The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-11 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Replying to a memorial from the first-class telegraph
clerks of the Central Telegraph Office, that they might
be put on a more favourable basis in regard to the
service, and that their prospects might be improved, the
Postmaster-General writes that, after very carefully
considering their claims, and while fully recognising
the good service which they render to the department,
he regrets that he does not see his way to recommend
to the Treasury that any alteration should be made in
their pay.
The post of Commander-in-Chief at the Nora will be
vacant early next month by the promotion of Vice-
Admiral the Prince of Leiningen, 0.0 8., to the rank
of full Admiral. Vice-Admiral Charles L. Waddilove,
who was formerly second in command of the Channel
Fleet, has been selected to succeed the Prince of
Leiniogen in the command at the Nore.
The Queen of Hawaii, the Princess Liliuokale.ni,
and Lieutenant-General Dominis arrived at the Nor-
wich (Trowse) Station of the Great Eastern Railway on
Btiturday evening. Her Majesty was met at the
station by the Mayor. The Royal party then pro-
ceeded to Rackheath Park, the residence of Captain
Steward. On Sunday the Queen and party attended
a service at Norwich Cathedral, and on Monday they
visited Norwich, and inspected the principal objects
of.. interest in the city. In the course of the day they
were entertained at an dejenner in the Council
rbamber at the Guildhall on the invitation of the
Mayor.

A Burnley correspondent reports a sad occurrence
at Oolne, near that place. On Saturday Mrs. Harriet
Rushton, aged thirty five, went to walk with her
husband and three children, aged seven, five, and two-
and-a half years. The husband left his wife and
children about four o'clock, and two hours later Mrs.
Rushton cal ed at a sister's house and said she had
"sent all the children to heaven." The sister went to
the home of the Rushtons and found that the children
h.d been strangled. It is believed that the mother is
insane,

The Home Secretary has declined to remit the sen-
tence of three months' imprisonment passed at
Warwick Assizes on Lester and Rooney, who were
rged with the murder of Colonel Fendall in
Birmingham.

Tne State of affairs in the Mons district is less satis—
factory. About 1000 men have again struck work • t
Quesmes and Le Flenu. On the other hand, work has
been completely resumed at Dour Boussu. The strikers
at Frarneres, urged by the women, shuw great hostility
towards he men who wish to resume work.
Mr. Tricoupis, the Greek Premier, has submitted to
the Chamber of Deputies a bile empowering the
Government To contract a loan not exceeding
150,000,000 francs in gold.
The Hon. E. Blake, Leader of the Opposition in the
Canadian House of Commons, acting on the urgent
advice of his physician, has definitely retired from the
leadership of the Liberal party, which will be placed
uneer the directiGn of an advisory committee for the
remainder of the session.

The large spirit, yeast, and malt manufactory at
Jedlersdorf, near Vienna, has been destroyed by fire.
A Berlin correspondent telegraphs that the German
Emperor caught cold at Kiel, and has since been also
suffering from indigestion. His contemplated journey
o Liegnitz was therefore given up on the recommenda.
tion of his medical advisers:

