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RESULT OF CRUEL SLANDER. « SUSPECTED DOCTOR TAKES POISON. An inquest was held at Lewisham on Friday '3;1 Dr. Michael Anthony de Quad roe. whose death was reported to the coroner on Wed- nesday at an inquest on a man whom deceased had attended. The Deputy-Coroner (Mr. H. B. Sewell) said it Reined that some person of diseased imagina- tion had suggested to the police that the doctor's patient was not properly treated, and on Wednesday morning Dr. de Quadros "'QÆ¡ found poisoned. He left a. note stating: I oannot face the disgTaoe of being charged. I asm innooent. Miss Rita Theresa. de QnadTOS, the doctor's daughter, said that on Monday two detectives and a doctor oa.me to the honse, made a lot of inquiries, amd suggested that Mr. Prevett, her father's patient, had died mysteriously. Her father seamed much "DW at this. On Tuesday night a gentleman friend sat up all night with her father, and after he left they found the deceased had taken poison. ANONYMOUS INFORMER. Detective-inspector Hawkins said that on Sunday evening Scotland Yard was informed that Mr. Prevett was lying ill under sus- picious circumstances, and that his only Attendant was Dr. de Quadras, who would benefit by Mr. Prevett's will. Witness saw the deceased on Monday and told him of the Matter, and Dr. de Quadros satisfactorily 1-Uswered questions put to him. Witness found nothing to indicate suspicious circum- stances. The deceased produced a oopy of Mr. ^revefct's will, from which he and others would benefit, and said he supposed some jealous relative had told the police. Witness found the deceased was in debt. He was satisfied tha.t the information given to the tolioe was incorrect. The Deputy-Coroner: Will you give the of your informant who came to Scot- land Yard?—No, sir. It is a privilege I can- not abuse. I acted on the instructions of superior officers, and what I did was in the interest of Dr. de Quadras. It was not Miss. whose name has been mentioned m *■"« case, who gave the information to Soot- ^ad Yard. A Juror: Who was it then?—I shall not say. The Deputy-Ooraoer: Then, &U I can say is, tha.t the person wbo went to Scotland Ya.rd aild stated certain things should voluntarily COlJleforth. The Jury: Hear, hear. THE DOCTOR'S FRIEND. 4 Hr. Lwsian William of W-strast, Pimlioo. «a»d liad kno1^ Qua^roe for over twenty years. Mis. de QaiXoaVtred to witness on Monday asking 1^7^ to oatford, and he did so. As soon he deoeased in his surgery the doctor •aid- Oh. Luoien, I am awfully worried." Jii* de Quadxoe and her daughter seemed distressed, and witness asked what was the leaner The doctor replied: "The police Lave |to here About the death of poor Mr. ~?*»ett. I don't know really what to do. 1 ^*H't gjv» a certificate now." Witness Q(Jtised him to write to the ooroner. He was J^ttsfied that the doctor did all he could for Qe late Mr. Prevett. Witness saw the doctor ^ter, and he still appeared to be very much and witness therefore decided to st.ay the night with him. Continnine. witness said he bad gone into t*. de Quadroe* aooountB, over which the "octor had been very much worried. and the Jesuit of his examination was that he found tbG doctor was nearly solvent. 7%0 Deputy-Coroner: You say xou kept °b«erv»taon on deceased during Tuesday ftight. We have evidence that he went to a ^emist'a to ob&un poison. Did you see him e°?—No. sir. Dr. Ducane, divisional surgeon, who was leftited on Wednesday morning, said he found doctor dying from the effects of pmasic k,Oid. In witness's opinion, the doctor was jj^ry much run down and wanted a change. very unjust rumours that were about ^hinged his mind and rendered him insane, 80 that he wae not responsible for his actions. CORONERS CONTEMPT. The Deputy-Coroner, in summing up, said ,*lldoubtedly the rumours which had been ^ade ;&bout the doctor had unhinged his tftirid. It was most contemptible that such Jta-tenaents should be made about a pro- visional gentleman, who, it was proved, was highly nervous and sensitive. It was most ^cked, and nobody could have anything but COntempr. for that individual who made I'hem. who went to Scotland Yard, and now had not the British pluck to come forward and state them in open court. The jury (}QuId find no other verdict than that the ^'•ctor oommitted suicide during temporary insanity. This was the verdict of the jaey.
