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KHONDDA DISASTERI
KHONDDA DISASTERI rn.. The Inquest I in !13quest on the bodies of the men killed I jjj Hi a Cumbrian Colliery disaster was opened ? ,tt".Ocn ?? the Central Hotel, Clydaoh Va??? ??' ?' J. Rees, coroner, Aberdare, and a- ?ry. The relatives of the deceased ? ??'? represemt?d by Mr. A. T. James (of ? s? °? Messrs. Walter Morgan, Brace, ?Bd -?tchol?g? Bontypridd), and the colliery aLd   I-)Olltypridd), and the  OoJm *ny by Mr. W. Een?hole, Abepdare. Mr. ^ames was Mr. D. Watts Morgan, -1  o. I rhondda Di-ztrict of a??e ? o? the No. 1 B?oudd.a District of V,1 nQcrs -?ROB.g'st those present also was tt? ??' ? James, the a?mt. of the Clyd"h 3.1e -'¡"Il t ? er-s. The police arrangements were ?Qd ? the Bupervision of Inspector Hoyle and  Thomas. ?sergeant Thomas. I" h ,u ??? ^avilIS elected Mr. David Evans, *e t? ?r forema-n. and the formal ceremony of ,Swfja?riug in the jury having been mm- ??' the Mfron?r said the district had been  by another disaster. He had alm<yt OP,od t.hat they had nearly come to the end of t' 11'e'so ??a?er. It was some time ?dace J ? ?'? ?'? ? calamity. ?M only last w&ek he was talking over it ?h ??? of ?? inspectors of mines, and ofcij ?? how very free this district had bee? f^ serious dii???ter?? within the last few y? a.  unfortt.ma.iejy,  had ha yta__ '4' J3ut, unfortunately, they had had e ?&ra. j, The Loss of Life I tav \a c?e was serious. These diea&t?re.  t? ??g the Iocs of BO many lives, brought I (Proceeding). ) FIGHTING THE FLAMES. I ? "?Phing this morning from the scene I ? ?H?&t?r, one cf our reprmen?atives ?p? ? morning shift are down in the !t? 11 In fitting with the fire, and thoee who lI'i-gj¡e up at fivÐ o'clock, after working a,ll tbatj t, rPo.rted that considerable progress T-h a made in subduing the ftamee. is hope than ever of the men jj n ? the pit being found alive. ?undrei=, if not thousand*, of work- t, a..e ngregatd in the neighbourhood ? th ? c?Uiery waiting for any scrap of infor- °n may come to the 6urfa.œ from | (? ? thaft ma-y come to the euri'a?p iron). th^, ^Sing mterno below. IJ. Sangs down at ihe præcnt moment will e up d up at one o'clock, and it is expected  ?1 ha.c wme naws of importance. ill tb.Ð long attest leading from Tonypandy «jt| uh ill t,hero are several houses wbc-m. !i 1x111 there are aovera J houses wh<?re I ?ii) ? '?*? ^w11' aid thda can be t"en a& *Ur ^dieation of bereavement in these j. 'nte^views with the Rescued I ijile ? the rescued men, who was badly I)ar, ?o the face, hands, and right leg, is Vg-le ?riniths, of 91, Wern-street, Clydach birn' Dr.. Gabe Jones, who was attending instructions that he vr" not to be dt tir bed. but from statements made by him Bho?, ? after he arrived home it appears that ? "'a.' k(? ,^S ??out thirty yards from the bottom lot 6Pit, ??°? an entry for the night '?ft ?° the explosion occurred. There were t?? tv? Or ?se others with him at the time, ?d ?? upon him heavily, knocking him aL lad :eU upon him heavily, knocking him jn iJ.. }Ie had considerable difficulty in free- in„ /u. nself from his fellow-workman. When it the ??' he exclaimed, "It's all np ?'? bo.s!" t'ibl'rt ?- Jones, an assistant timberm?n, of 4i ?o. l ???D'stTeet, had a narrow esc&pc. ?a t-r? down to the bottom of the pit, but ?id ?iq not :t t work, as Ms partner, Tom ti? ?' ??d not arrived. The nrst he knew Ofh ad not arrived. The first he knew accident was that he was hurled 6? ?. /? the side and became unconscious. < this condition when rescued, and J ??ching home, he became unconscious ?6?.. ?I times, probably from the effect of the &f '?a.mp. ? ?? J. Wild, a. lab?ur?r, living at 52, }]y ^n-3-treet, was swathed in bandages when 4th.was 6een. and at bis tide 'a., his aged ^al £ e him to his home at ? ?' ?ild was suffering from burns on bOe ntis and face, and one of his eyes had ?E)i ??? with a blow be had received. He • *;ig a d«-y labourer, but had worked some t)? ??r the 6hift had finished, and was at I t}? bDt' "? bottom ready to go up when he 'b!Ie.d the whole of the E:ectrie jn5taUaMoD B? T+ wae, • he Eoid, like a whirlwind of I!a.' It wa" he Eaid, like a whirlwind of t'b;' ?? he was hurled, a? if by a mighty ?hj ? ?''?d, eome six yards a-?ay. It was ?ik<; <to hurrica.ne. His leg was crushed by ?"'?'?? ??°?°?' His leg was crushed by 1Q=' and he loet cODsciousnÐS6 for a aQ^ Wae afterwards rescued and taken tl bUrface. v The Scene on Sunday I |tll £ ^ancl'LnS the inclemency of the  thou;sands of spectators visited the ^8-t!le ??ou?ands of spectators visited the ?or4e the di?a&ter throughout Sunday. ^oqjq 1.1:el'c ill mourning, and it was evident lb ?1?? ?? kRl--stained faces that they had *^ativ t>s a.?onggt the dead. Friends from '4th el. ??'?y 7 illages continaed to arrive by ^°l'tltIClU ?? parts (some from the Moa- ???r) It¡)''c valle), and called upon the tbC.ld. T?c scene at mid-day was a mel:m. ?? °r'e- the crowds coming and going, un- tr'tt) '?ta,in any information of what was below. Most of the people main- J),<\]1. a stolid silence, and thtee who did 111(1 fJO ™ whispers. At most of the kq t the preachers made references to the bh'it¡ 4.la.rnity, and prayers were offered that c°Eolation might be vouchsafed to the tl!)1) widowg and orphans in their alflie- ?) ? ? consolation in the fact that ?? 'Rjurcd are progressing favourably, It??et, L.b worst c?se. that of John Lloyd, ,)I?, 4r d'terrace, being reported hopeful. The ?c? ??urKisy was extended to all by the S ?? ^he company, from the agent, 21r. downwards. Amongst others who Su ?? cOlliery were Sir William Thomas ??. B?rt., Mr. Robert Forrest, J.P., St. ? ? ?r. William Abraham (" Mabon "),  r" D- Watts Morgan. Mr. William ?r;LtI' Ben Davies, Mr. W. P. Nicholas, ?? to ?he South Wales Miners' Federa. 'l.l1d Others interested in the coalfield.
