The Glamorgan Gazette

MR. BRACE AT PORTIICAWL. ♦ Mr. Brace, accompanied by Mr. Morgan Thomas (his agent) and others, motored to Porthcawl on Friday afternoon, and between 5.30 and 6 o'clock addressed a good crowd which had assembled in John-street. He r- ceived an enthusiastic reception. Me saia that the object ot that visit was to personally thank those who rendered him support in various way during his electoral campaign, which had just been brought to such a suc- cessful conclusion. Had it not been for the whole-hearted support cf a considerable por- tion of the electors or thai uLsxrict, in con- junction with other parts or the large con- stituency, he would not have secured such a triumph, and he was more than obligated to them. These were, indeed, the proudest days of his life. While he had confidently hoped that he would have the honour of re- presenting South Glamorgan in Parliament, he had never dared to hope that the majority would be over 4,000. It was, after all, not his victory over the Unionist candidate; it was the victory of the Progressive party as a •whole. (Hear, hear.) The issues in the elec- tion could not have been more clear; it was a fight for principle. (Hear, hear.) As Progressives they had been fighting for liberty-for the freedom of trade, the freedom of the slaves, and the freedom of the schools. (Applause.) He had been the standard- bearer and that only. He took the result of the election as the verdict of the electorate on the fiscal proposals of Mr. Chamberlain; they had shown by their votes that they were not in favour of the food of the people being taxed. (Applause.) He realised the great responsibility which devolved upon him as the representative of that cosmopolitan consti- tuency in the greatest legislative assembly that the world had ever seen. Now that the fight was over, he hoped the greatest of friendship would reign between the two par- ties in the division. (Hear, hear.) He fully realised that he was now the Member for the whole constituency, though in the first place he had been selected by a particu- lar section of it. He would always be ready to do anything he possibly could for the municipal authority of Porthcawl, either on the floor of the House of Commons, or in the way of interviewing heads of Departments on I their behalf. (Applause.) One of the que&- tions to be tackled by Parliament at. no dis- tant date was the taxation of land values. (Applause.) He was prepared to support a Bill for such taxation. (Hear, hear.) How- would that affect Porthcawl? Well, Porth- cawl was a health resort, one of the healthi- est in the world, but though Porthcawl had all the natural advantages which qualified it for a such a resort, there had not been the gradual development that perhaps should have taken place, and the ulace had not been made as attractive as it could be, because of lack of funds. It was in this connection that they would see the benefit of the pro- posal of taxing land values, because under that system a large amount of money would be sent into the channel of the municipali- ties. (Applause.) He was anxious that the 1 burden of the poor and tne oppressed snouia be relieved so far as possible, and that the taxation of the country should be placed in proportion on the shoulders of those best able to bear it. Let those who had wealth far beyond the dreams of avarice, pay a little more than they did towards the up-keep of the country, because at present they did not pay anything like a fair quota.

County Rifle Association. _n ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED. On Saturday afternoon a special meeting of the committee of the Glamorganshire Rifle As- sociation was held at the Grand Hotel Port Talbot. Colonel Bruce Vaughan, Cardiff, was voted to the chair.. The Chairman said that the chief business was to consider what steps should be taken to meet the financial obligations of the asso- ciation. The secretary had written to him some time ago that the finances did not per- mit of the payment of all the prizes of the last meeting, and he felt this very strongly. He at once forwarded £40 to the secretary, and he had £50 now to hand over. (Hear, k^The Secretary explained that with the £ o0 to be handed over by Colonel Bruoe Vaughan the association would still be L100 in debt. To meet this deficiency the following districts and collectors were suggestedMerthyr, Major Frank James; Mountain Ash, Major M Morgan; Pent re, Major Dyke; Ponty- pridd. Major J. Da vies; Cardiff, Colonel J. J. David Bridgend, Major J. C. Coath Cow- bridge! Captain H. J. Randall; Maesteg, Lieut. J. S. Harris; Neath, Cantain M. H. Hunter; Port Talbot, Captain LL David; Swansea, Captain Herschel Jones, Lieutenant Cleeves, and Major Odo Vivian; Gorsemon, Major Trafford Mitchell; Aberdare, Captain Captain G. S. Harris said the Aberdare Cup competition entailed a loss to the association of about £ 10 each year. It was resolved to drop this competition from this years pro- gramme. A discussion took place as to the date of the annual meeting, and the general opinion was that it should be held later in the year, as that would give young shots more time to practice. The matter was referred to the general meeting. A heartv vote of thanks was passed to Col. Bruce Vaughan for the great practical help he had given to the association. Lieut. W. T. Davies: If we had only two such friends of the association as Colonel Vaughan to-day's discussion would not have been necessary. (Applause.) _m

Fat Stock Sale at Uantwit Mafor. A first-class trade was done at Mr. J. Rich- ard Thomas's fortnightly sale at the Llantwit Major Auction Mart on Monday. There was a good attendance of buyers, including repre- sentatives from Cardiff, Llanelly, Carmarthen, Swansea, Barry, Maesteg, Ogmore Vale, Tony- pandy, and Pontypridd. The entries were numerous, and comprised a fine collection of stock, including 73 cattle and 445 sheep and pigs, and all were disposed of, excepting a few unfinished cattle, at very satisfactory prices. Cattle made up to R21 each, yeaiiinga 56s. 6d, and porkers Ms. 6d. each. The price per lb. averaged as follows:—Beef, 6-J-d.; mutton, 9d. to 9^d.; and pork, 5td. to 6d.

