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"Out of danger'" General Kuropatkin must, surely, be in training as a, humourist. "Thanks to extraordinary efforts, our armies are out- of danger." This is his latest message. It is no wonder that rumours are afloat as to Kuropatkin's supersession. He appears to have locked the stable door after the axit of the horse. To extricate his Army from "danger'' after losing between 100,000 and 200.000 men. killed, wounded, and prisoners, is to execute a military manoeuvre which few commanders will iiave the hardihood to imitate. Kuro- patkin is certainly a past master in the art of hooking it." The sad story of the great explosion at ClydacE Vale is relieved, as usual, by tales of devotion and gallantry. Whilst some Welshmen were winning honours on the athletic field, others were performing still doughtier achievements on the scene of the latest colliery disaster. All will hope that the rumour about naked lights is untrue. Carelessness in the use of lamps probably caused the recent explosion at Gowerton. Every miner knows the risk: no amount of warning can possibly increase his knowledge. Xo doubt this matter will be thoroughly probed at the coroner's inquiry. Unsought, undesired. and un- expected," such is the new Bishop of LiandafFs description of his appoint- ment. This is the absolute truth. Mr. Hughes was probably the last cleric in the diocese who had ambitions in the direction of the episcopal throne. People in all directions regard this as of good augury. Such a choice is probably a wise one, and the few'words addressed by Mr. Hughes to his parishioners on Sundav— words that came evidently from the heart -go to prove -the unaffected sincerity and simplicity of the new Bishop. May we wish him the good old wish—Ad inultos anno", It cannot be denied that a great inter- nationaLmatch like that of Saturday has in important bearing quite outside the inuta of athletics. Especially is this so where, as in the case of Ireland, affairs of politics tend to keep those apart who ought to be at one. The Irishman is a right down good fellow, as everyone who comes iu contact with him knows, whether in contael, w,* t here or in his native island. He is gene- rous tc)-i fault, and sympathetic and enthusiastic to the latgtv d. -Some people reckon these failings, but, how- ever that may be. they help to endear the Irishman to his cousins of the Prin- cipality. ■This interchange of matches means an interchange of much eLe, and so immense good is done, vhieh serves in a degree to counter-balance the warring interests of rival politicians. Notwith- standing that Ireland was defeated, the numerous visitors who braved the Channel to witness the match could hardly return without a favourable impression of the -n-hole-heartedness and the sportsmanlike enthusiasm of our little Principality, It is interesting to compare the results of the international matches. On Irish ground Ireland has won five matches out of nine; on this side the water Wales has won eight matches out of ten. We have little doubt that the Channel passage to some extent accounts for this discrepancy. The Channel passage is often choppy, especially in the football season, and a choppy sea may throw an athlete out of sorts quite as easily as an ordinary indi- vidual. Special credit lies with the team that triumphs away from its native heath, whilst equal allowance must be made for those who suffer defeat under similar circumstances. The calendar of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, or, it i& etyled in the vernaculai-, "cdleg Prifathrofaol Deheudir Cymru a Mynwy," llias just been issued from the,publishing offices of the Western Mail Limited. It is a book of over 400 pages, and beans a bundant witness of the multifarious interests enshrined in the establishment at Newport-road, which we may hope ero very long to see transplanted to the wort hier echhoe about to bo erected in Cathaya Park. We are now in the throes of j. sites controversy, and it soenis not so long since Cardiff and Swansea were contending for the honour of housing the college under notice. How time flies, for we see that already the college-which everyone now calls the Cardiff College- is in its twenty-second session. Some of the rules of discipline (pp. 78- 80) have an air of quaintness. For 1. AU. students are required, to conduct themselves iu a quiet and orderly manner within the college precincts. Loitering on the sta-irs and in tie passages is prohibited. 2. Smoking is prohib-ited within the college, except in the room provided for the purpose. This prohibition extends to the grounds in front of the building. 8. All entertainments shall eioee a.t 10.50 p.m.. and ail attending them shall leave the premises before eleven p.m. 9. Permission will not be granted to return from any (college) excursion by the last train. 11. Members of the college who have bicycles shall not mount them until they are outside the college gates. 12. Academical dress shall be worn by students until one o'clock in the day within the precincts of the college. No student .shall be allowed to keep his cap and gown in college.. o. 9 refers obviously to a very human desire—that of returning by the last train. "Unfortunately, the rule may lie 30 construed as to provide a loophole for avoiding tho" last train as one would a pestilence, and returning (by some other means) at a still later hour! In regard to No. 12. we see no reason why the rule should not be extended considerably. It gives a decided air to the town to see the students moving about in their caps and gowns, and they should be made to feel that it is a distinction to wear them, just as a soldier who is worth his salt prefers to be seen in his uniform. Of course, this gives an opening for the display of a. little vanity, but that is unavoidable ■jnder the circumstances. Mnoh if said and writtea nowadays about artificial illumination, and great are the heartburnings over the dabblings of this corporation and that with the great problem of electric lighting. It is i somewhat melancholy to learn that, with all our outlay and all our cleverness, the little firefly leaves us completely and hopelessly in the lurch. According to Sir Oliver Lodge, the mechanism by which the firefly produces its light is the most perfect known, for not more than one-thousandth of the energy expended is converted into heat. If men could learn its secret, electric light would become hardly dearer than daylight. Pity we can't convert our electric light- ing committees into fircflic

