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THE MASTER AT FAULT. FOR THE STRANDING OF THE J SARAH RADOLIFFE. The Cardsff stipen.diary (Mr. T. W. Lewis) delivered judgmeat Oil Saturday :n the inquiry cobcerninc: the stranding of the Scir aih Ea^dclitTe. The judgment stated: primary ca-naa of the PtrandiTur of the vessel was ttir;g. an impr-»]X-r cout-se. 'ITie course laid at Euroj-ka Point, and ;t1f'(ju('nt¡:v altered, would no:, have bocn folkwed by the ,"tranding if the DlW3t-{>rhad been on the bridge when the ea-fety of his veeswl imperatively required his presence. He worn Id then have derecteti his error, found thLt the reesel was four mileti to the north of her course, and by porting hie helm conld have averted the- disaeteis She was not iiavig-ated with proper a,nd eea- m-anlik-t- earc, and the serio.16 dwaigs ",la. sustained was ca-ttsed by the culpaL<!e actf and defatilt of the master. The court, how, ever, givinsr weigtt to the fact that the master laboured under a g-reat di. a-dvant in not. having been supplied by the rna-nairing ownpr, Mr. Henry Badclitt'e. with a proper and guftieicnt chart, suspends his certificate for tho,e mont:hF only.

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BARRY CRISIS i — V NOTICES HANDED IN ) "Policy of Tyranny" RAILWAYMEN'S DEMAND I Sunday was an occasion brimful of criti- ¡ Cal issues so far as the railwaymen in the 81rlploy of the Barry Company were con- cerned. Three meetings were held at Bi-rry. I In the morning a special meeting of the central executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants was held at the -IY-hall, Barry, under the presidency (If Mr. J. R. Bell, M.P., chairman* to con- sider the whole situation in view of the Various grievances under v hich the men of all grades worked, more especially those cf the locomotive department, the determina- tion havin., been expressed to bring about Ili General strike unless more pacific means in the meantime prevailed. At this meeting a deputation of the men dtailed the grievances, and a report of the ¡ Executive was oonimunicated by Mr. Bell to a Haass meeting of the Barry railwaymen held at the same place in the afternoon, when the hall was crowded, and a spirit of intense enthusiasm and determination, prevailed. The chair was occupied by a Barry driver. The Chairman, in opening the*proceedings, Said the men had endeavoured to lay their case before the officials and directors of the Barry Company, but with unsatisfactory results. intolerable Conditions Mr. Richard Bell; M.P., addressing the men, ()f whom there were nearly a thousand ti-esent, said the meeting was called for the specific purpose of considering the intolerable conditions under which the men employed on the Sarry Railway had to work. They had Adopted every means a their disposal to bring their complaints and grievances before the responsible heads and officials of the Company. They had followed up the disci- plinary stage of the negotiations, and gone beyond the officials, the locomotive superintendent, and the general manager, and had appealed to the board of directors, and it was needless to say that they had not been fairly treated by those in respooiBible authority. Inasmuch, therefore, as they had not received justice and fair treatment, it was now for them to determine what further steps to take in the inatter—whether to accept the situation lying down or to take stronger measures to Enforce better conditions. (Cheers, and cries of We will.") He had read in the Western Mail" the previous day that the noble chairman of the Barry Company (the Earl of Plymouth) had said at a meeting of share- holders on Friday, referring to the unrest and dissatisfaction which prevailed amongst the employes of the company, that, so far as could be eeen, there was nothing at issue Much (-"Mild not be adjusted if reasonable \'lews prevailed. Ho agreed, but he said the tJublio were entitled to be informed of the grievances under which the men suffered. "Up to the change of management, two or three years ago, there never lutd been any of the grounds cf complaint hich had since become so preva.lent. It was not their business to find fault with the company for constructing engines which could not be kept cool, but the system of persecution and tyranny which the menha.d suffered for a-Howing their engines to get hot had passed beyond the line of reason. Since the advent of the present locomotive superintendent of the company, Mr. Golding. there had been complaints against the men which were unheard of under th'3 old regime. Complaint to Board of Trade The points of dissatisfaction had nothing to do with wages or the hours of labour, so that they did not come under the provisions of the new agreement between the Board of Trade and the rail-way com- panies of the country, tut he (Mr. Bell) reported to the Board of Trade specific instances of the coiiditi-on of some of the locomotives need on the Barry Railway. A copy of these complaints he com- municated to the chairman* of the company, Lord Plymouth. In consequence of these complaints the Beard of Trade sent down two inspectors to conduct an inquiry, but as soon as he (Mr. Bell) put in an appear- ance the general manager, Mr. Lake. objected to his attendance. The result of this inquiry fully verified the charges which had been made, and a. promise wss given "-on behalf of the company—that the defects refene-d to would be rectified. The policy of tyranny and persecution continued, and in October a. deputation of the men had Interviews with the general manager. \he-n the grievances were fully gone into, but although the men were hopeful that some measure of redress would be given, things had gone on from bad to worse. Liniuslt and unfair punishments had been inflictrd by the lo lotive superintendent irpon the men under his jurisdiction. Mr. Bell went on to describe what he considered were very'extra- ordinary changes in < meet ion with the con- Ftruction of the locomotives on the Barry Railway. The Hosgood regirfte was entirely displaced by the Golding diepensa- tion. with the result that whereas the same type of engines would run long dis- tances on the great railways without atten- tion, drivers on the Barry had to jump off to lubricate their engines twice on the short run between Barry and Cardiff. During the last twelve months 106 reports had been made by the locomotive superintendent of engines running hot, and 43 men had bce;i Punished. There were men on the Barry Railway-men of ability and experience—who had had charge of engines for the* greater Dart of twenty years, and who were capable drivera before they came to Barry. Yet these men. in order to keep their engines going, had to use as much as twenty or thirty pints of oil per day. He hoped the directors would consent to receive a deputation on hehall of the men, and thus hear both sides of the question. Mr. Bell went on to describe the superceasion of old and tried hands on the Barry by discharged men from other com- panies. who had been placed over their heads. He noticed in the report of the shareholders' meeting that the deprfty-chairman alluded to the increase of working expenses. He ven- tured to say it would be to the interests of the shareholders if they inquired into the; working of the locomotive department. it was a commiTO occurrence for ships at the docks to have to wait for together for an engine to take the trains of coal down. A had to wait six hours yes-; terday." Mr. J. H. Thomas, the district organiser, also addressed the meeting, and made a; strong appeal for loyalty and cohesion on the pr-rt of the men. Mr. J. R. Bell, tho president of the Amalga-j mated Society of Railway Servants, in a brief address, alBo enjoined the men to stand, shoulder to shoulder. A resolution deciding to tender notices on; the part of the men was carried unanimously, Mr. Brorlie, of Newcastle-on-Tyno. cue of the' delegates of the North Eastern Railway on the central executive, li,.tvirg strongly enjoined the men to stand firmly together. A further resolution was passed that all negotiations should in future be conducted through the general secretary and central executive. Before the close of the meeting all present signed notices to terminate their engagements with the Barry Company. The number of notices, which will be handed in to-day (Monday), will be about 1,5M. Mass Meeting of Trades Unionists Mr. W. Brace. M.P.. presided at a mass meeting of Trades Unionists of the district which vas held on Saturday at the Masonic- hall. Barry, for the purpose of expressing their sympathy with the ra-ilwayinoin. Addresses similar to those delivered at the railwayrne/i 's were delivered by Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., and Mr. J. H. Thomas. Samuel Pis her pledged the support of the Ccaiirimmers' Union with the railway- men Councillor J. A. I.ovat-Fraser, as a former representative ox the railwaymen's ward on the Barry Council, said they had his entire sympathy and goodwill in the present cir- cumstances. The men had for some time been subject to a. systematic policy cf perse- cution and tyranny at the hands of the olUeials. A resolution was passed that. having learned that the workmen had decided to tender notj, it was hoped that a meeting between the directors, officials, and the work- njen would be held, so that the points in dis- iHite might be settled by conoiiiation. Mr. Brace said that, in conjunction with 1Ib-. Hicba.rd Bell, he had done what he couid dm'ing the past week to assist in settling the dispute without the necessity of the men banding in their notices. It was the pro foiind conviction of his heart that it would be nothing short of a scandal and a disgrace if a gr-at railway company like the Barry ''1lll their men were to drift into a stoppage of a little conciliatory spirit. MEN UNANIMOUS We understand that all the notices have been handed in, except two, are as Itüoti as delivered.

