The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-30 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

General Ferron, the French Minister of War,
teldressed the cadets of the Military Academy of St.
Cyr on Saturday, and told them it was important that
it should be known beyond their frontiers that the
French nation bad not degenerated, but was prepared
for every effort and every sacrifice to safeguard its
dignity and honour.
A statue of Armand Carrel, a celebrated Republican
writer and journalist, was unveiled on Sunday at Rouen,
his native town. The ceremony was attended by two
Ministers, M. Spuller and M. Dautresme.
Mr. Morley opened on Saturday the new premises of
the Hackney Reform Club, London. He said the
Consituencies were beginning to find out that the
pretensions and professions of the Conservative party
and the Dissentient Liberals a year ago were a very
pitiful imposture. In support of this observation he
gave an outline of the" manceuvres" of the Government
since this time last year, especially in regard to the
reduction of rent in Ireland, on which point they were
now about to follow the advice of Mr. Parnell.
Mr. Davitt on Sunday visited Body ke, where medals,
chains, and money were presented to the women who
resisted the bailiffs and police at the recent evictions.
He afterwards addressed those who bad assmbled,
observing that whilst the Land Leaguers would be glad
to stay their work of agitation, the Government must
put a stop to evictions pending a final settlement of
the land question, or they would make the evictions
impossible by resistance. In regard to the revision of
judicial rents, he urged that they must not be content
with a reduction of rent to the limits demanded under
the Plan of Campaign, which were far too moderate,
but must, in some cases, seek to obtain abatements of
GO to 80 per cent.
The Count de la Chapelle recently obtained an in-
junction restraining the Bedford Trusts Company and
a Pantechnicon Company from parting with pictures,
bronzes, and furniture stored with them as security
for sums advanced, which with interest at 15 per cent.
amounted to £4l'o. Upon appeal, Justices Stephen
and Wills on Saturday decided that unless the Count
paid £5O into Court within a fortnight, the injunction
would be dissolved.

The Rev. A. Jephson, vicar of St. John's, Waterloo.
road, soup lit the opinion of the magistrate at South-
Nark Police-court on Saturday, with a view to the
removal of the nuisance caused by a "destructor " used
by the Commissioners of Sewers at a wharf in Com-
mercial-road. Mr. Slade recommended the applicant
to take proceedings under the Nuisance Removal
Act, and Mr. Jephson accepted the magistrate's
advice.
A man named Hobson entered a house in the suburbs
of Sheffield on Saturday morning, and asked for a
drink and some cord. Mrs. Stoddart went for the cord,
and in her absence Hobson attempted to cut the throat
of the servant girl Her screams brought back her
mistress, whom Hobson attacked and murdered. He
then left the house, and was apprehended during the
afternoon. He is a man out of work, living in the
neighbourhood, who was once in the employ of the
murdered woman's father-in-law.
At the Manchester Assizes, en Saturday, Harriet
Rushton was indicted for the murder, by strangulation,
of her three young children, at Coble. The circum-
stances were of a very painful character. Evidence
having been given of unsoundness of mind Mrs. Ruston
was ordered to be detained during the Queen's
pleasure.
At the Guildhall Police-court on Saturday two men
named Charles Gordon and James Bryan were charged,
on remand, with having broken into the premises of
Messrs. Gammage, jewellers, in Holborn. Both th 3
prisoners were committed for trial.
A Vienna correspondent telegraphs that it is vezy
doubtful if the collapse of Prince Ferdinand's candi-
dature will be followed by a lull in Bulgarian politics,
and hints at all outburst of popular exasperation
amongst that people. The correspondent denies that
M. Stoiloff led his colleagues into error by representing
Prince Ferdinand as the only possible candidate.
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Telegraphing on Sunday night a Paris representative
states that, irritated by the comments of M. Paul do
Cassagnac, M. Laur, the "anonymous correspondent"
in the Boulanger business, has challenged that gentle-
man.

Colonel du Wan, military attaché to the French
Embassy in London, is to be replaced by Colonel
Biassing, of the Bth Chasseurs.
Full inquiry is promised, in an order just issued by
Sir Oharles Warren, into the allegations of blackmailing
made arrainst the Metronolitan Police.

