Evening Express

CALLED UPON TO RESIGN Curious Newport Police Affair Somo queer things go on behind the closed doors of the Newport Watch Committee. There was a case in podnt to-day. At the ¡,ast monthly meeting' three con'ataMea (two recruits and one of ten' yeara' status) were ca.Iled upon to resign for their participation in an imbro-glio which was held to he indmicaj to the public safety and to the dis- cipline of the force. To-day the hc-ad-consta.bJe reported that he had had fresh light thrown upon the ma.tter, and recommended that on<, of the recruits re-inst.a.temenlt beca.u&a of the things which cent. This was debated in private a good dea.1, the majority of the committee being against refnist.a.L&men.t because of the things which they heard at the )aat meeting and for_the salte of the disciplined the f-,ce. It was in vam the vie,w was advanced that 'ttho subt,i!que,nt should preYQjJ. The what we bavf said we have aaid" was by the aind the 'oo'nsta<Me has to go.

T.V.R. RATtNG APPEAL Justice Darting a Sharehotder In the Kind's Bench Division to-day (before Justices Da.rlin? and Phillimore) an appeal i!rom the Neath County-co'urt came o.n for hea,ring in the case of the Taff Vale Railway Company v. the Cardiff Union and otherg. It was .al't appeal by M,r. Franklin, clerk of the peace for Glam.org'a.n. Mr. Vaughan WiUiams and Mr. A. J. David were for the a'p'p'eUant. and Mf. Holman Gregory waa for the respondents. Mr. Justice Darling: I am a. sha-reholder in the Taff Vale Company. Mr. H'&lman (on b&ha,lf of the compajiy): I raise not the elig'hteat objection, my lord. Mr. Va.ug'han Willia'is: I do mot represent the campa-ny, aNd I do not radee the Nlig'htest objection, mther. (LaTighter.) Mr. Justice Darli.n.g, with whoni MT. Justice PhiUimore concurred, coEsidered that the previous order appointing Mr. Ryde as arbi- trator as to rating and Mr. Franklin as to the coStAs was bad, and shO'Uld be set aside. The appeal was accordingly allowed, with <;oatB.

A FIFTY-MILE CHASE The story of an impudent fraud was told at Hull yesterday, when William Grey was charged with obtaining food and lodgings by false pretences at a hotel at South Cave. Grey. who proved to be a convict on licence, went to the viDa.ge and entered into negrotia- tio!M for the tenancy of the Manor House, reprec,entilig hiniself to be a wealthy coIlMry proprietor. Tested to the Hon. George Lajnb- ton. He was preparing to enter into possession ot the house when the police M-rived. and after a 50 mile ohaee on bicycles arrested him a.t Goote. Grey, who h&d 3d. on him, admitted the onence aud was rema<nded.

I I THE HEAVIEST PUBLICAN References in acme obi:trna.y n:ot;ioes ol Mr. Willia-m. Gauto. pttblioam, High Wycotnbe. who w<3i?he.d 20 atones, to t.he eS'eot th.&t ho "was bellied to be therheaviest Dublica<n in England." are disproved by the existence of Mr. Wm. E.c01,eg,t<me. of the Coaeii acd Horsee, ISto-r,&bridtge, who turns the scale at 426tonoe.s.

I OSTRICH EGG OMELE-ME I Ostrich a?? omelette is the latest delicacy to be served at a West End Hotel. It figured last night, for the fn-st time. on the dinner OM;nu at Hatchett's. Piocadilly. Oatrichfgsa are, of course. a ranty in England. They come from a private ostrich farm in the Midlands. I

I TERRITORIAL ARMY The Lord Mayor of CardiBF has convened a public meeting at the Oity-haJl on Thure- da-y. June 4, for the purpose of bringing before the in.ha.bita.nts of the city the im- portance of supporting the temtona,! forc<)s of the oonntry. T'he scheme for the org-ani- sajtion of the troops which Oardiff is a.&kecl to provide will be fully explained by experts in the new military organ iientio.n.

WAR UPON SPARROWS The Sk-kleemcTe and District Spa-rrow Ohjb, during the yar lIIal1"ch 31 laM., has paid for 16,394 sparrows and cg'gB. Aa there a,re still imjn.NLSo numjbetrs of 6paj'rows to be 6€on about, this will give eonie indMaticn of the extraordiiMnry quantity in the dis-,? trict.

MRS. GUNNE8S IS DEAD The coroner at La. Porte (Indiana.) ofdoially decla,res that Mrs. 61.1.unc died in [.he fii-e whioh destroyed her farmhous on April 28. a,nd that her death was the result of felo- niouB homicide, the perpetrator of which is unknown.

MOTHER'S MAD ACT At Manchester to-day a married woman cut tbc- throa.t cf her tfhree-ycar-o)d son, a,nd afterwards cut her own throat. The child is a,nd the mother lies in a. precarious condition

CLARKK's BLOOD MIXTURE. Thi. famous medicine ,ill the bloo from all impu rlties from whatever arts- Ing. A safe remèdy for Hød Lei's, crafu:a, mood roison, 8ore3 of allkinds, Buils. Ulcers, Glandubr Swellings, Of all stores, L-c. Forty 8UCCe81. 1Jeware of tmltittioa.

I Crawted Three Mites EXTRAOROtNARY EXPERIENCE German Tourist Lost on Welsh Mountain The Ge<nna.n. touriat who was lost in a fog< CD. a. Welsh mountain, and spent two eights on its slopes with a fractured leg, related an extraordinary experience to our Uan- beria correaponden,t thm morning. His name i3 H'ahn. He is only 26 years of age. and i9 a doctor of law, who came to England two mo'ntha to study the language. He is fond of mountaineering. He came to North Wales, and having- coaled Cader Idris, turned his attention to Glyder Fawr, in the Snow- donia.n rang- whose summit is only 200 feeb below gnowdon itself. I began the ascent on Sunday afternoon," Hahn. told our correspondent, but before I had gone far a thick fog came upon me, and I found a dimoulty in knowing where I was. After stiif climbing I got to the eummit. and put my hands on the top boulder, so aa to drag myself npo.n it. The boulder gave way and rolled on my right leg, breaking the ixMto just below the knee. I tumbled with the boulder over other large stouee a distance of fifteen or twenty yards. and wa.s much bruised. I could not see eight yards in front of me because of the fog, Bind it was raining hea.vhy. I crawled to the shelter of a. boulder and waited, hoping a search, party would find me. By six o'clock next morning I had had enojg'h waiting-, and all the food I had with me were four little bits of chocolate. I cut my stick in two, and using them aB splints I bandaged my broke'n leg. Then I began to crawl down the mountain- side. My progreeg was very slow, but L stuck to it till eigM o'clock that night- fOllrteen hours in all. I tried to attract attention by shouting and holding up my handkerchief, but the fog was so thick that nobody sa/w me, and so I had to spemd another ihig'ht on the mountain. I could sleep for very abort spells, a.nd did not feel fault at all. When day broke again I hoisted my handkerchief as a signal, and pre&eittly a search party ca.me upon me. They tell ma that I crawled over three miles aJtogether. HtLhn is -now lying at Penygwrhyd Hotel in a weak condition, sufFerimg from a broken leg and some terrible bruises on the hands and back.

