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CHURCH RESTORATION. EdtUce Re-opened at Milford Hafen. The bishop of the ddooeee on Tcead&y te. opened Milford Haven Parish Church after enlarg-ement. The old part of the church 'hae been thoroughly restored. The pift cf sjates by Dr. and Mrs. Greenish, in memoty cf Mrs. Greenish'a fa-ther. Mr. F. J. 8eUi«h. enabted the warden to <Hitire!y te-roo! the church. The tower, which had fallen into a &ad sta.te of dila.p:.dation, has been com- pile! y restored and emriched by a DeM of Bweet-toced be!Is. The whole of the interior wa<Hs, &6 wetl as the outside, have been care- fully tfea-ted. the aoor La,id with wood blocks, and the naYe sea-ted with oak eea-ta of a handsome design. The church hitherto had n<?t been heated, a.nd the system of Tentil&- tion waa also imadequate. The church is now heated by hot water pipes laid in trenches throughout the building, and the ventilation haa aJso been brought up to & et,at,o as near perfection as possible. The church is lighted by handsome -wrought-iron coronas h-%ilging from the arohœ, which hM &dded considerably to the appearance of the church. A new font, badly needed, hae been provided, covered by a canopy of carved o&k. This nandsorae additioh to the church was the gift of the mothers and a few otbef" friemds of St. Ca.therine'6.

X500 REWARD. I The story of tJM &pea.t jewel robbery dTirinf the burning of Eodborough Macor, at 8t-road. GIoucastersh.ire, hae been r&-caJJed owing to the fact tha;t his H<MMtu- Judge Ellicott haa now otFeir&d a. reward of L500 for informAtion which wHl lead to the recovery of the nuasmg property. H M eof!Ka<IeT€d poambte t.ha<. the tblerfs ha,T6 b€<"n uThaoble to diapcse of their booty. a.nd that some. at leaat, of the grema may be ree,c>mred. Mr. John Swee'ney, of Regent-street, who eetablished his reputation as detective-inapeo- tor at Scotland Ya,rd, has been caJied in to aesiat, m the quest for the Wier or tihie'vea. The missing jewels aj'e worth niany thon- aa.ihds of pounds, and inctude diamond oa'nA- menw, turq _noise oand ntby ringa, a<Dd gold bra<oalets.

I BALLOON MYSTERY. I Colonel Capper and his staff at Alderehot have concluded a very careful investig-stion of the balloon Tht&atMT. Everyttiing goes to show that the two young lieutenants loet their bearmgB, ajtd did not realise until too la-te that they had reached the sea. The anchor appe&red not to hav,- been Tjsed, and tlie ballast was not nearly exhausted. The whole of the gear was in perfect work- ing order. The results of the investigation haw been ootcmujiica-ted to the War Odce. All hope has now been given up of th'e safety of the misaing' lieatenante. The authorities are oonTinced that they were drowned.

I EtGHT HOURS' B)LL I At the a-minal meeting at Darlington oh Ttteactary <yf Pease aJid Part neja (TJLmite<N Aldennan. Arthur Peaap, the chainna.n, 6Md the effect of the coa4-tax Mid the (Jom;penøa.. tioc. A<:t would he M a mere drop in the bucket c<Mnpa.red to am Eight Hours Bill, which would reduce the coal &!td iron ontpat of the country 10 per cent., eELhatMo the ooet, and cbSlooate things generally.

BARRY ACCtDENT HOSPITAL I < I The Barry Ddstrlot Council on ToBed&y aocep -W the tender of Mr. D. W. Davto, Otf. diif, m Ed,225, f<N* the erection of the new Town AoaMfnt Ho<ntita)l. and a fatthet tendeT from the -.me contra<otolr.a.t AC440, for Dlumbin. work 1-n oMUMotion therewith.

I DEATH IN THE PIT Thomas VMgbam, OmPloyied ae a< pitBMhn< died in the North Grifrin Pit, Biaina, oh TuEsdfa.y. He waa mpairing a water oulva*t wTMn he Teeted baokwwds and expired. ne i1,A3"m .n, widow and eeveraJ ahildTen.

IIn Marlbaraugti Catte?e mea)4<yw the ethiBt i on?ain<g a racmatr&fthte in<'tdBttt waM ?N? n?eaoA- Two pa-rtcidtg?s rose &umulbac«faBiy, asMi oonidad with such foTCO that 00? of I them -was MDed iusumgy.

EIGHT HOURS' HOPE ————— ————— DEFERRED FOR THE SESSION. RA!LWAYMEN'8 CHARTER. By MR. WtLUAM BRACE, M.P. [ViCe-President of the South Wales Miners' Feder&tion.j Wo now know that there is to be no autumn session, and, therefore, all hope! for securing an Eight Hours Mines Bill! this year can be abandoned. I listened carefully to the statement of the Prune Minister, and confess to a feeling of dis- appointment that our hopes for the realisation of a great and long-awaited reform have to be postponed for another session. There was a feeling among my colleagues that I should address the House in their name and tell the Government how we felt upon the matter, and, although nothing like a debate could be permitted upon the Prime Minister's statement, it was understood that if a member connected with the Miners' Federation felt called upon to speak he would, in all proba- bility, catch the Speaker's eye, which means, in other words, that Mr. Speaker would have allowed him to address the House. Still, after what Mr. Ramsay Macdonald had said upon the question, our judgment was that we had better reserve ourselves until Mr. Gladstone introduced his promised Bill at the end of the session. I desire to make this explanation so that our members may know that, had not Mr. Macdonald been requested by his party to enter a protart. against the failure of the Government to redeem their pledge to the miners tb:8 session, a member of the Trades Union group would have done so, and as we had acted unttedly upon this question at all the stages, it was thought, and, doubtless, with truth, that it would gain us nothing to have duplicated speakers. What form Mr. Gladstone's Bill will take no one can forecast with any confi- dence at this juncture, but, reading between the lines, I imagine it will hardly be a satisfactory Bill to anyone in the nrst instance. In fact, the policy, M I follow it, is to be a bit of kite-nying, BO that an opportunity may be given to all the contending parties to disclose their position. So far as the Miners' Federation is concerned, of course, everyone knows where they stand, viz., an eight hours day from bank to bank, to come into operation by gradual reductions over three years. The inte- resting fact to learn is what attitude will Durham and the ooalowners take. Up to now their policy has been one of out-and-out opposition, but it would be no surprise to me if the change of cir- cumstances impressed them with the desirability of operating to water down the full eight hour day from bank to bank as the natural line for them to take. A simple policy of opposition will avail them nothing, as they will be beaten every tlmB'Hp!nr*any kind of division in the House of Commons. That being ao, it seems to me that the introduction of the Bill this session, which, after some discussion, is to be dropped, to be again introduced in its' original or amended form in the follow- ing session after the vacation has been used to endeavour to wipe away the points of difference, is the method adopted by Hie Government to Warn both' Durham and the ooalowners to endeavour to arrange a settlement with the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and failing any such settlement the Government will make the Federation Bill the basis of their own Bill. Were I an opponent, this is the con- struction I would put upon the Premier's statement, and, unless I misjudge the trend of affairs, there is substantial foundation for this inference. Whether a meeting between the Miners' Federa- tion and the coalowners would result in anything being done or a join,t meeting at which Durham would be represented I do not venture an opinion, but one is entitled to say that, now the Federation! has fought this question by persistent advocacy and great expense into the zone of practical questions, with a Government and Parliament pledged to a mines eight hours day, those who have opposed to the last ditch will have a much more dim- cult task in demonstrating their desire for an amicable settlement than they would had they shown a desire to this end some years ago. One could easily nil a column with conjectures as to the future of this measure, but for the moment it is anmcient to say that the Federation cannot be expected to be satisfied with a mutilated or optional Bill, and it is in no language of threat that I say neither will they be if I know anything of their convictions. Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., has acted with prudence and sagacity in taking the public into his conndence and that of his society upon the points of toe railway workers' progrannne, which he entitles their charter. Should a breach take place between the railway com- panies and their employes—which all devoutly pray will be avoided—the workers have nothing to lose by making I public, long before such a calamity is within sighting distance, what really are the demands of the kindred organisa- tions. Some time ago, writing upon railway workers' societies, I omitted to name an important society—I fancy it was the locomotive engineers' organisa- tion—and, as a consequence, I received a long letter of explanation and rebuke from one of the Newport members. Of course, the omission was not intentional, and sa, with every wish in the world to do otherwise, one forgets to name all the railwaymen's sectional Unions existing,! it, surely, is an additional sound reason for these societies amalgamating or federating, so that they may be dealt with as one in every particular. Having now gone carefully through the pro- gramme, I cannot think the demande excessive, although it may be found dim- cult to seCQte all that is asked by one eff"tt. Who, appreciating all the anxiety and dagger attached to the occupation of those in charge of trains and tboao reBpon&iMe for their safA working, wiM <ay thab oight hours is t)!0t long enough for a ship's work, and that & ten hours mux-inmin :is -uuressouriwo? TkeA- not to the public interest to have a rule that a man should have not less than nine hours' rest before he can be again called back to his work? To appeal for payment at the rate of a day and a quarter for overtime on week-days and a day and a half for Sunday work does not appear to me as extravagant. In most trades the rate is higher than this, and when I read a death-rate table of 27.10 per 10,000 employed for goods guards and brakesmen, 26.17 per 10,000 employed for shunters, and 13.47 per 10,000 employed for perma- nent-way men, it comes upon me with great force that some advantage should be given men engaged at such dangerous work. I am pleased that the Central Council of the South Wales Miners' Federation is giving attention to the position of their members who are at present work- ing under contracting-out schemes. As the new Act will come into operation on July 1, it is certainly desirable that some definite arrangement should be arrived at as to their future between noW and that date. Discussing this question with a high legal authority at the House of Commons a few days ago, he gave as his opinion that existing con- tracting-out schemes should be re-certi- ned under Section 3 of the Act of 1906 by July 1 or be cancelled, for if this was not done the contracted-out workmen might nnd themselves, should they be injured between July and December— the six months that the new Act allows' for re-certification—left to the benefits of the old contracting-out schemes alone, which give no consideration to the increased benefits of the new compensa- tion law.

