South Wales Echo

The Man About Town. Cardiff Corporation Caskets are becoming numerous, but none that have gone before were of such admirable design as that which contained the honorary freedom of the Borough presented to Lord Windsor yester- day. Lord Windsor had a memorable year of office, and the pleasing ceremony was the fitting memento and acknowledgment of the admirable manner in which he performed the duties of Chief Magistrate. His Lordship emphasised his successful Mayoralty by recalling a happy fact, and declaring that he should always remember that during his year of office, no single incident ever occurred that marred in the slightest degree the good relations not only of himself with the members of the Cor- poration, but those of the whole Corpora- I tion together." A fact worth onaphasisiug. ♦ The general public will, ere this, be very familiar with the idea that the Royal National Eisteddfod will be held at New- port this year. A fact not quite so weU known probably is that it is customary to go North one year and South the next. The meeting goes North for 1898. But where next ? That is a question in which a num- ber of Cardiffians are especially interested, and a circular has been issued calling a meeting of Eisteddfodwyr and the general public to consider the advisability of invit- ing the Committee of the Eisteddfod to hold their 1899 gathering in Cardiff. Before this falls into the hands of my readers to-night the meeting will have been held and a decision arrived at. If the Eisteddfod should come this way, the year of grace 1899 will be a convenient time, and for the present the Diary of public engagements is clear. Next year the Third Triennial Musical Festival will, under favourable circumstances, be held in September, and there is the Bath and West of England Show—a fairly good programme of big events for one year. As for the present the list of engage- ments is crowded with Jubilee arrangements, Silver Wedcling Festivities, Iron and Steel Institute, and the Journalists. Cardiff could very conveniently hold high fete with the Bards of the Isle of Great Britain and wonder at their garbs and crowns and sword, and all the symbolic paraphernalia which is new since the last meeting in the Welsh Metropolis. To-day there must be thousands of new comers who have never seen an Eisteddfod, and who would eagerly attend the meetings of the National Institution. Success would be assured beforehand, and I have no doubt a hearty welcome would be extended to one of the oldest institutions in the land. 1 „ For a preliminary inspection, and as a kind of dress rehearsal, the different companies of the Boys' Brigade and the Church Lads' Brigade assembled on the Canton Cattle Market the other evening, when the various manoeuvres were executed for the inspection to be held shortly in the Cathays Park. Major-General Lee, who shows a lively interest in the movement, was the first to arrive, and while waiting for the ranks to turn up, he scanned the Cattle Market enclosure, and '■ expreaaed his surprise that such an excel- I lent playground for the children of the neigh. bourhood should be given up for a few sheep to graze on. He urged the inhabitants to press their representatives in the Council to agitate until the space is utilised as a playground, and an instructor and caretaker appointed to teach the youngsters the gentle art of How to Play Major-General Lee was also interested to learn that the Radnor-road playground is fitted with gymnastic apparatus. Probably the members for Canton and Riverside will take note of the observation, and candidates for Municipal honours in that district will find it a "strong card." But November is afar off The difficulties aud objections heretofore raised against opening the playgrounds attached to the schools have been the cost of caretakers, and probably the same difficulty would arise on the question of the Canton Market enclosure. The Corporation, however, are content to spend more on a little official jaunt than I would pay a caretaker's salary for two years. 1 The Empire—no this is nothing about the Jubilee—is a cool retreat with its soft electric light, comfortable seats, and sliding roof. I was not surprised to find on a sultry evening the patrons of the place enjoying a lively programme under conditions as comfortable as are maintained in the winter months. It was summer on the stage and summer in the auditorium, where one might have studied the fashions even as at Church And seeing that the Empire has a special testi- monial from a Vicar and his Churchwardens, it is not surprising that so many of their fair parishioners should find pleasure and recreation, and a little innocent gaiety in listening to a two hours' variety entertainment in what is a veritable Palace of Pleasure. Music Hall entertain- ments have undergone great changes in recent years, there being a very noticeable tendency to approach the Theatres as nearly as may be. The short farce, the musical comedy, are items of almost weekly occurrence, and in place of the worn-out knockabout business, comedians appear who perform on a number of different musical instruments and give a far more acceptable entertainment. The growth of the Variety entertainment is one of the signs of the times, and due to the rate at which life runs in the towns. A two-hours' entertainment, light and varied and constantly changing, suits the tastes and the inclinations of the populace. When work is done many of them have Utile energy or inclination left for even a drama or an intellectual comedy. Their entertainment is always enjoyed leisurely and it must be something which doea not demand too much concentration of attention or thought. Did our prehistoric forefathers, when they 1 made the first rough timber wheels and applied them to chariots for agricultural and war purposes, ever dream of riding astride them ] The wise man assured the world that there was nothing new under the sun, and it is just possible—though hardly probable—that some archaeologist will dis- cover a tangent spoked, hollow rimmed, resilient pneumatic-tyred wheel marked as someone's patent that has been buried for a few thousand years in some great prince's tomb. For of a certainty, if cycles were used in prehistoric times, the princes or chiefs must have gone on the luxury of pneumatic tyres, the vassals riding on boneshakers. I was led to wish that the inventors of the wheel had stopped short at the rudely- fashioned timber disc, which was certainly not noiseless, for then the foot passenger would have been safe in the streets, and now he certainly is not in the days of pneumatics. For in- stance, I walk on the edge of the pavement, musing and thinking out problems that have nothing to do with bicycles or the best mount to adont, when the bliss of a reverie is broken in upon bv a newsboy and bag falling into one's arms and his machine into the gutter. I step off the 'bus, and instantly I am butted into by a rosy cheekod learner on a wobbling wheel, who has no idea of any rule of the road. After that experience a soreness is felt, caused by the impact of the collision, and one's coat bears evidence of its contact with a leaky oil lamp. But these are minor troubles compared with those of a lady who was crossing the end of a bye-street the other night. The inevitable collision occurred she was run down by the cyclist who rang the bell vigorously, after the accident. That deadly Tpneuinatic, coupled with the absence of the bell, is the cause of all the trou- ble. The old donkey "or boneshaker did give warning sound of its approach— I' though a collision might have been fatal— but the luxurious pneumatic machines, which run on air," and are as silent as the flight of the sparrow hawk, are causing as much terror to the timid as did the tales of gigantic comets many years ago. There is real danger, however, when every side street is turned into a cycle riding school and the principal roads into a cycle track. And that is the state of the neighbourhood known as Hoath Park when the shades of evening fall. For the safety of the public it wilt be necessary to frame new Bye Laws, compelling the leamera of the cycle to place at the ends of the streets boards containing the legend, Caution Beware of the Cyclists." These are the penalties of civilization and progress. The prehistoric wheel and the old boneshaker required none of these pre- cautions and warnings net even a bell to make their approach known. Will the Finance Committee and the Council make a stand against the expenses of three members who accom- panied the Mayor and Town Clerk to Scotland to Dresent the Town's congratulations to Lord and Lady Bute ? So many threats, so many discussions, have been made and waged in the Finance Committee about these little excursions and picnics at the public expense, that like all the rest this latest will almost certainly be passed over. A deputation of five to the North of Scotland to present the Corporation's congratulations to Lord Bute. This reminds one of the snubbing the big party of Councillors received from the Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee recently, when he read them a lesson about wasting the rate- payers' money. The Council sanctioned the visit of the Mayor and the Town Clerk to Scotland, and then the local Parliamentary Committee—the Picnic Committee—added the names of Alderman D. Jones, Alderman Carey, and Councillor I T. Andrews. As one member of the Council observed when it was known that the picnic had started—"They spend JB60 in order to present a I congratulation' costing :210. Will the Finance Committee keep its "back up" against this irregular and altogether un- necessary expenditure of i public money on picnics ? "A mere trifle some say- not enough for "snuff money I'; but I think the petty expenses account for picnics during a single year would, if totalled up and presented to the ratepayers, cause a little sneezing.

EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. 1 A Sandwich correspondent telegraphs this naming :-A young man named Baldwin whilst standing on the toll bridge here was seized with a fit, and falling over the rails into the river was drowned insight of several men, who were unable to rescue

TO-OA Y':C; WKATHEK. 4.30 P.M. TO-DAirt3 FORECAST mt ENGLAND, S.W., AND SOUTH WALES. Light breezes, chiefly northerly fair generally. GENERAL.—There are at present no sign* of any material rlsange in GENERAL.—There are at present no sign* of nymllterial rlsange in the weather. Slight local shotrerH are still probable ia many intrts of the northern and eastern ili.^tricl'.

IDs. BBIDGWATRT!, M.D., U.S A,, 18, Cn#T(*C House street, Cardiff, 190e j House street, Cardiff, 190e

Racing Tipster's End. I DEATH FROM STARVATION. I Yesterday afternoon, at Kensington Town Hall, Mr Luxmore Drew held an inquiry conoennnj? the death of John William Cculthard, aged 34 years, a racing tipster, of no home, formerly well connected, who died of starvation under distress. ing circumstances. I SAD STORY. I Elizabeth Stevenson, a widow, saiJ ik?oa32J was her son by her first husband, an independent gentleman. Deceased was a racing man, and until recently had a paper called The Winning Post. Witness last saw him on Wod- nesday, when he had no money, and for two days he had only had a crust of bread and a dmp of tea in fact, they had had A hard winter ar.d were often short of food. Witness had been living in Hurley ford-road, Vauxliftli, but left there to go into a situation. It was witness's first place, but she was obliged to do something. Witness's opinion when she heard of the dealli was that he was suffering from shortness of food and died from hunger. ONLY A BUNCH OF SPRING ONIONS, I P.C. Leek, 173 F, said that at 1 a.m. on June I 1st he found the deceased lying on the pavement I in the K'jnsir.gton-ioad at Hyde Park-gate. He was unconscious. Witness took him to the Police Station, where the doctor found life extinct. I Witness tearchecl the body and found no money only a bunch of spring onious, which he had evidently taken ftom one of the market jyardenet's vans going to town, and one of which he was evidently eating at the time he fell. Witness also found papers showirg that deceased had carried on A business as tipster in the name of Cooper, Heckfoid, Acklam, &o., with addresses at Bond- street, Vaux'nall, and the Haymaiket, W. Witness's inquiries led him to believe that mother and son had been well connected and well to do, but had been reduced in circumstances. THE VERDICT. Dr. Meredith Townsend said the body was emaciated and neglected. The clothes were very poor. The lungs showed signa of pneumonia, The stomach only contained a little green onion, and the intestines were empty, showing lie had had no food for a long time. Death was due to pneumonia, exposure, and starvation. The jury. returned a verdict of Death from starvation." A SPORTING CIRCULAR. After the inquest the mother identified a circular found on deceased under one of his aliases as being in his handwriting. It read "Bond- street, Vauxhall. Sir, --I am in a position to supply occasional good notes by letter aud wire, if you care to send me stamps and pay on wins one liorsa only. One of my brothers is a leading jockey in Germany, as you will see front 'Ruff'i; Guid" another is a head lad at Newmarket, and another at stables, and I get some very good things. I have something special for the Man- chester Cup and Royal Hunt, and two good things for the Durdans Plata and It.yal Stakes, Epsom, both big betting races. It does Dot do for mo to ad verLise I ha va Nod clients aud can give references, but a trial is worth any amount of talk, as yon can soon judge what I know. I expect odds to 2J, as this is efto-,p-,r than paying 2- 6-1 right out, as you only -end wheu winnings. I only send when good,&c." I_

REAPPEARANCE OF MADAME PATTI. I Pattti, having entirely recovered from the slight nccident which prevented her from fulfilling her engagement I;><;t month, reappeared at the Albeit. Hall yesterday at a conoert given by Messrs Harrison. The distinguished prima denua, it will be rucoilecred, on the last occasion had a swollen face, caused by a stray spark, although this, of course, in no way affected her voice, which yesterday was ns fresh as it has been for some years past. One Patti concert is very much like another, and yesterday, as usual, the star of the afternoon was announced to siug three song; but added as many encore pif-ces. First came Lot the Bright Seraphim," florid music which suits her r^markahiy well, to which, as an f.,ticorp, rlie gave liatti." Then, after an exc^l'ent rendering of Mozirt'a "Voi che sapete," she sang the popular waltz song II Bacio by hor old friend Arditi, and Gually, after the Meeting of thA Wikter. she gitve the inevitable Home, Sweet Home." The audience recalled her three times to the platform before she was seen in her hat and cloak in token of immediate departure. Among the other artiste were Mr Ben DtvitF, who, after the tenor song, Ah, Moon of My Delight," from A Persian Garden," sang To«ti'« Good Night, Beloved;" Miss Butt, and Mr Black. The audionce was very lirge.

