Evening Express

WAXWORK CLUE TO A MURDER A few days ago M. Saiget, a baker, of St. Brieuc, Brittany. called on the police com- missary and declared that he had recognised the features of his long-lost brother in a wax figure exhibited in the town by a tra- velling showman. The figure, according to the showman, was that of a young man who was murdered some years ago in Paris. All efforts to trace the murderer proved futile. M. Saiget is now convinced that the body must have been that of his brother Edouar4, rho ?ft? his, regiment a.MaT ?ne ?me the cnwe waa'com- mitted and has never been seen since. When the baker saw the wax bead in the show- man's museum he was struck by its resem- blance to his brother, and particularly by a characteristic deformation of the lower lip. Besides a wax oast of one of the hands bore the indication of a cut, and Edouard Saiget had on his hand the soar of a wound from a reaping hook. At the time of his disappearance the young man is believed to have had about LODD. M. Saiget's strange story is being investigated.

IMITATIVE SUICIDE A mysterious oonnection seems to exist between two tragedies which occurred on Saturday at Bradford and Moreoambe. At Bradford the manager of the Bradford Com-mercial Hotel, while in his office on Saturday morning, saw blood running down the wall from the ceiling. On the door of the room above being forced, a stranger who arrived at the hotel the day previously waa found dead, with his throat cut. The body was identified aa that of Mr. James Marshall, an architect, was returned from South Africa some time ago. At a Moreoambe hotel the body of an unknown visitor was found in one of the bed- rooms. A copy of an evening paper with an account of the Bradford tragedy was in the room, and apparently the man, after read- ing it on Saturday night, had taken pruseic acid. There was nothing to lead to identi- fication except the initials "C. H. B." in a book.

SCENE UNDERGROUND I A disgraceful scene in a crowded car on I the Metropolitan Railway was described at Marylebone on Saturday, when two well- dressed young men-Nelson Phelan and Regi- nald Joseph Cadney-were summoned for vsing abusive and offensive language. It was stated that on Sunday night, the lat of Ducamber, the defendants boarded a oar which was crowded with men and women, and ibused each other in moct abominable language. Eventually one of them threw off his coait and they commenced to fight, and in between the different rounds, it was said, they continued to make use of the most obscene expressions. Defendants were eaol-i fined 20s., or four- teen days' imprisonment.

BRIDE'S RIDE ON COW'S BACK I Precipitated with other guests during wed- I ding festivities through the floor of a barn at Noveiry, Haute Savoie, the bride fell fell on to the back of a cow in the byre below. Before her husband could rescue her, the animal broke its tether and stampeded, with the bride on its back, for the open country. Then began a pell-mell ohaee after the bride, who was ultimately discovered tramp- ing through the fields on her way back. She was more frightened than hurt, her gerateet grief being that her mad career on the cow's back had resulted in her wedding dress being ruined.

MERTHYR ASSESSMENT REDUCED I The assessment of Mr. Daniel Thomas, Ply- mouth Arms, Merthyr, was on Saturday reduced from £60 gross to LM, aad from jSal ra-table to RA2 10B. The cases of the Dyuevor Arms a.nd the Ship a;nd Bell were referred to the committee's expert.

A CASE IN POINT I "You should never taJce anything that I doesn't agree with you," the physician told Mr. M arksi, "If I had always followed that role, Maria," he remarked to Ms wife, "where would you be?"

CHRISTMAS AT GIBRALTAR I The Princess Royal (Duchess of Fife) has been attending the Christmas parties giiven to the military children of the garrison at Gibraltar. &he presented each child with a box of chocolates bearing the photographs of herself and the Duke of Fife. The two young princesses assisted in the distribution.

SHOT BY POACHERS I j Two keeper*, named Bead and Schiofield, w«re &hot at and wonuded by poachers on Saturday moming at Dunston, o?r Norwich. Schofield is ww in hospital ?if?rui? fr- serious woomdB in the thigh. A man wrv arrested in Norwich in conneation with, the affiray. He efcotared he waa not in Dunston at Umm, kpt, IM WMmded for » week.

Colliery Rescuers I GRATIFYING RECOGNITION AT SEVEN SISTERS Mr. E. Evans Bevan, the proprietor of the Seven Sisters Colliery, at which a lament- able explosion took place some weeks ago, has recognised the bravery shown by the managers of the neighbouring collieries and othera who had engaged in the dangerous work of rescue. To eaoh of the colliery managers he has presented a handsome gold albert and pendant, the latter bearing on one side the letters S. S. (Seven Sisters) and on the other the monogram of the recipient, I and to the men he has given cheques. This recognition is deeply appreciated.

I CARDIFF ASSESSMENTS The Cardiff Assessment Committee on Saturday certified that in the appeal of T. Owen and Co. the following payments were due to the appellants as costs in the appeal, taxed by the deputy-clerk of the peace, and ordered to be paid to them by the court of quarter sessions on the enrolment of the I award of Sir D. Brynmor Jones, arbitrator (shilling and pence, columns being omitted):— Kill Taxed I rant m. oil. Net. £ £ £ Sir E. Boyle, K.C., leading counsel 364 239 124 Mr. Riiys Williams, junior counsel 253 167 85 Junior Counsel, various applications 9 1 8 Mr. G. Humphreys Davies, valuer 405 216 189 Mr. H. H. Fuller, valuer. ISO 101 ig Yr. T. Armstead, general manager 41 25 15 Mr. H. Smart, accountant 27 21 6 Mr. Parker, Shorthand notes 41 41 E2-\ s16 508 Mr. B. Dun co nib Sells, solicitors' cofits 266 111 154 Mr. B. Dun oomb Selle, solicitors' disbursements 22 21 1613 928 684 Court fees 2 [Taxing fee yg, Total 703 I On the motion of Mr. F. J. Beavan* sanc- tion was given for payment. I

PRINTER'S CRIME I An attempted murder, followed by the I suicide of the aeeailant, occurred in York- road, a working-claee thoroughfare of Leeds, on Saturday. George Lawrence, a young married man, a printer by trade, had been living apart from his wife. She resided with her sister-in-law at a small greengrocery ehop in Vinery. place, and on Saturday morning Lawrence suddenly made hie appearance at his wife's place of abode and fired a revolver at her, and then turned the weapon upon hinwinlf with fatal effect. Before fitting the man exclaimed, "I suppose you don't intend being with me at Christmas." Mrs. Lawrence was removed to hospital in a very precarious state, with a bullet in her head. An operation has been performed.

RAILWAY LANDSLIDE I Passengers on the 9.30 a.m. train yeBterday from Belfast to Bangor (County Down) had a narrow escape. The train was proceeding 1 at a high rate of speed between Craigavad. and Olandeboye, when, on rounding a curve, the engine dashed into a big bank of earth and rocks, which had fallen from the side of a cutting. It was not until half-past four o'clock that the line was sufficiently clear to permit "through" traffic to be resumed. In the meanwhile at the Bangor end a, number of horses were requisitioned, and a couple of carriages containing passengers and heavy Christmas mails were hauled to a cutting, about four miles away, and thence trans- ferred to a train on the other side of the obstruction.

