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The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-09-21 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

NATIVE SACRIFICE FRUSTRATED. A correspondent at Bonny, West Africa, writing to the Liverpool representatives of the English Niger Mission, gives an account of a "fetish" which occurred there, and which ehewe that the horrible na,ive "customs " are not yet abolished from the i, land towns. it appears that the natives of Ohambele, one of the lbo trading markets,purchased a girl between 11 and 12 years of age to offer as a sacrifice "to cleanse their land from the pollution it had contracted." The child wee thrown into the river at the entrance of the creek leading to their town. This was done after a solemn ceremony had been gone through. The child WMS shrouded in a white calico cloth, and attached to her were about 30 fowls and chickens. The helpless victim was taken in a canoe by three men, and heartlessly thrown into the water. The fowls kept the child afloat, and the Bonny traders, who had heard of the intended sacrifice, were on the alert to rescue her, which they did, and took her to their fellow-natives at Akweti. As soon as the Ohambele people heard of the rescue they became infuriated,and to the number of about 1,000 came down to the trading beaches where the Bonny canoes were moored. They were armed with guns, cutlasses, bows and arrows, and commenced to seize the goods of the Bonny men for dating to interfere with their "fetish." They also made a law prohibiting the Bonny traders visiting the town or trading with their people, unless they gave up the girl to be sacrificed. This the Bonny inen refused to do, preferring to have their goods lost to them. The child was subsequently taken down to Bonny, and given over to the missionaries. The affair was referred to Captain M'Doneld, the Vice-Consul, and all were waiting for the return of Sir C:aude M•Donald, lI.M. Commissioner, who was on a visit to Brass. The interior satives had ei.ti'rerl into an agreement with Sir Claude to abolish 'he offering of human beings, but the efforts of the mission stopped this, and even when the kings or thiefs die now, cows or other animals are sacrificed t..stead of human beings.  shocking case of baby-farming has been distovered by accident in two Ilohemian Infants had been taken thither from far anl :0 be disposed of, and a regular tax of five florins :eight shillings) was paid by the unnatural withers in return for the certainty that th3v would OYU] I a informed of the death of their offspring. & number of murderous instrumems have been unied, and the women who carried on the trade Arrested.  Anew reading of an old story adapted to electicmeering and other political processes: tienrge WaThington never told a lie; he merely "placed himself in the hands of his friends." Similar.—Hojack: "Have you anything about y, in the shape of a sovereign you could lend me?" Tomdick: "Yes; here." "But that's only a penny." "Yes, but the shape's all right." allude (speaking of her. flancii): "I don't believe Any other young man hying has such a tender way of making love as Tom." Kate: "Yes; that's what I always used to ttdoli when he was engaged to MC
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-05-04 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

BITS FROM BOOKS  WHY UPI BECOME SOLDIERS.  "Why did you become a soldier?" "You put tie question in a way which thews you have looked into my heart. It was not I, not Frederick Tilling, nineteen years old, who had seen three campaigns, who chose the profession, but little Freddy, ten or twelve years old, who had grown up among wooden war-horses and regiments of leaden soldiers, and to whom his father, the decorated general, and his uncle, the lady-killing lieutenant, would put the question cheeringly, 'Now, my boy, what are you going to be?' What else except a real soldier, with a real sabre, and a live horse?" "I had a box of leaden soldiers given me to-day for my son Rudolf, but lam not going to give them to him. But why, now that Freddy has grown into Frederick, why have you not quitted a condition which 1121 become hateful to you?" "Hateful? That is saying too much. I hate the pos,tion of affairs which lays on us men Pleb cruel duties as making war; but se this position does exist, and exists inevitably, why, I cannot hate the people who take on themselves the duties arising from it, and fulfil them , conscientiously with the expenditure of their best I powers. Suppose I left the service of the army, would there be any the less warfare? Truly not. It would only be that someone else would hazard his life in my place, and I can do that myself." "Could you not render better service to your fellow-men in another condition P' "I do not know. I have learned nothing thoroughly except soldiering. A man can always do something good and useful in his surroundings. I have plenty of opportunity of lightening the lot of those around me. And as far as concerns myself—for I may regard myself also as a fellow-man—l enjoy the respect which the world pays to my profession. I have passed a tolerably distinguished career, am beloved by my comrades, and am pleased at what I have attained. I have no estate, and, as a private person, I should not have the means to assist anyone else, nor even myself. So on what grounds should I abandon my way of life?" "Because killing ueople is repulsive to you." "If it is a question of defending one's life against another man attacking it, one's personal responsibility for causing death ceases. War is often, and justly, styled murder on a large scale; still, no individual feels himself to be • murderer. However, that lighting is repulsive to me, that the sad entry on to a field of battle causes me pain and disgust. that is true enough. I suffer from it, suffer intensely, but so must many a seaman suffer during a storm from sea-sickness; still, if he is anything of a brave man, he holds out on deck, and always, if needs must, ventures to sea again." "Yes, if needs must. But must there then be war?" "That is a different question. But individuals must do their share in it, and that gives them, if not pleasure, at least strength to do their duly."—"Lay Down your Arms. The Autobiography of Martha von Tilling." By Bertha von Suttner. (London: Loagmane, Green, and Co.)