QUEEN'S FATHER BEAD. The "Father-in-law of Euiope," King Chris- tian of Denmark, is dead. He passed away peacefully in his bed in Amalienborg Castle at. 3.10 on Monday afternoon. He was in his eighty-ninth year, and was the oldest reigning monarch in the world. He had ruled Denmark for forty-three years. The Empress Dowager of Russia and two Court physicians were present at the death- bed. The aged King, who appeared in his usual health earlier in the day, collapsed so suddenly that the other members of the Royal Family were unable to reach the bedside in time, the Crown Prince entering the Palace just as his father expired. The news of the death was received at Windsor Castle shortly after five o'clock, and was at once communicated to the, King and Queen, who had just returned from Clare- mont, where they visited the Duchess of Al- bany and Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck. Queen Alexandra, who was the late King's favourite daughter, was greatly affected,>&nd their Majesties did not join their guests at dinner.

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section of the ratepayers, Torquay Corporation are prooeeding with the scheme for the con- struction of a jetty in the harbour for Bea- excursion traffic. Folkestone fishermen bitterly complain that a tax of. over JB1 a barrel is levied on all English. caught fish entering Boulogne, while French- caught fish is landed at Folkestone for Billings-, gate duty free.

FASTENED ITT A BURNING HOUSE, It has been reported to the police that on Sun- day night an attempt to burn two women alive was made in Townl&nd of Drumlough, near Newry, Co. Down. Mrs. Rush, aged eighty, and her daughter, who resided alone, were awakened by a smothering sensation, and found the roof of their thatched house in flames. The women tried to escape, but found the door tied by a strong rope. The young woman broke the window, got through, and released her mother. The house and contents were burnt out. A dis- pute about a farm is said to have been the cause of the outrage.

FOOD PROSECUTIONS. David Hughes, of 298, Essex-road, Islington, was fined JB6 and costs at the Thames Court for exposing for sale at 48, St. Leonards-road, Poplar, margarine t £ > which no label was attached. Mrs. Elizabeth Peel, of 82, Westferry-road, Millwall, was fined J32 and 23s. costs for selling butter containing 53*3 per cent. of foreign fat.

"THE ART OF BURGLARY." Several mysterious burglaries have taken place recently in Ballina, Co. Mayo, and in no case have the police been able to trace the culprits. On Sunday night two more houses were broken into and sums of money stolen. Two constaoles scoured the country next day, and came across a vouth, who took to flight as soon as he saw them. After a chase of four miles the boy, who proved to be John Duff, aged eighteen, was cap- tured in an outhouse, and on being earched a jemmy and some files were found upon him, be- sides a book entitled "The Art of Burglary." Duff was charged with the two more recent bur- glaries at the police-court on Tuesday, and was remanded.

CONVICT ATTACKS A WARDER. A housebreaker named George H. Harris has been sentenced by the Recorder of Birmingham to eight years' penal servitude. On hearing hia sentence Harris made a desperate attack upon the dock warder, who grappled with him, and although several constables went to the warder's help, the struggle lasted several minutes. The prisoner, shouting curses and abuse against the Recorder, and clutching at the dock rail, was at last carried away by force. He has a very bad record, and has often threatened to murder cer- tain Birmingham policemen.

EXECUTION HORRORS. The New Caledonian mail brings details of a sickening scene which occurred last month dur- ing the execution on the public square at Nou- mea of an Algerian convict named Kenatra, who had killed and robbed a released convict named Boisson. The executioner was so clumsy and nervous that the knife of the guillotine fell be- fore the condemned man's head was in position, the result being that the top of the skull was severed, leaving the brain exposed. Life was apparently not extinct, for the limbs moved con- vulsively. The knife was raised again, but be- fore it fell the cord broke, so that a ladder had to be fetched in order to fix a fresh cable to the pulley at the top of the guillotine. It was not until the third attempt that the wretched criminal was put out of the world.

GALLANT ATTEMPT AT RESCUE. In the moonlight a gallant attempt to effect a rescue from drowning was made in the early hours of Tuesday morning off Limehouso. As the steamship Parlcn, belonging to Calais, was proceeding down stream, one of her crew fell overboard. An alarm was raised, and with scarcely any clothing upon them two of the sea- men sprang overboard. After being in the water for over twenty minutes, the would-be re- scuers were compelled, both by exhaustion and the cold, to give up their heroic search for their unfortunate companion, who was not seen after entering the water.

"CAN I GET MARRIED?" A well-dressed young woman, accompanied by a gentleman, stepped into the witness-box at Willesden Police-court and asked the magistrate: Would there be any possible objection to me being married?" She explained that she was married four years ago, but her husband disap- peared two years later, and she had not seen him since. The magistrate told her to get some proof of his death or remain single. "But can I not get married again?" she queried, and the magistrate replied that she could if she so de- sired, but it would be on her own responsibility. She left the court apparently very dissatisfied.

CHARGE OF MURDERING A SISTER. John Shield, formerly a private in the North- umberland Fusiliers, has been charged at New- castle with the murder of his sister Martha, aged fifteen. When arrested he at first denied all knowledge of her whereabouts, but subsequently led the constable to a field, where her dead body was found. A handkerchief was tied tightly round her neck, and Shield said that he had strangled her. No rrotive for the crime is ap- parent as he was greatly attached to his sister. The magistrates remanded him for a week.

