Evening Express

LIVERPOOL LINER CRASHES INTO ROCKS Another Disaster 60 PASSENGERS DROWNED SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Saturday. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Lima ran ashore in the lluanblin Passage, in the Magellan Straits. She is believed to be a total loss. The British steamer Hatumet received 205 of those on board. Eighty-eight others, how- ever. are still on board. All attempts to rescue them have hitherto failed. The chief pilot and 50 passengers were draw ned.—Renter. Lloyd's Agency states that the owners have received the following cable, dated Valpa- raiso Feb. 12, 9.50 p.m. Agent at Ancud telegraphs as follows:— Lima ashore west side Huamblin Island. Total wreck. Arrived at Ancud 188 passen- gers and seventeen of the crew. Drowned 60. including the chief officer. Still on board, 38 of the crew and 44 passengers. The Government sent two vessels to the rescue. The Lima is a steamer of 3.115 tons net register, ocn a voyage from the Clyde and Liverpool for Oallaof and owned by the Pacific Steam Navigation Oompany, Liver- pool. Only a few details concerning the wreck of the Lima have reached Liverpool owing to the telegraph office being some 200 miles from the place of the disaster. The crew, nmmbering about sixty, were signed on at Liverpool, and are practically accounted for, seventeen being landed with the passengers, while thirty-eight remained on board. So far M the owners know these are all safe. The Tlinm had accommodation for only eighteen passengers, and took but two with her from the Mersey on December 23. The large number of passengers reported lost must have been picked up at ports of call. Steamers Leave for the Scene XEW YORK, Monday. A telegram from Santiago de Chili states that six steamers have left, under full steam, for the scene of the wreck of the Pacific Steam Navigation liner Lima, and it is hoped that they will arrive in time to rescue the 88 unfortunate survivors who still remain aboard the vessel.—Central News. I Other Casualties I I raimiri, isaturaay- The French sailing vessel Mathilde hae been lost on the rocks near Majorca, and the fate of her crew is unknown. The sa-iling ship Martial has alao been vvrecked. mutmi News. A telegram from 'Port Vendres states that the liner La Marsa, of the Compagnie Touache, arrived yesterday, having sus- tained serious dama-ge during the violent etorm which prevailed in the Mediterranean. -C,entral News.

CARDIFF TRAMWAY FARES The perennial difficulty of the tram fares I was again raised at the Cardiff City Council to-day. Mr. J. T. Richard*; said they had agreed th&t the readjustment of fares should be tried for six months, and they now had a report before them as to the popularity or lack of popularity of the new scheme. They aJso had the inoreaee or decrease of the pas- sengers carried on the different routes, end the financial result of the experiment. He was going to more that the experimentaJ period should come to an end, and, if neces- sary, that they should reduce the fares from this time forward, and that the whole matter should go hack to the committee for the readjustment of fares throughout the city. As a. council they naturally felt that the undertaking ought to be made to pay for itself, but they had also to consider the con- venience and necessities of the citizens. He diid not think it could be stated that they did not give a, reasonable distance for a reason- able fare, but he did say that the reorganised scheme of the last six months had aggravated the people considerably. What he wanted was not only that passengers should be carried a, reasonable distance, but a con- venient distance also, and it was not con- venieait to drop Canton peoiple at Gothedral- roed, which was the present termination of the penny fare. The convenient terminus (Proceeding.)

KENFIG HILL FAILURE I A first meeting of theotedit-orr of David I John Davies, of 9, Station-road, T^enfig Hill, labourer, formerly greengrocer, and posting master, wa-6 held this afternoon at the offices of the Cardiff official receiver, Mr. George David. The statement of affairs shows liabi- lities, JE121 28. 4d.; estimated assets, £18; defi- ciency, JE103 2s. 4d. The alleged causes of failure are loss of two horses through acci- dents ajxd loss of stock through bad weather. The debtor oom.menced business as a greengrocer seven years ago with L20, which he received from an accident fund at a local colliery where he was employed. He subsequently combined this business with that of a, posting master, driving country I people to market towns by brake. He was unfortunate, however, and during the last three years lost the two horses, which had to be destroyed, as they were unfit for work. No resolution was passed, the official receiver remaining as trustee.

CHINESE INVASION SCARE." I China is not without its invasion 6cares. In a letter which has just been received a Penrith lady, who is a missionary in China, eays :Rumonrs are abroad that-China -i i; to be divided up among the Powers. Then it has been published in the native news- papers that General Booth is coming with an army (really the SaJvation Army). The people here are wild with fright at the idea. OZ a. foreign army coming.

I FISHING BOAT DISASTER I It is now practically certain that three I lives have been lost through a. disaster to a fishing-boat on Wednesday la Senear Kilchoan, Ardiiamurchan. though det,a,ils of the affair a.re still lacking. The men were Arch Stewart (69), John Campbell (35), son-in-law of Stewart, and Duncan Livingstone (26). Their boat was seen as late as two oclock in the afternoon by the lighthouse-keeper -at Rimagal Oar, and a buoy was washed ashore near the light- houee on Saturday.

WHISKY FOR NEURALGIA I It is a long time since whisky as a cure for neuralgia was advanced as an excuse at Car- diff Police-court, but to-day John Exa-li (53) pleaded it as a rea-son for being drunk and disorderly in Park place on Saturday when Polioe-consbable George Giles saw him. Mr. Joseph Howard (with eajriousity): Are you any better? Defendant: Yes, sir, a little. (Laughter.) Dr. Taylor: Well, if you geft neniralgia again don't take whisky. You are cautioned.

LOCAL WEDDING ARRANGED A marriage will take place between Charles, only son of the Hon. Cha'r!?s E. Stew-?rt Hor?- BuHtYeu and Mrs. Hor?Ruthveu. of Vaynor House, Cefn Coed, Breconshire, and Elyned Rhona, elder daughter cf Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Tom Wood, of Gwernyfed Park, Breconshire, and Ratmley, Lymington.

LATE EARL PERCY'S ESTATE The late Earl Percy left estate valued at X214617 gross. Letters of administration have been granted to his father, the Duke of Northumberland. «

.———————————— r. 1 MOTHER AND CHILD BURNT Mrs. Cole and her twelve-months-old child were burnt to death at Frimiey, Surrey, on Saturday by the overboiling of a pot of tar. The husband also l-eceived serious burns

THE NEW HANDY MAN." A woma.n named Paetch summoned the are brigade at Nixdorf, Germany, to assist her in extricating her five-year-old son's head from a tin eam which he had put on as a helmet.

DESTROYERS COLLIDE Daring night manceuvi,,A, off Portland the den Dee and Mey came into collision 1 awd the Dee was badly damaged.

THE CROSLAND CASEI I "Raking Up Filth "l MONTE CARLO CONVERSATION I The hearing was resumed at the Old Bailey to-day (before the Oommon Serjeant) of the case in which Mr. T. W. H. Crosland, the well-known author and journalist, is charged with maliciously publishing a defamatory libel of and concerning the HOill. Frederick Walpole Manners-Sutton, son of Viscount Canterbury. The defendaiit denied the charge and pleaded justification. .Mr. Cropland was further cross-examined by Mr. Marshall Hall, K.C.. M.P. Counsel asked the defendant to write down the expres- sions which, he said MT, Manners-Sutton used at Monte Carlo, and which defendant did not wish to use in open court. Witness complied, and Mr. Hall then asked what the express-ions meant. Defendant said if Mr. Hall wished to rake up such filth he would do it, The remarks were made before a, third person, a friend of Mr. Sutton, and Lord Alfred Douj^as. Mr. Hall then questioned iir. Crosland regarding the contents bit!, which had been exhibited outside Mr. Arthur Newton's office, and which asked, "Where is Maggie Dupont?" The "Academy" you say is a paper dealing with intellectual and literary matter?- Yes i but we wanted to find this woman, and your "gang" knows where she is. Mr. Marshall*Hail: My lord. I must a&k for some protection. "Your gaiig"- Mr. Cropland (warmly to Mr. Hall): You do know where she is, and Mr. Manners- Sutton knows. He has got her safely tucked away, and he gives you a big fee to come here and make me out a liar. The Common Serjeant: Compose yourself, Mr. Crosland. Mr. Crosland: It is not a question- of com- posing yourself. It's intolerable. The Common Serjeant: You don't do any good by tirades agaiu-st the opposite party. Mr. Crosland: I say it is scandalous that suoh questions should be put to me. Mr. Marshall Hall: Was it printed with you? knowledge and concurrence?—Most decidedly. I waaited to find the girl. I suggest to you that that placard was printed and exhibited with the view of com- pelling Mr. Manners-Sutton to pay some money to stop these proceedings?—It is pre- posterous. I would not touch money of his under any circumstances. What I wanted was the girl. In answer to further questions, Mr. Cros- land said that when blackmail was mentioned at Bow-«treet he determined to fight the case I through. (Proceeding.)