!.L.P. HALL FOR CARDtFF Concessions to Chapel Foik A deputation, beaded by the Rev. H. M. Hughes, pastor of Ebenezer Chapel. waited upon the Cardiff Public Works Conunittoe to-day (wheTi Mr. J. Mander presided) with reference to the proposed erection of f motor garage and public ha.11 on the corne- of Ebenezer-Btroet and Par&dise-palce. It was stated that the hall was to be used by the Independa.nt Labour Party, and that the services at Ebeaeiier would be disturbed. It. was also pointed out that the streets in the neighbourhood were very narrow and at one point only Mt. Sin. from kerb to kerb. la. answer to the Lord Mayor, Mr. Morgan. a member of the deputation, stated that he did not see what power the corporation had to prevent the building of the ?araga and public hall. Mr. Spiridion, who has purchased the pro- perty on which the new garage and public hall are to be built, accompanied by Mr. Stibbs, architect, and two members of the Indcpendent Labour Party were afterwards admitted to the committee and undertook that there should be no entrance from Ebenezer-street to the garage, and only & platform entrance to the hall. A suggestion was made that the propo&ed building should be set back so as to give a wider roadway on the corner of Ebenezer- street and Paradise-place, and this the pro- moters promised to consider.

AN UNFrr HORSE At Cardiff to-day (before &ir W. S. Crosa man. Dr. 'i'rea.su.re, amdM.ecrswis.Richard Cor; and Isaac Samuel) Percy Ifartin, 27, wat charged with warking a hcr&e in an uuS' t3.tea)L,e ia Sh.ak\:?poea,¡tr'eet on May H :and Ms em;ploy-elr, Cilarlos Rees, csbmar iugTired as d,-de-ndantfor aLlowimg tLe aitima to be worked. PoI.M;'e-&ei'?eajit Price 8alid the hoTSC wa fa-oin woudcts. The Bench found the owner JE5 and coste or >ne mon.th. a,nd Martin 40s. and co6t&, Q) fourteen daya.

HELD BY THE PAWNBROKER Ivor WYIHlih.am La-w.ren.ce, a boy of nine. was ohaxged at .Mountain As'h PoUM-oour& to-da.y with stealing a. silver wa'tch, the pro- tpe'rty of George Morris, and Haim!M.h L&w- re'nce was eharg-ed with receivicg. T. Jllbs, p;lwntboroker, ea.id. that the wa.t'c.h- was br<yuguit to be pawned by Mrs. Ija,w- renoe, but aAs he had reccive-d inforniation! from t-he police be detained it. PoMce-oon&tatble George a-rreated the boy. T'he boy wa<& deaJt with as a- probationer wh'LLe MTs. La-wrence was ordered to pay ( &ne of .El.

SKELETONS IN A GARDEN Digging for sa.nd in bia g&rden H Glouc(%,t,er-roa,d, Pe<kl)a'm, the te.na.nt. MY Cox, sbruck what Lock<'d like a 'mimiatun graveyard. He f<mnd arst one skull and the* another till the number reached fouj, with o correapMiding am<yunt of human b'o'B'es. The poLi<;e and doctors believe that the reuuains are thcse of iMm between 25 aDd 50 years of age, and that they bare la.in in their present position for over half a century.

I A PREMtER AND FOOTBALL Mr. Price, the Labour Premier of South Australia,, speaking- at Glasgow yesterday, said tha.t he found in Grea.t Britain twenty- two men playing football to 60,000 looking- on, and waa told tba-t it was the development of the British race. That was hmm.bug. It only developed a few profeE6ionaIs. It waa bad for the nation to have too much play and too little work.

I FIRE AT PENTYRCH A fire broke out in Pentyrch, near Cardiff) yesterday afternoon in the h<yu&c of Mr. U&weIJy.n. coULer, Temperance-ron,. The chimney caught fire, and sparks lighud th< thatched roof. All the en'd'ta of t,M 1>c'lioo man and aevera.! civilia.ns to extinguish th< nre failed. It spread to the adjoining house; and both houses were gutted. The grea.tet portion of the furniture was aa/vcd.

WHISKY WtTH "A B:TE" Mr. H. C. Craig, a- director of Dunrillc and Co., was a witness before tJie WhMky Coni- niiyaion yestorday. He explained tha-t ma<ny people liked whisky 'with a bite." Mild wihisky tha.t would please the Com mistsion—if the members touched sach a thing-w<YI11d not be a.ppre.cia-ted by a. collier on a. barge. (Laughter.)

FREE HOUSE & COAL FOR M.P. With the object of plac.iu.g Mr. Charles Fen wiek. M.P., on a- mere equal tooting with th< oth'er m 'ne,rs' rep'renta,tÎ\'e¡¡ m Parliament the Korthuimberlaad Min'srs' Council yesMp day decided to provide the member for Waiis beck with & free ho'u.s'c Mid free coal suppiy from the L<a..bo'ur funds.

PAUPER'S LITTLE BANK A f«nna-le pauper lunatic ob&rgeable to the Chelmeford Union, who was admitted into BreEtwood Asylum, m 1E69, and has cost over £1.000 for h&r iuamteua,nce, h.ao been found to be possessed of OYer x80 in t,he Poet OIHco Sa,vin?s Bank. A justices' order h&a be-eo obtained for the 'money to be handed over for the benefit of the ratep-ayei*.

DEMAND NOTE FOR id, A Colchester resident has received a, demand note for one farthing in respect of a rate "for special expenses under the unitary Acts." After walking a mile to the collector's office to pa-y it he tendered a haUpc.n.ny. but the colicotcr could Tiot give him the farthing change.

28 OUNCE BABY Dr. A. J. Colborn, of Connellf>ville. Penn' eytvaiua-. has furnished an aHidayit with tha story of the smaJicst baby ever born a.Jive &nd hea,lthy in Weetci-a. P<-nnsyI\T).uja. It i9 a girl.

