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I PEER AND DANCER I SAGKVILLE ROMANCEI 1 I Claim to Title & Estates ¡ ■ i REMARKABLE PROBATE CASE In the Probate and Divorce Court to-day the suit involving the succession to the title and estates of the late Lord Sackville, and disclosing a story of romantic interest, came > before the President (Sir John Bingham). The petitioner in the case is Mr. Ernest Henry Jeau Baptiste Sackville-West, who, under the Legitimacy Declaration Act, aaks the court to declare that he is the eldest j legitimate son. consequently, heir of the late 1-ord Sackville, by Josephine Duran de Ortega, known as Pepita Duran, a Spanish dancer, to whom, it was alleged, Lord Sack- Ville was married in 1864 or 1865, when he was Secretary of the British Legation in Madrid. The claimant was born in 1869 at Aroachon, j in Prance, at which time Lord Sackville was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Paris, and acted occasionally as Minister- Plenipotentiary. The present Lord Sackville, formerly Mr. Lionel Edward Sackville-West, a nephew of the late Lord Sackville, and one of the part ies cited as respondents, disputes the claim, allgeing that Lord Sackville was not lawfully married to Josephine Duran de Ortega, a.nd that she was the wife of Juan Antonio Gabriel de 1 aOliva. The Attorney- General is marie a party to the suit, as, officially, it is his duty, on behalf of the Crown, to test the claim* The leading counsel in the case were Sir Hdward Clarke, K.C., for the olaimant; the Attorney-General (Sir William Robeon), representing the CIewn; and Sir Robert Finlay, K.C., and Mr. Eldon Sanies, K.C., for the present Lord Sackville. THE CASE jJPENED t Sir Edward Ciarke, in opening the case, said the claimant alleged that between 1865 tlnd 1867 the late Lord Sackville was married to Josef a, or Josephine Duran de Ortega, and that he (the claimant) was born in 1869 | ot those parents. The Attorney-General re- [ fused to admit the legLtimacy of the claimant, and the present Lord 8ack- ville denied the late Lord Sackville-West Wag married to the lady in question. He alleged that on the 10th of January, 1851, Josef a Duran de Ortega was married to Juan Antonio Gabriel de la Oliva at the Church of St. Millan, Madrid, and remained his wife until her death in 1871. Sir Edward said he was there on behalf of i the petitioner to show that there was a mar- riage between the la-te Lord Sackville and this lady, and that issue '.were left of that marriage. That he proposed to prove by the reputation and the declarations of the late Lord Saokville himself, and in [ the absence of actual proof of the marriage his lordship was asked to take it as proved by the reputation and the declarations in question. The proof as to the other alleged marriage of the lady 1 rested with the Attorney-General. Sir Edward then referred to the pedigree of the late Lord SacJcville and the various diplomatic posts he had filled. He was 4 born in 1827. About the year 1852 he met a person famous as a dancer a Spanish lady, Joseph Duran de Ortega, who was bora. in May, 1850, and was the daughter of Pedro Duran and Catalina Ortega. It also appeared that in 1850 this dancer was living a.t Madrid, and was taking lessona off Juan Amrtondo de la Oliva. She Danced in Pu bl io fiwd her stage name WWi Pepita de Oliva- P'he d&noed in Kcance, GernnMlY. and Spa-in, and ] became famous in her profession, and she | &I&0 earned a ooneiderable amaant of money. Some time before 1853 Lord Seville—them Lionel Sa-ckvi lie W_t-ade her a-cQTiain tr- ance. In 1853 he became the first paid Attache at Berlin, and later was Secretary of the British Legation at Tumn. After that time he seemed to have provided the lady ith a home. On the 23rd of November, IBbZ. a, child was born, who was the lady who after- "ward« married her cousin, the present Lord &aoKviIle, and it was not alleged that that lady was born in wedlock. On the 27th of Jane, 1866, a child was born at Bordeaux, a daughter, who was, as the petitioner alleged, the first legitimate child of the maxria,90 of the late Lord Sackville. She was baptised at the Chuxoh of St. Ferdinand, Bordeaux, apd ""as described in the certificate as the daughter of Lionel Sackville Sackville-West I | and Josephine Duran De Ortega. I Lived as Husband and Wife I 1n 1866 the late Lord ;>ax-kville gave Jose- ) j- l>hine Duran a house at Arcaehon, where she Tesided until her death in 1S71. A number of witnesses would prove that the late Lord | Sackville and the lady lived together there as husband and wife, and had the reputation of being so. In 1866 a daughter was botrn, who was described in the certificate as the legit.imate child of the late (Proceeding.) i
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PONTLOTTYN COAL MINING I Mr. Justice Parker to-day delivered has ^served judgment in the action of Brewer v. the Rhymney Iron Company, by which too Plaintiff sought to restrain an alleged breach of the working covenants in the defendants' lease of the upper and lower Raslas Beams 1 of OOtll under the Pontlottyn estates. His lordship ea-id tha" on the true construction | of the covenants the defendants had a right to work the coal so an to let down the sur- fak* on paying compensation, and so long as they ddd not let down or endanger ho usee and buildings. He held that the defendants were working the coal under the 42 acres under the village of Pontlottyn in a. fair, proper, a.nd workmanlike manner. The action was i dismissed, with costs.
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i "YOUNG MAN OF 50" I f The modern maxim "Too old at 40" is not included in the proverbial philosophy of Mr. I-ritchard, general relieving officer to the Cardiff Guardians. Before the local magis- trutes to-day George Evans (51) was charged W'j.th neglecting to maintain his wife and three children now chargeable to the guar- dians. Mr. Frit-chard said the family beoa.me chargeable in August last, and had since been chargeable. A warrant was iseued, v ^'iucli prisoner evaded until ^Monday. He was an able-bodied mason, only a young man of j 50. and yet he had not given his wife a penny. COmmit,t.ed for one month. On another case instituted by the guar- I diaU8 George Plant (59) was sent for 21 days I for refusing to perform his task of work as an inmate of W. Prichard des- cribed wordlehopping as child's play to a man of the prisoner's stamp.
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SCHOONER'S CREW SAFE The owners of the schooner Four Brothers, of Runcorn, salved on Saturday by the Bull Bay lifeboat, have arrived at Bangor, and report tha.t the crew were taken off the Four Brothere by a Booth liner and landed in I Liverpool, aJl well. The men speak highly of their treatment by the captain of the Booth liner. VESSEL FOUND ABANDONED. j The Hull sailing vessel John and Lillie was i towed into Grimsby on Monday, having been found abandoned off Spurn. Her boat was missing.
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KAISER AND THE BARBER Walking in t'ae Tiergarten one morminig this w-eek, the Kaiser noticed a man lying in the snow uaaiT the footpath. The man trowed to be an out-of-work barber who had fallen from exhaustion. The "daer oom- Dianded tha-t the man ghould be conveyed to a hospntal and eared for at his Majesty's ex- I>en3e, amd caused 'aim to be informed that the Bmperor would personally interest him- ::¡"H in his fut ire as soon as he was able to T'otuxn to wotrk.
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THE CZARINA'S CRUISE The Imperial yacht Standart is shortly ex- J M?'-t?d at ?t. p€ters!burg'. and will be pre- Y Dared for a now crm?. It is rumoured that y { ?c CMj-ma. is going to the south of Europe perhaps to Italy-but no official confiraua- tioa is obtainable.
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"A PILE OF BODIES 1 COLORADO MINE DISASTER I 100 Men Entombed i I • I ALL BELIEVED TO BE DEAD PRIMERO (Ooloradol, Tuesday. An -explosion in the main tunnel of the Colorado Iron and Fuel Company's mine late yesterday entombed over lOG men. All are believed to be dead. Eight bodies have been taken out. Rescuers aTe unable to penetrate to the main shaft, whioh is completely blocked with debris. Little hope is entertained of the entombed miners being alive. They are mostly Slavs or Hungarians. Rescuers report that the effects of the explo- [name] are indescribable. The bodies recovered are unrecognisable. PRIMERO (Later), Seven more bodies have been recovered from the rLine, liternJly blown to pieces. The officials declare that the disaster is the worst in the history of Western ooal mining. A similar explosion occurred in the same mine on January 23, 1907, when 24 men were killed. A Pile of Bodies Found PRIMERO (2.0 a.m.). Seventy-nine bodies were found piled in a. mass at the foot of an air shaft shortly after midnight. The men had evidently rushed thither to escape, and had been suffocated while ba-ttling for freedom. 1 According to the timekeeper, 149 men were working in the mine at the time of the explosion.