liUFFIANISM IN CLEIiKENWtU, A Girl Shot Dead. I The ruffi'tnly gang of boys who have for some time disturbed the peace of Islington nnd CJIeikunweli by tue crryin; of revolvers have at. length perpetrated a shocking tragedy. Two boy", of whom one is said to belong to The Pistol Gang," quarrelled and fought yesterday j evening in No be1.-street, Clerkenwell, A lad named Stcdman worated tiii antagonist, whose name has not transpired, and they parted but the latter, running down the streot, lay in wait for Stedman. nt whom he fired with a revolver. Stedman however had been warnell and managed to evade the shot, which struck the forehead of a girl namad Margaret Jane Smith. The unfortunate girl, who is 12 years of ago and was returning home after discharging an errand, was at once removed to tho Royal Free Hospital, wheve, upou arrival, she was pronounced by Dr. Laick to be dead. The boy who fired the shot ia believed to hav evaded immediate arrest, but be is known to tho police, who have secured some I half-doZ'T, others of the gang.

TREAT IN STORE FOR REPORTERS. Samuel BAyliss, otherwise Owen, has graced St. Giles's Workhouse with his affable presence since March last. On putting in an appearance nti Bow-streeS yesterday as a refractory, Sam made a salaam to Sir John of OrientAl I proportions. His crime was that he demanded that the master should supply him with tobacco, and, on being refused, declared, Very well if loan get no tobacco, then I shall do no worlr," a sentiment which he carried out to the bitter end. —Samuel (Icq.) to Sir John I will ask your Honour to remand me for a week, that'I may pre- pare a statement to lay before the reporters of the court- wi tl) a wave of the hand towards the Press representatives—th^fc the public may know how I have been treated. -Strii,ing,y Sir John acceded to the modest request, and Mr Bayliso, with another magnificent bow, quitted ths dock.

-=- FIVE THOUSAND PER CENT. In giving evidence before the Money Lending Commission yesterday Mr Farrow, editor of The Councillor, mentioned a case in which a lady boarding-house keeper at Oxford was charged 5,000 per cent. i The witness made various suggestions for the governing of money-lending, the most important being that money-lenders should be required to lak., up a 210 licence, and should be compelled bo trade under their own name, instead of under the misleading title of bank," and that the interest should be fixsd at a rate not exceeding thitt allowed by the l'wnlm,k«. Acç of 1872, VIZ.. 25 per cuofc. per annum.

PROFESSIONAL CYCLING. 11 ..f Union v. J. W. Slocks. I J. W. Slocks, writing to the Sportitig Life. siiys Rs-p^ing to Linton's fresh challenge in your issue of the 2nd inat., I cannot >»«e any necessity to ride him three matches, but if he desires to have his revenge for his recent defea in Brussels I shall be pleased to accord him this opportunity on Juno 19d1 at the Crystal Palace track, for £100 a-side, and a £ 100 prize, winne to take all. If he will appoint a date to roeeb me at your office, I will be there ready to sigu arbiolcs and make a deposit.

-.0 A POSTMASTER'S TESTIMONY. A Postmaster in a .-luh-office 111 the South of England writes to say <"<hat he has received such beuefit from Sanders' Nerve Pills that be has recommended them to a friend who has tried various other remedies without getting relief. Ho goes on to say I have suffered from Toothache aud Neuralgia as far back A* I can remember, and have tried dozens ot different kinds of pills and medi- cine and received permanent relief from none. I have taken ouo Bmali box aud am now taking a 2 9d box, and the reeult h"e been marvellous." This case is one in which lit-a sufferer WRS closely confined to office work from morning till night, with mental strain and worry. but no relaxation and fresh air. As indicated, Banders' Nerve PiUs played a very satisfactory part in relieving tho pains and in building up the blood and n«rv» systems. Don't suffer unnecessary pain. Get a box of Senders' Nerve Pills. Your Chemist or Medicine Vendor shouhl keep them. I If not MIIII direct to Sa'r->, R v-fraide Phar- macy, Tudor-road. Cw-Ml. S-.i^l m h at Is l%d aud treble siz*, 2' 633 c 1 IN all disease consult Dr, litidgwater, M.D., I A., Custom House-streeu

