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^RIDE-ELECT DISAPPEARS. ^ol^hester postal clerk, named Harold should have been married on Wed- j^t° an attractive young lady named ^Iway, of London. The wedding had QjO*«d to take place in London, a house ha-ving been furnished for the t on Tuesday the prospective bride- received a message from the girl's to tbiet sb9 b»d toft bocsbe.

SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL. THE LIQUOR LICENCES OF THE THEATRES. A quarterly meeting of the council of the county borough of Swansea was held on Wed- nesday afternoon, the mayor (Sir Griffith Thomas) in the chair. At a meeting of the property and general purposes committee held prior the accounts for the Royal visit were again referred to. It was stated that, after the contribution of JE750 from the harbour trust had been taken into consideration, the expenditure of the corporation would be £2,907 17s. 9d. In 1881 the cost to the corporation of the Royal visit was £2,854 7s, 3d. The accounts were ordered to be passed. It was stated that the Glamorgan County authorities, recognising the importance of the occasion, had reduced their accounts for police by £122 13s. 10d., and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to them for their conside- ration. In reply to Mr. D. Davies, it was stated that the watch committee were not allowing their arduous services to go without recog- nition. Mr. Tutton moved the adoption of the minutes of the property committee. These recommended that 23, Castle-street be let to Anderson, Cox, and Co., at JS250 per annum, and 19, Castle-street to Messrs. Masters,»at JE130 per annum. As to the acquisition of 6. College-street (further required for the improvement), the committee had decided that the whole of these premises should be acquired, not part as suggested by Messrs. Leeder. Leeder. Mr. Rupert Lewis, on behalf of Mr. T. Morton Powell, asked for the renewal of the licence of the Star Theatre, Wind-street, and asked that it should this time be granted in an unrestricted form, and not barring the sale of liquors as previously. Mr. Harris moved that the full licence be granted for a period of nine months—other- wise until the licence of the Grand Theatre expired—subject to the structural alterations being approved by the borough surveyor, so that both licences could be considered to. gether. Aldennan Protheroe seconded. Dr. Rawlings moved as an amendment that the licence be granted in restricted form as before. Dr. Rawlings protested against the I sensational theatre placards still issued, and said they were enough to make sensitive people ill, and all he could say was the Lord save the people who liked that sort of thing. The resolution was carried unanimously, and it was decided that the licence terminate at the same time as that of the Grand Theatre, so that the question might then come up for discussion. The reduction of the bill of the elective auditors by a committee came forward for consideration. Mr. W. C. Jenkins, one of the auditors, had written a long letter in reply to what was said at the committee, and he asked that this should be handed to the press. In this Mr. Jenkins urged that there was no ground for what had been done. Mr. Dommett said the fees were the same as those charged previously. He moved that the matter be referred back to the committee, and Mr. Cadwalladr seconded. The amendment was carried. During the discussion of the sanitary com- mittce's minutes Mr. David Davies callod attention to the necessity of milk inspection. It was perfectly a.ppalling that in this country one child out of two died before reaching five years of age. Dr. Rawlings said what they wanted was not so much milk inspection as the purifica- tion of the sources of supply in the farms and dairies, and what they ought to do was to put pressure on the county authorities.

NEWPORT ASSAULT CASE. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SUBORN A WITNESS. A strange case was before Newport magis- trates on Wednesday. Mr. Edward Cavill, land- lord of the Winning Horse beerhouse, Shaftes- bury-street, was summoned for assaulting William O'Brien, of 124, Shaftesbury-street. Mr. Lyndon Moore was for the defence. Com- plainant, who appeared in the witness-box with a large plaster bandage over his left eye, stated that between eleven and twelve o'clock on Monday night the defendant came up from behind and gave him a heavy blow on the face, knocking him down, and afterwards came to his house with three other men to fight him. In cross-examination by Mr. Moore, com- plainant admitted that he had been drinking, but woo not too drunk to take care of him- self. He was defendant's brother-in-law, and had been separated from his wife for cruelty. It was not, he said, true that the injury to his face was caused by falling down. A witness named Wilfrid King, a hairdres- ser, who attended in response to a summons, said he did not see the defendant strike com- plainant, but complainant came to him and said he was certain he did see him, and that he would have to attend at the court to give evidence. King again protested that he did not see the assault, but complainant called him a liar, and said he would have to attend and give evidence. King said he could not afford to lose time on such a matter. Com- plainant said he would take out a summons to make him attend; "but mind you," said complainant, "you'll have to say what I say, or you'll not get your expenses. Oavill has got money, but I haven't, and so you won't get your expenses unless you say what I say." The Mayor: It is a very shocking and shame- ful thing. I don't know whether the com- plainant is aware of it. If what the witness King has said has been taken down and is proved, it will be a very serious thing. The case will be dismissed, and the complainant will have to pay the costs. Mr. Moore: I have jusj, been speaking to the policeman who was called to the case, and he corroborates what King has just said.