JUDGE ON LOVE LETTERS. Before Justice Lawrance, at Suffolk Assizes, Miss Ethel Wheelhouse, of Ipswich, sued a veterinary surgeon for breach of promise. The plaintiff has an income of £ 50, but she went as housekeeper to the defendant, and they became engaged. This was broken off, the defendant said. because of incompatibility of temper.— The Judge said the letters written by the par- ties never got to burning point. There were no crosses for kisses. He was getting on in life, but he believed they made it hotter in his day."—The jury awarded the plai::tifi £ 5 damages.

TRAIN SNOWED UP. A passenger train was caught in a terrific blizzard on Monday at Arzalier, near Mende {South France), and remained snowed up in a deep drift all night, the passengers passing a cheerless time as best they could in their com- partments. A relief-train got through on Tuesday afternoon, but it was still impossible for the other train to go on to Bastide, whither it was bound. the passengers were con- veyed back to Mende.

BIRTH OF A PRINCESS. Princess Alexpnclcr of Teck gave birth to a daughter on Tuesday at Clnremont. Esher, the residence of her mother, the Duchess of Albany, where Prince and Princess Alexander have been staying since Christinas. The news was an- nounced by the pesiing of Esher Church bells. Congratulatory messages were received from the King and Queen and ti-,e German Emperor. It is expected that tlve christening will take place at Esher CIllJ]> Y. here, the Princess's brother, the Duke A Saxe-Coburg, was bap- tised.

By the scheme for the reorganisation of the Royal Garrison Artillery, stated to have been approved by the Treasury, this force will be re- duced by 1.300 men, detachments taking the place of wht-ie companies in several fortresses. Ten people were charged at Belfast with per- sonation during the election in West Belfast. The solicitor for Captain Smiley, the defeated Unionist candidate, prosecuted. One man was discharged, and the ethers were remanded. After the declaration of the poll in the Bod- min Division at Liskeard, Mr. J. Godfrey, a well-known local builder, dropped dead from heart failure, caused by excitement. Stuart Dixon Stubbs Ross, thirty-eight, and his brother, George Bertram Ross, thirty-five, of Anerley, have been, at the London Mansion House, committed for trial, on bail, charged with conspiracy in connection with the Anglo Egyptian Automatic Trading Company. Both denied the charge.

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CONVICTED BY TEETH-MARKS- The conviction of John Torrance, sentenced at Carlisle Assizes to three years' imprisonment for shop-breaking, was obtained by the identi- fication of the prisoner's teeth-marks in a piece of cheese he had bitten, the police having taken a cast of them.—Mr. Justice Grantham advised the jury, amid loud laughter, to finish a piece of cheese if ever they took hold of it.

SHOTS AT A CONSTABLE. About one o'clock on Monday morning Con- stable James Duncan, of the Port Glasgow nolice, saw a man jumping over the paling at 1 the hack of the ice-cream shop of an Italian named John Toma. Going to the back court a I shot was fired at him, and the light of his lan- tern shewed a man at the window in the rear of the shop. who fired three more shots from a re- volver. The constable brought his staff down on the weapon before a fifth could be fired, where- upon his assailant pelted him with bricks, mak- ing off before help came. A bullet has pierced Duncan's arm. the fingers of his right hand were struck by another, and he has several injuries from the bricks thrown. The police have made an arrest.

NORWICH FIRE TRAGEDY. An inquest was held at Norwich, on Monday, on James Kowen. the railway foreman whose body was discovered in a burning room at his house, and whose wife, Rosa Kowen, has been committed for trial on the charge of murdering him.-The jury returned a verdict that Kowen died from injuries inflicted by his wife, and the Coroner remarked that that was equivalent to a verdict of wilful murder.

WEST END HOTEL TRAGEDY. At the inquest, on Monday, on the body of Mrs. Milner, wife of Mr. Harry Milner, a well- known horse breeder, of the Paddock, Burgess Hill. Sussex, who was found asphyxiated in the West-End Hotel, London, with her two children suffocated in the same room, the jury returned a verdict of wilf, l murder and suicide, leaving the question of the deceased woman's state of mind open.—The husband said he was shewing a possible purchaser over their house when his wife told him she would leave him if he sold the furniture. She went away, but he thought she only meant to go to a friend's house. In a letter to him she expressed the hope that he would be happy in the future. She was sure it was all for the best, and that with only himself to provide for it would not be such a struggle for him..

GREAT STORM AT CHICAGO.. One of the severest snow and sleet storms which has been experienced for years was raging at Chicago on Monday The city was practically cut off from the outside world, and the storm area extended for a radius of sixty miles. Nearly all the telegraph wires were down. and the ser- vice on the elevated electric railway had to be suspended, while the cable cars were only worked with the greatest difficulty.

VICTIMISING TRADESMEN. A young London clerk, named Henry Cox, who has been sentenced at Northampton to three months' imprisonment for fraud, has for, many months been travelling the country victimising tradesmen. Dressed smartly in frock-coat and silk hat, he ordered articles to be sent to him at branches of the Y.M C.A. in different towns, to- gether with change for £ 5 notes,- which he pro- mised to hand over on delivery of the goods. Where his plan succeeded, however, he took the goods and the change without payment, and then disappeared.

