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■■■■■BBBBBmBBBBnnHBBnBHHnmBManEsnnD tEN LIMIT. ——————- I TURKEYtoWITHDRAW The British Fleet Sails. WILL THE SULTAN YIELD pi The British Government presented on Thursday, through Sir Nicholas O'Conor, a Note to Turkey, which was virtually equivalent to an ultimatum. It consti- tutes Great Britain's last word on the Turkish encroachment in the Sinaitic peninsula, and demands the withdrawa of Turkish troops from Egyptian territory pending delimitation of the frontier. The Ultimatum expires in ten days. To back up diplomatic action a squadron OF cruisers was despatched last night from Malta to the Pimus. The French and Russian Ambassadors at Constantinople are supporting Sir Nicholas O'Conor, the British Ambas- sador, in his representations on the subject of the Turkish military occupa- tion of territory which belongs to Egypt. It is understood (says the Press Asso- ciation) that the approval of Great Britain's attitude is by no means con- fined to the Powers mentioned in the foregoing official communication, and confidence is expressed in the foreign Embassies and Legations in London that ia pacific issue will be -reached. There is no official explanation of the delay in Implying to the Sultan's recent Note, but there is every reason to suppose that at the Cabinet Council on Wednesday Sir Ed ward Grey took the opportunity of laying before his colleagues his proposals for dealing with the Porte. The British Note was despatched on the following day. British Fleet Sails. I All the battleships and destroyers at Maltrt I have coaled and taken on. ammunition and no res. They received orders by wireless telegraphy yesterday to proceed east. I lord Charles Beresford is on the Formid- able, and Rear-Admiral Bridgeman is on the Irresistible. There will be a gathering of all ships at Cape Matapan (says the "DáJly Mail"). The fleet is proceeding from Malta to the Piraeus, where they will a-wadt developments. A gunlayers' competition had jnst sta-rted When the oroeD came by wireless telegraphy cancelling all arrangements. All the ships in the Mediterranean Fleet, except the Prince of Wales, the Venerable, and the London, which were in dockyard hands, received orders late yesterday after- noon to raise steam and prepare for sea a.t once. Six battleships and cruHcrs left, steering an eastward course. Their destina- tion is unknown, but it is understood to be the Piraeus. Port Said, Friday.—The Diana has returned from Aka.ba to Suez and the Minerva from El Arish to Port Said. It is reported that the Mcditerranea-n Fleet will mobilise at the Piraeus.—" Daily Mail." Malta, Friday.—The cruisers Carnarvon, Barham, Suffolk, and Venus and the special torpedo vessel Vulcan, with destroyers, are proceeding to the Piraeus to-night.—Reuter. Forces at Tabah. I Three Bedouins have arrived in Cairo from Rafaih (eays the "Daily Ohronicie"), and -will give evidence before the War Office Commis- sion regarding the removal of the boundary pillars at that place. Sam, Turkish coastguard vessels are re- ported as hiavlng arrived at E-1 Arish. An Akaba corresponda-nt states that the whole of the Turkish troops there, who are under Ruchdi Pasha, do not exceed 2,500 men, moetly frota Syria. The Egyptian gar- rison consists of 25 men, ai whom six are •111, under a lieutenant. These are encamped I on Paraon Island, about ten miles south of Tabah. The commander of the British cruiser Diana, is in constant communication with I Euchi Pasha. Mukhtar Pasha's Double Role. I It is believed that one result of the present crisis—which, it is believed, is certain to end by the Turkish Government yielding before the expiration of the ultimatum (says the Cairo correspondent of the Daily Mail ")- will be the removal of Mukhtar Pasha, the Sultan's represemt active in Egypt. Mukhtar Pasha is thought to be playing: a double rc-Ie. Troops Arrive in Egypt. I The 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers I have arrived in Egypt to strengthen the British garrison there. Constantinople Conciliatory. I PARIS, Friday. The "Figaro" publishes the following tele- gram from London:- The French Government has vigorously supported Great Britain at Constantinople in the Tabah question.. Great Britain can. aleo count on the aid of Italy and Russia. The question will be se1.tloo in one way or the other within a week. The Petit Pardeien" eaye:—There is reason to believe that since yesterday II, more oollcilia,tory spirit prevails at Constantinople with regard to the Egyptian boundary dispute. The efforts of the British Ambassador to bring about a satisfactory underEtanriing in the matter have not been attended with any great success, but the French Ambassador, acting cjnjointly with his colleagues of Russia and Italy, has used his good offices in counselling a more prudent J)uLicy, and it is hoped now that the Sultan will agree to a just and rational solution on the basis of the firman of 1892. According to the Constantinople correspon- dent of the "Petit Journal," it is stated in the, entourage of the Sultan tha.t Turkey haS decided not to riek the poa&ibthty of an ultimatum from Gr€?t Britain, and th,a.t in consequence she will give way 011 the Taba-h Question and evacuate the position siie taken up a.t tha.t place.—Central News. bermanv and the urisis. I v BERLIN, Friday. The greatest satisfaction is expressed by all sections of tho Press here that the el- inan Ambassador in London liat3 directly informed Sir Edward Grey that the attitude of Turkey was not receiving the least sup- port in this country. Very little doubt is entertained that before the time-limit for acceptance of the ultimatum expires Abdul Hamid will have chosen the better course and acceded to the British demands, but it is thought that the presence of considerable forces of Turkish troops on the frontier may complicate affairs. Though there has been talk about the final break-up of the Turkish Empire, it is not anticipated that the moment has arrived Yet.-H Daily Mail." The "Standard's" Vienna correspondent t-,Iegr.aph:-The "Zeit" publishes a semi- official telegram from Berlin declaring that Germany remains neutral in the Anglo- Egyptian-Turkish dispute, and will not be led into risks by the friendship hitherto existing between Germany ailld Turkey. THE SULTAN'S OBSTINACY. I Is He Supported by Germany? The Telegraph's" Constantinople corre- spondent rays:The Sultan considers the Peninsula of Sinai on a different footing from Egypt proper. In return for full con- trol over the Gulf of Ukabali the Sultan is willing to agree to the Egyptians establish- ing military posts in the Sinai peninsula at such places as would fully guarantee the Protection of the canal. At the same time I must warn you (adds the correspondent) that many well-informed People here believe the real reason of this obstinacy on the part of Turkey its that the Sultan has been told by Germany that by standing firm the whole Egyptian question may be re-opened, and the province ma.y be wrested from British protection and restored to Turkish rule. I am positively assured that no frontier xowkfl have bean restored,

aga—— Wales Coal Trade I South W ale Coal Trade I LLETY SHENKIN COLLIERY. I Horses Brought Up To-day. This morning the horses were brought up from the Llety Shenkin Colliery at Cwm- bach. The management, it is stated, are consider. ing the advisability of closing the colliery. Most of the non-unionists have joined the Federation.

Stage-struck Ladies TELL THEIR EXPERIENCES. Stage-struck ladies told their stories yes- terday at the Old Bailey, when the trial was continued of Charles Henry Houghton and Hedley Howard, alias Gay, upon indictments charging them with having, through, an alleged bonus theatrical agency named the Empire Dramatic and Variety Agency, in the Strand, defrauded a number of a.spirants for the stage. Miss Violet Crossley said she was promised an engagement by the accused at 30s. per week. She paid £2 commission upon the contract. Mr. Percy Murray, who described himself as an actor, said that he had authorised Houghton to find him a. lady. At the time he was performing sketches at Woolwich called "The Last Temptation" and "An Affair of Honour." He told him that if he saw the lady and liked her he would engage her. As a manager he did not run after his own artistes. (Laughter.) He had no con- nection at this time with the Palace or Shatepcare Theatres. Prisoners had no authority to engage artistes for him. Houghton called for a letter with the wit- ness's signature. The Recorder said the letter read: Please find me a lady," and was dated from Sadler's Wells Theatre, a.nd it said also: If the lady is a lady and has oof—" What did that mean? Why she was to have oof? (Laugh- ter.) Witness said he did not write that. It was written by his secretary. Houghton But you always took one-third of the commission, Percy, didn't you? Witness: I have never received commis- sion from anyone in my life. Mr. Mathews: Did this passage in the letter mean that the lady would be engaged conditionally on having a separate income of her own? You say: "If the lady is a lady and has oof I can settle her at once." (LoughteT.) What does 4hat mean?—That you must ask my secretary. Miss Alexander, Miss Lily Hamilton, and Hr. J. J. Graham gave similar evidence of having paid the prisoners for securing en- gagements which they never obtained. The witness Graham said that he paid 30s. because he believed that accused would not be ,guilty of swindling for so small an amount. The Recorder: You have not lived as long j as I have. (Laughter.) Miss Lily Hamilton said she was told that on payment of a commission of X10 she was to get an appointment of £10 or £12 per week. She was to sing and dance to be brought out. (Laughter.) The Recorder: Did you expect to get as much at the start? Witness: Well, Houghton said: "You see, you will start at the top of the tree at the leading theatres." (Laughter.) The trial was again adjourned.

