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The Slaithwaite Guardian and Colne Valley News. — 1897-01-08 (Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England)

SUPPOSED SUICIDES AT MILNSBRIDGE.  TWO BODIES FOUND IN ONE MORNING.  Some sensation was caused in Milnsbridge yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock. by Ole supposed suicide of a woman, whose name was given as Mrs. Rayner, of Rasheliffe, near Huddersfield. Her body was found in the Huddersfield and Ashton canal, at the eleventh lock head, near the Milnsbridge lock house, by a Slaithwaite weaver named Allen Bamforth. Batnforth was walking from Milnsbridge towards Slaithwaite, when he saw a woman's head resting on the bye. wash near the leek, the body being under the water. He got assistance and the body was taken out, but life was extinct. Deceased, however, could not have been in the water very long as her clothing was not wet through. She was ordinarily dressed and wore a shawl, and in her possession was a piece of paper which gave her name as Mrs. Rayner. The body was removed to the Four Horse Shoes Inn where an inquest will probably be held.—At 9 o'clock the same morning, Mr. Sam Schofield, the Milnsbrilge lock keeper, was walking along the canal enbankment in the directioa of Huddersfield. On arriving at Folly Hall, he found a basket pn the wall close by and it contained three slices of toast—evidently the breakfast of some factory operative. He looked about for the ' owner but could see no one, and surmising that there had been a suicide, procured a rake and commenced to drag the canal. The hook caught something heavy, and Schofield hauled it out, to find that it was the dead body of a woman between :30 and 40 years of age. A policeman searched her and found in her purse a time check from Starkie Bros. mill, Longroyd Bridge, where she evidently worked. The body, which was quite cold and appeared to have been in the water some hours, was removed to the Black Bull Inn. In this case the woman is also supposed to have committed suicide, as the body was dragged out just opposite the wall on which the basket was found, leading to the supposition that she had placed it there and then jumped into the water.
The Slaithwaite Guardian and Colne Valley News. — 1896-11-27 (Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England)

MTS. Drew to notify the change in their plans. The morning did not lag. Mr. Lee peeped into  r, k • .' the L .Louvre, made one or two purchases of -rueit knacks in (me of the invitingly gay " Magasins," and then found that it was time to keep his appointment with Mr. flame.  here he was at the Hotel Grande. In very bad French he asked a "gallon ' whether Monsieur Baine was at dejefiner? The waiter replied: " Oui, oui, Monsieur," and tondueted hint upstairs, throwing open the door of the " apertement," and announcing him with some ceren. _  Upon the table wa spread an inviting meal, but the room was not ttnryted. Nor was Mr. Bailie to be found in his bedroom, nor in the pretty salon adjoining. Mr. Lee called his name, but there was no response.  . "Had he gone out?" Inquired the Reetor, in consternatioa.  " Tiens, Monsieur, je vais vous faire savoir!" (stay, Monsieur, 1 will let you know), rejoined the attendant, running down stairs to the Bureau, to make inquiry. " Yes, Monsieur had gone out immediately after taking a cup of coffee, and had left a note in ease Monsieur Lee should eall before his return. Et le voila!" concluded the garcon, presenting the envelope. Mr. Lee opened it in haste. Did the man mean to cheat him, after all?  Great lieav'imi—Wh4a.t wag this that met his gaze on tearing open the enelomire.  " '1 cannot endure life without my adored young wife, and I feel she will never return to me, so I have resolved to die by my own hand. May Millcent be happy in the home she will inherit. Give her my undying love. I shall be no more by the time you read this."  "Grantham Bailie.'" The hours which followed were miserable ones for the poor clergyman, lie had to communicate with the police; to send off telegrams to Mrs. Drew, and to his wife, and to await the efforts made for the discovery of the suicide's body. During this time he receirtsl a long letter from Mrs. Lee, and two or thrte telegrams from Mrs. Drew.  "'flora no better. Knows none of us. Am ia despair about Milieent. No tidings of her yet. The whole neighbourhood in excitement at your tidings of Mr. Baine.'" Snell was the tenor of the messages from the poor bride's mother. Front his wife (who blamed him for consenting to interfere in Mrs. Drew's affairs) he learned that his parishioners, and indeed all the inhabitants in the adjoining villages, thought of nothing but the disappearame of Mrs. Bailie, and the Hight (or suivide) of her husband. Dora Drew
Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal. — 1895-07-13 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