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-04-06 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

EXECUTION AT LEEDS.  Edward Hemmings, a young collier, of Normanton, was executed at Leeds, on Tuesday morning,for the murder of his wife at Handsworth, near Sheffield. Ilillijicten was the executioner. The case was a very sad one. Hemmings, who bore a good character, was married in November last, but soon began to entertain feelings of jealousy. They went to Sheffield. where Hemmings became intensely jealans of some lockers. and in his rage killed his wil.• in the dead ot the night. Hemmings, who weighed nearly hat., was allowed a drop of 7ft. sin. The culprit. who left behind him a written confession of his guilt, was visited on Monday by his latlwr and mother and other relatives, to whom he expressed great regret for what he had done. lie spent the latter part of the day in reading and praying with the chaplain. At 10 o'clock he retired to rest and passel a fairly good night. He rose shortly after 6 o'clock and the chaplain, Dr. Bolan, joined him about 7 o'clock. Hemmings afterwards ate a hearty breakfast, and was subsequently again visited by the chaplain, who found him quite composed and resigned to his fate. The execution was private, the high sheriff having refused to admit anyone connec ed with the press. A crowd began to assemble in Ir.nt 01 the gaol as early as 7 o'clock, and by halt-past 7 several hundred people were scattered aloof at points whence the black flag could be seen. At five minutes to 8 the prison te II commenced tolling, and as the clock struck 8 the black flag on the prison tower was exhibited, indicating that Hemmings bad paid the extreme penalty of the law.  Two English sportsmen have been excluded from the turf in Vienna on account of non-payment of heavy bets, amounting in the aggregate to 200,000 florins. Two other gentlemen moving in the highest circles of Austrian society have been similarly treated, in one case a sum of 175,000 florins and in the other of 330,000 remaining unpaid. Dr. O'Callaghan, the former rector of the English College in Rome, while out walking on Sunday, was (the Daily (hronicle's correspondent says) suddenly struck violently on the head with • stick wielded by a passer-by. The perpetrator of the outrace turned out to be a foolish and drunken creature, who described himself as a member of the anti-clerical party. Much indignation has been excited by the outrage. •IIP: "I want you to introduce me to Miss lioreby." She "Oh. no; don't. She's awfully dull— never says a word." He: "What a wife she'd make! I want to meet her more than ever."  Harry: "Darling ' I love you." Darling: "Tee. I know it, Harry ; but I was in hones you'd have some news to tell me to-night. I haven't seen • mewl to-day, and I'm just dying for saws." . .  _ . Amateur sportsman (in the Mau* woods), "Aw• sax, mih num. am bean vowy. clangorous?" Gukte: "You needn't bays so fear, sir. Bean doe't sever tura 011 Mal sell Ilhey've Imo MC"
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1894-08-02 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MAN-OF-WAR'S DIVER DROWNED. The Times correspondent on board the Alexandra, one of the C Fleet eagated in the naval manceuvres, reports the death of a diver belonging to the St. George, who was employed on Saturday in searching for a torpedo lost from the Benbow. Shortly after the fleet anchored on Friday afternoon at Milford Haven, each ship was ordered to fire • torpedo from each of her tubes. The evolution was carried out successfully on the whole, most of the torpedoes being speedily recovered by boats sent out for the purpose and stationed in the neighbourhood of the buoys planted as marks; but the Barfieur and the Benbow each lost a torpedo, while one of the torpedoes which the Mersey attempted to fire stuck fast in one of the submerged tubes with which that ship is fitted. The Barfleur's torpedo was speedily recovered without the aid of divers, but several divers sent from various ships of the squadron were employed to search for the torpedo lost by the lienbow. One of these, named William Camden, belonging to the St. George, died while thus employed. It appears that shortly after going down he gave the usual signal to those in charge of the apparatus to shew that all was well. This signal not having been repeated after the proper interval, he was immediately hauled up, and when his helmet was removed he was found to be dead from asphyxiation. The diving apparatus used by Camden was duly inspected by himself and by the officers responsible for its condition, and was reported to be all right. The lost torpedo has not been recovered.  