Death Sentence." 4 1 Deatli Seiitence.I THE CZAR IN DANGER Plot to Blow up Palace DISCOVERY OF BOMBS That the startling rumours current of an attempt upon the lives of members of the Russian Impe-rial Family were not entirely without foundation may now be definitely stated. I am able (wires the Paris cor- respondent of the Central News) to give the following details regarding the discovery of a plot hatched by the Terrorists, who, it would appear, have been able to gain the most complete information regarding affairs in the Imperial Palace A fortnight ago the Empress, entering the room in which the infant Czarevitch sleeps, was etartled to find a letter lying on the bed. An examination showed that the docu- ment was a Terrorist "death sentence," simi- lar to the missives which have frequently been mysteriously delivered to those marked out for assassination. It was briefly and plainly worded. It intimated that the Czarevitch waa doomed, and could no longer escape his destiny. The fate of the Czar also, it was declared, was sealed. That euch an occurrence could have taken place in the Palace, where every attendant has been subjected to the most searching tests of his or her loyalty, was a circum- sto,nce sufficiently alarming to demonstrate tho necessity for prompt action. Detectives were called in, and a thorough search was made, the sequel being a discovery of a sen- i satiomd character. A network of electric wires, concealed in the most ftigenious manner, was found, and these being traced along their courses proved to be connected with no fewer than seven-, teen powerful bombs. The bombs had been placed at widely distant spots in the Palace, and a hidden operator, by simply pressing an electric button in accordance with infor- mation supplied to him by accomplices, would have been able to wreck any given section of the building', or even the entire or eved the entire Palace. An official contradiction of the above story may be expected, but the facts were narrated to me by an informant upon whom the greatest reliance may be Pla.ced.-ocntralj News. An Officer's Confession In connection, with the recent rumour of an attempt on the life o?f th? Czar, the Pans Matin rei?t?s that ?c,?? otit six months a,?? a Cossack officer, who was mounting guard outside the door of the Czar's bedroom, called the guard; who promptly ran to him. Pa-le and staggering, the officer murmured, "Arrest me." He -was removed, and on becoming calmer stated he was affiliated to a ba.nd of revolutionaries, and had been selected to kill the Cz.a,r that 'nig'ht, but when he was on the point of entering the j room his courage failed him.

TERRITORIAL ARMY SCHEME Cardiff City Council to Move The Lord Mayor, replying at Cardiff City Council to-day to Dr. Smith, who called attention, to the decision of the county asso- ciations under the Territorial Army scheme to make Shrewsbury, an English town, the divisional headquarters of the Welsh Division, promised that he would bring the matter before the Parliamentary committee as early as possible.

LADY CASHIER STABBED A mysterious stabbing affray took place on Saturday afternoon on the premises of Messrs. W. and H. Bunce, provision merohants, BayBv.-ater. It. appears that about four o'clock Henry Mitchell, a- shop aesiBtant, who was temporarily engaged in the cellar, called the cashier, Eliza Heed, aged 33, aaid shortly after she went do'wn to him shrieks were heard, and it was found that the young woman had been seriously wounded with a poultry knife. After being for a while semi-conscious, she was a-ble to indicate that the wounds had bc?.Tt i'nfh?cd by Mitchell, who, she said, s'ca'Ped mtb the street. The woman was ?kf? to the hospital, where she was reported yesterday to be making satisfactory progress, and her alleged aesa-il-aat is in custody.

CHILD BEGGAR'S ORDEAL One of the victims of the distress prevail- ing in the North is Emily Parker, a, little tot of six, who had a week's misery ended on Sa-t-urday at Newcastle-on-Tyne by the mer- oiful law which enables the police to oha.rge a child with not being under proper guar- dianship. Every day during the week the child had stood cutsid? the door of a restaurant asking alms from. 7.30 in the morning until ten at night, being brought over from Gateshead by her brother a-nd left for the da.y. In answer to the Bench, the child lisped (Mt through t?ars the atr?t in which fhe lived, and a. rema.nd was ordered, 80 that her parents might be found. ■-

GIRL'S FRIGHTFUL DEATH A horrible death was dcccribed at the inquest oil Saturday on a girl named Julia Sheehan, twenty, of Poplar. She was a machine htti-d employed by a MîllwaIl firm of paint manufacturers. Another emplce told the coroner that deceased mounted the guard of her machine to clean the fee d-pr out, the machine being in motion, When her arm was caught and she was gradually dragged, screaming into the feeder. It was stated, amid a shudder of horror I t N' a" in ocmrt, that the girl was dragged into what is known as the pot,' in which there are revolving knives, and her body was cut up almost into sausage meat."

SPONGE FISHING BYSUBMARINE A submarine has been built by a company a.t Bix?rta for sponge aching. When snnk it can travel on a sort of wheel along the bottom of the sea, being worked by two submarine cars from the inside'.—It collects sponges by means of a mcchanicel gripper, and has electrical search-lights, a telephone, and a speaking-tube, by which it can com- rnunica/te with a boat on the surface. The submarine has already been down a depth of 330ft.

