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TIRED OF LIFE AT SIXTEEN
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TIRED OF LIFE AT SIXTEEN YOONRS SAD SUICIDE AT MIDDLE- TON. A curious caae has arisen at Middleton. On Friday week young man named Thomas Efcnry Timperley, aged sixteen. of Rhodes- street, Rhodes, was seen to suddenly fall in the road wh'le walking between Middleton and Xiiodes. A sergeant of police happened to be near. and be pat the young man on an ambulance for conveyance borne, On the ttay a doctor was met, and he attended the jronth until he died, subsequently giving a certificate that death was due to apoplexy, The body nas bnried in the ordinary course, and nothing further was heard until last Wed- fcesday, when a letter was found at the rail- way station addressed to the inspector of police. This was delivered. It was written anonymously, and stated that a letter written by the deeeased was in existence, which would change the view that he bad died from natural causes. The police made inquiries, and found that deceased had sent a letter to a Miss Edith Taylor, of Middleton. on the evening of his death, which ran as follows:- "My dearest-beloved Eda,—I write these few lines to let you know that you will not be able to see me again after to-night, as I am going to make away with myself. I am sick and tired of this life. allld I have had something on my mind ever since Mary Hill told me about folks talking about me while I was away; but let it drop now. So good-bye, and God bless you all.—I am, your broken- hearted sweetheart. TOM." In consequence of this the body was exhumed, and as the result of a post-mortem Dr. Jobnson told the coroner that death was caused by some irritant poison. The evidence put before the coroner did not throw any light upon the trouble which was referred to in the letter, nor as to what the poison was or where it had been obtained. Miss Taylor. stated that the lad, who had been keeping company with her for about twelve months, had had no quarrel with her. In cross-examination by the Coroner, she said that she had not given the letter to the police at first because she did not attach much importance to it, and afterwards, when she had heard of the lad's death, she was too I frightened to do so. The lad's father stated that he had a happy home. and had no trouble that they knew of. The jury eventually returned a. verdict of "Suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity." The Coroner remarked that the doctor who had given the certificate of death had made a. natural mistake, considering that he had no knowledge of the circumstances. As to the girl, also, it was clear that she could not have saved the lad, as he must have taken the poison by the time she received the letter. The writer of the anonymous letter was severely condemned for not coming forward.
A CLEVER OLD ROGUE.
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A CLEVER OLD ROGUE. clever old rogue," was the description applied by Sir Joseph Renals to Edward Charles Hamilton, 69, a respectable-looking man. who was convicted at the Guildhall on Monday of a series of impudent frauds on keepers of City public-hotises and restaurants. The old man's custom was to order such meals as "kidneys and bacon, with tea and cream," or "chicken, ham. and vegetables, with a bottle of wine," and after partially consuming them to explain that be had come from his office in a hurry and left his purse behind him. As he was always ready to "oblige with his card," which bore the name *E. C. Hamilton. British Luxfer Prism Syndi- cate, Hill-street., Finsbury," upon it, he was nearly always permitted to depart without paying. When the attention of the police was at last called to Hamilton he was identified as having been many times convicted of felony. He was sent to prison for twelve months.
DISTRACTED LOVER'S FREAK.
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DISTRACTED LOVER'S FREAK. At Newbury on Monday Joseph Smith, a coach-painter, was charged with wilfully breaking the plate-glass shop windows of Mr Pratt, chemist, and Mr Langford. draper, on Saturday night, causing damage to the amount of £ 10. He pleaded guilty, and said he had no ill-will towards the parties men- tioned. whose pardon he sought, and that he committed the damage solely for the purpose of obtaining police protection, as an awful delusion haunted him that he was being fol- lowed about by persons anxious to do him harm. A medical man who had examined defendant certified that his mind was unhinged, and he was subsequently conveyed to the Berkshire Lunatic Asylum. It is said that a love affair is the cause of his temporary mental aberra- tion.
_----NAVAL LIEUTENANT DISMISSED…
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NAVAL LIEUTENANT DISMISSED HIS SHIP. iiientenant o. E. B. Colbeck. of the Vivid, pleaded guilty at a naval court-martial on the Conqueror at Devonport on Tuesday to being absent without leave from his Majesty's ship Black Prince, Queeijstown, from February 20 to March 14. Prisoner was granted twenty- eight, days leave, and went to South Africa, returning on the 30th of August, when he reported himself to the Admiralty. His defence was ill-health, brought on by long service on the West Coast of Africa and the East India Station.—Mr. Colbeck, who has been eight years a lieutenant, was ordered-to forfeit aU: month3 seniority, and dismissed his ship.
ON FIRE IN A HANSOM CAB.¡
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ON FIRE IN A HANSOM CAB. ¡ As a hansom cab was nearing Waterloo Station some passers-by noticed smoke issuin" from the vehic'e. ° The cab was stopped, and on the driver descending he found that the clothing of the gentleman inside had been set on fire by a lighted pipe. which he had inadvertently put into his pocket. The cabman extinguished the fire by wrap- ping his cape round his passenger, who was rather badly burned about the left hand and side.
—— THE CHARGE AGAINST AN AMERICAN…
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—— THE CHARGE AGAINST AN AMERI- CAN LADY. At the Guildhall. London, on Tuesday Marie Josephine Eastwicke, describing herself as an American lady of wealth, was committed for trial on a charge of attempting to defraud Mr. Henry Ramire Baton, stockbroker, of £4.000 9y altering a share certificate of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. In a letter which ",as found addressed by the a-ccused to her father, she remarked that she had felt herself going insane again, and she was sure she had done some very strange things.
SMALL-POX AND FEVER IN LONDON.