LAD LED ASTRAY I Joseph Fish, sixteen, was charge before the I Cardiff Stipendiary to-day with embezzling sums of ls. 71d., 2s. 2^d., and 2s. Id., received by him in behalf of his employer, Mr. William Lloyd, baker, 170, Carlisle-road. Arrested by Detective Roeser, the lad said nothing in reply. Mr. Lloyd made an appeal to the bench to be as lenient as possible for the sake of the parents, whom he described as most respect- able people. The lad had been led astray by bad companions. Bound over under the First Offenders Act. ".l"

£3,400 FORGOTTEN f I A few weeks ago, a lawyer of Beret, M. ) Raynaud, sent £ 3,200 in two registered I letters to a confrere at Castel Naudaiy. A fortnight later, says the Daily Mail," the notes had not arrived, and inquiries abowed that a sack containing not only the two letters, but also another envelope with JB200, had been completely forgotten in an out-of- the-way corner of Na&bonne Station.

EX-PRINCESS AS SINGER I Mmme. Toselli, ex-Crown Prinseea of SaxonY, who but for her divorce would now be Queen, and her husband, the I Italian pianist, has arrived at Milan, where ( Signor Toseliie gives a concert at which hia wife will assist. They will afterwards proceed to Turin, 4 and other European contres. I • — 1

UNLUCKY THIRTEEN A woman charged with drunkenness at Greenwich on Saturday told the magistrate that she was not drunk, and added, "I did nothing; I only stood and watched all the; dear little boys going away from Greenwich I Hospital School, and I thought of my own thirteen, not one of them alive!"

BED OF JUSTICE 'd' -h While presiding over the court at Athol, Massachusetts, Judge Field, who is 94 years of age, suddenly became ill, but refused to, adjourn the sitting. He sent an official for a. bed, and finished administering justice while lying upon his back.

WHO WAS THE DONKEY P A man carrying a, looking-glass said to a I newsboy, "C%mw here and look into this glass and you will see a donkey." "How did you find that out?" retorted the boy.

SOIID AS aCRAP-IRO-N: CARDIFF OHAJB/OE DISMISSED. John O'Grady and Thomas Thomas, employes of Messrs. James and Co., wagon repairers, Cardiff, were charged at Cardiff on Saturday with stealing two railway wagon springs, of the value of &5s., from the sidings of the Rhymney Railway Company, who were the bailees. Mr. H. H. Handcobk prosecuted, and Mr. Harold Lloyd defended. It transpired that the prisoners had taken the springs, believing them to be the pro- perty of their employers, and sold them as ecrap-iron, giving the proceeds of the sale to their employers. The oharge wae dismissed.

EXCITING RIVER SCENE AT NEWPORT. An exciting scene was witnessed in the River O-k outside the Channel Dry Dock, New- port, on Saturday. Whilst the steamship Iddes. leigh was swinging to enter the dry dock her, anchor dropped on to the stem of a small boat, upsetting it and throwing two river boatmen into the water. They were in imminent danger of being drowned but for timely aid rendered by the Channel Dry Dock OoIniJ6llYs boat.

CARDIFF LADY MAYORESS'S I INTEREST IN LDTEMOAT WORK. I The Lady Mayoress of Cardiff is interest- ing herself in the Cardiff branch of the Life- boat Fund, and on Saturday, in company with Mr. H. C. Vivian (?b? deputy-mayor? and Mr. Petty (the hon. secretary of the fund), she called upon a number of business offices,! with excellent results. An effort is being made to improve the status of Cardiff in regard to the fund, as the city is strangely behind most other towns in the matter.

KICKED THE DOOR IN. Donn-is Sullivan, a collier, of Aibereychan, was summoned at PontyPool on Saturday for doing damage to a, door to the ejrtent of Eíø. at the house of William Jones at Abersyohan on Deceamber 15. Jones alleged thai defen- dant came to his house very nruoh the worse for drink, kicked the door in, broke the bolts, and used very threatening language.-I)Ofen- dant was ordered to pay deAnage--4.. 6d., and costs (4B. 6" 4

I Found Dead in a Culverti I MISSING MERTHYR MAN BADLY SCALDED A gruesome discovery was made at the' Cyfarthfa Works, Merthyr, on Sunday after- noon. About mid-day on Thursday a man named Thomas Mutloe. commonly known as Thomas Cox, who had been employed at the works as a labourer for many years, and was in the habit of sleeping out or in lodging- houses, was observed by a man named Thos. Jenkins to enter a culvert under the boilers through which passes a steam-pipe. On Sunday inquiries were set Oil foot with regard to Muloe's whereabouts, his absence from work having caused concern, and Jen- kins mentioned to a. nttor named Brbwer what he had seen three days previo?sjy. Brewer then went into the culvert and found the dead body of the missing man, badly scalded about the face and hands. The police were notified, and the body taken to the mortuary to await an inquest. It is believed that deceased, who was, appoar rently, 45 or 50 years of age, had a wife and child Living at or near Penally, Pembroke. He was a corporal in the South Wales Bor- derers Militia., and saw service, it is stated, ¡ iu the late Boer War.

SIR 0. LODGE'S CREED Speaking at Northfield (Worcestershire) yesterday, Sir Oliver Lodge expressed his strong belief in the immortality of thoeoul and his hopes for the future of humanity. Everything, he thought, existed first as an idea, and he should imagine that the forma- tion of an idea in the mind of the Deity was equivalent to the aot of creating it and bringing it into existence. The body represented the connection bet- ween the material and the spiritual, and to destroy the body was not necessarily to destroy the man. We ought not to be afraid of quitting this planet, for we might be cer- tain that this was a helpful and compas- sionate universe, seeing that humanity, which was only a part of the whole, was helpful and compassionate.

RELIEVING HIS MIND I Having been arrested with oonjtTivanoee for stealing money in public-houses in his possession, Daniel Connor, an Amenoan, was dealt with by the Westminster magistrate on Saturday. Prisoner handled in a written statement, declaring that he had a pamter in "the business," which he embarked in six months ago. Then he gave a list, "as far as I oarn recollect," of the houses he had robbed. Con- cluding, prisoner said that, with these con- feseions he should be more at ease, whatever punishment he got. He had not been happy outside for the last three months. Detective-sergeant Jones said that in some cases, through the robberies, unjust sus.. picrion had fallen on barmen and barmaids. Mr. Curtis Bennett aaid it was a very bad case, and he sentenced prisoner to twelve months' hard labour.

ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER I A young man naaned George Smith was charged at Greenwich on Satua-day with the manslaughter of James Hopkins, at Despt- ford. A constable said he saw Hopkins lying 1 dead, and Smith was standing beside him. ] Smith explained that he met Hopkins in the ] Rising Sun, and added. "I bought two paper fans, and Hopkins started to interfere with < them., and knocked me on the head with them. He challenged me out to fight, and I t went. I hit him twice, once on the jaw. I t think." < Smith, -who wept while in the dock, was < remanded, bail being fixed at £40. < 1

WAITRESS'S STOLEN RING Herbert Stevens, 26, a stylishly-dressed man, of Ck>d £ tone road, Waddon, Surrey, was charged at the Mansion House, London, on s Saturday with the theft of a diamond ring, t value -120. Miss Mary Davis, an attendant at the Kaaba Cafe, Ironmonger-Lane, said she had known the prisoner as a customer for a few months. On Friday he caxne in with five other mien a.nd had refreshment. Sthe had placed a small wriat?ba?. containing' the • dL-?&?d ring, on a mM'Me stab. Later Me found the ring had been removed from the bag. Prisoner was arresoted shortly after- wards and charged with the theft, j A remand was ordered, bail being allowed. ]

CHINE8E OPIUM SMOKERS Rune Gow, a Chinese seemen's boardirng- house-veepea*, was summoned at the Thames Police-court on Saturday, at the instance of the London Coun-ty Council, for having on his premises a greater number of boeuxfers them. he was licensed to have. In one of tihe rooms were four men, although three was the authorised number. One of these men was smoking opium, while the others were in an excited state. In a second room were five mien, four of them pitting down smoking OP41- Detencianit was orde.red to pay as. cobts.