DOCKFUL OF VAGRANTS. -L NEWPORT POLICE RAID. The county magistrates at a special meet- ing at Newport on Monday had before them a batch of persons charged with vagrancy, and also with maliciously damaging hay, belong. ing to Mr. Ponsford. at Malpas, near Newport, on Saturday. They stood in the dock as follow:—Thomas Grace, Daniel Murray. Daniel Thompson, Henry Gant, Margaret Thomas, Mary Carpenter, and last. but by no means least, Rose Riley. The first and sixth had six previous convictions against them, the third and fifth eighteen and four respectively, while the second and fourth had a clean sheet. Riley, who was known by several names, was a black-lister at Ponty- pridd, and had 115 convictions-chiefiy for drunken and disorderly conduct, vagrancy, and impropriety. To all appearances it seemed as if she had been in prison in Mon- mouthshire and Glamorgan 'almost con. tinuously since 1900. When sentence of six I weeks' hard labour for the first charge and one month's hard labour for the second was passed on Monday she was heard to exclaim, "Oh, I can easily do that!" Daniel Murray, the second highest on the list, had on many occasions been had up for living on the immoral earnings of Riley, and was known in the district as her "bully." The chairman (Alderman T. Goldsworthy), taking this in to consideration, gave him pre- cisely the same sentence. It came out in the police evidence that this prisoner had said that he would do a month for the constable who arrested him before he finished with him. The two clean-sheet men were discharged, the Chairman advising them to mend their ways. Grace, Carpenter, and Thomas were all sen. tenced to one month, with hard labour.

POLICE-INSPECTOR RESIGNS. Police inspector Jenkins contemplates resigning his office as inspector in the county of Glamorgan, after serving for nearly 34 years in the force. He joined the force at Merthyr, under the well-known Mr. John Thomas, superintendent and deputy chief- constable for the county. He soon dis- tinguished himself as an efficient constable, and was promoted to be acting-sergeant. Shortly after joining he was recommended by Mr. (now Sir) Albert de Rutzen for his smartness in bringing a culprit to justice. He was removed to Deri and Vochriw, where he served for nearly ten years, and during that period he did some very clever work in I detecting and capturing burglars: After- wards he was removed to Merthyr Vale, where he has served for nearly eighteen years, during which period he has held the office of inspector for eleven or twelves years, and won the esteem of all the inhabitants. He is well known in bardic circles, and has composed elegies in Welsh and English.

SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY RETURNS The return of passengers carried on the Cardiff Corporation Electric Tramways and the receipts daily for the past week is as followsSunday, 31,84jf passengers, £ 141 8s. 5d. receipts; Monday, 75,799, £ 326 9s. 6d.; Tuesday, 70,511, £ 306 7s. 7d.; Wednesday, 71,340, £JD7 14s. 4d.; Thursday, 89,510, £ 386 7s. 21.; Friday, 66.876, £ 289 7s. 3d.: Saturday, 105,200, £453 5s. 9d.-totals, 511.079, £2,211. In the corresponding period last year the receipts were £1,998 lis. 5d. The receipts for last week on the Newport Corporation Tramways were: —Monday, £ 86 17s.; Tuesday, £ 78 17s. Id.; Wednesday, £ 77 0s. 9d.; Thursday, £81 9s. 7d.; Friday, £74 5s. 3d.; Saturday, JE126 8s. 3d.-total, £524 17s. lid., against £459 6s. 3Jd. m the coxre- Bpowftof wMt last. year. <

CARTOONS OF THE WEEK. STAGE THUNDER. VOICE FROM THE FRONT: Eh! mou, ye can stop yer din the 'noo! The stor-r-rm is ower!! THE AUTOMATIC SPONGE. An ingenious machine, by which the Passive Register, aiming a spiteful blow at the Church, succeeds only in wiping his own name off the register. THE TWO LIONS. i DAME CARDIFF (sotto voce): This is my great task, but I will do my best to please both. And, of course, I have always ma behind to help me.

