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A.T.L\.L' FIRE NEAR KING'S CROSS. .10 SIX PERSONS PERISH IS A BUKXING HOUSE. portly after one on Wednesday morning a j^sa,strous fire broke out at 107, Judd-street, ttlg's Cross, London, a house of ten rooms, ^tuPied by Mrs. Thiers, hairdresser, with lodgers, and before the arrival of the rj, eQien six people were burned to death. Raines of the victims are Elizabeth Hunt, pr ^ed 7g. (jporgg T[unt. 75; Henry Hunt, 45; iVi?-6 Hunt, 13; Robert Tehiroff, 12; Mary r^rofF, asjed 6 years. Of~ i hairdresser occupied the lower part c tae house, and two families, named Qt and Tehiroff, lived above. The fire »yj0iie ou" about one o'clock in a back tot on the second floor, and the flames had a sood hold before a policeman, th/ac1ted th" cries of the inmates, gave ,0* alarm. The fire engines from Euston- Station were on the spot three minutes the alarm signal was rung, and other fyaVnes f°'l°wed Quickly. The whole house *o tlrne involved, but the firemen rked heroically to get out the inmates. b large crowd had collected, and as each s°n was sent down the escape, there was 6af°iad cheer. Several of the inmates were y got out, but at length it became bu>.ren'; that there were some still in the iblp11111" building whose rescue was imposE- tir- anxiety of the rescued for their rela- still within the building was heart- en taS. The flame? were extinguished e',III hour and a half, and the firemen bojj- examining the gutted house found the •"eso6?-0' Pix Persons, four of the Hunts, rep- ^•o s three generations of the family, and of the young Tehiroffs. ir.s, ,.t^5e rescued, three had to be taken to the tal. One of them, Ida Tehiroff, aged ten rs. is in a serious condition. tbCCOrdjng to the official fire brigade report, bri„ tlls occurred before the arrival of the a,de. V, P reliable account can yet be gathered as tjye the fire broke out, but a representa- that*-0 visited the premises ascertained SeCo commenced in the back-room of the a,ge ^^oor- This was occupied by a middle- r, German woman. ground floor was occupied by Mrs. <^rs, who carried on the business of a hair- wkich her late husband had estab- rp, Iw6 s<?cond floor back is in a state cf but the front room. in which the th rJIan b.dy slept, is not so badly burnt, All tbed,clothCs being untouched by the fire, flat woodwork, however, is charred. The als0 °Ve' 111 which the Hunt family lived, is ther a similarly charred condition, and thj.0G is a hole through the back room floor u^h which the fire from below had burnt, by .(.f^ir-caies have been made into charcoal fire. floor, in which the Tehiroffs lived, Iebed by a rarrow flight of stairs at tlt SÅdû of the wall, and the two rooms which cullied beside the front room on the er flat, rented by a Miss Churchill, are not 4 furiously damaged. to JJithcr report saysEverything points tht0 dead persons having come to b^j-j eQd more through suffocation than Within a few minutes of the having been given the firemen Eu8t°n-r°ad Station were on the scene, j. they were soon assisted by the engines f0m Holborn and Clerkenwell. Already a great crowd had gathered in the and the police had to form a cordon v keep them from close contact with the demises. Smoke was coming or.t of the windows in clouds, and as the first efforts of the r-jj 111,311 were to save life, the escapes were against the windows. The firemen, too, tktPro(* the houses by the shop and forced ^trv- Way uP?tairs, though having first to Tjjp down the flames with the hydrants. Q„r.Y found the two oldest Hunts lying K>0 in the corner of their front near a window, and the fire- quickly passed the bodies down the t}L Getting above they came acr#3s tehiroffs, the father and four children 1^, "iiss Churchill, who were likewise simi- T ^snt down the escape to the street. Mrs. *ic\>lr°ff v-ras not at home, being away in 01^' arid having with her a baby five months t}je The fireman found all the inmates of f0j,, ^°P fioor unconscious, but when the un- fOrt top fioor unconscious, but when the un- lInate people had been received in the djfeet there were doctors on the spot ready to ge°t their efforts to bring them round, ijj^ral of the spectators who have been Dj. Viewed speak in the highest terms of lw 1Se of the heroic efforts of the firemen to °ue the occupants of the burning house.

