Evening Express

ANOTHER COLUSiOM I A,n alarming colliaioc. by which seveI"al pprcons were injured, occurred on Saturday night at Ma.rkg Tcy. a station live miles gooth-west of Colchester. The train leaving Livtrpool-strept, lx)ndon, at h,,lf-Past five wa-o involved. At., Marks Tey. which is a. jauction for Sndbary. the train alipped some carriages as usnal. but on entering the station the driver found the signals .against, hini, and btopp<d his tra,iTt. The slipped 4.armages then ran into the standing train, and several paoaetigera were injured. A Ciacton lady and a gentleman were taken on to the Essex and Colchester Hospi tal. Later in the evening the line was clear&d end tra.tBc rewuaaed. A later telegram says the lady injured proves to be Mrs. Clara Frost, of Abbotsford, Holland-road, Little C1&cton. She was travelling with her little daughter in a corridor carriage. The child was unhart. but ,,he, mother is feared to have sustained broken ribs. The guard, Gecrge Bonner. of Bury St. Edmunds, snatained a severe cut on :he head. Others were only slightly injured. The accident appears to have been due to .he thick state of the atmosphere, which prevented the signal from being clearly seen. Collision on the Contment I BREMEN. &ucda.y. The HMnburg-Colog'ne expr?B collided ?t O?t?i'sberg with a goods tram. Of the posta.l oSc?ls in the express four were killed, ajMl a\€ %eriouely and six cligh.My injured. HAMBURG, Sunday. EXl?res No 96, which left H,amfbuTg for Cologne a.t 11.19 last. iiifwht, was wrecked a-t Otteraberg. n<;a,r Bremen. No oOlctaJ in1or- ina.tdou is as y€'t a,a,ila.bl. but it is ooated that a, ma.il van was tolJally dowroyed by are and one of the poetal etaft was killed, wh-He thpee pergons -were eeverdy injured, emd t<wo a-re Tiiiseing'. BONN, gram-de;y. The TMHn de Luxe from Fra,ukfort to Cologne oolil>idoo. with a- ?oode tra.m near BrugFeis. Tho brak<'&ma.n was kiHed and a I 'UlJ¡mr of paæoeU@'erg injured.—Router. BERLIN, Sunday. Dttadle of the r: W ay accident, at Ottere- ?r? show that it waa a.I'mo<tt a miKK'Ie that 'the ? loea of life w"p uot.larger. Tho express I iMhHd into the g001s train broadside on as th? latter waa proooe'uus to a ?ding to m?e way f?R t?'e expr?s. A fileepia? ca.r N?ae ihurled down an eQibanbm?nt on to a, enow- covered meadow, it remained upright. With the exoPpMoa ?-t a few bruises! th. occup:t.nt6 were vphurt. The go&diS tra.in included t noiT-Jxr of trcoke with I cuttle, amd t!!d m<<or'tv of the bea.eta were 'kHl(>(" ]0'1 P-rSOP6 lost their lives. The a-c()Ïd-:mt occurred at one o clock this morning. 1JAAELS. Sunday. TTa-in No. '?. wt'tch Icfl. BruMe!s a-t 8.35 v('>Strda:t' ""vei d ng for I:rl1J!'PF, left the rtula at Qualn:'o..pt: nfar Gb<,rn. One T'ereon waa ctHed, &,nd tb<- H'!Mn eorviM waa MTapIefefy diso-Re\lUlL