ACCOUNTANT'S MISFORTUNE. At the Carnarvonshire Assizes A. Colin Downs, a city councillor and holder of many public offices in Ba.ngor. was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for forgery and em- bezzlement. His solicitor said that more than ten years ago, when Downs became an ac- countant. he was defrauded of over £ 100 income tax money by a clerk whom he shielded. Bor- rowing from the notorious Isaac Gordon to make up his deficiency, he had sunk deeper into the mire, involving" himself with twelve money- lenders at a time, although he never lived ex- travagantly. The Judge said, in passing sen- tence, that ho sympathised with the prisoner, and that there were extenuating circumstances.

CO-RESPONDENT'S CABLEGRAM. Dr. Robert Crudson Benington, of Hastings, engaged in literary work, has been granted a decree nisi because of the misconduct of his wife, Clara Pauline, with Charles Forbes. The parties were married in 1875 at Lambeth, and in 1894 they went to Western Australia. Six years later they visited Natal, where the co-respondent, whom they had met in Australia, joined them as a friend. The petitioner returned to this coun- try in September. 1902, his wife arriving in the following July. Her manner towards him was altered, and in March, 1904. despite the peti- tioner's protest, she returned to South Africa. The evidence shewed that she stayed with the co-respondent at an hotel in Durban. Forbes cabled to the petitioner expressing pleasure at his noble tactics," and when served with the writ he said he hoped that the matter would be put through as delicately as possible."

CHEAP RAILWAY JOURNEYS. An interesting experiment, which will be a great convenience to the residents of a large number of towns, is about to be tried by the Great Eastern Railway Company. Hitherto it has been the rule to run excursion trains from the provinces only when some special event was to take place in the metropolis, or during the pantomime season. Commencing on February 1st, trains at chcap fares will run one day a week from sixty-seven towns on the Colchester line, and from forty-two on the Cambridge line, and in each town the early-closing day has been se- lected. The return fare will be one-quarter rnore than the ordinary single fare.

WITNESSED A MUTINY. A Manchester butter merchant has just re- turned from a journey throug.i I nnand, made at considerable personal risk. the Daily Dispatch. All Finland is. he saF.- armed to the f-oeth. and should there be any attempt to estab- lish the old regime it would be met with an op- position which would be such as would call for a large army for its suppression, which, under pre- sent conditions in Russia, can scarcely be expected. On the way home the passengers had the opportunity of witnessing from their steamer a mutinous outbreak on a Russian man-of-war in the Sound. The officers could be distinctly seen drawing their revolvers en the men. This would seem to point to the fact that troubles in the Russian navv are not yet ended. The in- formant significantly added. You hear nothing of these things in 'EEgI,'nd." The Election!

ALLEGED PERJURY AND FRAUD At Bow-strcot Police-court. London: Michael Charles Meaby, aged sixty-six, described as a civil engineer, was charged on a warrant wi committing periurv in an action heard betore Mr. Justice Lawrence in the High Court on May 19th, 1905. in which he was the plaintiff, and :Mr. George Woods Maxwell and otners. trustees of the Hearts of Oau Benefi were the defendants; furniov. ^th u^fu obtaining on August 11th, 1900 from the said trustees, a banker's draft for the payment of £ 27,000, and a banker s draft for to,414 17-*We with obtaining money to «e amount of tho.e two drafts: and. further, "ith recei on August 11th. 1200. twenty Bar: of Entiand notes for £ 100 each, knowing tne same to have been unlawfully obtained from the said trustees. The prisoner was arrested m Lisbon at the be- ginning of December, and an oi^ei for hib e r j-i.- ciintod Evioence of ar- tradition was recently giantcu. rest havinsr been given, it was stated that a man re_t navmg :s now under remand on named Samuo Geddes J no a charge of obtaining i pranted Oak Benefit Society, and a r in order that the two prisoner might be brought up together.

SENTENCE ON A COLONEL. Colonel Theodore Methuen Ward aged sixty- four, of Sibton, Suffolk, a member of the County Council, was charged at Ipswich on Monday under the Indecent Advertisements Act with ex- hibiting to a lad certain matter of an improper nature. Mr. Muir, who defended, said that] his client knew nothing of the case, and had been mistaken for someone else. The defendant went into the witness-box and described his move- ments on the day in question and several countv councillors gave him the highest ter The Bench, however, unanimously decided that the charge had been provea. and sentenced the defendant to a month's imprisonment w the second division. Notice of appeal was given, and bail was allowed.

A POLICEMAN'S COURAGE. Discovered and chased by a policeman a bur Ha r in Port Glasgow shot twice at him The constable rushed at the man with his baton and °Gl- .i tortrpt of five revolver shots. Ho wa-, hit in t-rc- hand and wrist, but knocked the weapon from the burglars grasp, a..d a as following him over a paling when he was struck heavily on the knee with a brick thrown at h-m. The burglar escaped.

SVriSS SKATERS DROWNED. A sad skatinsr fatality is reported by a Geneva correspondent from Lake Muzzano in the Can- ton of Tic-ino. Two young men, one of whom was a doctor of laws, were skating, when the^ ice broke and one fell through. The other went to his assistance, and both were drowned.

