Evening Express

The Man in the Street -r I Only the most perverse, wilful blind- ness—the kind of cultivated disease which afflicts people who will not see things more than an inch off their noses —will enable the Postmaster-General to abstain from admitting the obvious i jidvantages of the Sout.i "Wales route for j the American .mail. On Saturday the Booth liner Ambrose dropped anchor in Fishguard Harbour, and about half-an- hour after the express was on its way to London. Though it is something to go on with until more is conceded, to have two of tliese liners calling at Fishguard twice a month, it is important that every influence should be exerted to impress the Government with the fact that there is an opportunity to effect a great saving of time and an important, if not vital, commercia l improvement. A saving of eighteen hours to Caraur and South Wales and moro than half-a-dav to the West of England centres, with corres- ponding advantages for parts of the Mid- lands, Arc., demand consideration. If the Welsh members, for constituencies in and out of Wales, are not equal to taking the tide at the flood, the cham- bers of commerce, town and district counci ls, and other bodies should seize every opportunity to spur the sleeping ones into immediate and intense activity. Every Government is open to, conviction, but it cannot k done by keeping our lips closed and our hands in our pockets. The effort demanded does not court disaster if only because of the supreme benefit which would accrue to London, the boasted "heart. of the Empire." No London commercial magnate will object to getting his letters half-a-day sooner, and this one point should give the Welsh members a big lever in getting the; greater advantage for South Wales. It would be an immense service to this part of the world if Cardiff could be made a distributing centre for the Cnited States mail. Altogether, there is something worth striving for, and it is astonishing that up to the present the representa-I tives of the Principality have done so: little to advance the cause which should j go far to making Wales a more impor- tant part of the United Kingdom. It makes one sigh for a handful of Irish members, of the sort who have obtained manifold benefits for the distressful country purely by persistent, never-dying agitation. The silfnee of the Welsh members evidently impresses the Govern- ment with the idea that Wales desires nothing. The sooner this impression is shattered the better it will be for our general well-being. Now, sons of Wales, take the bit between your teeth and do not slack speed until you have obtained this important concession for your country. Ladies are evidently finding that their arms are all too short for the scores of bracelets with which it is the desire of the feminine heart that they should be loaded. Many leaders of fashion have sent up lamentations that the advance- ment of civilisation has been the means of materially taking away from the length of the upper limbs. In the good old days, when our ancestors gaily disported among the topmost branches of the forest trees, the arm was as long as the leg. if not longer. It was very necessary then, for nightmares demanded lengthy appendages, so that their timely use enabled them to avoid disastrous falls. They were also useful for shying eokernuts at rash invaders. However, it is vain to sigh for what is lost, though it would seem that 80M of the attributes of our ancestors of the tree period are still with us. For it is announced that, failing the lamented long arm, the ladies of Washington have taken to wearing belts of gold just below the knee. Of course, these are leglets, though they are called "bracelets," and the fair Yankees are holding at homes—for women ..only —at which the merits of individual possessions in this newest line in fads are discussed. If this fashion spreads beyond the immediate precincts of White House, it will be about time for some people to return to the primitive life in the forests. Perhaps the world would be less into- lerant if more people followed the example of Dr. Clifford, who had "a Sunday off last week. The veteran leader of Nonconformity, it is stated, attended a meeting of the Christian Scientists, a Roman Catholic service, and a gathering of the Kensington Ethical Society on one day. It cannot be said that the genial pastor has been much in love with either of these bodies, and it would be interesting to see what would become of his present views if Dr. Clifford ind ulged this truly catholic taste regularly. He might become, like the despised pencil-pushers, a journalist," which is supposed to be a> religion on its own account. In a lifetime a newspaper- man takes part in so many different functions and mixes with so great a variety of thought and belief that he becomes to those who have got accus- tomed to labelling their fellows "nothing" —or a journalist. Mr. W. T. Stead claimed both Cardinal Manning and General Booth as his friends, and the story is told that at a revival meeting a man, asked if he was saved, was tact- fully passed by on replying, I am a, reporter." Dr. Clifford has probably started too late to attain such distinc- tion, but this way of spending a Sun- day off" must help to attune him to a broader outlook. Only "a few weeks have elapsed since I I called attention to the fact that the Cardiff Board of Guardians had suc- ceeded in saving 8s. 4d. in the taxing of a bill for solicitors' fees. While still wishing to give the board every credit for effecting that stupendous feat and withdrawing nothing already said in that connection, it would be a splendid thing for the ratepayers if the guar- dians could be persuaded to give as much care and attention to big matters as to small. It is not every assessment com- mittee that cares to boast of the spend- ing of C207000 to secure a reduction of k-i,000 in the valuation of properties which members do not them-selves feel equal to dealing with, and while one has the utmost admiration for solicitors and others engaged to assist the amateur valuers it does seem hard on inoffensive ratepayers that they should be called upon to bear the burden. Compared with £ 20.000, 8s. 4d. is but a drop if the ocean, and tho. who contend that the board is not numerically strong enough may have to come round to the opinion that a reduction in the total of 89 mem- bers might be "beneficial if the result was a better quality in the financial attri- butes of those selected to serve on the assessment committee. There is something thorough about Mr. G. L. Xorris, Pena^th's newest councillor, which compels attention. It Se-CIlli; that an injustice was done this gentleman the other day when it was stated that he would move only 46 reso- lutions at the next meeting of the Pen- arth Council. This modest total has already increased to 54, with a list of 36 questions a-s make-weight, and it would not be unreasonable to assume that the new law-giver will not be satis- fied with scoring anything under a cen- tury. What will happen when Mr. Norris gets into full swing is beyond the ordinary imagination. Saturday's meet- ing, which Mr. Norris kept going until close on midnight, followed by another of an impromptu nature, was merely net practice. It remains to be seen how "C. L." will stand up to the "lobs" and "expresses" of the council's best bowlers, and it must be said that those who seek to catch him out in the slips or from "a skier" must be exceedingly smart. Indeed, Mr. Norris can be relied upon to work hard in the field," as well as at "the wicket," and at present it looks very much as though the Penarth Council can be dissolved straightaway, and that the author of 54 resolutions should be constituted a special commis- sioner to run the affairs of Penarth. Apparently nothing less will be likely to exhaust Mr. Norris's overflowing energy —until he gets a fair chance of running the Cardiff Board of Guardians entirely on his own."