ARBROATH HOHROR I I DeathofMr.B)ack,M.P. PATHETtC RESCUES & ESCAPES The tale of victims of the raihva.y collision at Elliot Junction, near Arbroath, is, indeed, a sad and terrible one. Owing to iDtemip- tion of telegraphic comm-unication with the North, it was not until Saturday that full dstails came to hand of the a.wful train di&aste'r which had taken pl&cc on the pre- vious a.fternoon on the North British Ra,il- wa,y. By this cataatrophe—which occurred on the twenty-seventh anniversary oftbeTay Bridge disaster in '1879, when 70 Jives were lost—sixteen persons, it now appears, were killed outright, three suffered so dreadfully th-a.t they only survived for a few hours, and many others, a,bout 37 in number, were more or !ess seriously injured. Later accounts indicate the death of Mr. Blaek, M.P., another injured passenger, bringing the list of victims up to 21. The catastrophe took place on a line which is und&r the joint control of the North British and CaJedoniam Railways and runs north-ea&t from Dundee, by way of the coast. to Arbroa.th. The whole country wae under snow, and in places where the cuttinge were deep and exposed there were bea.vy drifts on the line. The consequence was thut the expresses from the South found when they reached Arbroa,t.h in the raging storm of Fri- day that their further progress was com- p.letely barrpd. They were held up for mar y.hours in the hope that the etorm would abate. But, this hope pr0vin,g vain. a num- ber of the passengers asked tha.t they might be taken back as far as Dundee, and a traan wa-s made up for the-ir return. Five coaches were placed at the dispo8.a<I of these pa-,songers and of the passengers who were bound sou-th wards from Arbroath, and one of the large express engines was detached for their service. This engine had, however, to travel back tender-foremost, as there was no turntable at Arbroath big enough for its use. It was then about half-past three o'clock, a.nd the lig-ht was beginning to wa'ne. The wind was driving the snow wildly before it. Only a mile and a< half had been traverged, t.he signals a-t cl&ar," and no great speed had been a<ttal'ned, when the engine- driver, locking over his tender through the anow, was horrined to see a train standing om the sa-me up-Iine at Elliot Junction. There was barely time to shut off steam aaid seize the brake handles before his coal-laden tejider shot with tremendous force into the rear of this ata.ndiTLg t.rain. The guard's Tan and the hindmost carriage. heavily freighted, were telescoped by the impact, and the poor travellers, who but a m,ucnt before had been condoling with each other on their minor miseries, had the life mstantly crushed out of them or were so terribly maimed and battered tha-t they seemed more dead than alive. The tender &wu.ng over on to its side, pinning the stoker be-neath it. The e'ngine shot its driver on to a Enow heo/p, but itaelf kept the line. A mail- vaji i'mmedtat-ely be-hind the engine was shivered int'o fl-agireiits, and two g-uardar who had been in it found themselves hurled out on to t.he snow comparatively unrnjnred. One of these men, himself of some fog- edg'nja.Is, rushed immediately back along the line and nxed them at interva,)6 on t.he rails to prevent any repetition of the ca.ta<?tropb.c. The other ran to the succour of the passen- gers. The engine-driver, torn a,nd bleeding about the head, eea-rched for his rndsaang at&ker a.nd rendered what other aid he could. Most of the loss of life occurred in the local tra.iti. One exeep-tion wae the stoker of the express, who, pinmed beneath his upturned engine, lived for seven, hours in a position of torture which the moot willing rescuers could not alleviate. Still brea,thing, lie wa-t released Ia.te in the evening, only to die abort I y a<ft-er wards in the inSrma.ry. The Kitted. The following is a list of the killed:— Mr. Alexander William Black, M.P. for BanNshirp: compound fractuj-e of both lePo lAter amputated; died on Saturday evening. William Steele, commercial traveller. connected with the Dundee Courier," who succumbed to his injuries La-te on Frid&y night. Alexander Shand, M.A., journalist, also connected with the Dundee Courier," whotte death wae hastened by exposure before he could be rescued. J:\mes Cathro, ironmonger, Dundee, who died on Saturday. F. R. Whitneld, traveler for George Anderson and Co., Taynioatb Works, Car- noustie. James Ja.mieson, traveller, Sinclair- street, Glasgow. Adam Hunter, Hawick. Frank Norrie, Pa,rk-avenue, Dundee, traveller for Couttie and Sons, bakers, Dundee. A. B. Ewart, Glasgow. Charles Wood, storekeeper, Carnoustie. A man called "Tom," whose surna-me )a supposed to be "Wood," a letter having been found in hde pocket eigBed by "brother Charles," 11, Meadow-row, Now Kent-road, S.E. Mr. 'I\Mn Wood, a young man of 23, lived it is ia. the NoTth of Scotland. His brother, an engineer by profession, left London last Thursday night to spend a New Year holiday at !ua pa-rents' house at 59 Atoert-street, Lcith-walk, Edinburgh. Mr. T,om Wood is believed to have bean on his way south to join in the family reunion. He was out of work a, few weeks ago, and had expressed his intention of going to London to find work. He is the youngest of eight sons, all belonging to Edinburgh. John Wood Wood, storekeeper, Gutihrie Port. Arbroath. A man unknown, in possession of a third- ol&Aw free pass of the North British Ra/i!- wny for all etationB. marked "Inspector Ha-oMlton's Squad, Engineeœirng De&a.rt- :tneut." Alexander OouttB, Dalmeny-stroet, Edin- burgh. James Christy, Broughty Ferry. Wi11Jam M'Farlane, traveller for :Meesre. John Hray and Co. Glasgow. R. Leslie, railway guard, Edinburgh. W. H. Owen, traveller for Ogden'fi Tobacco Company. Robert Irvine fireman of the express engine. John Vood, newsboy, Arbr<jatb. J<xhn C!o.w. ra-Hway employe, Edinburgti. Several of the dead were removed to their homes on Saturday evening. It is remark- able that no wo.ma.n is included in their number. The Injured. I According to the I,x"t accounts the imjured number 22. of whom two are in a crrtica.1 oon- ddtion. So far as asoorta.ined the injured include:— George Gourlay, exprees emgrne driver, Edinburgth; right e,ar al!t through a.Tid face oth'erwise cut. Archibald M'NeiIage. Hope.Blt-root, GIaagow, edli,tor of the &ottih Fa.rmer." Ja,m€S Durie, clerk, Fiergus-t;treet, Arbroa.th. Thomas Bea,ttie, Oonsw,bl.e-street, Car- nooetie; leg broken a'nd hea-d much cut. Peter Brown, eng-iM-drivar, Tai,t'8-'1ane, D'undee. Williaal Pitch ett. Hilligide-atreet, Edin- burgh. Johu M. MitoheU. Broughty Ferry. H. A. Allan, CI'e'pm.gt&n-road, Dundee; not pr{'rgreæing fa.voura.bly a.t pfea&Bt. JCMph M'Carron, Kincnrdine-e'tTeet, Dundee; both legs brok&n, James Kay, meat sa.lesm<a.n, Dumdec; right leg benken, James Robertson, Sydney C'Qtt.age, Sha-m- rock-Ftrept. Dundee; budly bruised about the head. Miee Porter. Bru'c.ts'&eid-pla.oe, Edin- burgh. There arD in all eleven in Arbroat-h lu'ar- mary. The oou.rag& displayed by Mr. BLack while the doctors Wer'0 a-t.tPnding him i'n the itjL- &rm.aj'y on Friday eni'sted the admi'ration of aU. While hia broken limbs were being placed in splints he showed the ntmoet fort,i. tude. On Su.tu,rda,y a. pro'esE'o'r from. Editi. bnrgh present !n the opera.ti'ng thea.tre. According to a. nowa agency, the operartion was a'leo for int<'jrt)al iniu'ry. Death of Mr.B'ack. Mr. AI&xander W. Black, the Liberal mem. bar for B,&nffshtre, who waa so seriously injured in Fri<lay'ø railway dieaster, died in Arbro,ath Innrmary la.te on Saturday night in the presence of his wife. his brother (Mr. Buyers Bla<olt. of CHa-sgow), a-nd his brother- in-lsvv (Mr. WHson. of Edinburgh). The deceased wa-s oonscioas until within half an hottr of his dea,th. and boro his injuries with wonderful fortitude, i Mr BIack'a demifte cauaes a. vacancy in the representation of Ba,nfFsMro. When afr. BIa?-k returned to oonsbioasness a?ter the operation it wae seen tba't. the end wa? near. He re&lised the fact himself, and to his wif? a.nd brother he gave in?truo- ?\ons aa t<o hia B-Htpii?? jM? ]auMtad them to thank Lord Rosebojy, Mr. Balfour, and the .many members of Parliament who s?nt mæR'a.ges of eympathy. Among others who visited his bedsMte on S?t.tu'day wa? Sir John Batty Tnk€, M.P. I STORtES OF THE INJURED. I Scene Like a Chamber of Horrors Some of t.he injured lying in Arbroath Innrmary a.3 able to tell their thrilling stories. Mr. James Durie. of Arbroath. saicl he hfa-d no distinct recollection of the actnai oal<MnJty, as 'he lost consciousness. and his mind thenceforwa/rd was a complete bi.k. Another of the injured, Peter Brown, of Dun- dee. an engine-driver, who was travelling 'Tiome a-ftor his work, gave a similar account of a blank mind following the terrific crash of the collision. Joseph M'Oarron, a brig'bt youtih, told a press repre.æll>tative of hia ill-luck. He had taken the pla<ce of another new&boy &t Arbroa-th, and was returning with his un- sold Papers to Dundee in the train w.hicih oame to a standstill at EMiot Junction. "I remember being struck with terrible force," M'Carron said, a.nd th&n &nding myself pinned to the ground by a carriage which had .been My position fright. fuil. I thought nottody would come to t-uke me out, for everyone seemed to be looking after somebody elBC. It seemed ages betoi'tt they ca;me to uie. Then, after a terribly Iciig wait, I was pulled out and taken to the innr- mary." Both the lad's legs were fractured. Mr. John M. MitoheII, another of the tra- veHers, !h<td started out for Aberdeen, but owing to the disorganised tramo was obliged to return to t.he KJoatlh. He was in t.he same carriage as .Mr. Bld.ck, M.F. After the nrst shock .M..r..MitcheU found bimeolf ja.mmed a.moliig the wreckage and held by both leg: with debris piied up on all aides. Alt around lay t.he de.ad amd dying, and the Higbt, Ct'mbine'd with the groans of the maimed, naa4io a veritable chamber of iiorrors." Mr. MitctbeU condemned the sys- tem which a-t+Owed the express to It.aYC so close behind the other passenger train, I jitieOniyEye-Witness. Mr. J&mes Ma,idtôiu. Logie-atree't, Dundee, a'ppears tQ jia-ve been, the only person who sa-w the ae;eddent. "I h&d," he sa.id, ju&L Ictt t.be ix;zbi train and w.at: saud,ing in the at Elliot, trying Lo the Oau,e of the d,y. 'Thei'c was a. biiZMurd alt the t.i.tu'e, a.nd I oould no't. see far down the line. RMdctouly a. big biacii &Q!giue loomed out of the da.rkue6ti and went OJ'aøU- Íllg into the M'tun I had just i-eft. A ma,n d-aoileci paiS" nit* my God!" and then a.ii wtts uf'i&e aad bu&tie. Tht: scenes wat-a t.nc ciead a.ad dy1.ng' were carrit;<i. n.wa-y were Mm;.h. tilat I cuuitL litid wo-roR M (L-er,iLve mejLa." Condition of the tnjured On inquiry at Arbi'oa<th lulirma-ry hhis M,Dfzliiig, it w<M learned tha,t iile niue pef- sous mjuj-ed rctna,miug iu t'ha.t institution wbre pri)gr,W-tslrlg a.s well M could 00 expect, ihe inost serious ,ases afe those of Allan .Mit<cheil a.nd M'CarUdl. bodies Hemoved The budy of Mr. A. W. BI,a.ok. M.P., was conveyed to Bdinburgh by the North British train ibm-iH? Arbroa-th &hort/ly after ilin-e o'clock, TilÐ reimti,na were accomparnied s<juth by Mr&- Bla..ck. other bodies, those of William A. P.t,temoll, Bdin'burgu, Alex. Coa.ts, and his BOll Robert. Goats, Edinburgh, were conveyed south at the same time. 'ine Temovai of the bodieE waa wat-ohed at the sta,tion by a aud deeply aympa.- tbeti<: crowd. Q Killed on Sister's Wedding D..y. No incidents ca.n surely have been more mo.u.i-a.tu.l than th<,Be attending' the death ot Mr. Frank :Nol'l'i, o.f Dnnd&e, a commercial tra.\61ler. lfan,iug comlplewa hds work ou F.nda,y at .A.rbl'O,a,W¡, he oa?ugh,t the 3.10 p.m. ti"<Ma. to D,ulide-c, wii6r@ he was on the &&,me evealii,g to ti.a.vo acæd as beet man at hM Btstar'g weddlnif; in Duudee the prepatra.- tio'ns for th<' crf"UlQny had gone on ap,%oe, a.nd _M]. Nome's a;bsenoe aroused m'u'c.h oluxli,Bt-Y, whi6h a-t. Jeng'tJi gave place toa.la<rm. The hon-arrival was natur!a-ily at.-tri-hu.ted to dt:Lay oa,ueed by the aaow bi(,,A on t'he iino. The truth was, however, all too soon ascer- t'a.ined, thoHSti hopec, were st-i.il e'nt.Hrtain&d for .Mr. Norrie's safety, a.nd it was decided to iiurry throug;h tlhe ceremony. The uews of h.is (loatll reached Dundee on Sa-tur"y, 'the bi-ide bsicg prosti-a.t<?d with sfrief. Cause of the Disaster. A complete explain action of the cause of the diNaaMf wiM be the work of the Board of i'Il<i.pooWr (Major I-'ri.ngle) wno. is to hold the oiRcial inquiry. The points tha,t beéW." on the imtter m&y be put follows:— 1. Tite double track between Arbro.ath aDd DmijcLee wa-3 being worked aa a, single line. 2. This was on ajcsou-nt of ome line being Mcelted by a deraitment which .preceded the ioolliBion. 3. Wa.s the "danger" signal so clogged or veight,ed by snow tba.t it depMssed iteeM autouia,tic.,i,UY to "line clcor "? The driver of tthe express says such was the signal he received. 4. Tho line being worked as a, single line, wero the signats the sole gua,rd against amiflext? The section limit or red pilot system was also being used, and if en'ectively "se<I should b&ve prevented the two trajms being- in the same sectMjn. 5. Was it snowing so heavily at the time ?ha?, the st??la could not be seen? A gua/rd s'Bd other oStioiaIs and p&6'en'g'lers say yes; the driver niakea no euch atate.ment How Rescues Were Carried Out. I TeloeI'a.ph a,nd telephone wtr?g were un- ?orka.M&, but Arbroath and the surrounding ?Uagea so'o'R le.a.m'&d t-he a.ppaiHng story. ?*he ra.i)way servants hastened to the spot, -n,d at their heels came the surgeons. cod a-lid resourceful as ever. and the work of rescue wa6 begun. Wreckage was oa.refuHy Hfd. one a-fter another a, deatd or uncon- scious was reached a.nd borme away for exa.mtDa,tioa. The dead grew in ntimber u.n,til it was aDPerent there was going to be ,a'l1 a.wfT)t to.ta.1. The injured, aleo a grea.t R'um.ber. bad amongat them Mr. Black t<he 'ParNametJIta.ry yeprpsenta'tive of Ba,nifebire, \ith two broken legs. Those wounded, aft-or, ftr6t-a,icl b&d been aiforded theitn, were J reTnoved as speedily as possible to the in&r. rnary at Arbroat'h. It was many hoTtrs before a b-re"'3>kdb-wn Sa,ng with its travel! irg orane and other Powerful a.PP&ra.tug cooJd be brought to the This was owing to' Ute havoc p.Ia.yed by the. s.tor!& w,itb the t el,egraph wires, and to the faot that there was only one Une of ra.ils clfa-r to Dundee, the other being bio&ked by It ?oods train which bad got embedded in the snow. MeanWhile it had been discovered that the éXP.rØ3S nrem&'n. a young EdinbTjrgTi ma.n, Wno lying undor the overtnmed tcndRr. was stiU alive. His voice could be faintly heard, a'od soon it waa poesiMe to reaoh Mni and supply him from time to time with RbimulaOts; but, though t,oore vms a large Nqn'ad of men at work. it wae found im.poesd'ble to reh',aE1' him until the arriva.1 of the brea-k- down gt\'ng a.nd a,MMMra<ms. Bra.ndy was Paa&ed to him in a. gl.am, but ho was Po wedged a-mcug the wheels thM he oonM not ra,i,,qe it to his mo'ntn. He was, however. a<b!e to uee a bottie. Tbefe he lay until nea-r!y ten o'cloct at hfg'ht. when he was rescued, only to survive, however, a. few houiia more im A,rbirooh infirmary. It is imposadble to descnbe the &gonieq wh'ch he a.nd tne other wounded pea-aona endure- Some Rf them showed amazing fortitud-e- of spirit, Mr. Black. M.P., being conr epi,ouolts in this reaped, uotwithabh-nding two fraoture.,>. The suffering of the {'njured duving the long wait ? the snowstorm is one of the eadde<st featufes of tte disaster, a.nd there is iittle d,I)t thaA many of the wounds were B'erioueJy aggrava" by exposure.