InRDER OF A SWEETHEART J A.LOUS PALS TON" MAN SEN- TENCED TO DEATH. IS ,nt^n<-■ 0 of death was passed at the Old bj^ yesterday on George Thirkettle, a SsmitJi and ex-soldier, for the murder of ^21 J0rmer sweetheart, Florence Collins, at von- Prisoner, a well-built man of 28 years, his doom unmoved, a.nd walked out cf rj,,ar>c]j with a firm step. crime was one of those tragedies of t that are more common in France fJol in this country. Thirkettle and Miss had been engaged, but the Collins ily opposed the match, not considering -lover's position good enough. qt¡¿ length the girl broke off the engagement, 1'et) rejocted all the man's pleadings for its 11!J. èW2tl. One night he received from her a W l°ttcr, over which his sister found him 4tDins- F?r: midnight he announced his intention "jf )rlog. (JUt "for F. blow." At two in the hidI11:1g ho reached the Collins's house, in Cla °y-road. Dalston. He took off his boots, fcoai.e? them in the dustbin, and deposited his 4 'n a shed. b.-v ^^ifidow defied his efforts to open it. So tbg"F^-shcd the glass, and, breaking thus into bis ,-°use, crept upstairs, holding a razor in W noise of splintering glass wakened Mrs. i'hr,J18, who heard the footsteps on the stairs. ^'hi0, st-oppcd at her daughter's room door, *0 opened and then instantly locked. tb0 j'11?' shrieks came the next minute from & rlT'ked room, but all the endeavours *"f li;tracted mother and other relatives to C.th, door failed until the police arrived. Crjjjf'de the apartment they found Mi^s dying, with her throat cut. The mur- *01,3 though he had also cut his own throat. 'h, t¡t desperately aga.inst arrest. Police lanterns were broken, and a ^lti0Us struggle went on in the dar'-rLess. 17 fOUt-1J.1ettcly Thirkettle was ovei-powere j. Constables. hope," he said, "that I shall live, so I can repent ny 1.1!

1£irHIL ALIMONY. ll<'E ACCEPTS ONE POUND PER WE.EK. At >;erthyr Police-court Evan Pugh, and contractor, of Tirphil, was ^o^0lled f°r deserting his wife. Mr. T. J. Bargoed, appeared for the com- *5 jr^^t. The parties had been married for V iars' and there were seven children of ??a-rriage. It was stated by the wife that past twelve months the defendant continually under the influence of 3-bit' during that time he had been in the ]v°f going away from home after receiv- t Ca'6' ,Sllms of money, and of staying awa.y 0rfi or Newport for two or three weeks. I. who alleged that he had been 'í!tb. "d to leave his wife last time, on the Si- September, owing to his son, who, Bi° Ofl?' was a P'-t^iiist holding him up." 'iiiir1!ero'd to pay £ 1 a week by way of a.nd the offer was accepted, and the e accordingly.

10.000 DEAD LEFT ON THE FIELD. 70.000 OR 80.000 WOUNDED. The Russian defeat at Yen-tai was much more crushing than at first reported. The full results will probably never he made known, but it is stated on official authority that nine thousand Russians have already been buried by the Japanese, and this figure does not include the losses which were incurred on Friday and Saturday ill the fighting on the Japanese left. It is quite certain that the estimate of 30,000 Russian casualties is altogether below the mark. On General Kuroki's FIELD MARSHAL OYAMA. I front alone the Russians left 4,500 dead, and the total casualties at this point will probably reach 20,000. General Oku, too, reports that he found and buried 2,000 dead before the battle of the 14th, and reports from General Nodzu and complete reports from General Oku have not been received. It is probable that the total casualties suffered the Russians will reach from 80,000 to 100,000, and it is admitted at St. Petersbu*r°; that 98 guns were taken by the Japanese. In ferocity, determina- tion, and carnage Yen-tai casts Liao-yang into the shade, and the Japanese victory is once more complete.