WOULD DIE FOR A DOG. NEWPORT COUPLERS STRONG AFFECTION. Extraordinary affection for a dog has been displayed at Newport. The story was told in the magistrates' court there yesterday, as reported in the later editions of the "Evening Express," on the hearing of a summons charging David Williams, of 8, Gaer-street, with keeping a dangerous dog. Defendant did not appear, but sent his wife, and the constable who proved the service of the summons, said Williams told him when he suggested that the dog should be destroyed, that he was so much attached to it, a fox terrier, that he would almost as soon lose his own life. Both the husband and wife cried bitterly when it was suggested that the dog might be ordered to be destroyed. Defendant wife told the bench that they prized the dog very much, because it belonged to their son who went away to the South African war, and they were still keeping it in memory of L The complainant, Charles Knight, of 30, Lewis-street, a coal vendor, stated that three weeks ago, whilst he was carrying a bag of coal to the back of the defendant's house, the dog came out of a shed and bit him on the leg, causing a wound for which he was still under medical treatment. Mr. Williams called him into the house a little while ago, and said, "Yes, I see it is bad, and we must destroy the dog." "No, no," said the wife, who started to cry, "not whilst I am here." In the result, the Bench now decided to adjourn the case to give the defendant an opportunity of destroying the dog, or, added the justices' clerk, if he does not like to do it himself, he can hand it over to the police and they will destroy it. —.

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CARDIFF BATHS GYMNASIUM ALDERMAN CAREY AND THE BOXING GLOVES. At a meeting of the Cardiff Property and Markets Committee on Wednesday, Mr. Wil- liam Evans presiding, the baths manager (Mr. Dunnell) reported that the receipts from the 1st of April last, the commencement of the financial year; amounted to £1,064 5s. Id., compared with P,393 2s. 5d. in the correspond- ing period of 1903. The increase was attri- buted to the warm weather and the greater popularity of the baths. Up to Saturday 17,400 school children had attended the baths, against 12,000 last year. It was resolved that the gymnasium be opened on Friday, October 7, and the pro- gramme for the season was approved. It appeared that there was one vacant night, and the committee resolved that, if the pro- posed boxing and fencing club wanted to uti- lise it, they should send a deputation to the committee. In answer to a question, Mr. Dunnell said that there had been boxing at the baths in previous winters under supervision, but there was no boxing class. There were two pairs I of boxing gloves there. Alderman Carey: What, two pairs? How long have you had them? Mr. Dunnell: For three seasons. Alderman Carey: Two pair for three j seasons! That is not our early experience, Mr. Munn. (Laughter.) They haven't been hitting very hard.

MINISTER AND THE BENCH. Two little boys, named Harry Broome and William Williams, of Archibald-street, Maindee, were before the Newport magis- trates on Wednesday for stealing apples growing in the garden of Alderman Pugs ley, J.P., ch"irr»>nn of the watch fommittpo. The bench decided to let them off on payment of the costs, amounting to 5s. fil, ivev. H. AbraJiaiii, the chief agent of the Preventive and B-eecue Society, raised a public protest against fining two little boys 5s. for such a venial offence. The Clerk: No; it is not a fine. The Rev. H. Abraham: It is a fine under the guise of costs. It is preposterous. I follow the work of the courts pretty con- sistently, and I don't know another court where little boys would be fined 5s. for taking a pennyworth of apples, and it is quite discreditable to this court. The presiding magistrate (Mr. T. Cordey) We have fully made up our minds, Mr. jjbratoxm, wad it is the course we, tafae.