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"THE SPIRIT WORLD." ALLEGED MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD. Dr. Richard Hodgson, secretary of the Ameri- can branch of the International Society for Psychical Research, who died at Boston a month ago, secretly told many friends that he would try to communicate with them after death. The Herald has published a letter, says a New York correspondent, from a Detroit citizen, who re- quested that his name should not be revealed, in order that he might avoid notoriety, announcing that Hodgson's spirit had communicated a mes- sage to him. and also that Hodgson's spirit, wish- ing to prove the genuineness of the communica- tion from the spirit world, had requested the transmission of a secret message to Professor Hyslop, of Columbia University. The incident is attracting much attention, as Hodgson's alleged message to the Detroit citizen substanti- ally represents what Hodgson said while living. The message has been transmitted to Professor Hyslop, but the latter maintains silence regard- ing its value. Dr. Hodgson was a graduate of Cambridge University, England, and formerly lecturer there. While the incident excites some incredulity, it is being seriously investigated by psychical research enthusiasts.

TWO TUGS RUN DOWN. TEN LIVES LOST. A disaster, resulting in the loss of eight lives, occurred in the Mersey on Saturday night. The tug Sandon, of 120 tons, owned by the Alexan- der Towing Company, Limited. Bootle. was tow- ing the inward-bound Elder Dempster West African Steamer Sobo up the river for the pur- pose of entering the Queen's Dock, when a colli- sion occurred. A strong westerly wind was blow- ing at the"time. and it is believed that the San- don got under the bows of the Sobo. with Jhe re- sult that the tug turned turtle and saint in a very short time. Two boats were quickly launched from the Sobo. and cruised about for some time in the hope of picking up the members of the tug's crew, but none appeared on the surface, and all hope of effecting the rescue of any of them had to be abandoned. The crew of eight con- sisted of the following: Captain. Jonathan Maries, married; mate, Thomas Gibson Howells, single; first engineer, Richard Parkinson, mar- ried second engineer. Douglas Graves, married; fireman, Edward Evans, married: seaman, Henry Bertram. married seaman, James Moore, single^ and a boy, Thomas Herbert Jennings. During the prevalence of a strong gale on the Humber cn Saturday the Danish schooner Bro- drene overran the tug Star, which was towing her to an anchorage in the Hull Roads. The Star was practically cut in two, and foundered almost immediately. Two of her crew. Atkin- son (the mate) and Bremncr (the engineer) lost their lives, and others had narrow escapes.

THE VELASQUEZ "VENUS." MASTERPIECE FOR THE NATION. The Standard announces that, thanks to the generosity of a private person, who has guaran- teed the money. the famous Rokeby Velasquez "Venus with the Mirror" has been purchased for the nnti. n. When, ten days or so ago. the time e:an--?d durinir which the picture's owners had promi.-ed to t ive the country the first chance of it. it v.-a- felt that it was lost. Only the minor part of the great sum of money required had been guer::nteed. Mere than one offer in excess of what been asked of the isnshsh nation, it is understood, was definitely tendered for it. It will prove to be correct, probably, that. instead of the £ 4Q.0C0 or which was asked of us. £ 50.000 was r.rtually offered by the Louvre, and without avail. The administrators of the National Art Collections Fund cherish the belief that the public- knowledge that the "Venus" is now saved to England will encourage the flow of subscriptions, so that the guarantor of the pic- ture will not be required, in the end. to make a gift as vast as the sum for which he has allowed himself to be made responsible. The picture was until recently the nroperty of Mr. Morritt. of Rokebv Park. Yorkshire. In November it was exhibited for sale at Messrs. Agnew's galleries in Old Bond-street, and the picture. which fetched only B500 some years ago, was valued at from £ 40.000 to £ 50.000.

"WELL-KNOWN JOURNALIST DEAD. The death is announced of a well-known journalist and author. Mr. H. Sutherland Edwards. He had written many works on Russia and upon various muskal subjects. He was a contributor to Grove's Musical Dictionary. and enjoyed the distinction of being the first editor of the Graphic, He was also a playwright and novelist, and was a contributor to the Times and the Standard. He was gifted with a re- markable memory, of which he made good use in his work.

ICEBERGS IN THE ATLANTIC. A message from Queenstown states that the Cunard liner Carmania arrived from New York, after a voyage lasting seven days nineteen bours and five minutes, being delayed on her way by adverse gales. The captain reports that the steamer passed three iceberg ariits dangerous to navigation in the track of vessels. One iceberg was 300ft. long and 120ft. high.

TWENTY YEARS' PENAL. James Ecclestone. the fisherman who some time ago stabbed a barmaid at Somerleyton and then threw himself into a river, was sentenced to twcntv years' penal servitude at Ipswich Assizes o- Saturday for attempted murder and suicide. He was tried at the last assizes by Mr. Justice Grantham. and sentence was postponed to see whether the barmaid would recover. which she did. In pronouncing judgment. Mr Justice Lawrance said that he knew nothing of the tacts, the learned Judare who had tried the prisoner having intimated what he considered a ntun* punishment for the crime.