Y,1,600,000 LABOUR BILL At a meeting on Saturday of the Canter- bury farmers' Club and Eaet Kent Chamber of Commerce a statement was approved declaring tha-t the ooet of growing hops to produce lOowt. an acre, including picking a,nd drying, ie from L40 to JB60 an acre. Of this total about is spent om Labour, so that the labour bill of the English hop acreage is over 91.500.000 annually. As the price of hops ie about 70s. a owt., the figures show a loss to the grower of from L5 to £ 15 an acre.

I HUNGRY BERLINERS I There are no fewer than 14,000 young Ber- linera who get no other food at home than, bread and cofTee. This is lamentable. We l have our own miseries ever present in the great English towns, and we oan sympathise with Berlin. But it all points to something radically wrong in the social organisation of the great cent-res of population when, all the world over, these and similar harrowing ) details continue to come to light.—"Practical Teacher."

I DANGEROUS COAST I At an inquest at Bideford on Saturday on a survivor from the schooner Miss Hunt, wrecked off Hartiand Point, the jury strongly ¡ oritidsed the system of watching the dan- gerous stretch of coastline. It was stated that if a look-out at the rocket station was I thought necessary, a ma.n was en-gaged to watoh five hours for 2s. fid. A juror con- demned the nega,gement for this work of farm labourers, moat of whom would not know r what a signal of distress was.

I IRISH MOTORING LAW I At the Bratv (County Wioklow) Petty Sessions om Saturday, the resident magistrate stated that motorists offending against the provisions of the Motor Aot, WlWob gives summary jurisdiction, might defeat justice in Ireland because there is no process by whioh they can be mtade amenable once they leave Ireland. The caroumStainees were different in England, he added, for there wias full provision for enforcing otiumary jurisdiction against defendants there.

I PICKINGS FROM "PUNCH." I I CHARIVABIA. I The White Star liner MajeeMc on a recent ";7 carried a shipment of 4,500,000 British e?gs to New York. Thie oon&nDs the report that a presidential election is impending. COMMERCIAL CANDOUR. "The F- Cigar, for which twelve gold medals have been awarded, price 3d. eaoh.

HUGE DOCK FOR THE HUMBER I I It is now known that the one hnndred acres Of land which the Humber Commer- cial Railway and Dock Company intend to I purchase at Imming-ham, is for the con- struction of a huge graving dook, large enough to accommodate the Dreadnought or Mauretania. It is believed tha,t the con- strnction of the dock is pa,rt of a scheme for the establishment of a great depot on the Humber.

I (CARDIFF STEAMER'S DEFECTIVE I MACHINERY. I Lloyd's agent at Perim telegraphs thiat the British steamer Breconshare, from Cardiff for Zanzibar, has pot in with defective machinery.

I vaanmM. (suddenly ecrtjarkrg): Well, Edith, I am surprised to find Mr. Smithson kissing you. Daughter: I am surprised myself, mamma; he has been oalling here for five years, and I rover tzried it before.

I Burial Muddle I DISPUTE ABOUT INSURANCE MONEY. I An extraordinary burial difficulty has just arisen, at Merthyr. On Tuesday last a man named James Goddard, a steelworks labourer, died at the house of Mrs. Davies, of 65, Trevethick-street, where he was a lodger, and arrangements were made by his landlady for his burial to-day (Mon- day) a.t Cefn Cemetery. On Satur- day afternoon. however, a hearse and oaA6 were sent to the house upon the engagement of Mr. Healey, of the Rheola Anns Inn, Ca-edraw, who appears to have insured the deceased in the Pearl Office for a sum of £ 13 odd, and who had made inde- pendent arrangements for the funeral. Upon [ the arrival of the undertaker, Mr. Pugh, of Fenydarren, that gen tlemall found the house closed, and, as he had no power of forcible entry, the conveyances had to be seat empty away. Mrs. Davies had purposely looked the doors to prevent anyone getting in, her reason being thai, although Mr. Healey had paid the premiums on the policy of inear- ance, the policy iteelf, which she held, had been given to her by the deceased, whom she had had to keep at her own expense for about two months prior to his death, owing to -inability, through illness, to follow his employment. The contretemps was reported by Mr. Pugh to the health department of the corporation, and on Sunday morning the house was visited by Mr. Milton Thomas, one of the sanitary inspectors. Mr. Thomas found that t.he condition of the body was a menace to health, and he took steps to have it removed during the day to the public mortuary, whenoe it will be taken for intermeut today.

CHRISTMAS "GLUTTONY." I Two remarkably opposed views of present- day Ohristmas social observance a re pro- vided by the vicar of Burton Wood, Warring- ton, on the one hand, and the medical journal, the "Lancet, on the otflier. The vicar of Burton Wood (the Rev. A. M. Mitchell) makes an attack in his magazine. He describes Christmas social observance as a "savage and barbaric orgy of cruelty, greediness, and debauchery," rating stuffing and gorging as the ideal Christmas of many. "Men and women who are educated, refined, and cultured," he says, "pass from table to table practising the most revolting glut- tony." In oontrast to the above remarkable out- burst is the following extract from the l Our-rent issue of the "La.ncet" :To the I oareful inculcation of the first principles of hygiene we attribute the present steady, sober habits of the nation as compared with the greed and gluttony which were rife a century ago, and Christmas cheer ia none the lees cheerful now than it was theft, nor need it be."

I WORKHOUSE BEER I English people are full of contradictions, which probalbly accounts for tihe fact that teet,otad guardians of the poor are refusing allowances of beer to t'he paupers on Christmas Day at a time when an enligh,W-d public opinion is tending strongly in favour of a more humane administration of the Poor-Law. It is a. mistake to suppose that Charles Dickens killed the influence of Bumble; it still survives in Bamble's lineal descendant—-tihe teetotal gu-aydi=! Brewers' Gazette."

FOLLOWED HIS MOTHER I As the result of adjourning an inquest on the body of Edward Mackksston Grove, a. Baifetersea labourer, the coroner on Satur- day ascertained that deceased died from strychnine Polgoning-probably rat-destroyer taken in beer. It was stated that deceased's mother died a few hours before him, and deceased had been heard to say that when his mother died he would go soon after." The jury's vetrdiot wae "Suicide whilst insane.

FACTORY OFFENCES I The Ca-Tmfhrtaal Tin-plate Company, Foutatr- dulais. were fined Ll at Swansea Polioe-ooorfc on Saturday in eacto of the cases of the following boys whom they had eanpJoyed without certificates of fitnessMorgan Davies. Yorath Lewis, Frederick Jones, and Arthur G. Davies.—Mr. Ashworth, factory inspector, stated that the company wae fined last July for similar offenoes.

