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Will act tear the s £ &Xfa A T *S«Sw in "»e ^w/&Swrtte ftf^\Y fefeM Ov~ Bristol. /#/ tZjJ .X ^Tb^SvOl^Hoi! ^clpd^^ATvO and draperg. Abroad. Now,
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Bt\y BAY SEGARS. ^8^2ra olesale: R. KINGSTON and CO.. 21653 GRANGETOWN, QABDIF¥.
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I I l1 ot a stimulant merely for the moment, but a Permanent A and Agreeable Form of Nourishment. N
---FUNERAL OF MISS , HICKMAN.…
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FUNERAL OF MISS HICKMAN. S br CONCOURSE OF PEOPLE AT *V vil THE CEMETERY. to in ———— ac -Pile funeral of the late Miss Hickman an ?roueed considerable excitement in the Sh °cality of Richmond. A large number of do *tra police were drafted into the town, and toi atiese took up positions outside the mortuary r °d at the cemetery. About two o'clock an ch hearse, with glass sides, and two mourn- at coaches drew up at the entrance to the ro **J°rtuary, and the undertakers' men placed hE wreaths on the top of the hearse. The qu -was 0f polished oak, bearing the tri Inscription:—" Sophia Frances Hickman. th August 15, 1903. Aged 29 years." As the wi was placed in the hearse the children th the school opposite were heard singing sei blessing preparatory to the beginning si: the lessons. The cortege moved towards ev: J** railway station, the route to which was cli ,l0ed with huge crowds, who stood with bared ag re.ad8, and many shopkeepers drew their oo j'iuds. At the station the relatives and or 'jends of the unfortunate young woman fa *°ihed the cortege, which then proceeded wl towards Richmond Cemetery. The sun was ca this time shining brightly. Mr. and Mrs. h( *^iekman were in the first carriage, and mi othc mourners, including Dr Annie of Call, occupied the remaining coaches. There bo 3-8 a vast concourse of people at the pc "raetery and twenty students from the Royal or *ree Hospital atte ided. A wide circle was wl *6Pt round the grave by the police, the fr< Mourners only being allowed inside. It was to Estimated that as many as 10,000 persons were I TI resent, and numbers of women who stood in co tile gieat thron-» were moved to tears. to in STATEMENT BY MR. HICKMAN. the course of an interview Mr. al HICKMAN said that after the doctor's evidence HI T the inquest be had not the slightest doubt TL his daughter died from exhaustion fol- th *°WING upon heart disease. SA It would be most natural for her," he ] 6Md, "to climb into an enclosure intending er SECURE rest. She and I used often to go th at Eynsford and into private enclosures ra v R° and lie down. Of course, WE always ba permission from the owner of the pre- W before doing so. Whatever the result wl R the inquiry, I am certain that my daughter F1 "OQld never ha-ve premeditated self-murder, at it is cruel to suggest such a thing. I do da attach much importance to the finding of wi V~E lancet. My daughter might certainly sh ~AVE carried such an instrument, AS she had th T? DERATION to perform at the hospital on H of the day she left. As to the dis- n< R0VERY of the medicine bottle, Dr. Mary Rocks bt J US me that it is quite a common practice b< T0R doctors to have a medioine bottle oon- lo FINING disinfectants in their POSSESSION. I al •^OTTLD like also to know what BAA beoouje of oi daughter's purse. There was also a NI D--ket in her skirt, as her dressmaker can h( J"*AR to, that pocket ateo cannot HE er *ound. 81 A STRANGE OMISSION. JJ witany people read with astonishment that to the time of the inquest there had been aj analysis of the parte of the vieoera that$ ^MAIAED, and no analysis of the greenish PI LAYER im the medicine bottle fonnd near the DI body. They were still more ASTONISHED when ti Dr. Gardlner suggested that the analyses were m not worth while, and when the inquest passed tc over without the coroner giving orders for b; the work to be done. Instructions have now ai PEEN given for the analyses, to be made. It b4 18 understood that the work will be done by CI Dr. Stevenson and Dr. Pepper, the Home Oftice experts. Their findings will be reported N 8-t the adjourned inquest a. fortnight hence. 84 MORPHIA PURCHASED ON EVE OP DISAPPEARANCE. U: .IT is now stated that two days .before her v< ^PARTURE from the Royal Free Hospital Miss FFTCKMAN purchased a quantity of morphia TABLOIDS. On the same occasion Miss Hick- man regained possession of a hypodermic FRINGE which was undergoing repairs. It J:b.ay be that these discoveries will subse- QUENTLY turn out to ha.ve had nothing to do **TH her death. But, on the other hand, LHEY furnish evidence of a very important Itoint-viz., that the deceased lady was in J POSSESSION of poison at the time she went is 'Vay, and had the means, if she felt so dis- O Dosed, of taking her own life. 8, .On Thursday, August 13, in the forenoon, G RJISS Hickman called at the premises of the MEDICAL Supply Association, 228. Gray'S-inn- t< road, Miss Hickman had been there on a JFEVIOUS occasions. She was well-known to f, of the assistants—Mr. Thornby and Miss h On the day in question the BI 2Eceased lady first of all asked for A hypo- B: ^NNIO syringe which she had left to be L; It was ready, and Mr. Thornby G GLIDED it to her. She then asked for a J 41tantity of morphia, which was supplied to r HER, the tabloids being very minute in size ø and contained in a glass case. The morphia, v 1tae handed to Mies Hickman by Dr. Greville, I "ho is the principal of the association. Both f Syringe and tabloids appear to have vanished t -ith their owner. At all events they cannot at Present be traced. The total number of TABLOIDS supplied would be more than ample Qr a fatal dose. t BYRINGE, BOTTLE, AND POWDER FOUND. -The search in Sidmouth Wood, Richmond } ^ark, for further clues as to the mysterious ( of Miss Hickman resulted on Wednfc»day t Ports a Richmond correspaBdeiit, in the discovery of a hypodermic syringe near the 1 J*>ot where the body was found. Several «6man bones were also found, and these cor- ( 5?Ponded with the missing portions of Miss E Jickman's body. They include several of the 3 tigers, some teeth, and the missing parts of g the neck. Small handrakes were being used { by the police yesterday afternoon, and a ] 8prgeant unearthed a wooden box, which con- < ^ined the hypodermic syringe. There was a ] suspicion of moisture in the syringe. A E Medicine bottle was also picked up, contain- I iftg a little white fluid. The bottle was 1 t'ghtly corked, and bore a Richmond ohemist's label. A further find was an ounce measufis glass, I 8b.ch as is used by chemists, in which was a ^'hitish sediment, and a paper packet con- tfiining a white powder. The articles were < OQIY forwarded to Scotland YaTd. j Dr. Gardiner, of Richmond, said last night that the contents of the stomach were so ^composed that if morphia had been taken hypodermically no traces would be found. :Even if morphia had been swallowed there ] >as not much possibility of finding traces of It after two months. The purse ia now the only article missing. All the articles bore the appearance of having been exposed for a long time. SEARCHING INQUIRY. The Home Office authorities have ordered a full and searching inquiry to be made into IlIt the circumstances leading up to the death Of Miss Hickman.