BIGAMY CONFESSION. I MAN WHO HAD BEEN A MILLIONAIRE. The strange case of Daniel Bylands, who gave himself up to a policeman at Southall on Good Friday, confessing to bigamy, ended abruptly at Brentford in the declaration that he is mad. Bylands, a .tall gentlemanly man of 59, stopped Police-constable Hall on his beat and asked to be arrested for "marrying another woman." He said he had five children by his first wife and two by the second, and he handed the constable a bundle of documents, together with the counterfoil of a postal order for X)a., which amount he said he had sent "to his first wife." At the police-station he told the inspector that he had gone through one form of marriage in Yorkshire in 1879, and a second form of marriage in Princes-road, Fins bury Park. Mr. Rylands was taken to the workhouse infirmary for a fortnight for observation, and when brought to the court building was placed in a private room before the Lunacy Commissioners. These signed certificates declaring him insane. He was not, therefore, taken into court, but at once ordered to an asylum. The police, whilo inquiring into the case, soon found that Rylands had a remarkable history behind him. He was the son of a bottle manufacturer of Stairfoot, near Barnsley, and was the proprietor of a very extensive factory. In 1893 he started some schemes of mining development, which proved his ruin. The same year he was declared bankrupt with liabilities to the tune of £ 250,000. He was a rich man when his father died and a millionaire just befare the minea brought about his downfall. Then he went to London, and, with the help of his influen- tial connections, started as colliery agent at Southall.

The Budget TAXATION REDUCTION IMPROBABLE Rumours are rife with regard to the Budget I', which Mr. Asquith is to introduce in the l House of Commons on Thursday. Although he has vacated the Chancellorship of the I Exchequer, Mr. Asquith will present his financial proposals to the House, the task of carrying them out being relegated to Mr. Lloyd George, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. All statements regarding the Budget pro- posals are necessarily solely conjecture, because, since the Government's intentions regarding leaf tobacco a few years ago by some means became prematurely disclosed, Ministers guard the Budget secrets more carefully than ever. Old-age pensions will be the principal sub- ject of the Budget, and on this que-stion the prophecies of those near to the fountain- head are in singular agreement as to the system to be proposed. For instance, it is unanimously considered that Mr. Asquith will start the system of pensions within twelve months. It may come into operation with the beginning of the New Year. An Old-age Pension Act will be necessary to set up the machinery for administration, after the funds have been provided in the Budget; and it is hoped that this Bill will be intro- duced by Mr. Lloyd George. The pension proposals, it is generally believed, will be on the following basis:- A State pension of 56. a week for necessi- tous persons above the age of 70. An income test of 10s. a week; no peraion to exceed 5s. a week, and no pension to bring the weekly income of the recipient above 10s. a week. Convicted criminals and lunatics to be barred from the benefits of the scheme. No inquisitorial or humiliating inquiries to be made as to the character of an applicant. No relieving officer administration, brand- ing the recipient with the taint of pauperism. No specific contribution to the scheme by potential beneficiaries, and, therefore, no corresponding contributions by employers of labour. Exclusion from the scheme of those who already receive pensions from the com- munity—that is, soldiers, sailors, civil officers, and people who have been pensioned by municipalities and other public bodies. No acceptance of the suggestion of the Chaplin Committee, that people who have received Poor-law relief within a period of 20 years should thereby forfeit their claim to a pension. In consequence of this introduction of a pension scheme, there is not much probabi- lity of any reduction or remission of taxa- tion to gladden the heart of the taxpayer. The sugar tax, which produces six millions a year, will remain, in spite of pledges by Liberal candidates. The Government is committed to a re-coneideration of the finan- cial arrangements between the Treasury and the municipalities, so that such duties as those on drink-selling licences and motor- cars can be revised for the benefit of the State. As to the former duties, however, it is considered that the Prime Minister, in view of the irritation and opposition aroused by the Licensing Bill, will not lay the Government open to further bad odour through increasing the licence duties.

BREWERS' PROFITS. .——*—— GOVERNMENT, RETAILERS, AND TRANSFERS. Concern is manifested by brewers at Burton-on-Trent by reason of the fact that inquiries are being made by a leading Government official, who asks to be supplied with a forecast of the profits accruing when the financial year closed on March 31. The brewers think these inquiries are instituted to procure some fresh basis on which to increase the taxation of the trade, and they state that from hints given this additional taxation will certainly be extended to retailers. It is further stated, on reliable authority, that justices' clerks have been requested im- peratively to supply within the next few days a list of all transfers of licences made within the last year or two. This is believed to be for the purpose of discussion in the Committee stage of the Licensing Bill, and the feeling in Burton is that the information will be used against the brewery companies owning licensed houses. I

WILL OF THE LATE MR. T. WEBB. w The proving is expected to take place in the course of the next few days of the will of the la.te Mr. Thomas Webb, chairman of the Ocean Coal Company (Limited), director of Wilson, Sons, and 00. (Limited), and also of the new re-formed Ocean-Wileons Com- pany. Details are not yet available, but it is understood that the fortune of the deceased is computed to be between £ 400,003 and half a million sterling. The principal MR. HENRY WEBB. legatee will be Mr. Henry Webb, nephew, who has for some twenty years or so acted as secretary of the Ocean Company. The sliaiv of that gentleman will probably amount to between £ 250,000 and JJ300,000. Mr. Henry Webb, who resides at Llwynarthen, fct. Mc.1 Ion's, where the late Mr. Thomas Webb stayed during his visits to South Wales, will, of course, be a very large shareholder in. the Ocean Company, and will. no doubt, fill th^ vacancy on the directorate of the Ocean and associated companies caused by his uncle's death. The late Mr. Thomas Webb, who in early life was the private secretary of the latMr. Da vid Davie. founder of the Ocean Collieries, was a very charitable man, and way especially kind to the Cardiff Infirmary. The real extent of his munificence will probably never be known, but it is understood tint among the numerous legacies is a substantial one to that institution. Mr. Henry Webb, who married Wil- liams. a daughter of a well-known Cardiff literary gentleman, is about 40 years of age, and has been associated with the Ocean Com- pany since he was about eighteen years old. He was trained as a mining engineer at the Ocean Pits, and subsequently, in the pursuit of his mining studies, travelled abroad a great deal. Mr. Webb will continue his close association with the district. He is making considerable extensions to his retidenoo at Llwynarthen.