THE MILFORD COLLISION BATTLESHIP TRIUMPH SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. ''it A telegram was received at Pembroke Dock. yard on Tuesday with reference to the repairs of the battleship Triumph, with which the Trinity yacht Siren collided at Milford Haven on Saturday last, stating that there is no dock available at Devonport in which she can be accommodated, on account of certain torpedo net fittings attached to the ship. The Triumph is much more seriously damaged than was at first reported. The Siren struck her on the starboard side aft, near the captain's cabin, and stove in the top side plating, cutting a hole through it about 6ft. long. An armour plate imme- diately below is also perceptibly bent, and another plate started away from its seating, while an adjacent gun-port is practically shattered. The repairs to the ship cannot be completed at Pembroke, as there is no dry dock there sufficiently large, but tern. porary patches are being secured over the weakened parts to enable her to proceed else- where with safety. The Siren, as previously reported, suffered little damage.

SKELETONS FOUND AT BRISTOL. The attention of antiquarians may be drawn to discoveries of human remains which are being made at the site adjoining Colston- ball, where the new offices of the Bristol Gas Company are to stand. Workmen have already unearthed, from a spot in the rear of the old chapel used by the Salvation Army, seven skeletons, in a perfect state of preservation. They appear to be of men and women of mature age-50 and upwards-and of exceedingly fine stature and physique. Two of the skulls are particularly massive, and the teeth, which are all present, are per- fectly sound. Seven of the skeletons were lying in a posi- tion which would indicate that they were placed in one grave, two at a time, beside each other, another two above them, and two others at the top; and one was lying by itself. They seem to have been buried without clothes and coffins. Speculation is rife as to the period and circumstances of the inter- ment. There are indications that other human remains will be discovered in the course of excavations. There have- also been found several tiles of brown clay, enamelled green and yellow, their dimensions being Sin. square and lin. thick. Mr. C. A. Hayes, then contractor, is preserving the relics.

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THE SWANSEA HOSPITAL. SCENE AT A MEETING OF THE MANAGERS. At a special meeting of the governors of the Swansea Hospital on Wednesday it was moved that the number of the trustees of the insti- tution should be increased from five to seven, and it was mentioned that Mr. Dyer, one of its chief benefactors, had desired the names of Mr. Eden and Mr. Odo Vivian to be added. Miss Dillwyn strongly objected to the pro- posed change, but it was carried.—Consider- able discussion took place over the names, and Miss DiHwyn suggested other names than those proposed.—A ballot resulted as follows: —Messrs. R. Beck, 47 votes; C. Eden, 47; W. Walters, 46; J. Glasbrook, 46; and Miss Dillwyn. 8.—The first five were elected to the five vacancies. At a later stage Miss Dillwyn said she was sorry she had not given satisfaction, and, as she had some self-respect, they would never see her in the hospital again. They required £323 to be raised for the convalescent home, and she had endeavoured to raise that i-n churches a.nd chapels, promising that what- ever was collected she would double, up to £100. She had £600 or JE700 on offer, but, as she withdrew from the management, she should wdt-e to all the ministers withdrawing her offer—all but two (Duffryn Church and Mr. Gilberteon's Church) where dates had been fixed. On the question of the description of patients for the convalescent home, the other day she had a communication from "X," who said: "It was certainly my intention that hospital patients should have the opportunity of gaining sufficient strength after illness to return to their work as able-bodied, and not to be longer a burden on their home. Subject to this provision, I am extremely glad that the convalescent home should be of any pos- sible use in the alleviation of illness and suffering." Miss Dillwyn concluded by stating that she should hand over the books con- nected with the home, and would now "take myself oil." As Miss Dillwyn had reached the door, The Chairman extremely regretted the step Miss Dillwyn was taking. and hoped it was not irrevocable. They must also express their warm thanks for the services she had rendered. Miss Dillwyn You have shown your thanks just now in the previous meeting, and how much you have trusted me. Miss Dillwyn then left. Mr. Solomon seconded the chairman's remarks, and the motion was carried. The chairman subsequently drafted a letter to Miss Dillwyn. earnestly desiring her to re-consider her decision. The board placed on record its high sense of the value of the work which she had done for the hospital and the convalescent home.

