Evening Express

I THE WELSH SIDE. I By HARRY BOWEN.* The team chosen against Ireland to- day was, on the whole, well received, though from the point of view of its being a sound rather than a brilliant side. Why this opinion should hold is not quite clear at first. The changes made in the forwards hardly make for this opinion, for the three new men are given as scrimmagers and clever players. Powell, undoubtedly, works with his head as well as body and feet. Westacott has impressed those who have been fortunate enough to see him play lately as being quite the equal of Powell, while Evans bears stamp as a sturdy 14st. 71b. scrimmager, who does his work and does a dash on top of it, the one in no wise interfering with the other. In the backs there was one change, and, pea-haps, it was here that the opinion was concepted. The change from eight to seven backs, with the preference for Gibbs rather than Trew, undoubtedly gives the groundwork for the opinion. Gibbs, as a half, is known for the sound- ness of his play, defence being his especial forte. Trew is known for his brilliance, attack being the best part of his work. The Swansea, man will cut out openings, the Cardiff man will prevent them being cut by others, while, on the other hand, the Cardiff man will stop a mountain, while the Swansea man will circumvent it, getting round to pull it back from behind. Except as between the two men I fail to find any reason for the idea of soundness rather than brilliance, but as between the two in their methods of attack there is quite sufficient to give sufficient justification for that idea. Now I am not giving anyone the idea that there has been a great miscarriage of justice in the selection of Gibbs over Trew. The Swansea man has been off- colour lately, the Cardiff man decidedly on-colour; and, though as between their abilities the scale would fall in Willie Trew's favour, when present form is taken into consideration it takes much discrimination to know the hang of th-e balance. So no idea of great injustice being done need strike anyone at all. The difference of form has outweighed the difference of the men. But—and this is what we were getting at—the one man's strength being attack, the other's defence is what fixed the opinion that the side is sound rather than brilliant. For the play of the occupier or the outside half's position determines the character of the day's game more than that of any player in any other position in the Welsh game. Winfield went to Belfast determined to wipe something off a slate. -No one questions his right to be Welsh back to- lay, and not a man wished him anything T but well in the slate wiping effort. The goal-kicking in the last match at Belfast was what beat us after all. Thus: Ireland, 1 goal 3 tries Wales, 4 tries. The three- quart,er line, with Teddy Morgan, Gabe, Gwyn Nicholls, and Maddocks, make it a case of "Hats off." Gwyn failed to get away for the last Belfast match, and the news gave sickly spi nil-, great prominence. It would have been calamitous if anything had prevented him taking part in to- 1\ day's tussle, which is spoken of as his last international. Maddocks lias done remarkably well. Now and again he gives one chills, but more than now and again he works these off by the introduction of really hot stuff. This surprise is a startle of. the first order. He springs this startle on the attack, he I encourages chills in defence. If the I London Welshman could only be per- suaded to get down to the ball to stop rushes chills would be right off. It is in attack that Reggie Gibbs can score. The sharp click pass is what is I wanted—the pass that proves the ball to be no more that 1410Z. in weight and not 561b. The Irish following up is too rapid for delays in hall transit. There is a suspicion that some of those who have done forward service in the past are tail- ing off more rapidly than is good for the side, but I fail to be able to agree that the difference is great enough to make them less than the best we have.

.MR. LLOYD MEYRICK'S Notes now appear in the "Evening Express" on four days a week, i.e., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. MR. W. BRACE'S Labour Notes appear on Wednesday, and 1 MR. HARRY BOWEN'S, on Sport, on Saturday.

Family of Five Shot. SEQUEL TO A LAW FEUD. A telegram from Ajaccio states that a family of five people has been murdered as the result of a law feud. The courts had ordered a. man named Pola to pay a debt within three days to a neighbour named Lenci. On the thdrd day Pola, accompanied by two men, went to Lenci's house and stated that he had brought the money with him. He asked that Lenci's family might be present as witnesses to tihe transaction, and Lenci called in his sister and three daughters. As Lenci took a pen to sign the receipt for the money, the three visitors raised their rifles and fired two volleys, killing the entire family on the spot. The murderers were afterwards %rresteCt. Daily Express."

"Flying Roundabout." I NOVEL FORM OF FLYING MACHINE j Mr. James Shank", of Clapham-park, Lon-don, an ex-bootmaker and now an auxiliary postman, claims to have solved the problem of aerial navigation. For forty years Mr. Shanks has spent his laisurs moments studying aeronautics, and mora especially the flight of birda, for, like many others who are working in the Farnle direction, he is convinced that man can only I fly when ho has mastered the "science" of the bird's wing. In order to raise sufficient money to per- fect his flying machine. Mr. Shanks has con- st meted a "flying roundabout," which is pro- pelled not by a gas engine, but by silken wings. This novel form of "merry-go-round" weighs about three-quarters of a ton. A "Daily Express" representative enjoyed a spin on it yesterday under one of th,e arches of Clap ham Station. There arc six seats on the roundabout, carrying twelve persons. In fi-rnt of each seat is a handle and a, pair of silken wings, made after uinch study of angles and air resistance to give the power exercised by a bird's wings. Each wing is about three and a half feet long. As soon as the handles are turned, the merry-go-round' is set whirling at a vigorous speed, entirely by the action of the wings. The flying machine, which is to be the out- come of the roundabout, consists of four great rigid wings of silk built on scientific principles and two wing propellers. Across a slender bar "the flying man" will sit bicycle-fashion, and will raise himself from the ground by turning the handle which sets the propellers' wings in action. The wings have extraordinary lifting I power, even when tested by the hand.