ASSASSINATED. dk OUTRAGE BY DISAFFECTED ARABS. According to a letter f-om Khartoum, it is reported that Mr. Scott MoncriefF, deputy- inspector of the Blqie Nile Province, and Mohammed Sherif Nainvar, of Mcsmlamia, have been assassinated near Messalamia. The Governor of the province has started for the scene with a small body of troops. Although the news of the assassination is not confirmed, there is little hope that it is unfounded, Messalamia is a village of some importance, situated some 241 kilometres from Khartoum. The inhabitants are mostly Halwai Arabs, who when last reported on were said to be disaffected and to have a leaning towards the Khalifa—Reuter. A later Eeuter's message says that Mr. Scott Moncrieff was murdered by a local sheikh, who proclamed himself prophet and collected about 150 old dervishes. On Saturday the band made a night attack on the force which was sent to restore order, and mshed the camp, but they were beaten off, 35 dervighe-s being killed. Two Egyptian native officers were killed, and Major Logan was wounded. The governor of the province, Dickinson Bey, was slightly wounded.

Bournemouth Disaster INJURED PROGRESSING FAVOURABLY Major R. E. Pringle will open the Board of Trade inquiry into the tramcar disaster at Bournemouth to-day, and the inquest for the identification of the bodies will he opened at three o'clock. The following is the full list of victims:- Mrs. Ruth Flory, Sea View, Alexandra- road, Upper Parkstone, near Bournemouth. Mr. W. S. Mackenzie, Barmole, Crescent- road, Upper Parkstone. Miss Sophie Butler, Spring Vale, Lans- downe-road, Bournemouth. Mrs. Newman, 45, Southcote-road, Bourne- mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Tboms, 70, The Avenue, Beok- enham. Mr. Cecil Adams, visitor at the Imperial Hotel, Bournemouth. Mr. Thorns was manager of the Holborn branch of the London and County Bank. It is stated that he was within a week of his retirement upon a pension. The following is a complete list of the injured who are lying in the Royal Victoria Hospital: Mrs. Rose Riggs, of 54, Spring-road, Bourne- mouth, injuries to head and fractured leg; her baby boy, eighteen months, injuries to the head. Miss Mary Stone, whose address is given as care of the Rcv. A. E. Buchanan, Sel- worthy Rectory, Taunton, injuries to the head and shock. Miss Bessie Stone (sister of the latter), of Tintagel, lop.fleet-road, Poole, concussion. Miss Edith Tilley, of Sandford, Wareham, shock and injury to chest. Mr. John Cole, pianist, Lagland-street, Poole, fractured skull and other injuries. On inquiry at the hospital on Sunday even- ing it was stated that the injured were going on well with the exception of Mr. Cole, who is in a critical condition. Miss Wintle, of Parkstone, who is lying in a, nursing home suffering from a fractured thigh and, it is feared, internal injuries, is dangerously ill, but was on Sunday night reported to be holding her own. Those who sustained less serious injuries and were able to return to their homes are: Mr. George Chapman, Tintagel, Longfleet- road, Poole, dislocated shoulder. Miss Mary Chapman (daughter of Mr. Chapman), internal injuries. Mr. P. Ironside Bax, Bungalow, Surrey- road, Bournemouth, bruises and shock. Mies Craven, Wellington-road, Upper Park- stone, bruis-ed and shaken. Mr. D. A. Durance, borough treasurer, Bournemouth, shock. Mies Alice Hermann, Westbourne Hotel, injury to foot and general shock. Miss Lizzie Hermann, West bourne Hotel, badly bruised about the face, chest, and other parts of the body. Dr. Spinks, Wimborne-road, Bournemouth, injury to arm and head. The Rev. F. W. Welbon, Wesleyan minister, Branksome, bruises on forehead. Mrs. We!boar, wife, feared injury tv spine. A special meeting of the corporation was held on Saturday, When, on the motion of the Mayor (Mr. G. E. Bridge), a resolu- tion was unanimously passed expressing sincere sympathy with the injured and con- dolencQ with the relatives of the dead. Driver Wilton and Conductor Finch were commended for the way in which they stuck to their posts. Both are suffering from shock, and Wilton is reported to have a rib broken. Sympathetic references to the disaster were matte in all churches of the borough and district on Sunday. Many telegrams of sym- pathy have been received at the tramway office from other tramway organisations throughout the kingdom, including Hull, Leeds, Plymouth, and Glasgow. The scene of the accident was visited on Saturday by crowds of people, but the cor- poration had placed tarpaulins around the wrecked car, which prevented an army of snapshotters from securing pictures.

INQUEST ON THE THREE j VICTIMS. LATENT FAULT IN BOILER TUBE. An inquest was held at Kaslar Hospital on Saturday as to the deaths of the three naval men—Thadn, New, and Edmunds—the victims or the boiler-tube explosion cm the battleship Britannia. Evidence was given that on Tuesday morn- ing, after the vessel had been at se-a twenty hours and while coal and oil fuel were being used, an explosion occurred in No. 2 boiler draught. A plate was blown out. and fames and water were driven into the etoke-hold. No reason could be given for the explosion by Ohief-stokeir James, who said it all hap- pened in a moment, flames bursting out and surrounding the men, followed by a dis- charge of scalding water. In all, four men who were working at the stoke-holds in the boiler-room were injured. Other evidence was given to the effect that the cause of the accident could not be stated. The boiler tube got probably more than red hot, and blew out, and then there rushed from the furnace a, fierce flame from the oil fuel, twelve or fifteen feet in length, right across the stokohold, which evidently caused the injuries to the deceased men, which were of a terrible character. Other men standing out of the way of the flame escaped unhurt, and all those in the stoke-hold behaved splendidly. The accident might possibly have been occa- pioned hy a latent fault in the boiler tube, but it had not been discovered. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental deathy" adding that they found no one to blam

