Evening Express

KAISER'S PEACE POLICY Paris. Wednesday.-The "Matin" publishes a telegram sent by the Kaiser to Prince Radolm, German Ambassador in Paris, on the conclusion of the Franco-German agree- ment. The Emperor thanks the Ambassador for having contributed to the conclusion of the treaty, which, he says, made the visit of King Edward already so successful and still more cordial, adding, His Majesty wariuiy congratulated me upon it." The Matin d-e-clares the agreement is the per- sonal work of the Kaiser, and quotes Prince Bodolin as stating that it is in conformity With the policy of conciliation and peace :,hich the Emperor William has always followed.

Id. a Head Executions I GUILLOTINE SHOW AT A CAFE The proprietor of a cafe at Essonnes, in the Seine-et-Oise, France, thought. of an ingenious way to increase his income. He had a miniature guillotine, worked auto- matically, constructed, and "executed" at a penny per head. The model of the "Widow" is 4ft. high, and the steel knife weighs 21b. It cut off the head of the wooden model with the same precision as M. Deibler's machine cuts off that of a criminal. But whereas M. Deibler has not been called upon recently to cut off more than four heads in the same day, M. Siroteau, the owner of the model, has been carrying out something like 150 execu- tions a day for the last three weeks, which at a penny a time makes fifteen francs. The wooden victim is shown with hands and legs bound, and the hair cut off from the neck, whilst M. Deibler, in miniature, stands by in his overcoat with fur collar, attended by a priest and a gendarme, the latter, apparently, keeping back the crowd. The police have now interfered, however, aiyj M. Siroteau has been forbidden to show the instrument at work. He thinks lie has been badly treated. It may be recalled that during the Revolution a number of the more violent partisans of the popular movement had miniature guillotines, with which they severed the heads of chickens, &c., after- wards eating the birds.

PARLIAMENTARY LEVY The most important step yet ta-ken in con- nection with the Parliamentary levy of the South Wales Miners' Federation was that resolved upon at a meeting of delegates representing various Conservative Clubsheld at Pontypridd on Tuesday, when it was decided that the solicitor (Mr. T. Preece Prichard) be instructed to apply at the earliest possible moment for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the South Wales Miners' Federation from further collecting the Parliamen.tary levy, and also for distri- buting the X17,000 which ie now in hand for the same purpose. The proceedings were presided over by Mr. T. Jones (chairman of the Rhondda Conser- vative Association), and those present included Mr. J. Littlejohns (the chief Con- servative agent), Mr. Preece Prichard (solici- tor, Cardiff), and delegates from Conserva- tive Clubs, not only from the immediate locality, but also from the Ogmore Valley and Monmoutbshire districts. Mr. Preeoe Prichard, who was accorded a hearty reception, said that they (the Conser- vative miners) now h,ad two courses open to them. One was to bring t,housands of similar cases against the Federation; another was to proceed to the Court of Chancery for a general injunction and declaration against the whole of the funds of the Miners' Federation. If they were vindictive, and wished to smash up the Parliamentary funds of the Federa- tion, they could immediately enter hun- dreds or thousands of cait-es, and in each case they could recover the costs against the Federation. On the other hand, by taking action in the High Court a general injunction could be secured against the funds of the Federation, and prevent not only the collection of the money, but the distribution of the Parlia- mentary fund now in hand, which amounted altogether to 117,000. Of course, the whole of this f,17,000 was purely and .simply "a nest egg" for the next general election. The income derivable from the levy amounted to between z65,000 and £ 6,000 a year, and a portion of this income was being annually saved. Unless something further was done the money in the Parliamentary fund of the Federation could be utilised for many years yet for political purposes. They did not want to take away that R,17,000, but would be quite satisfied with preventing its being used in a manner in which the Court of Appeal and Judge Bryn Roberts had held to be illegal, and prevent the compulsory collection of this money. Personally, he thought they ought to apply for an inter- locutory injunction, which in a fortnight hence would prevent a penny of that fund being utilised as heretofore. He, therefore would seriously suggest that they should straightway apply for an interlocutory injunction He dared say most of them had read Mr. Abraham's (Mabon's) attack and feeble jokes at their expense. Mabon knew full well, or, a.t least, should know, that they (the Conservative miners) had him in their hank, and that they could stop his salary immediately; and after the manner in which the Federa- tion had treated them he (Mr. Prichard) thought they would be amply justified in doing that. Messrs. Morgan, Bruce, and Nicholas had informed him that they had been instructed by the Miners' Federation *x> take Mr. Butcher's case to the Court of Appeal, but their doing so was the caee of a drowing man gra?pi'n? at the last straw- they were bound to sink. They (the Con- servative miners) had a splendid case, and after the manner in which they had been treated they were perfectly justified in taking the most drastic course. (Applause.) Mr. Gould (one of the delegates) proposed: That we instruct Mr. Preece Prichard, our solicitor, to apply at the earliest possible moment for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the Routh Wales Miners' Federa- tion from collecting any further sumsi under the name of the Parliamentary levy, i and also from distributing any moneys which they have in hand for that purpose. The resolution was carried unanimously, followed by rounds of cheers. Mr. Gardener (Treharbert) moved:— That this meeting of representatives of Conservative miners in South Wales records it.6 high appreciation of the judg- ment of Judge Bryn Roberts in the Parlia- mentary levy test ca-se, Batcher v. the South Wales Miners' Federation, and views with the utmost disapproval the public criticisms that have been offered by politi- cal party zealote in opposition to the same. Mr. Watts (Penrhiwoeabar) seconded, and the motion was carried.

LORD LEGONFIELD'S BIRTHDAY Lord Leconfield, who is keeping his thirty- seventh birthday to-day, is one of the richest bachelor p-eeis living, owning over 100,000 acres of land in England and Ireland, and enjoying the patronage of 25 livings. Since he inherited his honours and estates, seven or eight years ago, Lord Leconfield has made himself very popular in Sussex, where his seat, Petworth, with its splendid deer- park and unrivalled picture-gallery, is one of t,he finest in the .county. A keen sports- man and first-rate master of hounds, Lord Leconfield has been a very successful M.F.H. in Cumberland, where he owns the old es tate of the extinct Earls of Egremont. — —

CLERGYMAN IN COURT I There was a pathetic socene at derkenwell yesterday when Charles Hadow, aged 78, apparently very feeble, described as a Clerk in Holy Orders, and dressed in clerical attire, was charged with being drunk and ineapa-ble at Judd-street, St. Pancras. He gave the address of the Rectory, Elast Barnet-road. The Ma,g!j.st,ratæ'-olerk: Were you drunk? The defendant (in a very weak voice): I didn't know anything about it until I was told this mornin. Mr. Bros (the magistrate): He has been looked up since?—Yes, sir. Then he had better go home now. Discharged. As the old clergyman slowly and tot,teringly left the clerk, supported by the a.rm of the officer, Mr. Bros asked: "Will he be able to get home alone? Someone had better go with h:.m. The Officer: We will see him safe, sir.

KING LEOPOLD INTERFERES The Brussels Soir" relates that an inci- dent ha-s arisen in connection with the British participation in the Brussels Exhibi- tion of 1910. The British delegates were not satisfied with t,he ground allotted to the projected English section of the exhibition, and asked for some other ground, which was already take). An exchange of notes took place betwee l the ix>ndon and Brussels Cabinets, and it was only owing to the per- gonal interference of King Leopold that the difficulty could be adjusted, and that Eng- land's withdrawal from the exhibition could be avoided.

A HOME FOR LITTLE CHILDREN I William Thorp, aged 40, a labourer, and Elizabeth Thoip, 3S, his wife, were charged at West London yesterday with begging in the streets. The man was further charged with neglecting his three children. The couple were arrested while walking aVng the street singing, "There's a home for little children." A subsequent inspection of the home and the children revealed a, shocking state of things. The single room which the Thorps a.nd their three children occupied was foul and evil-aliening, the children were clad in filthy rage, and were sleeping on an abominally dirty mattress. All the children were suffering from bronchial catarrh. The wife, however, it was stated, was a, hard- working woman who kept the home-going, and the whole blame rested on the man. The husband wa,8 sentenced to six months' hard labourr. —