CAUGHT A GOLDFINCH I eb,axged with ca.tchmg a. goldnno)t Dennis BrieC. 9, Milton-street, Roath, stood before the HandafF magistrates (Mr. G. C. Williams and Colonel WoOOs). to-da,y to a.nswer for his ,Ilegbd ofFance. ..}Jy father sent me ont to catch a. cock bullfinch." said Brien. "I dKt not hnow it waa wrong to taJM a- goldfinch." I poliœ-oonstwble Boothby sajd that Brien ca,ng-ht the bird with birdlime. He wa using three "call" birds. The Clerk (to defendant): Do you admit catching thia goldfinch wit-h birdtime? prien: Yes, air. I 'had permission to go on the ground where my father works. The Clerk: That does not give you permis- sion to catch g'ol<Hm<;hea during the close which l'a<8ts all the round. The Cha,irma,n: Who gave you leave? Defendant: Mr. Thomas, The DySTyn. The Chairman: There is, a, l&w now that you must not catch a. goldnnoh at any time. You are fined 5a. and coeta.

I TRYING TO SHOOT THE DEVtL General Booth said at Southend Ytstlrda-7 that 40 years ago he was recommended by a. West End physician to live in a. ont&tl parish where there w-as ploDty of good shoot- ing. Instead. lthough in his 78th year. hia he sa,id. wa43 now wide world. At3 to shooting, he bad befn trying to shoot tbei WW1 in his 49kt ,Qj.deoll, fq r "tc,

SEAeAVEUPtTSDEAD I I Gape Wetshman Hanged I THE PREMtER AROUSED AT 3 A.M. BY JURYMEN AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY A cnmina,! trial which has excited con- eidera.ble interest in Cape Colony resulted in the hanging on Saturday (the Cape Tow.n correspondent of the "Daily Ma,il" cables) of Robert Martin Coupar for the murder of the child of his sweetheart. The latter, Alice Jane Willcocks, was also tried for the mur- der, but found not guilty. Numerous meetings were held after the verdict, and petitions for Ooupar'e reprieve were presented, but the Governor twice refused to exercise the prerogative of mercy. Two members of the jury, which had recommended Coupar to mercy (" on the! ground of the circumstances which led him to commit the crime") awakened the Premier at t.hree o'clock on the morning- appointed for the px&cutton, and urged upon him that they thought Coupar should not be hanged in view of that recommendation. The Attorney- General, who was present at this stra.nge interview, which was held a,t Greet Schuur, the late Mr. Cecil IMiodes's residence, replied tlutt they were unable to stay execution of the sentence. The executed m.a.n Coupa.r was a- young Welshman, employed as a. carpenter by Sir John Ja'cks&n's, Limited, upon the construe* tion of the new docks at Simon's Town. The young woman Willcocks was the daughter of Ml engine-driver on the Cape Railways. They were sweethearta, both living at Simon's Town, and well k.IWw:n there. In July Coupar sent her to Johannesburg, where the baby which was to be the victim of the tr,a,ge<l¡y w&s born on August 17. Misa Will&ocks returned from Johannesburg in September, afud on the 7th met Coupar in Capetown. Body Put in a Bag In that city Coupar bought a Gladstone bag and a, red leather bootlace. The child- described aa a singularly pretty girl—waa strangled with the bootlace, a.cd pressed into the bag. Next day the father and mother and an innocent companion of the former went back to Simon's Town together. Coupaj- walked to the seashore and threw the bag containing the body into the sea, where it was found a week later, September 17, cast upon the beach. Much of the circumstantial evidence by which Coupar was convicted was startling. For insane?, four days after the crime, and a week before the arrest of t'be couple, they went together to the hou'se of the girl's father, a man apparent.iy of the highest rec- titude, and this dramatic conversation ooourred "Do you know, father, that they have the rumour down the town that it was my baby that was fc'wd in the Gladstone bag! "What, Aiics!" exclaimed the father, "have you had a b,by?" "No, father. I have not." The puzzled father turned to Coupar and asked him the same question. "Not to my knowledge," he replied. Then Alice xadd she could not stand the rumour, and mmt go a.way from the town. Why fear it-' the father said. You have not bad a baby." Coupar then 8<Md: "If we can get a baby to take to the court, it will be all right." T'ha old ma-n mn-iwered that tha.t was non- sense. for a. doctor would soon settle the matter. Senwtio.n'a.l eYidence was also given of how Coupar and the girl followed up his idea. They went to two married women in Simon's Town in the dead of night, and tried to pur- chase a baby. To one woman Coupar oncred ?0 down and ;E30 when "the case was over. Both women refused.

Bridgend Woman's Fate I FOUND DEAD IN LAVAFORY AT SWANSEA Late on Sunday -night John Webb&r. a guard on the -Mumbles Railway, entered a lavatory a.t the Swansea. terminus, a.sd found a. wotnajn apparently dc.ad. He sent for the P,,jlice and a. doctor, wbo subsequRTttly arrived, and Dr. Morgan, aft-er examinill,g the bc'dy, foumd Ufa extinct. A .ruoMYur i8 in ctr'culatiom a-t Swaueea, to the effect that t113 who has been idc,ntifled by the police, is Lena Thoma.s, a'ged about 35, a,nd a, native of Bridgend.

Out on the Roof. I NEWPORT WiFE'S COMPLAtNT. I TaJk about a, merry Chrietmastide—how I about this way for spending it? To-da.y at New-port, Patrick Carless, of SO, Milner-street, Corporation-road, an elderly man, was gammoned for assaulting his wife, Tunic Car)ess, who appeared in court with marks of considerable ill-usage. Mrs. story was a remerktbl-e one —in fact, the whole ca,e was rema,rka.bl&. She stated that last Thursday night her hus- band, who had he-en Qnd general help at the Orb Workmen's Club, returned home after having had the "sa.ek" for being on the drink. He attacked her in a. savage man- ner by kicking her in the bre&st. Her two sons also joined in the a,g¿!ault, one of them holding: her down, whilst her husband punched her faoe. When she rega-ined her freedom she ran upstairs and broke a- pane of. glass in a- window to call for help. as there was no time to open the window. Fearing further violence she went to her own bed- room. but -ad to get out of the window on to the roof of th house out of the way of her husband amd sons. iShe waa out on the roof till she was nearly frozen to death, and then one of her sons got up to her to prevent her falling down. Defendant directed hie CTOss-exa-mina'tion to showing that his wife had given wa.y 'to dTi 'I:. You were out three nitghts before I had the sack. Ha.vc you been sober for t<he last six IDû:l1lths?-Yes. I ha.ve been sob&r. Complainant sadd a young niece who saw what took place would .not attend the court as a< -witness because ehe was afraid of the defendant, who had threatened her. Thcmae. Carless, aged 22. oTte of thf eons. Stated that his mother returnod home on Thursday night after takittg goods out of the house to pawn. His father and ho had to do something To Stop Her Tongue I but they did not do anything further. But why did she hzve to go out on the roof of the bouse?—Thtut was hex own fwulL She goes oS her hea-d when. s.he is dTu.nk and pulla her ha,ir out. The Clerk: But she is a somber womialn now, isn't she?—-She is just at this moment, but she'll be drunk ayain socm after she leases the court. The Clerk: But whut I mean is that she has been getting' fbettcr la-tely?-No, she is getting worse. James Ca,rless, a young'sr son, said his moHher went home Mind drunk, and his 'father ii-ev-r did anything to her. Complainant: I am not aul3,posed to be mutd'ered by th-nee men willo a-re drunk. Head-consta.Me Sinclair put in the <-ourt records ahowing the Mstoi-y of both defen- dant and complainant at V.'olvt,rhampton a.nd. N-9\V1)()rt. Tll,=, Mayor told 'defendant that the bench 'thought it was a very sad case, a.nd it was a. dinicult thing to know what to do, especi- ally as defendant had a dreadfully ba<i record. He would be bound over to keep the peMc for six months, a-nd pay the costs. AldermKn Brown: And just s&e now if yon can't start the N6w Yea.r in a better way. Defendant: Ask her to give up the drink. The Wjfe: I'll give up the drink if you wtll give up the Mows. Both of them in the end promised to sign the pledge.

