South Wales Daily News

THEATRICAL TRIUMPH. The IIstymaiKet Theatre company were on J hursday .brought fro in Birmingham to Euston by special tram in the exceedingly short period of two hours and eighteen minutes. Mr Tree and by special tram in the exceedingly short period of two hours and eighteen minutes. Mr Tree and his associates indeed established a record. Thev left the metropolis in the morning, played Mr Bnchuniiu's Tiic Charlatan to the largest matinee audience said to have ever been assembled in the .Theatre Royal, Birmingham, and then came back to town. There was not much time to spare, but Mr Tree seized a few moments wiien called before the curtain to thank his listeners for their aplen- did reception. He added that witii its wonted go-ahead spirit, might one day estab- lish a municipal thtw.tte, and that then London would be sure to foilow suit. English actor? had long yearned to have a theatre under f;ncii State support as existed in every Jarg-e Continental tWH.

HIGH INTEREST AND EAST PAY- MENT. His Honour J-udgeOwen, sitting in theCarditr Coiuity-eourt yesterday, marked the seuse iu which "tie appreciated money-lending transactions at a high rate of interest by making a very easy order on the defendant. The parties were Louis Joseph v. Samuel Charles Bright. Defen- dant had borrowed £ 2 17 s, which was set down in plaintiff's book as -94 Is, principal ,p and interest. Defendant had repaid £ 3 Is and objected to pay more. His wife, who appeared for him, said lie did not know the rate of interest until afterwards.—His Honour Nonsense. IIe is a full-grown man, I suppose, and should know what he is (loinf- Yl, added that it seemed to be a pretty good rate of interest, and ordered pay- ment of the balance at Is a moirth, so that it will be the end of 1895 before the debt of £ 1 is dis- charged.

REPLIES TO MR DABONWY ISAAC. TO THE EDITOR. S11*,—I see thai Mr Darorcwy Isaac is some- what annoyed by the votes of censure passed by our people here on the action of the delegates at last Saturday's meeting with reference to myself. He tries to justify the action by a direct nnisleauing remark, viz., representation in ac- cordance with taxation. Ho also pretends to show that he regrets the causo that led up to the action. That remark of his, I my at oncu say, I am not going to believe. But, however, the point raised is taxation v. r,pl'f:ent,¡.tiolJ. Some few watks ago Mr Daionvvy Isaac wrote a letter to your contem- porary, to which I replied, proving that he waj not right in his ideas in this direction, I beg again to point out that as regards taxation the district that I represent is free, and I venture to assert that the district I represent has paid in accordance with the number of workmen more towards the sliding-scale than any other district in South Wales, Daronwy's district included, even up to the end of last year, viz., 1593. But the whole matter, it was plain to be seen, was personal spleen and piejudice, a policy indulged in by tiio chairtcan at the latter part of the proceedings as much as any other individual in the meeting. In looking over the list of payments, I find that for last year, although I had severed my connection with the scale, there are not less than 33 separate pay- ments made from my own district, to the scale fund. I shall be quite prepared to go to any length to follow this up.—I :un, &e., March 9th. ISAAC EVANS.