NEGRO AND WHITE GIRL.
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NEGRO AND WHITE GIRL. ^ANNS FORBIDDEN BY A MAESTEG FATHER. A coloured man named Lambert, living at Caer*u> Maesteg, arranged that the banns of Carriage between himself and a young girl Earned Hilda Home, aged fourteen years, ghould be published at the Parish Church of Llangynwyd. The announcement was made On Sunday morning for the first time, when Ule father of the gill, who was in attendance, fose and said, "I forbid the banns." The nev. W. N. Morris (curate) asked for the Reasons of the objection, upon which Mr. K0rne that his reasons were, firstly, that the girl was only fourteen years of age: an- secondly, that he objected to her marry- j, coloured man. Seen by our eent, the Rev. Stephen Jackson, vicar of the parish, stated that now that the banns had forbidden he cotfld not proceed further *ith the publication, neither could be permit the ceremony of marriage to take plaoe until: the father withdrew his objection and ga.ve ^is consent to the marriage of his daughter, "'he girl is now living away from her home at Caerau at a house near where her sa-ble lover 1d¡o is a collier, lodges.
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THE LLANELLY DOCK DISPPTE.-See Page 5. | m
.WARSHIPBREAKS A ADRIFT.
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.WARSHIPBREAKS A ADRIFT. ELSON'S OLD FLAGSHIP i NEARLY SUNK. It about mid-day on Prid&y the obsolete ] ttleship Neptune was being towed ty t of Portsmouth Harbour, when she au oke adrift and was carried by the nil le into oolljision with Nelson's old ship. j. al] 9 Victory. A large hole was knooked iN the lit otory's side, and tugs had to be sent to her ag pump out the water and to oonvoy her Ai to dock. The Neptune at the time of the, Sa cident was leaving in tow for Hamburg, th d broke loose through the strong current- do e struck several other ships in her career to wn the harbour. The Neptune is of 9,310 co as displacement. of rhe scene was of a most sensational I vij aracter. A strong tide was running ar the time, and the old battleship was swung pr und by the force of the current and began Ni ;r wild career, broadsides on. She was I ne lite unmanageable, and first struck the ar lining brig Seafell and damaged her, Es ough not severely. The next object in the wt "y of the Neptune was Nelson's old flagship, Bi e Victory, lying at her mooring. It was wl en by a crowd of excited spectators on the lore that a collision was practically in- dr itable. The expected happened, the iron- to id, carried by the force of the tide, grinding at ainst the old wooden walls, her ram doing th nsiderable damage. The Virtory was j™ i her quarter, the gangway, which is such a he miliar object to the thousands of people be 10 visit Portsmouth, being completely th rried away, and a big hole being stove in )r side. The dockyard authorities im. wi ediately despatched tugs to the assistance bt the flagship. There were no appliances on sti ard to meet such an emergency, but steam re imps were speedily got to work on the tugs, wl td they contrived to keep the water under w] lile the famous old ship was hastily freed ce jm her moorings and preparations made to gr w her into dock with all possible despatch, ok le damage done was on the port side, and li< nsiderable care and skill had to be exercised fo prevent Jier listing under the weight of the pouring water. ra idmiral-superintendent Henderson person- fiE ly directed the operations, having put off in tb s barge directly the accident was reported, m ie flagship was towed to the deep dock, in Wt e northern portion of the dockyard, and th fely made fast, shortly before two o cloct. [n the meantime the Neptune continued her hi ratic career, and after swinging 9^ arv? d< e Victory she was carried at a con»idera.Die Wl ,te of speed across the harbour tx3W&xas tne of bttleship Cteaar at the south railway jetty, ui lother collision occurring. The stoot veeael, p< tlioh only recently paid off from the Channel in eet, and is now undergoing refit, was better w lie to resist the impact, and escaped serious m image, but the Adventures of the Neptune sre not yet ended, for on leaving the Csssar ie once more drifted across the harbour and reatened the battleship Hero in the stream, er power of doing more mischief, however, 5w came to an end. for the Hero, instead of ¡ing rammed, caught the runaway by the >ws, and was, fortunately, able to hold her ng enough for some of her crew to jump joard and make her fast until the tugs could w ice more return and take charge of the sptune. An examination of the vessel showed r" :r to be uninjured after her experiences, and irly in the afternoon the tugs from which RI Le had broken away three hours previously rain took her in tow, and proceeded out of aj irbour. Another report says that the Victory had y i exceedingly narrow escape of going to Le bottom. She was ranuned near the cook. D t in which Nelson dicfl. There were htm- eeds of men on boacd tfhe Victory at the me of the collision, and the greatest excite- D :ent prevailed everywhere. No one appeals « » have been injured, but the damage done w r the ship whicto ran amov very consider- w t>le. The Victory wiu» s -• v ai feet M slow the water-line, and v i ram tl ime right through her til" tl Lloyd's Portsmouth agei hat the U eptnne sheered about, t( junboat bi jaflower, carrying away boat's i ti avite, and doing damav- I., quarter- a: ridge on the port lide, a •. her tow- ne parted, and she the.- a < ae other w »eeie.
