Evening Express

GeEYNESS COME. Wales in the Shadow OUTCLASSED BY AFRIKANDERS. [By FORWARD.]* Not for eleven years prior to Satur- day had Wales been beaten at Swansea. and not for twenty-three years has the margin of points exceed-ed that by which South Africa won. It is a long stretch of time that can only be spanned by twenty-three years, and there are com- paratively few people who can remember England piling up two goals and four tries at St. Helen's without allowing Wales to score a point. That defeat was more decisive than that inflicted by the Springboks on Saturday, but things are not as they were in the eighties, and it may be regarded as one of the sensa- tions of modern Rugby for Wales to be beaten by eleven points. One would not have believed it possible before the match, but now we know that it has actually happened and that Wales made a poorer show against the Afrikanders than either Scotland or Ireland. Our national pride has been chastened, and, as good sportsmen, we have to acknow- ledge the superiority of the Springboks over the Welsh team of this season, and to congratulate them upon a brilliant victory, thoroughly merited and well won. It is difficult to know exactly what to say about the play of the Welsh- men, and still more difficult to explain their extraordinary inertia and complete lack of that spirit and resolution which have been the bright characteristics of their play in other years. Such dead- ness or indifference I have never seen in the play of a Welsh national team, and, without detracting from the honour due to the South Africans, it must be said that they have not seen Welsh football at its best. Far from it. Not for ten years at least have Welsh players given a tamer or more lifeless exhibition, and their form on Saturday will not win them a single gatrte in the interna- tional tourney this season. As a result of Saturdays match radical cnangea may be expected in the constitution of the Welsh team. Some of the forwards have outlived their period of real use- fulness as international players, and there is sad need of leavening the pack with youth. This need must be met, or the prestige of Wales in the football world will be shattered, and that is an event which we must all hope will never come to pass. Quite ap-art, from the slothful spirit which took possession of the players, there was a peculiar stillness brooding over the whole crowd, and the occasion was so difjerent to all other interna- tional days in Wales. The crowd was as big, if not bigger than I have ever Seen at St. Helen's, but it was notably quiet and unenthusiastic and tame. There was no singing worthy of the name, and no jaunty jollity and fun. It was per- fectly funereal. There did not seem to be any of that intensity of feeling which was experienced in the New Zealand match, for instance, but, of course, we can only expect an occasion of that kind once in a lifetime. That there was not more demonstrativeness was, no doubt, largely due to the fact being so obvious that the Springboks were masters of the situation, and one can imagine how different would have been the scene if Wales had scored the first try of-the match. This may be said without casting any reflection upon the sports- manship of the crowd, because it is only human nature, after all, that a great concourse of Welshmen should desire to see their own compatriots win. People cannot be expected to wax enthusiastic in the hour of defeat. All the enthu- siasm was on the other side, and the C'ymry did not begrudge the South Africans their transports of joy in having achieved their highest ambition. No prize is more precious in Rugby football than a victory over Wales, but that prize, as I have already hinted, will lose its value if the Welsh standard of plav is not improved very considerably. Let me not be misunderstood, in baying this, to harbour any wish of minimising the merit of the South African triumph, because a triumph it was in the best sense of the word. It was not a game in which a victory was snatched at the last moment, but a downright decisive win. Our men were beaten everywhere except at full back, where Dyke was a distinct success. He was not called upon to do a very great deal of work, but when he did get the ball he put in some very fine j kicking, and generally found tou-ch. In all other departments the Welshmen were fairly and squarely beaten. The forwards especially, met their masters, and failed to muse themselves and to show that firq and devil to which we have become so accustomed during si number of years. The South African forwards controlled nearly every scrum, and fairly beai our men in heeling oat the hall. They were also more vigorous j and dashing in the open and more skilful in the line-out. Their play in all its aspects was superior to that of the Cymric forwards, some of whom will have to make way for younger men. We must have honest scrimmagers, and there were a few men in the pack on Saturday who had no claim to that title. It was per- fectly evident that they were not all doing their sliare of the hard graft in tiie scrum, while in the open tlrey were slow and lethargic. As a result of their inferiority. Owen, at half, did nothavo an equal number of chances with his opponent—Dobbin but the little Swansea man was far from being at his best. Many of his passes to Bush were much too slowly given, with the result that the South African backs were able, by playing in a line with the scrum, to pounce upon the OardifEl captain the moment he received the ball, and-tiras nip- tfee-a £ t&ck in the -bud. Throat- is no getting a.way from the fact that Owen and Bizgh cannot hit, it off together, and in future matches it will be a wise policy to play David with Bush. or Trew with Owen. Not a single real advantage was gained for Wales by the half-beek play on Saturday, and it, was far below I international cl ass. Dobbin and Jackson gave an effective display of clever, resourceful football, and two of the tries were due to their initiation. In the three-quarter line our men were beaiten 'by the greater speed and fearless dash of the Springboks, who combined beautifully, and played the posing game to perfection once they were fairly under weigh. I am more convinced than ever that a, mistake was made in placing Teddy Morgan on the right wing, and thus separating him from Gabe, with whom he has always played on the left wing. As a consequence, our fastest and best scoring three-quarter was practically wasted, especially as nearly all the play gravitated to the left wing. J. L. Williams played well in that position, and quite justified his selection, but, then, he is not a man of Morgan's calibre. The effect of this changing about was the disorganisation of the whole three-quarter line. It is too late to remedy the fault now. but it is a lesson to avoid the repetition of the change in the three other matches. Nicholls played a good, sound game, but he and Gabe were not served at all as they should have been by the half-backs, and I do not see how either could be expected to do much more than he did under the adverse circumstances. Nicholls, however, has reached the age when he cannot stand as many hard knocks as he could in his younger days. Ho was once kicked very badly on the ground by one of the South African for- wards, and that was the only sorry incident in a good sporting game. played in excellent temper. He did not altogether recover from the effects of that kick right through the game. There was less three-quarter play on the Welsh side than I have seen in any match for some years, and the machinery will never work smoothly until the half-back problem has been satisfactorily solved. Well, the first of December will be remembered as one of the dark days of Welsh football. We cannot always be on the winning side, and we are not sc devoid of chivalrous generosity a.s not to be the heartiest in our congratulations to a magnificent combination of football players. That they are a fine team has been proved to the hilt, and it would seem as if they were destined to return to their homeland with only one defeat to regret, and that defeat was quite as decisive as that of Wales on Saturday. Some optimistic souls in Cardiff arc buoyed up with the hope that Cardiff will beat the Springboks on New Year s Day. It looks like a tall order, but Cardiff can safely be predicted to make a better show than the Welsh team did on Satur- day. Th?re is no accounting for their state of torpor, and I am not going to attempt it. They took their defeat like men, and one of the prettiest and most pleasing incidents of a rather dull day was the presentation of a bigj leek to Marsburg as he was being carried shoulder high to the pavilion. It will help the great custodian, as long as it lasts, to cherish the recollection of a memorable victory. *Mr. Lloyd Meyrick is in the grip of influenza, and, therefore, unable to contribute his usual column to-day.— Ed. "E.E."

I WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH I Mary HxitcWey (44) was indicted at Notting- ham Assizes on Saturday for the murder of Frederick Guest (65), manager of a local lace manufacturing company. 8inoo the death of Mrs. Guest, sixteen years ago, the parties had lived tog-ether. The prisoner had given way to drink, and after an altercation on the afternoon of September 8 she stabbed 'him. in the abdomen with a carving knife, en-bsequently exclaim- in.g, I have done him one this time for what he b" done for me." llutcnley was found guilty of murder, with a strong recommendation to mercy. She was sentenced to death.

I EARTHQUAKE IN SICILY I News has been received in Rome that a serious earthquake occurred in Sicily at 5.25 on Sunday morning. In the seaport town of Milazzo, where the shook was severely felt, the inhabitants ran terror-etricken from their houses, and many of the buildings were badly damaged. It has been found impossible to communi- cate with the interior of the island on account of the telegraph wires having been destroyed.—Central News.

I SUNK IN THE NORTH SEA I The steam trawler Celtio was snnk in the North Sea on Saturday by the Copenhagen steamer Jaesburg. The steward was drowned. Thiee others were saved by the Jaesburg, and the remaining six were rescued by the steam trawler Oatania., which landed them a.t Grimsby. The Celtic was preparing to tow the Jaesburg, which had hoisted distress signals, when they collided.

ALLEGED OUTRAGE at YSTRADGYNLAIS I Evan Jones, collier. College-row, Ystrad- gynlais, was charged on Saturday with committing a criminal assault on a single woman named Mary Henry, Llwynypia, at Ystradgynlais, on Thursday, and David Daviee, labourer, Penybont-row, Ystradgyn- lais. was charged with aiding and abetting. Defendants were committed to the assizes, bail being allowed.

"INNOCENT INTIMACY." I YOUNG WOMAN WHO WANTS HER I CHARACTER CLEARED. The Blackpool slander case was resumed on Saturday at Liverpool Assisee, in whioh Gertrude Taylor sought damages from Xr. Baldwin and his wife for alleged slander uttered by Mrs Baldwin reflecting on plaintiff's moral character, and alleging mis- conduct with Aaron Hop wood, a Manchester stockbrokpr. Hopwood separated from his second wife, and went to lodge with plaintiff's mother at Blackpool. Plaintiff admitted being taken about by Hopwood, these journies including visits to the Canaries, London, Chester, and Lake District; but she denied impropriety. The trips were on oecount of Hopwood's health. Mrs. Baldwin accused plaintiff of being a common girl, and Hopwood IE; mistress. Hopwood, in evidence, said his wife's bad temper drove him to innocent intimacy with plaintiff, but there was never any impro- priety. He bad many times kissed her, both at home and a.way. Plaintiff's brother thrashed him, which he admitted he deserved, stall be continued the platonic affection. The case was adjourned.

LAD MUTILATED AT BLAINA, I A shocking accident occurred on Messrs. John Lancaster amd Co.'s railway siding- at B lain a, on Saturday, about noon. Ivor Daviee, thirteen, residing with his ptireaite at Garnfaob, Nantyglo, was run over by the company's engine, which was attached to a train of coal. Both legs of the boy were terribly mutilated, one being completely severed from the body Dr. Middleton was soon in attendance, after which the lad was conveyed home in an ambulance. It is not I known how the boy got under the tram. He was quite conscious whan taken home, but there is hardly any hope of his recovery.