8tR EDWARD REED'S WtLL. I Counset Faits to Understand It I Mr. Justice Kekewicb had before him in the Chancery Division on Tuesday an adjouroed eununonB raising certain questions under the will of the late Sir Edward J. Reed, a former constructor of the Navy and M.F. for Cardiff. The plaintiff waa Amelia Sarah Reed. and the defendajita were Boaetta. Reed and others. There was a Large nmnber of questions raised Tinder the sum- mons as to out of what fund the funeral and testamentary expenses were to be paid, a.nd out of what fund certain cha-rgea were to be paid. The principa.1 question bad reference to the testator's lodge at Ascot, which he had left jointly and equally to Lady Reed and Ernestine Muriel TaJbot Reed as long as she remained unmarried," and it wao to deter- mine if she got married whaA became of it that the assistance of the court was invited- Then the testator left a legacy of JE1.000 each to his unmarried daughters in theevetlt of their being married, and the question was out of what fund these earns should come. Mr. Sheldon said the simplest way would be to read the will. He found it almost im- possible to understand it. Mr. Justice Kekewich: I will see what I can do with it. Sir Edward Reed was better able to construct shipa than to make a. will. (Laughter.) Mr. Sheldon, having read the will, said there was a provision that the Ascot property should pass to Sir Edward's un- married daughter, and that there was a sum of jBl.OOO to be paid to each on being married. but there was no provision as to what fund it should come out of, a.nd the assistance of -t;ie court waa invited. Mr. Sheldon said another potent raised was whether the royalty payable on a profes- sional work written by the late Sir E. J. Reed 6hott!d go into a fund foa* Ms prr<yfeeeionaJl services. Mr. jTtstioe Kebewich: Sn* Edward was a constructor of ships. That was his business. He was not an a.uthor. Mr. Sheldon next dfoa-lt with the Ascot pro- perty, and said the question was whether Lady Reed a.nd her two unmarried drmghtere to-ok the property as tTQEtees, and whettber the solatium on eitheT of them getting married WM! to be <?ba.rge on the Aeoot ptroperty:' ..— Mr. JuEtioe Eebewich: I t:hin.k Sir Edwatrd has provided oa.re)fully for th&t. He knew perfectly weU what ha wanted. He did not know exactly how to do it. He (the judge) had no doubt tha/t the toBtatoT contemplated a purely bene&cia.ry inteipest, but he did not see his wa,yto divoMiethat benenoiiary interest for some trnBteaship. He thougiht the ladies were entitled to haw it vested in tth'erm for life, but 6e did not thtnt: the aota.t.i.o.m should ooTne out of the property. He did not tihin-k an inquiry as to debta was needed. Thare must be an inventory, bot he had no power to order the tadiea to insure. Mr. Galey, oh behaJf of the ladies, aaid not only did the ladies not object to insure, but tJicy dfastfed to do so Mr. Justice KelDealdh pohrted out the neces- sity of ineurimg. and gave a nfoiniber of deci- sions dealing with manor mattem acd told the pa-rties that if any dimcalty was expe- rtenoed in dtrawins up the order tihey comtd come to him. He directed the ooete of the a<pplica<tion to be paad out of the reaidue.

SET FIRE TO HIS FAMILY A b<MTiMe crime is reportcd fro-m a! town nea-r the BiUBai.am froTit-ifer of Sil-om. A work- ing man tJMre in abject cireumstamoes poured p&troletnn over his sLefpdng wife and four children, and then set are to t-hem.. In t.he morning they we discovered burned to cindera.

I JE16,000 FOR A HOUSEKEEPER Mr. Hii!ip Michael y<a.ugham, <xf Drwsycoed, 0.a.1"UJaJI'V'OOl, haa left jM6,256 gross—hJa eofMre estate—to Ms "faithftl friond and house- keeper," Mdas Oatberieno Edgs.

I WELSH EDUCATtON INSP-EGTORS I Mr. H. Price. M.A., of Penllyn, Wbit- oh'urah, has been appointed inapeotor for the Ca.rddn' dietriot by the Board of Education. The war]! has been done hitherto by Mr. A. G. Legard, who haa just retired from the post of chtef-inspector for Wa-les. The sevexante of the two onicea—of cbief-inspectOT and inspector for Cardiff district-is in accord with the new regime -under which the chiff- i!Mpectorshi.p for Wales is now held by Mr. 0. M. Edwaj'da. a& one of the heeas of the Weteh Educatton Department, Whitehall. The new district inspector luls high educa- tional qualffications, and for some time past naa been gaining experience in the sphere of work to whdch he hae now been appointed. Having served &S aasist&nt-ma.etcT at the Pen<trth Cotmty School, ho acted as euppic meni&ry Inspector for the Cardiff district, acd was a'fterwa,rds tr&neferred to æveral other distrM<e in the sMne capacity. Of late he hjaa been engaged under Mr. W. Edwaj-da, H.M.I., in the Merthyj' district, and he has in aJI the positions which be has nl!ed gatned the full con6de'n<'e and high esteem of all coimected with hit department. Another WeMuna<n and well-known educa, tioTdst, Mr. D. E. Jon<'s, B.Sc., now mepector for the Birmingham diMtriot, has been appointed in place of Captain Sh&w as tnspe<*tor of secondary schools for the Cardiff district. Mr. Jones wae for oeverea years inspector in the same capacity in the,cardiff district before be waa transferred to Bir- mingham. He ia an old strtdeTit of A-beryvi. wyth CoUege, being a teUow-stTtdent of Mr. 0. M. Edwards.