r r4RD1Fp HQR8E |NQU!RYI
r r4RD1Fp HQR8E |NQU!RY I i estion of Admitting the Press. f l I II. tl, f '\(¡" t "èLinz of Cardiff Towu. Council this Morgan Thomas suggested that stives of the press sihould t.o the proceedings of the eub-com- \J.t¡.. Q: the health committ'?e. wMdh is J'I\ -c ? i-to ?h? horse %nd store que..on. ?'t?? ?t,ocd tha? at the last meeting, ") '? ??ti?s o? the pr&&s presented them- '?'ta '?" wei-? asked to rs?T?. NotM.n? ?? '?' dODJe to prevent piibliaity-?tho '???"'?.c.'ity the grcatex conNdemce would v-,Q, "Id,ered. .1dlay 6?Lartlin-,z Eyt,ui-ement- fj'<o:). b.r. ?'??cd. Many startling st?teanonts ? b.?? 'n?da &ho.wmg that there was an f.¡. l],Xrnditur.e on certain articL?. t?ri?/ ?h?? 'Ia<M'b? stated -that it was tbe cus- 1 L-?l l??t ?? press ?h?uld not attend sab- ??.i.tt ??' St111 the cammdttee and the ?t '?Ia??caa*n,ed were all a,nxiou th.aA tMa ?'?d ?"0'uld be tawi-ouphly Inva^tigated. ????d tha?. the department had ?n? Q-< ???ksd. That would have to be ??'' H.? c&n&'icLEr? that in -in j ??'y os ^uhas kind, which involved bo much ???' it llolild be better for the su-b-co)-n- ?4,tt-ba to ??d be better fo.r the sub-oam- II. if t?? their d?iibeT'?Htaas in private, htI. II it ? was so much anxiety on the th?, Df sentlemen that the pp?s ??? ? J1r<lsf:n<t, he might say-that Mr. -)rQ-ell,t., h,-? m,.ght --iy-th,?Lt )tr. v/ be Siad to have them hcre, ?)???rtr? ? ? last inquiry would not be ( tlx« ^5 ta. l ? received an assurance from ?? '?la c, d -tii assuranm from Ma?i) that the ucre?-s showd be ?J? "0 Thoma3: The c?uj'mam's gWe. I ,\> tir^art^h61" ???Stjhen my poeitkm. I I ??:tt3 ? ?'?PtMMi be made in this oas? ? ?a.tt???? admitted. I the in advisability of ?S? ??? ?? inaxlvisa-bility of <l(t'Qi.tte", "t.ccl1tioll,. be.ca.UÐÐa;t ?me sub- t L w V<E!tt' d ??tte. 'r if' ?'?'y deadr?bLc that œ<t1Lm ??'??? ???S -.?, ? ^Kcuseed in pnva? The JTi<fc liClHi,y '8u;rta<>U!lrted. by auking the i Mil Co^ttuttw> +a n- Ullrled by ll t? ¡ t :\kr?,l;Ul 'Ph "Tel?tWAte tbJ5 n?ia.tteS r- ?c'r?a.u Tho'm ?? he would mf?f a"1 amcil(lraf:rj.'t. to ?c i ^?»aCnd "Mr ^tk,' «v2srh« S??\???S???. ,?? by .+-- cven.tuaJly W'¡¿; oar-J 'slmrM*M'd »<b«1 de '?-ild-d that fullE6ud xtvtoes be Q of the P. s a.ud 
RUSSIAN LOSSES1
RUSSIAN LOSSES 1 Estimated at 150,000 a Men. JAPANESE CAPTURE 60 GUNS. Prodigious Spoils of Battle. [Press Association Special Service.] ST. PETERSBURG, Saturday. A telegram from General Kuropatkin, dated Friday, six p.m., says:- The retreat of the army is very dan- gerous, and especially trying for those corps which are some distance from the Mandarin road. The Japanese penetrated far into the mountains. In the direction of Tawan they threatened our troops, but, thanks to extraordinary efforts, our armies are out of danger. The enemy cannonaded the route of our retreat from east and west. The Eastern Mandarin road was bombarded at two points, near Tawan and Puho. Our troops are very brave. The reason why the Japanese have advanced so easily from the south is that the Hun-ho, which covered our posi- tion at Mukden, has frozen over to-day. G-ensral Zerpinsky is wounded, bat remains in the front. [Central News Special Service.] ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday. General Kuropatkin in an official dispatch to the Czar, under yesterday's date, says:- On the front of the second army. where I was myself, last night passed without fighting. The rearguard of this army, under Generai Hoerschelmaun, occupied up to seven o'clock this morning posi- tions in the neighbourhood of HouecM- tai Station. I have as yet received no report from the third army. Portions of the first army had by this morning reached points from 23 to 53 kilometres from Tie-ling, to the south and south-east. [Press Association Special Service.] ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday, 10.45 p.m. Another telegram from General Kuropatkin, darted Saturday, 10.40 p.m., says: — To-day the enemy only attacked the rear guard of the three Siberian Army Corps. The first army, echeloned in fronit of the other armies, is continuing to retrea.t on the positions appointed for all the armies. According to a report from the com- mander of the third army, which I hitvo received to-day, the rear guard of that army was to-day occupying a. position on the Mandarin road, Z5 versts (eeven- tean miles) from Tie-ling. This rear guard had confronting it only a email force of the enemy, mostly cavalry. From February 20 to March 11 the numbers of missing from the roll-call have been 1.190 officers and 46,391 men. [Press Association Special Service.] TIE-LING, Saturday. I have arrived here from Mukden. The position of the Rusgian army last night seemed good, but critical fighting was immi- nent to the west of the railway between Mukden and Tic-ling. [Press Association Special Service.] PARIS, Saturday. The Matin correspondenit at St. Peters- burg says he was assured yesterday evening by the General Staff that Kuropatkin's situa- tion was far from being bad, and that he was not yet surrounded. It was also denied that the Japanese had attacked the Russian left wing. Sixty to eighty thousand Russians are said to have been killed or wounded.
The Russian Losses. I
The Russian Losses. I 40,000 MEN TAKEN PRISONERS BY I THE JAPANESE The following telegram, darted Tokio, Sun- day, has been received at the Japanese Lega- tion in London: — Report received in the afternoon of March 11:- Our various detachments, hotly pur- suing the enemy from all directions, and inflicting considerable damage everywhere, occupied in the afternoon of March 10 the line thirteen miles north of the Hun-ho, and are continuing pursuit. On March 11 our detachmeilts started northwards. In the morning of March 11 from the neighbourhood of Puho met a large column of the enemy retreating north- wards, and after hand-to-hand fighting enveloped it, and the column finally surrendered. Nea.r Mukden we are now engaged in claaring the remnants of the routed enemy, who continue resistance or come to surrender. Heaps of Russian corpses are found everywhere. The number of Pün pa-isotrere was estimated on March 10 a.t 20,000, since then continually increasing. Report received on March 12:- Our total casuLiltie8 since February 26 to the morning of March 12 axe 41,222. [Prees Association Special Service.] TOKIO, Sunday. Marshal Oyama, telegraphing to-day, re- ports:- The prisoners and t?poikJ taken from the enemy, and the estimated casualti^ es, against all our forces in the Sha.-ho direction fohow, but the number of prisoners, gune, and spoils is increasing momentarily. Prisoners number over 40,000, and include General Nachmoff. Killed and wounded are estimated at 90.000. Enemy's dead left on the field number, 26,500. The following is a list of the epoils: F',U,S .I Guns (about) 60 Rifles .—— 60,000 Ammunition wagons 150 Carts I 1,000 Shells .—-—— » Small armz ammunition.26,000,000 rounds Cereals 74,000 bushels Fodder 225,000 bushels Light railway outfit .45 miles Horses .————- 2,000 Maps 23 Cartloads (?) clothing and accoutre- ments .— 1,000 Cartloads (bread) 1,000,000 rations Fuel 70,000 tone Hay 60 tonB In addition to tools, tents, bullocks, tele- graph wire and poles, timber, beds, stores. and numerous other property. No report from Hsing-chnen dLrecticxn has been received. The figh t is omcially called the BaltrtIe of Mukden. Russian Retreat. J CAUSES OF THE' DEFEAT I Japanese Forces Under-estimated I [Press Association Special Service.] I WITH KUROPATKIN (10 Miles EaJt of Mukden), Friday. The battle has reached its culminating point, and the Japanese victory is decisive. They have almost surrounded Mukden. One force entered the city from the east to-day, while anolher reached the main highway to Tailing cut a point fifteen miles nortih of Mukden, blocking the Russian retreat by this route. Four Russian corps continue a desperat,e battle about Mukden. [Press Association Special Service.] I PARIS, Monday. A telegram to the "Petit Parisden" from St. Petersburg says the Chinese general. May, with 30,000 troops,is stated to have approached Mukden on the pretext of protecting the Imperial Tombs. General Kuropatkin has asked to be relieved of his command, declaring that he is exhausted. The "Aurore" pubiifeheti the following from St. Petersburg: —"Dispatches from Kuropatkin announce that the Comma nder-in -Chi ef bus escaped to Tieling, axed considers that Bil- dirling'e army a-nd part of that of Kaulbare; are lost. He states that his troops are exhausted, and asks whelther it is not better I to retire immediately to Harbin, to enable l them to root., The total losses are said to exceed 200,000 men. The supplies are lost, and Kuropatkin asks for more to be sent to Harbin, where there is nothing left." [Press Association Special Service.] ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. The following account of the Russian retreat is given in a telegram dated March 11, received from a Russian correspondent with General Kuropatkin: On Thursday the Russian forces occupied, a. line on the Hun-ho stretching from a point fifteen versts eaet of Fushian to Maidapu on the west. Further north other bodies of troops also held lines eight versts from the railway, and extending parallel with it nine versts north of Mukden Station. A frightful dustatorm was blowing from the south, and the Russians were in an extremely critical position, particularly north of the station, where their retreat was threatened. Kuropatkin personally led a strong column to the menaced point, which succeeded in sweeping the enemy from the east of the railway. He hopd to drive them still further in the direction or Sinn Liug, and his tactics seemed to promise entire success, when, f avoured by the duststorm. blowing in the faces of the Russians, the Japanese s uddenly advanced between the Russian first, and fourth corps. These corps were in a very incomplete state, and there was grave risk of their being cut off. It was impossible to support them, and at nine o'clock in the evening the retreat towards Tie-ling was ordered. The baggage trains were sent by four routes along tho roads and across the fields. It was soon found nece-sary to abandon part of them, as well as several guns. The rearguard, however, commanded by General Kuropatkin himself, held the enemy long enough to permit the retreat of the troops in regular order. All the rolling stock was removed from Mukden, as well as all the wounded, except 1,500 cases, which were too serious to move. Among these were several hundred Japanese. A sufficient number of doctors was left behind to attend them properly. Mukden Station was evacuatc-d at seven o'clock on Friday morning. Both at Mukden and along the 1,in;e of retreat the depots and other buildings were burning. The approaches to Tie-ling are swarming with troops, horses, and guns for a distance of several versts. The rearguard this morn- ing had reached a. point 40 versts (25 miles) from Tie-ling. The character of the retreat justifies the hope that the troops will bo able to oppose any further advance of the Japanese. The causes of the Russian defeat, which has cost the two opposing armies at least 200,000 men, are manifold, but the principal c-auw was the Russian ignorance of the Japanese positions and nuinlbers, the latter vastly exceeding the Russian calculations. j SLAUGHTER OF RUSSIANS. I Kuropatkin Nearly Captured I [Central Mows Special Service.] PARIS, tlonday. Private telegrams, says the Petit Jour- nal's correspondent in St. Petersburg, state that there was a, terrible massacre of Russians on the nights of Friday and Satur- day. General Kuropatkin three times nar- rowly oeoaped being taken prisoner. It is fes.Tad that tho third army, which is fighting desperately in the mountains, will be over- taken by a disaster wtoddh will load to zhe totaJ annihilation of the Russian forces in I Manchuria. Several terrible features of the fighting are mentioned by the "Petit ParisienV corre- spondent in St. Petersburg. He admits that, in spite of superhuman efforts, the battle of Muk." n has ended in a lamentable defeat for Ruoeia. Many trains conveying munitions and supplies northward from Mukden were derailed and pillaged by the starving soldiery. The labour of the medical staff was 50 I enormous that three of the surgeons collapsed from fatigue. The fate of the First and Fourth Siberian Army Corps is unknown. They were separated from the main body, and are now probably in ths hands of the Japanese.
