The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-02 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

For cruelly beating his daughter Ethel, aged three
years, Leonard Wilkinson was sentenced on Saturday,
at Clerkenwell Police-court, to six weeks' imprisonment
with hard labour.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians visited the
People's Palace for East London on Saturday, and laid
the first stone of the library of that institrition.
Prince William of Prussia and the Hereditary Prince
of Saxe-Meiningen inspected the 10th (Prince of
Wales's Own Royal) Hussars on Saturday, at Hounslow.
Prince Albert Victor, who is a captain in the regiment,
took part in the march-past.
A Berlin correspondent reports that the German
Empt ror's late illness has tried his strength severely,
and that his Majesty is still looking pale and weak.
The King of Servia has held a long conference with
Couat Kalnoky at Vienna.
A correspondent at Odessa telegraphs that Prince
Nissi, the Japanese Ambassador to Russia, whu was
wrecked in the German Lloyd steamer Oder, has
arrived there with his luggage, excepting two port-
manteaus, which were stolen.
The Canadian team for Wimbledon have left there
for England in the mail steamer Parisian. The team is
commanded by Mr. Ouimet, the Speaker of the
Dominion House of Commons.
The death is announced of air. Samuel Lilley, at his
residence in LynCihurst•road, Peckham. He was called
to the Bar in 1830, and was the leader of the Surrey
Sessions for many years.
It is stated that the new sixpenny pieces will very
shortly be withdrawn from circulation.
The rooms lately added to the National Gallery are
now opened to the public.
The Queen is expected to lay the foundation stone of
the equestrian statue of the Prince Consort, the
Jubilee offering of the women of England, on the 13th
or 14th of July. The site selected by the Queen is
near Smith's lawn in the most picturesque portion of
Windsor Great Park, between Cumberland Lodge and
Virginia Water.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr. John Edmund
Linklater, barrister-at-law,-to be a Registrar in Bank-
ruptcy of the High Court of ;Justice.
The mansion of Kinblethmont, near Arbroath, belong-
ing to and occupied by Mr. Lindsay Carnegie, of
Boysack, was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon.
The fire is supposed to have originated in a spark from
a chimney. it broke out about two o'clock in the
afternoon, when the family was at church, and there
were only two female servants in the house. By ten
o'clock the fire had nearly burnt itself out. Most of
the furniture was saved. The damage, which is esti-
mated at twelve thousand pounds, is covered by insur-
ance.

The New Isle of Man steamer Queen Victoria, when
proceeding from Douglas to Liverpool on Saturday
morning, treDlre down about half-way. She had to lie
to until picked up in the evening by the steamer Prince
of Wales, of the same line, which towed her back to
Douglas. The steamer Lancashire Witch, also plying to
the Isle of Man, lost the blade of her propeller On
Saturday, and had to lie up.
A sad fatality happened on Saturday on the Wind
nington-park Cricket-ground, Northwich. While en-
gaged In the game, Mr. John Hayes, of Gorstage Hall,
son of Mr. Hayes, of Ashton Hayes, was overcome by
the heat and faintel.• In a short time he recom-
menced playing. A few minutes afterwards he dropped
dead.
A remarkable scene was witnessed at Croydon on
Sunday afternoon. The police had bsen informed that
it was intended to make some attempt of a violent
character on the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Layton, J.P.,
on his way to the parish church to attend the Jubilee
Thanksgiving Service. The police authorities had
provided a large force of men, both in uniform and in
private clothes, to cope with any disturbance. Major
Gilbert, the Chief Constable, Superintendent Luca%
and other officers took charge of the arrangements.
Crowds of persons assembled between the Town Hall
and the parish church, and the Mayor was received at
the f ,erner building with loud groaning and hooting
on the part of the crowd. Ou leaving the Town Hall
his carriage was guardel by several mounted police-
men, but beyond loud hooting, hissing, and the hoisting
of an improvised black flag in the shape of a soot bag,
there was no attempt to interfere with the Mayor or
procession. The demonstration arose out of some dis-
sati-faction with the arrangements for the Jubilee
celeuration.
A bailiff from the Dublin Court of Bankruptcy, with
an escort of three police-constables, drove out from
Limerick to Herbertstown on Saturday evening, to get
possession of Thom Moroney's holding. His arrival
in the village was unobserved, and he walked into
Moroney's house, the door being open, and found no one
inside but Mrs. Moroney and her four daughters. He
demanded possession of the house and farm. Mrs.
Moroney, taken by surprise, gave up possession, signed
tbe necessary papers, and was then reinstated as a care-
taker. The bailiff next went to the five sub-tenants on
Moroney's holding, from three of whom he got pose
session, but the other two 'ere absent, and he left
without molesting them.
Intelligence received at New York states that the
ship City of Boston, bound from Pensacola for Liver.
pool, has been wrecked off the Bahamas.
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen has been summoned
to Windsor to present to the Queen the Town Council's
congratulatory address to her Majesty on the comple-
tion of the Jubilee of her reign.
The steamer Cronus, an iron vessel of 3170 gross
tonnage, belonging to the Creme Shipping Company,
Limited, of Blyth, and trading between New York and
Dundee, ran ashore at Porthlathen early on Saturday
morning during a dense fog. The crew was saved.
Major-General Gipps, C. 8.. commanding the Home
District, reviewed a brigade of the Household Infantry
in Hyde-park on Saturday, the troops, consisting of
the Ist and 3rd Grenadiers and the 2nd Coldstreams,
being on the ground at eight o'clock, and the review
eommenced at 8.30.
At:colt:me; to a Berlin correspondent, the German
Emperor, through his long confinement to bed, exs
eer.iences some difficulty in walking and standing, but
it is hoped that he will be strong enough early next
week to leave Berlin for Ems.