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LATE KING'S VALETS. —^ DECEIVE MEMENTOES FROM WIDOWED QUEEN. Qaean Alexandra, before going away to Soot- Ijod, sent for Mr. L. F. Wrightson and Mr. F. ^eidinger. two of the late King's immediate ^rsonal attendants, and presented to them pins specially made in remembranes of his Majesty. Mr. Wrighteon was the late king's valet, and was with him at the time hie death. MT. Meidrnger, also a valet, off duty at the time, but had been with his master during his stay at Biarritz. The saw both in her private room, fhanked them for all they had done for his J^te Majesty, and gave to each a gold scarf via. ^The central design was an efflgy of King ■Edward, and was surmounted by a crown in *°ld ajid black enamel. The efflgy was by a mourning band of hlacik relieved by three small brilliants. the back of the pin were engraved the flates of the late King's birth and death. Queen Alexandra has made a point of ^^sonaJly thanking every servant and ^nlcer, from scullery-maid to the Master of Household, but she desired to bestow special memento upon those more closely vn<* immediately connected with her Royal husband.
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BASHED TO DEATH. ^°ESE, CART, AND TWO MEN FALL OVER EMBANKMENTe 4. -^rrible double fatality occurred late night in County Dublin, near •vioy* I«au, Rockbrook, R<athfannham, the bekkg Teirenoe M'Manus, aged 60. ?*«d an farm servant, and William Phibbe,} °aJt a ^atfaekeeper. They were driving in in passing over a bridge, the "de^pT^imbled over va embankment. r>ie of the two mesn were no#, dis- Ptfefcr early or eniwtey morning. Two —accidentF ihwe oooorred at the
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GUARDIAN SENT TO PRISON. + FOR ASSAULT ON WORK- HOUSE NURSE. At the Thames Police-court on Tuesday, before Mr. Dickinson, Henry Moss Cowen, a guardian, of St. George's-in-the-East, was sum- moned for assaulting Jane Pitts, a nuree, of St. George's Workhouse. Mr. George H. Young appear.ed for the complainant, And Mr. S. Myers represented the defendant. Considerable interest was manifested in the proceedings, a large number of local councillors and guardians being present in court, and also a gentleman representing the Local Government Board. In opening the case, Mr. Young said the complainant was a nurse at St. George's- lll-the-East Workhouse, and the defen- dant was a guardian. The complainant went off duty at 6.30 on the evening of August 25, and about an hour later she left the assistant matron ai-d went up to her I bedroom, which was situated in the female officers' quarters. The door was closed, but not looked owing to an order from the matron. HEARD HER DOOR OPENED. One reason for not looking .16 door was in case of fire, and another in case of emer- gency should the nurses be wanted. The com- plainant went to bed about eight o'clock and read a book. Feeling sleepy, she closed the book, and after about an hour she fell asleep. She did not put out the light. About ten o'clock she was suddenly awakened by hear- ing her door opened. She got up and saw the defendant in her room. Cowan shut the door, and when asked what he wanted he made no reply. As he made no movement to leave Miss Pitts said she jumped out of bed, and as she went towards him he put his arms round her and kissed her on her lips roughly. He beld her tightly, and said, "There is no one in the mess-room." Complainant went on to say that she struggled and pulled Mr. Cowen's arms from her. The defendant then went out of the room and left the door open. The com- j plainant closed and looked the door, and turned the light out at 11.15. She was very nervous, and could not sleep. In the morning she told Nurse Frimlin what had occurred, and she subsequently saw the master and matron, and related fully to the latter what had taken place. WORSE FOR DRINK. Witness added that the defendant saw the clerk to the guardians, Mr. R. Murray Loch- ner. and admitted that he had gone into the complainant's bedroom, but said he was the worse for drink at the time. After further evidence the Magistrate sen- tenced the defendant to one month's imprison- ment, without hard labour.
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GIRL IN A BOX. SERVANT'S EXTRAORDINARY .1 f ESCAPADE. The extraordinary story of a young servant girl who hid for a fortnight in a West Ken- sington house, the occupants of which had no suspicion of her presence, was told at West London Polioe-oourt on Monday. In the dock was Annie Belman, ageq sixteen, charged with being a suspected, person. ML"s Muriel Edgar, of Gwendwr-road, West lteueington. eaid that on Sunday afternoon she was told that there was someone in her bedroom. She looked under the maid's bed. but there was no one there; she then opened a trunk with her foot and saw something move. She went dowmstairs and blew a whistle, and a policeman came and searched the house, and eventually found the prisoner in a box that was standing on the landing on the second floor. Detectiveeergeant Taylor informed the magistrate that the girl. whose parents lived near Chippenham, Wilts, had been in service at a. public-house at Wandsworth, but left there on august 2 unexpectedly, and did not return. She had told him that she had been in the house in Gwendwr-road, West Kensington, for a fortnight, concealed by day in a box and prowling about the house by night. The magistrate remanded her.
