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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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THE DIAMOND ROBBERY:
INTERESTING PARTICULARS.

Since the conviction of the prisoners some rather
extraordinary information has been obtained, which
will Ix interesting to the public. It appears that
almost immediately after the apprehension of the
convict Dentinal°, or Toussaint, as he then called him-
self, he made a full statement to the police of all the
'circumstances of the robbery, and told wins were the
parties that had assisted to carry it out. Inquiries
were made for Palmer, the man who had assaulted
Mr. Tabak, and it was discovered that he had gone to
America. It appears that when Toussaint and Palmer
went on the first occasion to Mr. Tabak's and selected
two packets of diamonds, Tomsaint, who is a most
expert" macer "(a jewel thief), contrived to secrete
several diamonds without Mr. Tabak knowing any thing
about it. The proceeding, however, did not escape the
notice of Palmer, and, as Mr. Tabak is very deaf, he
contrived to tell Denunsio to put the diamonds back
as Mr. Tabak would be sure to weigh the diamonds,
after they were gone, and thus the robbery would be
detected and the scheme to get possession of the whole
of the jewels on the following day would have been
frustrated. A portion of the nefarious plot appears
to have been that Scandland was not only to have
waited outside ready to give an alarm if necessary, but
that he should follow either Palmer or Toussaint, and
if there was a probability of their being stopped, they
were to drop the packet of diamonds, which he was
to pick up and carry away. Palmer got away, and
Scandland followed Toussaint a considerable distance,
expecting every moment that he would drop the
packet, as a policeman was approaching. The convict,
however, seemed determined not to part with
his booty, and when he was stopped he had the
packet of diamonds in his possession, and he
endeavoured afterwards to secrete them in a
pail of water at the House of Detention, where
he was remanded to, and where they were found.
Palmer very soon afterwards went to America, and
an ingenious device was resorted to by the police to
induce him to return. After the conviction of Tous-
saint at the June session it was given out that his
daughter was going to Italy, and she paid a pretended
farewell visit to her father in the House of Detention,
and her friends understood that she was going to leave
this country for good. Instead of this she was sent
quietly away into the country, and it was thought that
with the conviction of Touissant the matter was at an
end, and that no more inquiry would be made. This
had the desired effect, and Palmer returned to
England, and Inspector Langrish, who had the case
in his charge, knowing the evidence that would be
given by the convict and his daughter, then felt him-
self justified in taking all the parties into custody.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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REPORTED OUTRAGES BY BELGIAN

FISHERMEN.

Great excitement prevailed at Lowestoft on Tuesday
morning, owing to the intelligence that a Lowestoft
boat had been fired at by a Belgian trawler. It
appears that on Monday night the lugger Clyde shot
her nets 25 miles east by north from Lowestoft, and
at seven o'clock they were cut by a Belgian trawler,
marked "0 137." Later, the foreigner sailed into
her again, and her bowsprit, striking the Lowestoft
boat's capstan, the crew must have been killed if they
had not fled to another part of the deck. The
Belgians then stoned the Lowestoft men with granite,
&c., and sailed away, but tried to return, with the
evident intention of running down the Clyde, but the
trawler sailed so fast to windward that she could not
fetch her. Being foiled in this attempt a gun was
fired three times from the trawler, the shot rattling in
the rigging above the heads of the men on board the
Clyde. On Monday night the Evening Star, a Lowe-
stoft lugger, was trawled into by a foreign vessel. The
cruiser Firefly went to her assistance, and the foreigner
was seen to pull a " devil " up and throw it overboard.
The Lowestoft men are getting exasperated, and
threaten recriminatory measures if the outrages are
not stopped.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

OPENING OF THE BELGIAN
CHAMBERS.