DEPUTY-SURVEYOR FORMERTHYRP A special mee'ting of the Merthyr Domugh Coun'oil wa.a he-Id on Tocoday. X-r. J. M. Berry. J.P., deputy-mayor, preEdding. foT the parpexse of mterviewing the eix eelecbed ca,n- dido,tx'8 for the a-ppolnbihent of depoty- borough surveyor and eTigineer. The a,ppoint- ment is a new one commencin eaJa.ry of .6250. rising to J6350. The ('Ø'J}Ùi- d&tee were:—Mr. D. BUieon. West Bromwich; Mr. H. M. Era<na. O&rditF; Mr. E. Ha.H, Car- n&rvon; Mr. J. L. HexTFuT. Brierley Hill; Mr. A. J. Ma.rs4ia.H, MeTthyr; ajid Mr. F. Thackeray. Pentre. Mr. Th&cheT-a.y, who ? devuty-englneer aondaurreyor to the Rhomdda Urban DiatTi<'t Oonji<;il, was electoo.

KtLLED BY A FALL AT FOCHRtW WTtiIst driving a joTjmey of trams <m da,y a.t the Big Pit, yochriw. bèlonging to x.omft. Qn<'et, Keen. and Nttlefolds tiamitedi, & ha,,aUer. na.med Jdhn Jones, was buried beneath a heaty fa.H of ston< When reomered. atfter acnno diBcuIty. Jon.e8 was found to be dSad. Work ceased for bbe reat of the day, and th< body wae taken home to Mmn,tain-.tow, Pe%ga-hddu. Dowla-ia. He was 40 ye&tB of *<e. and leawm a. wld<?w a.nd toaj chtm2en,

JL yotm aw&n. idping aOroes Devdzas, Wats, 1 eame iato cont&ot with a telegho" wiB&, vddcb-*nAwped. The Mzd. fef1An1.&the I ,'belo-wwith ttff xwok broken,

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State <& Welsh Farmers SMALL HOLDINGS B!LL A serious Question is likely to arise over the S-ma-11 Holdin'gs Bill (sa.ya the t)aily Chronicle"). The great majority of t'he Wel&'h farmers are emallholdera—out of 65,000 hoLders of land in Wales over 48,000 hold less than 50 acres. The present Bill, therefore, will not aSect Wales as it stands. What the WeMi land refonneTS desire- is to see the Rill amended so as to give the Welsh sma.ll-'holders fixity of tenure. A deputa:im 'waited upon the Prime Minister yesterday to Jay this point before him. Mr. HcTmnejde suggested that a. slight a-mendment to Clause 6 woTiId enaMe <he Welsh County Councila to pU1'Oha50 emall-holdinga and let them on the s ante conditions as tnoae which wQUld be let in England—-vi! wtth nxity of ten-Qre, I at a. rent fixed .by an inde?penTient a-rtrit=, Mr. Harcourt, who waa with the Premior, promiBed to consider the matter. I Unionists Reserve Attack It has n.)w been definitely arranged by the Unionist leaders in the House of Commona not to vote against the eecond reading of Mr. Harcourt's Small Holdings a<nd Allot, meats Bill <6a,ys the "Times"). At a. BKdiQg held yesterday the geneTaJ sense of the gathering. proved to be in accord with the view taken by the front Oppositum. Bench, that, dnaanmch as the Bill might be made a<)ccfpta;ble if its more objectionable provi- sions were deleted or modined, the ma,in attack upon. it sbxmid be reserved for the Committee stage..Mr. Cha.pJin will, it is understood, to-day mdicate the character of the amendments which he and his friende desire to see adopted.

WORKHOUSE CHAPLAJNCY. I Salaried Minister to be Appointed. I Mr. F. J. Beavan presided over a meeting of the visiting committee of Cardiff Work- houae held on Tuesday. The report of the sub-committee appointed to consider the report of the head-oonsta.ble (Mr. McXeDzie) on nre-extmguisbing appliances at the Car- diff and Ely Workhou8e.S was again discussed. Various recommendations were made by the sub-committee, and most of them were adopted. A letter was read from the Cardiff Minis- terial Union suggesting the appointment of a Nonconformist chaplain for the work- horse. The Rev. E. T. Davies moved the appoint- ment of a Nonconformist chaplain, and the committee agreed.—Mr. Alfred Good raised the objection that the emoluments attaching to the omce should not be paid out of poblic funds.—It was resolved to reoomme'nd that a minister should be appointed who would be able to minister in Welsh aa well M English. The Rector of Canton moved that the stipend be L50 a year.—Mr. M&lhUish seconded.—Mr. Alfred Good moved an amend- ment that the stipend be not derived from public funds. The Rev. E. T. Da-viee took exception to Mr. Good s view that because a man waa a. minister he should not be paid for his work. No doubt Mr. Good had been paid for such work as he had done. He did not know wha,t it might have been. (Laughter.) Mr. Good: What work have I done!* (laugh- ter.) The Bev. B. T. Da. vies: I don't know; but I suppose you were paid for doing it. Mi?s Maud Bees-Jones seconded Mr. Good's amendment, which, however, was lost by an overwhelming majority.—It was resolved to advertise for a minister at a stipend of JE50 a year.

PAWNBROKER'S WtFE PRAtSED 1 William Harris, a CMa-pthHIy l:aiboII1'J'6f', WM cha-rged &<. OaorphlHy w4tih ste-al- ing a go'ld ring, va-Lme JE2 10e. John Jones, a. ba&er, living at Ptsmbwyn ya-nn, Lla-nbradach, saad he miseed a gold tl-,a,ngk ring between the 1st and the 14th of Ma.y. Defemda.Tttt was employed on the famn, and ele'pt in the hottse. Mrs. Rebecca &ord<m, wi.fe Πa IIanbru- do<ch pawnbroker, deposed to pHscmcr ca,Hing ett her shop lasb SatUTdsLy SMML ofpenng to pa'wTi the ring (produced). Witnoaa asked him wh&t he wa-nted upom it, acd he aaid 15s. The name of "Jack Jonca" was inside, and NTis. Gotrdtm then retmennbeped receiving poMoe iniforma.tKMi of such a rmg. On asking the cma.n for hia naime he muttered sometfhing like "WUJia-ms," ajid tthen sa'id "Jack JotMs." Becoming suspicious, ahe consu'lted her has- ;bamd, and the police were intonned. Acting-ser.gea.ut Da.vLes apoke ae to the 'arrest. Prisoner tojd him he bought the rin.g about t<wo yea-rs ago. After the nnghajd been i'dentin'ed and pl'\ironer waa ch&rged, the prisoneo- sa.id, "I bought the rilig iaat Satur- day. I ga-ve baM-a-sovereigTj for it in the Castle Inn, CaerpMUy." Prisoner persisted in his plea. that he pur- chased the ring, and he was Bent to the quarter sessions. Badt was ajlowed. Addressing Mrs. Gord'oiii the OhaApmaai fMr. W. Waffe) remarked tbat they did not s-ay that the priscm.er wae guilty or not gnxlty, tfUit ahe had done a public service by bring- ing the caee to titM uctloe of the police.