NO GREY HAIRS AT 88 Miss Catherine Aggie, who died at Col- chester on Saturday, after only two days' illness, at the age of 88, had not a single grey hair. Her teeth were perfect and her '('om- plasion was wonderfully clear.

CORPSE KEPT FOR 13 DAYS A woman dressed in black attended before Mr. Plowden at -Ainrylebon.(, ,Yid applied for assistance from the poor-box. According to Warrant-sergeant Bowler, her husband died on January 28 while at work in the West-end through breaking a blood-vcv-eel, and on the 31st an inquest was heir. The body was removed the following da,y from the mortuary to the man's addre^ in Burae- street, and there it has remained ever since, the widow being unable to pay the expenses ofburia.L lfr, Plowdeu strongly reproved her .for having kept the dead body in the house all that time without telling the parish authorities or anyone else. It was a dTcadful thing, he sraid, seeing that she had a large family, and was most da-ngerense to the health of other people. "Well, but he i.s beautiful to look at," she replied, innocently.

— —" SUICIDE ON WIFE'S GRAVE, I/ueaen Ph-iliu shot himself over the grave of liim first wife a.t Fontai neb lean on Saturday. His second wife hanged he.rsojf in deepair some months ago ],;lWC he never coafed grieving for her predecessor.

_-c-=- -=-==' HODGES' ROW NOT THE SQUARE A depiitation from J x> u u o u n -s q u a re asked the Cardiff City Council to-day not to oon- vert the northern half of the open space into a play-ground. Mrs. Greatrex, Dr. Girvan, Mr. Morgan, and others spoke, and said that if the suggestion of the parks committee were arried int-o effect the house property in the square would be depreciated. They suggested that the Marquess of Bute be approauched with a view to obtaining a play- ground in Hodgcs-i;ow. The Lord Mayor promised that. tie matter ahocii receive consideration.

Music-Hal I Trouble I MR. S TOLL'S WARNING OF A LOCK-OU Whatever attitude the variety artistes may ¡ adopt, the matinee to be held at the Cardiff I Empire in aid of the infirmary will take place. Mr. C. H. S. Dring, the manager, ¡ on Sunday morning received the following letter from Mr. Oswald Stoll:- Cranboura. Marions, Cranbourn-street, London, W.C., ~J February 8, 1908. Dear Mr. Bring,—Please hold matinee, giving the best performance possible. Put bills outside notifying the public that the programme may be different from that aderUsed, no artiste having been so adver- t:ed who did not give his direct individual promise to appear without reference I%any third party. Tho?e patrons who have booked seats may have their money refunded if they would rather take that course than help the object of the matinee. The management ask the public to sup- port the performance, and the directors of Bmpdres (Limited) have decided to heip the fund by a donation of L-loo should any material differences in the actual pro- gramme as compared with that advertised transpire. If differences occur they will be due to an attempt on the part of the executive of the Variety Artistes' Federa- tion to coerce managers into a course ol action that the arbitrator's award in the recent strike does not authorise them to dictate, and regardless of the fact that any dispute on any question whatever may be -referred to the arbitrator for a decision at the instance of both partiee. This question in respect of a like incident at Birmingham was referred to _him by me, and not by the other side. On that account alono the arbitrator could not deal with it. 1. there- fore, muet be absolved from having adopted an unreasoning attitude. The Federation pretend that the question is simply whether the manager shall hand 24 per ccnt. of the gross receipts to the Variety Artistes' Benevolent Fund, but that is not the real object. If it were, the Federa- tion could dir0Ct their members to charge a nominal fee for charity services, the artistes receiving it paying it over to the Artistes' Benevolent Fund. The manage- ment ask the public not to allow the cause of the Cardiff Infirmary to suffer from these unseemly tactics.—Yours faithfully, OSWALD STOLL, Managing Director Moss' Empires (Limited). MR. STOLL'S WARNING. As briefly stated in our columns on Satur- day, Mr. Oswald Stoll has issued a warning to all variety artistes through an advertise- ment in the Era." The Variety Artistes' Federation, says llr. Stoll, would have the world believe that all ',he trouble is about Mr. Stoll's objecting to a paltry 2s per cent. of the proceeds of charity matinees being devoted to their own benevolent funds. But the real issue IJes much deeper. What the Federation aims at is to gain oontrol of the business arrange- ments of the various theatres. Thig is nroved by the fact that the Federation demand now that their members shall be given in their contracts stated times for their acts to take in the programme. This is what the ma/nagftrs resent as interference with the business of the theatres. Another item, he says, the Federation is anxious to suppress is that Mr. Bostock with- drew from the Glasgow Theatrical Sports' performance on February 4 on account cf the artiste's demanding one-third—not 2i per cent.—of the profits for thenr funds. Yet another glaring instance, he adds, of their autocratic methods may be cited. The Peter- borough new Hippodrome asked permission of the Federation three weeks ago to hold a charity matinee. This was granted by the Federation on condition that 2i per cent. went to the Federation funds. "When it was found that the matinee was to be held on a Saturday the Federation withdrew its permis- sion, thus dictating to the management the day on which it should give its charity matinee. Mr. Stoll claims that a computation of the theatrcs that will be involved in the lock- out shows that at least 139 will be closed in London and the provinces. The ma<nage- m.ents of these concerns are pledged to close on a given date. More, possibly, will join in the movement. This means in round figures that 9,739 stage hands, flymen limelight men, musicians, attendants, programme sellers, and officiil-, rill be thrown out of 1 employment, in addition to the artistes who will be idle." Reply by the Federation I On Saturday evening Mr. Monte Bayly, the general secretary of the Variety Artistes' Federation, issued a reply to Mr. Stoll. In the course of it Mr. Bayly says:- i Mr. Stoll raises the bogey of a lock-out.' We would refer- Mr. St-oll to the last para- graph in the awardy wherein it is stated that there is to be peace until January, 1912; that there can be no lock-out or strike unless the arbitrator has given his decision that one of the parties has broken the award. On no less an authority than lir. Stoll himself this is a matter not arising out ofltlie. award,' therefore it is impossible for Mr. Stoll to obtain the arbitrator's deci- sion in his favour. The question of gratuitous services at charity matinees never was and never coul d be a matter of the award, which Ideals only with conditions of contract for which payment is received." j