Early on Saturday morning one of the walls and
part of the roof of St. John's (English) Church at
Boulogne fell in.
Five of the crew of the steamer Fern, including the
master, were drowned in the Bristol Channel on Satur-
day, by collision with a sailing vessel. ,
Replying to an address from a Conservative associa-
tion in the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton on
Saturday, Lord Randolph Churchill said he had never
doubted that it was perfectly possible. to make the
principles and policy of the Conservative party accept-
able to the great masses of the population.
On Saturday a grand banquet was given in the
Royal Courts of Justice by the Inoorporated Law
Society in commemoration of the Queen's Jubilee.
The Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and
Lord Chelmsford were among the guests.
At a private meeting of the Nationalist members of
the Dublin Corporation on Saturday, Mr. 11. J. Gill,
M P. was selected to fill the office of Lord Mayor of the
City for the ensuing year.
At Dublin, on Saturday, an action for libel, brought
by Miss Anthony, a lady well-known in the Irish Law
Courts, against the "Irish Times" (Dublin) for an
alleged libel, resulted in favour of the plaintiff,
Chief Baron Panes, who beard the case in appeal
without a jury, assessing the damages at LIO.
With reference to a statement which has been pub-
lished, to the effect that a detective inspector from the
Criminal Investigation Department had visited Chat-
ham for the purpose of obtaining information relative
to an alleged divulgence by one of the Irish Invinci-
bles," enquiriea made at Dublin Castle have resulted in
eliciting information to the effect that the Invin-
cibles are confined in Downpatrick and not in Chatham
prison.
A terrible accident happened in the Chalons
Camp during the target practice of the artillery. The
r( eon of a gun, which had probably been badly closed
—a thing of frequent occurrence in he French artillery
drill—was thrown violently back when the shot was
fired. One of the artillery soldiers who were standing
behind had his breast torn open, and died Instantly;
another had his legs cut off, and also died as he was
being taken to the hospi' al ; while a third still lingers
between life and death.

According to the "Novaya Vremya," Russia will
occupy Bokhara should any attempt be made to
replace the present Emir by his brother, now residing
at Allababad.
The Bengal military budget amounts to 794 lakhs of
rupees, and provides for an army of 129 987 men,
being an increase of 12,410 over that of the previous
year.
ic is announced by the " Viedomosti," of Moscow,
that trade with the interior of Western China has
been opened up by Russia.
Several earthquake shocks have occurred in Northern
California and Western Nevada.
All is quiet in Oabul, according to the latest intelli-
gence received at Simla tram the Afghan capital.
On Monday the German Emperor rose later than
usual, but was able to transact business during the
afternoon.
At a meeting of the Irish Parliamentary party on
Monday, a proposition was submitted repudiating the
inflammatory langua, e used by Mr. Michael Davitt at
Bodyke. In the absence of Mr. Parnell, however, the
matter was adjourned.
Mr. Gell, deputy-coroner, held an inquest at
Brighton on Monday touching the death of Robert -
Samuel Turner, who committed suicide by throwing
LimEelf down the ventilating shaft of an hotel in that
town, where he had been staying. The jury found
that the deceased committed tho act while temporarily
insane.

An attempt was on Tuesday made to cancel the
ppointment of Mr. J. S. Forbes as one of the
malingers of the Hull and Barnsley Railway at a salary
of £2500 a year. The First Debenture holders con-
tended that it was an unnecessary expense, but Mr.
Ju,oice Chitty considered that it was for the interests
of the company that Mr. Forbes should be continuel
as manager.
Au action for slander, brought by Miss Amy Roselle
against Mr. R. Buchanan, was to have been tried on
Tuesday in the Queen's Bench Division; but, an
apology having been made, the case was not prcceeded
with.

Mr. Baron Huddleston and a special jury on Tuesday
tried an action for slander brought by Mr. J. Slaney, a
professor of swimming, against Mr. W. Frostick, a
proprietor of swimming baths at Westgate•on-Sea. The
jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, with £25 damages.
A clerk named Stammers, who had been in the
oritvice of the Imperial Bank for 21 years, was charged
41, the London Guildhall on- Tuesday, upon his own
onfecsion' with having embezzled £694. The prisoner
was one of the cashiers, and on the first instant his cash
was found to be deficient to the extent stated. Stammers
absconded that day, but on Monday he arranged to give
himself up. He was committed for trial.