RUNAWAY HORSE'S FEAT. 'A remarkable feat was performed on Monday morning by a runaway horse from Cogent u den Market, attached to a big ian. down Southampton-street, he careered across the Strand, and dashed down the flight of stone steps between the Hotel Cecil and the Hotel Savov build in irs. Seventeen stone steps were safely necotiated. and, charging down the frteep, narrow hill running to the Embankment, he hurtled clenn through the iron raihngs j^mgmg the Embankment Gardens. Tne c-n .tuck the hole, and the horse after a wild but Dluntre or. n flower-bed, came to .-tandstii Neither horse nor van, driver nor harness were «m ii rod

George Jacob Holyoake died, on the eve of his ninetieth year, just as the Labour party, whose success the old Chartist must have hailed with delight, had come to be a force in the State. He was a famous fighter for the causes which engaged his sym- pathies. His life was the measure of the Victorian era, and as strenuous as that mid-Victorian life which witnessed such marvellous commercial changes. Half-a- dozen outstanding features recur at once to mind. A leading Chartist, lie always de- nied that Chartism had any element of revolution in it. He was fined £ 600,000 for the part he took in aiding the repeal of "the tax on knowledge." He was the founder of secularism. He was Secretary to the British Legation sent out to Gari- baldi. and he it was who suggested the series of Blue Books in 1870-2 on the con- dition of the Industrial Classes in Foreign Countries. John Stuart Mill credited him with being largely instrumental in procur- 9 1 ing the Affirmation Act. He wrote many volumes on those themes which moved him so strongly. His Reminiscences appeared nearly a twelvemonth ago; but he is most widely known for his Sixty Years of An Agitator's Life1 Early next month Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg will complete a year's service in command of the Second Cruiser Squadron, which recently made a series of most successful visits to Canadian and American ports. A vacancy at Whitehall will, it is stated, occur through the selec- tion of the Second Sea Lord, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Drury, as Commander-in-Chief of the Particular Service Squadron. Prince Louis of Battenberg is an officer of the whole service speaks well.

The Servian delegates in Vienna have been re- called, the dispute with Austria regarding the Serbo-Bulgarian Convention having reached an acute stage. The Hungarian frontier is now closed against Servian cattle, pigs, and meats. Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, guardians have passed a resolution calling upon the Government to re- lease Mr. Ward, convicted at Sliero for advising his countrymen not to join the British Army. ir Daniel Dixon, M.P., has been elected Lord Mayor of Belfast for the seventh time. A St. Petersburg correspondent says that ad- vices from all parts of Russia indicate the pro- found disinclination of voters to register, owing to the obstacles placed by the Government in the way of the electoral campaign, and the pre- valence of repressive measures. A man who went shopping with his wife and another lady was ordered by a London county- court Judge to pay for the other lady's pur- chases.

CARIAD TRAGWYDDOL. Cyn gwneuthur y mynyddoedd, Cyn Ilunio'r cread mawr, Y Gair yn nragwyddoldeb, A hoffodd lwch y llawr Fe garodj mor angherddol, Hen grwydriaid anial wlad, Am fyd y poen a'r galar, Gadawodd fynwes Tad. i Pan greodd fryn Calfaria, Ei gariad aeth yn ffiam, Er gwel'i y Groes a'r hoelion, j Y dirmyg, gwawd. a'r cam i Trwy oeeoedd tragwyddoldeb, ¡ Ar oreedd Nef y Nef, Fe glywai'r dyrfa 'n gwaeddi- Ymaeth, croeshoelier Ef." Gwel'd cwpan Dwyfol ddigter, 1 Y gcron ddrain a'i chur, Nid oerodd ddim o'i gariad, Na gwaywffon na dur Yn ateb i ofvnion Cyfiawnder yn fy lie, Yn brydlawn un prydnawn-gwaith, Ar groesbren dacw Fe. Gwel, f' enaid, gariad yno, Y n hongian ar y pren, Gwel yno awdwr bywyd, Yn plygu i angeu Ei ben; Er i fy mechod rboddi, I'm hanwyl Brynwr friw, Y cariad boreu hwnw, Ddaeth fyny o angeu 'n fyw. Er esgyn i'w ogoniant, Goruwch y nefoedd oil. Ni ad i'r gwaelaf brynodd, Fynd bythol mwy ar goll Oe ydyw'r porlau heddyw, Yn llwch y cystudd mawr, Yn nghoron bardd yr lesu, Fe'i gwelir fel y wawr. Pa rbyfedd byth na dderfydd, Y gan am Farwol Glwy ? Pa rbyfedd na ostega, Yr aur delynau mwy ? Rbyw blyg mewn plyg o'r cariad, Rhyw baen ar haen o hyd, Ganfyddir yn dragwyddol, Yn Mrynwr mawr y byd. Pwll-y-garth, Mynydd Cynffig. M. R.