WRECKED GLADIATOR. ———? IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL SERVICE. A memorial service, similar to that ordered! in connection with the Tiger disaster, was held at Portsmouth Dockyard Church on Sunday for those who perished in the Gladiator, and was attended by 2C0 s-urvivor. from the ill-fated cruiser, including Captain Lumsden, as well as relatives of several of the men lost. The congregation also in- eluded Admiral Sir A. D. Fanshawe, com- mander-in-chief at Portsmouth, other naval officials, and the Mayor of Portsmouth. The naval disaster fund started by the Mayor of Portsmouth exceeds £ 3,000, but is short of the bum desired. Salvage operations on the wrecked cruiser continue, but it is stated that no att-enipt will be made to recover the bodies seen in the vessel until further gear has been removed. When the American liner New York passed the wreck for America on .Saturday after- noon speed was reduced, flags lowered to half-mast, and the passengers on board reverently raised their hats. MISHAP TO A I- SUBMARINE. Submarine B8, of the Devonport flotilla, was towed into Devonport on Saturday night in a. damaged condition. While engaged in a course of exercises off Falmouth a mishap oocurred to her sha-fting, which rendered her helpless. Signals of distress were made to the gunboat Circe, tender to the flotilla, which towed the subma,rine to Devonport. The weather was fine and the sea calm, and the towing was accomplished without mis- hap. As far as can be ascertained, the acci- dent was not attended by injury to any of the submarine's crew. The B8 has taken up her moorings in the Hamoaze.

KEN'S KABIN NO. 2. 1 11 THE ONLY MIGHT IS IN ITIIEIR. I HHHT." "Ken'a Kabin No. 2" was opened on Saturday afternoon. The new restaurant, which is situated in Leicester-square, next to the Alha.mbra, is to be managed on oo-opera- tive principles by the ex-Cabin waitresses, who, i,n consequence of differences with the manager of the Piccadilly depot, went on strike. Mrs. Desipard, the well-known advocate of women's freedom, performed the formal opening ceremony. The Cabin is destined to accommodate 200 persons, and prominent among the advertisements is a large placard bearing th,e inscription, Ken's Cabin. French Cuisine. Popular Prices. 'The Only Might is in their Right.

PARRICIDE AND SUICIDE. A shocking domestic tragedy occurred on Saturday at Winslow, Bucks. Richard Warner, aged 26. shot dead his father, Joseph Warner, and then fatally shot himself. Warner was one of a very respectable family, and he was recently to have been con- firmed at Winslow, but his nerve failed him, and his mind is said to have been unhinged lately. He shot his father in the house, and took his own life in an oatbuildiug.

Largest Airship in World COUNT ZEPPELIN'S BID FOR X107,000 PRIZE The new airship, to be known as No. 4," which has been built by Count Zeppelin on Lake Constance is very nearly ready for her initial trials, and her constructor, who claims that she is a. great advance on any other aerial vessel yet produced, is very hopeful of fulfilling the conditions laid down by the German Government when offering a prize of L107,000 for a satisfactory solution of the dirigible balloon problem. Although in general appearance No. 4" resembles very closely the former Zeppelin airships, she differs from them in many respects. As she now stands she is the largest airship in the world, and if Count Zeppelin's calculations prove to be correct, and if all his hopes are realised, she will be the most remarkable aerostat ever con- structed-a veritable liner-palace of the air. The length of the cylindrical or cigar- shaped body of this monster is 146 metres and the diameter 17 metres. A comparison between these dimensions and thoo-e of the No. 3 Zeppelin, which was only 138 metres in length and 12.50 metrcs in diameter, will show to what an extent the proportions have increased in the latest model. But this is not the most important improvement that has been made. It has been found possible to reduce the weight of the motors from 91b. to 41lb. per h.-p.; and so "No. 4" will be fitted wit,h three Daimler motors each of 140 h.-p., which will, it is expected, give her a speed of nearly 48 miles per hour, and will enable her to travel 1,440 miles without descending to re-charge. Finally, No. 4" has been fitted with a complete wireless telegraphy installation, making constant communication with terra firma possible, whereas No. 3 had only a receiver and no transmitter. Count Zeppelin claims that his n-sw airship will be so completely under control that varying air currents will have little or no effect upon her course.—Central News.

AEROPLANE AND TAXI-CAB I M. Henry Firman and M. Leon Delagrange competed in Paris on Sunday for the Armen- ian prize offered to the inventor of the fir-st machine heavier than air that remains for fifteen minutes in the air without touching ground. Both competitors failed in their attempts. The trials took place in the presence of a large crowd, which considerably cramped the aeronauts in their ma-noeuvres. M. Delagrange's machine met with a serious accident. He wished to return to his shed, and succeeded in turning, but on his way hack he steered badly and got over the crowd, which broke and ran in all direc- tions with cries of fear. The machine was just passing at a speed of 50 kilometres an hour over a group of motor-cars when the ern,gine suddenly slackened speed, and the aaroplane fell to the ground, the fore part striking a taximeter-cab, which was damaged. M. Delagrange was thrown out by the shock, but, luckily, sustained no injury. The front part of the aeroplane was shattered.— Reuter.

BALLOON ON A COMMON While cricket was in full swing, in the presence of some thousands of spectators, on Glapham Common on Saturday afternoon unusual excitement was created by the appearance of a large balloon. There was scarcely any wind, and after hovering over the common for some time it descended near the Long Pond. The occu- pants of the car threw out a rope, which many of the crowd seized. Thus assisted, the balloon landed easily. It appeared that the balloon was the Val- kyrie, which had left Hurlingham an hour and a half earlier. The aeronauts were the Hon. C. S. Rolls, the Hon. Mrs. Assheton Harbord, Lord Eoyston, and Mr. A. E. W. Mason, M.P. for Coventry.