MR BRACE REPLIES. TO THE KDITOR. SIR, Mr Darouwy Isaac, in his defence of the sliding-scale party, is playing the old game agair, which will not deceive your readers, and especially the working miners in this coalfield. Instead of attempting to refute the charge I niade-i,e., tnat a large number, if not a majority. of the delegates who attended the scale conference of the 24-th bad not been elected by the workmen, but had been sent there by the various works committees, lie tries to mislead the work- ing committees in such a manner as to have them believe that I attacked thewupoobroad principles, hoping, I have no doubt, he will be successful, and that in future I shall have the active opposi- tion of those committees. Why preach the old tawof pcejudic# ? Why not try to refute these charges by fair arguments? Too much prejudice preaching1 we have had from this party aud too little argument, and if after two years of attack I have failed to annihilate the t siiding-scale members, it is because of the suppoit 1 they have had from the employers, and not trom any Very great power of their own. But even with tlie support they have had from this quarter I think it is patent to anyone that has watched the course of events in the controversy of sliding-scale and Federa- tion, that the Eederationists have bad much the best of the argument up to date. And when I consider the odds we have been fighting, I per- sonally feel vory much gratified at the shaking up of the dry bones-of the scale party through our agitation—as witnessed at the late conference, when they adopted our principle -of minuRum wages instead of their old parrot ery of wages following Ii-ices. But the wny Mr Isaac admits my charge and tries to justify the action of the <somm;itebs int ho-w to vote without ciHisulting their oou- stituencies is indeed a joke and tiiere 19 uo necessity whatever when he mentions the case of the Plymouth Collieries, Merthyr, to state he met a soctiou uf the Ply- niouth workmen a short time ago. We know 1 w,) tii4t,' ihat, aud .a.Jo,) .know the section he met wa, 24 j a!i told, including the reporter*. Compare this with the overflow meeting we held at Abereauaid of the same workmou on Wednesday, February 28lh, and I leave your readers to decide as to whether Mr Isaacs or myself know l»8S:t the fieluig of the Plymouth meit upon the question of having dels-gates (};;ed to tbe gezt le eC" lerenef. by the working committees instead of Ahe men themselw-s. ¡ I at once recoguise the fact that working are wiuch the men cannot do w tin.at for the propel cclHQucting of the busi- ness of the workmen. But while admitting and recognising that, I claim that no committee lias the riglrt to elect and instruct a delegate for fmy coilewmce without first consulting their eou- stituents and on such a vital question as the wages question, the men nt all times should be b;ulotted. But when Mr Isa&c,claims that as the constituency is a-scattered one, the working com- mittee is justified iu doing this kind of work for the <5ie difik-ulty of getting them, together, he touches the height of the ridiculous. It would be equally as feasible for the Scale Com- mittee to argue that as the Welsh and Monmouth coalfield is £ i scattered on t,hejT w ill decide without calling a meeting or conference of any kind what action shall at ail tllnes regulate the work- men's wages. The same argument applies with equal force to the M.F.G.B. Tl,.ey,way the right of deciding what method should regulate the workmen's wages without consulting the men., because their Federation is scattered all over the Midlands, and it is difficult to get tbem together, or the House of Commons may arrogate to themselves the light of deciding what "Act shall be -carried or what Government shall be in I power without ever appealing to the country, because the constituencies are so scattered and very ùiffieult to meat together. What a method for conducting important business, to be sitro and what an excuse for the system. One thkig Mr Isaac's letter has done at -A,y rate—that is to officially acknow- ledge that my charge was well founda J. That being so, I feel-no hesitation in adding that such a method as this would -not be tolerated outside of Wales, either socially, politically, or.amongst Labour organisations, and would not be tolerated in Wales amongst any class eutside the miners. I feal safe in supporting Mr Isaac's description of tin- Ç,.o1"ZMCS who attended the conference of tiie 24-t11 because I do not'not know who attended but as he say-s the doU?ga!ss were Gool-heacled and intelligent, I gladly accept the defini- tion and in attacking the system adopted by tiie working committees for tlectijig- and iustructinc delegates to attend scale conferences in South Wales and Monmouthshire, it must be distinctly understood I,do so upon principle, and not upon perscuia! gTOllllfk If Mr Isaac Liases .his criticism upon this foundation, I shall have pleasure in replying to him but if he is goiug- to continue to preach the doctrine of prejudice instead of advancing arguments to support his case, I shall leave him alone, or else he will pro- bably threaten me with a libel action if J hit him rather bard, as libel actions seem to.be tiie order of the day of the Sliding-scale Committee, as replies to opponents who ask awkward questions. Having Mr Isaac's reply before me., I again make tlw chare if the themselves had been con- sulted, instead of 55,000 being represented, -they would not have -had anything uear that num-bor, and no conference can be caiied a representative conference unless the workmen themselves freely, and without compulsion, decide to be represented ttier,e.-I am, &c., nlACE.

CARDIFF BUILDERS AND THE CORPORATION. At the Cardiff Borough Police-court, yester- day-the Stipendiary magistrate and Mr F. J. Beavan OH the betioh—John Davies, of the West'-ru Steam Joinery Works, Tudor-lane, Cardiff, was summoned for a contravention of the borough bye-Saws for erecting a new building without having submitted plans -at tb-e office of the borough engineer, and also with constructing a building, the walls being composed ot materials other than incombustible substances.—Mr F. C. Lloyd appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Lewis Morgan defended.— In stab ng- the facts of the case, Mr Lloyd said the ^principal .matter which the public works committee of the corporation complained of was that the building in question was of wood, the bye-lavvs providing -that it be of hard and incombustible material, unless ] otherwise agreed to by the authority. The build- iag was near the Great Western Rail-way line and t suop, two matters which made it highly objectionable. IVitii regard to the first summons for proceeding with the work when plans had not been approved, he was instructed by the authority to press for it penalty. It had been the practice of defen- datyts charged wish contravention of this building bye-law, when they came before the court, to agree to deposit tho-plans, and the clem- ency of tbe court had been sadly abused. A .number ot builders iu Cardiff had simply treated the authority with absolute contempt, and had procseded to erect buildings 'without consul tint* tlie corporation in airy way. The dofendant had frequently been written to and asked to submit plans of the buildings, Lut th.s he hnd refused to -do. Mr Lewis Morgan pJeadeâthRot the defendant had submitted plans to an architect for pre- paration, and the delay had been occasioned through the hitter's neglect. A tine of 40s aad costs was imposed, with a continuing penalty or 20s per day, to t-ke effect from this day month.

