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I EPITOME OF NEWS !

OUR LONDON LETTER.

LOSS OF A DESTROYER.

JIAURETANIA'S NEW RECORD.

,BRAVE ENGLISHWOMEN.

A FATAL SWIM.

LONDON'S PAUPERS.

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I GREAT MARATHON RACE. I

LORD CHARLES ON HYSTERICS.

REFRESHMENTS BANNED.

KILLED WHILE MOTORING.

SMOKING ON THE SCAFFOLD.

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SMOKING ON THE SCAFFOLD. At Swansea, on Saturday William Joseph Foy, labourer, was e-, 'cti!c-d for the murder of Mary Ann Reee, with whom ho had lived afr Merthyr,, bv throwing her down a disused fur- nace. Foy at first told the police that he fluiiJJ her down the furnace, but later -vaid she acci- dentally fell down. Foy rose early and pertook of breakfast, con- sisting of beefsteak and onions. Henry Pier- point, the executioner, who vas assisted by Ellis,, entered the cell a few minutes before eight, and the condemned mail eubimttecl quietly to the pinioning process. He walked without Assistance to the gallows smoking t ft- cigarette, and retained it in his mouth until tho black cap was adjusted. Death was instan- taneous.

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