POLITENESS OF THE BAILIFF The official politeness which is displayed by the twentieth century bailiff was illus- trated at Clerkenwell County-court yesterday when a man applied for a bailiff 's certificate. Judge Edge: When instructed to levy a distress, what would you do? Applicant: In the first place, I should go to the house and knock at the door. Judge Edge: That would be very polite and considerate on your part, but it is better sometimes to turn the handle and walk in. (Laughter.) With the bailiff expected the polite kanck is not always answered. What next would you do? Applicant: Having got in, I should present my card, and tell them in quiet tones what my basiseso was. (Laughter.) Judge Edge: That is another act of polite- ness, but it 18 not the essential thing. You would show them the warrant? Applicant: Oh, yes. when I had announced myself. Judge Edge: A lot might happen during these preliminary politenesses. What next would you do? Applicant: I should ask them if they were prepared to pay the rent. If they said 11 No," I should say, I don't want to be too harsh. Is there any chance of your getting the money in one hour?" If they said" Yes," then I should give them the hour. With regard to the possession man I should not put them to any more expense than I pos- sibly could. Judge Edge: That is quite right. But you have omitted one of the most important things, and that, you should serve a notice of the distress upon the tenant saying where the goods have been removed to and the date and time of sale. Applicant: I should certainly do that. Judge Edge: And you would afterwards give an account to the tenant, so that he would know if the landlord sued him after- wards exactly what amount had been handed to this landlord for his rent. Applicant: I would do that. The certificate was granted.

PENNY FINES FOR SWEARING The final review of about forty doomed 'lice-need houses at Birmingham yesterday yielded eoone quaint witticisms, which kept the magisterial court in a rip,ple of merri- ment. The Star Beerhouse was described by the defendi-mg solicitor as the shooting star, not, as he explained, because it was a star of the first magnitude, but becauee it had a shoot- ing gallery. The fishing club which met a.t too Nag's Head, said Mr. Ansell, met to d.M.tCuas "terminological inexactitudes" of a piscatorial character. A new lease of life was aaked on behalf of the Royal Oak because it had an anti- swearing club. "What is that?" inquired Mr. S-amhridge, one of the magistrates. Mr. Aneell: I know sufficient about it to say that, it contains no golfers. The landlord said that they fined a man a penny every time he swore, and another penny was claimed from every customer who did not come clean shaven. This money, it was explained, was devoted to a general pionic in August. In connection with the refusal of a land- lord to supply tea to a customer, the Befnch aa.id under the new Act the licensee was bound to eupply this, and a note of the refusal would be made for-tto next lioeTiaijae day.

WELSH CENTENARIAN I AMMANFORD FARMER 102 YEARS OF AGE. At Hendrefawr Farm, almost on the top of Gerazim Mountain, and about four and a half miles from Ammanford, lives Mr. David Williams, who will this month celebrate his hundred and second birthday. Until a few weeks ago Mr. Williams enjoyed excellent health, and was in full possession of all his faculties. He has a. wonderful memory, and re-calls the time when in hia teens he assisted in ha/ulage MR. DAVID WILLIAMS. I work in connection with the formation of the turnpike road from Pontardulais to Car- marthen. He was born in March, 1804, at Llannon, about eight miles from Llanelly. When a lad he attended a small school at Llanedy. the schoolmaster being known as "Dafydd Cymraeg." Mr. Williams was twice married. His second wife was known as "Betty Llwyndu," being herself a. widow at tha time she married Mr. Williams. They lived together for a large number of years at Llwyndu, near Pantyffyncn. After the death of his second wife he removed to Hendre Fawr to spend the remainder of his days with his son, Mr. William Williams. He was one of a family of ten, and of that number only he and a brother, Mr. John Williams. Longhor, are now living. Mr. Williams has been a non-smoker all his life. Up to quite receutly he could take his place in the hayfield with men 80 years his junior. Last year ho sheared a. number of sheep and helped in the general work of the farm. He would walk all the way to Ammanford (about four and a half mile). where he has a large number of friends. He could re-oall the old coaching days, and remembered the railway from Llanelly to Rrymamman being made, as well as the line to Llandilo. Amma.nford, known then as Cros3 Inn Fach," was only a hamlet. Both Mr. Williams's parents lived to be 92 years of age. Mr. Williams can read well. and always shaves himself. He lives on a plain diet, and has always been strong and healthy. A few weeks ago, however, he had a, slight illness.

ELOPEMENT FRUSTRATED. I An eloping couple had their plans frustrated to-day at Liverpool. A middle- aged man and a young woman, the daughter of a publican in East Norfolk, were reported missing, a warrant being out against the t man for deserting his wife and family. It wag ascertained they ha,d booked passages for Canada, and while proceeding to the steamer the mam was arrested by a police superin- tendent-fpom Norfolk. The young woman I returned to her home.

I TIRED OF SLEEPING OUT. I William Hemmings, of no fixed abode, was charged at the local court to-day with wil- fully damaging a plate-glass window, value 15, the property of the Pontypridd Urban Council Hemmings informed Police-con- stable Roberts that he had committed the damage, as he had been out of work for some time, and was tired of sleeping on the mountain tops.—He was sentenced to a month's imprisonment.