EEL PIES FOR SUPPER. A letter appears in a London paper in defence of the man who was recently fiaed for selling eel pies after eleven o'clock at night. The correspon- dent claims that poor belated wanderers, hungry, cold, and footsore, are thankful ior the food pro- vided at this hour by the enterprising salesman, but we pity the individual who is forced to satisfy the inner man with such an indigestible commodity as an eel pie. In !tie interest .of the digestive organs of humanity it would be well to prohibit these sales, for who can estimate the amount of nocturnal trouble to which iJwy gfive ris.

-p- (Etniratinn. .u_ C A P, 1)T.; TRANCING,Physical Exercises, &C.— r-7 The? Misses EVANS hold Classes in Cajdu-' ^e^P°rt, l^enartli, and neighbourhood. Private less 1? Waltz, Skirt Danciiisr, &c.—19. Westbonrn- > £ e»artli.. 'yo S C H 0~0L F OB GIRLS. ST. I'iDMUNDSBTJKY. WELLFIELD-EOAD, CARDIFF. ml Mrs JENNINGS, Assisted by Certificated ^3c}ipw« £ upU-. prepared for all Public Examinations. Home Cornforfc and 3?'?J"sonaX care. iJaJf' levm will commence TITEfcDA>, Marcn 6th. §igb est References. ,,q2 ders received- 1—. I- R 1-lt T H G R A NGLE, VIOLINIST, ^tti ^HE OF THTi ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA AISD k ,e o hpil of Henry Holmes. Royal College of Music, Prosper Sainton, Royal Academy. i ondon. :MRS Ae™;r Angle' PIANIST, I V ATOI LEIPZIC CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC. Sir and Mrs ANGLE receive Pupils for the Study of All; Violin and Pianoforte, Elementary and Advanced. Fees, £ 1 Is, £ 2 2s, and £ 3 3s. 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EREFORD LADIES' COLLEGE *<- COMPANY, LIMITED. REDUCED AND INCLUS VE TERMS. hducation upon the High School Svst am, combined with home training and domestic comfort s. For terms apply to Miss Cust, the Lajxy Principal P* to the Secretary, Mr Edward Maddison, Led tiry. 1087 ?rHE DETECTIVE STORY, SAVE 1 WHEN TOLD by such masters of tlae art as DR* CON AN DOYLE, DICIC DONOVAN, and MRS. SEORGE CORBJSTT, is a weariness to the flesh.— Ilearth and Henne We have pleasure in announcing the forthcoming publication in the "SOUTH WALES ECHO," EACH SATURDAY, OF A NEW AND ORIGINAL SERIES OF JSJHORT JQETECTIYE STORIES From the Popular Pen of MRS GEORGE CORBETT, ^ie author of Behind the Veil,' Pharisees Un- ▼eiled," Cassandra," Secrets of a Privrate Enquiry "mce, &c., &c. Onr New Series of Tales will give Lifelike and Real- tabic Pictures of Life. DETECTIVE STORIES by a Lady will undoubtedly prove an attraction. AIRs> CORBET!' is a successful writer of Stories of this class, and her wrxrk has been Jl £ hly commended by the critics. NEW SERIES, JHE J^DVENTURES OF J^ORA BELL, DETECTIVE, BY MRS GEORGE CORBETT, AUTHOR of "SECRETS of a PRIVATE EJS'QUIR OFFICE,' &C. Commenced in the U SOUTH WALES ECHO" ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 6,1894. THE FOLLOWING STORIES WILL APPEAR IN THE SERUKS 1—SWE-E-EP 2—HOIST ON HER OWN PETARD, 3—ONE OF DORA'S FAILURES. I 4—DORA TURNS THE TABLES. 5-TIIF, ACQUAINTANCE DODGE. 6-A BROKEN TRUST. 7—MADAME DUCHESNE'S GARDEN PARTY 8-A PATTER OF VIRTUE. 9-WISS RANKEN'S RIVAL. to-TEE PATH TO FAME. 11—THE RECLUSE OF HALLOW HALL. 12-THE MYSTERIOUS THIEF. THE STORIES TO FOLLOW ARE OF A SIMILAR HIGH DEGREE OF INTEREST i THE ADVEKTURES OF J^ORA JGELL, DETECTIVE, J BY MRS GEORGE CORBETT, I Commenced in the SOUTH WALES ECHO ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 6TH., 1894. ¡ POSTAL DELIVERY OF THE (SOUTH WALES D -A IL Y NEWS. 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CARDIFF WATERWORKS. ALLEGED ASSAULT ON AN INSPECTOR. A meeting of the waterworks committee of Cardiff Corporation was held in the Council Chamber yesterday. Alderman David Jones pre- sided, and there were also present Aldermen Sanders and D. Lewis Councillors B. John, A. Lewis, C. Waring, W. S. Crossman, and J. Comley; the water engineer (Mr J. A. B. Williams) and the assistant engineer (Mr Priestley). The Engineer said Messrs Cmwshay Bros. had offered a site for a gangers' hut on the mountain side near Merthyr at a ground rent of 10s per quarter. (Laughter.) He had written them again, however, and they had reduced the charge to 5s per quarter. (Laughter.).—The Chairman £2 a year for the ground rent cf a gangers' hut, when about 30s is usually the amount for the site of a cottage !—The modified offer was accepted. The Assistant Engineer read the following memorandum wbich had aeen sent to the chid inspector by Assistant-Inspector F. Budding :— Tuesday, March 6th, 1894,-During house-to- house inspection in Cowbridge-roadj on Marcli 5th, I went to 377, Cowbridge-road, to inspect fittings. After inspecting fittings in-house, I was about to inspect the stable, when the occupier, Mr Ashley, ordered me not to do so, at ¡ the same time making use of foul language and threats. On the foliowiug morning I was in Tintern-street inspecting, when I met Mr Ashley. He asked me when I was going, and I told him to inspect fittings in Tintern-street. [The engineer explained that Mr Ashley had property in Tin tern street.] He then used language as on the previous day, ordered me off the ground, said the fittings had been inspected by J. Stone, and then struck me a severe blow on the face, causing my nuse to oeed. He then followed HiO into Cowbridge- road, and again struck me in the face. It" Stephen Collier, Ely, witnessed him strike me the second tune, and volunteered to give evidence on my behalf should proceedings be taken against Mr Ashley."—The committee decided that the matter be investigated with the view of legal pro- ceedings being taken. #