Flotsam and Jetsam. UNUSUAL APPLICATION IN THE DIVORCE COURT. I A new reason has been discovered for the interval between decree nisi and decree absolute. A petitioner who reoently obtained the former has asked to have it rescinded, having forgiven the (presumably) guilty spouse. Such an applica- tion is probably unique in the annals of the Divorce Court, which naturally granted the prayer. _I"t. -v- THRIU: ESSENTIALS. Bisuop Mitehenson, Archdeacon of Je, ices in his charge to the clergy of his stated thab his successor ought to b» a young man, a jtronsr man, and a cyclist." --0-- THE GARDEN OF EDiSN. A groat many attempts have bean made to discover the Garden of Eden, or, at all events, the site of it, and some enterprising Egyptologist now think they have obtained a valuable clue. Whilst exploring the lost flint mines of Exypt they came upen a long, low hill about a hundred miles from the coast which had formerly been a beautiful tropical spot. It was crowded with the stone implements of a bygone race, and the explorers say that bore was" eitber the Garden of Eden or a palaeolithic city." They are quite decided that they have discovered a "cradle of the human race." But, as Lord Kelvin has just been telling us that the world has been inhabited for 20,000,000 years, we should be glad to know how old this cradle is and who was first r^ck d iu it. __n_- liOUGH ON The Manchester Guardian evidently doas not put its money on the turf prophete* predictions. It says NotwitbaLaiidii)g that the unanimous judgment: of the prophets was in his favour, Galtee Mora won the Derby with great ease." -0-- ON THE HISTORIC DOWNS. Aooording to a London correspondent who visitod the House of Commons at prayer time yesterday there were only half a dozen pious Radicals in the House, hicluiliug Sir Charles Dilke, while there were quite 6a wicked Tories in their places. The inference is that the Radicals went to see Galtee More win the Derby. 0. TilE LADY CICLIST AT THK BACKS. In front of the paddock there was a very popular "licensed auctioneeress." who seemed to do a great trade, principally by giving away' brass waddinp;.rinv,s. but nowhere was there a lady-bookmaker. In revenge, there was uo want of lady bicyclists, one of whom, to the admira- tion of all beholders, rode hor machine over the grass. --o TO WORK A COMMISSION." Captain Adrian Jones was very busy glancing over the favourite Wednesday, for he 1. re- ceived a commission to do a picture of Gal tea More. IKICUI RKCOKO IN TBLKGRAPHT. The London correspondent of the Glasgow Herald understands that at the close of the chess match between the House of Commons and the American Legislature an incident occurred which is wholly without precedent in the world's history. When tho match had ended, Mr Horace Plunketfc, tho leader of the British team, proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Henniker Ileaton, who had organised the whole nfhir, and the fact having been com- municated across tho latlantic by cable, the motion was seconded from Washington by the Hon. Mr Pearson, of the American Legislature, and, of course, carried unanimously on both sides of the Herring Pond." That a resolution should be proposetl in Great Britain, seconded in the United States, and carried all in the space of about five minutes, is surely another example of "broaking the record." Another interesting telegraphic incident is also mentioned, Mr F. W. Wilsou got back a move from Washington in 32 seconds. THRMKTARY OF CRUSTS. I Dr. Lucas Championniere, of Paris, who has devoted a. g^od deal of attention to the medical aspects of cycling, expreasca his opinion that 600 kilometres in twenty hours, the tune in the Paris- Bordeaux contest, was not too much for a healthy and well-trained rider. Dr. Championni&re gives the following details (If Riviere and Cordang's methods during the Bordeaux-Paris race They did not eat food containing nzote, and they were rie,iit. But though they did not cat they drank enormous quantities of liquid to replace the liquid or weight lost by perspiration. They dranle too, beef-tea, and milk. It is useless to eat during violent exercie, but it is important to drink, and if the body is in good working order the only result of the effort is a decrease in weight. The effect on animals is similar." This," remarks the British Medical Journal, is right as regards the quality of food required on a long distance contest. Whether tuch a race be harmful to an exceptional rider, properly trained or not, wo do not yet know. Our own opinion is that it does no haim to the one man of exceptional physique, but is most harmful to the many who axe im- properly trained." __n-- TOBACCO FOR AGKD PAUPKHS. Yesterday the Wandsworth Guardians resolved to allow all tho infirm male inmates under 60 years of age at the Tooting Home for tho Aged and Infirm an ounce of tobacco per week. The men are to be allowed to smoke in the day rooms aftei- 6 p.iii. The Master reported that he had allowed the ir,mates occupying Email wards day and nigitt to smoke in the lavatories adjoining, Hnd Ilie actiun was approved. n SERVANTS' TASTE, A woll-kuoivn literary clergy in in at Liiverpoo', addressing a meeting of the fair sex on the over present question of the relations bstween mistress and maid a day or two ago, astonished his audi- ence by stating, frmn his experience of books taken from a library, that ninny servants had excellent taste. Thoy not only chose Rood novel?, but ho knew instances where they rtad aud aviprccinted Ruskin and Oarlyle. --0-- "ENwrSCQLTANa." Another bugg^stion of a cutnprehinaive name for citizens of the British Empire. Mr J ollis Hyde (Acton) writcs I would suggea I Eiiwi,et)liit (Tna(lo iii) ai follows) as a nanis for the Empire in all its component parts EN W I S-COL IA England. Wales. Ire- Scot- Colo. First and last land. land. nies. letter of India. The natives of all portions of the Empire to be known as Enwiscolians.' THE OMNIBUS IN SUirMGB. *4 Full outside in the usual announcement of thfi omnibus conductor to the wouid-be passenger-1 when the fine warm weather of the summer months has set in. And there are few that can endure sitting inside oil account of the oppressive hoat. Why (asks the Lancet) canuot the tixed glass windows be L,-) s'tide iii) ati(I down ttli in a railway carriage, or as in many of the tramcars It would certainly pay the companina to afford this advantage. AM it is, the omnibuses are commonly empty within but full outside, which, apart fcom any other consideration, adds top-heavinesa to the vehicle, and may be danger- ous and conducive to capsizing of the vehicles. -V- DOCTOB WANTED FOB £40 A rEAR. Yesterday the Hampslead Board of Guardians decided to apply to the Local Government Board for permission to appoint a resident medionl eftv»-<r at the Wovkhouse Infirmary at a salary of £ 40 pr annum, with board and apartments. Ho I* in have the double qualification," and will be r» quired, in addition to his "rk as doctor, to do nil the dispensing required for the Workhouse. The salaries of other officials at the Workhouse are Pt)rt-r, Z30 per annum unperiiitendent of nursing, £50 master, JE60 and matron, £ 50. --0- How Is do a Sum in Sublraotion. On this subject, suggested by the paragraph on the- remarks of tho education inspectors as to the borrowing and paying bck" method, Mr Maurice Windus, 83, Hartham-road, N., sends U3 (Daily Ncm) the followiiwr sensible observations With reference to the paragraph in your 'M('I'n, News' column to-day, describing an old method and a modern one of dcing :t sum in subtraction, I desire to ask, in tho interest of common Sf'nQf', why students of arithmetic are not honostly told what I,hey really do when v.ibt.ract- ing one ?pt of numerals from anothei J I will taka your owu figures 1873 1699 179 To arrive At this result, what I do—and \\Ii\ cve;yuiit> must do—is this, lidto 9 fiom 8 I onnnot, tiiorefnre I actually and realty take 1 from titi- 7, which 1 is, of course, oqual to 10 units I uow have 18 units, from which I sub- tract 9, leaving 9. My 7 has thus been reduced to 6 by my taking 1 from it-;1 fact easily remeinbered-s,), next, I aiv '9 from 6 is impossible, take 1 from tho 8' (in actual and inevitable transaction), and then I have 16, i. from whioh I take 9. leaving 7. The 8 has now become reduced to 7 by my taking one from it from this 7 I subtract 6, and 1 is left. This is the real process in every sum in subtraction, however uiuoh it may be confused by rules or forms. Let me say, in conclusion, that in a sum in subtraction there is no such things as i-(-rrowitig or 4 ixiyirg b;. (1;ç, if the f>uni is 1 hom-stiy done. I frol" J the greater, and Ih..r. n,p.d be no I dovble-^hnfflmg transac ion:, of any kind."