AND OBESITY.  Summer heat, with the out-door enjoyments which -come in its train, is a source of unmixed :delight to all whose physical condition is sound. The full feast of pleasure to which hospitable .Nature at this season invites mankind is not, however, for those whose infirmities forbid them to undergo, without serious discomfort, a !considerable amount of bodily fatigue. To those in particular who arc the victims of excessive corpulence, the arrival of the genial summer warmth serves chiefly as a painful reminder that, for them, the delights of long .woodland rambles, the 'climbing of mountain tops, and all the adventurous ways of flood and field, are prohibited joys. The palpitating heart, the reeling brain, and the possible deadly sunstroke, which are the concomitants of obesity, banish all the pleasant anticipations -which once came with the advent of the glad summer-tide. How much of this deprivation of enjoyment and positive misery is absolutely and easily avoidable, may be learned by consulting Mr. F. Cecil Russell's "Corpulency and the Cure" (256 pages), a little work whose popularity is proved by the fact that its 18th edition has just been issued. This fact,- too, indicates, in some degree, the wide, area now covered by Mr. Russell's wonderful success as an expert in the reduction of excessive fat. His process, which is absolutely safe and pleasant, is so rapid in its operation that any over-corpulent lady or gentleman can easily get rid of all unnecessary weight in a very few weeks, SO as to be able, before the autumn is with us, to enjoy the delightful feeling (and the appearane,e too) of renewed youth and energy. Mr. Russell makes no mystery of the nature of his curative preparation—apparently miraculous as are its effects in simultaneously reducing weight and increasing appetite the consequently larger amount of food being consumed with impunity. He prints, therefore, his recipe in his singularly suggestive book, which may be obtained from Booksellers, or post free, by sending four penny stamps to his offices, Woburn House, 27, Store-street, Bedford-square, London, W.C.  A complete set of British birds' eggs is worth about two hundred pounds, The bodies of two sweethearts have been found in the river at Fermoy. It is not known whether the case is one of double suicide or of murder and suicide.
Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal. — 1895-02-16 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MATRONS FOR POLICECOURTS.  The following letter from the Home Office, which has been received by Miss Balgarme, will le read with exceptional interest in Swansea by those who have a sympathetic view of the endeavour of Dr. Rawlings, Mrs. M. B. Williams, and others to get police matrons appointed at the Swansea Houses of Detention:— "With reference to your letter of January 17 respecting the appointment of police matrons in the metropolis, I am directed by the Secretary of State to inform you that, as a temporary measure, such steps have been taken as will ensure that all females brought to a police-station and detained in consequence of the Court not sitting are seen by a matron, that a matron is in attendance to receive the doctor's instructions, should it be necessary to call in a medica man during the time that any female is detained and that a matron shall give attention to femal 1 prisoners when they perform their ablutions and take their meals before removal to the policecourts. lam to add that the Secretary of State hopes before long to be able to announce that permanent arrangements of a satisfactory character have been devised and are ready to be carried out."  Reports again on Saturday' morning from all parts of the Kingdom testify to the bitter frost prevailing.  Nc:a..llKotze-malinc in Bukourna, during a snowstorm, four persons vaturning from a fair were unable to reach shelter, and were frozen to death.  Some excitement has been treated in Brittany by the fact that three young soldiers hailing from that part of France have committed suicide during the past few days, as it is belil;ved that they were led to adopt such a desperate course owing to the persecution to which they were subjected by their comrades. An inquest has been held on. the body of Mary Thompson (21), Owen-street, Tipton, who committed suicide by drowriing herself in , the canal. She had recently been suffering from a skin affection, which greatly distressed her. On the body was found a letter addressed to relatives, containing the following expressions: "My suffering is more than I can bear. It is wearing me away, and has been for three or four months. Trusting to meet father in Heaven, where all is peace." A man named Robert Atherton, hairdresser, Liverpool, is in custody at Seaforth for 'the murder of Robert Owens, photographer, Seaforth. Owens was found in a ditch at Litlierland nearly dead, and died soon after being discovered. Some bop' allege that they saw Atherton knock the deceased down with a hammer. Serious features have been revealed by the poet mortem examination.  'SWANSEA POLICE COURT Saturday.—Before Dr. J. G Hall, W. Walters and D. M. Wasbrock, Esqrs.
Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal. — 1895-12-28 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT SW A NSEA.  A woman named Annie Jane Holden, hailing from Cardiff, made two desperate attempts on her life in the cells at the Guildhall, on Ftiday night. It appears that P.C. Howard had brought her in on a charge of drunken and disorderly cenduet—a disorderliness which increased tenfold when she was charged by P.C. Edgar at the station. For some time after her incarceration she continued to assert herself, and then suddenly ceased. This cessation struck the latter officer as being peculiar, and he rushed off to Holden's cell, where be found her lying quite unconschAts, and black in the face, with her apron string tied very tightly round her neck. The string was quickly cut, the usual restora• tive remedies applied, when the would-be suicide slowly regained consciousness. Edgar left her then, taking the remainder of the apronstring away with him, but on returning to see if all was right a few minutes later found her in a somewhat similar predicament, she having this time ripped off a piece of the apron itself. To P.C. Edgar's smartness and presence of mind alone the woman owes her life, for she was very near death on the first attempt. She was brought before the magistrates on Saturday morning, who, after hearing the story of the two constables, remanded her until Tuesday. It was stated before the Bench that the defendant had been convicted of a simular kind of offence at Cardiff, the police authorities there, according to a statement she volunteered, having paid her fare to Swansea, that they might rid the town of her presence.  The woman, Annie Jane Holden, who it will be remembered, attempted suicide in a cell at the Swansea Quildball, on Friday morning early, and was remanded until to-day (Tuesday), was placed in the dock at the police court to further answer the charge before the Stipendiary (Mr. J. Coke Fowler) and Mr W. Stone. P.C.'s Reward and Edgar repeated their evidence, and the sister of accused, Elizabeth Reeley, said she (prisoner) had come to Swansea from Cardiff'seven weeks ago. If there nas a fine to pay she would be quite willing to pay it for her sister.—Holden was sent to ptison for a week.
Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal. — 1895-10-12 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT  MO RR ISTON.  A Well-known Resident Cuts His Throat.  About 12 o'clock on Monday night the inhaviitants of Market-street, Morriston, were thrown into great excitement on account of Mr. Hugh Evans, living near the Beaufort Arms, having attempted to cut his throat. It appears that Mr. Evans has been employed by Mr. Dow° condiment manufacturer, Swansea, in partial em • ployrnent. This precarious state of things had depressed him greatly of late,lience his rash act. P.C. Jones (57) was soon in attendance, and found the unfortunato man had made a desperate attempt upon his life, and inflicted a severe gash of some four inches in length across his throatDr. Morgan was immediately sent for, and was soon present and attended to the would-be suicide's injuries. The unfortunate man was as soon as possible conveyed to the Swansea Hospital in a cab by P.C. Jones, and was detained there in the custody of the officer. Evans is well known in the district, and has been in very good circumstances.  The inquest on the body of the little elevenday old son of Edith Jeremy, 47, Neath-road, Swansea, was held at the Smiths' Arms on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr. Edward Strick, coroner.—The evidence of the grandmother and mid-wife, Grace Gray, 16, Earlstreet, went to show that deceased, who was prematurely born on September 27th out of wedlock. had been ailing since its advent to this world. He was a puny, little mortal; had suffered from convulsions during ' the whole of his very short existence, and died on Monday afternoon.—Mary Lowe, Richardson-street, stated that she was given the child to nurse, and on taking it to the hospital was told by the doctor to take it home as it was then in a dying condition. That was on Saturday. She followed out the medical man's instructions.—Dr. Powell saw the baby after death, and thought death to be due to want of vitality, due to premature birth, probably accelerated by its being deprived of its natural food.—A verdict to this -effect was returned by the jury. Anogter opposition line to that of the Great Western is foreshadowed. It will start with the Rhondda, and Swansea Bay line, then touch Treherbert, Pontypridd, Chepstow, a point in the ne4pluourhood of Cirencester, Oxford and Wendover, then by the Metropolitan Railway to London. So far as Swansea is concerned, everything has been done that can be done,
Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal. — 1895-12-14 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