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RAID ON A CLUB. Nin men, all of foreign extraction, were ctharged at Row-st reet Police-court on M'on- day with being concerned in the manage- ment of a gambling-house in Red Lion-street, Holborn. In the early h-o'urs of Monday week Superintendent Cameron and Chief-inspector Mackay organised a mid upon premises known as the Mazzini Club, and, as a result of what was discovered, all the occupants of the house were taken into custody, but later in the day nineteen of them, including four W01Uen. were bound over. The remaining nine were Gioeiollo Gotti, a pianist (the treasurer), Giovani Creste, Adelande Pezzi, Umber to Rive, Joseph Dubine, Piet.ro Casse, Lionen Miglkmi, Umberto Boora, and Alfrido Casse. Superintendent James Oameron deposed to organising the zaid, which was carried out shortly after three o'clock in the morn- ing. The Mazzini Club was composed of three rooms—two d'ownetairs and one upstairs. One room wu wed for dancing, and contained a piano. Another was fitted up a.s a bar, and in that were several tables covered with green baize. When the raid was made several men were at the tables with cards before them, and four women were also in the room. Gotti was behind the bar. The only food found on the premises con- sieted of buns, but the police also found a number of bottles of champagne and lighter wines. The upetadrs room was also furnished "with, tables, at which people were playing cards. Chief-inspect or Mackay said that in the upstairs room twelve men were standing round a table, on which was a fpiece of brown Paper marked out with chalk. On the paper were two faro paoks of playing card-s and OOIDe money. Downstairs one of the tables wae marked out with faro beds, and on the 'aro beds, and <)Ti t-he tables and in the bar he fo-und quantities of Paying cards. On Gobti was found a letter showing him to be the proprietor of the club. Police-constable Grey, who gained adsnits- si_ OT'. to the dab on several occasions, said that Gattli detected a Troman cheating at œ, and he struck her t-wioe and knocked a "ag out of her hand. Witness denied that he himself acte(I as banker 011 most of tihe 00086ions he was present, and that he talight several ycung men how to play faro. He aJso denied that he gvive sixpence each to three lads in order tihat play for money mirh,t be glamg on when the polioe raided the house. The police pretended to arrest wit- also, and he wias placed in a cell with the lads who were subsequently bound over. He admitted that he knew how to play faro, but denied that he chalked out the beds on tJhepoieoe of brown paper which was found in the club. Witness did not actually give the signal to the body of police outside, but he gave instruotioins to an accomplice, who gave the to the polioe to enter. JTohkn QeersdiaJe, of Savile-etreet, Portland- street, a young English lad, said he was a member ? the club. P??ce-oonstable Gmy, he a.I1, acted as banker, and on the mgbt, ?f the raid he and others contributed a.eaiumg ,,h to make a bank." Shortly %+ eT7ards the police entered. Wítne6 Y.as taug"4 to Play ??? by Grey. Members were aj"gwed to mtroduce visitors to the club at threepence a head, Witness said he ne?er "sw fo- Played in the club until it was introduced by Grey. Slm1]a,r -lid-- having been given by Mlothr witness, the caee was adjourned.
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COUPLE TWICE MARRIED I The Blackpool maglifarates were yesterday called upon to deal with an unueuaJ. matri- monial circumstance, the defendant in a case in which he was summoned for neglect- ing his wife and family stating that he had been twice married to the same woman, and in the same church, but did not- know whether he was legally married or not. The complainant, Sarah Ann Holt. who sum- moned her husband, Benjamin Holt, for neglect, stated that he had left her a.nd gone to live with another woman at Pendleton. Defendant said that after he first ma,rried bis wife she discovered tha.t her first husband I was nob doead, and three years ago they again went through the form of marriage a/t Bolton Pariah Church, but be did not know whether he wae matrried or not. ae his wife did not know whether her first husband was alive. Alderman Mother sai-d there was no doubt as to defendant being married. Holt waO ordered to contribute 5s. a. week to the maintenance of hift wife.
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DANGER -IN, THE MINE I At Wigan yesterday a colliery fireman, named Edwin p^ dfern, of 49, Queen-stree t, Highfield, was chairged with a breach of the regulations in force at the Pemibefrton Ool- liery. The prosecuting solicitor said it was part of Redfern's diuty to inspect the work- ing places prior to the miners going in. Alter he had gone round, the under-manager paid a visit to the workings and found gas, whiclt had accumulated in several places. Redfern was asked if he had made his inspection, and he replied that everything was all right. The under-Inla-nager then took him back to the places where gas was present a.nd pointed out that he had passed the places as being safe. He Was Unable to make any explana- tion. It was a most eerious offenc^ a6 any- thing might have happened in the mine. Defendant was fined 2Qs. and coete.
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LONDON UNDER WATER I Though London is now in no danger of floods, history records many inatanoes of the Thames overflowing its banks and causing great damage. Stow, in his "Survey of Lon- don" (1598), relates many woeful tales. We read also (Stow writes) that in the yeaa- 1236 the River Thames, overflowing the banks, canlsed the marshes about Woolwich to be all on a sea, wherein boats and other vessels were carried with the stream; so that besides cattle, the greater number of men, women, and children, inhabitants there, were drowned, and in the grea.t Palace, of West- minster men did row with wherries in the midst of the hall, being forced to ride to their chambers. Moreover (he continues) in the year 1242 the Thames overflowing the banks about Lamhithe (Lambeth) arowncd houses and fields by tke apace of six miles, I so that in the great hati at Westminster men took their harass bwAvAo tbe w^ter ra.n over ail.
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"FOR BETTER OR WORSE" I The story of a double life was unfolded at I the Devon Asizes yesterday in a case in which Percival Samuel M'Lean, aged 30, a, ship's cook., pleaded guilty to bigamously marrying Bessie Benorthan at Devonport on December 2p last. M'Lean, who, it was stated, was a member of the Salvation Army, was first married in 1907. His wife went to live in I.ostwithiel, and Æ'Lean was in the habit of staying week-ends witih her both before and after he became acquainted with Benorthan, who was unaware that he was a married man when she went through the marriage ceremony with him. Two days after the bigamous marriage M'Lean went to stay with his first wife for a week, and then returned to the other woman. He pleaded his wife's bad temper in mitigation of punishment. Mr. Justice Bray: But you marry a wife "for better or worse." It was stated that M'ijean had been in the navy ten years, and that he had a very good character. In order that he might even- tually return to the service his lordship reduced a sentence of eight months' ha.rd labour, which he intended to pass, to one of five and a half months. ¡
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JUDGE SAYS RUBBISH! I f A claim for f5O for the loss of a Pome- ranian dog occupied Bloomsbury County- court yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Blew of Gordon Mansions, Gower-street, was the I plaintiff, and she sued James Shoolbred and Co., of Tottenham Court-road, for the loss of her dog, the death of which she attri- buted to the negligence of the driver of one of their motor-vans. The lady was so affected while giving- her evidence that she burst into tears, whereupon Judge Bacon ex- claimed: "Rubbish! This is done to secure my pity." Mr. Gover, counsel for the plain- tiff, reminded his honour of the great affec- tion entertained by so many ladies for their pet dogs, but Judge Bacon merely replied, amid laughter, that he had committed him- self to the expression "Rubbish," and must abide by it. J.ater his honour, without hear- ing witnesses for the defence, said motor drivers only sound the hooter to warn human beings, dogs being supposed to look after themselves. There must be judgment for the defendants.
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DEATH IN WORKMEN'S HOTELS I A labourer, named JamEIS Clancy, aged about 43, died suddenly at the Workmen's Hotei, Mill-lane, Cardiff, this morning. Deceased, who was unmarried, came to the hotel on Saturday, and on Sunday com- plajned of feeling unwell. He appeared much better yesterday, and went out during the afternoon. In the early hours of this morn- ing ::VII'. Bennett, the manager, was called to see the man, and, noticing that his condition was bad, sent for Dr. Buist, but before medical aid arrived Clancy had expired.
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TYPEWRITING IN TRAINS. Business men who travelled by the 8.20 I' London and North-Western exprei5 from Bir- mingbam to Broad-street yesterday morning were able to dictate their eaj-ly morning letters iu the train, just a sthough they were in their own offices. A compartment of the corridor train has been fitted up as a business office and a twpist has been installed. An experimental journey has already been made by Miss Vine, of the typewriting office at Euston Station. "Although ive were travel- ling at sixty miles an hour." said Miss Vine, "T was able to type a.t a consider- that a good operator would be able to type ,at her usual speed."
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-DEATH OF AN EX-M.P. The Right Hon. J- G. Talbot, who was one of the Conservative members for Oxford University from 1878 down to the close of the last-Parliament, died this morning, at his home, Falconhur.st, Edenbridge. Kent. Mi. Talbot, who was nearly 75 years of age, attended a performance by the Hildenborough Amateur Actors on Tuesday last, and on the following morning he wasattaoked with influenza, from which pneumonia supervened. He would have celebrated his golden wedding in July next.