I 1)K, BKIDGWATKK, M.D., U.S.A., 18, Custom House street, Cardiff.

Bad Boy Birched. SIX YEARS OF PURGATORY. I Georgo Eruest Wagstaff (13), a well-dressed, I intelligent-looking schoolboy, of 95, Minet-avenue. Harlesden, was charged bofora the Harlesden Bench yesterday with stealing two watches, two chains, two rings, a pair of ear-rings, :md a brooch, value j650, the property of William Henry Goligbbly, of the same eddress.-Prciseen. tor said he was a contractor's agent, and the prisoner's uncle. Prisoner's mother (witness's sister) died about six years ago, leaving five children. He took the prisoner and another, who, although only 12 years of age, set are to his house, and since then bad been brought up at the ——.—Mr Bird said that was nothing to do with this case.-Prosccutor said he severely chastised prisoner last week for Staying Out Late: I On Sunday afternoon his wife iniased her gold watch and cham. His watch and chain were also gone, and upon looking in the jewellery cases the other articles were missed. This sort of thing had gone on ever since he had kept tho prisoner, who was one of tho most expert thieves he had ever met with. There was not a lock, door, window, or box be could not open. He could not take him to a friond's house without he pilfered something. He took him for a holiday to Scotland, and one day when a house, a farmhouse, was left without anyone in charge he broke into it, took in a lot of ragamuffins and bad an illumiuation i:1 an upstairs room, which, it was fouud, hnd been set on fire in several places.—Detective-Sergeant Andrews', X division, said he arrested the prisoner on Sunday evening in Aoton-laiie, Willeadon. Ho said" Yes, I took them. My uncle told me this morning he was going to send mo away, so I took the things." A tho station he Produced All the Property from his pockets. Prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr Bird said there was no doubt he was a very bad boy iudeed and incorrigible. Instead of sending him to a reformatory to mix with a Job of little thieves like himself—3ome better, soma worse, perhaps—the lknch would order him to receive twelve strokes with tho birch, and his uncle, the Bench hoped, would take him back. Mr Golightly I will not. I have had six yearn of purgatory. I would not take him back for £ 500 a year. — A lady stepped forward and said she knew the boy well. He frequently stayed tho day at her house with the children. She regarded him as "a wonderful boy," and would not believe him guilty of this charge. Mr Bird satd the boy mas; gu to the Workhouse after being bitched. Prisoner appeared quite unconcerned.

81 REET ACCIDENT. I Damans Awarded an Injured Child. I At. Cardiff County Court to-day—before hit Honour Judge Owen Mr William Cutts, Grangetown, actiug for his child, John, sued Mr Alfred C. Yeates, general dealer, 25, North Cliva- street, Grangetown, for L50 aa compensation for injuries alleged to havo been inflicted on th" child through the rifgligence of defendant or his servant. Mr George David (Messrs David aud Evans) was for plaintiff, and defendant did not appear, Iu the course of the evidence it was stated that on May 1st a girl was wheeling a perambulator, containing the child, on the pave- ment in Clivo-street, Grangetown, when the defendants horse, which had be-an left unattended the by defendant's brother, badly and overturned vehicle. The child was bodily injured, and according to the medical evidence, suffered from concussion of the brain, while among the after. effects was a defoot in hearing. At the b..1St courl; defendant; put up the defence that the horse was not his, but evidence was now given proving that it belonged to him, and also than he had been convicted at the Cardiff Police Court for having allowod the animal to be unatteded.—His Honour said this was a serious cape, and he would give judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs. A-I to tho disposal of the money, he should order £ 10 to be handed over to the father to pay the doctor's bill, &c., and that the £ 40 should bd retained by the Court; and invested in the Post OSioe Savings Bank under certain conditions as to withdrawal, for the benefit of the child. -P-

A BUILDING TRANSACTION. To-day Jin!are Owen heard in Cardiff Court a case in which Mr Wrn. Marsh, builder, and ttie Heath Property Company, Limited, were the parties, the former asking for specific performance of an agreement granted by the company and damages for breach ot that agreement, Mr John Sankey (instructed by Mr D. E. Davios) appeared for piaiutiff, and Mr George David tor, tho defendauta. Accotding to the statements laid before his Honour, a building rgreement was enteral into between plaintiff aad the defendants in 1896, by which defendants let a plot of land on which piaintilf undertook to build eight house.3. Having built four, pl'iritiff applied for sep irate leases in order that he might raise money to proceed with the other four. Defendants' surveyors certified that the houses were oompletecl, aud tho ground rents were apportioned, but defendants refused to give the leases. Mr David stated that the difficulty arose in this way That plaintiff was fi!)liviced by a man named Roberts, who had refused to go on further with Mr Marsh, and that the defendants believed the remaining four houses would not be constructed. His Honour gave judgment for plaintiff for ttio due execution of the leases, with coats. Dtuiil-les were not allowed.