MUST NOT SAY "SOAP" I A curMyua adv>e'rtrs.rnnerut a,p<pcare'd in large typ? in t'he Era. the leacting th,Al-icial p?tKM- on Sa.t?rd?y. Lever Brothers, of Po-Tt. Sunligh't, a-nnoimoe t/ba.t they Tna.\? issMed writs for Mhei a,g'a<tnst tthree Londo.n j<)urna.If, and 00 arti-atob, <aJnd ot.lters t.ha.t any st-a.tMnen.ts or reptY'- aen(t.a<ti<ms on the --t.-we d,Fam%to,ry of the": or fhedr husin.eBa wiH rendcT the reafponsib"; PØrsoUB liable to be prooceded ag'afinRt." 'Dhere is no truth in the report that Mr. :Lev.er is sel-iovirly ill o.WLing' to Be'tforis broa.k- dowm. He is attGcding to busimnsB t-o-day as nana,L —

I NAVAL DESERTER SURRENDERS I A 81hart" w,-Il set-up young maal naaned Eo'bert HMiry Nevill surTend6red at New- po.rt Polbe..st;a;t i.oll as a, desartej' fmrtt his Ma;]esty'<; ship Sa.p.pbira. at Cha.bha.m, m Jamu%r,V la.,t. To-da.y the magistrates J'elDa4lded to am

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I Brecon Baby's Body FOUND IN THE ROADWAY Whi!st on his way to work to-day Thomas Morg-an. of Ma.ind<;e-street, Brecon, found in the Gwttwys-road. Brecon, the de&d body of a newly-born dhiM. He conveyed it to the police-station, and inquiries are being made for the mother.

Cardiff Man Missing LARGE SUM OF MONEY SAtO TO BE IN HIS POSSESSiON Edwa/rd Morgan, boilerinaker, 17, Welling- ton-street, Cardiff, has been missing from his home since five o'clock on the morning oi' the 26t.h inst., a,nd anxiety is naturally felt as to his wherea.bouts. AccGrding to a state- ment made by his wife, Morgan WÐ.S injured at his work about ten months ago. I.óc"t8t Saturday week he received J&60 for his com- pensation claim, and took his wife out shopping'. He bought himself a new suit and overcoat, and watch and chan a.nd other articlee of cJothing'. When Mrs. Morgan feached home after the shopping expedition she became very ill. A debtor W)ae "&enrt for, and Morgan appeared to be very solicitous for his wife's comfort. On Christ- mas Eve he did not go to bed. Early next morning he went up to the bedroom with a bottle of brandy, poured a little out for his wife, and a&ked her to drink it. He drank some of the brandy himself, amt then said he would light the lire and make his wife a cup of tea. He did not, however, fulnl this promise. About Svc o'clock his wife heard the front door close, and that wae the last she knew of her husband. "He wa<s forming auoh plans for hM future." ga,id Mrs. Morg.a,D. "He was going to bay a pony and trap and ha.wk fish wh'-n he got his compensation money. He was full of what he was going to do. He bought new things for himself, and he was going to take me and his little grandchild to Llanelly for Christmas. "He may have pone to hie uncle, Mr. John Htitghes, at the old weighing machine, Ua.nelly," continued Mrg. Morgan, "or he may have gone to a. sister at Aberdare. I don't know her address. He was invited, too, by Mr. Morgan Rees, a 'moulder, at Acera- ma,n. He is well-known and liked by every- body, and has ma.ny friends all o'ver South Wales." Morgan is 5ft. 9in. high, of rather stout build, and was dressed in & dark brown plaid suit and pepper ami ealt overcoat. He was wearing a. white muffler and a bowler hat, and carrying a stick to help him in walking, for since ris accident he limps. He h&s a. grey moustache and beard and grey eyes.

TRUSTEE BECOMES BANKRUPT Centra! Congregational Church in Difficulties The fi-At. meeting of t'he creditors in baRt:- l'ltp>t-cy of WiHiajn ThrReher, of 94, Whit- ahuroh-road, Cardiff, haulier and coal dealer. "8 hctd at the OfFlc" Receiver's oinoe to- df.v. Debtor attributed his failure to "pressure by creditors of the Central Congre- sajtjoncd Church. Wind8or-p!ace. CardiS' The receiving order was made on Decem- ber 3 on the petition of debtor in con'se- qu'en<;e of having a judgTne'nt order iDa<i'e against him for .E418 18s. 9d., under wlliûh an execnticn wa-S Levied on November 23, and Thrasher was adju-ddcated ba'n'kru.pt ttpon his c-Wll aIne day. Ba.nkpo'pt said that as one of the trustees of the Congt'ega<tiona,l Ohafpei. 'which was built in 1901, ho made Mmgelf Ha.ble on bins of exchange for sums amou,n¡tin:g to £2,4ûl 58. 1M. in re<9p€<*t of moneys a.l1:e<g'OO to have been and by the minister for cba'pet porTtoses. The chapel is subject to a mortgage of £4,000. The minister !p'ft ttho country ten inon.ths ago, and ahortiy .Iftei-w,a,Td4 the trostees were ca.Upd upon to p'a.y the am'otint of their liabilities. Nine contingent liabilities, aYnounting to £2,40t 5s. 10d., represent the amounts for which debtor has so made hunself jointly and severally 1iaible, I)ebto.r'e e'roes lia-bili.'ties ,arc returned at £2,602 l7g. 5d., and tbe sa.oi expected to mnk for dividend is .E2.535 19s. 5d. The agseta are estLma.ted to produce ;617 )6s. ICd.. leaving a den<a€ncy of dE2,568 Zs. 7d. The're were no {"r-ed.it.oo-t }}l'eE'6TIt at the ine'et- Ín! x-nd no hlltions were 'passed. The Official Receiver remains trustee. The public cxaniin-atdon is nxed for Ja-cmary 15 a.t t,h.e Town-hta'H, Oardin'

WHERE IS HEP Bridegroom's Disappearance Relations of Mr. Cecil Horace Beech Marsh, the young bridegroom \vho mysteriously dia- Birmingham on the eVÐ of his weddic?. have been anxiously a.w.a.itmg the return of the Luca/'nia, from America. A day or two after Mr. M-,a.-rei-i disappt-Ared they hoa,rd that a. young man had thrown him&elf into the sea. from the Luca.nia. when off Quee'ostowo'. a<nd had been dpo.wm.ed. The name of the victim of the Queenstown tragedy was given ae Mi<:hael Quigley, but Mja;rshs rela.tives f&&red that. Quigley amd the BirminghaIID man might be one MId the same person. All along they h'a,ve had the gT.a.vest doubts in regaxd to the young man'g di,.a,ppe,a.m,n,c,e. The very fa.otthwt ou the eve of what they bfticved would ha.ve been a Tory ha'PPy ma:rrila.ge he w.as advised by ,his do-ctof to postpone the wedding for a.n indenMite period in consequence of the return of a- painful malady made them think tha/t M.a<rah would be very despondent, a-nd libfly to do scaBSthing rash. Their feajs in re?a.rd to the QuoenEtowm incident, a.t any ra,t€, are &et aA rest. When the boat a.rrived it was met by a. detective who had with him a, photograph of the missing man, a.nd the omciais were a.ble to aaaure the omoer that there was not the slightest rcsemblajtce between Ma.Teh a.nd Quigtey..Moreover, they had ascertai'ned that Quigley was a. young Iri&hman, ha.ilmg from ConDty Matyo, and that a.t the presetnt time Me sister in Irelacd was mourning his less.

BRIDGEND B!GAMY CHARGE John William Jones, a coIMer, of Abertit- lery. was brought up at Bridgend to-day charged with committing bigamy by nmrry- ing Ma.ry Ann King whilst his former wife waa alivo at Ma-est-eg. Mr. D..Llewellya appeared for the pirosecTjtion, and Mr. Eayden Jones for the defence. Inspector Ben Eva,ns gave formal evidence, and prisoner was remanded until Saturday.

LEVtATHANS OF THE MUD Scow hae discovered a new terror in the motor-).rnii,iblis. We had haxdly dreamt tin now (sa.ya the "S.aturd,ay Review") of i-ti oa'paca.ty for flinging mt)d. Arti&cia.l t.ha.w had made Reg€mt-strpQt<— :mo'<t< of the road aud some of the pa-vemsnt— a. sea' of mud; and Mie motor-omnibas, rejoicing in the lp-so traSc of the neither: pJa<y*T!or-work day that foMows Bank IE[ol,.iciay, dashed, tlhrough the wia.ves u,n.hindere-d, throw- ing a- jet of mud faHy twenty feet €a<;h eide. Levia.tili,a,n couM hardly have made mo.re sfttif. Wretched pe'd'eebna.Bs, oontra.cted to th'eia' very anifa-Uast, might be seen jsninni.ng the'maelY€& againiat t)he ehop windiows, like an iJil-uead cur aa.tteDed agninz-t the wall to avoid a kick.

FATE OF A PIONEER. At an auction of second-hand cars and accessories at Lc'wMbam the other day one of the original Benz cars, minus engine, tyres, Ac., was knocked down for Ms. It was once owned by Mr. E. J. Ooles. If ever a car hAd a history we should say this old vehicle had. Knocked down for 25s.' What a fate for a pioneer car! In contrast, a motor overcoo.t that went for JB2 seamed dear.