CARDIFF WATER SUPPLY. BIG CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN OF II THE PRTCE, The waterworks committee of the Cardiff I Corporation met, under the chairmanship of Alderman David Jones on Friday. Before the business on the agenda was pro- C'(ded with, the Chairman referred to the hmentro death of Mrs. Illtyd Thomas, and prapcpo'ed a vote of condolence v?ith Alderman Illtyd Thomae in his irreparable loæ.-The vote was carried in silence. Mr. Rodder, a Cardiff ink manufacturer, attended before the committee to ask for a reduction of the charge made for water supplied at his works in ATetal-street.. "We don't want to employ meters; we want to get rid of them," said the applicant, amidst laughter. The committee decided to make no excep- tion. in Mr. Rodder's case. Messrs. Guest, Keen, and liettlefolds (Limited) wrote with reference to the efcjpply of corporation water at their East Moors works. They said they were considering certain, arrangements for substituting other water than that they are now taking from the corporation, as they found that the price charged for such a, large quantity as they were using was exceedingly heavy, and unless they could gat a reasonable reduction they would have to considerably reduce the quantity used. They noticed from the committee's graduated Met of charges that the quarterly minimum rate for half a million to one million gallons was 7d. per 1,000 gallons, and for a nii Ilion gallons and upwards 6d. per 1,000 gallons. They also noticed that during the quarter ending March 25 last they used between 41 and 42 million gallons, and, as the com- mittee made a peniny difference between half a million and a million, they were only reasona,ble in expecting a very material reduction from the charge for a million for any Large excess over that quantity. The Chairman pointed out that if a. reduc- tion were made in favour of the Dowlais Works a similar concession would have to be made to other large customers. It was a very serious question. Mr. Priestley said there were about five customers who took over five million gallons quarterly. During the last quarter there were fourteen customers for over a million ga.1lou6 each, and out of the quantity that the fourteen took (160 millions) the five ous- t-o-mers referred to took 132 millions. The Cardiff Railway Company, who took as much as the Dowla-is Works, had also grumbled about the price, and were asking for an alternative supply. A sub-committee was appointed to confer w,ith Mr. Priestley as to a new supply from the Ely or from any new source other than Taff-fawr Valley. The scheme will involve the softening of the water by a special process, which costs one-sixth of a penny per 1,000 gallons.

DR. EDMUND GOSSE AT ABERYST- WYTH. Dr. Edmund Goese, House of Lords librarian, addressed the members of the litenary society of the University College, Aberystwyth, on the subject of "The Entertainment of Literature." Professor Edward Edwards presided. The lecturer deprecated the hta,bit of making too serious a. matter of one's reading- of having always an educational aim in it. Those who loved literature for its own cake would find in it four principal forms of entertaoinnlent-exoitement, amuse- ment, recreation, and sympathy. Inci- dentally, Mr. Gosse touched on the proper use of libraries. "To depend wholly on libraries, he said, "is like living in fur- nished lodgings all one's life, without ever possessing the property." He cast some doubt on the real value of lists of the best, books.

"WIRELESS" RECORD. I Yet another record for wireless communi- cation The Deutsohland, which reached Plymouth last night-, reported tha.t on Thursday morn- ing at a distance of 2,200 miles, she was in coiumn nicatio* with the Marconi station at Cape Cod, whilst the Lizard was spoken with a.t a distance of 1,780 miles. This is a record. 2 The Deutschland Wias sixteen hours late m. arriving, a result of bad coal and the deser- tion of twenty firemen at New York.

140 DAYS AWAITING TRIAL. I "If the depositions are not here by Tues- jo,, the M-isomer will be discharged," said ?' B?-?oeb magistrate in arderrng WcM. dia,y, 13,,E??7 ?Maa Peter W??, a farmer .Mou???jof t a false pretences charge in Ger- ana,ny, to ? further ?,??ed. ?'  r/ k  a,rr,est. ye6,t.eTd?aY W3,S hiE; twonty-first :? 

A BATTLESHIP'S RECORD. ?ew York, -Friday.—The ?"? torpedo pra" I ticecv "I a'd,e by niiiq credite?d to t'lH Mji_<>,iri> ?? ,?? wh,? credited to .? ?? tw?vo fcihot* fr?m off Cuba retfjnt1? obe iireitweqvc Elhots from  6Uhmerg¡ed ? ,?g at  ta?et moving a,t her submerged whÜe she steamed at t tb ?,?ra, ^.ie (>PPccite direction, similar speea ?e oppMite direcrtÎon 1,000 yards ?st?t- thee.& tweUve ?Mts te't wer e h?. and ?. t'h,a/; Inigs.ed went ?de only a few f-t,. performance repre- Wh?bhcr ''Ae ?s&o?-i's Dei-foTm?ce r?T€. ^nts a world .fs ^rd, as is c?.imed, M uncertain., because h Kuropean n?i? do not un?rta?. because ??? po? ? p?c.i?. ?d puM?h the r?u ? ?_?? ? i.15011 is consequently Tek,gI'1a.ph." I Dai I.,

 ??"?RVICE MEDALS FOR IMPERIAL pSE^oKE ME„ -11 .1"W,.o.c:!I A number 'of p,nsic,l2,ed dor-Kya-ru a:t Pembroke Dook b?,iv? beeu presented wi6h [maJ. Se.rvioe me<taiJa.

I The Tykes at Cardiff I [Result of corresponding match in 1805:—Yorkshire, 113 and 119; South Wales, 84 and 78. Yorkshire won by 70 run,5.3 Although there had been a beautifully fine night the prospects to-day for the third day of the South Wales v Yorkshire match at Cardiff as noon approached were none too bright. The barometer. was..dropping I rapidly, and the sky in all quarters became heavily beclouded. With the visitors' total at 268 for nine wickets, Rhodes (66) and Lord liawke (16) resumed the Yorkshire first, innings shortly after twelve o'clock, but with a. couple of extras and a. single added by the captain, Lord Hawke feU a victim to one of Steeples's fast deliveries, and the innings j ended for 271, just as rain began to fall. The weather outlook at this point was not en- couraging. Silverlock was easil ythe most successful of the South Wales bowlers, and his six wickets for 61 runs made a fine average against first-class batsmen. Nash's bowling performance was infinitely better than the figures indicate at first glance. In his 33 overs he had barely more than two runs an over knocked off him, and at the very least should have had one more wicket but for a bad miss by a. fieldsman. Creber's bowl- ing on a pitch which suited him was disap- pointing. Score:- SOUTH WALES. First innings. SO(JTH WALES. Second innings. Sweet-Escott, c Rotherv, b Rhodes 3. Silverlock, c Myers, b Hirst.. ? Hirst, st Dolphin, b Hirst 0 p. Bancroft, c Hawke, b Rhodes 8. D?fr h Haigh 20 ke:Y igiiirt." b' 'Úhoc¡; 2 6. Russell, lbw, b Rllode" 0. J. H. Brain, lbw, b Haigh.. 1 Crefcier, b Haigh 0. Nash, not out St,e,,?ies, b Ha?,h 0. Extras 3. T0tal 50 YORKSHIRE. First !N!nm?s. Second imning, 'Tunllldlffe,canti b Sl1verlock 65, I Rotherv, c Diver, b Creber.. 8 Denton, c Sweet-Bscott, b Sil- ,erlock 58 Crrim?ha.w.c Sweet-Escort, b ,??ilverlock 6. Hir?t c CrebM, b Sitver)ock 6.? Bud&ton.stD?er.b Silver- lock Rhodes, not out 66 I ;}\¡;ij1':k j ;¡¡i¡¡¡¡;¡:iii; Haigh, b Nash. I. MYERCI, b Russell 10 Lord Hawke.b Steeples — '?7 Extra4? 21 Total 271 BOWLING ANALYSIS. SOUTH WALES.—First innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst 1}0 J> 3 •» 5 4 Rhodes M ? ? 2 HMXh. 3 3 4 Myers 2 2 0 £ 0 YORKSHIRE.—First innings. 0. M. R. W. Creber 11 0 41 1 Steeples 11.53 34 1 Nash 7 76 1 Ruisel 10 1 38 1 Silverlock 21 61 6 Creber bowled one wide. We have been aske,d to announce that in I the event of South Wa-les being dismissed early to-day (Saturday), Yorkshire will go in again, and that there will be a full day's I cricket. However, with a. probable improve- ¡ ment in the wicket, it is likely that South I Wales will do very much better in their second innings. I SURREY V. HAMPSHIRE. I THE LONDONERS START OFF WELL. Little remained to be done at the Oval this morning, Hants, with eight men out for 83, having only two wickets to fall. Twenty-one runs were added, the innings closing for 104. and Surrey winning hand- somely by 337 runs at 11.20. Complete score:— SURREY. First innings. Second innings. Hayy/ard, b Hopkins 25 c Llewellyn, b Hopkins 5 Hayes, lbw., bb Budcock 10 b Hopkins 4 Crawford, b Alcad 8 st Stone, b Lle- wellyn 39 Hobbs, o Bowell, b Ede 79 run out 69 Holland, c Llewellyn, b Ede.. 1 c Ede, b Badcock. 52 Raphael, c Bowell, b Ede 19 c and b Ede IS Lord Dalmeny, b Mead 5 c and b Hill .46 Lees, c Jephson, b Ede 15 not out Smith, c Bowell, b Ede 7 b Hill 11 Knox, not out 2 b Mead. 21 Strudwick, c Bowell, b Ede 6 c w, b Ede 37 Extras. 1 Extras 7 Total 178 Total .Sol HAMPSHIRE. First innings. Second innings. Sprot. c Hobbs, b Knox 17 c Crawford, b Knox 21 Mead, c Hayes, b Leee 0 b Knox 3 Bowel), b Knox 5 c Smith, b Knox.. 6 Hill, c Strudwick, b Lees 5 b Knox 23 lnla;d6dkwaS KnQX 14 c Hayea, b Cnw- 23 ford 22 Jcphson, c Strudwick, b Lees.. 1 b Crawford 0 Stone, c Hayes, b Knox 9 c Crawford, b Smith 5 BadcOck, c Strudwick, b Knox 8 c Hayward, b Knox 10 Ede, not out a 1 b Crawford 2 Hopkins, at Strudwick, b Lees 1 not out 0 Extra¡; 6 Extras 13 Total 68 Total ic?4