The Marble Man I I EXTRAORDINARY BIRMINGHAM CASE I A remarkable case is puzzling the doctors at the Birmingham. Hospital for Skin Diseases. The patient is a man who has developed an appearance of white marble in the skin of his hande, feet, chest, and face. And in point of interest to the medical pro. fession hie case is as striking as that of the "Brittle Man" at tihe London Hospital, whose condition has, up to the present, also defied the resources of medical science. For some years the man, whose name is Morgan Field, has followed the trade of a needle-pointer. Fowr years ago he had a, severe attack of pneumonia, which incapaci- ta.ted him for six months. Shortly after that illness Field's skin became marble white, devoid of expression, the natural lines having been obliterated. To the touch the skin is 1.408 oold as stone. Moreover, it has become so tight that the man is unable to bend his joints, and, indeed, he can only partially open his mouth with difficulty. The condition is thought to be due to an obstruction in the arteries, veins, or lymph vessels, dependent upon some disturbance in the vaso-motor nervous centre. At present Field is being treated with a, view to improving his nutrition and increasing the blood circulation, and it is hoped that latoor on the treatment a-t the new Birmingham Electric Radium Institute, wihaoh is being built in connection with the Birming'hajm Hospital for Skin and Urinary Diseases, will be the means of relieving the patient in his terrible affliction.

SOCCER CLUB FOR CARDIFF; Corporation Grant Use of Land The Cardiff City Council to-day accepted j the recommendation of the parks committee that five acres of the corp-oratign land at Sloper-road should be let to the Cardiff City Association Football Club for seven years at £6Q the first, then rising by £10 a year to £ 120, condition that the applicants provide two sureties.

A MAXiMUM SALARY Alderman C. H. Bird expressed the opinion a.t to-day's meeting of the Cardiff City Council that the proposed maximum saJary ( £ 260) of Mr. T. C. Major, chief inspector of weights a.nd measures, was hardly high enough. Mr. J. A. Lovat-Fraser and Mr. \W. Jones considered that Mr. Major had a very soft job. Alderman Lewis Morgan remarked that Mr. Major had- no fixed hours, and wes called upon to get uip at all hours of the night. Air. Lovat-Fraser sa-id he would stick to the position that, whatever the post of chief inspector of weights and measures might be worth, Mr. Major was worth no more than he was paid by the corporation. Mr. W. Jenkins remarked,' amid laughter, that Mr. Majofr looked very well on his hard- ships. The Lord Mayor maintained that the poor cf the city had benefited largely by Mr. Major's efforts in the correction of weights and measures. M r. A. C. Kirk eaid the opinion of the pro- perty and markets, oommittoo was that in Mr. Major they had as competent an official as there was under the corporation. Mr. J. 8tanfield SIflid the salaries committee felt that the inspector was amply paid for too services he rendered to the corporation. Alderman Bird proposed, and Alderman Lewis Morgan seconded, that the maximum salary be fixed at £ .500. The proposition was defea.ted by 23 votes to five. The members who voted for the proposed maximum of £ 300 were the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Lewis Morgan, Bird, and Ren wick, and Mr. Wall--5. Alderman Beavan and Mr. Seccombe did not vote, and the other members (23) voted against.

FIVE CONVICTIONS AT 20 Before Messrs. Edgar David and G. F. Insole at Llandaff to-day a charge of steal- ] ing £ 7, belonging to his employer, Lewis Bees, Pantystelling Farm, Llanishen, was preferred against George Henry Anstey, who wad stated to be twenty years of age. Pri- soner's employer spoke to missing the money from a bureau in the kitchen, and Police-sergeant Bennett, Whitchurch, who arrested the prisoner at. laanishen., stated that the latteer admitted the theft, and pro- duced 15s. Sd., remarking that he had spent the i-eet.. Prisoner pleaded guilty. There were four previous convictions against him of petty larceny, and it was stated that he had been in a reformatory. He was sent to prison for three months with hard labour.

INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE The Bristol and Cardiff di$rict students of tbR International Con'?e?pondenoe Schools are holding their ?urn)?! festival at the Royal Hotel, Bristol, to-morrow A reception alld? exhibition of students' work wiU be held in the afternoon. In the evening the.re will be a banquet attended by representatives of the Bristol and Cardiff students, and a large number of prominent educationalists and employers of labour in the district. Some important speeches on technical education in its relations to modern industry will be delivered. Sir George A. ltidell wiil presido, and amongst tho*e who will be present are Canon Everingham. Mi-. H. Colling^ Bishop (borough electrical engineer, Newport), lr. E. Ellis (chief electrical engineer, Cardiff), Alderman C. J. Low-e. Alderman Lewis morg-, Councillor J. Stanfield, Councillor Peter Wright, and Alderman W. J. Trounce.

KAISER'S PALACE AT CORFU PAJRItj, Monday. According to a Berlin dispatch to the "X(>urn.,a.L" a report is current that the German Emperor desires to sell the Achilleioii Palace at Corfu. It is declared that the re;- denoe is too Amail to permit of a long stay there, and that the ma-inteiiance is too costly there for the brief visits whioh bis Majesty makea to Corfu.—-Central Nedsrs.