MID-CORK BYE-ELECTION Mr. D. D. Sobeellan, Land amd Laboiur oan- didaAe, was r-Qturn-ed n-aoppceed for Mid-Cork M-da,y.

KtLLED IN THE STREET Carl Christie nsen Hansen, t.be four-year-o.ld sou of Fra'nJi: HaiTIn, a sMpwi'ight., living aft. 13, Oyril-etreet. BajTy Dock. was killed on Sa.turda.y af,ternoon. He and other children were listening to a-n <M'ga,n in Jewel-street- when an oil-cart belonging to Mr. J. J. Hart, 104, Woodland-road, in cbaj'ge of WiJJiMn Roberts, was driven by. The lad was aoci- dentaJly hnockfd down by th& horsp, a.nd one of the wheels pstaeed over his bead, track- ing hie skull.

SWANSEA DOCKS TARtFF l Tha Swansea Hajbour Tru&t 5'ub-e'ommittec Tield a. uieet-ing to-day. a.t wMch they duly rra)tdap<t their terms wit4 -eir employee and ? ? -s

I Stadden's "Amen." t I EX-FOOTBALLER'S DEATH AT I DEWSBURY j At nine o'clock on Sunday might W. Stadden, the ex-intemationa-l foottMLH pi-ayer, of Dews- bury, who cut his tJiroat on BoxiBg' Da<y aiter etraagling his wife, expired quite 6'uddemly a.t DewSloory In6rm&ry, where he ha<l been a. patient silica the gad occurrence. It wa.t3 expect (-d that deceased would be a.Me to the inquest, on the 10th of J,a.nuary, and on Sunday momms he a.p- pesLred to be comfort&blp and was quite conscious. The only word he wp-s able to utt.er Bince his adnii&aion to the inarmary waa Ajnei! in aua'wer to prayers offered by the Vicaj' of Dews-bury, who attended him. He leaves 6ve children.

I TWO NEW VANDYCKS I While ctea-ning old pictupee from a. private ooHeoticn in LeydBll, a Ha.g-ue pi-eture- re&toter rhajned Jcoetons fouad two Va'n- dycks, cue representing the Acnujicia'tiom and t.t)e 8e<:ond Ma.ry's risit to the pep-ulchre. Altliough silnilar subje-cts were very rarefy chosen by the artist, these pictures are uadoTtbt'edly genuine.

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Found with Throat Cut. ABERDARE MAN'S MYSTER!OUS DEATH. John Ford, aged about 28, and lodging with John JoMS at 11, Darren-court, Aberdare, died just before midnight last night under mysterious circumstances. Shortly before ten o'clock last night it appears that the deceased was in his bed- room and shouted to a fdIow named James Smith, who was in the kitchen, to bring him a cup of tea. The request was at once acceded to, but on reaching the bed- room Smith observed some traces of blood about Ford. Cioee by Smith saw an ordinary ] pocket-knife, but whether it was this that ) inflicted the cut in the throat it is impossible to say, there being no marks of blood about the knife. A doctor was sent for, and about eleven o'clock Dr. SIood, assistant to Dr. Jones, arrived and bandaged the wound. As above stated. Ford died before midnight. In the course of an interview with our Aberdare representative. Mrs. Williams, a widow, who lives near Darren-court, and who cleans the house for John Jones, stated that she was called in about ten o'clock. She rushed upstairs, found Ford and Smith in the bedroom, and saw blood about Ford's throat. Mrs. Williams, exclained, Oh, Jim, what has he been doing ?" Smith replied that so far as he could see. Ford had been trying to oat his throat with a pocket-knife. Mrs. WiUia-ms added that tihe deceased was a native of Dowla.is. He was an old Army man. having served in Imdda, and was invalided home four years a,go. In the meantrme be had acted aB truc.k- m&n at the k-oaJ hotels, and was Latterly employed in that position at the BLa-okHon Hotel, Aberdare. Ford had bsen nnwcll for atxMt tlbree weeK8, and Ja?t Friday he Temained in bed. He Jpft the house on Saturday, when (he went to Dr. Jones's snrg'ery and get a bottle of medicine. Mrs. WrILTaims further BtaJted that ahe had never sepn anything strange in his condoct. Pord, who is supposed to lhave an a.n.nt residing at Dowlais, was of a ctniet dispoBi- tion, and was well Jiked in the town. To- mo'Trow he expected his pension of 9d. a. day. Up to the ppesfnt it is not known whe-tber a })ICJ8t-mort-ffiIl will be moot', but an inquest will be In4d in doe course.

STREET BLOWN UP. I Gas in Caerphilly Sewer. I An erplopion of &ome considerable force occurred in a length of the surface water aewer in Cardin'-roa<l, Carphilly. to-day, owing, it is Miewd, to a leakage of coal gas from the gas main. The force of the explosion blew fcmr man- boles out—two in Cardiff-rood, one in Stock- land-street, and one in PentrebaBe-street. TIM surfaco around the manholes watt ebatteT-ed. and one of t.be caps spht. Fortun-att/ely. no one was injured. The report caused the people in the vicimty to rush to the ep<jt. and ve<ry soon a gi'ea.t crowd had oolloobed.

I M.P.DANGEROUSLY!LL I Mr. John Cullina.n, M.P. for South Tip- pera-ry, is b?ug <tam?€j'<yualy iU fro.m pn€?m<mrs. a.t biB hom? at BaTi.sba. His c&aditKm tiMs niornilag @:hoWl; no im. tM'oveane'n.t, and the greatest acxiety is felt I for his recovery.

SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM 1 Accept an invitation to Visit the Empire me sprmg&OKB. who are by now general fa.v<?uritea with the Welsh public, h&ve accepted an invitation to attend the Srst per-' formt ice at the Cardiff EBipire this evening. During their at?y in Cardia they haYe been most Lavishly entertained, and highly appre- cia.te this their last opporto.nity to attend a pnblic pla<;e of amusement during their brief but enjoyable visit to Wales,

SPRINGBOKS V CARDtFP I Mr Git Evans to Referee I Tnp rpfep&p in to-moTrow's ma.tch at Caj'dlif will be Mr. Gil Evæns, of Ri'nning'hain. Mr. Evans is the old Swansea, centre three- quarter, tmd he refcrepd in the match between Cardiff and Npw Zealand Jjact ymr, and generally reierees in all the Cardiff v. Newport mat-chcs. MONMOUTHSHIRE'S IRISH TOUR Sevaral Changes in the County Team The Mommouth&hire Oouuty team will play two marches in IreLand this week- Thev, !'eft Oardiff to-day at 11.36. and went via Fis'h- ga.ard to Cor'k, where they will play the South of Ireland to-morrow afternoon. On Wednesday afternoon they will play Mnnster at Limerick. Several ohangee h<Ml to be made in the team, as tlhe following playfrs were unable to inml-Le tJm journey: --Roberts (BIaiua.), "Ponty" Jones (Pontypoot). Gsorge Travers (Pilt Harriers4 Jones (c,-wmbra-n), &n<i J. Folcy (BrynEiawr). Appended is the team aB re-a.rracg'ed:— Ba<ck, A. X. Other; three-quaxter baoke, Jaanea (Poutnewyddi, E. Watkins (AbeTtiIlery), C. Bow<!m (Abertillery), Bva-ns (Pontypool). a.M J. Jones (Pontypool); haJf-backs. T. H. Vile (Newport) and Beynon (Pontypool); forw&rde (E-elected from), J. C. Jenkins (London Welsh), Webb (Abertillcry). Williams (Pontnewydd), W. BIackmore (Ab-t.illery), Tbatohe.r (Pont- newydd). Dykes (Atb&rtillery). Thomas (Ponty. pool), Walkine (Tyedegar), Dewfall (CwTmbraBi, and Pre€<?e (BrynmaMwr).

To-day'8 Finance. I LONDON. Monday, 2.0 p.m. Ca-U Money is 6 per coul., and three bill., 51i per cent. in BcmlJay Rio 15:rd. Valparaiso !41-:2d. The Stocit Markets are inactive, in view of to- morrow's holiday. after at 8. general decline, are a few stocks having advanœd over parity 011 bear clkwing. South are firm. on Pretoria teat Het Yolk will nat allow mining industry to be injured 101' lack of labcrur, though Chirie-e. are 85 15-1.6 for Money and 86 for the Account. There a few in Home Itaits. Deferred :X down, and Catedoniaj! 4; South Ve')tem Deferred up, &lld Western 1. are .teady at a,bout parity =]n95. 8lId tihe m&rket ie extremely quiet. Canadian P&ci6M a.r<: weak, showing a fall of en the day. The ohief in is 2 in and com. pared with Sn.tm-da.y's ctosing. Trunks are dull. ForeigueN are quiet; boliday in PM-is. In Mines De are firm at 241, and Tinlos 00. GAJtDIFT', Monday. 1.0 p.m. In view of to-morrow'o Stock Ezeboage bott<b.y, tlrere little doing on i-he Oardiff tock M2..rket this 3noming. The tone, hOwever. was Of & ch-t character, especially M re?rds ?ont,h W&!es ?ajte -Z CoHiery Sha.re6. ThMe w<6 no feature in other direc- tions. I

A PRtSONER'S REVENGE I A ma-n najned Christ&SFersec, fOtpmerJjy a. prisoner in the house of corr&ctKm at ()pen. hage.n, on Satmrda ynig'ht entered t'he resi- dence of M.r. P. F. Koch, 'presideint of the Supreme Tribunal. a.nd fired at him, wound- ing ihfim seriously in the mouth. Fortujia.teiy, the w<yund is not likely to pr<yve fa.t&l. OhriatoSersfn's object was to t<a<ke Temgea-noe on tthe judge who had parsed eeat'eace upon him. I