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I Poor Man's Banker SHOPS RE-OPENED THIS MORNING The members of the Pawnbrokers' Associa- tion met again a.t the Central Hotel on Tues- day night (Mr. Phil Phillips presiding), and, having discussed the situation in its later phases, unanimously resolved to re-open their establishments for the taking in of goods in pledge as usual this (Wednesday) morning. Inquiries prosecuted by our representative on Tuesday among the poorer classes in Grange- town, Saltmead, the Moors, Canton, and the 11 ay-en, who habitually resort to the pawn- brokers for monetary assistance, show that in the vast majority of eases the "pledigors" do not object in the least to the charges of id. and ld. which are invariably made for storing away articles of which special care it; desired to be taken. One old lady in Grangetown, who has been accustomed to visit the pawnbroker's shop on and off for the last 46 years, honestly declared that she would just as soon store the "Sunday cloth- ing" in the pawnshop for the week as in the house, foi- this reason-that the pawn- broker knew the way to pack up the clothes properly, and would prevent them becoming creased, crinkled, and moth-eaten. Neither she nor her neighbours found fault. with the charge of a halfpenny which was made for a wrapper," or the penny for chest or hanging," and were prepared to speak in favour of their being made legal charges in public court. Asked to explain how the closing of the pawnshop affected the poor in the slightest degree, the woman burned with eloquence. "Lord bless you," she stated, "if you only saw my husband going to work on the docks last night with only bread and dripping in his tin-jack, you would not aek me such a question. The fact of the matter is, I had relled upon getting a loan from the pawn- shop on Monday to buy provisions with, but as Mr. declined to take in any- thing in pledge because of this cursed bother with the police, I have been left on the rocks, and the old man, like myself, has to suffer. Yo II see, in theee parts we cannot go to a neighbour and ask them for a loan, as they are a.s poor as church mice, like myself, and even if you go to the grocer or baker he will not serve you unless you have ready cash. Under the circumstances, what is a poor woman to do but seek refuge behind the pawnbroker, who up to now has always been only too ready to advance us money on our goods when we poor people are in sad straits?" During Irregular Employment I With a little tremolo in her voice, she I explained that it was not necessary every wee-k to look up "uncle" for assist- ance. "Many a week." she continued, "the old man earns enough to keep body, soul, and house together: but, then, we have our '.ea,n weeks when, in consequence of irregular employment, we have no option, if we are to avoid starvation, but to draw a loan on the pawnbroker. Last week was one of those lean weeks with the boss, and, following my usual custom in such circumstances, I took several articles on Monday to try and advance money on them in order to procure some food for the week. Talk about hunger- Eh arc hers! They will be as nothing to our family t.his week, as we have nothing but half a loaf of bread and some dripping left in the house, and don't know where to turn for a penny. It is not the poor people alone who will have to feøl the pinch of these closed shope, but the rent man, the pack- man. and the baker, who will all ha.ve to remain unpaid until we get some money." The pawnbrokers cite several pitiable cases of refusal. On Monday morning, for instance, a pawnbroker in the ITayes district was con- fronted by a woman who pleaded for a loa.n on an article in order to buy some medicine for her husband, who was laid up with serious illness. Being a member of the association, the pawnbroker was reluctantly obliged to decline the goods, and the poor woman, went away crying. This is only one of several instances of the kind. Some idea of the magnitude of the "strike" and its effect upon Cardiff tradesmen may he gauged from the fact that the pawn- brokers in Cardiff advance over zEOD in. loans weekly on articles pledged with them. In the poorer localities there is a disposi- tion to support the pawnbrokers in their I attitude through tbiok and thin. I Pawnshops Beseiged this Morning. 1 in accordance wnn a UCUIBIUH arrrvea at last night, the Cardiff pawnbrokers re- opened their shops for the receipt of pledges this morning, and were doing a roaring trade when our representative called at the shops to inquire whether the decision was being loyally observed. He found the shops besieged with poorly-clad people, carrying bundles of clothes, and anxious to draw the wherewithal to secure food, &c. One pawn broker in The Hayes district said he had had as much as he could possibly do ever since he threw open the shop doors to attend to customers, and the people seemed very pleased that they were able once more to get a few shillings to stave off the wolf from their doors. Much poverty is at present being experienced in the poorer localities of Cardiff, owing to the lack of employment at the Docks.

ALBION COLLIERY REPORT I The Albion Colliery report issued on Tues- day evening is a distinct contrast to the report of the Cambrian undertaking, and affords support for the contention of the coalowners that the prosperity of the ooal trade as a whole is not to be measured by the fortunes of a single undertaking. The Albion Colliery in the past has been a suc- oessful concern. The directors of the Albion Steam Coal Company (Limited) in submitting the accounts for the year 1908 state that the net profit for the year amounts to £25..371. which, with P,4,099 brought forward, makes a total of £ 29,470. The interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the preference shares and 10 per cent. per annum on the ordinary shares paid in August last absorbed R16,7W, leaving R12,750 for disposal. In view of the acute pressure now prevailing in tho coal trade, with prices greatly reduced and wages at their maximum, together with future expenditure for neces- sary improvements and economies, the direc- tors deem it prudent to recommend payment of dividend on the preference shares only, carrying forward a balance of C6,480 188. Id. The retiring director is Mr. W. H. Mathias, who, being eligible, offers himself for re-eleo- tion.

PAPER MILLS ON FIRE. < I A telegram from Dalkeith early this morn- ing states that a big fire occurred at Lass- wade Paper Mills there. Da-mage to the extent of 215,000 was done.

MUTILATED MAIL-BAG I News came to hand yesterday that a mail- bag had been cut up on the railway near Brook Village, in the Fylde district. The bag had been placed on the outside of the van of a train journeying between Garstang and Brock, and should have been colleoted in the usual way. Befo,re reaching the station it became detached, however, and, falling on the line, was mutilated, along with its contents. These included official documents, letters, papers, postal orders, and cash, which were scattered about the metals. Practically everything has been recovered.

HATS WITHOUT FEATHERS I "I long for thfe day when ladies will prefer to leave birds of beautiful plumage to delight our eyes, instead of wearing their dead bodies, with glass eyes, as a so-called adornment of their hats." These words were used yesterday by the Duchess of Portland, in presiding at the annual meeting of the Royal Society for the Protec- tion of Birds. The duchess wore a very pretty hat. but it was trimmed with flowers, and not with plumes. Sir John Cockburn characterised as "savage" those women "who wear upon their heads plumage torn from birds."

GERMAN CROWN PRINCE I The Gorman Crown Prince, who is one of the keenest sportsmen, has started an ice club among Berlin Court feocioty, and yester- day attended its first praotioe at a large public rink opened at Berlin last summer. His Imperial Highness, who wore flannels and a sweater, captained a team in a game of hockey, which he won by 3 goals, all scored by himself. The heir^apparent's devotion to sport has had a great deal to do with the enormous popularity which he now enjoys, and is consequently a political factor of con- sid,erable importance.

LADY'S CHALLENGE TO K.C. I Mrs. Morgan Dockrell, who resented the recent speech of Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., in which he said that women classified men candidates as "dears" and "wretches," and voted for the "dears," repeats her challenge to him to a debate: "I will meet Sir E. Clarke single-handed in the name of English wives and mothers, and discuss this question in public with him when he appoints and .where."

MANAGER'S LEGACY OF X50,000 I Mr. James Robert Broad foot, to whom the late Mr. James Mark Wood, merchant and shipowner, Liverpool, left a legacy of GW,000, is married to a Cardiff lady, a daughter of Mr. Selig Brukewioli, eenr., and sister of Mr. Victor Briikowioh. Mr. Broadfoot was manager to the deceased gentleman, who left I estate valued at over £ 1,000,000.

I SLAIN CRIPPLE I TRIAL OF MRS. HASKELL When Mrs. Haskell was conducted to the dock at the Assize Court, Devizes, this morn- ing charged with the murder of her son Teddy at Salisbury on October 31 she looked extremely well in health and composed, and before seating herself between the matron- she glanced round and smiled at her three brothers. The crowd outride the assize court was not so large a.s on former days, the inhabi- tants, no doubt, not being again very anxious to witncæ th? quaint ceremonies connoted with the carriage journey of the high sheriff and the jud,? to the court The court, however, was crowded, and the tension grows ps the ca-se reaches its final stages. Professor Pepper, whose examination-in- chief was not concluded last night, went into the witness-box, and further explained to Mr. Parr, the junior counsel for the prosecution, how the bloodstains came to be on the various articles. Cross-examined by Mr. Goddard, Professor Pepper said the assailant would have stood well 4ehiiid the head of the box. It was true that soiene.e did not enable anyone to say the marks were human biood. There were tests which would enable an approximate opinion to be formed as to whether the blood wa? animal or human, but it would he no certain opinion. He did not believe the epray could have been caused by a knife thrown striking something in its flight. Mr. Goddard: Have you ever seen a throat cut? Mr. Justic-e Ridley: I hope not. Professor Pepper said, a.s a surgeon, he had seen throats cut. Small arteries would spurt. Mr. Foote: The spray would be inter- mittent? Witness: Yes. And would last while the child was dying? —Yea. At this point the prisoner wept bitterly. The Judge Is that any indication to your mind that there were two people in the room at the time of the murder. Witness: No, my lord Of course, there might have been, but there is nothing to suggest it. The Judge: Is there anything to indicate whether two people were in the room or the house at the time? Witney: No. If I Did it-" I The police-matron, Matilda Shepherd, was next called. She said that on December 5, after Mrs. Haskell had been committed for trial, sh said to witness, Oh, Mrs. Shepherd, if I did it I don't remember it." Cross-examined by M,r. Goddard: It was time the prisoner made that statement after a long and weary hearing, and after she ha.d had many collapses. This closed the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Foote, K.C., rose to address tfee jury. (Proceeding.;

MEMORY AND MARRIAGE I Owing to the vicar's forgetfulness a I marriage ceremony at Shiplake Church had to be postponed from Monday afternoon until yesterday morning. Mrs. Smith, a widow, and Mr. Lammas, both of Binfield- heath, were bridge and bridegroom. They waited at the church until there was no possibility of the ceremony being performed that day, and returned to Bintleldheath to carry out the festivities. In the midst of these the vicar arrived, and expressed his deepest regret. He had, he explained, cycled to Reading, and had forgotten the appoint- ment. He relieved the bride and bridegroom of all expense they had incurred, even to the fee for publication of banns.