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SMALL-POX AND FEVER IN LONDON. There were seven fresh cases of small-pox in London on Monday. The total number of patients under treatment on Tuesday was 171. This return shows a slight decrease. As to fever and diphtheria, the reports are not so good. There were nearly 100 notifications during Monday, and more on Tuesday. The scarlet fever patients now number 3,170, and the oases of diphtheria. 1,510.
"MOST SUSPICIOUS CASE."
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"MOST SUSPICIOUS CASE." STRANGE DEATH OF AN ACTRESS'S BABY. The Westminster Coroner resumed an inquiry concerning the death of the male child of Edna Friert, a German actress, which died at 4. Bude-mansions, Charing Cross-road, under strange circumstances. Evidence was given by several witnesses, in- cluding the midwife, and a sister of the mother stated that the child had cried for two hours after birth, and had then died in convulsions; Its body had been taken to an undertaker, and the midwife had written a certificate with the object of having it buried. Dr. Alexander Mitchell, of 87, Regent-street, police surgeon to the C Division, said he had made a second post-mortem examination. It was a fully-developed child. It had not been properly attended. Witness considered it ridiculous to suggest that the child lived and screamed for two hours having regard to the condition of the lungs. Death was due to suf- focation. The Coroner said they were brought face to face with the disagreeable fact that the child died from suffocation, and the certificate as given was another very unpleasant feature. At all events, if the object of the certificate was to get the child buried, it failed. The case was not lacking in suspicion, but, still, there was no proof. The suspicion, however, had by no means been removed. The jury returned a verdict "That the child died from suffocation, but there was not suffi- cient evidence to show how it was caused." The Coroner repeated that the case was a most suspicious one.
A SPURIOUS NOBLEMAN.
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A SPURIOUS NOBLEMAN. A most remarkable swindling case was dealt with last week by the Berlin Criminal Court. Anton Pfluger had been a lift attendant; he had also filled the post of swimming master. Early this year Pfluger read an advertisement in a newspaper to the effect that a nobleman of high rank at Luzern desired to adopt a ycung man. He announced himself, and was received by the "nobleman." It often happens amongst the ranks of the ancient Continental nobility that this desire to "adopt" a fellow- creature's son arises less from humanitarian motives than from a wish to find money to fill a spendthrift's purse. And so it was in this case. But Pfluger was penniless, so he found nothing for his advantage here. The agent, however, conducted him to a man in a similar position as the first "nobleman," who styled himself Duke Francesco Carrossiola di Brienza, and declared himself ready to do business and to obtain for the whilom swimming- master the right to use the style and title of a Duke de Siano if he could plank down the sum of E4,000, the only condition reserved being that the King of Italy would permit him to transfer the title. Pfluger thereupon returned to Berlin full of ideas, and full of schemes as to how he could get possession of the £ 4,000. He thought he would marry a rich woman, and for this end got hold of one* of those marriage agents in the Royal borough of Charlottenburg whose name is legion. He purchased visiting-cards, writing-paper, and envelopes bearing the ducal coronet and arms, all blazoned in heraldic tints-on tick, it is true, for he had no ready cash-and then got himself accepted in a highly respectable boarding-house in a fashionable quarter of Berlin, where there were plenty of ladies of money ready for marriage. Undoubtedly, he would have been successful here, for his high- sounding title made a great impression, but his various mistakes in manners and elocution were considered unworthy of a duke. Meanwhile Pfluger tried other ways of get- ting hold of the "ready." He advertised for a private secretary, hoping to be ab',e to in- duce a candidate for the post to deposit a sufficient sum in his hands as a guarantee. The candidates were, happily for themselves, all impecunious. When he was arrested he had nothing of any value about him-merely a few lottery tickets and his landlady's bill. It seems he was negotiating at the time of his arrest with a certain baroness at Munich, the possessor of a fortune of some £ 400,000, with a view to marriage. The Court sentenced him to a year's im- prisonment, and to a fine of 15s. for playing in one of the lotteries forbidden in Prussia.
ALLEGED LADY BURGLAR.
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ALLEGED LADY BURGLAR. At Brentford Police-court on Tuesday a well-1 dressed couple, giving the names of Thomas Bar-ow, 35, and Annie Lewis, 26, were charged with breaking and entering a villa, and steal- ing a quantity of property. Frederick James Herrow. of 7, Lyndhurst Villas, The Park, Ealing, said he left his house perfectly secure at about 9.30 on the morn- ing of the 9th ult. He returned at about 9.30 p.m., and, happening to go into the best bed- room about an hour later, found that all the drawers had been opened and ransacked, a number of articles being missing, and others scattered all over the room. From another bedroom witness missed a silver cigarette- case, and the drawers here had also been broken open. Evidence of arrest was given showing that when charged the female prisoner said, "I don't know what you mean," while Barrow made no reply. On the way to the station. however, he said, "Why are you pinching her? She knows nothing about it." Asked whether they had anything to say, the female prisoner said she knew nothing about the matter. "I only came out of Worm- wood Scrubs on the 10th, and this burglar," was committed on the 9th." Barrow said: "I passed by prosecutor's house on the day in question, broke in, and s4)le these things wholly and solely by myself. I met the female prisoner when she came out of the Scrubs on the following day, and gave her the things produced, telling her that I had bought them at a sale. She knew nothing about it." Barrow was committed for trial, and Lewis was discharged. They kissed affectionately in the dock, and the man was then taken below.
A BIGAMIST'S DEFENCE.