New Street Betting Law IN FORCE ON JANUARY 1 I The Street Betting Act, which comes mto force to-morrow, wao iaued from tie King a prinaers on Saturday. The new Act is a. short one. but it IpÆLkes it very cleaj that a Ftrect bookma.ker-OT any person who t.a.kes betN on behalf erf a bookmaker—whether he be opera<ting in tbie streets, in a; park, or even on the sea bea<ih—is tia'ble to arrest, by amy oonst'a.ble without a warra.nt, and to be punished:— First conviction, fine not exceeding JE10. Seoomd conviction. nne not. exceeding .S30. In the eaee of a third or subsequent offence, or in ajly cape where it is proved that the person whilst committing the offence had any betting transaction with a portion under the age of sixteen yea'rs, he <?haM be li.a.bLe on conviction on indictment to a. fine not exoeed- ing with 01' ha.rd labour, for a term not exceeding sU: monfths without the option of a. ane; or om conviction undar tte Summ-u-y Juriadiiction Acts to a &ne not exceeding JB30. or to impn- aonment, with or without hard labour, for a. term not exceeding three months, without the option of a fine. The proYiaiontg designed to nut & stop to bookmarkers bettdng WTjth j,ibvendleis a.re stri'stty denned, a.nd a. bookmaker or his agentt who accepts a bet from anyone under sixteen in the streets wjll h&ve to prove that he had rea6onable ground for believing that he wa,a not brea.ki.ng this new Ja.w. Nothing in the Act a.pplias to race.oourse6 on days when horse m.cing is takiiig p!a<ce. Sir Wa-iter Gdiibey turns to &oooTmt the paasLng of this Aot to BMg'ge&t the eeta.MMh- ment of the pta-ri-mutuel in E,'ngLa;n.od. He n<rgee that the maiil evLl in betting is when the tra-neactionB are no<, ready-n!;oney traiMa/c- tione. The paji-mutuel is all ready-moTM'y bating, a<cd does n<A give faoHii.ties iof a. mMi to run up an account to sptUe which it ha.ptpens only too often hf puts his b.a.nd into aomefbody eke's UL) or nnda himaeLf o-atu.n,ied w<th mon-py-lenders, with the conteQueUt ottf- j tepmg UMA Qits bxivzp t4;) lue tamtitac.

"NO FAT AT ALL" -0 On Adutterators' Traj! CiTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S STRONG ACTION Cardiff Health Committee were in a serious mood this morning, when Mr. J. Chappell brought forward the question of milk adul- teration. Mr. Chapptli &&id that be insisted upon a satisfactory analysis being made of the milk arriving a.t the various Cardiff railway stations every morning. He. eoniplained somewhat strongly that guE&cient precautions were cot taken by the inspectors to secure purity and good quality in the milk retailed in the city. For some time past he hs.d takfa an active interest, with a committee 01 tradesmen, in toting this milk, and he had frequently found that it contained Not a Particle of Fat And yet, added Mr. jChappelI, analyses of a satisfactory kind had been presented by an satisfactory kind had been presented by a,n inspector. a remedy, Mr. Cha,ppell proceeded to pay that the mis- c-hief could be detected and stc.pr?'d if to the medioaJ oStcer- of b&aLth to stop se-iding the same inspector to do the work of detection, a.nd to pjiace tbe work under the d.iractio.n of every membe-r of his -taff, who could tiben pay surprise visits. The Cbairma.-n (AI<lerma<n Ja.co'b6) and AMeriBan Ca,rey sa.id t-hey were muoh obliged to .MT. Ch,%Ii-jell for bringdng each an iinpor- t.ant mp_tter before the ccmnnittpc, upon whom it was incUtmbpEt to adopt every pre- caaitM-'n. 'JIbe Mpdiop! OSc-M- (Dr. Walford) sadd there wae a. technical diS&cuRy in the way, as it was nry to reT.eive special di-raeticmB from the c<;nnniM:.ee in r'eep&ct of &pecia.t men ?, i a.1 n3exi to aft a.s inspectors for the work. .Mr. Cbappejl e-ballen?,%ed a.nyon<* to say that the d';Biculty wa.? insurIDQUTIt'bble. Thp coTnm.itt-ee conid r<move all lim.it&tionB upon t'he me-dica, l oacer by appointine all Ms staC jn&pectM's nn-rl-e'r the Food and Drugs Act. "Your etafF." aa,id hp to Dr. Walford, "ou?ht to be so organised tiha.t each me-m-ber could do tbif work at once." The ro¡;gestiOD to appoint all the staS' to do the work was adopted, and it wae under- stood that. as soon ae possibl, the medical ofncer wouM trans-fer a certain inspector to other work.

¡Woman's Three Wives D€ATH D:8CL08E8A SECRET OSiCLaI proof is forthcoming that NioholaB de Rayl,an, once seeretary to the RU5ia.D Won6u:1 at Chicago, and who died recently iu WlliS not man, as e-very-one SUI)- posed, but a woman. De RayLan, for some re&eoa beet known to hereof, left Ru&ta, dis- gnjsed as a BiMi, and as a man there is a'bunda.ct teetunomy to prove she lived ever I simce, e-ven aMrrying three tintes withortt apparently uud€cci.Ying "his" wias. Thie is cxpl&in&d by tbe í3ta.t.el!l9nt th<i.t De Ra.yi.a.n l eu.B'ered irom consTimptJ&n, and there \v.aÆ5 an a)Hte-nuptiaJ pact in e.a<ch ca&e pr,oviding tharl the couple should live as mau azd wife in name on!y." Aooording to medical testimony recMv'ed on Saturda.y (s&ys the" D-"a.ily T'&le- gra.ph "), De 1-tivlen oa-rried the decepLioc of' her dual pors<jnaiity to the brick o't the grave, and only after dca.th was the secret diBeioa«l. Baron SchIippenba.Qh, EjOgsian Cooe-ul at Chicago, who at &rst pe'fTi&ed to believe the BWry, is cow convinced, and on Saturday gaid: story, ?'The De Rayla,n mystery iE endt-d. S?e deceived me, jirgt as she did many other' people. I confess that at the cutset her Beardtess face and Womanty Manner cauee'd me some suspicion, but this wore away as I saw her perform her daily dnty in the Consulate. &h< was admitted to Ameri- can citizenship, and appointed a notary public, and in other ways fortified 'hersei.i I with evidence that she v.'as a man. Her duty in tjbe Cousalate was faithfully per- formed." To a "New York World' correepoadent on Saturday Mrs..Lucy .KwiLspboB'. who for nearly a year lived in the De Raylan boose- hoid, told a remarka.ble story. "I a.m con- vinced," said .Mrs. Kwit.ecihon', "that Mrs. de R,ayl'all is a most pare-micded Russian giTl. She never knew that her hug- baj3d was a woman. I enjoyed her clocegt con&deD<x. and knew it WM her belief thaA hie Deg!<x;t of her was due to his infatuation I for ot'hcr women. She loved him paig. sionately, amd w<M exoeedingjy jealous. Nieûlas de Rayla't w&s pretty, weighing- only about lOCIb.. and her feet and hands were small, even for wcoK'n. She wa,s dainty in appea.ranc<. but drank, smoked, and awore, a-ud ? I Stayed Out Late ust like a man. It wae the staying out late hich led to qoarrels with the wife, who once bea.t him cruelly for that oSence. De Ra.yla.n made Do deience, and I w&s sosoriT for him that I cried. Although De Raylan rea,lly died from tuberculosis, he was not affected at the time of the marnag'e, and only pleaded consnmption, a-ppapently, as aji excuse for living apart while under the &a.me roof. "De Raylan's bedroom," said Mrs. KwitechoB'. "was I)ke a lady's boudoir, with all those R,cceasones to the toilet table dear to the feminine heart. His underclothing was of & dainty material, generaJly in blue and pale pink colours. But his ha-bite were deplora.ble. He went the whole gamut of disEipation with a veQg-e&nce, and as I now think, to give colour to the deception ha pra?tiaed on hie wife." De Raylan wae a. n?ember of the Chicag'o Hussars, a local cavalry regiment, and served in the Spanish wa-r. Loe-aliy it WM suspected that he was a member of the I' Bussia.n secret service. He wae popula.r with. poople generally, a.nd lived in good etyle.