THE MASCULINE FOR "MISS" I Wanted, suggestions for a title distin- guishing bachelors from married men." This is the latest cry of the "now women which is agita-ting the Illinois legislators. The movement start-ed in Chicago, where a depu- tation of women waited on several Illinois senators, urging that men should be sub- jected to a custom similar to that of women Whose condition is indica,t-ed by the title Miæ" or Mrs." They painted in eloquent colours the heartbreaking tragedies caused by married men masquerading as bachelors and by bachelors pretending to be married men. The argument so im-preesed Senator Samuel Ettleeon that he agreed to introduce a Bill to the State Legislature making it a penal r "pnce for a married man to pose as unmarried.

ACTRESS KilLED BY HUSBAND The prettiest of Belgrade actresses, Zorka Premovitch, was stabbed to the heart by her husband yesterday as she was putting the- finishing touches to her toilet for the even- ing's representation in the theatre. Premo- vitch, who shot himself half an hour later, left a letter explaining that he could no longer brook the love scenes on the stage in which his wife professed affection for another man and submitted to his embraces. He wrote:- Had her accents been less convincing, her talent less developed, I should not have been driven to court death for both rather than her continued success.

LOSS OF MEMORY I An old woman named Sarah Peaty, who had to have the evidence against her shouted down a ear trumpet, was charged a-t WïHesden yesterday with being drunk. A policeman said he found her clinging round a lamp-post, and took her to the police- station. The woman paid she came out to post a letter, and from that time until she awoke in the polriœ-øta.toion her memory was a complete blank. The policeman said he saw her coming out of a public-house. The prisoner said that might be. There was no accounting for what sihe did when her memory went.. She was fined 5e.

ANARCHrSTS INTENTIONS I Ghent, WednesdayAccording to the news- papers, the Russian Anarchist, Vladimir Seiliger, who shot and mortally wounded two police-officers on Monday, has confessed to having extorted money from a certain mer- chant, but refused to give the names of his accomplices. It is added that Seiliger admits that he manufactured the bomb which was discovered in the Rue des Arqoiebusiers, in Brussels, his intention, according to the Etoile Beige," being to blow up the residence of tihe Minister of the r Colonies.

HALF-DAY FOR STALLHOLDERS I At a meating of the Cardiff Property and Markets Committee to day, Sir William Crossm,an presiding, a memorial was read from a number of ten.ants in the Central Market asking that the market should be closed at two p.m. on Wednesdays, on the ground that after that hour on that day the business done was practically nil. Mr. Marsh, the markets superintendent, stated that he had kept a record from June last, and out of the 40 or 45tenants 20 closed from one to two o'clock, ten from 3.0 to 6.15., and the other ten kept open until seven o'clock. It was agreed to acceded to the request of the memorialists.

THE AMERICAN NAVY I Washington, Wednesday.—1The Senate Com- mittee, in their majority report, recommend that the battleships recently provided for shall be limited in size to 21,000 tons, inetead cl 26,000 tons, as in the oringal plans. The Committee also recommend the retention of half the United States Navy in the Pacific. I

HALL FLOOR GAVE WAY I Madrid, Wednesday.—A telegram from Valencia to the "Journal" states that- at the village of Bunon, while lots were being dJrawn for service in the Army, the floor Saw way, and 28 men were injured, five seriously, while 50 refoh-ed bruises.

WEST WALES TERHIERS" I PEMBROKESHIRE DRILL-HALLS: REORUITING RETURNS. The quarterly meeting1 of the Pembrokeshire Territorial Forces Association was held on Tuesday at Haverfordwest, Colonel Holford WaJker presiding. The Question of drill-halls for the Royal Garrison Artillery was considered.—Colonel Treweek reported that negotiations were in progress for the acquisition of sites at Pem- broke Dock, Saundersfoot, and Goodwick for the erection of drill-halls and sergeant-in- structors' quarters. Negotiations were also in progress for the lease of a shed at Key- land, a naval silent battery at Teuby, and a Shed at Goodwick in order that guns for the training of the Royal Garrison Artillery might be supplied without delay. The return of the strength to December 31 showed that Carmarthen had 90 per cent, of full strength, Cardigan 75, and Pembroke about 66. Excluding the Yeomanry, Pem- broke has only about 50 per cent. in infantry and garrison artillery-

I" Appendixiess Club I DOCTOR HONOURED BY HIS PATIENTS I An appendicitis btajiquet was held at Phila- delphia last night, when 160 s-urgeons enter- tained Dr. Deaver, a famous American operator. Dr. Denver had removed all their | appendices himself, and he was the only j man present with a vermiform appendix i attached. The dinner was given at the University Club. and marked the beginning of the Appendixless Club of America. The hosts came from every State, and from Canada. Even the waiters were sans appen- dix. They ware dress.ed as lied Gross orderlies. As an evidence of their appreciation, the men operated upon by Dr. Deaver presented a loving cup to then- guest in the form of a manikin of silver, with a knife sticking where the incision for appendicitis is made. Ln poem, song, and story the survivors made merry (says the "Daily Telegraph"). Several special poems and parodies of popular sonlgs were written for the occasion. Taking up five pages of the menu were testimonials from some of the greatest surgeons in the land, declaring that after they had been operated on by Dr. Deaver they felt like new men. The table decorations were in the form of skeletons and sections of anatomy. What is the appendix?" said Dr. John Heisler, chief inspector in anatomy at the M'edico-Ghirurgieal College. It is like the  ohse&Sion a-nd unnecessary evils of li*. The appendix is Dr. Deaver's." "Not one of us but has felt his gentle knife," said Dr. Joseph Neff, .Director of Public Health. It is our only regret that among all of us, free men, liberated, chainless men, whose fetters of the appendix have been struck off by our guests, he only remains a slave to the vermiform." Before the banquet Dr. Deaver performed eight operation.- at the German Hospital.

FROM ASSISTANT TO PARTNER I The death has occurred at his residence, Croydon, in his eighty-second Jear, of Mr. Samue' White, formerly a partner in Messrs. Sprekle-y, White, and Lewis, warehousemen, of Cannon-street,, a.nd a well-known figure in the city. Mr. White started life as assistant in the employd ox Messrs Cook, Son, and Co., St. Paul's Churchya-rd He afterwards became a commercial traveller, and entered the services of the linn of which he ulti- ma,tely became a partner.

r "A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY" [ liouis Steel, 50, a German draughtsman-, who was sentenced at Marlboi.-ough,-tre,t yesterday to four months' hard labour for stealing £ 30 from George Rich, a licensed victualler, of Marylebone, was described by the latter as a friend of the family," who went errands to the bank for him. Aocord- ing to another account, Mr. Eich practically ké pt the German, as he wa.s out of work, and most of the money he was given was spent in drinking" neat" brandy.

THE EVOLUTION OF A HAT A lady of Belgrade sent her last year's hat to Vienna for re-construction, and got back a model of strange hue and shape which baffled all the local milliners' envious efforts at imitation. It has now been ascertained that the police at Vienna mistook the parcel for a Servian bomb, and after subjecting it to various tests, including immersion in water, returned it unopened.

PUBLICAN COM MITS SUICIDE William Waton, aged 56. licensed vic- tualler, of Gravesend, was killed on the line at Knockholt, near Sevenoaks. Before death he wrote to his brother-in-law: You can tell Maud tha-t she will have the pleasure of knowing that she has been the means of causing two people to put an end to their lÙ-es-her sister first, and now me. The evidence showed that deceased was jealous of his wife and had attempted to shoot her with a gun. The same day Watson left home and took lodgings in a restaurant in Charing-croes-road, where he remained until the day of his death. A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily deranged" was returned.

MISCHIEVOUS POLITICIANS I The party politician is the most dangerous person in society. He has no sense of pro- portion? Whether his favourite war-cry be Patriotism" or "Peaœ it makes no ?difforenoe. He uses it mischievously. The one anticip&?es invasion with a kind of ner- vous delight which is almost hysterical; the other would deprecate armed resistance if an enemy bivouacked in Hyde Park. Luckily, the nation at large is quite sane. We require a Navy strong enough to meet any practic- able combination, and we require the home forces to be so well organised and equipped that they may be equal to crushing an invadlng host.—■" Black and WÛle." I

REMORSE OF SELF-ACCUSED MAN j Albert Giddings. who had given himself up to the police whHe under the influence of drink, and was charged upon hie own oon- fession with having embezzled £28 in the yea,r 1891, told the Bath magistrates yester day that drink ha.d prompted the theft and that he was prepared to undergo any punishment the law might inflict. The remembrance of his offence had, he said, caused him to lead a purgatorial existence, and owing to his past he had never married. In consideration of what he had suffered the magistrates offered to bind him over if he would abstain from drink. The Prisoner: I tigh for freedom—freedom from drink. He was remanded for a week.