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DO SURGEONS ERR? Cardiff Doctors Case. I JUSUCE BIGHAM ASTOUNDED The doctors case, Southern v. Sky.rme and Thomas, was resumed before Mr. Justice Bigham on Saturday. Mr. H. W. Page, a surgeon of distinction in London, sadd that he had heard most otf the evidence, and agreed that the treturneut, applied in this case was .right. He did not doubt the statement that there was a dislo- cation as well as a fracture. The Judge: I don't want to be too hard upon you, but Dr. Thomas had no evidence of that except a statement of Dr. Skyrme. After n short conversation upon one or two points, the J-udgc aaked if a copy of the Ger- man original of the text-book was available. The witneas eaad that there was one at the library of the Royal College, but it would not be allowed out. The Judge: Would they not l-end it to me if I asked them? The Witness: I don't think so. The Judge: I think there would be a means of getting it here. (Laughter.) Mr. Duke: Would not a subpoena do it? (Laughter.) Mr. s. T. Evans said that Dr. Lynn Thomas had found a copy, whioh would be sent for. The Witness: I don't. Just think of it. When a man has a frac- ture, does it do ainy Jiarm to use your foot under his armpit?—It may seem strange, but it would not. The Judge: But would it be a good thing to be fiddling about? Mr. S. T. Evans: To be what, my lord? The Judge: Illdd-ld-ng about. The Witness: It would depend upon the amount of force exercised. But would it do any good?—It might not do any good, but it need not do any harm if done with reasonable care. The Judge said that he had been rather startled to find that all the text-books recom- mended that the first thing to be done should be to use the fingers. The witness thought that the surgeon most be guided by circumstances. The foot might be used as a lifeless lever. It was a sentient part of the surgeon's body, and he had so used it. The Judge: We have heard of a lady who painted beautiful pictures with her toes— (laughteri-but her fingers might have done ¡' better. (Laughter.) Mr. Duke: Ls a surgeon trained to use his toes? (Laughter.) Witnesa. Well, he would not operate with them. (Laughter.) Mr. Duke: He is trained to use hia hands? -Yes. And it would be right to use the trained instrument ?—Yee. JUDGE ASTOUNDED. I The Judge: You astound me. Do you mean to say that it does not matter whether the patient was treated for dislocation or for fracture ? The witness was proceeding to reply, when the Judge remarked: You are manufacturing a question for yourself. Mr. Duke: Does it matter whether this treatment is applied to fracture or dislocatioll?- It does matter, of course, but not much; they are both injuries to the same part of the body. Mr. Duke: Suppose that, as we contended, Dr. Skyrme made a mistake in his diagnosis, and that he was not corrected by Mr. Thomas—suppose tiha-t he had decided to treat for dislocation only—if Dr. Sky rme could by reasonable care liave avoided that mis- take, would you say that Dr. Skyrme should' have avoided it? The Judge: That is a question for the jury, but you must remember that even admitting that a mistake was made by Dr. Skyrme it by no means follows that he is responsible in this action. Mr. Duke: 1 did not intend that. The Judge: I shall try to explain to the jury that, such a mistake, if it existed, is by no ineaus conclusive evidence. Mr. Isaacs: The man who makes no mis- takes never makes anything. The Judge: Very often you make a mistake by doing nothing. Mr. S. T. Evans having asked a few ques- tions in re-examonation, the judge said he wanted to ask a question that neither of the counsel could put. It was this: Suppose so far as you can judge the state of things when Dr. Skyrme was called in, is it in your opinion possible that a man exercising proper care by giving proper attention to the case, and bringing proper skill to bear upon it, that he, nevertheless, might make a mistake as to whether there was a dislocation or not? The Witness: I think it is qpite possible that he might make a. mistake. The Judge: You all proceed upon the assumption that there was no mistake; but do you think thait if Dr. Skyrme had made a mistake, it was a mistake that a careful man exercising proper skill might make?—I am quite certain, because I have frequently seen it made. The Judge: Upon that answer I think I shall let Mr. Duke cross-examine you again. In answer to Mr. Duke, the witness said that a careful man exercising reasonable care and proper skill might make such a mistake. The difficulty of diagnosing might be so great that it would tax the skill of one sur- geon after another, and Witness was examined at some length upon this. At this stage, the original German of the book was brought in, and the passage in ques- tion was read by Mr. Isaacs. MORE DOCTORS. Sir William Bennett, examined by Mr. Rufus Isaacs, corroborated the evidence given by tfce other doctors called for the defence. Dr. C. W. M. Moullin, F.RC.S,, who said he had been fifteen years on the staff of the! largest London hospitals, said he considered the defendants' treatment had been correct. He did not think any material difference had been made if there was no dislocation. The Judge: That is an answer Dr. Page made, and it rather astonished me. I want to have the case treated in a reasonable way, and to tell me that a man with a brokem arm, with two jagged ends of bone embedded in the flesh, tearing the muscles amd blood- re"-s-to tell me that a 1ess operation for a condition of things that does not exist does not do harm seems to me almost incredible. Mr. Oolam: You have heard what Dr. Skyrme did. Assuming that he describes what he found correctly, was his treatment right? The Judge: That is, sticking has foot. Mr. Ooam: Not sticking his foot. The Judge: Well, putting this foot into the armpit, which is injured and full of blood, and in a very unpleasant condition. Mr. Colam: Is a certain amount of force necessary to get the fragments of the bone down? Witness: Yes, and in this case I should think a special amOffnt would be required. Dr. Skyrme must have used force to get the lower part of the arm down. The Judge: Suppose there was no disloca- tion at all, and you wanted to pull the lower fragment down, would you do it by putting i your foot into the arm P it ?-Witness: would not put my foot into the armpit for a fracture alone. Mr. Duke: You say that the mode of doing it did no harm? The Judge: He says not, and that astonishes me. Witness: I think it made absolutely no difference to the plaintiff. Cross-examined: Of course, the less inter- ference with injured fleshy parts the better. It was of the utmost importance that, having removed the danger of tetanus, the dislocation should have been reduced as quickly as possible 'in the circumstances. The Judge: What do you mean or under- stand by the circumstances in this case? Witness: He had to decide whether it would not be better to depart from the orthodox methods as laid down in the books, which could only be done by means of the help of an intelligent assistant. That intel- ligent assistance was not forthcoming at the moment, and. therefore, as time was a matter of primary importance he resorted to the best means, in my opiniion, by direct pres- sure on the armpit with the foot. The Judge: There it is, you see, he had to do something which, if he had had assistance, he would not have done. Sir William was cross-examined only shortly by Mr. Dnke. In re-examination, he said that it would have been necessary to pull the arm if there had been fracture without dislocation. The Judge: But with the foot? Witness: That is a detail, my lord. It has been done in other cases. Mr. Edmtind Owen, aleo a surgeon of many honours and appointments and author of some works on surgery, said that there was nothing improper in the treatment adopted by' Dr. "kyrme and Dr. Lynn Thomas. He was asked only a few questions by Mr. Dnrke upon the same lines as those put to other witnesses. Sir Thomas Smith, honorary surgeon to the King, and holding other appointments, agreed with tlbe last witnecs Mr. Herbert Water-house, Mr. Arbuthnr>t Lane, and Mr. Makins, surgeons at various London hospitals, also agreed with the previous witnesses. Mr. Rufus Isaacs then commenced his address for the defence. He said if there was one thing impressed upon his mind daring the coarse of the case it was the grave danger tlhere was of placing too much reliance upon any particular word u?ed, or deduce too much from some verbal criticism as to what a witness had said. The real question-he waB not going to shirk it—was not was the treatment given correct Jor this or for that; the question was, was the impaired use of the arm attributable to any want of reasonable nare or skill on the part of both or either of the defendants? The court adjourned rartad to-rtay (Monday). Mr- ftttfue IsajRcn -will then cotxluue hia j *dd*e«Mo tto juaar ion- the 4efeBo«t