The Chambers were opened on Tuesday by the
King, whose speech, after stating that the relations
between Belgium and all the Powers were excellent,
and dealing with minor points, alluded to the Liege
and Cnarleroi incidents. In connection with this
subject hls Majesty said that amongst other reforms
to be introduced by the Ministry would be measures
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large exercise would be made of the right of pardon-
ing individuals convicted in connection with the riots
at Liege and Charleroi. About 1000 women, all
dressed in black, arrived in Brussels from Charleroi,
by the Southern Railway, on Tuesday morning, to
present a petition to the Chamber of Representatives
in favour of an amnesty to the men undergoing sen-
tence for participation in the riots in the latter place.
They were cheered by the crowd, but no disorder oc-
curred.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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ALLEGED ADVERTISEMENT FRAUD.

A young woman named Cannington, with several
aliases, was charged at Portsmouth on Saturday with
obtaining money by advertisement frauds, and re-
manded. It was alleged that the accused advertised
for servants in London newspapers, and when she re-
ceived replies she wrote as from a registry office, and
demanded three shillings. Her advertised address
was shown to be a room in a small house, where she
received from 50 to 60 letters each day. When ar-
rested she had .E 7 10s., in her possession, and it was
stated that she kept a banking account.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S BIRTHDAY,

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The forty-fifth anniversary of the Prince of Wales's
birthday was celebrated at Windsor and elsewhere cn
Tuesday with the usual rejcicings. At early morning
and at intervals throughout the day merry peals were
rung from the Curfew Tower, Windsor Castle, and at
the parish church of St. John. At noon. Royal salutes
were fircd in the Long Walk and at Fort Belvedere,
Virginia Water. The houses in the principal street
of the town were covered with bunting. A holiday
was granted to the Eton students. Her Majesty gave
a dinner party in the evening at the Castle. The May or-
elect, Mr. H. L. Simpson, gave a banquet at the
Guildhall, r.t which Prince Christian, Prince Henry of
Battpiberg, and Sir Henry Ponsonby were unable to
3t) present.
At Sandringhana the Prince of Wales, Prince
Christian, and the Count de Paris enjoyed a day's
shooting. In the afternoon his Royal Ltighness
entertained the whole of the labourers on the Royal
estate, numbering nearly 200 men and boys, to a sub-
stantial dinner in the Royal mews. During the dinner
the party were visited by the Prince and Princess of
Wales. the Prince and Princess Christian, the Count
and Countess de Paris, and other guests. The
health of the Queen and the Prince and Princess
of Wales were given and received with great hearti-
ness.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

DEkTH OF VISCOUNT BARRINGTON.

We regret to announce the death of Viscount
Barrington, which occurred on Saturday night, after
a few hours' illness. His lordship had joined Lord
Aveland's shooting party at Grimsthorpe, Lady Wil-
loughby de Eresby's place in Lincolnshire, and was
suddenly taken ill on Saturday. Lady Barrington
was immediately sent for, and arrived only just in
time to see her husband expire. His unexpected
death has cast a deep gloom over the family. The
deceased peer, George William Barrington, Viscount
Barrington, of Ardglass, county Down, and Baron
Barrington, of Newcastle, county Dublin, in the
Peerage of Ireland, and Baron Shute, of Beckett,
Barks, in that of the United Kingdom, was the
eldest of the four eons of William Keppel, sixth
Viscount, by his wife Jane Elizabeth, fourth
daughter of Thomas Henry, first Lord Ravensvrorth,
and was born 14th February, 1824. He was for some
time private secretary to the late Earl of Derby. He
was an unsuccessful candidate in the Conservative
interest for Buckingham in May, 1832, but obtained
a seat in the House of Commons for Eye in July,
1866, and represented that borough till his elevation
to the House of Lords in April, 1880. On the death
of his father in February, 1867, he succeeded to the
Irish honours, and was created a Baron of the United
Kingdom in the spring of 1880 (with remainder to his
brother) by the style and title of Baron Shute, by
which title he held his seat in the House of Lords.
On the formation of Mr. Disraeli's Administration in
1874 he was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of her
Majesty's Household (when he was made a Privy
Councillor), which Court appointment he filled till
May, 1880. In June, 1885, be was appointed
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, hut after-
wards exchanged that office for that of Captain
of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms,
which becomes vacant by his death. He was
appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berke in 1852,
and had been a lieutenant in the Royal Wilts
Yeomanry Cavalry. The late lord married 10th
February, 1846, Isabel Elizabeth, only child of the
late Mr. John Morritt, of Rokeby Hall, York, and by
her, who survives his lordship, he leaves issue three
daughters—namely, the Hon. Constance Mary, mar-
ried to Lord Haldon ; the Hon. Evelyn Laura, married
to the Earl of Craven; and the Hon. Florence, un-
married. He is succeeded in the Irish and English
honours by his eldest brother, the Hon. Percy Barring-
ton, born 22nd April, 1825, and married 3rd July,
1845, to Louisa, only daughter and heir of Mr. Tully
Higgins ; she died in 1884. He was formerly in
the Scots Fusilier Guards, but retired from
the army in 1844. He is a Deputy Lieu-
tenant for Oxfordshire, has been for some time cap-
tain of the Oxfordshire Militia, and a lieutenant in
the 3rd Bucks Rifle Volunteers, and served as High
sheriff of Bucks in 1864. His younger brothers, the
Hon. William and Hon. Eric Barrington, are in her
Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