CATTLE FOOD STUFF I Messrs. Weaver and Company, Swansea, were c-ummoned at Abergaverhny to-day for supplying ten sacks of compound oake, used as food for cattl?e, )Nhi as food for cattle, which was deficient in albuminoids, to the extent of 2.66 per cent, to Mr. W. G. Watkins, Triley Mill, Abeï. gavenny. Mr. Gustard, Newport, prosecuted, and Mr. Powell represented the defendants. Evidence having been given, the Bench in- flicted a fine of E2.

Trade and Shipping. I LOCAL OVERNIGHT CHARTERINGS. I OUTW ARDEMERB. I Cardiff to.- I Leghorn, 6s 9d, Ruaboea, 2,550 tons (Morgan, Wakley. Limited) Genoa, 7s, Ohiverston, 4,500 tons, spot (Hugo Stinnes) 6s lOd, 4,500 tons (Bielski Bros.) Vigo, 4s 3d free discharge and free address, Axinite, 2.400 tons, ready next week (J. Burness end Son) Vigo, 4s 3d free discharge and free address. ready next week, Larpool, 1,500 tons (J. Burness and Son) Baroelona, 7s, Rhio, 3,500 tons (Cory's Trading Company) River Plate, lOs, two steamers, reported (Wilson, Sons, and Co.) Quoensferry, 3s loid free discharge, Wall- send, 1,150 tons (Admiralty) St. Naza,ire, 4f 6. 2,100 tone (Transatlan- tique) Naples/Leghorn, 6s 4Jd. 700 tons delivery, Constantinos "Embiricos, 3,800 tons, ready February 23 (Krieger and Schliema.nn) Rotterdam, 4s 6d, Swift-sure, 1,050 tons (Lam- bert. Bros.) Algiers, 7f, Upland, 3,300 tons, February 2 (Harrison, Tidswell. and Co.) Swansea to:- St. Nazaire, 5f, Gardepee, 2.200 tons (Watts, Watts, and Co.) Rouen, 4s 9d, Castleford, 2,250 tons (E. W. Cook and Co.) Caen, 4s 9d, Springbok, 900 tons (E. W. Cook and Co.) Marseilles, 8f, Iberia, 1,400 tons (Worms and Co.) Catania, 7s coal, 7s 9d fuel, 2,600 tons (Sir Gr jffi th Thomas) Burry Port to:- Hamburg, 5s, Emden, 1.000 tons (H. D. Evans and Rogers)

To-day's Finance. I t-OXDOX, Wednesday, 1.0 p.m. Money in fair demand at 1i to 2. Discount rates-- short bills 2i to 2 5-13, three ii.onths' bills 2 3-16 to 2i. Consols unchanged, Irish, Transvaal Loans i down. Home Rails steady. Americans irregular Trunks better. Else: Ordinary, Third Pref j. Mexican Ralls firm. Foreigners featiireless. iii nes dull. PRINCIPAL CHANGES. Great Northern Doyer Deferreds i up; Midland Pref, Metropolitan 4 down. Wabash Pef 1, B.Itioe J, New York Central, Illinois i, Atohison J, Canadian Pacific, Chesapeake, Amalgamated i up; LouiwviUe. Milwaukee 1, Erie, Ditto Pref j, Steels, Norfolk b, Kansas g, Denver, Ditto Pref, Union, Southern Pacifics < down. Mexican Sails Ordinary 1, First Pref li, Seconds l up; Chinese 1898's i up. Tinto 1, De Beer J-16, Premier, De Beer Pref s. Vvelgedacht, City, Village Deeps. Jagers, Amalgamated, Mexican Mines, Mount Elliott, Anaconda Cobar 1-16, Waaean, British Gold Coast 6d down. Hudsons B»y, Rio Tram have risen i. CARDIFF, Wednesday. 1.0 p.m. The local Stock Market this morning was generally quiet. South Wales Hails, howerer, were still firm, Colliery Shares were weak oil the disappointing Albion report and the reditcod North's dividend, In other direction there was little inovemant. TRAFFIC RETURNS. | Trunk.—Increase, 15,412(1018. I Mexican.—158,300dols. gross, ?,o00d<?s. decrease. North Sta?fordshin'.—Decre&se. jC2,494.I Great Northern.— Decrease L4,7.00. Tilbury.—Decrease, £ 89. CAMBRIAN COLLIERIES COMPANY. I The Oambrian CoUjerles Company are sending out  div1d6nù warrants 00 the E,? oe and ordinary I shares.

SANK IN 5 MINUTES SHIPWRECKED CREW'S PLIGHT I Cardiff Men Among the Saved I The seventeen survivors of the wreok of tho Forest Castle, which went ashore off Ushant, on Friday afternoon last, arrived in the Prince of WaJesc, Dock, Swansea, early this morning on board the steamship Castle* ford. They consisted chiefly of Spaniards, but amongst them was the captain and mate (Mr. ilobert Day, of Swansea). The cook (H. Jones) who lives at 24, Lionel- road, Ca.rdiff, said thei-e was no fog when the vessel went ashore about 3.15 on Friday afternoon. "I was in the galley when the vestal struck," he said, "and she sank within five minutes. She evidently had a big sma-li in her bottom. She slid off the rocks. The skipper was on deck at the time, and, seeing she was in a bad plight, ordered everyone to the boats. The seven men. who were lost, owed their death to the fact that everyoaie tihou'^jit there was plenty of time to eecape. Some of them jumped overboard as the vessel went down, and Clung to Pieces of limber Before she went down six of us got into the (-.larboard boat and four into the port-boat, and we afterwards picked up the seven others, including the captain and mate. The laet I saw of, the third engineer (G. Mill), who was swimming on his back. I had been on deck with him just before, letting go the lifeboat painter, and The seemed to ha vet jumped overboard. I rafn aft, as I could feel that end of the ship sinking under me, and it had got so low that 1 could hardly get up astern. My feet were nearly in the water when I jumped off, and I was swim- ming about for gome minutes. It caught hold of one of the hatches, and I was ime-ued praotioally exhausted. The [ Captain was Nearly Gone when be was picked up. Soon after we got in the boats we saw a pilot cutter from Saint Nazaire bearing down on us. She took us off about four o'clock, and towed the two lifeboats into Brest, where we arrived about ten o'clock the same evening. We saw noth- ing mo re of those who were left on the vessel. Bcisidas the seven of the crew who went down, two stowaways, who we haq discovered on board the same morning, lost their lives. One was a Russian Finn and the other a Belgian. We never expected the vessel to sink so quickly." How the Second Mate Died I Nicholas Dem06, ordinary seaman (a Spa niard)y described the death of the second mate, Evan Thomas, of Cardigan. "I ,Stopped on board till the last," he said. "Wbeil I got into the water I saw Evan Thomas in the water alt)o. He oould not I swim, and I toJd him to get hold of the gang way which was floating a.bout, but he failed to grasp it, and went down." LIST OF DROWNED I The seven members of the orew who were drowned are: — Evan Thomas, second officer, Cardigan. W. Dan do, chief engineer, West Hartlepool, li. Ho wells, second engineer, Swansea. G. Mill, t.hird engineer. West Hartlepool. J. Kitirijogan, donkeyman. S. E. Utting, 6t.eward, Hull. C G1 arks on, engineers' steward, Blythe. In addition two stowaways lott their lives. SAVED I Captain R. S. Ctekun, 8, Ohureh-road, Cardiff. Robert Day, chief officer, of Birmingham, late of Swansea H. Jones, cook, 29, Lionel-road, Cardiff. D. Reas. boatswain, Bute-road, Cardiff. J. Mannean, J. Maoris, M. Vassilis, B. Vatsilis, T. Ada-me, C. Chetoblie, and N. Demos, seamen. M. Serbene, M. Abdul, N. Abdul, A. Abdul, A. Suleunan, and A. Mahomet, firemen.

DiED AT DINNER I A most painful sensation was caused at Fareham lat-e last night by the tragio death of Mr. Edgar Goble, county coroner for South Hants, while proposing the toast of the evening at the annual dinner of the Fare- ham Fire Brigade, of which he was president. Tin the course of his speech Mr. Goble faltered, excused himself, ooilJLpsed in a heap into his seat, and expired. The proceedings were abruptly terminaited. Mr. Goble, who had been connty coroner 30 years, was a prominent Hampshire Freemason.

