... DEVRH FROM HEART DISEASE. inquest was held at Manchester to-day on the body of Mr Stephens Chestetrs Thompson, WN known Manchester councillor, who until a fe ^ijars kg0 W9jS Mr Balfour's election chairman V* tot ftfanclieshter. Mr Thompson died sud- den) I froly, heart disease. A verdict of Death 10,11 dfttural causes was returned. ...

... £1,200 FOR A CARNATION. I A flower-grower in Massachusetts, who has cultivated a new pink carnation of great beauty, has been offered £1.200 for it by a wealthy Chicago man. This .is the highest price ever bid for a carnation slip of any kind in the world. The grower has refused an offer of Wealthy men and florists from all parts of the country arc competing for the prize. ...

... A ROYAL APPOtNTMENT. I In to-day's South-Eastern district orders it is notified that Captain H.S.H. Prince Francis of Teck, 1st Dragoons, has been appointed aide-de- camp to Major-General Sir Leslie Rundle, com- manding the Sonth-Eastern district. f ...

... THE TROUBLES AT TONNA. I STATEMENT BY THE REV. T. W. GEORGE EXTRAORDINARY ALLEGATIONS MR LAW'S MEETING. I It is absolutely impossible for those not resid- ing in the Neath district to realise the extra- ordinary interest that is being manifested there, and all down the countryside, in what has already come to be known as the Llantwit Lower School Board scandal. The usually quiet little ...

... FOOTBALL. I Valuable Recruit for Tondu. We bear that Dai Davies, the isndgand half- back, is not likaly to play for Bridgend again, having obtained employment at Tondu. It is probable, therefore, he will don the jersey for that team. CKUMLIN have January 21st vacant, home or a-way give or take guarantee.—pritchard, secretary. ABERCYKON FOOTBALL CLUB have open dates January, February. Will give ...

... ANOTHER VESSEL STRANDED. The Crew Saved. A Lloyd's Northumberland message states that i ...

... THE JUDICIAL CHOP, Some amusement was caused at the South London Sessions, Newington, yesterday, by the learned Chairman (Mr McConnell) proposing to adjourn the Court for luncheon at 12.30, instead of the usual hour of 1.30. He had evidently mis- taken the time, but was about to leave the bench, accompanied by the other justices, when the Judge's Clerk hastily intervened with the in- formation ...

... PAINFUL DETAILS. I A Berlin correspondent writing on Wednesday night says :—Last Monday a duel toolt place at Met-, ns already stated, betwesn an officer and civilian, in which the latter was shot. About two years :1go when duelling increased so greatly that it began to become a public nuisance, restrictive mea.sures were attempted in a decree of the Em- peror, which permitted it only in very ...

... A collision, unattended, however, by perfiongl injury, occurred near Hammersmith, on the Met ropolitan Railway, about 8 this morning. A light eogino collided with a passsug er train, three car- riages being derailed, blocking the up line and dislocating the traffic to the City. A breakdown succeeded in clearing the obstruction by 1 o'clock. ...

... I CARDIFF. EH.MAXI.-KL CHUBCH, ROATH PABK.— To-morrow at 8 p.m. Mr E. S. G. Mayo will lecture on Is Ritualism the Stepping-stone to Home GKAND COXCKHT.—Admirers of oratOriO in Car- diff will be given an opportun'tCy bo-mor):o' eve- ning at Ainon Baptist Chape), Walker-road, ^of hearing Haydn's '• Creation performed by the chapel cboir. The choir is 11 strong one. number- ing 150 voic33, while ...

... i ENGLANTD AND FRANCE. | SPEECH BY THE FRENCH AIMBAS- SADOR. M The Central News says:-M. Cambon, the .French Amabassador to Englaisd, received at the French Embassy, Albert-gate, London, a deputation from the International Arbitration Ii . aindi Peace Association. The deputation con- sisted of M, Felix Moseclelos, Mr. Martin Wood, Mr. Scott, and Afr. J. Frederick Green. An sa nddre3s cc1w read ...

... ,| P INTERVIEW WITH THE ILACK KNIGHT. Z SOBER BLAOK LABOUR THE HOPE OF TIHE SOUTH, I L Just at present South Wales is being 'e visited by the Rev. J. 31. Hector, otherwise 0 h bnown as 'The Black Kinight, who in deliver'ly P ijg a series of lectures under ?? auspices of b ii the United Kingdom Alliance. Soon after his b t. arrival at Cardiff (which will be his head- 0l if quarters) on ...