I RELIEF FOR SURETIES. I I The four sureties for Richard Brown (32), of Patrick-street, Cardiff, who had been com- mitted to the assizes on December 9, 1905, I made application at Cardiff Police-court this morning for relief from their obligations, on the ground that they bad reason to believe Brown intended to flee from jtistiee. Their Worships (Messrs. T. Andrews and T. H. Stephens) granted them the relief they asked for, telling Brown that he would be allowed bail if he could find new sureties for the same amount ( £ 50).

¡ ENGLAND FOR EVER. I I An elderly Frenchman who was charged at Wood Green with begging and drunkenness ,sa.-id he could speak English, French, Spanish, and German. He was arrested because he was seen standing in the street, cap in hand, shout- ing, "I want monish." The Magistrate: You will go to prison for seven days, and possibly you will be sent back to your own country. An Officer: Would you like to go ba'ck ? The Prisoner (wagging his head and laughing): Na, na. (Laughter.)

THE RHONDDA "CATHEDRAL" I In order to denote their appreciation of I the splendid edifice known as the "Cathedral of the Rhondda, the members of Zoar Baptist Chapel, Penygraig, have just pre- sented the contractors (Messrs. Charles Jenkins and Sons, Porth) with a hand-illu- minated oak-framed address. A deputation, consisting of the paston (the Rev. D. C. Jones), and Messrs. Samuel Davies and D. John, members of the church, waited on the con- tractors on Friday night, and formally pre- sented the testimonial, which was received by head of the finn, Mr. David Jenkins. The chapel was recently completed at a. cost of S £ 5,0C0, the architect being Mr. Rhys Griffiths, Tonypandy.

THE LAND TENURE BILL. In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Agwr Robartefl moved the second reading of the Land Tenure Bill, whioh, he said, gave the tenant farmer the right to make ini- provements and claim compensation for them at this end of his tenancy, and limited the landlord's right of distraint to one year's I rent. The second reading was carried. j

REMARKABLE MURDER CHARGE. At Coventry to-day Charles Ernest Robert Taylor, a carpenter, was brought up from; Warwick Goal, where he is awaiting trial in a robbery ease, and charged with the murder of a man and his wife, Richard and Mary Phillips, at Stoke Park, on January 10. The town-clerk stated that evidence had been submitted to the treasury, who had instructed counsel to prosecute. Taylor addressed the bench, and said he wished to state that he had nothing to do with tlvj crime. He was remanded.

I E?twm: Shall we live with yo?r paj'?nt? aitar wn Are mai-riod* Angelina: The quoe- i um-is.?can v(?-Uvo witbout the=? STOP PRESS Latest Telegrams. NEW TREDEGAR HORROR. ANOTHER ARREST PROBABLE. It is stated that no ovid^flce "h^ing forth- coming to eonncct the youth, Mor- gan, witVthe murder of little Edith IVail at New Tredegar, Lp wijl be released at the llL2,t('r"tl: 1rlrlng. It *■< '1í:, believed that another arrest [t is y>nin!ed out that the giH" eou,Jd not ia': f:: Itn. ::ttn:,i}i:i;,t and that her body must have^'been placci where 11 was found after she died. h2 po• ice nr'¡¡:ti)lL;1 reference to these -taterncnts that thrre are, a num- ber of relational rumours.- in circulation «jth regard to the. crime, but that ther» is no truth whatever in any of them, and there lias been no fresh develop- i-a c n t. HALF-TIME SCORE:— Cardiff. 1 try; Neath, nil. Half-time score:Ireland, S point: Wales, 3 points. 3.30 Eftting—ICO to S 011 Jsin M.P. HURDLE, Result: — L •eavy.UA The C'h:Ùr Duke Royqi t m

Budget of Small Hope TO BE INTRODUCED AFTER EASTER I The Budget will not be introduced into the House of Commons this year until after the Easter adjournment (writes the Lobby cor- respondent of the "Daily Express"). The chances of a favourable account are con- sidered good. Revenue is coming in satisfactorily, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer will venture upon no definite estimate of income against expenditure until the close of the finanoial year on .:J a.roh 31. Experts "n national account keeping do not consider that the result will permit of any material reduction, of taxation. It is regarded as doubtful, for instanoe, if Mr. Asquith will find himself in a position to relieve the payers of income-tax by a, single penny. Moreover, the State departments are not sympathetic in their economies. The saving effect-ed in the cost of the Navy, amounting to about LI,500,000, has been dis- counted by an increase in Civil Servioe expen- dit,ure. of over £ 1,000,000. The Army's offering is only £ 17,000. At best, then, the country cannot look, in the opindon of the Budget prophets, to more than a small surplus. At the same time, the Chancel lo r of the Exchequer is given the credit of opportunities invisible to those out- side the Treasury.

SCRAPING UP HIS FINE. I Risca Man a Shilling Short. I "No trust here" seems to be the prevailing j spirit of the court at which the county justices siit at Newport. To-day a man, named Thomas Hart, was summoned for using had lamg-uage at Risca on February 24. Defendant acknowledged that he had had a row with his wife. The Bench found that there were several previous convictions, and they imposed a penalty of 20s. ,gt managed to scrape up from his own pockets and those of a friend or two 19s. and ten- dered that amount on account. He implored in tones audible to the whole court a couple of women to lend him the other shilling, but they declared that they had not got it and walked out of the court. The court officials declined to accept the 19s., which was handed back to the defendant, and he was escorted to the cello.

