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Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-12-17 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN FRANCE. N. .ICIAIS C.R.O MOT. The hatred fomented by the enemies of Id. Ades Ferry, the ex-Premier of Prance, has found vent in a sensational manner. A man named Aubertin, alias Berckheim, apparently about 50 years of age, went to the Chamber of Deputies, and sent in the card of H. Hervfl by an usher to the ex-Premier. Somethlng in the appearance of the man struck the official as suspicious, and he respectfully hinted to M. Ferry that he might do well not to see him. M. Ferry disregarded the warning, and went straight to the door of the rotunda, where his visitor awaited him. The stranger drew a yellow pamphlet from a portfolio under his arm, handed it to M. Jules Ferry, and while the statesman was examining the document suddenly pulled out a revolver and fired at him three times. Happily the revolver was a small one, and as M. Ferry's pockets were crammed with letters he escaped with three slight wounds —in the breast, the side, and the hip. The three shots struck, but did not penetrate. The statesman, who remained calm and unmoved, called an usher and pointed to his breast, from which the blood was flow. lag. He was then taken to another anteroom by Baron de Soubeyran, and another usher ran to summon all the deputies who by profession are medical men, one of the first to arrive being M. Clemenceau. M. Floquet, who is M. Jules Ferry's uncle, went at once to the aide of the wounded statesman and offered him the hospitality of the l'alais Bourbon. M. Ferry declined this with thanks, and after a short consultation with the eminent Dr. Trait, who bad specially been sent for, imploringly asked to be taken home without any fusses as not to alarm Madame Jules Ferry. He , was then put into a carriage, and on reaching the Avenue de Palma was able to climb the staircase to his apartment on the third floor. . The news of the attempt soon spread over Paris, and the house was besieged by visitors of all classes. ' Aubertin was nearly lynched by the bystanders and then dragged off to the police office In the Hue de Yerennet.. He is a strange hysterical creature, who seems to have been possessed by the idea that M. Jules Ferry is a coward, a friend of Prince Bismarck, and a rogue of the school unmasked by recent revelations. . He says he had accomplices, and that 19 others had , sworn to kill H. Ferry. They drew lots, and the , task fell to him, H. Jules Ferry is (says a Pais correspondent) the best.hated man in France. His strong hand is feared ; by the Extreme Left and by the revoluntary crew. Although still a little feverish, M. Ferry was able to get up next day. The doctors, however, ordered coin. plate rest for a few 'days. The man Aubertin was taken to the Chamber of Deputies on the day following the committal of his crime, where the scene of the attempted murder was, in accordance with the custom of French law, re-enacted.
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-06-25 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

PARNELLISM AND CRIME."  Mr. F. Hugh O'Donnell, en-vice-president and hon. secretary of the Home Rule Confederation, writes a letter to the Mere, in which he says: "Not even the repugnance with which the Parnellite system has for many years inspired me can allow me to leave uncorrected some misstatements of your anonymous informant on Parnellism and Crime,' in relation to alleged complicity of the Parnellites in the crimes of Byrne, the fugitive secretary of the Home Rule Confederation and Land League. Especially it is absolutely false that Byrne owed the position of secretary, which he so horribly abused, to any initiative on the part of Mr. Parnell, Mr. Justin M‘Carthy, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Healy, Mr. Devitt, Mr. Sexton, Mr. T. P. O'Connor, or any other leaders of the Parnellite movement. On the contrary, his secretaryship was simply an inheritance from the Home Rule Confederation of Messrs. Isaac Butt, Shaw, Mitchell Henry, he. Ile became secretary of the Irish Lond League of Great Britain simply be. cause the Irish Home Rule Confederation had become the Land League, and because almost all the officials, especially all the paid officials like Byrne, continued to occupy their old posts in the new development. As I resented with increasing indignation and contempt what I regarded as the degradation of the National movement to a sordid and untenable form of agrarian socialism, I took no part in the administration of the new movement; but it is simply the fact that when I was vice president and how secretary of the Home Rule Confederation Byrne was already engaged, first as assistant secretary, at, I think, £lOO a year, and subsequently as secretary. His participation in the abominable enormities of the assassination conspiracy was a cowardly treason to the honourable members of the constitutional organisation, whose confidence he misused, and whose policy he endangered, and I believe that his fall is only another instance of the consequences of joining a secret society, that curse of