The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS BIRTHS. WALL_AT 6, Grouse-street, Roath, Cardiff, on the 22nd February, the wife of William Wall of a son. n MARRIAGES. GBOVS—JAMES -Mr A. S. A. Grove to Miss Mary Jaae James, 9, Delhi-street, St Tbofflu. on February 13to, 1908, by special Beence. HOWE—SMITH.—On February 20th, at St. Mary's, Church. Cardiff, Walter Howe, of Penaith, to Alice Smith, of Smethwick, Birmingham. 37n MARSON—BALLANTYNK.—On February 19th, at JU&ndaff Cathedra!, by the Rev. Canon Buckley, Frederic James, only son of Frederic Marson, J.P., Redcroft, Llandiff, to Gwendolyn Margaret, young- est daughter of the late William David and Mrs Ballantyne, ponway-road, Cardiff. At home, Erur- delyn Lodge, near Penarth, 18th and 19th March. 754 STEPHENS—JENKINS.—On the 25th of February, at Libanus Baptist Chapel, Trehcrtoert, by the Rev. H. Harris, D.D., Elizabeth Jenkins, elder daughter of John Jenkins, Esq., Tynant, Treherbert, to George Stephens, youngest son of the late Simon Stephens, Gly neorrwg. ILYMONDS-GARF.ETT.On February 18th, at St. Martin's, Roath, Cardiff, by the Rev. Lancelot Lewis, Rector of St. Brides-super-Ely, assisted by the Rev. H. G. HeUier, Vicar of St. Martin's, George Percy Symonds, assistant priest of St. Martin's, to Violet May, only daughter of E. F. and Mm Garrett, of 4, Wcllfleld-road, Cardiff. 578n WILLIAMS- RO BER TS.-On February 21st, at Ply- mouth, Joeiah Williams, Marine Engineer, to Sarah J. Roberts, daughter of Mr Thomas Roberts, School- master, Brynhyfryd, Swansea. 2798 DEATHS. AX VAlq.-At Neath-road. S. on the 17th hist, Mr J. W. Bevau, late Draper and Outfitter, of Dow- lais and New Tredegar. Deeply regretted. Son-in- law of the late Mr Alexander Matthews and Mrs Matthews, Ricbmond-road, Cardiff. BEV AN ,-on February 23rd, at 12, Coitr-coad, Bridg- end, Gwladys, dearlv-loved daughter of R. L and KIll Bevan, aged 11. BROAD.—On Feb. 1Mb, Nellie Beatrice, 5 yean. eldest daughter of George and Mary Broad. BROWN.—Feb. 19th, at43, Wyndbam-crescent, Can- ton, George Frederick Brown, dearly beloved hus- band of Mary Brown, late manager Gasworks, Grange town. CRAB TREE.—On Sunday, Feb. 23rd, at 25, Fite- hamon Embankment, John Augustus, beloved be8- band of Annie Crabtree, suddenly. CROCKETT.—On February 19th, 1908, at Rbiwddare Farm, Taff's Well, John Edward (Jack) Crockett, eldest son of John Crocteett, Pontypridd, aged 38. CROWTHKR.—February 18th, at 1S2, Llandaff-road, Albert E. H. (Bertie), eldest beloved son of A. B. and F. M. Crowtber, aged 6 years. 695 SANTER.—On the 19tfr Look, at Bbtrw Vale. Mr John Danter, aged 64, late of the well-knowa public ICVA-NS.On 25th inst, at PcnUyne-tecraoe, Whit- church, lirs Hannah Evans, relict of the late Mr Williams Evans, Builder, in her 83rd year. FOGDE&-Frances Ann, widow of the late Janes Henry Fogden, at Bristol, 19th inst. CrAE.RETT.-On Feb. 17th, at Penarth Dock, by accident, Richard Marks, beloved husband of Eliza- beth Garrett, 3, Machen-street, Pesarth, aged 41 years. GIBBS.—On the 16th inst. at 2. Somerset-street, Elizabeth the beloved wife of Alfred Gibbs. HILL.-On February 23rd, at Cardiff, Macy Ann, wife of John Hill, shipwright. 283n HUGHES.—On February 17th, at his aon-in-taws residence, 1, Lower Bailey-street, Wattstown, ELugh Hughes, the beloved husband of Mary Hughes, for 50 years employee of Lord Bute. JENKINS.—On February 15th, at Hfllatde Homb, Crumlin, Ann Jenkins, relict of the late Thomas Jenkins, after a brief illness. JONES.—On Monday, February lTtb. at Cardiff Sanatorium, William R. Jones IBieoon Stodenti, University College, Cardiff. JONES.—February 17th, at 23, Mary-street., Merthyr, Hannah, aged 66, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Jones, Wauntreoda, and sister of the lat George Jones, guard, T.V.R. Many years the faithful servant of Mrs Booker, Tenby, formerly Greenhill. JONES.—On February 21st, Mary, widow of late Richard Jones, Cardiff. r KINNERSLEY.—Sidney, beloved husband of Rhoda. and eldest son ot Ann and the late John Aubrey Kinnersley, at 75. Mackintosh-place, Feb. 21st, after a long and patiently-borne illness. Deeply mourned. LEYSHON.-on 22ad instant, at Moorland Farm, Llantwit Major, Martha, widow of the late John Leyshon, aged 81 years. LEWIS.—February 22nd. at 17. Moomoutii-street. Cardiff. Eliza. beloved wife of Owen Lewis, aged 80. LEWIS.—At Bryntawe, Glais, on Friday, Elizabeth, wife of Esaiah Lewis. Colliery Proprietor, aged 49 years. LLEWELLYN—22nd inst., at 37, South Morgan- street, William, the beloved husband of Kate Llewellyn, late tipper Cardiff Railway Company 182n MICHAEL.—On Wednesday, 19th inst., Mary Michael, beloved daughter of Thomas and Margaret Michael 60, Stuart-street, Treorehy. MORGAN.—On the 20th inst., at Penyrbeol, Sketty. LaJa, the dearly beloved wife of Mr L J. Popkin Morgan, solicitor. x69 PHILLIPS.—On February 24th. at Arnsctia, German East Africa (by cable), David Thomas Phillips, serond son of No R. I. Price, Castle-street, Caer- philly, aged jL 530n PRATT.—On Wednesday, Feb. 19th, at Penlline House, Efail last, Thomas Pratt (lateCwm Mill), aged 67. PRICE.—February 18, at Rbwngyderi, GelBgaer, John Price, aged 56. BJBES.—At 119, Bute-street, Treherbert, on 20th inst., I Rev. J. Rees, late Pastor Carmel Welsh Congrega- I tional Chapel for 35 years. REYLAND.—Feb. 16th, at 131, Mackintosh-place our bel ved son, William Ernest Reyland, after a long and painful illness. RICHARDS.—John Richards, Blacksmith, Bridge- street, Merthyr, passed away on February 21st, 1908, in his 78th year. SODEIII.On February lStb, at 2, Somerlfeld-plaee, Whitchurch, Charles Soden. aged 77 (for 32 years with the French Patent Fuel Co.). STE ER.-on the 23rd inst, at 90, City-ropd, Lily Annie Steer, the beloved eldest daughter of the late William Steer. STONE.-On the 19th inst, at 26, Castle-street, Car- diff, Liny Rose, youngest daughter of Moses and Sarah Stone. THOMAS.—Feb. 20th, Eleanor, wile of late Job Thomas, Hirwain, at her son's residence, 112 Mackin- toah-pisce, Cardiff. THOMAS.—February 18th, 1908. Henry Thomas, be- loved brother of Mrs F. Chapman. 1. Fttrl-ptace, aged 28 years. TRACEY.—On the 19th inst., by accident, on the ss Exmonth, Terence Tracer. TREGARTHEN -On the 20th inst., at 9, Plastnrton place. Cardiff, John Dysart Tregartben, aged 57 yean. No cardii. VALES.—On the 17th inst, Edith Annie, the beloved wife of James Vales, 26, Crichton-etreet., Cardiff. WILLLUlS.-On the 22nd inst. at Ogwen House, Aberavon. Dorothy, aged 66 years, wife of William Williams, Slate 3terchant.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1908. THE NEW EDUCATION BILL. The more moderate and reasonable sec- tion of the clerics recognised that when the extremists followed Mr Balfour's lead and wrecked Mr BirrelTs Education Bill they lost a most handsome offer and a I reasonable solution of the religious diffi- culty. They lost, indeed, an opportunity which i is extremely unlikely will ever occur again. The country is weary of the religious difficulty and the wrangle, and I should Mr McKenna's Bill be rejected, the next proposal is for the country to concern itself with education alone, leaving religious teaching out of the question and to the care of the churches. Mr McKenna's Bill may not be perfect- perfection of principle is impossible where compromise is considered neces- sary but it does seek to establish two main principles—(1) public schools pro- I vided by public money shall be under complete public control, and (2) the teachers in a public school shall be free from any religious tests. The Bill prac- tically puts the public schools back to the !II Board school days, with the Cowper- Temple system of simple religious teach- ¡ ing which satisfied parents for three or four decades, till Mr Balfour, in answer to the clerical section of the Unionist party, destroyed the Board school and parted from the principle of public control of public moneys in education. There is a broad principle of religious freedom involved in the new Bill which will appeal to Welsh- men and to Englishmen in the villages. No child will be compelled by law, should the JBiil pass, to attend any other than a public school. In the past, and at the present time, religious injustice has been done by compelling Nonconformists to send their children to Voluntary schools, which in the villages were Church schools. To Nonconformists this was a grievance throughout the land. The Bill will ter- minate this, and on the other hand it makes generous allowance for the de- ¡ nominational schools, and parents who desire their children to receive religious instruction of a denominationalcharacter. Simple Bible teaching will be provided by the State, and special denominational tuition may be given by arrangement, but not. at the public expense. We give elsewhere a summary of/ the points of the j Bill, and Mr McKenna's speech intro- ducing the measure. There are some complications, but when eompared with the Bill of 1906, it is simple. The Volun- tary schools are treated with a liberal hand, though Mr Balfour and his friends declare unceasing and persistent opposi- tion to it. On the other hand, it may be regarded by undenominationalists as too generous to the Voluntary schools. The religious difficulty always will be a religious difficulty, for it is impossible to satisfy opposing factions. Should this Bill fail and the offer be rejected it willincrease the number of those in the I country who see no prospect of peace and no settlement on the education question short of absolute secular education by ¡ the State.