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SWEARING OF A WITNESS .James Coohlin, haulier, Peuygraig, was charged at the Caerphilly Court to-day with stealing a pajr of boots and a shirt, valued at 15s., t,he property of Eliza Bridges. Aber. The oomplainant caused a deal of amuse- ment when repeating the oath after the clerk. He wa.s rather deaf and instead of swearing to speak the truth, the whole truth." &,c.. he swore to speak the truth, the untruth." Complainant then told the bench tha-t defendant bad lodged with him, and when he left he tqko the articles away with him. Questioned by the defendant, the oomplainant said his wife had bought the I articles for the defendant, and that the com- 1 plainant owed the" defendant some money. The bench dismissed the case, advising the complainant to find a remedy in the County- court..
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SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS At the High Court of Justiciary in Edin- burgh to-day th? Lord Justice Clerk passed sentence of fifteen years' wna.1 servitude upon a man named James Ritchie Young, who on Christmas Day in a. lodging-house in Cumnock, Ayrshire, assaulted a woman by stabbing or cutting her with a razor on the I throa.t. face, hands, awl arms with intent to I murder her.
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WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED I ST. PETERSBURG, Saturday. A terrible family tragedy is announced by t-elegraph from Tsart-zyn. A local nobleman na,med Tsdhuky (64 years of age),, his wife (47), and their five children, between eleven and four years, were all m-uldered last night by M. Tschuky s soon 'by his first marriage. Details have not yet been received.—Renter.
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THREE MEN AND A WOMAN Albert Marsh (36). George Wright (31), Albert George Brassington (27), &nd Eva. Harris (27) were charged before Messrs. Joseph Howard and J. Morcom at Cardiff Police-court,to-day with stealing LZ 5s. with violence from William Pearoe. Mr. Evan Davies defended all except Brassingto-a, who was represented by Mr. Lloyd. Brassington has a wooden leg, and works as a signalman on the Taff Vale Railway. It was stated that prosecutor met the female in St. Mary-street, and went with her to a house in Somerset- sti'eet. The men then oami in, and aiften- Wright had started to qiwrel with him, prosecutor, so he alleged, was t-hrown down and robbed. (Proceeding.)
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HADN'T REACHED IT IJOTd Dudley was out shooting one day over a hilly and marshy bit of ground near TIan- drillo, accompanied by a local innkeeper, named Bobert, whom he sometimes took with him as a guide. Coming to a suspicious- looking bit of turf, he said to his retainer, Robert, has this bog any bottom to it?" Oil, yes, your lordship, it has." Whereupon the Earl jumped on it, and was at once up to his waist and still sinking. You rascal," he cried, didn't you say this bog had a bottom?" "And so it has, my lord; but you haven't reached it yet!"
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DEALINGS IN EGGS At Wigan County Police-court yesterday four charges of obtaining- money by false pre- tences were preferred against Alice Mary Naylor (23). of Pemberton. iSurperiutendent Kelly stated that detendailt bought a quan- tity of Canadian eggs at the rate of seven for 4id., and sold them as new laid eggs to people at 80Yell for 1i;. A woman who bought Is. worth went to a grocer's shop, and discovered that the eggs had been purchased there. She followed the defendant, who admitted that the eggs were not new laid, and gave her her money back. The defendant had purchased 180 Canadian eggs, all save eighteen of which the had sold. She had made about 10s. profit in one day. Defendant was fined ICe. and costs on the first charge, and was bound over on the others on the condition that she went to a home.
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11 BEELLLbUI3 IN BLUE When Walker Jaoksomwae committed for trial yesterday on a charge of breaking into the house of a Teddington artist and attempt- ing to murder him, prisoner was asked if he washed to question a police-inspector who had given evidence. 1 might as well ask Beelae- bub a question as th&t fellow," was prisoner's reply.
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As Advwtiseiment in a. Norfolk nefwtjpwper I rums: "Wanted, a. good strong gememdL age I I ø.Appit,y Ac."
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£20 PER MONTH I PAY OF NATIONALIST M.Ps. I ''Mr. O'Brien's persistent nicknaming of his Redmond opponent? as 'the Molly Maguires' seems likely to be widely adopted here" (writes the London correspondent of the Birmingham "Daily Post"), "though no one appear; to know what precise degree of political turpitude the epithet connotes. But the member for Cork's determination to do all he can to hamper his old colleagues is no new thing, for it is just three years since hj uttered a, very plain threat in that city to have the whole of the recent financial trans- actions of the Irish Parliamentary party thoroughly investigated in th-e Law Courts, when, according to him., the revelations would ba more interesting than anything since the Parnell Commission. "It is not, perhaps, generally known" (continues the writer named) "that of the Nationalist members something like sixty are in receipt of a salary. The allowance made to each is £5 per week, paid monthly in a cheque for to ensure a steady attend- anca a fine of five shillings is inflicted on those on the pay-iist who may be absent from a, night's division" without permission of the Whips. As recent sessions have been abnormally long, the drain upon the party funds ha-s been severe, and the rigid manner in which they are administered is a theme for admiration among those in the inner circle, while, perhaps, scarcely as popular among the rank-and-file. "This rigidity was strikingly shown in a recent session, when, as I noted at the time, there was considerable disappointment among the paid members when they received their last cheque the day before the session closed. Having been remunerated all along by monthly cheques, a number of them thought that the treasurer of the party might allow them the usua.l £ 20. Others, and these con- stituted the majority of the members effected, believed, reasonably enough, that the cheque would be for £ 15 at the least. There was, consequently, a feeling of disappointment when, on opening their envelopes, each found that he had been allotted £ 10 only."
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Music and Insanity I REMARKABLE EFFECT OF CRAMAPHONE Medical men are watching with great interest a series of experiments which are being made at the State asylum for the insane at Massdlkm, Ohio, with a view to determining tho possibilities of music as a cure for insanity. The first experiment was made recently by means of a piano, and its beneficial effeats exceeded all expectations. One of th- patients, a girl of seventeen, who was con- sidered hopelessly insane, has made extra- oaxlina-ry progress towards sanity since the experiments on her began. She is now believed to be well on the road to recovery. Del;ight,ed with his success, Dr. Eyman, the superintendent of the asylum, decided to extend the system, and try other musical instruments on the patients. Finding that one of his assistants had a gramoip'hOoe, Dr. Eyman said, "Let us try it in the demanded room. When the doctors entered the room, in which 60 women were confined, all regarded as hopeless cases, the patients set up chat- tering, screaming, and hysterical laughter. Without taking any notice of tl:&m, Dr. Eyman and his colleagues, placing the gramo- pihone on a table, started up a stirring mili- tary march. The effect was magical. Silence fell upon the room almost instantly, and for the first time since their admif-[name] to the asylum looks of intelligent iritere-at and natural smiles spread over the faces of the insane. The doctor is persevering with the gramo- phone, and has already succeeded in quite changing the atmosphere of the rcom where the wildest patients were kept. He is appeal- ing for funds to continue the experiment in other ways, and a prominent local philan- thropist has contributed £ 5C0 for the pur- chase of pianos and musical instruments. The pianos will be used for the milder eases, while it is proposed to use violins and brass instruments for the other patients.
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Jewess's Dowries WHERE HUSBANDS ARE VERY DEAR Prices of husbands in the New York ghetto are advancing to the lii^hest levels ever known, being an indication of the prÜl.1Jerity that, is prevailing ^among the Jews, who number about £ 09,000 of New York b popula- tion There a-ro 5,000 schatahens. Jewish mar- riag'e brokers, in New York, and they assert that the old scale of oowcis no longer attracts the Hebrew young r cn into wpd- lock. The "New York Times" quotes a :,dJathoel1 as saying the common, un- educated man in butane* at a salary ol not more than L5 a week, can now reason- ably expect to get JElOO with his wife. Saloon-keeping ranks about the lowest of all on the schatchen's hot, yet, only a week ago, a. young man, "tvo years out of Eusoia," an assistant-barkeeper, "refused even to look at a matda with £ 200. He expected iDWO. -I,Ile scliatchen declared this to be exorbitant, for, she explained, £6t!3 is the regular price of a medical school graduate. An ordinary college graduate now com- mauds £ 400 with his bride. A medical, legal, or dental beginner, with no p,raotioe at all, can obtain £ 600 in the mairiage market, while one with an established business ex- pects to receive anywhere from' £ 1,203 to X5,000 ta rough the sc'hatchen. "H is a family affair," explained the sohatolien. "A father comes to me and saya he wants his daughter to marry. he can ha-e Llo, or £ 2C0j cr this or that. Then I ask what kind of a, mail he wants—business, professional, how old, and so on until I get an idea of the man he dashe^. Next I look over my lists till I find someone who seems to fit. I give his name, those of his fa.mily connections, his employer, where he works, what he earns, and what his prospects are. "Then, if the father likes the description, I ?e looks up the man's record from all the names I have given him. If this is satisfac- tory, he can call on the man. If it ig still agreeable, he asks the man to call. Some- times the girl knows what is going on and sometimes, she doesn't, but geneirally she guesses. "But if it is a mian who wants to marry and comes to m.e, I do the same thing. He tells me what he wants, and I give him the names of the family and relatives, and he oa.n look them up. In this way, you know what you are doing, and it makes a very safe marriage."