CARDIFF STEAMER LOST. Lloyd's Corunna agent telegraphs that the Cardiff steamer Albion, Bahia Blanca from Rotterdam, with cargo of grain, stranded on Carromiero Chieo Rock when entering Cor- cubion, and has become a total loss, having broken amidships and sunk. The crew were saved. I Sailing Ship Wrecked The Swedish sailing ship Svanhild has been wrecked on a shoal known as the English Bank. The captain and eight of the crew were saved.-Reuter. I Steamer Ashore on the North-East Coast During a dense fog on Saturday evening the screw steamer City of Rochester ran II aground on the West Scar Rocks, off Red- car. On Sunday morning the vessel shifted Ion to dry sands, and an unsuccessful andea- vour was made to refloat her by four tugs. A further effort will be made to-day. Dutch Galiot Sunk in Collision The steamer Arndale, of Whitby, arrived at Leith oil Sunday from Buenos Ayres, and reported having collided with aDd sunk the Dutch galiot Vertrouen off Flamborough Head during a dense fog on Saturday night. The Dutch vessel, which was bound from Rotterdam to Newcastle with explosives, carried a crew of four. all of whom were rescued by a boat from the steamer. The mate, who had fallen overboard, was in danger of drowning when the donkeyman of the steamer jumped overboard and saved him. The shipwrecked sailors were taken to Leit.h by the Arndale.

i MOTOR-OAR COLLIDES WITH TRAIN Mr. Samuel Bailey, president of the Oilcloth Company, was motoring on Saturday with his wife in Atlantic City (U.S.), when, owing, it is believed, to something going wrong with the brakes, the car got on to the Electric Railway line, which runs for some distance by the sde of the road. Before the occupants could escape a train dashed into the motor-car. Mr. Bailey was instantly killed, while Mrs. Bailey and the chauffeur were both badly injured. The train was very little damaged. Three other fatal accidents caused by motor-cart were reported in America en Saturday, a child being the victim in each case. Two disasters occurred in Brooklyn, and in the third case-at Now Haven, Con- necticut—the car was occupied by six students of Yale College.—Central News.

MURDER BY A BARONESS. YOUNG WOMAN MADDENED BY JEALOUSY. According to a Reuter's message from Dortmund, Baroness von Ruexleben shot her hu&band dead in bed in the family castle at Bnddcnbcrg. and then attempted to commit suicide. The baroness, who was only 26 years of age, was married last November to Baron von Huexleben, who belonged to the old Thuringian nobility. Jealousy is presumed to be the motive of the deed.

PRIMITIVE METHODIST SYNOD. Meetings in connection with the annual district synod, which is being held at Cross Keys, were continued on Sundey, starting with open-air services at 8.15 at Newtown, Wattsville, Cross Keys, and Abercarn. All the pulpits in the various chapels were sup- plied by the ministers visiting the synod. A camp meeting was held in the afternoon on the Artillery Field, and in the cvendng the public love-feast was held at the synod chapel.

THE SANITARY CONGRESS AT CARDIFF. A meeting of the reception and hospitality committee in connection with the forth- coming sanitary congress at Cardiff was held at the City-hali on Saturday, Sir Clifford Cory in the chair. The meeting was well- attended. Arrangements were made for the pi blic luncheon to be held on the first day of the congress, Monday, JulJ\ 13. Several garden parties were arranged, and Dr. James Robinson, chairman of the local general committee, stated that he would give a reoey- tion and conversazione.

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INDIA RAIDED I Big Afghan Force Repulsed Al TACK ON A BLOCKHOUSE Two Sniping Casualties Reported SIMLA, Sunday. An Afghan lashkar, about 13,000 to w,cœ strong, crossed from the Afghan side of the border on Friday night, and divided into two parties, the larger and better armed going to Landikotal, and the other, under Sufi iSahib, going to the Upper Bamian Valley. During Saturday the enemy were plainly seen to the west of Landikotal. On Saturday evening they delivered their main attack upon the Michni Kandach Blockhouse, which was held by a detachment of the Khaibar Rifles. The enemy made very determined efforts to capture the blockhouse, and heavy firing continued until eight o'clock this morning. The attack failed, however, and the garri- son, under Subadar Tor Khan, inflicted some loss upon the enemy. At ten o'clock last night, also, constant efforts were made to capture a caravan- serai, but the attempt was defeated by heavy fire from the blockhouse. The Afghans have now withdrawn to the south by the Landikhana road. They also attacked the Loargai Shinwaris, but these villagers repelled all their efforts. In the meantime, Zakka Khel elders came in, and offered their services to Colonel Roos-Keppel. They reported that no Afridis had joined Sufi Sahib. General Sir James Willcocks, with the Third Brigade, under Brigadier-general Ramsay, together with eight guns and a squadron of cavalry, reached Landikotal at two o'clock to-day. A few of the enemy were seen on the hills, and a few shots were fired. General Barrett, with another brigade, is timed to reach Ali Masjid this evening. All its quiet on the Mohmand border.-Press Asso- ciation Foreign Special. JAMRUD, Saturday. General Willcocks, it is reported, is leaving Shankargarh immediately for Jamrad, as the large lashkars which are reported to be moving from the direction of Afghanistan appear likely to attack. The Khaibar Pass brigade is now com- plete, and is starting from Peshawar for Jamrud. Two battalions have also left Shan- kargarh for the Khaibar.—Press Association Foreign Special. Sniping Casualties We are officially informed that General Willcocks, in a telegram of the 3rd of May, has rcportd that during the firing into the camp at Jamrud on Saturday night the fol- lowing casualties occurred in the 1st Batta- lion Royal Munster Fusiliers:- No. 5736 Colour-sergeant J. Brown, gunshot wound in shoulder (severe). No. 6582 Private T. T. Carroll, gunshot wound in arm (slight).

