... THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Irving, wife of a hairdresser in Ann- street, Greenock, went out ou Monday evening, leaving her three children, Matilda, six vears of age, James, four years, and Maggie, two years, locked in a room by themselves. During her absence the children somehow set the room on fire, and the flames spread and caused consider- able damage to the house. All three children ...

... THE TtNPLATE TRADE. Sate of Upper Forest and Worcester Works. At the Royal Hotel, Swansea., on Wednesday, Messrs J. M. Ijeeder and Son put up for public auction the valuable works known the Upper t.'orest Steel and Tinpiate Works and the Worcester Tinpla.te Works, situate at Morriston, nea,r Swansea. The works had been carried on for several years past by Messrs W. Williams and Company, a.nd ...

... ATTACKED WITH A CHOPPER. Alleged Attempted Wife Murder. Elizabeth Hume (23), of Wharfdale-road, Cale- donian-road, London, was admitted this morning to the Royal Hospital suffering from shocking wounds in the head, alleged to have been in- flicted with a chopper by her husband, who is in custody. The parties ha.d quarrelled, and Mrs Hume had left her husband. Last night there was a partial ...

... I The Splott Club Case. I Police Court Proceedings. At the Cardiff Police Court to-day (before the Stipendiary) Wm. Chapman, manager of a club at Splott, was charged on information laid by the head constable with unlawfully selling intoxicat- ing liquors by retail at 36 and 38, Railway-street, Cardiff, on March 13th, 1898. In connection with the same case a man named Hellick was charged with ...

... Woo Wait for (TIasrtttra±ion. TjiANTEDïmm;aiately,good Haircutter 'Txfshtver V 1 good wages to suitable man. Also Lad M >mm tice.—A??Iy 26, Wood-street. j66n TO Blacksmiths.—Young Australian (22) wMts Place: JL good nailer on.—P. ThomM. 2670OHenn&_ Tor.yrefail.  ANES' Gentlemen's, and Children's Cast-off Cloth JJArJ:gt¡'¡;P{:l?,I ...

... A telegram from the Central News correspan dent at Bridport, which took over nine and half hours to reach London, states that Bridpor* has been quite isolated by the snowstorm. The omnibus from Lyme Regis could not reach Brid- port on Tuesday or Wednesday, the roa,ds being impassable. An attempt is being made to delivei the mails at Crewkerne and Lyme Regis b) means of mounted messengers. One ...

... A TRADESMAN'S FLIT. A firm at Cardiff Docks has received tbe lowing letter from one of their tomers in the Yalleys :— I am very sorry form you that I have come to the end ot tether. I am bound by circumstances to leav ...

... TO-DAY'SWEATHEB.4.3OP.M TO-DAY'S FORECAST POH ENGLAND, S.W., OU TU W LRS. Issued, at 2 o'clock last iiight. Westerly to north-westerly winds, becoming strong, with squally, showery weather colder. ...

... DR. FAIRBURN AT CARDIFF. Dr. Fairburn, who, as principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, has been one of the leaders in the wide-spreading movement for the efficient, intellectual equipment of young men intending to enter the ministry, delivered a lecture on Wednesday evening primarily to the Cardiff theological students. There was a large- attendance of young men at the Cory Hall, aim there ...

... Newmarket Training Notes. I NBWMARKKT, Thurs(lay.-0n the Racecourse side, Jewitt's The Wyvem, Duna; ;ase, Argosy, Florio Rubattino, Nightjar, La Fere, Deesi.de, and Knight of the Thistle galloped a mile and a, quarter Marsh's Glentilt, Dieudonne, and Jeddah galloped a mile Oakdene, Grodno, Nunsuch, and Minstrel went a mile and a quarter; Maizie, Eventide, Lady Yaxdley filly, and Sevillanus ...

... I SHOOTING AT THE POPE. At annual Speech Day at Whitgift Middle School, Croydon, yesterday afternoon, the Vicar of Croydon (Rev. H. H. Pereira) told a good examination story. In a paper which had come Under his notice the boy produced an excellent sketch of the career of Cardinal Wolsey, but the examiner was puzzled to read About this time he shot at the Pope. On inquiring the moaning the ...

... I LLANDYSSUL ATHLETIC SPORTS I This meeting took place on Wednesday. The 1 results were as follow Kalf-a-Mile Open Handicap Bicycle Ra,ce, for boys not over 16 years of age. -1, T. George Davies, Cardigan, 15yds.; 2, James Davies. Llandyssul, 15yds. 100 Yards Flat Race, Open Handicap.—1, J. M. Williams, Carmarthen, 4yds.; 2, D. A. Jones, TIau- dyssul, 6yM.; 3, D- o-O Parry, Carmarthen, scratch ...