VIYID DESCRIPTION. ST. PETERSBURG. Saturday. Independent accounts of the great battle from Russian sources testify to the relent- less vigour with which the assaults on both sides have been delivered and met. M. Nemirovitch Dantchenki, telegraphing from Suyetun, OIl the railway twelve miles south of ALukden, on October 13, describes the fighting round Dvoorogya Hill. For over two days (he says) the battle raged ceaselessly. It was close on midnight on the 11th when the Japanese attempted a surprise attack on our frontal positions. In the impenetrable darkness they hurled the full force of their battalions against our entrenchments. The gloom of the night was split by the blaze of their rifles and the answering volleys of our men. The attack never ceased. For hours we lay closely hugging our entrenchments—with but a few brief minutes of respite-every man with his rifle at his shoulder firing at the far-off flashes. Near dawn the evi,t.boding rifle fire ceased, and even the distant batteries were silent, and we lay and watched the daylight break. Bands of red and yellow clouds, looking as if they were tinged with streaks of blood, hung over the silent valley, which might have been empty for all the signs of life it gave. From the plain below us rose the dark and silent hills like the silhouettes of tombstones through the' half light. The fog thickened, covering the low-lying places, water dripred from our beards and rifle barrels, sodden with the heavy night dew, weary, cold, and sorrowful, we re-com- menced the duel between two races. Day had hardly lightened the slopes of the two-horned mountain, when our batteries began to cover it with shrapnel. Puffs of white smoke marked the bursting of each shell. With the naked eye we could see the Japanese being eheiled out of their trenches -first singly, then in groups of three or four. Black figures sprang into view, then squatted GENERAL OKU. I down, and scuttled to cover, scurrying away among the rocks. The shells followed them, tearing up the rocks, and the Japanese fell literally like wheat at the hand of the reaper. On the mountain beside a Buddhist temple one of our batteries was also working. Another opened from the opposite side, and the Japanese fled so quickly that the gunners could hardly follow them. Soon the Japanese resourcefulness showed itself. They set fire to the big native village on the side of the two-horned mountain, rightly guessing that the wind from the east would carry the smoke toward 11, affording them a screen and confusing the aim of our gunners. From eight in the morning the fight boiled along the whole line. The infernal din of rifle fire continued as on the previous day, but up to noon the Japanese batteries gave no sign of life. It appeared that they had been waiting to locate our positions before open- ing fire. Even after they commenced the cannonade was not so heavy as the bombard- ment of the previous day. Far to the west the Japanese are trying to work round our flank, but there we are safe, as we have sufficient force to meet them. Two simultaneous turning movements are proceeding—theirs and ours. Reports of heavy losses during the night attack are coming in. The Tomsk Regiment suffered heavily. Of the brilliant Tomboff Regiment few remain. The troops fought like heroes throughout the hours of darkness. Morning found them dead on the ground they had eo bravely defended. Those remaining continue to fight. In the big village before us remnants of several regiments, after repelling a whole- night attack, have ensconced themselves in the shelter of the walls of the houses pre- pared for a fresh day's work. The Japanese attack on Temple Mountain, which was held by the Volonski Regiment, began at a quarter to nine in the morning, but our batteries on each side kept them in view, and we repelled the attack. The assault was repeated at ten o'clock, and, finally, at noon, the general commanding, and we with him, retired from the position, going to Shiki. We had scarcely left the hill before it was covered by Japanese projectiles. At Shiki we met General Zalinsky, who had come to report. Then an aide-de-camp gal- loped up with the news that the Japanese had driven us from the railway on the west, but had not followed in pursuit—stopping to cook their mid-day meal. Late that night we caught them at a dis. advantage, and the Morshansk Regiment re- paid them with interest for their success of the morning. From our turning column on the left nothing has been heard. We are anxiously expecting news that it has reached its desti- nation. Our men are displaying the greatest bravery and endurance in face of all the obstacles they encounter. Our guns have been dragged by hand up impassable mountains. In one narrow defile the Japanese rolled down stones upon them. We could not take tho pass, but our men scaled the hills on each side, and captured the heights commanding the Japanese positions. After a stubborn fight our centre and right recovered themselves. We have kept in touch with our turning column, so strategically we are at a decided advantage. The new reserves from European Russia, with their fresh uniforms and equipment, their faces untanned and unworn by war and watching, present the greatest contrast to the veteran regiments who fought at Liao. yang. Their energy and determination, how- ever, leave nothing to be desired. ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM." ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday. During the fighting on the 12th the fire of the enemy was so fierce that of several com- panies only twelve or fifteen men remained. There were many tragic scenes. One officer was seen returning from the firing line with a group of wounded men. The general saw him, and shouted, "How dare you leave your regiment? Get back at once. Where is your regiment?" "Here, your excellency," replied the officer. "Is that all ?" the general replied, horrified. "All," was the mournful response of the officer, from whose face blood was streaming.