LADIES' COSTUMES DRY-CLEAXED.—l, street. Cathaye..Ring up 741, Xa:tional. sr.A

SPECTACLE PRESCRIPTIONS. I pay spMmJ &tteat!oa tc tJt6 prepa-ra- tioI n Pa! ?Z:,is prescriptions. I realise th? ha.rm tnat nmy be oa-uaed by the emallest 'naecufacy in work of this kind. and I take every caxe to prevent the Bhghteet error in the powor ay a<djatt- ment of the leot. I am also ready at any time to nMtke a carefut examination of the eyesight for lI*taclee; an examination aa exact a.nd ae thorough as the meet modern of appUances ca.n make it. An illustrated bcottlet. "The Why a.nd Woerefore of Defective Eyeeight." will be <ect free oo reQueet. BONNER MORGAN. QUALIFIED OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN, 101, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. -10 CHEEROTEA (Eeeristared) t eteps in, as it were, where other blenda fear to tread, simply because Cheero" knows it will be appre- ciated, whereas other teas sometimes hae their doota." "Cheero" doesn't admit doubts. It's wel- corned everywhere! 1/4, 1/6, and 1/8 per lb. In Ub. &; ilb. packets PULL WEtQHT WtTHOUT THE WRAPPER. —THE— t DtRECTTRADtNGCo.Lo t Branches in Cardiff, Swansea, t ? ? Merthyr & Barry Dock. J g ?'??????????????? "HYARCHER&C? ? REGIGTERED E?O F" fa%"de oj G"ww fWià Archef$ Golden neturn,.Po. MM* ?MtMMwH <*< Mpe Tot)«ee. NERVE PARALYSIS Unable to wautt. Cured by Dr. CASSEMjS TABLETS. Prescribed by a Doctor. An extraordinary ctrre of nerve pjtralysia by Dr. Cassell's Tableta after Doctors' ueuaJ tr&at- meBt had failed, <md the interesting fact of* a medical man :recommecding Dr. Cassoll's Ta,Met6. ie to'Id by Mrs. Townsend, 13. Rhiwiaa- road, TaJyea.rn, who writes:—" About 13 months ago I had a severe a-tta/ck of ParaJysis of the Ncrvee and Bheumaatism, and was M) bad that I could not walk. I consulted Doctors, who treated me ajid then &ent me to Puxt<Mt. but I gradually became woree. and did not know what to do. At last I begam taking Dr. Oa.-ell's Tablets, and after one moath'a treatment felt much better, and oould walk with the cid of &n arm. I <:ontinned the Tablets, and now I <fm walk upstairs and fun altogether stronger. My Doctor told me that he bad a. patient very like me, and that he intended to recommend Dr. Caeaell's TabIeM." Dr. CaaeeII's Tableta are a safe and certain cure for all terms of nerve and physical weakness. loss of neah. prostration, hea-rt weakness, anasmia. debility, children's weak- ness. indigestion, and stomach troubles. Price laid., 1/H. and 2/9 (containing nearly four times the 10d. Bize). of all cheMJBts. 9089 HOES SAUCE If you would know the treasure of good appetite and digestion buy Hoe's Sauce and use it daily. KIDNEY TROUBLES CUBED by using Dr. KtLMM'S. SWAMP-BOOT. M all Chtmista, is. lid- and 2s- M. FRBE SAMPLE from Dr. KILMER t CO., H, St. Brido-street, London, B.C. PIANOS & ORGANS AT LOWEST COST FOR CABBf. N OR FROM 1Q/6 PER MCNTH ON OUR GRADUAL PAYMENT SYSTEM. Sole Ag'eney for— ?:AN<)8 by LIPP, HOFFMA?T. KNAEE. CIMAPPF,I.I,, Ae. BELL AMERICAN ORGANS. JLNGELU8. BRINSMEAD PLAYER PIANOS. WITH PATENT MELODANT ACTION. PIANOS AND ORGANS BY ALL EMINENT MAKERS. fpLLEST D-MCOUNT A.DVA.NTAGNS. DALE, FORTY, <& CO.. HIGH-ST. <& CASTLE ARCADECARDtFF ftORNS. CORNS U N',I) ttft&ie Cnr< tor Bard acd S<*ft Oenx. Mt WMMitM m satu40. prics Is-; br 1"oà I& M.. ftm th< Sete PtoprteéoD- D. MORGAN AND CO.. <L*t* a. 111 \III4&1). cbemouk t. HIGH STREET. CARDIFF. E;oo X.att for Cla5sibratioti HHTA?TED, oxper?Me?Steward &ndStewardeM; Vv et?K fuM parUculMs AtM. letter, tocher with eopi$5 ot 4"oe t \estimGlli&ls; pezsonll Without enoum. W&Dc8 to be addred to Sec- Mt?rv. Caerau Wor?hi: MM'a Ct<A a?td tnettt ?te, CMtau, M*? Bhd?tad.?_ eM7th2! 'i5XT 1JÕY. wanted. &bls %0 Tide bieYc1.-Apply 242, 3 City-KMKt. elST?hM 'M'icELY-Ftttad Fr<<d Ft<& Btr tor DiMpos&I; two j?) pMM; wtth or wtttMut furniture: good locality, a"Znable ogw.-APD4 B ?. Evetiing ExprtM, cm4iff. el8ZOh23 U]Lqjsn!Bo ApMUneata WMted: tMjrrted couple. J' one chjid; pf??t? t?mi!y pretend; :ta.te terms.- Addre?a C 1, B*<?in< E'pr'Me, C&rdiT. el978h22  U WQJ'Jtin¡: nOkeepër-íooJîè W,,r twc/ <ecHetnen. a;b6t*?ner, dlsMi?a.ged Whit week.—B t le;e:Jt1Ti801lgage6 It T Stud, wire-hitired yox-territr. A. reZMtered, ob*mpi<Mt pedigree; best blood tn Wale.\>; low for pbotQ and pedl-gree (retiira- aMe) Thorbum 19, GilMton-Mad, PonttaaM. Carditf. el861h2: '?T?'A?TBD. strong yount Girl for Housewortt.—Appty Ww.]?<?t?et. CMd?. <t864h23 C?TBOL!«t i*urw Butt Orpington a?d Brown L?shM" ? Chtc)K-M. da.y oM. 6s. doz.; Buff Hen, extra; oMh wtth crdw—MtM OacMa, UMarm Vtc&rage, Raglan. M'M. 61856h2s 'OCy<3 i?nchmNt. with TMOw!e<if? o< En?iah. JL eee? Sttuatton im CMnmernitI Ofnee; 7 months exMrieaca in oo&t exportin<r Orm; moderate salary; Twf'-rencM. U requtred.-Appty B M, Evening iijtpMM. Cardiff. s1072h23 Traveller for Credit Drapery; must hav_e Vr good ttstiwonials *ad )t. UttK <XTMMtnc6.-A.pply, in ows bandwrltmt. st*tt0< all pMtiC)tlM!, B 9S, RXPM!4 OM<M. el678h23 fJTL <0 Let, M. Stepheceen-atMet; vary eornvMitDt iL p?att?.); in <acd t*p<t?; hot?e ?r ehop.—A.ppty ? CO??'<!«?<Md, 'QM?_ ?874h2! -t-a ii;aa-?ii-street., gi7lttti4 I ..L tw wtMhoueea; poMibt? <?*'op'??-?PP? B M. Z3tpMt?jOMdMt. ?M5h2: W AarMD. thh1Y6:1i-Coftw-rcom TV "'dress for flrst-claag Hotet; must luriiish MMNteepttonat %efe, tAJpply Ivy B-11 liotell tCMMrttec. el870h2i STOP PRESS Latest Teiegrama. ÅCCU>EXT. Jet:ku:s. aged 22. a collier, of 15 .Ubert.stre'jt. Fcradale, was admitted to IsiRrmacy to-day with a broken tup. brought a.buut by a fall of root at, Davis's Coilieryt BROKEN LEU. of K'rt.h-;trcct. fell down in the -Lit-.ot to-day and subtaiutid a brc(kcn leg. WATER BILL. The Wat1' Biil, tht: ot)j<x't, a'f whk'h i" u further pow&i*6 upcu The. pup'.yiiridd Water Company, to-day L,rc;rc u. cummit:<'t; of the Houf-c' o(f (:JœmOi1::>, -Nlr. William Jcne, (comp'<my'a mEtaa.ger; ga.ve evidence. LATE CRICKET. DJBLEBYMIJRE.; Nce-dham, not, 24; OH-MT. cot. S; extras. 6, total C3 wickets), 56. BARGOED MAX S DEATH AT INFIRMARY. \iH.iRiu Smith, of Eargocd, who was adunttod to the Oardiif Infirmary on Tues- day pveumg suffering from intfruat <aftM'aoou. THE COMING RECESS. Mr. A-i(IUith, an&wering Mr. W. Red. motid. said it was hopüd that the bubi- nt- of the Mou:e might be so arranged as to enable it to riac for the l'e-cl"ES iu July but it would be- very Dea.r the cn.d. <.Laughter.) LATE <?i'ORTIXG, 4.j0 Reault.—ROSRTHORPE. 1; URPE'iTt 2; BAL3SQPLTL 11., o. Bettmg: 3 to 1 aeet Roethorpe. EXCHANGED SPECTACLES. At Cardiifthia afternoon George Edy. 06, wa.a senttnced to two months' impri- sonment for at.€aliag a pair of gold-rimmec spectacles wo<tth 30=. from Willia.m Jen' kine. fI' øii; .}., 'WOMEN* LIBERALS AXD í:iL'FFRAGISTS. The Council of the Women's Liberal Federation to-day decided by a vote not to join the SafiragH-ts in a combined demonstration in favour of Women's Suf- frage to be held on June 15. GLAMORGANSHIRE LADIES COLF. MONTHLY BbGEY. Played at Pe-nqrth to-day. Scores:—M.rs H. C. Vivian (re. 2Ji. 4 up; Mrs. Ai-tu-ly Bird (rec. U); Mig..Scott (rec. 20), 2 down; Mi:-s JJ. J'jnMDs (ree 21). G down; Mrs. E. M. Cowtau (re(-. 25', 6 down. Mrs. ¡a.rley T€tir<d. JfMor Bogey: Mrs. H. r. Yi\dan rec. 15), 1 ..J; MMS M. JenMns 'r€e. 17j, 1 down; Mr&. Cowtau (rec. TC 4 down. Mrs. Ma.rlcyi and Mrs. Harpur tetiredt