LORD CHARLES BERESFORD I Mr. Bel lairs, M.P., gave notice last night to ask the First liard of the Admiralty to- morrow whether, when Admiral lJord Charles Beresford WAS appointed to the Channel Fleet and to command the combined fleets in home waters, the Admiralty intimated to him that he would hold the position for only two years instead of the usual three years' term, and. if so, what was tie reason for suspending I him at the end of the two YeaArt

TAUNTON ELECTION I Nominations for the Taunton election have I been Hxed for Saturday next, &Dd polling will take place on the following Tuesday.

CARDIFF TIPPER INJURED I A tipper in the employ of the Cardiff Rail- way Company, named Fred Lock, to-day had one of his legs severely crushed by the cradle at No. 1 Tip, Roath Dock. He was conveyed to Cardiff Infirmary.

VETERAN MINISTER DEAD I The death took place early this morning of Dr. Rowlands, late pastor of Moriah Baptist Chapel, Llanelly. The deceased gentleman, who was 84 years of age, was at the time of his retirement in December last the oldest Baptist minister in the Welsh ministry. He had been pastor of Moriah for 36 years, and prior to that held the pastorate of Cwmavon. He was a past president of the Welsh Baptist Union, and had done a lot. of literary work.

PICKINGS FROM PUNCH I MY WORD IS LAW. Constable: Now, then, move on here, a.nd don't make a crowd on the pavement. Loafer: Bat two ain't no crowd. Constable (emphatically): One's a crowd if I say so! Move on! Cockney: The fox went down there quarter of an hour ago. Huntsman: Why didn't ye holler, them? Cockney: What did I want to 'olleir for? 'E never bit me.

FOREIGN MAILS ) To be despatched from London to-morrow, Feb. Ig:- I OUTWARD.—Afternoon To China and Japa4i, via Siberia. gvofting- To Oonstantinop'e, Salonika, and Smwm, parcel mails, via Brindisi. To Canada and Newfoundland, parcel maris, via Liverpool, per s. Corsican. To Brixish Honduras, lie-public of Honduras, and Guatemala, parcel mails, via Liverpool, per s. Capella. To West Coart of Africa, parcel mails; via Liverpool, per 6. Mendi. INWARD.—Duo To-morrow- From St. Helena aud Ascension, Tia Southampton. From British East. Africa and Zanzibar, vi6 Naples.

SKITTLES I CAnnM'T AND DISTRICT LEAGUE. Pena.rth Plymouth—J. Jensen, ib; T. WilliaJUS|, 22; H. Draper, 26; J Hug?h?. 55; W. Stcw(?r, 2S; W. H. P, :pe 29; ? Di,-k?,ns 24; J. Pritch-ard 55; L. Je ,1, 28: 'J. H. Crate, 29; C. Browmlow, 25; W. 330. Four Elms—H. Morgan, 26; J. Franks, 26; G. Turner, 2?' B Hdiier. 23; C. NiohoUs, 26; F. Sutton, 27; C. M¿rg,n, 36; C. HDlley, 27; B. Bo&el, 27; T. Hurtev, N?orgo.n, Yulan, 30; F. krmes, ?e—t??t?).?, M7. IL -=

PASSENGER SERVICE FOR I GWENDRAETH VALLEY. The long-vexed question of better train facilities to. and from the Gwendraeth Valley has been brought to a successful issue. The Burry Port and Gwendraeth Va-lley Railway Company have been authorised to run passenger trains on their line. and the work of constructing stations and installing signalling will be proceeded with without delay for the summer traffic.

CARDIFF SHIPOWNERS AND I LOCAL BILLS. Cardiff shipowners met on Tuesday to discuss the Parliamentary Bills in the ooming aeesion. It was decided unanimously to sup- port the proposal of the Taff VaJe Railway Company to acquire the Cardiff and Rhym- n-ey Railways, and aleo the Bill promoted by the Barry Railway Company. With regard to the Great Western, Alexandra Docks and Railway, and Midland Railway Bills it was decided to take no action. The Cardiff Corporation Bill was referred back for further consi deration, in view of the pro- posal to increase the ahairge for water to Pettarth.

Fights for Life SCENES IN A THEATRE FIRE Panic Stricken Audience Mexico City, Tuesday.—The fire a-t the Tea.tro Flores, says a dispatch, from Acapulfo, started near the main entrance, ail the exits being in front of the building. The frenzied audience attempted to run the gauntlet of the flames, but where one escaped scores perished. As always happens in such catastrophes, the women and children suffered most, and they comprised the majority of the dead Not a sing-Ie recognisable body has been taken out of the ruins. The greatest loss of life wae occasioned by the fall of the roof, which crashed down in al: incredibly short space of time after the outbreak of the flames. Previously to this men in the pit fought like demons, striking down the weaker in their effort^ to escape. The fbil of the roof stifled the screams and groans of the ftglitr i'ng, panic-stricken audience. The firemen and the crowds outside were powerless to aid those within, and were compelled to stand and watch the theatre with its human con tents burn. Many of those who escaped death suffered severe injuries. The houses adjoining have been converted into hospitals.

The Waterloo Cup [FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] ALTCAR UO.O a.ir.,1. The peiste?nt use of syrens by the ?il-lpi.g in the 1 MHSleY this morning preipared us for troub;e. and at d?"YI,r?k a p rt4tv coi,= mb-t was in posee^ion. It was evident alto th&t fr.?5t had been at work during the night, but, drepite the awkward situation, the CI-Imi Station l_legOO by th" customary la,g?e and Nlthusiastjc now ot oourning enthusiasta. and ;here was not a vacant seat in th' 8.50 first-ria.ss -pe<rial when it steamed out of U\e terminus. The nearer that we approached the coursing grounds the m<Jre dens. bece the vapour, and. mantled ii hoar frost, the 8urrollDùiIlg&-at lIYJ. the little that could be seen from the milway track-preeented an exceed- ingly Wiiitry appearance. At half-past nine it was clearly apparent that a lengthy stoppage wouJd be forced upon us by the fog, and evil prophets went to far as to acert a elightshade of odds that a post- ponement would be inevitable. However, slwrtly after ten -luck the south wind developed additional energy, and the fog thinned pprcc.ptiblv. At this hour a very large crowd had assembled, aDd exemjilary patience was displayed in the irritating ctrcumsumcis. The fielders whilcd away the time by endeavouring to do a Ivttte business at lmg odds upon the Cup, 7 to 2 ,œing offer,11 on the field, while Friendly Foe hardened into a 100 to 7 cliance—a rate not easily procurable. Ccolangatta was well backed this mO"rnmg at his pre- viousiy roc&rdcd price. D«-ails The WATERLOO CUP (with Cup, value L100 added by the Earl of Sefbon), for 64 sub- scribers, at < £ i5 each; the winner to receive L500, second L200, t,wo dogs X,50 each, four dogs £ 30 each, eight dogs J20 ea-oh; sixteen dogs Xio eaoh; the Waterloo Purse I and Waterloo Plate, £ 360; total, £ 1,600. BOCXD 1. Mr W O rail aim's Glacier beat Mr A D Gaussen's i Glen bridge. Mr E Storey's Silver Charm beat Mr. Hill-Wood's II Ilighlsuid Whisky. Mr Piikmgtcsn's Perraaiwell beat Mr G Hall's Half Bottled. Mr W Wing's Writ beat. Mr E Rogers's Real Maytole. Mr H Birkbeek '5 Bro;:d Arrow beat MRS Pye's IWed,jc(Oas.. Mr L PilkJnpton's Punchestow-n beat Mr S S Death's Duma, Dissolved. Mr E M Crosse's Conover beat Mr R H Whit worth's Hydrus. Mr J Church's Star of Doon II. beat Mr H Hardy's It er. Mr E W Gooch's Lake Lilac beat Mr Rout lodge's Rowena. Mr E Hull oil's Platonic beat Mr R F Gladstone's Gaxpool. f>rr R W B .lardioe's Long Span beat Mr W M Hay- waod's Recitres>s. m r A Brown's Roval CiTst beat Mr J O'Brien's Chip. The WATERLOO PURSE of -2215, taken from the Cup Stakes, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first round of the Cup; the winner to receive L75, second £30, two dogs L15 each, four dogs £10 eaoh, and eight dogs f,5 each; total, L215. The WATERLOO PLATE, of zE145, taken from the Cup Sta-kes, for the 16 dogs beaten in the second round of the Cup; the winner to receive L75, second L30, two dogs L10 each, and four dogs L5 eaoh; total, £145. ORDER OF RUNNING. I TO-DAY. W,aterloo Cup (first round) 32 Courses I Waterloo Cup (second round) 16 Courses TO-MOBROW. Waterloo Cup (,third round) 8 Courses Waterloo Purse (first round) 16 Courses Waterloo Plate (first round) 8 Courses Waterloo Cup (fourth round) 4 Courses Waterloo Purse (second round) 8 Courses FRIDAY. Waterloo Purse (third round) 4 Courses Waterloo Plate (second round) 4 Courses Waterloo Cup (fifth round) 2 Courses Waterloo Purse (fourth round) 2 c?Lu= Wa-terloo Plate (third round) 2 Courses Waterloo Cup Deciding Course Waterloo Purse Deciding Course I Waterloo Plate .Deciding Course .K,I" i. i emfwy omfwyp upeup u