WHAT HAPPENED I Magistrate: What happened between your- self and complainant? t O'Brien: I" think, sor, a haif-doren bricks and a lump of paving stone.

LOCAL AMUSEMENTS. I CARDIFF. I NEW THEATRE.—Re-opens on Boxing Day (2.0 and 7.15) with the pantomime, 1, Jack the Giant Killer." THEATRE ROY AL.-Re-oI)ene on Boxing Day (2.0 and 7.30) with Hall Oaine's play, The Christian." Matinees Thureday, Friday, and Saturday. THE EXPIRE.-The famous Zancigs Casey's Court," by the Midget Mimes, Ac. Four performances on Boxing Day. PALACE AND HIPPODROME.—Day perfor- mance on Boxing Day—doors open at two. Holiday attractions, including the engage- ment of the famous Soottieh-Oanadiian actor- vocalist, John Henderson, and company in Under the Maple Leaf." STOLL'S PANOPTICON.—There will be especial attractions for Christmas week. It will be noted tiha-t to-day (Monday), to- morrow (Tuesday), Friday, and Saturday the doors are opened twice daily, whilst on Boxing Day there are no fewer then four performances. The biosoopic Piet-ures are a grea4. holiday attraction. The chief item is the spectacular fairy tale, "The Water Babes," an adaptation of Gharlee Kingsley s well-known story. The programme points to an unparalleled good week. Not one of the least attractive items is that of The Miser's Ohristmas," a cleverly conceived sketch in the talented hands of Mr. Bert Williams and company. ANIMATED PIOTURES.-The big feature in Cardiff this holiday season will be the enter- tainment at the Park-hall by R. Pringle's Animated Picture Company. Detailed parti- culars appear in our advertising columns. NEWPORT. I THE LYCEUM.—"Beauty and the Barge." THE EMPIRE.—George Gray i:u "Paxson Gl-ay, V.C. &c. Special Boxing Day per- formanoes.

A telegram from Falmouth states that the I British steamer Wileysike, Troon for Genoa with coals, arrived at Failmouth with defec- tive boiler.

jOre Steamer Wrecked EXCmKa RESCUE: LIFEBOAT STOVE IN I The steamer Gap Lopez, 432 tone, bound from Mazarron (Spain) to Antwerp with a cargo of iron ore and salt, ran on the Goodwins a-bout 2.30 a.m. OIl Saturday. In response to signals of distress burned by the stranded vessel, the Kingsdown and Walmer lifeboats were launched, and the former, after considerable difficulty, on account of the heavy eea which was running at the time, succeeded in getting the crew safely off. Captain Schmidt, of the Cap Lopez, told a press representative that when the vessel grounded the weather was hazy, amd there was a. heavy sea running. lie burnt flares and fired a rocket. Fortunately, his signals of distress were seen by the men on the South Sands Lightship, which called out the two lifeboats. When the lifeboats came alongside the seas were breaking over the stranded steamer. An attempt was made to get tiie vessel off the aMMia by jettisoning the oaoigo, but the work was carried out with mudb difficulty, thie men being washed about the decks. The Walmer boat, which had been lying alongside the vessel, broke away from her ropes and was pounded by the heavy seas Ia,gamst the steamer's side, being partly stove in and losing her rudder. The Kingedown boat. consequently, had to effect the rescue of the men still on the steamer, taking off the crow of fonrteen, also six of the Walmer men. The men had to jump from the rigging into the boat, which was lifted by tho waves right on top of the steamer's rail. The Bhip's dog, a fine black retriever, was1 pulled through the surf to the lifeboat. The steamer's after-part is full of waiter, and, apparently, there is little chance of her floating off. The owners of the wrecked vessel are Messrs. Siebert and Co., of Antwerp. The Cap Lopez was etili aground on Sun-! day evening, and was reported by boatnieu to be steadily settling down. Owing to the poeition of the vessel and the nature of hEll" cargo, which largely consists of iron ore, it is considered quite unlikely that she will be re-floated. Several Deal boatmen on Sunday succeeded in getting on board the vessel. The rescued captain and orew of thirteen of the vessel have been sent borne to Antwerp. Wreck of a Whaler The Argentine vdiaJer xaatral, formerly Dr. Chariote le Pranoaas, bae been wrecked during a gate on the Ortiz Bands on the Uruguayan coast. The Austral had on board the staff of the meteorological observatory which was to have been installed on Wandel Island. The passengers and orow, numbering 28 in all, were saved by the Meeeageries Mariitimee 'Company's steamer Amtusone, which left' Buenos Ayres on Staturday morning for bior. deaux. The Austral is a total loss. She sank half an how after her passengers had been I picked up by the Amaaone.—Renter. Cardiff Laden Steamer Disabled Lloyd's agent at. Perim telegraphs that the British steamier Ðreoonahi-re. from Cardiff! for Zansabar, has put in with defective ij machinery. The Breconshire is owned by Messrs. J. and I' A. Box-burgh, of Glasgow.

FIVE MONTHS ON ISLAND I Some weeks ago the" Express" briefly I recorded the stupendous struggles and adven- tures of the wretched crow of the Norwegian barque Alexandre Oubis, who were stranded i for five months this year on a desert island in the Pacific. Further details of the suffer- ings of the survi-vors have been related by the second mate of the barque, Mr. Donald I Morrison, of Dundee, who has arrived at Southampton by the Royal Mail steamer Orinoco. He relates how the barque was beca-lmed on the Equator, and how the Galapagos Islands came in sight like a tantalus, and how eventually, half-starved, they deserted the ship on May 8, a.nd pulled for the land in boats. It took tbern eleven days, accord- ing to Mr. Morrison, to reach the island, and then they were all parched with thirst. That was, however, only the beginning of tiheir misfortunes, and Mir. Moscrison's aoooumte of the search for water, the hunt- ing for turtles, toptodses, and even Meards for food, ana the description of one man's deatii, the virtual marooning off another (by his own election), and the fit of madness thelt attacked the captain, read like the pages of a roancnce. "Monfths passed by." says Mr. Morrison, "and the torture of our predicament grew more acute. Our diet of flesh unrelieved produced physical weakness and a degree of blindness. The constant staring out to eea helped us to see unreal images in the day and lights at night, and we had abandoned ourselves in despair to the belief that no one would ever see our signal of distress, which was flying from the top of a pole. when on October 29, a sloop which had been specially sent out from Iquique appeared on the horizon. It turned out that the other boat from the Alexandre Oubia had reached the mainland aaid had given information of our disappearance. I cannot even artiempt to depict the frensied joy we felt. But for the despatch- ing of the sloop I don't think we should ever have been taken off, and I feel we must have perished if we had remained much longer on that wretched island, with, its accumulation of horrors."

INJURED FINGER CAUSES DEATH. At an inquest held OIl Saturday at Port Tenmant, Swansea, on the body of Andrew Brookes, a goods' guard on the MidL-imd Rail- way, a diiary writtm by the deceased was j produced by his wife. It had the following entry:—"Injured finger at Bank Siding, Bircshgrove. Bent pin and old stud of bralie rack was the cause. Declared on club Decem- ber 2." Dr. E. B. Evans said the forefinger had to be amputated, and septicaemia set in. affect- ing the spine and causing death.—A verdict weA returned accordingly. Mir. H. Thompson appeared on behalf of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants.