St. David's Day celebration prepara- tions are well in hand, and we shall be tions are well in hand, and we shall be surprised if this year does not see an 'I access of numbers in gatherings and a greater display of national fervour. In I' many directions Wales has advanced she is before the public, and her leaders are playing a part in the councils of the British nation. Expansion and develop- ment are the ruling ideas. The all- con trolling and cramping village patriotism is passing, and Welsh leaders are taking the world's standards of com- parison for judging progress. The I Welsh national services at St. Paul's and Llandaff Cathedrals will be on the usual j scale, and the gathering of Welshmen in j the see of Llandaff promises to be of exceptional interest. We hear of efforts I to secure big and influential attendances at St. David's Day banquets, and there will be a great display of the leek. The Leek or the Daffodil ? Wales is without emblematic representation on the Royal Standard or the coinage. Wales is not the possessor of a poetic national emblem. There is neither beauty nor I poetry in the pungent leak, and the olfactory nerves of the stoutest patriot j must be doll ere he ean place a leek in the lapel of his coat and wear it there through the evening of St. David's Day. There is no poetical emblem required, and the attempt made last year to secure I recognition of the daffodil or Lent Rose as I the national floraiemhlemof Wales proved ineffectual-it was scouted as an innova- tion. The objectors to the daffodil, one of the most beautiful and welcome of March flowers, prefer to wear a brass orna- ment made in Birmingham to represent the leek The recognition of St. David's Day suffers from the absence of a re- cognised floral emblem. The leek is ex- cellent in soup and in designs, but im- possible to wear even on St. David's Day, and he who is bold enough to venture upon it is marked for ridicule. There is no place on the Royal Standard for Wales—is Wales to have no place in the Floral Calendar when the daffodil offers so charming a possibility ?

It may not be possible to convert the colliery village or town into a rural re- treat, but a good deal has been done to improve the conditions of life for the col- Her by the provision of parks and the erection of institutes and libraries. The institution of baths at the pit head with dressing-rooms, where the working clothes may be donned on commencing work and changed on leaving, would work something like a miracle in the cleanli- ness of the colliery village. It would free the railway trains and the stations and the streets of a good deal of the grime of the pit, which is unavoidable under the present conditions of life and work. Yet it is strange that the finest coal centre of the world should be behind Germany and Japan in the customs of the workers as regards cleanliness and convenience. In the German coalfield and in all the Japanese undertakings the workmen are provided with a means of washing and exchange of clothes at the works. Only in England and Wales do our miners and ironworkers carry the grime of their labour into the towns and their cottages. Ajt experiment of more than ordinary interest is to be made at one of the Ocean Collieries, where Mr David Davies, M.P., is making arrangements for the erection of a bath for the use of the work- men on leaving work.