SWINDON TUAOFt- f. a _____h
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SWINDON TUAOFt- f. a h A LABOURER ST TO £ DEATH H n At Wilts Assises on .beofre Mr. s: astice Wills) "Edward aimer, 24, ] A ibourer, was charged 1 n»I murder j b f Esther Swinford. a b.r r. Swindon, on ip: eptember reo The T.i — r. teaded not 01 ailty. 11 It was stated that thf iv, 1 ad promised ei ) marry deceased in ?' -< "u )f year, nd the day waa fixe- b "ner did not e, alfil his promise. E i v ldon, saying e was going to Cans < had beem in ituations at Reading and Marlow j1 ince. He returned t -■is-" in September ist, and went to iht* hip Hotel, where II eceased was engafid. Nl) 'me else wae o resent. A shot wa bsnt i, id people who a ushed into the bar wv the oceased on the a round, shot through ibe hf-ry., and prisoner a ritb a revolver in h "-i, I -3 said, I done II: t; I love that girl. A, r'" of the girl was a ound on the prison* f i 'g the words in S he pritiotter's ha;r rii,jrt. 1 "THE CUB > O" M!" LIFE." J: Alter correspopd isvi >aen read between e he accused and T m v 'f- aed girl. it was t H-oved that prie. • v '1 è, some time ago I hreatened to sh1 f- • if he even saw ler walking with hvr man, and the aid )f the police war- srokibut he left the dis- 3 ,rictataboWttth. rr-r-- f Dr. Mackay. -:h.c r vo.n surgeon,, maid 1 msoner was per^'iry c.oe. For the ArfetK >. »n > :er elected to give ] ividence, and t,, .?n t ht o the box and was 1 tworn. He sad it and been his habit for rears to carry "<deÜ -ivolver. On the 18th 1 September, Ino->nld not get work at ] Swindon, v. » <-ou<e "ack to Newbury, but j ie went roun, i iii chip Hotel to see Miss ;winford antf :1" tcr to wish him good-bye. Ele went in, <. JU-ijik, and called for a ( smoke. She 1 -vec! him into the bar with I iIo box of ciy.-i > ;>o held it out to him to 1 take one. VK ;• iier, Hettia, f WONT j-cr. rV f a ME GOOD-BYE, 1 ie I am go' "1! t '-morrow?" She replied, t 'I do not .r".c 1, -'■Ve any more to do with you." H. r' t' 'i.èd th-e loaded revolver aut of hit • > •; • id pointed it at her to ( frightenh akint to him. She threw j iown the oaught hold of his wrist with hot! • "he tight grip caused the c revolver < £ < ".r, ad she fell to the ground. He neve- • 1«n t, L till her; he always loved tier. Th. mnoa he broke off the wedding was that he \d no :œoey to buy furniture, and he thor -vbt t> « H.t thing he could do was to clear lIZ. Ip rross-exaniinatiou, he said he j took a u- :with him to the Ship Hotel bk i < fie thought it would frighteH I her and speak. He wiote the words, ] "The i'y life," on the photo, but he ] decliai" • c-hy he did so or in whm way the gir 3 'aged him.. 1 The v r.-tvraed a verdict of "Guilty." The < P" sed ftatelwo of death in the ( custo ;>? y. Pria ■ '\t'" listened to the sentence with boweo .d, -as apparently little affected there1 T'rned and went down the steps to th' fvu ruiath. A large crowd assembled oute f- ;>\ to witness the departure of the •- '•*> rf i ala. He sat in a cab between two r ith his head bowed between his han 7
V ? N< H SHIPPING LOSS. -
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V ? N< H SHIPPING LOSS. -'IX MBN AND WOMEN PERISH. Joy V-; rtpert that a telegram from Pen- r -V FudBterre (Brittanj), on Monday e ¡.atE!! that the three-roasted vessel f- « f 8^. Ualo, laden with salt, has iu Ae Bay of Audierne, near Brest. "■j'V. ,f-i;ve of tte crew, four women, and the ■■■; ■< < rife are lost. s telegram says :—A violent hurri- t 'v t'v> across Brest on Monday. The • r ■ it the French battleship Maaseaa.) itr jt' i; >y lightning, and the wireless telft- y jptfetus was damaged. The thr*»- lip Savoyard, of St. Malo, sank Off t rhe vessel, which had a crew of 11.) i <1 I>a ^lochene, with m eafgo of sal*. U'OB» a 'Ymian, and the cai>tain were vi. '-v.-ac v Xaa was injured.