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A BIGAMIST'S DEFENCE. WUMam Rogers, 58, of The Grove, South Lambeth-road, who was committed for trial at Westminster, London, on Monday for bigamy, made a curious defence. The second wife, Elearor Fuller, said that when she married accused the was a widow, and he represented himself as a widower. Bursting into tears, she went on to say that she was not prosecuting. It was a great blow to fcer when a detective came anj| asked to see her marriage certificate. Rogers had been very good to her. Asked if he wished to say anything, Rogers replied that lie was sorry he had broken the law of the country, but he was "driven to it." He married Mrs. Fuller with the most honourable intentions; she waa very kind to hi-n. and, as she had been left a widow with eight children, be "buried the past." His first wife, he continued, "fairly drove him away." He went cut for half an hour one evening, and waa told not to return; but when he did the door was locked against him. It was snowing at the time, and he had to remain on the doorstep all night. In the morning, when he asked for his belongings, his mother-in-law pitched them out of the window. As soon as he opened his mouth he was removed by the police and fined, and his wife's father wrote that he wag "not wanted any more."
DARING JEWEL ROBBERY.
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DARING JEWEL ROBBERY. A daring robbery of jewellery was reported to the Leeds police on Tuesday. A German named Keyersbach, travelling for a firm of jewellers at Hanam, in Germany, engaged a man to pull his samples about on a hand-cart. While the traveller was in a shop the man is alleged to have decamped with a box containing jewels valued at £ 2,000. No trace of him has yet been discovered.
DOCTOR'S SERIOUS POSITION.
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DOCTOR'S SERIOUS POSITION. William Tyndal Watson, medical officer of health to the Tottenham District Council, was charged on a warrant (before the Enfield jus- tices) on Moniay with a criminal offence. Mr. Moreton Phillips, who prosecuted on behalf of the National Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children, asked for a remand on evidence of arrest being given. Detective-sergeant M' Arphur, of the N Divi- sion, said at 8.30 that morning Dr. Watson went to the office of Detective-inspector Martin and said he understood that a warrant had been issued for his arrest, and that he had returned from his holiday expressly to meet the charge. On the warrant being read he made no reply. Prisoner was remanded, bail being allowed.
PERILS OF THE DEEP.
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PERILS OF THE DEEP. CAPTAINS REMARKABLE ENGI- NEERING FEAT. A sensational experience recently occurred to the officers and crew of the steamer Titania. of over 5,000 tons, belonging to Messrs. Charles Howard and Sons, of London, which j arrived at Barry on Monday. j Our Barry representative visitede Captain M'Millan on board his fine ship on Monday, and obtained from him an interesting account of his sensational experiences during his last I voyage. The Titania left South Africa on June 17, bound for Buenos Ayres, and kept well to the north in order to avoid as far as possible the heavy weather generally prevailing in the South Atlantic at this season of the year. At the same time, the steamer had gales and head winds all the way. On the 8th of July the vessel lost its tail-end shaft and propeller, and the steamer was left as a drifting log on the ocean. On the previous day they had a moderate gale, and the ship, having risen on the top of a heavy sea, came down straining heavily, so much so that all hands rushed on deck, thinking that she had struck something. It is probable that the shaft got fractured then, although it hung out for 26 hours longer. It was a critical time. The steamer was rapidly drifting out of the course of vessels; only a few days' provisions were left on board. A barquentine belonging to Nova Scotia was signalled, and provisions were obtained. Captain M'Millan saw there was only one hope remaining, and that a somewhat feeble one, namely, that they might be able to put in a new shaft and propeller while tossing about helplessly on the deep. The captain resolved to make the attempt, and he was ably supported by his officers and crew. The task which Captain M'Millan had imposed upon himself was an exceedingly difficult one, that of moving a heavy weight such as the propeller (over five tons), putting it over the side of the light and rolling vessel, getting it into its exact position, and fixing it firmly on the new shaft prepared for it, with no ap- pliances on board suitable for such work ex- cept the ordinary working gear of the ship. First, what is called a sea-anchor was made of such materials as were available, and put overboard, for the purpose of keeping the ship's head more or less in one direc- tion. Then the bows had to be de- pressed or sunk, to get the stern as high as possible out of the water. This was done by moving ballast coals and all possible weight from the stern to the bows, emptying the water ballast tanks and filling those for- ward. and also pumping water, the only weight-making material available, into the forward hold. All this was a work of the greatest difficulty, and called forth the best judgment and skill of the captain and his men. But when all had been done, after days and nights of hard work, the stern tube was above water at intervals, for the roll of the sea frequently covered to a considerable depth the position in which the men putting on the propeller had to work; so much so, indeed, that those working had to be tied in their places, as the rising waves would have smashed them either against the ship, the propeller, or the tackle carrying the weight from above. Pluck and perseverance, however, overcame all obstacles, with the result that eventually they succeeded in getting the propeller into its proper place, and secured it in such a thorough manner that it is not even now necessary, when the ship has come to dry dock at Barry to be overhauled and renovated, to add to or alter in any way the work so skil- fully done under such adverse conditions. Captain M'Millan, true to the instincts and duty of a brave leader, was all the while in the place of danger in the front rank, taking pnrt in the fixing of the new propeller, being assisted by Third-officer Bell and Boatswain Johnson, working in such an exposed and perilous position all through the night with- out food, with lights from buckets of oakum and tar slung over the stern, and his example and energy were a stimulus to his officers and crew, who staunchly assisted him in his successful efforts to extricate them and his ship from their dan- gerous position. By the morning of the 15th of July, within a week from the breakdown, the Titania was again a moving power on the great ocean, and resumed her voyage, and arrived at Buenos Ayres without further incident on the 29th. In port the ship was examined by Lloyd's sur- veyor. and without hesitation he granted her a full seaworthy certificate. Captain M'Millan, who has yet the bloom of comparative youth on his side, belongs to Islay, Scotland. He has already received the most flattering congratulations for his splendid display of ability, courage, and energy under the trying circumstances, and has just received a more solid expression of appreciation from the owners, which will be distributed amongst the crew.