As Mr. Joseph Seagrave, brick manufacturer, of Sudbury, was crossing the Great Eastern Railway line close to that town on Monday morning, he was run over by a Bury St. Edmunds train and killed on the spot. Mr. :&,agrave suffered from deafness. Whilst out boating at Cookham, near Maidenhead, on Sunday, Dr. C. P. Lovell, of Porchester-square, London, was drowned through the capsizing of his boat. His dog, a French poodle, swam ashore and called attention to the boat, and then, swimming back to the craft, remained till somebody arrived at the scene of the accident. . _  At Leeds Assizes Hannah Smith, aged 38, a married woman, was charged with the murder of her infant child at Thornton on May 24th. The priszner, who had for some time been strange in her manner, first attempted to drown her child in a well, and afterwards cut off its head with a knife. When arrested she said she remembered nothing about the matter. The Jury agreed that the prisoner was insane, and her detentace daring the pleasurg of the Crown was ordered.  we nowt want near stones, earn the editor. "Our readers demand something spicy." "Well," said the man with the manuscript, "this story is about a cinnamon hear."  Misunderstood.—He: "You told me that you sincerely hoped for my welfare:" She: "Oh, no, Mr. Notwanted, you misunderstood me. I said I sincerely hoped for your farewell."  The wife of a well-known politician keeps a scrapbook, in which ebe pastes all the =complimentary paragraphs printed about her husband. They come In handy for quotation at times.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1894-06-14 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ADULTERATION IS DEALT WITH.  In this country we are troubled with adulteration, but it appears that in Switzerland they take more effectual means to prevent it, or at least to detect it. This much may be gathered from a paper read by Professor Dr. A. Rossel at the same Conference. The work is carried on in connection with the Chemical Research and Control Station of the University of Berne, which was founded 20 years ago at the instigation of the Director of Agriculture. The station is engaged principally with control. This inspection proved to be of special benefit in the year 1893, when, on account of great dearth of fodder, a large quantity had to be imported, and, notwithstanding the efforts of some vendors, all adulteration was detected, so that neither adulterated nor inferior goods could be imported. The expenses are borne partly by the Canton of Berne making a yearly grant, and partly by the receipts of the department, which are payments made by those who have their goods examined, according to a tariff approved by Government. If the Station finds the goods not in conformity with the sample, and not worth the price, the purchaser has the right to refuse them. If the contents are below the guarantee the seller pays compemation.  WHAT WILL THE RESULT BE?  Will the Conference do good? If, as a result, it should lead to improved practice, and to some change in our laws to protect farmers from fraud, the objects of the promoters wiR have been fulfilled; and we may assume that some of the points in the paper, to which rearence has been made are worthy of our attention, and, it would seem,also deserving of imitation. While the Swiss have taken some ideas from us, they appear to have gone far beyond our practice in some instances, and seemingly have improved upon it.  The liamtnirgucker Correa?*sant announces that a merchant and a lithographer of Hamburg were arrested in the Oster-strasse, in the suburb of Elmsbutte], on the charge of forging and uttering false notes. The prisoners had, it is alleged, manufactured and uttered English £5 and American sdol. notes, which they had imitated with the greatest skill. The police seized false notes representing a total value of several million marks, as Well as the printing presses, colours, and plates used in the fabrication of the notes. The arrested lithographer is a householder, who has hitherto borne an irreproachable character. The police had been making active search for the forgers for several mouths past.  in me case or a telegraphers' strike it is just a little doubtful who would hold the key to the situation.  