WORKMEN'S TRAINS AND COMPENSATION LAW. 'A — AN IMPORTANT CASE FROM ABERSYCHAN. Mr. Justice Bray in the King's Bench Division on Saturday had under further con- sideration the case of Coldrich v. Partridge, Jones, a6nd Co., which was heard at the recent Cardiff Assizes. The plaintiff, Mrs. Caroline Coldrich. a widow, of Abersyohan, claimed compensation for the death of her son, John Edgar Cold- rich, a Pontypool footballer, who was killed when riding in one of the company's work- men's trains from Blaenserchan Colliery by beiulg drawn out of the train owing. as it was alleged, to the overlapping of some boards. Defendants denied negligence, and alleged contributory negligence on the part of the deceased. Mr. Abel Tlionjas, K.C., and Mr. J. Sankey (instructed by Mr. T. S. Edwards) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. B. Francis-Williams, K.C., and Mr. Albert Par- sons (instructed by Messrs. C. and W. Ken- ehole) appeared for the defendants. Mr. Francis-Williams said that the defen- dants were entitled to judgment. The jury had found that there was negligence on the part of two persons in the employ of the defendants, Jarvis (the mason) and Evans (the engineer). They disagreed with regard to contributory negligence, and he now submitted that as on the findings of the jury the accident was caused by the negligence of two persons in the employ of defendants, the defendants were entitled to judgment, because the acts of negligence done by these persons were acts for which defendants were not responsible, they being persons in common employment with the deceased man. The accident was caused by his coming into contact with the scaffolding at the wall of a bridge which defendant." were building whilst riding home in a. workman's train after his day's work was over. There was no obligation on the men to use the train, and no obligation on the part of the defendants to provide it. fils Lordship askocl whother the deceased at the moment of the accident was in the employ of the defendants—whether he had not ceased his employment before he got on to the platform of the train. Mr. B. Francis-Williams admitted that that put him in a certain amount of difficulty. His Lordship said supposing it to he part of the contract that the man should take the risks of common employment, it would seem a little inequitable that those conditions should not apply here. Still, there would be a difference if be was not actually in the defendants' employ at the time of the acci- dent. Mr. B. Francis-Williams sa.id that if the deceased accepted the privilege of being carried lie must take the risks incidental to the employment. His position on the rail- way was only that of a licensee. There was no contract to carry him safely. If he was not in the employ of the defendants at the time, and the doctrine of common employ- ment dfd not apply, then he said the deceased was a mere licensee or guest on the railway. He must take the ordinary risks, and not play tricks, as this man did. Ml-. Abel Thomas said that the deceased man's duties ceased at two o'clock, and then he ceased to be in the employ of the defendants. If you invited a person for your good and for his good to use a train pro- vided by you, you must take reasonable care. The deceased wag not in the defen- dants' service, because his work ended when he came up the pit. Therefore, there was no question of common employment. His Lordship said he would look at the authorities which had been cited and ta,ke time to consider his judgment. Mr. Francis-Williams, K.C., said he under- stood that if judgment was given in his favour, Mr. Thomas would make some appli- cation under the Workmen's Compensation Act. That might require considerable argu- ment. Mr. Thomas, K.C., said that was not the case now. His Lordship said that in that event probably Mr. Thomas woftld go to the Court of Appeal, and he would be quite right to do so, because it was a very difficult point. Judgment was reserved accordingly.

I CUT TO PIECES. I BRECON GANGER'S TERRIBLE END. On the Cambrian Railway at Talyllyn, near Brecon, on Saturday, Thomas Pugh, a foreman ganger, was cut to pieces by the 12.15 Builth to Brecon train. The unfortunate man, whose age was 65, had been 33 years in the company's service, and was on his knees examining the per- manent road a.t the time of the accident. He could not hear the approach of the engine. it is believed, owing to the noise made by another train which was blowing off steam near the spot where the acoidenl occurred. Part of his skull wa3 cut away from the head, and his right shoe and foot separate*, and the body mutilated A signalman's son, named Hughes, saw the man in a bending position just before the mishap. It is surmised that he had his head on the line when he met his untimely end. Deceased leaves a widow and ten children.

WELSH WAR MEMORIAL. j ABERDARE VALLEY'S HANDSOME CONTRIBUTION. The total contribution of the Aberdare Valley to the Welsh National War Memorial amounts to £ 154, and a cheque for that sum has been handed us by Mr. Isaac George, who, with Mr. J. E. Lewis, Mr. John Jackson, and a vigorous committee, worked so magnificently to make the movement in the valley a success. Our readers wiU agree that they have succeeded haaideoinelTt.

I Penarth s Law-Giver .—— ——— FIFTY-FOUR RESOLUTIONS AND 36 QUESTIONS Councillor G. L. Norris hired Andrews' Lessee-hall, Penarth, for Saturday evening, named the building "my IJcarlour," and invited his supporters and friends to spend the evening with him. For rnore4 than three hours and a half Mr. Norris stood, a solitary figure cm the stage, expounding his views on the work of the Penarth District Council, and putting forth his intentions as to the future. Mr. Norris had mounted the plat- form with his arms full of papers, one of which he held up, and in a dramatic manner exclaimed, "Gentlemen. this is not a writ." He had some resolutions, which numbered 54, j which he would put to the meeting, and he would read 36 questions which he had given notice he would put at the council meeting this (Monday) evening. (A Voice: "Arc you going to keep us here all night?") He com- plained that he had been kept off the finance committee. Would the Great Western Rail- way Company put a man on the engine plate who knew nothing about a.n engine? Xo. Then why put men on a finance committee who did not know how to sign a cheque? Il..aughtcr.) Mr. Norris then shouted, "I will be up at that meeting on Monday, pulverise all arguments and suggestions, and make mince-meat of them." (Loud laughter.) Con- tinuing, he said the "Western Mail" and "Evening Express" had paid him a great compliment by giving publicity to what he had said since he took his seat on the council. Other papers had followed. Mr. Norris then started to put his long list of resolutions to the meeting. Some were received with loud applause, others with laughter, and a num- ber in silence. After reading one resolution Mr. Norris exclaimed, "That's my text; what is the use of going up the pole?" The chairman of the council was at home, and knew what was going on. Mr. Ralph Thomas retorted: "You would not like to make a bet, Mr. Norris," which brought the reply, "Xo, my boy, I would not like to take your money." An argument at the end of the room caused Mr. Norris to exclaim: "Look here, this is my parlour; if yoai want to argue go out- side." In regard to the outbreak of diphtheria and fever p.t Co-gun, Mr. Norris blamed the heaps of refuse, manure, and filth accumu- lated on land near the people's houses. If this nuisance was done away with it would save hundreds of pounds Mr. Norris, con- tinuing, said: You gentleman who are fond of land, and want it, send your applications to me and you will get it. If you put your- selves into the hands of the council you won't get it." (Loud applause.) Here's a pretty thing for you," said Mr. Norris. New lead piping is lying alongside of the old scrap iron in the council yard. This is putting temptation in people's way." One of the resolutions was to call atten- tion to the scandalously untidy state of the ratepayers' yard, stables, blacksmith shop, wheelwrights' shop, corn and chaff house, inspector's offices, in fact, the whole of the ratepayers' premises, including the yard in Station-road, which are in a disgraceful state—a disgrace to civilisation. Mr. Norris's resolution, No. 39, would almost fill a column. It deals with the whole of the interior and exte-rior of the council offices and premises. A further resolution was: "That all old lumber belonging to other persons be removed out of the council sheds, &c., that is to say, 'all large milk-cans, tea trays, babies' cots, washstands, easy chairs, lireirons, tongs and shovels, boxes ar.d sundries, onions, and all other miscellaneous articles too numerous to mention, so as to make room for the council stores, which are lav- ing out in the open." No. 53 was to the effect tha.t all the horse- men be instructed to be extra careful with their horses, out of the stable into the yard, and vice versa, until such time as all heaps of scrap iron, accumulated near the stable doors and other parts of the yard are removed, otherwise the ratepayers will have six valuable horses lamed or with their leg. broken, or killed. Mr. Norris kept his meeting going until 11.30 p.m. On leaving the hall he was sur- rounded by a crowd, and several questions were asked of him, and he was kept going until cloee upon one o'clock on Sunday morn- ing.