Coal- trimming Question
Coal- trimming Question RE-OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS I PROBABLE Meeting of the Cardiff Ship- owners' Association. A very largely attended meeting of the Oa-rdiff Shipowners' Association Was held at the Exdhange this afternoon for the purpose of considering the report of the trimming committee in regard to the recent negotia- tions with the coal exporters for the revision of the coa It rimming tariff- Mr. Dan Rad- cLiffe, the chairman of the trimming com- miititee, presided, in the absence of Mr. H. B. Marquand, the chairman of the association. The proceedings were private. The trimming committee presented their report as to the negotiialtions, and expressed th-eir regret that, owing to differences of opinion between the coal exporters' represen- tiives and ifhemselves, a deadlock had arisen. The question was discussed at considerable length, and eventually the following resolu- tion was adopted: — The association, having heard the com- mittee's report, a<ppo-oved of the aotion adopted by its rep.resell'ta.tÏ'ves, but before resorting to any extreme measure suggest that Mr. Dan. Radcliffc (chairman of the itinimming oommattee) intimate to the mer- chants* commits tec that, if desired, a further meeting may be arranged. We understand that Mr. Dan Ra £ lcIiIT> will eee Mr. H. A. Griffin, the chairman of the committee appointed by the coal-exporters' repreiscnta-tivaB, and that the resolution will be brought before the general body of the coal exporters at their meeting to-morrow. A strong feeling is abroad that the exporters will respond in the same spirit, and that the Negotiations will Re-Opened I a course foreshadowed in our columns on Friday last. While the shipowners thus intima,te their desire to re-open the question, there is no evidence of weakness in their attitude. They desire to have more control over the work of trimming their steamers, and, in view of the, altered conditions brought about by the ■immense improvementa in the construction of steamers, desire to substitute for a scale a dozen years oM one more adapted to pre- sent-day requirements. As the ooal exporters at present control the loading of the stcameris and aa-e really the employers of the trimmers, the shipowners ask them to agree upon a baeis for revision to be submitted to the men. The exporters desire to retain control of the loading of the ete&mara, but, while thie point may be surmounted by mutual con ces- sion, the actSion of the ooa.1 exporters in detaining to agree to a basis of revision to submit to tihe men, brought aslxrat tihe hitch. The oo? expomta%m desire t!hsut the OOSA trim- mers Waall first express their viewo on the! ehapowmere' ppaposaJs. but against this the]! Shipowners urge that under p't condi- I tkms they cannot deal ddreot wWb. the n1en, ae, although they have to pay the coat of the! work, the exporters empdoy the gangs. For this reason they urge that it is necessary for the coal exporters and theineelves to first: agree to a basis of revision, which, in turn, I shall be euhmitted to the Ooaltrimmere' Unian-sucl1 agreement not in any sense to. be regaxded as final, but to bo srabiected to such modification as might be agreed upon by the three parties concerned. It will be seen that in the aJoove resolution the shipowmerB speak of extreme measures. They express their determination to secure a revision of the existing scale, but wish to bring about such revision by agreement with the two other parties. That this 10 the oaao io amply (shown by their decision to again approach the., cqal ^exportara jbelore _§eefeing  w" ?' J
MURDER SEQUEL | - t
MURDER SEQUEL | t PRISONER FOUND WITH HIS. THROAT CUT. The discovery of a murdered woman's body in Sheffield late on Friday night was fol- lowed by two other staa'tling acts in a sordid and painful drama When her husband went to South Africa as a, Reservist, Ada Meeson met Edwin Dalton, a widower, employed in a local brewery, and ultimately she went to live with him. For a time she was compelled to sta-y in the workhouse, and them she went to lodge with a. Mr. and Mrs. Battle, who, with two young children, live in a court off Clarenoe-strec-t, in a, respectable quarter of Sheffield. Here Dalton ocasionaliy called. On Friday night Mr. and Mrs. Battle went to the ■theatre, leaving Mrs. Meeton charge of the children. They returned about eleven o'clock. Tho littLe ones were in bad, but Mrs. Meseaon was found Lying in a Pool of Blood I in the kitchen with her throat cut from ear fto ear. Medical aid was a.t. once obtained, but the woman had been dead for over an hour. No weapon could be found. The IDan Dalton was sought for, and his arrest took lace under somewhat, extraor- dinary ciroumsiiamoes. About one o'clock on Saturday morning a constable in another part of the city arrests dand locked up a, drunken man. No .suspicions of his identity were entertained till shortly before the police-court proceedings in t-he morning, when he admitted that his name was Edwin Dalton, and that he was the dead woman's friend. He was brought before the magistrates, but the police only preferred the charge of drunkenness against him. The rnian, who had been searched in, the usuai way, was taken back to the cells, but yesterday morning when the police visited him they found him lying on the floor with his throa,t badly cut. He was removed to the hospital, where lie lies in a very critical condition. How he had managed to conceal the weiap-on from the police is a mystery.
'-,Reality of the Unseen."…
'Reality of the Unseen." I SIR OLIVER LODGE AND THE WORM'S VIEW OF LIFE Sir Oliver Lodge went last night into the East End and lectured to am audience of working men at the Toynbee-hall Settlement on The Reality of the Unseen." By the unseen, said the lecturer, he meant those things which did not directly appeal to our limited senses. The ant's view of life in its particular way was probably quite as wide as ours. The ant knew nothing of man and the higher animals, and iu the same way the lecturer felt that we were not the highest • things in the universe. If you once grant that there is a race anywhere eke higher in intelligence than we are, you have granted everything. The worm in his world is as oblivious of mam as man is of superior inteliigencee, he said. If the dome of St. Pa W-, 's were the sun," (Sir QiMver continued, "the earth relatively would be a football in a position rep-reseated by fchae platform. The planet Jupiter would be at Brighton, and the nearest fixed star would be twice as far away as the moon. The. light of one of those fixed stars, that. at the tail of the Great Bear, wae equal to 2,000 of our sum. That star," added Sir Oliver, "is one out of 500,000,000, and we are the people that inhabit one of the little dark lumps that circulate round one of those stars; and we creep upon the surface of this little dark lump, called the earth, and deny that there is anything in the universe higher than, man. We should realise that the universe is not at an end but a beginning; t-hat the pre- smt is only a transition between irhat is past and wSiat is to ootme.