I-: TERRIBLE MURDER AT HANLET.…
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TERRIBLE MURDER AT HANLET. At Hanley on Monday James Taylor, 30, hollowware presser, of Granville-street North, Hanley, was brought up before the borough magistrates charged with having wilfully murdered Annie Jane Broom, 27, a married woman, with whom he had been cohabiting for some months past. Mr. Carter, chief-constable, made a formal application for remand until Friday. The prisoner had no objection to offer to the application, and he was remanded until Friday. The crime with which Taylor is accused was committed at a late hour on Saturday night. It appears that Taylor is of rather a jealous disposition, and he .quarrelled with the woman Broom when she returned home from the market shortly before midnight on Saturday. The neighbours heard a noise in the house, and subsequently Taylor went to the house of a Mrs. Rutter close by, and, walking into the kitchen, exclaimed, "I have killed Annie. I want you to fetch a policeman and get him to lock me up. She asked me to do it, and I have done it." The Rutters then went into Taylor's house, and there they were horrified to find the woman Broom lying on the floor in a pool of blood quite dead. The woman's head, which had been terribly battered in at the back, rested on a pillow on the floor, which was bespattered with blood. A police- man was sent for, and Taylor, who had remained in the house with the Rutters, when asked who had killed the woman said, "I have done it. I am ready to go with you." He then showed Police-constable Shenton a sash weight that was lying on the sofa and said, "That's what I've done it with." The weight is about 16in. long, and is smeared with blood. When taken to the police-station and charged with the murder of Broom, Taylor admitted his guilt.
SAD BATHING FATALITY NEAR…
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SAD BATHING FATALITY NEAR CLEVEDON. Another sad bathing fatality occurred on Sunday afternoon on a stretch of sand beyond Ladye Bay Point, in the parish of Walton-in- Gordano, not far from the place where a Clevedon youth lost his life a short time ago. It appears that two young men, named Stier and Roser. a hairdresser and tobacconist, of Kingsmead-street, Bath, cycled over from that city on Sunday morning, and in the afternoon went to bathe at the place above-mentioned. After being in the water a little time Stier was observed to be in difficulties, and Roser imme- diately went to his assistance and brought him ashore, when artificial means were used to restore animation, but without avail. Dr. Martin, who was sent for, was promptly in attendance, but on his arrival this gentleman pronounced life to be extinct. The deceased leaves a widow and two young children, for rt'om much sympathy is felt locally.
ANSWERING THE CORONER.
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ANSWERING THE CORONER. Coroner G. P. Wyatt at Camberwell received some very off-handed answers on Saturday from a witness named Jane Henry, of Harrow- street, Borough, who was called in reference to the death of Minnie Herbert. "Was she a heavy drinker?" queried the coroner, to which Jane skittishly responded, "You know she was. Fancy asking me a silly question like that!" Mr. Wyatt: Is 40 years her correct age? Witness: I don't know—I'm not her mother. I think she was 38, but, anyway, two years make no difference. The Coroner: But it does. Some people do not like to be called older than they are. Witness: Perhaps you don't. The Coroner: Was deceased a sober woman? Witness: What do you think? The Coroner: Well, I think you had better go. And she went.
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A REMARKABLE STORY. -'
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A REMARKABLE STORY. WOMAN CHARGES HER HUSBAND WITH THEFT. At the West London Police-court on Friday two men. named Edmand Leycox and Harold Marsh. aJias Morment, were again brought up under an order of the Home Office to be re- examined on the charge of being concerned in stealing a number of articles, including a new cheque-book, the property of Harriet Emma Jjcox. while she was residing with her hus- band in Finborough-road. South Kensington. Thej prosecutrix again attended, and was allowed to be seated while the evidence was read over. She was married to the first-men- tioned prisoner on the 22nd of July last at St. Leonard's Hove. after an acquaintance of about two months. They first went to reside at the Grosvenor Hotel, and afterwards in Fin- borough-road, from which place he absconded after going away with her property. The prisoners were arrested on another charge of robbery, committed near Ashford, and sen- tenced to three months' imprisonment. Both prisoners were arrested in Folkestone, and on being arrested cheques and the cheque-book were found upon them. Leycox put some questions to his wife, one being !how many times he asked her for cheques while they were staying at the Gros- venor, and she said one only, for JB12. The prosecutrix identified three rings and other articles pledged, bemg part of the stolen property. The magistrate inquired of Marsh if he had any questions to ask prosecutrix. remarking that the only evidence against him was the possession of the cheque-book. The Prisoner: No, I only minded the book for a few hours. Detective-inspector' Hayter then mentioned charges to be preferred against both prisoners for being concerned in uttering worthless cheques taken out of the book. After hearing evidence in one ca.se Yr. Lane, K.C., remanded the prisoners until Wednes- day next.
THE LONDON CLUB RAID.
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THE LONDON CLUB RAID. At Bow-street Police-court, London, on Fri- day, Jack William Kohn was summoned (befora Sir Franklin Lushington) for using the premises, 5, South-crescent. Tottenham-court- road, as a gaming-house, and Henri Rosen- child, Robert Strey, and William Kendt were summoned for assisting in carrying on the business. Twenty-one other men were sum- moned for frequenting the club for an unlaw- ful purpose. Mr. Muskett (Messrs. Wontner and Son) prosecuted on behalf of the Commissioners of Police. Mr. Harry Wilson defended the four principals, and intimated that his clients would plead guilty. Mr. Muskett said he thought it was clear from the evidence given last week that gaming had been going on immediately before the police entered the place. At any rate, nume- rous packs of faro cards were found lying about. The proprietor, Kohn, did not enter into-the occupation of the premises until the 14th of August, and nothing was known against him before. Neither was anything known about Strey, the doorkeeper, or Kendt, the waiter. With respect to Rosenchild, who acted as banker, he (Mr. Muskett) had come across him in several cases of this kind. In October, 1899, he was fined £100 at Marl- borough-street. Sir Franklin Lushington said there could not be the slightest doubt that the plea of guilty was justified by the evidence. Kohn and Rosenchild would both be fined £100, or in default three months' hard labour; Strey and Kendt would be fined £5 each, or in default one month. Four of the frequenters who had been pre- viously convicted were ordered to find sureties for their future good behaviour. The others were bound over in their own recognisances.