Mainly About People ♦ Sir William Arrol, M.P., who htus married j his first cousin, Miss Hodgart. is the famous I contractor who built the Tay and Forth Bridges. He was first married in 1864 to Elizabeth Pattison, who died last year. Six William is the Unionist member for South Ayrshire, and is in his sixty-sixth year. He is entirely a self-made man, and on the occasion of receiving the freedom of the Burgh of Ayr, he told his constituents that his first experience of their town was when, some twenty years tefor-e, he walked through it as a journeyman blacksmith, looking for a job. He did not find it there, but tramped on to Glasgow, where he got the start which set him on the road to becoming one of the fore- most contractors in the world. It is not, given to every heir to a peerage to be born as far afield as the subject of the following announcement,, C-VEV.—On January 25. at l'ort Nandi, East Africa Protectorate, the wife of the Hon. Lucius CaTy (Master of .Falluand', Grenadier Giairds, ot a son. The Master of Falkland is the eldest eon of Lord Falkland, premier Viscount of ticotLand. He was born in 1880, and was for some time in the Grenadiers, with whom he served in the South African war. He was inarric-d last year to Miss Ell-a. Louise (la tford, daughter of Mr. E. W. Cat lord. It wa6 Viscount Falkland who in the absence of Viscount Hereford, did homage for peers of his grade at the Coronation. He sita in the House of Lorda as a represen- tative peer for Scotland. Yet he is descended from the Devonshire Careys, one of whom was created Viscount Falkland by James r., being, in fact, the first peer of that monarch's creation. The .second viscount was the famous Cavalier, who was Secretary of State to Charles 1., and fell at the battla of New- bury, while the tenth viscount married Amelia FitzClarenre, one of the natural daughters of William IV. The present viscount had served many years in the Army, before he succeeded hi6 uncle in the title in 1886. He married an American lady, the daughter of Mr. Robert Reade, a Xew York merchant. Lord Tollemache. the young peer who 112.8 just taken his seat, comes of a family cele- brated fcr their early marriages and for I their alliance with heiresses. The first Lcrd Tollemache took to himself a wife at the age of twenty; the late lord married when quite young; his late son, the Hon. Lyonel Tollemaehe, married at twenty-one; and his elder son, the present peer, broke the record by becoming a Benedick at the adventurous age of eighteen. Then a? regards heiresses. Lady Mary ToilemiLche endowed her husband with the great riches of the Dysarts, bringing into the family much valuable property in Cheshire. The first lord's father married ¡! Lady Elizabeth Stratford, daughter and co- heiress of John Earl of Aldborough; and the second of the first Lord Tollemache's two wives also owned a handsome fortune. Mr. Henry White, the Secretary cf the American Embassy in London, who has been appointed Ambassador to Rome, will be quite as much missed in this country as Mr. Choate, for he always been I' extremely popular in English society. He was bcrn at Baltimore in 1350, and had the advantage of being educated partly in France. He entered diplomacy as Secretary of Embassy at Vienna in 1883, and was transferred to London in the following year. He was recalled by President Cleve- land. but was re-appointed by President M Kinley in 1397, and has been in London ever sance. He illine-rited money, is keen on golf and hunting, and a good hot,. Mrs. White is a da.ughter of Mr. Lowis Rutherford, a well- known astronomer and a member of an old aid distinguished New England family. His brother, Mr. Rutherford Stuyvesant, inherited a large fortune and his second and adoptive name from a. relative, Mr. Stuyveaant, who was descended from the famous Knicker- bocker Gowrnor of Dutch New York. Mr. Rutherford Etuyveeant and his relative, 3Lr. Stuyve»»anit Fish, son of the late Hamilton FiZlh, formerly Secretary of State, whose daughter married the Hon. Oliver Northcotc, arc. the graait landlords of the. east side of the residential portion of New York. Mr. White is also connected by marriage with Mr. W. K. Vanderbiit, who married his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lewis Rutherford, at St. Mark's, North Audley-street, a couple of years ago, when u.r. White gave the bride away. Nover put off till to-morrow the creditor who will wiait till next week. Mr. Maurice William iirret do Bonsen, C.B., who has been appointed his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary at Lisbon in the place of the late Sir Martin Goaeelin, was nominated an attache in 1877, and appointed in the following year to Washington. He served subsequently at Berne, Madrid, Paris, and Lis-bon, so that he docs not go to Portugal as an entire stranger. In 1891 Mr. do Buns-en was appointed Secre- tary of Legation at Tokio, and he has eince served in Siam, Washington, Constantinople, and Paris, where be was appointed Secretary of Embassy in 1902, with the rank of Ai:mstc,r Plenipotentiary. He married in 1899 a daughter of the late Mr. A. H. Ix>wry»CorTy. The Hon. Reginald Lister, who has been appointed Councillor of Embassy at Paris, is a. brother of the present Lord Ribbleedale, and was born in 1265. He entered the Diplo- matic Service at the age of 21, and served successively at Berlin, Paris, Athens, Constan- tinople, again at Paris, Copenhagen, aud Rome, whither he was sent last year as Coun- cillor of Embassy, with the decoration of the Victorian Order. Sir Matthew Arthur has arrived at the age of 53 to find himself still one of the best looking baronets north o' the Tweed. To day will not. be the happiest day in Sir Mat- thaw's life, though his neighbours' wishes for "many happy returns" will be more numerous than ever, for, truth to teM, it is surprising yrir Matohew is alive to enter upon another year of life. At the present moment he is making a gallant effort to recover from the effects of an accident which happened as the result of driving an hack which had once followed the hounds. The beast suddenly heard the bun toman's horn, and the ruling passion spontaneously I took possession. The horse bolted, dashed into a wall, and landed the brougham an the other pide of the wail. Sir MalttOOw was accompanied by hia- son and heir, and their escape was miraculous. The two-year-old baronetcy of the Ayrshire Arthurs had a na-rro-w escape of sudden extinction. Sir Matthew Arthur (who is in no way connected with the other Arthur baronet?, who are a Southern family) Ls one of the great financial magnates whose weaJlh has growu up w the rising fortunes of Glas- gow. Like his father before him. he is chair- irmn of Arthur's Glasgow." and a director of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway. He is quite a political ])<}WN" in the W-esst of Sootla.nd, where his pretty wife is much thought of. She was a daughter of an academical M'Grigor of Stirlingshire, and hm son. Mr. Jamew Arthur, who will prob- ably never put an old hunter into shexte aga:n, was very popular at Christ Church when "oU\i>" a Few car two, -ag*.

