. Her father owns and edits the important daily paper Jiji Shimpo." Miss Sono herself is appro- priately a great student and omnivorous reader, her favourite works being Shakspeare and Gulliver's Travels." The Earl and Countess of Minto have been exceedingly popular in Canada. Lord Minto knew the country well Before he went there as Vioeroy. He was Chief of the Staff when the Manitoba rebellion was put down In 1885. Lord Mlnto had to get his troops up qttiokly. He had to cross a river in which great blocks of ice were floating, and he got all his men acros3 by using one wretched "scow," which held sixty of them and was pulled through a rapid current. But the men arrived in time. Lord Minto lived at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, dtiring his Governor-Generalship, where the responsibilities of office were well repaid by the splendid shooting, hunting, and fishing Lady Minto, for her part, has made the place famous by her charming entertainments. Only one of these was a. failure. Everything bad, been got 'ready for a nmgnifioent recep- tion. The Gorernor-GtajenU _d Ladj JIVnto r were ready, too. But no guests came. The mystery was explained when an A.D.C. recol- lected that he had forgotten to send out the cards! Visitor: Did you like the dictionary I sent you? Receiver: Tea, mxum tha-nk yer- it's good readin', though it do change the subject pretty often. It is somewhat curious that anyone bearing the name of Assheton Smith should dislike horseniding, but such was the case with the late owner of Vaynol. Ho was, however, a skilful w-hip and a clever shot. His other | sports were an occasionaJ day with otter- hounds in Anglesey and a little summer fm fishing from his steam yacht. London life he bated. He always said that life was not worth, living away from Vaynol. He had a. passion for farming. His famous menagerie included, besides the celebrated wild white cattle, some wild boars, a present from the King when the Windsor herd was dispersed. The Countess of Soafield, who has joined the auxiliary branch of the Salvation Army, is a New Zealander by birth. When the eighth earl, the only sen of the seventh earl, died without issue he left the property absolutely to his mother, the entail having come to an end, while the title went to his uncle, from whom the present peer is descended. Thus it oomoe about that the eleventh earl is very poor, and prefers to live in New Zealand, where he was born some eight and twenty years ago. His mother, also a New Zealander I by birth, but of good English stock, is another dowager countess, the countess proper being the daughter of a Christ Church physician. It has been long hoped that Caroline, Countess of Soafield, will in her testamen- tary dispositions restore the estates to the holder of the title; indeed, it has been publicly stated that she has made a. settle- ment in that sense; but the present earl, while a kindly and modest young fellow, is extremely independent, and has never made any advances to his wealthy relatives. The estates are worth some £ 80,000 a. year, and the great forests on the Speyside are valued at nearly a. million sterling. The present I holder is a. daughter of the eleventh Earl of Blantyre, and before her marriage was the Hon. Caroline Stuart. She has long been known for interest in charitable works, and incidentally it is understood that the pro- perty, which came to her very heavily charged, will be in a very different state when in the natural coarse of things it I passes out of her hands. I A good story is going the rounds about I Mr. Pierpont Morgan. For three consecutive 11 days the great financier carried a.n empty birdcage in his hand to and from his office. On the third day one of his junior managers ventured to aek why he carried that apparently useless article. "To see," replied Pierpont Morgan. if anyone would have the impudence to aak me why I did so." I beg your pardon," began the inquirer, I — "You needn't do that," said the chief, grimly smiling, I had a bat with a man that I had at lea&t one employe with some curiosity. I've won the money; but in future don't wjk questions about things that don't oonoeirn you." Lord Newry, who came of age on Saturday, comes of a sporting family. His sister. Lady Cynthia Needham, is a splendid horsewoman, and one of the finest swimmers in the Bath Club, and his ancestors have been famous in the hunting field, where his mother, Lady Kilmorey. has a.bo made quite a name for herself. When the then Lord Newry contested Shrewsbury unsuccessfully in 1800 he fen in love with and married Miss Baldock, the daughter of a formar member. She was a beautiful fair-haired girl, "and nothing could be more inappropriate than the name which an Italian paper bestowed upon her when she was travelling on the Continent—"Mees Bulldog. Lady Kilmorey was mietress cf hounds at Mourne Park, her husband's Irish seat, near Newry. Lord Kilmorey is one of our financial peers, and likes yachting better than follo-w- ing the hounds, but his grandfather, the late earl, was a fine huntsman and as enthusiastic over the sport aa J. Jorrocks himself. Once at his eeat of Shaving-ton there was a great meet, when seven couple of hounds from each of three crack packs, the Woore, the Shrop- shire, and the Cheshire, were hunted together. Two thousand horsemen attended that record meet, and 700 of these wore pink, while the carriages covered acres. I A curious example of the belief in charms was mentioned by Mr. Edward P. Warren in his lecture at Westminster on the "Abbey Mill Stream." During eome excavations in Tutfton-street a short time ago a greybeard jug was found., closely corked. Its contents were a small piece J.r cloth or serge, formerly red, cut neatly into heart-shape, and stuck full of brass round-headed pins, each pin bent4 a sm-adl quantity of hnman hair, and some finger-nail parinjra There can be no I doubt, thinks Mr. Warren, that this is a malevolent charm, deposited by a woman in I the day of the Mill Stream bank, to work f evil on th-o life of another woman. Probably a. peculiarly malevolent phase of the moon bad been awaited, and the recital of the Lord's Prayer backwards included in the rites. A good story is told concerning a certain magistrate, who always endeavours to smooth over any little differences which may JJe brought before him. On the occasion in question the summons was one for technical assault, and it came out in the course of, evidence that the parties were neighbours j and had been on the best of terms for1 some years. It is a great pity," said his worship, that old friends like you seem to have been ehoold appear before me in such a way. Surely, this is a case which might be settled out of court." It can't be done," answered the plaintiff, moodily, I thought of that myself, but the cur won't fight!" I