On Tuesday morning the Crown Prince and Princess
of Austria-Hungary arrived in Cracow, where they
were enthusiastically welcomed by the entire popula•
tion.

The Pepe, reversing his decision of Monday, has
ordered Mgr. Persico and Father Gualdi to proceed
forthwith to Dublin.

Two thousand persons have been rendered homeless
by the destruction of Marshfield, Wisconsin, by fire.
At a meeting of the Fellows of the Royal Horticul-
tural Society, on Tuesday, a letter from the Queen,
written in April last, was read, replying to a memorial
which had been addressed to her in reference to the
request that the society should be allowed to retain its
old connection with South Kensington. Her Majesty,
having pointed out that the area left in the hands of
the Royal Commissioners would be a small one after
the dedication of the ground for the Imperial Institute,
expressed the hope that a satisfactory arrangement
would be made. After considerable discussion a resolu-
tion was passed empowering the council to secure a
sito, either permanent or temporary, in or near the City
of London.

The report of the committee appointed in April,
1886, to inquire into M.Pasterres system of inoculation
is a remedy against hydrophobia, has been presented to
Parliament. The committee is unanimous in thinking
that M. Pasteur has established the efficacy of his
system.
Following the example set them in several provincial
towns, the grocers and provision dealers of London
have established an exchange, near to Miccing-lane,
for the transaction of business, and to provide the
means of direct communication between the whole.
cab and retail branches of the trade. Sir Robert
Fowler, MP., performed the opening ceremony on
Tuesday.
Mr. John Shaw, eecretary of the South-Eastern
Railway Company, died at Bournemouth on Tuesday.
The De Bensaude divorce snit, in which Lord Lona-
dale is a corespondent, was mentioned on Tuesday to
Sir James Hannen, who ordered it to remain on the
special jury list, but said it could not be taken before
the sth of July.
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday affirmed a decision
of Mr. Justice liekeivich, directing, as to part of the
money obtained from the Indian Government for the
purch .re of the Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Railway,
that the money must be divided in proportion to the
amount actually paid on the shares.
The effect of the severe and protracted drought has
been painfully apparent at the markets and cattle
fairs held within the past few days in Cumberland and
Westmorelard. The pastures are so burnt up that they
will not yield sufficient sustenance for stock. Farmers
e therefore rushing their cattle and sheep into the
market, with the result that they are sold at a con.
siderable sacrifice. The country everywhere presents
a remarkable aspect, mid many farms are in the sorest
straits. Seeds are scorched down to the roots, and
turnip and other similar crops are suffering terribly.
The annual meeting of the Gas Institute was held at
Glirgow on Tuesday, when members were present from
all parts of the United Kingdom. The Lord Provost
welcomed the delegates, and said, when they con-
sidered the various uses to which gas could be now
applied, they were lost in wonder. Mr. Foulis delivered
the presidential address, and said scientific analysis
should be applied to all details of gas manufacture.
There should be no rule of the thumb, all operations
being guided by sound scientific principles.
The drough; is making itself seriously felt through.
out the mining districts of Nerth•East Lancashire.
The Water Companies have issued notices warning
people to be careful in the use of water, and in
Burnley the supply is restricted to domestic purposes.
All the lodges are getting very low; but the Leeds
and Liverpool Canal which supplies many factories,
is pretty full. The hay harvest has commenced in
earnest, and the crop is above the average in most
meadows.
While a miner named Patrick Mllabe was on Tues.
day evening filling his flask with blasting powder, in
one of a row of six thatched
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stroy ed. The tenements were occupied by miners in
the employ of Meant,. Dixon and Co. M`Cabe was
badly burned.
In connection with the Bolton strike, Messrs. Hick,
Hargreaves, and Co., of the Soho Iron Works, On
luesdav eluded the strike picket and imported a hun-
dred men into their works. The men were supplied by
the Lcndon Iron Trades Association, and a private
railway lino was utilised to run them straight into the
woiks. They will be supplied with board and lodging
on the premises, extioneive preparations having been
made.
At Northampe:on Assikres on Tuesday Jarvis, a young
nelro, who has been a prominent member of the local
anch of the Salvation 1.110,y, and a leading figure in
the street processions, war tied for a criminal assault
on a little boy. He loudly protested his innocence,
but he was found guilty, and sentenced by Mr. Justice
Hawkins to 10 years' penal servitude.
The third gunpowder explosion during the last few
months took place at Messrs. Curtis and Harvey's,
Hanworth Mills, Hounslow, at a quarter-past six on
Tuesday morning. The cause was a green charge, and
no one was injured. -