MATHEMATICS A NO CYCLING. I i At Kingston yesterday another batch of cyclists w::re fined 30; each for furiously riding bicycles in various parts of the counoy of Surrey. Ono of the defendants was going through Richmond Pitrk at; the rate of 16 miles an hour. He said he thought the law allowed a cyclist Lo ride as fast as ha ¡ik;d when the road was clear, but the Chairman told him otherwise. In another case the defendant, a gentlemfwi named Cobborne, disputed that ho was going 16 miles an hour, and addressing the constable said, Suppose two men, A and B, were to pass you ou point duty, A with his head down, pedalling to a gear of 70, and B pedalling to a gear of say 40, which cyclist would you say was going the fas tost tI Tha constable said he judged the pace by the ground covered. Defendant You don't know anything about mathematics and mechanics. The constable admitted that he did not. Defendant Than do you measure the ground covered by the cyclist ? Witness No. Defendant How, then, can you tell the pace ? Witness: By the rate he crocs along. Defendant: Then you are a marvellous police- man. -4

CARDIFF JUBILEE PROCESSION. TO THK EDITOR OF THE SOUTH WALES ECHO." SIB,—Will voa allow me space to invite, on behalf of "the Friendly Societies Council, the assistance of brm:* and drum aud fife bands for our procession on Jubilee Day ? The committee feel sure that it is only necessary to bring the claims of the Seamen's Hospital (for which the street collect ion will be made) before the numerous band* in the town to ensure the services of a si.lficicnt number of bands being placed at their disposal. Bandmasters will please communicate with the undersigned, As the time is short and many br.tach«t will not meet before the 22nd inst., the committee trust that all members ot the Foresters, Oddfellows (M.U. and G.U.O.), Shepherds, Hibernians. Dcuidv, Rfohabites, Sons of Temperance, Free Gardeners, Hearts of Oak, Rational Society, Sfri., will take an invitation for granted. The procession is tuned to start) at 11 a.m., and will disperse about 2 30 p.m,—I am, Kir fon b»half the committoe). yours. Sea., Kir fon bptialf the committoe). yours. Sea., N. B. HOSGOOD, Hon. Sec. 4, S,t) Roath, Cardiff, 3ta June, 1897.

THE PAIHS DISASTER. v Requiem Mass. Solemn requiem mass was celebrated this morning at tho Pio Cathedral, Kensington, for the repose of tho souls of tiloie who perished in the recent disastrous fir., at Paris. Amongst those attending officially were the French Ambassador and suite, the Servian Ambassador, and the Chinese Ambassador, and tlio congrega- tion included the Duke of Norfolk, Lord and Lady Ciistioroste, and Lord Llandaff. The whole of th'9 Chapter of the diocese of Westminster were present within the aanotuary. b.

A DIS I INGUISHED MAYOR. Ti-e UllivorbiLY of Oxford to-day conferred the I honoraiy degreeoT Master of Arts upon Alderman Biiekell, wito i-i the first Mayor of Oxford to receive the distinction.

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Lambeth Tragedy. I STATEMENT BY THE INJURED WOMAN. The Press Association states that the young woman who was shot last night in Lambeth-road, London (under circumstances reported on the 4-th paga), has given her name to the St. Thomas's Hospital authorities as Maud Waller, but says also that she has latterly used tha name of Maud Gillo. She further states that she is 26 years of age. Her assailanb, who committed sui- cide by shooting himself, was, she states, her husband, Fred Waller, aged 24" Waller had baen in the Army, which he left a month ago. For the last fortnight the couple had been staying at the Alma Coffee House in Westminster Bridge-road, whore they occupied a bedroom, going out in the morning and returning at night. The coffee house people knutf nothing of their occupation, but stated that the couple appeared to live on very friendly terms, and that when they went out yesterday they were most pleasant to each other. The woman is to-day going on as well as can be expected. She is wounded iu two places, in ths left arm and at the back of tbo neck, the lattei wound being the more serious. There is a fair chance of her recovery, but: it is too early yet to speak with any certainty, Jfothing definite has yet been stated nm to the origin of the crime, alhough the police baliev* the explanation will I be a very simple and common one.

New Bisliop oI St. David's I EN 111 HON EM SIT TO-DAY. I To-day's enthronement ab St. David's Cathe- dral of Bishop John Ore". the newly-elected Diocesan, naturally invots the ancient city of Pembrokeshire with cotsicierable interest. The See of St. David's is seated at the western extremity of that county being 16 miles distant from Haverfordwest. I is consequently placed at the extreme point of South Wales, and, with tho exception of the L;.d'j Eud, which projects beyoud it Rbout a. thin of a degree, it is on the most westerly promontry of South Britain. A ¡ religious establishm^t was founded in THE BISPP OF ST, DAV nn3. I St. David's vilge at a vary eariy period, St. D %vid's I and it appears to have been deemod of the highest imp'tance by the ancient British. Seven Wbordincf or suli'rayan bishopries were for a long Lime iiluded ia tho Metropolitan pale of St. D, i v Worcester, Hereford, Llandaff, B-.uig* St. Asaph, Llanbadarn, and Margam. The ktheural, the Episcopal Palace, St. Mary's (liege, and other buildings appropriated tctcclesiastical purposes, and as residences for .0 clergy, were enclosed within a lofty embatt!' wall, more than 1,200 yards in circumference, iving four strong and handsome gateways. Th bishop's present throne is of exquisite woAianship, and there are fine specimens oE ejliltg in the stalls. Oil the north side of the navare the remains of the cloisters of St, College (1362-89), built by Bishop Hongli'S and those of a chantry, now roofless,built by J'olm of Gaunt and Blanche, hit wife, consisting of a tall tower and tcristy, and also a gateway. Th« Bishop's ihice, one (,f tho most magnificent; edifices of its nd m the kingdom, founded by Bishop Govvi in the 14rh century, appears uj have formed tompletf quadrangle, enclosing the area, 120 feetluare. Parts of two sides only remain. Th»>rand entrance is by a beautiful but ruined giway. The apartments WHICH can now bH tracewere evidently of nobio dimensions and highly ^orated, It is recorded that the shrine of Sc^avid's was for ages regarded with peculiar sar>y by pilgrims, crowds of whom enriched tl; ecclesiastics with offerings aud supplied fun for the adornment of the cathedral and relief ofi« poor. William the Conqueror, who entcrec-Vates with a great army, visited St. David's the character of a pilgrim and devotee, antnade an offering at tins ehrine in 1081. His ♦mple was followed by Henry II. in 1171-2, andf Edward X. and Eieauor in 1284. There is iiolig (siays a writer in the Saturday Review) to f against the most striking group in Europe—B-un—psrhaps in the world—the Cathedral St. David's with its puiace aad other atteltnt buiiuings, some ruined, some surviving, 1 aliko witnesses of the strange accident \ch plauted a great ecclesiastical establishing almost beyond the bound of liumau habitation Great prorations have been inado by Dean Howell fotlm e;ithi'on:'moiilr. -It3J:t'"