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MARVELLOUS TROUSERS j During the hearing of a case at Wands- worth County-court yesterday, in which Wil- liam Taylor, of Ralha-m. a motor engineer, was sued by Arthur Charles Newstead tailor, for the price of a suit of clothes and an extra, pair of trousers, it was stated by the plaintiff's manager that in twenty years' experience he had never seen such a. pair of trousers ae he was asked to get made for the defendant. The insitructions were that tbe back should be high and the front low. Defendant twice had the front made lower, and then came with his mother, who said that the gannemt was still too high in front. Witness pointed out that if the trou«eirs were made lower the waistcoat would not reach the t-op of them. "He is an extraordi- nary man to fit," added the maner. "He can throw his stomach up into his chest, or drop his chest down into his stomach. He is never long alike." Defendant said that the trousens did not fit anywhere. J'udgment was given for the plaintiff, with costs.
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TEETH MARKS ON ARM. Oharles Ohaipnn. a Caerphilly labourer, appeared before the local magistrates to-day and was charged with being drunk and dis- orderly, a.nd also with. assaulting Police- coustable James Watkine on the 30th of January. Police-constable Watkins showed the majgistratee the marks of the man's teeth on his arm, anq after Police-constable Evans bad given evidenoe, the Bench fined defen- daidt 10s, for being drunk and kl and costs foT the assault.
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RIFFS ATTACK SPANISH PARITY. MADRID, Tuesday. A dispatch received to-day from Meld,! la states that a corporal and three private soldiers, who had gone out in search of water, were attacked by a body of Biff tribes- men near Hidum yesterday. The oorporaJ an.d one man were killed, but the others escaped.—Central News.
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AD CARDIFF ROBBERY with violence Acting-inspector Herbert Evans said t.he pockets of prosecutor's trousers were torn, and he had, a blackened eye. In reply to the charge Brassington said, "I demand to know on what evidence I am accused of this baseless thing." 'rhe woman said, I never took anything off him except what he gave me, 12s." J.larsh said, "You hav4 got a change of stealing. I plead an Jhnoeeni man." Dr. Piitta-rd said prosecutor bad two ribs broken. Witness was convinced also that one of the kid-nevs li" been ruptured.
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John Henry O'Neill, lampmian, Aber, was fined £1 and coats at the Caerphilly Court to-day fo rgoing to the Windsor Colliery, j l Aber, in- a. state of iatoucaAioDu
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LIBERAL AND UNIONIST FINISH I I Position of Parties. II Total to be Elected .670 |j J Tota! Member Elected ..665 || Unionists 271 II IIMIIimMM Liberals. I 271, l ) Labour. 42 i jNntion'ts 81* ?? 9qll n dI Un¡::G. 12i-¡ Un?ot?t. 127 Liberal 20 Jjabour 1 Net Unionist gain. 106 The political complexion of the six seats I remaining to be filled was at the close of the late Parliament: — Unionists 3 Liberals 1 Nationalists 4 2 Should all the parties retain the above seats the final composition of the House will be: — Unionists 274 Liberals 272 lAtbour 42 Nationalists 82 The following is the gran-d aggregate vote at all the contested elections up to ) the present, with the numbers recorded in the same constituencies in 1906: — 1910. 1906. Unionists 3.094,354 2,346.128 Liberals 2,854,250 2,459,986 Labour 521.034. 442,567 Nationalists 118,435 32,655 The above figures refer to the United I Kingdom, but 65 of the 103 Irish seats I have been filled without a contest, so that any comparison between the grand total of votes cast and the total of registered electors would be somewhat illusory. A closer comparison is obtained if only England. Scotland, and Wales are taken. The total votes on the register in Great Britain 'is 7,p06,930, but if the figures are deducted for the seven constituencies in which thee were unopposed returns and the four constituencies yet to come there remains a total of 6,905.385 electors in the constituencies which had contests. The number of votes actually cast in these constituencies was as follows:— Unionists 3.021,922 I Liberals 2.833^736 Labour 498.767 Socialists 18,316 Nationalists (Scotland Division of Liver- pool) 2.943 Total. 6,375,684 Labour Retains Mid-Derby The result of the polling in Mid-Derby- shire, which took place on Saturday, was declared on Monday, Mr. Hancock, the Labour candidate, retaining his seat. This is the last of the contests in which the Labour party has a candidate, and thus their numbers in the new Parlia- ment are complete. I
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Yesterday's Pollings i RESULTS DECLARED TO-DAY I CORK (WEST). *Mr. J. (-'jllloolv (Nat.) 2,155 Mr. D. OLpary (I. Nat.) 1.382 Majority 773 HM. Jamee Gil?'c?,y N 3.155 Somer Payne U 529 3,826 1395. Unop I 1895. X TTnop 1900 and 3906. iJ&mes Gilbool) ..N UDOp I Coming Pollings I •Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (11,706). Polling: February 3 to 8. Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities (11,319). Polliner: February 7 to 10. Orkney and Shetland (7,115). Polling: Feb- ruary 8 a-nd 9. Mr. O'Brien's Attitude I In a letter read at a meetilig in Charle- ville. County Cork, in support of the canoo- dature of Mr. Guiney (Independent Ktion-I list), Mr. O'Brien wrot.e:- I am satisfied North Oork will follow the rest of the county of Cork by electing Mr. I Guiney with a slashing majority. If even ten such men are elected, Ireland ic- saTed from the Budget. If Mr- Asquith retains office at all (which I rather doubt.) one of two things must happen: either he must re-cocst-rucf the Irish part of the B-udget from top to bottom, or his obsequious fol- lowers of the Dillon-cuc-Devlin Party will only have the choice between following us into the lobby akgainst the Budget and for the expulsion. of the Government from office, or, on the other hand, supporting the Budget, and thus sealing their own fate at the polls at the new General Election that will be soon upon us.
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M.C.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA. I MATCH WITH THE BORDER. I EAST LONDON, Monday. The weather was dull when play was resumed to-day between the M.C.C. team and ¡ the Border before a moderate attendance. With the total at 102 for four wickets, the Englishmen continued their first innings on a good wicket. The not outs (Rhodes 34 and I Thompson 5) were opposed by Norton and r G. na't.i?a.n. After addis?r a single to his ?core Rhodes wae stamped by Johni?on off Hartigan. the tifth wicket falling at 108. and with only one run added to the total Bird was dism>iee>fvi by Norton. At 123 Thompson, who was partnered by WOOlley, ,as clean bowled by Hartigan for 12. and three runs later Simpson-Hay ward fell a victim to Norton. Buckenham oame in eighth wicket down, but before he had scored Woolley was bowled by Hartigan for 10. With nine down for 128, Leveson-Gower joined Buekenham. The English captain had made 7 when his dismissal by Norton brought the imung-s to a close for 137. N. O. Norton and G. lia.-rt-irfn bowled splendidly to-day, the former taking three wickets for 11 runs and the latter three for 19., With a first innings advantage of 7 runs, the Colonials com- menced their secoaid venture with E. M. Har- tigan and Cook, Blythe a<nd Buekenham sharing the attack. Shortly afterwards luncheon arrived, wit-h the total at 6 for no wicket. Upon resuming a useful stand was made by Cook and Cross, and the score rose to 150 for nine wickets, when etumps were drawn. Scores:- DORDEr,First innings. E. M. Rartig-an, b Bu.cktn1.h&m. 6 A. E Cook, at Tufnen, b S. Hay- ward 12 Cross, h w, b Buekenham 5 A. W Norton, b Simpaon-Hay- wa.rd 4 G. Hartigan, b Simpson-Hayward. IS H. Phillips, c Leveson-Gower, b Biythe 3 N. 0. Norton, lbrw, b Blythe 26 G. Preston, not out 26 C. Johnson, c Woolley, b Thompson 15 J. Wood, c Bird, b Buekenham 18 T. Clack, b Wool-ley 3 Extras 8 Total 144 Second innings. E. M. Hartigan, c Woolley, b Buck- en-ham 4' A. E. Cook, b Buekenham 39 G. Cross, b Woolley 34 G. Hartigan, b Wooll-ey 3 G. Preston, c Denton, b Blythe. 24 H. Phillips, o lieveson-Cower, b Simpson-Hayward 20 N. O. Norton, b Hobbs 1 A. W. Norton, b Simpeon-Hay* ward 2 C. Johnson, not out 11 J. Wood, 1> B"uckenham 0 T. Clack, not out 0 ExtraB 12 Total (for 9 Wtokets). 150 M.C.C.—First innings. Hobbs, lbw, b N. O. Norton 27 Rhodes, st Johnson, b G. Hartigan 35 Blythe, c A. W. Norton, b Clack 3 Denton, b Preston 23 N. Tufnell, b Clack 0 Thompson, b G. Hartigan 12 M. C. Bird, b N. O. Norton 1 Woolley, b G. Hartigan 10 G. H. Siimpeoai-Kayward, b N. O.- Norton 2 Buekenham, not out 2 H. Leveson-Gower, b N. O. Norton 7 Extras 15 Total 137 —Press Association Foreign Special.