ACCOUNTANTSENTFORTRIAL ALLEGED THEFT FROM THE HON. C. S. ROLLS AND CO. At West London Police-court on Wednesday, before Mr. Rose, William B. Birch, an accoun- tant, of 506, Uxbridge-road, Shepherds' Bush, was charged with having stolen two cheques for £4 and £4 10s. respectively, and embezzled various sums amounting to JE10 belonging to the Hon. C. S. Rolls and Co., motor manufac- turers, of Lillie Hall. Fulham.—It was alleged that defendant intercepted the cheques, cashed them. and appropriated the money to his own use. Respecting the charge of ejnbezzlement, defendant wa-s accused of ha.ving failed to pay into the bank money that was given to him on aceount of cash sailes. When asked for an explanation defendant said that c0rtain mon-ey was due to him for o,er-time worked, and he had kept the money to pay himself, as he heard the firm could not pay him.—Mr. Mason, the manager. &1.id that according to the balance-sheet prepared by the auditors the firm was in a position to pay its debts three times over. —Mr. Bose decided to send the defendant, who reserved his defence, for trial, and agreed to accept bail in £100 for his appear. ance.

A MAN SHOT AT BRIDGEND. ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED BY A FRIEND. A 6erious gun accident occurred at Bridgend on Friday night as the result of which a quarryman, named John Underbill, lies in a dangerous condition. Underbill, who is a. married man, 26 years of age, lives at The Graig, a row of cottages on Newcastle Hill. He is employed at Mr. Charles Gay- lard's quarry. After tea he went to a small garden about 50 yards distant, which he rents, and had been there but a few moments when a "butty" of his, named. William Davies, came up and spoke to him. Davies was carrying an old riile, which he recently bought from the proprietor of a ehooting gallery. Underhill asked him for a pipe of > tobacco, and he handed him a oox contain- ing some. It was as Davies was proceeding to place the tobacco-box back into his pocket that the accident occurred. Davies thinks he caught his hand against the trigger, and the gun, which was loaded, was discharged. The bullet entered the left side of Under- hill, who cried, "Bill. I have been shot. Though suffering acute pain, the injured man was able to walk home. Dr. Simmonds was called, and ordered the man's immediate removal to the cottage hospital. When seen by our representative Underhill appeared to be in great pain. He stated that the affair was a pure accident. The bullet had not been extracted at the time. Davies has handed the rifle over to the police. He is a haulier in the employ of the Bridgend Gas Company, and a neighbour of Underhill's. Upon examination, the bullet was found to have rested in a muscle on the left side, and there was no immediate necessity for its removal.

CARDIFF WOUNDING CASE. John Sullivan, 50, was charged at Cardiff on Wednesday with cutting and wound- ing Denis Collins on the head and left side with a knife, or some sharp instrument, with intent, in Bute-terrace on August 30. Complainant, an elderly man, and a dock labourer from Duffryn-street, said that on the night in question he was in the Hiber- nian Arms, Bute-terrace, and prisoner was also there, and they had a quarrel and a fight. The landlord turned prisoner out, and witness followed. On the opposite side of the street hostilities were renewed, and in the fray witness received injuries which neces- sitated his removal to the infirmary, where he was detained until that morning. Inspcetor Robert Davies said that prisoner, on being charged, said, I was drunk. Some- one tackled me. I don't know anything more about it." Prisoner's defence was that, being drunk, he had no recollection of what happened. He was committed to the quarter>sessions.

WELSH GIRL'S LOST MEMORY FOUND WANDERING BY A BRISTOL CONSTABLE. Another of those singular cases of abso- lute loss of memory was discovered in Bristol on Monday night. At 11.10 a young girl spoke to a. police-officer in Stokes Croft, and asked him where she could obtain a night's lodging. He inquired where she had slept the previous night and her name, but she replied that she had no recollection of either. She appeared to be ill, and was removed to the workhouse infirmary. The police give the following as her description:- Age a.bout twenty years, height 5ft. 5in., dressed in a black straw hat, blue nun's veil- ing blouse, navy blue skirt, and strap shoes. She was wearing a pearl necklace and crescent shaped brooch, whilst some of her clothing was marked A. C." From her accent the police are convinced that she hails from Wales. L