OXFORD FRESHMEN'S MATCH. I MR. WRIGHT'S SIDE. First inning's. Second innings. Chinnery, b Raynor .43. Cl.,k? b Ryn.r 19? B"z Z?d b bSnYythipa".??ll ?.?.?.?? Gordon, ?)' Morris, b Smythi? 97 Cimpbell, b Bleaden 11 ???.??.     I i:St,I, bb ff;fe ¡¡ I Howell Jones, b Ja-mieson. 23 Wimbush, b Smythies ?2 Peel, not out 6. Carpenter, b Sin3rtbi?? 9 Unbert,bDrvsda!e.???5??????????? E. li'right, b Drysd.I. 8 Extras 40 Total ?738 MR. BIRD'S SIDE. First innings. Second innings. Hurst, o Wright, b Carpenter 56 Walters, lbw, b Carpenter 12 BI.tch, c Peel, b C..pbell.. 9 Ra??nor, b Ped 35 D,y,,d?ic, c Peel, b Carpenter ?2 Dunell, b Peel 12  Evalis, lbw, b Pcel 22 Jamieson, b Peiel 1 BIaden, Itw, h P6el 0 Smythies, not out 13 Morris, not otit 23 Extras 10 Total (9 215

CAMBRIDGE FIVESHMENIS MATCH. I MR. W. PAYNE'S SIDE. I Ftrst innings. Second iniiinp. Bancroft, c Eyre, b Buchanan 1 c Stokes, b 24 Goodwin, b Bticlianan 43 c Young, b Buchanan 53 Halliday, 0 Sculley, b 50 b M'Leod 6 Hotfken, c Pike. b Young. 0 c Scimlbert, b Pike 23 Reunert, c Goodman, b Pike 6 c Watt, b Buchanan 16 HofTmeister, c Eyre, b Watt 26 c Watt, b Young.. 61 I Cornelius, not out 52 b Buchanan 1 Wakefield, b P.ike. 1 b Tha 12 Hurl, b Buchanan 15 c Pike, b Blackett 16 Sayer. b Pike 4 b Buchanan 15 Et)iott, run out 27 b Pil? 0 Payne, c and b Young 22 not out 40 Extras. 24 Extras 25 Total. 271 Total. 292 MR. EYRE'S SIDE. First innings. Second innings. Stokes, b Sa.ver 42 run out 13 -Tha, c Bancroft, b Goodwin 0 not out 20 Buchanan, 0 Bancroft, b Reunert 39 Schulbert, c Payne, b Elliott.. Id c Sayer, b Reunert £ 6 | Young, c Cornelius, b Bayer 8 M'Leod, c Bancroft, b Wake- Bctd. I field 1 Blackett, Reui?e?rt 23 Pike, b saik; :f 5 [ Goodman, b Hurl 11" Oliver, run out <1l b Good win7.7.5 .U b G o o d w i n 5 Watt, c Bancroft, b Utirl 13c Bancroft, b Reunert 0 Eyre, not out 7 .u.nrt. 0 Extra" 25 Extras 4 T0tal Total (4) 73

MONDAY'S FIXTURES. I M.C.C. and Ground v. Yorkshire, at Lord'e. Surrey v. Northamptonshire, at. the Oval. Leicestershire v. Lancashire, at- Leicester. I

SWANSEA V. LAMPETER COLLEGE I The cricket season opens at Swansea to-day with a match by the seniors against Lampeter College. The season has usually commenced with a match against the District League. The Lampeter collegians were not met by bwansfea at all last season. Swansea will not be able to present a representative side, I Stanley Rees. Dr. Oalneron, Bancroft, and Creber not being available, and there will be opportunities, therefore, for the reserve talent to make a bid for notice. Swansea cricket for years has been as tame and humdrum as the Budget. It depends on the youngsters to show that this is not to be the ease for ever.

TESTIMONIAL TO S. M. J. WOODS. I A movement, with Major Banning at its head as president, and Mr. Willie Morgan, Cymmer, as hon. secretary, i9 already well under weifh to present to Mr. S. M. J. Woods, of Somerset, a, um of money as a testimony of the eeteem in which he is held in the world of sport. The testimonial is not con- fined to cricket, and there carnnot be any I doubt that it will be heartily patronised. The idea is to appoint well-known gentle- men in the various districts as local trea- surers for the fund. In Yorkshire, for example. Lord Hawke will act in that capa- city, and he has promised his heartiest sup- port. In Glamorgan Mr. J. H. Brain has promised to act aB local treasurer. Promi- nent gentlemen, too, are being approached to act in the various English counties. Already considerable support has been given to the movement, and tne books already out contain subscriptions ranging from Y,100 to 5s. To South Walians S. M. J. Woods stands for aill t.hat is good in cricket and football. He has appeared an a few occasions on the Cardiff Arms Park, and his mighty hitting and fast bowling have attracted large and enthusiastic crowds. In football he appeals even more to the Welshman, and there are few followers of the gaiiie who will not remem- ber the fatal day at Swansea when, as captain of the English side, Woods led that irresis- tible pack of English forwards that brought disaster to Wales. Woods at his best waa an ideal forward, heavy and clever, fast and not to be denied. Probably, in his day Smudge Woods was one of the best for- wards England has ever had.

SOCIALISTS AND MILL GIRLS. I The action of Messrs. Coatee, the well- known thread matuifaotarere, in abandoning the extension of their works at, Paisley, has caused a great sensation locally. It is asserted this morning tJhat the Socialist Labour leaders have been inciting thousands of the mill girls to discontent for a long time past, and that, affairs ihave now reached such a- crisis that the firm have been compelled, for self-protection, to transfer much of their work ahroo3»

Turk's Neck in Chancery I DID THE RUSSIAN USE "STRANGLE- HOLD" GRIP? There has been some grumbling, (on one side) over the result of the great wrestling match in which Hackenschmidt beat Madrali in a short and sharp tussle for the cham- pionship of the world at Olympia last Saturday night. Antonio Pierri, who is Madrali's manager, has complained that in the first bout Hackenschmidt used the un- allowed "stranglehold" on Madrali, and so injured his necl i As various wrestling experts have been wrangling over this allegation, it was arranged yesterday to give an exhibition of the cinematograph pictures of the contest before these (and other experts) at the. Charles Urban Trading Company's premises in Rupert-street. Those present included Mr. Tom Dunning (the referee), Mr. Victor Man- sell (the timekeeper), and Mr. Pierri, Mad- rali's manager. The Stranglehold." The pictures were run through, first at full speed, and then slowly, and Pierr was asked to point out the stranglehold" inci- dent. This he did—to his own satisfaction, but By no means convincing to the other experts present. Mr. Dunning said that there was a momen- tary movement on the part of Haeker.- schmidt which might have held the Turk's neck in chancery, but there was certainly no foul. "But what did Madrali say to you at that moment?" cried Pierri, excitedly. "All he said was 'No, no! replied Mr. Dunning. "I had no idea what- he meant, but I went up to Hackenschmidt- and told him to be careful." "I tell you," shouted Pierri, "it vas the strangehold. And if any gentleman will come forward I will show him what exactly 1 mean!" I No Response. He turned up the sleeve of his great right arm and glared around. But no gentleman present was anxious to be strangled. Somebody suggested that scenes from the second bout should be turned on slowly, to show just what Mr. Madrali did, with his knee in the small of the Russian's back. That clim-c out very clearly indeed on the screen, and Pierri was asked how he des- cribed that. Was not that a foul? "No, no!" retorted the "Terrible Greek"; "that is just wrestling; that is fair enough!" "I say say that Madrali could never be beaten! shouted Pierri. "In a fair contest Hackenschmidt could not hold his own with him. Let there be another contest—with a wrestler as referee this time! I have got a £ 100 to put down! Hackenschmidt will be beaten yet."