MET IN LEICESTER-SQUARE | I' A charge under the Vagrancy Act was made, on remand, at Wætminster Police- court on Saturday against Walter Lewis, a,lias Lisle, a young man described as a bookmaker's clerk, formerly of Croydon. Mollie Francos, the prosecutrix, said she would be seventeen next, May, and had been introduced to prisoner last August j n Lekicster-s-qiiare. In 'September she went- to live wit-h him at a^Jiouee at Blandford- squar-e, where she found him in pocket money a.nd good clothes. He never did any work, and was well aware of her mode cf livelihood. Inquiries made were said to confirm the statement made last week that Lewis was the associate of the worst cf ehi-ia-etem, and had not done a day's honest work for years. Before associating with the prosecutrix he had lived on another woman. Prisoner wafe sentenced to three months' ím-pri£onment.¡

SOCIALISM & THE CHURQH The annual coaveiition of the Free Churches Council for Cardiff and district began on Saturday, and will close on the 12th inst., at Bethany Baptist Chapel, St. Mary-street. The Rev. F. B. Meyer delivered a closely-reasoned address on ^socialism of the Wet Sort." The lecturer, in the course of his remarks, said it was impossible for the churches to remain indifferent. They must show they were prepared to do all they could to improve the environment in which toellS o-f thousa-nds live. Spr-aking of I the sweating system, he said all honour was* due to tho press for revelations which hither-1 to had b-0211 hidden from their eyes. There was no reason why a man shoti-ld net be a Aoci, aliFt on the one hand, and a member of a Christian Church on the other. The ser- vices on Sunday were well attended. 9 —mm inn

PRESENTATIONS AT CARDIFF The Brm of Charles H. Hu?s (Limited), ship chandlers, held their third, annual dinner at Barry' ?' P^staura.nt, Cardiff, on Satur- day night. Mr. IL Emery presided, and the senior member (Mr. Charles Huss) and others of the directorate were also present, besides representatives from the leading branches. In t.he course of an enjoyable programme presentations were made to two of the directors, Messrs. Tom Hu,)s and George Grey.

WORKMEN'S OBLIGATIONS At a meeting held at the Victoria-hall, Rbyniney, on Saturday evening it was reported that the Pontlottyn workman had 11- t contributed anything towards the main- tenance of the cottage hospita-l since June last year. Patients from Pontlottyn were continually admitted and treated at the hospital at Ikie expense of the Khymnoy wo-r,kmen. It was decided to send a deputa- tion to wait upon the Pontlottyn Doctors' Committee, to stats that unless they contri- buted towards the hospital as Rhymney workmen did no more PonHo1-tyn pa-tieiits would be admitted.

I ACTRESS AND A BABY Lily Cowes, aged the actress, accused with a imm, named Frederick Plumb, of gtealing a baby. Violet Gibbons, from its parents, was bound over at the Middle:=ex Sessions oil Saturday, promising to go into a home. Sounsel said she had been actuated by the instinct of motherhood to have a baby to nurse. There was no criminal intent. At the a-ge of fifteen she was ruined. She mar- ried a man at a registry office, .but left him at the altar, practically speaking, to go and live with a man wh-o betrayed her when she was only fifteen. The prison doctor thought. her mentally weak, and likel yto be easily led. Sir Ralph littler adjourned the cas,e siga.iiiet Plun!?.

Scouring the Mountains I SEARCH FOR MERTHYR BOY On Saturday afternoon a rumour was current that Cromwell Davies, the missing Merthyr boy, had been found at Pen- rhiweeiber. The report seems to have originated from informa,tion given to the police at Merthyr Vale by a man named Isaac Davies that he had seen a boy ftslowering t-he description of the missing child with a gipsy man and woman at Pemrhiwoeiber. The report, however, proved untrue. Still, inquiries were made. The Merthyr police have received a et-range letter from an inmate of the Fulha-m Infirmary at Hammersmith, subscribing himself as Horace Pctre, in which the writer, in wild words, describes a dream, revealing the presence of the body underneath a big frto-ne in some open fields. A rough drawing accompanied the letter, but no serious atten- 1 tion has been piaid to the communication. I On Sunday about 300 Volunteers—the Merthyr detachment of the 3rd V.B. Welsh Regiment, joined by several men of the Cefn oompany of the 1st II.B. South Wales Borderers, under Captain P. T James, and the Merthyr Va,le detachment, under Captain Dowdeswell—made a, search of the mountain on the eastern side of the Taff Valley. The two contingents, dressed in khaki uziifcrn-i, spread themselves out in skirmishing order, each man carrying a stick, the Merthyr section working down from Twynyrodin, and the other up from Treharris, until they both met. The whole ground was thus carefully explored, but with- out any cffeütive result.

WHERE COUNSEL FAILED I A barrister "for the defence" was conscious that he- ha,d a wea.k caae, and his only cha-neo wais winning the sympathy of the jury. He was cross-examining his last witness. "Have you any occupation, my lad?" he asked th witness. No. sir." "Don't you do any work?" No, ser." You mem to say you loaf about?" Yes, sir. Well, what does your father do?" "Same as me, sir." How does he support, the home, then?" He doesn't, sir. Mother does mangling. Counsel grew indignant. "The fact is, you and your father are ^worthless fO-Iow-s-w good to anybody ? Does your father drink?" Hadn't you better ask him?" replied the lad. There he is in the jury-box—third from the end!"

EXTRAORDINARY CHILD [ An extraordinary child was the subject of an inquest at Battersea on Saturday. Dr. Freyoorgoeor said the child (who was aged five months) had drum stick" fingers and toes, the heart was ou the right side, instead of the left, the position of the lung-s was reversed, the aorta curved down the right side instead of the left, the liver was on the left side instead of the right, there was no spleen, the stomach came down in the middle of the body, there was no divi- sion between the two chambers of the heart, and the arteries which provide the lungs with blood were closed, the lungs being pro- vided with blood through a commnnication between the aorta, and the -remaining por- tion of the pulmonary artery. It was a "jumbled up condition." which had existed prior to birth. The child died of bronchitis. It was a wonder it lived so long, and if it had survived until it could stand it Would have died of heart disease.

DANCING. I It is a mistake to think that dancing is merely a physical exercise, says M. Giraudet, president of the French Academy of Authors and Professors of Choregraphy. o. Dancing iB more than that. Dancing is a spiritual exercise also. Dancing moralises and edifies. He is at work on a "gTand method of physical education, which will he, ae it were, a com- plete guide to life." Dancing, of course, is the ba.sis of his scheme of regeneration, and he calls earnestly upon all "professors of choregraphy" to understand their high mis- sion in the world, and what great things they may achieve in the education, of youth, "upon which all social rirtuse depend." In the main the moralising effoct of dancing is to "combat false doctrines and uproot evil te-a- dencies, especially vanity and conceit, which beget idleness, the mother of all vices." This "vast and fruitful programme will be studied closely and eia.bora.ted in detail la-ter on." AVe await impatiently its elaboration (says the "Daily Telegraph").