IKOEPNIC COMEDY •Cabblep Gets Four Years for His. Masquerade I PERSECUTED BY POLICE 1 T!ho trial of Wilhelm Voigt, the captain of Koepenick, began at 9.30 on Saturday morning, before the Second Provincial Court, but long before that hour the places reserved for the public were densely packed. The genial character of the proceedings was fore- shadowed by the roars of laughter which greeted the appearance of the nine Grena- diers. In full marching order, they filed into court and took up their seats in the place allotted to witnesses, where Herr langerhans, the burgomaster of Ivoepenick, the town accountant of Koepenick, a number of muni- cipul officials, the head of the police force, and other actors in the historical comedy were already assembled. Prisoner's counsel protested against the validity of the court as a criminal court to try the case, as tlhere was a question, of the forgery of documents, but the Bench deter. mined to withhold its decision until it had been officially notified of this question being raised. A PALE OLD MAN. ?oigt, a pale ;ld man with hollow eyes and ? shining bald head, ?'?s then heard. He was neatly attired, and appeared quite self- possessed. Replying to the president, he declared that he had never been a soldier. His uncle, however, lived in Tilsit, opposite the bami/oks, and Vo-igt as a boy spent a-II his free time wit-h the soldiers. "Certainly," he declared, "I may say that I know the details of the cavalry service as well as a Prussian dragoon." (Laughter.) Voig-ht admitted various long terms of imprisonment. He said he first got into trouble in Berlin, when, "for curiosity a,nd through youthful inexperience," he forged a money order, and was sentenced to ten yea-rs' penal servitude and to a fine of 1,500 thalers. Voight declared that a sentence of fifteen years passed on him for breaking into the court-house at Wongewitz was a barbarous one. No witnesses, he said, were heard, and no chance of appeal was given. The President admitted that the sentence was certainly open to appeal. DESCRIBES HIS CAREER. Voight, in well-chosen words, described his career. He urged that he had never been left alono by the police. When he was released from his last term of imprisonment prior to the Koepenic-ic coup he had 200 marks, and wanted to go abroad to work as a shoemaker. The police, however, refused to give him a pass. The President asked Voigt whether he still maintained that he only carried out the Koepenick coup to obtain the pam-forms.- Voigt: Certainly. The President reminded the prisoner that a frank confession would benefit him when sentence came to be pafscd. Voigt, in a confident manner and with considerable humour, which proved most effective, described the execution of his raid. He said he spoke calmly, but firmly, to the burgo- master and the municipal accountant, "ae the situation demanded." (Laughter.) The prisoner's description of how the ohiief of police of Koepenick asked permission to go a'nd have a bath aroused renewed merri- ment. The first witness for the prosecution, was a convict named Kallenberg, who served fifteen years in Rawitsoh Gaol with Voigt. He declared thiat Voigt said to him one day that if one could get a few soldiers one could do good business. Prisorner admitted tihat he might have said something like that. BEHAVED LIVE A REAL OFFICER. Corporal Barlopp, the sturdy leader of the Grenader detachment commandeered by Voigt near the PIo?t?enLspe swimming bath, then gave his evidence with considerable n?ivete, his remark that Voigt drank cognac costing 25 pfennigs a. glass at the Euemtmelsburg Station and that he behaved like a real officer, causing muob ann usement. After the evidence of some of the soldiers had been taken Herr Langerhans, the burgo- master of Koepenick, entered the witness- box amid intense interest. Herr Langer- hans, who looked piale and seemed nervous, declared that he took Voigt for a lunatic, and expressed the belief that the newspaper report that the Koepenick municipality intended to buy a new safe for the town, funds, amounting to two millions, as the old safe was no longer trustworthy, had led Voigt to visit Koepenick. BLINDLY OBEYED THE CAPTAIN." ? uorr mnn, counsel for the defence, asked witness why in that case he had not tried to bring this man whom he held to be a madman to his senses by questioning him. Herr Langerhans replied that he was afraid of making a fool of himself before the soldiers, who blindly obeyed the "Captain," and only followed his, and not the burgo- master's, instructions. The prison chaplain of Rawitsch gave Voigt an excellent character, and declared that he was an industrious and polite man and in no way a hypocrite. Indeed, he was unable to do tnLrthing with him in religious matters. Before being let out of prison Voigt expressed his determination of going to Austria, but when the prisoner abandoned this intention the Prisoners' Aid Society obtained for him a place at Wismar with a shoemaker, who afterwards wrote thanking the society for sending him such a quiet and clever assistant. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE I The evidence closed at four o'clock, and the Public Prosecutor began his speech. He demanded a sentence of five years' p-enal servitude and the loss of civil rights for the same period for fraud. Speeches by the two counsel for the defence having been heard, the judges with- drew for consultation at a quarter-past five. Judgment was delivered at 6.23. The prisoner was found guilty of aggravated forgery of documents, depriving persons of their liberty, fraud, and illegally wearing a uniform, and was sentenced to four years' imprisonment and to pay the costs of the case. —Renter.