There arrived in the Royal Albert Dock on Saturday
evening the steamer Moyune, owned by the China
Mutual Shippers Steam Navigation Company, with the
first cargo of new season's tea, after a quick run of
thirty.six days from Hankow. Her cargo consisted of
50,000 packages, over three million pounds weight.
A most destxuctive fire broke out on Sunday night
on the Chicago Packing and Provision Company's
premises. The flames spread rapidly, and buildings
covering an area of over five acres were burnt to the
ground, millions of pounds of mess•pork and lard being
destroyed. The Armour Canning Company lost 17,000
barrels of pork. and 600 hogs which could not be
rescued perished ill the burning pile. The total loss
is estimated at 1,259,000 dollars.
In sentencing two men to three months' hard
labour each, one for stealing and the other for
feloniously receiving a valuable dog, Mr. Montagu
Williams, sitting at the Greenwich Police-court, on
Monday, commented upon the law relating to the sub-
ject, pointing out that not more than six months' im-
prisonment could be passed upon any person convicted
for the first time of stealing a dog, while if a collar
were stolen with the dog, the thief could be sent for
penal servitude for stealing the collar.
Dulwich College was visited on Monday by the
Crown Prince and Princess of Germany, who were
warmly cheered by the boys.
A panic was caused at a wild beast show at Belle-
ville, Paris, on Monday. Salvator, the tamer, slipped
during his performance, and fell prostrate on the floor
of the cage. Instantly the lions pounced on him. The
assistants rushed to the rescue, and after a scene of
tenible excitement, the unlucky tamer was extricated
from his perilous position. He was, however, severely
wounded.

The annual inspection of and distribution of prizes
to the boys of the Exmouth training ship took place on
Saturday on board the ship, which is now stationed off
Grays. The Duke of Teck made the presentations.
Information has reached Simla to the effect that
the Ghilzai rising in Afghanistan is collapsing.
On Monday the Pope ordered the suspension of the
mission to Ireland with which Monsignor Persico and
Father Gualdi were to have been entrusted.

The King of S'ervia on Monday held further confer-
ence with Count Kalnoky, and received Prince
Labanoff, the Russian Ambassador in Vienna.

It has been announced from Constantinople that the
British Government, at the request of the Porte, has
extended the time-limit fixed for the Sultan's ratifica-
tion of the Egyptian Convention.
Tuesday was the forty-ninth anniversary of her
Majesty the Queen's Coronation, which took place in
Westminster Abbey on June 28, 1838.
A verdict of wilful murder was returned against
Bessie Hodges, employed as a barmaid at a Leeds
hotel, by a coroner's jury on Saturday, the allega-
tion being that she took the life of her newly-born
infant. A warrant was made out for the young
woman's arrest, but she is yet too ill to be removed
from the hotel.