—A
Vienna correspondent telegraphs that the candi-
dature of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe•Coburg for the
Bulgarian throne has not been dropped, and that his
Highness is still in constant communication with the
Regency and Ministry. The same correspondent also
learns that a day or two ago Prince Ferdinand sent a
communication to the Powers assuring them of his
Intention to act in accordance with existing treaties if
his election is ratified.
Monsignor Persico's first report on his mission to
Ireland has reached the Vatican. The Papal envoy is
expected back in Rome at the beginning of August.
The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters
Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the
dignity cf a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned gentle-
men and their heirs, namely; Charles Dalrymple, of
Newhailes, in the parish of Inveresk, in the county of
Midlothian, Esq.; William Henry Houldsworth, of
Reddish, in the parish of Manchester, in the county
palatine of Lancaster, and of Coodham, in the parish
of Symington, in the county of Ayr, Esq.•, William
Pearce, of Cardell, in the parish of Inverkip, in the
county of Renfrew, Esq.; and Charles Edward Gregg
Philipps, of Picton Castle, in the county of Pembroke,
Esq.
The Queen has approved the appointment of the Ear
of Carnaryon to be Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, in
Hon place of the late Marquis of Winchester.
The Queen has conferred the honour of Companion
of the Bath, Civil Division, upon Sir Albert Woods,
Garter King of Arms.
A marriage has been arranged between Visoount
Grey de Wilton, only son of the late Earl of Wilton,
of Heaton Park, Manchester, and the Lady Alice
Joseohine Bertie, second daughter of Earl of Abingdon,
th m:Abbey, Oxford.
The death is announced of the Hon. Martha Maude,
at the age of 86 years. The deceased lady was sister
to the third Baron Dunalley, and married in 1827 the
Hon and Very Rev. W. H. Maude, Dean of Cloger,
who died in 1861.

The American President has directed that gold
watches and chains shall be presented to Mr. J. H.
Hurst. master, and Mr. J. H. Gibson, mate, of the
British steamer Wydale, for rescuing the crew of the
American schooner Joseph Baymore, on June 7, 1887.
Another large load of fruit and vegetables was on
Tuesday afternoon despatched by water from Sand-
wich for the London markets' and the service will
now te continued. The cost of water•carriage is
thirty•five per cent, lower than the railway rate, and
the fruit is found to arrive in London in better condi-
tion

At a meeting of the Ipswich Reform Club on Tues-
day evening, it was definitely announced that Lord
Rosebery would deliver his presidential address in Oct.
next. It is expected that Mr. Halley Stewart, M.P.
and Mr. Asquith, M.P-„ will shortly deliver political
speeches in that town.
On Tuesday morning, says a correspondent, a married
woman named Starkey, resident at Barnton, was
coming to Northwich oh foot, and when opposite
Winnington,Oharcb, having been told of the death of
Mr. Verdin, M.P., she sat down on the hedgeside and
expired immediately.
Sarnutl Knight, a young porter, whilst engaged in
shunting at the Great Eastern Railway Station at
Aldeburgh, slipped in attempting to get in front of
moving engine, and was crushed between the side plate
of the engine and the door post of a goods shed. He
6115t8ined a broken collar bone and serious internal
injuries.'
The Birmingham police and the coroner's officials are
inquiring into the circumstances of the death of Alice
Clifford, 10 years of age. The child was found drowned
near the bridge in Church-road, Nechells, on Saturday
afternoon, and an examination of the body, which has
been made by Dr. Lumley, has caused the suspicion to
be entertained that before death she had been outraged.
The child was last seen in company of a number of
youths.
The following news has been received from Elassona,
Macedonia. A large band of brigands, under an
unknown chief, entered the night before last a village
about 14 miles from the Turco-Greek frontier aurl
carried off the son of a Turkish notable. The brigand:,
got away unmolested. Another band of eight, at
daybreak on Sunday passed thr( ugh Kalouda, on the
way to the forest near the Monastery of the Ascension.
The military commander of the Greek frontier bast
been ordered to keep a strict guard to prevent the
brigands entering Greek territory.
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Six hundred tibeTal excursionists from the Black
Country, and representing the Dudley Working Men's
Club, Fowler's Reform Club (Wolverhampton), and
the 17%, edaesbury and Tipton Radical Club, visited
Hawarden on Tuesday. A meeting was held in the
Castle grounds, at which a resolution was passed con-
veying the thanks of the Black Country Liberals to Mr.
Gladstone for "his magnificent services," and express.
ing high approval of the truly Christian work of
reconciliation between England and Ireland," which ho
had set himself to complete:
The Bolton strike has now passed its eleventh week.
The strikes' committee will meet again to further
consider the Mayor's propositions for arbitration. Two
ministers, who conducted services at the works for the
imported men on Sunday night, were hooted, and for
this offence three men were on Monday bound over
before the magistrate to keep the peace. One clergy-
man, who should have conducted services for the
obnoxious strangers at Kay-street Works, was locked
in the schoolhouse, his elder scholars objecting to his
proposed action.
The further trial of the new American yacht Volunr.
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and overhauled, after which she will start and join the
New York squadron. It is the intentima to put the
Volunteer into the Goblet Cup Race, notwithstanding
her canvas.
The Manchester Chamber of Commerce, at a general
meeting the other day, passed a resolution expressing
their approval of the Government Bill for preventing
the false marking of goods, and some of the Lancashire
members were communicated with by telegraph with a
view to taking action to secure the passage of the
measure. At a meeting of cotton spinners held in
Manchester, representing two-thirds of what is termed
the extra hand trade, the following resolution was
passed: "That, considering the vital importance of
the Merchandise Marks Law Consolidation and
Amendment Bill to the interests of the trade, it is very
desirable that every facility should be given to its pass-
ing in the House of Lords, and that the members for
Lancashire be requested to use their influence with the
Government so as to secure the passing of the bill and
the Royal assent this session."