The King in Paris Paxi. Saturday.— The "Petit Parisian" this morning publishes a eulogistic article on the subject of King Edward's stay in Paris. After recalling tihe many happy hours of his younger days which his Majesty spent in France during the long reign of Queen Victoria, the a-rtiole oonclud ;H, is always with joy that Paris welcomes King Edward. When he leaves England in order to visit France he does not go to a. foreign land, but to a second fatherland."—Central News.

MARVELLOUS SURGERY. At the Academy of Medicine, New York, yesterday, before many doctors, a little Italian girl, Vincenza Cepola, aged thirteen, paraded as a remarkable example of surgical skill. While playing with a revolver last November the weapon was discharged, the bullet entered her abdomen, and lodged near the spine. Generally speaking, the injur} was somewhat similar to the wound from which President McKinley died, and almost identical with that w111>ch caused the death of Mr. Marshall Field, iunior, the million-1 aire's son. The doctors (says the Daily Telegraph") removed Vincenza's liver, Rewed 1 up the hole in it, and replaced the organ, sewing up also the abdomen. The bullet was found near the spine and was removed. Later on the lower part of the child's body became paralysed, and another operation was performed. This time the doctors 'removed part of her spine, even sewing up the spinal cord where the bullet had frayed it-a. wound which is usually fatal. Little hope was entertained of (saving the child. After two months, however, during which she lay on a water-bed, undergoing massage and applications of electricity, sen cation returned to her leg, and feet, and she is now able to walk slowly about the hospital without artificial aid. In another month, the surgeons say, she will be as well as ever.

BURNING OR CRUCIFIXION. 1 Tangier, Friday.—Further bodies of women wiho, it is su.ppotsed, were the victims of the cobbler and his wife, have been unearthed at Marakegsh, and these fresh discoveries .haye given rise to great popular indigna- tion. The people are clamouring for exem- plary justice, and insist that the accused ,man should either be burned alive or cruci- fied. The latter is the Moslem form of capital punishment, and was decided upon I in. this case, although such a sentence has not been. judicially carried out. in Morocco with in living memory. In this case the Viceroy-, Mlulai Ita/Ekl, stop,ped the prepara- tions for tihe execution a.t the last moment, and has sent to Fez to obtain the Sultan's instructions as to the course he should follow.—Exchange.

BEER-HOUSE BAITS. I Some curious baits for stimulating trade among-a few Shrewsbury beer-house keepers were exposed at a. meeting of the Shropshire Compensation Authority yesterday. Of eight licenses submitted seven were refused. In one case it wais alleged that the landlord got an illegitimate advantage over his rival neighbour by giving a "long pull," and by encouraging speculation among his custo- mers by distributing four threepenny bits in sixteen pint pots, the chooser of a lucky one having his beer free. It was alleged, on the other hand, that the so-called long pull was only what is known in Shrewsbury as I "the blessing." It was also said that an. other inn gave free tobacco to the customers.

NOVELS AND BELLADONNA. I Edith Blackwell, aged seventeen, quarrelled with her mother because the latter wanted to go and see a sick relative, and she wanted to visit a music-hall. The mother went out. and then the girl got a bottle of belladonna, sat down and wrote a farewell rot-c,, t-ook eorne of the poison, and screamed for help. She was taken to the police-station, and given an emetic. At North London yesterday, when she was charged with attempted suicide, her mother eaid the girl had a very bad temper, and would do nothing in the house but read novels. In reply to the magistrate, Black- well said she did not want to go home again, and she was remanded in custody for a week.

AMERICAN COAL STRIKE. I Only slight hope remains of averting the I great American coal strike. A large number of delegates of the United Mine Workers Convention of Scranton yesterday, says the Daily Telegraph," expressed the opinion that a peaceful arrangement, was almost impossible.

THE FOREIGN MAILS. I OUTWARD. To be despatched from London Monday, M ay 7— Morning- To Egypt aald Cyprus, by Italian packet. EvanmK— To Martinique, Guadeloupe, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, Pacific, &c., by French packet. INWARD. I Dus Monday— From Jamaica, via Bristol. I

SERGEANT AND COLONEL. I The court-martial at the headquarters, Aldershot, for the trial of Staff-Sergeant Grainger, of the Army School of Signalling, for making false accusations agairat his com- manding officer, knowing such tharges to be false, re-a&sembled on Friday. Counsel urged that the prosecution had to prove that the prisoner knew the accusations he mad-a wore false, and the court eventually found him not guilty. He had stated that from the way he had been treated he had come to the conclusion that Colonel O'Leary, his commanding Officer, had instigated the eergeant-major to make his life a misery and to persecute hig6.

ZULULAND REVOL T.1 I MAGISTRATE MURDERED. I A Deep Laid Plot Suspected. DURBAN, Friday Afternoon. A profound sensation has been caused throughout the Colony by the murder by natives of Mr. Stainbank, the magistrate of the Ma-hlabatini District, Northern Zululand. Information received by the authorities shows that this crime is the outcome of a. deep-laid plot. Mr. Stainbank, with a small escort, had been collecting the hut-tax in his district, I and was ambushed when returning home. The deceased was a young man of marked ability, the son of a, former Speaker of the House of Assembly at Pietermaritzburg. He was also connected with an influential Natal family by marriage. His wife, to whom ho was married only two years ago, was Miss Winter, daughter of the then Minister for Native Affairs.—Central News. PIETERMARITZBURG, Friday. Mr. Stainbank was accompanied by Mrs. Stainbank and a lady companion and a policeman named Fellars. The party was returning from tax-collecting, in which no difficulty had been experienced. About seven o clock yesterday evening the magistrate's party had reached the sonth bank of the White tJmvolosi River, when, Without warn- ing, a body of natives fired a volley. Mr. Stainbank and Fellars were both hit. The party fled to Mahlabatini, ten miles distant, without further molestation. Mr. Stain- bank expired on his arrival at the magis tra,CY.-Press Association Foreign Special. I A Locally-Planned Murder. PIETERMARITZBURG, Friday. Mr. Saunders, the Native Commissioner for Zululand, telegraphs that, judging from the results of inquiries up to the present, the I shooting of Mr. Stainbank was a deliberate murder locally planned. I Revenge for Burning the Kraals I N'KANDHLA, Thursday. In retaliation for yesterday's burning of kraals, the rebels to-day destroyed several huts of loyal Zulus. This will be prevented in future. When burning the kraals the troops were careful to destroy only those of malcontents, the kraaJs of loyal natives being spared and their cattle not taken. Sitsdtehelii, one of the most powerful chi-efs in the district, is assisting in the operations, and is proud Off the fact that no single rebel belongs to his tribe. Slit- sitsheli holds the fighting strength of Bam- baata and Sigauanda in great contempt, and is anxious for larger operations to be iHuderbaken.—Prees ASSOCIATION Foreign Special. Sir John Dartnell Interviewed. -MAJOR-GENERAL Sir John Dartnell, seen by Router's rep RES enki.ti ve in London, said- The news of this fresh murder is most serious. I had been EXPECTING to hear of an initial SUCCESS scored by a strong force assembled under Colonel Mackenzie. It appears to me that many of the natives are ,a,t present Kitting on the fenco,' and that success or failure of the FIRST movement will have great influence upon the extent of the disaffection. The murder of Mr. Stainbank, coming at the present lnamast, opens lip great possibilities. "The magistracy is a comparatively NEW one, and in the district there are over.4,500 hut-s, the chief ishanibezeve, with 2,094, being the most IMPORTANT native in the magistracy. The MAGISTRACY is situated, on; a hill overlooking the plain of tJlundi, and to the north at looks down on a large stretch of broken bufch-oountry. The build- j inigs are splendidly situated FOR defence, and during the Boer Wa.r a handful of police (defended it against A Boer ATTACKING force, with the loss of six MEN killed. The hut- TAX is now being collected, and the natives have never raised ANY great objection to this tax, which has bean in existence for over 40 years." —