STABBED IN THE EYE The discovery of & murdered man in the train between Bonne and AncomA has caused a tremendous sensation in Italy. The news- papers aire full of details about the murder, giving minute descriptions of the victim. Apparently, the man was killed while asleep, the object being robbery. The murdered man had been stabbed in the heart and breast, as well as in the left eye, where the dagger still remained. The clothes of the victim bore the name of a tailor at Verona. His valise, which was in the oartnase, bore labels of hotels in Milan, Vicopdeamo, Chiavemm, Nuremberg, and Frankfort. The crime was discovered by a passenger who entered the compartment at Foligno Station. The body was still warm. pas-I sengers in the next compartment heard nothing, but one eays he remembers seeing a suspicious-looking man enter the train in Rome and Ita-ve it again just after the train began to move. On the other hand, several passengers state that when the train arrived ait Foligno they saw a main leave the ttrain on the side away from the platform. On SiMbday the man was identified as an en,gineer naimed Arvedi, whose family are living at Verona. He is reported to have left Rome for Ancoroa with- letters of credit for a. considerable sum in his possession.-Reuter.

HtS INSTRUCTIONS I Toper: What shall I take to remove the redness from my nose? Doctor: Take nothing—especially between I meals.

WHERE IS MR. GINNELL P I Where is Mr. G-innell ? The Nationalist member for North Weetanoath has been ordered to be imaprisoned for six months for contempt of court in a speech inciting to oaifctle-driving, but no one at present knows where he is or when he is likely to be arrested. It is stated that Mr. Ginnell is out of Mr. Justice Boss's jurisdiction, wihioh only extends to the Irish, court. Indeed, the rumour is that he is in England, where i Judge Boss's writ for contempt does not I run. A Dublin barrister stated on Saturday evening that the order made by Judge Ross could only be executed by the sheriff of the county to which it was directed, and that in consequence Mr. Ginnell could easily avoid being taken, unless the judge issued 32 orders, one for each of the Irish counties, or followed a different procedure from that which has been adopted, enabling him to have him arrested anywhere in the country, in tit* farm otf an order of committal.

I Student Shot Dead ————— 0- REMARKABLE ACTION OF A POLICE- MAN Considerable excitement wae caused at Munich on Saturday by the shooting of a student by a policeman whom he had attacked in a fit of drunkenness. The student, a young man of 25, oalled Moachel, was returning at three o'clock in the morning from a Christmas party when be was spoken to by two policemen for noisy behaviour. He thereupon seized one of them by the throat, knocking off hIS helmet and tearing his coat, and attempted to bite him. The policeman, who was unable to get at his sword to defend himself, drew his revol- ver and shot Moschel through the head. Crowds soon assembled from the brasseries and threatened the policeman, but no fur- ther disturbance occurred.-Renrer.

I BOARDS OF GUARDIANS. I CIXDIFF. I A QUESTION OF SANITY: BRIDGEND MAN WHO APPEALED TO THE KING. The narrow di viding line between alleged I sanity and alleged insanity has always afforded a fertile fieki for oomtewersy, and the problem was incidentally discussed at the weekly meeting of the Cardiff G-uardians on Saturday, over which the chairman (Mr. O. H. Jonee) presided. Mr. W. Gilbert (Barry) brought up the case of a girl now in Bridgend Asylum, whose father aipplied for her release on the ground tihat she was sane. Why, he asked, should the guardians pay for maintenance when a home was offered? He (Mr. Gilbert) did not think the father himself would now be aot liberty but for the fact thM he wrote to the King when his Rejemy was in oar&ff, &Dd the lettalr was passed on to Sir William Cross- man. The Chairman said most of them knew that the question whether a person was or was not insane was not a question for the board to determine. No more mischievous thing could be conceived tham afctemptonig to inter- fere watb the poweos vested in the asylum authorities over patients. When they inter- veiled, too man released committed nrurder. As to the case in point, if the man wanted his daughter be might apply to the asyium committee, and then they could instruct the clerk to apply for an expert opinion. Mr. Gilbert: That is all I ask for. TLe Chairman moved that it was only per- missible to ask far information. Canon Buckley, in seconding, said this was the course always taken, and he entirely concurred in the remarks of the chairman. The resolution was then passed. NEWPORT. TESTIMONY TO A DOCTOR. At Newport Board on Saturday it was reported that tramps are slightly increasing again. There were 490 relieved last fortnight, as compared with 459 in the corresponding period last year. Dr. D. E. Tbomas, the medical officer for the Ohrwtchurch district, was granted an increase from £90 to L120. Several guardians bore testimony to the excellent work done by Dr. Thomas. The Chairman: As a matter of fact, he gives away a good part of his salary to the poor. Mr. Bates, chairman of the workhouse visit- mg committee, in bringing up the reports of, that oommittee said he thought the guardians could congratulate themselves upon the economical manner in which the alterations and furnishing of Springfield House, now fitted up as a sanatorium for consumptives, had been effected. The whole amount was X525 2s., of which £ 230 18s. 1. was for furnishing, bedding, linen, &o. Mr. John Davies (Abercarn) proposed that an additional out-relief allowance of 6d. per week be granted to each adult pauper as a winter allowance until Lady Day.—Mr. T. Donovan &eco-nded.-The Clerk, in anerwer to Mr. R. J. Searlee. said the extra cost over the fourteen weeks would be about £ 600, and no provision had been made for that amount in the estimates.—Mr. R. T. James proposed as an amendment that the extra payment be limited to the period from December 28 (after the extra relief at Christmas had been paid) to the end of January. Mr. D. Trea-sure seconding.—Mr. Davies ultimately accepted the amendment, and substituted it for his motion, which wae carried Dy a large majority.

LOTTERY WINNERS The first and second prises in the Lisbon Christmas lottery, valued respectively at £ 40,000 and £ 10,000, which are sub-divided into many small lottery tickets, will be shared chiefly by residents oi the poor quarter of Lisbon. The news naturally has created the greatest joy. A poor bookmaker with a large family, who was cm the verge of being expelled from his house through non-pay- ment of rent. has won ZL,000 with a ticket costing one shilling. He nearly went mad with joy on hearing of his good lock. A group of chimney sweepers clubbed to. gether and bought a ticket. They won £ 10,000, and gave a grand dinner to their colleagues of the brush, the champagne flowing freely.

PREFERRED HER AUNT I A dispute conowiing the possession of a girl of twelve wae heaid at North London on Saturday, when Henry Joseph Gibson, of Stratford, surrendered to his bail to further answer a warrant charging him with being L33 j, arrears on a maintenance order made in favour of his wife. Mrs Gibson had two of the three children when the order was made, but girl in ques- tion was with the husband's sister. The child had not been restored, but it was sub- mitted on behalf of the aunt that there was a letter in existence giving the consent of the parents to the adoption, and as that adoption took place years before the separa- tion between hnsband and wife wae thought of, that the order, so far as it related to this particular child, was bad. The magistrate, on being told by the child that she would prefer to live with her aunt, whom &he loved and who loved her, said he was satisfied that the child was happy, and he would not therefore interfere with the existing arrangement. The mother, however, must be granted reasonable access.