AN ABDUCTION CHARGE. I William Milner, 29, of independent meams, lately residing at Mar 1 borou g h-inansions, Victoria-street, and Bertha Brandon, 26, wife of his Swiss valet, again attended (before Mr. Curtis Bennett) at Westminster on their bail to answer the charge, preferred on January 27, of taking from the custody of her mother a girl under sixteen years of age named Luoie Musgrove Jones. Since the charge was originally before the court there ha.ve been repeated adjournments, without a reason being assigned in public. The proceedings yesterday were again formal, the defendants standing before the magistrate for a moment whilst Mr. L. D. Dutton, their solicitor, asked that there should be a, further adjournment until the 50th Lnst. The Magistrate assented, and the bail of both defendants was extended until that date.

HORSE-SHOES WITHOUT NAILSI Two American inventors have patented a nail less device for shoeing horses. This device, which is called a ihorae-slioe carrier, is the extreme of simplicity, being stamped in a single piece out of mild sheet steel, one-eighth of an inch thick a.nd bent to the required shape. The carrier if! formed with a toe-piece, and with two side-bands extend- ing forward from the beel ends of the device. These bands and the toe-piece are joined by a bolt, thus firmly holding the carrier to the foot, because the hoof at the sole has a larger circumference than a.t the point where the bands encircle it. At the rear ends of the carrier cups are formed to receive the heels of the hoof. These cups prevent the carrier from spreading open and slipping off the hoof.

TRAINS AND WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Wireless telegraphy has been the subject of some recent experiments on the Chicago and Alton Railway. Dispatches to moving trains disclosed some interesting variations in the strength of the signals- For instance, the electric radiations sent from St. Louis seem to prefer following the Mississippi River, for where the track runs alongside that stream a remarkable increase of intensity in the signals has been noted. On the other hand, the overhead framework of a bridge across whioh the train is running eeems to screen off the radiations. When the train is run- I ning broadside to the transmitting station the strength of the sitrnala is increased. A epaod of óO mi lea an hour dots not impede the reception of the sigusid.

HITCHER CRUSHED. I A SHOCKING PONTYPRIDD II FATALITY. Mr. E. Bernard Reeee held an inquiry at POThtypridd Police-court this morning con- cerning the death of T. A. Evans, 20, a, hi tcber, living a.t 107, Bonvilstone-road, Goed- penmaen, who wa.s killed a.t the Trevor Pit, Trehafod, on March 8. Mr. Dyer Lewis, his Majesty's inspector of mines, was present, and the Lewis-Merthyr Colliery Compoany was represented by Mr. G. M. Roberts, surveyor. William Harper, a hiteher, s.a,id the deceased was an assistant under him. At the time of the aecident they were standing between the shaft and the "drop" from one landing to another. Their business was to el-ear coal which had fallen. Whilst the deceased was clearing an obstruction a full tram of coal in. a lift came down suddenly and caught deceased on the baok. Assistance was immedia,tely forthcoming, but it was evident that the deceased was killed instantly. Replying to the Coroner, witness, said he called to the man to raise the lift when the accident happened. If he had done so he would have called to the spragger to stop the tram of coal being put into the lift. The noise from the engine may have prevented him hearing. Mr. Dyer Lewis said the acciderut was ca.used by the cage coming down, owing to the brake not being pinned down, or on account of the brake slipping. Dr. Carrol, Trehafod, described the nature of the injuries sustained by the deceased, the lower part of the body being almost flattened out. Death was instantaneous. A verdict of "Accidental deatli" was returned, but the jury expressed the opinion that the brake was not in order, and that e> deeper sump should be made.

ICardiff Mqi-rand HisWifel I A SEPARATION ORDER GRANTED. I Nine weeks ago to-day John Matthews, a big, strong-looking fellow, went home to his wife in Scott-street, Cardiff, drunk, so she told the Stipendiary this afternoon. He picked up the lighted lamp, and appeared to be going to throw it at her. However, she ran out, and he told her not to come back again. She went to her mother, and in the meantime he spent his energy in smashing up. the furni- ture. Several times, she added, she and her two children had been sent ou to the street, and sometimes on Sundays her children had been obliged to run on the streets when quite nude. Her husband had burnt "eeveral things belonging to the children," and once he left her for dead in Cairns-street, Catbays. On Christmas night he tried to strangle her, and I he turned the little boy out of bed. The husband here held up a letter and exclaimed, "I want to know what is the mean- ing of this; I received it about a month ago?" This letter the stipendiary read, and the wife admitted that she had written it. "I was an innocent girl when he married me," she said, "and after we had been married two years he told me he had a wife living." "I have done nothing cruel to her," said Matthews, who wiped away a tear. "I would not have summoned him," the wife went on, "but b, stole my child from my mother's door, and I want the children in my care." After Mary Clarke, a neighbour, had given evidence about several assaults, the husband went into the box, whimpering, "I am sorry this has come about." "You needn't whine," called the Stipen- diary, "that will have no effect on men. Tell your story in plain English." Defendant gave a Ion?, rambling story, in which he complained that he had found his little boy wandering in Wood-street, thinly clothed, and had taken him to Clydach Vale. where be was working. "Have your beaten your wife?" asked the Stipendiary "I don't ev2r remember laying hands on her," answered Matthews. A separation order was granted, and the husband was ordered to pay maintenance of 9s. a week, and the wife to have the custody of the children.