LEOMINSTER BIGAMY CASE. EXCITING SCENES IN COURT. At Leominster Borough Police-court on Thurs- day before the Mayor (Mr IL Bright), Alderman Page, and Messrs M. J. Ellwood, A. Lewis, and i. Smith Thomas Wilson, alias Moore, alias Monks, was aaíu brought up on remand charged with bigamously marrying on July 17th, 1893, at Liverpool Parish Church, Elizabeth Ann Wilson, and, further, on October 3rd, 1393, at Leominster Priory Church,Emily Wdson, llisfirst wife, mnied in ldS3, uBmg still alive. The first-named woman fainted before the case came on, and was in a dazed condition during the whole hearing, and her sister, who came as a witness, had also to he removed from the court: in a fainting condition. The prisoner maintained a callous indifference, and excited so much indignation amongst the large crowd in ocr.r-t that the. mayor had to threaten to clear the court unless silence was preserved.—Mr Harold E-i&ton, solicitor, again appeared to prosecute. He said at the last hear- ing he proved the third marriagiiand partly proved the second, but did not prove the first, and he would now call evidence to prove the first and complete the proof of the second. Tie then called Mary Ellen Wilson, Aigbvu tii Vale, Liver- pool (sister of the second wife, Elizabeth Ann Wilson), who stated that was present at the Liverpool Parish Church on July 17th last, when the prisoner, under the name of Moore, married her eister.—George Lucas Sydney, Crewe, blacksmith, said he was uncle to gliza- beth Truman, who married the prisoner, then under the name of Thomas Monks, at the Wes- leyan Chapel, Snndbatch, Cheshire, on Christmas Dar, 188i Witness was present on that occa- sioii. — Mr Xv.ston said that was his case, and an that evidence he would ask the bench to conimit the prisoner.—Prisoner was then formally com- mife'ed, bail being allowed in two snretins of £5.: each, and the prisoner himself in £ 50.—The lirst wife of the prisoner, Elizabeth Mowks, stood up and said she should like to tell the bench t.hat the prisoner was a good, kind husband to her for eight years, and was as good, honest, and straightforward a man as ever stepped on the shores of England tili he met the woman Eliza- beth Ann Wilson, who had led him aw-ty to do what he bad done.—Tins appeared to excite the sympathies of the audience, who gave Mrs Monks a iiand-ciap.

"WAKING "THE WRONG CORPSE. A DOCTOR'S INTERVENTION. Some time ago a poor fellow, of Irish origin, developed symptoms of insanity. and was in due course transferred to i&aitihiU Lunatic Asylum, where he was put, through the usual treatment for mental-diseases. Very liti-le was hoard of him, exeep; what was picked up ,in the periodic visits friends were allowed to make to the institutbn. There was not, however, apparently, any great ground for uneasiness, and the family, which consisted of five daughters, was rather startled on Sunday last on i>:cei.ving an intimation that the man had died. The relatives proceeded to the asylum, and hi due course got possession of the body, which was hrought to Liverpool, where it was mourned over as that: of a beloved and unfortunate parent. Meanwhile, a. considerable amount of insurance H1"uey had been drawn on the strength of thn man's death, and ft wake" was held on Wednesday evening over the corpse. The party was making merry in the old-fashioned style, .when a rousing knock came to the door. On baing answered, it was found that a messenger from Raiuhin. who was said to be a doctor, had arrived in hot haste. The i! wake party was rather astonished to hear, when he recovered his breath, the startling information, "i ou have got the wrong cuqx,e." The wake was stopped, and the funeral, which should have taken place yesterday, has been postponed. Some further details show that a request was II made to the family that the body should be re- moved as ear y as passible. Upon the relatives proceeding to the institution they were unable to identify the body, some of tfieiu remarking: that he was very much altered, but they were dis- suaded to the contrary. The body was removed, the death certificate was obtained in the ordinary course, and the relatives having had the deceased insured, procured the amount, and proceeded duly to hold a wake upon the body on Wednes- (hyen;ning It appears from what we can gather (says a Liverpool contemporary) that there were two people of the same name confined in the institution, and hence the blunder. b..

