... CORPORATION OFFICIALS. Proposed Inoreases of Salaries. The Salaries Committee of the Cardiff Corpora- tion decided this morning to increase the salaries of the following officials in the service of the CorporationMr Applebee, chief electrical engineer, £200 to L300 per anan- Mr J. A. Woods, borough treasurer's assistant, ;£121) to £ 140; and Mr W. Eaton, Itl'chitectul' X150 to E175. ...

... On Wednesday night, at Festiniog, the Executive Committee of the Eisteddfod hela its final meet- itig before the publication of the list of subjects. The secretary of tho Literary G)tnti)ibt ee reported that DiniweidrwytUl (Innoc«i;ce) had been substituted for Telynau DllW (Flaips of God) as the subject for the Cywydd, and recommended that a subject for which Air Thomas Jones (Corwen) offered ...

... A special meeting of the General Committee appointed to tak- q,ep8 to invite the National Eisteddfod for 1899 to Cardiff was held on Friday, under the presidency of the Rev. J. Morgan Jones. There was a large and influential attendance, and in the discussion that took place several speakers strongly deprecated the envious spirit displayed and the intemperate remarks made use of with reference ...

... SHOCKING CASE, A Woman and her Father Committed. At Saffron WaldenPolice Court yesterday Emily Pask, a single woman, and her father, Joseph Pask, were jointly charged with feloniously, wilfully, and of malice aforethought killing and murdering the infant male child of the female prisoner. Evidence for the prosecution showed that the woman bad had several children, some of whom had died in ...

... This is a story from the Church Pietiew, ao n4 further excuse is needed for recounting it. Scent j —A village church. Time—Sunday afternoon and children's service. Enter little girl and hai two brothers, who are wearing velveteen knicker- | bockers. Arrived at seat, girl and brother kneel j but not the smaller boy. Vicar's daughter (tG smaller boy) You must kneel down now. Thie is church ...

... A DOUBLE REFORM. The Police Department mi Kansas City has sei women prisoners to breaking stone like the male prisoners. The Police Comraissioners adoptof this role on the recommendation of Chief Quarles who argued that women prisoners kept in were not sufficiently punished. The women will wearjeoarse overalls, and Will have no skirts tc impede their work. This is the first reform the kind ...

... The Murder of a Singer. IMPRESSIONS IN COURT. Attempt to Prove an Alibi. VIENNA, Sunday.—The court which conducts the trial of the men accused of the murder of Anna Szimon consists of tiu'ee Judges, one of whom presides, and three jurymen. The six mem- bers of this tribunal give the verdict. When they are equally divided the prisoner gets the benefit of the doubt, and when they are unanimous ...

... A DELUGE IN A BOARDING SCHOOL. I Remarkable Occurrence at Hampstead. I Narrow Escape of Ladies. I Yesterday morning a remarkable acciden occurred at Belsize-grove, Hampstead. At about 3 o'clock in the morning a cistern containing 500 gallons of water, situated on the roof of 7, Belsize- grove, either burst or the roof gave way. The cistern was fixed exactly over the front staircase of the ...

... ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER I On Sunday night the village of Cwm was the scene of a determined, but fortunately unsuccess- ful attempt at murder. William James, a fitter living at Newbridge, was on a visit to his mother's and brother's, who keep the Castle Hotel, near the Cwm Bailway Station. After closing they were discussing some questions relating to the property of the mother, Mrs James. p c ...

... SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER. A Woman and Her Father Committed.4 I p/y Sa £ reon vyalden Police Oonrt to^ay Emily IW WOBOan» her father, Joseph ^ilf„ j°infcly charged with feloniously, lnnrrt. • malioe aforethought killing and the infant male child of the female fcba.t> «,r* dence for the prosecution showed whom h *°Jnan had had several children, some of tnhm (?ied 'Q 'Q'anoy. She lived with her ...

... OHOR flBr — LLANDAFF. a turther tL ANr> 1*M?KKANO« SooiBTt.— »«a«n»t intom au8 of extending theif campaign Church 0» —Penance throughout the oountry, the- adopted a aw_.nK'and Temperance Society have a signal 011 Van work, which bids fair to; bomber of They have at present ^wing the rvTDa ln charge of capable lecturers 5°ral distri ohiefly visiting the agrioul- Mr Atohibaij' ^Qd one of these ...

... During a heavy thunderstorm which pawed mt over Holbeaob, Lincolnshire, last evening, a S youth named Herbert Marshall was struok by w lightning and killed. fl. lightning and killed. fl. ...