LABOURER'S LUCK Henry I<a.mont, a ca-rpeTiter s Labourer, of I Gospel Oak, N.W., has unexpectedly found. himself the heir to. an esta/t'e valued at, IZO,000, left in America, by his brother. L<a.aio'a<t is Z5 yæ.rs of a<ge, amd was eajn- ing 13s. a week when he was married two 1 inonths ago to Annie Singer, a. laundress, who was in of 1r.s. a week. He had his ctteinti,n drawn some days ago to am advertisement, in a, London ncwsp&per asking for the next-of-kin of a 7nan named L<a.niont who 'haxi died m Amerioa-. Re satisBed thr- solicitoirs aÆ; to his credfBtr&ts, and, having being ona'Dced by them, he left Lomdon with his wife om Saturday for Liverpool, on his wa)Y to New York to t&ke pos&ee,,ion of his foirtDne. I He explained tha.t his brotheT left England for 't.he 8ta,ta& &fteen years agK),, and that he had no idea such ¡wd fortune had altded him. I T.h&c M a-bout .68.000 in oa<;h and nea,r]y .E12,MO worth of Ja.nd a;cd houses," he sa.td On my return I bha.11 take the advice oi friernds how to invest the -money: I shaU c&rtain!y buy a. little house and a busi'i.l&ós cf eome sort." I

XMAS AT THE POST OFFtCE It is l'5timate-d t;bat in t.hc Chrie4moz- period. extending from Friday, December 21, to Tues- day, Deo&mber 25, a tot'a.I of sixty millions of lettem, peekeis, posto-rde. &f., pu--eed t-ha"-ig-h the .London pcet-o&oas. The u.rài1larJT ma.il for stich a. per'i'od wottM am-Mint to thirty ni.:IL'<m3. Chri&tTnas, t.bprpfoj'e, exactly d'CMMed the work of the G.P.O. Tc oope wtth the tre-mk-ndous inerea, of work, b&twfe'n. 7.000 a.'nd 8,MO additional meji were engaged for a. period ranging 'fr&.m A we-ek a mœlth In addition to the auxilia-rlea, the 20,000 r.e.gul-ar €dpi<oyB)s of th? Ge-lleral Po&t OCtce wor'kad om Mi atemge four b<yurB & day each over- t.im('. To convey tlie vanous ma.il-bag's to the din'etpant raUwa-y-statioas in London' a.b0<it 1,200 v.Efu-0le-s were eniplpyed, each ma-kitig a.oout EIe,en jouimfya a. day. On am oircHnary day about 90C v-ebielec,, making nvc or six journeyr, & da,y, are engaged.

I THE C!RCLE OF DEATH The éxpJ.O!Í,t!ers of &M!&at<!oBa.l acroba.Hc feats rved a peve'pe lesson <m Sa-turday nigh,t. by tate dearth, of an indiTidt)a,I 'lflbo ¡ <*xeon<<ed t/he C-imle of Deat'h in an auto- moMle. aJt, a m.nBM)-haJl known ae the Pa.1ais Rubens, Antwerp. The viotMn, nannfd FraTXtois Meert, fraw- tnred his Rku!M, beaMies rec6ving iTkeTnaj injuries. Hp leases a wid<yw a.'nd child. Tlhe city autiiotities tiad a.It'eaody d4Kmwed the prevention of all puch life-,c-nclangeritng feats, ba.t, having the a<?t, deeded to toiereae it. TJHS a-ccid'ent will pro-baMy rcsTtIt in new pol'&e regu-la.tions governing all saoh a'bomima.tions, which a.tM oities womid do well to unitatp. j

THE DYtNG SHAH f The New York Her&Ld s Teheran oorree- pondemt telegraphe yesterday that the StLah wae sttll a.live. but behd been unable to talke I B?rr*ah.m€T!t suMe 1,;a4,urdeT. I

RESCUED M INER'S LUCK I Hicks, t,he resctied Cornish mi-mrr of OAH. I fornia.. h&s &'igB€<< a ya&f's contrnc't for .S100 & week to fM! "f1 pjcem Mtd Meoae.

II BIRTHS, MANAGES, DEATHS AMD ttt Mtt&ORMLS& OMMge for tcoaning a<?erUaME<Nt<t Mdet tt!B beadttLg —Is. for S9 i'ow& tjtd td- to, '1. Woroa. notic of tt.is deber4ption be unl- bv the Dame and a.d4n8ø toile sander. and teleptœâc 116 r.zk until comertmed 1n written. IX M.EliÜP.l A '<1. HUBPORD.—Jn EYar Loving .'tieinory of our deKr Sonio eec;1, of CWlliB.vQ;D.. whi) ài 3ls'. verober. 1905.-His memcr;- iis ac d'air to-dsy A-- ij'' tbp ho<tr paS6ed ayay.

AUGUSTINE J. STONE FCNEBAL fPRNIS&BB t FUKEBAL DIRECTOX. to All ()¡Qer8 Nat. Tet.: Ctj&ia. No. T9<; roat Ot&ee Tel.. K<t. 612, CMdie. T<M<'wnMM.: AD<M!STmX STOliJ! CALDiry ACIGUfr-INL sTONS, BAREY DOCK.&. 5, WORKI:KT., CARDIFF, Id.HOLTOK ROAD. BARBT

I GATWICK JANUARY MEETING. I ORDER OF RUNNING. I 1.0; Eorl<y j Hurdle, 1.30; R-eigate Hurole. 2.0; Cra-wLey j' Steeplecliase, 2..30; r.mbertMtni Hurdle, S.<h Parley Steeplechase, 5.50. MBOOND D'AY—TBrESDAY. (Xa-yton Selling Steeplechase, 1.0; Cater- j tbam Hurdle, 1.30; Epr3r.-wo-od Rurdie, 2.,0; GTan?e ?teep?eohaee, 2.? M?idec H'nrdte, 30. BegTQneES' Stee??cha?e, 3.50.

I OFFlClAL SCTRAT'OHINCrS. TTM "SpMtsma-c" bse been officiaJlv iB- I fomed by J-eæ-rs. Vkatiberby of the MIow- ( ing 8Cpa.tchi.ngs — Eng-lmeld liam<hcap, WleOOSOr-.t'3.D.. Wa-mngtoa Ra.ndic&p, HayckK:k—Iman. Al. l eaga-g-aments in Mr H de ia. R<t<.s najne —Cordion Rieu.t All engagements in 8ir 3t -VftmouTI&s na.iBe—BTo'k€B China. ) All eawagements-Lord of the Bock. erc-e Gem, Chattel, Sazei'a.m, -ajid Afftmodlbe, lffiy. ik

BOXING. BAD-ICINTON OLUB. CMMMTT. NBW YEAR'S IN-WlPr. 'nvo GREAT SP&C1A1. 12-BOPND6' CCWTESTS. BILL KI.NIG (B&ming-ham) (Est. lOlb. Champion o! I the Midlands' ajKl YOCNG LILLY (LO.Ddon} (WmBer &{ 8st. 6H). (XtMnptCMAnt Be!t). YOU.NG JOEY &MtTE (Lcndcn' (Sat. Cb&mp4cB at the Wortd) Mid KID JEyjMK)&S (MertJtyr) (Set. Champion of W-ies). COMMENCE EIGBT P.M. PBOMTT. TiiDkElts, 5=. C41U