SEDUCTIVE RHUBARB WINE. I Newport Landlord Succumbs. I The terrible soeductive power of rhubarb wine was again in evidence at Newport to-day. David Evans, landlord of the Rodney Arms Inn, Newport, was summoned (before the county justices) for being drunk and disorderly whilst in charge of a, horse and trap on the highway at Risca, on Sunday, February 25. Defendant, who did not appear, was repre- sented by Mr. Lyndon Cooper. Police-sergeant Barry stated that when he served defendant with the summons Evans said. Well, look here, I'll tell you the truth. I went to Machen, and in a public-house I was talking to a very nice young woman. I had a glass of rhubarb wine, then I had another. and after that I had a thidr. Then I fell in the corner on my head. Oh, yes, I was drunk; there's no doubt of it." A youth named Edgar Williams spoke to seeing defendant in the trap at Risca whilst he was waiting for his chapel to open. De- fendant was driving about recklessly, and ha.d some narrow escapes from collisions. Police-constable Lewis said he took defen- dant to the police-station, where he was de- tained until he became sober. Mr. Cooper said this was another case showing the effect of rhubarb wine upon men who were usually well behaved and quiet. Defendant had been, and was still, unwell. Dr. Neville had been attending him for nervous debility, and he (Mr. Cooper) submitted that it was quite well known what the effect of even a small quantity of alcAhol had upon men in that state. The Justices'-clerk: Had the young lady anything to do with it? Mr. Cooper No. I don't think she had. It was simply a. question of the rhubarb wine, which has before now overcome better men than Mr. Evans. The Bench, in the result, imposed a fine I of 20s., including costs.

FATHER'S RESPONSIBILITY. Risca Man in Arrears. A young mam named Fred Phillips, who said he was working on the main trunk sewerage works, was brought up on a warrant (before the county justices) at New- port to-day for neglecting to pay £2 14s. on an order made in favour of the child of Linda Mayberry, a well-dressed young woman from Risca. Complainant's mother said the order (for 36. per week) had been in force two years, and defendant had paid very little under it. The laat payment was 10b. in October last. Defendant acknowledged that he had beex committed to prison already for malting default under the order, and said he had only 96. coming to him as wages. The Clerk: You will have to pa-y this money. I am always telling you young men that. It is no laughing matter, and if you go on in this wa.y and keep going to prison, you will spend the rest of your d-ays at Usk. The Bench decided to commit him for two months* gaol.

MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME Before Mr. Plowden at Marylebone came Julia Corbett, a married woman, who was accused of assaulting a police-constable by throwing over him a pint of water which had been supplied to her in a cell at the police-station to drink. Mr. Plowden: It didn't do much harm, I s'U¡ppose ? Constable: Well, it went down my neck, and I was wet through. The prisoner pleaded that she had not been charged before. Mr. Plowden: Well, you have made up for lost time now. You get drunk, break a win- dow, use bad language, and conclude by bap- tising a constable. (Laughter.) Five shil- ags, or five days.