The Pair of the village and the town is passing away like many other institu- tions and customs of a past day. In some centres the business fair has its uses but it very nearly approaches the pre- sent-day market. Many fairs on the other hand have been kept alive by the mixture of pleasure with the business of the meeting, but even here the hiring fairs have lost much of their glory and a good deal of their usefulness. Business is done in private and not in the public street. In some large towns the Onion, Goose, arid other Fairs have continued, shorn of their business and reduced in the number of days to which the whole town j is given up to noisy pleasure. The Canton Fair is gradually disappearing. and its early despatch is under the consi- deration of the Markets Committee. As a business meeting it is of very little use, and the tolls taken do not pay the wages of the labour connected with the fair, ft was stated that the Inspector under the Health Authorityis responsible for some of its unpopularity, dealers pre-fering- to sell their animals where the examination for tuberculosis is not so strict. The Fair serves little practical purpose, save in exceptionally circum- stanced towns, while the pleasure fair is unnecessary in days of cheap market tickets to the big centres, facilities for excursions and holiday travel. Even the poorest villager manages a market excursion to the nearest big town, and a day trip. The Fair belongs to the past, and its disappearance is but the matter of a few more years.

Extraordinary Traffic. ft# MATERIALS FOR CARDIFF MENTAL HOSPITAL Glamorgan County Council's Claim OFFICIAL REFEREE'S JUDGMENT. Mr Muir MacJccnzie, official referee, delivered judgment on Wednesday at the Law Courts in the action, Glamorgan County Council v. Messrs King and Sons. The action was brought against the defen- dants,who were contractors for the new Cardiff Mental Hospital, to recover E750, extraordinary expenses in the upkeep of the Council's roads lending to the asylum at Whitchurch, such ex- penditure having been rendered necessary by extraordinary traffic- Mr Vaughan Williams (instructed by Messrs Walter Morgan., Bruce, and Nicholas) appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr John Sankey (in- structed by Messrs George David and Evans) for the defendants. Mr Muir Mackenzie, in delivering judgments said defendants denied liability, and in tbe alternative paid into court £100, saying that amount was sufficient to satisfy any liability. The plaintiffs' rights were statutory, and by enactments the defendants were liable for any extraordinary traffic or extraordinary weight brought upon the roads in consequence of orders given by them. The erection of the Asylum was commenced in September, 1903. and there was extra traffic up till the end of 1904. In 1KB the plaintiffs claimed as expenses a sum of £1,718 10s 6d, but the action was compromised for S660, and thus matters up till 1904 were settled. The present claim accrued at a subsequent date, viz., in 1903 up till March, 1906. In the event of the case going to a higher Court, the official referee said he must lay down the principles upon which he acted, both as to excessive weight and extraordinary traffic. The question was-what was ordinary traffic on a particular ro-ad in question. Was the user of the road by the defendants one that tended substantially to alter and increase the burden imposed by the ordinary traffic of the road or was the traffic which was complained of produced by a cause that was exceptional and which ac- counted for the increase, and did the increase of the traffic damage the road and cause ex- traordinary expense ? The evidence generally was that the roads were damaged, and that the extraordinary traffic caused an extra amount of work and expense to keep them in good order. Counsel for the defendants con- tended, and he thought justifiably so, that the figures given by the plaintiffs were subject to considerable modification. The Official Referee said he found upon the facts that the Ely to Whitchurch road was un- doubtedly subject to a very large amount of extraordinary traffic and extraordinary weight, and he had to work out the figures as best oe could. He thought justice would be done by awarding in respect of the group of roads which were the branches of the Cardiff and Pontypridd JESS, and in respect of the Ely to Whitchurch and incidental branches i255, making £ 305 in all. He did not think the fact that he had reduced the plaintifls' claim by such a considera-Me amount, should have any influence upon the costs of the action, and he would give them the general costs in the action in which they bad succeeded., Judgment was given accordingly. After the official referee had leit the court it was found the two amounts totalled 010, but no action was taken in the matter. counsel con- sidering that the higher sum was the correct c.

Wales in London. FIRST ST. DA VIDS FESTIVAL Nonconformists at City Tern pie. (From Our London Welsh Correspondent.) London, Thursday Night.—London Welsh Nonconformists held their annual festival ser- vice in commemoration of the Patron Saint at the City Temple this evening. A crowded attendance showed that the interest of the occasion has not abated, although no doubt a lapge number were attracted by the popularity of the preachers, the Rev. T. Charles Williams, Mwl., Menai Bridge, Calvin istie Metho- dist, and the Rev. Peter Williams, the wen-known Welsh Baptist minister of Bootle (Pedr Hir). The other denominations were repre- sented in the service by the Rev. J. Macbreth Rees, of Radnor-street Con- gregational Church, one of the crowned bards of the National Eisteddfod, and the Rev. John Humphrey, minister in charge of the London Welsh We-sleyan Circuit. Con- tingents from the choirs of all the Welsh Non- conformist churches in the Metropolis (of which there are now about 30), were maiised in the gallery under the direc tion of Mr Tim Evjsds one of the precentora of New Jewin ChapeL Mr David Richards, formerly of Swansea, organist at the Welsh Tabernacle, King's Cross, presided at the organ, and opened the service with a solo. The tunes selected for the service were Malvern," Ambrose lloyd's Groeswen," "Catherine." by AJawydd, Moab," by Ieuan Gwyllt, and St. Andrew's. The Rev. Thomas Charles Williams delivered an eloquent sermon 011 Obedience to the Heavenly Vision." Men, he said, disobey the Divine at their peril. As a nation tnev might see visions in abundance, but they would fail to attain true spiritual greatness if they neglected to follow them up in obedience. The spirit of the revival was still abroad, and the Welsh nation had been taught by it that its message to the world was not to preach the greatpem and worth of worldly prosperity, but, cleansed from all materialism and false pride, to listen always to the Divine voice, and to lead the mttctDB of the world to a more living contact with the eternal forces of the unseen. The Rev. P. Wilhams selected as his text Hebrews iL, 9. and founded upon the passage an acceptable Evangelical dkjedurse on the duplicate truth that" the man Christ Jesus furnishes the best-example of a human being who has reached the highest glory by working for the salvation of others, and that He became man in order to carry out. the work of salvation. The service was closed with prayer by the Rev. J. Wilson Roberts, Stratford. The committee, of which the Bev. D. C. Jones, Borough-road, was chairman, Mr Benjamin Rees, Carthusian-street, treasurer, I and the Rev. G. H. Havard and Mr Ebenezer Hughes the secretaries, are to congratulated on the success of their efforts in carrying oat the duties of the festival to a satisfactory can- I clusion. I Amongst those present, in addition to those already named, were the Revs. J. E. Davies, M.A., New Jewin; Peter Hughes Griffith, Charing Cross S. E. Prytherch, Fahnouth- road Justin Evans, Lewisham; Owen Thomas, Dalston Herbert Morgan, Castle- street; William Rees, Redcliffe-road; J. Crowle Ellis, incumbent of St. Benef s Egryn Jones, Melbourne; John Hughes, J. Wilson Roberts, Stratford T. F. Jones, Shirland- road and H. Elvet Lewis, of the Wefcsh I Taberoaele, King's Cross.