I NANTYMOEL SCALDING FATALITY. I An inquest on the body of Mary Jane Hodge, two years and nine months old, of 25, LIe- welyn-street, Nantymoel, was held on Friday by Mr. W. Il. Williams, deputy-coroner. The child, it appeared, accidentally fell into some boiling water on Saturday, and died on Wed-1 nesda,y.-A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. j

DESERTED WIFE'S HARD LIFE AND DEATH. t At an inquest held at Swansea on Friday on the body of Minnie Bannister, aged 37, who died very Euddenly after a hard day's washing at 25, Brunswick-street, Swansea, revelations as to the hard life of the deceased] deserted by her husband, were made by Mary Simons, her landlady. She had a child, but had only received 6s. from her husband in two years.—The Cororer handed over the last letter received by deceased from her hus- band to Detective-sergeant Morris, and asked that he should be traced, if possible. He had evidently left his wife to find for herself in the most callous; way. lie thought Mrs. Simons had acted with real Christian charity towards the deceased.—A verdict of "Natural causes" was returned. j

MAESYCWMMEB FATALITY. I Mr. Walford held an inquest at the Mae3y- j cwmmer Police-station on Friday regarding the death of Gertrude Letitia Walking, the eight-months-old daughter of James Watkins, j Fleur-de-lis, particulars? of whose death have already been reported.—'The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental dea.th" and exone- j rated the rider of the horse from all blame.

ACOIDENT TO AN ABERGAVENNY I ( FARMER. Mr. D. Watkins, Lodge Farm. Llwyndu, Abcrg?ranny, was driving a. flock of sheep along the Hereford new road on Friday, and, acwrding to his usual custom, was riding a pony. When near tho Cottage E??!Mt? tha r I sheep were frightened by some school chil- dren, and Mr. Watkins' pony aiao became f??htened. It slipped and fell, breaking Mr. Wtkin.' ri?ht leg. H? was quickly tk;. the Co6bace Hosp? .ad <tM?Mt?d to by-Dr,? LJDtM?k

CARDIFF VOTES I WHAT THEY COST AT THE RECENT ELECTIONS. The Cardiff municipal elections on Novem- ber 1 cost £ 1,114 19s. lid., of which £ 304 8s. 4d. has to be paid by the ratepayers, while the remaining £ 810 10s. 10d. was shared between I the 21 candidates. This means that each of the 13,306 votes recorded was obtained at a total cost of a shade over ls. 2«d., while to the various candidates the average cost of each vote was a little over ICid. The total cost of the elections, however, would have been very little, if at all, inrC"cd')C(]. had every one of the 24,633 voters in the town gone to the poll, and in that case the total cost per vote might safely be estimated at lid. The amount of these figures may seem surprising, but when one considers the various expenses that have to be met, the hiring of rooms for polling-booths, for meetings, and for com- mittee-rooms, the ooet of printing, advertis- ing, and postage, and the various other inci- dentals which immediateiy occur to one, it is easy to realise how such a large sum was spent. The details of Cardiff's election (excluding, of course, the Central Wa.rd bye-election, I for which the returns have not yet been made) are as follows:- Total Votes Cost per Expanses. Eeccivcd. Vcte. CENTRAL— 5; s. d. fl. d. Robert Hughes 53 19 1 838 0 10A Hobert Scott .„ 27 19 8 3oJ 1 8j SOUTH- EC. C. Vivian 35 5 0 543 1 33 W. Lester Jones 36 3 10 fSl ?. Thomas Andrews.. 53 0 10 2-15 2 lij CATHAYS IV. S. Crogeman. 14-13 U 1,537 0 ? T. Ganott Horder- 26 11 4 627 0 10i PARK— Dr. J. Hobtrson- 48 13 4 .—. 1,821 0 71 G. A. Seccombe. 62 5 '1 .„. 1,413 C 104 AD A US DOWN— F. G. L. Dcvis „ :9 6 8 743 1 C* W. Beddoe Eeoa 51 5 6 679 1 1 CANTON— a. T. Richards 55 M 0 1,201 0 11 Edw EEgland 59 11 8 ?? 1,004 1 H RIVERSIDE- F. J. VeaU SO 18 9 1,C19 0 7 J. Martin £ 7 » 8 629 0 lO ROATH- F. J. Nisholis .—. 38 9 11 n.. 923 0 10 P. H. Coward « 11 2 677 1 0$ GllANGETOWN- Dr. R. J. Smith 30 3 9 1,140 0 6 £ Sydney Jenkins 48 10 1 E62 1 1J SpLorr.r- W. Thorrna .— 4-3 210 an Olli W. Roberts 23 7 L,a on 0 7 810 10 154 Corporat'n expenses 334 8 4 Total LI.114 19 7i