I LATE MR. DAVID VAUGHAN Cardiff City Council to-day passed a sincere vote of condolence with the family of the late Mr. David Vanghan, chief inspector in the health department. Dr. Robinson, the mover, saying that the late Mr. Vaughan had served the council faithfully for 25 years, and had always acted with courtesy, tact, and efficiency. In the discharge of his arduous duties he had been fearless as t-o his personal eafety. Sir William Grossman seconded, and the council adopted the vote in silence.

TEIFY BOARD OF CONSERVATORS I At a meeting heM at Newcastle Bmlyn the clerk presented his balance-sheet as foUowB: —Receipts: Balance from last year, £ 124; sale of lieeuce% LM; fines and fees, £ 17— total, JB534. Disbursements: Water bailiffs' wages, 92"; paid for killing 25 cormorants at Is. eacb, £1 So; clerk's salary. £41; mis- cellaneous, £ 51; commission 00 sale of licences, £ 17; amount placed OIl deposit £ 100; balance, L23--toW, £534. The Clerk informed the head water bsihff that he could demand the aid of the police if he thought that there was likely to be a breach of the peace at any time.

BRADFORD HOTEL MYSTERY Mystery surrounds the identity of a man who was on Saturday foun with his throat cut in a Bradford hotel. On Friday afternoon a well-dressed man went to the Bradford Commercial Hotel, in Weetgate, and engagiod a bedroom for the night. Nothine was heard ol him, but on Saturday morning the manager, whilst in his offioe, which is directly below the room occupied by the stranger, was astounded to note blood dropping from the ceiling. The door of the bedroom was forced open, and its occupant was found lying in a pool of blood, with a terrible gash in his throat. A razor lay nea.r. The man nad been dead some hours. A portmanteau he brought has two labels on it. On one is written "Bradford, Yorks, James Marshall, from 56, Alexandra-road, Morecamibe"; on the other is the name Marshall and Family," indicating that at some date its owners travelled cabin from Cape Town in the Suevic. The body is tihat of a man aborot forty years of age, and some 5ft. 5in. in height. He has a ginger beard.

UNKNOWN MAN DEAD IN HOTEL J The dead body of an tunknorwu man was found on Sunday afternoon in a bedroom at a Morecamibe hotel. Deceased, who was about thirty years of age, had, apparently, taken a large dose of prussic acid. Beyond the initials C. H. B." in one of his boots, there was nxathiag likely to lead to his

I FROM ALL QUARTERS Mise Mary Crane, daughter of Mr. Charles B. Crane, the multi-millionaire Chicago iron- founder, nds to work on a farm. The village schoolchildren at Hilden- borough have produced a Christmas panto- mime entitled "Santa Class in Japan." The death is announced of Professor Janssen, the faonous Astronomer-Direoteur of the Meudon Conservatory. The deceased was 83 years old. A stone which geologists agree had been used by rats to grind. t.heir teeth on has been found in the middle of a wheat rick at Colebrook. Devonshire. Pour hundred and fifty guineas was paid at Christie's on Saturday for an old Dutch portrait of a lady by J. A. Van Ravesteya, one of the late Mr. Rome's collection. Owen Campbell, marine store dealer, Bryn- mwwr, was fined 92, inclusive, at Brynmawr to-day for buying old brass in a less quan- tity than 561b'. on November 25. A fine of Ll and costs was imposed at Bryn- mawr to-day on William Williams, landlord of the Miners' Arms, "nolly, for permitting drunkenness on December 8. Edgar Powell, collier, Llanelly, was fined 10s. and oosts for being drunk on the premises.

I MR. CHAPPELLS QUESTIONS I Mr. John Chappell asked a t.rio of questions which excited much laughAer at to-day's special meeting of the Cardiff City Council. Rising at an early stage in the meeting, he desired to inquire of the chairma-n of the watch committee or the chief-constatie whether their attention had been called to a violent speech recently delivered by Coun- cillor F. H. Gaskell, in which he suggested that a bonfire should be ma-de in the public street, on the top of which the hon. member for the City of Cardiff should be placed, so that he and his party might be consumed by fire. If eo, what steps did they propose to take to put down such incitement to van- dalism and murder? (Loud daughter.) The Lord Mayor (Alderman Iityid Thomas) ruled the question out of order. Rats! In otrder to allay much public anxiety, Mr. Chappell next said th" he wished to ask the chairman of the watch comma fctee or the medical officer of health, whether in view of the fact that the city had recently been declared to be infested by rats what steps were being taken to exterminate those rodents, and would it be absolutely neces- sary in order to exterminate the vermin to fire the city. (Laughter.) Dr. Robinson (chairman of the health com- mittee): As far as the four-footed rodents are concerned, we have a rat catcher. Mr. J. T. Richards (chairman of the watch I committee) proceeded to reply regarding the ciuery in reference to Councillor's Gaskell's speech. He said, "The police are satisfied that the speech in question-" The Lord Mayor: I think this is trifting I with the council. We are not responsible for what occurred outside. (Hea.r,hear.) The Menial Hospital Mr. ohappell's third question was, "What is the earliest date on which the mental hospital will be ready to receive patients?" Mr. Morgan Thomas (chairman of the com- mittee) We hope to receive patients early i in April. I ———— s

I THE NEW FIRE STATION I At Cardiff City Council to-day. Mr. W. H. D. Oaple again raised the (jueftticxn of the Site of the proposed new fire brigade station, with the object of "sootohing" the sugges- tion that it should be built in Oathays Park. He moved that the watch committee be asked to reconsider the paragraph in their minutes relating to the comparative values of the lands and buildings in Weettrate-otreet and Cathays Park, namely, LM,660 and a7,861 respectively, and asking the city engineer to prepare detailed plans and estimates for a fire brigade station in Cathays Bark. Alderman Een-wksk seconded. Mr. R. W. Rlahaods, chairman of the watch committee, merely asked for detailed plans and estimates, which would be a compara- tively small expense, and the committee were not committed to any scheme. The minutes were adopted without amend- ment, and detailed plans and estimmates will now be submitted by Mr. Hacpw.

CARDIFF MENTAL HOSPITAL A meeting of the Cardiff Mental Hospital Committee wae held to-day to appoint a sub- committee to select a short list of applicants for the poets of matron and head-attendant at the mental hospital, and present their list to the January meeting of the council. This procedure wiR assun the committee in appointing the chief officials without delay, in view of the early opening of the institu- tion. The sub-committee appointed were the chairman (Mr. Morgan Thomas), deputy-chair- man (Mr. C. F. Sanders), Dr. James Robinson, Alderman F. J. Beavan, a.nd Dr. Smith.