PARTED AFTER A YEAR. l Elizabeth Bellamy, a young married woman, alleged before the Barry magistrates yesterday that although he was only wedded at Cadox- ton on Christmas Day, 1906, her husband. Albert Bellamy, a railway porter, had subjected her to persistent cruelty. Mr Harold Lloyd appeared for complainant. Her husband had assaulted her a. few days after her confinement and generally he was disinclined to get up and go to work. On an average he only worked four days a week. Defendant denied the allega- tions, but admitted that he had threatened to do away with himself. After a hearing of over two hours' duration, the Bench made an order of separation, defendant to pay 8s a week to- wards his wife's support.

FAMOUS VETERANS. Sir John Tenniel, the famous Punch car- toonist, and Sir Charles Santiey, the veteran musical knight, both celebrates their birthday anniversaries to-day. Sir John Tenniel enters upon his 89th year. The veteran artist is enjoying exceedingly good health at present. Sir Charles Saritley, who is 74', travelled yes- I terday to Liverpool, the city of his birth, where, as is his usual custom, he will celebrate his birthday at the home of his grand-daughter. He is writing the story rrf his life, which will I shortly appear in a weekly musical journal.

I Mr G. P. Miller, of Springhill, Rughy, joint. nip.ste-i-,tnd;tnat,eiir huntsman of the Spring- bill Beagles, is giving a course of lessons in polo ¡ to the King of Spain,

