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Widnes Examiner. — 1913-11-08 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

IRISH HATRED.  Mr. J. S. Devine, in a spirited address; refuted the allegations made by members of the Opposition party that the Irish hated the British Empire. Did they fight as they had done for the Empire because they hated it? Surely no •man in his right Senses would say that they lost so many men in South Africa for an Empire which they hated. The Irish were. indeed a loyal race, and their representatives in the House of Commons had supported a number of 'measures for the social advancement of the working classes. The Irish had been most consistent in their demand for Home Rule; they had never once given the question up, and never ceased in their energies. Some people said they wanted separation.,. They were not fools; 'they- were bound to England .by ties that could never be 'broken. There might be seine people who were asking for separation,. but if a person owed a man £5, and that man asked for £2O, was that any legitimate reason why the person should not pay the £6? (Applause.) After jocularly referring to Carson's Provisional Army, Mr. Devine touched upon Conscription; and said it was looming upon them at the present time. In Germany every week there was one schoolboy of ICi to 17 years of age who committed suicide rather than face. the terrors of One year's military service. They did not want such a state of things in England, he was sure.  Dealing with the religious side of the Home Rule question, which had been introduced by the Opposition, he said ,that he was a Protestant, and had lived a most happy and contented life amongst Roman Catholics in Ireland. They would%be making the people of Ireland happier, brighter and more contented by giving them the Parliament at College Green. (Applause.)
Widnes Examiner. — 1913-02-15 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

OLD MAN'S SUICIDE.  PAINS IN THE JAW DISTRESSED HIM.  Depressed through illness, Joseph Jones, aged 66, who tor the past 14 months had been an inmate at the Workhouse, ended his life, while on a visit to his niece in Fitzberbert-street, by cutting his throat with a razor. Tue inquest was conducted at Warrington on Monday, by Mr F A Jones, the deputy coroner.  Annie Moores, 39, Fitzherbert-street, sal4 the deceased was her oncl3 and was formerly an ironworks labourer. Until quite recently he had always been of a cheerful disposition. A short time ago he began to complain of a pain in his jaw. About six months ago he had two teeth extracted and since had suffered from neuralgia. It was her uncle's custom, when he had a day out, to spend it at her home, and he visited her on Tuesday. January 28th. She went out and returned about 1.15, when she found her uncle sitting by the fire in the kitchen, and he then complained of severe pains in his jaw and appeared distressed. About three o'clock she went in the sitting-room and found him lying on the carpet nrar the fire. She asked him to rest on the comb, but he refused, and asked her to cover him with a jacket as he wanted to sleep. She returned about twenty minutes later and noticed her uncle's head lying in a pool of blood, and a razor was lying on the floor by his side. A doctor was called in and her uncle was removed to the Workhouse Hospital where he died on Friday night. Inspector Stuart said Dr Megaw had informed him that the deceased suffered from a cancer in the jaw.  The jury returned a verdict of " Suicide Whilst of unsound mind."
Widnes Examiner. — 1913-04-26 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

DRANK AMMONIA FOR POP.—Bernard Reddican (20), 14 Melville-street, appeared on remand on a charge of attempting to commit suicide by drinking a quantity of liquid ammonia on March 23rd.—The Chief Constable said that on March 22nd. defendant came home the worse for drink and found that everyone had retired to bed. He drank the ammonia which was in a green bottle on the shelf. When the case was before the court a month ago,defendant's mother raid he shouted upstairs to ask where the pop was and she replied 'on the shelf." Defendant said he had taken the ammonia, tbinking it was pop. Prisoner had been drinking pretty freely and be (the chief constable), thought he took the ammonia in a sudden fit of temper, During the month he had been of good behaviour.—The charge was withdrawn on prisoner promising not to repeat the ofienca. CURIOUS ASSAULT CASE —Ellen Mills, 1, Dalestreet, was summoned by Selina Manning, 103, Liverpool-road, for assault.—Mr. E. A. Conner, who appeared for the complainant, said that about 9.30 on April 17th complainant had been to the Ship Inn for some beer which she carried in a jug. The defendant's husband passed by on his way home from work. On complainant coming out of the inn, Mrs. Mills, who had been standing on the other side of the road,accused Mrs. Manning of waiting for her (defendant's) husband. Complainant said she was not waiting for Mr. Mills. Defendant followed her along the road shouting and calling her names. Complainant afterwards came out of her house and defendant brandished a stick which was part of the "dolly." She struck complainant on the forearm and in the struggle for the stick complainant received a kick on the leg.-Defendant's story was that Mrs. Manning and her husband (Mills) had been drinking in public-houses together whilst she (defendant) was Ironing and washing.—Complainant maid Mills was a friend of her husband, and they had both told him to keep away from the house. if there was any bother with his wife.— Defendant was bound over for six months and ordered to pay the costs of the case.
Widnes Examiner. — 1913-03-15 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