NOTES FROM NEWPORT PO Ll CE-COURT. His worship, the mayor of Newport, presided at the borough police-court yesterday, being supported by the. regular Friday magistrates, Messrs J, S. Stone and H. Phillips. The first business of the court was to dispose of three school attendance cases. Mrs Wood told the court that her boy was bootless, and that her husband had left her. Officer Trump declared that the youngster had boots on when he sa.w him a day or two ago. "Yes," said the mother, ho had an o)d pair of mine on thei: The Bench imposed a fine of 5s, but suspended payment in order to give the mother a further opportunity of sending the boy mors regularly to school.—The wife of William Dart broke down m court, and wept freely, declaring that it was the iirst time she had been to the court. Mis Dart had kept her child at home because she had injured her thumb. Mrs Dart piotnisr.d that the attendance should be improved and the cas" was adjourned. III the third ease there was no appearance, and a fine of 53 was imposed. A GOOD CHARACTER GONE. Oil Tussdey last Mi Frederick Littlejones missed his steps from outside his shop in Cross street. Later in the day Henry Pearce, a carpenter, was found hawking the steps. He was subsequently arrested, and then told Detective Faulkner that another man had given him the steps to sell, but that as he could not sell them he had returned them to the other nan, who had gone en to PontypooL Pearce now added that he had worked in Newport for 16 years, and had never appeared in a policc-court before.—The Bench, however, found Pearce guilty of receiving the steps, knowing them to have been stolen, and sentenced hun to seven days' imprisonment. A BORDE OF BEOGABS. I The complaints as to begging in Newport have become :SO numerous that policemen in private clothes have been put on duty to capture some of the horde of beggars. As a result of the special precautious, n mitnber of persons have been pro- ceeded against. Two lads named Donovan, who were seen to go from house to house yesterday begging, now appeared before the court. The mother said that the boys were sent to school yesterday morr^ng. Her husband had been out of work for four months, and there-bad been a deal of sickness in the house, but she had never sent the children out to beg. The lads were now cautioned and discharged.—David Jones, an old man,a printer, belonging toCarmar- thlJ, was aJso charged withbegng. He had only it left Cardiff Infirmary, where he had been an inmate for some time, and had come over to Newport, in the hope of getting work, he having been employed there previously. Jones now pro- mised to make his way to Carmarthen, and was thereupon discharged. SERVED WITH A SUMMONS WfiRST IK BED. Margaret Morgau, a young wuman rMi- dent in Jubilee-buildings, Jeddo-street, who created diversions in Courtybella-terrace on Wednesday whilst under the influence of drink, was yesterday served with a summons by the father of the force whilst in bed, where she was lying ill. A neighbour now appeared and ten- dered an apology on behalf of Miss Morgan, and asked the amount of the fine, saying that Miss Morgan's sister would pay it.—The Bench fixed the penalty at 10s.

T/N: CRKAT COKE FOK CORNS.— Munday A Vindine—Still further testimony. A Chemist writes Will you send .me a bottle of your Viridine t It is for my own use. I get plenty of corn cures of the same colour, but none of them appear to equal yours. No one ought to say his corns are incurable until nc ha used" Viridine." Thousands have been cuvecl, I of whom had suffered for over 50j«ars. Bewaieo imitations. Sold in bottles Is, by post Is 2d, toy the Proprietor, J. Muuday, Chemist Higii-strest Cardiii o,ii(faii Chemists 1079

FERNDALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY CASE. RESUMED EXAMINATION OF THE LATE MANNER. ¡ His Honour Judge Williams held a special court yesterday Pontypridd in order to I conduct his iu\'o:tíginron under the liquidation order in connection with the recent faihir-j of the Ferndale Co-operative Society. It will be remem- bered that Mr E. J. Thomas, the late manager, was part! examined some time ago, and tie- matter was then appealed against. Ti 't:t High Court, however, ordered the resumption of the haring, which was proceeded with —Mr Benson, instructed by Mr Simons, appeared for th<^liquidators stud Mr D. W. Evan/, of Messrs "nd Evans, solicitors, Cardiff, appeared oil behaH of tha manager.—Great interest was taicen in the proceed APPLICATION FOR ADJOORNMENT. In opening the case, Mr Evans, asked TV'T5 Ti °,!om t*" adjouru the examination of ivr °T"^ owing to the inability of his counsel, Mr A. J. David, to attend. Mr Benson opposed the adjournment, and asked his Honour not to acoede to the application. Mr Evans expressed unwillingness to pay the costs of the day, but his Honour said he was doubtful whether something ought not to be done at once in regard to the costs incurred in the appeals to the High Court. He also considered that Mr David should either have been present in court or have handed his brief to someone else. CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE MANAGER. Tboma, the former manager of the Co-operative otores at I^rndalc, was then called, and cross. examined by Mr Benson. In reply to the question as to whether he had produced his Glamorgan Bank pass-book or a copy (It it, he said he had not, as he could not find it. Judge Williams hereupon remarked, I mav say once for all, Mr Thomas, this kind of thing won't do. This matter has been dragging along all these weeks,and you n-ust have known that all your financial transactions would require to be investigated. You must produce the book or give a reason why. I snail make short work d it un:6,38 something is done, for these proceedings must not be rendered nugatory because you say, I do not know,' or 1 cannot remember," I canuot fimllllY &c." Mr Thomas I have produced all the books I have got. His Honour Why didn't you get a cony of it supplied froir; the bank ? Mr I nomas I hardly had time. In repiy to Mr Benson, witdess went on to say t!¡;tt lie oad been looking for the booksinee the 4th of February last, but had failed to find it. Replying to further questions he said that the stiops at Card;3 and at Aberavon were in the name of G. M. Thomas and Co. He didn't know who the "Cu." represented. The shop at Aberavon was advertised for sale by the sheriff for au execution levied on G. M. Thomas and Co., whnst the OardJÍÏ shop had been sold the week betore la-t to David Rees, grocer, of The Hayes. Mr Rees had never i>een an assistant unoer the iirm of G. M. Thomas and Company, He (witness) had paid £ 225 into the London and Arovincial Bank as treasurer of an eisteddfod, fHld t'16 payments t,de. out of that amounted to £2C9 lis 6d, together with 18. 150;, which had pad by cheque on the National Bank of iVrUes to Air J ones, timber m -rehant, fot. work done at the eisteddfod. He paid that by his owa cheque 1:1 order to bring the mattei to an L.,ld. As to the connter book and cash wok not tallying, as was pointed out by Mr Ivoberts and Mr Drinkwater, he accounted for Use discrepancies by stating that at the end of each quarter there was not enough money in hand to close the accounts properly, and payments had to be made from day to day out of moneys received. Some of the amounts might have been wrongly entered, he or his assistant forgetting to give credit for theamounts, and thereniightulsobe errors in the accounts. It was difficult to manage i accounts amounting to, say, to £100,0:)0 iu the way they had to do here wi-thput errors. Mr Benson But there is a deiiciency as shown by these discrepancies between the counter book and cash book of £1,60-0 in six quarters. Witness It was impossible fjr us to keep a strict and correct account owing to the great amount of business done. Mr Benson then sekcted several specific thyson discrepancies between the counter and cash book had occurred, He pointed out that between April 27th Mid June 5-Ji the deiiciency amounted to £ 170 9; 6d. 0:: Monday, the 5ih of June, the counter book showed receipts to ths amount uf ;21"1 0s lO'd, whilst the cash book showed £332 14s 3d. This amount the witness declared had not been entered simply to oa'iance. It was in a Mr Davie.vs handwriting, On oaturday, tfu■ IB.th ot -November, the comit-er showed £ 689 183 2d, and the cash book £ 552 13., 7d. Witness admitted these figures to be in his own handwritiug, but could not explain the discrepancy. The examination was adjourned until to dav v'e'~k- r.

MONMOUTHSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. At the meeting of the members of the ao'c council, on Wednesday, the first business will be the appointment of chairman and vice-chairman for Mr Edwin Grove, J.P., has heid the former position since the council got first into harness in 1889, and has given gènemJ satisfaction, There are rumours, however, that a small and extreme section of t,ù.. ,cianci} are not indisposed to vary the chairmanship, bnt inglane- ing through the members oil the Liberal side, it is difficult (says our how any better selection titan that of Mr Grove could be made. Tlie only ele- ment of danger in the situation is that to carry their point the extremists might coalesce With the Coriservati ve nitnoritv iu the election of a popular Tory. Th«rtts is. "-however, reason toiwiieve that wise counsel will prevail', and that Mr-Grove will, for his upright aid fear- less conduct iu te.e chair, be rewarded with a renewal of confidence. Lord Tredegar is th^ out- ti g of going vice-chairman.—The notices" of motion at the same meeting include on* by Mr B. N..Jones falling for the dismissal I Q the new oinef constable for havinp disregarded the promise, he gave when elected as to the appointment of superintendents of police • one by Mr Walters as to the slate of a-ynctiHnre III Wales and Monmouthshire, calling- for a Laud Bid whlcn will include security of tenure, fair trents, destrucion of game, compensation for wnprovements, and a land COttrt; and another by Counchlor Harrison, giving notice of a imtiol; that the committees of tlie council be cpen m future to the Press.