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MONEYLENDING TRAGEDY. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT BORROWER SHOOTS HIMSELF. A sensational shooting incident startler Blackpool on Tuesday. A young man of the name of Reginald Marquis, whose parents Teside at Lytham, shot him- self in the head with a revolver in a money- lender's office. The circumstances leading up to the tragic incident show that some time ago Mr. Marquis called upon Messrs. Sefton, Limited, moneylenders, and represented him- self to be Mr. William Henry Cooper, of the Railway Hotel, Lytham He stated that he had only recently taken over the hotel, and having paid JB500 for valuation was somewhat pressed for money. and. further, that a young lady whom he had known before he was married had threatened him if he did not pay her a sum of money that night. Money was advanced, and subsequently, when Mr. Cooper, of Lytham .was communi- cated with, he denied all knowledge of the transaction. It is then alleged to have been discovered that Marquis had made a false representation to the moneylender. When his father was called upon he refused to discuss the matter. A warrant was then taken out for his arrest, and about 12.30 on Tuesday, when Marquis called at the moneylender's office, he was detained until a. constable was sent for. Immediately the offloer entered the room, and questioned him, Marquis took the revolver from his pocket and shot himself in the left temple. Dr. Day, who resides in the vicinity, was promptly summoned, and having rendered every possible aid, ordered his removal to the Victoria Hospital, where he now lies in a. critical condition.
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SOLICITOR DROWNED. BODY FOUND BY PLUNGING BATHER. The body of Mr. Rowland Frank Baddeley, solicitor, Hanley, who was drowned in Rud- yard Lake. near Leek, Staffordshire, three weeks ago, was found by a bather, who struck against it when plunging into the water. The body was in an upright position. At the resumed inquest at Hanley it was stated that Mr. Baddeley had rowed with his daughter from one end of the lake to the other. He* then proceeded to Rushton, where he visited three hotels, and when com- mencing his return journey remarked to the stoationmaster at Rushton, I have got the boat at this end; it is a beautiful night, and I shall take the boat back." A verdiot. of ".Accidental drowning" was returned.
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HOME SECRETARY INJURED. MR. CHURCHILL WOUNDED IN THE LEG. A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian," telegraphing from Smyrna. ,n Sunday, says Mr. Winston Churchill has by accident been slightly wounded in the leg. He underwent an operation on Sunday at the English hospital in Smyrna, and is going on very well. The injury is not serious. A Reuter's telegram from Smyrna states that Mr. Churchill left on Sunday for Con- stantinople. Mr. and Mrs. Churchill arrived at Smyrna last Tuesday on board Baron de Forest's yacht. Baron de Forest's guests also include Mr. F. E. Smith, M.P., and Mrs. Smith, and Mr. John Churchill and Lady Gwendolen Churchill. When Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill left England on August 3 it was understood that they were intending to make a. shooting expedition in Asia Minor. A Lloyd's cablegram from Smyrna on Wed- nesday says:—" Mitylene reports that the steam yacht Honor, owned by Baron De Forest, has stranded in the Gulf of Calloni. Assistance is asked." Mr. Winston Churchill and Mr. F. E. Smith are on board the yacht.
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TRIED MANY TIMES TO KILL HIMSELF. FRENZIED EFFORTS OF A LLANELLY MAN. Thomas Bowen, Incline-row, Llwrnhendy, was charged at Llanelly Police-court on Monday with attempting to commit suicide. Oliver Thomas, Bopewalk-road. stated that on Saturday afternoon he saw the defendant divesting himself of his coat and waistcoat, and he seemed about to jump into the Dafen River. Witness took him away, but the- defendant returned to the riverside and undressed a. second time. Pciioe-oonstable Evans stated that he went after defendant, and saw him proceeding towards the Great Western Rajlway engine- shed Asked where he was going defendant replied. I am going to place my head under the engine." Inspector Nicholas stated that' defendant made a. rambling and incoherent stateme'lt at the police-station, and added that if he were not taken charge of he would kill him- self. Immediately afterwards he asked to be allowed to go home to hia wife, and renmrkad, I shall kill her and kill myself afterwards Witness left the defendant in the cell a.nd went to fetch a. bucket, but before he had time to return Mrs. Nicholas shouted, Come quick; he is hanging him- self." On going into the cell witness saw the defendant on his knees in the corner with a pair of braces round his neck. He held both ends in hia right hand, and a portion of the Braces was fastened to the bedl. Defendant was pulling backwards aa hard as he possibly could. A constable was then put in charge, but a' quarter of an hour later witness was called He found the defendant in the same corner in a. stooping position with a boat-laoe fastened rcund his neck. The defendant's boots were then taken off. Inspector Jones stated that the defendant had been medically examined by Dr. Evans, but he was not prepared to certify that defendant was insane. Defendant was remanded.