modern polities. Your anonymous informant a'so exaggerates the part played by Byrne. My observations, corroborated by the statements of a distinguished member of the grand council of the Primrose League, on the autho, city of Scotland-yard, pointed, not to Byrne as 'the procurer of the instruments of murder '—surgical knives—but to another person, an ex-surgeon in th• service of her Majesty's Government, who during some weeks previous to the Phoenix Park massacre had made himself a visitor in the Lend League office in London, and who is now reported to be the apostolic successor in New York of the condemned dynamiter, Or. Gallagher. Byrne was the tool of abler and wickeder men, who practised upon his passionate nature and his blind sense of obligation to Ike secret society which had enmeshed him, and whichl deliberately caused him to abuse his office of trust for the furtherance and concealment of their infernal designs, but, such as he war, his secretaryship was entirely antecedent to and independent of the nellite policy."  1" 'sr- I
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-08-27 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

GODFREY LUSRINOTON."  FULL CONFESSION OF THE CONVICT.  The day before the execution the prisoner made a full confession to the Rev. S. Singer of the Circuit,. stanees connected w.th his crime. It is in the following terms. The statement was at once forwarded to the Rome Secretary " 1, Israel Lipski, before I appear before God in judgment, desire to speak the whole truth concerning the crime of which lam accused. I will not die with a lie on my lips. I will not let others suffer even in suspicion for my sin. I alone was guilty ot the murder ot Miriam Angel. I thought the woman had money in her room, so I entered, the door being unlocked and the woman asleep. I had no thought of violating her, and I swear 1 neve • approached her with that ooject, nor did I wrong her in this way. Miriam Angel awoke before I cOuld search about for money, and criedout ; but very softly. Thereupon I struck her on the head and seized her by the neck and closed her mouth with my band, so that she should not arouse the attention of those who were about the house. I had long been tired of my life, andhad bought a pennyworth of aquafortis that morning fo: the purpose of putting an end to myself. Suddenly I thought of the bottle I had in my pocket, and drew it out and poured some of the contents down her throat. She fainted, and, recognising my desperate contht;on, I took the rest. The bottle woo an old one, whidh I bad formerly used, and was the same as that which I had taken with me to the oil shop. The quantity of aquafortis I took had no effect on me. Heating the voices of people coming Upstairs I crawled under the bed. Tr.e woman seemed already dead. There was only a very aunt time from the moment of my entering the room until i was taken away. In the agitation I also fainted. Ido not know how it was that toy arms became abraded. I did not feel it, and was not aware of it. As to the door being looked from the inside I myself did this iminethateiy alter I entered the room, wishing not to be interrupted. I solemnly declare that Rosenbloom and Schmuss know nothing whatever of the crime ot wh;ch I h.ive been guilty, and I alone. I implore them to pardon me for having in my despair tried to cast the biame upon them. I aloe beseech the forgiveness 01 the bereaved husband. I admit that I have had a fair trial, and aoknowledge the justice of the sentence that has been passed upon me. I desire to thank Mr. Hayward for his efforts on my behalf, as well as all those who have interested themselves in me during this unhappy time. This confession is made of my own free will, and is written down by Mr. Singer at my request. May God comfort my loving father and mother, and may He accept my re. pentance and my death as an atonement for all my sins. (Signed)  itnese : S Singer, Milustei, E. 8. Milxan, Uovernor her Majesty's Prison, Newgate, Sunday, Aug. 21, 1857."  _
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-12-31 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

NOVEMBER.  On the 3rd a presentation was made to Mr. George Bardsley by the members of the Denton and Haughton Reform Club, prior to his departure for Australis. The Bev. H. W. How was inducted to the living of St. Anne's on the sth. On the 17th, a clever capture was made at Denton by the police of a man named Wm. Arrowsnaith, on suspicion of having murdered his uncle, an old man named George Pickerill, on the 12th at Prees, Lower Heath, Salop, Shrewsbury. Mr. Joseph Arch, ex-M.P., addressed a crowded meeting at the People's Hall on the 23rd na "The Necessity of Combination amongst Working Men." On the 26th, the inauguration of a Women's Liberal Association for Houghton Green took place. On the 28th a performance of the "Messiah" was given in the People's Hall, in aid of the funds of the Dentsn and Houghton Free Library.  