I CARDIFF BATHS I Compared with Newport Establishments, WELSH METROPOLIS DOES NOT SHINE. We have slated in the course of our I articles that one reason why the Cardiff Baths arc not more popular is that they suffer by comparison with those of New- port, Swansea, and Penarth. Not only is it understood that th-ese institutions are as fully (if not better) equipped, but the superior size of their swimming baths enables international and other important matches to be held there which cannot take place at Cardiff. These matches, of course, are a great attraction amongst the aquatic frater- nity. and they not only form a source of revenue in themselves, but they, J undoubtedly, introduce fresh clients to the Baths. It may not, therefore, be amiss if we say a word about the other! Baths mentioned with a view to com- parison with Cardiff. Those at Penarth and Swansea are private concerns, so we will in this article confine ourselves to the sister borough on the ITsk. The Newport Baths, like those of Cardiff, are corporation property, and Newportonians complain of their manage- ment nevertheless, there will be no diffi- culty in showing that, on the whole, they cut a much better figure than the Cardiff Baths. To begin with, they are more conveniently situated, they are larger, and they are as well appointed, if not actually better. They include first and second class swimming baths; warm, vapour, and Turkish baths; a mikvah or Jewish bath, and a. gymnasium. Let us take the last published volume of accounts of the Cardiff Corporation and the same for Newport and compare some of the items. First, let us place side by side the total annual receipts, viz.:— Newport. Cardiff. Considering that Cardiff is nearly three I times as large as Newport, it will be admitted at once that Cardiff's position is unsatisfactory. On the basis of popu- lation, Cardiff's revenue ought to be j £ 3,000, at any rate. Why isn't it ? The annual fees for swimming baths alone -vield:- 1 Newport, Cardiff. .t024. £366. Cardiff is apparently ahead here again, but on the basis of population her swim- ming bath receipts ought to be nearer i £ 1.000. Turkish bath fees:- Newport. Cardiff. :94. £280. A truly lamentable comparison, bearing out all we have previously written about I this particular department. Practically the sue remark applies to the Gymnasium fees:— -Newport. Cardiff. £ 107. £ 103- Coming next to expenses (leaving out the loan charges, which are the same in both towns within a few pounds), we find the year's expenditure works out at- 1 Newport. Cardiff. £ 1,386. £ 1,951. j And the year's working loss at- Newport. Cardiff. £ 207. £ 526. So the Cardiff loss is more than double that of Newport. The salaries compare as follow N'port, C'diff, £ ill Sup!"ifJILen.dcnt 189 156 Gymnaafcic assistant, &c, 57.- 133 General staff 466 -578 Total 713 864 Of course, the population basis does not apply here, for the Cardiff staff, at any rate, whilst busy at some seasons, is idle at others. Cardiff salaries are £ 150 in advance of Newport's, though New- port year's Joss is less than half Cardiff's, and though very likely Newportonians consider their own baths wage list might be with benefit Irevised. Of course, if with her treble population Cardiff's Baths had treble the revenue of Newport's I there would he little need for criticising the salaries, but, unfortunately, such is not the case. Now, let us look at one or two items on the expenditure side:- I N'port. C'diff. £ £ ?'At?r. IGO?.?5 ?Fuel I'?13 .? 2?9 1 lighting 72 ? Repairs 56 156 These figures are not creditable to Cardiff—all the less creditable because we have no proof whatever that Newport I Baths are worked as economically as they might be—rather the contrary. An item of R156 for repairs, bearing in mind that Cardiff Baths were only erected ten years ago at a cost of over tl3,000, seems a I bit unreasonable, to say the least of it.