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PUBLIC^HOUSE "HELL- TRAPS." LIVELY SCENE IN IRISH CORONER'S COURT. An inquest has been hold at Cork by Coroner Horgan on the body of Daniel O'Sullivan, aged nineteen, one of the ground staff of the oounty cricket club, who on the Z7th ult. jumped from Carrigrohiane Bridge. about four miles from the. city, and was drowned in the River Lee. The body was recovered on the 2nd inst The evidence showed that deceased and a. number of companions had been drinking during the day. Deceased, it was stated, had sixteen pints of porter, and three of them were served in a public-house by the river- side. Subsequently he was seen struggling on the bridge with a man named Nuaan, from whom he broke loose, and, jumping over the para,pet into the river, was drowned. Nunan admitted he was drunk himself, and did not remember what had taken place The Coroner observed that such deaths were very much to be charged to the authorities. They did not enforce the law as regards public-houses. The publio-houses in the borough of Cork were helltraps for young, unfortunate fellows who left their homes, and went backwards and forwards from one house to another drinking continuously. Two jurors disagreed with the ooroner's remarks with reference to public-houses, one suggesting they should be withdrawn. The Coroner: Remove that man out of th. room. The Head-constable: He is a juror, sir. The Coroner: I don't care whether he is a juror or not. I will put him into custody if he misconducts himself. The police having removed the juror, the Coroner said: A man has told us during the hearing of this case that he would be sober after thirteen pints of porter. A Juror: Yes. You would even after twenty. The Coroner: This gentleman (referring to the juror) must be an expert. The Juror said he would not agree to a verdict unless the ooroner withdrew hia remarks, and went on to disouss the number of pints of porter a man could take without becoming drunk, when the coroner inter- rupted and ordered him to be put out. The second juror was then removed by the police. Eventually the remaining jurors returned a verdict of "Death from drowning, the deceased having fallen into the water while intoxicated."
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DEVIL'S ISLAND PRISONER ORDERED TO -BE RETURNED TO FRANCE. At Bow-street os Monday Jean Pierre Cape]. lini, an Italian, who was alleged to have escaped from Devil's Island while undergoing a life sentence for murdering a man in Paris, was oommitted for extradition, time being allowed for the prisoner to consider the ques- tion of appealing. For Capedlini it was urged that at his trial he had not raised the ques- tion of self-defence, as he might have done. He was deported from the United States.
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LADIES' ADVENTURE. CARDIFF AND LOUGHOR GIRLS IN BOATING MISHAP. An exciting incident occurred at Llanwrt-rri Wells. Miss Fanny Matthews, of with two young lady friends from Cardiff and a young man went for a row on the lake, and for a time greatly enjoyed them- selves, Miss Matthews and the young man being at the oars. In landing, however, the boat was capsized, and the three young ladies were immersed, Miss Matthews being right undar the boat. The young man who was with them and others at once jumped to the rescue, and all were brought ashore, Miss Matthews being in an uncoiosoioua ctate. but was soon resuscitated. —
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LONDON ACTRESS'S SUICIDE. KILLED BY TRAMCAR IN AMERICA. Cables from New York on Saturday con- firmed the report that the young woman who threw herself in front of a tramway-car at Riohmond, Virginia., and was killed, was Miss Muriel Keith, whose parents reside in Colville-terrace, Baygwater Miss Keith, who was only twenty-four, was the one daughter of Mr. Royston Keith, who is well known as an actor in lighter parts a.nd as a writer of a number of play- lets. She herself took part in amateur theatricals frequently at Hampstead and the King s-hall, and had intended pursuing a stage oareer. A havidsc'-iicj lunette, Miss Keith it described as usually full of life, but last year her health failed, and she underwent an r operation for adenoids It was thought a change would restore her. and in March last she went out to America in company with her elder brother, who has a farm at Richmond, Virginia. Since then Mr. and Mrs. Keith had received °-f son and daugh- ter until last month, when Miss Keith men- tioned ui a letter that the nasal trouble had re-asserted iteolf. and that she was to under- go another operation. ALL HER ENERGIES. Miss Keith had been working very hard in tbe Agricultural Fair at Richmond, which lasted a week, and was attended by about 40,000 people daily. r.1, V"? 6he was virtually secretary, a.nd ner letters home showed that she was putting all her energies into it. A. ^hetic interest attaches to the fact ?er Parents received two letters in her gayest mood only a day or two ago. It is supposed that the strain of the work of the fair and the return of the nasal trouble caused a breakdown which has been responsible for the tragedy.