THE EX-PREMIER AND THE
BULGARIANS.

Mr. Gladstone has recoiv.d at Hawarden a tele-
gram from Tirnova, of which the f.ilowing is a
translation :

We, the undersigned Bulgarian Deputies, who have
not forgotten the generous assistance rendered by your
eloquence to the work of emancipation effected by
Russia, entreat you, in the difficult circumstances
through which our country is now passing, to rise
once more in favour of Bulgaria your powerful voice,
which has always been listened to with respect and
sympathy by the great Russian nation, in order to
avert by your counsels and your mediation the ter-
rible dangers which threaten us, and to save our
liberty and our independence, the conquest of which
you so nobly aided before.
Signed in the name of numerous Deputies,
ZACIIARIAII STOYANOFF. CONSTANTINE
CALTCHOFF, DEMETRIUS TONTCUEIT,
I KITANCHEFF.
The following is Mr. Gladstone's reply:
Hawarden Castle, Chester,
Nov. 7, 'B6.
Gentlemen,—l have the honour to receive your
appeal for a public declaration on my part in relation
to Bulgarian affairs; in which you are good enough to
notice my efforts at a period now removed from us
by the lapse of ten years.
My opinions and desires concerning emancipated
or autonomous provinces of the Ottoman Empire have
at all times been the same. Liberties obtained for
them from the Sultan 1 look upon as intended for
their own use and benefit; and as not proper to be
handed over in whole or in part to anybody else. It
was I think a noble act on the part of the last
Emperor of Russia to obtain freedom, subject to
certain just obligations, for Bulgaria, but if she is to
fall into servitude in that quarter, the nobleness of
the act disappears. I cling to the hope that the
present Sovereign of Russia will be faithful to tra-
ditions which earned just honour and gratitude for
his lamented predecessor.
I have never thought it my duty to raise my voice
on the present occasion, because I have had, and still
have, the belief that in this country there is happily
no difference of opinion on the subject, and I have
no good reason to doubt that the sentiment of the
United Kingdom is faithfully represented in the
councils of Europe by the Foreign Minister of to-day.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your most faithful servant,
W. E. GLADSTONE.

VERY few musicians, says a writer, have any regard
for time. Well, it's time they did.
AFIOUT TIIESii Plum- —The lady of the house
was a handsome woman of a mature order of beauty,
and when she had completed her toilet she gazed
fondly at herself in the glass, and remarked to her
new maid, You'd give a good deal to be as good-
looking as I am, Lucy, wouldn't you now
—almost as much an you would give to be as young
as I am.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

ROWLEY REGIS.