MINERS & JUDGE ROBERTS I Mr. A. Oniona, miners' agent, Tredega-r, addressed a public meeting at Tredegar on the new Com.penaa.tion Act, which comes into force on July 1. Dealing with the term of notice of a<ooident, Mr. Onions eaAd tta.t Judge Bryn Roberta had refused an award because notice of accident had not been given for three months. and three a-ppeaJs ag&inat his decisions had been upheld. Judge Bryn Robefte did not appear to favour the workmen's claims, and an appeal wo'uM be made against every one of his ad.wr&e decisions. He (the epea.ker) adtised the workmeTi. not to trust anything to chance, but to give notiœ of aocid€<nto at OTtce. Their leaders were determined to do everything in their power to make the new Act useful and benenci&I. and would ta&e every adverse decision to the High Courta whene-ver they saw a.n opportTmaty of reversing it. They would even go to the House of Lords, if necfaMfy. to get the many new points which woujd rise in the Act decided.

BLUEJACKETS' RATIONS I A drastic "eoctaJ. reform in tJbe Nia-vy" was fol"eBha;oowed by Mr. Bobertaon, Beareaax7 to the Admiralty, in the Houae of OMnjnMja Jast night. Tha exlst&nv Govornment raAiom syatem is to be abolieh-ed. J.a,ck Tar is to ha.ve more oo'm.fotTts, lees a'loo'boiic d.rin'k, ajhd oujjdea' to.txM'co. Hitherto ratiOMS ooat.mg t.he tax- payer 1M.. per man per day ha.ve be(m Bervod, and inen ha.ve been a.ll<),wod to omit certa-in itema., being credi'bod with the vaJ-no of the omit.ted. a.rti<cles. 'ITie Admira-tity propose to subeUtufte for the t€.T]p&ony ration a. sixpenny ra.tMm plua 4d. in caeh. T,be Vc'to for 'Na.vy victual! ing a.Tid olot-hinf was .ag.roed to wdthc'u't. a division.

MISTOOK HIS PAT!ENT I One of thio wit!KE8ea o.t tho Dca'byBMre Smmcer Assizes pelted a- most terrifying experience bo had recently undergone. While afllecip in oa. Welsh hotel he waa a-wajtent'd hy h'ea<vy footfalls in fho room. An mdividuaJ stnick a m.a.toh, lig-hted the gw, ajid a'ppro'a'ohed the bed. Seizing hie hamd a.nd <€'e!iim'g hie pulse. and thjcn tap- ipiDig' Me <tb)e8t, the iayBteh<ms viEdtor sotemmlty said, You hftve a -cMst serntyas attack of pneumxonim. YÓ'I1 may POENd,bly live oeven daw, 'bat no more." La-teT on the Landlord explained th'a.t he had a eom seriously ill in anobher bed. The Tijoctum&l TisitoT was a doctor who had I mî6taJren bii3 patient.

MYSTERY OF AN EMPTY RAFT I The Cun&rd liner CaroniA, which arrivM at Queenstown fj-om New York last evening, report.e.d having passed a quatitlty of wreckage on June 6. A raft 20ft. long, covered with barnacles, was sighted, and la-ter on the ow-io day wao parsed & fthip'a maBt etajMiing upright, the trttck oolfig Sft. above tJte wa.tar. A small ra.ft, aJinoet sub- merged, and It quantity of timber were a-leo se&n..

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I Royat Opera Sensation. I TRAGIC END OF A GENERAL. I Ptaygoers m t gnorance. A painful sensation was caused at the gala performa.nce of the Royal Opera in honour of their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark on Tuesday night by the sudden death of Genera 1 Sir Arthur Ellis. Comptroller in the Lord Chamberlain's Department and Extra Equerry to the King. who dropped dead as the Boya/1 party were entering the house. Sir Arthur Ellis showed no premonitory BigtM of his approaching fata-1 seizure. He and Lady Ellis were chatting gaily with Sir Frederick Treves and other friends, when he gripped his throat as though suffocating, and fe!l back unccmacioue in his chair. Major Poneonby. one of the King's Equer- ries, a. tall and powerful of&cer, raised the unfortunate gentleman, and, with assistance, laid him gently at full length on the Boor. Those about him unfastened the collar of his tunic, and then. finding that there was no sigu of pulse. Major Ponsonby and others catrrie-d Sir Arthur Ellis out to an {Mite-room. Conceatmg the Tragedy Sir Jsmes Reid and Sir Frederick Treves were on fbe spot. and everything posaiMe was done. bat without avajt. So promptly had the gravity of the case been graaped. and eo! quioMy bad the removal been effected, that hardly amybody had a suspicion of the serious nature of the seizure, a.nd, for obvious reasoaa. the few who inquired were told that' the gallant oOceT bad merely fainted.. Died While the House was Cheering The sad fact was that he died whUe the cheers announcing the arrival of the Royal Family and guests were ringing through the auditorium and being re-echoed in the street. Lady ElliB went out with the party which bore her husband, and although she was soothed to some extent with vague assurances and promises that everything possible was being done. it was soon found impossible longer to keep the sad truth from her. She quietly withdrew in company with sym- pathetic friends. It was felt that to convey the terrible news to the King in his then surroundings would be most unwise, and the latest bulletin given to the occupants of the Royal box was that which followed immediately after the seizure, namely, that Sir Arthur had sud- denly fainted, and had been removed. The omeials of the Lord Chamberlain's Department behaved with commendable presence of mind. for. although they were terribly shocked and distressed, they did not betray themselves, and managed skilfully to put off inquiries. There is no doubt that the veteran conrtier 'I fell a victim to heart disease. Sir Arthur's Career Major-gomraJ Arthur Edward Aug'astoa Ellis was in hie seventieth yea,r. He was bom in GibraMa.r, being the ae'oond son of Oolong the Hon. Augustus F. Ellis. His mother was the Horn. MhM, Frances La-bouobere, dzughter of the npBt tMJd la&t Ba;pon Tsmnton. Edn- cated a.t Sandhurst, he joined the 33rd Regi- inent in 1854, &nd aerved in the Crimea at the siege of Sebastopol and at Xertoh, and in Indi.a., being A.D.C. and military secre- tary to Lord Elphrostone, Governor of BoTnbay. In 1862 he exchanged into the GTena4ior Gaa<rda, snd five yea.TB la/tPT was appoi'n'ted fqaerry to the Priitce of Wates, so that his Marjeety loses under painfnMy tragic eircmn- sta.r>ccs one o'f Ms oldeet att-endatita In 1851 he was a Commissioner for the Great Exhibition, amd from 1898 to 1901 he was the Queenli3 Serjoa;nt.wli-AI"IIlB in the Rouse of Lords. He received the K.C.V.O. in 1897, and the G.C.V.O. fortT yeaTs agO, h&ving reoeiTed ttM C.S-1. in 1876. In addition to being Ootnpt-roUer in the L<ord C3KunberiadTi e Dep&rtjnent, he was Extra. Eqaerry to his Majesty the King.

WHAT t8 A STALL? I A oMe of considerable intereet and import- a.noe to colters was bea.rd by Judge Owen at Tredega-r on Tuesday, whom the point. "What is a statll?" had to be decided. Sidney Jones, & ooHier, claimed from the B&rgoed OoaA Oompany the diSerenee in t-be prioe padd for oa?rtiB? in a. staJl &nd oa.rtin? plUa-trs ba?k, th? pirice for the fonner work being 8d. per y&Tid amd for the tattor 4d. per ya,rd. :T. J. Sankey (insta-aci-ed by Mr. T. S. Edwards, New- port) waa foj' the plaintiff and Mr. 0. Ken abolc, bberdwe, for the defendant oomipany. Mr. N<ibe<tB.iaJi Phillips, nimnaog,r of the PoweU Dunryn Company's oolikrietil ex- preaaod the oPiniOn .iha.t the I)laoe where the ptalntifF waa worM.ng could not be oa<Ued a ct&U, aa it had only one side of aoMd coaj, the <?the!r side being ooampoeed of rubbish. The deBtmtion of a sta,U wae a place where a ma<n worked oae aide forw&rd aA 8d. a yard and the other side backward at 4d. a yard. In this <'aae there was onjy ome side to work. Mr. Onions, re-ca.Hed, eaid. he bad nevefr heard befofre tha<. a stall most necessarily htave two aideB of BoUd coa.1. He knew of hundreds of inEtemoes where stalls were I dTtv«i with otdy otte aide cojnpoaed of solid coal. His Hcrnour aaid it seemed to him to be a case of oartinar iD. ataR, and that the man was eotitted to be paid at the ra.te of 8d. per I yard. He gave judgzwnt for the pladntiif.