Paul and Susanna neuzinar, who are charged with ;he murder of Mrs. Reach, in Shaftesbury-avenue, vere agaus brought before the magistrate at Marl. oorough-atreet on Monday, when the evidence cd the husband of the murdered woman was take in flchmerfeldt was charged with being an accessory to the robbery. The prisoners were again remanded for a week.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-07-23 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.  At Southwark Police-court, on Friday, James Kelly, an ex-soldler, was charged with the manslaughter of Mary Tobin, 49, a married woman and his aunt—Michael Tobin said deceased was his mother. She went out on Saturday afternoon, the 27th ult., and was brought home on Sunday morning shortly after 12 o'clock. He asked her what was the matter, and she replied, "Oh, I'm all right," but premed her hands to her head as if in pain. The next morning be found his mother lying in a pool of blood. The landlady was called, and she said, "I'll lay my life Jim has done this,' referring to the accused. Witness went to the Kays' how*, wham du rw:Mrs. Kelly, who told him "Jim did it with that iron pot," produc• hie an iron saucepan which lay on the floor the added, "he broke it over her head."— Laura Smith, of Globe-street, said the prisons' lived in her house with his mother, sad !Mir brother and sister. about 12 o'clock on the night in question the prisoner's little sister came running to her shouting "Oh, Mrs. Smith, Oh, Mrs Smith, come upstairs, there is murder r She mei deceased and prisoner 's mother, and noticed that deceased was bleeding from the left side of the head rim, prisoner's mother said "Oh, Jim! what hays you done to your soot?" and the prisoner replied "Why didn't you let me alone?" The prisoner't mother took the deceased away.—Mary Ann Kelly aged 10, a sister of the accused, said she remora bored her aunt coming to their house at nearlj midnight. Witness had had aAt on the way home and on the deceased mentioning the fact the prisons.: said "It vmuld be a good job if She was • corpse.' The doomed told him he ought to be &shalom 0 himself, and the prisoner replied, "Ought I? ' and ordered her out of the room. At this witners ran out of the room, and did not me what tool place. She denied that there was a saucepan &bool the place, and said she did not see a tumbler on tie mantelshelf.—Catherine Kelly, the prisoner '1 mother, said when she met Mrs. Smith on the stair case she shouted upstairs calling her son names,anc he shouted back, "Why can't you let me alone ? ' She saw the prisoner take up some instrument, bir she didn't know what it was, or what he did witl it. He took a glass from the mantelpiece am "aimed " it, and she next saw it in pieces on tis floor. Witness added that she did not see th. prisoner strike the deceased with the saucepan, ant was positive that he didn't. She might have pointer stout to Michael Tobin the next morning, but sin did not tell him that her son struck his mother wit' it —Dr. Herbert Daniel, of Guy's Hospital, said tbs. woman died in that institution from laceration a the brain, which might have been caused by • fall The police evidence having been given Ulf prisoner was committed for trial.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-10-15 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

QUADRUPLE EXECUTION IN JAMAICA.  Details have been received of the hanging at Spanishtown, Jamaica, on September 3rd, of three men and a woman for the murder of John Slier, Isis wife and mother, and a man named Gofaden. The criminals were two coolies, Punhausing and Ilbillic, the latter's wife, and a creole known as Johnson. According to the story of the crime, Aller was on the point of giving information of a murder committed by the coolies, and as Gofaden was suspected of also knowing of the crime, it was determined to murder both of them. Aller was decoyed from his house by Johnson to a lonely spot, where Ilbillic, rushing from behind a tree, struck him a terrific blow upon the head with a large stone. Punhausing then came from a hiding place and nearly finished Alter as he lay upon the ground. The man was then dragged a short distance away, when Johnson knelt upon his stomach while Pudtaeing stood upon his feet. Ilbillic cut the victim's throat, and then they hid the body in the bushes. The coolies now sent the woman and Johnson to bring Gofaden, which they did. 