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The Telegram. — 1894-04-03 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR.  The little Sisters of the Poor have much pleasure in bearing their testitnouy as to the efficacy of Alicook's Porous Plasters. They have seen great benefit derived from thou or account of the relief they so quickly give the sufferer. They find them a very soothing remedy for all sorts of pains.— T.M.T. Home for the Aged Poor. Parkfield Avenue, Birkenhead.  The aim MARK Our PRAIIAR ways :—" I find them a very breast plate against colds and coughs." Mr. HENRY THORNE (evangelist) says :—" I have used them for pains in the back and side arising from rheumatic and other causes, always deriving benefit from their application. They are easily applied and very comforting." Over twenty millions of Allcock's Plasters have already been sold in Great Britain, the must tell ing testimony to this great external remedy. Allcock's Plasters stop all aches and pains and sprains and strains. Lumbago, Sciatica, RheniumWM, Ruptures, Bronchitis, Asthma, all affections of the Throat and Lungs, acting directly on the tissues, dilating the pores of the skin, giving- instant relief.  ALLCOOK'S PLASTERS are of great efficacy in in• lig es tion if worn over right aide of the Pit of the Stomach. Allcock'N—Of all Cherniats, 14 lid. [6128.  The British steamer Isle of Bardsey has foundered off Tarifa. The crew were saved.  Lord Hannon dted shortly after three on Thursday afternoon.  A severe storm recently swept over Wyoming, and it ia stated that half the cattle on the ranches have perished. An extraordinary suicidal epidemic is reported from Paris, some five or six actual and attempted suicides being reported.  Mr. Haydn Parry, musician and composer of the opera "Cigarette," died in London on Thursday. The deceased was the sun of Dr. Parry, of the University College, Cardiff. At Constantinople, on Sunday, an attempt was made to assassinate the Armenian Patriarch while he was celebrating mass in the cathedral of Koum Kapou. Two shots were fired by the would-be aAsassin, but without effect. DELICtI [5
The Telegram. — 1894-04-17 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

SAD CASE.—On Saturday, Eliiabeth Guest, wife of Col.-Sergt. Guest, of the Taunton Devitt, pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving from an employee at the Somerset Manufacturing Company goods to the amount of £2 8s 9d, knowing the same to have been stolen property. The man Quick, from whom she received the goods, COMinitt.ed suicide. The Bench were engaged in the case for five hours, and she Court was croa tied. It appeared that Quick had disposed of large quantities of print to the defendant, who, in turn, sold it in similar quantities to the wives of the non-commissioned officers at the barracks. At some of the factories the employees are allowed to purchase old stock at cheap rates, and in order to prevent suspicion defendant sold the print as rentnants.—The Bench dealt with the prisoner under the First Offenders' Act, and bound her ()ter to come up for judgment when called upon. COUNTY COURT, Thursday.—Before Judge Beresford.—Mr. Pollard, stone merchant, Tamaton, obtained judgment for £lO 70 against Messrs. ,Searle and Sun, stone merchants, cif Wakefieldalleged to have been paid by plaintiff on the defend. ants' account —Mr. George M. Ridge, fish bales, man, of Taunton, sued Mr. James Woks-ham, of the Bareican. Plymouth, for £1 17s, balance of account due on a number of empty fish barrels. Plaintiff alleged that he supplied Mr. Wakeham with a number of empty fish barrels to be filled with fish and returned to bun, but defendant only returned a part of thenr.—For the defence it was stated that owing to the rotten condition of many of the barrels they could not be used.—Judgment for the defendant with costs. —Mr. William Ta:ewell, of Taunton, sued Mr. J. Charlotte, of Bishops Hull, for £44 64, which included a quarter's rent and expenses incurred. There was a counter-claim for £BO, put in by defendant for an alleged breach of agreement on the part of the plaintiff—The jury sweated alaintiff 1,25. ToweCotiverr., Tuesday.—The Mayor (Alder- : man H J- Van Trump) in the chair. It was agreed to obtain counsel's opinion as sa the action of the Assessment Committee of the Taunton Union, who raised the assessment of the water works from £1,026 tc £2,Boo.—The Mayor, on behalf of the ratepayers, then presented to Mr. J. A. Robinson a handsome silver-plated liqueur stand, which the Council bad resolved to give him in recognition of the valuable assistance and advice he had rendered them in connection with the electric light works. Mr Robinson has for some years been locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway at Taunton, and he has , recently been promoted toe higher positiun in the , locomotive department, which haat necessitated his removal to Newton Abbot. —Mr Alderman Spiller was reappointed a governor of the finish School.—The tender of Mr. W. Harris to tIo the scavenging of the eastern district for £l6O, and that of Mr C. Govier for that of the northern district for 4245, were accepted.—The Council • appointed Mr Harold W. Couzens as engineer in charge of the electric light work., at a salary of . £l2O per annum, to eununence from she Ist of -January last.