MAINHNANCE CASE IN THE RHONDDA. Adulterated and Order Rescinded. At theft" Loiiee Court on Thursday—oeforo Igaa'3 WilliamM, Mr T. P. Jenkins, Dr. Ivor Lewaitii Mr T. Griffi'hs—John Arthur, collier, fjerly of Tylorstown, Ithondda Facb, but now lug at Cwmamau, near Aberdare, who was reptf-ted by Mr James Phillips, Ponty- pridd, ojed for a discharge of tho maintenance order wl* was made on the 30sb of October last on tfcround of adultery having been com- mitted ihe wife since the order was made, or to ha.ve )rder to vary the circumstances. The case lasifor sevrral hours. —The parties wore about 4C':us of ago, and had been living at Tylorsti: for years. In October last, acoordmg to ti e esnoe, the husbaud deserted his wife, "Ilv ing yi a dissipated life. She then stated that, n ilativo of his had left; him about £800. aon that ground the magistrates made au orde: £ lli 110 must contribute 10s per week tf)wnrdp, maintenance of herself and her child, which i>w about six years old. Ths husband mibseqt'ly left'tho neighbourhood, but contri- buted r^rly the ypee'died sum towad, her and tho cnj!Po money being forwarded by hiin to SergeafJones, to be handed to her at her residen The furniture they had when they liveÚ ther was sold, and she went to live to apartir". From the evidence of Sergeant Jones pp&ared that when he called upou her late f\t:bt recently to pay her the husband's contrilo'i he found a man in the room sittil) by thceslde. The man immediately afterwards left house. Tho evidence of P.C. Aldi-ii showed that oil one occasion tie rted the wife in company with a maiimd a landlady with whom the wife had been spying apartments gave evidence to the effectat a colliery official, occupying a very I)rorr,it position in TyUustown, had been seen •aiucemtuag himself with Mrs Arthur iate in the iitig in her apartments.— The BBIICII resold the order.-Mr Phillips than applied that custody of the child should b-, givetk to the fir. but the Stipendiary stated the Bench had fewer to interfere, M qhe summons was to red the order of maitibeumnee.

ROIFF TO PONTYPRIDD. Oine of Barry Servics Postponed, OYodce. R.}I., visite.d St.. Hagans on Thi>y for the purpose of inspecting the por of the line lying between that place and tliain line of the Bany Railway betwen Emanrl Pontypridd. Tho inspection was ina" behalf of the Boatd of Trade before aikg passenger traffic on Saturday next. W^erstaud that in consequence of represon- tat made, the opening of tho service will be pcAed until Monday nexb instead of Satur- ¡hI originally intended. Tho following trains bi> Barry and Cardiff will not be run until 11¡y;-7.28 a.m. and 2 45 p.m. on week dlld 4 from Cardiff to Barry and on Stvat 855 i.m. from Barry, and l).45 p.m. f iv'ard I If.

AEMPT TO LYNCH A NEGRO. W YORK, Friday.—News has reached here fRubana, Ohio, that a mob surrounded the jhere yesterday and attempted to lynch a to charged with having assaulted a white The troops fired on the rioters, killing tnd wounding twelve obliers.-Betttct-.

BOMB IN A SYNAGOGUE. k,Ris, Friday.—The Petit Journal has received egrain from Orati announcing that a serious occurred at the Aiu El Arba Synagogue ou Inesday nigbt. A tin box fillud with powder scrap iron was found in the building. An tiry has been opened.—Jtcutsr.

VHAT WK SAY IS THUE! —Sufferers from Gra\el nbago, Piles, Pains in the Back, Dropsy id and Water Complaints, Diseases ot' the Kid nbago, Piles, Pains in the lktck, Dropsy id and Water Complaints, Diseases of the Kid M. Bladder, Stone, Gleet, Stricture, Sciatica Buniatism, and Gouó will lind a positive cure in Idroyd's Grave) Pills. Try a small box, and if not Isfled your money will be returned. Price Is l Vi1' an chemists, or post free for 12 stamps from Hold. 'd's Medical Hall, Cleckheaton, Yorks. Don't be oil. £ { jou cannot get tnew v:nte to the propiietoi a box will be sent next oost. ilSe Dn. BHIDOWATEU! A., 18, Om»u>m use-streei, Canhtt 190e