The Denton Football Club met Lowerhouse at Denton in the third round of the Lancashire Cup Competition on the 3rd, and Denton won by four goals to none. The new Conservative Club at Houghton Green was opened on this date by Sir William Flouldsworth, Bart., M.P. The annual tea party for the old folks of Denton and Houghton was also held iu the People's'Hall on this day. A lecture was delivered in the People's Hall by Mr. Joseph Howes, lecturer to the National Reform Union, on the Bth, subject, "Free Trade v. Fair Trade," in which he thoroughly unmasked the Protectionists' theories. On the 12th, Trinity Wesleyan Day Schools celebrated their 13th anniversary. On the 19th the Rev. A. T. Guttery, of Hyde, lectured in the Haughton Wesleyan Schools on "Present Polities." The Wilton. Street Day Schools had their annual entertainment and distribution of prizes on the 20th. On the morning of the 26th a man named James Ellis, an excavator employed on the railway works at Denton, was found dead in bed at his lodgings, No. 12, Derbystreet, Denton. A grand Swim Bazaar was opened in the Trinity Wesleyan Schools on the morning of the 29th by Mrs. James W. Brown, of Bolton. It was promoted with the object of help9ig to raise funds towards defraying the cost of a new organ.  In the foregoing we have given a fairly exhaustive summary of the evento of the year. Without laying ourselven open to the charge of unduly forestalling futurity, we may add that in our summary of next year's events we hope to be able to look back upon eftorts attended with success made in behalf of the Free Library and to be able to take cognisance of an enthusiastic opening. We hope also that this coming year may be rendered even more memorable by the laying of the foundation stones of a new Liberal Club for the district, a club that shall be worthy of the cause which shall find a house within its walls. It can be done if it be taken up with a will, and it will be cause for regret if 1888 is allowed to slip away without some strenuous effort being put forth to secure this most desirable object.  PERFECTION SILK (wear guaranteed) to ba kad only &OM LISIGH AND AIDNZNV, UN sod Ili litsalsal Asiatavalider-Lps.
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-03-26 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

DISASTROUS BURIAL SOCIETY. A Parliamentary paper has been published giving the official report of the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies for the dissolution of the Independent Mutual Brethren Friendly Society by award, and the report by the actuary to the central oftico to the Chief Registrar. According to the latter the society was started in London about 1873 by an individual named Seating, and in 11417, when it undertook sick pay business, its fortunes advanced rapid y, the members increasing from 1019 in 1878 to 18,646 in 1881. A bait of taking In members of advanced ages at the same contribu tion as young members, on condition that they paid in cash down an extra entrance fee of 55., Os., or 75. a year for each year of age over 50, seems to have proved most successful. These large entrance fees, inetesd of being treated as a composition in lieu of extra contributions for benefit, were appropriated as fast as they were received in the form of commission, salaries, he. The money coming into the society's coffers appeared to have been literally squandered lathe most reckiess manner. Towards the end of 1883 the tide began to turn. In May last an investigation into tine society's affairs was demanded by 100 of the members, and acceded to by the Chief Registrar. As the result of that investMation, the actuary found (1) That the funds of the society are insufficient to meet the existing claims thereon; and (2) that the rates of contribution fixed by the society are insufficient to cover the benefits assured to be given by the same. Inasmuch, however, as an immediate award for dissolution would debar the trustees or other persons interested from taking proceedings, which they may possibly be advised are open to them, for obtaining an account and recovering assets belonging to the sooety, he would Bugged, that no such award be for the present made. TOO Chief Registrar accordingly determined, under date of the 19th ult., that he did not consider it expedient at present to award that the society should be dissolved and its affairs wound up; and so the matter now Mends.  The Warwickshire police believe they have a clue to the murderers of Police.constable Hine, at Fenny Compton, in February last year. Bloodstained clothes belonging to two men have been found hidden in a garden near Fenny Compton. A woman stated recently on her deathbed tLat the day after the murder she saw the two men wearing bloodstained clothes. They threatened to kill her if she informed anyone. AT Chester the lauke of Westminster, in the presence of the Duchess, the bishop of Chester, the Mayor of Chester, and moat of the medical men and leading citizens of the city and county, the other day, Prorented Dr. Waters with his portrait, by Mr. Frank 8011, and a cheque for £296, in recognition of hie public and private worth. Dr. Waters is one of only four reciplents of the gold medal of the British Medical Association given for distinguished service.. In his case it was presented for his long-continued and • 44' denying services in the cause of medical retort..