LICENSING DEADLOCK. BILL PROMISED TO MAKE /1 THE LAW CLEAR. In consequence of the King's Bench decision, that a licensing judgment must be given by a majority of the bench, and not merely of I the justices present (unless the whole bendh depute its duties to a committee), and of the a-pparent result im the North that all the compensation payments, and, indeed, nearly all the licences, were illegal, Mr. Glad- stone, the Home Secretary, announced on Saturday that the Government will introduce a short retrospective Bill to make clear the law and to brush aside the difficulty. The announcem-ent was made to a large deputation of county borough, licenisiiig, justices, in whioh Cardiff was represented. Mr. Gladstone said he could not help feeling that if the case had been fully argued in the Higth Court tJhe decision might have been different. The effect of the judgment as regarded the Act of 1904 was far-reaching, but Mr. Justice Rid- ley had referred to the Act of 1828. If this judgment was to affect. everything done under that Act. it almost staggered humanity. He hoped the Attorney-General's Bill would meet the entire difficulty, especially as the justices deserved to be supported by the Government. He would consider whether the justices I, should be able to furnish themselves with money to defend their action, at law if neoes. eary.

EXCITING FIRE SCENES. I Two persons, a man named Thomas Whattoai and one of his children, a girl of six, lost their lives through a fire that broke out on Sa-turday morning in a private house in Clareiidon-street, Harrow-road, Londop. The fire, which started in a room at the back of the house, spread with great rapidity, and before the firemen a.rrived Whatton, who was in a room on the top floor, jumped from the window and was fatally iujnred. The firemen, unable to enter by the front door owing to the volume of smoke, climbed into the burning house from the verandah next door and rescued the man's three children and an old lady named Marlow. Other occupants of the house had managed to escape. 'l'lhe four persons rescued by tine firemen were all more or less overcome by! the smoke and fla-mcs, and one of the I children, Whatton's little girl, was so severely burned that she died in hospital shortly a,fter her admission.

WELSH FOOTBALL UNION. PROPOSED WEST OF LLANELLY LEAGUE. A Meeting of Clube in connection with the I above will take place &t the Boar's Head Hotel, Carmarthen, on Wednesday next, I December 5th, 1506, at Three p.m. Ail Olnhs interested are Invited to Send a I Representative. 4725 WALTER E. REES, Secretary.

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I BABY CREMATION. I I BITS OF CHARRED BONE FOUND' Professor Peppers Important Statement A servant employed by Mrs. Bayer, living in Victoria-road, Edmonton, called at the police-station and produced some fragments of charred bone. In consequence of her state- ment the police visited the woman's house and found four children there alive and one dead. Mrs. Bayer was arrested, and admitted having burned the body of a. child. An inquest was held on Saturday on the body, which was that of Mary Balcombe, aged eight months. Mrs. Ba.yer, who is '11 in Holloway Prison, was not present. Ellen Balcombe, the mother of the deceased child, who described herself as a single woman and a tailoress, living in How- land-street, Tottenham Court-road, said that | when the child was four weeks old she wished to put it out to nurse, and noticing an advertisement over the signature F." in a North London newspaper she communi- cated with the advertiser. She received a reply from Mrs. Bayer, who asked for a lump sum of 113. Not being able to afford so much, witness agreed to pay 6s. a week. Witness periodically visited her baby, and noticed that it began to look thin. At Mrs. Bayer's request she paid for two bottles of special food. Last Tuesday witness received a letter from Mrs. Bayer saying:- Majy had a convulsive fit, and has just passed away in my arms. It is just heart- rending. The little one at the last moment tried to love my face. I cannot write any more. I am too miserable. Professor A. J. Pepper, the Home Office pathologist, said that the child weighed 91b. ooz., whereas an eight months old child should weigh 23ilb. The organs of the body showed no signs of disease. On the right side of the head there was a large bruise and a fracture of the skull 4in. long. The frac- ture was caused during life, and within 24 hours of death. The fracture was caused by a blow on the head against some broad sur- face or from a fall from a height on to the head. The injuries could not have been caused by the child striking its head against its cot during a fit of convulsions. Mildred Bayer, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Bayer, said that the deceased and four other children, herself, and her mother all slept in one room. During her illness of about a week deceased had lived in a bassinette. She had never heard anything about an accident. The case was adjourned.

LONGER CAMPS. Mr Haldane's Promise to the Volunteers In a sp.edh to the 2nd London Rifles on Saturday Mr. Haldaine said that without a fifteen days' oamp he believed they could not get an efficient Volunteer force. But there were practical reasons which would make it more difficult for him if, the ground and foundation being gone for this year, which must necessarily be a transition year, the old system were kept up any longer. They must not for a moment imagine thait he tfhought, an eight days' camp was satisfac- tory or even. todembl-e- The work the Volun- ooers had done was splendid, but a work with- out foundation. The Army and the Volun. teer force must form part of a single organised force with a single pattern of organisation. The problem must be sur- veyed from the point of view of the whole. If we lost our 27 field army brigades or fifteen days' camp this year, so far as he was con- cerned it would only be that we might re- gain t'hem as part of a larger whole-as part of a force which he believed was destined to be the base and the support of the great striking force of the British nation, which co-uld ouJy be efficient if it rested in the nation, and rested through the Volunteer soldiers the nation was willing to pouir forth. (Cheers.)

MOTOR ACCIDENT SEQUEL I Charge of Manslaughter Dismissed 1 Lieutenant George Alexander L. Paton, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, stationed at Alders-hot, was on Saturday discharged at the Berkshire Petty-sessions at Windsor upon the charge of the manislaughter of a cyclist, Osborne Paul Hart, by running him down with a motor-oar on October 23. Lieutenant Paton overtook and went over the deceased as the latter turned from a side street into the main road, and Hart died the same night from a fractured spine and other injuries. Witnesses stated that the car was travelling very fast, and that the scene of the accident was very dangerous. Without hearing the case for the defence the magistrates said there was not sufficient evidence to send it for trial, and recommended the erection of a danger signal at the spot where the accident took place.