HAUL OF BANK NOTES I A rean.arka.ble ctory was told when Philip Beresford, an engineer, was remanded on Saturday at Bow-street o;n a charge of forg ing and uttering bills of exchange in the name of Captsin Brassey, of the Life Guards. The evidence showed on January 24 a tele- graph messenger called at Cox's Bank, Charing Cross, with a letter and a bill, both typewritten, for £ 3G0, purporting to be signed by A. F. Cox. and accepted by Captain Brasaey. As the bill appeared to be in order, the messenger was given an envelope containing £300 in bank notes. On January 27 the same thing occurred, and L300 was paid. Accused, it was alleged, next tried a bill for Si,ooo, but this was refused, and as a result of Captain Brassey denouncing the bills as forgeries the accused weus arrested.

KIDNAPPING OUTRAGE I At Cag,na,,iio Vara-no, near Foggia, Italy, early yesterday a. n umber of girls were going to an c-live grove, singing as they went, to collect the fruit. Amongs-t thorn was a beautiful woman, eighteen years cf age, named M,argh-e--r-ita, Daloja-, who wae, so to speak, the queen of the festival. Suddenly five masked and armed men ra.?hed out of a thicket. The girls nan a;way ecreamsmg, but the five ma-lePactors caught Ma/rgherita and disappeared with -her. A rural policeman tried to liberate her, but he was threatened with revolvers by the gang. However, he quickly summoned wine of his collengues, and followed the raiders and took from them tbrir prisoner, who was tnrmhling with fright.

BURGLARS CAUSE A FIRE I Investig-atiiig the •c.ircuTOSta.TiceB of a. fire which destroyed a block of business premises in York-street, Glasgow, the police dis- covered that the premises had been forcibly entered 'before the outbreak. It is believed that burglars had aeokicure 11 y dropped a, light and set fire to the building. Yesterday two men who were in possession of articles taken from -the second floor of the premises, where the outbreak; originated, werp arrested.

MARRIAGE REPORT DENIED The report that Cs?nt A?xandcr Hadik, Vienna, was engaged to the widow of Mr. Cor- r?Uus Vanderbilt caused an unusual sensa- tion at Vienna and Buda Pesth, but was yes- terday positively contradicted. Count Hadik declared to his friends that the, story of his betrothal to Mrs. Vanderbilt was an absolute invention from beginning to end. The count has not been in America for some time, and took no part in the recent wedding in the Vanderbilt family.

I FELL IN A POOL OF ACID I Percy Booth, aged seventeen, was pent to take a sample of drainings from some vats of acids, which were railed off. Ah he was in the net of taking a sample the rn-il broke, and he fell headlong into the pool. He managed to struggle out and walk to the office, and was then taken to hospital, where he died.

I THREE OF THEM I "I was with myself talking to a man na,med Butcher," said a prisoner at Kin?- I I st.an Pohce-court on Saturday. I

I RHYMNEY RAilWAY- I la order to romov« t?mpo-r?fily the diiB- culties which have ?rn?n in ("Iiiig with traffic at the Oardia. ?Ation ??f th? Rhymney R<nlw?y (?o?np?cy. WOOlm3 have be?n invited for the coastructioj of & pa^saager platform I on the yard now occupied by Messrs. D. Mo'r?'?i and Soue, builders' material lDIe:r-1 C:Ut6, north of the existing qt?ition. Tiue will allow the mineral tmffie to and from the ?,do?ks to be conducted witi, more freedom and promptitude than at present.

LION HUNT IN A PARK i Signer Radicc, a wealthy Italian sports- man, has arranged a lion hunt in his exten- she grounds near Lake Coaio. The lion, which was recently imported from Africa, will be let loose in the wooded portion of the park, which has been surrounded by thick wire netting. A hyena will also be liberated to ati-i to the eyed tamest of the ornart.

SUNDAY TRADING I Lively Debate in Cardiff Council I' Chamber '1 LORD MAYOR LEAVES THE CHAIR Alderman Carey opened an interesting dis- cussion on Sunday trading at a meeting oT the Cardiff City Council to-day by calling attention to a recommendation of the watch committee that the attention cf the Prime Minister be called to the alarming inereac-e in Sunday trading, and that his Majesty's Govern mpnt be called upon to promote a Bill in Parliament with a view to effectively check all unnecessary Sunday trading. If this was agreed to a petition or a letter would have to be aent to the Government, and he was surprised at this attempt to embarrass the Government. It was weil known tha-t ma.ny people avoided outdoor relief by the little trad-e they made on Sun- day. Dr. Smith moved that the recommendation be deleted, and he thought there was a good deal of hypocrisy in this question. Mr. John Chappell: Hear, hear. I believe there is en your side. Dr. Smith, said tihat the eeconded of the resolution at the watch committee went out for a ride in his motor-car on Sundays [I,nd employed his chauffeur to drive the car. Why didn't he go to criureh or chapel and worship his Creator? To be consistent they would ha-ve, to stop their Sunday cars run- ning. Some of the members of the corpora- tion nfeed thci-e ears on Sundays. Chris- tianity was not a persecuting propaganda or a coercive creed. Sunday trading was carried on in the churches and chapels by the sale of hymn books and other literature in the vestry after the morning or evening service. Let them be consistent by abandoning a p-olicy of hypocrisy. Mr. John Mander seconded. Mr. Sessions and Mr. John Chappell opposed the deletion, the latter ridiculing the sugges- tion that the widow and orphan would suffer the greatest hardship. The minute was deleted. After a heated debate on an amendment by Mr. Sanders, which the Lord Mayor ruled out of order, Mr. Sanders altered his amendment with a view of putting it in order, but the Lord Mayor refused to accept it. Amid crias of "CrdeT," Mr. Sanders con- tinued standing and arguing the point with his lordship. Alderman Carey rose to a point of order. The Lord Mayor had ruled several times that Mr. Sanders was out of order, but with ques- tionable taste he continued to press his amendment. He endeavoured by hook and by crook to creep out of the difficulty. Mr. Sanders, again rising, declined to accept the ruling of the Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor: Then we will adjourn the council until you do. His Lordship then arcsc. and, accompanied by several of the Alderman, retired. After an absence of twelve minutes the Dord Mayor returned and resumed his seat. Mr. did not renew the subject, and the business of the meeting was pro- ceeded with.