A FOOLISH JQKE At the North London Court yesterday Arthur George L&w. ooaohman, waa charged with uttering a gilded farthing for a ha?f- sovereign a.t the Amhurst Arms, Hackney. Charles Aug-uat Fielder. a. lad, said tha,t he waa serving in the bar wKeTi La-w c&lled for & drink and ?endeTed what a,p'pea-red to be a..haJf-eovereigTi. The wdt'nea6 took it a.nd noticed that it was a. gilde<d After pa.ying' for the drink in cop-p-ers, La,w endeavoured to induce him, sa,id the witness, to change the coin. and offered hiTh 5a.. and later 73. 6d. of the cha-ng-e, saying that the governor would not know whether he or the bw-ma,id had taken it. It was stated th&t L&w. when arrested. said he pToduced the coin to teet the boy's honesty. Mr. Tilley, who defended, urged that the whole thing was a. joke—a. very silly oue, he admitted—but La,w had no felonious inten- tion. La.w, who was given an excellent cha-raoter, wae discharged.

I LONG CR!M!NAL RECORD There a<r.e not m&ny people who would go to a deputy-oha-irmaji of quttxtor sessioDa for e, refereuoe. But a.ppa.renMy William Nonquet wootd, for on a detective asking him if &ny<me couid give hin.: a good cl1aI'I!ùCter he reptlie-d, Yes, Mr. LoTela.nd-LoTcI&Dd." Nonquet pleaded guilty a.t Newington Sessions yesterday to Bt-ea,ling a pursoe, a.nd was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. His criminal record is:- lS93-L&rceny, fourteen day- Attempting to steal, bound over. 18LarcellY, H97—W<Mmdl-&g ajtd &ssa.uKmg poUce, Mghteen iBocths. lZ9S-Frequenting, three mcNths. 1!!99-1arœny assault, mantibs. Bogue and va.ga.bood, three moliths. ltealill and twenty mcatba. 1902teaJing a wMch, 21 mooth5. 1904-Unlawml poion, two months. .Prevention of Crimes Act, twelve tnccUM. 190,s.¡,tea.llng a I>llrse, one month. Attempted bpurglary, two yean.

CO!NC!DENCE Little ]Telena Basins, the nine.yaa.r-ol.d dau?ht<r of a builder living' in Bomerf&rd- gtrove, TottenJiam, returned home from &C!hool a.nd c<Mnpla.iued of having been punched" by a.notber girl whil? a.t play. S'he ?"as taken to the Metropolitan Hoapi- tAl. and died of a.ppe'mdicitia a<Q. h<wr after a.dmia8ion. Three years a<s'o, the raothor said a.t the inquest yesterday, lielena ',s brothar, a4ged t,n, who had been "pushed" by a. teacher becauæ he was a dujice, died in the same hospital—also of appendicitis. Dr. Vosper said that Helena's d€!a.t.h ha.d nothing to do with the blow giveT! by her a&hool comrsde, and the jury returned & veidict of NMUfrad death."

"FORT CHABROL AT HANLE\ I The etory was told yesterday at Hanley Police-<'ourt of a fight with the police which took place oo the Rocks, one of the moat OiOtorious pa.rt3 of Haniey. on Sunday last. 'fhe police w€.nt, to arrest some man. to whose MSMtajMe other men c'a.me. '.Phey treatd the police very roug'hly, a..nd then the men raji to a house neaj by and barricaded them- selves in. Extra, police were aujnmoned, and in the preee'Dee of a great crowd from the neighbourhood the house WM eventna.Ity atonne<l, amid showers of bottles, bricks, a.nd C!ro<'kary from the upper windows. The police fought their way upsta,irs. ajid ttrrested a, number of men and women, some of whoan wefre yeaterda-y sentenced to terms of imprisomheait.

SAXON COURT MYSTERY I The Saxon police have a puzzle before them in a mysterious attack upon the French tutor of the King of Saxony's children-the successor of Qiron, who eloped with the now divorced wife of the King. Court ofB. cials are doiag their best to hash up the in- cideTit, but it i9 now known that on Sunday laBt the unfortunate tutor was found lying on the grass of the park at Schioea Waoh. witz, a. royal castla. bleeding from d&argw wounds. Revenge following some romantic adventure is hinted at as the reaeon of the l a.ttack.

The Elan is the Street The re-opening of the out-patients' department of the Cardiff Infirmary yes- terday was made remarkable by another example of Mr. John Cory's munincence. The New wing, to be opened in two years' time, will, it is estimated, cost another .67,000 a year for maintenance. Mr. Cory has offered ;C2,000 for the nrst year if the public will see that the re- maining jEo.OOO is raised. No doubt, the public will rise to the occasion and provide much more than this in its zeal for so good a cause. The infirmary is growing with the city it serves, and, recognising its good work, the people should be only too glad to support it pro- perly. If anything, the innrmary is called upon to serve too large a district. The wealth of the Rhondda and the Rhymney Valleys should make full depen- dence upon Cardiff unnecessary. Hos- pitals are badly needed in both those districts. It is also unfair, not to Bay cruel, on the sufferers who meet with accidents in the mines to have to take them all the way to the city. They ought to be able to find skilled attention nearer home. The destruction of JE20.000 worth of his pictures oy M Claude Monet, the great French impressionist painter, because ':e did not consider them worthy of him, has caused a sensation in art circles. But he is by no means the nrst arti&t to make such a sacrince. Bou- guerea.u, Tissot, Mitlais, and many another great artist ha.s, for the same reason, destroyed or left incomplete the fruit of years of work. Mr. Rolman Hunt once said, "Over and over again I have put aside the fruits of six months' labour." After spending seven years on The Triumph of the Innocents," he calmly set to work to paint it all over again; and once he destroyed his entire set of preliminary studies for "The Shadow of Death," the result of many .months of hard work. When his "Hamlet and Ophelia" was rejected at the Royal Academy, Mr. Briton Riviera said, "I was so disgusted with it that I tore it into strips and watched it dis- appear in the naTnes" and his "Girl Under the Sea," from "Lalla. Rookh," shared the same fate, with many other disappointing canvases. At last, it seems, the mails are to cross the Atlantic direct, and though the pro- posed change will he only in the nature of an experiment it may have far-reach- ing effects. No one out of Ireland seems to know why the journey in and out should be delayed by calls at Queens- town, unless it is the prestige granted to custom. Anyhow, it is stated in Liverpool that the advantages claimed for a direct service between that port and New York are to be put to a prac- tical tesrt. The Cunard Company will run their leviathan, the Mauritania, across on an experimental trip without putting into Cork Harbour. The liner leaver the Mersey on Wednesday, May 27, and, given favourable conditions, may reach New York the following Monday night. It is anticipated that if this voyage comes up to expectatioTis arrangements will be made with the Government to drop Queenstcwn as a calling-point for the mail service. And after this it is possible some 4wnsideration will be given to the desirability of saving another day, or the best part of it, by using Fish- guard as Liverpool's successor. The Territorial Army will have justi- ned its existence, So far as Cardiff is concerned, if it becomes the medium of providing the city with a really good public-hall. The need of a place to hold gatherings up to 10,000 people has been evidenced <tn more than one occasion, and a city that boasts the Chancellor of the Exchequer as one of its freemen should be better off in this respect. The Property and Markets Committee yes- terday received the suggestion of the Glamorgan County Association to pro- vide such a hall with considerable favour. Cathays Park is not an ideal site, per- haps, for a. public-hall that is to be for the convenience of the entire city. But, while it would be di&cult to select as good a spot elsewhere. it is about the best possible site for the local units of the TerritoriaJ Army. All things con- sidered, it would be a goocL thing for Cardiff, and it is to be hoped there will be as little delay as possible in getting on with the scheme. The competition among the councils of the Principality to possess the noisiest bear garden appears to be a. hopeless affair. Aberystwyth displays the posses- sion of resources which make the efforts of the other authorities look exceedingly small. A council that possesses an alder- man who can accuse the mayor of dastardly conduct and of betraying his fellow-members must be acknowledged to be supreme in this line, to aay nothing of the attacks which come from ordinary councillors. The attempts made mother parts of Wales only look puny in com- parison, and possibly serve as spurs to urge the seaside men on to doughtier deeds. The terms "coward" and "liar" are all too frequent, and the references made to the Carmarthen Lunatic Asylum seem to bear .hardly upon an unfortu- nate and inoffensive part of the com- munity. It is dimcult to imagine even the inmates of a. mental hospital demean- ing themselves to the extent that the Aberystwyth Council habitually descends, and the only thing to do is to leave them in unquestioned possession of the neld.

