The Rhos Herald

DEATH.—The denth occurred on Aug. nth, ot Mr of Moreton Villa, John-tov. ut the awte of 69, His remains were ir-Ted at Kuabon Ceme- tery or. Aui: J:

RUABON POLICE COURT. On Tuesday, before Dr Lawton Roberts and Mr R R/Jones. PILFERING. George Jackson and James Jackson said to be natives of Hull, were brought up in custody charged with steal- 1 iog a quantity of scrap iron, value is, the property of the mortgagees of the Ruabon Waggon Co. Mr A Acton appeared to prosecute, aud -aid the works were now Standing in the rurds of the morgagees. Considerable damage had for some time been going OTJ, and information had been given to the police. P. C. Evans said that about 1 40 be saw the defendants leaving the premises with a bag contain- ing about 56 Ib5 of scrap iron, and char- ged them with steolingit. they said they thought they were doing no harm. Mr Jsan; jenkms identified the iron a* belong- ing to the works. Police Sergt Fox said the de.erda.it.s had been staying at a com- mon c; house at Wrexham for about two m u sh-, and nothing was known agai ist then- previously. The Bench, al- though they looked upon the case as a serious one, took a lenient view, and gave the defendants the benenc of the first Of- fender-; Act to come up for judgement when called upon.

PTOMAINE POISONING IN WREXHAM DISTRICT. Three Deaths.—80 Cases. Great consternation has been caused by the extraordinary outbreak of ptomaine poisoning in the Wrexham district. Three deaths have now occurred, and about 80 cases of illness have been reported. Rhos has escaped fairly well, though a few cases of illness are reported, but luckily none are serious. The matter is engag- ing the attention of the Government Health Authorities, and Dr Llewelyn Wil- liams has been asked to report thereon. A DEATH AT RHOSTYLLEN. THE INQUEST, An inquest was held at the Tabernacle, Rhostyllen, on Monday evening before Mr Ll. Kenrick, to inquire into the cir- cumstances attending the death of John Evans, of 35, Oaklands, Rhostyllen. It was alleged that on Saturday, August 6, he ate a meat pie, purchased from a cer- tain shop in Wrexham. He ate the pie for supper, and also partook of a portion on Sunday morning. On the Sunday he complained of having pains in the stom- ach. Dr J. E. H. Davies was called in, and he attended him up to the time of his death. Before the evidence was taken, the cor- oner said he hoped the jury would dismiss from their minds anything they might have heard relating to that inquiry, and that they would form their own conclu- sions upon the evidence. Albert Evans, son of deceased, said his father was 61 years of age. He was a winder at Bersham Colliery. He was ta- ken ill on Saturday, Aug. 6th, but did not complain until the Sunday. He had very severe pains in the stomach on the Sun- day afternoon. The pains continued, and on Monday morning witness went for Dr Davies, of Plas Darland, who attended him up to the time of his death. By the Foreman The doctor was ask- ed to come about 10 a.m. He came about 4 p.m. by Mr Kendrick (who said he repres- ented an interested party) Four years ago deceased met with an accident, but he had not lost a day's work for two years THE WIDOW'S EVIDENCE. Elizabeth Evans, the widow, said up to Saturday evening, August 6, her husband was quite well. About nine p.m. he par- I took of a twopenny meat pie for his sup- ¡ per. The pie was purchased with anoth- ¡ er at Wrexham about six p.m. by her ¡ daughter. Shortly before ten on the same J I evening her husband went to wo- k at the colliery. She did not see him again until ¡ Sunday morning. He did not complain when he came home. She gave him the other pie for his breakfast, but he did not eat it all. He only had a piece of it. He said he did not feel quite the thing," and he did not want any more of the pie. He did not have any other food. He went j to bed after hreakfast, which was the usual thing with him after he had been working all night. He was callfd up about 12-30. He came down to dinner but only ate a small portion of what was laid before him. He did not complain, but said he should not want any more. He had a little lamb for his dinner. The remaining portion of the pie was thrown away when she was cleaning up. She threw it away because it did not look en- ticing. On Sunday afternoon he went for a short walk and came home complaining of being unwell. He said he felt sick and complained of great pain in his stomach. He could not take any tea, and he had to go to bed because the pain was so great. On Monday she sent her son to Dr Dav- ies to describe her husband's condition to him, Her husband was vomiting and suf- fering from diarrhcei until the doctor came in the afternoon. He began to vo- mit on the Sunday evening, and it lasted through the night. Dr Davies sent a bottle of medicine, and said he would call early in the afternoon. He died on Sun- day morning. By Mr Kendrick Her husband tried to eat some lamb for dinner on the Sunday, but it went against him. It was English lamb. On Saturday he had a lamb chop for his dinner. They did not keep tinned meat in the house. Her husband had a great objection to tinned tood in the house I The lamb was fresh. Elizabeth Ellen Evans, daughter of the deceased, said she went to Wrexham on August 6th to do a little shopping. She purchased two meat pies and paid two- pence each for them. She took the pies home. She did not see her father eat the pies, THE DOCTORS OPINION. Dr J E H Davies, Wrexham, said he at. tended the deceased. He had known him for a number of years-aver since he came home to practise. When witness saw him first he had little or no pain, but was suf- fering from severe diarrhcea. He had very little sickness after the first few hours. On Thursday, there were signs of heart failure and collapse, and he re- mained in this state until the time of his death. Death was due to some form of I poisoning. He had no doubt about it. He made inquiries, and he found out that he had eaten a meat pie. He did not see any portion of the pie. Meat or fish were 4he most common causes of ptomaine poi- soning By Mr Kendrick He was not prepared to swear what kind of poison he died from—any kind of ptomaine. The Coronor said it was for the inry to consider whether or not the evidence pointed to the fact that these pies were or were not the cause of the deceased suffer- ing from ptomaine poisoning. If that was so, he asked them to find further as to whether they were satisfied as to where these pies were produced. He wanted to trace them to their origin. There was little doubt that these pies were produced from a certain shop in Wrexham. -fAf&j Mr Kendrick objected to this direction to the jury, and pointed out that at the inquest on Friday the Coroner told the jury that it did not matter where the pies were purchased. The Coroner said that what happened on Friday had nothing to do with the pre- sent case. The jury considered their verdict, and the Foreman, in announcing their decision said they tound that deceased had died from ptomaine poisoning, consequent up- on eating a pie procured from a certain shop in Wrexham. A vote of sympathy with the relatives was passed by the Coroner and jury.—Mr Kendrick said he also desired to express his sympathy with the relatives of the de- ceased on behalf of Mr Stevens. They I could quite understand that there was a great deal to be said on behalf of the pro- prietor of the shop, and he wished to say that the proprietor disclaimed responsibil- ity. The Coroner said observations must not be made in reference to anything that might happen subsequently. Mr Kendrick said he wished to express sympathy, but he did not wish to be mis- understood.