ALARMING CANAL BURST AT BIRMINGHAM.
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ALARMING CANAL BURST AT BIRMINGHAM. Early on Saturday there was an alarming burst of the arm of the canal which runs through the populous district of Lionel-street, Birmingham. The burst occurred immediately behind some new building in course of con- struction, and, rushing through the yard, the water burst the wall leading into the street, carrying with it the scaffolding and all things in its way. The flood ran down Lionel-street, till it reached Newhall-street, which at this point drops sharply in the direction of Char- lotte-street. Down this thoroughfare the volume of water, which every moment gained in density, dashed at a great pace, tearing up the roadway and loosening the pavement. Houses were flooded, and the greatest alarm prevailed. What might have proved to be a great disaster was prevented by damming the water at the entrance to the arm of the canal and the closing of a lock.
CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS.
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CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS. DROWNING OF FIFTEEN MINING PROSPECTORS. A dispatch published in New York from Presidio County, Texas, states that a terrible cloudburst devastated the district on Friday. Its full effects were experienced in a ravine where a number of mining prospectors had encamped. This gully became filled with water, and fifteen of the prospectors were drowned. The bodies of seven of the victims have been recovered.—Central News.
A TRAIN CAPSIZES.
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A TRAIN CAPSIZES. A telegram from TJmtali (Beira Railway) on Friday saysA goods train to-day capsized while travelling over an awkward curve on a. long incline, and was completely wucktd. The engine-driver, named Steele, was killed. He leaves a widow and six children in England. The fireman was dangerouslv injured, and a native was killed, while several others received injuries.—Renter.
- SUICIDE OF A HOTEL MANAGER.
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SUICIDE OF A HOTEL MANAGER. In the Hammersmith Coroner's-court, Lon- don, on Friday Dr. H. R. Oswald, deputy- coroner for West London, held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Frederick Buckler, 24, hotel manager, who com- mitted suicide at the Bush Hotel, Goldhawk- road, Shepherd's-bush, by shooting himself on the 25th inst. Deceased was manager for his father, who gave evidence of identification. Witness did not know if be was in financial difficulties. If he was he kept it to himself. The Coroner: Did he bet? Witness: I had occasion to warn him twelve months ago about betting, and he promised faithfully not to bet again. The deceased had lately suffered from pains in the head. and had been losing large quantities of blood. The Coroner: Did he ever threaten suicide?— Never. He was the last person in the world 1 should have expected it of. William Allen, a barman at the Bush Hotel, said he heard the deceased about the house at seven on Wednesday morning. He went back to his room and locked the door. Later, as the deceased did not put in an appearance and no answer could be obtained to repeated knocks at the door, the witness burst it open, and found deceased lying on the bed appa- rently dead. and bleeding from a wound in the head. By his side was a revolver. Lying on the dressing-table was a letter addressed to "R. Buckler, Esq., The Mitre, Chancery-lane," and the coroner read it as follows:—"Dear Father,—Hope we shall all meet in Heaven. You have been one of the best fathers anyone could have. Love to all. Good-bye.—FRED." Dr. Reed said death was due to a bullet wound in the qead. The bullet was fired in the mouth. The jury returned a verdict of suicide during temporary insanity.
|DEAD MEN AS VOTERS.
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DEAD MEN AS VOTERS. Mr. Paul Strickland sat at the Vestry-hall, Mount-street, London, on Friday, to revise the list of voters for the Parliamentary borough of St George's, Hanover-square. Mr. Lennox Irwin represented the Unionist party, the Radicals being unrepresented. Mr. Hunt. town-clerk of Westminster, attended on behalf of the City of Westminster, and Mr. Holland, town-clerk of Chelsea, on behalf of the borough of Chelsea. Mr. Lennox Irwin requested to have the name of a voter struck off the list as dead. The Revising Barrister said he hesitated to strike off the name of a man as dead unless he had a formal objection or an explicit state- ment on evidence as to death. He understood at Chelsea that some people were on the list who had been dead sixteen years. They were, however, still on the rate-book—he had even heard that they had voted. (Laughter.) The Act of Parliament required that before a name was struck off on account of death proof of death must iven. Mr. Lenno: Irwin said he found out the fact of death by canvass. The Barrister said he was anxious not to dis- franchise a living person. He would remove the name in the present instance (that of Mr. Edward Ward, Stanbrook-court), but in future he should deal with each case on its merits.
STRANGE SCENE AT PRESIDENT…
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STRANGE SCENE AT PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S TOMB. At Canton, Ohio, on Sunday night a man who was seen prowling about near the tomb of the late President was summoned to halt by the guird. The man refused, and the guard fired, but the shot was diverted by another man, who suddenly stepped from behind a tree and threw up the rifle. He then attempted to stab the guard, but his weapon only penetrated the soldier's coat and overcoat. Both the men have escaped.— Central News. A Renter's telegram says:—The men's motives are unknown. It is believed that they were esoaped prisoner. from Canton Gaol.
I LOVE IN A WORKHOUSE.
