... DREYFUS INTERVIEWED. At Last I Can Speak, A correspondent writes from Cayenne anent the interview of Judge Darius with Dreyfus M. Darius, who is Acting President of the Court of Appeal of French Guiana, was instruc- ted by the Minister of Justice to see Dreyfus on Devil'a Island. The order was accompanied by a sealed letter,which he was to open only on land- ing on the island. It contained ...

... LOCAL AMUSEMENTS. Theatre Royal, Cardiff. At the Royal thi;; week Mr Alfred Selwyn's company will produce. The Three Musketeers. This is a dramatised version of Dumas' well- known romance. Grand Theatre, Cardiff. U Driven from Home, whkh will be produced at the Grand Theatre this week, is a strong domestic drama, similar to those which have been made a feature ly the management of this ...

... BURGLARS AT ABERCARN. Early on Friday morning a daring attempt was made !o hurst open the safe iu the office of the NewpoU-Abercarn Coal Company's Cely- uen Colliery. The means adopted appear to have been to fill the lock with powder to which a piece of fuse was attached, thus causing an explosion within the safe. The atLeuipt, how- ever, proved fruitless, as, bevoud knocking the mechanism of ...

... I Position of the United States. NEw YORK, Wednesday.—Mr Alger contradicts the statement that instructions have been sent to General Otis at Manila to wage an aggressive warfare against Aguinaldo. Opinion generally 'in Government circles is that the ratification of the Peace Treaty by the Senate is not sufficient justification for the establishment of American government throughout the entire ...

... I Servant Girl's Siranga Conduot. At the Lssex Assizes now being held Elizabeth Walxord was indicted for administering strych- nine to her mistress, Mrs Marlar, the wife of a chemist at Halstead. It was stated that Marlar had had occasion to complain of the prisoner sending letters to a, young man, a.nd her, mother also gave her a talking to on the same subject. The prisoner on the following ...

... A HERO OF TEL-EL-KEBIR. Drunk and Disorderly in Cardiff. At thq Cardiff Police Court to-day Thomas Matthews (42) was charged with being drank and '••orderly in c0wbri d«e-road on the 7th inst. and assaulting p c jAmei Harrjs The constable aving described prjsoner's rough method of i.anaii«g him, Matthews was asked to make his UP and eXteDdiK hlS chest Matthews Sftid he had been in the Army ...

... Similar to the Cleveland-street Scandal. A Washington correspondent telegraphing yesterdav says :—The New York District Attor- ney ma-kes an important statement in connection with the mysterious poisoning of Mr Barnett and Mrs Adams. He says the police expect shortly to arrest two, and perhaps turea, persons. At the inquest he says the names of some prominent people may be mentioned, and some ...

... A NEGRO GIANTESS. j here is a novelty rn the variety programme at th« Royal Aquarium, for Miss Eila Williams, a ne £ ro giantess, arrived on Wednesday afternoon, and will be on view at the Aquarium for several weeks. She is 27 years of age, and was born on a rice plantation in South Carolina, her mother and father being slaves. She is 7 feat 1 I*10*1, bigh, and has enormous feet, limbs, and ...

... COALS per ton for cash on delivery. Best valise in Cardiff good quality. Ited Ash (large), 16- 6d Cobbles (iar^e size), 15s 6d Nuts, 14s 6d Kitchener coal 6d. Half tons Is per ton extra.—T. Shield?, Grwys Coal Yard, Cardiff 790 A TRIUMPH of the Tea Blending Art—Phillips's sSdTea. Have you tried iV? It is djsticclfy superior to the so-called finest teas In all diseases coosnit the eminent ...

... PARIS, Wednesday Afternoon.—According to a statement in the Pairie, Lord Rosebery was present in the Place de la. Roquette this morning at the execution of the young murderer, Peugnez, who killed a widow, his benefactress, and her child, with an axe, plundered the house, and spent the proceeds upon his mistress.—Central News. ...

... CHINA, I Pekin, Wednesday.—Mr Pritchard Morgan's agent states that the final contract for the Su Chuan mining concession has been siguecl- Reuter. ...

... THE LATEST SPY TERROR. I Frenchwomen in Germany. I The Berlin correspondent of the Daily iVttcs writes :-A new foe is at the gates of the Empire. Here, however, is no question of mailed fist, but of soft white hand in soft kid glove. The German Army had hitherto sought its hereditary foe in he stalwarts of France. Now the fearful dis- covery has been made that the fair sex of that fair land, ...