The Telegram. — 1894-01-30 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

THE PROPOSED WORKS AT THE SANDEANES.—A meeting of the Quay Trustees was held on Friday, to consider the objections which have been lodged , to the draft provisional Fortier relating to the ' proposed works at the Sandbanks, and the draft replies which have been prepared thereto.—There were present : the Mayor (Mr. F. G. Wheatley), Alderman W. I). Dugdale, E. J. Conway, C. Hill, and E. N. Blanchard ; Councillors G. Curtis, J. Loader. C. J. Woodford, R. Smith, E. R. Oakley, G. F. Wanhill, W. Wheeler, C. R. Hayball, H. T. Habgood, P. E. L. Budge, H. F. J. Barnes, J. R Philpots, W. Carter, and C. Carter.— Mr. Curtis proposed thaton face of the opposition, the whole thing shoulu,be dropped for a year.—Mr. Budge asked what had been the cost incurred so far in connection with the proposed provisional order, and the clerk replied it had been about £loo.—The draft replies, which were of a lengthy character, having been read, the clerk, in answer to the Mayor said that he was advised by his Parliamentary agent that the merchants could not come in under this order.—Mr. Budge proposed as an amendment that the Mayor, Alderman Dugdale, and the clerk wait upon the Board of Trade and find out whether they intended to support the application of the Merchants' Association that there should be a joint board.—Alderman Dugdale seconded, and the amendment was carried unanimously.  An important discovery of coal has liren made at Forest Row, Kent. During the past week more than 2,700 pauper Jews have left Odessa tor England. The Rev. Richard Shaen, M.A., a well-known Unitarian minister, has died at Royston.  The death of Captain Lendy in Matabeleland was due to rupture sustained during some athletic sports.  The London and North-Western Railway Carriaze Works at Wolverton will iesume full time on February Ist. The Jersey (Channel Islands)States, on Tuesday adopted compulsory elementary education by a majority of two. John Millar, inmate of the County Down Lunatic Asylum, committed suicide on Sunday, by cutting his throat with a knife.  The Paris writers are complaining of the masters employing foreigners, and threaten to strike if the latter are not disniissed.  While the number of murders in the United States last year reached the high total of 6,615, there were only 126 executions. A baker, of Bury St. Edmunds, undergoing imprisonment in Ipswich County Goal for robbing his employer, has committed bucide.  In consequence of the rioting and protests against the grinding taxation, the Italian Government has had to remodel its financial proposals. The claims of the Canadian sealers under the Behring Sea award is £159.000, but they will probably be compromised for £lOO,
The Telegram. — 1894-02-13 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT BRADFORD.  DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE.  What appears to :lave been a double murder and suicide was discovered at Bradford, on Wednesday afternoon. Lister Bastow, a warp-dresser, out of work, resided with his wife and family, a daughter named Alice, about fifteen years of age, and two young children, aged seven and eight years, in Butler Street, Bradford. About half-past three o'clock in the afteinoun a police-sergeailt, to whom suspicions aroused by the fact that the window blinds had not been raised that lity were commu• nicated, climbed up to the fanlight over the front dour, looked in, and was horrified to Sae the naked body of a woman lying in the passage. Toe door being forced, it wan discovered that there were three dead bodies, all attired only in night-shirts, and the throat was cut in each case from ear to ear. Mrs. Bastow lay in a pool of blood behind the door ; at the top of the staircase was the body of Alice Bastow, the daughter ; and the father was stretched on the floor of the front room down. stairs with a blood-stained razor lying by his tide. Blood-marks from the front bedroom to the passage gave the searchers the impression that the man had attacked his wife in the bedroom, and that she was making for the street when she fell down dead. The position of the girl is taken to indicate that she bad come from the bedroom abi e, in which the two younger children were found crying nitteily, to the aid of her mother, and that the frenzy of the man had then been turned on het. Bastow was a man of very reserved demeanour, and had been out of work for some weeks. There is strong evidence of extreme poverty, no food being Mend in the house, and the furniture beutg very scanty.