A RUSSIAN SUCCESS. POSITION AND ELEVEN JAPANESE GUNS CAPTURED. ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. General Sakharoff reports that in the fight- ing yesterday the Russians re-captured Lonely Tree Hill, south of the Sha-ho, and took eleven guns and one quick-firing gun. Lonely Tree Hill is situated at Sakapu, about three miles east of the railway, and the Sha-ho runs around its base. The Japa- nese held the hill in great force and had strongly fortified it. There was furious fight- ing at close quarters, numbers of Japanese being bayonetted in the trenches. The hill had been seized by the Japanese during October 14, their superior forces compelling the two Russian regiments which held it to retreat. Russian reinforcements were, however, GENERAL KUROPATKIN. hurried up as soon as possible, and in the early morning of the 15th the Russians opened the attack with a well-sustained artillery fire. The Russian fire was directed upon Lonely Tree Hill and upon all the other Japanese positions After a thorough prepa- ration the infantry stormed the hill, over- powering the Japanese. Notwithstanding fierce resistance the Japanese were driven off the hill, and the Russians followed them up for two versts. The fighting lasted for several hours. The losses were heavy, but their number is not stated. General Meyendorff directed the attack. There is no official news from the rest of the front. 4.10 p.m. General Sakharoff, in another telegram, states that the efforts which were made by the Russians on the 15th inst. to capture Liu- shinfu were unsuccessful. There was a con. sidera,ble exchange of artillery fire on the Russian right, and one of the Russian posi- tions was exposed to a hot fire. On the whole, however, the day was comparatively quiet, and the centre was not, attacked. The Rus- sian losses were small. General Sakharoff adds that there was no fighting yesterday night, and that the troops are greatly ,cheered by their success. FOURTEEN GUNS CAPTURED 1,000 JAPANESE CASUALTIES. The following telegram, dated Tokio, Tues- day, has been received at the Japanese Legation — One column, under Brigadier-general Yamada, proceeded on the 16th to rein- force a detachment of our left army, which was attacking the enemy north of Sha-ho-fu. It defeated the enemy near Wei-chia- loutzu, capturing two guns and two ammunition wagons, and after again repelling the enemy at Santa-ckautze was returning to its original position, when suddenly it was enveloped at seven p.m. by about one division of the enemy. After a fierce hand-to-hand fight it succeeded in breaking through the enemy, and regained its original posi- tion. Meanwhile, our artillery, losing most of its horses and men, was compelled to abandon nine field guns and five moun- tain guns. The enemy in front of our central army has been reinforced. Our casualties on Sunday were about 1,000.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENES. KILLING, LAUGHING, AND CRACK- ING JOKES. ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday Afternoon. Further dispatches from the Russian news- paper correspondents at the front bring addi- tional and most thrilling details of the des- perate fighting of the last few days. On Sun- day the troops of the Russian Eastern Army were ordered to take the important position of Lin-chia-pou, a, village which had recently been captured by the Japanese. The Russians attacked with the greatest elan, and ulti- mately the Japanese broke and fled before an impetuous bayonet charge. A hill overlooking the village was domi- nated by a Chinese temple. This position had been strongly fortified by the Japanese. The temple it.wlf had been surrounded with a ditch, and everywhere were wire entangle- ments and other devices. So strong was the hill and temple that it was practically impos- sible to take it by storm. ¡ Artillery was, therefore, brought up, and a. hea.vy fire was commenced on the temple at a range of only 800 paces. But even this proved to be of little use, as the stone walls around the temple were quite indestructible by ordinary field gun shell. At this juncture ha.lf of the village of Lin-chia-pou was in the hands of the Russians, while the other half was held by the Japanese. Between the two forces was an open space tlesp in water from the recent rain. The situation was most extraordinary. The Japanese soldiers could be plainly observed in the Chinese houses and hiding behind hedges. The hostile pickets were so close together tha.t they shouted remarks to each other, laughed, and even bandied jokes, but this apparent good humour did not prevent Russia.ns and Japanese alike from firing whenever anybody ventured to poke up a head from cover. A similar state of affa-irs prevailed through- out Sunday at another village, Lamatong. The correspondents 11.11 describe Monday as a successful day for Russia. It was marked by desperate and bloody fighting all along the line, but the result of it was that the Japanese fell back from their whole front. As the day wore on the cheering news became generally known that one of the fighting detachments had captured thirteen guns and 150 prisoners. Rumours of furthar successes served greatly to raise the spirits of the Russian soldiers. One of these rumours referred to the alleged capture of 24 guns by the Siberian Regiments, but this has not yet been confirmed in any official dispatch. The fanatical bravery with whiehfthe Japa- nese defended their entrenchments may be judged by the fact that in one single trench GENERAL EABOJf F. E. MEYENDORFF 600 Japanese corpses were found, yet the regi- ment to which these killed belonged was in uo way demoralised.