CHAUGE UNDER THE OLD METALS ACT.—it the
Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs. W.
Bassano, \V. Holcroft, and J. Walker, John Barn-
sley, brmsfounder, Primrose Hill, Netherton, was
summoned :for violating the Old Metals Act by
purchasing 21bs. Bozs. of brass, the statute provid-
ing that nothing less than 561bs, shouid be pur-
chased.—Mr. Hooper (Messrs. Stokes and Hooper),
defended, contended that as the defendant only
sold manufactured goods tbe section did not apply
to him.—The Bench stated that the objection raised
had created a doubt in their mind, and they would
give the defenJant the benefit of it.—The case was,
therefore, dismissed.
INPORTANf PROCEEDINGS TINDER THE EDUCATION
Acp,—At the same Court, a number of parents were
summoned for neglecting to send children to an
efficient scho9l, It was shown that the defendants
sent their children to a private school, which was
certified to be inefficient, and paid fees ranging from
ad. to is. a week. The solicitor stated that the
teacher could not spell correctly, and consequently
was incompetent.—The magistrates held that the
school was inefficient, and fined each of the defend-
ants 2s. ad.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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A TERRIBLE SCENE.

By the arrival on Saturday of the Cunard steamer
Aurania at Queenstown, the Kew Yore Times of the
29th and 30th ult, is to hand, containing harrowing
details of the awful railway accident which happened
in Wisconsin on the 28th ult. The accident is referred
to as the most shocking which has occurred in Wis-
consin for many years. A switch had been left open,
and when the fast limited express, which leaves
Chicago at 7.30 p.m. for St. Paul's, cams along at
forty miles an hour it ran into the open switch, and
the engine, baggage-car, passenger coach, and three
sleepers, or sleeping cars, were wrecked. The baggage-
car, coach, and two sleepers were burned. The number
of passengers in the coach was not known, and
may 1, ever be. Three of them, ho•vever escaped—
a man and two children. The man's leg was broken,
but he succeeded in forcing his. way through the
ventilator on the top of the car, with most of his
clothing burnt off,'and with his flesh bleeding from
cuts inflicted by broken glass. The children were a
baby four or five months old and a little girl aged
five. The baby's mother was wedged in at the waist,
unable to move. The overturned stoves immediately
Pet fire to the car, which was soon enveloped in flames.
An attempt was made to uncouple the sleepers, and
pull them aray from the fire, but the coupling had
been blocked. The passengers in the sleepers were
hurried out, and the cars were soon all a mass of
flames. The shrieks of tbe passengeis in the first
coach were appalling, and the air was filled with
pitiful cries for help, which could not be given in less
than ten minutes, when their cries had been stifled,
and all the occupants of the car, with the three excep-
tions named, had been burned beyond recognition. The
conductor says there were not more than 10 passengers in
the car; others place the number as high as 18 or 20.
The remains of the killed can only be recognised by
some articles of jewellery or clothing which escaped
destruct:on. The fire was so fierce that nothing was
left on the cars except the iron trucks. Mr. Potter,
an English gentleman who was travelling upon the
train, sass in his narrative of the disaster: "I was
out of my car just in time to see a wcman, her body
half within and half without the burning coach, band
a child to a man, enjoining him as she did so to save
the child for its dear father's sake. Two men struggled
to pull the woman through the window, but her limbs
were securely fixed in the wreck, and with my heart
swelling into my throat I stood transfixed, and saw
the poor creature burned. We were powerless to help
the victims, for. the heat was so fierce that no one
could stand within a hundred feet of the line of fire.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

the door. She saw a revolver in his hand, ran to Um,
and tried to push it on one aide, but he put one
arm round her neck, and thrust her against the door.
The revolver was in his left hand. He shot himself
in the mouth, and fell flat on his back. The revolver
must have been in the pedestal, though she did not
know it. The whole scene did not occupy more than
two minutes. Her brother had to reduce himself
a great deal to ride St. Maria. She thought that he
was doing toe much, and felt anxious. It was very
seldom that he reduced himself so low as eight stone.
Corroborative evidence was given by Charlotte
Homidge, trained nurse, who added that although
deceased seemed very depressed he had been left alone
previously.
Dr. J. R. Wright, who had attended Archer for
14 years, said that with his illness he had a delusion
that a dinner he had eaten three days before was still
in his stomach. He was suffering from typhoid fever.
On Monday he seemed better, but was very low-
spirited. He had the idea that he must die. Death
was caused by a bullet passing from the mouth
through the spinal column. Witness considered that
the deceased was so unhinged as not to be responsible
for his actions. A verdict of "Suicide during tem-
porary insanity" was returned.
The deceased made a will after his wife's death. He
is reported to have left a fortune of several hundred
thousand pounds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

PROMOTION FROM THE RANKS.