LONDON LINER LOST. FOUNDERS AFTER COLLIDING WITH AN ICEBERG. Disaster has overtaken another large London liner, and, curiously enough, the vessel which caite to grief belongs to the same owners as the steamer Blanefield, which was sunk in the Channc-1 the other day, after oo-llision with the barque Rate Thome p. The vessel hi question is the steamer Anglo- Peruvian, which foundered shortly after coming into collision with an iceberg when, within a few days' steaming of Philadelphia. The Anglo-Peruvian sank shortly after the disaster, the crew being rescued by the steamer Mohawk, bound eastwards. The Mohawk on Friday signalled the intel- ligence of the disaster to Prawle Point. The Anglo-Peruvian was a. new ship of 5,400 tons, and was bound from the Tyne to Phila- delphia, and was owned by Messrs. Lawther, I/atta, and Co., of Lo-ndon. The Anglo-Peruvian was worth £ 50,000. She was in ballast, amd was chartered to take a cargo of caee oil from Philadelphia to China. I THE WRECK OF THE PRESTON. I An examination of the General Steam Navigation Company's steamer Preston, which is stranded on the rocks north of Villano, eh owe that it is in the vicinity of the engine-room that the most severe damage" has been sustained. The salvage of the cargo has been commenced, it being anticipated that the vessel will be a total loss, and the crew. with the exception of the captain, have been taken to Corunna. They will leave for Liverpool on the steamer Victoria.—Central News.

ST. STEPHEN'S EXCHANGE, I MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER DENOUNCES I THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. Arnold-Forster, ex-Secretary for War, addressing- a Conservative meeting at Bir- mingham on Friday, declared that the present was really the first Parliament in. his recollection which ha.d been dangerous for the country and the Empire. It was strong-, and it was very weak; it was a party strong in numbers and very strong in pledges, but it was a party very wealc in principle and very weak in coherent and united action. What they were seeing every day in the House of Commons was an exchange—a sort of each party making a bargain with some, other section, one man voting for that whica whioh he does not believe in, so that payment should be made to every sectiofn which for the moment con- < setited to support the,, Government in the House of Commons. They were getting up a privileged class, who, because they received wages weekly instead of mouthly, wero to have a privilege to commit crirrc- for which as a body they were not, responsible to th., law. Tha.t was an infraction of liberty. The Education Bill he described as aggressive and offensive.

NAVAL DOCKYARDS. f LORD TWEEDITOUTHIS REPLY TO II A CHATHAM DEPUTATION. The Lords of the Admiralty made, a new departure in connection with the routine of their visitation of the dockyards on Friday by receiving a deputation from the Mayor and Corporation of Chatham. The deputation presented a petition urging- that dock accom- modation should be improved at Chatham, 60 ae to enable ships of the Dreadnought class to be built or repaired there. The petition urged that work should not be given to private firms when the national workshops were not fully employed, and pointed out that Chatham had suffered severely by dockyard discharges. Lord Tweedmouth, in replyf dissented from the corporation on two points. The geo- graphical advantages of Chatham yard were being discounted by the development of the modern warship, and the difficulties could only be removed by the permanent deepen- ing of the channel of the River Medwa.y. This would necessitate the eXP-enditure of a large bum of money, to say nothing of the heavy annual cost that would be entailed in keep- ing it to the required depth. Then as to the I other point, the Admiralty could not accept J' in the fullest sense their proposition that the nation's warships should be built in the G-ovemment yards, because it was desirable, in the interests of the Empire, that the nation should have behind them the private ship- building yards, which he wanted the corpora- tion to understand were splendid institutions. Still, he assured the corporation that there was neither cause for alarm, nor for despon- dency. I

RIFLE SHOOTING. I Tredegar Mmi?''e R?g ?..? 58; Sir. 'b&wy? 500.

I Pillow Post Divorce Case] I SECRET SEALED WITH A RING. I The divorce petition of Mr. Frederick Deakin, in which the co-respondent, Mr. Vernon Charles Deakin, IS his second cousin, was continued yesterday. Petitiouer denied having asked a brother of the co-respondent I, if he could find any letters from the respon- dent, but the brother said that Charles Deakin had a lot of letters in his box. A voice from the back of the court: It's II A lie. Mrs. Elizabeth Deakin, the respondent, was called, and said that she had a. second cousin, named Annie Peace, who. came to stay at the farm in 1902. She noticed that her husband was too free with Peace, and she spoke to them about it. One morning she was in bed and heard her husband ASK Peace if witness was asleep, and the answer was Yes." Witness jumped out of bed and went, downstairs in her night clothes. Her husband and the girl were in the room. She took up._Jhe poker, intending to strike her husband, but hit the girl instead. At thta time she promised to forgive her husband. Two or three days afterwards the girl made a statement to her. Subsequently Peace I communicated with the police, and, when confronted with the charge, the petitioner denied it. I Questioned as to the letter which she had put under the co-respondent's pillow, which contained some crosses, witness was shown the letter, and said she did not put on the crosses. Wit,h the letter she sent a ring. Why P—I promised to give it to Charles Deakin so that he should keep a. &ecret .about my husband. One night my husband came home, as usual, very late, kicked the cradle where my baby was lying, and said: time the little peged out." The child only lived three days sufterwa-rds. She admitted having written to the co- respondent: "I am longing to throw my arms round you, my darling," because her husband had "driven" her to do so. H'is Lordship: But this is a love-letiter. Why did you write it to the cc-rcspondent ? Witness: Because he told me he was going to tell my parents something that I did not wish them to know. I Annie Peace, who said she was willing to give evidence, alleged that on two occasions I Mr. Deakin misconducted himself with her. I The case was adjourned.

Cycling and Motoring j To-morrow the Cardiff Jockey Club hold their annual Church parade to the ancient and pret?y church ol i I?t. Meilon's. TI?? members meet at the Duke-street end of Korth-road at tern a.m. and oiler a r?rdial I welcome rttI:d C;'dilillc1l"a.nnnt\hd risers to take part in the visit to St. Meilon's Church. Training is in full swing at Pontypridd, Newport, j and Carmarthen. By the way some of the "tender ieet" are going at Jr'ont<rpried some of the cracks will I have to look to their laurels at the Whitsuntide i sp01"ts. ] A, Carmarthen coriespoiKient suggests that a great I race would result were Sya. Jenkins (of Cardiff), J. S. Benyon (of North Wa!ps), Harry BoyDo?s (of DuNm), Flint (of London), Tom Williams (of Ha.lod), and Tom James (?f Mountain Ash) got together in an invitation ¡ ;lCt ('h.tajIÎufd\;¡e([¡¡;if ajnhn;L:; J the writer continues. "and C??rmaxthrn might show S their energy by organising suoh an event." There appears to be no prospect of a cycle trade | being laid down at Cardiff this year. Had the parks committee of the council carried out their j "Rotten Row" scheme in LlandaN Fields, it was the J intention of a couple of the leading Cardiff cluba to j agitate for a cycle track at lioath Park. The chair- | roan of the parks committee was not unfavourable to j the piapoal. 'put he ia?her favoured a traci being constructed at Splott Park. I Hotel keepers and, in fact, all tradesmen in the county of Carm3rthen have, like motorists and ¡ cyclists, just cause tor condemnation of the roads com- mittee. of the county council. So bad are the roads t'?,?t motorists "Ekip" the county whenever possible. The result is that vi??tors to the CGUnty are iwcr than thc-y might be were the roads usable. j A Mountain Ash correspondent asks whother he is required to take out an N.C.U. racing licence or If he may raco as a first year rider. It appears that the rider competed at an unregistered meeting, out has been re-inst3.ted. The N.C. U. rule that under, such cir- S cuinstances a racing licence must be taken out. Another ruling of the N.C.U. will be of interest locally, for it deals with record attempts which were last season rather popular in some parts of South Wales. The N.C. U. considers it an infringement of the amateur definition i'or a rider to give a record exhibition behind iace for a pjzø which is to be a.wardd whether record is 'o(?at? or not. A motor pacer rScwving expenses under such circumstances lxcome3 a professional, and the paced rider also loses S his amateur I Bert Andrews is travelling speedier, than ever this season. In. 1902 Bert worn the 25 miles English cham- pionship. This season lie hopes to repeat the feat. Andrews is 26 years of age. Charlie Baker, of Car- marthen, has been racing for over twelve years, aid is now approaching 30 years of age. He hopes to account for the majority of ths Welsh championships again this sea. The importation of American cycles into England is not on the d'2cye::sc. as anticipated. In January end February £ 13,C00 worth of cycles were imported, a.3 contrasted with £ 5,000 for tha two corresponding months of last year. Jack Matthews and who went over to j Athens "on their own," Easily accounted for the tandem race at the Olympian sports. W. J. Pett. the 50 miles English champion, also won the 20 kilo- metres tand'ern pcéd rice, thank3 to the fine racing of Matthews and Ruslsdcn. I LIGHi UP. I To-night, 8.31 p.,n, AVedne«day. 8.37 p.m. I Sunday, 8.32 p.m. t TliurFday, 8-38 p-.M. Monday, 8.34 p.m. Friday, S.S9 p.m. Tuesday, 8.35 p.m.