THE PERIL IN PERSIA. I Official information received at Odessa trom Tabriz shows that the situation in that town, wbx- for the paat two or three ttays has been tfaBeaifcennmg, has now become grave in the extreme. A Oonsolar dispatch bearing Friday's date states that to all intents and purposes the town is in tihe hands of the revolution- ary party. No business of any kind whatever is being carried on, the eiiope being closed. One of the most serious features of the position is the aititatude of the Imperial troops, who appear to be on the verge of opan mutiny. Ait present the softdiers refrain from par- ticipaiting in what is going 011, and their passdveness is consadered acnanoqjs. The Crown anaorary bas been looted by the revo- lutionaries, who are now well vrmd.- Central News. A telegram from Teheran states that the Shah is endeavouring to bring about an understanding between Parliament and the Conservative pairty.Reuter. The Teheran correspondent ef the Paris "Temps" telegraphs:—" The majority of the provinces is now with the Parliamentary party. The armed forces encamped in the Maidam have dispersed, and the situation is now more favourable. A new Cabinet bas been formed. with Muchir ed Daouleh as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Court hae exiled the agitators in accordance with the demand of Parliament, and promises to maintain the Cbnstitution."—Central News. •

I PANIC-STRICKEN FEZ A Tangier telegram to the "Petit Parisien" says :-Grave news has been, received from Fes. The tied el Hadj tribe entered the city on the 16th inst., and caused diaofders by spreading alarming reports. An excited mob rushed to the gates, and after driving away the octroi employes broke open the eales. The commercial quarter was next invaded. Panic-stricken merchants barricaded them- selves in their houses. On the following day a number of assaults were committed by the mob, and two Jews were killed, while many other persons were injured. The Grand Bazaar was sacked, and the French post-office was attacked by how]- ing crowds, but, fortunately, the money and documents* bad previously been removed to a place of safety. The German post-office was spared. Terror prevails, and the authorities are powerless.—Renter.

To-day's Finance LONDON, Monday, 1.0 p.m. MOIWY in good dwnaad at 5 per cent. Discount rates short and three months' bills pec cent. Cooeoia unaltered. Irish Loan i up. Traneraal Lcaa a down. Home Rails and Americans steady, "frocks better. Bise: Third Pref C. Mwc.1. Bails lower. Fall: Ordinary J. Forejrn-em dull. Minæ qu, PRINCIPAL CHANGES. Dover "A" 4, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, .South we??tem De?n-ed, Midland Deferred a, W??t exNn ??h?&m De<erred, Chatham up. Baltimore H, C?n?diam p"fir,, Caimapeake, New York Centnl, Union PaciSc 4. Erie 6" Noff<?t, Ontario, Steels Reading i, Atchison ? upt i,U! up; Ptru Pref i| Oualamala i, p_ i, Japan FuuT-"d-a-Ralf dawn. Tin-to if Oobatr D, Anaconda l-.u up; De Beer, Jagers, Premier i, BrowiWiHl 1-16 dowa. CARDIFF, Monday, 1.0 p.m. Busine* on the local Stock Si-ket morning was entirely ucdor holiday conditions, IIiDd trans- actions were few and of little importance. Raihway Stoefca spemeraHy were steady, Cotliery Stares sfligfctly irregular, and there was no feature in other directions.

NEWMARKET NOTES. (FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) HSWMARKBT, Monday The morning is very wet, an11, coiweQueaUy, gal- loping work is impossible. lady's Ulysses, PhWfcippidee, James, and PMtty Djei, a metal mile. No other Jumpers were out, exoeptlug Leader's Cape Verde, who walked on the roads. Candelabra, at Wolverhampton on Tbunday, is a certain runner, and will probably win. Centre Board will be rfeWea by F. Morgan at Kempton on Thursday, and Lady Cringle will be Jarvis'a irouat at Kempton oa Friday, aatd bas a, CtlUN,

I Weather Forecast I -?- ] The British Meteorological Office this morning issued tibe following forecast of the weather likely in South Wales from 10.30 a.m. to-day till 10.30 a.m. to- Inorrow: Easterly winds, fresihewimgr; fair; ram later; cakier.

I Miners' Federation —— —— TESTIMONIAL. TO SIR W. CIROSSMAN I I A meeting of the council of the South Wa4es Miners' Federation was held at Cardiff to- <ta,y. Mr. W. Brace, M.P., presided, the ofcher I officers present being Mr. A. Onions vgvuerai treasurer) and Mr. T. £ .icha.rsiii, M- P. ge n e-ra.1 secretary). Main Colliery Dispute A letter was received from the secretary j of the workmen at these collieries asking if i tihey were to stop work on the 31st of; December, in ca.e the arbitratorg had not completed their award, in a-ooordance with t-he reaotation wooer which work was re-susmed. One of the stf-ipula-tionei was that the dMTMte was to be retried by the arbi- trators by the 31;;t inet. The secretary was instructed to reply that the arbitra-tons had armnced to meet to-morrow (Tuesday), in tiie hope that a settlement might be arrived- aA before the end of the month. Housing Reform Mr. R. R. AMridge. secretary of the Kewnonafl Housing Reform Council, wrote, asking for the co-operation of the Federation ia the promotion of exhibitiong and other methods of assisting in the matter of housing reform in Soatth Wstie^. It was resoKed tJJ.a.t the ooaneil recommend each district to render every assistance pos- sible to the National Houcing Reform Coun- cil in their endeavours to eecure improve- ments in the housing conditions of the work- ing people of South Wales. Testimonial to Sir W. Grossman An appeal from the Cardiff Trades and Xanbotrr OouiKsil for &upport of this moremem was received. It being understood tha-t some djatrioie of the federation had already ren- dered strppomt, it was resolved that the OMKbtier be left entirely to the districts. Old Age Pensions and Unemployed The Labour party are holding a omference of Trades Unions, co-operators, and other associations interested in the Old-age Pen- sione amd Unemployed Bill at Hull cm the 117,tii acd 18th of next month, and Meagre. D. I Morgaji, Hitb,rt, Jenkins, and John Williams, M.P., were awaited delegates to attend the meetings.

I CAUGHT IN THE RAPIDS In full view of 2C0 people Alfred Jackson, a young clerk, of Providenoe, on Saturday met a terrible death beneath the falfc on the Ptowtwcket River. With two companions, Jackson, while canoeing, was caught in the rapids and car- Tied aver the fulls. He Teacbed a half-erub- mergad rook, and while clinging there he Beised his brother and held him up till he was rescued by means of a life-line. Though the life-tine was a flung to him, Alfred was onabte to move. HiE fott had caught in a crevioe. In a voice which wae almost drowned by the thunder of the falls he shouted instructions to his reecuere, until, exhausted by the icy cold spray, he sank I benumbed in the turbulent waters.