CUTTING A NAME SHORT. FAILURE OF ABERTXLLEHY I JEW ELLSILS, At Tredegar Bebnkmptery-court on Friday (before the registrar, Mr. J. A. Shepard) Henry Rosenberg and Solomon Rosenberg, brothers, carrying on business as jewellers at Aber- tillsry, New Tredegar, and Ebbw Vale, under. went their adjourned examinat-ion-Th,&i Official Eeceiver (Mr. W. L. Daniol) called attention to the fart thait £ 615 19s. 7d. was unwanted during the twelve months preceding the bankruptcy, the debtor Henry Rosenberg j explaining th-ait it was kept in hand for the ca,,ah payment of accounts. He adraitted having lost £ 50 in betting transactions at Huret Pa.rk and Epsom Races. He knew nothing about betting. These were the only batting transactions he had par- ticipated in. Debtor was questioned upon his having opened a. watch-repairing business in tie name of Rose. lIe adopted that name because he was known by it, and he wanted to cut it short. (Laughter.) The Official Receiver: Why didn't you cut it shorter still, and call yourself Roe? (Laughter.) I suppose you thought Rose the sweetest. (Laughter.) Deb-tor denied that his object was to deceive and mislead his creditors and the public. The examination was further adjourned for the preparation of better accounts, the Regis- trar remarking that he was not satisfied with the way debtors answered tha questions.

I =========== TRADE I SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE  NOTICE TO 5Q0 COLLIERS AT I YFTRADGYNLAIS. Between 500 and 600 men employed a.t the Yniscedwyn Colliery, Ystradgynlais, have been given notice by the management to terminate contracts. The step ia said to be due to trade depression. ARBITRATORS SIT AT SWANSEA. I The arbifratorii appointed by the South Wales Coal Trade Board to deal with the dispute at the Mynyddi Newydd and Pentre 1 Collieries met on Friday at Swansea. Tho arbitrators vwe Messrs. 1I. T. Wales and Ben I Davies. Mr. Eden and officials appeared for the company, and Mr. J- Williams, miners' agents, and a deputa-tion of workmen from both collieries represented the men. With the exception of very few item's. the whole of the new price lists have now been completed, and it is anticipated that they will be presented to the men within a very few days. Messrs. H. T. Wales and Bon Davies also eat as arbitrators a.t the Hotel Metropole, Swansea, on Friday in the matter of the pro- posed price list for Grovecend. Messrs. Evan Williams and officials represented the com- pany, and Mr. J. Williams and a deputation of worlimen the men.

TELEGRAPHIC FACILITIES I FOR THE PRESS. The jPcstoisster-General (Lord Stanley) on Friday received a deputation representing provincial evening papers who do not own private wires, who sought to induce the Tele- graphs Department to afford greater facilities for the more rapid transmission of news. A long discussion took place on many points. The deputation, which was introduced by Mr. Touinjin, M.P., was very cordially received by Lord Stanley, who promised to givo earnest consideration to the matters raised, and to forward a. forfaJ reply a.t a later date,

RHOKDDA TEACHER REPRI-I MANDED. At a meeting of the Rkondda, Education Commitrtoe held on Friday, under the presi- dency of Dr. W. E. Thomas, the report of a sub committee appointed to investigate certain allegations made against Miss R. a. Jones, assistant-teacher at Duffryn Infants' Schools, Ferndale, in regard to the punish- ment of a child aeed four Yars and two months, was read. The cOn3raittee reported that Miss Jones had admitted threatening to lock the child in a cupboard if the latter repeated a certain offenoe committed, and tho committee considered that this action was calculated to terrorise the child, a.nd recommended that the teacher be repri- manded. The committ-ae found that the head-teacher, when the ohiid waa sent to her, accepted the assistant's version without any inquiry to the child, and suggested that the head-mistress's attention shottld be called to the desirability of investigating the accuracy of complfiiat.s in future.—The sub-committee's report boin? accepted, it was resolved to send conies to the parties conc-erned, it being oon -¡' aidered that this wou?" .be a suSlcicnt reprimand to the t?Mbe? ?Ptica.ted.—Mrs. Davies wR3 appointed h??'iaistrce& a the l Craigddu School, Dinas.