BABY'S BODY IN CANAL I I A Pontypridd Mystery I The body of a newly-born child was laat night found aoa.Mnc in the Glaroorga.nsJ:ure Oa-nal. near Norton Bridge, Pontypridd. It was recovered by Police-sergeamt dynch a.nd Polke-.consta,l>le EYa'n Da.vics, and cc).- veyed to a staMe close by. The body had the a.ppea/ra,nee of haTiT).g bee-n in the water for eeveral days.

GLUT OF STRAWBERR:E8 There was actually a g'lut of strawberries a.t Cogent Garden yesterday. There a.re plenty of good. giazs-growii berries for sale at a ehilling a pound, but we cannot grot. rid of th&Tn." &a<id a salesman. "The fruit is perfectly ripe, and of fine aavour. but peoplem to sUBpe<t the early strawberry, for som? reaaon or other. ? "They think that good berries eL only be obtained when the market is packed from end to end, at the time of the stra-wbe-rry rofh. At a gift most people would prefer the fourpen-oe a pound opeTi-arrowTi berry to the half-crown claf3s-mwu fruit."

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ROMANCE OF WELSH MINING LIFE Prominent Personatities! I of the Pit I BY THOMAS RICHARDS, M.P. (Secretary of the Welsh Miners' Federation.) I 19-THE WOMEN OF GARW WHO ROUTED THE DOCTOR SOME NOTABLE CHARACTERS.. -t The Sight of the Amazons of the suffragette cause from Cardiff, Pontypiidd, and other places in these days, consequent upon the bitter hostility i that has been aroused against them hy Miss Moloney's bell-ringing perfonnance during the Dundee election, reminds me of the battle once and won in the Garw Valley by the wives and daughters of the miners of the Ffaldau Collieries, The management of the collieries had appointed a doctor for their workmen and families in the very general, high- handed manner exercised in those days, when employers were not satisned with having the labour of the miner at the colliery as a means to secure a return on his capital, but after, or even before, paying him the wages, very hardly earned, sought to make a further pront upon the house he lived in, the food necessary for the existence of himself and family: dictated to him his shade of politics and religious craed, and, in this particular instance, his medical atten- dant and drugs in case of illness or accident either to himself or family;, while, at the same time, compelling him to pay for them by deducting the cost from his wages. Having very little power of organisa-1 tiou, although the workmen resented this treatment very strongly, they had little hope of being able to successfully oppose it, and the company-appointed I doctor was installed in his position of having his salary secured for him at the colliery oSces, while he either treated i seriously or, as was too often the case in similar appointments, as imaginary, many of the complaints and illnesses of the workmen or his family in which his services were requisitioned, doing, pos- sibly, as was once done by a colliery doctor in the village in which I live. Cottier-Dispenser I This last-named doctor engaged an old collier to fill the positions of groom, butler, coachman, gardener, and handy man generally about the house. The man displayed a very commendable' aptitude in the performance of the multiplicity of his duties, and it occurred to this ingenious doctor that with a little training he might act as dispenser in his surgery and enable him to dispense with the quajined assistant stipulated for in the terms of his contract. John Evans, who had worked in the pit for 40 years, was called in to the surgery and! given his instructions. Bottles numbered one, two, and three were prepared with mixturea of Epsom salts, jalap, magnesia, &c., and the doctor went his rounds, leaving his Latin prescriptions with his patients suffering with broken legs, bronchitis, nystagmus, tubercu- losis, tonsilitis, and various other "ites," and the members of the families going to the surgery where the old collier, after a careful perusal of the variety of Latin prescriptions presented to him, found no difficulty in ifyir sent?ed to him, found nd dimculty in filling their bottles with the necessary (?) mixture. But John one day in jovial company revealed the manner in which he was able to read the language of the pro- fession by stating that all he had to do was to look for the No. 1, 2, or 3 found in the corner of every pre- scription, and serve the medicine from the bottle with the corresponding j number. It is scarcely necessary to add that even the colliery company were unable after it became known to keep John Evans, coll-ier, behind the surgery counter, and he was soon relegated to the duties of attending to his horse again. I do not know that the Ffaldau! workmen's experiences were in any degree similar to this; but their wives and daughters upon the occasion of the appointment I have referred to made up their minds that if their husbands and fathers had failed to protect them they would use their own powers of self preservation. Large demonstrations of women and protest meetings near the' residence of the unfortunate doctor; became the order of the day. A number of county policemen sought to intervene, but, being too gallant to offer physal resistance, were put to rout, the battle ending in the complete victory of the Garw women without their silvery tongues having the assistance of the brazen tones of the tongue depended upon by Miss Moloney, and The Exit of the Doctor from the valley was burned and' permanent. The colliery doctor is still a prominent personality of the pit and pit village life, and his peace of mind is even now very largely dependent upon the suffrage or su&erance of the women folk. Mrs. Richards, the leader in the memorable h'?ht at the Ffaldau, is still actively engaged as a member of the board of guardians in attending to the welfare of her sex. I have no doubt that in this nght, as in all others for at least twenty years at the Ffaldau Collieries, William Davies, checkweigher (Billy Bach), was found encouraging the women in the task they had undertaken. A cursory glance at Billy's watch chain with its various appendages in the form of medalsJ would lead a stranger to ask what was his regiment, and in what engagements on the battlefield he had won them, but upon a second glance his stature would at once dismiss the idea of his ever having marched with the troops. Further inquiries would elicit the information that the jnedals had not been won by Billy, but by the fowls he had reared and exhibited at various shows, and as if to vindicate his lack of riches Billy's chief victories have been secured by Bantams, which, like Billy himself, have been able to hold their own against all comers. A Feartess Advocate In the days of the agitation against the Sliding-scale scarcely a man through- out the coalneld was more actively engaged than John Morgan, then check- weigher at the Ffaldau Collieries, who has ? since been overtaken by one of the greatest calamities that the human race are subject to, that of total blindness. In consequence of his strong opinions and fearless advocacy, John was ofcen found in opposition to the powers that he; but I shall be glad for him to know now, in his days of darkness, that we have very kindly remembrances of his disinterested, honest service to the cause of the South Wales miners. I sincerely trust that the Garw miners are taking care that the little business he depends upon for a living is kept in a flourishing condition. Let all those who read these lines go to the shop next week, and let John know that his past services are not forgotten. The gentleman known as the non- Unionist in the South Wales collieries, like the tramping fraternity, gets to know the collieries where he is likely to he able I to cajole the omeials by various excuses for not paying his contributions to the Federation until his next opportunity for Hitting comes, but after one experience in trying his hand upon William Da,vies, chC"<'k\eigher and secretary of the Ocean Colliery. B'aengarw, he arrives at the conclusion that a second application of his devices would result in failure. William stands no nonsense. His one reply to all and sundry is- I pay; the other men pay. You reap the ?ame benent; you must pay, an d there is no more to be said. I wonder whether Sam Harris, over- man at the Ffaldau Collieries, has for- gotten his tramp over the mountain to attend the miners' conference at Aberdare as delegate for the Ffaldau workmen. In those days to get to Aberdare by train in time for the conference it was necessary to start the night before, but Sam upon this occasion having determined to walk from the Garw to Aberdare, with his safety lamp alight in his hand, com- menced. the journey over the mountain at Blaenganv about two o'clock on the morning of the day the conference was to be held. After many hours' walking, he descended the hill, and made for what he expected to be the town of Aberdare, but upon his arrival found it to be Neath. Sam was not to be bea.ten. He starter afresh, and about 3.30 p.m., half an Tiour before the conference terminated, Sam, bespattered with mud and perspiration, appeared at the door of the conference room, with his safety lamp still in his hand. The late David Morgan (Dai o'r Nant) had been in violent contact with Mabon on that day, and a i-, -ag, sitting next to him in a comer cf the room, immediately hailed Sam with his safety lamp, and invited him to his part of the room, as there had been several large outbursts of gas there. I doubt whether Sam in his experience as overma.n haa ever met greater accumulations of gas or more violent explosions than were experienced in those days by the delegates who attended the miners' conferences at the Bute Arms, Aberdare. THOMAS RICHARDS. I