LRMENIAN LEADER ASSASSINATED.…
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LRMENIAN LEADER ASSASSINATED. -0 SENSATIONAL CRIME IN LONDON. Nunhe ad-grove, Nunhead, London, a. pical road of the poorer class of burban residences, was on Monday ght the scene of a murder which has I the appearances of being an important ik in a series of deep-laid crimes, directed ainst the head officials of the passive •menian revolutionary societies. M. Saghitiel gouni, the murdered man, was president of e Armenian Refugee Society in London, and tring the last few days had been on a visit Switzerland, where he had been called to nduct the work and settle the private affairs a confrere, who quite recently was the etim of an assassin's knife. M. Sagouni rived in London on Monday morning, and oceeded at once to his lodgings at 29, inhead-grove, which he had occupied for iarly two years. He complained of sickness, id remained indoors for several hours. trly in the afternoon, however, deceased ilked to the offices of the society at Peckham re, and returned about eight o'clock, at lich hour he usually took dinner. As he entered the low wicket gate, a man, eesed in a hard felt hat and dark suit, ished across the road and fired point-blank his victim. The bullet passed between e arm and the body without doing more an ripping the deceased man's sleeve. Before > could turn, however, two more bullets had .n discharged, one entering the small of e back and another the right arm. 3agouni then managed to draw a revolver, tii 1 he invariably carried in his hip pocket, it as he turned upon his assailant a fourth ot was fired and entered his body in the gion of the heart, and he fell to the ground, bile the assassin made for Nunhead Hill, iiich is flanked on one side by the metery and on the other by a steep ass bank, to which easy aecess can be rtained over a low wooden fence, and beyond 58 the open country in the direction of Cat- rd. So fierce had been the onslaught, and so .Pidly did the assailant make for the open Jds, that he obtained a good start before ie alarm was actually raised, although J any people heard the shots, and two boys ere withiii a dosen yards of the gate where e crime was committed. M. Sagouni managed to rise to s knees and drag Eipiself up the half- >sen steps to the door, where as soon as it p RS opened by one of the alarmed occupants the house, he fell into the hall in an aconscious condition. On the arrival of the )lice the injured man was conveyed to the ifirmary in Hasill-street, where he expired ithout regaining consciousness just before r idnight. tl PHB CORONER'S INQUEST AND ? VERDICT. As reported in the Extra. Special and later 0 litions of yesterday's Evening Express," r* Mr. G. P. Wyatt, coroner for the Camber- d ell Division, conducted an inquest on T rednesday into the circumstances of the sath of M. Sagatiel Sagouni. s; An Armenian, who said he had been in w andon only six weeks, and was a. member of s] ae lluntchagist Society, was the first wit- d Do. vi What is the object of this society?" a aked the Coroner. t To free my land from the Turkish rule," v itnees replied. The office of the society b t Peckham Rye \ali witness's home. 1, eoeased was president of the society, t ad witness v h*4 kaom him only f iiriog 4&S tipm he, wac is t •ceased never told witness that he t sared any thing or anyone, and witness C as ignorant as to whether Sagouni wao e toally armed. Witness iaet saw him on t Monday afternoon at the offices. News of v ie assassination was brought by a. lady to t ie society's offices. Witness at once went r ) the deceased's house. He was lying on the C Bd, and, prompted by a police officer, witness p "anslated questions to him. Asked whether Ii nybody had shot him, Sagouni replied, 81 Yes, Somebody shot me in the dark." Asked t:, ho did it, Sagouni replied, A man who tl ore no overcoat, wit only a jacket. Be bad a black moustache or whiskers." Witness a mtinved that ftgoum had been watobed by n man on board the boat which brought t im from Dieppe to Newhaven. Witness g Bbed Sagouni in his last moments whether g e thought it was this man who had shot e im. His description was that of a stout b lan with a dark moustache, and, although q agouni could not offer an opinion, the ( rmenian Society thought the man on the oat and the man who assassinated their e resident was the same. They had no proof t this, but only suspicion. Deceased lived s lostly in Russia, where he was a mining j agineer, and his home was at Baku. a A Juryman asked whether deceased had j ver said he had a quarrel with anyone. I Witness replied he had not. y "Was deoeased in Switserlaad," asked a [CtTMB, "on the society's buineaP" < "The society heard," replied the witness, that the former editor of their central rgan had been attacked in Switzerland by knife-stab in the back. The assailant was thick man with a. black moustache. The ociety sent two of their members from Eng- and. of whoaa Sagouni was one, to investigate ,nd report on this matter. That was ( lagouni's mission to Switzerland. Sagouni fi iad nothing to do with the collection of ] aoney." ( The Coroner asked whether there had been ( otne disagreement between the members of ,he society or dissension such aa caused the tmnafcion of a rival society. Witness's reply was inaudible. The last question of the Coroner was, "Did pou gather from deceased that it was a foreigner, and not an Englishman, who shot 1 "witness replied, "Prom the description of the nan, I think he was a foreigner. His hat mis made in the United States." Vincent Lamb, of 11, Nunhead-grove, tes- ] tified to hearing firing in the grove. He lelped to carry Sagouni indoors. He saw I iothing of the shooting. Herbert Catchpole said he heard reports in 1 the Grow about ten minutes past eight. 3oing to the spot, he saw a man running iway. He did not notice anybody else about he place. The man who ran away was about ] aft. 71n. in height, and wo-re an overcoat. He j loticed this by the light of a lamp. A Juryman inquired why did he (witness) C lot stop the man who was running away. The Coroner (to witness): Why didn't you? 1 WHness (laughingly): There were four shots, C ind I concluded there might be at least one atOre left in the revolver. Mr. Henry Smith, of 29, Nunhead-grove, said ieceased had lived in his house for a year uid ten months. He never spoke about his society. He was not often away. rhe tragi. affair of Monday night; took place at 8.25. Witness and his wife, alarmed by the Rhot-firing, went Into their front room, and saw a man firing; a, shot at M. Sagouni. 'l'he assassin-held the rate open with his right hand and fired with ais left hand, crouching down the while. He bad no doubt the assassin was a foreigner. A Police-officer said that revolver which was found had five chambers empty and one loaded. The revolver was quite new, and re- auired to be cocked after each shot. The medical evidence showed that there were two wounds in the back, one In the breast, and two in the abdomen. The jury returned a verdict of "Murder against some persoll or persons unknown."
