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The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1877-09-14 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

SAD DEATH FROM POISONING .AT WALSALL.  On Saturday an inquest wae held by Mr. A. A. Fletcher, the Borough Coroner, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn. Birtuinghain-road, Walsall, on the body of Mr. Frank Stubbs lluignan, of Sutton. road, aged 24, son of Mr. W. H. Duignan, solicitor, of that town. It was shown that the deceased had been an invalid and unable to walk since he  was seven years of age, and he had not the proper use of his arms, but his mental powers were good and he was fond of study. He rang for his at.. tendant between seven and eight o'clock on Thursday morning, and was supplied with his medicine chest and some books. From the former tie Se-I,'tcted a stoppered bottle, stating that he had a hod headache and would smell the contents to in. dibm sleep. He told the attendant not to disturb hills for an hour and a half. After the lapse of that' time the attendant went again, and found him deed. The bottle, still grasped in hi hand, con. tame dfprussic acid. Dr. A. J. Harrison deposed that ha was called to see deceased immediately after hi death, and found a phial containing a small quantity of diluted prussic acid in his hand. The stopper was in the b ottle. He believed that as deceased lay in bed gi selling the acid, some of it, owing to the weakness of his hands, was spilled upon his lips. Deceased was greatly malformed about the chest. The smal lest possible portion of prussic acid would eau: le death in such a case. He would not have been mrprised at death ensuing precisely as it had done without the poison. He did not think the poison Lad been taken wilfully, the stopper having been replaced in the bottle. He would not swear that t, he prussic acid was the cause of death, though that probably acclerated it. Mr. W. It Tfruignan stated that deceased had an income about .£270 or .d2BO a year, and lived in a how to of his own from choice. He had nothing whatever to trouble him but his illness, and had on the day before his death been talking of things to b e done in the future. Deceased studied medici, he, and was a man of sound and clear intellect.  The Coroner having summed up, pointing out that there was no evidence at all pointing to a suicide, the jury returned a verdict that "Death was caused or a. scelerated by prussic acid, but whether that wa s administered intentionally or accidentally them was not sufficient evidence to show." Th, inquiry lasted about three hours.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1877-02-09 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

ALP., in the chair. About thirty new members trete siected. The Rev. Joseph Galbraith, Peilow or Trtnity College, moved, and the ihsolution we passed unanimously :—"That Mr. John O'Keeffe, M.P., a nieniber of the League, baring publicly supported Mr, I &minim, anti-Home Rule candidate for Waterford, against Mr. Delabunty, the Home Rule candidate adopted by the League, should cease to boa atomism."  Mr. Booed addressed his constituents, at Greenwich, last week, dealing chiefly with the Eastern question. He said the policy of the English Government was to protect our intereets, avert war, and obtain better Government for the Turkish provinces. If colnpuldon were employed, with Russia for the agent, she would require as much looking after as the Turks themselves. If, as was probable, Russia was Pow retreating from the warlike positi, it indicated by the Emperor'. Maseow speech, the whole question might be shelved iv its present unsatisfactory condition, only to turn up again in as troublesome a form as ever. He believed the Conference had had valuable results. TUE En 11, T. Or At oniurt Eat es-r,.—Dr. Fethergill, in a paper on this .abject in the SaNitary le, cord, says :—The deoeptivenest. the utter untrustworthiness, the subtle craft, the faisehood, which women of culture even, wiil develop under the influence of alcoholic cravings, have shocked many persons. The habitual drunkard, however produced, alwaysexhibits these characteristic signs of moral degradation. The deterioration of character produced by protracted drunkenness is notorious. While the intellect becomes enfeebled by eteess, the moral eharae r becomes profoundly modified.; the force which ordinarily restrain others are in abeyance perhaps too often their iefluenee has gone for ever; the indifferenee towards the Interests of others progresses alongside a waving selfishness, a complete absorption in self. Se long MI then can procure what they themne!ves crave for, confirmed drunkards are indifferent as to how others may suffer for, or be injured by, their ,e.flshness. The ordinary feelings of parent or husband are too often overruled,,by the evnsuming passion , the wonted consideration for those who used to he clear to them has given way to an inordinate egotism. .Not uncommonly, indeed, there is developed a vein of devilish mischievousness wtich delights in injuring, :those whom they ought to protect—a sort of malice el.sely resemblieg the VICiOUPII,K, of certain animals. Of course, all drunkards are not exactly anis; the ruin still preserves the general outline of IC or arrive structure.  