LLINELLAU 0 gyfarchiad i Mr. REES, manager gwaith yr Aber, Cefn. Mae llawer o ganu trwy Gymra o'r bron, Yn Ueddf ac yn lion fel bo'r testyn, A hoff waith yr awen vw cyffwrth a'r nod- Pwy b>nag a'i glod fyddo'n esgyn. Greddf amlwg neillduol naturiol pob gwlad, Yw dirnad eu dyled i'r cewri, 0 weithiodd trwy rbwyetrai yn erbyn y llu, Eu hanes yw buddugulaethu. Fo sonia v Y,,T-,ci am GI>rfieln fn n ben, A'r eeren hwr dt-glaer Mckinley, Rhag weied t n llwybr trwy niwlo y lien, A'i doniau vn ddoeth yw bl,u;,iot-i. 0" We-liricr.-on wipgu enwopodd ei huo, A'i dda:!uu yn fyw yn v iyddyn, Mae g nvm « ir .'iyirro n'i enw ar g'oedd, A brofodd v r y gloeyn. Yn ben gro,j;z yr Aber chwe' M«-yddi yn ol— Di-t*wrwvHci v ddol oedd i'w ganfod, Yr afori yn ;i,,1 trwy waelol y cwm, Gwedd Iwmfu am ae,-au anorfod. Phvw ddiwmod cbteth heibso ein presenol Rees, Hys uchaf ei allu, F'.o cjfoeih aniheuhol yn gorwedd ytlgbyd, I Dan bndd yr ben fynydd a'i meini. Aeth at: ar unwaeth beo nemawr o stwr, Fel doethwr yn deall ei aiwad, Rhag weled yw hwn o bynodion a fedd, Ar wedd cariau allan ddylanwad. Gweithredoedd eydd uchel yn siarad am hwn, Mae 'r cwm fel vn gyfiyn flaguro, A gobaith pur ddisglaer dyfodol i ddod— Bydd clod l'r hwn ddaliodd heb ildio. Nawr, bellacb, rhaid i mi ddybenu fy Ilibh, Chwitb hwn yw y gorchwyl ffarwelio, laith mynwe? pob un fo i chwi yn rhwydd, Mawr Iwydd yn eicb newydd anturio. CORNELIAN.

ENGLYN FR CWMWL. (Buddugol yn Blaengarw, Nadolyg, 1905.) Afrif ddyf 'rjnau hyfryd-yw'r cwmwl Cyrnalog—nef gerbyd Hyfawr yw ei ddawn hefyd, Moeth i bawb, a maeth y byd. SARNFAB.

ATEB I DDYCHYMYG WIL O'R LLWYN. Pan 'rown i rhyw ddiwrnod, I Yn myned ar fy naitb. Meddylias am y gwrthddrycb, Gan William, mae yn Haith; Hen gampwr ydyw William, Mi ddywedaf hyn yn awr, Nid oes dim modd ei faeddi, Ar wyneb daear lawr. Mi godais yn y boren. I edrych yn fy mlaen, Dros fynydd Cefnhirgoed, A lawr i dre Pontfaen Ac yno gwelais grechyn. Eu ben oedd acha firixf, A'r gwrthrych oedd yn gorwedd, Yn dyn ar-fen ei glust. Blackhad yw ei enw. Mi welais lawer tro. Gan onrial* yn Cwmogwr, Ac lawr yn mhwll y glo Os wyf fi wedi methu, Paid bod yn gas i mi, Pan gwrddwn ni a'n gilydd, Ni feiglwn law yn free. LORWERTH HlRGOED.

ETO. Mae W, ii o'r Llwyn yn medru, Dychmygu gwrthrych penddu- 'R wyf finau 'n awr, ar hyn o dro, Yn ceisio ei ddehongli. Mae hwn yn dra defnyddiol, I'r plant sydd yn yr y?sol — I rai sy'n chwenych am M.P., I fyn'd i'r Ty Seneddol. Mi gwelais ddydd y polling, Wrth roi yr X" gyferbyn- 'R oedd yno 'n barod wrtho'i han, I lawer an i ganlyn. Cynigiaf roi atebiad, Oe methaf na fydd galed- Y gwrthrych hynod nid yw fyw, Ei enw yw y BlacMead HYWEL, PENTWYK. Derbyniwyd atebion cywir hefyd oddiwrth loan Llyfnwy, a Llwydfab. +>

DYCHYMYG. I Pan 'r own ni rhyw dro yn rhodio, Cefais weledigaeth hardd, Hwn a barodd i mi synu, Ddigon oedd i ddefro'r bardd Y mae rhyw beth yn y gwrthrych, Sydd yn hynod iawn i mi, Gofyn wyf am ateb iddo, Gan rbyw un o'r beirdd o fri. Gwelais ef yn cael ei eni, Yn un mawr rhyfeddol iawn, Ond ar ganol ei oes yn fechan, Eto'n berffaith ac yn llawn Yn ei henaint er fy eyndod, Tyfodd hwn yn fwyaf oil; 'N awr 'rwyn gofyn am ddeongli'r Gwrthrych yma yn ddigoll. Maesteg. LLWYDFAB.