THE STRUGGLE FOR A. HILL. GRAPHIC PICTURE OF A BRIL- LIANT RUSSIAN EXPLOIT. ST. PETERSBURG, Wednesday. A graphic word-picture of the desperate struggle for the possession of Lonely Tree Hill is supplied by the celebrated Russian corre- spondent, M. Nemirovitch Danchenko. After emphasising the importance of the position by reason of the fact that it commands the Sha River, and enables those in possession of it to seriously threaten the front of their opponents, the corespondent says:—The Russians had commjenced to fortify the position, but the troop$who held it were so worn and weary with tihe heavy and continuous fighting through ifcfeich they had 'gone, that tbev did. aoi »otioe uho suspicious movements of the Japanese patrols behind them. Suddenly they were attacked by an overwhelming force of Japanese, who had -gone. t:\at tbev did. aoi »otioe uho suspicious movements of the Japanese patrols behind them. Suddenly they were attacked by an overwhelming force of Japanese, who routed the Russians and took possession of the hill. Recognising the immense importance of the point, General Kuropatkin at once decided that it must be re-taken at whatever cost. Large numbers of troops were immediately concentrated for this purpose, and whilst they were being assembled a deadly shower of shells was poured upon the hill from the Russian batteries. At sunset- the order to storm the hill was given, and in obedience to it the 19th and 36th Regiments of Sharpshooters, under the command of General Putiloff, crossed the Sha-ho, and advanced towards the height. Whilst passing through a small village at the foot of the hill the attacking force encountered a deadly fire from the Japanese, and sustained heavy losses, but they doggedly continued their onward march, and bravely began to ascend the rocky and diffi- cult side of the mountain. Soon the Russians and Japanese were at hand to hand grips, and the fighting was of the fiercest and most furious description conceivable, both sides exhi- biting the most desperate valour. The Japanese met the attaok unflinchingly. and for some time the outcome of the struggle was a matter of great doubt. Bayonets were freely used, and particularly fierce was the combat that raged round the Japanese guns. to retain possession of which the Japanese strove with all their might, even after all the horses and gunners had fallen. At length, however, the enemy broke and fled, and at eleven o'clock the hill was again in the possession of the Russians. When an officer arrived from General Kuropatldn with a decoration for General Putiloff that gallant hero of the struggle was discovered asleep on a heap of straw in front of the captured Japanese guns. Hundreds of dead bodies lay strewn over the hill, bearing grim testimony to the fury of the fighting, the entrenchments also being literally filled f MAJOR-GJ&NERAXi X. K. VON-R.E>TNENKAMPF with bodies of both Russians and Japanese, many of whom were locked together in the death struggle. Neither Plevna nor Shipka can compare with this awful fight, which must be numbered amongst the biggest events of the war. On the following day the captured Japanese guns. escorted by Cossacks, were brought to the Russian main body.

BRIDGEND LUNATIC. ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE FROM THE ASYLUM. A lunatic at Angelton Asylum, Bridgend on Thursday made a daring attempt to escape. A number of inmates were returning from a walk in the grounds, when one of them seized an opportunity of rushing to a wall, which he mounted. A lady named Mrs. John, from Barry Dock, who, with her husband, were visiting a rela- tive. noticed the man break away from the gamg, and ran after him, securing him by the leg. The man violently struggled to release him- self. and he eventually succeeded in doing so and cleared the wall. Four warders were soon in hot pursuit, and being fleeter on foot than the deserter, were able to arrest him before he had put much distance between himself and the asylum. ANOTHER REVOLT. "No," ses lick'l Blin Loberts, M.P., "you kin jump if vou's like, but I ain't agwine to! It's nuffin' but su'side," ses he; "an' I'm ag^rine to jib." "Old Henrik's Tales" adapted.