1 MOTOR-CAR IN A TEA-SHOP A motor-car, the property of Mr. H. R. de Salis, of Iver, J.P. and county councillor of Bucks, war, stopped, at Silough Post-office on Saturday, and when, re-started rau back- wards into a tea-shop, smashing the plate- gla.8 win clow and scattering the provisions in all directions, Martha Goom, of Langley, had a. marvellous escape, the oar knocking her down and going over her, but she escaped with severe bruises. Mrs. Salis and the chauffeur were uninjured.

MARQUESS OF ANGLESEY The latc3t news of the Marquees of Anglesey is far more satisfactory. Ho is gradually gaining strength. The Marchioness and Mme. Coquelin, the annt of the marquess, a-re both at Mentone. The paitient'§ lungs and heart are acutely affected, and the doctors, who despaired of his recovery once, consider hie recovery wonder fill.

I SALE OF HORSES AT CARDIFF Mr. Philip E. Hill will hold his first spring' show and sale of harness horses, carters, Tanners, trade cobs, ponies, and pitters at the Corporation Horse Repository. Cardiff, to-morrow (Tuesday). A sum of thirty-seven guineas is offered in prizes in various classes.

I STOCK BROKER'S SUICIDE Mr. J. Turner Spencer, stock and share broker, of Halifax, committed suicide this morning at his homo by cutting his throat. He waa fornierly a prominent, memiber of the Halifax Town Council. It is supposed that pecuniary losses had unhinged his mind.

I BOSTOCK AND WOMBWELL'S J MENAGERIE Boetock and Wombwell's Menagerie will visit the Penarth-road Ground. Cardiff, from Thursday, until Monday, after an absence of fifteen years, during which it has travelled the whole of Continental Europe. The great travellin.g zoo has just concluded six weeks' I engagement, in London with great success. The nafmo of Rostock and Wombwell is a, safe guarantee of the extensive show they always brin-g to our town.

Let your inA-PUgenm and tftt Iteep pw* topetheff — Bobart Lace. CMxopadlat, J, DajM-rtreei, Cardiff. el98 CARPETS Shampooed.—JTew. perfect, PROOOK ;6 B*Ab. im.

MURDERED CAPTAIN I LEAVE TO PRESUME HIS DEATH GRANTED In t.110 Probate Division to-day (before Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane) an application was made for leave to presume the death of the late Captain John M'Doneld Blair, who had resided at Liverpool, and was capt-ain of the. steamship Baron Inneedale, of Ardroesan, the owners of which were Mes.srs. H. Hogarth iand Co., of Glasgow, which sailed from Barry Dock. Mr. R. F. Lock, who made the application, said that the vessel left Ba.rry Dock on the Sth of April last year, bound for Aden and Karachi. On the homeward voyage the vessel rail on a. reef on the south coast, west of Arabia, on the island of Curia Muria. On the 6th of August Captain Blair left the island with most of the crew in two boats, leaving eight of the crew, who were Greeks, behind. Nothing was heard of the captain and crew in the boats for some time, until it was found that they were murdered on the coast of Masera, which was in the dominion I of the Sultan of Muscat. The steamship Frome rescued the eight Greeks, and reported 1[ t-iii matter at Port Said, .and on the 31st of August it was reported from Aden that the I Crew Had Been Murdered I I An inquiry by the Government aid the Sultan of Muscat was held, and the report of the murder was confirmed on the 13th of October. It appeared then that ceveilteeii. persons, including a stowaway boy, had gone to Curia Muria, and that they were treacherously murdered there. Later inior. mation was received that nine of the mur- derers had been shot, and that others were in prison, and relics were found, including a revolver belonging to Captain Blair. The captain had left his property to hie wife, which consisted of two amounting to £ 600. Counsel said that. Captain Blair was domiciled in England, a,nd had lived latterly in Liverpool. His Lordship gave leave to presume the death on or since the 6th of August.