PASSIVE RESISTANCE DAY.
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PASSIVE RESISTANCE DAY. Thursday was celebrated as passive resist- ance day at the City Temple, London. A great demonstration was held at noon, attended by prominent Nonconformist divines, inoluding Dr. Clifford and the Rev. F. B. Meyer. The ReT. R. J. Campbell, the pastor, preached a. spirited sermon justifying the position taken up by Nonconformists since the passing of the Education Aot. A passive resistance con- ference was held in the afternoon, and a public meeting was held in the evening.
COMMITMENT ORDER AGAINST A…
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COMMITMENT ORDER AGAINST A MINISTER. The Berwick magistrates on Thursday made a commitment order for seven days' imprison- ment against the Rev. Richard Henry Auty, Primitive Methodist minister, late of Berwick, now living at Kirkby Stephen. The overseer went to Kirby Stephen to effect a. distraint for Berwick rates, bat Mr. Auty, after decla-r- iAt the fttmtture was the property of the connection,-ftfased him adnlttaaoe. Hhe rate due is fix shillings and six pence of which Mr. five vow*-
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A TNALUCII>U £ J. G "Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach." L THOMSON. y II iJ I _IL a.8.
N THE DIVORCE £ r COURT. ;
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N THE DIVORCE £ r COURT. m —— li a rLOUCESTERSHIRE DIVORCE I CASE. I b In the Divorce Division of the High ? oart of Justice (before Mr. Justice Dames) lie case of Farrell v. Farrell was heard. This q ras a suit of Mrs. Valentia Isabella Farrell d or a. dissolution of her marriage with Mr. Q William Montague B. Farrell, described by ne of the witnesses as a captain, who had ssided at Wootton-under-Bdge, Gloucester- hire, by reason of bigamy and misconduct. 'he suit was undefended. 11 Mr. Bayford, who appeared for petitioner, r lLid that before her marriage Mrs. Farrell 11 ras staying with her father in France, and II he there made the acquaintance of respon. ( lent's mother, and on January 20, 1891, she j rent to stay with the respondent's parents ,t Woolwich. She there made the acquain- anoe of the respondent, and at the end of a reek became engaged to him. At that time le was contemplating going out to Guiana to oct: after a sugar estate, Mid ia oouseqmence he maniage was boix$0d on. ^t flret her atbAr to nLarriflkce, 1mt feven- :a.ty he gave hdtt cohsent. The marriage 00k place on February 18, 1891, at St. Paul's lliurch, Onslow-square. The honeymoon was pent at Brighton. The respondent was there he worse for drink on several occasions. He ras advised that it was unsafe for his health o go to Guiana, and ultimately it was ar- ranged that they should go to Ceylon. At Colombo the wife had reason again to com- tiadn of his intemperate habits. Before they aft England the wife had jE600 Invested in hares, which he persuaded her to sell, and he money was put in the bank. Be spent all he money as fast as he could. Wheu they arrived at Colombo he apparently made no attempt to get any business, and he left his rife, stating that he should go to Queensland o get work. As soon as the petitioner could ret means she returned to England, and had ince supported herself by nursing. At the ind of 1902, it came to her knowledge that her tusband had gone through the ceremony f marriage with a woman named Mabel 3ottwaltz, at the Registry Office, Kensington. 4 Petitioner gave evidence in support of counsel's statement. A servant was called, who said that in 1902 ] ihe went into Captain Farrell's service at Brambleside, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucester- rhire, and was employed by him until 1 February last. During that time Captain Parrell was living at that place with a lady who passed as Mrs. Farrell. The petitioner was not the lady. The lady's name was Mabel." & His Lordship granted petitioner decree nisi with costs. 1 FARM LABOURER'S DIVORCE ACTION. In the Divorce Division of the High Court )f Justice the case of Taylor v. raylor was heard. This "was a suit of Mr. beona-rd Taylor, a farm labourer, living at Springhill, Maisemore, near Gloucester, for a iisaolubion of his marriage with the respon- dent, Amy Taylor, on the ground of her m it- Gonduot with the co-respondent Arkell. The suit was undefended. Mr. Pike appeared for the petitioner, and explained that the maT- riage took place on January 13, 1895, at Yard- ley Wood Parish Church. Some time in 1900 they went to live near Gloucester. Nothing occurred to arouse the petitioner's suspicions until November last, when a little daughter of the petitioner made a ooomnroioation to him in regard to her mother and the co- respondent. Shortly afterwards the respon- lient and the co-respondent came back to- gether from church. He repeated to them what the child had said, and they denied that there was any truth in it. Shortly after that the wife went away to stay with her mother. At Christinas it came to the peti. tioner's knowledge that she had received a letter from the co-respondent. On his making further inquiries the co-respondent made a confession, in which he admitted misconduct. —Petitioner having given evidence, a wTtness ims called to prove that the respondent and Do-respondent had stayed at a coffee-house In Gloucester together.