SINGULAR MARRIAGE STORY I Bea-tTioe AUoe IHJJs, a young woitt&.n living aA dapbaan, stmnnoned her huaba-nd. PMlip H<ywa<rd BHie, to tibe %oath-WeeWm Murt yesterday far havuigf neglected bo provide her with money aimoe her IOOirna¡ge. Detec"nt did not put in a<n &fppea<ra.noe. The wife said she was married a8 'recently aa May 1 last, sinoe which time her hTisba-nd bad cot given her a. single penny. Neither had he lived with her. Mr. Ga-TTett: Have yon n-ot lived together at8 m&n a;nd wife?—No; we eepa.r&te'd after le%ving chuToh. Did you separate diTeoMy a.fter the cea-e- moJiy?—Yea; he wemt hoTne to his pla<oe, and I Tetumed to mine. The Magi&Lmte: It scorns very strange- Y<m h&d bettef proceed against him for d'eseo'tdon. ComPiainaffit: I ehaJtI ho<ve to do th&t. M'r. Garrett: It ia the only reimedy. The preaent aainoiMNta will have to be wibhdra'wn.

MATRICIDE AT TEN. I Beoamk* she hebd wbipped him. CaMf M'0oy. aged ten, two days ago 6hot his tnoMi<!r on her farm IN Nol)raeka. The child criminal was wit4i his mjo'HMT and three broth<:r& &t work in & oomSeld. Aa aoon as the brothe.rs were out of sigttt (sa.ye the Daily Ma,iJ") Oa<lif steppe <tai€<tJy bethiad hie njjother, pl&ced the barrel of a revolfVer. whicb he held in both hands, argadnst her bead. a.nd Qred. The woman feU to the ground dc-aa. CaJif then &red a aecoiMl gbot into the body. He oaJmJy confessed the crime yester- day to the coroner'e dea<d.

ELDERLY LADY'S MONEY I A irecfta.rkaiMe caao was opened at Sto-ek- pcxrtyestea-da.y.wbetLa. young majTied woTnafn ntmicd EH&a. BgertMi was remaJided, ,dh,giorged wit-h obtaijriing money by false pro- tsacea from an elderly lady, na,med Miee Ha,mnnmd, with wh<Mn Kb6 lived. It. was alleged that prisoTLer obtained money fF&im .Mise Hia-rn'mcTTd <m t'he statement tha,t certain wen-known gentk-meti in the 'bown reqarred it J&or boEineeB purposes. In tMa w&y she sueoeed--d in gevdng fpfHn Mise Ra;mmecmd <M'a'rly £l.()X).Virlua1.ty her whole f<H-tMNO.

REUEO ON HIS MOTHER I Aeked why he had left mqtaiu -iylOYEM-t, a. burly c,&man, 40 or 45 YesTo of a-M, told a bajT'iater a.t Maa-yletbone C&oDty-court yester- day t.haA he resigned beoa-ase the work was too hard. OEHMjaeA: YOQ thTew y<MUi9eJf out of work simply 'becsTtae ?«' jdb waa ha.fd? WitiMBB: Yos, vhy sbooMnt I? Hadn' I & moèher to tk-eep ioje? (Laugliter.)

LITTLE S. AMERICAN WAR I President Piaaeroa,, of 8a.lTa.dOT, baa tel&- graphed to t/he Sa.Ivad'oreaji Mimisheir a,! .Mexico 0!ty, eta.timg that the Nica.Ta.gTia.ns, M)tdat<cd by the Mlradoroan revoiutioaiiste, yoxterday bombarded wit-h a. gunboo.t the town of Aoa<jut&, which they subsequently occupied.

SOUTH WALES TRAMWAYS I f,amit wéek's tfa&o returtte'— I CardiT. Newport. Receipts -E2,058 .jEl.504 'Oorreepondins week. 1906 .E2.914 XA2 paQiØIll"I'iI 474,423 280.C16 Whtt Wbak.

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I Looted by Bedouins. I ADVENTURES OF CREW OF CARDIFF TRADER A Perim dispatch May 25 thus describee the incident of the stranding of the Cardiff trader Kilburn, and the other adventures in connection therewith, in the Red Sea recently :— On the receipt of news of the stranding of the steamer Kilburn in the Red Sea the. steamer Meyun was despatched with two engineers, a gang of cooliee. and a full equipment of salvage gear to try and find the wreck, the position of which was uncer- tain. On the 8th inst. the Meyun reported that she had failed to come upon the Kil- burn. and the captain was furnished with fresh instructions. A further search was made in the I<x-a,lity indicated, but without avail, and matters remained at a standstill) until the night of the 18th met., when the British Consul at Hodelda telegraphed that the Kilburn was stranded near Farizan. The Meyun was despatched once more, and nothing wa.s heard of her until the 21st inst., when a vague telegram was received from the captain stating that arrangements had been made for a Turkish gunboat to go to the scene of the wreck with the Meyun. but containing no indication as to whether the Kilburn had been found or not. On the same day, however, a telegram reached Perim from Kamaran reporting that the captain and crew of the Kilburn had been picked up and landed there, they having been driven off by Bedouins, that the cap- tain thought the vessel could be salved, but that she must have the protection of a gun- boat or a guard to prevent looting. Owing to frequent interruptions in telegraphic communication, great uncertainty prevails as to the actual position of affairs, but it is reported that the Kilburn's cargo has been looted by natives. The captain of his Majesty's cruiser Perseus has insisted on the Turkish Governor of Hodeida giving a guarantee up to jBl.500 to cover all looted property, and he has also secured the despatch of a cavalry regiment to scour the country and arrest looters.— Press Association Foreign Special.

WOMAN SUES A M!LUONA!RE For Her Child's Mamtenance I A society action which is deeply stirrm.? New York's four hundred" amd wiU pro- bably be foUowed w,ith interest by the upper ten thousand" everywhere bega.n in on.e of the city courts yesterdta-y. Mrs. Lucy Randolph, a wom&n of 30, with daahinig oiLa,rnM, ie suing ALr. W. E. D. &tok<'e, a million&ire hotel proprietor, for 100,000 dollars (JE20,<MO) ma-intenajice for her ohild, wihoee pa.t.emity he stcmtly deniea. Mr. Stokes some years ago was dfivoroed by his wife, who is now Mrs. Philip M. Lydig, a. ])a<dy whose CastiIiaB lineage, Gajneboroagh ha-ta, a<nd simuous bea<uty La.vo fanHahed a poetM theane for artiste. Mrs. RajLdotph was the KenttK'&y bene, Luoabte Ryley. While the former Mrs. Stokes was aoourlng a divorce: Miss Ryley "Mew in" upon New York-her gowns, her emeirgy, and espeoiajiy her complexio'n being the taJ.k atad envy of the town. The cMJd, who is &ve ymav oM, a hand. aonto, blue-eyed litle feUow. was tJM c€T]tra,l figuro in the court, whicih was crowded to the doors with faaMoaia.ble womc!!i; indeed (eaya the -Morning Imder-), notwithst.a.n.d- iaM[ a. bag btrndle of love-letters, he is tbe chief exhibit im the case, for the mother con- tends thaft he is the living image of the During the opening speech he bad his arms ro'umd plaiTtitifra neck. and kert uP a. rumnins nre of whimpered questions in his mothers oar in -bja curiosity to ko<ow what it was all about. De.fel'1d.aint admit.<! a friendship with Randolph of many y-eaa-s, but alleges tht. ehe h<aa a husband living.