The Queen has awarded commissions, dated Satur-
day, to the following non-commissioned officers, viz. :
Quartermaster Corporal-Major W. Wragg, of the Ist
Life Guards, who is promoted to the rank of Quarter-
master, in place of Mr. J. Goveer, who retires; and
Sergeant-Major W. Simpson, of the Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment), appointed Quartermaster
in succession to Mr. T. Masterson, who has retired
from the 3rd Battalion of the regiment,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

H ALESOWEN,

PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE POACHING PREVENT ON
ACT.— At the Pu'dic Office on TuFs lay, beEre
Messrs. F. D. L a Smith and W. Bassano ( magii-
trates ), John Ito las:on, Elur ;1-. Green. and Jamis
Daniqs, Mott Sr e, Black' e Lt, were summone I
for comm;tting an offence under the Poaching
Prevsn im Act. Mr. Waldron appeared for Rolla •
son.—Shortly before twelve o'clock on the night of.
the 31st ult, Police-constables Williams, Nash, an
Edmunds SAW the deendants in possession of netting
on a farm near to the Q.linten The netting was
wet, and appeared to have been on the grass.
Rollason, who had been p-evionsly convicted, was
fined .25 and costs, and the other defendant was
finedl4os. and costs.
THE RATEPAYERS AND THE EDUCATION QUESTIOR.
—A short thus a,o the managers of the British
Schools made an appeal to the ratepayers for sub-
scriptions to carry on the schools. They set forth
that unless the ratepayers rendered some assist inc 3
the'sehools must close, and then a School Board
with all its h-avy expPnses would be forced upon
the town. The ratepayers have respon led to the
appeal in a Landsoine manner, M. T. Williams (the
treasurer) having received subscriptions amounting
to about £5O, which will enable ths managers to
meet liabilities and to oarry on the schools as here-
tofore.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

TAMPERING WITH RACING
TELEGRAMS.

Meyer Meyers was brought up on remand on Tues-
day at the Marlborough-street Police-court, London,
charged by the Exchange Telegraph Company with
unlawfully and maliciously attempting to obstruct
and prevent the delivery of racing telegrams. Mr.
Grain appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Kisch
for the defence. Mr. Grain asked that the prisoner
might be committed for trial on the charge of inciting
to prevent and obstruct the sending of telegraph
messages under the act. The offence might also be
treated as a misdemeanour under another act. Mr.
Kisch, for the defence, contended that the act under
which the proceedings were taken was applicable only
to malicious injury to property, and that Section
37 merely specified the particular character of the
injury contemplated. The act did not apply to con-
versations, or overtures, or suggestions such as were
alleged to have been made by the defendant, and he
therefore asked the magistrate not to commit for
trial. Mr. Grain said that his learned friend Mr.
Tickell suggested that the indictment should run,
"inciting Gregory and Fuller to conspire with him
(Myers) for the purpose of defrauding persons who
might be induced to bet." On that charge, also, he
should ask that the prisoner be committed for trial.
Mr. Mansfield said that he should commit on both
indictments, and if there were any flaw in either of
them the judges could throw it out. He would accept
bail in ,£lOO for the prisoner's appearance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE.