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MR. ASQUITH'S TASK. CHANGES IN CABINET. j There is reason to believe that when the j Address has been voted in the House of Com- mons, and before the re-introduction of the Budget, the House will be asked to pass a motion re-affirming, after the appeal to the country, its privileges in regard to money Bills, a-nd declaring, further, the necessity of a change in the relations between the two Houses. Two days will probably be given to ,h,.s motion, as in the case of the Free Trade resolution passed in March, 1906, soon after the general election of that year. This early raising of the issue of the Lords' veto will answer the objections of those Liberals who urge that this question should be dealt NviCa before even the Budget is introduced, and will also, it is anticipated, have some effect in consolidating the forces on which the Government must depend for its general support. One of the minor topics sure to be raised early in the new House of Commons will be the inadequacy of the seating arrangements in the debating Chamber, the difficulty whioh has long been felt being aooentuated by tJe peculiar distribution of parties. The 274 or 275 Liberals on the Ministerial benches will have little to complain of, but to the Speaker s left an equal amount of accom- modation will be supposed to serve 395 or 395 members, as it is quite certain that neither the Nationalist nor the Labour party will consent to give up their customary places on the Opposition side of the House. The keen competition for places in the early part of the seesion, while the excitement is intense, will, doubtless, revive interest in the old proposals for giving every member of the House a seat and in the plans which have long been in the possession of the First Com- missioner of Works for enlarging the Chamber by taking in the division lobbies on either side. Changes in the Cabinet. I It is now generally believed that the fol- lowing alterations in the Cabinet will be effe.c.t.c,d:- Mr. Birrell will take the place of Mr. Her- bert Gladstone at the Home Office. Mr. Churchill will become Chief Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Burns will be transferred to the Board of Trade. Mr. Herberf Samuel will become President of the Local Government Board. Other promotions will, it is understood, involve the advance of Mr. Hobhouse to Cabinet rank. It is rumoured that Sir Ivor Herbert, who has lately been returned a-ga-in for South Monmouthshire, will be nominated to the Undfr-Secretaryshiu vacated by Colonel Seely's defeat in Liverpool. Sir Ivor served in Canada as commander of the local forces, so that he has some Colonial experience. As there may be some other changes in the Cabinet, and there are some minor offices to be filled, it is evident that Mr. Asquith will meet Parliament with a largely re-modelled Administration. No official announcement is expected until aftar the Prime Minister's return from the Continent. The re-election of the Sa,l{er at the meet- ing of Parliament on February 15 will prob- ably be moved by Mr. Burt and &eoonded by Mr. Stuart Wortlcy. Mr. Emmott will be re-appointed Deputy-Speaker and Chairman of Committees, and the poct of Deputy-Chair- man vacated by the retirement of Mr. Cald- well may very likely be offered to Mr. Ellis. Mr. Asquith & a Royal Command A paragraph in the "Court Circular" has aroused much comment among politicians, in view of ilr. Asquith's leadership of the three parties. It was as follows:- The Prime Minister and Mrs. Asquith had the honour of being invited to stay at the Castle, but were prevented from obey- ing their Majesty's Command on account of the Prime Minister's departure for the Continent the day previously. Mr. Asquith's inability to meet his Sove- reign at this juncture cannot be set down to the short notice from Windsor, for by last Tuesday at the latest it was known that the invitation had been issued. As a Royal invitation is accustomed to be reg-arded as a command, this reason for the postpone- ment of the audience of the King by the Prime Minister, necessitated by the political position created by the general election founds stretiige. It is even more odd if Mr. Asquith left England without intimating to his Majesty his intended departure. It is. therefore, fair 'to deduce that Mr. Asquith, who lately pledged himself to refuse office unless the road through the Upper H0U.(\ were cleared for his measures, has resolved, before appearing at Windsor, to take the election figures abroad with him for meditation. Perhaps it is not without significance that. after Mr. Asquith's departure a motor-ca.r carried Mr. Lloyd George to Folkestone. where he picked up Mr. Churchill, both of them crossing the Channel in Mr. Asquith's track I Mr. Asquith, we are told, is staying at the Viila. Taorenc, Cannes, in absolute privacy. Sir H. A. Fletcher and Lewes. I Sir H. Aubrey FIetcl?r. M.P. for Lewes, says there is no truth in the st-at4l--??thi he int?da to retire in farour cf Sir George Dough ly.
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TERRITORIAL BADGES I Reports wer fe due at the War Office yester- day from the various county associations for the Territorial Force on the proposed issue of a badge to be worn with civilian drees by all the members of the force. The proposal has not been received with great favour by country corps. So far as ca,n be ascertained from ihe association^ we learn that only a very small majority is in favour of the badge. This badge is not the same as tha.t with which it is suggested that men who vokmteer to serve a'oroad in case of war shall be distinguished. That. is intended as an Imperial Service badge, and would only be worn when in uniform.
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To-day's Finance I LOXDOX, Tuesday, LO p.m. • Mor.ev is quiet at 2 per cent., short and three mcaths bills 2 9-16 pe- cent. The Stock Mat ■M.s have not displayed any frreater deg e of activity. ♦ is morn trig, &ud movements on the whole are on very p-cor scale, OU m sum instances ¡ tlio cimi'ge has been in the upward direction. Consols hold steady at 82for Cash and 821 for I the Account. 'Home RaiN an improving. Hull Barxisiey are j up or th* dividend If 4¡ per cent., ItoigtiUm stocks are '{tiT; fE'i<:ng- t.)1£" et'-ects of tl3 recent disaster, tlle Ordinary bln a point Ict-it. Americans opened weak fo4k)*rin?: Wall-street adv, and stocks are now well low f,itTitv Trunks and Foreign n-U5 have drooped, Interna- tjcTu¡,1s are irregular. Mines oontlnue to improve on the mors hopeful Paria outlook. I Kubbor shares continue l'oi.rong and active.
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ENTERTAINER'S DEATH I The death occurred at his residence at Brighton to-day of Mr. Thomas Barrasford, who was widely known as one of the great organisers in the entertainment world. He was proprietor of a number of hippodromes all over the country, and several on the Continent.
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CARDIFF SHOP FIRE The Cardiff Fire Brigade, under Superinten- dent Geen, was this morning called to an outbreak at a general dealer's shop, occupied by Air. Joseph Keaolski, at 35, Cairn-street. Cathays. On arriTul brigade found that the fire had been extinguished by the neigh- bours. It had been caused by a little child applying a light to a lea-ka-ge of gas near the meter.
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MAESTEG MINERS' DISPUTE I The repairers and their aoa-.istants at Gstrth and Oakwood Colliery, the property of Messrs. Elder's Navigation Company, Maesteg. tendered a month ? notice on Janua-ry 1 for an advance in wages, and, failing to come to an aga-nent during thte month, tbey arranged to continue work. and in the mean- time efforts are being made to bring aboiut a settlement A deputation is waiting upon Mr. Rees, the company's agent, at Neath to- day.
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MR. EDGAR JONES, M.P. I Mr. Edgar R. Jones, the newly-elected member for the Merthyr Boroughs, was accorded a hearty welcome home at Watts- town on Monday night. He was escorted from Porth by a torchlight procession. At Calvaria, Cha-pel a meeting W'.iS held, at which Mr. Christmas Evans presided, and amongst otiieas present were Mr. Tom John, M.A., Dr. R. D. Chalke, M.A., representing the I scholastic profession, with which the new member has been long associated. A number of local bodies sent representatives to coll- gratuiate Mr. Jones on his ;sueoew.- Edgar Jones, responding to the complimen- tary speeches, thanked his friends for the heartiness of their welcome.