SAILER/VI-, JULY 30, 18S7.

On Monday afternoon the following letter from the
Queen in reply to the address from Cambridge
University was read to the Senate: "I thank you for
your loyal and dutiful address on the completion of the
fiftieth year of my reign. The expansive energy of the
University of Cambridge has, since the commencement
of my reign, largely contributed to the general advance
of science and has developed the range of sound awl
liberal education amongst my people. It gratifies me
to think of the continued relations maintained between
my family and the university. I trust that the
university may continue its great career of usefulness
and prosperity, to the lasting benefit of all classes of
my subjects."
The Eng and Countess of Aberdeen reached thei:
residence at on Monday afternoon, having
arrived at Liverpool in the morning, on board the
Servia, from New York.
Sir West Ridgeway and other members of the
Afghan Boundary Commission arrived at Queen.
borough on Monday evening from Flushing, and pros
ceeded to London.
Mr. Henry Mayhew died on Monday evening, aged
75, at his residence in Bloomsbury, after an illness of
three weeks. Originally intended for a solicitor, Mr.
Mayhew early in life entered upon a literary career,
and was one of the proprietors of " Punch ;" but he
is, perhaps, best known as the author of "London
Labour and the London Poor." He also wrote "The
Mormons; or, Latter-Day Saints," published in 1852;
and " The Wonders of Science," which appeared three
years later. " The Greatest Plague of Life," "Whom
to Marry and how to get Married," " The Magic of
Kindness," "Peasant- boy Philosopher," and "Tricks of
Trade" were written in conjunction with his brothers
Horace and Augustus.
The latest reports from the scene of the great fires on
the Ruabon and Berwyn mountain 'ranges ehow that
the fires have at length been overcome, and the 4(.0
agricultural labourers and workmen who have through-
out the past three weeks been encamped on the moors
of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., at Penyc er
have been withdrawn. It is stated that the honourable
baronet has spent £3OOO to extinguish the firos. Tito
different fires have laid bare some 12 or 15 miles of
moorland and pasturage, rhile several thousand grouse
and numerous sheep have been destroyed.
Viscount Cranbrook has presented a petition to the
House of Lords. and Sir Robert Fowler' Bart., to the
House of Commons' from the Water Consumers'
Association, calling attention to the recommendations
of the Royal Commission of 1868-74, "On the Pollu-
tion of Rivers," in connection with the present
deficiency of water in many districts, its impurity, and
the injurious effect of its hardness as now generally
supplied.
At the Sheffield Policcecourt, on Monday, Henry
Hobson was brought up, charged with having murdered
Mrs. Ada Stolhardt on Saturday, and with having
attempted to murder a servant girh named Florence
Mosley. On the application of the chief constable the
prisoner was remanded, pending the holding of an
inquest. He did not seem to realise his position, and
he has ever since his arrest shown the utmost coolness.
Some hours after his apprehension the police dis-
covered marks of blood on his trousers and similar
stains on his coat. In each case they were recent. The
knife with which the murder was committed has not
been found. Hobson has been identified among a
number of prisoners as the man who was seen leaving
the deceased woman's house just before the murder was
discovered. No motive for the murder can be ascer-
tained, except that Hobson believes that he lost a situ....
tion through the deceased woman's husband.
At Finedon, near Wellingborough, a large number of
children were seized with illness on Saturday and Sun-
day, owing to their partaking of some fried fish, which
was all purchased from one shop. Although not at
present out of danger, it is believed there will be no
fatal results.