SHORT ODD?. 11 to 8 on Glacier v. Glenbridge, t 5 to 4 Silver Charm v, High-land Whisky, t & W 7 to 2 — Ifcrrenwell v. Half Bottled, 1 11 to 8 — Royal Mayboie v. Writ, 1 5 to 1 Broad Arrow v. Peredieeas, t & o 5 to 2 runchestown v. Duma Dissolved, 1 6 to 4 Conover v. Hydrus, I & w 11 to 10 Star of Doon v. Hamer. 1 5 to 2 — Rowena v. Lady Lilac, t & w 7 to 4 Fiatonic v. G&rpool, 1 100 to 14 Long Span Recitrees, t 6 to 4 Royal Crest v. Chip, t & 0 g to 4 TippiecanOe v. Carnforth. o g to 5 Suoh a Sell v. Steam Whistle, t & w 7 to 4 Claudiao v. Master Tom V In. 6 to 4 — West wood v. Sporting Starlight, 1 LOXG ODDS. 1000 to S agst Lake Lilac, o lOCO to 4 Rowena. o 1000 to 6 Garpool, taken several times 1000 to 45 — Platonic, taken twice-&Cter 1000 to 40 taken twice 300 to 100 — Long Span, o-after 3000 to MOO taken 100C to 2 — BecHxese, o 1000 Chip, t & o 1000 to 10 — Royal Crest, taken five times 1000 to 5 — Carnforth, t 10C0 to 1Q Tippiecanoe, t i o 1,00 to 10 Steam Whistle, t t ( 1000 to 10 — Such a Sell, t 1000 to 10 — Claudian, t 1000 to 3 Master Tom VIII., « 1000 to 7 — Westwood 1000 to 2 — Sporting Starlight 1000 to 6 — Seeking Success, t 1000 to 2 — Cocksure III. o 1000 to 5 — Umpire, o 400 to 50 Dendraspis, tSfcen several tiroes & 00 1000 to 30 — BacX to the Land, o 1000 to 60 — Friendly Foe, o 1000 to 4 — Glen Albany, o 1000 to 15 — Celerio, o 1000 to 15 — Dusattua, t & o 1000 to 5 — Maneta, o 1000 to 10 — Liquid Fuel, t 4 o 1000 to 8 — Corby Fame, taken five times 1000 to 25 — Coolangatta, t 1000 to 1 — Brampton Lad, laid several times ICOO to 10 — Bramham Moor, o 1000 to 8 White Rubicon, t & o loW to lo Dra*n Blauk, D 1000 to 10 — High Almoner, taken twice 1000 to 5 — Indigo, o 1000 to 5 — Gilderoy, o 1000 to 2 — Budding Beauty, t & o 1000 to 20 — Ha.ns Andersen, t 1000 to 25 — Second Barrel, t 4 o 1000 to 8 — Move, t 100 to 12 — Face the Foe, t & o, after 1000 to 80 t, 1000 to 90 t, and 10 50's t several times 1000 to 2 — Hardly Brown 1000 to 30 — Heavy Weapon, a 1000 to 20 Sub Mamur, t & o 1000 to 5 — Amool, o 1000 to 10 — Hidden Depth, taken three timee 1000 to 25 Dendromys, t & a 1000 to 4 — Happy Kate, t

NEWS OF THE CHURCHES. I The Rev. D. *J. Sproule, curate of St. Mark's, Newport, has been offered and has accepted the living of Pen-y-clawdd with Llangoran. A bazaar, in aid of the restoration fund of the old Parish Church and the new Church- hall. Beaufort, was opened at the Parish- hall by the Hon. Mrs. Deyereux. wife of the Hon. R. C. Devereux. On the proposition of the churchwarden (Mr. Thomas Excell), i seconded by the vicar (the Rev. D. J. Llewellyn), Mrs. Devereux wae heartily thanked, and Mr. Devereux responded. DEATH OF A PROMISING YOUNG I CLERGYMAN. The death is announced of the Rev. Thomas Jones, B.A., curate of Rhyl, aged 29 years, which occurred at the "residence of his sister, Mrs. Oliver, Brynllo Faoh, Llany- byther. He was educated at St. David's College School, whence he went to St. David's College, where he graduated in 1904. In the same year he was ordained by the Bishop of St. Asaph, and appointed to the curacy of Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, where he laboured with mnoh euooees for three years, leaving there for Rhyl. In the midst of his work his health broke down, and, notwithstanding the highest medical skill, he gradually sank. His remains will be interred to-day (Wednesday) at Llanwenog Churchyard. liLANDAFF DIOCESE CURACIES. I At a special service held in the Palaoe Chapel the Bishop of Llandaff licensed to curaoiee as follows:—The Revs. John James Davies, M.A., to St. Margaret's, Aberaman; Thomas Da vies, Lic.Div., to Christ Ohuroh. Ferndale; Thomas Twynog Da vies to All Saints', Cardiff Gwilym Francis, M.A., to St. John the Baptist's, Cardiff; Peter Jones, Lic-Div., to Coychurch with Peterston-super- Montem; William Phillips, lAc.Div., to St. I Gwladye', Bargoed; Evorson James Tre- harne to St. Andrew's, Cardiff; Daniel Owen Lloyd Williams, Lie.Div., to St. Michael's, Abertillery; and John Williams to Rhymney j (Mon.). A reader's lioenoe w&s granted to MT. Thomas John Williams for the pariah of St. pma,t, Abercynoa.

IWEATHER FORECAST. The British Meteorological Office this morning issued the following forecast of the weather likeiy in South Wales from 10 30 a.m. to-day- till 10.30 a.m. to- morrow iSoutherly winds, freshening; cloudy; unsettled; rain; beoomine milder.

WINDSOIi. ? 0?—The CURFEW MAIDEN HURDLE 1.I"ACE (>f 70 &ovs; winners extra. Two miles. a 12 C Mr R Buckworth's Persinusi Roliaeon 1 5 11 4 Lord Villier>V Zara Dunn 2 4 10 7 Mr Ji M Hani^anV General Bree 0 4 10 7 Mi 5fo; JoeJV Barngate McOuinoets 0 Winner trained by Priestley. ADDITIONAL AJiRIVALrfS THIS MORNING. u learningijn, Au»ra, K^gerce,. Cl?an Linen, Lady E^'rily, Saudti, Civduff, Mazier Tredennis, The Whelp, Savmiake, Specific*], Hill Climber, Peach. Markwood. Yellow Boy Ill. Wavcen, Breda, Clerk of the earner, Arizona 11., Virginius Lapsing, Ariel, Kilroe, Eliiiyler, Ci. iriulan, Charlie O'Ryan, Fa-tnleee Lad. Glen Mazarin High Step. Hajids Ctcee, Barhed Head, Johnstown Lad, and Baltrasna,

YESTERDAY'S LONDON BETTING. Th Lincolnshire Hand:cap betting w?. e,y dull. ingiiiri?? for l,uiti,?? led to his tcuchii^ 20." aJKl W ooahaJl waj- also backed at that price after 2s's had been laid. For the National only four long-priced candidates came in for notice at their quoted rater, including Johnetown Lad. Details:- LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. (Run Tuesday, March 23. Distance, one mile.) 20 to 1 ags-t Lucus, t and c 20 to 1 WOùùha,ll, t and 0 OKAXD NATlUNAL S T REP LECH ASK. (Run Friday, March 3{). DUtaace, about tour miles and 856 v»rde.) 2.S to 1 aget Johnftown Lad, t 25 to 1 W1cÀ,¡am t 33 to 1 Davy Jone6, t 35 to 1 Tlw Lurcher, t

WELL-KNOWN TRAINER DEAD. H Cha.ndler, the well-known Arundel trainer, died on Tuesday at his residence, The Hermitage, Arundel, Sussex.