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LOVE IN A WORKHOUSE. GUARDIANS ASKED TO BUY THE RING. At Hayfield (Derbyshire) Board of Guardians on Monday. Mr. Lowe said that a man named Wright Kenyon, wha^had been an inmate of the workhouse, was waiting to interview the bosrd on a very important matter. He had n ade love to an inmate named Harriett John- son, and if the guardians would subscribe for a ring he was prepared to take her out of the workhouse and marry her. He thought they ought to be allowed to do so. The Workhouse Master: Harriett Johnson is a certified lunatic. (Laughter.) Kenyon was admitted to the room, and said he had come to see whether he could not marry a girl in the workhouse and make a home of his own. The Chairman: There is generally a bit of courting before wedding. Kenyon: You know her as well as me. Mr Rodger: Shall you want to walk her round the grounds when you come to see her? The Chairman: Is she willing to marry you? Kenyon: Yes, and she will be glad to get out. (Laughter.) Mr. Lowe: Have you made love to her? Kenyon: Not so much love. We shall make more love as we go on. (Roars of laughter.) Captain Wilks: As it takes two to make a bargain, I propose that we get the lady up and see her. Kenyon: I believe she loves me. too. The Chairman: I was thinking of moving that Captain Wilks and Mr. Lowe be deputed to go down and interview her. (To Kenyon): Do you know that she is a certified lunatic? Kenyon: Not such a lunatic. (Laughter.) Mr. Howard: Is there not another you can find? Kenyon: Yes, there is another; but we should have to see each other about it. If this is a failure I shall have to come again. Captain Wilks: Should they not take each other on trial for a month? Kenyon: Harriett is agreeable; but if I can't get one I shall have to do without. (Laughter.) Mr. Lowe: It was suggested that witnesses be provided, and that the vicar of Hayfield marry them free. Mr. Woolley: And that the guardians sub- scribe for the ring. The Chairman: Think it over for a fortnight. Mr. Woolley: Yes, and see the doctor. Kenyon then bade the guardians "Good afternoon," and departed.
BRIGANDS IN PETTICOATS.
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BRIGANDS IN PETTICOATS. The deeds of Cartouche, alias Bourguignon, the notorious highwayman, who was broken on the wheel on the Place de Greve in 1721 (says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") have been imitated by two females of the Menilmontant, or Pere Lachaise, dis- trict. These highwaywomen, as they may be called, are Marie Taraye, aged Z6, and Leonie Pilet, nged 32. Late the other night they way- laid a respectable tradesman named Bousson, on the Menilmontant Boulevard, a desolate locality, near the Great Northern Cemetery. M. Bousson was quickly walking towards home when the two women went up to him, and, brandishing long knives before his eyes, exclaimed, "Your money or your life!" The tradesman, seeing that he had to deal with serious, although female, bandits, deemed it prudent to give up his purse, which contained forty francs in gold and silver. He was then allowed to go on his way. Before he reached home he met some policemen, to whom he related his ugly adventure with the brigands in petticoats. The policemen lost no time in reporting the affair, and a hunt was speedily organised throughout the district. The result of this was that the two highway- women were found in a tavern ordering an abundant supper, in which oysters and sau- terne predominated. Taraye and Pilet admitted their guilt, and are now at the Cen- tral Police-station, among the latest collection of criminal waifs and strays hauled in by the police.
ANOTHER JEWEL ROBBERY.
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ANOTHER JEWEL ROBBERY. The police of the N Division at Islington are actively engaged in endeavouring to trace the perpetrators of a daring bur- glary which occurred early on Friday at the premises of Messrs. Pocock Brothers, jewellers, Nos. 133 and 135, Essex-road, Isling- ton, N. The manager of the firm was awakened by the police between four and five o'clock and informed that the shutters had been removed from the windows, and that one of the plate- glass windows had been smashed. The mana- ger and the police then made a thorough search of the premises, and after carefully examining the show cases in the windows it was discovered that a large number of dia- mond rings, brooches, and pins had been ex- tracted to the value of X700. The burglary was evidently a planned one, by the fact that the thieves employed paper (spread over with treacle), which they pasted on the window, the object of this being to deaden the sound while the smashing operation was being per- formed. What makes the burglary more daring is that a constable passes the premises about every fifteen minutes. The intruders must have been expert burglars, and there must have been at least three employed in their nefarious work.
TERRORISM BY STRIKERS.
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TERRORISM BY STRIKERS. On Sunday a crowd of 150 teamsters and 'longshoremen now on strike at San Francisco attacked five special policemen in the heart of the business part of the city. The strikers used revolvers, and the constables were compelled to retaliate. Alto- gether 150 shots were fired. A constable and fifteen strikers and bystanders were wounded, one fatally. Several big plate-glass windows were shattered by the flying bullets. The strikers are terrorising the city, and a condi- tion of anarchy prevails.—Central News.
THE COBRA FOUND.
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THE COBRA FOUND. CONFIRMATION OF THE COL- LAPSE THEORY. A Grimsby correspondent telegraphs that the Triton, Alarm. Hearty, and Onyx are now lying off Grimsby, after having made a thorough investigation of the spot where the Ccbra was lost. The wrecked vessel, it ap. pears, was found by the gunboat Hearty lying eleven fathoms under the water. It was caught by the kedge anchor of the gunboat, which fouled the Cobra's cable. The bottom of the Bsa has been sounded by divers from the sal- vage vessel Herakles, but nothing has been found anywhere near upon which the Cobra could have struck. The Triton, too, has been surveying all about, and has tracked the Cobra's last course from Flamborough for about twelve miles, but has come across no shoals or rocks. This strengthens the suppo- sition that the ill-fated vessel utterly col- lapsed, as otherwise it is thought that some- thing would have been found upon which she could have struck. The Triton has completed her survey, and left Grimsby on Monday for Harwich. When the Hearty and Triton left, the salvage vessel Herakles was still in the vicinity of the wreck, and it is thought that she intends to pull the wreck above water. A large piece of awning belonging to the Cobra has been brought into Grimslrjr by a Yarmouth herring boat.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AT .SEA.