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MEDIUM EXPOSED —————. .—————. Spiritualistic Cheat. I MAN WHO DUPED EXPERTS. I An immense sensation has been created in the Spiritualist world by the exposure of a famous medium. He enjoyed a great repu- tation fin all grades of society, and members of the peerage had been to sec him. On the 28th of last month a seance took place at. the house of Mr. Ronald Brailey, at Elgin-crescent., W., with the famous medium present. As usual, some interesting pheno- mena are said to have taken place, which astonished most of the sitters. After the seance the chair which the medium had used was placed aside and wrapped ru a. rug, the medium expressing a desire that it should not be (handled lest any detrimental psychic force, residing in the handler, should affect it. Then something happened which can be best told in Mr. Brailey's own words, as given to a "Morning Leader" representative yesterday. Examining the Chair. I "There had been, present at the seance,' said Mr. Bradley, "a gentleman of very great literary experience, who is a studonit of, and writer on, the subject of criminology. This gentleman, I ehould also say, is a man with keen powers of critical observation, and has always been desirous of knowing and 6eeing everything of a psychical nature. Well, I was telling him about the care that was exercised in keeping the chair wrapped up so as to avoid these detrimental influences, when he asked me whether I had examined the chair. I said, 'Oh, no!' simp-'y realising the need of protecting all these thin-gs from the cross influences of indi- viduals. But,' I added, we'll examine the chair, and see whether everything is all right.' Thereupon we went into the room where the chair was, and removed it from the rug. But the moment I touched the chair my psycho- metric power asserted itself, and I exclaimed, You. are perfectly right. Here is a secret chamber.' Mr. Brailey defines psychometric power as the ability to read, by sensation and in- tuition, the surroundings of persons, places, and things through the magnetism which Eurrounds such persons, places, and things." Secret Chamber Photographed. I The next thing we did," continued Mr. Brailey, was to search for a spring. But finding none, we forced the back of the chair open, and discovered that it had been locked, a keyhole becoming visible in the forcing. We, therefore, had a, key made to fit the lock, put the chair carefully together again, and had a/-photograph taken, showing the secret apartment. Last Sunday we called a, meeting, with the object of laying our plans for the seance, which was to take" place on the following night. I need not say that, as the sequel has shown, they were laid well. On the night of the seance the medium, as was his custom, offered himself at the outset to a searching personal examination, which was carried out by Mr. Drew, who is also the possessor of the psychometric power. Mr. Drew, with another, entered the cabi- net in which the medium docs his spiritual- istic work (it is his own cabinet, by the way). After the medium had been stripped and examined, Mr. Drew asked him whether anything was secreted either in the curtains of the cabinet or anywhere else. and whether the chair was all right. I think,' said Mr. Drew, I'll examine the chair outside the cabinet. The chair was accordingly brought out. The keyhole was speedily laid bare, and when the specially- made key had been inserted and the secret chamber laid open the scene was most dramatic. "The medium turned ghastly pale, his eyes protruded, he clasped his head in his two halllds (Mr. Brailey here imitated the Adelphi- villain attitude which the medium struck), and began to collapse." Secrets of the Chamber. I The secret chamber revealed the following varied contents:— A collapsible dummy head, made of pink stockinet, with flesh-coloured mask (with pieces of stockinet gummed over the eye- holes); the loose stockinet was, doubtless, used to represent the shrunken skin at the neck; six pieces of fine white China silk containing in all thirteen yards; two pieces of fine black cloth (doubtless used in the so-called dematerialisations); three beards of various shades; two wings, one white and one grey; an extending metal coaHianger for suspending drapery to represent the second form, with an iron hook on which to hang the form; a. small flash electric lamp with four yards of wire with switch, which could be used when the medium was away from the cabinet to produce so-called spirit lights within; a, bottle of scent, pins, and a powder-box to produce the necessary ghostly pallor. "These things," said Mr. Brailey, "he used to put on in the cabinet., and then come out masquerading as different spirits— sometimes as the spirit of an elderly lady, sometimes as that of a child, or old man, and so forth. "Well, there had meanwhile come into the room, at the psychological moment, the well- known psychic investigator, Dr. A. Wallace, M.D., of Harley-street, accompanied by a friend who was a detective. A lady shorthand writer was also present to take everything down as soon as the man had recovered consciousness. Dr. Wallace charged him with fraud; and the medium confessed his guilt. The money which had been contributed by the sitters was thereupon returned by him, and the dummy articles were annexed, and transferred, for inspection, to the offices of Light- The culprit himself was allowed to go free. I Was Genuine Once. I Since then I have received a letter from him thanking me for what I had done, and explaining that he really was a genuine medium once, but that a spell under which he laboured, and which he could not under- stand, had made him fraudulently produce the previous (genuine) manifestations. My own belief is that he really was a spirit medium, but that, having lost his power, and not wishing to confess it, he resorted to these practices. Indeed, there are many people whose faith in him will not even now be shaken on account of the mar- vellous tests which had been given through his power. One thing as Spiritualists we are more than gratified at, and that is that we have shown up the fraud ourselves instead of other people doing it. Spiritualism is built up on facts, and not on frauds, and Spiritualists are ever to the fore to root out everything of a fraudulent nature."

EXPELLED FROM HIS CLUB I Lord Ardilaun, Sir Andrew Porter, Master of the Rolls, and Mr. Percy Bernard, wpho retired in favour of Mr. Long at the South Dublin election, figure amongst the defen- dants in an in.tere.st.ing act-ion in which a writ has been issued by Mr. Edward Martyn, of Tillyra, Castle, county Gal-way, against the committee of the Ki Id are-street club. The cause of the action is the expulsion of Martyn from the club, which is the Oarlton of Ireland. Mr. Martyn has identified himself in a marked way with the Gaelic movement. Of recent yea.rs he has given utterance to extreme Nationalist views. He was for many years a justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant for, his niiaitive county, but an incident in connection with a. refusal to let "God Save the King" be sung in a concert in his bovine led to a request for an explanation by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Maa-tyn's reply wa-s in the nature of a. defiance, and he resigned his position ae magistrate and deputy-lieutenant. The immediate eause of Mr. Martyn's expulsion from the club was a speech denouncing recruiting for the British Army. Mr. Ma.rtyn asks for an injunction restrain- ing the committee, the members of the club, a.nd their servailu from iœerfocing wifth w.m M tib&ym of?the cLa'b.

SO-CALLED REMEDY! KILLS 15,000 BABIES ANNUALLY The use of laudanum and aniseed as a 'I medicine for babies was strongly condemned by Dr. Marriott, the presiding magistrate at Stockport, yesterday. A young woma.n was charged with attempting suicide, and it was stated that she obtained the poison for the purpose from a chemist, who supplied laudanum and aniseed to her on the understanding that it was for a baby. The chemist says it is a common mixture for babies, who are peculiarly susceptible to the effects of opium," said Dr. Marriott. All I can say is that over 15.000 babies are done to death annually by this so-called remedy, which is eminently adapted to increase infantile mortality."

Needle in His Heart YOUNG DOCTOR DRIVEN TO SUICIDE An inquest was held at Wimbledon on Friday on the body of Geoffrey Owen Parsons, a doctor, aged twenty-six, lately residing at 12, Elia-grove, Wimbledon. It appeared that the deceased qualified as a, doctor in October last. He suffered from heart trouble, and had lately been consider- ably depressed. On Tuesday night last he left his bedroom clod only in shirt and trousers, and was seen by a. constable to attempt to dive under a train, but was caught by the engine buffer and flung to the side of the metals. Both arms were broken and the left foot crushed. Dr. Percy F. Barton, who had known the deceased for many years, said that when he was a student he discovered that he had heart disease of a. serious type. Hte had been depressed since he passed his final exam., suffering from headaches, and always wishing to avoid people. A Needle in the Heart. An autopsy re,ealed that his heart was enlarged, and fin. over the apex of the left ventricle was found a common needle fixed across it, with its point upwards and towards the right side. It had evidently entered low down in the front of the heart near the apex, as the scar was quite visible in the ventricular wall. No mark could be found in the skin cor- responding with the point of entry, and the needle was so black that it must have been there a long time, probably years. Death was due to acute delirious mania-, accelerated by the injuries. The fact of the needle being in the heart must have caused some pain. and undgtibtedly increased deceased's suffer- ing. It was a very extraordina'ry case. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity."