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I The London County Council attarned its I majority yesterday. Among the members who tl.d ed it6 first meeting 21 yeara ago ¡ were I?rd Boeehwy, LoTd A?eba?y, Sir I Afogastus Harris, and Mir John Burn*
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EXPRESS DISASTER I  BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY I I I The Driver's Evidence I Colonel Von Dulop. the Board of Trade I inspector, t-o-day opened an inquiry at Stoat's Nest Station into the causes of the I Brighton express dj?a?ter. which i occurred on Saturday afternoon. Mr. William F?or s. the geneal manager of the company, and I many other offic-iaI. were pnet-ent. At the outset Colonel Yon Donop said that. on behalf of the President of the Board of Tr-ade, and on behalf of the Board of Trade, he wished to express extreme sympathy with the people who were injured through this accident, and with the relatives of those who I were killed. The President had asked him to express his feeling.s all the subject. The driver of the ill-fated train wa,s the first witness. In reply to Colonel Von Donop, he said his name was JoOhn Thom-e'tt. lie had been in the service of the railway com- I pany for over 36 years, and passed as a driver ¡ about twenty years ago. On the day of the accident he came on duty at 7.30 a.m., and should have gone off duty at 7.20 p.m. if the accident had not occurred, lie had an I interval of rest at Brighton betewen one p.m. I and 3.40 p.m. in the afternoon. T STORY OF THE ACCIDENT. He said: I worked the 8.45 express train from Brighton to London that morning. and I brought back the 11.40 a.m. down train from London to Brighton. I then took the 3.4-) p.m. up train to London. I had the same engine on each journey. The engine was of the customary express type, fitted with a Westinghouse automatic brake. Until reach- ing Stoat's Nest nothing unusual occurred. After we bad just got by the facing pointp coming down on the main line, we found the automatic brake applied I thought one of the brake pipes had burst. I told my mate to put the air pump on full and pulled 'he Westinghouse handle so a*; to put the full pressure into the train pipe. Seeing I could not keep the pressure up I thought there must be something seriously wrong, f-o I looked back and saw the train had parted. I shut the air pump off, and stopped the engine as quickly as I could. He estimated the speed at the time tie automatic brake was applied at just over 40 j miles an hour. James Wood, the head guard of the train, next gave evidence, saying he 8ui been guard for 33 years. As the train approached Stoats Nest, he said it was travelling at between forty-five and fifty miles an hour (Proceeding.) OPENING OF THE INQUEST The coroner's inquiry into the dreum- stances of the deaths of the seven victims- of the accident was ahro opened this morning at Bandon Hill. Only evidence of identifica- tion was given, and the inquest wa-s adjourned until February 9 at Purley- Addressing the jury, the coroner expressed sympathy with those who had been deprived of their relatives, and Mr. Bose, solicitor of the railway company, expressed, on behalf of the directors, their extreme Tegret and sym- pathy. He said the company would not seek to avoid their full responsibility to meet the legitimate alaime by and in respect of pas- sengers in the train.
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For Business, Not Reliefi —— A. I OBJECTS OF NEW LABOUR EXCHANCES j A large red seal on a notice now placarded on municipal offices and police-station and in public libraries has attracted the attention of numbers of people. The seal was the official stamp of the Beard of Trade, and the notice above it announces that a Labour I Exchange office will be opened to-day some- where in the neighbourhood. Inquiries at the Central Office in London I elicited the information that 100 of these exchanges wo-ukl come under the control of the Board of Trade during February, and another 150 will be opened within the next six months. In London the Board of Trade steps into the shoes of the Central Unemployed Body with regard to the exchanges, and the board will also take over I such Labour Exchanges as have been created in the provinces in connection with distress committees. I Our business is to supply the employer with the most suitable kind of man for his; job," said Mr. C. F. Rey, general manager of II the scheme. "Our object is not. relief; it is business. Arrangements have been made whereby the existence of the bureaux will be advertised all over the country. Municipal I authorities have agreed to help the Board of TTade. and posk'1rds wi]) be supplied to the different oentres, on which invitations will be issued to employers to register at the nearest bureau. In the centre of the post- oard is a copy of the big red seal already referred to, and above and below the words:— B(?ard of Trade Labour Exchange. Employers requiring workmen and work- people desiring employment should apply I at the above address. Xo fees." The use of these postcards introduces a I touch of businesslke novelty nto Govern- ment methods. Cardiff Office Opens To-day The Board of Trade Labour Exchange at Cardiff, under the management of Sir Wil- !ia.m Grossman, wa-s opened this morning. Though they are stated to be only temporary, the buildings secured for the exchanige. which are giimated in Bridge-street, and were for- merly a lea-ther stores, are admirably ada-pted for the purpose, and Sir William, and his staff will have well-equipped and appointed offices, while the convenience of the public who will have to use the exchange is studied in every possible way. Entering the building by the main entrance, there is the registration office for unskilled workmen, that for the artisans adjoining it The female registry and that for boys and girls under seventeen are located on the first floor, and by means of screens of clear glass the manager will from his own office be able to exercise a perfect control of the work on this floor. I Jt should be explained that the women desiring to register themselves have a sepa- rate entrance, and there will be a female clerk to attend to them. On the second floor I is the office of the divisional superintendent I --C&-diff will be the headquarters of the divi- [name]—and there are alio some spacious office6, one of which will probably be set I apart for consultations between employers and applicantf- for work. The exchange is connected with the tele- phone. It is to be open daily from seven a.m. to six p.m.. with the excelption of Satur- days, when it will he claeed at two o'clock. The lateneefs of the hoar of closing is due to a desire to meet the needs of men who, on being given notice to leave their employment, will lie able to register themselves after their da.y's work. "There is nothing more demoralising," Sir Wm. Cnossmao said to an "Evening Express" representative, than for a man to be out of work, without the prospect of getting any, and without knowing where to look for it." Douhtlesss, there are many people who will be averse to affording at the exchange counter the information which has to be given on the registration form, and Sir I William Grossman announces that faci- lities will be afforded for applicants to fill up the form6 themselves under conditions of privacy. The card index system is adopted Personf; registering will be put, in the first instance on what is known as the "live" list, upon which his naone will be retained so long as he "renews" weekly. Failure to do this for one week will result in the applicant's "card" being removed to the intermediate register, and, if nothing be heard of him in a.nother seven days, it is passed on to the "dead' register, which means that he must go through the formality o<f re-registering if he is to be considered as an applioant for work. Each applicant is provided with a franked postcard so that he may. without inconveni- ence or expense, acquaint the exchange that he has seoured a berth. All the service whioh the exchange can perform, to the unemployed on the one hand and the employers on the other, is without fee or reward so far as those who benefit are concerned. Sir William Crossman. who has Mr. Ernest, Morgan as hie assistant manager, is looking forward with a great deal of hope and oonfidence to the success of the Labour Exchange in Cardiff and those throughout the country. What he wants to impress upon all concerned is that the exchange is to be absolutely free. "Employers and the unemployed will be brought together," he said, "and we shall, I hope, to a very great extent be able to close tip what we know as the gaps of labour. I have been greatly gratified already by the desire on the part of employers to make use of the exchange even before it has been opened. I received a telephone call from an employer in Cardiff who wanted two men on Friday, and I informed him that I would do my best to get them. I went to the distress comnjittee at the City-hall, and two men were immediately sent to him." Sir William Grossman, who has Mr. employers of labour would make the fullest use of the exchange. Premises for Labour Exchanges have now been taken at Pontypridd, Merthyr, Barry, and Bute Docks, and these will be opened in the near future.
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GLAMORGAN LEAGUE MATCH I DRAWN. A keen struggle between Penvgraig and I Treorky in the Glamorgan league on the ) MKt-1'?ocdda ground on Monday was marcd i bjr tho %in and mud, Penv;mig being par- j tioularly uafort-unat? in th? respect as it  was their only home match. The game ended in a pn&Iem draw.