-A decree nisj with oosts was granted. ESTRANGEMENT AND DIVORCE. In the Divorce Court Sir Francis Jeuame granted a decree nisi to Staff- sergeant Campbell- Cozens Smith, of the Ordnance Corps, for the dissolution of his marriage, on the ground of his wife's mis- conduct with a co-respondent now dead. The parties were married at Edmonton in 1893. In consequence of disagreements, the petitioner enlisted, and his father allowed the wife X2 10s. a week. In 1896 petitioner took a house at Woolwich, where he was stationed, and the father continued the allowance there. When at a later date petitioner was stationed at Malta, certain rumours reached his ears with regard to his wife's conduct. He had continued to write affectionate letters to her. In 1897 be wrote to her:- My dearest Eva,—Both my father and myself are in possession of information which is very damaging to your reputation. A few months after this, having received no reply he determined to take proceedings, but it was not until this year that he received the necessary assistance from his father to do so. "A FAST LIFE AND A MERRY ONE." In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice (before Mr. Justice Buck- nill) the case of Budd v. Budd was heard. The petitioner. Mr. Arthur Charles Budd, am assistant life insurance superintendent, of Rockville-etMet, Rook Ferry, Birkenhead, sought for a dissolution of his marriage with the respondent, Harriet Budd, by reason of her misconduct with the co-respondent, John farm labourer. There was no ,> Mr. Slater appeared for the peti- i" j. id, in opening the ease, said the iv took place on January 3, 1897, at ;3:1L" *m. The parties lived for a short t !••>•• at 'irmingiham, and then at Worcester, •o"a, the petitioner was in the police force. 0 16th of May, 1898, the petitioner .vstvraoA home to find that his wife had das- ;(1: takiae with her the greater portion 1 111" 1 ariiftuu.ro. av irtweu ncr iu x/uuicj, p Laving received a communication with refe- p ence to her, he went over to Dudley and a ccused her of having been guilty of mi&con- p ccused her of having been guilty of misoon- p not, and she said she meant to live "a fast o: fe and a merry one." John Green had made so confession of misconduct with her. After C 1198 the husband had lost sight of her, and p ras unable to trace her. He afterwards E nlistod in the Guards, and subsequently went h 0 Birkenhead,-Petitioner gave evidence 11 earing out counsel's statement.—John Green, C he co-respondent, who said he was a farm o ibourer, gave evidence that he had eom- tI oitted misconduct with the respondent.— a Corroborative evidence having been given, a e iecree nisi was granted for the dissolution t f tHe marriage. 81 VI UNHAPPY MARRIAGE DISSOLVED. In the Divorce Court on Tuesday Mrs. Lilian v Cackenzie Fairfax asked for a judicial sepa- 11 ation, alleging misconduct on the part of a ler husband. The parties, who are well-to-do, I narried in London in 1898, subsequently pro- t needing to Sydney. There they met Miss Vera o Nightingale, an actress, professionally known B j v MBS. MACKENZIE FAIRFAX. I as Vera Eyton. On their return to England respondent took chambers away from his wife, and, it is alleged, lived with Miss i Nightingale.—Evidence was called confirming < the plaintiff's allegations, and his Lordship made an order for a judicial separation, as a afcked. ——— A SCANDALOUS OFFENCE. In the Divorce Court on Monday Mrs. May Oampbell was granted a. decree nisi on the ground of the inoestuous misconduct of her iiusband, Mr. Neville Napier Gunning Camp- ——————————— 1 HS8. CAKPBEUU I bell, with a niece of the petitioner's, born in 1885. The respondent was stated to be in busi- ness in the City The marriage took place in 1883 at Westminster, and it was said that the misconduct by the respondent took place at Folkestone last year, and subsequently at an hotel in London and at Geneva. INDIAN ARMY DIVORCE CASE. In the Divorce Division on Monday Mr. James William Alexander, civil engineer, formerly engineer in the Public Works Department in India, was granted a decree nisi because of the misconduct of his wife, Ada. Marion, with Colonel Harry Leonard Dawson, of the Indian Army. The marriage took pl&ee in 1879, and there was one child. At the time the respondent made the acquaintance of the 00-respondent the latter was a subaltern of the India Staff Corps. The misconduct alleged was at an hotel in London. The petitioner had forbidden his wife to communicate with the co-respondent, but in February this year the respondent informed her husband that she was going to throw in her lot with the co-reepondent. A THEATRICAL MANAGER'S DIVORCE. In the Divorce Court on Saturday (before Mr. Justice Barnes) Charles Price, described as a theatrical manager and living at RAms. gate, asked for the dissolution of his mar- riage with his wife, Lilian, on the ground of her misconduct with William Hunt. The parties were married at Chicago, and on their return to England lived at Bamsgate. During the absence of the petitioner on tour the co- respondent was in the habit of visiting and staying with Mrs. Price. The cam was unde- fended, and his Lordship granted a decree ntaA, with costa against the co-respondent. VISITING AN ACTOR AT HIS FLAT. Mr. George Purgold sought a divorce by reason of the misconduct of his wife. Mrs. Eleanor Margaret Gordon Purgold (nee Miller), with the co-respondent, Mr. Ernest Lambert, an actor. There was no defence. Mr. Pridham Wippell. who appeared for tbo etitoner, said that at the present time the a jspondent was an actress acting under t] nother name." She was married to the P etitioner at the Registery Office, St. Giles's, S a March 22, 1894. There were no children. For t )me little time they resided at Egremont, rl heshire, at the home of the respondent's d. arents, and then in Campdeu House-road, & 'ensington. In June, 1897, the petitioner, a aving exhausted most of his money, went, ith the full assent of his wife, to British r olumbia. In July, 1898, she joined him, but aly remained out there for six months. Some v lme after her return to England she resided s tone in Museum-ohambers, Bloomsbury, and