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WINDSOR MEETING1 ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS THIS MORNING. Republican, Tie-stern Flower filly, Amelia, Merely Mary Ann, John Simpson, Royal Lady oolt, Alrc. Girdle, Cannon Ball, Grey Man, Piquante, Dmsus, Lightning, Teetotaller, London Girl, Taiping, Carlotta filly, Furbelows, Cheshire Lad, Czigany filly, Char'cs, Hard Fact, Bibury, Hathor gelding, Fleeting Love, Daylesford, Blanche Marie, Overvise. Hermopolis, Mc-ropis, Raebath, Bonnie Earl, and Bed of Stone.

Starters and Selections I WINTVSOR, Saturday Morning, Very little interest was manifested in the second classic race of the season—the One Thousand GUINEAS—at IVewxna-rket yesterday, with the weather very unsettled, the ATTENDANCE on the Heath only numbered a. few hundred's. As was generally predicted, Flair wDa very easily in fast time—in fa.ct, the TIME has only been beaten once, and that by Sceptxe. To-day's Windsor programme can be dealt with very briefly. In the first, place, the Royal Oagtle Handicap received a. VCRY bad entry, and all but. seven went out under payment of the minor forfeit. Alec Taylor is usually very lucky in the X500 handicaps at Windsor, a.nd to-day his choice is Hathor gelding, who last season had a very fair, if not very consistent record, and I expect the issue will be confined to Hathor gelding, Challenger, and ST. OSWALD. The latter has to put up a 51b. penalty for winning at Newmarket, but this will not stop him. Challenger will most likely start f avourite. In the Romney Handicap NELL H. shonld prove good business. Detailed selec- tions follow:- Romney Handicap—NELL H. Speedy Plate—CANTFON BALL. Two Year Old Pla.te-LIGHTNING. Hoiyport Selling—DAYL-ESFORD. Slotigrh Maiden—BONNIE EARL.

PROBABLE RUNNERS FOR TO- DA V'S RACES. Romney HANDICAP—Ardeer, Winnie K., Trip- PANG, Mclone, Nell H., Fairy Story. DESMA, Lovs Song, Princess, E-agex, Fesrique, Roe. publican, Song Bird, Western. Flower, BA-oo, Gala-, Amelia, Economical, Merely Mary Ann, and Jçhn Simpson. Speedy Pl-,tte--Ftit-uri-ty. Perforrrrarree. Royal Lady oolt-, Balbriggan, Bam took, Lois colt., Hopper colt., Mns. Girdle, Prince&s Ludwig II. GELDING, Lady Uthreala,, Caranon Ball, Miss Brand filly. Grey Man. Lucette, Pi-qiiante, Grniskeen II: filly, and Stirabo'ut. SielliTig Plate—All ready to run. Royal Castle Handicap—All ready to run (except Heatree). Holyport Selling—All ready to run (EXCEPT Syncapati and Amneld). Slaugh Pla.te-Bonn,ie Earl, Scotch Croet, Bed O-f Stone, Galleram, Opposition, and CTAJITIE gekliIfg. RETURNED HOME. Futurity, Feerique. Salford, Hammy S.t.U'bber, and Ready Wit.

EVENING EXPRESS" FINALS WINDSOR MEETING, I 2. 0—DESMA. 3.10—CHE&HIRE LAD. 3.45—CHALLENGER. 4.15—CHAIN STJTOH. 4.45—SCOTCH CROSS.

NEWMARKET NOTES. I (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) I NEWMARKET, Sa-iir. y. ] WINDSOR- MEETING. I SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY.- I Speedy PIa.ie-PERFORM ANCE. Ho ly port P late—KOOSD KAZI. Roanney Handicap—MELANE. Selling Plate—FIGI. Ro-YA»L Castle Handicap—CHALLENGER. Slough Maiden Plats—SCOTCH GROSS.

YESTERDAY'S LONDON MEETING, j For the Chester Cup King- Duncan and Feather Bod were joint favourites fit 11 to 2, with Merry Andrew the only other noticed. St. V.'ulfram was a better favourite for money than Ambition for the Jubilee, with Silver Streak and Ritchie most 2 1:t'd after of the remainder, while for the Derby 2's was well taken about Lally, and after Flair's One Thousand Guineas victory 9 to 2 became* ths best offer. P.-ices:— CHESTER CUP. (Run Wednesday, May 9. Distance, :i miles.) 11 to 2 agrt King- Duucan. t 11 to 2 Fe-atlier Bed. t 100 to 8 Merry Andrew, t JUBILEE HANDICAP. CRua Saturday, Hay 12. Distance, eao mile and three- quarters., 7 to I atrst St. Wulfram, t 7 to 1 — ArabKion, t 15 to 2 Donnetta, o 100 to 8 Silver Streak, t 100 to 8 Best Light, t 100 to 8 — Plum Centre, t and o 100 to 8 — Ritchie. o-after 100 to 7, t THE DERBY. (Run Wednesday, May 30. Dictance, one mile end a half.) 2 to 1 agst Lally, t 9 to 2 rlair, o-after 5 to I, t JO to 1 — Picton, o—aft?r 100 to 8, t 25 to 1 Sarcelle, o

OFFICIAL STARTING PRICES. I Ae published in the "Haein¡>: Calendar" and tha ''Sportsman. KEWMAlvKLT MEETING. Chippc-nham Plate (7).-Sarcelle. 13 to 8 apst; Picton, 11 to 10 on. Two Year Old 11 to 10 agct; Fluke II., 6 to 1 a £ r-:i; Brig-ht Sand, 100 to 8 agt. May Pit, (15).—lJo!ar St:u, 6 to 5 agst; May.? 100 to 6 &gst; Gallcot, 7 to 1 asst. One Thousand Guineas (12).—Flair, 11 to 10 on; Lis- ch:tna, 20 to 1 agst; Paid Up, 20 to 1 agst. Bretby Handicap (8)-Albert Rail, 100 to 6 agst; MiJa. 10 to 1 agst; Wolffihal!, 100 to 6 agst. Friday Welter rll)-Deeanter, 5 to 4 agst; Snatch, 3 to 1 agst; Vallombrosa, 8 to 1 agst. THLHSK MEETING. Juvenile Selling (ICJ.-Kiag's Shilling, 3 to 1 agst; Old Bird, 10 to 1 agst; Red Leg, 10 to 1 agst. Gormire Welter (8).-Histori(1 Year, 8 to 1 aget; Tallantire, 5 to 1 agst; Wild Bramble, 5 to 2 agst. High-weight Selling (7).—Periphery, 6 to 4 agst; Bal- la-tore, 6 to 1 agst. White Mare Plate (14).—Lady Clio, 6 to 1 agst; Madonna Lily, 5 to 1 agst; Miss Preston filly, 7 to 1 agst. Spril1 Handicap (5).—Killigrew, 7 to 4 agst. Falcon l'iate 7 to I agst; Royal Treasure, 7 to 1 agst; King Duck, 5 to 2 agst.