THE COEDPOETH INQUEST. On Tuesday Mr Ll. Kenrick, the East Denbighshire coroner, held an inquest at Coedpoeth, upon the body of the victim of ptomaine poisoning, a woman named Elizabeth Pritchard, wife of William Pritchard, blacksmith, who lived in Man- ley road, Coedpoeth. Mr R J Kenrick, solicitor, Wrexham, represented Mr F Stephens, from whose establishment at Wrexham a meat pie which the woman had eaten was bought. Jane Roberts, parish nurse at Coedpoeth said that Mrs Pntchard told her she had had a meat pie on Sunday, the 7th, and after eating it she had severe pains. She died last Monday morning. Her daugh- ter was also affected at the same time and she was too ill to attend the inquiry. The daughter informed her that they both par- took of the same pie. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ILL. Owing to the weak state of the daugh- ter, the Coroner took her evidence at her home. She said that she and her mother ate a pie between them. They were quite well before that, but became very ill after- wards. Mrs Owen, 7, High-street. Coedpoeth, said she kept a shop, and on Saturday, trie 6th, she bought some pork pies from Mr F Stephens's shop at Wrexham. She sold one the same day to Mrs Pritchard. She had received no complaints respect- ing the other pies. Dr Yates, Coedpoeth, said he was call- ed in to attend Mrs Pritchard and her daughter on Monday, the 8th. They both were in a collapsed state, and from their conditions he came to the conclusion that they had been poisoned. They told him they had had a meat pie between them on the Sunday evening. Mrs Pritchard's death was due to ptomaine poisoning. CONFECTIONER'S EXPLANATION. Frederick Stevens, confectioner, Hope street, Wrexham, was called at the request of the Coroner. The coroner Has there ever been any- thing amiss with your goods before ? The Witness: Nothing like this. Continuing, the witness said the same care and attention was given to the pies in question that had always been given to them. It anything there was better mat- erial used than had been the case before ( The food was always carefully examined, and he had never had any complaints pre- viously respecting his pies. The pork used in the pies sold on the particular Saturday was obtained from Mr R Will- iamson, pork butcher, Wrexham, He saw the meat himself, and it looked very nice. The meat was put into the pies within twenty minutes after it arrived at the shop. In the summer he used gela- tine and water to gravy the pies, and this he procured from Sansome Dufaville, London. He had not the slightest idea how the trouble had arisen. Some of the pies were examined four days after they were made, and they seemed quite fresh. He had sent some of the same pies for analysis. He used the very best mater-1 ials he could get. He had carried on the business for twenty years. The jury, after a short consultation, re- turned a verdict to the effect that Mrs Pritchard died from ptomaine poisoning due to eating a pie.