On Saturday morning it was discovered that a young
man, named Henry Roberts, had been burned alive at
the Brunswick Ironworks, Wecrnesbury. The deceased
was employed at the furnaces in removing ashes, and
shortly after commencing work he was missing. On an
engineer going to the furnace he was horrified to find
that Roberts's body had been reduced to a cinder in'the
ash•hole of the furnace. It is supposed that Roberts
fair ted, and fell into the hole.
Three men were on Sunday crossing the river from
Greenock to Helensbnrgh when the boat upset, and the
occupants were thrown into the water. The men thes
got on the bottom of the boat, but she turned over
twice, throwing them each time into the water.
Eventually the boat became steady, and the men clung
to her for an hour, when they were rescued by a boat
from Helensburgh. One of the men, Jeremiah Callan,
a shoemaker, of Glasgow, did not survive the immer-
sion.

An inquest was held at Birmingham on Saturday
on the body of George Mtuaders, labourer. On the 13th
inst, deceased playfully struck a young man, tamed
Ball, with a bladder. Ball had an open knife in 134;
haad, and, its attempting to parry a second blow, he,
ran the blade into deceased's right wrist, severing
several of the tendons and arteries. He was taken to
the hospital, but had lost a quantity of blood, and he
gradually sank and died. A verdict of "Accidental
death" was returned.

Such is the scarcity of water at Swansea that it has
been sold in the streets at a penny per can. In some
districts the inhabitants bad no water for two days.
The wrktther still shows no signs of breaking, and great
alarm is felt. What made the matter worse was that
what water remained in the reservoirs was very thick
an'l. unfit to drink.

Three men, named Murphy, Bradley, and Dl`Sorley,
were, at the Belfast Police-court, on Monday, sen•
tenced respectively to three, two, and one month's
hard labour for rioting in the Falls district, on Satur-
day evening, when the police were compelled to use
their revolvers. Five shots were fired, and one man,
who was carried off by the rioters, was wounded.
Brown, the Militiaman, whose arrest for drunkenness
caused the disturbance, was sent to gaol for two
months.

A band of men disguised and armed on Sunday
night attacked the house of a water-bailiff named
Feehily, near Bundoran, county Donegal. Feehily was
badly beaten with an iron bar, and one ear was partly
severed. His two sisters, who tried to save him, were
cut and stabbed with a fishgaff. Six arrests have
been mAde. It is assumed that Feehily was attacked
in order to intimidate him from giving evidence in a
poaching case, which was to have been heard on Mon-
day. -

At the Northampton Assizes on Monday, before Mr.
Justice Hawkins, William H. Podmore, who
twelve months ago created a sensation by his
extraordinary conduct at St. Paul's Cathedral,
was indicted for stealing various articles from
the Geore Hotel, Northampton, where he had dined.
He declared that he was not answerable for his actions,
and that he visited Northampton to get into an asylum.
He was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's
pleasure.
The Coroner for Anglesey resumed on Monday the
inquest on the bodies of the two lads who were
drowned off Holyhead by the steamer Shamrock run-
ning down a boat in which they, with others, were
Eshiog A communication was received from the Board
of Ti ado stating that that department had ordered an
official inquiry, and suggesting an adjournment of the
inquest, which was done.

The great mountain fire at ClYyn•dyfr-dwv, North
Wales, has at length been overcome. The greater
portion of the fire is now extinguished, and on Monday
the mountain appeared to be one black mass,
resembling charcoal. Sport Is spoiled for the season,
as several hundreds of grouse, hares, and rabbits have
bee destroyed, and serious damage has been done to
property.
An exciting scene was witnessed at Bolton on Monday
night in connection with the strike in the engineering
trades. Nineteen men in various branches of machine
making had been engaged in Birmingham by the repre-
sentative of cne of the firms affected. They were
brought to a station beyond Bolton, and got into an
omnibus in waiting, but were met by pickets from the
Strike Committee and told of the state of affairs. All
got out and assembled in front of the men's head-
quarters. Here they made a statement to the comm
mittee, received their return fare, and all departed for
the return journey immediately, the proceeding being
watched by a large concourse of people.
The hay harvest has become general throughout
North Wales. Notwithstanding the cold spring and
the recent drought, the crop in most instances is a heavy
one and of good quality. In some places the hay hat
already been carried, and if the present weather con-
tinues, a good many hundred acres will be cleared in a
day or two.

_ .
A meeting of the magistrates of the city of Cork,
convened by the Mayor, was held on Monday after.
noon to consider the police arrangements in connection
with the riots which took place during the Jubilee
celebrations. It was resolved to call upon the
Government to institute an kquiry upon oath.