A SECOND ANGLEY-VIDEND. r I At a meeting of the trustees of the Marquess of Anglesey's estate it was decided to pay a. second divid-end of 2s. 6d- in the X, and to increase the allowance of the marquess by jS500 per annum, and to allow him "IT)er month for a carriage and pair His previous allowance was S,2,000 net- Thn total receipts from all s:;¡,l<>s to date ia £ 87,00t).

DEATH OF A RUSSIAN AMBASSA- DOR. i Count Kapnist. the Russian Ambassador to I Austria, was seised with P-n apoplectic stroke on Friday, and died In the afternoon.— I Central Newv.

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LADY SHADOWED I SLATER'S AGENCY AGAIN AT WORK. 1 In the Divorce Court on Friday the hearing was resumed of the petition of Mr. Richard Walter Wright, railway engineer and con- tractor, of South Africa, who sued for the annulment of his marriage with Dora Mary Wright because of her alleged misconduct with Egldio Nobile Pico, an Italian medical student. at Lausanne, Switzerland. Petitioner, in further cross-examination, said Mr. Osborn was not his solicitor until October, 1903. Witness paid to Slater's about .CI,400. That was in addition to other sums. The £ 1,430 did not include Osborn's bill of costs. Asked whether he was aware that Osborn went to Lausanne, Switzerland, where respondent and co-respondent were said to have met, petitioner replied he knew Osborn went abroad. Asked if he remem- bered that a man, named Ferrari, swore that the reason why he identified Mrs. Wright a.nd Pico as being at a hotel at Milan was beoauee Roper, a man at Slater's, and Osborn had promised him a place at the office of Oaborn in London, petitioner said he asked Mr. Osborn about that. and he stated it was ridiculous, and that the man was the son of a prince, and had come down to be boots a.t a hotel. Petitioner did not know that Mrs. Gavin, the lady detective occupied a. room next to his wife at St. Leonard's. Re-examined: He had no direct communi- cation with Slater's. The payments of Ll,400 were mida through his friends. He had nothing to do 'with the selection of people who made inquiries. In reply to counsel for respondent, peti- tioner said that Osborn had £ 25 a day when he was abroad for him in October, 1903. He was away twelve or fourteen days. Depositions of witnesses at Lausanne were read with the object of showing that respon- dent and co-respondent had been seen in the garden of the hotel together in the afternoon and at night, and had gone out together. George King, private inquiry agent, for- merly employed by Slater's, next gave evi- dence. Witness said that at Lugano one morning, Itoper, another detective, knocked at Mrs. Wright's bedroom door. Mrs. Wright, in a dressing-gown, opened the door, and through a crack in the door Pioo was seen. After- wards a detective named Sergeant went into the room to aerve divorce papers. Pico was not there. The window was wide open. Wit- ness subseouently saw Pico come in by the front, door Tho further hearing of the case was adjourned until next Tuesday.

CARDIFF CYMMRODORION. I LECTURE ON THE LATE MR. DAN ISAAC DAVIES. In a very able and interesting lecture to the Cardiff Cyonmroderion Society on Fri- day evening the Rev. T. C. Thomas, of Bed- linog, gave a sketch of the lifa and work of the late Mr. Dan Isaac Davies, founder of the Society for the Utilisation of the Welsh Language. Mr. Davies, who died fifteen years ago, when he was f7 years of age, and was buried at the Cardiff Cemetery, did a great work in promoting a love of learning tha Welsh language among the people of Wales. He was one of the earliest and keenest advocates of Welsh being taught in the elementary schools, and had a firm- rooted belief that Wales had a. great mission in the world, and that she oould not fulfil this unless she retained and cultivated a knowledge of the Welsh language. He lived at Cardiff for some years before his death. and made a. large number of frienda and admirers in the town. Ono of these was Alderman Edward Thomas (" Cochfapf"), who presided on Friday evening, and gave some interesting personal reminiscenoes of the late Mr. Daviea, who had great faith, he said, in a glorious futllre for Wales among the nations. A cordial vote of thanks was given the lec- turer, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Brown.

CATHAYS CONSERVATIVE I CLUB, CARDIFF. The annual dinner of Cathay a Conservative Oltib took place on Friday. Mr. J. Harbert Cory, J.P., occupied the chair, supported by Dr. Prichard, and Messrs. Tom Besamcs, A.. J. Bo wen, A, J. Gower, F. Dylte, F. W. Hoi man, James Thornton, and about one hundred members. A presentation was made by Mr. A- J. Bowen, on behalf of the members, to the late steward of the club (Mr. Arthur Blabe).

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AT CARDIFF. CARDIFF TRADES' COUNCIL TO I TAKE NO ACTION. At a. meeting of the executive committee of the Cardiff Trades' Council at the Railway Hotel oc Friday night, Mr. T. Graham in the chair, tha following resolution was passed: That the executive committee of the Cardiff Trades and Labour Council take no action whatever in regard to the Cathay a bye-election.