I STUPENDOUS LAW-SUIT The action brought by Mr. Isidore Wyler and the Ibo and Nyassa Corporation against Messrs. Lewis and Marks and others for damages in respect of loss of contract giving concessions in Nyassa territory came to an end in the King's Bench Division on Saturday, after having occupied 33 days. The jury found in favour of the plaintiffs, who were awarded 165,472 damages. All the defendants, except Sir Robert Edgecumbe, were affected. Plaintiffs alleged conspiracy against the defendants, by which they sub- mitted they had lost concessions estimated to be worth a quarter of a million pounds. Notice of appeal was given, and stay of execution was granted on defendants pay- ing a considerable sum into court as security for costs. During the hearing the jury exonerated Mr. Weatherby, the liquidator of the Investment Trust, from blame. The case did not attract general public interest, but the feature is the enormous amount of costs involved, the total being put at over £ 70,000. The counsel engaged in the case, with their fees, were:- Daily Retainer. Refresher. zpl il Sir Edward Carson, K.C. 1,000 100 Mr. Isaacs, R.C. 1,000 100 Mr. Eldon Bankes, K.C. 1.000 100 Mr. Lush, K.C. 750 75 Mr. Hohler, K.C. 750 75 Mr. Joseph 40 30 Mr. Wallace 400 W Mr. Lloyd 300 20 Mr. Cohen. 150 10 1 he special fees for the jury, nearly all of whom were shopkeepers, and are excused from further attendance for twelve years, came to C350, while the shorthand-writers, who have been working practically day and night, will present a bill for about £ 1,500. Nearly everyone concerned in the case felt the strain of the long hearing. One of the jurors proved unequal to the strain, and retired ill at the end of the first fortnight. The opening speeches of couneel, which took seven days, contained 235,000 words, while Mr. Justice Phillimore's summing up occupied eight hours.

LABOUR CANDIDATE FOR SOUTH MONMOUTH At a conference of district representatives of the Miners' Federation at Newport on Saturday the question of selecting a Labour candidate under the Federation Parliamen- tary scheme, having been carefully con- sidered, it was decided to convene a con- ference of lodge representatives in the con- stituency to decide the question. Mr. Evan Thomas, miners' agent, Rhymney 'Valley, was elected chairman, and Mr. Wm. Thomas, Sirhowy Valley District, secretary pro tem.

DINAS MAIN EXPLOSION Mr. W. N. Atkinson. superintendent inspector of mines for South Wales, and Mr. J. Dyer Lewis, inspector for the Swansea district, entered into recognisances at Bridgend Police-court on Saturday in the bOurn of £50 each to prosecute an appeal against the decision of the Bridgend bench last 'xuesday, when the bench dismissed summonses against the manager of theDiuas Main Colliery for alleged breaches of the Mines Regulations Act in connection with shot-firing', the cases arising out of the explosion in December, at which seven men were killed. Mr. Powell (Messrs. Cuthbertson and Powell, Neath) was for the appellants.

MERTHYR BOROUGH RATE- PAYERS' ASSOCIATION. The annual financial statement of the Merthyr Borough Ratepayers' Association shows a, credit balance of £13. The yearly meeting of the association is to be held to-morrow (Tuesday). The report of the council states that the association is to be congratulated upon its Ruccessful opposition to the water section of the Parliamentary Bill of the corporation, the success which attended their act-ion in this matter having proved beyond dispute the necessity in the borough of an organisation of this kinc voice the true feeling of the burgesses.

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Blue Book Extracts g JUDGE DECIDES THEY ARE PRIVILEGED The libel action brought by Mr. Alfred Mangena, a. law student and a native ot Natal, against Edward I/loyd (Limited), pro pri-etors of the Daily Chronicle," caing before Mr. Justice Darling for further con- sideration. Mr. Mangena complained that the defendants had puuiished a letter from Sir William Arb-uckle, Agent-General for Xatal, and an enclosure giving extracts from correspondence laid on the table of the House of Commons by the Colonial Office, which reflected upon him. The jury answered a number of questions to a great extent in the plaintiff's favour, and assessed the daina;rea at ClOO. the damage* at £100. They found, however, that the enclosure referred to was an extract from a paper published by Parliament, and that the defendants published it bona-fide and without malice. This raised the legal question, which stood over for argument, whether under these circumstances the pub- lication was privileged.. His Lordship, in giving judgment for the [ defendants, cited the Plimtsoll case, decided in April, 1874, and pointed out that what was done in that case was done in the present proceedings. The judge in that case had directed the jury that the report of the Royal Commission came within the provisions of the Act of Parliament which permitted the pub- lication of printed documents presented by his Majesty's Government, if bona-fide and without malice, since it was a report which had been adopted by Parliament. The deci- f sion in the Plimsoll ease seemed to have been accepted by the plaintiffs in that case a-s perfectly -at.isfactory His lordship wf'nt on to gay that he agreed with the finding of the jury in this oa.se, that the defendants had acted bona-fide and without malice. The press, since 1840, had become more and more accustomed to giving long extracts from Blue- books to justify them in any comments they might desire to make. He came to the con- clusion that this case was partly covered by authority, and thought he ought to enter judgment for the defendants, as the jury had found that the defendants had acted bona-fide and without malice. In answer to Mr. Jellicoe, his Lordship said that the plaintiff would have the costs all those issues in which the jury had decided' in his favour.