HIS DAY !N TOWN. I Thomas M'&owa-n'a experience of London has not been aA aH a happy one. Perhaps it was aJt Ms own fa-nlt. 'The West Ha.m magistxate ea'Ld he was a. "great fool" y<'stor- d&y. M'Oowam packed mp his worldly goods a-nd chattels in ShenleM, and landed in Cajmins Town, Dviiere ne intended looking out for workt He h&d a<bont £80 in Me pocket, a/nd before t.be nrst day of his stay waa far &dva.noed be got the vine leaves entangled in Ms harr. Not only was he ta.ken in coatody for berl.ug drunk, but his bag dis- arppeajed. Two women were dismiaaed yesterday on thb ah&rge of &A,-abng the ba.g, a.nd the Ma.gist.rate advised defendant to retam to the (Mights of 8henieM. He aa.!d he would.

LOVE !N A PRISON I The ma-med life of the co-nviot a.nd the gaoler's da-ughter who were mamed at the pr'aom at Yprea, Belgium, a. itxrt.misht a&o is not ruTming emooft.hty. The marriage was gtrongly objoooted to by tba girl's fa.tohe.r, aand he has done ail hi hM power tt, prsven-t t'he niewly-ma-rried padr from aeeing each other. Hja efPopts Were successful umi-U Stmday night, when the gtW, pteahng into her fa-ther's room when he was ,-L.sleep, took hie boanoh of keys a-nd made lie,r w&y to her b-usbaind'a ce!L UniforHmately for her, heir falther dis- colored the theft, and bias rc'p'OTibed the n-Latber to the priSOOl governor.

WOMAN'S V!OLENT DEATH I The deaAh occurred on Tuesday in the Not- tingham Gemera.1 Hospital of E&tner CuUen (58), from injuries aJIcged to ha,Te been ca,u&ed on Sa.t<arday night by a man witJh whom eho had been .tiving. In her dying depwitions, on Monday, the deceased ma.de certain inoriininating sta,t<Tnent<s, and the man was arrested in a enbnrb of Nottingham about noon, and cha.rged with murder. The woman's rrbs were broken, an3: sbo sostained other internal injuries. It is stated accused asserte be always treated the deceased with kindness.

S!LENT FOR SEVEN MONTHS I A gatrdoner who is being tried at SaJzbo'rg ,(Austi-i-) for the murder of a, post oCtce o9]<'iaJ haa done c'vcryt.hihg' m his power to ma.ke <to prison authoritiee boUe've tha.t be was of uneound minid. but the doctors who examined him <htnng his detention aadd tha.t ttho Bympt'oma wej-o feigned. He has not spoken a. word BUMe hiia arreat last October, a.n)d as the triaJ proceeds shows no imterestt in whaA ie going ofn. He employe ih.im.gelf in ptayinig with the ooa)b btttt<ms of the poUoenMti who guard him.

IN A PYTHON'S TO!L8 I Mr. OcxAlni, walking in thick gr-MB ricair 'the I Ma-rico River. Bechftiazmland, thtown to the ground by a fcrn-teen-foot pythom, wMoh coiled rormd his legs (says th)6 "Bast Londom Dispateb") and then tjTjed to drag him to a tree near by, so t-haA, by ooi!ia? 1*6 tail pottmd the trumk, it Tni'gth.t prooecd to oruah him to dea-th. When witíhin two ysT& o.f tjM tree Mr. OookH!H got a ha.od free a.nd shot the eoatke, whioh was so hea-vy t<ba,t it needed thTee men to lift it.

CANCER LEADS TO 8U!C!DE. William Baldwin, retired butcher, aged 71, residing at Weat&tiif, aster enduring eighteen mo.mtJiB' a-gony frcnn cancer of the tongue, took oxalic ncid. A verdict of Stdoido during tempotra.ry iTtsmnitty" was retu;rned yesterday aA the inquest. The jurymen weTo all testcitalobrs, oa.re ha,Yin? baen taJten to aeiaot aJbstaaaoorB on aooomnft of the inebriated oooditio.n of & tnumbeT of jurymem aA & oorfmor'a inquiry a Cewda<ya&s<*

FUNT BOROUGHS I Mr. T. IL W. Idris haa decided, a.nd haa ao infonned his constituents, that ile dges not intend to contest the Flint Boroughs at the next general election owing to the indifferent state of his hea.Ith. Mr. Idria, wk, was a former member of the London County Council, is the heaxi of the firm of minera.1 wa.ter manuf&cturerB with which hia a.-me is asso<da-ted.

INEBRIATE HOME IN DEAN FOREST A "home" for male inerhrl&tca was fonnaJly dedicated and opened on Titeaday &tt Abbote Wood, !M!fur CintlerfOll"d, Deam. ttjeet. It ia dedlo&ted to the TneniCTy of Dr. TetmpiR, iate Arohhieihop of OiHiterbu'ry. amd moT<e pa.r- ticulamly his work during nea.rly six years as dbad.nna<n of the Uhuirdh of Ens'Iajid Tmn- portbnce Sooiety. Acoomm<oda,tion is TOTided fo<r 60 pfutienta.

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PHtSONEFTS LEAP < ——.—— !N FRONT OF A TRAIN. I Exciting Bridgend !ncfdent An. exciting incident occojped at Bridgend Railway Station on Tuesday, which caused something of a pamc among the paaeengera who were awaiting the up-train to Cardiff. A painter, named Robert Burns, was on the platform in the custody of Policc-oon- stable George Hushes, on a charge of neg-I lecting his children. Bums had been arrested the previous day at PontypooJ, and remanded at Bridgend on Tuesday until Saturday. and Police-constable Hughes was conveying him to Cardiff Prison until that day. Burns a-ppeared to be fairly unconcerned, but just as the train was approaching the platform, to the astonishment of the con- stable and the peopte around, he dashed from the policeman's side and jumped on to the metals in front of the approaching train. Police-constable Hughes. with great presence of mind, grasped the man by the shoulder as be was gomg. and thus broke the jump. which would have probably taken him into the centre of the rails, but the omcer was too late to save the man from getting from the platform. With a tremendous physical effort Hugbea managed to drag the main back to the platform just as the engine dashed by, thna saving his life in a miT!tc.u- lous 'ma.nfner. The scene caused great sensation on the platform, and several women screamed and famted. The man was ta&en back to the politi<m, where it ia said he waa very etrange in his During the hearing of the case of alleged neglect, prisoner admitted he bad neglected Ms children a little after Whitsun. Prisoner was asked if he wculd like bail, but Inspector Groves said the man. absconded, a,nd told his wife he would commit suicide before any policer should have him. Prisoner: Oh. tba.t waa only nonsense. Prisoner was remanded as sta.ted.