The Press Association states : Mr. George BernanCi
Harvey Drew, of the firm of Wilkinson, Drew and
Co., solicitors, London, disembarked on Saturday
night from the P. and 0. steamship Malwa, in charge
of Detective-Inspector Lansdown, of Scotland-yard,
who lately proceeded to Australia, to effect his arrest
under a warrant charging him with having converted
to his own use, trust property to the amount of
£30,000, which had been lodged with the firm. The
whereabouts of Mr. Drew were ascertained by the
accidental observance of an address on a piece of
blotting paper. This led the authorities to telegraph
a description of the missing gentlemn to Sydney,
with a demand for his arrest. The authorities there,
however, were apparently not quite certain as to the
identity of Mr. Drew with a gentleman calling him-
self Arthur Adair, who had recently arrived there,
and declined to interfere. This led to the departure of
Inspector Lansdown, who reached Sydney in Septem-
ber, and ascertained that Mr. Drew was cruising about
the harbour in the steam yacht Estrella, which he
had lately purchased. It was rumoured that he had
conceived the design of running to South America.
The service of a Government steam launch was
obtained, and Inspector Lansdown proceeded in pur-
suit. Mr. Drew ran the Estrella up a creek, where
the yacht was boarded, and the runaway arrested. A
barmaid was in his company, and the sum of ss. was
all that he appeared to have left. The crew of the
E.trella was paid off, the yacht was sold for £l5OO,
and Mr. Drew was brought on to England. At
Plymouth Inspector Lah.down was joined by In-
spector Tonbridge, and the prisoner %Tom taken by
them to London. It is understood that Mr. lirew
is a gentleman of large xneans, and that in his absence
his friends have met all claims against the firm, and
it is believed that he is irresponsible for his actions.
His conduct on the voyage home is described as
peculiar.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

MR. CHILDERS ON THE COLONIES.

Speaking at the opening meeting of the Royal
Colonial Institution, Piccaditly, on Tuesday night, the
Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers, M.P., said it was a
great gratification to him to see so many persons taking
such an interest in colonial matters. In the old days
when a bill was brought into Parliament empowering
the Australians to commission ships, active opposition
was met with. Now, such a question was advocated
by those in Parliament and out of Parliament. Speak-
ing of federation in its material sense, they meantthat
the Colonies should be represented in the Houses of
Parliament. It was a most difficult question for the
Empire to deal with, and he would rather not express
his doubts as to whether such a plan was feasible. At
any rate, the Colonies would not submit to taxation
from Westminster. But the proposal advocated that
evening was that the mother country should make an
arrangement with the Colonies calling it federation,
to work together for the defence of the Empire. This
proposal should receive acceptance.
Another suggestion was being considered in high
quarters. He did not know much about it, but he
believed the present Government were upon the
right path in discussing this question of the defence
of the Empire with the Colonies. It would be impos-
sible to carry out the matter harmoniously, unless, to
a certain extent, the Colonies federated themselves
and grouped together. He did not think there would
be any opposition to a combination of the mother
country and Colonies by those interested in the future
of the Empire and its defence in danger. This, he
felt confident, was the view taken by public men in
this country.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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va.ih twy kuown remely has discovered a simple
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it., New York City, U.A.

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.:ocos ESSENCB in thousands of cases, because it contabill
.noze nutritious and flesh-forming elements than any Wan
°overage, and it is preferable to the thick starchy Uinta
ordinarily sold. When you ask for Cadbury's OoSsit
Essence be sure that you get it, as shopkeepers often pi*
imitations for the sake of extra prolts. Makars 15a •
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

A TRIBUTE TO LORD RANDOLPH

CHURCHILL

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On Saturday evening Sir Frederick Milner, Bart,
who unsuccessfully contested the Radcliffe-cam-Farm.
worth Division at the last election in the Conservative
interest, paid a tribute to Lord Randolph Churchill's
good-heartedness whilst speaking at a Conservative
gathering at Bolton. Sir Frederick said the present
Chancellor's detractors had stigmatised him as without
heart, which statement be could not allow to pass
unchallenged, inasmuch as Lord Randolph was the
saviour of his life. Travelling on the Continent
together, be (Sir Frederick) was stricken down at
Naples with a deadly fever with not a friend near.
Lord Randolph was then at Rome, but immediately
on hearing of his illness went to his bedside and
nursed him night and day, until the arrival of friends
from England. As a consequence of long and weary
watching, Lord Randolph suffered severely in health.
England would soon find, continued the speaker, the
Present ChanceOlor of the Exchequer had a right
good heart, and would further the interastq of the
people.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER.