An Inquest has been held at Finchley on the body of a blsckamith, named Gobey, who committed suicide. It was s'ated that a brother of the deceased committed suicide about twelve months ago, and that the father bad aLso attempted to take away his own life.  The Carlisle Patriot states that on an early da a a simultaneous collection is to tie made in all the principal hotels and inns of the United Kinsdom, in aid of the " Chores Moore Memorial Scheme," promoted by the London and Northern committee&  MR.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1877-07-20 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY.—At a morn- I ing sitting, Mr. Whalley postponed his motion with respect Ito the Society of the Holy Cross until the I 24th instant. On the motion for going into Com- I raittee of Supply, Mr. Parnell moved a resolution ' affirming the desirability of an independent inspection of convict eztablishments, and praying for a 'Royal Commission to inquire into the discipline and management of these prisons. Mr. Whalley seconded the motion, complimented Mr. Parnell on having taken up the question, and then proceeded to refer to "the objectionable treatment of a prisoner at Dartmoor," for,which he censured the Government. Mr. Downing complained of the treatment of O'Donovan Rosso and other political prisoners. The Home Secretary opposed the proposal, but mid he would carefully consider the matter during the reCMS. He also opposed the appointment of a Royal Commission. The amendment was withdrawn, and the House having gone into Committee of Supply, a number of votes were agreed to. The attention of the Government having been called to the recent suicide of a Blue Coat School boy, the Home Secretary announced the names of the Commission appointed to enquire into the discipline in Christ's Hospital. The Home resumed at nine o'clock, and 'visa immediately counted out.  HOUSE OF LORDS, Mom:ay.—Lord Oranmore and ',Browne called attention to the prevalence of undetected and unpunished crime in Ireland, and ' asked if it was the intention of the Government to propose any measure for the better prbtection of life in that country. He stated that in his part of the country threatening letters were so numerous that their name was legion, yet such was the terrorism exercised that publicity. was not given to them through the press, or by information furnished to the Government or to the police. In 1876 there were 36 murders and 300 crimes against human life, and whereas outrages were formerly committed at night they were now perpetrated in open day. The Duke of Marlborough, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, quoted statistics to show that since 1870 there had been a very large diminution in the number of outrages re-1 ported to the police and a very favourable decrease 'of crime generally. He believed the powers already , possessed by the authorities were sufficient, and hoped it would never fall to his lot to advise her Majesty's Government to increase the restrictions now imposed. Lord O'Hagan expressed surprise at the sentiments of the noble lord who had brought on the question, and asserted that Ireland not only occupied an exceptional position as compared with her former condition, but she held a prominent position as compared with other nations. After a few words from Lord Carlingford and a brief reply from Lord o.anraore and Browne the subject dropped. Their Lordships adjourned at 7.40.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1877-06-08 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

RECKLESS MINER.  At Rugeley Petty Sessions, yesterday, a miner named Hugh Everidge was charged with a breach of the Mines Act by removing a cartridge which had refused to go off, at the Hayes Colliery at Brereton, in Mareh last. On removing the charge it exploded, and burnt defendant so severely that he was laid up for six weeks. In consideration of his already having been punished, he was only Sued 2s. gd. and costs.  A verdict of manslaughter was returned by • coroner's jury, on Mondry, against Ellen Beady, for having caused the death of her sister, at Peckham, by itriking her with a paraffin lamp.  Three men were thrown into the Thames on Saturday, at Hammersmith, by the capsizing of a boat. Two swam ashore. The third, who was drowned, was George Richards, of the Star Coffee House, York road, Battersea, cabinet-maker. Au inquest was held on Monday en the body of Mr. Wm. Coshead, aged 40, manager of the National India Ru,ber Company. 44, Gresham street, London, who had shot himself with a pistol. It was stated that he had a draft for .i.:111110 to ray, and had only .£l5O to meet it. A verdict of suicide while of uneound mind was returned.  How DI,MAS6io 0011MUNICATST.—The Liverpool Mercury reports that a family named Lawrence, of Ellesmere, have lost their six children by diphtheria, the origin of which has been dearly traced. Some of the children being thirsty while they were out, a glass of water was procured for them from a cottage, and It turned out that In the house a child was at the time suffering from the disease,  Mr. Leonard Edmund.' motion to set aside an award nude in the suit between himself and the Treasury by Mr. Denman and Mr. I' hock (both now Judges of the High Court) as long ago as Ictiti, was on Monday dirtniered 'with costs by Justices Mellor and Lush, in the Queen's Bench Division, as Mr. Edmunds did not ehoose to bring it on until the Lord Chief Justice should be sitting in the division.