LLANELLY DOMESTIC SCANDAL. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A LODGER. Some remarkable evidence was given at Llanelly Police-court on Wednesday in a charge of assault preferred by William Henry Hoskin against William Hughes, Pontyeats. Mr. Ludford appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. D. G. Rees for defendant. Complainant said that for the last fourteen months he had been lodging with the defendant at Bronrwyth, Pontyeats. Witness was an engine-driver at the Gwendraeth Colliery, finishing generally at two o'clock in the morning. The assault complained f took place on Thursday morning, the 13th inst., when he got in about two o'clock, and found Mrs. Hughes, the landlady, sitting up. She was very sleepy, and opened the door for him. The landlady baked some rice and retired. About 3.30 defendant came in, and gcon after struck him. Hughes then rushed upstairs and ordered his wife out of bed. Then defendant accused witness of mis- conduct with his wife. Mr. Ludford: What did you tell him?- Well, I had lost my thinking power that morning. Mr. Ludford: He had knocked the thinking power out of you?—Yes. Witness declared that the accusation of misconduct was a preposterous untruth. Cross-examined by Mr. Rees, witness denied familiarity with another man's wife. It was entirely untrue that a minute or two before Hughes came in he was misconducting him- self with Mrs. Hughes, and that when she heard footsteps she rushed upstairs. Thomas Rees, a fellow lodger of Hoskin, said he was in bed when the alleged assault took place. He heard Hoskin crying. Cross- examined, witness said that Mrs. Hughes went to bed just a minute before Mr. Hughes came in. Mrs. Hughes denied the charge of improper familiarities with the complainant on any occasion, and corroborated the evidence given by Hoskin. In cross-examination wit- ness said she was bundled out of the house like a dog by her husband. She was turned out in her nightdress, and at five o'clock another woman accompanied her back 1iJ dress. Defendant said he had not the least sus picion of Hoskin's misconduct with his wife until the day previous to the assault. On the Wednesday afternoon he was unable to sleep, and dressed and proceeded to go down- stairs. He peeped over the landing, and saw Hoskin take hold of his wife round the neck. She did not object, but said in Welsh, "STOP YOUR PRANKS, YOU FOOL. I will be down to-morrow morning again when you come home. If he (pointing upstairs), came down now and caught us he would kill the pair of us." Mr. Rees: What did you do?—I went out. Why did you go out?—I had to go out or smaish the pair of 'em. Proceeding, defen- dant said he went to work that night as usual, and next morning finished two hours earlier. He crept to the window and saw the "loving pair" in the act of impro- priety. His dog barked, and his wife darted upstairs with the candle in her hand. Defendant when he entered the house told Hoskin, "You have a very good record, indeed. You have broken up one family before, and now ,again you have broken up mine." He gave him one in the ribs and a couple of clouts, witness now adding, "I am awfully sorry now I did not take off my strap and give him a real good hiding." Complainant began to cry, "Don't kill me." He found his wife half sitting in bed, and he told her to go down to her fancy man. He gave her 30s., so that she might not say he had driven her into the world without a penny. 1ft cross-examination, Hughes said he had been married seven years. He knew this was a most serious charge to bring against any woman, but he would never dream of charg- ing his wife with it unless he had seen it with ih own eyes. Mr. Rees, addressing the bench, said his client admitted thrashing the complainant, but he did so under great provocation. The Bench said that the assault bad been admitted, and they were of opinion that a fine of 5s., including costs, would meet the case.

CARDIFF NEW COLLEGE. THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST REACHES £ 80,000. At a meeting of the governors of the University College of South. Wales and Mon- mouthshire on Thursday, the President (Sir Alfred Thomas, M.P.,) announced that about £ 80,000 had been received in cash and pro- mised subscriptions towards the erection of the new college building? in Cat hays Park. £ 80,000 had been received in cash and pro- mised subscriptions towards the erection of the new college building in Cat hays Park. Under the will of the ]a,te Dr. Isaac Roberts, F.R.S., the college building fund will benefit to the extent of £ 15,000. The report, with regard to the work of the college during the past year, was considered satisfactory. The following were elected new members of the court:—Mr. Gwilym A. Evans, Mountain Ash; Mr. Cornelius Lundie, Car- diff; Dr. Alfred Rees, Cardiff; and Mr. C. F. Sanders, Cardiff. These displace Mr. Ivor James, Breoon; Dr. Garrod Thomas, Newport; Alderman E. Thomas and Mr. J. L. Wheatley_ Cardiff. With these exceptions the old mem- bers were re-elected. Cardiff. With these exceptions the old mem- bers were re-elected.