FATAL STAB. BARRY DOCK CRIME. Barman's Swift Death. FOREIGN SEAMAN ARRESTED. A murder is reported from Barry Dock, the victim being Henry Robert Mitchell (36), a bar porter at the Castle Hotel, who, it is alleged, was fatally stabbed by Michael Yerifr, a foreigner, shortly before 10 o'clock on Monday ni^ht under circumstances of a simple but none the less terrible character. The whole affair occupied but a few minutes, and although there was apparently no witness of the actual occurrence the police considered themselves justified in arresting Y eriff Great excitement was naturally occasioned by the affair, and hundreds of people surrounded the hotel, which is situated in a quiet district, and many remained on the scene until midnight. The accused, it is stated, was in one of the hotel bars, entrance to which is gained off Jewel-street and the cross-roads leading from Digby-street, Pike-street, and Morel-street. According to a. statement made to our repor- ter by Miss Maggie Mead, a barmaid at the hotel, the conduct of Yeriff was very objec- tionable to the others in the bar, he persisting in drinking beer belonging to other customers. Three men moved away from him to escape his attentions, and the barmaid asked him to leave the building. He refused to do so, and Mr Farmer, the landlord, came apon the scene and repeated the reeruest. The latter tried to persuade the accused to leave quietly, but Yeriff ground his teeth "—to quote the barmaid's words—and pushed Mr Farmer away in a violent manner, and the landlord sustained a slight wound on the hand. j THE PRISONER. Mitchell, the bar porter, was summoned to forcibly eject the accused. Deceased fulfilled his unpleasant duty in a manner that was most effective without being unduly violent to- wards the man. He closed with prisoner and pushed him into the open doorway, and the double swing doors shnt behind him. It was while the two men were together in this doorway or on the pavement beneath— which is gained by descending two steps—that the fatal wound was received, and the manner in which it was indicted seems to point to a deliberate attempt to inflicjt serious injury. A man named Martin Astrem, a Norwegian boatman, was going towards the hotel from the direction of Digby-street, and was just in time to see the deceased man groping his way along near tlic wall, and trying to regain the entrance to the hotel. Mitchell then appeared to have staggered and fallen down on the pavement at the bottom of the steps, and a number of men came to his assistance, including William Henry Thomas, W. G. Johns and Albert Walters, a young man also employed at the j hotel. The deceased man groaned a good deal for a couple of minutes, and then expired on the couple of minutes, and then expired on the steps. A small pool of blood marked the spot on the pavement where he died. On examination of the body it was found that deceased had sustained a stab in the breast, which must have penetrated deeply. Death speedily ensued. Dr, C. F. Sixsmith had meanwhile been summonsed, and arrived promptly. Those around did not believe, then that the deceased had succumbed, but the doctor at once found that the unfortunate man had passed away. The body was then removed inside th-e hotel, and subsequently conveyed to the home of the deceased man at Cadoxton. At the time that I Martin Astrem came towards the hotel there was no sign of accused, who, it is supposed, had made Off. -est For a time afterwards there was great ex- citement. The police scoured the district in search of the accosed, Deputy Chief Con stable Giddings and Inspector Morris directed the efforts of the whote of the local force in order to make a systematic search of the locality, and railway stations-ami points of exit were particularly marked. Their activities were soon rewarded. Within half an hour P.C. Chajes Lewis and P.C. D. Lewis tound YerilT in a boarding-house at Travis- street, occupied by a man named Rattbridgo. The accused had been drinking, and when brought to the police station it was evident from his conduct that be did not know the terrible nature of the charge he would be called upon to face, for he laughed quite vacantly when told. However, when he had been arrested he became more serious, and holding up his hands cried, Oh, God," and in broken English declared that he never killed the man. Meanwhile Dr. ) Sixsmith proceeded to the home of the de- ceased man at Hill-street, Cadoxton, to break j the news to his wife, Mrs Rhoda Mitchell, who ] was in the house at the time with 1 her three little children, the youngest of whom is under two years of age. The doctor, how- ever, simply told her that her husband had j been seriously injured, preparing her for the I worst, but Mrs Mitchell immediately rushed out to the Castle Hotel in the company of a neighbour. She was there told the painful facts. r. The poor woma.n's condition was pitiful in the extreme, and she inquired, while weeping in a heart-broken manner, whether her husband had died a natural death. 1- I P.C. CHARLES LEWIS, I Who Arrested the Prisoner. Identifying the Accused. The police quickly obtained a large body of evidence identifying the acwiaed as the man who was ejected from the hoteL The barmaids were able to give a fairly full description of him. and these particulars considerably assisted the police in their search. After Yeriff had been arrested and conveyed to the police station two barmaids immediately pointed him out as the man ejected, Mid their identifica- tion was confirmed by two men, Mr Crisp and Mr John, and shortly after midnight by Mr Thomas JenkiLi, tabourer, who bad been at the hotel during the evening and witnessed the ejection of the accused by the porter. The accused is a man of medium build, with a slight moustache, and he claims to under- stand and speak English fairly well. According to his discharge notes, he earned good charac- ter as a seaman on each ship, and he has sailed under the flag of many nations. He is a Russian subject, born in Riga in 1878- He was last engaged on the ss. Inlander,of London, and was discharged at Barry on Febiuary lst. He has been visiting various hotels in the neighbourhood, and attending local theatres. The Victim. The victim of the crime, Henry Robert Mitchell,3 > years of age, was a nativo of Bridg- water, and he and his wife left the Somerset- shire town nine years ago. They lived at Car- diff for a time, Mitchell securing employment in the tram stables. Subsequently he obtained work with mineral water manufacturers, and as a haulier delivered goods at Barry Dock, where he remained. He was well-known and spoken of as an inoffensive man of quiet dis- position, unlikely to quarrel or provoke the anger of anyone. Last Whitsuntide he ob- tained a situation at the Castle Hotet as door porter, and was generally liked. Mr Farmer, landlord, speaks of him in terms of the highest praise. Story of the Ejection. Mr Thomas Jenkins, labourer, 50, Lower Pyke-sireet, Barry Dock, informed the police shortly after midnight that he was in the Castle Hotel between 9 and 10 o'clock, and witnessed Mitchell endeavouring to eject the accused. Mr Jenkins went to the poster's assistance, and returned to the bar when the accused bad been put outside. t Interview with Dr. Sixsmith. Dr. Sixsmith, upon being interviewed, said Mitchell was dead when he arrived on the scene. It was impossible to state, without a post-mortem examination, what was the exact cause of death, but apparently it was due to hemorrhage and shock resulting from I .—— r in-.1 »■■ i the stab. Most of the hemorrhage was internal, very little blood being on the clothes or on the pavement where the deceased man fell. The knife had cut through the clothing, and had penetrated the body near the breast bone. YERIFF BEFORE THE BENCH. The Barry murder charge was tbe subject of afternoon. a preliminary magisterial inquiry on Tuesday I The accused Michael Yeriff, a Russian sub- ject, is charged with the wilful murder on Monday night of Henry Robert Mitchell (36), a I bar porter at the Castle Hotel, Barry Dock. The police continued the search on Tuesday morning for the weapon with which the fatal stab was inflicted, and eventually P.S. David Phillips and P.C. D. Lewis found asmall pocket I knife in the roadway, leading from the hotel to the boarding house where the accused was arrested. Barmaid's Narrative. Jennie Helliwell, Jbarmaid at the Castle HoteL, said prisoner came in the hotel bar on Monday night about 9.20 and asked for a glass of beer. Witness refused to serve him. The Clerk Why ?—Because he was intoxi- cated. Prisoner sat down. Shortly afterwa.rds a complaint was made to her that prisoner was drinking other people's beer. Witness went for the barman (Henry Robert Mitchell), who entered the bar and asked prisoner to leave quietly, but accused refused. Prisoner made no attempt to move, and Mr Farmer, the land- lord, came upon the scene, and he also desired j him to go out. Prisoner persisted in his re- fusal, and Mitchell tried again in vain-to per- suade Yeriff to leave. Mr Farmer then said to MitcheU, You had better put him out, as he does not go out quietly." Mr Farmer and Mr Robert Jenkins assisted Mitchell to put pri- soner outside the hotel. At the door both Mr Farmer and Mr Jenkins left the barman to take the man outside. Within five minutes Mibchell was carried into the office dying and unconscious. Prismter's Arrest. P.C. Charles Lewis said at 10.10 p.m. on Monday he and P.C. David Lewis went to 37, Travis-street—a boarding-honse-and there saw prisoner sitting in a chair in the front room. The Clerk Was he the worse for drink Witness Yes, sir, and half asleep. 'I' Witness told prisoner he would have to come to tbe police-station on a charge of wil- ful raurder. Witness cautioned prisoner, who made no reply. He brought accused to the police-station, and at 1 a.m. on Tuesday, when I prisoner had become sober, he formally charged him with the murder of Mitchell by stabbing him in the breast about 9.30 on Mon- day evening. Prisoner, who was cautioned, replied, I was ill 14 days, and don't know anything about it." Witness produced the clothing worn by the deceased at the time of the occurrence, and the vest and shirt bore marks of a clean cut near the breast. Knife Discovered. P.C. David Lewis said he and P.C. Purser went to the Castle Hotel about 9.40 p.m. on Monday and saw the deceased lying in the office, unconscious. The clothing was open, j and witness noticed a cut on the right breast, but there was no flow of blood from it at that time. On Tuesday morning witness, in com- pany with Sergeant Phillips, found the knife j (produced) at a spot ten yards or so from the j door leading to the Castle Hotel, and in the road at the junction of Pyke-street and Morel- street. The blade was closed. About 5.33 on Tuesday morning he saw prisoner in the charge-room at the Central Police Station, j Witness cautioned prisoner and told him what- J ever he said would be given in evidence I against him, or on his behalf, and handing him j the knife (produced), witness asked' prisoner, J Is this your knife ?" Prisoner took it in his hand and said, Yes, I bought it in Cardiff for 6d. I know it. You can see where I have been sharpening it on a stone." Prisoner Xied the knife and indicated on the bl&de re he had been sharpening if- Witness said he subsequently examined the clothing of deceased, and found some blood on the singlet, and a clean cut through that garment and the vest and shirt. The blade of the knife fitted these cuts exactly. SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY. j The Fatal Wound. I Dr. c F. Gilbourne Sixsmith said he was í called to the Castle Hotel shortly before 10 I o'clock on the previous evening. He found I two men supporting Mitchell, who was suffer- ing from a small wound, about a quarter of an 1 inch, running across the chest. Deceased was dying, and he expired in a few minutes. It was bopeteas case nothing could be done I' for the man. Together with Dr. Brewer, he had conducted a post-mortem examination of the deceased, and found that the wound pene- I trated into the cbest cavity above the border of the fourth rib. The aorta had been per- forated, and the pericordium was full of blood. Death was due to the bleeding and to shock. Captain F. Murrell informed prisoner that he would be fornially remanded until Friday Michael Yeriff, the Russian sailor in custody charged with the wilful murder of Henry Robert Mitchell, ceilarman at the Castle Hotel, Barry Dock, on Monday night, by stabbing him with a knife, was again brought up at the Barry Police Court yesterday before Dr. Howell Rees and Mr Claude Thompson. Mr & P. Jones-Lloyd now appeared to prose- cute on behalf of the Direstor of Public Prose- cutions, and Mr T. P. Pritchard defended the accused. Lily Cannick, a fresh witness, who resides at Burlington-street, said that she was in the vicinity of the Castle Hotel about 9-20 p.m., in company with a girl named Alice Holmes. They weee standing opposite the hotel, and she saw two men near the middle door, one of them in his shirt sleeves and another, whom she now identified as the prisoner. She heard the cellarman say Ge^ home to your dig- gings." Prisoiwir cried out two or three times What for did you strike me ?" The men were standing near each other, and she saw prisoner raise his right hand, thrust it forward, and withdraw it quickly. She did not see a knife. The cellarman staggered back, and witness thought it was done in order to save himself. Prisoner walked as if to go back into the hotel by means of the corner entrance, but the cetlarman got there first and prisoner then hurried away up Morel-street. The cellar- man got up the two stepe, and then reeled and I fell to the bottom of the steps on his face- Cross-examined by Mr Pritchard Witness said she did not think prisoner intended vio- lence when he spoke to the deceased. He aimed only one blow. Deceased did not com- plain at all of being struck. Alice Holmes, who was with the last witness, corroborated. Deceased stepped back as if to ¡ avoid a blow, and not as if he had been struck. By Magistrates' Clerk The deceased man was all right up to the time the blow was aimed at him. Accused was remanded in custody for a week.

THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. I Mtedical Man Granted Decree Nisi. Mr Justice Bargrave Deane, in the Divorce Court on Wednesday afternoon, granted a decree nisi to Dr. Herbert E. Dickson, of Dempster-road, Wands worth, who alleged the misconduct of his wife Ethel, Herbert Spencer Davenport being cited as co-respondent. The doctor, in his evidence, said that owing to his wife's extravagance he had to give up his practice at Battersea, and secured an ap- poinfaraent as surgeon on an American liner. When he was about to sail on one trip he received a letter from her i 14 Dear Herbert,—I think you know I still love Mr Davenport. I have no intention of living with ytm again, and without Davenport life would not be worth living.—Ethel." Returning from the Gold Coast, the doctor added, he met Davenport in London and asked him if he was living with Mrs Dickson. The co-respondent said Yes," and it was dis- covered the couple were living together at Oakley-street, Chelsea.

BOY'S SERIOUS CONDITION. REMAND IN BARRY CHARGES. Thomas Reeves, Cadoxton, marine store dealer, arrested on Thursday on a charge of uu- lawfully wounding a youth, Richard Evans, with intent to do him grevious bodily harm at Quarella-street, on the previous Monday, was yesterday brought up before the local magis- trate*. Reeves had his head extensively bandaged- Charged with wounding Edwards, he replied. His brotliers must have done it, as we were all throwing stones. "1 Dr. J. R. Draper said Edwards' skull was fractured below the left ear. It was now very doubtful whether- Edwards would recover, as he thought inflammation was et-ting vin. Ac- cused was remanded in custody for a week. Richard Edwards, father of the lad, was then brought up charged with wonndra<; Reeves by throwmg a brick at. him, Evidence of arrest having been tendered, he was also re- ) manded and released on bail.

Fifty Years Ago. "CARDIFF TIMES" EXTRACTS. (From the Cardiff Times," Fob. 27th, 1858.) The Taff Vale Railway. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of tins company was held at the White Lion Hotel, Bristol, on Tuesday, Lord James Stuart presiding. The report showed that the gross revenue for the last half-year was ZOI,523 and the expenses X60,796, leaving a balauce of £ 42,727. After paying interest on loans, &c., the sum of £ 22,65'j was available for dividend. and the directors proposed to pay a dividend of 8 per cent, for the half-year, putting aside the usual £750 for depreciation." The gross receipts for the last year were S533,9,4 6, and the expenditure £ 316,977. After putting aside £ 5,000, and £ 8,000 towards the cost of the Pontypridd Station, the directors declared a dividend of 10i per cent. Cardiff Freights in 1858. Sirt yi-ni, 15s, Lisbon lls.Gibrallarl3sSd. Ali- cante 16s, Barcelona 17s, Marseilles 16s, Malta 14s, Venice 17s, Rio Janeiro 30s, Bombay 2Ss, Aden 37s, Hong Kong 50s," Cardiff Freights in 1908. Smyrna 7s 6d, Lisbon 4s 10yd, Gibraltar Gs, Alicante 8s, Barcelona 7s7Jd, Marseilles 7s Id, Malta 6s 6d, Venice 8s 6d, Hio Janeiro 10s 6d, Bombay 12s, Aden lis 6d, Hong Kong 15s. Colliery Sale. Within the last few days the negotiations for the sale of the Welsh mines upon which the Royal British Bank spent iE84,000 have been concluded. The assignees believe they have made a very good bargain for the creditors, in getting rid of them for £ 6,000." This colliery was in the Rhondda Valley. Stipendiary Magistrate for Cardiff. We understand that Sir George Grey (Home Secretary) has appointed Mr Robert Oliver Jones, son-in-law of Mr Bruce Payee. to the office of paid magistrate for this borough." Fatal Colliery Explosion. An explosion of fire-damp took place on Thursday morning in the Upper Pit of the Lower Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash, by which 19 individuals lost their lives. The cause of the explosion has been traced to a fall in the pillar workings. This resulted in the dis- charge of a quantity of inflammable ga- and the lamp of the man working in the pillar was broken by the tall, and thus the gas reached tlie flame of the lamp, and hence the xplosion." Testimonial to Mr Henry Cisrnent. This gentleman, who for twelve years sus- tained the office of locomotive sujierintendcnt of the Taff Vale Railway, was presented with a handsome silver tea and coffee service, sub- scribed for by the Taff Vale employees. The presentation took place at the Mount Stuart Hotel, Bute Docks, on Tuesday last. A most excellent, diaper was provided by Mr Cooper. A large nuirtoer of T.V.R. employees, together with many tradesmen of the town, were present to do honour to Mr Clements. Among the officials of the Corporation present was Mr W. Davies, borough treasurer, whose health was drunk amid loud applause." :1r Davies, the borough treasurer, was also the landlord of the Borough Arms public; house, SL Mary-street, and his salary as borough treasurer was £ 50 a year.