LLANBRADACH COLLIER'S SAD I DEATH. An inquest waa bold at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Friday (before Mr. E. B- Reeoe, coroner) on the body of James Edward Har- per (51), a labourer at, the Llanbradach Col- liery. Mr. Gray, his Majesty's Inspector of Mines, and Mr. Gregory, manager of the col- liery, were prezent,-Dc-ea,-ed was knocked down by a wagen at the colliery, one of the wheels passing over his leg, causing severe injuries. Harper was crossing the line at the time, and was carrying a sheet of iron, which prevented him seeing the approach of four wagons, the leading one of which struck him and knocked him down.—Dr. Brownlee, of Cardiff Infirmary, said deceased was brought to tha infirmary about 10.15 on the 50th cf November, and was Buffering from a, com- pound fracture of the left leg and a bad frac- ture of the right leg. Dr. Lynn Thomas amputated the left leg, but deceased died about four o'clock from the injuries he had received—The jury returned a. verdict of "Accidental death."

NEWPORT TEMPERANCE I FESTIVAL. In continuation of the competitive festival of the Newport Temperance Society and Bsnd of Hope Union, the male voice compe- tition, open to choirs of not more than twenty voioas, einginp the test piece "In Absence," was won by the Charles-street Male Voice Party, conducted by Mr. John Morgan, the second prize going to the Alexandra-road party. The chief choral competition, for choirs of not more than forty voicsrt piece, iiarii, ht, rk, my s-olil "—was won by Duckpool-road Choir, oonducted by Mr. Adams, the second being Caerleon-road, con- ducted by Mr. J. F. Qharrington.

PORTU TIMBERMAN'S FATE. I Mr. B. J. Rhys, the coroner, held an inquiry on Friday into the circumstances attending the death of William Armstrong, timberma.n, 5, Coronation-terrace, Porth. It appeared that whilst the deceased was engaged at the Cymmer Colliery. Forth, on October 31 a stone fell from a tram of rubbish, injuring his foot, which necsssi- tated his staying at horbe until the Ifth of the following month, when he was able to restun8 work. Ten dl3.;s later deceased was found in his working place in a crouching position in agonies of pain. He complained of acute paiiis in the stomach and shooting pains in the toe. Death supervened the following day A post-mortem examina- tion was conducted, and Dr. Lewis stated that the c.onelusiun arrived at by the doctors was that death was due to natural causes. The heart was weak, and the stomach so much enlarged aa to cause its stop page.—The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.

PROMINENT PRESBYTERIAN I DEAD. I The Rav. Mr. Caven, principal of the Knox Presbyterian College, Toronto, died at Hali- fax. He was a prominent figure in the Can a- dian Presbyterian world, and had been pre- sident of the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance for four years. Last. July Principal Caven pre- sided at the Liverpool mooting.—Central New.

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Was He Shamming? I MR. TRUEMAN, JUNR., FINED FOR I A DRUNK. Amusfng Pro"e-ings in Court I Mr. Trueman had another "say" at Neath County Police-court on Friday, when a sum- mons was heard aguiast hie son, Albert Emer- son Trueman, who was charged wit4h having been drunk on licensed premises, to wit, the Terminus Hotel, Skew en, on November 10. The presiding justices were Messrs. Edward Davies, W. Jones, and T. Gwynne. Mr. Trueman stud that Mr. Menhcnnick had promised to thoroughly investigate the matters connected with the case, but on Friday at the aesizes Mr. Menhennick told the speaker that he had not had time to do ftO. Mr. Trueman went on to refer to alcoholic liquors as crime and death dealing solu- tions, and added that he had never failed to impress upon his aon the evils of drink. (Laughter.) He was strongly of opinion t-hat the people who helped to get his son drunk, if he were drunk, should be proceeded against as well, and punished. Mr. W. H. David, who appeared to proee-, cute, said the mat-tot had been investigated, and no case lay against the licensee or any- one else. Mr. Trueman- With due respect to Mr. David, I must accept the superintendent's word. The Magistrates' Clerk: The position is thi3. Apparently, Mr. Menhennick is satisfied. It you are not, you can take out a summons Mr. Trueman: But why should I when it is a case the police should take up? The Clerk: Evidently Mr. Menhennick doe; not think ao. Police-sergeant Jones said he gaw the defendant with a man named Maynard, Poole's agent-in-advance, go into the Ter- minus Hotel at about 4.15 p.m. Trueman was drunk and staggering about the road. Wit- ness followed him almost immediately, and found that the landlady had refused to serve him. A glass of beer. had been called for by the defendant. Witness subsequently took Trueman in charge, and kept him at the police-station for some time. Mrs. Williams, landlady of the Terminus, said, the defendant was drunk, and was refused drink. Police-constable Daniel Jones, who was -t the station at the time Trueman was brought in, said the latter was very drunk Tho Rev. T. C. Phillips {vicar of Skewen) said he saw defendant drunk. Defendant suggested that he was only act- ing. Witness: No, it was a. real drunk. (Laugh- ter.) Another witness, named David Lewis, a confectioner, was very amusing. He flourished a paper which he proposed to read, but was pulled up by the clerk. The Clerk: Was the defendant sober?—I should not say he wae tight. The Clefrk: What do you mean?—He and the other man were acting the goat," I should say. (Laughter.) The road was not big enough for them. They were going down Bridge-street like this—(here witness bounced out of the box and gave a practical illustra- tion) of what he termed "acting the goat." The Clerk: What time was this?—Three o'clook. Mr. Trueman, called at the request of his son, said that on the 17tb of November the landlady of the Terminus said that defendant was not drunk, but that he had enough. Defendant was fined 108. and costs.