THE EAST END MURDER. -0 TWO MEN AKRESTED AND REMANDED. At Thames Police-court on Monday Conrad Donovan, 34, sailor, and Charles Wade, 22, labourer, w^re remanded, charged with being concerned together on the 12th inst. in the I wilful murder cf Miss Emily Farmer, news- agent, of Commercial-road. Robert Rae, a fishmonger, deposed that at I MISS FARMER. -1 I about 6.30 on the morning of the 12th, he saw Wade come out of deceased's shop, which was apparently closed. Wade, who had a paper I in his hand, was immediately followed by Donovan, who also carried a paper. When Donovan opened the door witness observed that there was no light in the shop. Accused XJ DONOVAN. walked away and afterwards stopped a moment while Donovan drew Wade's attention to something in his paper. Ten minutes later a boy entered Farmer's shop, and afterwards took down the shutters. Witness was positive that no person went in or out of the shop in the interval that elapsed between the time accused left and when the boy arrived. Witness at ten o'clock heard that Miss Farmer had been murdered, and on Friday he had an interview with the detectives engaged in the case, when he told them what he had J WADE. seen. On Sunday he went to the police-station and picked out the accused from twelve ether men. He was positive that they were the men who came out of Farmer's shop. By Donovan: Witness was certain he saw them coming out of the shop. Witness added that he told his master and his mother what he had seen. The accused were remanded. BOGUS CONFESSION. At the Thames Police-court, London, on Wed- nesday Jaxacs Fitzpatrick, who made a "con- fession" at Worthing that he was concerned in the murder of Miss Farmer, at Commer- cial-road, Stepney, was discharged. He had made another statement to the effect that the only reason for making the untruthful story to the Worthing police was that he was destitute, and wished to get back to his friends at Whitechapel. Fitzpatrick is suf- fering from drink. He has previously sur- rendered himself for committing imaginary crimes.

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TRAGEDIES IN THE DISTRICT. m t DAtJGETER'S TRAGIC DIS- COVERY AT CARMARTHEN. Edward Evans, Catherine-street, Carmax- then, plumber, a widower with seven children, sent his young family on Sunday atternoon to the Tabernacle School as usual, telling one of the girls to lock the door and take the key with her, as he felt tired and intended going to bed. On returning shortly after four o'clock the daughter unlocked the I door, and, failing to get an answer from her father, went to his bedroom, where she ound him hanging to a hook (which he had recently fixed in the ceilfifg near the bed), with the strands of an old shawl or similar texture tightly drawn with a slip-knot round his neck. The distracted girl immediately alarmed the neighbours, who found that lilt was extinct. CARDIFF MAN'S TRAGIC END. The Gloucestershire police are searching for the brother of John Willis, an able seaman of Cardiff, who died from wounds in the hospital of Savona on the 9th inst. It appears that John Willis sailed in the steamship Erio from Cardiff on the 24th of last month and landed in Savona. Here he was discovered fatally wounded in the street, and died shortly after being removed to hospital. He is supposed to have a brother, an engineer, residing either at Kingswood near Bristol, or Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge, and it is this brother whom the police are seeking in order to convey tidings of John Willis's un- timely end. PENTRE MAN'S RASH ACT. George Davies, 8, Catherine-street, Pentre, on remand, was charged at Ystrad on Mon- day with attempting to commit suicide. The defendant's son-in-law said that he complained of being ill, and had to return home from work about 8.30. Defendant went upstairs to have a shave, and later when witness visited the bedroom he found him lying on the bed with his throat covered with blood. Dr. Reardon said that there were two superficial wounds, one three inches long and the other extending from ear to ear. They were not dangerous. Mr. Tom Phillips, who defended, said the defendant had an exceptionally good charac- ter, and committed the act in a fit of weak- ness. Defendant was bound over to be of good behaviour, and his son-in-law became surety. SUICIDE AT LAMPETER. Dr. Abel Evans, the coroner for Lampeter district, held an inquest at the work. house, Lampeter, touching the death cf James Whiteside, 32 years of age, a labourer, who committed suicide by cutting his throat on Sunday. The deceased was engaged at the Lampeter Mill as a general labourer, and he wa,s last seen alive on Saturday evening. Mr. Edwards, the owner of the mill, looked into the man's bedroom and saw him on his back in a bent position, and covered with blood. He was a man of very quiet demeanour, steady and industrious. He hailed from Preston.