WORKHOUSE BURGLAR I Master's Fierce Fight I A terrible encounter with a bumlar ig reported from Ribohjeeter Workhouse, a lovely ootmtry institutiion between Preston a.nd Blac-kbum. Mr. J. Swann, the master, head- ing a noaae about miditight on Tuesday, wemt into t<he dming-haAl with a la-mp. a.nd wae oomfronted by a ma,!i, wtto exclaimaed. "If you don't get out of t'h.is ni blow your bCEhioe out." The mast-or rted, Blow a.w&y, <SMn," a.nd iTnnMdiately otosed with tthe iiMLB- Mr. Swajin, being an old wreaMer, Booa had hM aegaalmnt down. The burglar tried to gn.p the master's aj'm with his teeth, but tMK'oeeded only in teairing hia nichtsbart. The master's wife had by thia time oonte into the ha.H. The burglar en<tea.Tourcd to get his hands into hie trnuaer'a poobeta, k,xow-ing, If I get, my knife rM anie-h both of yoti." 'The ma-n managed. to tpet to hia fes<. <HMl strike the master a heavy blow on the face. Mr. Swann eventooJ:ly "got in with hM left" aTtd felled the man. Mr. Swa.nn's wind begac to f&U Mm. how. ever, be baing a maji of porthy boiM. and hia actagonist eaoceedBd in eluding hia grip, and ram to the cookhouse. Bio WM .here looked m. and. the wiodbw being oraeBed by strong iroa bais. Mr. Swamn taloughtt he ha.d the ma.n ea.fely. 'tTie burgiar Buooeedod. however, in wrenching two of the 'b&rs a.wa.y, and tbeiQ, emaohirtg the w<m<tow he jumxped out into the garden. Mr. 8wMm and two attendants gwve ohiaae. but in tjhje da-rkneag t-he wuuld-be tthief eaca,ped.

TRASHY LITERATURE AGAIN-1 Daring Boy Burglar I The Northampton police have arregood a Ruppoeed boy burger, who had in bja poe- twosMTi an oatnt of houæbr-eaking tooia, a'nd at whose house was discovered, among other things, a carefnily-ke'pt book of news- pa'per cattinga relating to butglsrks of oote. And iooluding se'vfraj reports of the Wertht-imer case. 'The prisoner, Albert BrocHies, aged seven. teen, was found at nudnig-ht on Monday trying to ioT-ce a window in the noose of Mr. W. Pawk,-s, cle-rk to the Northa.mptoti Board of Goa/rdiacs. JIia boots were €<tMaaed hi flannel to soften 'his tread. He told tihe police.ma.n who discovered him that be hwt coTn'e from Wolverhajoipton. and was look- ing for a. place whara he could sleep; bet, as a. mra-ber of ftct, he is a abcc operative, living with his motiheT aA Scairletwell-atjeet, Northamplt.on. At his house were foond goods that <9on- nect hdm. with three robberKs recently eom- niitted in Northa-nxpton, and a clever com- trl'V'ance ettpposed to have been made for remotiug letters from -lefter43oxca. The poltoo a,ttri)bate tho position of the pr4acaMT to his constant reading of tfashy litera-titre.

THE WEDDING CONFETTI. I The BujaJ Dean of Ha<m.mejsmJth, who is a.Ieo the vMa,-r of Ohiawick Patriah Cbmroh. the Rev. F. W. Isaacs, has denounced oomfetti at weddings. It is & ænselEæ a.od mca.niBiglees thing, he Bays in his parish nmgazijle, this custom of throwing bite of colour atbont at wedding. Anycme who iknows amythiog of the Oo'o.tA- nen.tal fetes, whence the name confetti is dM*ived. knows tha.t the rea,! canfcttd M a difpea-ent thing frcMn the oh€a.p, nasty, objeo- ti<xia.ble rubbMi with wbdch thoae who have litiU'e eenae of reveTeaoe disfigure the ppe- oinc'te of our <'<tMiT'dbes alt weddings. The throwing of tMe mbbish, says the vica/r is freqmently nMMie the occasion of vulgar horse- ptay, aJid detracts much frotn the solemnity of th)6 service w<bidh has just been oondacted within the ohurab. SeveraJ times lately the ctiects near the chatroh have been ma<de diagraoefaQy mttidy on BuiMiay, and "if it goes on a.fter this warning." aEbyB tho vica.r. "Bmnday weddings will h8Ke to be stopped." "It's so," aaid t&e vergetr. -n's a. most ter- riMe jmisa-noe. The bits of paipetr get tpoddem into the ohajch, a'nd make a most terrible litter."

SfNS OF A FATHER. I An appeal <)f & retiarkable not;mre was mado before tihe House of L<orda yesterd&y by Hr. Oolquhoun. a. ll-known. SoottJah f"ldloiltor. After serving five yeafrs- pena.1 servitade for M"ppropriati,ng oH€.&te' money; he was denied Q'ny further Tig-ht to beneAt from a widow,s, fund to which he bad contributed reR'u.taj-Iy for 29 yeare. IimmedLa-tely on his release he tendered to the Widova* Fund of the Faoolty of P'rooura,t<M's, Glasgow, the arrears of pa-y- ment for the Sve yeaj's be had apeat in prison, but they refuaed the money, alleging tha,t by being struck off the roUs he had &xrf€a.ted aJl .hia rights. Anxious to prevent his wife And ohiJdrcin from being pirmehed after hie dea-th for hia sina. Mr. Oolquhoum ajp.pea.led to the HOTBBe of Lords. J :ud.gment wae reaerved.

VANISHED BRIDEGROOM. I Robert itaymond Lord. a Yount ma<a. living in GTaemere-st.reet, LdceateT, wae to have be€.a inaxzuod yesterday a,ftern<)on, bht at tJM laet mometnt be sitddeoiy disappeared, and has not, since been of. Ijord was the adopted aon of a Mf. and Mte. WTiite, and had made ela<bora<te pre'pa.r'ationa tor 6he wedding. He had pro-vided a. nioe thomc for his proapectiTe wife. had invited a OOI:Iderwble natmbef of guests, and had tatken a laa-ge hall foT their Peoeption. The maitteT haa been placed in the h=ds o< the police. I

CAB-STEALING HABIT. I 6<Mne years ago Hefnry Ralphe Icob his Koonoe as a- C&b-drivOr. and since that Mme ho h&s nuMic it quite a habit to 6teaJ ca;bs left unattended whUst the dTivera a-re in ahOlters amd cofFee-hoasea. He has beeTt sent to prieoti over and over again, ajid has 'been kein dn pe-nal ecrvitade for this claas of robbery. Yesterda.y he was ordered thr&e years' pena,! servitude at the Olerken-well Seaeioiie for indulging in hia famourit-o patrtime, the cab in question reIn. <MM <m. tbo IlYde-imrk rank.

AN OVERWORKED PHRASE f "I Ntppoee this wae tJie psychotogical mamefnt?" said oounael, exaBtinine a witnesa at 8<ya)t.b)wa,rk County-court yestM-dny. "fte wthat?" queried bis H<MMttr Judft WIDie. "'ITto peyctbolocioa,! moment, your !MMMUf." ftilmee <tMi't use that phrase," plea<ded HM $udkia. 'Tt ie one fBom whi<!h the work\ bas eaffwed too ]o<B?."

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I Nationatist Manifesto, MfLREDMONDABJURESTHEUBERALS r Aftef a apeciaJ mectjns cf the Irish Paf. Ha-manft'a.ry Party at Westmineier on Toec- da.y a manifesto by 3tr. Bedmond wae issued, n which the Irish leader ea,ys tha.t the fate of the Government's IrLsh Bill ought to c(m- inoo those English men who are real frtenda of Irish liberty of the folly of the Policy of mindindaing ntMumree dealing with t'he government of IreLa,nd in the hope of d'isa.rminf; the hostility either of the Iri&h UmiocisM «r the House of Lords. The spirit <Mplayed by the recent Na.ti'ona.l Conve'o.tion may be rega-rded aa n!nmista.ka,bly a fresh and vig<xrous caJt to aa*m6 wi4<h the object of forcing tha Irish question to the fore- froct of the politics of the hour. Home P'lIe can be won, the ma-nitesto pro- ceeds, <, y by hard nsbting, by a vigorous and well-£ustained agitation. iTi Ireland, by thorough organiö-atlon of the Iri&h vote in G1. Britodn, and its use absolutely mdc- Pendent of EngUsh pa,rty iTitesrests. If tbe Irish people ebow tbemselyes in ea.rneet on these lines, whatever Government may bo in powe<r will nTMl itaelf at an early date coerced into introducing a Bill for the bolter government of Ireland very different froo' tba.t which was recently rejected by the Na<Monal Convention in DuMin. The pa,rty also ctecided to vote against the third reading of the Army Bill, and to raise the crnastion of Irish UniverBity education on the Qoeen's College Vote on the Irish Eeti. mates. A meeting of the Na.tiocal Directory will be held In Dublin on Jane ZO Other <r!sh WorrtM Scwsraa Irish Uni<mist membem h&ve given notices to tnove the rejection of the Govern- ment's Irish La-nd Bill a.nd the Loo&l Regis traction of TIttes (Ireland) BilL