Swallowed a Sponge. I LADY'S REMARKABLE SUICIDE Circumstances .attending the death of Robina. Morrison, 35, a. member of the Empress Club, Dover-street, Piccadilly, formed the subjet of an inquest at West. minster yesterday. The deceased, who was unmarried, had been much depressed recently through a family bereavement. She also worried a little about money matters, being under the impression that she would not be able to meet her liabilities. Her brother told the coroner that her anxiety in this direction was quite unnecessary. He had seen no writ- ing bearing on her death. Harriet Smith, the deceased's maid, said they had been at the club three weeks. On Tuesday witness took her some hot water, and Miss Morrison said she would be down to lunch. At that time she seemed brighter than usual. At 4.30 she went to Mjiss Mor- rison's room and fou-nd the door locked on the inside. She fetched the porter, who effected an entry. Deceased was then found lying on the bed dead. Witness had no suspicion that doolth was not natural. Dr. Robert S. Trevor stated death was due to to Carbolic Acid Poisoning. I In the stomach he found a Turkish sponge, 3in. long, 2in. broad, and ljin. across at its thickest part, and was of opinion that the deceased swallowed it either for the pur- pose of relieving pain, or to suffocate herself. There was acute consumption of the right lung. Dr. Alfred Chalmers Austin, of Bronghton Astley, near Rugby, said he had been con- sulted by the deceased, who feared she was Buffering from consumption, but he was unaWe to detect it. She was despondent, and inclined to take a gloomy view of things generally. He knew she had promised money for charitable purposes, and that because she could not got it soon enough it worried her. There was no question of insanity, but it was a "borderland" case, and not much would have been required to send her over tihe line. He advised her to leave the quite, country villiage life and come to London. The Coroner said the circumstances sug- gested that the deceased had not only ta'ken the poison, but that she endeavoured to con- ceal the fact, and for a short time was suc- cessful. The jury found a, verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity."

THREE DRUNKS IN A WEEK Talywain Labourer's Record. I At Pontypool to-day Thomas Hoekin, a labourer, hailing from Talywain, pleaded guilty to three charges of drunken and dis- orderly conduct on successive days. Starting on Sunday night, the 18th ultimo, the defen- dant appeared to have gone in for a regular drinking bout. disturbing the neighbourhood of Talywain every night after stop-tap with his shouting and swearing. Police-constables Vaughan and Ferriss, who proved the charge, stated that the defen- dant used some very disgusting language. Defendant had no excuse to offer. He was fined 10s. on each charge, or 21 days' impri- sonment in default.

SWANSEA HARBOUR DUES. To-day the Court of Appeal further con- sidered the case of the Swansea Harbour Trustees v. the Assessment Committee of the Swansea Union. Mr. Danckwerts, K.C., for the defendants, continued his argument in support of the decision of the Divisional Court that harbour rates on shipping and goods ought to be taken into consideration in rating the hereditaments in the occupation of the trustees. In support of his contention that the tolls were levied on account of the occu- pation of the land by the trustees, the learned counsel pointed out that under the Act of 1854 the dues were divisable into three classes. There were, first, the tonnage dues in respect of vessels entering the harbour; the second class were dues in respect of goods loaded or unloaded elsewhere in the harbour than in the town floait; a further toauruage due was imposed if vessels remained in dock beyond a certain period. This fact strengthened and supported his argument that the tonnage rates were given for the use of something which was in the occupation of the trustees. The proper way to read an Act of Parliament was not to find all sorts of definitions of the language used, but to read the words in their popular sense. If they were to go on defining every word how was the poor man in the street to obey the law? He submitted that he had made out a suffi- cient connection between the occupation of the harbour and the imposition of harbour rates on shipping and goods to justify the judgment of the court below. The learned counsel had not concluded his argument when the court rose, and the fur- ther nearing was adjourned till Monday.

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A FORLORN HOPE. I MINERS' MONEY "WASTED." Tredegar Workmen and Mr. I Win stone. t At a meeting of Tredegar Colliery workmen to-day, Mr. Onions, agent, was asked if the Federation executive had power to vote L225 towards the expenses of Mr. Winstone in con- testing the Monmouth Boroughs, as he did not run under the Parliamentary scheme. Mr. Onions replied that, whether they had power or not, they used it. ("Shame.") A W orkma-n: They should be made to refund it. Mr. Onions: The grant was made in accord- ance with the tenith object of the constitution. I want to be loyal to my coll-eagucc,, and will not express a personal opinion. The matter can be ventilated a;t Monday's conference, if desirable. Mr. J. Jones moved a resolution protesting against the executive taking this power into their own hands without consulting the men, who found the money. This was seconded. In reply to a further question, Mr. Onions said there waa no clause in the constitution investing the executive with this power. Mr. T. Davies, chairman of the district, remarked that money earned by the sweat of the workmen had been wasted in a forlorn hope, and the executive should know the feeling, so as to obviate a repetition. The motion was unanimously adopted. A Workman: Can we get the money back? The Chairman: You will have to apply to Mr. Winstome, I expect. (Laughter.)