The Telegram. — 1894-04-24 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

STATEMENT DT THE PEISONEE.  There was an expectant stir in the iii iience, among whom Were several ladies, As the prisoner rose to reply to the questions of the presiding judge. In excelleut Spanish. delivered with but aslight foreign aeceut, he narrated the history of his struggles to establish a retail trade. Merciless war, he declared, had been made upon bini by the soldiers of the monopoly. His workmen had been exposed to all sorts of petty persecutions, and the di.ocharge of coal on the quays was obstructed. He had actively opposed the measures of his assailants, bet the war was persisted in because of the discount which he offered. His credit was destroyed, and he was accused of selling inferior coal. As he proceeded with his story the prisoner's calm deserted him, and the animated description which be gave of his wrongs greatly impressed the audience. The excitement in court was intense as the accused went on to describe his feelings on the night preceding the crime, vague terrors continually !taunted him, his head swam, and ideas of suicide beset him. On the following day lie knew that the customer would not buy the coal which he sold to Bofill, and in his mental confusion the idea of crime occurred to him and soothed him. Amidst sensation in the audience he made his preparations as for an ordinary matter of business, In his conversation with Bofill he conversed for an hour (sensation). When the prisoner's examination was concluded, Don Juan Ball, brother of the man who was killed, entered the box, and described the affair, declaring that be had not observed any signs of madness on the part of the prisoner on this day when the deed was committed. When the court was adjourned Willie's demeanour betrayed much more agitation than at the commencement of the proceedings.
The Telegram. — 1894-04-24 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

IDTL----:FranCes Raw. ker, late a domestic servant at Beaminster, was charged at the Bridport County Police-court on Wednesday, with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself out of a bedroom window on April 11th-Dr. Goodchild, of Beaminster, stated that his wife brought him a note to his bedroom which she opened and read, Hearing a noise he went downstairs into the kitchen. He heard a tall, and on going into the yard he saw the prisoner in a sitting posture, with her legs doubled up under her. He found that her forearm was broken and her left eye and cheek bruised. He helped to carry her into the kitchen and placed her on a table and sent for two other medical gentlemen, who °aweMr. Kitson and Mr. Daniell. He sent for the police Ile medically attended her and she was conveyed to her home at Corsi:mob° the following day. Ile had not noticed anything peculiar in her condition lately.-Albert Edward Hawker, a lad DJ the employ of Dr. Goodchild, deposed that the plisoner ave lam a note to carry to Mr. Alfred Travers, St. Mary's Well Street, Beaminster, but after she fell out of the window he opened tho note and gave it to his master. He was in the boot' house when she fell out of the window, and he went out and found her on the ground.-P.C. Pearce deposed to apprehending the prisoner, who said she did not remember anything of it.-Supt. Brooks said the height the girl fell was Mt., and it was 41t. flinches from the fluor in the bedroom to the window.-The Beuch handed the girl over to custody of her parents who promised tot,* after her.  BM:TETON, Bee Keemern—ln connection with the Local chnical Instruction Committee, a lecture on bee-keeping, illustrated with lantern slides and a tinniher of modern beekeeping appliances, was delivered in the school-room by Mr. M. IL Tilley, of Dorchester, on Monday.—The Rev. —Glover presided over a large attendance. All present appeared:much interested. Many questions were and answered in a practical way by the lecturer.— Mr. Devenish, one of the audience, remarked that he had noticed that bees when swan ll ill g did not seem much inclined to sting. The lecturer then explained why this was so. lin said that to manipulate hives containing bees without getting stung, they must get the bees in that kind Of humour in which they were when they were swarming. Nature taught us much in bee-keepini7. Under certain natural conditions bees were very little inclined to sting, unless pressed or hurt. He considered Bourton a good district for bee • keeping, and he was glad to say there was a beekeeper residing in the villiag,e who had proved it to be so.--Those present were pleaßed with the instruction given.—The chairman was thanked for presidiug.—Mr. Tilley visited the apiaries and gave instruction during the day. Prizes have been offered by the Technical Committee for the best essay on the lecture. Several persons intended to commence bee-keeping in the village on the modern system.
The Telegram. — 1894-11-13 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

MYSTERIOUS PRISONER'S SUICIDE.  SEQUEL TO A SHOCKING CHARGE.  The gentleman who was accased at Southwark Polk:a-court a week ago of grossly improper cooin the neighbourhood of the Tower Bridge committed suicide in his cell at Holloway Gaol on Friday night. The prisoner, who when charged was described as a well-dressed, elderly man, of distinguished appearance, refused to give his name and address, as he said he did not wish the case heard until his solicitor, Sir Geo. Lewis, for whom he had sent, was in attendance; but, as no legal gentleman appeared, Mr. Slade decided to hear enough evidence to justify a remand. Later in the day Mr. Warburton, the barrister, said he was instructed to apply for bail. "It is true," said the ' counsel, "that prisoner has not given his name, but it is not advisable that it should be disclosed at present. I will write it down for your worship." The counselihen handed Mr. Slade a slip of paper after which the magistrate said, "I shall want substanial bail—two in £250 and the prisoner in £soo."—Mr. Warburton "Very well. He will be able to get that. I don't want him to be in prison till next week.—On the case being called on on Saturday, the chief clerk read a note from the Governer of Holloway Goal stating that the prisoner, who had not been bailed, committed suicide in his cell on Friday night. It is understood that lie committed the act with a piece of broken glass.—Mr. Blanchard Wuntner, who appeared to prosecute, said he had nothing to say; and Mr. A. Newton, who defended, assured the magistrate that there was, he believed, a complete answer to the charge.—The magistrate said that would be seen at the inquest, when doubtless the whole facts would come out.—Throughout the whole of the case no mention was made of the name of the accused.