LOYAL SHEPHERDS' P.M.'S. Annual Dinner at Cardiff. TIw annual dinner of the Cambrian Lodge of Past Masters (City of Cardiff United District) of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds A.M., founded 1902, was held at the Law Courts Hotel, Cardiff, on Wednesday night. Bro. G. Churchill, P.P. and P.P.C.S., presided, and he was supported amongst others by Bro. J. Hyatt (president of the Cardiff and District Friendly Societies Council), Bro. T. Humpnrev, Prov. C.S., Bro. Stanley Wood, Prov. D.C.S., Bro. W. T. Shute, P.P.C.S., Bro. W. Radley, P.P.C.S., Bro. D. Lewis, district secretary Bros. Hale and Brooks (Merthyr and Aberdare District), and Bro. Evans (St. Melions), the oldest Shepherd present. The guest of the evening was Bro. David John, Swansea, Chief Shepherd of the Order-the only Welshman, by the way, who has attained the high p-Tsi- tion-and. as a memento of his visit to Cardiff he was presented with a handsome marble clock inscribed with his name. The chairman also was the recipient of a silver niedal in recognition of his services to the lodge. Responding to the toast of the Order,' proposed by Bro. Humphreys, the Chief Shepherd said that the Order was continuing to make good progress throughout the country. Last year their income was over 12,009,000, while they distributed not less than £ 164,000 in death and sick benefit, and after doing that they had been able to put 144,000 to the capital account. They could, he believed, consider themselves millionaires at present. (Applause.) This was a proud position to hold, and the Loyal Older ot Ancient Shrpherds were ppood la being a])erMe distweio wiwng the people. They did not forget that their first purpose was to serve the community by help- ing' those who helped themselves. The Friendly Societies were a source of strength to the community and to the state: and many who held important positions in the commer- cial and political world owed it all to the train- ing they had received in their lodges. (Applause.) Speaking of the new societies formed, which offered greater benefits to the people than the old-established Orders, Bro. John said Friendly Societies could not exist on sentiment. It was easy to register a society, but registration did not mean solvency, and the sooner the National Confer- ence of the Friendly Societies took this matter in hand and press Parliament to protect the people of the country the better. He was glad to see prospects of an old age pensions measure, and hoped it would go a long way to establish the idea. Having done this it could be easily remedied and nmde to meet requirements as time went on. The Chiel Shepherd congratu- la-ted the CardiS District on its flourishing con- dition, and referred to the resolution of the Cardiff Guardians in penalising Friendly Society members as most contemptible, and those re- sponsible for it, he added, ought to be made to know. Was this the way to teach a man to put a penny by for a sick day ? It was a great discouragement and really a 6x on thrift, and he could not find words strong enough to ex- press his feelings. (Applause.) He trusted the Cardiff members would agitate till it was re- scinded. If the guardians were obstinate, then there was a very effective way open. (Renewed applause.) The Chief Shepherd proposed the Cam- brian Lodge of Past Masters," and Bro. S. R. Marsh, the secretary, responded. Bro. J. Hyatt proposed and Bro. D. LeIwis suitably responded to the boast of City of Cardiff United District." An excellent programme of muse and reci- tations was gone through. The arrangements for the evening were satisfactorily carried out by the district secretary, Bro. David Lewis.

GR0SSniMPUDENCE.H A somewhat acrimonous discussion took place at the meeting of the Cardiff Education Committee yesterd&y on the estimates for the Intermediate Girls' School, and especi- ally relative to Miss Collins' estimated allow- ance for £1.30 for a proposed additional assistant. Dr. Robinson strongly objected to this on the ground that the Council bad a month ago refused to allow this additional assistant, and he moved its rejection. Mr J. A. Lovat Fraser seconded And thought it was a piece of gross impudence to bring it on again. He considered the salaries paid at the school to be far too high and said that he would keep an eye on that school for some time. Mr J. St-wifield strongly objected to Mr Lovat Fraser's observation, and so did Mr Sanders, who thought that there was no great love of intermediate education shown. Alderman Trounce also thought the remarks of Mr Lova.t Fraser were uncalled for. Mr John Chappell: No. no, no. Mr John Andrews also regretted very keenly indeed such remarks as Mr Lovat Fraser had so frequently made with regard to this school. Mr Lovat Fraser I adhere to my remark that I consider it a piece of impudence. The Chairman (Alderman Lewis Morgan) That is British pluck. The amendment was lost, and so also was a further amendment by Mr Chappell to the effect that th whole question of salaries be considered by a, special committee. The estimate o [ the secondary school was then adopted.

PENNANT LICENSED HOUSE. Three Hundred Years Old. At Aberayron adjourned Brewster Sessions on Wednesday Chief Constable Williams opposed the -renewal of the licences of the Ship Inn and Black Lion, both situated in Pennant. Mr Pennant James, solicitor, represented the owners and tenants. P.C. Young, Lianon, gave evidence that the houses were not required, and Rev. W. Richards, CJM. minister, and Mr Rees Thomas supported this evi- dence, and said a petition had been signed by 70 inhabitants. Mr John Morgan, Bow-street, owner of the Ship Inn, said he was told the house was 300 years old. Mr P. James, addressing the committee, said the chief constable had already reaped a good harvest, having succeeded in getting 13 houses referred for compensation, and he appealed to the bench to renew these licences. The Justices renewed the licences, and threw out a suggestion that temperance houses should be established.

ALLEGED FRATRICIDE. A Dublin correspondent telegraphs :—A I painful ailair occurred at Raheenduff, near Stradballv, Queen's County, on Thursday .when a f armer 16merl Thomas Brennan was shot at and killed. His brother Michael has been arrested on the capital charge. Some time ago accused was put under rule of bail for threat- I ening his brother. It was only a few days ago that his gun was returned to him, bail having expired. A quaiTel arose hctween the two men while in a field yesterday, andt was then the fatal shot was tired. The injured man crawled to his home, where he died s-hortly afterwards, accusing his brother of his death with his last J words.

.=:' SECOND EDITION.1 BOMBS FOR SHAH. I «*. i Daring Outrage in Persia I MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. II Teheran, Friday.— At 3 o'clock this afternoon two bombs were thrown fronXjft the roof of a house in a. narrow street aJKm I the Shah, who was proceeding to Doshantepeh, where he intended to pa&s i a. few days. i One bomb exploded in the air, while ¡ the other struck the ground near the I Shah's motor-car, killing three outriders and wounding the chauffeur and about 20 others. The Shah, who was not in the motor- car, but occupied a carriage some distance, behind, alighted and entered the nearest house. Shortly afterwards, surrounded by 1 Guards, his Majesty proceeded to the palace, whieh was reached in safety. An active search smade in the house from which the infernal machines were >. thrown, and in other houses in the; neighbourhood,was fruitless, no suspicions I characters being discovered.—Reuter.