—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind." NEATH MAN'S THROAT CUT. Walter Graves, aged 26, lodging at 11. Eaton-road, Neath, was found shortly before midnight on Tuesday lying across hia bed with his throat cut. A razor was by his side. He had only just gone upstairs. His employer, Mr. Cornwall, the manager of the English and Colonial Meat, Company, asked Police- constable Cornwall to visit the stable to see a liorse, and whilst he was there the con- stable was called to the house next door to attend to Graves. His knowledge of ambu- lance work proved to be very useful, for he did much to stanch the fearful flow of blood from the wound, and a doctor who was sum- moned states that there is just a possibility of saving the man's life. Graves is a native of North Devon. TRAGIC DEATH AT DOWLAIS. Whilst paying one of his periodical visits to his relatives at No. 6, Walter-street, Dow- lais. a Rhymney septuagenarian, named William Powell, residing at No. 27, Hill- street, passed away suddenly, and the cir- cumatances concerning the demise were the subject of inquiry by Mr. Coroner R. J. Rhys on Tuesday afternoon at the Dowlaia Police-station. From the evidence of Hannah Lewis (sister), with whom deceased intended making a short stay, it appeared that Powell had lived in retirement for some years. lIe was partaking of supper with her son, Isaiah, between 10 and 10.30 o'clock, when she had occasion to go out. Upon returning to the house her son said that his uncle was sleeping, but she found that he was dead —Dr. H Lewis-Hughes. Llangwern, testified that death was due to cardiac failure, and a verdict was accordingly returned. OTHER SUDDEN DEATHS. Mr. E. Ll. Reece, the deputy-divisional coroner,^conducted an inquiry at Cadoxton on Monday into the circumstances of the death of Doris, the four months old daughter of William H. Evans, compositor, of 26, Davis- street, Cadoxton.—Dr. E. J. H. Budge, who was called in, certified convulsions as the cause of death, and the jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes." Mrs. Caroline Chilcot, 102. Jubilee-road, New Tredegar, on Saturday suddenly fell down on the floor and expired before medical aid could be procured. At an early hour on Tuesday the death took place in a remarkably sudden manner of V. r. Llewellyn Thomas, tobacconist, &c., of Main- street, Cadoxton-Barry. Deceased, who had been a tradesman in the town for nearly twenty years, and was much respected, was in his usual health up till nearly midnight, and conversed freely with some neigh- bours and members of the family. Mr. Thomas was about 50 years of age, and leaves a large family. Mr. Lyndon Moore, the Newport coroner. held an inquest on Wednesday touching the death of John Williams, aged 56, a haulier, who lately resided in North-street, Newport. While on his way to a chemist Williams fell down in the street and died. Dr. Baesett attributed death to syncope, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly DEATH FROM BLOOD POISONING. At Ferndale on Tuesday an inquiry was held by Mr. Coroner Rhys into the death of Ben- jamin Jones, fitter. New Houses, Bryn- hyfryd, Ferndale. It appeared that the deceased, whilst proceeding home, had injured his thumb. Blood-poisoning sub- sequently set in. and this was stated to be the cause of death, and a verdict accordingly, was returned. TWO CHILDREN DROWNED. Mr. J. B. Walford held an inquest at the Ebbw Yale Police Station on Monday on the body of Sarah Elizabeth Jones, aged two years, who was drowned in a pool of surface water on Friday.—The deceased, who was the daughter of Mr. Dai Jones, a well-known Rugby football player and walker, was play- ing with her four-year-old brother when they strayed away from the house. The deceased child was in the act of washing her face in a pool about 18in. deep when ehe slipped in and was drowned.—The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." v i ea Frank Rowlands, the three-year-old son of Owen Rowlands, labourer, Elm Grove-place, Dinas Powis, was found on Monday afternoon drowned in Mill Brook, behind the house. The brook is flooded, and the child must have slipped in. MAN SWALLOWS RAT POISON IN THE STREET. Henry Thorn, 32, a married man, hailing from London, but of no fixed abode, was found in Halket-street, Canton, Cardiff, on Thursday in an unconscious state. It appears he took a quantity of rat poison (phosphorus). Police constable Edwardf administered an emetic, and succeeded in rallying the man, who was conveyed to UM Uftian Hostfita.1 for tce&4me"