Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-06-04 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

PORTUGAL WANTS ENGLISH GOLD. The correspondent of the London " Mail " at Capetown says: Trade is severely crippled at Delagoa owing to foreign silver being declared contraband, and the natives are clearing out. The representations of the bank manager to the Commissioner have been fruitless. The Portuguese railway refuse English and Transvaal silver, demanding British gold, which, the officials say, is required at Lisbon. Portuguese silver is here hawked about for exchange for British gold.  A Leeds cloth-dresser named William Hepworth has been remanded on a charge of having attempted to poison his wife, and also of having attempted to commit suicide. Ilepworth's wife, according to the evidence, had been ill twelve mouths, but had latterly been r.covering, and, the doctor telling him that with careful nursing she would soon recover, it is alleged that he administered the poison, and, oil being detected, swallowed a large dose himself. Some stir was recently created in Paris by a rumour that the Compagnie des Petites Voitures,the principal cab-owning concern, would introduce 500 electric cabs. The cabmen, ostlers, and hay dealers were up in arms, and assembled to protest against such a blow to their interests. The project is simply to be taken into consideration. A long time is likely to pass before ally serious attempt of the kind is made.  Mr. Ma9sey Mainwaring, M.P., ha a deeided to eon his unique and histord3 collection of snuff-boxes, which he has been getting togething during the past five-and-twenty years. Tim majority of these have been exhibited from time to time at the South Kensington awl Bethnal Green Museums and elsewhere.  42 I Merchant. There has been a large accession of Members during _ past year, numbering 2207., In the Banking Department 2,039 Current Accounts, and 7,964 Deposit Accounts, have been opened, making together 12,210 New Accounts. The number of Shareholders now on the Register is 12,076. Current Accounts 16/79, and Depositor!. 46,306, making a total of 75,,J61 Members and Depositors. The number of Shares in existence at tlas close of the Year is 61,114.  Jesse Coupe, watchmaker, carrying on business in New Market Street, Blackburn, left home, and as he did oat return his daughter went to the shop on Saturday morning, and on looking through the window saw him lying on the fluor. A constable, an forcing the door open, found Coupe dead with a cup in his hand, from which he had taken some prussic acid. The deceased had lately been of unsteady habits. At Exeter, on Saturday, Harry Million, driver in 73td Field Battery, R.A., stationed at Exeter, was remanded on a charge of burglary from the officers' quarters, whence jewellery and clothes to the value of £lO had been stolen. When arrested at Exmouth, wearing Lieutenant Doyle's clothes, and charged with deserting, a watch awl £4 were found in his boots, and rings and jewellery in his .pockets. He admitted the burglary. Thomas Lakin, collier, NMI charged, on Saturday, at Pontefract, with unlawfully wounding William Bagnall. Prosecutor was, it appears, brutally assaulted by prisoner, who knocked him lown and kicked him repeatedly about the head with his clogs, with the result that he now lies in hospital in a serious condition, with his jaw fractured in two places. Prosecutor being unable to appear for some time, prisoner was remanded for a mouth.  In closing their Report the Directors again congratulate the Members on the highly satisfactory position of the Society, and on the continuation of the public confidenco which it has been its good fortune to secure.  At Middlewich, on Saturday, Sarah Bann, the wife of a canal boatman, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. A salt-boiler saw her floating down the Shropshire Canal. He rescued ht,r, and found a large apron securely tied round her heed. Respiration was restored with difficulty. Prisoner, who had been drinking heavily for a week, said she fell into the water, but could not explain her head being muffled. She was remanded in custody. At Blackburn, on Saturday, William Singleton wee summoned for using bail language. It appeared that defendant interfered with a policeman who was cautioning a boy against begging, and said, "Hasn't be as much right to beg as the Prince of Wales And he begs." Defendant, who denied the bail language, said his reference to Royalty was directed to the Princess—a distinction which the clerk said didn't make much difference. Defendant was fined five shillings. The firm of James Olson, west of Hanoi*, is SO covered by driftings from the flood that it will re, quire a youplel)f years to cle:tr it. Among the drift. hugs may be found organs, furniture, barrels' boxes, fanning mills, threshing machines, houses, lumber, and several hundred tine pine logs, the latter having been drawn by farmers along the Red River from  the Roseau country last winter. Several barrels containing some sore of liquor, vats containing malt, tanks ion' copper vessels conn?cted with pipes were also found.  At Chesterfield three bricklayers were charged with intimidating ThOMPIA BlaAtwell and others, employed by John Astill, builders' contractor, to prevent them working. The summonses arose out of a bricklayers' strike for a penny en hour at Shire. brook Colliery, where the colliery company are erecting abont 20U houses. Defendants were alleged to have prevented some men working by threatening to pull down the scaffolding. Warrants were iS4W.tt for two absconding defendants, and the case was adjourned. At North wich, John Walton, John Aso., William Taylor, anti James Wilk ill4oll, rough-looking bobbinturners, hailing from Burnley, were charged with begging. Mr. Crambank, manager, and half-adozen tiniesmen stated that prisoners were violent in their solicitations. They took hold of people by their garments, and deinanded almost menacingly. The magistrates descri bed their conduct as almost amounting to highway rubbery. W ilkinson was sentenced to fourken daymottel theothers to seven days each. Th,, General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, in Edinburgh, has disposed of what is known as the Kilman herety ease, arising out of the book entitled, "Tie Saviour in the New Light," written by Mr. Robinson, minister of Kilman. The teaching of the book was alleged to attack the ilivinity of elitist anti the miraculous elements in tliatiospels. Last year the assembly suspended Mr. Bobinson,and as h., ILOW refused to repitdiate the teachings of the book the assembly again suspended !Inman(' gave hima month in which he might resign, otherwise ho will be devised from the ministry by the presbytery. Arrangements are tieing made in conno,ton with he Kent coal undertakings for sinking two new thefts between Dover and Canterbury. Thomas Edward Jackson was committed for trial it Woolwich Police Court for the wilful murder tf Tan I leery Kendall, wbom he shut with a revolver it Belvedere on the 17th inst.  It hi melorse that the einemittoo of Ow (I,virelt iehools ‘,f tip. I .rpo,,ldioeo.4o rurro.,, per,tilef the allViett of the Ellll.llthet I hp:tfteleet, tu honk uuo Associatioti for the whole &Quest). •  4