CABINET DILEMMA — 0- —— Premier to Resign P LORDS' VETO AND BUDGET It is now probable (says the Parliamentary correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle") that the attack on the veto of the House.of Lords will be the first subject taken by the Hottse of Commons after the Address, even though, this {)(JUl'se may involve the risk of losing the Budget and another general election at an early date. The Cabinet and the Liberal party are unanimous in the opinion that the primary and overmastering duty is to limit the Lords' yeto; and but for the financial exigencies of the Jlour-tl-je whole machinery having been thrown out of gear by the unconstitutional act of the Lords-there would have been no room for doubt as to the Government's duty and determination of taking the veto first. It is this chaos, and the necessity of con- tinued borrowings. that has seemed to give the Budget a special claim to first considera- tion. It is stated that Mr. Thomas Burt, M P., will move the re-election of Mr. Lowther as Speaker when the House of Commons meets. Premier to Resign ? Mr. Asquiths. hurried visit to Brighton on Saturday ajid his interview with the King have given rise to much conjecture in political circles. In fact, so ominous wea the unexpected visit regarded that there were rumours in some London clube on Saturday night of the Premier being about to resign. The secrets of the Oabinet are being well kept, and nothing of an official character has been permitted to leak out as to the objecta of the Premier's journey to Brighton. It is safe to say, however, that the business was not to get the approval of the new Minis- terial appointments, for these had not yet been made, though, doubtless, the selections are accomplished facts. Neither wae the Speech from the Throne submitted and approved. The speech will not be framed till after one and probably several more meetings of the Cabinet. Indirectly the Speech was, of course, unquestionabLy dis- cussed, because Mr. Asquith went to Brighton in connection with the polioy upon which the Speech will be based. There its no doubt whatever that the King and the Premier considered the line of action which the Government proposes to pursue in regard to the veto of the House of Lords, and that Mr. Asquith will again Bee his colleagues before that action is finally deter- mined upon. The Premier will have an opportunity of communicating the King's views to his colleagues at a Oabinet Council which will be heJd this afternoon at 10. Downing-street.. When the line of policy is finally adjusted Ministers will proceed to frame the Speech which his Majesty will be invited to annrove. The Budget I We have iiiyli a-uthonty (says the News of the World") for stating that, as a result of the recent exhaustIve exchange of views which took place between Ministers, Mr. Asquith decided that the Government's first duty is to attempt to pass the Budget for 1909-10 into law. And this duty will be undertaken, even though it should mean the downfall of the Ministry, and that there is thie possibility, not to say probability, is the impreseion of Ministers themsel Ve6. It is, of course, open to t.he House of ijords to reject the Budget again. But there is a chance t-hat it may never reach the House of Lords. Mr. Redmond's party are masters of its fa.te. And Mr. Red- mond is in the diffi-cult position that if he supporta the Budget he will displease, or fears he will displease, a large section of the noisiest group of politicians, while if he votes against the Budget he seals the fat-e of a, Government which ie pledged to Home Rule. The Cabinet, while fully alive to the uncertainties of the position, is entirely unanimous in its approval of the course upon which Mr. Asquith has resolved. It is felt that if the Government were defeated while endeavouring to pass the Budget into law the sympathy of the country generally would accompany it in its fall. Mr. Lloyd George at Brighton' I About a quarter of an hour after Mr. Asquith reached 10, Downing-street, Mr. Lloyd George returned to his official residence. The right hon. gentleman left for Brighton on Saturday afternoon to spend the week-end there. Mr. Lloyd George did not have an interview with Mr. Asquith after the latter's return from Brighton, although it is quite possible he saw his chief before his departure. The Chancellor is expected to return to London to-day. Mrs. Lloyd George has been at Brighton for some days, her departure from I/ondon having been accelerated owing to the illness of Master Gwilym Lloyd George. A photographer set up his camera outside Mr. Lloyd George's residence on Saturday and asked to be permitted to photograph him. The Chancellor obligingly left the house and stood beside his car, posing in accordance with the photographer's instruc- tions, with his feet on the step of the car and one hand grasping the handle. There is no political significance in Mr. Lloyd George's week-end visit to Brighton. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, it will remembered, spent many week-ends at Brighton during last summer, where he rented a house and became a familiar figure on the adjacent golf links. Another Election Shortly I Mr. John Fuller, Liberal Whip, speaking at Trowbridge on Saturday night, said that he was free to admit that in the last three days difficulties had arisen which made it quite possible that the House of Commons would reject the Budget. He urged them to keep their weapons Hilarp and their powder dry. There had never been a time when the two great parties of the State had been so equally bala-nced in the House of Commons as at the present day. They did not know what atti- tude the Irish -Natiolwa,listr, were going to take up. They might have to fight another election on an issue of supreme importance to the democraoy of the country before many months were over. He did not gay they wouid, nor did he aitticipeto it, but they might, and he urged them to retain their organisation in the possibility of another fight taking plaoe I before very long. 'REFORM THE COMMONS." I .1 j it tne uovernment Dring m tne oia uuaiget unchanged, Unionists are bound to oppose it in fulfilment of pledges given to the electors, to whom it was referred for judgment. But they should also bear in mityl (says tihe Times") the larger duty towards the country, and if the Nationalists sur,; port the Government after all. and the Budget, passes the second reading, the Unionists might then withdraw further oppo- sition as merely vexatious. The feel- ing is growing that the House of Commons needs reform quite as much as the House of Lords The ix-^ult of the present re- markable election gives occasion for reflec- tion in this connection. Party has received a signal check; let the opportunity be used to think more of the State. MAY NOT HAVE A CHANGE. I Tnose eager politicians w-no tnougat it so simple a thing for a. Prime Minter-freeh from a general election whioh has enor- mously reduced his majority—to demand sruurantei K" from the Sovereign which would enable a constitutional revolution to be carried out without another appeal t-o the nation, are getting impatient, if not despon- dent (remarks the Morning Post.") There is a very real sense of the perils the Government has to face from its own al'ies, and of t.he danger that Ministers may not h-a-ve a ohance of getting to tjie Veto Bill at all. "FULL OF FIGHT. I I I i am Lena isays tne mrmiagaaim umiy Post") that the number of Unionist candi- dates not merely ready, but eag<ea\ to enter the electoral lists at this opportunity is unparalleled in recent political experience. Five "desimb-te, for every "possible" are aaad to represent the proportion; and the one fact that clear1 y emerges from the recent electioneering welter is that the Unionists were never more than at this moment full of fight. I ■ MONEY TALKS." peeling is growing stronger every day. not only a-mongsrt Unionists, but also the less headstrong of the Liberate, that any delay in the way oi hinew.- up" the Budget will pruve fatal to the Liberal party (3ays the "Daily Dispatch.") Mr. Asquith ca.nnot afford to neglect the national finances, what- ever the Irish pressure may be, and it is becoming increasingly evident that Redress before Supply is a cry hjoo, however heroic it ma.y sound, is worth leas as a working basis. LETCH-PIN dOKE ? It is quite certain now that if Mr. Redmond bas not upset the Government ap^xle-cart, he has taken away the linoh-pin, and a wheel may come off at any moment (sayis the "Daily Express" Mr. Redmond h<as been faithful to the Radicals for four years, but he stiffened his back last week, and told them what they had to do to get his support. Mr. O'Brien and his Monster raz-ty, which is growing in power and caining newadhenmts every day, have forced thA pace and com- pelled Mr. Redmond to menace the Govern- ment. k Much—toonrcBob in aqme^mwtagrf-has-been made of Mr. Redmond's threat (says the "Birmingham Daily Post"), for when it is closely examined it will be seen to have little to do with the suspended Finance Bill. The increased whisky duty has now been levied by consent for m-any months, and, in the main, has been paid by the consumer. If the .reintroduced Finance Bill were rejected the additional duty would have to be repaid 'by the Treasury—but not to the consumer; and this would scarcely prove a. popular course. Wha.t the Nationalist leader really is aiming at is to secure a return to the old rate in the next Budget, and when he has the pledge of that will stand aside and let the re-introduced Finance Bill pa&s. I WILL NOT SHIRK ISSUE. Mr. Asquith will not stairk the issue. It ie, I believe, his fixed determination not to remain in office on sufferance (says the London Daily News "). He will state his policy quite frankly to the House of Commons at the opening of Parliament, and he will take steps to discover, at the very beginning, whether he has the support of the new House of Commons. He will explain to the House of Commons that the only political object of the Government, at any raie for the present year, is to destroy the veto of the House of Lords. If, under those conditions, the Unionist party, whether in alliance with the Irish or not, decide t o run the risks of anarchy, then he will throw the responsibility on them for that course of proceeding. That will be the appeal of Mr. Asquith to the House of Commons, and my own impression is that it will prevaiL A WRONG TO IRELAND Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., replying to a resolution of the Tralee (00. Kerry) Board of Guardians, calling upon the Irish members to oppose the Budget, writes:— The action of the Tralee Board of Guar- dians ajid of the Irish electors at the pglis has been justified by the ispeech of Mr. Redmond, more or less clearly repudiating the polic advocated by the "Freeman's Journal" only a week ago, of allowing Mr. Lloyd George's Budget to pass without pro- test from Ireland. How far Mr. Redmond will give practical effect to his words, however, will need to be carefully watched by Irish public opinion. The attempt, Mr. O'Brien continues, to per- suade tiie Iriah people that it is a. question between the Budget and Home Rule will have to be resolutely exposed. After the recent election, and with the present Ministerial majority, it is a cruel deoeit to pretend that either Home Rule or the abolition of the veto of the House of Lords is within the range of practical politics during the present Par- liament. That being so, the acceptance of the Budget by Ireland as the price of vague Home Rule assurances, which to the know- ledge of the men who give them and the men who receive them will come to nothing, would be a foul wrong to Ireland, and some of her representatives, at all events, will have no hesitation in paying so. THE LAST ELECTED ORKNEY AND SHETLAND—7,lt5. 'Mr. C. Wason (L.) 4.177 Mr. T. W. Hem,Iey (U.) 994 Majority. 3.183 No change. 1892. gir IA. r.yeTl 2,624 W. Younger C 1,617 lioa7 Sir L. I,yJ&?.B2.Ml R. W. M- Fuflw- ton u 731 190 J. C. Waaoo U 2,057 to 1902. Xor. J c. W!It19fi resigning. 3. C. 2A2 Y. :1IMX "oood .0.B UIOl ata"3E.a.T..juattBr sr sw m 1906. 3. C. Wason R 3,837 C. J. Duiliop U 1,021 2.316

Somnambulist's Death ■ 11 I SOLDIER'S FALL FROM A WINDOW An inquest was held at Westminster on Saturday on the boay of William Noble, 3 private in 'the Coldstream Guards, who fell from a window a.t Wellington Barracks. The occurrence w-a-s believed to have taken place whilst deceased was walking in his sleep. Private George PhilliDe. of the 2nd Batta- lion Coldstream Guards, gaiid Nobtle was quar- tered withl witness and twelve other men in a room on the second floor of the barracks. Shortly after midnight witness awoke just in time to see deceased walking past the foot of the bed. lie was then in his might attire, and he went out through the doorway. Noble appeared to be qyite happy before he went to bed on the prjrvions night. ptivate CkyrI l ? -c iolis ndght. Private Cornish, of the 2nd Grenadier Guards, who wa-s on sentry duty, said he heard a crash of glass, and found deceased lying huddled up at the foot of a fire-escape leading from the upper windows of the bar- racks. I The jury returned a verdict, of "Accidental death," accepting the view that the deceaaed was waJking in his eleep when he fell to the ground.