SHORT WAY WITH A TRUSTI Masked Men Set Fire to Factories I Three hundred masked men marched into Princeton (Kentucky) early on Sat-urdia-y morning, seized the police-station and the waterworks, in order to prevent interference, and then applied a, torch to two big tobacco stemmeries. When t,he fire was beyond con- trol the men marched off, discharging guns and revolvers. The plants of the etem- meries were destroyed, and many cottages in the vicinity were damaged. This remarkable raid is believed to be in furtherance of the tobacco raigers' agitation aga-inst the so-called Tobacco Trust.—Reuter.

DARING MAIL VAN ROBBERY I While a mail-van driver was collecting mails from a post-office in the Riue Bayard at Toulouse, leaving his van outside Un- attended, some unknown, men closed the door of the office with an iron bar enveloped in paper, and drove off with the van, which coritamed a number of bag's. The thieves displayed great daring, as the post-office is Ritua-ted njext door to a cafe, a/nd the street was crowded a.t the time. At midnight the van was found by the police in a, yard in the Rue des Chalets. The bags had been out open, a<nd bank notes and valuables to the estimated amount of betweem 300,000 and 600,000 francs abstracted. There is no trace of the robbers.—Renter.

MUMBLES LIBEL CHARGE I Tflllie Clayton, 31, Laroom-street, Walwortlh, London, was summoned at Swansea on Satur- day by Mrs. Caroline French, landlady of tiie Beasutfort Arms, Mumbles, for" mali- ciously publishing a defamatory libel." Defendant did not appear, but had sent a letter to the magistrates. Mr. R. T. Leyeon, who is for the prosecu- tion, agreed to adlow the case to stand over for a week.

LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ON CRIME I The Lord Chief Justice in opening tlie York Assizes on Saturday said the results of education and the cultivation of moral prin- ciples had effected a diminution of crime in the country. Commending the movement for the physical and mental improvement of the working classes, he said tha4, speaking after many years' experience, he knew of 110 cause, apart from drink, that led more to crime than young people idling about the streets. I

CARDIFF NEW PUBLIC OFFICES I On and after to-day (Monday) all com- mittees of the Cardiff Corporation will meet at the New City-hall, except the finance and public worlts. which will be held at the finance office and city engineer's office .as heretofore until further notice, and excluding the free libraries and museum, wfuioh Will meet at the library aud at the musonm as heretofore.

BENEFICIAL AS A LIGHT FOOD—The best results are obtained by the daily use of HORLICK'S MAT,TED MILK, which has also the advantage of the greatest simplicity in preparation. It maintains strength amd vitality by re-pla-cjjig the waste of nerve, brain, aaid bodily power. Malted Milk ia manufactured from the purest oow's milk, oombined with the irutrimental extracts of wheat and barley malt. It is untouched by trand, amd the utmost caTe is exercised over every detiail of its preparation. It c-an be used either hot or oold, amd is always healthful and invigorating, being a delicious food-drink, whioh is iavalua-ble on land or sea. Of all chemists, grocers, and stores throughout the kingdom, price ls. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per bottle. A f:ree sample, together with full desorvptivie matter, will be for- -warded for two stamps, to cover voota-ge, by Hocrlick's Food Oompamy, 34, Farriagdoa Boad. I.øDdøD..JLQ..wø.

I Try Their Luck- Schoolgirls'Visits to the West End ISTORY OF AN IMPROPER LIFE Miriam Warton, aged 45, a lodging-house- keeper, of 23, Dancer-road, Fulham, was again brought before Mr. Lane at West London Police-oourt on Saturday on the charge of procuring Maud Hilt, aged sixteen, for immoral purposes. It was alleged that while the girl was sup- posed to be attending a school of Shorthand at London, she and another girl named Sadie were really daily visiting the prisoner's housf-t pl.ace of iU-fame-and were sent out by the prisoner to the West End to lead immoral lives.—Mr. Bodkin (instructed by Mr. Sefton Gohen) prosecuted for the Treasury; Dr. J. E. Oooney defended; and t-he interests of persons connected with the case were represented by Mr. Orwald Han- son, Mr. Leslie Smith, aild others. The girl Hilt was further cross-examined, and handed up a list containing the names of six men with whom, so she stated, she had had relations. Dr. Cooney: Is the niale of someone from the, Primrose Club there?—Witness: Yes. How often have you slept out at nighit from home?—Never. Isn t it the fact that the prisoner only went out with you twice?—Certainly not—several times. Dr. Cooney was about to question the wit- ness respecting two of her sisters whose names be mentioned, when Mr. Bodkin pro- tested aigainst dragging in the names of respectable young women. The Magistrate observed that the question seemed irrelevant, and he ruled that the witness need not answer Dr. Cooney. Names and Addresses In re-examiination the witness said the names and addresses she had written down were those she heard. She could not say of her own knowledge that they were correct. Mrs. Annie MiLman, living at 22, Daracer- load, Fulham, said she know the prisoner bv sight. She lived opposite. Witness had noticed strange men and women entering the prisoner's house. Some of the women were showily dressed. Cabs sometimes drove up to the house, usually early in the morning. During a few weeks in September and Octo- ber she saw Maud Hilt there. She had seen her go out with the prisoner. Mrs. Goad, of 28, Dancer-road, gave similar evidence respecting the character of the prisoner's house. She had seeu Maud Hilt go into the house. In cross-examination she said she believed theatrical people did lodge at the prisoner's house, and it was possible chauffeurs lived there too. Frederick Goode. salesman to a firm of shoemakers, of Shaft-esbtiry-aven-iie, spoke as to selling two pairs of 18s. 6d. boots to the prisoner for the girls Maud Hilt and Sadie Hudson. He was positive that the prisoner paid for the second pair of boots. Evidence was given as to the purchase by the prisoner, who was a,coom,pa,nied by Maud Hilt, of some bedroom furniture a.t a shop in Wandsworth (alleged by the prosecution to have been intended for a bedroom for the girl in the prisoner's house) Dr. Horace Walker, of Hammersmith-road, stated that he had examined the girls, Mayd Hilt and Sadie Hudson, and his examination confirmed the story of the prosecution. ISadie Hudson's" Story. Sa-ran JH Uougal, a pretty fair-haired girl of sixteen, who has been known throughout the case as Sadie Hudson, sta-ted that she first made the prisoner's acquaintance three years ago. She used to run errands for her, and Maud Hilt sometimes went with her. Prisoner then lived at Colehill-lane, Fulham. Prisoner used to talk wrong things to her. On leaving school in J-uly, 1904, she went into domestic service. The witness described how she and Mauh went to the. prisoner's house, where the prisoner questioned her as to her occupa- tion. Witness told her she was then doing dressmaking, and the prisoner &aid "That's no good." She suggested that they should go to the Burlington Arcade and Piccadilly, and "try their luck." We didn't say anything in particular, but we went in the end-the prisoner perrsuaded us to go. The witness proceeded to give details as to tho life she a,ntl Maud led in their visits to the West End. While s-he (witness) was at Tamworth-street she always handed to the prisoner the monoy she received. It amounted in all to JE16. Accused was further remanded.