Cardiff Education Rate. I FINANCE COMMITTEE'S DEMAND, I Estimate increased by X8,0001 A meeting of the Cardiff Corporation, sit- ting as a general purposes committee, was held this morning, when the chair was occu- pied by the Mayor (Alderman Robert Hughes.) Mr. F. J. Beavan. chairman of the finance committee, moved that the estimates for the year ending the 31st of March, 1904, be adopted. There was a considerable increase in the borough estimate, which he explained. There was a floating balance to the credit of the education committee amounting to S,7,800, which had been added to the amount which the committee had asked for. If that were excluded the education rate would still be 4d in the £ more. He reminded the council that if the £ 7,800 were absorbed this haJf. year it would have to be provided for the next six months, becausc the committee would not be allowed to borrow money and pay interest. If they did they would find them- selves surcharged by the auditor. Mr. Robert Bird said that some time ago they were told that they were losing £10,000 a year by not putting the Education Act into I operation. He wanted to know what had become of that amount. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lewis Morgan characterised the pro- ceeding of the finance committee in increas- ing the precept R5 very extraordinary. As a rule, he understood that the finance committee tried to reduoe the estimate for the year, but on this occasion they had taken the extraordinary step of increasing them- by between £ 7,030 and ",OCD. He would like to have an explanation on that point. The 23 or 24 members of the education committee who approved the estimate surely knew their requirements, only one (lrr. S. Robinson) being opposed to it. Mr. Beavan repeated his statement that if the floating balance were used next half- year it would have to he made good after- wards. Mr. S. Robinson seconded the adoption of the minutes of the finance committee, but suggested that the discuseion on the educa- tion precept be deferred until the minutes of that committee came up for confirmation later. The suggestion was agreed to, and after several questions relating to the e-stima-tes had been answered by the chairman of the I committees, the estimates, with the exception of those relating to education, were paeeed.

Corporation Expenditure I CARDIFF ESTIMATES FOR THE NEXT YEAR Mr. F. J. Beavan, in moving the adoption I of the estimates for the year ending March 51, 1906, at a meeting of the Cardiff County Council to-day. stated that in some depart- ment-s there were increases, while in others the amount required was lower. Taking first the estimate for the general district rate, ho found the following increases for the six months:—Electric lighting, £ 1, £ 08 parks committee, £ 440; waterworks com- mittee, £ 3,820; Town-lia.11 committee, £ 2, £ 76; The decreases  L 2,  6. were in the estimates, of the health com- mittee, £ -3,925, and of the property and markuts committee, £ 34. Taking the borough fund, it would bo found the watch, committee required ;EW, Ins-, property and markets committee .1.460 less ill expen- diture, and £1.05 increase in roceipts, burial board £ 142 lass, tinanco committee £ 4,023 more, asylum:? £ 3,170 more in ordinary expenditure, and £ 3.694 more in loan charges, Town-hail oommittee increase, £ 2.376. The increase in the finance committee's estimate was d.uo to bank charges on the overdraft. Mr. S. Ridbinson seconded. Alderman Trounce, referring to the esti- mate on tramways account, said nothing had been provided for depreciation. Two sums of £ 2,000 odd had been collected in the rate towards a depreciation fund, and he wanted to know what had becomo of it. Mr. Stanfield: Have you seen the blue-book for last year? Alderman Trounce: Yes, I have. Mr. Stanfield: If you had examined it you would find that those amounts have been worked out. Mr. Beavan said they raised nothing on behalf of tramways. There was an estimated surplus of £ 5,065. Mr. Courtis replied that there was already a reserve fund of £9.000, and nothing had been decided as to what should be done with the balance at the end of the next year, but he hoped it would be added to the reserve fund. The committe-c were fully alive to the necessity of having such a fund. Mr. Morgan Thomas pointed out that, according to the estimates of the burial board, the salaries and wages amounted to £ 2,100 out of an income of £ 3,144. He would like to aak the chairman if any private firm ouuld pay its way if 75 per cent. were paid in salaries. Alderman Trounce said if Mr. Morgan Thomas were prepared to increase the fees in the cemetery the boaj-d could easily pay their way. Mr. Morgan Thomas retorted that the fees were no*, lower than in the majority of cemeteries in the country, but the manage- ment expanses were excessively high com- pared with other towns. After aotme further questions bad been answered, the estimates were adopted, and ¡ an urban rate of Is. 9d. in too £ wa.< passed.

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"A DELICATE QUESTION." I The Widening of Penarth Road Bridge At a, meeting of the Cardiff Town Council to-day Mr. A. Sessions, adverting to a, ques- tion put by him on the_9tjh, of iSov.am.ber last as to the widening of the Taff Yale Railway bridge crossing the Penarth-road at Grange- town, vsked the chiacrman of the public wo.rks committee whetiisr the matter had received the further consideration of the town-clerk, as promised, and whether he was prepared to recommend the council to have the barriers, which have been placed on each side of the-ro.a.d by the Taff VaJe Railway Company, removed. The question which he put on the 9th of November was, "Why, when the corporation of ..Cardiff has agreed to pay £ 2,100 as its aha re of thee I e "All of widening the Taff Vala Railway' bnSge crossing the Penarth-road at Grangetc-wn, the Taff Vale Railway Company has been allowed to ercet .railings, shutting off a portion of the read on both sides, and so preventing the altera- tion from being of any use to the paliiic using the roadway?" Mr. Joseph Ramsdale (chairman of the publio works committee.) replied that this was a very delicate question, and to give too much publicity to it at present would not answer the purposes of the committee at all. The -widening was carried cut under an Act of Parliament passed in 1878, and the corpora" tion had striven to honourably cairry out their engagement. Xo cash would be paid until a, settlement had been arrived at. The Town-clerk would deal with the legal a-sfect of the case. Mr. W. L. Yorath suggeste-d the advisa- bility of Mr. Sessions seeing the town-clerk privately. 'Phe Town-clerk agreed with the suggestion, which was accepted by Mr. Sessions.