The Gazette on Tuesday published the statutes of
the "Distinguished Service Order," adopted at Bal-
moral on the 6th of September, and issued by the
War Office on the 6th inst. The preamble sets forth
that her Majesty, having taken into consideration that
the means of adequately rewarding the distinguished
services of officers in the naval and military services
are limited, institutes a new naval and military order
of distinction, to be styled the "Distinguished Service
Order," consisting of the Sovereign and such members
or companions as the Sovereign may appint. "No
person shall be eligible for this distinction who doth
not actually hold, at the time of his nomination, a
commission in the navy, land forces, or marines, or
the Indian or Colonial naval and military forces, or
in one of the departments of the navy or army
entitling him to honorary or relative navy or army
rank; nor shall any person be nominated unless
his services shall have been marked by the especial
mention of his name by the admiral or senior naval
officer commanding a squadron or detached naval
force, or by the commander-in-chief of the forces in
the field, in despatches, for meritorious or diitin-
guished service in the field or before the enemy. It
is, however, specially ordained that foreign officers
who have been associated in naval and military
operations with our forces shall be eligible as honorary
members of the order. This order shall rank next to
and immediately after that of the Indian Empire, and
the companions thereof shall have place and prece-
dency next to the companions of, the-Order of the
Indian Empire. The badge oft he order, which shall
consist of a gold cross, enamelled white, edged gold,
having on one side thereof in the centre, within a
wreath of laurel enamelled green, the Imperial crown
in gold upon a red enamelled ground, and on the re-
verse, within a similar wreath and on a similar red
ground, our Imperial and Royal cypher, V.R.1., shall
be suspended from the left breast by a red ribbon
edged blue, of one inch in width."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

_
FATAL FLOODS in NORTH YORKSHIRE.

--
From Northallerton it was reported that rain had
continued in the upper dales throughout Tues-
day. The rivers overflowed their banks, and
the floods were attended with fatal and
disastrous results. Two farmers who attempted
to cross the river Swale, near Langton-on-
Swale, were washed from their horses and drowned.
Their bodies were found in the river near Mounby,
together with the carcases of a number of sheep. IN
Swaledale five men and four children have beeu
drowned. Messrs. Thompson, Richardson, Johnson,
and two other farmers and some children were cross-
ing the ferry near Morton Flats, when the boat cap-
sized, and all were drowned. Their bodies were re-
covered upon the breaking of the bank at Mounby,
being found near the riverside.

WIFE: I see that the Bland dollars are only worth
73 cents. husband: Yes, but you can't buy any at
that price.
Focal has said the meanest thing any man ever
was capable of saying. When Mrs. F. left him
alone in tbe house the other evening, she remarked:
You wo'nt be lonely, dear?—No, he replied; I
sha'n't miss you at All. The parrot, you know ie
here.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

Anvicm TO MOTHERS I —Ara you broken in your rest
by a sick child eutlering with the pain of cutting teeth
Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Win-
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pleasant to taste, it produce natural, quiet sleep by
relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub
awakes "as bright as a button." It sJothes the child
it softens the gains, allays all pain, relieves wind
regulates the bowels, and is the best know remedy for
dysentery and diarrho3a, whether arising from teeth-
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is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at is lid per
bottle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

THE QUEEN.

Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince and Princess
Henry of Battenburg, arrived at Windsor on Saturday
morning from Edinburgh, where the Royal party
stayed at Holvrood Palace for a night and a day on
the way from Balmoral. During Friday the Queen
visited the grave of the Buccleuch family, at Dalkeith,
and placed two wreaths upon it. In the afternoon
she drove to the Longmore Hospital for Incurables,
and, at the request of one of the inmates, consented
to write her name in the Patients' Birthday-book
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

SINGULAR CHILD STEALING CASE.