Without a Home. I
Without a Home. I OFFICIAL NIGHT CENSUS OF THE LONDON STREETS London's outcast population shows a con- siderable increase on the numbers obtained last Yeqx. On the 17ui of February last the ( medical officer of health to the London (County Counoil, assisted by a staff of inspeo- tors, took a night census of the homeless poor in the metropolis, and the result is now published. Altogether 2,181 people were found tramp- ing the streets, sheltering on btaircaises, or snatching furtive sleep under arches; 1,869 were men and 312 were women. Of these 827 men and 39 women were in Wych-street, Strand, where food was being given away by the Salvation Army, and 161 men and 60 women in Whitecha-pel-road, where the Sad- vation Army was ateodistributing food. In the new tent of the Church Army in Clare Market, 300 men were chopping wood, earning tickets for lodging-house beds on the follow- ing night. In the shelters and co-_ii:on lodging-hlouees tJ1.a,t night there were 25,690 p--pi.221,254 single men, 1,688 single women, 357 married couples, and 34 children under ten years of age. On the tame night, there was vacant accommodation in lodging-houses for 4,610 men, 8á6 women, and 62 married couples; and in the casual wards for 337 men, 213 woman, and 117 children. 5 On the nueft of the census 988 people were turned away from common lodging-housee, the applicants in the majority of oaees being wtthoot. money.
THE GALE. li
THE GALE. li Washed Overboard f The sailmg drifter Comfort, of iiowestolt, came into Milford Dook on Sunday and reported that John Thompson Snape, third hand, was washed overboard a/t 6.30 p.m. on Saturday just ineide St. Ann's Head. The docks were filled on Sunday with ail kinds of I craft sheltering during the heavy weather.
LIGHTING OF GRANGETOWN f
LIGHTING OF GRANGETOWN f The lighting of Sloper-road, Grangetown, c-ame bafore the Cardiff Town Council this morning. The lighting committee had con- sidered a report from the borough engineer regarding the lighting of Olroad. Corpora- tion-roaid, and Sloper-road, but the committee could not see their way to do anything in regard thereto. Dr. Smith claimed that Sloper-road cer- tainly ought to be adequately lighted, and" moved that the minute be referred back. Mr. SœsiÏQl18 sawnd-ed, and the amendment was supported by Alderman Mildon and Mr. J. Dixon, but was defeated by a. considerable ",t[)IaIJO!rity.
[LECTURE M A 6AOL I
LECTURE M A 6AOL I Something new in prison hiet-ory has jam iaiien place at Glasgow, 300 women incaree- Baited for various offences in Boke-street Gaol being given an cnteafjai nmenit. Seaten in silent rows, they listened to an ill ostrated lecture on Rome delivered by Pro- fessor Giaister, of Glasgow University. They listened quietly and solemnly to the story of the rise and fall of an empire, but once, when the professor related an amusing StoTj-, the women buret into shrill laughter, the sound echoing along the lonely corridors, of the prison, and dying away in a frightened wbitsper in distant recesses. I When the lecture was over the prisoners, with a. siglh for pleasure gone, rose and lifted their stoolfi. the warder resumed sway, and dumbness was restored. Slowly the EmdMN&e drifted into cheerieBS c&LIe- There I were the clanging of heavy doors and th.j grating of looks, tJ?n,? w<?ja?i.?t again. 
WIDOWI 8 NIGHT OUT.1
WIDOWI 8 NIGHT OUT.1 Alleged Robbery by a Merchant. ARTIST'S MODEL AND THE I £10 NOTE. The story of a West-end adventure was related (before Mr. Plowden) a.t Marylebone. In the dock was a cigar merchaiut named Raleigh Hyman, aged 34, of 205, Shaftesbury- avenue, charged with stealing two £ 10 Bank of England notes from the breakfast-room at 35, Boundary-road, St. John's-wood, belong- ing to Louisa Hodgers, a young widow. Mr. Nonweiler prosecuted, and Mr. F. Freke Palmer defended. Mr. Nonweiler said the evidence would dis- close a somewhat extraordinary story. About midnight on Thursday, February 23, prosecu- trix and a friend named ILLss Agnes Moors met the prisoner in the King's Head Hotel, Leicester-square. They afterwards drove to Hyman's shop at 205, Shaftesbury-avenue, and from there they went to the prosecutrix's home at 35, Boundary-road. Mrs. Hodgers then had tho two SIC, notes in her stocking, whre iilie had placed them for safety, and on entering the breakfast-room she took them out and placed them on a, table in the pre- sence of Miss Moore and the accused. Just then her attention was drawn to a letter on the table, and she forgot all about the notee. Hyman left shortly afterwards with Miss Moore, and while riding in a cab towards the latter's home he said to her, I have got t,he money." Thereupon he pro- duced the two notes, and, having placed one of them in the lining of his hat, he gave her the other, telling her if ghe came to hie pre- mises in the West-end he would cash it for 'her and would let her have a flat there. He then bade her Good-bye," and returned ta the house of Mrs. Hodgers, where he remained the night. The following day Mrs. Hodgers Missed Her Notes I She obtained the number of them and com- municated with the police, with the result that one of the notes was traced to Miss Moore, and the story of what took place in the cab then c-ame out. Accused was accord- ingly charged. Since then the' poiace had received information which would enable them to trace the second note. Prosecutrix, who described herself as a widow, said Miss Moore was an artist's model. When about to leave the King's Head Hotel on the night in question the manager of the Amemcain bar suggested to Hynian that he Should see her into a cab, as she had a lot of mOoney on her. Mr. Plawd-on tlhought it strange the manager should know she had a lot of money, to which the prosecutrix replied that he had refused to mind it for her. b-be poll the two Zlo ntoites and a jE5 note into her stocking for safety. Mr. Padmer: Where did you do that? Prosecutrix: In the publio-fhouse. Continu- ing, she said a cab was called, and Miss Moore, the prisoner, another lady, and wit- got into it. They drove to Shaiftesbury- avenue. After stopping there three-quarters of an hour all of them, except the third woman, got into the cab and drove to 35, Boundary-road. Whale they were all in the I breakfast-room witness took the bank-notes Out of Her Stocking i amd placed them on a table. That was in full view of everybody. MifiE Moore and Hymian stayed hadf an hour, and then* left. Subsequently accused returned alone, and stayed tthetre till the following day. After she discovered the loes of the notes she and 3iiss Moore went to Sbaiteebury-avenue and saw the prisoner. Pointing to Miss Moore, the witness said, "She has told me aJl about it; what are you going to do?" He replied, I don't know what you aire talking ajbout; you are blackmailing me." The prisoner sent for a policeman, and when one came she gave the accused into custody. Cross-examined: She had been a widow seven years, and during that period had been under the protection of a. gentleman up to about four months ago. As a result of the change she had had to take in lodgers and pawn some of her property. The two £10 notes were part of zES5 she had received from her horse and cart, which she had been obliged to sell. She had known Miss Moore four months. Were you sober when you got home?—I had been dining, and bad been drinking wine and whisky, and I was not sober. Continuing, I she said she fell down in the house, and a geaitleman Came Down Stairs in Pyjamas I and picked her up. That occurred about two o'clock in the morning. Mr. Plowden: It. is strange that a gentle- man in pyjamas should come down to pick you up. Mr. Freke Palmer: When the prisoner left the house, did you not invite him to return, and did you not sit. u-P for him?—I really don't remember. I was surprised when he came back. When the gentleman in the pyjamas picked her up he asked about her punse, and she said she had lost it, together with her diamond watch and some money. She did not remember saying the notes were auite safe, she gave them to "Jack." the American bar attendant at the King's Head; out it was her impression when she massed them tfhat she had handed them to Jack." Before the prisoner left he bad some chain- patgne at her expense. ltr. Plowden: I thought you were living by pawning and selling?—It was the remains. Mr. Plowden: The remains of former great- aees! Continuing, witness said thab when the saw Hyman ait his shop he was in communication with "Jack" on the telephone, and he gave her one of the receivers to listen to the con- versation. "Jack" said, "There ie no doubt you lije-, prisoner) are in it; why don't you give it up?" He did not say Mrs. Arnold- the names by which ehe went-had accused him of having the mouey, nor did he ask if the accused had Taken it in a Joke I It was true, however, that she asked "Jack" I for the money, as she did not know what she had done with it. She charged the l prisoner on the statement of Miss Moore. Aignes Moore, an artist's model, twenty yeans of age, living at Oak Lodge, Lodge-road, St. Jamee's-wood, was then called. After she and Hyman bad got some distance from the house in the cab, the prisoner, she said, produced the notes from his pocket and sa.id, "Let's have a look what we have got. My God, it's two tenners; I've got the money." She said, "What mo(aey? amd he said, "The notee she (prosecutrix) was flourishing. Watrwas asked, Did you take them? and Hymran replied, Yee, didn't you see me put my bait on them? Do you think I would see ,money thrown at me and not take it? He tfùan aTiggeetsd hsulvnog the money, and when ebe demurred he said, Don't be euch a, fool, take it, and in the excitement, of the onoment she took on of the notes. He then tasked if the prosecutrix had any more of itbem, and when she replied in the affimajtive ho gaid, Why didn't you tell me thsut wblile I was in the booise? I'm book after it." So Saying, be stopped the cab, jumped out, and, •hailing a hansom, drove back to the house. Cross-examined: Witness had been travel- ling companion to a, lady of title. On the journey the prisoner offered her the use of one of his 25 flats in the West-End, but she refused it. By the MagistrateWhen she accepted tha note she was not exactly drunk, but she did did not know what she was doing. When she realised she was in the position of a thief she was too much ashamed to return it, so she spent it. Detec.live-&ergeant Moore having stated that the accused was a respectable West-bnd tradesman, Mr. P1owdeureUlud him a&d allowed I tail. • -■ J ?.?..L. J? 