'fhe same scene was repeated. As Gofaden approached he was pounced upon, and stunned with stones and sticks, after which he was dragged to a rumshop kept by Ilbillic, where Punliausing cut his throat. They then went to Aller's house, and murdered his wife, Kunsill, and his mother, Patarina, whose bodies Johnson mutilated in • frightful manner. The remains were left lying upon the floor. The lives of these two women were sacrificed because they had recognised Johnson when he went, to the hcuse to take Aller away, and the murderers feared that the women would testify against them. Johnson was the first to emerge from his cell, and eto chattin cheerfully for a few seconds, after which he walked to the front of the cells, apparently praying. Punhausing came from his cell, and, sitting down, rested his head on his hands. At 20 minutes to 7 the woman commenced to cry, and her wailing did not cease until the arrival of the clergy. Ilbillic was hanged first. His wife called upon Heaven to witness that she knew nothing of flse crime, and her husband had just made a similar declaration when the drop fell. The woman died immediately. Ilbillic struggled for two minutes. Ile was cut down, and Punhausing and Johnson mounted the scaffold together. They Itell together, and not a muscle of either moved.  reaied  Aurices trim beonsenuetz, Sliesift, say that Herr Michaelis, president of the Silesian Banking Con,piny, has absconded from the country with 48,000 maike, the property of the bank. Herr Michaelis Wilfl the holder of numerous honorary Can& ••. . . .  The police at Rome have just captured 79 individuals who were members of a gang of thieve*. Twenty-eve more persons are being watched. Among those arrested are several jewellers. A quantity of precious stones, diamonds, securities, &c., have been seized.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-09-17 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

HUSH  PEERS.  Of the 20 odd members of the House of Lords who have died since the beginning of the year, two of them—the Earl of Clonmell and the Earl of Wicklow—were Irish representative peers, and both of them, curiously enough, successors to titles created in 1793. Friday night's London Gazette contains In intimation that, as provided by the Act of Union, writs have been issued for the election of a "temporal peer to succeed to the vacancy made -by the iemise of Cecil Ralph, Earl of Wicklow." The 28 Irish representative peers are elected not for each Parliament, like the Scotch representative peers, but For life. The Irish representative peers also enjoy the exceptional privilege of being eligible for election as members of the House of Commons for any place in Great Britain. Of course, while sitting in the House of Commons they do not enjoy the privilege of peerage." The Irish peers who elect the representative peers are a diminishing body: It was desired at the time of the Union to diminish he excessive number of frith peerages created for political purposes by Pitt; and it was accordingly provided in the Act of Union that only one Irish peerage should be created for every three which ihould become extinct, until the then existing 234 were reduced to 100, irrespective of Irish peers who night be entitled by descent or creation to an %ereditary seat in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. It appears that there are now only 127 Irish peers whose right to vote at elections of representative peers has been admitted by the HOU/4 4 Lords.  Whilst at target practice at Carthew, on Saturday, St. Ives coastguardsman named Alexander Hoare, was accidentally shot in the back with a revolver, and died shortly after. The ball passed through his lungs and was found under his shirt. A tragic affair has occurred at Avellins after the preliminary hearing of a case in which Baron Henri Bresciamorra, a young married man of 30 years of age, was charged with having seduced his cousin. The place was crowded, and, after some testimony had been taken, the Court adjourned the case and admitted the accused to bail. As he was leaving the court-room a brother of the young girl implicated stepped forward and, drawing a revolver, shot him twice in the head and killed him instantly. The murderer was arrested.  Since August 24th an lalian offlcer,Colonel Zucchi, who had left Mondovi, stating that he meant to go to Mount Rocciamelone via Mont Genie, had bevn missing. The other day a detachment of Alpine soldiers was sent to search the areas of the mountains round Bonder glacier, but no trace of the lost man was found. His name was written in the list of travellers at an inn on Mont Canis. That is the last that is known of him, and it is feared that he has fallen over one of the many precipices between the glacier and Mount Itocciamelooe.