The Warwickshire Herald. — 1894-09-06 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

CHIPS OF NEWS. AT HOME. By the will of the hue M. Willie,* Sandell, ce Wincheeter, the illesiono to Seamen 'will leeellwe oetween £2,000 and £3,000 after payment of all Juries. 'The Archdruid and Bard of Wales, having been pronounced eulhaiently convalescent to nnyel, has , Left Denbigh in a closed carriage for Abergele, where be resides.  Mr. Campbell-Bannerman has sent £25 for the relief of the Pile miners' families, In • letter accompanying the subscitiption,he Ram that it is independent of the merits of the dispute. It is now Glacially *dad that an agreement hen been arrived at between the Great Western 11." and the harbour authorities, whereby a sub reduction of the coal rates to Entanses will be made in consideration of certain comiOns. Our Queen's waking-stick is an interesting Ole historically. It Is made of oak, cut from the famous tree of Boscobel, that sheltered her predecessor Charles li. after the Battle of Worcester. As • handle it has a quaint little Indian idol which. her Majesty received from the spoil of Seringapatam. The number and Leiner of British +resells respecting whose Ices reports were received at the Boardof Trade during the month of August, 1894, and the number of lives lost, are as foilows: sailing vessels of 3,377 tmnage, with 15 liese • and five steam vessels of 2,609 tonnage, With *nal ifves. On Monday morning the body of Thomas Pethsr, a coachman in the service of Commander Baynes, of the Meiway Fleet Reserve, was found lying on the foreshore of the River Medway. It had evidently been weighed ashore by the tide. The circumstances are considered very suspicious, and the police are investigating the case. Mr. John Veitch, LL D., Professor of Logic and Rhetoric in Glasgow University, died suddenly on Monday at his country residence at PoslaUs. Veitch, who recently returned from the Continent, where he had been seeking renewed health, was at one time a Free Church minister, and succeeded the 4 celebrated logician, Dr. Hamilton, whose assistant 1 he was in Glasgow University. Mr. Frederick Robert Butler, a young man of 21, belonging to Stoke Rewilatoll, , Sunda), morning while tithing at Vera en Mr. Butler, who was learning to swim, got out of his depth. His two brothers and uncle, who were bathing with him, were unable to render help. Mr. Butler was an undergraduate of Cambridge University, and was, it was stated, coxswain of his college eight. A party of visitors to Morecambe from Burnley, Ramsbottom, and other places in the san-e ;district of Lancashire, went for a sail on Monday morning in the Bay. The boat was two miles from the eastern shore when a nuiden wind capsized her, AU the occupants, numbering 28 adults and 1101118 children, were thrown into the water. Other boats came to the rescue, but only seven persons were taken out alive. At Liverpool James Bradshaw, marine fireman; has been charged with attempting to murder Isabella Wilkinson, who stated that five years ago she promised to marry the prisoner, but lately she accepted the suit of a man named James Buckley, to whom she was about to be married. The prisoner, In a fit of jealousy, cut the woman's throat with a razor, and, during the strug,gle, also wounded her about the arms and hands. He *as cenmitted for trial.  "-3_141:-.1-16- le nu 9wa -aul.u.  Dr.  A distressing cam of suicide has taken place at Hannington village, in Northamptonshire. On Saturday the Rev. Dr. Coen, the rector, in view of his daughter Ethers 25th btrthdarca Monday, drove to Northampton with the intention of purchasing presents. During his absence Miss Coen obtained a razor and cut her throat from.car to ear, and died before medical aid could be obtained. Deceased had been confined ins lunatic asylum, and was under medical treatment. On Monday morning a fatal accident occurred on Waterloo-bridge. A heavily-laden van was proceeding from the Strand end, drawn by two horses. Suddenly a noise startled the animals and they bolted. Several of the bystanders attempted to arrest their progress, but failed. Half-way over the bridge the driver, who had held onto the reins, was dragged from his seat, and, pitching forward, fell underneath the van. Both wheels palmed over his head and chest, and upon being taken to Charing Cross Hospital life was found to be extinct. A Scotch gentleman named Duncan,from Glasgow, has been the victim of a clever theft in Paris. Wishing to visit the Trocadero, he was accosted by an individual who in excellent English. asked him if he wanted a guide. The visitor accepted kis services, and at his request handed him his walking. stick and hand-bag to be deposited in the vestibule. The man went away to do this, presumably, and never returned, and it was not until some time after that Mr. Duncan thought it necessary to inquire after him. The hand-bag cositained nearly .g5O, mostly in English bank notes. At Gravesend, Frederick John Hooker, 24, lately % postman, has been charged with stealing a letter con, aining a postal order. for 104. oandlwith detaining 33 intact letters, 48 open letter', 257 book &mita', six newspapers, and nine postcards. e was further charged with stealing a hired bicycle. It was on being searched. after being arrested on the. Eecond charge that the postal order was found in the prisoner's possession, whereupon his lodgings were visited. The prisoner's thefts are alleged to have extended from 1890 to the present year. He was now committed to Maidstone Asaizes on both charges.