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BARMAID'S- BICYCLE. PRODUCTS OF GIRL'S THEFTS FROM THE TILL. Within three weeks of her engagement as bevemaid at the Station Hotel, Fleet. Hamp. shire, Beatrice Maud Irene Hooper, a. girl of seventeen, has Jieesi found guilty of stealing marked 00ins from thm bar till. With part of the stolen teoqey she purchased a cycle a l«Dd JilWt'llmt bogor* tee am Atfc »
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STABBED WITH A SPIKE. 4, SENSATIONAL MURDER IN EDINBURGH. A newsagent's shop its Little King-street, Edinburgh, a poor quarter of the city, was on Monday the scone of a sensational tragedy. Hearing sounds of scuffling a grocer oocuping the shop next door rushed intj the premises and found a man standing over a woman, stabbing her with a weapon like an iron spike. He tackled the aseailant, and the woman staggered to the door, whare she collapsed on the steps On the arrival of a doctor she was found to be dead Her assailant was overpowered after a severe struggle and taken into custody He I maintained a callous demeanour, and coolly lighted his pipe, which had in the end to bt> taken from his mouth. The dead woman's name is Mrs. Blake, who kept a newsagent shop. She was separated The dead woman's name is Mrs. Blake, who kept a. newsagent shop. She was separated I from her husband on account, it is stated., of his intemperate habits, and her assailant, it is alleged, is her husband. It is further stated that when Mr. Gill, the grocer from next door, with assistance, tore the man away from the woman. he told the police oifioers who wefre summoned that he "meant to do for his wife even if he had to 6wing for it."
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BLACK HAND OUTRAGE. I — + WHOLE FAMILY MASSACRED IN ITALY. ROME, Monday. An appalling crime was perpetrated to-day at Pellaro, near Reggio di Calabria. A band of murderers massacred a man and his wife, with their five young children. The murders were committed with hatchets, and the criminals are alleged to be members of the Black Hand Society.—Central News.
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SHOT HIS PLAYMATE. THE USUAL ACCIDENT WITH LOADED REVOLVER. The ejxcumistasee6 in which Charles Edward Brooks, aged ten. met his death at the harnds of a playmate were related at an inquest at Hanwell Wallace Reginald Coke (twelve) told the coroner that on Saturday he was playing at his home with BTooke, and, going to a cupboard, took out his father's revolver to show it to his companion. Not knowing that it was loaded, he pointed it at Brooks and pulled the trigger. The shot entered the lad's head, killing him. In his evidence. Coke's father said he had warned his son not to meddle with the revolver. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," ajid censured the father of Coke for tis carelessness in not keeping the Terolver under lock and key.
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U BACKWOODS INCIDENT. SUNDAY SHOOTING AFFRAY IN SOHO. After six weeks' interval, the September Sessions of the Central Criminal Court have re-opened. The calendar is a heavy one numerically, but the Recorder Said,, that that eta-te of crime was not above the aver- age at this gaol delivery. The number of prisoners is 157. There are six charges of attempted murder and five of manslaughter. Several conspiracy charges are of a, comply canted nature, 60 that the sittings, are likely to be prolonged. Dealing with a case m which several persons are charged with wounding one another with revolvers in Soho. the Recorder said the men seemed to have acted as though they were in the backwoods of America.
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TRAIN-WRECKING OUTRAGE NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PLY- MOUTH EXPRESS. An attempt to wreck the Great Western I Railway Company's express from London to Plymouth when fully laden with passengers many of whom were returning from holidays! became known recently. The driver of the Thursday evening express felt hie engine strike an obstacle near Exeter, and reported the matter. Two large steels jacks, such as are used by railwaymen for lifting purposes were found lashed across the permanent way on the down line. The flange of the engine splintered one jack, the other being hurled 150 yards away. As the express was travelling at a speed of forty miles an hour, it is remarkable that the sudden jerk did not throw the engine off the line.
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BOYCOTTING CHARGE. SUMMONS AGAINST HOME RuLE M.P. DISMISSED. At Killashee, County Longford, on Tuesday Mr. Farrell, M.P., and others were summoned for taking part in an alleged conspiracy to boycott Michael Magan in connection with the Middleton Grazing Farm, and, further, with maliciously attempting to force oertain persons to cease dealing with Magain. The charges were based on remarks which the defendants were alleged to have made in the course of public speeches. After hearing the evidence the Bench, by \,a majority, refused the informations, 86 rF ttHMitaOBd ihe eradaoce iajrafBcteot.