TO-MORROW'S RACING. Windsor Programme. I —The ROYAL HANDICAP STEEPLE- CHASE of 2LX) sovs; the second to I receive 20 sow. Three miles. ye ft Ib Mr F Bibby's Sweet Cecil Donnelly a 11 13 The above have arrived. Mr F Bibby's C?tbeMi Donnelly a 11 7 Mr E Chri?tie-MiliM'N Spnnide Me F Bl?l?t a 11 6 Mr J H Charters'* R<m Gwilt a 11 6 Mr H M Hanigan's Domino V Harti1':n a 11 4 Mx C G .A..aton-Sm¡th's Hough Pup ..Gore all i (?,A R L iiirkin't Merry John Martin a 10 13 Mr C Bewjc k, Sachem Cort A 10 13 Mr E C lrh't< Ex",qite Gore a 10 12 1.?rd Ho?ard de WaJùen'3 Centre Board Major Beatty a 10 11 Mr F WintrSeid Digtys Fetter's Pride Whitaker a 10 9 Mr J M KcrM's C?rsev Per? 610 6 Capt J R H /s i;ibilt" ,,}: Prince Hatzfeldt's The Leek Hon A Haeting* a 10 6 Mr B W a-Prr's Mitohelstown .rer a. 10 0 Mr A StedJUl's Proclaimed NigiArngall 5 10 0 -The CI/AREMONT HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 70 sovs, the second to receive 5 sovs. Two miles and 103 yards. ye et lb Mr J C Allen-effeiye's CSandon Lad Allen-Jefferys a 10 13 The above have arrived. Mr T Clyde's. Onward W Taytor a 12 C M, VN R Clarke' ? Val?ciaii Martina 12 0 lii-pit Fowler'* Ra?x)rbill W Taylor 6 12 0 Mr W liamett\s Maeter At Arms ..Ctetello 6 11 4 Mr P Wh,taxerV> Koyal Birthday ..Whitaker 5 11 3 Mrs R Cecil's Spotted Lady C- 61,0 13 Mr William Wiieon's GeneraJ Moan Gore 6 10 12 Mr R R Jeffrey's The Drone a 10 11 Mr Ma.i.nwa.r,ing'6 Toujours Pret Cortello 5 10 4 Mr E A Shaw's Lord Rosmead Private a 10 5 Mr W Silver's Baltrasna Silver 5 10 0 I Mr B Bayiie's High»tep Doilery 5 10 C —The BRIDGE SELLING MAIDEN HURDLE RACE of 70 SOTS; winner to be sold for 50 SOVB. Two mlies. ye st lh Mr Horatio Eottomley's Battle Bird ..Batho 4 10 7 The above have arrived. Mr George Barclay's Le Horo .Hackett 6 11 7 Mr R Gore's Silurian "Gore a 11 7 Capt Grigg s Salford Macnee a 11 7 Mr T Leader jUll'6 Friendship II Leader, jun a H 1 Mx V Pom tret Merrymount Hallick a 11 7 Miss Wiimot'e Bpicter 5 11 3 Mr R Wootton's Pirate's Girl WooCtou 5 11 3 Major J D Edwardtf'e Grecian Guile Major Edwards 410 7 Mrs Mackie'p Dee Pearl Private 4 1C 7 Mr F C Parker's Ma-roellin Kelly 4 10 7 Mr H S Perene's iiaghouae 4 10 7 Mr G A Prentice's Misrule Bcit 4 10 7 Mr R Tyler's Tenaqua Duller 4 10 7 Mr R Wright's Eoe'eiTep Snattii 4 10 7 —The THURSDAY SEALING HANDI- CAP HTJRDLE PACE of 70 sovs; winner to be sold for 50 SOYS. Two miles. ys m II) Mr H Ecynotdae Bomer ?. Belt al? 7 Mr l! l'I5ROfœd' Private 6 11 12 Mr J F HaliickV Hops ,Hallick 5 n 9 Mr C H Moan's Minerva W Morgan a 11 8 Mr George Etfwardee's Lady Wd war dine Major Bd wards 5 118 Mr R Wootton's Watoomtie Woottoji 5 11 6 Mr R Wootton's My Stella Woottn 5 11 6 M.r A Cort's- Philanderer Cort 6 11 5 Mr R R Jeffrey's Doryanthea M'E.ie 5 11 5 Mr F W Polehampton's Pal o' Mtlie ..Perese 5 11 4 Mr Hereford's Cymbal Leader, ?o 411 2 Mr J?hm Arnold's Aggie "Arnold 511 1 Mr H Gore's Comrade Gore 4 11 0 I Mr Thom-s J HemiDg'e 7'rpew D?iler 5 10 IZ1 Mr R Bingleye Z, intra rr-Ha Goby 4 10 12 MT Horatio Bottomley's Hopping Bird Batho 4 10 12 Mr W CtSrters'e Bantam IV .Vmtaker 41010 —The STAINES HANDICAP HUB DLE RACE of 70 sovs; the eeoond to receive 5 sovs. Two miles. ye et lb Mr H Esoctt's Tinkabelle Esct^t 5 12 7 Mr P Wnitaker's Eaatem Glory Whitaker 6 11 13 Mj W J Baker's Parleux .Linœ 4 11 U Prince Hatzfeldt's Li Hung, Bon A HaetingB 5 11 12 Mr J Buyiis'e Rested .Seule Go&well 6 11 11 ?M r PHill Climber Gore 5 n n Mr C?lubert's Sherwood Ri?e .Nt?htin?t 6 UN Mr H Hea«man.'s Aguador Smitili 5 11 8 Mr J C Lyons'* Double Saint .Prh\ie 6 11 7 001 A E Whitaker's Ben Chouzie .1 OmsK>n 4 11 7 Mr G Vermont I Huiit 5 11 6 Mr R Gore's Baxter Gore 6 11 6 Mr W Burr's Mark Wood Wewlake & 11C Mr C F Young's Elaine C F Young 6 11 4 Mr J Crendon's Borough Marsh Private 4 11 4 Major Morris'# Shanganah La« c Brown 5 11 4 Mr ,1 Baylis's Fi,,b-l? Leader, iun 5 11 2 M, S Everehed'e Miea Fton Private 112 Mr H B Henry's L?dy PKrsSeM Couithwaite 5 11 1 Mr r Nelke's St Ohrian Gore 5 11 1 ?M r W Dowitec'? Auf Downey 5 10 12 Mr J M "'aapl.. P"int-d La<I Peebles 5 10 10 Mr C T Pulley's T.ptree Heath Butchers 4 10 9 Mr M X Rhodes's Custom House Fitton 510 6 Mr E Otter's Sirius. GAllen 4 10 0 —The WEIR STEEPLECHASE PLATE of 70 govs; the second to receive 5 sovs. Two miles a,nd 100 yards. )-. ?t lb Mr F A Brown's Lord Simon Cotitello "a 11 12 Mr F C Parker's Jack .?.?.Ket]y 61112 Mr J Upton C-.kelJ'E Oil Fi? P -Dt 5 11 7 Lord Gerard's Galleypot Whitaker 5 11 7 Mr R Gore's Yonder. Gor 6 11 5 Mr H M Hartigin's O'Keefe.F Hartkjan 6 11 5 Mr D M'Calmont's Galluoed Persae a^l 5 Mr Beddington's Tui pnvate 5 w c Mr Horatio Bottomley'e Musigny Batho 5 11 0 Capt Jirassey's Fith Ace 6110 Mr J Fos-ter'e Janitrix Donnelly 5 11 0 Col A E W hi taker's Mourcale .i Cannon 6 11 C Mr J F Haliick'e Patriotic "J Cannon 6 11 0 Mr H M Hsrtigan's Matoi F Hartigan 4 10 S Mr P Whitaker's Rhamnue Whitaker 4 10 6

POPULAR WALK SHUT UP. SKETTY INHABITANTS UP IN ARMS. A meeting of the inhabitants of S?eM,y was held to protest against the .ty. of the Hon. Odo Vivian in barricading the Glanra.fan Walk, which has been regarded as a public right-of-way. The Hon. Odo Vivian wrote:- I may say that in doing wbat I have done I am acting u n der 'It-he -iiistruotions of my landlord, Sir William Thomas Lewis. There can be no question as to there being no ri glit-of-way through these preserves, and you may be perfectly sure tha-t :hr Wiliiam Thomas Lewis is not acting ultra vires nor without legal advice. Councillor Hopkins said he was prepared to be the first man to go with a.ny lot of them to knock down the barricade. He seconded a resolution that they should pro- ceed to do so. Ultimately a resolution appointing a depu- tettion to first wait on the Hon. Odo Vivian on tihe matter was passed.

ABERYSTWYTH ATTRACTIONS THE COUNCIL AND AN ADVER-I TISING QUESTION. The mayor (Councillor J. T. Daviee) pre- sided at a meeting of the Aberystwyth Town Counoil on Tuesday. Mr. R. J. Jones moved that. steps be taken to advertise Aberystwyth as a health and I pleasure resort in the forthcoming- Imperial1 International Exhibition, and tliat the giesne- ra.l purposes committee have power to act in the matter. It was agreed to refer the question of adver- tising at the exhibition to the general pur- poses committee.

CRICKET. I WHARTON CLUB TO JOIN CARDIFF WED- NESDAY LEAGUE. The Wha-rton Club have elected the follow- ing officers for the forthcoming season :— Captain, Mr. J. L. Seaton; hon. secretary, Mr. R. G. Jord<an; committee, Messrs. Thomp- son, Dent, Beatty. Thorpe, and Trevethan. It was resolved that the club should join the new Wednesday League atrout to be formed in Cardiff.

Tsng Shao Yi, tJh. Chinese special envoy, left Victoria -Stat-ion this morning for Paris via Dover. It is stated that the price which the Duke of Bedford hoc asked the Crown for his Thorney Fen estate ie. three-quarters of » million pounds.

BlftTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS AND IN MEMORIAM. Ih f?r ibsertiixg advertisements under tb& heading:-ls. for 30 Words "?d Id. for Every T1M Extra Words. No notice of this description wiil be Inwrted unless j ««thentieated by the nme and 8ddr- of the sender. Telegrrarns and telephonic messages canuot be Acted on until conlirmed in writing. BIRTHS. MAB^Oy.—February 16th, at lvrwr De!Nm 1-4odg% I PeIlzatb, the w'f of F J. Idariou, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. WALTERS—RICHARDS.—On February 'Mth, at Bgl.yo Dewi Siint, Cardiff, by the Bet. Vaughaa Bees, B.A. r (cousin of the bride), Gtorge llopkin, son of Mr, and Mrs. G ri.. Walters, I'entref, Whitchurch, to I Gladys Annie, daughter of Nir. and M. John ) Richards, 42, lor,s.T;.is;-yiiret, Cardiff. 'I c, DEATHS. EVAXF.—At rantyeolin Usk, on thoe 15th inst., Anne Evans, age-i 75 widow of the late Francis Evans, of Upper Llancayo, Mon. The funeral will take place at the. liaptist Chapel, Liuigwm, Mon.. Friday, 19til inst., leaving Pantycolin at One p.m. ()Hy -On the 14th instant, a.t ]50, Uoiton-road, Bairv Dock, Mr. John John Tobacconist and Newsagent <l»te Coal trimmer, Cardiff and Harry), aped 50 years. Funeral Wed-net-day, Two o'clock, for Merthyr Dova.n Cemetery. Friends please accept tbis. the only intimation. JONES.—On February 14th, at !19, Proadwny, Roath. Emma Alarv Jones Funeral Thursday at 1.38 o'clock. p..iv?p funeml. JK.N KI.YS.—Eli&abeth ,Jenkin!. wife of IAw. A. Jenkiny, Maesyfelen, Go\i!on. Funerai Friday. lA February, l?j, for ?vctaN <?m<'ter?. Im,inv I n at 1C.27 a.m., for Pontypridd. Aged M. JENKINS. —Ori the 13th Fobmarv. 1909, at 106, CAtbaym terrace, Cardiff. Mary Ann, dearly Moved wife of David Jenkins, ,&<< of Maac-teg, aged T2 years. Funeral Wednesday, l«avin? residence Three p.m., for St. Teiio'« Church, Cardiff. LOCKYER,-On Sunday, Fenruary 14th, 1909, at hit residpnce, 63, Quarry-row, Merthyr, James Txvdtyer. FuneraJ on Thursday at Three p.m., for Cefn Oeme- tery. Gentlemen onlv. OWENS.—On tie 26tli inst.. at 170. Uandaff-roed, I Ellen, the deajly-beloTed wife of William Owens, late of Corporation-road. Funeral Three piii., Friday. RICHARDS.—Maria, beloved wtfe of Rev. D. B. Richards, Brynhyfryd, Swansea, formerly ot Abw- I sychan, February 14th. STOKES.—On the 16th int. suddenly, Wilmott, the I beloved husband of Rachel Stokes, of 72, Flagturton- avetiue, Cardiff, aged 519 TINILEY.O. the 13th ill": at 12, Pembrcke-terrac*, Cardiff, Mary Tinsiey, agW es years. Funeral ThGfe. day, leaving residence Three p.m., for Cardiff New Cemetery. IX MEMORIAM. JO-NE,R.-In Loving- Memory of Janet, the beloved wlfe of Samuel WOOdwall Jones, who paned away Febo. ruacy 17. 39CS

AUGUSTINE J. STONE. FUNERAL DIRECTOR. Personai Supervision to All Order*. Nat. TeL- CsrdiB, Not. 704 an3 IOL Post-office Tel, N-. 612, Cardiff. Telegrams: AUGOSTINE STONE, 5, WORKLNG-ST., 4CARDIFF. J I i JONES & SON. REFORM FUNERAL FURNISKERS. EMBALMERS, &e.. 17, CHARLES-STREET, and 171, CITY-ROAD, CARDIFF. Hat. Tei 2318 &nd (15644. It is not the money, but the pain I fear." Such is the feeling, if not the words used. by most people ooncerrinc their had TEETH and no doubt thy are rigbt, fc, New Teetli are now so cheap that a full set can be had from us from JE1 lti. To those WE SAY if you suffer from bad teeth, why don't you get them out? WE KNOW beca-use you think it would be very painful. WE ASK you, therefore, to come to ue and experience our easy method, and you will think dif- ferently. THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS. CAREWS 8, QUEEN-ST., CARDIFF. BRAJNCHES: PV-NTRF,, 7, Ystrad-road .TUESBA.YN. CAERPHILLY. Caktle View gt"),re6 FRIDAyis. MAKSTEG, 15. Talbot-street .SATURDAYS. OAEiiAU, 173. EBBW V Mill, 6, Ma.rket~st MONDAYS. CWM, a. Clifton-bui4dings IMONDAlt3. FERND.A..LE. 53, Duffryn-st WEDNESDAYS. a4lll

GOLF The Midland professional foursome toorrra- meat opened at bandweil Paxk, Birniinghsan. on Tuesday. The coniditione were splendid, the weather being line, ,aid the course in admirable order. As the result of yester- day's play lour couples? are left in the running, the eemi-finai being played thia., forenoon, and the final in tie afteirnoon. There will be an toteresting match in tih-a* semi-final when J. 11. Oke (Sutton (Jokifield) and A J. Lewis oppose G H. Cawsey (Malveru) and W. P. Lewis (King's Norton), and the winners are calculated to carrv off the tournament. Ye&Wrday'a resu l ts w ere — U_- FIRST ROUND. L. G. Wliiting (Erewa&h Valley) and W. Ted- da r (Bulwcll Forest) w.o.: A. (low fgott- .Marxl<g) and B. Skoylee (tieacroft) aJosent. A. R. Wheildon (Bedditeh) and A. Ilaocooks (Nortnfield) beat. C H. Win pate (Oltoo) and W. S. Eva,son (Oastle Bromwioh) at the twenty-first hole. Tom I%li!liaawvo-n (Notts) a.nd H. Williamson vl/oni-cli :T.V beat G. R. Buckle (Bridg- north) and D. liichards (Stourbridge) by 3 and 2. G. Cohurn ;Sa-t>d\voli Park) and J. W. White ins (Walinley) beat W. R. Hamlet, (Ather- storei and J. Bloxham (Leamington) by 5 and 4. L. G. Bess rDroifwic.b) and W. J. Godfrey (Brand Hall) boat W. iiiitoh-ings (Derby- eihire) anl C. H. Corlett (Chevin) at the nineteenth hole. SECOND ROUND. Wheilcton and Ha-ncoeke beat L. G. Whiting; and Teddar by two holes. Ooburn and J W Whiting beat T. and H. xViiliamso'n by 3 and 2. J. H. Okc (Sutton Coldfidd and A. J. Lewis (HandswotrthO boat Roo» and Godfrey by 5 and 3. G. H Cawsey (Malvern) and W. P. Lewis (King's Norton) beat W. Whiting (Edc- bastoii) and W. Hunter (Perry Park) by 4 and 2. The semi-final and finals will be played to-day.

FOOTBALL Mr. A. n. Williams presided over the weekly meeting of the Cardiff and District Hugby Union at the Bribtol and South Wales Hotel on Tuesday. The complaint received from the Dinas Powis Club re New- port Thirds not fulfilling a fixture was sent on to the Welsh Rugby Umon. Cauton Wanderers were awarded two points, a&ajnst Whitchurch, as also were Cardiff 'Qaina agrainst Fruiterers, both in respect of nowl. fulftlment of fixtures. As an outcome of tJiis a resolution was parsed that in futtttn cases of this kind the club at fault will be lined 7s 6d.. in addition to the penalty the committee may think fit to impose. With regard to the complaint by clubs of the condition of Jubilee Park, the secretary (Mr. R. IV. jolin' was asked to write to the parlis superijitendent (Mr. Pettigrew). It was decided to have the Marathon raoe commenced at Barry, and conclude with six laps ou the Cardiff Arms Park. EnUry fdrms will be sent out next vreok.

PILL HARRIERS R.F.C. require home maiflfc February :?7t.tJ; jruArajitee given.—Apply Hon. :eo. i 1L, Mar'iboroairh-road, Ntwport. eSltJop18 I

PEMBROKE DOCK LICENSED .1 VICTUALLERS BANQUET. A banquet in connection with the newly- formed Pembroke Dock and District Licensed Victuallers' Associa-tion was held at the Royal Edinburgh Hotel, when Mr. J. It. U. Williams, of Narberth, presided over a largo company. The Chairman propoeed "Tb# Wholesale Trade," and Mr. C. imith (rajjre- senUative of M^-ssrs. Allsopp) and Mir. C. B. Lloyd (South Wales representative of Messrs. Bass and Oo.) replied, the former expressing the opinion that the Children's Art, which would come into force on April 1, would prove very trouibJesome and tiresome to licence-holders.-The association, whaoh ha* been formed about four months, has a mem- bership of over 50. The secretary is Mr. W. J. West.

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