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HANGED BY ACCIDENT. On Thursday, at Old bury, an inquest was held touching the death of Thomas Ni ski ess (18), ot 229, Grove-lane, Sumthwick. It was stated that on Tuesday the deceased went to work as usual at seven a.m. to the Brades Ste \Vorks, and at one o'clock had his dinner. At 2 p.m. be was -missed, and was shortly after- wards found hanging by the neck in one of the workshops. He was immediately cut down, but animation could not be restored. Deceased had been a very steady youth, and it was thought that after having his dinner he went into another workshop, and whilst playing with the rope got entangled in it.—The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."

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SUICIDE OF A BOY. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. A PATHETIC LETTER. PAINFUL SCENE IN COURT. A mast painfui and distressing seenc was wit. nested at Liverpool Coroner's Court pn Thurs- ùay, when an inquiry was held into the suicide 01:1. by only 14 years of ape.—Mrs Palmer, the lr-other of the boy, who was accommodated with a ,.t, and gave her rvidence with great euio- tion, stated her lad's nam; wfw John Williaic Palmer, and that he bad beQn fox sam: time an assistant to an umbrella S.,44 ui Tu I "amed Cohen> Rose street. ocloek on Wednesday morning "h*. cam? to their house. 17, Portland-place, in steal distress, and tüld her that he had been accused bj Mr Conen of altering the ticket on an umbrella, but that he was quite innocent, and that he had been discharged. Her boy S&eDled t be very much troubled, but did not threaten to hurt him- self, and she never suspected he would do so. iii left the kitchen and went into the yard. Aftei calling out to him twice and getting no reply she rushed into the yard and found him lying in tie water-closet. The Coroner then said they would be able to get the rest of the evidence from other witnesses" and Mrs Palmer was assisted from court it a fainting condition. THK FATHER IDENTIFIES THE RAZOR. A_dam Painter, tbe father, was oext called, and with tears told the court how he had called his son ac half-past si^ on Wednesday morning, hud found him cheerfuli as usual. He had been with Mr Cohen for two years, and never breathed word about his employer. With a gesture of horror the witness identiftod as his own a razor which was found in the water-closet. When he e got home en Wednesday afternoon his boy was dead. The lad was very sensitive. Richard Travis, a neighbour, proved Sudiap the lad iu the closet with his throat cut and uu- conscious. The police and the horse ambulance were sent for, but the doctor who crane with the "V I latter declared the boy to be dead. Witness went into the yard because of Mrs Palmer's screams. IÆTTEHS 11\ BED IKK. Police-constable 141B was called to state that he forma in the closet the blood-stained razor already identified, and the two following letters, which were read by the coroner, who said they were written 111 red i 111: Wednesday. 10 o'clock. D e,9 r -1 have jastleffc the shop and < orae home broke:hearted. E. Cohen has accused me of stealing jaonev, and it is a lie he said that I altered the list from 4s lid to 3s lid a;~d ( hat he has nearly caught «ne taking money before. YY ell,I e n0ver tciken allY mooev except it was fTivsu me. I have taken for re-e jvering and forgat to give it. for two day-; Perhaps lie thinks I wanted to steal it, but the uevil could not tempt me. He is a great liar atwl gambler, a;i<i used to aw. He is a way s piaying c"l',ds au u jyiljiards for money, and comes down at four, five, and six o'clock in the &sv and then is always shoating at aie if I «t down for minute, lie does not know wliat he is doing. (Please turn over.) I hope you will forgive me for "what J &ni going. to do. because I can't stand it any longer, I nearly out of my mind. Tell G. Winstanlev and Nellie "ul one of the shop, the Misses Cl&yand Maud, and Miss IUllt-s, and all I know to come and see for the iasi time. I liked t-iiem ad. them to come to my funeral if ttiey eaa. o I hope you will forgive me for this terrible deed. Will yvn biu-y me iu the family grave ? because I would like to ili a Catholic. So good-i»ye all. Don't fret aijout me. Good-bye all my aunts and nudes a«d cousins. Good- bye to m:t, and father, and Mag, -and Tom, and Gen, and all of you. x x x x Give the note I write to Miss Clay. Make him sit up for it he did not, engage me to take money he called me the manager for 5s 6d per week. The following was also read :— Dear Miss Clay.—E. Cohen has called all of yot; (Pr all the meanest that there is. He says that you are mean because yc-u don't get your umbrella covered He said that you bave plenty -of rnoaey, so I hope you wiil make him sit up ior it. He is bye. Come anù see me. STATEMENT BY lIm COREN. The Coroner asked Mr Cohen if he desired to make my statement, and he replied in tbefiiSrma- tive. The lad was eaga^ed as chopboy, .and bis wages were 5s 6d & AY-kek. Did you ev,w call him manager -Yes, in f ur- Have you any expjatiatioo as .to tlie statements in the letters '—There is a lot. of lies in them. Tell me 'he.J.:e-Tlley .ar,e lies right through. Did you accuse the lad of altering toe ticket ? Yes. That, is trueYes; I discharged him for the dishonesty on Tuesday morning. What was the dishonesty ?—Altering 4s lid into 3s lId-altering the4 iuto a three. How do you know that he did it ?—On tha.t par-icular day there was no umbrella given out fur that price. I had oniv a voting lady there and the boy, and the 3 is nocilev, writing. It is possible the figure might have been altered by somebody else ?—There was nobody else in the shop. You might have done it yourself ?- Yes it is possible. Is -that the only foundation yon had for this suggestion of disbonestv ? — W*yj. I bad my suspicions before. 3 What were they ?—Well, we missed money out of the drawer. The ca*h would not baiaiice. Did you ever accuse him of that ?No, Why should he alter the fignrfc Y.i\V.ell. to get the shilling:. But if he sold it for 3: lid?—The umbrella had been recovered, and its cost was 4s lid. Tbjt ticket had been altered tc 3, lid. The young lady woulct know what he sold the umbrella for -Y she ?ecs.ii'.eel tiie money. And how could he get- tiie shilling ?—Oui of the drawer. The mosey is put into a drawer. But if the money is put into a drawer he could just as well take the shilling out of the drawer without akeriiig the ticket ? The J llry Just so. Witness Yes, but it would wake tfee-eaefeA sinking unless the ticket was altered. By Members of the Jury: Witness had a list of prices iU the shop, but he had not brought .t or the altered ticket with bim. The Jury You ough t to have done so. •CGiiONCirs OBbBRT ATIOSfS. The Coroner then summed up, and remarked that when anybody was accused of an act of dis- honesty of this -character further and better inquiry ought to have been made, and no one should have boee content with a suggestion that a figure had been altered. (The Jury: Hear, hear.) It was lamentable that it had been done in this case, although doubtless Mr Cohen did not think it would result iu this manner. It seemed that this sensitive lad had taken this accusation very much to heart, and under the excitement ot it had committed suicide. It was for the jury tc say whether this act had not been done while tSbi, lad, was in a state of temporary insanity. Thomas A. Cowell, brotmar-in-iaw of tbe 4e ceased, asked leave to state that a fortnight before his death the lad see.med rather unhappy and crushed about Mr Cohen's varying «onduci\ towards him, and spoke of leading his place, bni never threatened to do anything to himself. The jury at once returned a verdict of '"Stpivi& whilst temporarily insane."