A HUGE -LANDSLIP.]
A HUGE LANDSLIP.] EXTRAORDINARY SCENES AT NEW TREDEGAR. Houses Wrecked: Exodus of Inhabitants. A visit to-day to the scene of the huge land- slip at New Tredegar shows that the serious- nets of the situation has becom,e increa.singly grave. Late on Sunday night there were grea.t falls of stone and earth, and the gapping cavities made by the hundreds of tons failing encourage further slips of the massive columns of rock, which must inevitably dash against the ground already raised into innu- merable terraces several yards high. Further havoc wae to-day particularly noticeable at  the new engine-house and framework of the No. 3 Pit recently sunk. The t.remenslou macihAnery and ironwork, which was erected on solid ground and concrete foundations, have been driven- against the retaining waills like small toys. The engine-house is speedily dividing itself, and the prospects of any parts being secured are nil. The massive bridge recently erected, together with its covering, is greatly disturbed, and there are signs that considerable damage will yet be done to what remains. It has been found necessary to release tho baulks of timiber which lead to the engine house of No. 2 Pit. on account of the severe pressure from the hillside, and the carriages in the shaft have been made &?curc to pre- vent o&scdlation. A careful examinKftion of the old No. 1 Pit was made this morning, and the result was that there were no present signs of move- ment. Steps, however, have been taken to discon- nect the tram lines at the pit top in order to divert the pressure. The stores department and offices have ,during the night crashed down, and the wagon roads liavo squeezed in around the yards. The dwelling houses have become hopelessly unpadrable, and the tenWlts. who Removed Their Goods and Furniture on Saturday night, ha-ve loaded the stock into several railway vans provided by the Rhymney Company. At the Abertysewg end of the collieries con- cered the Brecon and Merthyr line preesnte a sorry spectacle. The section for 200 yards or more is la.id between the new sinking shaft and other places consisting of smiths' and fitting shops tend to assist the raising of its lines which since lact night rave risen four feet. It has been moved fully six yards from its former fixture, and the ballast and rails have been forced against the residence of the collier&ies' former manager, and have also pressed the corn stores which originally were twenty yards from the railway. The telegraph wires of the Birmingham Company have been brok-ci:, and the whole of the electrical arrartigetnonts of the Powoli Duffryn Company have been discoamected. The Rhymney Station of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway has become isolated from New Tredegar, White Rose, and measures have been taken to run the Brecon and Merthyr train from the former station to Pergiasu Brecon and Merthyr Railway via the Rhymney Works and Rhymney Railway. A great fall has also taken place in the house coal level, known as White Rose No. 2. The working will be cloel-d indefinitely. Mr. E. Hann, the general manager, together with Alderman A. Phillips, visited the scene to-day. A large numbeT of the Brecon and M-arthyr Railway officials also minutely examined the locality.
Roath Park Lake. I
Roath Park Lake. I PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BATH!NG I PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BATHING FACILITIES When the minutes of the parks coTmnittee came before the Cardiff a Council to-day another discussion arose upon the question of providing shelter at Roath Park to allow buthing throughout the day, instead of between six and nine only, as at present. The parks ooanmittee zzzuu recommended that the shelters be provided. Mr. W. L. Yorath moved that the minute be delated. He argued that the scheme would ba a financial failure, and would also be in opposition to the corporation blithe. Alderman Trounce seconded, on the ground that, the shelters would be an encroachment upon decency in the park. MI. Oaple supported the amendmiemit, and remarked that they should do nothing that would be in opposition to the baths, which hNI been such a financial failure. Mr. Walter Thomas strongly supported the recommendation of the -committee. On the point of decency he stated that 30,000 who ba,t,hed annually at the park undressed on the bank without shelter. Alderman Trougpe: In the early morning. In answer to the Mayor, Mr. Chappell filiated if the scheme were approved, there would be no free hashing except for chil- dren. On a. vote being taken Mr. Yoraith's amemdaixent was carried by 23 votes to twelve. The scheme, therefore, drops for the present.
A CRUEL STEPMOTHERI
A CRUEL STEPMOTHER I Brutal Treatment of a Child i For gross cruelty to a girl aged between six and seven years the father and step- mother have been sentenced at Arthurstown (County Wexford) Petty Sessions. The child. whose name is Annie, is the daughter of James Waleh, who was sen- tenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. His second wife, Margaret, the child's stepmother, was given the full term of six months, with hard labour. The evidence unfolded a grim story. Pblice- sergeant FitzgeraJd said the cruelty had been going on for some time. On March 3 he found the child lying on some hard pil'lows on the floor, naked and shivering. Both her eyes were swollen and entirely closed. The little girl, who presented a. saod spectacle, was brought forward to give evi- dence. Though she had been in the infir- mary, she was still so weak that she had to be placed on a cimir. Asked aa to who beather, she pitifully replied, "I am afraid of my mother." Johanna. Hogan, aged eleven, stated that she was passing the house of tht. Walshes when she heard Annie screaming, and saiw her mother "having her under the pump in the trough." Annie was asking her mother to let her go, but Mrs. Walsh replied, "I would kill yon only I am afraid I wtoubd be hrang-ed." She next took Annie from the trough amd held her by the logo "like. ftrog." She was shaking her in the trough.
THE STEAMER MARS.J
THE STEAMER MARS. J It was rumoured at. the Cardiff Dookf! too- day that the gteamey Mars, which was reported overdue, had safely arrived out her destiinaitfion,. There are no Cardiff men on board. The only memberk3 of the crew who signed on at Cardiff when the vessel was in tihe Welsh port in, December last, being two Germans and one Norwegian.
KICKING LEADS TO PICKING I
KICKING LEADS TO PICKING I Arthur Roberts, of New Mills. Lancashire, went round the town kicking doors because he was out of work. He hat; been accommo- da.ted with a job by a magistrate, who put him to picking oakum in gaol for ten days.
CAT'S TWENTY.TWO DAYS' FAST…
CAT'S TWENTY.TWO DAYS' FAST I After having been imprison&d underground, in a house cellar, by a snowdrift, ",ilh..t food or water for 22 days. a cat at YorktQWD, Pem?ylYa.m&, Wat ruc4 ?lir?. I
ITRADE AND SHIPPINGI
ITRADE AND SHIPPINGI SHIPPING CASUALTIES. I (Lloyd's Telegrams.) —' Monday. Dai&burg.—Macassar telegraphs: German steamer Dnisburg. from Brisbane, stran- ded; afterwards tloated unassisted; jet- tisonod about 450 tOllii of cargo. Stor, Norwegian brig. Fredrikstad for Dover, put into Manaal, leaky and full of water. Vectis and Tempo.—Steamer Vectis. of Sun- derland. wkn proceeding up I names cDl- lided with steamer Tempo, of Newcastle; sustained considerable damage to star- board bow; Tempo slightly damaged port quarter. Sclmunte and Mnrillo.—Venice telegraphs: Italian stea-mer Selinunte, previously reported grounded after collision with steamer Murillo, been pumped out; now afloat: dry docks to-morrow. Murillo da.maged above water-line; apparently not serious. Midlothian, steamer, of a-nd for Leith, towed into Tyne with engine broken down. Sha,ues Castle.-Liverp<)of telegraphs Stea. ircr Shanes Caetle aground on Plucking- l ui .Hani;. Thomas Coats, steamer, Newport for Bor- deaux, returned Newport on Saturday, with considerable deck and other,damage through heavy weather; captain and second mate injured. Assomption.—Marseilles telegraphs: French brig Assomption totally lost at Beauduc; all aboard lost. Menzaleh, steamer, Newport for Ortona, re- turned Cardiff: hatches stove in, boats smashed, &e. Oakville. steamer, docked at Cardiff; boats smashed and damage to decks. &e. (By our Own Reporter.) Oakville, steamer, has arrived at Cardiff from Santander, and reports having encountered heavy seas, and had her port lifeboat and a small boat smashed.