DR. RAWLINGS AND LA MILC I Stingin Reply from Mr. Oswald Stoll. Mr. Oswald Stoll, managing director of Moss' Empires (Limited), writes :Referring to your issue of Monday, April 27, Dr. Raw- lings is justified in censuring those who imputed there were thousands of people who went because one man (himself)—who aesired, at any rate, the good of the com- munity, whatever his mistakes might be, and went out of his way to make a protest against what was indecent—did so protest; they went to see what was indecent, and thronged I the place to see it.' The thousands who went to the Empire I during La Mile- week did not go to ef, what was indecent, because they knew quite well that indecent' is a word that does not apply to the performances given at the Empire. It is not often that reformers afford the occasions whereby their words and ideas can be fittingly measured, and people who are strong-minded enough to know that there is no harm in attending the Empire, but that it is rather an inexpensive and pleasant [ mode of recreation, are strong-minded [ enough also to know when a person who is continually imputing to them ways that lead to perdition has unwittingly afforded them an opportunity of driving home the baselessness of his charges. The foetid mental atmosphere in which Dr. Ra,wlings appears to view this female prize ox should excite in the minds of sensible people nothing but ineffable contempt. A mind wallowing in filthy suggestion is surely not a type fit to !i guide the fortunes of a town. t Living statuary has been objected to m some towns, but there is not one member of any authority, even in the one town where living statuary has been absolutely for- bidden, that characterised the performance of La Milo' in the majirler of the putrid eloquence indulged in by Dr. Rawlings. The I prohibition referred to arose out of per- form,anoes that were never presented at any. I house controlled by me. 'A man, who desires,.at any rate, the sond of the oommutiity. whatever his mistakes may be,' has a fair claim to be forgiven some mistakes, but not such mistakes sa need never be made, such as suggesting filth I where there is mme, accusing thousands o. people of having their minds impregnated with the filthy ideas that he himself Ïi I insinuating, declaiming against a per foi mance in a house which thousands ce. clean-minded men and pure-minded womer I in Swansea nightly by their patronage are ready from their knowledge, not from their ignorance, to defend. It ie an iufamou3 libel on the Swansea Empipa audiences to call them ga-ping, curious people looking for indecency,' and the individuals who com- posed those audiences will have spirit enough to resent being so libelled." I

I REFORM IN EGYPT I Sir Eldon Goret's first annual report as British Agenit and Consul-General on afFainJ in India and the Sou dan was issued by the Foreign Office on Saturday night. In regard to Egypt the report states that the normal rate of progress has been maintained through- cut the different branches of the administra- tion, and the main features of the policy of gradual administrative reform, which has received the approval of successive British Governments, have not been changed. Sir Eldon Gcrst says that the most important problem foT the future is to devise a system which will render all the inhabitant.s of the country equally subject to the same laws and regulations and will art. the same time provide a practical method of legislating ror them. Sir Eldon remarks that, so far, there has been no sign of unanimity on the sub- jcct on the part of local public opinion, either European or native, but wha+cv.?r scheme may ultimately be adopted, it f?eemh clear to him that it must embody the main principle underlying the suggestions mad by his predecessor, Lord Cromer, and 1)4 based upon some local method of legislating for all classes of the population. In Si; Eldon Gorst's opinion, Egypt if not ripe To complete constitutional government. Th. gradual development and extension of thf municipalities and the provincial counci would, the British Agent considers, provid' the classes which aspire to autonomy witt. a suitable outlet for their activity and pre pare them for the exercise of more respon sible functions hereafter. With the view t< 1 giving practical effect to these consideration a draft decree is now under discussion.

BURGLARKIES IN RHYMNEH VALLEY I Polioe-sergeant Police-constabU I W. H. William. of B-argoed, at mid-day oa ( Sunday effected the arrest of Harry Wil- liams, aged 32, of Pengared-cottages, Gelli gaer, and David Jones, aged thirteen, oi the same address, on suspicion of being con cemed in one or more of the series of bur- glaries which have recently occurred in ,be Rhymney Valley. There have been about a dozen such offences committed or attempted in the district, the last of which was an attempt on a pawnbroker's establishment. The elder prisoner, who denies the allega- tions, was arrested in bed, while the boy is stated to have made a, confession implicating both. A razor similar to one stolen from Cetvi was amongst the articles discovered by the officers. The accused were charged at the police- station, aud will be brought ull at Bargoed this morning, to be remanded tb Caerphilly to-morrow.

I MAY DAY AT WHITCHURCH The merry May Day of old was revived a; the Heath Mixed School, Birchgrove, Whit church, tbe:l the history lesson, of the da) wa-s devoted to tales of Robin Hood and th( old customs observed in celebrating the 01110 time universal holiday. During the momina a May Queen was appointed by the voting the whole school. The selected queen -vat- Ethel Scott, and the hooiour of crowning the May Qu-een was bestowed upon Ethel Hopld r —a tiny little tot. During a portion of the afternoon session the children asembled in the central hall, which had bee:n lavishly dooked with flowers (brought by the children) under the superintendence of the headmaster (Mr. Gray) and the staff, and sang a iwrtiou of Tennyson's May Queen," which had been &et to music for the occasion. After tlia crowning ceremony Lily Watkins sang A May Day Song," and this was followed by ,-choruses sung by the various classes. The event was thoroughly emjoyed by all present.

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