The Stockton Examiner, and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald. — 1879-07-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-A SAD TALE.  At the Liverpool Police Court, before Mr. Clarke f,pinall, Lucy Williams, eighteen years of age, has eon charged with having attempted to commit • iicide by cutting her throat.—Police-constable The .toted that, having been informed that a woman had idtempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat, he proceeded to Travis Street, and found the prisoner thorn with a wound in htt ihtvat, and lesno•ttlo lact the East Dispensary, where the wound, which the sargeon said was not a serious one, was dressed by Pr. Limerick. The prisoner then stated that she had even brought away from Bristol by a man who reprewilted himself to be unmarried. She went with him Oa a ship from Bristol to Cardiff, where they left the ‘hip. Having but little money he and she walked from Cardiff to Bristol. The other week they started from Bristol to Liverpool, and she then ascertained that he was married and lived in Premier Street. She was completely astounded by the discovery, and did reit know what she was doing. She regretted what she had done, and would return to Bristol if she were discharged.—A woman stated that the prisoner, who was accompanied by a man, had asked her to direct h, to lodgings, and she allowed her to remain at her house in Travis Street that night. The man called en the following day, and promised to pay the witness for the girl's accommodation.—A person of respectable appearance, who said her name was Mrs. Dobinan, and that she was the wife of the man referred to and had six children, stated that she had sent .4:1 to her husband to enable him to come home, :Ind that his brother-in-law had also sent him money, whieh he must have misspent. She believed that the girl and her husband had walked from Bristol to Liverpool. The witness had repeatedly asked her ..ustand to let her know where the girl was, in order tat she might make some reparation to her, and when he told her that the girl lived in a house in Travis Street, she made inquiries there and had writTI to the girl's friends in Bedminster, but had not -oeeived an encouraging reply.—Mr. Aspinall spoke fp terms of COMM( ndation of the kind conduct of Mrs. :s-binan, and raid that he would remand the ease, the girl to be in the meantime taken to the workhouse, with a view to her complete recovery, and in order that further inquirieu might be made with the object of rendering her sonic assistance.—A gentleman in cart, a missionary, who attends daily, also promised to interest himself in the girl's behalf.