TAFF VALE PARK, PONTYPRIDD. A GRAND WHIPPET HANDICAP Will be Held on SATURDAY, MAY 12th, 1906, At 5.30 p.m. FIRST PRIZE, E5. SECOND, JE2. THIRD, £ 1. ENTRANCE FEE, 23. ENTRIES CLOSE ON THURSDAY, MAY 10th. Secretary, Greyhound Hotel, Pontypridd. 02243 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. LOOK OUT! ARERAVON (PORT TALBOT) ATHLETIC SPORTS, SATURDAY, JUNE 2nd, 1906.. FOOT AND CYCLE EVENTS. Particulars and Entry FORMS H. Ia vtbotl, St. Mary-etreei, Aberavon. e2261 TOPPING A SPINDLER, Flushing, Holland, The Oldest Established aud Most Extensive i irm ol ) Turf Commission Ageute in the World. OH.ESTETi CUP, JUBILEE HANDICAP, EPSOM DERBY, MANCHESTER CUP, *e., ftC. Double &nd Troble Events, S.P., and Aecumulatives at S.P., &.c. Tne Continental Sportsman," contain- 1ng latest market improvements oa above, alfio Year Bcok aad Ready Reckoner," sent free on receipt of Foreign Post-card containing nsuae and addrese. All letters to be addies»dd—TOPPING & SPINDLfiR, PObtuse, 2gd.; Post cards. Id. Flushing, Holland EDDIE THOMAS, Owner of Burning Busli (Winner, Newport), Wolsingham, &c., TURF COMMISSION AGEXT, 21, Cla-re-road, Cardiff. Telegrams: "Merman," Cardiff. Nat. Tel.: 665. Business bv Telegram, Telephone, and Letter only. Market Prcos Big Races. Send for Rules and Terms. Paiid 20 to 1 Sviicopate, f-'now berry Almlra, Gorges. e746h5

WESTPHALIA TRAGEDY j Miners Die of Starvation. I Twenty-two dead bodies were found yes- terday during excavations in the Borussia. Mine, in the Westphalian coalfields. An explosion involving THO loss of thirty-nine lives occurred in the mine ill June last. There is every indication (says the "Daily Mail") that the unfortunate men died of starvation, and not from the explosion. Hoping for rescue till the last, they caulked iaJ.1 crevices in the face of the rock witji Ptrips of clothing to prevent the inrnsh of the poisonous gases. J'U&t as in the case oi Coun ieres all hope of rescue was given up shortly after the explosion.

BILLIARDS. 1 Inunajj, 12,834; Beeoe, 10,789*

Monday's Racing, j I I FOLKSTONE MEETING. I -The CINQUE PORTS SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 40 (-ov?; weight for age; winner to be sold for 60 EOVS. 1 Two miles. -The DOVER SELLING HURDLE RACE of 40 eo-vs; weight for AGE; winner to- be sold for 60 eovs; ma-idens allowed 41b. Two miles. y" st lb Mr H M Hartigan'd Severn* P Hartigar. 6 12 0 Kr E Woodland's Trent .0w.wr a 12 0 Mr E Woodland's Coster 0.ileT 51 10 Mr A EooS'si Eastenjate u. n Ki-sta 5 11 6 Mr B Gore's St Hilary 41 0 Mr Imber's Grocer t1-) 41 0 Mr J F H-aKick's Kilccy 0-uei; 410 10 -The KENtITaNDICAP STEEPLE- CHASE of SO sovs; second io receive 10 sovs and the third 6 eovs; winners extra. Two miles. ys st Ib Mr Belag&rde's Bicbmond Key Cole 6 12 7 '¥r LE Gore's Nonex Owner a 12 7; MR \V Howel Scr:tttOlÙ; Hall gale Smith a 12 4 Mr Edgar Cohen's .Apollo a F Hartiiran 5 12 2: Mr H M Hartigan's Irish Angel F Hartiscan 4 12 2 -Ni r A Gorham'H Amendment g-i Clement 6 12 1 Mr E Christie-Miller's H.T S watt on 4 12 0 o n 4 120 Cspt Denny's Monotype a 11 1J Mr Cecil Hayes's Dutch Boll a 11 12 Capt waiter I.ong-'s The Ballaugli .Private a 11 12 I Mr H Ber.as's Brown Eyes Goby 5 11 11 Mr E Woodland' Dam (IiNuer a 11 9 Mr C E Hawkins's Atiiel Brook Private a 11 7 Mr A Jcapcõ's Toliswotth 5 11 4 —The SANDLING HANDICAP HUR- DLE RACE of 30 sovs; second to receive 10 sovs a.nà the third 5'GOVS; winners extra. Two mi lee. ys st Ib Mr H M Hartigan's Crepuscule F Hartigan 5 12 7 Mr Brut ton's Vernham GuHy 5 12 2 M- T F Smith's Eubini .Own"r 4 12 2 MT E Christie-Miller's St John's "Wood SWitton 6 11 10 Mr E H Polehampton's Childwickbury .,Goi-c a 11 9 Mr E Woodland's 0,,ner410 12 Mr Hi?rvio Bottomlsry's S*e??t Mercy ..Batho 4io 11 .:IIr G()rg-c Armstrong's Sweet Lilac .Owner 4 10 11 Mr Walter Perry's :;<\¡el1.ma.rtin .E Day a 10 S Mr E Craig MTterrow'a Mszard Downes 5 10 0 -The OPEN RUNT STEEPLE- CHASE of 40 sovs, for horses that have been regularly hunted during the fieason 1905-6; weight for winears extra. Three miles. ys st tb Lord Hardinge's GeologIst. Gully a 12 10 Mr H M Hartigan's Cicsy's Revel F Hartigan 6 12 0 Mr C J Phillips's Beloved a 12 10 Capt J J Richardson's Dunpliail .Private a 12 13 Cap-t G Middleton's Shooting Star II Gore 5 12 7 Mr Esme Arkwriglit's Lin-erick IV Whittaker a. 12 5 Mr G F Avila's Charles Lever .Private a 12 S r Haywood's Milton La3.Pr;vate a 11 3 Major C B Tottenham's Playmate III Private 6 11 0 —The MODERATE HURDLE RACE of 40 sovs, for horses which have not won a hurdie race before closing; weight for age. Three miles. ys st Ib Mr B M MaTtm"? Acinous .F H3rtigan a 12 5 Mr R Canning's Grey Green Perese 5 11 10 Mr Cecil Hayes's Dutch Roll .Private a 11 7 Mr E Wcodland's Cloture Owner 6 11 7 Mr Chilcott's Cavcllo .GUHY 511 S Mr R Chis\vick's Eitienvnge-r Batbo 411 0 Mr De,laga,rde' s Fairy Mount Cole 4 10 7

I Puzzle Solutions. I I TO HELP YOU TO WIN THOUSANDS. I WORKER S POCKET LISAARY. 1 22.—0 deliver not the cõD111 of thy TURTLE- DOVE unto the multitude of the wicked; forget not the ongreaticn of thy POOR. for ever. (Ps. lxxxiv., 19.) 23.Lord, my h-sar-t is NOT haughty, nor mine EYES lofty: neither do I exercise UF- self in great matters, or in things TOO high for me. (P.?. cxxxi., 1.) HORNER'S WEEKLY. Part. 11.—When the men had been restored to health and ttrengrh they proved very handy lin "owing seed and performing other duties. One day while Robinson wa? a:sleep he WAS aroused by Friday. Coming ou tiloe he saw a boat sailing toward the island, and •raising his telescope was amazed to see a lar?es-hip a WRY little distance away'i. nterest. son observed tne BOAT, with keen interest. He saw. that there were several men on board. SUNbAY CIRCLE. 17-—Tea; 18, Infirm, Feeble, or Tottering.

LONDON FINANCE I [BY oun LONDON OORRE9FOVBBKT.] I LONDON, Saturday. I l-T p.m. j Money h; in fair demand at 3! to 3. Dis- i count rates—short bills 3, three rnontiis' bills 3G to 3 15-16. Consols and Transva.al Loan unaltered. Irish loan I down. Home Hails quiet.. Americans strong. Trunks firm. Rise: Ordi- nary 3-16, Third Pref ii. Mexican Rails better. Rise: Second Pref i. Foreigners easier. Mines steady. PRINCIPAL CHANGES. Dover "A" 1, up; District Caledonian, Great Northern Deferreds S down. New York Central 5 Milwaukee q, Reading, "Wabash Pref, Debenture 2, Union Pacific 1" Afcchuson, Chesapeake, Louisville, Southern Pacific 1, Erie lg. Southern H. Ontario 1, Baltimore, Canadian Pacific, Illinois, Nor- folk, Steel Pref IS lid, Denver Pref, Kansas 3, Steels I up; Guatemala, Uruguay. Japan 1905's h Seconds, New, Cedulus "P" J down. Modder 1-16. Rand Mine, East Rand 1-32 up; Kalgarli 1-16, South, Brownliill 1-32 down. Hudsons Ba.y HAS risen 1.