TROUBLE IN ABYSSINIA I Emperor Menelik's Illness I The situation in Abyssinia. created by the serious illness of the Emperor Menelik and the possible contingency of a, struggle for the succession in the event of his demise yenders more difficult the acceptance and enforcement of the An«rlo-Franoo-Italian Con- vention, the ratification of which Menelik has always postponed. Anxiety is felt for the safety of the European representatives at Addis Abeba in case there is a general outbreak in conr necticn with the succession. Signor Martini, the Governor of Erythrea, who is now in Rome, stated in an interview that the Heir to the Throne is a boy of ten years called Jasu, son of Menelik's daughter who married Ras Michael. Jasu will be sup- ported toy his father, but opposed by other Rases, including Degioc Schium, aged twenty, who is a. son of the recently deceased Ras Mangascia.—Reuter.

DAGGER IN A BOUQUET t Attempt on Grand Duke Vladimir I An unknown mam presented himself at the Hotel Continental in Paris two days ago, and requested an interview with the Graind Duke Vladimir, stating that ho had an important communication to make to him, and that he also wished to present a large bouquet of flowers to him as a token of his respect and admiration. The man was elegantly dressed, but, in accordance with an order given hy the Grand Duke that the utmost caution is to be observed m introducing persons to his presence, he was asked to hand over the bouquet of flowers which he carried to an attendant. On examination it was discovered that a foraidable dagger W.R-A c-ODfealed in the centre of the bouquet. The man was immediately arnested■ C-ontral News.

MR CHAMBERLAIN I Return to Public LifeVeryUnlikely I In reference to the various reports about Mr. Chamberlains health, the "Observer" states th-a-t he has not had any I>aTalytic seizure nor is he suffering from cancer. The gout, HO we NOT, has affected his heart a;nd bis eyes, and it is very unlikely that he will ever reftunn to polit.ioa.l life.

GERMAN AUGEAN STABLES I ???a,g. on Saturday Herr Rebel ? Ir5 vh, e did ?? think that Herr Derubur? was the Hercul? who 11" going to oleanse tba -?S? stables of German Colonial policy. The ?holo insurre?Mon in Dama.? bMid??had ? been a Irold mine for the contra?Lors am.d the people had lost hundreds of millions, A 0011 Policy was not a crime in itself; th point wae. How was it oarrjod out? The conduct of the war in South Africa was scarcely Christian The lack of railways was not responsible for the rising. The Colonies, Herr Bebel declared, were not a token of the greatness of Germany, but were rather like a slrot and chain, on the leg. Of a surplus population which might go to the Colonies there was no question. The more richly the Colonies were endowed the more dangerous and the more burdensome they became in the event of war.—Reuter.

I FUNERAL-OFSIR EDWARD REED I I Tho funeral of the late air Edward Reed II will take place to-morrow (Tuesday), and will I be attended only by meinibers of the family, in accordance with his expressed wish that it Should be of the simplest kind. The first I part of the service will be held at noon at St. Mairy's, Wimbledon, all friends being welcome.

ABERCARN MAN'S SUICIDE I A main na-med Rosser Daviee, aged about 52, and lodging at 38, Ranks, Abercarn, is to have committed suicide by hanging himself in an outhouse. The body was cut down by a fellow-lodger, named Richard Goalding. PolioeD8w.ole Gt?e? used artifH cwl respimtlon for a<bo? twmtv minutes, but without success. Dr. Smith pronounced life extinct.