The Stockton Examiner, and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald. — 1879-04-19 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF COOLIES BY THE DUTCH.  The Shanghai Sin Pao publishes a letter from a correspondent giving an account of the kidnapping of coolies for the Dutch possessions in the Straits and the cruel treatment they suffer. The editor says that he at first disbelieved the charges, but having made enquiries which convinced him of their truth, he determined to print the letter. The writer says that certain persons are in the habit of advancing wages and passage money to coolies and shipping them from !long Kong or Macao, nominally for Singapore. On 'arriving at the Straits the cooliea are not allowed to land, and are immediately transhipped on to another vessel for Penang. At Penang they are sold for seventy or eighty dollars apiece, and are carried off to the Dutch Possessions. Though they are questioned by the foreign officials whether they are going of their free will, the kidnappers cozen them into saying that they are. If anyone finds out the fate for which he is destined and objects to proceed, he is detained on pretence of the advances made to him. Thecoolies are employed in the Dutch islands to clear andiplant tobacco. It is said that each man on his arrival is tattooed on the cheek, but this is more than one need believe. However, once arrived they are never released. No letters are allowed to be transmitted. If any one tenders his ransom, it is no accepted. Wll.ll sick they have no medical attend since. For dress they have only cocoa-nut bark for food one pound of rice in the husk and three sous to buy salt fish daily. When a man dies, his body is ,it in four and is buried under a banana tree to manure it. tin account of the heat and unhealthiness the climate nearly half die the first year. Many Li e killed by the cruelty of the overseers, and some sre driven to commit suicide. The total number of leaths that have occurred since the trade began in ~ore than ten thousand, and no one has ever been ;flown to escape. When this trade was commenced L certain man of Sinning, near Canton, was appoints] to take charge of the coolies, receiving five dollars s head per annum. He has made an immense for. one, but innumerable deaths lie at his door. Numrs of the unfortunate wretches applied to the writer for help when he was in the country, but he :ould to nothing for them. He can only pray the 2hinese and foreign officials to keep watch for kidsappers, and punish them severely. Ile also begs the ;entry to petition the authorities to appoint officers Lequainted with the Cantouese, Swatow, and Hakka iialccts to board every ship clearing for Singapore, n d question each emigrant, separately, and release dl who have been kidnapped or deceived into going.
The Stockton Examiner, and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald. — 1879-04-05 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FOSTER. himself in Jesuit. The exist.. a the spirit after - pleading, for his conclusions are haaed upon false eubordinated to the one gre. idea. "In the beginning North Yorkshire Iron Company-there was an ortensive to use fur dotnestic purposes is fixed, being ugulated , Percy.strece. Parkfield, Stockton-on-Tece. death waft once for all proved by the appearance of assumptions and unsatisfactory evidence. I do not God made the heavens and the earth." And whatever open rite I, I whi h w dan er to health. Dr Lehller by the annual value, and not by the rein. of the pro- , P.S.-Other lodges in thwn discussed the matter Jesuit to Lie disciple, after he Lad been crucified, and think I shall be far wrong in saying that hie efforts; to we may thit kas to the precise historical value of these m . c" g °I.I. d 1 h d f ade reference th a common an unhea t y rno e o perty. Further, under the 58th eection of the Water wßla the result of adhering to the right side, whali iv o other spirit ever has or will nmke knowu hie reeoucile the Bible and hcience drove hint mad, for he poorer C rine/3-W IC ad d b f th I Is' h records, we must agree that the more they are • heuemg elete 1 many 0 l be works Clauses Act atm dispute as to the sedue a the tepresented by Mr J. Maline, G. W.C.T. 'existence to the living. We leave th remore God to the • committed suicide by shooting himself. t • b rds investigated by ecientific minds (or ordinare Minds consisted in tlm occupants 0 ouses urninhgteuerroaosee of premises charged for had to be settled by appeal to , world, to prove that God still works in nature and in I Not very long ago a learned doctor of the Orthorlox either) the more we come th feel that they cannot be and pentries into theeping.lartments. I . h justices. Mr Friend had raised no such question as to ,Sporting Antelligenc r. man, to bring men into per... coutitct with Ged, .d Church gave a lecture in Stockton, and tried to prove received AS more than a record of the early ideas of infectious disease.s mspecial y this pr t b rheedtrTh: valuation until that day mid had not appealed, so that ; teach them to approach their Father without a that the Rble w. not at veriance with ecience. It thie very ancient wields,. When we trace that record dangerous „and injurious eo genersit. . he was now out of court on that point.--J. W. Berry mediator, to teach them to seek the ketdration of the was almost laUghable, the way in which be tried to d d t . e t rt back we find it reaches further than the origin of the Surveyor (.ir F. laratd malt he it:. en e me 01,11. was called, and etated that the annual value upon