PENARTH ISOLATION HOSPITAL. The isolation hospital at Penarth, which has been completed at a cost of nearly £8,000, was opened on Wednesday afternoon, the occasion being marked by an interesting public function. The hospital is beautifully situated at Llandough, and comprises four blocks of buildings—the administration block, mortu- ary and laundry block, isolation block, and fever pavilion. The latter contains two wards, with six adult beds, four children s oots, and two infants' cots, making a total of 24 beds and cots, with nurses' duty-room, discharge-room, Ac. In the isolation block are two wards, with two adult beds, two children's cots, and on infant's cot in each, or ten beds and cots in all. In the adminis- tration block are dining and sitting rooms, doctor's room and dispensary, kitchen, scullery, store-rooms, and five bedrooms. The plane of the hospital were prepared by Mr. Edgar I. Evans, surveyor and engineer to the Penarth District Council, and Mr H. Cornish, Penarth, and, under the supervision of the surveyor, the work has been carried out in an admirable manner by Mr. D. G. Price, builder, Penarth. On the invitation of Councillor W. L. Morris (chairman of the hospital committee), the chairman of the district council (Mr. R., J. Hancock, J.P.) performed the opening ceremony, being presented with a handsome silver key, on behalf of the contractor, by Councillor W. Hallett, for the purpose. The building was afterwards inspected by the company, and, refreshments having been par- taken of, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Hancock. A few appropriate toasts followed.