The Telegram. — 1894-10-16 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. A BRITISH CONSUL SHOOTS HIMSELF.  A great sensation was caused at the Foreign Office on Wednesday afternoon by the suicide M 13ritisli consul, which took place Amitly after four o'clock within the building. Mr. l'atrick Henderson, F.H.G.S., her Majesty's Cuesul at Cadiz, was, it is said, engaged in conversatirm with one of the principal dents. During a pause in the conversation, whilst Mr. Foley's attention wee otherwise engaged, Mr. Henderson raised a revolver, and before his purpose could be divined or averted, shot hinaself through the head. The report a!arised all those persons who were within hearing, and an intinediate rush was made to the scene of the occurrence. Medical aid was hastily summoned and a doctor soon arrived at the Foreign Office. A SECOND FATALITY ' was almost caused by the speed with which the summons was obeyed, for it is reported that the cab conveying the di it tor was overturned at the door of the Foreign Olger, though happily without serious injury to its occupant. On a medical examination being made of the extent of Mr. Henderson's injuries it was found that the ball had passed through the head and recovery was believed to be hopeless. After the wound had been temporarily dressed the unfortunate gentleman was conveyed on a police ambulance to the Westminster Hospital, where he died shortly before five o'clock. Ni, came can at present be assigned for the act, but Mr. Hendersoo is known to have been suffering from rheumatism for some time past. On the body of the victim wari found a sealed letter addressed "To the coroner." This contained a document, which has been delivered to Mr. Troutbeck.  Mr. Henderson, British Consul at Cadiz, who committed suicide at the Foreign Office on Wednesday, recently lost his wife, and had since ineffectually sought to be removed to some other consulate. Upon Mr. Foley telling Mr. Henderson on Wednesday that he conld not be removed, the unhappy men broke down, and Mr. Foley, who himself felt in a painful position, tumid round to hide his feelings, whereupon Mr. Henderson raised the revolver and killed himself.
The Telegram. — 1894-02-06 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

MARSH WOOD. A BOY OF 15 COMMITS SUICIDE.  On Monday afternoon, an inquest was held at the house of Mr. Geurge Barnes, farmer, of Bluntsea Farm, by Mr. G. G. Nantes (diatrict coroner), and a jury of whom Mr. Mark Duble was fcreinan, touching the death of Edward Thomas liuxtsr, aged 15, who took his life on Sunday under very painful circumstances.— Easily Barnes, wife of Mr. Barnes, of Bluntsea Farm, said deceased was her nephew. His mother was in au asylum, and his father, being in lodgings, was glad for them to take the boy. Deceased was a good boy, and she had no reason to complain of bin lately. except yesterday when he came in to breakfast from milking. There was a cut in the table cloth, and she asked the childrtn who had (lone it. Deceavel said" Not 1." Witness raid she should like to know who (lid it. Afterwards he sat down and began his breakfast. He put his elbow on the table. She said to him, "Take your elbow off the table." He was sniffing at the time and put his elbow on the table again. She remonstrated with him, hut he (lid not take any notice. Site said. " kou dirty boy, if you cannot stop sniffing, you'd better go out of doors and sniff." Deceased said nothing, but get op and went out. She thought nothing of his going out, as he had done so before and came back again all right. His mother's insanity was attributed to intemperance, and she was well again. She did not think there was any taint of insanity in the boy. lie was never moody in disposition. He was happy with them, and never expressed any wish to go away. George Barnes corroborated. He added that deceased was very fond of reading, and his wife had remonstrated with hint for reading too much. De WAS at breakfast with his wife and children and heard what passed. The sniffing was either crying or pretention of crying. About half-an-hour after this he went up into the loft fur some chaff for the cows, and found deceased hanging by a Cope fastened to the roof. He went to him at once and lifted him up and loosened the rope and tried to get it oft. He said to him (thinking he might be alive): " W Nat ever made you do this?" He then cut the rope and took deceased to the window, but he showed no signs of life. He endeavoured to resuscitate deceased, but without succesa. The rope which deceased used was a plough rein he had evidently taken from the stable underneath, through which the loft was reached. He must have got "Ttool alChrfibaeratinsaig rtehiceealsoe% usedand toll; read thehimself papersu S. lot, and talked to him sometimes about what he read. It was chiefly the police news which used to interest him. He had never heard deceased talk about. or seen him itnitate. hanging.—George White said that about one p.m. on Sunday he heard Mr. Barnes say that deceased had been found hanging in the loft. He went and 555 deceased in the loft, and he was quite dead. The jury returned a verdict that deceased eommitted suicide by hanging himself whilst temporarily insane.