Kaid Sir H. Maclean INTERVIEW WITH MR. DONALD INTERVIEW WITH MR. DONALD MACLEAN, M.P. I- Mr. Donald Maclean, M.P., who is a distant j relative of Kaid Sir Harry Maclean, states that when the Kaid was in the British Army one of his friends was Colonel Acheson, who married lTrs. Insole, cf Cardiff, a couple of years* ago. During last year Mr. Donald Maclean and his wife spent some time in Southern Spain, where he met the Raid's brother, Mr. Allan Maclean, British Consul at Bilbao, who is very well known to Cardiff mercha-nts and shipowners, and was, natur- ally, doing all in his power to get his brother's release. Contrary to some reports." added Mr. Dojiald Ma-clean, the Kaid was not having a very good time when in the hands of K-aisuli; in fact, he was treated rather badly. Some of his friencfa tried to induce him to feign iHtiees. and sent him some white powder to make his face P1'I.le. He I replied that, as a soldier, he would not resort to a tuick of that kind if it procured i his release. He taught a number of Mo-il g?idipT? 00 play the bagpipes. This a-ppears o have b?cocme known to RfA,imidi, and in retaliation he placed outside I the Raid's tent playei-s of the twostringed fiddle of the country, which completely deprived Sir Harry of sleep for a, consider- able time." Mr. Donald Maclean went to Tangier, where he received letters from his kinsman, and sub- sequently did what he could at the British Foreign Office to get the Kaid released. Sir Harry has a very ftne house at Tangier, and keeps a, stui of horses. He wili proba-hly viBit England, affld then return to Morocco to resume his duticis as commander-in-chief of the Sultan's army. During the time he has occupied that, position, sa.id 31-. M Ic"e' N' he I has done much for Great Britain in Morocco, where he is held in h;gh esteem. Tha.t is the reason why Raisuli asked for British protection for himself.

WRECK OF THE WINDSOR. CARDIFF CAPTAIN AND TWO OF THE CREW I>ROTOM). Messrs Watts, Watts, and Co., the owners of the ill-fated steamship Windsor, whose loss we reported a few (toys ago, have received a telegram stating th-a-t both Captain Walters and the chief mate, have lost their liveii Thoe Windsor WrH, bound from Fre- roajnle (West Australia) to Hong Kong. Captain Walters had been in the service of Messrs?. Watts, Watts, and Oo. for many years, and he was held in high esteem. lie leaves a widow and one little girl. The c,aptaw was last at his house, 32, Moorland-road, Cardiff, fifteen months ago. He is a Pembrokeshire man, and was born at Bulwell Form, near*'Pembroke. On Saturday Mrs. Walters rocerred from t.he owners the sad news, which had been com- municated to her by cable, that her husband had been lost, add th&t the same fate had befallen the chief officer, Mr. Jones, Aber- ayron, who leaves a widow, but no children, and the chief engineer, Mr. Jenkins, who resides at Birkenhead with his mother and sister* being1-:unmarried. A Lloyd's G^raldton message states that tho master, mte. and chief engineer were drowned. The rcms.inder of the crew are safe. A Renter's message from Perth (Western Australia) states that the steamer Windsor has broken up The high FC1 rendered the rescue of the crew extremely hazard ouis. Fishermen and others effected many heroic .rescues in the surf. Five of the Windsor's officers, three apprentices, an-d 26 Chinese were saved. OaptaiTi- Waltqjre (the master), Mr. Jcccg (chief officer), e-rtd Mr. Jenkins (chief engi- neer) were drowned.

NEW COLLIERY WORKINGS AT TREHERBERT. MEN TO COMMENCE WORK FROM I TO-DAY. A long conference took place at the Ynys Vale Collieries in respect of new seams now being developed at the pits recently sunk by the Troedyrhiw Colliery Company at Treher- bert. Mr. W. J. Thomjpson and Mr. Hill (general manager) repreeemted the owners' side, and Mr. Watts Morgan and a deputation of the workmen employed in the seams represented the men's interest. After some serious deliberation, a price-list was dratm up for work to be done in the No. 2 Seam in the Nine-foot. Later in the evening the draft price-list was reported upon at a mass meeting of the work- men. the mffli unanimously ratifying its acceptance, and the committee being in. structed to sign on behalf of the. workmen. Great satisfaction was expressed at the expe- ditious manner in which the whole work had been completed. The men have agreed to start work on the tonnage rate as and from to-day (Monday).

I BOATING TRAGEDY While a young wome-n, named Clair, a (IreesRjalcer, of Wandsworth, was being Taken for a row by I.cr aweet-beaTt on the Tharno; a-t Kew yesterday afternoon, the boat cswdsed, and the occupants were thrown into the water. The young man rescued by trig, hut the girl was drowned.

CIVIL V. MILITARY LAW. At Aberystwyth County-court John Hud-1 son a sergeant-instructor at the Militia barracks, was to have appeared to answer a judgment, summons for £ 13 IBs. lCd. A letter was road claiming exemption from attend, anoe under the Militia Act.—His Hom&ru- j adjourned the case f?r a month, i requested Mr. Owen (fo the plaintiff) t? JM?] ui tha I-v?U*at?x Law in tho meantime.