CARDIFF WATERWORKS COMMITTEE I Alderman David Jonas presided over a meeting of Cardiff Waterworks Committee, held a.t the Town-hall on Friday. The report of the waterworks engineer (Mr. C. H. Priestley) showed that during the month November there had been 3.49 inches of rain at Ely, as against 2.36 inches in the corresponding month of last year. At the Beacons reservoir there had been 4.77 inches of rain, as against 6.30 in November of last year. The total quantity of water in store on December 1 last year was 1,066 million gallons, showing a decrease this year, as compared with last year, of 170 million gallons.

WOMAN LOSfcS HKR TEMPER.) ASSAULT ON TWO BAILIFFS AT I YSTALYFERA. At Pontardawe Police-court on Friday, Mar- garet Evans, a married woman, of Y stalyfera, was summoned for assaulting A. Thorne and Ezra Parry, two bailiffs, in the execution of their duty. Mr. Edward Powell (Neath) pro. secuted. Mr. Herbert Lloyd said the defepdant had evidently lost her head and temper. She would be fined .£1 Ss. inclusive in each caae.

GREAT SNOWSTORM IN SPAIN. t A grmt, snowstorm is raging throughout z,pe-4n. and many accidents aro reported. More than 20,000 peswone have been thrown rat of employment. Assistance is betng given rrpm all sides. The newspapers, pqh. wpeal* OLI

I FARMERS' FIGHT. o I LIVELY SCENE NEAR A NEWPORT HOTEL. A farmer's fight at Newport on Wednesday occupied the attention of the magistrates on Friday. Evan John Webb, of Nash, and; George Gale, of Bishton, were charged with being disorderly by fighting in Dock-street, and Webb was, in addition, chargad with assaulting Wyndham Frank Habberfield. Police-constable Atherton spoke to seeing the two farmers with their coats off in the i midst of an excited crowd outside the Kind's j Head tap on Wednesday at half-past eight. When he took hold of Webb to take him to the police-station Gale tried to pull him away in order to fight with him again. The I charge of assault upon Mr. Habberfield had fallen through, as was shown by a note which tho constable put in. I Both defendants elected to make their statements on oath. Webb eaid as Eoon ¡ as he went in the King's Head tap Ga,le started to nag at him about ecme property. He said he had banged up both eyes of Mr. j Adams, and v/ouid do the same for W,b?, Not wishing to have a disturbance, he (Webb) went out, and Gale then let fly and struck him in the eye. Whilst he was on the ground Gale would have pulled him to picces had not he (Webb) defended himself. Habberfield was holding Gale's clothes during the attack. Gale's statement was that Webb pushed hun ¡ about and drove his head against the wall before he touched him. i In the result the Bench decided that Webb I acted in self-defence, and discharged him. I Gale was fined 213.. or a month's imprison- ment.

THE SCOTTISH KIRKS. I A ROYAL COMMISSION TO BE I APPOINTED. We are authorised to state that a Royal Commission will be appointed in connection with the ecclesiastical situation in Scotland. The terms will be made known when the necessary arrangements have been completed. In the Edinburgh Court of Session on Fri- day Lord Pearson said that he would delay judgment till after Sunday in the applica- tion by too Free Church for an interdict against. the United Free Church to prevent the local congregations in Strathpeffer and Dingwall adhering to tho United Free Church from using the buildings.

DEFICIENCY OF £ 21,000. GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST A I SECRETARY. At the Guilahail, London, on Friday, Her- I bert Mott, 32, was committed for trial charged with embezzling and stealing about £ 4,000, and, further, with falsification of the accounts of the Argentine Meat Preserving Company (Limited). It was stated that the accused had been secretary of the company since 1056, and had been employed since the com- mencement of the present year by the liqui- dators in tho investigation of the accounts. The company traded with a firm in Liverpool, which forwarded cheques or bankers' drafts for very large amounts, and these it was the accused's duty to pay into the bank and report to the directort3 xvhtli2 plaoing financial statements before them. In several instances the liquidators, who are the prosecutors, alleged that the accused cashed drafts, and paid the proceeds into his own private account, making no entries in the books of the company. It was stated that some fifty or sixty cases had been discover, d, and the Investigation, so far, showed a. deficiency of 710 less than

BENEFITS OF CHINESE I LABOUR. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM LORD I MILNER. The following letter has been received from Lord Milner by a member of the Dork- ing Primrose League The introduction of 7,000 Chinese has led to the increase of a thousand white workmen. Of these, on the average, half are married. Assuming that 500 are married and 500 unma-rried, with an average of five per family, this means 3,000 white people living in prosrterous conditions who were previously out of work or net in the country at all. But this is not the whole story. Every thousand white men engaged in the mince involves a population of equal number, and probably oonStiderably more, in subsidiary industries, such as artisans and traders. Of these men an even larger pro- portion are married than is the casa with the miners. All told, there are at least eight to ten thousand white people who have found employment and means of livelihood as a direat result of the importation of 7,003 Chinese."