CRUSHED TO DEATH Shocking Fatality at Brecon This morning, William lani-7, a plumber in the employ of the Brecon, and Merthyr Rail- way Company, was knocked down by a Cambrian traiu at the Brecon Station, and failing between the footboard and tho platform, be was imme- diately crushed to death. The decased was 62 years of age, and was highly rc«peeted in the town,. He had been in the employ of tho ^Brecon and Merthyr Company for about 30 years.

GLIMPSE OF EAST END LIFE I At the inquest on a baby at Stepney, the mother said the father was out. of v.ork. The Coroner: How havo yen lived?—He has helped ine at fancy box making. How'much have you earned together at that?—The most we have earned has been 12F., but more often it has been 13s; and then we have had to work from Sunday to the I next Sunday, aud stop up many a night. What rent do you pay?-12s 6d. a week, but my mother lives with us and pays 6s 6d. Docs she earu anything?—^be works hard at the washing-tub. But she can't earn more than ls 6d a day at that?—No, bir; but she gets a little help from the Jewish Board cf Guardians.

BURGLARY ON A BATTLESHIP I An audacious attempt has been made to st-6al an iron safe from the canteen of his Majesty's ship Swiftsure, which is lying in a dry dock under repair in Chatham Dockyard. The removal must have been carefully planned and carried out by a- party of con- federates, who were evidently disturbed. The safe had been lowered into the dock from the side of the vessel. Fortunately, it was found intact; it contained between L-ZOO and £ 400. The Swiftsure is one of the battleships puT- cbased from the Chili an Government.

"NO FAITH IN DOCTORS" I At an inquest held at Cheltenham on Satur- d,a,y on the body of a, shoemaker, named. John Greenway, it was st-at-ed by Maria Brookes, the woman with whom the man lived, that he refused to allow her to fetch medical assistance, as "hú ha-d no faith in doctors." Dr. Powell said the deceased died. from pleu.ro-pneum.onia, which might, ha-To been checked if medical skill had bean called in in time. A verdict in accordan-ce with the doctor's evidence was returned.

BA.TOXP. 3 for 6d. a r.ew doiicions Breal, as eaten I in ail the best hotels in London.—Stevens, Confectioner. y.KGr-A N'lTS GIA)RY MATCHES aro made entimly bv BRITISH I-ABIOUR. Send for particulars of com- petitions.— England's Glory Match Work?, Gloucester. If yon are a s1]1frer from wwrr feet, Wifdotn points but one way.-Robert Lane, Chiropodist, 3, Duke-street, CxrdlS. elftg STEVEN'S' BfiEAD —Wlj^n you eat it tyou do not tequila any otbg"qlioh for Breakfast or T. I

QUEEN OF FRAUD. 1 QUEEN O! FRAUD., AMERICAN WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF FORGERY. Miv. Chadwick, the Mme. Humbert of America, after a eis days' trial at Cleveland, i-i which the principal witness was Mr. Carnegie, was found guilty of forgery late on Saturday night. The case disappointed the expectations of many, for the trial did not produce the sen- sational derails which were anticipated. Tho queen of frenzied finance," as r-he lias been termed, was tried solely upon the CiUestioni of the not-es bearing Mr. Carnegie's signature. The sum involved was nearly £ 1,000.000, and 'l"!ie -um inN-Ivc?d w i a, great part of this sum Mrs. Chad wick obtained from the IVada Park Bank. She pleaded not guilty and proclaimed her- self a. daughter of Andrew Carnegie. But the great Steal King denounced hav as- 2c impudent impostor," aud overwhelming proof was produced to show that the notesi had never been signed by Jlr. Carnegie. The woman's amazing career was only briefly touched upon. It was related how, as a, child in a little Canadian village, she was known as Lylie Biglcy, and even then she wa-3 unscrupulous, and was convicted of theft. In a later stage of the case Lydia do Vere, a convict, declared that the woman was notorious as an adventuress of amasing audacity and consummate Ingenuity. For fraud upon a bank in Toledo, Ohio, she was^sentenced to seven years' imprison- ment. She :rc-ed as "Mrs. Horner," and reai-ried Dr. Chadwick, of Cleveland, a well-known physician and society ma.n. By means of his name and position she perpetrated a series of frauds upou several banks, and finally borrowed money upon securities which, she declared, had. been given her by Ml., Carnegie,