SPLOTT-ROAD SCHOOL I FOOTBALL. Presentation to Mr. J. Francis. I On Friday evening the Splott-road Schools I were the scene of a pl-rasarot little gaitheving- of teachers, old boys, scholars, and PARENTS on the occasion ill the championship OF the Cardiff Schools' Football League coming to the school for the third time. Mr. Whitaker presided, and in a speech brimful of reminis- cences, referred to the help which ioot- ibal) had been to the school, and then dis- closed the real secret of the meeting'—A secret kuo-wr- to everyone present but one. He asked Mr. Francis, the secretary of the football side, to accept a small present from HIS many Splott admirers fcr the services C,nd time he had so UNGRUDGINGLY given. In four seasons the school HAD been champions three times and second once. Mr. Price, Mr. Jeans, and Mr. Craze (secretary of the league)) also g-ave expression to the feelins of the meeting1. Mr. Francis, as the inno- cent victim of the conspiracy, modestly refused to accept the whole of the credit of the success of the Snlott team, as he had not kicked a. SINGLE goal for tfbe team since it had been ^N the school league. He thanked those PRESENT for TFEE GIFTS. The mementoes took the form of a. silver cigiarc-tte EASE, with initials and suitable inscropt-ion, and a tobacco 'pouch carrying one of the medals cf the LE-agne. The meet- ing also thanked Mr. J. Jones for his suc- cessful and secret engineering of the pre- sentation eobeme. Splolt's record for the past four seasons isPlayed, 72; won, 53; lost. 10; drawu, 9; I GOALS for, 180; GOALS against, 46.

"Did Not Mean to do it." I 20s. FOR BREAKING AN ARM. I James Murphy, a boy of fifteen, waa charged at Cardiff Police-court this morning with assaulting a boy of similar age, Frank Vickary, and breaking his arm in Trinity- street yesterday. Vickary said that as he WAS crossing tho road he tapped the prisoner on the back. Murphy RAN after him. and thr?w A heavy hraæ cap at him. Thi? struck him on the arm and broke it. Police-constable Edward Edwards paid HE found Vicary in a fainting condition, with A crowd of people round him. He rendered first aid, and took him to Dr. Buist's sur- gery. In the evening he arretted the pri- soner in 51, Qu<IY-street, and when he charged him with breaking the other boy's ,rm he said he did not mean to do it, and wa., H'l'Y sorry. lie now told the Bencfh that both Vickary antl O'Coimell. another lad, set on him, the latter kicking at him and the former striking: him in the back. J Murphy WAS fined 20s., including coats. = I

RIDING ON SHACKLES. 11 Edward Hughes, T. J. Hughes, Edward Jones, and Edward Pearce, colliers, were 4 each fine 1 451 at Bridgend to-day for riding on the shackles of a coal tram journey at A Ma est eg colliery. I J

WAIi STORES SCANDAL, 5 The Commission appointed to investigate I the sales and refunds to contractors in South Africa. at the close of the war resumed its sittin-gs AT the Law Courts on Friday. The President (Mr. Justice Far well) "inrta- ma-ted that now that they were about to hea.r WITNESSES the conduct of some of whom had BEEN impugned, he wished it to be known that the Commission could grant of indemnity to persons who made full and true disclosures of all matters within their knowledge. S-everal quartermaeterg and a number of se-rgelants who saw service in THE South Afrioan War were called. They were con- nested with the supplice and ACCOUNTS and' their attention was called to allegations which had been made to the effect that they reoeived bribes from contraotore. These were alleged to amount to A:20 and £ 10 A month The witnesses absolutely denied that they reoeived amy money from oontruotors. 'I The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday* next. J,

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I AUGUSTINE J. STON1 I FETXESAX FURNISHES t FUNERAL DIRECTOR. 1 i PeraoBaJ Supervision te All Orders. v | Ns.f. Cardiff, Ko. 784; Poet Office Tel. | 1 No. 6i2, Cardiff. Telegram*: AUGXJg'i'lK^C B g STONE, CARDIFF; AUGUSTINE ISTONY., j I EuUiBY DO CKS. lg ^rORKmG-ST., CARDIFF, 9 I Ad | 101, HOLTON-BOAD, BABBY DOCZIUS. |

Baseball Begins To-day BY "SPOKES." La,[ Monday's general moating of tlie JBouth-Waist and Monmoutiifhire, Base toll Association was,. 9 notable one. The alterations to the rules will "have a bsneficial effect on the game. To-day the league contents start. There, will be oniy ow umpire for each match, and in every catd the umpire or referee will be independent of both clubs. The Heath Welsh Baseball Club re patriotic. TbeL- war-paint will include a leek for each player. The Wtlsh havo selected the following officials:—Chairman, Mr. Tom Ravnor: captain, Mr. F. Smith; Ixon. trw.: surer, Mr. G. Taj-lor; horn, see., Mr. C. C. 52, Bichar<]s-teirace, Cardiff. The E-ason opens to-day, when Cardiff City is to he met. The citizens are pretty confident of victory, but the leek wearers are kire to be in at the death. Cardiff Ropery last week showed great improvoiicent ou the previous Saturday's display. t4I backstop, give a faultless display. Union and Ca.rn!\ll' bowmig waa very creditable. The Rope man are sure to glye the older clubs a bit of trouble befafg-the season closes. Skipper H. Richards and Vk^ca'pfaija R, Ciriwil have some promising colleagues. Tbe president is Mr. H. D. Stelfano. Grange Windsors played last Saturday, and w, re chŸ:fla:g:l1g'; in d; t s?3.Yo'¡ nun, a? ae a result, the match wa.s unfinished. The WtodaMs batted twice and their total reached 110 runs. The feature of the game was the batting of Griffiths and the smartness of Green. "Buzzer" Greeo, at he is calle-d, is the youngest backstop in the first .ltiaeye, aud iia6 not an equal, bar, perhaps, his namesake, who "buzzes" for the league champions—G-rangetowm. i Mr. A. C. Stanley, the hon. 6??c. of -St. German xs.C., informs me that the idea ?th which the ,ZZillg %ct;on WM formed was to keep the club's .Kugoy payers together. Other Bugger and Sc?Wr clubs mig-ht tab the hint. The officials of St. Ger- man s are:—Captain. \V. Ballingej; vice-captain G. Morne; hon. trea?urfr acd .secrotary, A. G- & a nley. ;r1{!t ]:e ah'e?dy t:ty;;eeJ:;f' members. TheM ;j;:YiSPr:£5: a good season, the selection- com- ttee is copcsd of Me?rt-. C. Harris F. Mount- joy, and F. Hill, with the officers. Canton was the only team to go through laat season without a defeat. The clnb did net, of course, play all trie fii>.t-class clubs. This year, however, being jn the first division of the league, the "Dervishes" wiil ha\e u> meet all the leading clubs. Canton axe (¡oo- ndeui thM they wili carry out their Ust of jixt?raa 1 credit to their numerous I Pport ers. 'fi:ar\-aá: .eB11;'f/)Q,t, Foole; hon. «ec._ Louis Person; treasurer k. A, Scotj,- ;;tt'Wj'á E. HcUoway, C. AStêp Jack Bartlett, D. Stanley, and D. M?rfia wim the oScers. Canton are lucky in inducing Mr. Louis Person to accept the hon. secretaryship. Mr. Peirofi last foason ,a.s the ?<atonal Telephone's Baseball Club's scribe. The Cardiff City Out hold two pr?c'?,?es each wæk-Tucways Md Thursdays. On Monday. May 21 w?-Tuesday? holding a smoking mncert, so that al the members may meet together. Ths Citizens have a good field in W. I>ryor, and very useful battersm W. ISI a D. Davey. The secretary of the. club is the well-knowa baritone, Mr. R. J. Hemmihgs. Captain D. Davies leads the Cardiff Central Ttr this season. His deputy is W. Chick. Mr. A. J. Her. bert, 1. "ercy-street, Cardiff, is the worthy hon. see, Tne club expects a good season. Ec-narth Dragons are flourishing and thinking of rtm- ning a second team. SpAof.i B.C. are determined to have a good side agoaia tills season. The bon. scribe. Mr. W. Williams Ja working might and main with Skipper G. Webb to uphold the prestige of the club. The active player, this season will be G. Webb H. Forf?r D. WiHia?e. Hodges W. Tottman. F. Webb, T. Wiiliams, J. r.'  ??..?' ? Davies, ?- ?'I'?ms. G Stephon- C'tWal, C. T<)ftand R. '4iile. J. l?,ill;amc'? ;'Hgt t?

TRAINS IN COLLISION. A passeiig-er train from Leicester Kettering was drawn np at Wigrtbn, rjear Leicester, when it ran into a meat train. standing near the station. Several wagon" were smashed and the perma- nent way was damaged. l'he driver alid gnafrd of the passenger train were severely shafcteh, but both were able to go home after tem- porary treatment. No passengers were hurt. A breakdown grng from Leicester cleared one line quickly, and the other by six o'clock on Friday 3nornirig.

MILFORD HAVEN MANOEUVRES. The destroyer flotillas in Milford Haven put to sea early on Friday morning for the usual target and torpedo practice in St. Bride's Bay and the Channel, and, returning, proceeded to the moorings off Pembroke Dock for the week-end.

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