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-02-05 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE SPANISH BRIGANDS.  TALRS OF DASINO.  The Madrid correspondent of the Daily News re. lutes two incidents of the daring of the brigands who still lurk in Andaluaia. In Mater, he writes, there was a high official who boasted of the efforts he had made to seize these desperadoes. This official was in the habit of taking a drive every warm summer evening outside the town. One day the official took scab for his usual drive at nightfall, and when he had gone a couple of miles from the suburbs, his driver stopped before the door of a house of humble appearance. A man came out, opened the door of the carriage, got in, and sat by the side of the amazed official, and the coachman drove on. In reply to the query, "Who are you?" the intruder calmly said, "Your Excellency has often wished to see Melgares and El Visco. El Visa, is now driving you, and Melgares is sitting by your side and craving your pardon for thus introducing himself. The two brigands brought the discomfited official to the outskirts of Malaga, and bowed him politely and sarcastically out of the cab. The brigands are said to be very careful in recruitingtheir band; and some time ago a gipsy, who had committed two murders and had escaped from a convict prison, presented himself as a volunteer. Melgtres, to test the recruit, sent him to get money from a farmer, and he himself warned the police of what was going to take pla-e by an anonymous letter. He, however, kept reedy at some distance to assist the gipsy if he proved to be in earnest and not a decoy bird of the police. The guards very nearly caught the gipsy, who escaped after a very desperate fight, in which he wounded one of them. Melgares then told the fellow that he "would do very well," and afterwards used him in many a daring scheme. The other day the runaway convict and a fellow brigand came to grief near Velez-Malaga As usual, they had been sent by their chief to extort a round sum from a rich gentleman in the country. One of the brigands remained with the horses of the riders, whilst the gipsy went to the house and began to count the money. The gentleman had sent information to the captain of Civil Guards, who placed several of his men in ambush, and they suddenly pounced on the robberand told hint to surrender, as resistance was useless. The gipsy drew a pistol and fired at the Civil Guards twice, at the same time attempting to escape, but he was instantly shot in the head and arm, as the gendarmes seldom mince matters in these encounters. Directly he heard the shots the other brigand galloped off, but the mounted Civil Guards soon caught him, and a bullet lathe back laid him low for ever. It seems that this summary disposal of two of the most daring of the brigands has caused a salutary impression in the neighbourhood, and the authorities now hope they will find more willingness on the part of the peasants to assist them in unearthing the brigands, as the Horne Office has ordered the Civil Guards to capture or kill them as soon as possible.
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-07-09 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

DONNELL AND THE "TIMES."  Mr. F. H. O'Donnell, late M.P. for Dunprvan, has sent a letter to the in which lie assures the editor that he shall afford him the pleasure of having his jury: What the Mouse of Commous, cr no much of the best part of it, failed to do, I (says Mr. (Memell in his letter) have contrived to effect, or rather you have done it yourself. In your eagerness to crush my interposition you have oil Led yourself, and now we possess the result in the refined gold of that most libelloos article against me in your issue of the 17th Inst., which was your truculent reply to an inoffensive cor• rection of one of your fundamental misstatements of matters of fact. Within the four corners of that perfectly infamous libel, almost every sentence is a gross, tangible, and horrible lie, or the suggestion of it. Every lie is solid and circumstantial and definitely localised; and, mark me, you shall prove every ODO of them home. When I step into the witness-box you will not find one wished-for pretext for confusing the 'ssue by a single transatlantic episode. You shall be allowed to budge not one inch out of British soil, British knowledge, British experience. You shall be allowed to promenade the jury not over to Chicago, nor Poker Flat, nor the Great Wall of China. What you have said you shall stick to. You have libellously , described mean resorting to most dishonest • quibbles' on 'irrelevant' matters in order to disguise my reluctance or inability 'to meet your statements. You shall prove it. You have libellously declared me to have been for years in your very City of London the , 'colleague' of murderers. You shall prove it to a , jury of London. You have libellously connected me with the concealment, here in your City of London, of the tools of intended assassination. You shall prove it to a jury of London. You have libellously I connected me with your lying story that, here in I London, Charles Stewart Parnell knowingly supplied funds for the object of saving murderers from the reach of justice. You shall prove it to a jury of London:.  Mr. O'Donnell gives the Tun., what he terms "one measure of mercy " : " Considering that it is at least psychologically conceivable that—judging by your ravings—you are to some extent liable to be the dupe of your insane prejudice, I allow you one week to adopt the following alternatice. 1. Explicit retractation of the libel, and sincere apologies to me and my former colleagues. 2. Explicit and humble apology to the public opinion of England, which you have endeavoured to envenom for the purpose of setting people against people, and nation against nation ; and 3. As a material confirmation of these retractations and apologies, and as a partial comp, nsation for your horrible practices against Christian and civic charity and fillowehip, payment of the sum of £lO,OOO for charitable objects within the metropolis of London without distinction of religious denominations." The Tuner does not publish the letter, nor does it take any notice of it. The ',wig News gives the chief portions of it.