LAW AND LITIGANTS. THE JOLLY BUTCHER'S MONEY. The case of W arming ton v. Warmington was resumed yesic-rdav-btfore Sir F. Jeune—but wise counseis seemed to .have prevailed aiiie- the <oourfc adjourn"d on Tnursday. Mr Inderwick in- formed bis lordship that all arrangement had been arrived at by which the money left by the deceasrd should be divided between the children of his first aud second marriage after all expenses had been paid. The arrangement, although wise as matters stand, seems (says the rfporter^ to be jin illustration of tiie old saying, "A t;hell for thee and a shell for thee-the oyster is the lawyer's fee." The jolly butcher would not have died so comfortably as he did had he known his Jifctie jireperty ]>»d so a degree gaaeseel into the pockets of the lawyers, but suok turns out to be the faci. and how much there will be left out of about £ 600 to divide among -the children after the expenses of two two junior counsel, a two days' hewing in court, and other legal gentlemen engaged in the suit have been paid will only be found out hereafter. The deceased, had he known the ultimate quarrel adoout his money would have br on in no ton pw to cry out tally bo" before lie died.

CARDIFF NATURALISTS' SOCIETY. The Rev. G. Hartwell Jones, Rector of RedhiJl Surrey, and tormerly a professor at the Univer, sity College, Cardiff', lectured on Thursday night t > the Cardiff Naturalists' Society on Pictut-f. Writ-ing." He treated subject in an mteaself interesting way, showing how in the very begin- nings of civilisation ideas were communicated on paper by means of pictorial representations— of course, very crudely ponrtrayed He displayed ou the screen far; simites .of North American Indian treaties with the United S Government. The fact erf two persons being iv agreement is here represented by a line fw>m the eye of one person to that of awotber i while a line connecting two pictorial heartt indicates a complete unison of ieelmg -and xhf existence of harmonious concord between tlie parties concgftled. Mr Hartwell Jones ww cordially thanked, on -the proposition of Primiow Viri amu Jones, who confessed tiiat, when ic E^ypt lIe had gazed upon the ancient hiero- glyphics, he regretted he fcsd not devoted his life to letters rather than to science.

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