LONDON FINANCE. I
LONDON FINANCE. I [BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, Monday. 1.30 p.m. Call Money 2j, three months' bills 2 13-16. Bombay transfers 16 1-16d. Calcutta 16 3-32d, Rio 13 15-lbd, Valparaiso 16sd. I The Stock Markets opened with good ten- dency in all departments, though attention is directed to the carry over. Bankers are getting 3 per cent, for fortnightly loans. Con- tango ra-toes on Home Rails ranged from 1-16 to g, while the general rate on American? is about 4 per c-ent. Consols 91 1-15 for Money and 91 13-16 for the Account. Transvaal Loan 101J, Irish 95t, County Council 97. Home Rails show an upward tendency. Great Western. North Western 1 up; Great Eastern i; other stocks t to i- Apart from Milwaukee, Chesapeake, Atchi- son. and Reading, which arc lower, Ameri- cans "are better. New York Central and Louisville 2 up; Norfolk H; others i to 1. Mines quiet and firm. I FREIGHTS. The market remains in a quiet condition. Americans, from the Gulf ports. Easterns, ore freights, and River Plates meet with some inquiry. Biac-k Seas. and neighbouring districts keep dull; other markets show little alteration. Fixtures :-SaJI Lorenzo to United Kingdom or Continent. 3.800 tons, 17s 3d. May; Cardiff to Genoa.. 4.000 tons, 7s, prompt; Bilbao to Stockton, 1,800 tone, 4s itd, March. GRAIN, &c. LONDON. Mon., Ma,rch 13.—Moderate atten- dance at Mark-lane this afternoon. Trade in wheat inactive and lower to sell, exoepting Indians. Flour 3d cheaper. Maize firmer— mixed American, 21s 6d to 21s 9d: Plate, 256 6d, landed. Barley firm—Odessa, 18s 6d. quay. Oats Slow trade at 3d decline.
LOCAL FINANCE.I
LOCAL FINANCE. I CARDIFF, Monday. 1 p.m. The local Stock Market was cheerful in tone this morning in most denartments. Railway stocks were firm all round. Colliery shares on the whole showed little change. Cambrians, however, were easier as the result of the explosion. There was a good demand for D. Davies and Sons. Other departments were featureless.
ITo-day's Markets.I
To-day's Markets. I CATTLE. LIVERPOOL. Mon., March 13.-Cattle supply unchanged, demand slow, and prices i unaltered. Smaller sheep supply; last weeks depression fully recovered. Beef, 6lii to 4id; mutton, loid to 7d. Supplies: 864 cattle, 2,836 sheep. MEAT. LONDON, Mon., March 13.-Beef trade fair- Scotch long sides 3s 8d to 4s, short sides 48 to 4s 4d; English sides, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; United States sides—Liverpool killed 3e 4d to 313 6d, Deptford killed 3s 5d to 3s 7d; American hind- quarters 3s 4d to 3s 8d. forequarters 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Mutton trade fair-Scotoh wether 4s 4d to 4s 8d, ewe 3s 4d to 3s 8d; English wether 4s 4d to 4s ad. ewe 3s 2d to 3s 6d; New Zear land, 2s 6d to 3s. FISH. GRIMSBY. Mon.. March 13.-Poor supply from several vessels, for which there was a good demand; halibut scarce. Quotations:- Soles Is 7d to Is 9d, turbot 7d to 8d, brills 7d to 8d, lob-sters Is 8d per lb; plaice 5s 6d, lemon solee 3s, wtritches 48 6d, whitings 4s, dead hailibut 6s to 7s 6d per stone; Ii ve ling 4s 6d, dead 3s 6d, live cod 3s to 6s, dead 2s to 3s 6d, live skate 4s 6d, dead 2a 6d each; kit haddocks 22s, gibbed 30s, live 36s per box. SUGAR. GLASGOW. Mon., March 13.-The official report says: Market flat; small business done. The private report says: Market flat; the small business done is at easier prices. BUTTER. CORK. Mon., March 13.-Firsts. 106s per cwt; seconds, 104s; thirds, 98s; fine, 103s. In market: 30 firkins. WOOL. LONDON, Mon., March 13.-Messrs. H. P. Hughes and Son offered 4,820, Messrs. Win de- ler and Co. 3,366. and Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartze 5,757 bales. Fine sorts were steady, but secondary and inferior weak. PRODUCE. LONDON. Mon., March 13.-Sugar: Home- refined in better demand; Tate's cubes 3d lower; German granulated unsettled—May- August sold at 16s 3d to 16s 6d; beet irregular —May sold at 14s 7d to 14s 6jd, August 14s 8d to 14s 7id. Coffee: Futures dull—May done at 34s. September 35s. Tea: 31.000 chests of Indian quieter and barely steady. Rico and hemp steady and quiet. Jute nominally unaltered. Shellac steady. Lineeed oil quiet and steady; turpentine. 38s. METALS. GLASGOW. Mon.. March 13.—Opening: Scotch neglected. Cleveland steady; small business done at 50s lid and 50s 2d cash, 53s 2W fourteen days, 50s 2d nine days, and 50s 6d and 50s 4d lontb; buyers, 50s 2d cash and 50s 4id month; sellers, id more. Cum- berland idle: buyers, sa, 6d month; sellers, 6d more. Standard foundry idle: sellers, 50s 4d month. Scotch No. 3 and copper not quoted. Closing: Scotch not quoted. Cleve- land dull; small business done at 50s 4-Ad and 50s 4d month; buyers. 5fE OJd cash ana 50s 3d month; sellers. Jd more. Cumberland idle 8tandard foundry steady; small business done at 5Cs 2Jd month: buyers, 50s 2d month; fellers, Id more. Scotch No. 3 and eopper neglected.
H FIXED FOR DARTMOOR."I
H FIXED FOR DARTMOOR." I Cardiff Man's Exclamation, I Robert Elf or d, Z6, was charged at. Cardiff Police-court to-day with bu rglario us I y breaking and entering 128, Holme'dalot&r- ra«e, and stealing 21b. of beef, 41b. of bacon, a jar of jam, two tins of condensed milk. 31b. of ham, Zlb. of lard, lib. of currants, four loaves of bread, a. 51b. bag of flour, three flagons of stout, 51b. of cheese, amd six eggs, value in all XI, and tihe property of an engineer named Martin Baird. Certain pro- visions—some of which car responded with the viands in the list above-were found in prisoner's room ait 46, Kent-street, and Inspector Butler found in the ash box at the rear, the milk tin produced. Prisoner told tih-e inspector he wouldn't say a word," but it was mentioned as evidence of entry by somebody from outside that in the pantry window a square of glass had beep broken, and the space thus made waB sufficiently large for a hand to be admitted. Polioe-con- S'tiaible Honey swore tha.t he was lodging prisoner in a cell at Grangetown police- station, when he said, "I am fixed for Dart- moor a gai n. —Prisoner, in his plea to the ■bench, drew a distinction, admitting the goods were in his possession, but he denied having stolen them. The magistrates sent the case to the assizes.