The Spoils of War A GENERAL'S 400 TRUNKS. Madrid, Friday.—Senor Nogries, a Repub- lican, in the Chamber to-day asked the Government to hold an Inquiry into abuses attending Spain's recent colonial wars. He said that generals had been known to return home with as many as 400 trunks, while one of them, according to a current report, had indulged in lunches costing £ 1,COO. The widow of another general deposited 70,000 douros in a London bank in her name. The Premier said it was inopportune to return to the matter which he considered dead.—Renter. -———————-——- i

I Cardiff Child Scalded I Mr. E. B. Reece held an inquest at tha Town-hall, Cardiff, on Friday, on the body of Arthur Henry Osborne, aged five, who died from scalds. Ada Osborne, 39, Topaz-street, wife of Albert James Osborne, ship's steward, and mother of deceased, said that on the afternoon in question the child fell in a sitting position into a bucket of hot water, which witnessa mother had put on the kitchen floor. The Coroner condemned the practice of j placing hot water within the reach of chil- dren. The jury returned a verdict of AccideiUai death." j

MERTHYR WILL CASE. I In the Chancery Division to-day Mr. Justice Farwell resumed the hearing of the action by Mrs. Eliza S. C. Williams, widow, of Cathe- dral-road, Cardiff, and Mr. Alex Frederick Bland, trustees of the testator's will, against Frederick Carlylc Williams, sou of the tceto- tor and also co-trustee with the plaintiffs. The testator oai-ricd on business as a. watch. maker and jeweller at 129, High-street, M-erthyr Tydfil, and made his will on the 2nd of May, 1905, by which he left to his wife interest in the premises, 129, High-etreet, Merthyr, and left the business also to her, but to be carried on by his son for such salary as his mother should allot him, with the view that ultimately the business should become the property of the son, to whom he gave an option to purchase the house, No. 129. for the sum of X700. Some time afterwards the testator took the son into partnership, and covenanted that he would retire from the business on the son attaining the age of 25. Then the father died, and the son, attaining the age of 25 in 1904, obtained possession of the business, and purported to exercise the option of pur- chasing the house, No. 129, High-street. The house realised 11,700, and the defendant allegoo that his co-trustee, Mr. Bland, told him that the £ 1,000 beyond the £ 700 (the option price) became defendant's property. The young man removed to No. 119, High- street, but it was alleged that the business did not succeed, and in twelve years' time the defendant was largely indebted to his mother and to the trustees, who in the terms of the w ill had financed him to a considerable amount, taking an assignment by way of mortgage as security for the trust moneys. They now asked for an account and the appointment of a receiver and manager. His Lordship foand as a fact that the option to purchase had not been exercised, and that the sum realised on No. 129 belonged I' to the trust estate. He referred the matter to Chambers to appoint a receiver and mana- ger, and directed accounts to bo taken of what was due to Mrs. Williams and what was due to the trust estate, with liberty to apply as to the sealisation of the business. Costs wero reserved.

STRIKE ON THE SOUTH WESTERN. The whole of the "cleaners" in the service of the London and South Western Railway Company at Bournemouth went on strike this morning, and it is reported that the men a,t Eaetiedgh and other depots have joined them. Considerable iiicouvrmi-ence has con- sequently been caused to the company, as the engines had to leave the sheds uncJeanecL The strikers complain that their wages have been reduced 6d. per day. The rates hitherto pa-id have ranged from 15s. to 18s. per week.

KAISER v. KING. Kaiser William is fortunate in his remem- branoes. The Prussian trooper who stopped his Majesty's runaway horse many years ago is now a prosperous Kansas farmer, so the Kaiser invited him to Berlin for the silver wedding festivitites. That act will do the German Emperor more good in America than the gift of a thousand statues of his ancestors. Not all sovereigns have had the knack of thus doing the right thing. A swan flying out from the canal in Bushey Park startled one of the horses of George II.; I the animal ran away, threw the groom who I was riding it, and impaled itself upon some ¡ iron spikes in the park. How lucky that I the mam was not hurt!" said Lady Suffolk. f "Pray, where is the luck?" asked the King sneeringly. I have lost a good horse, and I have got a great booby of a groom to keep."

THE WHITCHURCH COMMON- I At the Last meeting of the Whitchurch Parish Council it was decided to write to thai representa.tives of the Bute estate pointing out the nuisance created by gipsies and others on the common, and asking for the necessary authority to abate the nuisance. On Thursday evening a special meeting ot the recreation and commons committee of the council was held, at which the reply received from the Bute officials was read It gave the council the necessary power, anc it was decided to communicate with the police on the subject. During the discussion the conduct of the district council in not using the powers they possess to open out the road in front of the I houses abutting om the common. was criticised.

1 PURITAN SOAP BOOKLET I Messrs. Christopher Thomas and Rirw. (Limited), of Bristol, the proprietors of Puri. tam soap, have published. a neat booklet in oooueotion with their business. It is entitled "The Little Book of the Puritan Girl," and contains a good deal of iiutaresting informa- tion. Although the price is marked 2d., the pwblicaitfian will be seat- postage parid to all appiicaarts.