c rentually went on the stage. The petitioner, r hrough his brother, paid her regularly the c im of L2 weekly until the misconduct alleged 0 ras discovered. It came to the knowledge of b tie petitioner's brother that the conduct of t lie respondent was suspicious, and she was matched by private detectives. On July 18, n 392, she was seen to meet the co-respondent fi nd aocompany him to the Pavilion Music d [all, and at the close of the entertainment t fcny went to Mr. Lambart's flat at Prince's n hambers, Pall-mall. p In the course of the evidence of one of the s riva-to detectives he said that he wae present v rhen the divorce papers were served on the e o-respondent in the dressing rbom at the a Lpollo Theatre, Mr. Lambart said, Who the Luce is Mrs. Purgold?" and he was told her < tage name. At the time. he said, he did not I •new that she was a married woman. t Mr. JuseiOe Bucknill granted a decree nisi. I 'here was no order as to costs, evidence not t teing forthcoming that the oo-respondent a new the respondent to be a married woman, n v I WORSLEY DIVORCE APPEAL. 1 The Court of Appeal on Wednesday fixed r loud ay next for the hearing of the appeal n the Woreley divorce suit. Since the suit i ras heard in the Divoroe Court one of the I irinoipal witnesses for the petitioner, a deteo- ] i- named George, has been convicted of Æ *rj«ry and sentenced to five years' penal 1 ervitude. J
■ '""'"- ■ * i, A WELSH ESTATE.…
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■ i, A WELSH ESTATE. 1 ( JFOCBSSFOL CLAIM BY A CARDIFF ) MAN. i In the Court of Chancery on Thursday (be- ore Mr. Justice Byrne) the Plas Pennant ase came on for hearing, set out in the lists E « Jones v. 0. H. Lloyd Edwards and ] mother. It was the claim of Mr. John Jones, 1 of Beda-road, Cardiff, to the inheritance to i he Plas Pennant Estate in Denbigh. i Mr. Bowden, K.C., and Mr. J. R. Davies (in- E tructed by Messrs. Lloyd-George, Roberts, md Co.) appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. jevett, K.C., with Mr. Diokinson and Mr. B. Yankee (instructed by Messrs. Western and fc.ua), appeared for the defendants. e Mr. Rowden, in opening the case, said that e ,be claim was in respect of the estate known 7 as Pkts Pennant, in Denbigh, which con- ] sisted of some farms and a. mansion house, 1 and was to the value of about JE800 per ( annum. It was left in a will, dated about the middle of the last century, by the Bev. Howell H. Edwards, who was a canon of Westminster. E The Judge: This resolves itself into an ( ejectment, does it not? You are acting only t for title. Have you leave to apply for that? i Mr. Rowden: It does not arise in our claim. ] Mr. Rowden explained that Canon Edwards died in 1846, and had devised the estates, with ( two limitations, to the tenants for life, who r lived to a great age, and that, perhaps, was the came of some of the existing difficulties. ( One was Miss Margaret Grace Jones, who died last December at the age of 96, and upon whose death plaintiff claimed the estate. The ] estate was devised to one Bichard LloyA Edwards or his issue. He had five children, three of whom died spinsters; one had died a C bachelor in the Crimea, and only one had issue. That was Francis William Lloyd Edwards. There were, however, clauses as to ] the succession of future generations, and he 1 contended that these clauses cut out the C claims of Francis William Lloyd Edwards. The will provided that in such a contin- gency the estate should pass to the use of 4 the first daughter of one Hannah Roberts, I who was born in 1751, and married in 1775 to ] David Evans. They had a. child, Margaret 4 Evans, born in 1776, who was married to Robert Jones. Their eldest eon was John Jones, whose eldest son was the plaintiff. The 1 plaintiff claimed that upon the death of the tenant for life, I.e., Margaret Grace Jones, he was entitled to possession to the estate as direct heir of Margaret Evans. Mr. Levett. There are many Margaret ] Evans's in Wales, my lord. (Laughter.) His Lordship: Yee, I know. (Laughter.) ouncil then put in a number of certificates of baptisms, marriages, etc., relating to the people named in the pedigree. The plaintiff claimed, in one or two oases, that ladies' names in the marriage certificates were not given in accordance with the names given in J the pedigree set up. Mr. Rowden explained that this was due to the Welsh custom of young women assuming their mother's maiden name. Mr. Levett questioned the validity of the application of these certificates, but his lord- ship allowed the case to proceed upon Mr. Rowden stating that he would produce other Counsel for the plaintiff then put in a 1 number of certificates relating to other branches of the family, and upon this a long consultation took place between the parties, at the conclusion of which Mr. Levett said that eaoh each side had its difficulties and doubts, but he was happy to be able to inform his lordship that a settlement would be sub- mitted to the court. The value of the estate was about £ 20,000— rather more if anything. The parties had really to divide the estate, plaintiff to pay the defendants CIO,090 with interest. Under this arrangement plaintiff would take all the rents and pay alLtthe outgoings from the date of Miss Jones's death, and would give a five years' mortgage on the estate for £ 10,000, with 4 per cent. interest from this date. The five years would give him time to look around. Defendant was to have one month from this date in order to remove the furni- ture, Ac., and agreed to abandon his olaim to the estate upon these terms. Each party would pay his owiyoosts of the action. The Judge remarked that this appeared to him to be the most sensible eourem.,sud made kan cmler accordingly.