Ireland's Poor Display. WALES'S PROSPECTS FOR THE TRIPLE CROWN [By FORWARD."] Final score. G. T. P'ts. ENGL.rn 2 1 13 lREL-\ND 1 0 3 Wales is now the fonly unbeaten country in this season's international tourney, Eng- land and Scotland having been defeated Hy Wales and Ireland by England. Whatever happens at Belfast next month, when the Welshmen go through the final test, nothing can rob Wales of at least a share of the championship honours. Wales is the only country that can possibly win the Triple Crown, and being in that happy position, she must make up her mind to prove her title to it by virtue of superior merit. England's victory at Richmond en Saturday flatters the chances of WaJes, and no one who witnessed Ireland's performance would be rash enough to suggest that the same team, would stand the remotest chance against WaJes. The Irish Union eelectors experimented on bold lines by giving eight new caps, and they have had to pay the penalty of their exces- sive enterprise by losing their first match. Unless changes are made that wfti very greatly strengthen the team to meet Scot- land next Saturday week, the second match will also be lost, ancl Ireland will be face to face with the unenviable prospect of winning the wooden gpoon. By the 'way, that Little trophy has not conae to Wales for many years. 11 Saturday's game could be taken with safety as the basis of one's predictions, one could look with equanimity to the match, at Belfast, but there is afcvays this fact to he faced—no one can ever tell what an Irish team is going to do. The difheii]??y ig enha?ic?d by the probability of such changes being made in the constitution of the side as to relider Saturday's game almost worthless as a criterion of Ireland's strength. And yet, on the other hand, one is entitled to make the deduction that there are no better players in Ireland just now than those we saw at Richmond, because if there are they would have been selected. At least, that assump- tion is only fair to those members of the Irish Union who are entrusted with the selection. Ireland wa-s not. only inferior to England in Saturday's match, but positively the least skilful team I have ever seen wearing the green jersey. Some of the blunders of their backs, espe- cially in the first quarter of an hour, were really painful, and the ineptitude of the half- backs caused one to wonder what on earth their e^ua-liifcaticune were for international honoure. During the early period of the game the chances given to the Irish back& rail out of reckoning, and every eon of Erin on the ground must have felt like kicking himself, or somebody else, when he saw blunder after blunder being committed. By a series of rushes the forwards bad gained a nice posi- tion in the English quarter, and by break- ing up the scrums quickly, more than by systematic heeling, they. allowed- their backs to get possession of the ball. But they could do nothing with it, their passing being so erratic ard their handling so faulty that the weakest defence imaginable would have prevailed against such attack. The Irish forwards were quite freeh at this time and full of devil, and they would have served their country better if they had ignored their backs and gone straight .on with the ball. A score for Ireland at this period would probably have ma.de all the difference between winning and losing. At any rate, its moral effect would have proved a factor in the struggle. No one is more susceptible than an Irishman to these little influences, a.nd the early failures of the backs undoubtedly affected the play of the forwards. It was only on rare occasions that we caught a glimpse of the truly traditional Irish forward play, with its sweeping rushes over long stretches of ground. The men were fast enough, and full of Hibernian energy and enthusiasm, j but they were deficient in physique. They were too light amd not strong enough to last through a hard game in which they were opposed to bigger men. I doubt whether any country has ever been represented by a younger and lighter pack of forwards. In seven scrums out of ten they were beaten badly for possession, and Williamson never hard a busier time behind the pack, and he played a found, resourceful game. But Port us, who partnered him, was not a success. For an outside half he lacks that most essential quality--riftiative. He took and gave his passes all right, but he never attempted to make an opening for his centre. What would have changed the whole charac- ter of the game would have been the presence on the Irish side of Carroll and Robinson, both of whom are entitled to be classed as wrorthy successors to the most brilliant and versatile of all Irish half-hacks—Louis Magee. Aston and Smartt, both of whom are Dublin University men, were expected at least to ehow that they understood each other's play, especially as they had been described by oome of the London critics as being the cleverest pair of half-backs playing Rugby football in these days. Anyway, Ireland'e greatest wevhu-ss wae at half-back on Satur- day, and those supporters of h ales who have a keen desire to win the Triple Crown once again cannot hope for anything better than that Aetcra a.nd Smartt will be chosen to play against WaleS. Parke was the only one of the Irish three-quarters to show int- national form, and next to him came Thomp- son on the left wing. Thrift failed to utilise Jais great epeed. although he had several i opportunities of doing 130 in the opening, stages. Hinton played a sound, reliable game at back, his touch-finding being altogether admirable, But it was a poor, scrambling game, and a sorTy contrast to the magnificent spec- tacle presented at Swansea by Wales and Scotland on -the previous Saturday. Inter- national matches between England and Ireland se-em to be played in a vastly Idiff-eient atmosphere to that which we breathe in Wales on kindred occasion. One does not feel that intensity of se.riousniess associated with Welsh matches, and victory does not inspire that some enthusiasm which Hways the multitudes in Wales. The result is that one leaves the field with a feeling of disappointment. A pleasant feature of the I match was the efficiency of Mr. T. D. Scho- field's refereeiiig He interpreted the rules in a broad, rational Fpirit. and his conduct of the game from beginning to end gase entire satisfaction to everybody. His expev rier.ee as the man in charge of the game will be valuable to "T. D." ae one of the selectors of the Welsh team to play Ireland on the sedond Saturday in March. Per- sonally, I was never more confident of Wales emerging triumphant from an international engagement, notwithstanding past failures at Belfast. My impression ig tliili Ireland has struck a lean time, and that it will take a couple of ecaeons to build up a strong side. England, on the other hand, has Jet better team, than most peojfif imagine, and if an outside half of international class can be found, the red, red rose will bloom onoe again. To beat Scotland at Inverleith is a tall order, but the Englishmen stand a very good fighting chance of doing the trick this' season. Some changes are likely to be made in the Welsh team which defeated Scotland. Room will have to be found for Dr. E. T. Morgan, and a couple of new forwards ought to be introduced. A player of Casey's type would be the right man to play against Ire- land. With his solid scrimmaging he com- bines cleverness and speed in the open, and his tackling is quite above reproavh. Thurs- day's county match at Cardiff ought to be of considerable service to the selectors, more- particularly in regard to the forwards. Whether any change will be made at half- back is highly problematical, and I must s.ay that it would savour of a harsh injus- tice to drop either Bush or Vile, seeing that they played on a winning side against Eng- land and Scotland, and that there is such a fair prpspect of the Triple Crown being adorned with the leek once again. I under- stand that Bus-h'« injury on Saturday was not so serious as to keel) him out of the field for moire than a couple of weeks at the out- bide. In local clnh football the surprise of the day to most people was the defeat of Cardiff by Neath. One effect of Neath's victory is that the Welsh championship has been made delightfully open, and we may confidently look forward to amother battle royal between the Welsh Metropolitans and Swansea next Saturday week. Nen-th are to be congratu- lated upon having recovered some of their old-time glory in Welsh football. To have beaten Cardiff and LlaneUy is an achieve m-e-nt which places them in the front rank of club football, and it is all the better for the game that spolla of W3-r should be dit- tribiited .over a, larger area. Newport made a plucky fight against Swansea, and must have played on the top of their form ft have kept the score down to the limit of a penalty goal and a try. Ijiacelly could not do bettor than draw with Merthyr, and their recent performances do not bear out the expectations c-raafced by their sensational j wrn over Cardiff.

LLAXETjJ? A!J BUBRY TORT L L,  P O P-, WATER BILL. A private conference of representatives of the Llarrelly Rural District Council, the Burry Pert Urban District Council, and the Parliamentary committee of the Ccrmar- tlieushire County Council took place at the county offices, Carmarthen, on Saturday, thp Rcv. A. Fuller Mills. Carmarthen, presiding. ow-xni.y council's opposition to the Water Bill r*^<nte?U''d by tin Llanelly and Burr"?- Port Councils was under discussion, and it fvmG decided to refer tho matter to a eul>- 0CMAAITT9A.