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ANGRY RIOTERS AT CWMAVON. 4 MEN AND WOMEN ATTACK NON-UNIONISTS. A dispute has arisen in connection with the price-list at the Torymynydd Rhondda Col- liery, near Cwmavon, in the Afon Valley. It appeal's that some few months ago a price- list was drawn up and signed by the owners and men's representatives. The men now say that the working places have turned out abnormal, and they came out on strike a week ago. Four men have since then been employed at the eelljery. who were denominated by the strikers as turncoats," and on leaving at the eelljery. who were denominated by the strikers as turncoats," and on leaving wark at three o'clock cn Tuesday they were met at the pit-head by about 500 men, women, and cjiiiiireia, who pa-re the men a hostile reception. In consequence of a telephonic communica- tion received from the' management of the company, Inspector Canton (Port Talbot), Sergeant Davies kcwmavon), Sergeant Hale (Aberavon). and Sergeant Harries (Port Tal- bot), together with twelve constables, hurried to the scene of the demonstration, fearing a breach of the peace, and to escort the four men to their respective homes. To get to the home of one of the men. named Thomas, it was necessary to go along the canal bank, where the strikers made an attempt to throw Thomas into the canal. The police, however, got quickly to the rescue, but one of the strikers by some means or other got into the canal himself. Sticks and stones, &c., were freely used, but the men were eventually got safely to their homes, fl'he.re can be little doubt that had it not been for the timely and prompt action of the police a serious breach of the peace, if not something worse, would have taken place. During the affray one of the polioe officers sustained injuries, which, however, were not of a. serious nature.
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ALARMING COLLISION IN THE MERSEY. + FERRY-BOAT PASSENGERS IN • PERIL. Great excitement was caused on Tuesday night by a collision on the Mersey between the Wallasey ferry steamer John Kerron, loaded with passengers, bound for New Brighton, and a luggo-ge boa.t crossing, to Liverpool. The Cunarder Carmania was lying at anchor in mid-river, and it was in rounding the etern of the liner that the collision occurred, the fore part of the passenger steamer being' forced up on to the deck of the luggage boat. There was no panic, but many timid paceengers on the ferry boat seized hold of lifebelts and others sprang on the luggage boat. Six tugboat* went to the rescue, and the passengers were eventually transferred to another ferry steamer. The colliding vessels were consider- a.bly damaged, and the John Herron had to be beached.
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COLLISION AT QUEENSTOWN PASSENGER BOAT AND GERMAN CRUISER, The Cork and Blackrock passenger steamer I Mabel whilst proceeding from Queenstown Harbour on Tuesday collided with the German cruiser Hansa. The Mabel struck the cruiser's swinging boom. oausing some damage, and her own deckhouse cuffgrod. The passengers were much alarmed, but their fears were speedily allayed when it was found that in neither case was the damage of a eerious nature.
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BABY'S DETECTIVE BODYGUARD. I PRECAUTIONS AGAINST KID- NAPPING. America's latest product, the hundred million dollars baby," arrived in England OD. Monday. He landed at Plymouth with his parents, Mi*, and Mrs. Edward Bea-le M'Lean, c-n board the liner. Kronprinz Wilhelm, from New York. His name is Vinson Walsh M'Lean. aaid though only ten months old, he is heir to £2ú,OCI0.000. The little fellow is the grandson of Colonel John R. M'Lean, owner of the Cincinnati Inquirer," and of Thomas F. Walsh, the mine owner, of Colorado. Master Vinson came into public notice re&antly by going about Bar Harbour, a popular American watering-place, in a caged baby carriage, made of stout steel, vhich was guarded fore and aft by private detec- tives, his parents fearing that he might be kidnapped The world's richest baby has a costly cradle, the gift of the la.te King Leopold of Belgium, who was a friend of Mr. Thomas F. Wa,lsh. This portable sleeping compartment has crossed the Ar-lamtjc with the young heir, and comes with him to London, together with a small army of nurses and bodyguards.
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MID-ATLANTIC RESCUE. 4. A BRAVE WELSH CAPTAIN HONOURED.. A lPublk meeting was held in the Guild- hall, Cardigan, to present Captain James Jones, formerly chief officer of the steamship Snowdonia, with a pair of binocular glasses sent by the Government of the United States for rescuing the crew of the American schooner Henry Clan son on the 9th of November, 1308, in mid-Atlantic. The Snowdonia, while on a voyage from Philadelphia to Messina with coal, fell in with the Henry Clanson water-logged, and the crew crowding the after part of the vessel. A lifeboat -was at once launched, and amid a very tempestuous sea proceeded to the distressed vessel, and rescued her crew and the captain's wife in a very exhausted condition. The preseTita-tion was made by Mr. John Davies, mayor of Cardigan, in a congratula- tory address. The band of the Town Scouta were present, and played "See the Conquer- ing Hero Comes."