Canton Sensation. MRS HALE'S NARRATIVE. HER MYSTERIOUS INJURY, f At the Cardiff Police Court yesterday, before j the Stipendiary (Mr T. W. Lewis), Chas. Hale. M ot Bloom-street, Canton, was brought up, en remand, with attempted suicide, and with | causing grievous bodily harm to his wife, k* Maud Hale, and attempting to murder hoc, K on the 18th of February. Prisoner, who was B defended by Mr Ivor IJowen, seemed to fed R keenly his position, and stood in the dock. P looking dejectedly on the door. He did not | even look up at his wife, who was in court, t and who gave evidence against him with f some reluctance. Mrs Hale still seemed very ( weak. The first witness called was Arthur Cooper, 16, Bloom-street, who said that the prisoner and his family used to live next door to him. About a quarter to six on the morning of the 18th inst. he heard a child crying in the next house. Half and hour afterwards he heard a J low moan, and it sounded Like that of a woman. i Shortly afterwards he heard someone walk 1 downstairs a nd back again, and the moaning 1 increasfd. He heard a child's voice saying f Dada Dada What's to do with mama ? f A man's voice answered, but witness could not hear what was said. He listened, and heard a 4 fall, and a child's voice crying, '• Dada f Dada What's to do ?" f Witness then dressed and went out. He [ mei the prisoner's little girl rushing out in her nightdress. She went into a neighbour's house, and witness went into No. 14 and saw prisoner in the bedroom leaning against the wall in the corner. Striking a light, he saw Mrs Hale lying on the bed screaming. Another gentleman came in and administered emetics. On the table in the kitchen witness found a i; note (produced). Replying to Mr Ivor Bowen. the witness said that the Hales appeared to be very quiet, respectable people. P.C. Horace Lee having repeated the evi- dence he had given at a previous court, Ser- i geant Evans (B4) spoke to finding an empty J bottle in the Idtchen grate. It smelt strongly 1 of carbolic acid. I Dr. Ernest Henry Price, resident officer at | the Cardiff Union Infirmary, who had at- tended the Hales upon admission to that in- k stitution, said Hale was in an unconscious con-$ dition and unable to give an account of him- ji self. Mrs Hale was quite unconscious, in a collapsed condition and blue in the face. Both "f eyes projected, and she had scratches on both sides of the neck. Hale suffered in a mild degree from carbolic acid poisoning, but it was very difficult to describe the condition of Mrs Hale Mr Ivor Bowen What was the mental con- í dition of Hale ?—Witness He was very de- t pressed and apprehensive.. MN Hale was then called, at the suggestion of the Stipendiary, and she said that she ocett- pied the same room as her husband on the night of the 17th, but could not remember waking on the morning of the 18th. She came I to her senses at the Infirmary. Asked as to the 1 writing on the piece of paper found in the to her senses at the Infirmary. Asked as to the writing on the piece of paper found in the house, she said it looked like her husband's. j Cross-examined by Mr Ivor Bowen, she said i she had always lived quite happily with her lmabwwl. Xhece bad. been an auarreis between t tbem, ancl lie was kind iftn 1 and fond of them. During the pD< weeks s he had been depressed in his manner because J| he worried over his eyesight. 1| Prisoner, who reserved his defence, was com- € mitted for trial at the Assizes. M

Lady and Her Purse. I SINGULAR POUCE COURT INCIDENT, j At Cardiff Police Court, yesterday, EQen Heffcrnan (32), married, Penarth. was escorted _• from the waiting-room by a police constable and placed in the dock. The charge, as re* corded on the police sheet, was that of stealing- a hand bag purse and £5 in gold and silver, the property of Mrs Mary Ann Haines, Penarth. The charge, however, was not;read over to the prisoner. '< Mrs Haines said she was in a Taff Vale train this morning between Cogan and Cardiff. She- placed her hand bag on the seat at her side. Prisoner and other people were in the compart ment. A minute or so after leaving the train at Cardiff she missed the hand bag, and on turning back met the prisoner, and asked her { if she had seen it. She immediately became very | I, cross, and said the witness accused ber-ol stealing the bag. ( The Clerk Did you give her into custody"*— F Yes. i In reply to the prisoner, Mrs Haines said a woman who sat next the bag alighted at Grangetown. Prisoner assisted in an attempt to find the bag, and offered a man a shilling K> jt feteh the poliee. M Questioned by tbe Stipendiary, Mrs Harass, feteh the poliee. M feteh the poliee. M Questioned by tbe Stipendiary, Mrs Harass, said prisoner was walking close behind her T from the train, and she was carrying two baskets. She did not wish to charge the ► prisoner. J Tbe Stipendiary (to prisoner): Yon are die- | charged.. | Prisoner: Is there any stain on me-fartJhsv j sir ? The Stipendiary None at present. Mrs Heffernen burst into teaxs at^sfafeleA the court.

JEWISH SCHOLARS' LEAVE. At a meeting of the Cardiff Education CbJn. I mittee yesterday (Alderman Lewis Morgan pre- siding) reference was made by Ald Trounce to the refusal of the School Attend-* ance Committee to allow Jewish boys to leave school on Fridays one hour earlier to attend the 6 o'clock service. The Chairman said that this was the first, time this question had arisen. Aldermen Grossman asked how many children would b# tf affected ? affected ? Mr J. V. Evans said that there were 99 Jewish children in Wood-street School alone. Mrs Cantillon And quite as many in Coast- road. Alderman Trounce said be would be glad ? a way could be found to meet the Jewish friends, especially as it was a religious question. The Chairman, however, said that it would mean a loss in grants and the refusal of the School Attendance-Committee was then confirmed.

BLJND SHORTHAND WRITER An Appeal. I' On Wednesday it was reported to the i Board of Guardians that efforts to obtain situation for the blind girl shorthand-typist had failed, and unless something was done the unfortunate but talented girl would have to go into the workhouse. Miss Leaf said she had communicated with all the societies likely to be of assistance, but they only referred her to each other- (Laughter.) Mr Baldwin said the guardians had spent £120 on the training of the girl, but now ahe was efficient she could not get work. The Guardians decided to ask the Press to again give a little space to the fact that the Guardians would like to find a situation fcr a smart blind shorthand typist.

HUNTIN6 ACCIDENTS. Two additions have to be made to the Ustof recent hunting accidents. The Right Hon. Lord Leconfield sustained an accident in the hunting field on Thursday, breaking his collar- bone. He was taken home in a motor-car, and was medically attended. The Hon. Millicent Btyth, youngest daughter of Lord Blytlvhad a narrow escape from serious injury while hunting with the Essex foxhounds on Thursday. Miss Bytb was waiting for the throw-off at Hyde Hall gates, Saw bridge worth, when her horse reared and fell backwards, its brains being dashed out on the hard road. Fortunately the rider was thrown clear, and although badly shaken was not seriously in- jured.

Samuel Martin, a Barry Dock gateaman, about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon noticed body of a man floating in the timber pond, a-V the top of No. 2. dock. The body, whicfc wan in a much decomposed state, having evidently been a long time in the water, wat taken to the town mortuary. It is that of a man, apparently of the seaman class, oC medium height, with dark hair, and wearing V dark suit of clothes and brown boots. Si