A Hardened Thief, I CARDIFF PRISONER'S FRANKNESS I Henry Benson, a good-looking youth of 23, seoms to be a. hardened thief. Detective-sergeant Licks told the Cardiff Bench this morning that. the ctheT night he advised him to get work. "I shall never work," he replied, a.nd, touching his pockets, said, I'YC, got stolen money here, pookclfll13 of it." With Detective Powell and Police- constiablei Dix, the witness continued, he watched Benson on Saturda-y night. He was with five other men at different times, four of whom were convicted thieves, and they were jostling drunken men and intercepting foot-passengers. He arretted Benson, who said, I sihall never work. As long as I have fingers to steal, I ahall steal." Later, the detective charged him with that being a person twice convicted of crime during the laA. saveil years, he was found frequenting Bute-street and Bri'dge^street with intent to commit a felony. He seemed surprised, and exclaimed, "Is that all?" He now appeared all this charge. I'm not a pick-pocket," he told tho court.. I do my thieving between the hours of half- past one and fcur in the morning. I never rob drunken seamen. I would not do such a. thing, and there is no conviction ag-Latist me for that. They can't catch a. thief, your worships, so they takers me for loitering." Dstective-iuspector Rankin proved two zeu- tences upon the prisoner* of six months' imprisonment at Cardiff for theft, and nine months' imprisonment at Clerkenwell for a simihr offence. Prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprison.men t. Another man. in the gang, named Patrick Burns, aged 26, was arrested by Detective Powell, and was charged with being a sus- pected person. He was loitering in Bridge- street and Bute-street, with intent to commit a falcuiy. Detective Powell fJaJd. that a man came to him and Dicks, and, iu curious slang, com- plained of Burns and Benson. That's the joint you want to look after," he eaid. They are trying to run the rule over me." Prisoner, who ha<s joined and re-joined the Army, aud bad been discharged several times, was sent to prison for a month.

QUARREL OVER A FENCE Results in a Terrible Tragedy New York, Monday.—A dispatch from Den- ver reports a. terrible ending to a. long- standing neighbours' quarrel. A teamster, who for twelve years past has been squabbling with his wealthy neighbours ever the fence which separated their two properties, suddenly went mad. He ehot his neighbour and his wife, inflicting fatal wounds, and set the house on fire. A child, who was iu. the house, wad burned to death. When the police endeavoured to arrest bim he opened fire on the constables, wounding two of them. He remained at bay for three hours. Tho constables, finding it impossible to secure him by strategy, opened fire them- selves to prevent him causing further loss of life, and ho was sbiut dead. The man's wife is lying seriously ill from the shock caused by the tragedy", and ia not expected to recover. One of the wouuded cons'tables is in a dying condition.—Central News,

DISINTERRING THE DEAD When Miss Cleary. an elderly lady, died near Ciogheeu, County Tipperary. her comdasi objected to her burial in their plot at Castle- grace Cemetery, and she was interred in an adjoining grave. A number of men. the relatives of persons buried in tho grave, disinterred the old lady's cofliu aDd left it. lyiug in the cemetery. Several men are under remand on the charge of disinterring the coffin, which has since been re-buricd. A farmer named Kiiloran, who died near Tubbercurry, County Sligo, was buried at Kilmora. A claimant to the gTave plot objected, and the remains were exhumed and reinteiTed in another grave. The owner of the second grave has now objected, and a third interment may be necessary.

MORE UNHAPPY MARRIAGES j With aa increase of population during the past ten years of six per cent. there had been an increase of 20 per cent, in the number of petitions for divorce. In the same period petitions for judicial separation have decreased nearly 12 per cent. The judicial statistics for 1903 just issued show that during the period 1899-1903 the percentage of divorce petitions of "parties less than one year married havo decppisecd by 85 per cent, as compared with. the prIeo vious four years; less than two years, by 10 per cent.; lesa than five years, by 8 per cent.; but in the case of parties less than ten years married petitions increased by 27.47 per cent.; less than twenty years by 40 per cent.; and over that period by 47 per cent. While about 15.30 per cent, of marriages are celebrated in registry offices, these form. 23.01 per cent. of the marriages sought to be dissolved.

GUARDIANS AND A BALD CHILD A fortnight ago the Swindon guardians instructed a relieving officer to ascertain the price of a wig for a, girl who had lob all her hair and whose parents were unable to incur the necessary outlay. The publicity givon to the case has resulted i)i the guardians being inundated with letters of advice and suggestions, cue correspondent enclosing a recipe for restoring tho hair, the ingredients of which wore "fine gunpowder and oggLaat" and the cost only twopence. The guardians decided tijet-t t-he local baardweaero (should be