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PTOMAINE POISONING. TWO DEATHS REPORTED FROM POTTERIES. A Barslem oorrespondent says four cases of ptomaine poisoning have occurred at Burelem. On Friday a potter, named Thomas Smith, 1- wife, Mary Smith, and two chil- dren, named Baskeyfield, partook of tinned salmon for tea. Some time afterwards all four were taken ill. and Mary Smith died on Saturday, while on Monday morning one of the children, Leonard Baskeyfleld, also suooumbed to his illness. The man, Thomas Smith, is not expected to recover Dr. Richmond, medical officer of health to the Dartford Rural District Council, has visited three cases of poisoning caused by eating tinned salmon, which occurred a,t Stone. Ho reported that the salmon was found to contain cigar leaves, and one young fellow swallowed the end of a cigar with the salmon, causing painful sickness.
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STREET REVOLVER FIGHT. AFFRAY BETWEEN ITALIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Monday. An extraordinary affair occurred yesterday in the East Side district of New York, as a result of which two persons were killed and four ethers sustained serious wounds. The trouble started in the Italian quarter, where a quarrel broke out among some of the low- claso Italians, and revolvers were freely fired. The police intervened, but did not succeed in separating the oomoatants before two had been shot dead on the spot, and the remain- ing members of tho gang thereupon set off in full flight. Two of the Italians were quickly arrested, but a, third ran amok turough the great crowd that had collected, firing right and left with his revolver. He was ultimately felleu to the ground by a well-delivered hlow from a policeman's club, and was taken into custody. Four persons had sustained serious injuries, several others having been lightly grazed by ballets or trampled.—Central News.
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TRAGEDY OF ERROR. ALLEGED MURDER COMMITTED IN MISTAKE. Herbert Brook, painter. aged 35, was remanded by the Bradford justices on I Monday charged with murdering Peter Quigley, a labourer, late on Saturday night. Quigley and a friend named Grainger were walking up Wakefleld-road, when he wa^ suddenly attacked from behind by the accused, who was drunk, and stabbed with a* knife. Quigley died ten minutes afterward* in the infirmary. The men were strangers, it ia floegested it was & case of idectity. idectity.
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PERSEVERANCE WINS. f—— MOISANT REACHES CRYSTAL PALACE AT LAST. Mr. Moisant completed his a.ir voyage to London on Tuesday evening. He ascended from St. Clere, the place in Kent where he had been repairing his aeroplane, at 12.55. but after a short flight came down at Orford in oonsequence of air currents. He made another ascent at, five minutea past five. and was successful in reaching the Crystal Palace in 27 minutes. He circled the Palaoe three time?, and being unable, owing to a thick haze, to distinguish the arrow which marked the spot in the Palace grounds where he was to desoend, he finally came down on a small piece of ground a. mile and a quarter distant, near Beckenham Station. In descending: he took too sharp an angl.) and seriously damaged his machine. The blades of the aeropla-ne and propellor were injured as well as the chassis. In an 'nterview Mr. Moisant said: "I am happy. I have at last completed my long journey to London. What my future plans are I oannot say. I may stay in London or I may make the journey back tc Paris to-morrow."
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TOWN COUNCIL CLOSURE. MEETING ADJOURNED PENDING AN APOLOGY. There was a dramatic ending to the Northampton Town Council meeting on Mon- day night. A quarrel aroee between the two political parties over the medical officer's report, and the Conservative chairman of the health committee, Dr. Cogrvn, ooridemniJd hie critics as vindictive, false, and malicious. They resented this, and demanded An apology. The Mayor attempted to pass,. on to the next business, refusing the Racbeaif permission to reply. Consequently Mr TT D Lewis retorted, I think it is very bad' taste of you, Mr. Mayor, being so partisan." The Major botly demanaed an apoicgy. Mr. • Lewis refused, and the Mayor then Appealed to the council. Mr F. C. Parker, a race- horse owner, moved that they ad.vrlurn alto- gether until Mr. Lewis aPoloziseC This was carried, and instantly the councillors trooped cut, Mr. Lewis still declaring his determination not to apolo::j>e until Dr. Cogan withdrew his accusal icrrs.
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WOMEN AT THET ISLE OF WIGHT. -= UNCOMPLIMENTARY REFERENCES BY A ?ICAR. Some comments onTthe clothing of women visitora to the Isle Wight this summer ara ma.de by the vicar^-of Carisbrooke. the Rfev. W. J- Stobart, in It is parish magazine. ) The 1010 femajfe," he says, teoT.is either' to be wrapped up in a bundle of rags witn the least clean one spread cvea- her hat and tied under her- chin, or eke she discards as much of her clothing as the can, and raaa about the isiAnd half clad, crumpled and dust-beaten.
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L-- KOT SOCIALISM. NATIQ&AL-CARE FOR THE CHILD'S EFFICIENCY. M.P., in his presidential address W a ooniereonoee on "The Hygiene.c £ Ohj^JwoK" at the Sanitary Institute Con- gress, Brighton, on Wednesday, regretted that, coimparatively little attention was paid to tile, best interests of children until (fuite recently. He repudiated the charge of Socialism levelled against, modern child legislation, and urged the education of the principles of self-reliance, independence, and parental responsibility side by side with mental, physical, and moral efiioieibcy of the JTOODG.