"-HAD A ROUGH T!ME" Story of How the Poor Live When John Lynos, a. waterside labourer, of 0<an-et.reet, SpihaJ&dds, was taken to the WhitecbiafpetlD&nnaryhehadbadnofood for two days. He died later, and ait the imqaest yest<eFd&y a tomble story of poverty waB told by luo motber. TBie deoeaaed had eaj-ncd Is. snMa Whitson. ThoOorc'ner: Ha-ve cither of yon evœ applied for outdoor' rolief? Witnees: No, sir. we didn't like the idea. The 0(woaie-r: Do yo.Q do ajiy work? Witness: I do aha.riD€ wtcn I can get it. The Ooruner: Wha-t are your eanuags? Witness: Nothmg regular. Sometunea I ma.ke 2a. in a week, ajB<d eametimee nothing. Wii-nt-aa added tha,t she bad. a mamed: daughter. 7be CoroTM.n Did she aegist you? W'imœs: No. sir, efhe ia M badly off so have been. ghe has fonr young childrcm to sopport ajtd a. deHcaAe humbead4 A Jmw.TMa ie & fufther eajmp!e of how the poor Me. or. at lœøt.. try to exist. Aooordmg to the madicaj evidence. d-eooaeed'a body Praotimlly witbtmt a sign of fat. Dea.t)!i was due to pnemmonia a;nd heart djtaeaeea. Appa.rantJy the maji had "had A very roas'h tiToe/' A verdict in accorda.noo wiMi the dootwow ewidenoowaa retarn<ed. attd the coroner handed deoeaeod's mother a monetafry gift.

DRANK WEED-KiLLER At Bifnoinphajn an extra<ardina,ry poison- iTrg case ia being anvest-igate-d. On Friday nigqit two tnrctheii's, mam,-d Leslie and Arthtn' Nicholk-, aged afteen and eleven fespactavely, wJMee parentB live in Edwaird- -ad, went to the Dingiey-hail exhitntioTi. and 'took .btmie with them. Bome samples of choooia.te, which. t!hey ate. On getting into 'bed they were ta.kec ill; and th<'ir mother. s,mpp-tng they wetre bAUoTM. gave them eaoh 'bioaa-bor:l'a.t..é- of soda.A doctor was eem, for;* but in spite of every attention Arthur died. I<MtHe expwned that a<fter eating the cb-oolate they dra<ck froin & bottle. It t<tme<t cot MtaA th4s contained weed hiDer, wh'M!. ItaS in it & strong sohttion of a,Ta&nic.

OMANS FOR WARSH!P8. It ia annow2ced a<t DeTonport that orgaca thbe 8lIppÜed to w-shaps obap- laaaa. Noor new crtNsera wHl hftvc orgajja Ioi<)baMcai, and aLx other vemals have bean selected far UJke diounotdon. The ohta.ase is regarded by the Admiralty asfbeaieatbt'&iji tbeapirituaJ i'otareets of mahom Jt is bbongh*. that the organ wiN giTc a. nxore UnpoWd.ve wttdng- to the daily om,nom on boa.,d MAp tbm= the scoonrpeAU- meet of the aMp's baod. The kind of uto&raments to be farnashea- .are the orcans, have beeom; tor the vwvbim

MHJTtA CAMP, The 08rd:iIøraD Boya-l AftOtefry MKtia wemt tato aamp in <t aeM meM- AberyBtwytth on Taeeday, and win remain nBder eainTaa tmtil the 29th itist. One feature of this year's ca.mp ia the amal-I number of BeoMnie eoiTsted, t'hepe being only nineteem, aa «Kmpa<pe<i with over a. hnmdre<r in prev!<oos yc&rs. Thie is put dowa to Mr. KaJdajie'a new Army echeme and the mediœ.1 exsamnation. The totaj nmn'ber in ca.m,p is over 400. The men are drawn ohiefly from Glamorgan, where they aM employed ae <'omm'a. (MoB)ef G. 8. JtMMa is in oaminaind.

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED 8UtC!DE A wetmd bout Sin. long, extending amass the throat, is alleged to ha-ve been milicted upon himself with a pooket-kniBe by a. collier BMMDed TbtMnad Drew, of Robert-street, Ynyaybwl, when near the Lojn Wood Schoo]f, Pomtypridd, on Tuesday. PoUo&oonsta<bl& Griffti4he a<t!banded to the TQjTmed man a.nd rtopped the bteedting. Drew waa afterwajde onuteyed, to the potice-etaticTi.

RAILWAY INSPECTOR INJURED. WhUat Inspector Sla<ie, of the Grea.t ¡ Western Baitway. of 11, HaJM-rshon-street. Oa,rdiff, was eaperintt'ending the lon4ing of implemen1.B from the Bath and West Shovr at MiU-etreet Goods Depot, Newport, on Toeeday, one of Ms hajMia was cruahed in the cogs of a-wia-ch. HcwM taken to the Newport Hoepit&l.

ORANGE RiVER COLONY. *Phe Kmg has appointed Sir HajoHtoTi Joho GooM Ada.me GoverDor a.mi CoTrnma-nder-in. Chief of the Orange River Oolocy. Proteeie a,re being made against the reaer. vatiome with reg&rd to a&tive &dminjatra.ti<yn,

CABRERA STILL ALIVE. We are omiriatlv imfot-med tha,t there u no truth in the statement that PMsident Ca-broile, of Gmtema-la, has been aesaeBin- &.t)ed.

CRUSHED AT DIAMOND COLLIERY While Richard Hoekios (shot ma.n), Cwm. giedd, was in the &ct of croaain? the gun a/tAaobed to a, dram at the Diamtond Ooilicry. YBtradgynlaàs. the horse took frig-ht tmd he was crushed between the tram and the side, brea-kimg his left leg hi two pt&oee, a.nd ca-iemg a. bdg soalp wound and <XJier icjoTKa.

THE BLACK REPUBUC AccoTdMjg to a. rec'eu.t cem'ma. S<tytd tea populOA40-n or 1,MO,OCO Peorple, noaj-ly aJl ot pnTe Airimn descent. Only 000 penaons oA European. birtJh. bœide8 tM Frenoh a!\ Ca.tihofMo ol'er?y, live iin the ocMmtry.

FIVE TIMES MARRIED Mr. lt4mw7 8thB:B0cm, of RpaW-"nc, Wao ha<t totie th,roh the marrdago -<)(ny on five occasions, has joet died at Retford. After being left. a. widower fottr ti-04 ha died a-h <the a<aro <j<f 80, Jeavhig a. wMow.

SOUTH WALES ENGINEEftS OanthMtiBg their tour throligh DMoo and Oamw&U. the South WMea InatUate of Engi. neers on Tuesday paid v,'oits to Clittefrp mml% QunmEla-ke. and DeVO'l1<port D-kya&xL.

A OANDtD CHAUFFEUR, "It ie impoamMe for any driftIr of m motor* <a.r to eou-s%W t!hê SPL--D he ta going a.t,' mid a mobue drivm ya*avdw at Lambeith Polim-cmrr'L.,

20.0B2 fOM8 OF MATCHES #Malec -empmted 20.#U team at matcheB ta 1906.

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