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Suicide near Usk I DEAN FOREST MAN JUMPS OFF CHAIN I BRIDGE 1 [ As a girl named Elsie Green was going to Kemeys Church, neSr Usk. she saw a respectably-dressed man without a hat, ooming from the direction of Abergavenny, swinging his arm,- about and acting other- wise in a strange manner. The man jumped on to the iron girder of the Chain Bridge, and ejaculated something about Money or his life," and then dived head foremost into the river. On coming to the surface he shouted" Oh, oh" The girl went to the Bridge Inn and informed Stanford Griffiths, the landlady's stepson, who ran to the bridge and saw the man as he dis- appeared for the last time. Griffiths cycled to Usk to inform the police, and Police-sergeaiu W. Sheddick and Po 1 i ee-co n stable Oaiaes were quickly on the spot, but there were no signs of the man. The fitter wore breeches and leggings, was between 40 and 50 years of age, and was a stranger to the district. He had been seen wandering about the spot during the day. The river at Chain Bridge for a considerable distance runs from five to fifteen feet in depth, but the current is slow The body was found on Monday afternoon opposite the spot where Griffiths saw him disappear. In his pockets werç- found tickeTs referring to a colliery at Coleford. with the heading p.R..C.C.L. Flour Mill," and a ticket suggesting that he was a member of the Forest of Dean Miners' Association, with the name Gomer James. There was also what is described as a summons for training with the Royal Monmouthshire R-oyal Reserve Engineers, dated June 8, 1909, in the name of Sapper James, J.R., No. C45.376, with the regimental number 5,504. There were other tickets in his pockets of a similar character and a sum of ninepence.
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Superstitious Italians, ATTRIBUTE DISASTERS TO COMET ROME, Tuesday, The Tiber has been rising steadily for peveral days, and haa now reached an extraordinary height, with the result that a,il the low-lying oountry about Rome is under water. The Government 8Ind the municipal authorities are taking steps to protect the residents in the most exposed districts. It is feared that if thefloods increase the work of preparation for next year's groe.a.t exhimition will be so hampered tha.t the fix- ture will have to be postponed for a year. There are thousands of superstitious It-alians who attribute this and the disasters wrought by the reoent storm to the evil influence of the new oomet. Some of the newspapers have published a calculation to the effect that the "daylight" comet must have been visible from the earth at the time of th dee luge from which the credulous oontadini argue that a new world-wide inundation must be impending. In this belief they have, of course, been strengthened by the news from Paris, a.nd by the announcement from Venice that the sea, after temporarily receding, has risen to an unusua lheight. oovering several islands in the lagoon, and invading the Pizza San Marco.Centrad News.
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Kaiser's Philosophy HIS MAJESTY'S FAVOURITE MOTTOES The "Outlook" publishes the following translations from a German paper of sen- tences that hang in the workroom of the Kai.r, so arranged that his Majesty has them always before him when sitting at his desk:— "Be strong in pain." "To wish for anything that is unattainable is worthless." "Be content with the day as it is; look for the good in everything." I.Fejoice- in nature and people, and take them as they are." "For a thousand hitter hours console your- self with one that is beautiful." "Give from your he-art and mind always the best, even if you do not receive thanks. He who can learn and practise this is indeed a happy, free. and proud one; his life will always be beautiful. He who is mistrusting wrongs others and harms himself." "It is our duty to believe every one to be good as long as we have not the proof to the contrary." "The world is so large and we ourselves so small that everything cannot revolve around us." "If something damages us. hurts us. who -can tell if that is not necessary to the welfare of creation T' "In everything of this world. whether dead ot alive, lives the mighty, wise will of the almighty and all-knowing Creator; we little people only lack the reason to comprehend it" "As everything is, so it has to be in this world, and however it may be, should always seem good to the mind of the creature."
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NEWMARKET NOTES. (FROM OCR OWN NEIA-MARKF,T, Tuesday. A mild morning. d .PERf SPIN". Ugly Fall, a tifefui mile and a ha.1f. Redgrove, pjt-&, Symbolic, and Lyntourie, five fur- longs sharniv. B.M., Xerack., Ctepe Verde, and Soxan Queen, a nice tive furlongs. :,b' lAd and Monty, a uf*ful mite and a. quartern LI XOOLX6RlRE KAXWCAP ORK. Kaffir Chief, a. steady fven furlong. Fiscal War. a steady five fuxlonfie. Itathlea and Ensm, a useful five furlongs. Vigilance, the r,.xe distance. LEICESTKi! MiEETING. ^ELECT']ON> FOR WEDNBSOAY. Hap-pwrtey Steepleciiaae—CELERITY. v. ig,wh Steeplechase—M UCIK. Rumbers-tone Hurdle—CAXXY LASS. Xovic*»s' Steeplechase—BOBOUGH MARt-H. Stayers' Handicap H-rdi_S.A V B.s .un:,
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OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. The "Sportsman" hae been officially informed by Mess-re. Weatherby of the following soratchUigt Ripley 8tp¡"chase, 8aoo<J'n-POfIot6cr:pt. ^ATergai; HardJe. Warwick—Tweed led mn. Cheltenham Steeplechase—He.nt N?n,,e. Lancashire ?t?pte?t?M., Manchester—Wingfieid and "Sew a.1t. Stanley Steeplechase. Liverpool—Buzzy. Graveley Maiden Hurdle. Birminynsbm, and Wat«- gall Hurdle. Wanrick-Pertinent. Gnnd National Steeplechase, Liverpool—Xwttt (at 9.0a.m. tD-,day-.
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HURST PARK MEETING. ORDER OOF 9. Hajriptor. Selling Sleeplecliase, 2-0; Teddington Hur. die. -2.0: Champion Steeplechase. 3.0; Mole Hurdle, 3.30; iiolesay Steeplechase. 4.0; Maiden Hurdle, 4.30. FEBRUARY 10. Weir Steepier-hase, 2.0: Walton Hurdle, 2.50: Feb- ruary Hurdle. 3.0; Grange Steeplechase, 3.30; Hurst Steepiechaf-e, 4. Suffolk Xational Hunt Flat, 4.30.
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Trade and Shipping. I MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL. VESSEIA. '.rt-ansha left Plymouth for Penarth let Re-loo arrived Ptort^TO-outh 31et Stofaesley arrived Havre 31st Yea«-bj- left Genoa 28th Oat-home passed Uahant for Pjuvona 30th Heroll arrived Aarhue 31st Holtby passed U&hant for Hull 31st OtoJclry arrived the Tyne 31st Selby arrived Pa-vderma 30th Tmutp-jol left Port Pirie for Preima-ntile 30th Theresa. Heyina-nn passed Constantinople for Novoroesisk 29th Mountby passed Durban for Melbourne 29th Ormesby left Odessa fer Malta. 29th Corso arrived Ilueiva 29th Everest arrived Bordeaux 29th Sirdar arrived Ril;ba<o 319t Benedick left Xicolaief for Antwerp 25th Oamibro ait Gareton 31st Jtyton left Port Said for Karachi 28th Ravenstone left Rotterdam for Barry 27th Kura. passed Pe-nl for Kustendje 28th IJangibby left Durban for Madras 29th Gwendoline left Saatander for Rotterdam. 28 Red Cross left SimoiMtown for Saigon 25th Gecdiia arrived Monte Video 24th Portland arrived Buenos Ayr** City of York arrived Rosario 29tb Aiaseio left Huelra for Dublin 27th Zaire arrived Huelva 23rd Hermione left Maaft for Rangoon 25th Dawlish arrived Durban 31et Sidmouth passed Gibraltar fo<r Rotterdam 29 Elm ville left Tunis for Port Larrath 3lst Cheltonian arrived Genoq 31st Breconian arrived Algiers 31st Cacnwedl arrived Hornil-lo Oommonwlth parsed Scdlly for Belfast lot Broomfield arrived Nipe 29th Gena left San Nioolafc for Fernando Noronha for orders 3Cth Duk<' of Cornwall paMed Gibraatar Por Ply-; mouth 29th Duchess of CararwaH left Oimmpbektowu for Barry let Oornubda left Theodosja for Manchester 20th Pen with paaeed Algiers homewards 30th Pen-pol arrived Malta 29th Pendaj-vee left Constant for Nororooaiak 30th Pendeen passed Constant homewards 26th Pieninount arrived Nioalaief 24th Penare passed Port Said foe Karachi 3let Penlec left Bahia Blanca for Antwerp 30th Bonvilston passed the Lisard for Newport 31
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FOOTBALL MEKTHYR NORTHERN CAPTURES. The Merthyr Northern Union (Sub have seounod the services of Richard Marks, of Southp-ort, a full-ha<ok, aged 26, and weighing 12«rt., and D. H. Edmttnds, outside half, of Birkenhead, who received his ocuuntv last season. He weighs ISob. TheBe two players will probably turn out foT Merthvr at Wigaji on Saturday next.
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"I said a woman solemnly at the Willesden Policenocmrt yesterday, holding I' aloft the card, on which the oath was printed, I "that this boy never osed no language."
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WEATHER FORECAST The British Meteorological Office this moni- tng issued the following forecast of the weather likely in South Wales from 10.30 a.m. to-day till 10JO a.m. to-morrow.— Varying southerly and south-easterly to south-westerly breezes, light, moderat-o il3 force; fair at first, rain later, mist, fog in places; cold.