I JOINING-UP A WARSHIP 1 TorpedoJboat No. 95. which was reoeniUy salved in two parte at Berry Head, where she sack in consequence of the main shaft breaking acd penetrating her hull, is to be re-built at Devonport Dockyard. Although in ttie case of the Suevic two ends of a ship wwe joined together, tthis task has never before been undertaken in a Government yard. IThe fore-part of the boat is now lying in ?<<&. 4 dock at Devonpart. Owing to the fact tthtat a new caisson for this dock is being made, a ooncrete dam. has been placed acroop the entrance, so that it is impossible to float the after-paxt of tihe vessel in. It, is, there- fore, proposed to transport tibe stem partdBo, which weights aboat- thirty tons. to the side of the dock, and tfceai lower it into position for j^rining up. i I

SANTA CLAUS AT SEA I 7%4, Canard liner Campania, which sailed faam Liverpool on Saturday with more than 1.000 paffiexigeOTS, has been speoia-lly prepared for the Christmas festivities. Great quan- [ taties of holly were taken on board for deco- rat-lom. Tbetre will be three toy-laden Christ- mas trees in each section of the ship. amd a I steward, dresom up ae Father Christmas, will visit the children early on Christmas morn- iug with gif ts. t

BOXING I Champions Meet at Pontypridd t A twenty-round boxing confeet for the Get. ohaanpionahip of England and America was TxaCed at Pontypridd on Saturday night, the contestants being Joey Smith, the Set. 64, c8ø.xn.pian of Wales, and Kid Logan, the American 6st. champion. Mr. Tim Sullivan (Dowlais) acted as referee, and the rounds were of two minutes' duration each. The American had the advantage of reach and weight, but "halt Smith lacked in physique he made up in alertness, and oleverly avoided the heavy blows of his antagonist until the fifth round, when be was subjected to two or three h-rd knocks In the sixth round, however, Smith punished Logan badly with some stinging blows on the face, and, though the latter exhibited a good deal of courage and fought gamely it was evident in the succeeding rounds that he wae having the worst of matters. Logan also sustained an injury to his leg, which rather handicapped him. but he stuck bravely to hie guns until the fifteenth, round, when the force of a thrust from Smith, together with his effort to avoid another swinging hiow, caused him to injure biB arm. Logan then retired, and Smith was declared the victor amidst loud plaudits. "TIGER" SMITH TO FIGHT OOSTELLO. Tiger Smith (Merthyr Tydfil) and Jack Costeilo (BkmiBgham) were matched for JE300 on Saturday at the Birmingham office of the "Sporting Life." Ooebeilo and Smith, who recently fought Gunner Moir were motcfaed to box twenty rounds at Hat. 41b. The engagement is for LIOD a-side Md parse of £ 100. The evenit will be decided ait the DriU-halL fifceffield. on January 27.

I Football. GRAND MATCH AT PENARTH. CARDIFF AND DISTRICT UNION XV. v. PENARTH, AT 2.45, OHRISTMAS DAY. I Ita-as leave Cardiff-G.WIL 2.5 p.m. and Barry at 1..2 ,p.m. 04713 TAFF VALE PARK, PONTYPRIDD. ON TUESDAY NEXT, DEC. 24th- MERTHYR V. PONTYPRIDD. ON XMAS DAY, DEC. 25tb- PENYGRAIG V. PONTYPRIDD. Kick-off Bach Day at Three Po In. Id aoaiiectkra with tl.e latter JDiMoh Special Motor- car will lane Binae Station at about Two o'clock. ect5 MOOISJAXD VILLA A..F.C. require A-a, Match, new Cswliff. on Boxing Day, Dec. 26th—A^ily oarlv. 0. Davles, 203, Oafiisle-str«et, Cardiff. e4909z24

PRICE OF GAS LOWERED As a sort of caanUa-biaet to the entrance of the electric light company, the Bhyznney and Aber Gae and Water Oonnpaaiy have reduced the price of gas in Gelligaer. Ur. E. Branson, the manager, in a circular to the consumers announces that the directors have pleasure in reducing the price by 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet. 'fiJ.e directorc, ihYpe to make a further reduction within the next twelve months." The price of gas in the area varies considerably. The niaximum charge at Bhjnmiey was, by agreement, fixed at the parsing of the Bili at 4e. per 1.000 oubic feet, but in the Gelligaer area the looal authorities did not preee for a maxi- mum rate, and for years the charge has ¡ been 56. 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet. The reduc- I tion to 5s. will be welcomed.

tes tatt for CIasstff ratt-on XpOB SaJe. 7 White Leghorn Ftowi*. Me. Um lot J- Appiy Kueath, 148, Oolum-road, Cardiff. e49tte26 R-. IPPlWJILLE'i? Pal-ent Okl Ovaa Stovei double i-t' burners, for Sato: no reasonable offer refu.&- Mrs. F. Evans, 75, WeUij?tan-?reet, Canton, Cardiff. f4W?tT6 WANTED immediately. JocMr Merk: clear ha?d- Wwritjmg and goW ebOrtbaM necessary.— State age. =Evy. expeneaze, and idexcuom to Carver. Aw> Uo-"j F*bguulu .am

[ BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS AND IN MEMORIAM. Gbarge tor inserting ad?«rUsemesrte uader tide hurt rmg:-Is. for so Words and Id. for Evwry Two Bitti Worda. 1\ C Dottoe OIl tà.i8 deseriplxw wua be inaettad uni- a by the name aDd aodrees at the Hate. ud telephonic messages camoot be aeted on until confirmed in writing. DEATHS. MORGAN.On 2ist iost., at 77, Niman-road. OwiM, Baric Siongan. Builders" Merchant, afed 64 years. FoeereJ on Tuesday. p.m. No flowars, by requasi. SOPEH.—Deoember 21st, a; j;. Windeor-tetfraee. Ply- mouth, 15abell Hawker 6oper, M.R.C^s.. formerly at Bla.iD&, Monimoutli&hiKP, in his seventy-sixth yaorr. PtLaerai at Eairts., Tuesday nexi. | VAFGHAS.—Chief Sawtary Inspector, &t 6k ? PlMH<tgeoet-9traM, C" iii. on L--?mber 21%. Fuowal 2.30 p.m., FIidy, 2Tt? D?cember, for N?w Cemetery. In Memorianv J3FCKLA.ND.-ln Loving Memory of dear Mother, Caroline Buokland. late ?want>ea. who died December 12tíi, 1904, at < iwyjxj/ki, .-Tc. memory erer dœ,r. —Prom your loving iknis. Sianey aud GIL, Buckiaod. IMA IE»».—In Kver Icvinc Memory of dear Ittle Wilfts Iiaviei. Poiice-sti»tioii. Hn-wiun. who died DeoeintMr Z3rd. 1904, agud eipht years.—Lord ..11 pitying, Jeea l>le&t. G-rafK him I'hin,, eternal rest

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LIKENED TO BYRON I In a case. before the West London magis- trate on Saturday counsel "for the defence raised an interesting question of a patho- logical nature. A young woman was accused of obtaining a cake by false pre- tences. Mr. Ellis, who defended, said the defen- dant was of a highly neurotic nature, and she aug-o suffered from a deformed foot. One of the remarkable things in Gallon's book on insanity was the relationship between deformity of limb and insanity—Lord Byron was an example of that with hie club foot. The Magistrate: I never understood that he was led into such a curious position. It certainly made him jealous and hurt his amour propTe. Mr. Ellis proceeded to argue that the woman was not responsible for her actions at times. The magistrate remanded her on bail. so that medical evidence might be forthcoming.

CONCERTS AT PANOPTICON I Sacred concerts were given on Sunday afternoon and evening at Stoll's Panopticon, St. Mary-etreet, Cardiff, and the hall was packed on each occasion. These concerts are aptly described as sermons \in pictures, and sermons, however eloquent, could not have appealed with more effect than did these pictures of the American Bioscope Company, especially the beautifully coloured ones illustrative of the life of Christ. The series covers many of the epieodes relating to the life of the Redeemer, and comprises over 40 views of the birth and childhood, the public life, and the passion and death. Another noteworthy feature was the fine singing of the Eisteddfod Prise Vocal Sex- tette (South Wales singers), a combination of rare excellence. The concerts will be repeated on Christmas Day at three and eight p.m.