PROTECTIONIST INTRIGUE. ALLEGATIONS BY SIR JOHN GORST. Interviewed on Friday regarding t'he criti- cism of his political actions made by some of his constituents at Cambridge University, Sr John Gorst reiterated his assertion that the committee taking action had no authority. The whole agitation, he said, was worked from London. Immediately the Free Food Party was formed and made a determined stan.; Mr. Chamberlain's emissaries were set to work to undermine almost every M.P. who dared to make any active and outspoken opposi- tion. He had been expecting this attack for some time, having been given to understand that, he was the very first marked on their list for special attention. He should certainly contest his seat again, as bo was, and always had been. in general agreement with his party, but had always been independent, and had never walked into any lobby following the index finger of a Whip.

UNITED STATES TARIFF I POLICY. Senator Fairbanks, Vice-President-elect of the United States, attended the annual dinner of the Home Market Club at Boston. Three thousand persons were present. Mr. Fairbanks said that whenever a change in the tariff s.chedules was essential in the public interest the Republican party would make alterations, not in response to mere senti- ment, but in accordance with sound, economic necessity.-Router.

THE NATIONAL UNION. I The first meeting of the new Council of the National Union of Conservative Associations. who, were elected at the October conference at Southampton, was held on Friday at West- minster. Sir Walter Plummer, M.P., the senior vice-chairman, was unanimously elected chairman for the ensuing year. Mr. H. M. Iinbert Terry, Sir Thomaa Wrighteon. M.P. and Sir R. T. Hermon Hodge, M.P., were elected vice-chairman. Sympathetic references were made to the la.te Earl of Hardwicke and Viscount Ridley, a.nd the secretary was instructed to forward letters of sympathy.

NEWPORT SHOP THIEF. I John Brian, of no fixed abode, was charged at Newport on Friday with stealing a jacket from the shop of Mr. Russell Dick- son, pawnbroker, of 13, Llanarth-street. He seems anxious to keep pace in his record with his age. Brian is 46 years of age, and this was his forty-third appearance. He offered the jaoket (of the value of 7s. 6d.) in pledge at Mr. Wolif Phillips's, in Dock-street, only 100 yard's away from the place of theft, and protested both to the police and before the magistrates that a mfln-a tall man-had I given it to him, and wanted him to pledge it as he wanted a. couple of drinks with the 2a. 3d. he asked for it in pawn. The Bench found him guilty, and was look- ing over his reoord when Brian chipped in with the remark, "I hope you won't look at that, sir. I was drunk when I took that other coat from Jacobs's." Having regard to his bad record, he was I sent to prison for three months.

SUCCESSFUL CLAIM BY THE WAR OFFICE. II I The hearing of an action brought by thfi 1 War Office against Messrs. Prentia, contrac- tom, to recover damages on account of faulty forage supplied, was concluded on Friday. The jury found for the plaintiffs, and judg- 1 tnt was given for them for with oosts.

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I RUNAWAY TRAIN. I [SMASH ON THE G.W.R. NEAB I NEWPORT. I Narrow Escape at tha North I Mai!. A railway near Llactar- nam Station, Monmouthshire, on Friday morning, which, but for the OOlll- mendable promptitude of a signalman named George Vickery, residing at Lower Poat- newydd, mignt have resulted in a. disaster second only in importance to that which occurred recently at Loughor. It appears that about ten o'clock a goods train was travelling aloug- the line L'om Pyle to Ponty- pool Road, and when about half-armile to the north of Llaxitarnam Station it had to be shunted iuto a siding in order to allow the North mail, which was about due. to pn-^«- While this was being dona a coupling iu the front portion of the train snapped, with the result that the rear part, consisting of about, twenty wagons loaded with merchandise and the guard's van, ran wild down the main line tawards Llantaraam Station. Realisinf the danger cf the situation, Signalman Vickery promptly changed the points, directing the runaway trucks to run into the siding behind L'antarnam Station, at the same tiin3 putting the signal against the express. In the meantime the guard used every effort to check the progress of the train by putting 01 the brakes; but the load behind was too heavy, and be. realising that a math inevitable, jumped off. Travelling at an ever-inoreaeinar speed, the runaway trucks dashed into five loaded wagons which were standing at the stop- blocks, and the impact was so great that they w.re smashed to atoms. The first i of the wagons was sent whirling over the stop-blocks on to the top of the station build. ings, while the others were piled up in the air. When our reporter visited the scene Vu discovered the contents of the wagons scat tered about in all directions, the woodwork of the trucks having bec;n reduced to matoh- wood. A portion of the fcotbridge had also been carried away by the runaway trucks, while tho masonry at the oorner of the station lavatory had been displaced. A break- down gang from Pontypool Road was imme- diately summoned, and kept busy until dusk in removing the debris. Had the signalman not acted in the prompt manner he did in turning the wild trucks into the siding there is no doubt that a collision with the North mail would have been inevit- able. with consequences fearful to contem. plate.