Correspondence. WHERE DOES THE POWER OF AN ADJUDICATOR END? To the Editor of the Rhos Herald In the recent County Court Case re Saltburn Festival Male Voice Choral Com- petition the decision of Judge Templer shows the abdsurdity of rules and regula- tions to govern competitions. This competition had two entrants num- bered respectively on the programme as No i and No 2. They threw with coins ,according to rule for order of singing which reversed the order as on programme The adjudicator Mr Fogg after the choirs sang prefaced his remarks by stating That to avoid confusion he would ad- judicate the choirs in the order they sang" and stated when giving the points of the respective choirs No 1. 85 marks, No 2. 83 marks. One of the rules of the competition reads That secretaries of choirs shall meet to throw for the order of singing" which is obviously and is the general interpretation of competitors rr e mt to remove the possibility of the identity of the various competing choirs from the judge. Yet we have the Adjudicator stat- ing in his evidence at the Court that he adjudicated the choirs in the order that they sang, but had in his mind when giv- ing the marks the respective number of the choirs on the programme, and admit- ted under cross-examination that he was told by the Secretary of the competition Mr Gott that the order of the programme had been reversed by the throw. Again another rule reads "That the adjudicators decision is final and binding yet the adjudicator implied by his evidence also by correspondence produced in Corut that the honours were awarded to the choir that sang first, an opinion which was upheld by the public that heard the adjudication, also by the press, but quali- I fied it by the mild statement that' when giving the marks he had the choirs as numbered on programme in his mind. Again the Adjudicator under cross exam- ination admitted that he said to avoid confusion he would adjudicate in the or- der choirs sang, yet Mr Gott in court ab- solutely denied that Mr Fogg said he would adjudicate in such a manner the whole of which means that competition is a farce, competitors have no means or re- dress, and are at tender mercies ot secre- taries ar'd adjudicator and that rules and regulations stand for nothing. Where Mr Editor does the power of an adjudicator end ? Yours faithfully, South Bank. MET II J oms, Yorkshire. 1

Ruabon is no Exception. The press of our neighbouring towns teams with instances of local men and women who are frankly and unreservedly speaking out for the sake of others. It is gratifying to know ti-i it here in our own town this generous feeling is not lacking. But it is even more gratifying' to know that the Ruabon statements made many years ago are heartii yelldorscd to day. Three years and a half after the cure of her sufferings, Mrs E Morris, of 3, Pad- dock-row, Ruabon, said Since using Doan's backache kidney pills for kidney complaint some years ago I have had no return of the old trouble." The following is Mrs Morris's original statement about her case For about two years I suffered a great deal with pains in the back and across the loins. These pains made it difficult for me to get up after stooping, and when I had been sitting down I had to take hold of some- thing to help me to rise. I had bad head- aches, and was very giddy at times. I j didn't sleep well at nights, and in the 1 mornings I felt tired and drowsy. A neighbour advised me to try Doan's backache kidney pills, and from the first they did me good. My back is allr.yht now I sleep better, and don't have the tired drowsy feeling in the morning. Doan's pills have done me such a lot of good that I shall recommend them when- ever I can." Doan's backache kidney pills are two shillings and nine pence per box, or six boxes for thirteen shillings and ninepence Of all chemists and stores, or post free direct from the Fostcr-McCIelIan Co. 8, Wells street, Oxford-street, London, W. Be sure you get the same kind of pills as Mrs Morris had.

RUASQN. ST-c uf, HOKTU RI-TUKTST. — At the j Shrewsbury .-Flocm;, FeL; Mr Thüs. Jones, { Bryn, Ruabon, was again successful in securing first place with his sweet peas: exhibit. He took the Eckford Challenge j Cup, and thus completed for the present year his recorc of 25 nrst psizes, and three challenge cups. Two years ago he won the sweet pea-; challenge cup outright. His most rotable specimen, Syricea Lee, is likely to become a great favourite. ♦

Denbigh Boroughs. The names of Liberal candidates for the Denbigh Boroughs, recommended by the local Liberal Associations, will be submit- ted to a meeting of the inquiry committee next week.