FiRE-BRtGADE'S PROTE8 r I Sequel to Bargoed May Show A -peculia.r portion has crop'ped up in con- nect.icm with B,a.r.-ced May Show. At the winding up of the caTBimittee at the Plas- nswycfd Hot&l lae.t evening (Mr. D. M. Yor- werth presiding) a protest was received from the Owmhra.n Fire Brigade a<g'a.i;nat being pemajised three seconds in the four-mau drUl and foTir seconds in the two-man drill for not takiu,g part in the pa,rad,e. Mr. Gus Jon<as said tha judges were appointed with the approval of the National Fire Brigades Union, and, besides, the brigade did no't compete -under protest. It was rcaolved 'to irefer the disp'ute to the National Uniion. The positions of the 'first three in ea.oh of the two competitions were:— .kUU.K-MA-N MAi4UAI,. penalties. Actu&t time. &M8. Seca. 1, Brymma<WT 0 35 M 2, OwmJ3pam 3 36 3-5 3, ;Owmbran 3 39 TWO-MAN MANUAL. penalties. Actual time. Seca. Sees. 1, P,77mm,%W-r 0 53 2-5 2, Newport 0 S5 2-5 5, CwTnbraji 4 62 2-5

AN EXCITABLE DEFENDANT I The dull proceedings at Rortb Police-court to-day were somewhat relieired by the appear- ance in the dock of a mah of an excitable .nature,, who was charged with being drunk. Jita defence was a complete denial, which was couched in most garrulous language. Turning to the constable, who gave evd- dence. he dramatically remarked, with a. 'ty ,remarked, with a wave of his left hand. "This murderer hit me, and I fell do-wo with my head against a wall." "Look at it," he appealed to the stipendiary as he bowed a very palpably bald head. "There's not a lot of hair on it," remarked his worship drily. On bemg nned 10s. the excited man left the court amidst the laughter of the public in the gallery, shaking his ojrst at all and sundry ajid vowing vengeance on the l&w.

MERTHYR MAY DAY SHOW I The ftfte&nth May-day show at Merthyr was hedd. to-day in fine wea-Uier, amd was a great success. The entries 71-anibe,red 550, tJie highest on record, previous to the judging in P'enyda.rren Park there was a procession tarongh the principal streets of the town, mamy tbouaa.nda of people turning out to witness the paro-de. This year's president of the show is Mr. W. W. Meredith, Mr. Henry Owen beLng ohairman of the comBiittee, and Mr. John Evans (Roya.l Stores) viee-chajrman. Mr. W. T. Jones, as on former occasions. carried out the secretarial duties. Mr. John Ri.c.ha.rds, Llwynelys. Oswcatry, and Mr. A. W. Hickling Adbo-lton, Nottingham, were the judges. ????????

I SONGBtRDS SLAUGHTERED Owing to the extreme rigour of last winter atld the wilful destruction of songbirds in various parts of the country, France is threatened with the extinction of her Jaj'ke, &nches, and thrushes. Profeeisor Oorcelle. of Chambery, has a.ddressed an a,ppoal to the puMic, waj'nmg them t.h.at if farmers, gamekeepe.rs, and poac<h€T3 continue t<hcir conduct they will soon have extennina'ted aJl the small birds in the country. As proof of the necessity for legisl'3Jtíve measure's, he deolares tha.t thousands of larks are killed and sold 3.lt M. a dozen. So great is the siaug'hter sometimea that large quantities of birds which cannot be sold t are thrown a-wa-y,

I NATIONAL DEBT VARtATiONS I I The variations which have ta,kfn place in the Na-tiomal J)e'bt during the pa-st 34 years are t-th&wn in a- White Pamper issued yesterday. The ag-gr'cgate gross liabilities on April 1 next year will amount to £762.3Z6,051. In the 34 years the dett has riBe'n a,nd faUec as follows:— I1C 75-6 E767,268,559 1 18 ,9-80 771,75,078 ) 1385-8 739.8?2,117 (186&-7 742,024,3X0 ISO'9-1900. 6:5,M:,73t ;19C!-4 zC798,349,190 1904-5 794,498,100 )l'0j-6 796,736,491 1907-3 779,164,'104 In 1875-6 the cost of mtcreat and ma<aac&- I ment of the dBbot was .E23,3M,114. JAet ycarit'wa,s.E20,017.659.

I THE GARDEN OF EDEN Sir Th<MnaB Dewar, presldins o.-ver the ladies' dininer of the Worahipfnl CoTmxmy of Gardeners, of which he is master, in the ) course of his speech pointed to the figure representing Adam as the nrst g'a.rdener on j th? banner of the company, &nd concluded his remarks with the following versea of hia own composition:— Here's to the Garden of Eden, Which Adam was always Till Eve by mistake got bit by a SMJM That on a ripe was feeding. So a longing seemed then to posgo-m her, For ctothmg sumotent to dress her, .And ever siiie4e then it's been the pleasure ot mei2 To pay for hM dreseea—God Mess ber-i

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Men of the Day's March "STOCKS" Mr. H. J. GIFFIN, Mr. E. A. SHEEN. t. (Oory and Sheen). [Sna.pp<d om Cardiff Exchange Steps.