There was no session of the Wesleyan Olpference
during Monday forenoon, the Stationing Committe3
being engaged in the revision of the ministerial sta-
tions. Numerous alterations having been made, the
Conference met at four in the afternoon, and took up
the question of the Division of Circuits, and the call-
ing out of additional ministers. The Rev. John
Howard, chairman of Manchester District, obtained
permission to become a supernumerary; and the Rev.
Huish Price Hughes and the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse
was appointed to the work of the London Methodist
Mission. The reports of Leys School and Welsey 001.
lege were presented and accepted.
A serious gun accident occurred on Monday at
Christchurch in a keeper's cottage, near Lord Malmes.
bury's mansion. A little girl named Cameron shook
an old, disused gun off a shelf in the cottage, and it fell
to the floor, breaking off the stock. An underkeeper
named Gregory picked up the weapon, not knowing
that it was loaded, and the charge exploded, the shot
entering the body of the girl, who was so seriously
injured that her life is despaired of.
At the Nottingham Town Hall on Monday a railway,
porter, named John Eggleton, was charged with throw-
ing a boy over the bridge which crosses the Midland
Railway in Carrington—street. It was stated that on
Saturday evening the lad was leaning over the parapet,
when the prisoner, who appeared to be under the
influence of drink, seized him by the ankle, and, lifting
him over, allowed him to <drop on to the line below.
The prisoner was secured by come bystanders and
given into custody. The lad was picked up in an uncon-
scious state, and taken to the General Hospital. Up to
recently he had not recovered consciousness, and had
not been identified. He appears to be about 12 years
of age. His recovery is extremely doubtful. For the
defence it was urged that the affair was the result of
an accident, that the prisoner who had just left his
work and was quite sober, was asked by the lad to
assist him on to the parapet, that he, unfortunately,
lifted him too high, and the boy fell ever. The pd.
Boner was remanded, and bail was refused.

Intelligence has been received at Bombay to the
effect that 5000 Russians have arrived at Abi Garin,
in the Karategin province, where they are quartered
in cantonments.

_
It is announced from Simla that the Hazaras living
west of Ghuzni to whom the Ameer of Afghanistan
lately appealed!have refused aid against the Glailzais.
On Monday the " Moniteur de Rome" published the
text of a Papal letter, explaining at length the
principles followed by his Holiness in the government
of the Church• • -

On Monday the Crown Princess of Germany opened
a flower show at the People's Palace, in East London,
the event attracting a large fo ssemblage.
The vast British fleet which assembled at Spithead
on Saturday for the Jubilee Naval Review broke up on
Blooday, and the squadrons sailed, under sealed
orders, to take part in a series of evolutionary opera—
tions.

Between King's-cross and Gower•street, on the-
Metropolitan Railway, on Saturday night, a revolver in
the hands of Sidney Mortis, a tirst,class passenger,
exploded, the bullet grazing the wrist of another person
in the carriage. Morris was accused at Marlborough.
street on Monday, of shooting the injured man, and was
remanded on bad.

Mr. Paget on Saturday dismissed two summonses
taken out by an inspector of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the Hammersmith
Police•court, and observed that the effect of bringing
eases of that kind before the court was to get the
society into disrepute with everybody.
Victoria Mill, Bolton, worked by Mr Nathan Picker.
ing, narrowly escaped destruction by fire on Saturday.
The mill was in fall operation, when flames, caused by
the friction of machinery, spread through the third
storey. The workpeople played upon the fire with
hose, aud the patent sprinklers (whose caps fly off at
a certain heat and release water) acted most effectually,
the outbreak being practically quelled when the Cot,
poration fire brigade arrived. The damage, estimated at
£2OOO, is covered by insurance. A man, named
Lonaghan, in his haste to escape, jumped from the
second storey window, and his injuries necessitated his
removal to the infirmary.