OOO.  Both the Town Clerk and Aid.. David Harris added towards the close Ot the inquiry that there was no opposition to the application, the Chairman of the School Board stating that the arrangement would mean a great relief to the taxation of the town.  The Co:nmissioner promised to forward b eport in due course.  The annual business meeting of the Young Men's Christian Assooiation was held in the reading room of the institution, Dynewor-place, Swansea, on Tuesday .evening last, the 10th inst.' the chair being occupied by the President of the Institution (Mr. F. S. Bishop), and among those present were Dr. J. A. Rawlings, Councillor H. Watkins. I). Meager, H. Bellingham, E. J. Bowen and J. Davies. The 27th annual report, compiled chiefly by members of the Association, and which showed good work done in all departments, together with the statement of rcoonnts were read by the secretary (Mr. W. Nichols), and it was unanimously agreed that thesame be received and adopted. Then followed the election of president, Mr. F. S. Bishop, who has rendered such excellent service to the association in the past, being most heartily reelected. Vice-presidents, consisting of Messrs. E. N. Bellingham, D. M-xiger, F. Roche, Joseph Hall, W. Watkins, Dr. E. Davies, and Dr. J. A. Rawlings, were then elected, as was also the general committee, consisting of Messrs. S. 71rthurs, H. Bonnett, H. Bell tigham, W. A. Boyd, I'. Clement, J. Fulton, H. F. Hood, W. Dowle Jones, W. M. Jones, H. Nicholls R. Lewis, D. -Roberts, H. N. Tunbridge, N. J. Watkins, and Dr. F. Knight, with -power to add. The management committee, chosen from the members of the general committee, was then elected, and Mr. G. E. Cook was appointed treasurer. Messrs. E. J. Bowen and W. R. Glyn Thomas were elected auditors. During tile course of the .meeting kindly reference was made to. the services of the secretary (Mr. W. Nichols), the auditor (Mr. Glyn Thomas), and of Mr. Neville Davies, the gymnasium instructor.  Two Wen have committed suicide in Whitechapel by cutting their throats,
Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal. — 1895-04-27 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.  Mr. Thomas Yorath, the newly-elected Presider*, then returned tthanks for the honour that had been conferred upon him. Next to the Christian Church he looked upon the Sunday School work as the most important work in the country. (Hear, hear.) But yet he did not think that every member of their churches took sufficient interest in the work. As regards .the question asked over and over again, "How could they retain their senior scholars?" he thought they had made a step in the right direction by forming the Young People's Christian Endeavour Society—(applause)—flil that provided the scholars with something to do. (Hear, hear.) There was, however, still a great need in all their Sunday Schools for experienced and educated teachers, though he was glad to know that the Sunday School Union—an institution which he believed was doing a large amount of good by means of its examinations throughput the world—was supplying that need to a great extent. In conclusion, Mr. Yorath moved a comprehensive vote of thanks to the late president and officers of the Union for their serwees during the past year. The Rev. C. E. Shipley seconded. The Chairman supported, and the motion was carried unanimously. The meeting terminated in the usual way.  The Queen has conferred a Viscountcy upon Mr. Peel, late Speaker of the House of Commons, and a CoMpnnionship of the Bath upon Lord Dungannon, his private secretary, Button's only amusement was 'walking.  There was no business to transact at the Carmarthen Quarter Sessions, which were opened in that town on Monday. Dr. James Probert, J.P., Merthyr, died on Sunday. The whereabouts of Mr. Wilson, the missing Cardiff solicitor, arc still unknown.  , A series of daring burglaries has been per petrated during the past few days in various parts of London. The most serious affair was the descent of burglars on the block of buildings known as Ludgate Circus Buildings, to which they appear to have gained admittance from the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. They completely ransacked the offices and various departments of several firms, carrying off money, cigars and edibles. Two men and three boYs have been injured at the Waltham Abbey Powder Works owing to a quantity of cordite in a hydraulic press firing. The cause of the ,e xplosion is unknown. Thomas Pullen, of the Grenadier Guards, has committed suicide in a horrible manner at Caterham Barracks. Corporal Pitt, saw the deceased in the barrack-room, apparently cleaning his rifle. A few minutes later he heard the report of a rifle, and on looking round oaw that part of deceased'a Lea(' wag blown away.
Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal. — 1895-03-02 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ONE HALF-PENNY  Inquest on the Body at the - Hospital.  The extraordinary suicide of the young man Evans, who shot himself at Victoria Park in the afternoon of Friday, and succumbed to his injuries twelve hours later, was the subject of an inquest which Mr. Coroner Strick opened at the Hospital en Saturday afternoon. There was a painful scene in the surgery where the inquest was held. The poor lad's father—deceased was only a lad— grief - stricken as he was, sobbed piteously, and seemed to be the very embodiment of misery. And no wonder! To have lost a son of 18 under any circumstances must have been a sad blow to any family, but its force was intensified by the manner in which this I calamity had descended upon his household.  Mr. Evans was the First Witness Called. He said that his son, William John Evans, was 17 years of age last May, and had been a pupil teacher at the National Schools. "Can you tell me anything about the lad?" the Coroner asked sympathically. "Nothing, nothing," cried the father, "except that he had a good home." Questioned further, he said he had last seen the lad on Thursday night, when, as he went to bed, he wished him "Good night" as usual. On Friday morning he went to school as usual, and came home to dinner at the ordinary time. Witness did not see him then, but at half-past three he was s'aut for at the Royal Hotel, where he was engaged as porter, and asked to come to the hospital. He could not see his son then—until half-past eight, when he had a' little conversation. He was suffering from a wound under the heart, and witness did not like to ask him anything, because the poor lad was so weak, and in great pain. He remained with him until he died at 11.30. It was really touching to witness the manifestation of Mr. Evans' grief. It had almost made him hysterical, and as he tried to sign his depositions, his hand shook like an aspen.
Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal. — 1895-03-09 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

BOO,OOO. He was sure that there was not that preponderating difference between the towns. As far as school accommodation was concerned Swansea was advantageously situated, for they had 21 schools against 13 at Cardiff. They were bound that day to make a rate, such a rate as had never been made before, and it was opportune to direct attention to this important question. How important it was might be gathered from the fact that one of the railways in the district had, fifteen years ago, been assessed at £ll,OOO higher than they were now, Notwithstanding all the increase in traffic, the extra station and the extra machinery, they I were actually less now than they had been then. He did not want to stand in the position of accuser of other people, but he was not going to carry about with him the burden of the old Board, and be thought that this Board had good cause for complaint when they found themselves left with a deficit of £4,954 incurred during the last four years, He trusted this Board would adopt a different policy from that, and that they would carefully estimate their expenditure and oncleavour to meet it.  The death has occurred of Mr. Alfred ex-President of the Institute of Civil Engin*rs, and formerly M.P. for Soutl4mpton. Five persons have been bitten by a mad Newfoundland dog at Stockrut They are to be sent to the Pasteur Institute.  A Bill has been inii4u-c-e-d- into the French Serato prohibiting certain classes of state and railway entp,loyes from striking. The death is announced of Lord Walter Scott, brother of the Duke of Buceleuch. Ho was bon Tin 1834.  Rain has never been known to fall in that part of Egypt between the. two lower Falls oi the Nile.  A young man named John B. Alexander has died at llexham from injuries sustained during, a football match.  The gross value of the late Lord Raniloph Chbrchill's personal estate has been entered as £75,971 3s 3d.  _ A curious contest, in the shape a walking match, between men with a -wen leg each has taken place at Paris. Six firms of grocers 1141 V been prosecuted. at Clerkenwell for expostng for sale margarine which was not so labelled. The death is, 4nnounced of Mr. Frederick Chaptan, thp. stuior partner in the firm of Mess.kt*, c'harman and Hall, publishers. S.IF, Henry James has offered his services in lany- proposed aniicable settlement in the /threatened dispute in the boot and shoe trade. Freezing watex in ro'..k crevices often splits off immense boulders from the sides of cliffs. The e,o,lAclition procieedinks against Jabez Balfour% (cad Cornelius Herz, have so far amounted to £70,000. . 'The Neckar is frozen from its mouth to its source., Thomas Hardy, a Lontion) Warehousernarr has committed suicide, His body was found iL UktinCilk