DEBATE IN THE HOUSE. Criticism by Mafeoit. The House of Commons, on Thursday, went again into Committee on the Workmen's Oom- pensation for Accidents Bill. Mr CHAMBEULAIN proposed an amendment. providing for the commutation of the pa,men and recommended it to the acceptance of the Committee as for tho advantage ahke of the workmen and of the sm, ployer. He proposed to provide that where any weekly payment has been continued for not less than twelve mouths the liability thorefor may, on the application of either IIhf workmen or the employer, bo redeemed by the payment of a lump sum to be settled by arbitration under this Act, but not exceeding 312 times the weekly payment payable at the date of the application. Sir C. DILXK said that in the caze of ineix injured early in life the weekly payments might run on for many years, and in such cases the terms of commutation proposed might be inadequate. Mr HALDANE agreed to the principle of com. mutation, but objected to the manner in which the sum payable under the proposed commutation was limited by the amendment. He regretted that the Colonial Secretary had yielded to pressure from the benches behind hitu. Mr GHAMBKKLAIN said that the honourable and learned geutleiuau had represented him as a raam persecuted from the benches behind him, but cheered by tho support of the Opposition. (Laughter.) That was not so. No support could be more thorough than that which this measure had received from the benches behind him, aad be could not allow it to go forth to the country that the Biil had been supported, against the usual supporters of the Government, by hon; gentlemen opposite. (Cheers.) Mr BAINBIUDGE suggested that commutation might well take plaoe at the end of six months, aud moved an amendment to that effect. Mr CHAMBERLAIN said that the Government could not assent to any alteration of a proposal which they had deliberately adopted. The amendment to the amendment was with- drawal. Mr J. BURNS said that by adopting this amendment the Government would alienate all the working-class supporters of the Bill. Ie Z% li' iAl:[All (Ittic)tidda) said the working classes had a right to expect all that the Government had promised them in this Bill. He wished to point out that a young man of 25 might meet with an accident incapacitating him for life, and but for which accident that young man might reasonably have expected to follow his employment, and earn wages until he was SO. (Hear, hear.) Under this amendment if he got the full amount of commutation, which was not certain—(hear, hear)-in addition to the 12 months of weekly payments that man would tsoili bo a loec of 24 y(,ars' earn i (ig. (Opposition cheers.) Was a proposition of that kmd likely »o bo a credit to the Government ? It was robbing the workman of 2. years. (Cheers and Ministerial laughter.) The man might be robbed of more- perhaps 27 years' wages. {"Oil," and renewed laughter.) He appealed to the Govern. ment to bo consistent, and to maintain their honour by giving the workman the benefit promised to him. If not, this Bill would not be worth the paper it was printed uu, because of its deception. (Cries of 44 Oh It was deceiving the working men of this country. The acceptance of this amendment would rob the working man of 26 or perhaps 27 years' money, and it would be a deception into the bargain. (Oil, and some Radical cheers.) Mr PIOKARD said that the adoption of the amendment; would seriously detract from tht value of the Bill to the working classes. Mr BIHT also oppos«l the amendment. Mr LICKE, RSGILL moved to amend the amoud- mont by the omission of the words limiting the sum pnyabie on commutation to 312 times the amount of tha weekly allowance. The Committee divided, when there were For the amendment to the amendment, 71; against, 164 majority, 87. The amendment to tha amendment v/as therefore negatived, and the Committee then divided upon the amendment, when there were :—F-'i- the amendment, 172, againsr, 78 majority, 94. The amendment was therefore agresd to. Other amendments having bean moved and withdrawn, Schedule 1 as amended was agreed toy and added to the Bill. On Sehedule 2, relating to arbitration, Mr BOWLES moved an amendment! making the decision of the County Court Judge on a question of law under the Act. subject to a right of appeal in every case hy auy party to her Majesty's Court of Appeal. The amendment was accepted by the Attorney General. After some discussion, Mr CHAMBERLAIS suggested that the amendment should be with drawn in order that tho subject might be further considered on the report. Mr BOWLES however refused to accept this suggestion, and the Committee divided, when there were :—For the amendment, 144 against, 79 majority, 65. The amendment was therefore carried. Progress was then reported.

The Coalowners' Reply to Mr Ghambsriam. Mr Gidiow Jackson, one of the Lancashire coalowners, who submitted to Mr Chamberlain figures showing tha estimated cogt per ton which tho Workmen's Compensation Biil will impost upon the Lancashire coal trade, and which figure- wore criticised by the right. hon. gentleman in the House of Commons on Wednesday, hat stated to a representative of tha Press Association? that ho is quite at a loss to understand how Mf Chamberlain can have HO misunderstood them. 1 .4' Mr Chamberlain discarded them as exoessive, because the maximum amounts payable 111 case of fatal accidents and disablement under the Bill ara taken as the basis of calculation, but Mr Jackson points out that on that basis the cost amounts to 2d per ton as the maximum liability. From thtrso maxima, however, he has made a reduction of 20 por cent, before arriving at his estimate of 2d per ton as the actual emit-a. reduction which, in Ins judgment, is amply sufficient to cover the difference between the maximum and the probable actual amount of compensation payable, as well as tho value to the empioj'ers of freedom liability for disablement nob exceeding two weeks' duration. Mr Neisou, the eminent actuary, obtained exactly the same result as Mr J-icksuzi, after making allowance for the same deductions. Mr Jackson maintains that his ebimate is well within the mark, as he has taken the number and duration of the disablement) cases from his own experieuce in connection with minora' relief societies.

CAKDIFF PONTOON TAX. Opposition Proceeding. 0,1 Thursday evening ah a meeting of tti* Cardiff Trades Council in tha Grand Hotel, Mr W. R. Thomas, who presided, reported that be had received a oommunication from the Par- liamentary agents in respect to the time when petitions would have to be lodged in the House of Commons against the proposed poll-tax in counectiioii with the existing pontoons at the Pierhead. The letter stated that on the 14th of June the Bill would come up for second reading, before which date the petition* must be sent in. It was also reported that up till now the number of signatures obtained against the tax amounted to about 15.000. The meeting decided to arrange for tables aud patitiou forms to be placed at various prominent parts of the town to-morrow (Saturday) for ttio purpose of obtaining further signatures. Sub- sicriptions books were issuod to members of thr Council with the view of obtaining money to defray the cost of oarryiog ot the opposition. It is anticipated thai £100 will be required. The local aud othe: membcra of Parliament are beinK communicated with, requesting them to support the petition against Lila Bin In the House of Commons, aId it was stated that already several replies bad been received in the nfUrmativo.

CRUELTY TO CHILDREN AT SWANSEA. At Swansea Police Court on Thursday after- noon Sidney Bryauc and Catherine Bryant, o* 9, Belhesda-alrvet, were charged with neglecting thosr thref* children. Inspector Pearce (S.P.C.Oj said the floor of the iiouse was as du ty as thtf road, oue child had a toe rottiug dJ. and tht clothing of the children was full of vermin. He did not balieve the father took much of his money home. The father was sanb to prison for a motitir and the mother was fined 21. JII i——warn 'w—immm»

POISON IN BUTTERCUPS. The Lancaster Coroner held aD inquest Od Thursday afternoon into what he described at one of the moat extraordinary poisoning cases that had come under Ins notice. A boy, aged four, named Wm. Foxcroft, perfectly strong and healthy, ate some butteroups And died in a few hours from irritant poisoning. It wad slated that buttercups belong to an extremely poisonous class of plants. A verdict of Accidental poisoning was re'.nrned.

CARDIFF AMATEUfl ROWING CLUB. The semi-final and final U-ats of the four-oared race were brought off ou the w.ir at Llandaff on Thursday night. In the semi-final, 1.\ WiUiaum'* orew Hm-i'ii'- ro-ved a bye. In the final heat, l), Wi^' un- crew I)y quarter.

IN -Xll diseases consult Dr. Bridgwater, IJ)" O.S. A., Custom House-street. IV&