Steamers Crash in Fog STOWAWAYS' DRAMATtC APPEARANCE "Three hundred and ton ca,ttle drowned a?nd 67 human. lives e&Ted"sumsup the story of a. collision which occurred near the Wolf Li?ut- house. oS the SciMy Isles, about three o'clock yesterday mornuig (a.s briefly reported in yest-rday's Evening Exprpsa"). The stea.mer Japa.mo. 2,296 touB. belonging to thf SpeciRc Sliipping Company. laden with coal. bound from Newport to Monte Video, rammed the steamer Loto-na, 2.708 tOTis. boned from Montreal to London. a.nd the latter sunk in twenty minutes. The Latona ha,d on boa.rd a crew of 59 and four pasiseiaqei-s. the letter consisting of a, family of four—fa-ther, mother, a.nd two otntdre.n. There were also 310 cattle a.nd a general ca.rg-o. The JapaJlic had a crew of 29. Fortuna,te!y, a.ll tue human li.ea were sa.vfd. the only misha,p being a &evere crush ing for one of the orew of the La,tona. during the work of rescue. A Terrific Crash I The vessels appear to have run into a dense bank of fog. The look-out had barely time to shout "Vessel fLhoa<l'" when with a. terrino crash the Ja.pa.nic raicmed the Latona nearly amidships, ploughing through her sides until she wa8 near}y out in two. The to settle down. and no time was lost in lowerUig the boats from both vessels. The etem of the Japanic was sha-ttered, and the bow platings stove in above and below the water line. but, fortunately, her bnlkhea.da kept her anoat. There waa not much sea running, and the work of transferring the crew ajid pasaengera of the Latona to the boa.ts was compa.ra.tively easy. AH were transferred to the Ja,pa,nic, and within twenty minutes of the collision the Datona, waa seen to go down &tem nrst. Stowaways' Appearance As she disappeared. strangely enough, her siren gave a loud and melancholy bla.st. When the survivors of the Latona were counted it was found that they numbered 67, inst-ead of the complement of only 63, and the increase w&s accounted for by the fact that, realising the fate of the vessel, four stowawaya had crept from their place of hiding! The stowaways were all men. The Japanic steamed slowly to Falmouth. and soon after seven last evening the whole of the survivors wore landed and accommo- da.tcd at the Royal Cornwall Sailors' Home. The lady passenger was in her dressing- gown when rescued, and the two children were wraped in blankets. Just when I was leaving tte vessel," said one of the crew to a press repre&en- ta,tive. I aa,w a great pool of blood forming where the stem of the Japanic had crushed in amongst the oa.ttle. Majay of the cattle had their heads practica.lly cut on'. Some had broken legs and others were smashed to pulp." The passengers were named Brooks, the husband being a native of Jjondon, and his wife a Canadian. They were going home to see Mr. Brooks's paremta in London.

BY RAtL TO THE DOCKS Councillor Edward Nichol!, acting on behalf of the members of the Cardiff Exchange, presented a petition to Mr. Prosser, general manager of the Rhyniney Railway, to-day, praying for better facilities for residents in the eastern end of the city to reach the Docks. Mr. Proseer stated tha<t he had recently seen Mr. Boaaley, general manager of the Taff, in connection with this matter, and he was favourably impressed with the proposal. The intention was to erect a motor station at Monthermer-roa.d and run trains, via Queoo-stroot to the Docks. It would be necessary, said Mr. Prosser, to get the Board of Trade to sanction the running of pas- sengers over what was now a mineral line. tand he would like to know, approximately, how many people were likely to take season tickets between Moiithermer-road and the Dooka or Quc-en-4treet. Councillor Nioholl will bo obliged if those who live in the district to be served will communicate with him by postcard at their earliest convenience, in order that the rail- way companies may be aeeuired of some reaaonaMe retTirn for their outlay.

I NOT THAT YET" "I will not !?ive up my gay life yet," was the reply purported to have been given to the mother of Jemima Hunt. Tyiorstown, when W. H. Morgan, colUcr, Miskin Higher, was called upon to marry her daughter. This led to proceedings at Porth Police- ccurt to-da.y, with t.he resutt that paternQty was proved, a-nd he was ordered to pay 3s. 6d. per week and costs

ICROW[I JEWELS AGtTATOR The Irish barrister who has a.lrea.dy ma.de pravious a.pp-Jic:.lllonf.i to the courta in. refe- rea ceto the DuMin Crown jewels again a,t, to-day, and M'ked to be aUo'wed to punter into recogTt'isa.iK'es to present a hill of in.dlct*neat. against Lord Aberdeen and Mr. BirreH. The Mag-istra-te declined to ta.ke alloY notice of hia 8ta.t<e!nent6. and he left the court.