FUNERAL OF AN ODDFELLOW I On Saturday the funeral took plaoe at Cardiff Cemetery of Bro. George Palmer, 10, Arabella-street. Bro. Paimer, who passed away at the early age of 35, leaving a widow and three children, was secretary of the Temple of Friendship Lodge (M.U.) of Odd- fellows and a Past Grand. He was a promi- nent figure at the district meetings, and was greatly respected by all who knew him. A large number of prominent members of the Order, inolliding Bro. H. 1. David. Prov. G.M., and Bro. J. Jenkins, Prov. C.S., attended. Each wore a black saeh and a sprig of thyme. The Bev. E. Katcliffe officiated, Bro. J. Hollo- way, P.P.G.M., reading the Oddfellows' funeral address. At the close of the aervioe at the graveside the members dropped sprigs of thyme upon the coSn. A number of the Rhymney Railway office staff also attended, Bro. Palmer having been for a number of years in the employ of .that company.

TRAWLER EXPLOSION PARLS, Monday. A telegram to the "Journal" from Lisbon reports an explosion of firedamp aboard the British steamer Aboysne in the Taurus. A hole was torn in the deck of the vessel, which sank..Nine sailors were injured, and five of them are in a serious condition.—Heater. The Aboyne is a steam trawler, owned by the Caledonian Siieam Trawling Company, Aberdeen.

CARDflFFIAN HONOURED I A signal hoaiour has been conferred upon Mr. Andrew Brown, a well-known Cardiff citisen, who has for many years been promi- nently identified with the- Credit Drapers Union of Great Britain. At the Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol, Mr. Brown was the guest of the federal union at a complimentary banquet. The chair was occupied by Mr. Thomas Nibloe (president), Merthyr. Mr. Brown was waatnly felicitated, and was made the recipient of an illuminated address and a cheque for 100 guineas in recognition of his services to the trade, to whose interests he has devoted upwards of 30 years, and with which he now ceases to be officially connected. Mr. BTown suitably returned thanks.

KING AND POOR CHILDREN i On Saturday afternoon the King paid a visit to Brighton Central Police-station and eaw a number of ragged children receive complete new outfits. His Majesty was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Saeeoon and the Hon. Mis. George Keppeil. The Oliief-conetable (Mr. Gentle) explained to the King the work of the Brighton police-aided scheme for clothing destitute children. His Majesty asked à. number of questions, and said that he had heaixl of the exoellent work, and was glad to see it for himself. Before leaving he attached his signature to a book exhibited in a frame oont,a,ining photographs of incidents that ha-ve oocurred during the 'distribution of clothes.

EXPELLED FROM RUSSIA General Dumbadee, Governor of Yalta, has ordered the immediate ejqpulsion of nearly 400 Jews from the Imperial borough. Yalta is in the Crimea, and three miles distant is Lywadia, the winter residence of the Russian Imperial family. This act would appear to have the direct approval of. and possibly to have been inspired by. the Czar

I IMITATOR'S APPLICATION An eccentric, elderly, little maoi stepped i up to the Cardiff magistrates to-day at the conclusion of the court and asked Aix. Joseph Howard if he could be given a grant from the poor-box to enable him to leave for Miancbeefcer. He informed the magistrate that he was aji imitator of animals, and promptly proved his Dona tides by placing1 his ten fingers to his mouth and emitting the whistle of what might have been a Norwich canary or an African lion. It was checked by Mr. Howard asking him whether he would go direct to Manchester, arjd upon I him giving the assurance be was told his fare would be paid.

I CONSCIENCE MONEY The finance committee of the London County Council reports that a sum of 15s. tn reepect of the licence duty, due in 1909. for one male servant, has been received anownnoualy.

I New Land Discovered RETURN OF CHARCOT EXPEDITION I new YORK, Saturday. A dispatch this morning from Punte Arenas (Chili), where Dr. Charcot's South Polar eapedition vessel, Pourquoi arrived yesterday, states that the Pole was not reached. All the members oiC the expedition are well.—Central News. PUNTA ARENAS (Magellan Islands), Friday. The members of the Oharcot Expedition consider that their scientific programme has been satisfactorily carried out. During too first summer 1908-9 the expedition, in spite of difficulties, which seriously threatened to imperil its success, was able to complete a fresh map as far as Adelaide Island, a curious island 70 miles in breadth to the soutdi of a. vast gulf. A stretch of land 120 miles long was surveyed, and the expedition ultimately reached Alexander Island. The region explored was barren, and covered with icebergs, glaciers, and masses of rook, and no shelter was found. The explorers were obliged to winter in Petetrmann I&land. The season was comparatively mild, but the bad weather did much damage, and occasioned some sickness among the members of the expedition, who are now all well. Numerous very interesting excursions were, however, made, especially among the glaciers. Daring the present Antarctic summer the expedition did some exploration work in Deoeption Island and Budgeman's Island, in the South Shetlands, and afterwards again went South, discovering new land to the west a-nd -th of Alexander L Land. Peter 1. Island wa? also visited. The expedition navi- gated as far as lat. 70 S., long. 120 W.—Beuter. Sir E. Shackleton's Appreciation Sir Ernest fihackleton yesterday received from Dr. Charcot a telegram from Punta. Arenas congratulating him on his Sooth Polar work. Discussing the work- of the French explorer. Sir Ernest said: Althouch it is difficult without fuller details to appraise thoroughly the importance of the work of Dr. Charcot, hie expedition uas, undoubtedly, added to the scientific value of observations in the Antarctic. It should be remembered he did not intend to make a deliberate bid for the Pole, although naturally he would get as far South is possible. It i? very interesting to note that Dr. Charcot has evidently connected up the coast of Graham's Land and Alexander 1. Land, a region in which vessels have pre- viously been stopped by pack ice. The dis- covery of new land to the west and south of Alexander I. Land is particularly impor- tant, as this goes to link up this pari of the continent with King Edward VII. Lamd. By reaching lat. 7iJ S., long 120 W., Dr. Charcot has navigated a portion of the Antarctic which no ship has reached before, and the geographer will await with interest fuller particulars of this part of the work. Cook, 1774, was held up by heavy ice to the eastward of this position, and saw what he I considered to be a strong appeamnce of high land to the South."

Canon Hooted I DISTRESSING GRAVESIDE SCENE I A. distressing scene was witnessed recently at the funer-al of a young woman, named Violet Warby, who died at Elm, neaj 'Wisbech, after giving birth to a. child. A portion of the siervice was omitted at the gra,ve,ide, and the mourners are said to have hooted Canon Stokes. In an interview with a representative of the "Wisbech Chronicle," Canon Stokes stated that he had held the incumbency of the parish for thin years. He had given notice in the parish magazirie that no arti- ficial wreaths in cases should be placed upon the graves. Having heard of the cir- cumstances attending the death of the girl, he wrote to the bishop, who replied that he was to omit certain parte of the B-urial Service. When requests were made to him tbat arti-' ncia? WTewths in glass cases should be placed 0?1 the grave he refused to give his pennis- sion. After the burial wreaths of this kind •were placed upon the grave. There was a scene when he told the dead girl's father that he could not permit this. and when everybody had retired he took the wreaths and placed them in the vicarage. "I have confiscated them certainly for the present," said Canon Stokes to the inter- viewer, "but if the parenta will give a guarantee that no attempts will be made to again place them upon the grave I will hand them over to them."

SEASICK ACTORS I Mr. Charles Frohman's novel scheme to establish an ocean-going theatre has been unexpectedly frustrated by—eeasickness. Mr. Frob-nmn announced some time ai- that lie believed the time was ripe for adding a theatre to the attractions of modern Trans- atlantic liners, and by way of testing public opinion he proposed to give performances of Mr. E. J. Locke's new play, "The Climax," on the Manretania, with Miss Marie Doro in the principal part. Miss Doro and the mem- bers of the supporting company were greatly enthusiastic regarding the scheme when they e-mbarked with Mr. Frohman on the Maure- tania last week. -New York theatrical critics have, wilted expectantly to hear the result of the first mid-ocean performance. Yester- day Mr. Frohm-in æM- this wireless message from the Mauretania, to Mr. Alfred Hayman, the New York manager:—"Star is iJ.l; also passengers, iiret p-erformance in London."