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I Vicar of .St. Mellon's, DIES-AITER A BRIEF ILLNESS The death took pjace last night, of the Rev. Theophilus Bees vioar of St. Mellon's. The rev. gentleman, who wa,s about 70 years of age, had I)-een in poor health for the last twelve months, but he was only taken seriously ill last Tuesday. He was one of the oldest Cardiff guardians, having been a member cf the board far for about 25 years. The rev. gentleman, who had been vicar of Mellon's, with Llanedeyrn, since 1893, wens ordained deacon in 1371, and :n.'IC'Č'iVled priest's Orders six years later. His first ouracy was at. Beoaufort, Mon (1871-S-i. and for the next fourteen years, up to 1693, he laboured with success as vicar e>f Pentyrch. Deceased leaves a sou and daughter, ilr. Theo, Roes, registrar of births and deaths, Cardiff, a,W Mrs. CallingwDod. wife of the town-clerk of Carlisle.

Manslaughter Charge ACCUSATION AGAINST A CARDIFF MAN i Patrick O'Neill, of 42, Aiick-efcreet, Cardiff, is under arrest and will be brought before the magistrates to-day (Monday) on a charge of manslaughter. In a«treet cjnarrel with his brother-in-law, Chas. Ba.rues, of 47, Caroline- street, O'N?ill is alleged to have knocked him I down and jumped on. him, causing mt?.mal injuriœ. This was on the Srst of the month, when Barnes was taken home in a nti'm condition. ?ve? 811œ he has bead attm,-?drd' by Dr. Timms, who, on Sunday, notified the police of -his patient's serious condition. Mr. T. Andrews, J.P., was scant for, and, in the I yreeefnee of O'Neill, the dying man's deposi- tions were taken. He immediately after- wards expired. O'N"eill was then arrested. Prisoner Remanded Patrick 0 oN ei1, aged 24, labourer, was brought up to-day (before Messrs. E-iward Thomas, James Allan, and James Munn) charged for that he Oil the 3th inst. feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice afore- thought killed and murdered Charles Barnes. Detective Rosser stated that at -eight o'clock on Sunday night he went to 42, Helen street, where he arrested prisoner, whom at that stage of the proceedings he charged with inflicting upon Barnes grievous bodily harm. Witness cautioned him, and he made no reply. Superintendent rston applied for a remand until Wednesday. Prisoner raised no objection, and was remanded accordingly, the application he made for bail being refused. | WOUNDING CHARGE AT CARDIFF. A married woman, named Mary Ayland, of 25, Herbert-street, Cardiff, was a.rrer-ted on Saturday night on a charge of cutting and wounding Nora Wadham. The women had a quarrel outside the Freemasons Hotel, and it is alleged that the prisoner threw a ciass at Wadham, cutting her so badly that Ehe had to receive the attention of Dr. Bui.^t, the police-surgeon. Ayland will be brought before the magistrates to-day (Monday).

Backing the Winner ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD The hearing of a. remarkable charge of coanspiring to defraud bookmaker;" by means of fraudulent telegrams was heard en Satur- day at Hants Asisizcp. held at Winchester. Prisoners were George Phillips, 37, shoe- maker and racing tipster; Herbert liowiand Te>wneen-d, 28, commission agent; Walter Charles Connelly, 43, compositor and book- /maker; and John Ma-ylxmk, 34, "marine store dcaltor. Mayba-nk is in business at Deptford. The prosecution called witnesses .0 show how Townsend and CojmeNy worked the :? .1, trick they arp stated to he* re- found so sve- cewsful at Wimbledon on August 15 and at High iand-road Post-office, Portsmouth, on September 5. It was alleged that a, batch of telegrams were handed over the counter a-t 3.45. When they had all been coded four wires were found to be insufficiently addressed, and one of the two men lefi the office, pretending to go and fetch the addresses. In l-eality he went to a telephone office just OP1};[);ite, and got into communica- tion with Maybank's telephone at Deptford while the Range-more Plate race was being run. He then returned to the post-office, the addresses were added to the wires, and, con- tended the prosecution, the name of the wm- n ing horse, Master Hopson, vrae added to each wire, the horse being backed in each case 40s. each way. The hearing of t-he esse was adjourned.

TRAP ACCIDENT IN QUEEN-ST A horse and trap belonging to Mr. Peter O'Neill, fruiterer, of Wymdham-street, Can- ton, was being dri-ve-n along Queen-street to-day in the direction of the Taff Station when in trying to pass a Great Western Railway trolly it collided with an electric standard. The ca,rt wa-s completely over- turned. but the lad who was driving, for- tunately, managed to jump clear, and thus escaped injury. little damage was done to the cart, writ. fruit and vegetables were scattered all Over the road. The horse escaped with a -Iight]-y grazed knee. On Saturday a girl named Dorothy Batten, daughter of Thomas Batten, 88, SaUsbury- road, Cardiff, wae playing an the footway, -when she suiddenly (Stepped back wards into the roadway, and was knocked down. by a cart owned and driven by Mr. 0. H. Lam- bert. grocer, Donald-street— police-constable We Is her took her home and Dr Bnetriy found she had sustained a slight, bruie-e on the back cf the head, arnd a fracture of the left upper arm. The constable, who w-it- ne:sed the accident .states tha.t no blame, i attached to the driver of the cart. A boy named Hayes, run of William Hayes, 31, Miltooi-street, Cardiff, wss crossing tho: road when he was knocked down by a bicycle ridden by F. Spencer Shaw, of 259. Newport-read. He received slight injuries, and was ahje to proceed home.

io-day's Finance 1onday, 1.0 p-m. 110ney in poe,d domand at per cent. Discount Ztl lhrt?- bills rates—siiori bills 3 P61 cent., and three months' bills 52 par cent. Consols we&ter. rail: Money and the Aoe-omit 3-16. Irish Lean i down. Home Rails dull. Americans weak. Trunks eaS. Fall: Third Pief i- Mexican Kails unaltered. foreigners quiet. Mines dull. PRINCIPAL CHANGES. Metropolitan, Dover "A" i. Great Northern Deferred i "p; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Great Western J. Hull and BaTiislCT. Ifcrig-liton A," North Western. Midland Deferred, Kortii Eastern ;1, Xorth. British Deferred j down. Louisville, Norfolk 2, Kansas lg, Beading, Southern Pacific 1.1, Union Pcific 1. Atchison, Canadian Pacific J, Denver, Milwaukee, New York Centra. 0'ntMio ,p, Steels ?, Pref. Chesapeake, Scut-lwrn. Penn- sylvania^ Brie ? down. Mexican. Russian Kmp i. Vnjcr:Hhal":io;Xj;i:'r.o: Ivaahoc 1-16 up: T?nto 1. Esperanaa, Boston, Anaconda Vaa.1 Rinr. Modd?r ?-:?. ?oM?el? Deferred, Knurht?' Rar.d Ki*w? ?? dt??. Hudson Bav :,M 't.:)M ?mj Pi:mn<? ISO..