The Stockton Examiner, and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald. — 1879-02-22 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ROMANTIC DOUBLE SUICIDE.  The other morning, between seven and fight o'clock t barge belonging to Edwarl Hankey, of Rochester, was proceeding along the river off North Woolwich, when Hankey, who was rowing, noticed two bodies boating in mid-stream, and throwing out a line, se drew them in, and found them to be those of a aide and gentleman, both dressed in deep mourning. in the fingers of each of the deceased were a juantity of gem rings, and both wore engaged rings. The gentleman, who appeared to be about 12, has been identified Elf I Mr. Charles (lifforl, ndependent gentleman late of 23 Marine Parade, Brighton, and the lady as Miss Blanche Crosatield, of Horsham, Susses. It is statel Mr. Clifford became wquainted with Miss Crosstield when 17 years of ago ;hrough having saved her from drowning. Bo.h de- , ;eased became mutually attached, and plighted troth, it the wish of the parents on both sides, until a year later, when Mr. Croastield withdrew his promise on ;he ground that Mr. Clifford's son was a Roman ;..latholic. Both deceased then arranged that neither would marry any other, and each would be wial.left " to the Church" until Mr. Crossfield should withbrow his objection. Mr. Gittord (deceased) then stayed throw!, at Athens, Geneva, and Baden for son, Tears, when he received a leiter from Mr. Crossfield, , informing him that his daughter was dying, that he !decoised) was the cause and adding, " If you wed my bru zhter my curse KIWI follow you both. I have tlnarly disinherited her." Deceased arrived in London last Thursday week, and met Miss Crossfield at her residence at Gravesend, Mr. Croa,field having been killed in a c.irriage accident. Both deceased's inns were united by some silken cords, and in Miss Crossfield's purse, conaining notes, &0., was found a t card, on which was written " As we may not be wed in this world, may Heaven permit us in the nest. In loving embrace, we mutually agree to leave this selfish world.—Charles Gifford. Blanche Cronheld. —February 8, 1879." The tide being strong, the bodies were landed further along the river, as the barge was heavily laden and difficult to manage.
The Stockton Examiner, and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald. — 1879-08-30 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SUICIDE OF A BARONET'S SON.-A REMARKABLE LETTER.  A sad case of suicide is reported at Denver, Colorado, the deceased, who had suffered for some years from Bright's disease, was staying at Charpiott's Hotel, Denver, with two friends named Carter and De la Kethulle. On Wednesday, the 6th inst., deceased was seen to be gloomy, and on the following morning he was found in his bedroom dying from the effects of morphine which he had taken. In the room the following letter addressed to Mr. Carter was found:—" My dear Jack--Thirty-six hours ago I signed my own death warrant; fortwenty-four hours I kept up my spirits, but the last twelve, as you have more than once noticed, I turned a little blue. Philosopher I believed myself t, be' but still I am fond of life and living, and it is hard I tied, to make one's mind up to cut one's self elf from a world which, though far from perfect, in, after all, a very loveable world. Hardest of all, to leave old friends like yourself—staunch, true, and tried, from the first to the bitter end. I don't want, at this late hour, when the curtain is about to fall on the last act of the drama of a mispent life, to eulogise, but I speak truth when I say I feel leaving you—yes ! I feel it deeply. As for that good hearted soul Kethulle, who would let use live on his ranch, ride his horses, eat his food, and never show that I had outlived my welcome may he have the happiness and good return he deserves. Tell Boodle anti Huntington that in my last hours I thought of them as of my best friends. Telegraph the event to Roche, at the Clarendon, and arrange with Roche about my bills. I owe him about DM dole. He can draw on Sir Thomas, if Sir Thomas knows, and I imagine he will duly receive. The rest I leave to you. Good bye, dear old fellow, and in the aftertime think as kindly as you can of your old friend, TOM BEE,OI/..' The verdict of the coroner's jury at the inquest held was that the deceased died from an overdoes of morphine.