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AT SEA. The Cunard steamer Lucania, which arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning, reports having been in communication at sea on Wed- nesday last with the same company's outward bound steamsr Carr.jania, which left Liverpool on the 21st ult. The following is the report of the captain of the L-acania:- 12 48 a.m. received first signals from Cam- pania. Asks. Are you there. Replied: Yes, here, Lucania. Campania: Have you anything for us? Yes. Lucania sends best wishes for pleasant /cyage. All well. Campania replied: All right, thanks. Mes. sage for Captain M'Kay: Captain talker sends his respects to Captain M'Kay. We have ex- perienced very bad weather since leaving Liverpool. All well. Lucania: Message received all right, thanks. Campania: Have you seen any ice or have ycu experienced any fog? Lucanin: No; have seen no ice nor expe- rienced any fog Have had fine, clear weather up to the present Our position lat. 48.15, long. 38.39 Campania: Thanks. Our position is lat. 48.50, long. 38.29. After having Weu in communication about one hour Lucania at 2.45 a.m. said: Good-bye, pleasant passage. Campania at 2.50 a.m. returned compliments. Communication lasted two hours. The ships were 36 miles from pach other when the above cotrersation took plase, and were not visible to each other at any time.
COAL SHIP ON FIRE.
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COAL SHIP ON FIRE. The orew of the barque Glenogle, from Ardrossan for Cape Town, with coal, arrived at Cape Town on Monday on board the Arden. craig. When 1,500 miles from the Cape and 54 days oat from Ardrossan, a fire broke out in the cargo of the Glenogle, due to spontaneous ¡ combustion. The crew worked the pump into the hold continuously for four days. During that time a number of explosions occurred, which burst the decks and injured several of the hands. The Ardencraig was afterwards sighted, and stJOd by the burning vessel, and the orew, seeing thfii- efforts were of no avail, went on board the Ardencraig. The Glenogle was burnt out.-Central News.
A LOST HOUSEMAID.
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A LOST HOUSEMAID. On Tuesday the London police were investi- gating the mysterious disappearance of a young housemaid named Charlotte Davies, in service at Horn Villas, Putney Heath, S.W., who left there on Friday morning last for her usual day out given her once a month. The missing girl is eighteen years of age, and was spoken to by a friend at Wimbledon Station, when she said that she was going to Waterloo by the 9.30 train, and from there ou to a realtive's at Crouch End, N. The lost girl duly arrived at Waterloo, but from there no trace can be obtained of her move- ments.
A DOCTOR'S DREAD.
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A DOCTOR'S DREAD. An inquest has been held on Dr. Heron, of Mcnkstown. Dublin, who died from the effects of a dose of poison. A verdict of "Death from misadventure" was returned. Over the bed on which deceased lay was found hanging a card, upon which was written: — "Notice.—Don't bury me. I am not dead. Don't mind the doctors unless they put a knife through my heart. You will never forgive yourselves. No mortal can tell if a man is dead until there is a good hole through his heart or head."
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN…
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ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN SCOTLAND. Another somewhat sharp ahock of earth- quake was experienced in Inverness about twenty minutet to four o'clock orr Monday. The shock, which seemed to last several seconds, was not so severe as the one expe- rienced a fortnight ago, but a number of people were frightened. Reports from the country districts round Intern ess show that the shock was felt at seveial different points. Slight tremors have been felt near Inverness during the past week..
WHAT ENGLAND DRI LN]&S.
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WHAT ENGLAND DRI LN]&S. REMARKABLE FIGURES AS TO TOO CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL- The consumption of beer in the Kingdom last year amounted to 31.7 ga1 pe- head of the population. In Germany tho United Statea the consumption ^5; was 27.5 and 13.3 gallons respectively. In it; was only 6.2 gallons. cOr- Nevertheless, Great Britain does not, aC oliD ding to a Government paper on alcollo beverages just issued, hold the premier P"" tion as a beer-drinking country. In 1899 Bavarians drank 54 gallons per head, and Belgians 47 gallons. jiood In France the consumption of wine per 11 jo is 25.4 gallons. In England it is only 0-3' 45 the United States 0.33. and in Germany gal-ens. of No less than 36 per cent, of the jjt this country is raised by duties on beverages. In the United States the taee is 29, in Trance 19, and in Germa^st* The United States, however, draws a sum from this source than we do. In. 189^ the amount was £ 39,968,000, as compared* £ 37,870,000 in the United Kingdom, £ 22,034,0"" France, and £ 13,717,000 in Germany. jjj- In England spirit-drinking has steadily creased from exactly one gallon per he»" ug 1895 to 1.12 gallons last year. In France increase has been from 1.78 to 2.02 gallon8* Germany from 1.83 to 1.94, and in from 0.84 to 1.06.
FRENCH LOVE TRAGEDIS. €d
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FRENCH LOVE TRAGEDIS. €d On Monday evening a young draper na^, Armand was fired at, and, it is thofle^ fatally wounded by a rival in love. ATTat&& had been to the Bouffes du Nord. Be with him a Mademoiselle Lantone, to wloo he is engaged to be married. During OOV entr'acte Armand and his fiancee went 0 It side the theatre and had refreshment # cafe. While they were drinking they a man in a corner of the establishment was scowling at them. This was Madeinol a Lantone's old lover, whom she had tbrO jfl over for the draper. Armand and the e went back to the theatre, and when they returning home after the play Armand himself face to lace with his rival in a d* street. Before the draper could say thing he waa fired at, and a bullet ent€ his right side. The rival then fired a iec°.$ shot, which broke one of the windows of.¡;e, small notel, and caused an alarm in the ffi A man who had been sleeping in the rOo which the bullet entered appeared at "),a 0' t window in his nightcap, and shouted for {# police. These came, but they were unabl6 ,f, catch the rival, wjio ran away. The his head supported by hia weeping was carried by the police to the hospi'*ct where it has been found impossible to est* the bullet, which lodged in h 13 right side- Another drama of love and jealousy the Paris correspondent of the "Daily graph") has taken place in the town of .10 near Bar-le-Duc, where a commerC. traveller from Paris, named Doucet, was Oro dead by his former mistress. Doucet A dining at a restaurant with a very young pretty woman, when the discarded feIl5j)ef entered the place. The commercial tried to run away, but the furious vf0 ;^e followed him, revolver in hand, and wbell sol came near him she fired two shots. the bullets pierced the man's heart, and j other entered his right lung. The y°,^r woman who had been dining with the tra^e nearly lost her reason after having wito6*^ the tragedy. The jilted mistress was arr6^et before she could wreak revenge on her rival.