-+_- I Foeion HOPE. I T'HE RESCUE VVORKAT CLYDACH VALE. Fighting the Flames to I Save 17 Lives. I (BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) I The total number of men involved in the disaster at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, is great-er than was at first feared. Owing to no record being kept of the lamps given out, there could bo no certainty as to the number of men down the pit when the accident happened, but it has transpired since that several men are missing beside those who were known to be in the mine. Telephoning this morning, our eorrespon- GENFJRAL VIEW OF THE COLLIERY. dent says the fire has slackened a little, but no further bodies have been brought to the su rface. There are still 22 down in the pit. Eighteen horses have been brought up. There is a forlorn hope that some of the I men may yet be rescued if the fire can be extinguished. I BRINGING UP THE BODIES. An intelligent statement as to the progress made in fighting the fire was given to me by Thomas Protiheroe, who came up from the pit after working down there with his brave com- rades eince five o'clock this morning. He I gave a. vivid, and wkhal a. lurid, picture of the terrible work that has to be performed in clearing the stables of the 46 horses tha.t were buried there. These stables are iLt a distance of about 200 yards from the bottom of the shaft, and the animals there were lite- rally roasted alive. "Their flesh was actually flaming," said Protheroe, and the stench of I The Burning Flesh mixed with tho aiter-damp, was horrible, When we placed ropes round them aii(I dragged them out the flesh parted like well- cocke.d meat, and the work was the most difiioult imaginable. The fire between the bottom of the shaft and -theso stables is quietly subsiding, and we made satisfactory progress this mo-ruing." Were tihere any men in the stables?" Yes, there were five men supposed to be on duty there -at t,110 time of the disaster, and they must all have perisfhed. These poor fellows wew :Tohn Griffiths, Tom Morgan, and Tom Hopkins (shoere), and Frank ChalHs and George Cbalker (ostlers! "Did you see any signs of these men tfljere?" their bodies niuit have been. charred beyond recognition in budh a furnace." How far are the other men away from these stables (meaning the other seventeen men now known to be below)?" "About 300 yards. Wo couid not say yet whether they are outsido the zone of fire, but there is a. circuit of air where they arc sup- poeed to have been working. Stili, the Possibility of Them Having Survived I is, unfortunately, only too remote. There arc I now 22 men down in. the pit who have yet to be recovered alive or dead, and who are now I I known to have been at work when the explo- sion occurred." Nine bodies, as already reported, have been recovered. It was at first thought that the total number of dead and missing was 32, but one of the missing men-from Lloyd, who lives in Bank-street, has turned u'p. This morning's shift was in charge of Mr. T. Price (manager of the pit), Mr. T. G riffIths, and Mr. E. J. Bevan (Pon,typool). Mr. Llewellyn (general manager) was also down during the whole of the morning, and among those wiho accompanied the manager or shift; and rendered able service were Mr. D. Hannah (Ferndale), Mr. J. P. Gibbon (North's j Navigation, Miaesteg), Mr. E. Hutchinson! (Lewis Mertiliyr), Mr. Dyer Lewis (his Majesty's I inspector), Mr. E. Hammond (Penrhiwfer, a j former general manager of the collieries), Mr. Trevor Thomas rEly), Mr. Picton (Blaengarw), and, Mr. E-dward Jones (Ynysybwi). Scores of others have come forward with offrs of service, and there is no lack of  helpers. j

WONDERFUL ESCAPES. Thomas Evans, a deacou of the Welsh Wee- leyan Chapel, Clydach Vale, can look back upon a miraculous cscape. He is one of the most regular men at work, and was preparing to go down on Friday night, when he was seized with a slight illness which caused him to remain at home. But for this be would have been among those who perished. A similar instance is that of Tom Williams, of Work-street. He had been working with William Evans, whose body now lies in the pit. Williams was ready to go to work on Friday afternoon, when a little girl called THE lvIORTUAllY.-IDE NTIFYING THE DEAD. at his house and said that there was no i work that afternoon. In consequence of this message, he did not go down. It transpired that the little girl made a mistake, confound- ing the No. 1 pit with another pit. A Ghastls Sight A ghastly sight is presented by a number i [ of horses, etripped^"ofTheir "ETSes" and lyintf in a, row on the mountain bide near tin colliery, being cut up. Telegram from Mr: J. H. Thomas A telegram was received this morning from Mr. J. H. Thomas, chairman of directors, who has been travelling in Algeria. He expressed his deep regret that the disaster should haTfi occurred, a.nd sympathy with the families of the killed and injured. Mr. Thomas, who is a brother of Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., will make his way home as soon as possible, øõ left. Tunis this morning. Ladies Visit the Bereaved Mrs. D. A. Thomas, Mrs. Wood-Davey, aDd Mrs. Pallia visited the bereaved families, and also tho homes of tho injured men itA Clydach Vale talis afternoon. Progress of the Work Below i- It was notified by the leader cf the "11ift," that carno up at one o'clock this afternoon that the work down below was progreeeuu slowly. The firo is being gradually got under, but the-rc is a, vast body there still, and it will take a long time to extinguish it. Many of the rescuers have suffered severel from the. gaseous fumes and the smeli FLAX OF THE WOEKLN'GS CHIEFLY AFFECTED. _———. I emitted from the bodies of the horses, which is simply overpowering. So great is the danger involved by the men who go down the mine that they practically carry their lives in their hands, as uo one knows the moment the fire will cause another explosion. Every precaution is being taken by the officials to register the names of verl men as he makes the descent into thø I le. I VIEW FROM THE COLLIERY. Shoving the anxious crowds awaiting news outside the collieiy office*, "I