--
Ellen Vaughan, alias Shorter, alias Quinnen, 51,
was finally examined on Tuesday, at Greenwich, on
the charges of stealing the infant Annie Maria Reed,
aged two months, from the custody of its parents, and
also corni...Lting bigamy with George Vaughan, her
husband, a man named Quinnell, being then and now
alive. Mr. Angus Lewis prosecuted for the Treasury.
Detective Howell said that a fortnight after the child
was reported missing be went with Mrs. Reed to the
prisoner's house at Charlton. She opened tht door,
and Mrs. Reel accused her of stealing her child.
Prosecutrix, who was very excited, at first failed to
identify the child, but ultimately did so. Prisoner
said Mrs. Reed was a wicked bad woman, and it was
her own (prisoner's) child. Mrs. Reed said, "If it's
your child give it the breast." She did not do so,
and Mr. Vaughan, the second husband, threatened
to strike prosecutris and ordered her out of
the house. Prisoner gave witness some particulars
concerning her supposed confinement, and agreed to
take him to the midwife who had attended her.
Vaughan said she must go, as his eyes were beginning
to open, but she then left them on some pretext and
did not return. Subsequently, the witness took the
prisoner into custody, when she gave the name and
address of a midwife, who, she said, had attended her,
but these he found to be false. This closing the case,
prisoner adhered to her statement that the child was
her own, and added that on the 21st of last Sept. she
was confined at about ten o'clock at night, just after
her husband had gone out. She tapped at the window
for assistance, and a woman came, who said she would
attend her, and did so, leaving the house before any
one arrived. She came once again, but refused to
stay till the nurse came. She gave the name of Smith;
and said she lived at 11, Godfrey-street, Woolwich.
She (prisoner) always thought the child was hers.
She denied that she had ever seen Mrs. Reed before
she accused her of stealing the child. Prisoner made
no answer to the charge of bigamy. Mr. Balguy com-
mitted her for trial on the two charges.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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A SCARCITY OF XAGISTRATES.

A correspondent writes: Considerable dissatisfac-
tion has been caused lately at different places in the
neighbourhood of Luton, owing to the inconvenience
arising from the non-attendance of the magistrates to
adjudicate upon criminal cases. At the Petty Sessions
at Great Berkhampstead one day last week only one
magistrate was present, Sir A. P. Paston-Cooper, and
after he had heard two trifling charges an adjourn-
ment was made to see whether any other justices
would appear. In the meantime telegraphic messages
were sent to several magistrates in the district,
but with no effect, and after waiting an hour or
two, Sir A. P. Paston-Cooper was compelled to
adjourn the Court, and the remainder of the
cases, in which several solicitors, excise officers,
School Board and sanitary officials were concerned,
had to stand over. At Ampthill a short time ago no
Court could be held because a justice of the peace was
not to be had, although diligent search was made for
miles around, and last week a similar thing occurred
at Linelade. Here, at the opening of the Court, no
magistrate put in an appearance, and none could be
got until a clergyman, who had been sent for, arrived,
though only to Lind, after travelling many miles, that
he was unable to deal with the cases, as all of them
required the adjudication of two magistrates. After
half the day had been wasted in a fruitless quest for
the administrators of the law, remands had to be
ordered, and the witnesses were told to come another
day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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THE PRELLER MURDER CASE,

Advices received in Liverpool from St. Louis, and
dated the 26th ult., report that another respite of
the sentenced passed on Maxwell for the murder of
Mr. Preller has been granted, so that if the extreme
penalty of the law is enforced it will not be
carried out before next New Year's Day. The in-
formation states that Judge Van Wagoner, before
whom the prisoner was tried, granted the extension
of time, as it was shown that the transcript of the
testimony could not be ready before that time owing
to the great length of the evidence to produce. It
is said that shorthand reporters and type-writers
have been engaged for several months past transcrib-
ing the testimony, but the work is still far from being
complete. The case will be brought before the
State Supreme Court, but cannot be taken there
with the transcripts. It is now about six months
since Maxwell was sentenced to death, and the pre-
sent is a clear illustration of the "law's delays" in
the United States, where it not unfrequently happens
that a man is hanged about a year after the death
sentence has been passed upon him. Maxwell, an
Englishman, it will be remembered, is alleged to
have murdered Mr. Preller, another Englishman,
who was travelling on business in the States. The
murder was committed in an hotel at St. Louis, and
the body of the murdered man was discovered in a
box in the room occupied by Maxwell after the latter
had left the hotel.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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