CARRIAGE OVERTURNED. Two Ladies Injured at Caerleorr What might have proved a serious aocidenS happened on the Usk-road near Caerleon late on Thursday evening. As Mrs. Charles Lyne (widow of the late Colonel Lyne) and ifrs. Laybourne (mother of Mr. Percy Lay. bourne, under-sheriff of Monmouthshire) were being driven towards lisk in Mra. Lyne's car- riage they were met by a large traction engine belonging to Messrs. Dooner and Sons, Bristol, which was attached to four wide wagons, laden with cinematograph appliances. and journeying from Monmouth to Abercarn. The horse had almost got past the engine. when something startled it. It suddenly swerved and jumped over the hedge, over- turning the carriage and throwing the ladies and coachman out. Fortunately, no one waa seriously hurt, Mrs. Laybourne escaping with slight scratches amd Mrs. Lyne with a few braises. The coachman was bruised and shaken, but the horse was unhurt. No blame can be attached to the driver of the engine. who stopped in good time and rendered; assistance in conveying the ladies home.

TWO DOMESTIC TRAGEDIES. MURDERS AND SUICIDES: FIVE LIVES SACRIFICED. At a house in Stock-street, Burnley, on Friday Michael Walsh, a travelling plumber and glazier, and his wife were found dead with their throats cut. It is stated thaA the couple had led a quarrelsome life, and that at one time the wife, an industrious woman, obtained a eepjuration order, and lived apart from her husband. The supposi- tion is that Walsh, who was addicted to drink. first murdered his wife and then oom. mitted suicide. A later report saysIt is stated that Walsh was maddened with drink at the time of tho tragedy, and called his wife out of the factory where she worked. Knives, a razor, and an were used for the crime. Walsh was released from prison only a week ago, after serving fourteen days for assaulting his wife. He attacked her with a hatchet, inflicting a. terrible wound in the head. and then cut her throat with a razor, nearly severing the head from the body. He then cut his own throat, dying very shortly afterwards. A triple tragedy occurred at Wightman- road, Harringay, Middlesex, on Friday, Mr. Arthur Yorke, who was ia buzinees iu Charles- street, Oovent Garden, taking the lives of two Arthur Yorke, G-ard  ll rzgIeid li-g the lives of two of his children, a pr- Aged seven and a boy a. three, and then oommitting suicide. Yorke sent the servaat to London with letters, and on her return she found the chil. dren dead, they aprparently having been suffocated, whilst Yorke had taken a. fatal dose of poison.

l LLANELLY HARBOUR TRUST. APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN: A LEGAL POINT. At a special meeting of the Llanelly Har- bour Trust on Friday Mr. J. S. Tregoning, jun., was appointed chairman in the place of Mr. W. Bowen, who hae resigned. Mr. Joseph was elected vice-chairman.—The next question that came under discussion waa the appointment of a member on the standing joint committee to fill the va>cancy caused by the resignation of Mr. W. Bowen. Mr. W. B. Jones proposed that Mr. Joseph Williams be appointed. Mr. John Roberts pointed out that, as Mr. Boweu's resignation as a member of the trust had not been aocepted, his poeition on. the committee stall existed. The Clerk said he could not see why any member oould not resign, neither did he seo anything in the Act tha.t prevented them from filling the vacancy. Mr. Roberts said he was still & member of the trust. He was appointed for one year, and he must remain for one yea?. Eventually the matter was postponed to a special meeting. Mr. E. Willis Jones gave notice to move that the trust confer with the appointed trustees representing the Bank of England as to the remuneration to be paid to them for their services and allowances for expenees under Section 6 and Sub-section 2 of the Llanelly Harbour Act of 1904.

NELSON'S TKA PENSIONS, j i The question of the Nelson tea pensions came before tbe Chancery Division on Friday, when plaintiff in the case of Wright versus Nelson and Co. (Limited) asked for an injuno- tion and the appointment of a receiver. With the oonsent of ail parties the me tion was allowed to stand over for a fortnight, leave being &iven to plaintiff to amend by adding parties who mirht be interested under diffe- ront contracts in the funds in court.

THE CABINET AND DEFENCE COM- MITTEE. v The Cabinet mot Dt neon on Friday at th< < Foreign Office, Mr. Balfour presiding. the Ministers attended. The meeting lasted over two hours. A meeting of the Defenoe Committee was held on Friday afternoon at Sir Georgs Clarke's offices, in Whitehall-gardens. Mr. Balfour presided, and ainong those present in addition wore Prince Louis of Battenberg [Director of Naval Intelligence), the Chwi, celJQr of the Exchequer, the Secretary for War, and the Secretary for India, with air George Clarke, secretary.

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