The coinmittee formed to commemorate the services
rendered to the town of Birmingham by Mr. Bright, as
for over 25 years one of its representatives in Parlia-
ment, have presented to the town, through the ()or.
poration, a handsome full-length statue of the right
hon. gentleman in marble, executed by Mr. W. Bruce
Joy.
The Incorporated Law Society gave a grand Jubilee
Ball, at their Hall in Chancery-lane, on Tuesday
evening, when upwards of 2000 persons were present.
The large hall and the lecture hall of the institution
were both devoted to dancing, and the library was
thrown open f r supper.
The receipts on account of Revenue frnm the Ist of
April, 1887, when there was a balance of £5,950,107, to
June 4, 1887, were £14,885,123, against £14,987,633 in
the corresponding period of the preceding financial
year, which began with a balance of £5,625,944. The
net expenditure was £14,`112,036, against £14,337,475
to the same date in the previous year. The Treasury
balances on June 4, 1887, amounted to £4,067,984, and
at the same date in 1886 to £5,813,350.
The Sioux Chief " Red Shirt," accompanied by his
interpreter and one of Col. Cody's officials, visited the
House of Commons on Tuesday night, and was intro.
duced by Mr. Justin H. M'Carthy. "Red Shirt," who
was in his war paint, excited considerable interest
among the members. Amongst others he was intro-
duced to Baron Henry de Worms, who asked him what
he thought of the British Parliament. He said he did
not think much of it, laws be:ng passed much more
quickly in his country than in this.

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The Empress of Austria, it is stated, proposes to
spend some weeks this year at Cromer.
Professor Huxley, speaking on Tuesday night in
Marylebone, at a meeting in aid of the movement for a
Free Public Library for the borough, said that to es a-
blish such libraries was one of the most important and
beneficent steps that could be taken in the present
day.
It is stated that the Queen has consented to dis-
tribute the prizes and certificates awarded this year
by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. The ceremony will take place in the Albert
Hall.

The Marquis of Hartington will address a Liberal
Unionist meeting at M.nohester on the 24th, and will
then deal with Mr. Gladstone's proposal for a Con-
ference on the Irish Question.

Considerable apprehension was felt at Holyhead on
Tuesday by the non-arrival of the London and North-
Western Company's express steamer Violet, which left
North Wall, Dublin, at 9.30 a.m with a crew of 40 and
a number of passengers. The alarm was intensified as
the day wore on. She arrived, however, in safety about
8 30 p.m., having taken six hours over the time usually
occupied in the passage. It appeared that about mid-
chanuel the Violet encouktered a dense fog, and her
speed was reduced. The fog continued, and the
steamer drifted from her course, and got into Oarnarvon
Bay, where it was deemed prudent to remain until
the fog lifted sufficiently to enable Captain Varien
to steer for his destination.

A large collection of art work was formally presented
to the town of Birmingham at a meeting of the Town
Council held on Tuesday. This gift to the local Art
Gallery was made by Mr. John Feeney, and was Procured
while tie was travelling abroad some yea, s since. The
collection, which fills over 2f cases, comprisesJapaneso
and Chinese bronzes, china and enamels, carved ivories,
lacquer armour, Indian metal work and jewellery, and
objects in silver of o d Scandinavian and German work-
manship.
An inquest was held at Black Rock, near Brighton,
on Tuesday, on the body of Jessie Louisa Miller, 37,
who was found dead on the Leach at the foot of a cliff
on Monday. She was head barmaid at the Royal
Academy, and had on her person a return ticket to
Victoria. A coastguard saw her walking on the top al
the cliff, apparently in an agitated state of mind, and a
few hours afterwards she was found below. Au open
verdict was returned.
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In consequence of the Whitsuntide holidays the
committee of the Cotton Spinners' Association at
Manchester, on Tuesday, decided to postpone for a
week the decision on the question of running short
time for the next two months. Representations had
also been received from many spiLuers to the effect
that they should prefer to have a few more days in
which to send in their replies to the circulars.
At the Portsmouth Police.court, on Tuesday,
naval pensioner named Daniel Marsh was called as a
witne.is in:an assault case, in which his son was the cam.
plainant. After giving his evidence without any sign
of excitement he sat down. A minute later attention
was called to the fact that Marsh appeared to havo
fainted, and upon his removal outside life was found to
be extinct.