A "REGIMENT" OF WITNESSES I John Evans (39) was charged at Cardiff Polioe-court to-day with neglecting his wife. Mr. P rite hard, warrant officer, aaid prisoner was t timberma-n in the Rhandda, and had not given his wife money since last spring. A separation o.rder was granted three or four years ago. Mr. Thomas Morgan, a G.W.E. foreman, said he waa the father of Mrs. Evans, and the separtion order was granted by the late Mr. Arthur Lewis. Prisoner said he could bring a regiment to prow that his wife ran away from him Dr. Taylor (cha-irfaau) You probably behaved badly to her. You drove her away. Ope month's hard labour. Mr. Pritohard informed the bench that, the wife was very ill. and had twice been operated upon. Dr. Taylor: We are very sorry, Alfred Barter (27) was charged with neglecting to maintain his wife and three children. Mr. Pritchard, warrant officer, said the prisoner was arrested at Swansea, where he had a brother. Dr. Taylor gaove him a. month's bardvlabour.

VICAR ACQUITTED I Amidst applause in court the Rev. James Crosland, ,icax of Rn.stington, Sussex, was on Saturday, at Arundel, acquitted of a charge of converting to his own use CI6 19s. from the church sick and poor fund. A wit- ness for the defence said the accounts of the fund were, i/rcduced in the vestry, and the vicar had invited quertionil oonoeruing them. In cross-examination the vicar was asked whet-her the defence was that tlie affair was a oonspira.cy against him, and he replied there was evidence of that. Atfer a brief adjournment the magistrates decided to dismiss the CIUW, when a. throng of people at once pressed round the vioar to stutke his hand in congratulation.

IF THEY REFUSED- Early in the proceedings of the. Cardiff City I Council to-day Mr. Lovat-Fraser called atten- tion to the recommendation of the school attendance committee that the salary of a junior clerk in the sdhool attendance office should be raiAed from £39 to £45 a year. He !'aid they had resolutions to come before them to raiee the salaries of fourteen officiate by £ 200 a year, and he cal-led attention to I th-is befor-e the others came UIp, which migiht be refused or referred to the salaries oom- mit. Alderman Lewis Morgan said if they refused these small they wotrid soon !o«c> half their clerks. The recommendation w.a43 idoTted.

•i „ y.. ,n I SACRED CONCERT A sacred con-cert was given to an apprecia- th-e audience in the Pontypridd New Town- I hall on Sunday evening by the Mozmi Concert Party, of Cardiff.

CORPORATION THANKED The Lord Mayor (Mr. John Chappell) pre- sided at the Gawliff City Council meeting to- day, when Mrs. Robert Forrest wrote, acknowledging with profound thanks the corporation's resolution of condolence with, regard to the death of the late Mr. Robert Forrest. Sir William Cross-man wrote stat- ing his deep appreciation of the council's kind vote upon his resignation as an alder- man and member of the corporation conse- quent on his appointment as manager of the Cardiff Labour bureau, — ■ ■■

ANTI-SWEARING CRUSADE I A "Violet Cross League" has beau formed in Paris with the objeot, of euppreeaiiC Bweaf ing.

PEER AND PEPlTAj THE 8ACKVILLE ROMANCE President Gives Judgment Against the Petitioner Sir John Bigham, the President of the Probate and Divorce Court, gave his decision in the Sackvdile ca-ae to-day: The petitioner, Mr. Ernest Henri Jean Baptiste Siackville- West, aeked the court for a declaration that he was .the eldest leg-itirrate ton of the late Lord Sackvilie by Josephine Duran de Ortega, otherwise Pepita Duran. a Spanish dancer, to wfaom the petitioner alleged the late peer was married between January, 1863, and August, 1867. The Attorney-General, on behalf of the Crown and the present Lord Sackville, a nephew of the late peer, contested the peti- tion, the latter alleging that Pepiua Durau was married in 1851 to Antonio de la Oliva at the Church of San Millon, Madrid, and remained his wife until she died, in Hill, and tha-t, therefore, the petitioner was not legitimate, and, consequently, not heir to the title and eolates of the late Lord Sackville. The case occupied five d ays, and on the last day the petitioner withdrew from the case, his counsel, Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., and his solicitor having previously retired from it, .under circumstances already reported. I PRESIDENT'S JUDGMENT. I The President, in giving his judgment to- day, alter staling the issues in question, said it had been shown that in 1852 the late Lord Sackv;He was introduced to Pepita., who was a Spanish dancer, that he made her his mistress, aid that the intercourse between them beginning at that time continued down to the time of the lady's death in 1871 Pepita. became famous in her profession, acd Lord Sackville became deeply attached to her, and has love amd affection continued down to the time of her death. The intimacy began when he w&s a. very young man. l.ord Sackville from the first believed tha.1 Pepita was a married woman, and he said that she told him go soon after their acquain- tance began. She showed him a certificate of her baptifhm, and a certificate of her marriage to Antonio de la Oliva. at the Ohuroh of San Millan at Madrid. Both fho-e documents were found among her papeaa after her death, and were produced before him. Lord Sackville, in his evidence in a suit to perpetuate testimony, swore that she pro- duced it to him in her lifetime. He swore also that she kept up a correspondence with Antonio to the time of her death. If it were trae, as he believed it was, that lord Sack- ville believed that Pepita was a married woman, and t-hait her husband was alive, that fact made it improbable that he would go through any form of marriage with her. The petition was dismisiseti.

Oil Fuel for Navy ADVANTAGES CLAIMED OVER COAL I The British Admiralty, after a secretly- conducted but none the less exhaustive series of trials and t-agu with smaller craft extend- ing over many years (says the Daily Express "), has at last decidt-d definitely to adopte the principle of oil fuel as a sub- stitute for coal in the British Navy. The Admiralty has thereby initiated what, it is no exaggeration to say, is the greatest revolution in the equipment of the Navy since steam supplanted sails-a revolution so full of possibilities that it is impossible to conjecture what the ultimate outcome will be. The EXD" is enabled to state that the Admiralty in ptrrsua-nce of its new policy has recently ordered no fewer than 50,000 tons. or more than 11,000,000 gallons, of liquid fuel for the current year. a-nd that tenders at a price which it is confidently believed will prove satisfactory have already been submitted for the contract. It is I understood that the price approximates 2Js. a ton. The Advantage I The advantages may be summarised as follows:- Two men can attend to a nest cf water- tube boilers fired by liquid fuel which would require twelve stokers and trimmers to keep going with ooaJ. The immensely-enihanced driving-power of oil fuel compared, balk for bulk, with coal permits of much hea-vier armour, guns, and machinery. The constantly increasing weight of armaments and engines is stated to be > ne of the prime reasons that have induced I the Admiralty to adopt the principle of oil fuel The oombustaon of fuel oil, in striking con- trast to that of coal, is to all practical intents, perfect. Steam can be got up within a few minutes merely by turning on a tap. The material increase in the rapidity of a vessel's striking power, if for this reason alone, is thus immediately apparent. In regard to taking in fuel. a simple hosepipe and oil pump will do mocre tha.n an army of coal-loaders. Oil can also be put on board at sea in rough weather much more easily than coal.

BOILER TUBE BURSTS I A Portsmouth correspondent telegra-phs that of the five patients scalded on Friday by the bursting of a boiler tube on the Fisgard training ship for boy artificers at Portsmouth one, Pensioned Chief Engine-room Artificer Bugden, an instructor, died this morning at Haslar HospitaJ. Stoker Williams and Boy Artificer Harper, also in ho4zpital, are not progressing ?o welI to-day, but the two? ?. in the sic4 bay on the Fis?uaj'd continue in a satisfactory condition. The King has wired t to the commander-in-chief from Brighton, expressing regret and solicitude. I

ADVANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY I A leoture was delivered on Saturday to a I well-attended meeting of Cardiff Windsor Photographic Society by Mr. W. F. Slater, FJi.P^S., on "Large prints from small nega- tives." The lecturer pointed out that in the eaa-li,er days of photography in order to have pictures big enough for mura.1 decoration, it was necessary to carry about husre cameras. At the present day, owiii«- to the great improfvement in the manufacture of lenses, and the advance made in photographic chemistry, the photographer is able to atroL abom at leisure armed only with a small pocket camera- By means cf an enlarging apparatus he can produce pictures thu.t are often worthy of a. place in his home as works of APt.