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CM loW for €!a56?6MtKa XMASPRESENTS. SEE SOL. PHILLIPS"T WINDOWS FOR JEWELLERY AND BARGAINS. 41. ST. MARY-STREET, AND 43. CAROLINE-STREET. CARDIFF. SAVING MONEY. AT TEMPLAR Ol MALINS' NEW CENTRAL TOOOMS, .51, OUEEK STREET. CARDIFF. A RECEIPT is given when Payment is made for Extractaons, a<ad t-be&e receipts, if kept, go </ow&rQ6 tihe coet of N EW TE ET H Ordpred to replem thoec extra<K<&d ajiy tioM within 12 nLonfbe raAfterwa.rds. EOTJRR: 10 till 8 D&Hy (includic? WedMW days). Nis,t. Tel. 1305. LADY IN ATTEKDANCE. e18i1 Tt,t'AX Wsjnted, to M&ke mn?if (racpraRy Casfni.— J)'.L B 5!. Evening Expreee, C??diC. eSS6Stl ? OOD r?inCoo?;a?ed28to5C.—ApptvM ? ?JT HArris, 1?4. HIg?-BtreM, 26 too 30.-Applv Al?s GH&rTis, om4ii L RIVIS LWlS ami Co" Dape!"f. n_. haw V?cancif?? in t-beir Land,??r? Rmneb for tber onghty l'oung Laü.je! tion pre1eTNO. e?86éi.> WAIZ?D, Co-k-G,.nor?,l i.. t 25 yews; Teførences uire(1.Apply t. Mis8 Thoill36, BlaoiLpill, ,4wansep- at T?T'A?TE? Generat S«rvMit;* ?occ ?ef?noeB?- ? t V Apply W. Br&ylpy. Weat Crosi) Hotel. Mttinbtet Swa.nsea. T E?TfS Lewia!MdCO.. DrafX]?, t?&naea, haw Tacemies for thoroughly experrienm4 your4 Ladips: Welnh: personal &pplic&tiol pr&{ erred. etS f OC?KYou.?Why ray Beat !t)I your "life ?whM _Lj 10s. lOd. ? m&ntb win Buy ?250 Houee, or 17?. 4d mo-ntb will Buy a L400 All YUUT J. E?pcing Express, Newport. e2840i5 YOUTH Wanted ItS .Apprentjr..e tü Boot Trroe.ip RiFca-road, Newport. e2<:4li2 i'"TT ANTED, Jow,. r?_lp-'tbl?- Gen£BJ; assist JíJ.-bri WhED. required; 9-d IlL liaindep, e2842i5 ?IRCPLARSawverWantsg!tu&t:0)T:sh&rpN ) gull eL.-Job ,M,, 15" Abercerden-road Gilvach Goch. e2e4Jt5 nDM.d.lSS10N Agent. worMnc Ebbw V&'é-diSlii(;t; V Open tCJ Treat with good House; flOUT. grocevry, froit 42, Evening EÀ.}ret!8 Ca.rdia. eZMMZ "(, fAl'I"TED,-iOBuy a pood Kt Bemajrd Do?—AppI; tt C. Ward, Lydbrook, Gios. e285S!2 -DEN1:AL-Úsista.nt Eequiied ;?ood?a.U-out.d''maa D to L"- e chirge of branch; also D _4.3, tT¡i1_-st-g. ca52L3i 'r\BESSMAKING.—WMLe<r ?t' onoe, thorou?hiT?xpet JL? nencac-. ?k;rt H?nd; p?ate full pajUcujarf <y experience, lary _c," iw John. H&ad Dresiimaker, Morgan and Fr"ud". D,par% T?RAPB.ET.—Wft.Mad iinmednteiy. young Mac, si; D to sean y?.rs' eXperience. for Ptirmishing De full of provioal. situations and e2RS5i:; '?7'OUKG Mac (20) SeoiM Po?ti? CIert.CaretaJMt Barœan.. "obr. trwtwor4thy.-W. gz ini?mp, Sa.n.ders HooK, TTf'ffIl'Borne.. eZ'l:¡¿,¿3 ,LREME- 20 to'26 ye&M; good, TCliable men only, .L" -.M.a.n¡¡,ger. 1. lI1ill-laiDe. 92885i.. T?AJ?T.fRB.?HYp fr Imter?"LT?Bu?n?s??a.?t<?f; _L ?200 to ?.&00 &T<titaMe.—?B 6't, HYenmc ExpMf& Ca rdiff. e2688i7 ,,{XTU,TED m-.media.tely, Twó LäUnd'1"('£.. wtdow tT and d..ug'htc.r preferred: m\l"' be expenenc<< have gcoo gaod. pMticulaj-s. to Mrs. M&sters, LMetay .HitU, Lian< 093cs "tXTKfEÜ: -ittor. accmtomed t,, locomo W t'TM.—B 56. Erecijig Express. C&rd?< c3502 TYHErMATISM Cmad.—MT. Ba?-iDf-C?uM, Quf?M'. .LU .od-rod, }¡ky, BjrmlUgoom, strcngly Peoommea ,d s wonde-rf<.tl Cure for Chronic Dieordeœ; free iniorme.tiol1 for add1es p:F7[K7 'TTANTED, strong Gimerai SNVo¡¡.nt; able M waxh Vl' and iron; one to preferred; good 1_ Alpply C?ord&Td, Belle Vue Inn, Com-er- e'I?;EbbwVaii'. <-2871i2  l telephone; opposite 15s. woeki3r.-Appl3- 1, e2872i3 T'?rA?rTED, Young Numetntud.—Apply 225, AInany- I Md. E'2874i3  &nd Prov' i?5i?)n,?.-Wart?d, AERist&nt for GC,.?,a,ng; sQ-Y aM cornn}joD; mUBt ba experienoed and produce flrst-cl"s .ferenoes.-H:ll. Jono, Merthyr. tZBTSt? X}ANTËD. &maft L?d M 'P&ge.—A?pIy, Wtth Miec Y V <mces, .M&a??r, GTwat Wotern Hotel, CMdIS. eS87:i3 t T<6,Park-grove,Gardlrr.—War.tedatcmce? ?. ?<M< ?. G<cior*J.—Appt'r M. O't?nla?han, Matron. ci7 T?OB t?e. !5-h.p. Weet)C?*Hou9p?MotorrT10-P?' 25 periodt5: l?racticaky new; cu"r. o,- .Ah.- Apply B 57. E?mig F?xptew, Ca?diff. &2óni7 L O?i4-T, on Saturday, ?Nnite Fox Tarrit-r; black az4 t&1 bcad: few bWId tults of hair 00 baQk. studded collar; &n.wers u- of ¡¡¡,p. '-l"iud<1l bringkng -,? to 2', Con'Ilcw.ght-road, wi:l be r.??6rded IV ,ANTED  YV Mrs.. Mw&fds, 7, Ftur O&k.-r?d, Roath Paj? TtTA?TEH. Genera] Servant; two in family. ref?- w enc- d"lrro.-Mlss Git?',?, 256, Cm-br44g?-rol. A Gr&dn&t f the Unirermiy of 1,DIn Ooao AC'Zndidaitex- for Uaivershy. Pr'oreæiœal. wd ComlJJ'1'cÜl.l Examin1ttions; 35. WindaoT-plaep, Cardiff. 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I Suffrage Prisoners. I I SPENONG CHRiSTMAS IN GAOL; I in conDection with the "Votes for Women" disturbances at Westminster weryntertained on Saturday night at a social gathering of members of the Women's Social and Political fnicn at Oaxtou-ha.11. The attendance was not large, and most of were conned with the IDûõe- ment in some way. Miss Christabel Fankhurst said the action of the priBoners laE1t from who all hailed from towns in the provinces, bad had admirable results in arousing niterest in the 'movement in the parts of the country from which they came. They had achieved the unique distinction of spend- ing Christmas in prison for the sake of the Buffra.ge. Xo other womnn could be &o honoured as tha-t, because when next Christ- mas came they would have the vote. Mrs. Cobden-Sauder&on, who had visited that afternoon the prisoners who are still in Eolloway, spoke of their complaints of the hardship which the cold weather ha.d caused them to suffer. In prison they might receive a newspaper, but not a letter. Her expeTi- ence of prison was that everything was done to lower the vitality of the prisoner by ineans of poor and feeding. Mrs. Pethick Lawrence said people were so ignorant that they thought it was no very great thing for the women of this country to go to prison for the vote. She thought it was a very great deed, and they were v&ry proud t that the Union had upcn its roll of honour I thirty-seven names of tho&e who were not ashamed to go to prison for tbe cause which the, had hp"rL' "WeAdmireHerPtuck" I Mr. George HiH. the hus- band o'f the imprisoned Cardiff su.S'ra.gct.te in Holloway Gaol, has not received any letter from his wife yet,. but tb-a followmg com- munica-tion, dated December 29, from M.ies T. Kicbols, one of the assistant secretaries of the Womea's SociaJ and Political Union. 'L&n- don, h<M ju&t reached him:- Dear Sir,—I saw Mrs. Hill on Thursday in Holloway, and I was gisd to Hnd her book- ing so well and much more cheerful th,-Ln when I had seen her in this omcc. Wo all admire her pluck immen&ely, and feel very proud of her. I had int-ended wri.ting to you before, but I so much to do that I am sorry to it egœ.poed my memory. Of course, you kn-ow 'tb.a.t our- se'cret.ary is in prison al&o. Mr. JC<2'f'p:h KeaÜn¡;, brother of Mre. Kea.t- ing Hill, seen by one of our to-day, said: "We have hsMi no commnBica- tiOtn at all from my .ist-er. and it is rather surprising. Of course, I do not know what regTtIa.tions pr&Tail in Holloway with regard to the writing of letters by imprisoned parties thera to their friends, although I believe it is one once a fortnight. A batch of the sT.tB'r.agettists will be rele-ased from Ho Ho way this weel:, but my sifter will remain the sole rei'iaining member of t-he bajid in gao'l un.til Thursday week."

I A Tip for the Over-stcut I HOLLOWAY AS SUPERFLUOUS TtSSUE REDUCER. Ten more suffragettes were released from Solloway this morning. Miss Woodlock. of Liverpool, one of the pa.rty, in ocnversa.tion with the Central News representative, &a.id she wou]d adyi, a.M la-dies troubled with iu-ncr-fluous tissue to visit Holloway. She herself had lost 51b. and never felt better. Miss WoodJock said the Christmas dinner was "a iilthy mees, not fit for pig." AH had abusive bings to say of the prison fare. a/nd all compLa-ined of the icy a.t- mcsphere of the cdls, "Had it iMt been for the gae," said Nur--c, iSmith (Ma.nchester), "I afin cure I should not ha.ve survived." They went to chapel seventeen trmea to break the monotony. Mrs. Wells, of Birmingham, who only became a convert to the movement three days before she w&s sent to prison, took I advantag of her seclusion to team the art of knitting.

I Doubte Skating Fatatity BROTHERS DROWNED AT NANTYGLO A skating accident occurred at the big pond, NRatygle, on Saturday evening, which resulted in the death of two brothers, named Jonathan Eddy ?1) and Robert. Eddy (18), sons of Mr. Robert Eddy, builder, of Victoria House, Bryumawr. But for timely assistance rendered by the Rev. H. F. 8. WiUiama. t-hc vicar of St. John's Church. Newtown, Bbbw Ya'Ie. another youth would have been drowned. Hearing cries of distress, the rev. gentleman ran forward, and, crawling over the ice, managed to get one of the youths, William Jones, of Wincheato'wn, Nantyg-Io, out of the water by the aid of his waJkin.g-et.ic'k. Jones sufFered from ehock, but is progressing favourably. It appears that the two brothers and their sister were on the ice ska,tiag, and the elder brother went down whilst the other was attending to his sister. Seeing his brother in distress, Robert rushed towards him, but dropped through the ice before reaching him. The sieter had the painful experience of seeing her brothers drowTi. After enacting the rescue of Jones, the Rev. H. F. S. Williams ran with all speed to BryTjma.wr Police-station, and help WM speedily forthcoming. A boat was procured. 'but it was not until twelve o'clock om Satur- day night that the body of the younger brother was faund, nearly in the centre of the pond, a considerable distance from where he disappeared. The body waa found by the add of grappling irons. The search for the other body was continued all Saturday night a.nd Sunday under the direction of the Mon- mouthshire and BrecoEshire police from Nantyglo and BryTimawT. The search waA given up about haK-paat six on Sunday evening, and will be continued this (Monday) morning. The pond is a- very large one, about three or four acres in extent, and the work of nndLng the body is made more dimcuit because of the fact that the water is con- tinually freezing. I Two Boys Drowned I WTuIe some boye, belonging to meTottera 0< the RoyaJ FleM Artillery stationed at Deep Cut, AIdershot, were sliding on the iee of BaBingstoke Canal last evening, the ice &age way and they fell in. Two of them, twin sone of Qnartermaster- sergea.nt Jphnson, 100th Battery, were drowned.