The coroner's inquiry on the bodies of the three
children who, it is alleged, were strangled by rhvir
mother at Coln° on Saturday, was concluded on Tues-
day, when the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful
murder" against the woman. They at the same time
expressed their opinion that when she committed the
crime she was not in a sane state of mind.
William Ashley, a coal porter, pleaded guilty at tbo
Surrey Sessions on Monday, to the charge of grossly
assaulting his own son, a boy of three years. The
child, whose :cries of "Don't Daddy !" were heard by
some of the neighbours, was terribly beaten, and w.
afterwards found with an arm fractured, a thigh
broken, and severe bruisas on the head and face. Sir
William Hardman sentenced the prisoner to five years'
penal servitude.
In misty and dazzling weather the Queen visited
Braemar on Monday evening. Her Majesty appeared
to be in excellent health. Princess Frederica of Han.
over was with her Majesty. The Fife Arms was
reached about six o'clock, the Royal party occupy log
an open Carriage drawn by four greys. After a change
of horses the trip was extended to Glen Olunie. The
carriage crossed the river at Fraser's Brig, and re-
turning along the river aide to Braemar, went on to
Balmoral.
The Prince and Princess of Wales have consented to
become patrons of the Volunteer Officers' Ball to take
place at the Royal Albert Hall on the 29th inst.
Prince Rais, cousin of the Shah of Persia, has arrived
at Askabad, on his return to Persia after paying a
visit to Merv, where he was cordially received by
General Komaroff and Colonel Alikanoff. The Prince's
journey to M ery is stated to have beqp undertaken in
connection with his appointment to an important post
In Khorassan. _ _ _ _

The Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre has pre—
sented to the Senior United Service Club the marble
bust, by Marochetti, of her late husband the Earl of
Cardigan, and has sent to the Liverpool Jubilee
Exhibition the head of the Balaclava charger, Ronald,
and the small original equestrian portrait of Lord
Caro igan by De Prades.
The members of the Fowler Reform Club at
Wolverhampton have passed a resolution thanking
Lord Randolph Churchill for the great service he has
rendered the Radical cause by his fearless and un-
compromising attack upon official waste of public
money, and for his exposure of the rottenness and pro-
fligacy of the present military and naval system.
The members also, continues the resolution, desire
further to thank his lordship f.x his recognition of
the increasing strength and influence of the Demo-
cratic party in this country.
At Bolton Police-court on Monday John Haydock, n
borough policeman, was remanded on the charge of
committing a number of burglaries in the town and
neighbourhood. The prisoner was apprehended for
stealing eight prize fowls from a hen roost in the
suburbs On his house being searched evidence was
obtained of his participation in a series of robberies, a
been
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The Manchester magistrate on Monday remanded a
haansda
young man nat...ed William Hall on a charge of
obstructing a thoroughfare of that city. The defend.
ant was addressing an open-air meeting of the Social
Democrats on Sunday, when the police requested him
to desist. On his refusal to do so they took him into
custody. Hall denied having caused any obstruction,
and one of his witnesses stated that the police had
offered to withdraw the rummons if he would promise
not to speak again
The Solis steamer, of and from Barcelona, which
arrived in the Thames on Monday morning, reported
having collided with and sank the French sohooner
Celeste Marie, belonging to Brest, during a thick fog
on Saturday evening off Beachey Head. Three men
were drowned and one saved by the Solis.—The
Hamburgh, barque, from New York, and the Tern,
steamer, outward bound from Liverpool for Rotterdam,
were in collision on Sunday. The latter sank, and the
caittain and four hands were drowned.—A cablegram
from Grand Bassein, West Africa, reported that the
Senegal, steamer, had been totally wrecked at Tabow
on the 2nd inst. The cargo was being pillaged. All
hands were saved, and were coming home in the
steamer Congo. The Senegal was an iron screw steamer
of 1793 tons gross, homeward bound, built at Glasgow
in 1872, and owned by the British and African
Company.