STOLE WIL..CHILD WAS DYING Edward Dixon took his dying baby t.o the reooptio n-rocm at the Royal Free Hospital on Saturday. Dr. Alice Dunbar at onoe :-an to the reception-room, and placed her puree on the table wiiile she hurriedly attended to the child. In a few mocnents the baby died, but when Dr. Dunbair turned to brealk the news to the father he bad gone—and her pawe was missing, fftxon was arrested later in the day, and was sentenced at Clerkenwell Police- court to a month's hard labour for the theft..

A CONFISCATED TUB I Two Italians made a. foolish wager that they would travel round the world with only a tub to serve them as shelter. They tra- versed Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, a.nd Iloliajid in the fashion of a modern Diog«nes without molestation, but they did not reckon on the German police. When they reached the frontier the innocent tub was confiscated on the plea that it hindered traffic

RHONDDA LIFEBOAT FUND Notwith^anding the very inclement wea- UMr during the Past YeQx on demonstration da.ys, the Rh-?ndd? Lif?bo?t Saturday Fund has M4-d =3, amd of which, ?tt?ir deducting ? 'peDBe8. there remains a balance of. £ 202 for the benefit of the National Institu- tion.

KING LEAVES BRIGHTON qTne King left Brighton to-day for London. His Majesty before leaving heartily shook hands with Mr. Sassoon, also with Mr Gentle (t-he chief-corks table;, whom too King has to -whom the King has f<????a'rd<'d a cheque for Xio for his poor children 'e scheme.

I I STATUE FOR CATHAYS PARK The Oardiff City Council to-day decided that, the statue of the late Judge Gwtilym WiRiMBS. by Mr. 0<Moombe John, be fixed in gxeen at the south front of the Law Courts. grem at the south fr<)nt of th-e JALvv. Cona-m

EXPLOSIVES IN STREETS Alderman Trounce asked at Cardiff City Council meeting to-day whether the process of carrying explosives through the streets of the city was to be continued in perpetuity. or whether necroctiations with the Home Office were still going on The Town-clerk: Nego- tiations have not ceased. Alderman Trounce: I am very glad.

I Miss may Hoy land broke her leg while skating on Saturday at the Em-press Rink. ipwutcau

MANCHESTER. -J OA—The COUNTY HANDICAP HUB- .3 DLE RACE of 100 SOVB; the scomd to receive 10 sovs. Two miles. 511 7 Mr J iicoitrg aiamet Scott 1 611 7 Air R OrfjtwrigiM's TDil Alant — .Ptggife 2 4 ID 12 Mr H Pe-l', Milton Ernest -.Goawell 3 6 11 15 -Mr G Mensies'e Glengonna Kar o 5 11 10 Mr H Suaker'y oœ:h Lord —Witeon o j 6 11 7 Mr .J MestZake's Qu'appelle .Mr &ac<ia.r 0 all 4 Mr J Hawkins's Bobberino Xewey 0 6 11 5 Mr Robron's Village Joker Tnatch«r 0 4 10 5 Mr AVUyon'# Legalite liamdlloa C inner trained by Scott. Beu-inf—4 to 1 aest Salamet, 9 to 2 ttpN, The AAaat, and 10 to 1 agn Milton Ernest. O rv—The ?TAND SELLING HAyNCAP 2 U HURDLE RACE of 100 8OVS; win- ner to be sold for 50 sevis. Two miles. 4 11 é Mr G Ivauoff Owner 1 5 11 9 Mr G A Prentice's Isthmian .M.a.øo-n a 10 7 Mr HU<er''<* Charlemagne 3 8.1? £ Mr A Vila's Galoneer Gilligaji o all 11 Mr Etiiolston's Obtruder .GœweU fi f II 2 Xir G M&nz es> Kay Kay 0 611 2 Mr G v. Smith's Fauet .1tEa.der 0 400 I- Mr MoGuigaii't Chief lnepecior -.Wvlah e \V;ni]er trained by owner. AD-DITIONAI. AEPJTALS THl:, MORNTNG. I ScOtch La.ro. T.'? ??nt. Village Joker, Kolin, E- tvD Obtruder, Isthmian. Charlemagne, Hu- bert ?nwit. Jack. Joch. Sir Henrv. WIuK-iiCp. Hea- tree. '¿i;t'.1.nI?kLe si:e7tb1li1W,1f. Fctlar t Pr.de. riB Winning Pc,?t, Sloneherge, Ca?te, and W3terflae.

NEWMARKET NOTES. I CFEOM CUP. (.:<> R/r; ii^PO X DEXT.' XEWMAitKET, Monaay. j L £ NXOL>*SHTF.E HANDICAP WORK. KaSGr Chiel. a iiiclel mile. K¡¡"dil. a shaxp hve lurlongs. :L. Xiniaji. a nice mile. Delirium and Perseus IIL. a neefnl mile lad a quarter. YVamha I-I., a nice mte. Monty, eix mrionzs fcuajplv. Arranmore, a steady mile. Artisan, a useful mile and a quarter. Duke of Sparta, niœ mile. ?? Ma8m and Vigi-iclu'mk-e. six furloB?? sharply. Xorman III., ueeiui mile and a quarter. MANCHESTER MEETING. ■SELECTIONS FOR TUESDAY. Waterloo .SUvplecluit-e-JEiN Ki.>i OWN Four Yeai Old Hurdle—CAiTE. ^trctfard .Steeplechase—-uv^N^TBtjCK Cliib Hurdle—S ALA MET. Erouphton s'teeplecbat*—FTETLAB' PRIDE. Tuesday .I:1urdle-AC'HAIGU 1>.

SATURDAY'S LONDON BETTING. Business on futures was Quiet. Bmmood'a Pride ns a new introduction into the Lincolnshire market at -0 e. Small sums went on Ednam and the others quoted. Caubeen eloped firm at 100 to 7 for the G-rwid National, and King o' the JSoarlete looks like seeins a e?iorter price than that already t?LkM. Atrnto Jae ?l,?--d at 20. Det.aJ.- LI-SCv>L»rSHIM SLAJTMCUL#, 100 to 7 &W. Ednam, t and a 10C to 7 Canojii t," t slid o 20 to Pride, t and o 20 to 1 Perteus Ill., t and 0 QSUJTD < 100 to 7 agiet Caubeen, t 2v W 1 King of the Scarlets, t 20 to I AtxaW, t amd o

BOXING. BADMINTON CLUB. < RDITF. TO-NIGHT, FwjL l4t h, 19!C.—Gr<?t la-Bound Contest btwem Jack Pnet, Cardiff (late Pont ypriàd' and Syd RvinelL Spec.al 6 Rounds, young Procert aad Beynon (Meithyrj. tet. 101b. ana 7st. Champions respectively. Alao$ai>d < Round Contests. Commence at 8. JStf Contest S, to enable visitors to catch trains e 1605{>14 CAUDTFF CAMERON CRICKET CLUB (Holders of Evening Expre-?s Challenz? Cup, 1908 and I JOS) require Away Iixtures c4o?aing season; ?ri'¡e g-un4s. —Harris, 53, Habershon-street. Splott, Cajditr. eple -.iF"' ;:Jes¿;RttiO::t..r SECO? XI., good t?m. WMi Fmujw, Home and *av Secreta,' l?t and 2nd XI., 3, Claude-road. e:MSB'18 CARDIFF THISTLES (W:nne? C?rdiC Ra?y F*4- bail Club Ccp, 1907-6. runnerf-up CardIC' and District League 190b-9 and 1S0&-1Q) reai^ite Away Fixture. for February 26 a.nd March 5; guarantees preferred.- Apply Stepbenr,, 5, TresUlian-tenace, Cardiff. eP14 EDDIE THOMAS (The Safe .Man" TURF COMMISSION" AGET. 21, CLARE-ROAD. CARDIFF. dend. lor Terms and 14ule»: Bet in Wales. Lincolnshire iH.andicap.—8ure Winner Free; send I stamped addressed envelope lI one*.—aj;. Kjn^, Don- ,-w L,r. eIMP19

MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. Duai-aven arrived Ha-mbiurg iith Jane Raddiffe parsed Constantinople for Gib1"alla.r 13tb LJaJiigollen passed Congtajitinoptle for Novoi-ofssisk 13th Bittenavon left Coreubian for Oardiff 13th ?tn?a?) Stuart i?it Li6b.om for Hu?lv? 12th G'Jroepee passed Ushant for Lisbon lth t Trehei-bert arrived yonne 12th Piontypridd left Portland for Tyne 13th. Coi-so left Haelva. for London 10th Westward Ho! arrived Alexandria 11th Helredsile arrived 8an Nicolas 10tib Laolterby arrived Teneriffe 11th furn by arrived Adelaide 12th LJ-ongwen arrived Rotterdam 12th Haul-.von arrived Nk-olaief 33th Derwen left Port Said for Constantinople 12 Biodwen arrived iNieoLaief 14th Llaajrorse arrived Xioolaief 13th Chorley arrived Pore Said 12th Wooda pad Uabaiiit 13th L<a.rpool arrived La" Palmas 12th EfXkl'ution arrived Bilbao 12th Bilc,ollian arrived Manchester 13th Sid-mouth left Rot.terdam for Port Talbot 12 j Venedct.iaai arrived Genoa 12t.h

To day's Finance i LONDON. Monday. 1.0 p.m. Money is quiet at 1 to 11 per oent., short and three mont-hs bi 1 ks 2.i to 25-16 per cent. The Home departments of the Stock Exchange are in a fairly good condition, although business is on small ale. Consols hold at 82 for Cash, ajid 82 1-16 far the Account. Home Rails have remived a little support, and values are improving, fsoutta "Westerns arc 1 up, Great. E3.5term. Sorth Easterns, Hi^ll ant Barnsley, and Ctaie- doniaii Defaced i. .e:rk.a.¡1S opened steadily, but =ome eUng orders, have since come to liptvt, and stocks aje generally weaker. Steels and Unions are I densn, southern Pacific J. Foreigners are inclived to dullnes.?, Mines are in receipt of quiet support. Kaffirs are 1-K up in piaces, Rhodeeiane are also good. Rubber Shares have not been particularly active so far, but the tone is -good, and quotations continue to harden. CARDIFF, Monday, 1.0 p.m. The local Stock Market this morning opened quiet in mo&t directions. Ra ilt? were steady, and ?:ouerv Shares a litt?, irregular, tbe repo, published not b.,in' Ig up to expectations. In other directions there was a otemy t titri. C|

» FOOTBALL British Team Manager It is understood that a.t the meeting of the Rug-by International Board in London on Saturday Mr. William Cail, of Nortbwmfeer- land, was nominated for the manag-emahip of lb-e British Rug-by team, who will tour Soatfi Africa in the coming summer. It is uncer- tain that Ma-. can will be able to apare the time, and if he cannot, it is hoped that Mr. Walter Bees, of Neat-h, will be appointed to the position.

MINIATlJ U lUFL SHOOTING 1 WELSH ASSOCIATION MEETING AT PORTH. A highly successful two days' competitive meeting organised by the Welsh IMicAakam Kifie Association was concluded on Saturday on the fine range of the Khondda Tramways Co mi/any at Porth. Mr. G. Packer, Porth, acted as chief range officer, and other official preweut were Messrs Lewis. Dean, and Jones. representing- the association. The chief prize-winners in the various oompetitioiis were: — STATIONARY TARGET.-Michost Possible I Score, 100.) H. E. Osborne. Nelson 130 W. E. Jone«, Risca tie 99 50 G. Lewis, PMitypridd. 99 48 Tyro Prize, L. Jensen, Portb-% RAPID FIRING.—(Highest Possible Score, 100.) Tie H. E. Qsljorne, Nelson 97 46 W. E. Jones, Bisca 97 45 T. G. Morgan. Pent-re Tyro Prize, C. James, Pontvnridd SEALED SCORE COMPETITION.-{ftequired Score. 94.) T. A. Ta-r?ett. Porth 94 II. B. Evans, Ma*tWg i3 C. Sheppard, Porth 92 Tyro Prize, T. A. Targoett. ASSOCIATION CUPS.-(Te,n Shots at Ten Bull Tar-eet.) G. Lewis, Pontypridd 99 I A. Howells. Mountain Ash 99 D. E. Lewis, Mountain Ash 97 L. Jensen. Porth 97 GOOD SHOOTING AT A NEWPORT I RANGE. A match was on Saturday fired between the Llanfrechfa Rifle Club aid the headquarters' sergeants of the ljct Mon. Regiment (Territorial), Newport on the range of the latter. 80 good tiliootinc was seen, especially that of Sergeant J. C. Ford. Sereeaat E. J. I>arier<, and SergeMK, P. J Abbot, who only missed the "black" with one shot, while Mr. J. Jenkins did the same for the visitors. Conditione. ten a-side eignt to count tern shots at 25 N-axd,?. Scores —Is.t. 1 cotint, 704; Danfrechfa. 642.

100 KILLED IN RIOTING I NEW YORK. liood«y The New York Herald pu-Mwhes a cable- g-ra-m from Canton, whioh s-ta-tes that terribie rioting has occurred in the streets of that city, during whioh over 100 people were kailed a-nd wounded. The fighting originated in a quarrel between some of the foreign-drilled Chinese soldiers amd the city podioe. Tqle rioting was quelled by a Chinese navai foroe, but the city is still eeetiiing- with exeiMnwaW,! and fort-igiiers are being excluded for talree days. Many foreign residents have fled to Hong Kong.—Central News.

I ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. I "Snllivan" (Dowlais).—Drisool! weighed ast. Blb. D. 1. Isaacs OardiflV-Mjis* Victoria Hook*. "In Doubt" (Oaurdiff).—Your friend wiD8 the bet.

-1 WEATHER FORECAST1 A, The British Meteorological Offioe this mom- ing issued the following forecast of the weather likely in South WaJee from 10-50 amL today till 10.30 &.m. to-morrow Westerly to north-westerly windil moderate, fresh; mostly fair, showers, kuji, aleet, hail; frost aA night.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS AND IN MEMORIAM. ChM?t for xownmg ?tTertttMMoK am?ertMz  I& Ie Mi W8Ù and m ? Every T? Extr* "3rd So aoUor oi this description wfll be tasertod usImi MtaeatJeated by the name and add- of the DWAW. ▲eiegTMns za teiephoaic laeeate" cslluxol be irtnj as until cmCrmed in writinc. J??'?°?""0 MARRIAGES. E-BUTHVEX-WOOD.-A Marri?e ? iU M-ke p?ct M?wefn Chwe?F. anjy Mm D' Banbie. C.?i.?Aes F? warl Hore-its; t n v^r and Mrs. Hor«-BuUre«i, of V- <->nor House. Oc/n-Coed. Bieconsiiire, and lia)-ned R.h()fta.. elder daughter of Colonel and Honble. Mi*. Tem W-ood, of Owerayfed Park. Breooosliire, and manner, lyrmmgxoo. OEATM?. BWirr —the nth mst at 83. Co?-Md. Darr-)-. Annie. bl,,ved wife of Frederick E40phm BIIkland. aged 36 years Fm?r?. Eleven a-BL. T?<?- dav  February ?. for Barry Cemewy. GoM?- men on1" E: AXS.-Ûn P,?hmary 12th, M?gi.. the behu?! da.,Whi4v of the ]ztt Ja?n &nd Mrs. Evaas. Cambrian O, ,s-e"ca.s.t¡e EDal]¡u. FUller WedDa., ORe e'si? ?ewc&?t:e EMiyn. Funerai WeMeada)., 0? FfiX.-On the ?? ?'? at 2S, Llandout. th? HeD ??' '6? Va !a? agvt for th. !M J- Et Eso. Contractor. rwoi^rl«. —February H?.. at Ty-. T?y- Gkbmw fTo"y?, aged 16, Zaughter Of Gwih'm ?? ?*?' 610?0?. Fuller Tt-3"34 M?-?? ?'? ? G?nt? CMneten-. HABliT^e E February M. at Hill Side, Abe" ? A, Ha.n, Ch9mi&t. a?fj 4& Fune!?! (Qomt? r_ a for A!Jerda Cer. Tue, 2." F"i."& PlEa3e '"?? this? ihe -? intimsiiea. JOns.-Q.n the 11th "?- at Tyf Fanr=. XMtef'. < Tbomaa ,?ttes, Pent!wcb. F'uneral, 0? ? f°r Fardrt Church. Motr h.Oj, the iRst £ U<Jdetl;yi at 13 St. iGll1-. cSBBoeet. Cardiff. William Henry Monk, aged €6 Feus, Betjuiem Mass at St. Mary's, Canton, um- dar. Ten On loth test, at 227, HoKon-road. Barry Dock. William beloved hUflband of Ann Tbaoaaa (Ooajtraanj^ Glamorgan Coal Company), agad 65 funeral Tuesday, Two p.m. for Banf Censetery. Friends please accept tItis. the M-iy intjaiaUoj,. vEBITY.oa February llth, at Sotetsoderis IIOW. •fndiffia-tli, jLbrahan Robert Vrit2-. 3LILC-1- L.S.A., in bill fuiy-aeventh 3-ear. 1-uutrai on Tues- W3-, 2.3C. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. CvASS.—Tiie Family of the late William Henrr, ffed wen, Badyr, sincerely thank those fr for their kindly inquiries and syrnpathv during their reœnt bereacesaent, also those who Met floral tributes. STEEIL-The Pamay of tht lau Krs. Barbara Steer. Beai Inn, Heath, wish to thani all for their kind lmjuiriag and sympathy in their recent ead besesure- oxot, atoo ior floral tribute*. l-V MEMOfiiAM. ptiWX.-Jn Lo.jng Memory of cut dear Mather, erUjje Burton, who <}epM?ted tM.) !t? February l?th, 1904.-HLW&. Ma?el, aad CecU. <MMM,io Lotm? Me?nor; of Ruth (EUen PTyQic) WII ot the is" Bectcr of WMte w" t-he I&M wt?o I ? her. so am? == land ()¡¡ ;a\i:'DY, BOBEBTS—in Loving- Memory of C*mries R. Bebeets, who ^parted this life 1898, kgvd ,g y-ea, the eldest and <Mar}\-lov^d eon of J. U. 384 Cecilia Roberts, Bunxty Bar.k, LlandatT-ro", OiadiC