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iREAT FLOODS IN WALES. i ERIOUS DAMAGE AND LOSS OF STOCK. North Wales has been visited by aa aprecedented rainfall, lasting hours without ttermission. Carnarvon main streets were ansformed into rivers, shop cellars and shop )ors were flooded, and great quantities of )ods ruined. The lower parts of the town ere several feet under water with boats ying through the streets. People had to telter in the upper rooms. The London and orth-Western Railway beyond the town was t. under water, which reached the engine •es, bringing -the trains to a standstill, -ins Lilway authorities were compelled to stop te trains beyond the submerged portion. ansferring the passengers and mails. The greatest flood that has been known for rer twenty years was experienced in Welsh- wl. Since Sunday evening until Tuesday tere had been an almost continuous )wnfall, but during Monday the rain as not so heavy. From nine o'clock i Tuesday rain fell heavily, with ie result that Blue Bell Pool, irnne- lately above the town, overflowed, and an omense volume of water rushed down Bryn- rion during the afternoon, flooding the ursing Institute, pouring in torrent across ungrog Lane and down Salop-road, which as flooded to the extent of several feet. The ledan overflowed its banks, and for SM airds the road was blocked and the houses ooded, the inhabitants having to take refuge 1 the upper floors. Boot-street, Hall-street, nd Powell-road were all under water, and he Welshpool-Llanfair railway line com- letely blocked. The Bull Hotel and houses in evern-street were flooded, the water filling he basement and in some cases the lower ooms of the houses. Much damage has been one to property along the valley. The evern has again overflowed, and hundreds ot ores of land are under water. From Corwen, Carrog, and Glyndyfrdwy eports come of hundreds of sheep drowned a the floods, and farm outbuildings in the alley being carried away wholesale. Mee- ages were forwarded to the Shropshire Union anal authorities at Ellesmere to send a elief gang to relieve the pressure on the anal banks, and avert wholesale destruction f property. Farmers journeying to their omes over the mountains have retreated toi own, and are weather-bound. Some extraordinary scenes were wit- eased in Wrexham owing to the heavy rain- Illl. Many houses were flooded, and in some ietricts the inhabitants were imprisoned in he bedrooms for several hottnk The lachinery at the electric light station was artly covered with water, and much con- ternation was caused when the electric light rent out. but it was soon re-started. The lectric trams ceased running for a oonsider- ,ble time. Later reports on Wednesdav chow that in- talculable damage has been done in Denbigh* shire. Gigantic rivulets are running down he mountain slopes between Trevor and jlangollen, where the main thoroughfajre ie Ilocked for over a mile, the road resembling river. Extraordinary scenes were wit- lessed through motorists failing to ford m ray through. At Acrefair, an extenaive tortion of the country boundary wall was rashed away, and at Trefnant large stables (ollapeed. Near Vroncysyllte, Holyhead, the oad remained blocked for two hundred yards vith two feet of water, and communication s prevented. Penycae and Rhoø were iwamped. Reports from various places ear- •punding Oorwen show bridges were washed Lway and large numbers of sheep drowned. Vails were washed down at Llangollen, ahcl -ailway traffio is somewhat interrupted. The ow-lying agricultural districts at Baugor- sycoed, near Ruabon, are completely isolated. md homes a.re flooded to extraordinary legreee. At Chirk, Councillor Rowley, North "Tales Miners' Federation President, through lis house being flooded, "lept in a neighbonr. ng chapel. LLANELLY DISTRICT. In Llanelly several districts were flooded, leveral inches of water covering the lower rooms of low-lying houses. The river over- lowed in the centre of the town, the houses n Spring-gardens and Ging's-square being nundated. Reports from the ruraj districts rtJute that miles of agricultural land a.re mder water. The Vale of Towy is flooded. FLOODS AT SWANSEA. The rainfall at Swansea during Tuesday is itated to have formed a record. During leveral hours it poured unceasingly. Up to o'clock in the afternoon the rain guage at tfr. Webber's, Oxford-street, registered no ess than two inches. It was the wettest day rf the year, so far, in Swansea. The Strand and Sandflelds districts wers igain flooded and great inconvenience was KLUsed to the inhabitants. Some of the rtreets for a time were impassable. The tram- an at one time could not reach the Morris- on terminus. Several tradesmen's premises n the centre of the town were flooded. The 3rynhyfryd district was under water. Work was suspended in many places, especially in inarries in Loughor and Cockett districts. rhe Strand in one part was a. roaring torrent. 3ADOXTON MOORS IFIIOODED TO Bla DEPTH. As a result of the heavy rains on Tuesday norning the whole of the Cadoxton Moors, !xtending from Barry Dock to Biglis and Oinas Powis, including the old highway at Dolbrook. are under water to the depth in iome places of a couple of feet. The floods in this neighbourhood are. in fact, higher now than they have been before this year. 30LLAPSE OF A ROAD NEAR KIDWELLY. The persistently wet weather h&s had dire effects on the main road from Kidwelly to Carmarthen, just between Glanmorlais sad Liandefeilog, a large portion of it having collapsed and become a quagmire of mud. Vehicular traffio has to be diverted nitlM round in order to reach either place. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AT BLAEN- AVON. Due to the heavy rain, an extraordinary accident occurred at Blaenavon on Tuesday night. All day the rain came down in one sontinued torrential downpour; in fact, never within memory has such a deluge been Bxperienced locally. As a result, the culverts In the town could not possibly cope with the quantity of water they were called upon to ieal with. About nine p.m. suspicious sounds were heard at the Griffin Hotel, which is built over the main culvert, and shortly after- wards the back part of the house completely collapsed, the roof, walls, bedroom furniture. tc., all toppling down in a mass. The cause of the mishap was the subsidence of the rulvert. An extraordinary episode in connec- tion with the accident was that the young laughter of the landlord (Mr, Walker) was sleeping in the back bedroon at the time of ;he occurence, and had just time to scramble >0 the front part of the house before her bed lis appeared into the abyss. The house was thrown into darkness through the gas DelQ cut off. Fears are entertained for the safety of the remainder of the hotel, and also for that of adjoining property. "if att. AND OTHER TRAFFIC THREATENED. A Chester correspondent states that, owing to the great rainstorm on Wednesday, the Dee, the Alyn, and the Conway were all in fall flood, and thousands of acres of land are under water. The main Holyhead road. between Chester and Bagillt, is entirely blocked to traffic being covered by several feet of water. At Pentre, near Flint, the irart.er from the surroojiding hills came down in torrents, swept several yards of hiffh vail away, and poured upon the Chester and Holy- head line and threatened the mail and other traffic. Ultimately oae line was cleared for traffic, and subsequently the double set of metals were again free A mile above Pentre the water submerged the Wrexham, Mold, and Connahs Quay. and did considerable damage at Mold. The entire valley of the Biver Alyn lis under water.