+ Mr Andrew Carnegie h is offered Z, isoo for the erection of a free public library at Deiniolen, a village in Carnarvonshire.

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MINERS' WAGES, NO RISE AT PRESENT. A meeting of the Ccncilation Board foir the coal trade of South Wales and Mon« mouthshire was held at Cardiff on Tuss- day last, Viscount St AJdwyn presiding as independent chairman, to decide upon the men's application for an increase of z! per cent. in the wages rates, which now stands at 50 per cent. above the standard of 1879. Mr William Brace, M.P., on behalf of the workmen, said it was argued that now' 14s gd., the limit now specified in the coal trade agreement, had been exceeded, ak" though by only a small margin, the work-- men were entitled to the advance now sought. Mr F L Davies, on behalf of the owners, while admitting that there was some ground for the men's contention, argued that it did not warrant an increase of 2-b per cent. in the wage rate. The independent chairman, after hear* ing the argument, gave his casting vote against the application, so that the wages will remain for the next three months at' the present rate of 5° per cent. above the Standard.

A Public Mortuary Wanted, At the conclusion of the inquest at P<es3< tre Broughton on Friday, the Coroner,- (Mr Ll. Kenrick) drew attention to the' great necessity—expressed so otten w him by medical gentlemen—of the need oi a public mortuary for the conducting ,of post mortem examinations in the district of Wrexham. To conduct such examin-" ations in a private house of a working: man there was great inconvenience to contend with, and also it must be most distressing to the relative^ when they were overcome with grief to have a post-- mortem examination conducted in a small house. He hoped the County authorities- would provide a public mortuary in the near future. It need not be an expensive building, as a simple one would suffice. He hoped that some steps would now bat taken to comply with so urgent a necess- ity and that he need not again have W, comment on the absence of a public mofiV" uary.

Obstructing a. Motor-Car, ACCIDENT NEAR LLANGOLLEN- Mr Walter Gibson, St David's terrace Saltney, is detained at Llangollen Hospi- tal as the result of a serious motor colli*" sion on Saturday night. It appears that- Mr A S Dutton, city councillor of Chester and a p irtv of three had been motoring tQ" Corwen. On the return journey a huge' red motor, the number of which is not known, travelling at on!y six miles al'11' hour, persistently blocked the read, and whenever the Chester car tried to pass:" it went in front of it. This procedure continued all the afternoon, and at last Mr Dutton, who was driving the Chester" car, became exasperated, and endeavoured' to rush past. The result was that a lamp post was knocked down, the back of the Chester car, including the hood, torn off, and Mr Walter Gibson thrown violently to the ground. Dutton says he cannot" account for the ^motorist's conduct. A. i police constable, who came up after Ihc collision, says that the driver of the r e e, car made off at a terriffic speed. The in-" jured man is piogressing favourably.

Found Dead at Llangoilen, On Wednesday evening the residence- known as Birch Mount, Llangollen, waf>' forced open by some neighbours who luuf noticed that the house had been shut up for some days, and the dead body of Hughes, the occupant, was found on the floor near the front door. She was 60'" years of age, of independent means, and" lived alone.

CRICKET. A very interesting match was played at Joiiu-' stowti on Wednesday between two local teanls1 Rhos Wednesdays and Rhos Reserve and an exciting game the Wednesday's won by the" narrow margin of ft runs.—Scores.. RHOS RESERVE. 11 Pritchard c .larvis h A Davies S Evans b R Davies II Hannaby net out 27 H Saint b R Davies 8" It Pritelmrd h A Davies H Thom-is b R Davies b T Prince c W Davies b A Edwards 4 W Campbell c R Davies b A Davies H"- A E Hughes b A Davies '71 T Williams c Aspinall b R Davies. 1 J 1-1. Bowen absent on (\1 Extrs 7" Total (W" RHOS WEDNESDAYS W Aspinall b II Pritchard fr" Davies not oiit 38 A Davies b H Pritchard 1,; A Edwards b It Pritchard J Jarvis b R Pritchard C 0 Davies c Evans b H Pritchard fr" D Evans c Saint b H Pritchard G" J I Hughes b R Pritchard W Davies c Evans b 11 Pritchard I S Fisher absent (f W Thomas b H Pritchard v' Extras Total