CARDIFF'S SMALL LOANS I
CARDIFF'S SMALL LOANS I Mr. Oba-ppeII made a oojnplaant to the Gardiff Corporation this morning with regard to the treatment meted out to his resolution upon "small loans." He said the resolution was carried without discussion, and he con- cluded that the information for which his resolution asked would be obtained. However, the resolution appeared in the minutes with a, request from the finance committee that the council would consider a report made on this subject by the bororugh treasurer of Bnry. This, he complained* was a prejudiced report. Sir. Beavan (chairman of the finance com- mittee) said in the opinion of the committee this report covered the whole question. If the council were going to ask for a return in such detail- as Mr. Chappeil's resolution required he should have to ask for an additional itaff. The Mayor ruled that the terms of the resolution as passed must be carried out, and I a report presented in tlie í required. I
DERBY -MEETING. I
DERBY MEETING. I ? U The DOVERIDGE HANDICAP HUB- w. DLE RACE PLATE of 80 SOVII; win. Doers extra. Two miiets, over hurdles. 4 10 7 Obl. Btrfctn's Baron Crafton Mr R Pan." 1 6 11 10 Mr H Browne'? Moakevfaoe J O'Brien 2 all 1 Mr T Soutfcairs Trelydan Newey 3 G 11 10 Mr W Mortimer's Singlestick R Morgan 0 5 11 8 Mr J Whipp's Cold Harbour I' Lyail 0 4 11 5 Mr l' Foster's Be Careless Mr J Stiaipe 0 6 11 5 Mr B Monro's Ermvntrude F Mason 0 5 11 1 Mr E .Tone's Funcbal T Knirtit 0 Winner trained by Maitia. Betting-3 to 1 agst Singlestick, 4 to 1 agst Baron Craftca. 5 to 1 each agpt Errayntrude and Tretlydan, 11 to 2 asrst M-ookepface, &jtd Ii) to 1 "t any other. Singlestick was folllowed-by Baron Grafton, Errnyn- trude, Moakeyfaee, ar.d Cold Harbour, with Trelydan, till six furlongs from borne, whelll Mc-iiheyface became second antt Ermyntrade third. Entertag the &tra.iht Monkrytuce was sent to the front, but almost imme- diately gave way to Baron Craftun, whc won easily by feix lengths; a ieagitl separated the seoond scd third. Cold Harbour was fourth, Be Carsiess fifth, SinffleEtici next, and Kunchal last. (Race started at 2,2.) O OK-The FRIARY SELLING HFEDLE -0 RACE PLATE of 70 ao?. for four year olds and upwards; winner to be eold for 50 so vs. Two miles, over hurdles. 4 10 3 Mr Hartley's King Thistle A:tk,i#L-x-,n 1 6 11 6 Mr ChaC¡:maJl'f' Caelefinn Hut-toa 2 6 11 5 Mr J Btichanan'e WinXrose J O"Bri:l 3 a 11 10 Mr Lansrwcrih's Spatchcock —Mr Bastings 0 6 II 6 Mr Ste-ens's l'tpper Ur I Anthony 0 a 11 6 Mr Davidson's Bandy Fifih .Mr H Harper 0 all 3 Mr M'Kinlay's Aretandra F Ma^on 0 4 111 ?0 Mr Wheeler's Jolly Jim P Heancy 0 Wjlrer trained by Black. Bett TNFC~€ to 6 isgst A-ldaaidra. 11 to 2 each ajrat Castletmn and Ki:ng- Thistle, 6 to 1 agst Spatchooejt, 7 t ol aewt Kinkrose. and 100 to 3 agst any ether. Caftleflnn made the running from Dacdv Fifth, Spatchcofk. and Wlnkroise, tvith Kinir Thistle next, .md I,d until elosa honle, when King Thistle challenrjei', and won by a neck: a length and a half separated the second ajid Ijiirci Pepper was fourth, Ardandra fifi'i, Spatchcock y¡èrt. and Dandy Filth last. (Race started ?t 2.5.) 3 10-The DERBYSHIRE HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 250 sovs; win- ners extra. Two miles and a hlf, ovgr, the Steeplechase Course. 6 11 1 Mr J Kogreraon's Evan.11 Morgan. I a 12 7 Sir FWalker's Royal Drake ..A Wadding-tea ?. 6 11 9 Mr B Walker's Apoilfiaio F Mason 3 o 11 12 Mr H Whit worth's Shytack n.E 6ulirvRa 0 Winner trained by Munro. Bet-Was—7 to 4 atBt Apollino. 2 to 1 agst f-Ivy iocs :1J.. 5 to 2 e-gst Royal Drakes and 8 to 1 agst Evan, Cram set a strung paoc to Royal Drake, with Apol- lino 13St. and. drawing clear at the top turn, lin inaoaged to sh ike off a determined challenge by Royal Drake by a aeugth and a half: a trad thirct.
OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. I
OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. I The "Sport.'roan" has bwn officially informed by Messrs. Weatherby of ttJs following mmtcbiugf, Grand National Steeplechase—Pride of Mabeetovni (at 9.0 a.m. to-day). All en-gngercents under National Hunt Rules-Robin Hood TV. All hurdle raesf—S-henfield and Addkstonc. All published hjaadfeap^—Lord Brand. Littleton Handicap Hurdle, Ke-mpton—Tried by Ni?ht. National Breeder?'. 8ilnd\)W!I-FaJ11!.c.y and Gart-by. Gordon ert.J¡. GoodwOlOd-"ummer"s Eve. Brocklesby Stakes, Lincoln—Lady Ratburn filly. Brockle«by tri'vl Stakes. Lincoln—Blackheath. Staffordshire Breeders', Wolverhampton-lioudinialid Connoran. Aoorn Stakes, Epsom—Gantry.
> NEWMARKET NOTES. I
> NEWMARKET NOTES. I (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) I NEWMARKET. Monday. Oaardae, after his good gallop of Sunday. has been out again this morning: and done .useful work. THIS MORNING'S GALLOPS. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. G-alangal and Proffer went a fast seven far- longs stripped. Ceardas. a good six furlongs. Grey Green and Sansovino, a Steady six fur- longs. Chacornac and Flombieree, six furlongs at half speed. Best Light and Andria, a useful six furlongs. Housewife, a good nine furlonge. Burgundy, a fast five furlongs. Airlie and Charcot walked. Silent Friend, the usual six furlongs. GRAND NATIONAL. Moifaa,. a, u&aful mile and a half. The Farmer, a good striding mile and a quarter. DERBY MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR TUESDAY. Devonshire Hu-rdle-CHErITO-N BELLE. Pastures Hurdle-TASSO. Shipley Hall Handioap-REDEEMEIR. Elvaston Stee-plechasv- THE VENERABLE BEDE. CAKDIFT BAC38, TUU. ud WU> Much 21, 3.
TOPPING AND SPINDLER. I
TOPPING AND SPINDLER. I FLUSHING, HOLLAND. I no oldest-established and Boat extensive Ann et Tart Oammieiios Agtnia ia tho Workt. T.tnnoin Handicap, Grand Natiocal Staepleehaaa, City and ftatmrbaa Han- dicap, The Derby, Jtc., Ao. Th8 Oontlmatal Bporta man. containing tatevt markat moTmuta 011 bteva, aiao obi Y- Book and Ready Stekaur, rant tr88 on raoaipt of Yteetffn Po8k:a.r4 owtaining bum ul addrwwl All lattara to to uU Splndlar, FlaaMnt, Holland Poatac*, at4. aarda, U. aMS
CAUGHT RED-HANDED I
CAUGHT RED-HANDED I At a speoial sitting of the Newport County ma-giisiraitee to-day John Thomas, a Cardiff labourer, was charged witih stealing a fowl, value 3s., the property of Albert E. Walker, WMte Hall Farm, Romaey. Boiice-oonistaihlc Cook stated that on Sun- day afternoon he &a»w the prisoner rushing across the field near the farm carrying some- tlhtng bulky under his coat. When he gaw witness he threw something down, but upon being overtaken and brought back it was die- covered tlhat he had been carrying a fowl. Prisoner's excuse was that his dog picked UP tfhe fowl, and that he had. no intentiojti of stealing it. The Benoh thought otherwise, and impoged a fine of 20s., with the alternative of fourteen days' impriBonmeiiit.
JAPANESE YOUTHS NON-SMOKERSI
JAPANESE YOUTHS NON-SMOKERS I Mr. A. W. Todd, secretary of the Scottish anti-Tobacco Society, Edinburgh, has re. ceived a letter from the Japanese Minister in London stating, in repiy to a communi- cation as to rest riot-ions on the sai& of tobacoo to minors, that in Japan persons under twenty ars prohibited fWm smoking. If the parents or guardians allow them to smoke, they are fined one yen (about and the dealer who knowingly sells the tobacco is fined ten yen.
WHITCHURCH Y.M.C.A. I
WHITCHURCH Y.M.C.A. I The Young Men's Christian Asooai&jticii at Wlhiitchurdh is doing splendid work in the parish, and on Friday evening a large com- pany was preeent at the Glanynant School to liaten to a- (programme of music which had been prepared for their edification. Among the artistes were Miss Jakeman (Tongwynlais), Miss Selwood (Cardiff), and Messrs. A. Dunlop, T. Harris, and G. W. Thomas, while the Wihit. dhurch Male Voice Choir rendered two choruses. The aocompanimente were played by Mr. J. M. Samuel (Tongwynlads).
"PLAYS THE D-L WITH A MAN,"…
"PLAYS THE D-L WITH A MAN," I Colonel Woods was speaJrin-g from his 80 years' experience of life when he addressed William Fr-auklin on the subject of inebriety at Llandaff Police-court this morning. "Keep off the drink," said the colons] in his bluff, hearty way. "It plays the devil with a m MD. Take my advice—'give up the beer, or, at least, stop when you have had enough. Fire shillings and costs."
FATALITY AT CANTON
FATALITY AT CANTON A man named Damliel Jones, oarnyirtg on a business as a butoher at 34, Well-street, Oanto.n, died this morning from the effects of an aocident. which befel him a few weeks .ago. Whilst be was riding in has cairt the horse bolted and threw him on to the road, ,&-nd he sustiained such serious injuries that h etaad been gradually failing. He leaves a widow and chaldron. ]
CACTUS HOUSE FOR ROATH PARK…
CACTUS HOUSE FOR ROATH PARK j Ait A meeting of the Cardiff Town Council to-day tihe proposal of the parks comaniitftee to spend £ 150 upon a house for some valuable caiatii presented to the corporation waa adopted.