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS AND IN MBMORIAM, Charge for inserting advartisetnerts under this heading: Is. far 3D Words arid Ig. tor Every Two Extm WcrdL No notioe of this description will be inserted authenticated by the name and aQdress of he sender. Telaprarns ajid telephonic inessages cannot be acted an until oottfixaieC in wrhins. BIRTHS. KELL Y.-30th January, a.t 5, Hendy-street, Roath Park. the wife i{ Albert Kelly, cf a eon. EATHERLEY.—At Spriag-vaJe. Dinas Powis. on 29th January, the wife of W. H. Weatherley, a daughter. MARRIAGES. .o\IrERS-B. TE.-On Jajiusry 29, at. St. Mar-aelo Church. Roath, by the Rev. E. Alie-n. B.A.. Hnph Stanley, eldest son of the late William Akers, Car- diff, to Evelyn Beodall, eldest daughter of Captain Bate, Cardiff. BAXTEB—LEWIS.—Ob January 31st. at St. Janies* Church, H ict, Glam., by Rev. E. Beer. Robert Clare Baxter, of Victor House. XJ»n<i;x3no. to Ma.ry (tiar). second daughter of Rees Lewis, 01 Sea View, AViciL, Glam. REYICOLDS—F-RAXCOMBE.-On January 31rt, at 8t. Martin's Church, Boatti, by the Vicar (Rev. V. E. Boys), Harold Leigh Reynolds, of Glasgow, to Ethel Maud Francombe, Mac-kirtssh-place, Cardifl. DEATHS. Ti Li>^iilLL.—On Thunda". Januarv 27th. at the istrad Hotfil, Gelli, Peotre. John Herbert, agflod 45, the beloved husband of Elizabeth Ann Churchill. Ftineral Tuesday at Three o'clock, for Treorclty Cemetery. DA VIES.—On January 28. at the indsor Hotel, Tea Pentre. Thomas Davies, aged 77 years. Fvir.era^ at the Parish Church, Ton. ViV'Hnesday, February 2, Three p.m. prompt. FTiends kindly acccv". this, the on I). intimation. Xo flowers, by rqwst. EDW.RD,-Ja.nuary 31st. at the Railwav Icn. Kelson, A-nn. the dearly-beloved wife of William Kklwards. Juneral Thursday at 3.3C for Llanfaboa Church. Deeply mouiaed. Friend* please accept this intimation. HAROCA."TLE-.on January 29th. at Cardiff Infirmary. Edith, the beloved wife of F. Hardcas&le, and daughter of the late K. K a.-s. Travelers* R?t rii h F -ral ea,.np? T!! nbi?l ?.39 Thursday far. St. Martin's Church. Caerphillv. JOXES.—On the 50th ult.. at The Lilacs. Kirwaia, Mary Jane, widow of the late Isaac Henry Jones, J.P. Funeral on Wednesday, meven c'cioc. (Gertlo- mrn onlyi. to Hirwrnn Station, afid private from Cefn Station to Cemetery. LLO\ D.—On January 28th, at the residence of het son, T. J. Lloyd. Chemist, Bargoed. Alice, relict of the late James Llcyd. Cambrian Villa, Uwvnypia, aged 66 years. Private funeral v.eine*l?v. bv road to Aberdare, arriving two o'clock, where Irisnda please join. January 30th, at 71. Elion-Toad, Bishops- fton, Bristol, William Charles (Charlie;, youngest soa of Yir. and Mrs. Torn Lloyd. aged 14 yecrs. MERRIL-Or the 27th ult., John Martyn Merrils. at Cardiff, Solicitor, iu his sixtieth year. Funera l leaving 32:b:r':ro aiXi: a. 'u\e nesday for Llaadaff Cemetery. No flowers, by request. MORG-k.N.-On January 30tli. 1910 (suddenly). Isaac Morgan. 174. Llandaff-road. OrdifT. FuneraJ (private) Wednesday next, arriving at :\1an;t.fieid Church Tliree p. m. Xo Sowers. JtORRIS.—At 24, Aberdvberthy-road, Swansea, on the 29th alt., Henry Morris, 90. Funeral on Tues- day, arriving at Loughor Chm-ch at £ -30 p.m. PORTER.-On the 30th ult., suddenly, at 4, Dyf. strcet. Cardiff. Reuber. Porter, aged 60 years. Funeral Wedny. leaving residence Three p.rn" for Lhw. daff Cathedrs.i RAPPEL.I-Cn January 29th. Arthur, the dearly- beloved son of Mrs. Bappell, Xewsagent. OP:l11l.- street, and the late Alfred Rappell, Bute Docks. Funeral Thursday, Three p.m. A.O.F. and Ruperra Lodge, REES.-On the 28th ult., at Llandough Farm, Cardiff, Ann Rees, ageel "6 years. INinei-ai Wednesday, leaving residence 2.30 p.m., for Lian-dou^rh Churchyard. Friends please sroopt this, the only intimation. -No flowers. THOMAS.—On 30th January, at Church Fa-rm, Monk- 11 ash (suddenly;, Evan Tbomat. aged 76. Deeply- regretted. Funeral Friday at Two p.m., for Monk- nh Church. TrRXER—January 29th, at The Bays, West Cross, near Swansea. William Turner. Colliery Agent, olll". son cf E"2P and Mary Turner, Glenroy-street, Cardiff, died suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage, aged 49. To be buried at the Mumbles Cemetery at Three p.m. on Tuesday. Februarv 1st A C'KX OW Lr DG V EX TP. MULLIGAX.—Mr. Joseph Mulligan and Family desirw to express their sincere thanks to all friends who so kindly sent messages of sympathy to them in their recent sad bereavement. IX MEMORIAM. THOMAS.—In Loving Memory of our dear Mother, Ann Thomas, "0 ¡I']I asleep Fe-bruary 1st, lOOï, at the Exchange. Xantymoel.—" We miss her arc mown- her in silence, unseen..0\00 dwell on the men-cries cf days that have been, t"nkj;own and iorgotter, tv come she may be, But the grave that œnlail1 her is sacred to me. "4-0\'iI!g Hushajid and Children. WATTLEY, Penarth.-In Ever Terwler Memory of our much-loved little Son Dick, who dwells with God. and in our heart.
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WRESTLING With one going over 48min. a-nd two c>bh«r» 50mit:. only eight bouts were got through on. Monday ir, the wg oatch-as-ca<tob-ca-n tourna- ment at the Alhanihra, ljeioesfier-sQuare. so:' that the event looks like going far into this week before the end is reached. In the ligirt- weights, Olsen, Tom Rose (last year's winner). Peter Gotx, and Prior qualified for the semi- final, the one surprise being the victory of Prioe. Although giving away weight and being clearly the inferior man in point of sheer strength, Prioe beat his opponent by cleverness. Getting behind quite early and remaining there all the time, Kerstan once nearly got on the double-arm hc-14a. but Prioe gave him no opportunity, and, doing all the •work, won handsomely on points. The meet- ing of Joe Carroll ajid Frank Crozier in the middle-weigihtfe turned out to be a disappoint- ing wrestle. Escept that Carroll once rushed his man to the table.? and then lifted him vp o-ver his shoulder and dropped him, tin* men. were on their feet the -whole of the 5Cmin.. both very charv of taking any risk- Another ten minutee of much the same thing so a further ten minutes was ordered After about six minutee of this ha-d goae by Car- roll brought hie opponent over with a Eying more, but Crozier finished on top. and then. Carroll lea-vine himself open in trying a roll. Crozier seised the chance, and, with a clieet- hold. he pressed Carroll down most decisively. Rof"sult, LIGHT-WEIGHTS.-Fifth series Young Olsen (Newfoundlands beat Willie Chario-ek (New-town), in 9min. 39sec.: Tom RoOSe (Burn- leyl (holder) beat Jack Bentley (Aocring-ton), in 20min. 55sec.; Peter Gottz (London, beat Job Phamb-lev (West Houghton), in 5min. Jteec.: J. W. Price (Bum ley j beat Emile Ker- stan (Dresden), or. MIDDLE-WEIGHTS.—-fourth eenes: Frank Crozier (Jamaica) (holder) beat Joe Carroll (Hindley), in 48min. 29sec.: Peter Bannon (Burnley) beat Jack Ounning-ham tsprms View), on "points. HEAVY-WEIGHTS.—Third sene*: Ot8 (Japan) beat Ja-ck Bain 'Glasgow), m Vmin* 55sec.; La-urea-t le Beauoairois (France) beat George May (London;, in 5min. 30sec.
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