SUIGIDE AND THE "LOST CBOPP'^
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SUIGIDE AND THE "LOST CBOPP'^ Dr. Wynn Westcott, coroner, held an '$* nt. Shoreaitch ou Saturday respecti'll; ,-& death of Charles Cowley Clark, aged 46 teat, a French polisher, late (f 12, Herbert- Hoxton. t A1* Evidence phowed that on Thursday ^i?'v ct-ased, who had been out of work for dir months, and was consequently gr.;at ¡tel!, pressed, hanged himself from the Bt & bannisterB, having previously "Lost Chord" on a piece of paper found in his pocket. iØ'"ø A verdict of suicide while temporarily was returned.
-rrll1. HYDE PARK JEWEL ROB:B.…
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-rrll1. HYDE PARK JEWEL ROB:B. Mr. Plowden was occupied on 51 ^0 vfi Marylebone Police-court with the qil" i which a young German butler, name<Lrh, Adolph Morley, otherwise Gustav 28, stands charged on a warrant wit" about the 23rd of February last, a and ruby necklet and pendant, an t3\ other articles of jewellery, of the to of £ 3,000, the property of his maste Winter Brittain, an independent p/kKp# residing at 64, Porchester-terrace, B7° Additional evidence was given, prisoner was committed for trial. c
AN AGNOSTIC ABBESS.
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AN AGNOSTIC ABBESS. REMARKABLE STATEMENT BY BISHOP BROWNLOW. Miss Mechtildis Pynsent, abbess of the Bene- dictine Nuns in Rome, made an appeal in the "Times" of September 21 against the wrongs which she contends that herself and the com- munity have suffered at the hands of the f ecclesiastical authorities in Rome, For two years. Miss Pynsent alleged, the Benedictine Nuns have "made every effort and used all means possible to prevent their painful posi- tion from becoming public, so as to avoid a scandal which they feared would injure the Church they loved." The community pros- pered. and the Irish Augustinians almost forced upon them the building known as 8t. Patrick's College, in the Ludovisi quarter. It was agreed that the Benedictine abbess should pay "an annual sum equivalent to two per cent., and £24,000 at the end of six years." About £ 4,000 was laid out upon improvements. The purchase was made with consent of the nuns, and especially "one on whom much de- pended." This lady, however, fled from the content on Low Sunday, .• 899, at the instiga- tion of a priest. The lady had given liberally, but had not surrendered her fortune to the commundty. The temporal position of the nuns afterwards went from bad to worse. They were living in the greatest poverty, and the ecclesiastical authorities would do nothing. Then the Augustinians proceeded against the nt-us to recover their interest money, and suc- ceeded. Miss Pynsent alleges many indigni- ties which she and her community suffered from the Augustinians. A remarkable reply to this letter is made by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clifton. The bishop admits that the main facta of Miss Pynsent's story are true, and then comes this astounding passage:- "Your readers will be surprised to learn that Misa Pynsent doe not believe in the Christian religion. She confided this to me in May, 1900, but begged me not to let anyone know. Early in this year she wrote to release me from my promise of eecrecy, and said she did not care if all the world knew her unbelief. Many of your readers will not think any the worse ct the lady for being an Agnostic, but 1 think they will all acknowledge that the Roman authorities of the Church could not assist to avert the dispersion and expulsion of a com- munity which was pr Plded over by an abbess who did noi believe in Christianity. I shall be only too thankful if Mis3 Pynsent can deny this statement, which I should oevt-r have made except in defence of the ecclesiastical authorities and their policy of 'silence' on her behalf."
SNAKES IN AN APPLE BARREL.
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SNAKES IN AN APPLE BARREL. When one of many apple barrels at Covent Garden Market v as opened on Monday morn- ing a snake wriggled up and fell out on to the ground. It was promptly killed, and was found to be 13in long At the bottom of the barrel were found two ether snakes, measuring about 6in. each. They also were speedily executed.
A NORWICH OUTRAGE.
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A NORWICH OUTRAGE. A serious outrage is reported to have taken place on Friday night at Norwich, it being alleged that a shoemaker named George Plun- kett quarrelled with his mother-in-law, a Mrs. Simmons, and attacked her with a shoe- maker's hammer. Her skull was battered in, and she is not expected to recover. The man is stated to have decamped, and a fruitless search was made for him during the night. Plunkett is described as a steady, sober man.
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EXPLOSION ON A FREN^ TORPEDO BOAT. tø A serious accident occurred on day night on board the French torpedo 508 of tho mobile defenoe force of & During the manceuvres in the Bay of ,ji» at eleven o'clock in the evening, whe» vessel waa ten miles from the harboaf heading for town, her boiler exploded ^9" a terriflo report. The vessel stopped diately, and those of the crew who deck, on going down into the stoke-hole. » .^M that five of their comrades had been te' ^gt injured. The torpedo-boat was brought moorings, and the injured men were coH tef to the military hospital. A quarter111 3jj<> died at noon on Sunday in terrible agoD?' t^e two of the other seriously injured men_> hospital are not expected to recover.—1