The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-23 00:00:00

RUMOURS OF MINISTERIAL RESIG-

NATION.
The Pall Mall Gazette prominently published the
other night an announcement of the impending
resignation of the Government, affirming that Minis-
ters themselves had arrhed at the conclusion that it
was not possible for them to remain in office beyond
a very limited period. We have the best reason for
assenting to this statement, as it appeared in the Daily
News of Tuesday last. The Government, as we then
stated, have made up their minds that they cannot
remain in office many weeks after the meeting of the
House of Commons. They were, as we then an-
nounced, desirous of bringing matters to an issue upon
the Address, and were debarred by the ruling of the
Speaker against the particular mode which recom-
mended itself to them, and which the Speaker ruled
was beyond precedent. It is no easy task that now
lies to their hands. The administration of affairs,
both at home and abroad, is paralysed by the un-
certainty which exists as to who shall be Prime
Minister next week or within a fortnight. The Go-
vernment have taken a wise and patriotic resolve in
their determination to bring the matter to an issue at
the earliest possible moment; only this determination
was not arrived at yesterday.—Tuesday's Daily News.

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN A
STRAND HOTEL,
Mr. A. Braxton Hicks, deputy coroner for West-;
minster, has concluded the inquiry at St. Martin's
Vestry mil, respecting the mysterious death of
Martha Elizabeth Perry, at a private hotel in the
Strand. Mr. R. V. Chileott, solicitor, again watched
the case on behalf of Mr. Middleton, who was stated
to have passed as the deceased's husband and who is
the manager of the Danes Inn Coffee Bar, Strand,
and a married man. The inquiry has been adjourned
three times, it having been considered necessary by
the coroner to submit the stomach of the deceased
woman to the analysis of Dr. Stevenson, public
analyst, owing to the evidence of Dr. Watkias,
who bad attended the unfortunate woman a few
days before her death, that he had discovered signs
of an irritant poison therein. The facts of the ,
discovery of the deceased woman in her bedroom I A desperate murder is reported from Tipperary.
on the morning of December 8, her having stated A respectable farmer named Edward Allen, residing
to the landlady that she was pregnant, her taking at Park, Galballem, county Limerick, was shot dead
a powder prescribed by Dr. Ryan some days before near Sehronalle House on Saturday afternoon when
her death, her asking her landlady for some returning from the residence of Mr. Chadwick, of
cayenne pepper to ease her pain, the discovery of a Dameville House. He had received the loan of a
bottle of oil of mustard in her bedroom by Dr. horse from Mr. Chadwick's steward, and he was
Watkins on the morning of her decease, are all to returning home after leaving the animal at
well known to require repetition. Dr. Watkins re- Dameville House. At half-past four o'clock he
called, said he never suspected the deceased was ill was seen leaving the gate of the avenue,
in the way above mentioned. The Coroner remarked and half an hour afterwards he was found dead
that he only asked the question as a matter of curiosity, on the road, at a place bounded by a
as the fact was that the poor woman was not preg- high wall one each side. Three men who dis-
nant. Dr. Watkins, resuming, said that deceased had covered the body could not find any marks of
told him her husband was in Africa constructing a rail- violence on it, and they did not suspect foul play
way. The Coroner said he had received a letter from until they removed the remains to the house of the
Liverpool stating that William E. Perry, the supposed• second cousin of deceased. When a doctor was
husband of the deceased, left England eight years called in he found three revolver bullet wounds in
ago, and was engaged by Messrs. Paulton and Co., the back. One of the bullets had pierced the heart,
of Kimberley, South Africa, constructing a bridge..; causing instant death. Allen was a Protestant, and
There were, of course, many persons named Perry, was second cousin to Allen, one of the three men
and the remarkable fact was that the woman's maiden ' executed at Manchester for the murder of Sergeant
name was Perry. Dr. Stevenson deposed that on Brett. He had had a dispute as to a right of way
analysing the stomach he came to the conclusion that out of which some prosecutions for assault recently
deceased was suffering from peritonitis and enteritis, arose, and two men were sent to gaol. A meeting of
He could not find traces of any irritant drug, but the local branch of the National League passed rm.
presuming that she might have thought she was in lutions denouncing the crime, and expressing the
the way stated, she might havetaken some drug which hope that the perpetrators may be brought to
would have caused peritonitis, but which might have justice.
been carried off during 24 hours before death. He
had found traces of merourx and strychnine in the Josh Billings is being culled from for his thoughts
viscera, and especially in thl liver. In his opinion about woman. Here is a quotation to the point:
death was caused by strychnine, which must have This is a baby. It is a girl baby. How sloppy its
been taken within six hours of her decease. The chin is! How red its eyes Whais, horrid ectiltore'
strychnine was 'in all parts of the body, and it had tions it makes with its face! ,See hcai Elting*,
without doubt been taken in a poisonous and not a , kicks! How like a demon it yells( reS th a few
. short years some man will be half-craypd vilcl
.mTidhdeletConorforneemr,
all
blame,
emianngd up, e
suspense, worshipping the very air tide beteg Ire stiOet,-
mexeodniecraalteddo 3sfer..
jury returned a verdict to the effect that.the treating' devotedly kneelmigkals- heralekier-nind fatabsitylivo
died from the effects of strychnine, but that how the ging for one word, one pressure of the hrd, ev,en a
poison was taken or Administered there wa o evi. look, which will give him horfe. Such is
,woman, or,
dance to show, rather. such is man. . _