I AUGUSTINE J. STONE. FWHiJ, iilMCKXE. Re-Oval Ewterision to AIl Ordwv. !? F CSV". N4*. W and U& I MtoOm ?W.: No. 6M. Ca?e. Pwuic AS&UMN-a 6TOJ.E, CMM. 5 Wopx'N-er-?'r-, CARDu7-1 __L.- •11 "7

BOTTLES H TELL A TALE" H Good morning, gentlemen;' P.iea.Ba!1.tlT renwiied Alioe Eyaiifc. a. vedied ,(J>lUlg wosnan, an entering- the doak at Cardiff Police-court to-day to respond to a dHiu-ge of bear.? drank and inoa?>a<l>lje at I^-ark-pJaoe yesterday mom- ing. PoIioe-eanetaibJe Henry Carter said he found her on the pavement at 7.10 in the mornine. Dr, Tavlar; Dczr Jne! Had she been, to esmrly service f CLa.ughter. The Officer- she had three empty nun battles in her DcsaeBakm, Dr, Taylor (to prisoner;: What have you to say to that? They a!l tell ta.Jes ag-aiiu« you. Prisoner; The bottles got there by aceklen4, air. 'fjauffhter./ Dr. Taylor; Oh., I dare say they did! tLaughter.) Inspector "Eankm iirforeied the couit tlml, the gtiri was a GaeanhAlly farmer's daatrhiter. huA; in oaaeequenoe of her coiKiw t ghe had been sent to some friends in Herefordshire. As the girl now said Phs- would go to a fioase with a lady Huasioner pb- L was simaxly cautioned. ?

PULPIT AND DRAMA,  Mr. Fd?ar ?oies. M.P wa$ 'he gp?aker? Pec??-m "Hens Own M. betd ia Hanovar Chapel on Sunday aitemoon. Mr. J. Hugh Edwards, president uf the society, was in the chair. Mr. Jones said thai in Wales the Church had been closer to the work oi the Chnrch than any other bad been. It wm found that the Church was conducted upon the simple lines of evangelical Activity. The great qualification of a minister in Waies was that he should be a preacher—not merely one who could shout, but one who wae a preacher in the true sense of the worcL It had been asked why the Welsh had no national drama, although they were such a dramatic people by temperament.' His aunswer was that the people did not want it. they ha4d a sufficiency pf the dramatie element from their great preachers in the pulpit,

POLE KILLED IN FRACAS A fatad stpeet fracas occurred in Manches- ter on Saturday might between four Polee, who had been drinking. A slipper maker named Joseph Verabofski was knocked dowr, and was ihen lifted tip and thrown heavily on his head. Yer-aboeki died immediately after he was admitted to the Royal Infir- mary. The men wanted by the police have. it is stated, left iia-nehester, one for London and the other for Wigan. No fcai been made up w awjiuiay pi^iit.

"PARTiiiC IS WCH SWEET SORROW," "Came os; &ill, whispered the old lyurfflar, in diasnst. co use waetinsr time hem: Jrac MU«Jt i&im *iil g&¡ o. the @x Il Vie new burglar. y?. i just say iliat Wü t? kM ki«, 7*i"

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BILLIAHD8. W. Doherty. of Swansea, played two matches at Swansea alt W, Cook, the world's record holder. The ftrøt, be loet, but tb& eeocrod, in wiioh be warn conceded 390 m IKJO, be Von by 112 pœn.t.6. Reece, 11,250; Dieete, 9,606. Inman, 10.936: ftteveneon, lxrv«ttoy, 8,465; He-rv^son. 7,358 (beet break US).

TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION BÀLE r¡llirs DAy & SATURDAY. CLOCKS, ORNAMEjS^, SILVER PLATE, CUTLERY, &c. SOL PHILLIPS. THE OLD FIRM, 41, ST. CARDIFF. HASJB B AS GAUSS TO BE OBTAINED. t ART convenimii, cosoionnJtie Howie (Sooth Pari) reduced rent -for slig-bt øervi: 8W repectalAe couple (without c!uJodæ,J, daMr; noterenOL pensaiie.—p 5t, Evening7 Express, CuartiJi. ■el691pi £ SMART Pony (6 yearsi for mittmMt or outeher'. with Cart and Hariies^, baj-gaia.—111, i^anarth-rosui, e.l'Ùil'. el693»lfi IjVilt e, K.it.ob.!1 and Bfldrooci Í'J.r1LJ1.e, CrocKq-v .I. 4c.: wi:.1 eel: for £.0:: also Gent's Falcon Bicycle £ 2 5s.: Shop Window Attraction. 1í5.. aud Dreaamajcer's J.)umulY, 5^164, -raad=-el692pl£ smart frivmte )4«orn; for Hire; moderate X terms on long rUDÆ; (special rates to ootruiiercialt; • cars always remay .-Ter=, StcvenB, 1, Albaiiy-roatL rTHE Gwage L»bouT Part-y ack.nowied.ce~. with. tteaaks, ate PonatiDD of I Oh. fponi the Gr.Liige Barbariane BasebaJi Club. per Mr. P. KendeU. eol6 LOST, w.urà&y t??. he?weMt S?rgaZ' Dr"per "h?tree,t, M? m ) 6??n)n. Sable MuC-' fiadw zowardod-486, BAbinovi,oiid. eieseoiti 64. per Tuugiit b,- saane 8,!I8t.etU ¡u¡ the Koyal CaUagt of JWøtc., làIwden- yiape, lUvaaaide, Car^ig. el Topple ITW AIL, a -DZAWt FZ", abow- the Celtic Oon-Rk,r~ X Apply J. ij, Booef«, Z, Oritic Ctwridor. elSSlplS TV* tnunoditte Ihepaafti, goihe ooaoem, crood «j rooe:-y X- and BaJWrv JJu»iD0aa, U>g«iher with Xetrestuneiu- rooiafa.—FuU part>c«lars Qc WiUiaans, fcoh^iutr, gmjd. e6575 WANTED, good (.<Me?.—Apply. stating ???es w &ct kgood b<Mm? t?Mtmed?.—.?onoit Vjua, Milford Hawru c5373 M-1t Brodie would iiie to correspond v."rui: aTTew M large Buyers of Fruit &J<i VttgetatoJes. wltt liew of eeudaof: Tertdw SujjplMt through the season & vaeMtty. aod toed pacldng ruar»nt<Kd> from his faan near runiliw iililii j. letUW6, Gordot Bmdie, 15resham. c5*