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SOLDIER IN THE DOCK. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER. At Cardiff Police-court yesterday (before Messrs. Joseph Howard and T. Watkin- Lewis) Parker Prudham, 26, fireman, employed at Hancock's Brewery, was charged for that he on September 20 at 11, Crichton- place, wilfully and off his malice afore- thought, attempted to kill and murder his wife Edith by strangling her with a rope and cutting her on the face with a knife or some sharp instrument. The constable in the case, Pol ice-constable Reed, was present, with a coil of rope in his hands. Prosecutrix appeared with sticking plaster on her nose, and. her month and face badly disfigured. Prudham is said to be a quiet, respectable man of twenty-five He was born at Carlisle. He served for seven years as a private in the Border Regiment, and is now a Reservist. He served through the South African cam- paign, and has the medal and five clasps, and also the King's medal. While at Ply- mouth he met his wife and married her there. On August 23 last Mr. and Mrs. Prudham were fined 5s. and costs or seven days a* Stonehoufce for being drunk and riotous. It was then stated that the couple had been creating a disturbance outside the Grand Theatre, and that the woman had stabbed her husband with a hatpin. PROSECUTBIX IN THE BOX. Prosecutrix now stated that between eleve* and twelve on the previous day prisoner came home to dinner and found her drunk in the passage. He said, "You promised to give up the drink. Why do you get drunkp" With that she fell. The Clerk (Mr. Nash): Were you the onif people in the room?—Yes, sir. Before he came into the kitchen were those injuries on your face?—No, sir. How was the out on your nose causedP-B7 falling against the fender. How did you fall against the fender?—I was drunk and fell down. Were you with your husband when you fell? -I was in another room—in the bedroom. What fender did you fall on, the one in tM bedroom, or the one in the kitchen ?—The one in the kitchen. You fell because you were drank?—Yes, and I don't remember anything afterwards. Did you see the rope?—I can't remember anything about the rope. Do you remember the policeman comingP- Yes, we were quarrelling together. It's all my fault. What were you quarrelling about?—BecauM I had been taking drink. What did the constable ask you?—He asked how my nose got cut, and I said I thought he did it with a knife. Did your husband make any reply?—Yd, he said he had never done it. Had you seen the knife at all?—No, sir. You say he didn't touch or strike you?—Ho^ sir. Prisoner (to his wife): Were you lying blind drunk with the rope round your body?—No. Have you ever attempted to commit suicide before ?—Once. Not twice?—No, once. Prisoner I can prove twice. Had you done any work in the house that morning?—No. You have been continually drunk since the last time you were here?—Yes. Was it my fault?—No. Have you had my regular wages?—Yee. Mr. Nash: She has been continually drank. How long? Prisoner: About six weeks. (To his wife):' Did you stab me at Devonport with a hat-pin in the head? The chairman and Mr. Nash both pointed out to prisoner that he must confine himself to the charge. CRIES OF MURDER. Annie Langford, wife of Charles Longford. t drayman, alike in the employ of Hancock's, said she lived next door to the Prudhams. She was passing their house at 1.45" and heard the woman cry "Murder." Witness shouted "Don't murder the poor woman" and took down the shutter from the window, but received no reply. Looking through, she saw prosecutrix on the floor and prisoner jumping on her, but whether he had his boots on or off she could not say. By Prisoner: The blind was not right down. Anyone could see through. Witness (continuing) said that Police-con. stable Reed was called and burst open the door. Prisoner ordered witness away. but before going she saw Mrs. Prudham on the floor with a cut on her faoe, and her face was covered with blood. Police-constable Joseph Reed gave evidence of arrest. He went to the house at 2.30 p.m. There was a small crowd outside and cries of "Murder!" were issuing from inside. The door was locked, so he forced it. When in the passage he saw prisoner, who said, "I will give myself up, policeman. If you hadn't come I should have killed her stone dead." At the same time the prosecutrix was crying "Murder!" She was lying on the floor by the bed and her face was covered with blood, and the bed was also stained with blood. A rope was round her neck. He released the rope and, asked the woman, in the presence of prisoner, who did it, and she replied, "He tied it round my neck and then tied it on the bedstead." Reed told prisoner that he should arrest him, and prisoner answered, "What would you do— you see how things are?" at the same time pointing to bottles of whisky and beer. Prisoner was taken to the central police- station and formally charged with attempt- ing to murder his wife. Prisoner said, "It's all a lie." Witness added that the place WIUI all in disorder, and Mrs. Prudham had been drinking heavily. THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE. Dr. J. J. Buist, police surgeon, said that he was sent for to the house by the con- stable. Shortly before three o'clock he saw the prosecutrix at home. She was in a dazed state, and there was a good deal of blood about the face and neck and clothes. Part of the dazed condition was due to the fact that she, undoubtedly, had had drink during the earlier part of the day. The light being bad, he brought her to the surgery for treat* ment and examined her more carefully. She had a cut on the loft side of the nose liin. long and extending nearly through the thick- ness of the nose, and the wound ended just at, the tip of the nose. It was a fairly dean cut wound, and there was considerable con- tusion. There was a mark on the chin and bruises on the forehead, with curious parallel markings. There was a blow under the right eye and on the cheek, and bruising on the jaw. On the cheek was a mark all round as though something had been pressing on it, and it was about half an inch wide, with surrounding marks. She com- plained to the police of injuries about the body, and was brought to him again at seven. in the evening. She had three bruises over the left elbow, one on the back of the left upper arm, another on the right upper arm, one on the right elbow, and another on the abdomen. There was also bruising on the bottom of the back, and some other general and indefinite bruising. The bruises must have been caused by considerable violence either by blows, or kicks, or falls upon some hard substance. The wound on the nose might have been caused by a sharp instru- ment, such as a knife, or by such injury as a fall or a kick under certain conditions. A flattish rope, which was shown to him and produced, corresponded with the mark around the neck. Prisoner (to the doctor): Are you awve there is a permanent mark on my wife's neck? -I saw a mark somewhere on the neck. Prisoner: It looks as if someone had tried to strangle her? Dr. Buist: That's not the mark I have described. Prisoner: Not the mark you have described? Dr. Buist: No. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. In answer to the charge prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial to the assizes. He was removed in custody, and made no statement beyond his bare denial of the allegations.

THE JONES FORTUNE. A telegram received in Liverpool states that the terms of the division of the celebrated Jons fortune, amounting to about £37,000 have been approved by the Melbourne courts. The estate is divided into 24 parts, as follows:- Robertson, of Melbourne, representing ten persons, takes ten shares; Hooson, of Mel- bourne, and the Joneses, of Creigiog, Llanar- mon, Mold. take seven shares; Roberts, Lleweni, Denbigh, takes two and a half ehares; Liverpool claimants, representing Elizabeth Topping, widow, of Southport; William Pierce Jones, Birkdale; John Manton, Southport; W. Tate Jones, Liverpool; Eliza- beth J. Jonee, Liverpool; and Mr. Thomas Roberts. Denbighshire, farmer, take four and a. half shares.

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