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FAMOUS CRIME RE-CALLED "SKIN THE GOAT" DIES IN THE WORKHOUSE. Fitiha-rris (" Skim the Goat") died in .J^h Dublin Workhouse on Wednesday. Skin the Goat" was the driver of one of QT6 cars containing Oarey, the leader of the v accomplices, when Mr. Burke and in Frederick Cavendish, were assassinated jjfhoenix Park in 1882. Uf "was sentenced to penal servitude for being released alter serving twenty release from prison he obtained Wo^k under the Dublin Corporation, but as? health eventually compelled him to I
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GUILTY, BUT INSANE. SEQUEL TO QUARREL OVER BROTHER'S WIFE. At the Old Bailey on Wednesday Gordano Hackshaw, charged with the manslaughter of his yo anger brother William at East Ham. was found guilty, but declared insane, and was ordered to be detained during his Majesty's pleasure. Prisoner quarrelled with his brother over the former's wife, and the quarrel produced heart. failtrxe in the deceased.
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(el STRANGLED HER." HUSBAND CONFESSES MURDER OF WIFE. At Lancaster Court on Wednesday Thomas Rawoliffe (31) was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Louisa Ann. Evidence was given that the prisoner caJled to a police. man and said, I have killed my wife. I strangled t last night. I must have been mad when I did it." The officer found the woman dead, with a sleeping baby beside her, while two other children were in a cot. in the same popon, !Tbo priaonn; JKM» ==Nasal%
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CURIOUS MOTOR SPILL. FATALITY CAUSED BY BURSTING TYRE. Mr. AjtbmT Wilfrid ltorMl!, of WtMt Haxapsbead. died in hospital afc, Maidstone on Sunday night as a reswJt of mk motor-oar accident. A tyre burst, and tie oar twrned oomseJetehy over, the deoeafetj rartafatag *1 fr&otazed etaN. tfce aOx £ <MO-j )
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THE DOG IN THE MANGER. DAME WALES: Well, indeed now, there's a mean wretch! He can't do justice to the hay himself, look you. and lie wont let the*ox who can. + Til!.15 that the railway facilities at Carnarvon are so poor as compared with Cardiff that if the Investiture P 06 fchere three-quarters of the population in Wales will not be able to see it.
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EDITOR SHOT DEAD. I SEQUEL TO A "SCURRILOUS ARTICLE." NEW YORK, Saturday. J-^i^rrama this morning from Havana report a tragic affair whioh occurred there yesterday, the victim being Senor Juan Amer, wie edi.tor of a new satirical journal, called Uhantecler." The first issue of the paper came out yesterday, and so bitter was the tone adopted by the writer of a certain poli- ticaJ article that a. politician, who was enraged at what he termed its "scurrility," proceeded to the offioes of the paper and shot the editor dead on the spot.—Qentral News.
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PUT IN YOURSELF, OLD BOY." PRISONER COMPLAINS OF DETEC- TIVE'S EMBELLISHMENTS. William de Fraine. agoed 43, hairdresser, Rictumo nd-street, Kennington-road, was charged before Mr. Denman at Marl borough- street on Saturday with being concerned with another man, not in custody, in breaking into 116, Tottenham-oourt-road, and stealing 122 combs and other articles, worth £48, belonging to Meesra. James Shoolbred and Co Police-constable Barnett said that at 18.32 on the night of August 23 he found the front cioor of the premises open and communicated with the manager. A large piece of wire cable, to which was attached a piece of gas tubing, was found in the shop. It was apparently used for letting a person down from the window. There was a piece of candle burning on the mantlepiece, and a. show oaea had been broken open and bore the marks of a jemmac which was found lying near. Detective-sergeant Farrant stated that about two o'clock on Friday afternoon he saw the prisoner and explained the charge to him. He replied: You don't think I stole them, do you? I am paralysed. You are on the wrong lay this time. I know who you want, but you find out." The Prisoner: That's a little bit you pat in yourself, old boy. I don't mind telling you it's a. lie. Mr. Denman ordered a remand.
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TERRORISED WITNESS. SENT TO NEW ZEALAND OUT OF HARM'S WAY. It was stated at the Old Bailey recently that Henry Berry, the youth who gave evi- dence at the last sessions against a gang of highwaymen, and whose life was threatened by their friends, had been sent to New Zealand. Owing to the ttoeats Berry was turned out of his home by his parents, and he was under constant police protection until he sailed on Monday lasit. He was awarded M by the Reoorder, and this sum was sop- pleouanted W" u 1 liiwr-ajno#^ 5.