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I J 111 POINTS TO NtU Springboks DefeatWiate^ ( Easily. I SOUTH AFRICA DE13GHTED < The Welsh team were defeated at Swaiisesi on Saturday by eleven poinrts to nil, the tnet being scored by Loubser, Joubert, and Kaat, The scene after the game was one whacj could never be forgotten by those present, The crowd had &warmed on the field just before the final, and as soon as the wtorstle went mad.e for the South African payers and took hold of several of them a shouldered them. Here the crowd cheered' itself hoarse, and the reception was posi-i tively magnificent. Cries of "Good oiGiI Africans," Good Old Jou-bert," aiscr "Loubscr" and Marsburg were raised. [ Had the Welshmen won they p bably not have received so much ciseersngJ The Africa-n placers are bound to tteiiik.1 highly of the Welsh crowd. especially otJ Swansea. They were agalÍn recanted retting into their breaks with prolongy-d* cheers. Certainly no team that has ever played on the St. Helen's Ground has been, so well received. Hearty oongrafcuiatioris to the South Africans on a well-won victory. High Compliments toWel-ACPOWct The Springboks were delighted, not onlyi; with the result of the match, but with the( conduct of the crowd. Certain &pitetuo persons during the tour had informed theiW that they would have adverse and un- Pleasant demonstrations by Welsh epectotora at t.he matdles, but Mr. Panl Roos naakt". tilq deliberate statement that the Weigh crowds before wbom they had played w-ere the most sportsmanlike he has come acroes in tfaw wnole country, "Nowhere," said he, -have I been eoarieti off the field after a. match as I waa- at) Swansea." The Gate Wo are informed by Mr. W. E. Bses-tka*, the total gate money is expected to be some. where between £2,000 and £ 3,000, but the- counting of the money does not take- pteoe tiii-1 tenday. Captain Colquhoun estimated tho accom- modation of the field at 50,000, but Mr, puts it down at 40,000 at the outside. South Africa Delighted CAPE TOWN, gunday. The victory of the South African Eaghy* football team over Wales has created immense enthusiasm throughout South Africa. Crowds thronged outside the newspaper offices in all the towns and villages a,waiting bulletins giving the progress of the game. The result was received with extraordinary gratification in view of the confidence of some experts in the Welsh team. Cheering crowds marched through the streets for hours afterwards, and there was exceptional jubilation in music-halls and elsewhere at the bare mention of the Spring- boks, who are considered to have completely rehabilitated themselves after their defeat by Scotland a fortnight ago The South Africans expected to wa only by a narrow margin, if at all. Mr. Rees Price, president of the Ctembraaa Society at Johannesburg, has sent a. lettrar tt* the press congratulating the Springboks oni their victory over Wales. Mr. Price sayaf that whilst Welshmen in Soptth Afrira would, have preferred a Welsh victory, still, if the; Motherland must be beaten, they prefer tha £ it should be at the hands of the Springbok^, whose clean and honourable game had bam an honour to South Afrioa.-Reater. I THE VOICE OF THE CRITICS I Dopper Sagacity. Few people knew that the victory wara-thc* result of well-laid plans, as well conceived as any during the Boer War, when Dapper sagacity often beat British wit, but such is the case. The Springbok selectors did well to put Marsburg back, and play Joubert at three-quarter, and the plan worked very well. But for the extraordinary revival of the Irish forwards laet Saturday, following M'Lea-rs historic try, Ireland would have been ,>«: badly beaten as Wales were, but that is mit, as certain or as taaigitble as Saturday's very meritorious result. There win be several tilings said about the Welsh team not being; up to the standard, but these may be dig- regarded, for they are a real good side, and will not lose many of our ordinary inter- national matches.—"News of the WorN." Morgan Wasted. Without wishing in the least to minimiEe the praise due to the South Africans for. their wonderful victory at Swansea on Saturday, it must be clearly pointed out that their opponents played far below the form of any team. representing Wales for many years. For this reason Welshmen will take theiresuit very' seriously to heart, and many feelings of regret must be associated with a reverse, which came as the first defeat sustained by, Wales on a ground in their own country for, seven years, Ireland having last had the satisfaction of gaining a viotory in the Principality in 1899 at Cardiff. To aoeount for the disappointing play of the Welshmra is not easy, but signs have not been wanting: of some deterioration of Welsh football in olub matches, and probably the selectors erred in putting too many comparatively old players in the side. Want of resource both in attack and defence marked the Welsh backs, and the failure of Nicholls was specially unfortunate, as it had the effect of spoiling Morgan, whose splendid abilities were to a large extent wasted.—" Observer. An Unfortunate Re-appearance. While giving the South Africans every credit for their glorious victory. which more than compensated them for their defeat at Glasgow, it must be confessed that the Welsh fifteen played much below the form that had been shown in previous years. There were too many veteran players in the team. Their forwards failed to obtain any mastery in the scrimmage, being no more often in possession of the ball than their opponents, and their backs failed badly. The latter had a fair number of chances, but they were slow, and even clumsy, in their passing, their fumbling being largely responsible for t-he Col()nid's' third try. Gwyn Nicholls, for the first time, played a bad game for Wales, and his re-appearance was a mistake. The South Africans owed nothing to luck. They won by rea-son of superior all-round tactics, and fairly and squarely defeated the Welshmen at the latter's own game.—" Sunday Times." Youngsters Wanted. I have not seen waies pi,-Iy a worse game of Rugby football sin-ce they were beaten at Birkenhead over a dozen years ago. Unless some young»frprs are developed ere the New I Year the Union will have a rocky sort of experience in the international proper.— "W.L.S." in "Sunday Chronicle." Pivot O'f the Success. The two chief artists in tht victory were Krige and De ViUiers. Whenever the bail came to the Welsh backs those two were past the scrum like lightning, and their spoiling" .won praise from friend and foe alike. They never gave Gabe and Nicholls a chance to do anythmg aggressive, and it is signifioant of the keenness of their work that Morgan, the hdpe of Wales. never Had more than two chances all through the game. Th0 headwork of these two centre three-quarters was masterly, aud they were tlie pivot :l,ud kq of t.he success that was gained. The outstanding feature of the match was the unfailing African tackling. Eveit the oldest "elshman present admitted that he had n'evcr seen anything to equal it. On t ,be Welsh side, the best man was undoubtedly Dyke the full-back. But for him the .s'Pr™gho-ks might easily hate won more decisively Weekly Dispatch." Good Sportsmanship The two teams sat down to dinner together in the evening at the Royal Hotel, the eh a ir being occupied by Mr. W. D. Phillips (Cardiff), in the absence of Sir John Llewelyn, presi- dent of the Welsh Union, who was unable to attend on account of a family bereave- ment. Mr. Paul Roos, the South African skipper, epoke in glowing terms of the remarkably cordial reception he and his comrades had received in Wales. In no other part of the country, he said, had he eeesn such, good srportsmiaftHhip, amd nowhere had, he been oairried shouldei- hlgoh after a victory except- at Swansea, and the men who carried hiur and several of his comrades were Welshmen. Mr. Garden, the manager of the South African team, also spoke, and endorsed the remarks of Mr. Rooe. The toast of the Welsh team was acknow- ledged by Mr. Charlie Pritohard (Newport), in the absence of Gwyn Nicholls, who left early for Cardiff on account of the pain he suffered) from the kick he receiwd in the first half. Gwyn Nicholls's Future Gwyn NksboHs has now de-finitely made tip his mimd not to play aIDY, more mteraational football, but will probably turn cut for Car- diff against the SpringIboks oa New Year's Day.

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