LCAIl PETS EziTF-; mi.I Letteet. C-athays. Ring up 74-1, NatiomaL e503M

AFTER THREE YEARS. Cardiff Young Woman Charged w:th Theft I THE MtSStNG FUR NECKLET Extraordinary Case Breaks Down A case which has assumed aU the elements of a aen&ation was tried to-day by the Car- diff City magistrates (Messrs. Richard Cory and Isa-ac Samuel). The matter ha,s been more than once adjourntd for inquLriea to be completed. and to-day, everything- being in readuMes, a pro- tracted hearing was started. Ma-bel Richards. 25, was charged with steal- ins a marten fur necklet, ralne £6 6s., the property of Boa-trice Giles, from a cloak- room at the Oddfellows' Institute, Oharles- street, on February 22, 1905. Much interest was tai:en in the proceed- ings, for hc'th parties occupy a good poai- tion. Mr. Harold Lloyd conducted the prosecu- tion, and Mr. St. John Francis-Williams (-irL3tract,Dd by Messrs. Cousins, Botsford, and Phoendx) was oounool for the defence. As a preliminary stage all tho witnesses, except the mother of defendant,, were-Œ'fi.ered out of court. The accused. fa.ir-haired and 'pofposeessing, and costume in brown, stood in the dock calm and unperturbed, and at the suggestion of Mr. S.t. John Francis-Williams, who said ahe was not at all we'll, she was a<coommo- dated with a &eat. and on thbt se.at she listened unmoved and with eiLent connde'n.ce and quiet assurance to the evidemce that was tendered. Extraordinary Facts" I Mr. Haroid Lloyd, in opening, said: The facts were extraordinary, and he would have to occupy their worships' attention for some tima with the details. Lne ladies were sing-le. and the facts were these; A whist- drive took place it the Oddfellows' Institute, Charles-street, three years ago. There was a large number of people in attendance, in- cluding Miss Giles, who was wearing the fur around her neck. There was a. room at the entrance to the apartment in which the whist-drive was held. in which hata and 'cloaks amd otheT articles were deposited. Amongst the visitors were the prisoner and her mother. Abcnt 11.30 (just before the prizes were about to be distributed) prisoner and her mother left the building'. Almost immediately Misa Giles and a friend went to the cloak-room, and discovered that the fur was missing-. The room waa searched. wit-hout avail, and information was given to the police. Every inquiry was made. but at that timo there WM no ffi"'idnc<E! and no suspicion wae imputed. The loft was -the topdc of coorertsa.tion for some considera.Me time, and the ma-tter wemt on upbil last Decem.ber. when Mie's Giles wen.t into the shop of Mr. Seaton, jeweMer, Morgan Arcade, and theTe FaW" p!MSo:Dier wear- ing a fur which she recognised at Uieoueshe ha.d lost. She (Mi&s Gilca) went outside and returned with her friend, and then she foTind that the prieon)3T had gone. She was arrested, however, on the 4th of May taat. Miss CMea, meeting' her in High-street Arc-ade wearing' the fur, asked for a.n. explanation, and a policeman was called. MLgs Gilca paid, "It is my fur; let me look a.t it." and with that she took the article off prisoner's shoulders and gave her in chargo. Prisoner 'persisted that the fur was hers, an,d said it was given to her by her father two years and a half ag'o. A good deal depended upon the identity of the fur, and upon 'thattpoint he proposed to call a, number of wi Incases. The law was t)h.a.t a P-eTeon found in possession of goods recently stolen) mu-s.t give a tsatiafactory account, and they might 'be confronted with n, difnculty in that c'onaec-tio'n. However, he pu.t Ms oa&e 'upon two bases. Prisoner &et up 'the defence that the fur was hers. and if that wae so t-he tribunal tha't tTie'd her would 'have t.he rig'h-t I to call upon her to account for possession. His second point was that there wa-s circum- stantial evidence of the theft, and, in con- <CilIUilon.. he submitted that the case wae one which prisoTLecr Bhould a'aswer before a jury. THE EVIDENCE -1 'l'.he FJrosocutr;x thenwantt in'to the box, a.nd 6a.id the prisoner was not a fhe'nd or acquaj.nt.a.nce of hers. She described how she a-ttendod the whi&'t drive, lost her fur, and a.fterwa.rds saw it being worn by the prisoner ftwo days beFcro !a<st Christmae. She next saw her again with the fur on May 4, and she was then. given in charge. She idenftined the fur by a smaJl 'place where it ww unstitched. Also, she continued, in crom-.examina,tion to Mr. 6t. John Fra-ncis-Williams, it wa<s uUiU5na!1 for a marten fur to have four c'a-ws o'n each Ffide.ashers had. She Mid at &heOd'dfeHows', ha<U the oLoaJ:room. 'was q'uite cloee to the swmg doors leading into the street.. and Mr. Fra,ncis-Wrllia.ms &uggegt.ed that there was nothiTtja; to l)l'e<ve'nt anyone oomimg in from the Ftreet. and taking the fur. WDen she cha-rged Miaa Riohatrds with the theft, her mother was with her, amd said to witnoaa. *'Yo!n are a bad, wicked woma-n to bring this charge against my daughter, She is in dolic.a.te health, and I do not know wh&t the ehock may do for her." Charles FletcheT, ot M.ack.iutœh-pl,aœ, who Cdiduoted the whist drive, said the pneotier was one of the &rat to lealve the ha-ll imme- diateJy at the oomolueiom of the drive. Crosxa.m<iDJetd, he said if from the s'treet, and could get past the door of the ba.r unnoticed, there would be nothing to pTevem.t him helpuo.g himsedf in the oloa-k- room. Foax other articles were m-iesed on the same m'ig'ht. Mrs. Annie Fletoher, the wife of the last witness, .ajao ga<ve evidence. I Mrs. Pj-iscilla Hendersom. Misa CMiIee's sister, said she could ewea.r that the fur was the property of the ptroseoutrix. She had Been heir weaj* it d-oøene of tinios, a<nd coTlid recog- nise it readily. Robe<rt Hemderstm also said without heeita- tio'a that t<be fur beknged to hia sdster-in- La.w. Mrs. C)!et.n& Jonee, Seng'henydd-roa<d, a.nd Mi's. Alice -Lewis, Baa"ry Dook, a.Iso identiAed it. Police-cons'taMe WUUa,m Williame said t.ha,t on May 4 the pr'oseoutnx amd prisoner canie to him together in St. Johm's-eqnare. Misa Giles handed him the fur and sa-id, 'This young woman etole this fur from me a,bout three years ago fi'om the Oddfellows Inati- tu.te." He took Miss Richarda into custody, and, in answer to the charge, she said, "The tuir belongs to me. My father bought it for me in London a.bont two years and a ha-lf a.go. THE DEFENCE, Mr. St. John Francis Williams contended that the evidence of identification was not eatisfaetory. It seemed to him a little strange that Mies Giles should have pointed out to all her friends a mark upon it, about which there was nothing extraordinary; also tha.t in the couree of three years during which, witness said, the foj had evidently been worn that small mark had not altered in charactM* at all. He aJ.so argued that there was not tthe proof, ae waa .inquired, of :posseæiOUJ." the property. In othe,2 capes possession after so abort a. period as six months, aTLd even three months, had been held not to* coinstitute rece'nt possession." In this case 38 mouths elapsed between the theft a.nd 'the nndin? of the alleged necklet on Mias Rioha.rde. CaseDtsmissed The prison&r waa d,isd1arged, the decision of the Bench bcin.g' greelted with loud applause on the public beTiches, while the 1 pi-iso,n,3r wept in relie-f. Mr. Lloyd asked t'ha.t the necMet might be retained by the police, ao that the question of ita ownership migrht be fought oat im the cmiaty-court. The Bench, however. made no order. Mr. Lloyd (to Court-sergean-t Price): Yort must do aa yoT! think proper, but if you part with It you do so at your own rial:.

I THE EDUCATION BILL I Last Night's Division The analysis of the division on the second rea,din<gr of the Education Bill, which was carried by a. majority of 166. phows tha,t the vote of 370 in favour consisted of 329 LdtbeTaJs. 40 Labour incmbeTB, and 1 UMoni&t (Mr. T. H. S1<KM!.). The minority vote of 205 was made up of H2 Unio-nists, 64 -Nati<)na,!iE;to, 4 Liberals (Major Lea'lie RenitoB. andM&ssra. C. J. 0'Don.neH. 6. M. 6amuel, and D. A. Thomas), 4 Labour members fMessrs. T. GIoYer, J. W. Jo-wctt. J. T. M'Phereon. a,Dd J. 0'Grady), a,-nd 1 SociaHst (Mr. Victor Gra-yson).

LACE CURTAINS CLEANED AS NEW.—l, Mijmy- etreet, Catba.y?. Riag up 741, National. e5029 ?

PET DOG'S TONGUE I CAUSES HYDROPHOBtA AND DEATH May Doctors Destroy Consciousness P NEW YORK, Thursday. On Monday Mr. W. H. Ma.rsh, Brookla-nd. a- manufacturer, visited the Pasteur iTistitute for treatment for hydrophobia,. He wa-s informed that he had waited too late. and was doomed to die in a. few days. He then calmly returned home, a-rrajiged his business a,ffa,irs, took fare,well of his family, and died last night. Doctors eased his last hours with opia-tes. He had not been bitten., but 'WaS infected through a scratch on his hand while tending a pet dcg. j Licked by a Pet Dog It app.&ara tha-t six w&eks ag'o Mr. Ma.i-sh d'ress?d a wound of a pet brindle bull terrier, which licked his hand while he was adjusting the bandage. The ajjimal afterwards behaved e-ceentrically,,? and, on the advice of a veterinary surgeon,! he Wa!; shoT. As he had not bee'n bittern, Mr. Marsh thought it unnecessary to take precautions. Last Saturday he waa seized with giddmieas. followed by a curious nervous twitching of the body. Then his throat swelled, and he was unable to swallow even liquids. The physicians advised his removal to the Pas- teur Institute, where the doctors d'a,-nooed the case as hydrophobia, too far advan<)ed to be cured. How long will I !ive?" melted the stricken man. Possible five days. not more," came the reply. Then Marsh adjusted his affairs and went to bed. Give me lots of chloroform, dootor. when the convulsions come on," were the laet intelligent words he spoke. A Momentous tnquiry The Medico Leg-a,l Society has appclmted a committee to invcetig'ate the ca&e &nd determnie to what extent pr&ctitionera ma.y use drugs to destroy <?onsoionan€as a.t the requet;t of a patient.