The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF THE "TEUTON"

A Renter's telegram, dated Capetown, Sept. 12,
says :—" The body of Captain Manning, who com-
manded the Teuton. has been picked up.'
Up to Monday evening the contributions to the
Teuton Relief Fund received by the Mayor of South-
ampton had reached to over £3,000.
A statement of particulars furnished to the Mayor
by the Union Company shows, as far as has yet been
ascertained, the number of widows, orphans, and '
other persons left behind by the Teuton's crew :
L. Jackson, first engineer, a widow and daughter
eleven months old, and deceased also assisted to sup-
port his mother; J. Willoughby, boilermaker, widow
and six children, some able to support themselves, but
one has been an invalid for seven years, and the
youngest child is seven years old; J. Ballard, donkey-
engine man widow and six children, youngest 18
months; Brewer, fireman, widow and one child,
seven mouths; J. Sanger, fireman, widow
and two children; T. Pace, fireman, widow
and four children youngest eight weeks ; F.
Hayes, fireman, widow and one child, nine months;
J. Anderson, fireman, widow and two children,
living at Bristol; W. R. Purkis, chief steward, widow
and five children, eldest ten years and youngest five
months old; G. Corbin, first waiter, widow and five
children, eldest eighteen ygars, youngest five years;
C. Maurer, third waiter, widow and two children; G.
Still, pantryman, widow, with four children, now ex-
pecting her confinement; E. J. Mallow, second
steward, widow expecting confinement; J. J;Vetcher,
ship's steward, widow, four sons, all at work, and one
girl, twelve years ;F. Francis, baker, widow expecting
confinement; J. 11. Churcher, butcher, widow
and five children, oldest ten years, youngest three,
confinement expected • C. Hayes, stewardess, invalid
husband and five children, youngest two years ; G.
Wells, bedroom steward, widow expecting confine•
ment ; G. Rwmmager, A. Parker, S. Stacy, E. Piercy,
and J. Bailey, firemen, and A. Noyce, coal trimmer
—each leaves a widow without children ; White,
Clarke, Coombs, Knapp, and Marshall, seamen;
Pearce, coal trimmer; Wright and Ponting, extra
waiters, were the whole or partial, support of either
mother or father.
Mr. Peace, the agent for Natal, has received a tele-
gram from the Mayor of Durban asking for particulars
of any families dependent on the emigrants for Natal
who were lost in the Teuton. Mr. Peace has heard of
none as yet who are left in need by the loss of the emi-
grants specially referred to. Several of those who are
lost had availed themselves of an open policy of
insurance provided by Mr. Peace for emigrants to
Natal, and insured their baggage to an aggregate
L amount of £260, which, in due course, will be paid to
' the rightful claimants.

ACCIDENT AT THE WESTMINSTER
AQUARIUM.
In London, 'on Monday night, about a quarter to
eleven o'clock, a serious accident befell an acrobat,
named Zaro, at the Aquarium in Westminster.
Zaro, who was giving what what was termed in the
programme his wonderful manipulation with the
chairs on the stage in the centre of the building, bad
gone through several feats, when he proceeded to bring
his entertainment to a conclusion by standing on
his head upon the back of a chair fixed at a height
of about 30ft. Having first mounted a pedestal some
few feet high, a number of small tables were handed
him, and these being placed on top of each other
to the altitude named, surmounted by the chair, he
was about to stand on the back of it on his head,
when it broke, and he fell with great violence to the
stage. He was removed by the attendants, the band,
which had been playing a favourite waltz, suddenly
ceasing. The unfortunate man, who appears to be
about 24 years of age, was immediately taken to
Westminster Hospital, where he was attended by Mr.
Macnamara, one of the house surgeons. It was then
discovered that he had received several contusions
and an injury to the left arm, which was bandaged
and placed in a sling.
At half .past eleven Zaro, in the presence of *a large
concourse of spectators, was placed in a cab 'at his own
request, and conveyed to his home.

THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE, LAND
LAWS, AND FAIR TRADE. •
A meeting of the committee of the Farmers' Alliance was
held at Clement's-house, Clement's-inn-passage, London, on
Monday, Mr. James Howard, M.P., presiding. The follow-
ing resolutions were passed :-
1. That, owing to the prolonged depression in
agriculture, followed by another disastrous harvest,
the introduction of remedial measures into Parliament
is imperatively called for; and it is therefore resolved
that a Land Bill for England and Scotland should be
at once prepared by a special committee of the
Farmers' Alliance.
2. That a conference of members of the alli.ance
shall be held during the first week in November, when
the Bill prepared by the committee shall be discussed;
and that the chairman in the meantime should ask the
Prime Minister to receive a deputation.
3. The committee, having carefully considered the
present cry for " reciprocity " or "fair trade," desire
to express the opinion that any concerted action
between the farmers of the kingdom and those manu-
facturers who are seeking to revive protection would
be most unwise upon the part of the farmers. The com-
mittee believe that if it were possible by united effort
to reverse the national policy of free trade and to re
store protection the first interest to be sacrificed would
be that of agriculture; that if duties upon corn could
be reimposed they would be repealed at the first moment
of difficulty, and this whichever party happened to be
in power. The committee cannot therefore but look
upon the agitation for "fair trade" as a delusion
and a snare—a delusion because while there is not the
remotest chance of the nation listening to any proposal
to tax its food, duties on farm produce, even if
allowed, would not only be of no permanent benefit to
the tenant-farmer, but would prove injurious to his
interests by raising the price of foreign corn now so
largely required for stock-feeding ; a snare, because
the proposal is an expedient for keeping up rents ani
for staving off agricultural reforms, which are the
only true remedies in the hands of Parliament for re-
storing prosperity to the farming interest.
4. The committee hereby express their sympathy
with the farmers of Aberdeenshire in the efforts made
to obtain a reduction of rents and a Land Bill for
Scotland, and thank them for the spirited action they
have taken at recent meetings. The committee learn
with pleasure that a branch of the Alliance is to be
formed in Aberdeenshire.

falls, their course being easily traced from the shore
by their cries. Their lives were saved by their boat
3triking against a Projecting point on the Canadian
side, near the burnin4 spring. Greenwood was heard
shouting for help at intervals through the night, but
Tuesday morning when day broke he was seen riding
safely at anchor and was soon rescued.