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FOOTBALL FIXTURES. BRIDGEND FIRST XY. Feb. 10.-Penarth Home Feb. 17.—Aberavon Home Feb. 24.—Neath Home Mar. 3.-Treherbert Home Mar. 10.—Llanelly Home Mar. 17.—Maesteg Home Mar. 24.—Ogmore Vale Home Mar. 81.—Mountain Ash Away April 7.-Maesteg Away April 13.-Bry-neethin Home April 14.—Penygraig Away April 21.-Treherbert Away April 28.—Newport Wanderers Home OGMORE VALE 1st XV. Mar. 3.-Llantwit Major Away Mar. 10.—Garth Home Mar. 17.-Pontycymmer Away Mar. 24.—Bridgend Away April 7.-Cardiff Mackintosh Home April id.—Nantymoel Away LLANTWIT MAJOR. Feb. 3.-Dinas Powie Away Feb. 10.—Bryneethin Away Feb. 17.-Ponarth United Home Feb. 24.—Nantymoel Away Mar. 3.—Ogmore Yale Home Mar. 10.—St. James's. Cardiff Away Mar. 17.—Newport Athletic Away Mar. 24.-Monktonians Home April 7.—Llwynypia Away April l4.-Pontycymmer Home Aoril 16.—Llwynypia Home April 21.-Gilfach uoch Away April 28.-Gilfach Goch Home LLANTWIT MAJOR REPErTS. Feb. 17.-Pont-calin, Away Mar. 17.—Caerau Away MAESTEG. Feb. 10.—Treherbert Home Feb. 24.-Treherbert Away Mar. 3.—Llanelly Away Mar. 17.—Bridgend Away Mar. 24.—Pont^ridd Home Mar. 2e.-A.b.eravoll Home Mar. 31.—Ireorky M*'1* April 7.—Bridgend Horn a April 13.-Tour in Nonh. nnglanu April 2x.—Penygraig POXTI CYMUEH. Feb. 10.—Nantymoel .h.v>nie Feb. li.-Liaiiiiart -an Away feb. 24.—Bridgend 'Qtunb Home Mar. 3.—Old VeLsh Boys Home Mar. 10 Away Mar. 17.—Ugmore ale gome Mar. 24.—Taibach 4 Mar. 31.—Abergwynfi Away April 14.—Llantwit Major Away April 21.—Bridgend 'Quiii* BRIDGEND BARBARIANS. Feb. 17.—Penco i Feb. 24.—Cambrian Reserves Away Mar. 3.—Llanharran Juniors Home Mar. 24.—Cefn Albion Away April 14.—Cambrian Reserves April 28.—Caerau Rovers Away TONDU PUT EL TEACHERS A.F.C. Feb. 3.—Pantygog Feb. 11.— Llanblethian » y Mar. 3.—Brideend County School .Away Mar. 10.—Llanblethian Home Mar. 16.—Pantygog ••••••••• Away Mar. 24.-Bridgend County School Home CEFN CRIBBWR. pei)- 3.—Barry Barbarians Home Feb. 10.—Gilfaeh Goch Away Feb. 17.-Bridaend Harlequins liome Feb. ai.-PenSoed Home Mar. 3.-Ogmore EL Away Mar. aO.-Pontycymmer n. Away Mar. 17.-Melin, Neath .Away Mar. 24.-Bridgend Marlequins Away Mar. 31.—Tondu Rangers Rome April 7.-Kenfi.g Hill Home ABERGWYNFI SCARLETS. Feb. Alex B onie Feb. lO.-Glyncorrwg Away Feb. 24.—Caerau United Away Mar. 3.-VLaesffrwd Away Mar. 10.—Eagle F.C. (Neath) Horn- Mar. 24.-Cambrian Reserves Home Mar. 31.-Pontvcmer Home April 7.—Cambrian Reserves Away April 21.—Trealaw Home April 28.-Trealaw Away

COMEDIAN'S BANKRUPTCY. The creditors of Henry Thomas Lee, come- dian-who is well known to music-hall habituee as Tom Lea more, and who is now appearing u Ali Baba in a London pantomime—met on Wednesday at the London Bankruptcy Court, and left the case with the official receiver to be wound up in bankruptcy. The debtor, who. now engaged at a weeklv salary of £ 40. retuwnt liabilities £ 1.000. and assets nil. He attributei his failure to the adverse result an action brought against him by Mr. Stoii for breaking an engagement Losses by gambling and heavy personal expenses were also pleadeu.

GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY. The accounts for the half-year to December Sist last of the Great Central Railway, subject to final audit, shew a balance which enables a pavment of 3S per cent, to be m; .e on the Five per Cent. Convertible Preference Stock. 18S1 (making with the li per cent, already thereon the full interest of 5 per cent on tha stock for the year 1905); also £ 3 2s. 6d per ent. for the whole vear on the Four per Cen ference Stock. 1SSS, carrying forward a ba^aooa of about C7,000 to next half-year.

0 jfor economy ¿ choose J/icest too» .9 ? J HOW TO KEEP IN HEALTH. One of the foremost rules to observe is to take an abundance of liquid nourishment and to drink chiefly between and after meals, and not so much during meal times. „ As a healtli T'ronioting beverage "Cac.burys Cocoa" is universally admitted to be in the front rank, both the rn«hcal faculty and the public being unanimous in appreciation of the physical benefits to be derived from this absolutely pure cocoa. Cadburv's Cocoa should be taken regularly, especially 'during the winter season, and on cold 3n.i wel r':ivc lirnaliot clipwardsoffmanvachill. EvervlK-.lv likes Cadbury's Cocoa because it is the nicest Cocoa. It is the standard of hi^V-Vi pnritv in cocoa, and is the cheapest and best tleverage for family use.

Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, has taken prompt action concerning the arrest of Mr. Joseph Davison. a British subject, near Yaroslav. For six days and nights the <-rew of the schooner N komis, which foundered in a term, were exposed to the fury of the elements till they were washc-d ashore near Pensaeoia, Florida, unconscious. Edith Woodward, aged thlrty-ttve. house- keeper to a draper living at the JIumo.es, near Swansea, was found dead on Tuesday morning, having been suffocated bv gas. The tap of the gas-jet had been turned full on. Limerick Corporation has defeated a resolu- tion that the Mayor and officers should not attend any function at which militaay bands played or the Union Jack appeared.