ABERGWYNFI APPOIN TMENT I;
ABERGWYNFI APPOIN TMENT I; Da-. Henry Davies, of Bryn- was to-day was to-day appointed to suoceed Dr. Sinclair as medioaJ officer to the Aber?wynfi and Rlaeagwynfi oollierfies. There were 45 oandii- ( dates for tne appointment, Which is worth £ 400 per annum. (
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS…
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS J L. W." ilJl,ane.11YI.-{1) Cardiff broke New- ( port's record- (2) Newport, beat Devon-port j Albion thie Newport by one tArY to I > niU <
Family Notices
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SOUTH WALES BORDERER, V.C.
SOUTH WALES BORDERER, V.C. Death of a Rorke's Drift Hero. Sergeant Henry Hook, V.C., formerly of th* 24th Regiment.. died at Q-louoesber yesterday, aged 54. Deceased, who won his Victoria Cross in the defence of Borke's Drift. was -an attendant at the British Museum for 20 and reoently retia-ed owing to ill-heailth, his Victoria Crotss pension of L-10 being increased, •to £50 by the War Office. The cMise of death, 'I was consumption. The deoeaeed leaves a widow and two little daughters.
GOLF;
GOLF PORTHCAWL V. GLAMORGAN. Played at Forthcawl on fcatnrday to stormy wea-ther. Scores;- GLAMORGAN. PORTHCAWL. T. Hunter 0 E. David. 0' G. Eenwiclt 1 A. G. Aleiandfil 0 P. Hagarty 1 Colonel Hatch 0 C. T. Hamilton 1 L. Railton 0 T. H. Alander 1 W. S. Vivian O. A. P. Thomas 1 H. O. Irvine 0' T. H. Etracy 1 Lynch Blosse ..— 0 6 0
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY GREAT SALE- gARGAlNS GALORB. The whole of LOUIS BARNETTB JEWELLERY pLEDGE STOCØ From i, 0IIIr0Ii''H .Bt, Mid liuta diWIt few bam PUBGHABBd by SOL. PHILLIPS. PAWNBROKER and JEWELLER, 43, QAROLINfrST., QARDIFF. Bte WtnAowM. MXTBJLOKDVXART BAMAIKFT. T;\fA:N'rED, trustworthy Boy (about 15) to d61ivœ" W e,enmg newspapers.—Apply Riee, Ne.. Birch Grove, Whitchurch. O3002 Potatoes for British Queen, LS per too. or 3s. 6d. cwt.; Ever goods, 3s. 6d.; Glost* Kidneys, 4a. cwt.—Baker, Forest Farm, Whitchurcb. 6117M8 FOE Sale, cheap. Ligrht Spring Wagon.—Thomaay, FC.a,,hbuildox, 85, Ilearl-4?t, Boath, Cardiff. eUST?tIS GENERAL wa.nted.-Apply 25. ItarilxircHigh- road. Roath Park. cU74ulE C- HURCHJtoad, ca.n.tan.-Fi1 Stable, Loft, c large Yard; ch?p.—CiartB, 6, Nort'hc:oia-. elI69uI8 E Wagonettes, Two Victorias, Four Laadaus, ix Broughams. Six Governess Caro, Ten Dog Carte, oheap Pcny Gig.-Ilarry and TuroeK. Frederick- street. Cardiff. e 1170ulB W A-N-TED, Shipsmithal used to shipyard work; í" constant work to competent nOD-aociety men. Apply L Mill-lane, Ca-rdift, at once. ell7lvl5 YOtTNG Lady wanted for Shop; smart and trust- JL wcrtliy; aged 1 £ .—Green way, 173, KinVs-rpad. eU72ul5 ENARTH7—Supcricr ApartmeaU far Gemttmnac of two friends; terms mte.-l, St. A.iDe' piace. GBOCKRY—Experienced Assistant required for the \jr Grocorj' Counter.—rieaise give particulare first letter koudTooTs), D. C. Evans, Dowlais. ellfiSulfi ELABOBATE, costly, double American C?ame Mail Ecwt equal m-?; cost six guineas; accept 63- onamolled cream; strapped springs, attractive daeign; photograph seei) or approval; hugu 1>a.rga.iD.291, Oow- bridge-road, Cardiff. ellôOU18 A-NTED, SheeteM lo r CorrasaUd Iron BuUdms?.— Vy Apply, by Letter. G. W. E*wMns, M, Sully- terraoe, Penarth, stating age, wage, experience. eul5 RAPKEY.—Experienced young Maa wanted at once. D-Apply, v4Lh fug particulars, WiUuun loacw Maesteg. ellSSnlS WANTED, a good TBUa.Ne Man as  Groom-Ooaoh- tV BM.n.-?Apply, with recent r?tez=aw aad &W particulars, to Dr. Davies, Pontypridd. ellfrtulS EVILLE-Street, Z&-Frwt Sittng-room, Two Bad. NTooms; moder&te; modem ccmei-,ienm?- eum WANTED, General; piain oootiag; small family; VT referenoes; aged 20.-Mn. Brown, OU Works, Grangetown, CardiS. »U66vl8 £ 5,000 ready for Sonth Wales Mortgages; £100 and upwards; 5J to 5 per O6ut; no prwlimirsry foes.— Box 240, Evening Express. Ordiff 61167\125 NO. 16, Victoria Pari-road, -Cantoru, Cardiff, boantA, jj\ fully situated, overlooking Victoria Pari.—Apply 15. aU68ul« WANTED, Jiurse-Housemaid or Mother's BeLp; yV previous experience.—Mrs. Smiti, Oakjeigh. Caerau-road, Newport enu1S WANTED, by th l?hymney WorkzwA,s Decten ■-> W Fund, by 18th iMt-, Qualified Dispeûær; a<txy 30s. per week, with rooms, tire, light, and .attendance.— j Apply Bryn Jones, Secretary, Workmen's Doctors Fund. < Khyianey. ellS7nl6 "T^TANTED, thorough HousB-ParlourmWd; Chujohot. I" England: abstainer; two in family, two serva.nte: kepi.—State wages, Mrs. Clarke, frcvilan Rectory, Aber- g<venny. eil%ui5 LOST, Sunday. Black Leather POC&Et Book; return A. G. S., Sailors' Home, Cardiff; finder rewarded, ell47ul3 D EAIIEEY.-Young Lady seeks f4"ngagemem can œntl through; 5-1 years' experie.nœL Nixon, Buckholt, Mon. eI148ul5 S HOP to Let in Comme r cied-street, Maesteg; suitable for pork butcher or other bwtcher's; splendid position good slaughterhouse.—Lewis, Talbot Arms, Maesteg. eU49ul8 ?'BOCKRY.—W Mted.stjong Lad; live i'o r?ood G. home; an opportunity learning trade.-Will?.?.i? Bluengwynfi..11"22 W'ANTED, middle April, Nurse; two children; youngest, 10 months; needlewoman. Also C-ook- iienerai and young Hou^e-Purloaraiaid.—State age, wages, and references, Mrs. Janea-Lloyd, Pembroke Dock. eU51ul3 SITUATIONS wanted as General Servants for !!tv;¿., !3 stroD? country Gids.—Mra. Coster, E?ietrx; Gloucester. 61 15;1J 18 BARMAJf (22) seeks Be-engagement; good reference8 last place.—G. Braxton, 40, Longsmith-street, GS-loucester. ellMcl5 WANTED, young Man as Second Night Parter; wages 10s. week; sleep to..—Apply Manager, Boyal Hotel, Cardiff, eU541115 FOR Sal-e, No. 18, Dumfri_plóœ, C&rcliff.-ApW WAUI&ms and Gladstone, ??,Wicitorp, H?bert- cambers, Cardiff. ell561118 LEWIS Lewis and Co., Drapers] Swansea, have Vacancies for smart Junior young- Men; Weigh, Personal applications preferred. e1139u15 DBAPERY. — W&nted immediately. Few mnart DA-,?si.-t&iit Milli ?ters.-Apply, with full pwtioulars. rhos. iewis and C%o., &wansea, 1140u18 WANTED, Situation by liandy Man; gmer?i fw W A-NI'ED, w?i?,?istands a.u stoa amd farm work; nilk. make ricks, thatch, if required; married: no amity; good references.It., clo CaSrey, Mom month. ell42ul3 REQUIRED, Footman (single-handed), for ^uiot' country place; 30 to 56; Churchman.—State ;apabiiities and full particulars, wages, Mrs. Lawrence, 7bepetow. elI44ul5 ROCE-RS' .Ha.?ieM.—Thomas ?n d Evaca. Perth, l? ?ve UT Vancy for Ihoroughly cxpenenccc! Man; highest ■cfercnot-i; outdoors: must be accastomod to the work. el Haul 3 JUNIOR Master ?ant?d; IX". HJ1OO1; i?art time ? ?\hte, stating salary, P 49, Evening Expjeae, ;axdiff. ellnul8 jSuFERIOR Furnished Apartments (Front or B kF. v good cooking, a-tt.ti. Rich rt r oad. Äínlif. eUiluia