CASSELL'S TABLETS.  One can only imagine the pleasure it must have given Mrs. Dowdeswell, a well-known maternity nurse of 29, Bishorstone-road, Gloucester, to be able to write the following appreciative account of her remarkable recovery, after so much suffering. Nurse Dowdeswell says :—" I was a perfect wreck through stomach and kidney troubles, with strength, spirit, and nerves gone, and I had no wish to live, until a friend brought me a bottle of Dr. Cassell's Tablets. I was amazed at the immediate relief I got, and now I am better than I have been for years. I intend shortly to take out my Nurse's Certificate again, owing to my restoration to health." Dr. Cassell's Tablets will cure nerve and organic weakness, digestive and kidney troubles, and all diseases arising from physical debility. Price 10.1 d., is. PA., and 28. 9d., of all chemists. Send 2d. in stamps for postage, etc., to Dr Cassell's Co., Ltd., 418, Chester-road, Manchester, for a free trial boa.  At the Wart ington Coroner's Court on Monday, Mr F A Jones conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of James Tomlinson (40) an army pensioner, of 16, Gilbert-street, who was found hanging behind a door in his bedroom on Friday. The evidence was to the effect that deceased was an ex-soldier and bad seen service in the South African campaign, in which he was wounded and was invalided from the service. He was in receipt of a pension for life of 8d per day. About eight years ago the decehsed's wife committed suicide by poisoning herself, and since that time he bad given way to drink. He was in regular, employment and a fortnight ago appeared t be in the best of spirits. Deceased was a mm u paculiar temperament, especially when in drink.—Elsie Tomlinson, aged li, said titat 18 months ago her father bad trouble with her brother, whom be had sent to a reformatory school. Since then he had worried a good deal about having sent the boy away. Lately he bad been drinking heavily. On Wednesday he was sitting in the kitchen, an' after talking about his son he bald " I will either haeg or poison myself whilst you are at school." He made the same threat a fe a; nights previously. On Friday afternoon, when she returned from school she required mm match to light the fire and on going upstairs to her father s bedroom saw a rope tied to the kandle. Thinking her father had tied the door, she went to tell Mrs Harrison, a neighbour, and subsequently Mr Harrison* a gasworks, labourer entered the MOM and cut the body down.—Harrison having given evidence Coroner said he did perfectly right in cutting the body down. He might have been ante to save his life Some people were afraid of touching a body when it was hanging.—The jury returned a verdict of suicide whilst of unsound mind.
Widnes Examiner. — 1913-03-15 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

PUPIL TEACHER'S SUICIDE.  GIRLS MADE HIS LIFE A MISERY.  Mr F A Jones (deputy coroner) conducted an inquesT at the Red Lion Inn, Penketh, on Monday, concerning the death of Jack Appleton (17) a pupil teacher at the Blue Coat School, Winwick-road, Warrington. The deceased had been missing for several days and on Sunday his body was recovered from the St. Helens and Sankey Canal at Fiddler's Ferry. Mr Henry Greenall appeared on behalf of the Blue Coat School.  Mrs Elizabeth Appleton widow, 11, Forater-Areet, m ither of the deceased, said ' Jack bad been brought up at the Blue Coat School from his being eight years old. He started teaching when he was 14, and had been in receipt of a salary since June last. He was of a very quiet disposition. She last saw him alive on February 4th. She did not notice anything unusual in his manner, and he did not make any complaints. Four days later she received a letter from him, posted at Sale, saying that he had left the school, and that one or two of the girl scholars made his life a misery. That letter had been burned. _ _ _ .  Mr Edward Rose,headmaster at the Blue Coat &tool, said that in addition to being a pupil teacher Applt ton was also assistant secretary to the Blue Coat Brotherly Society connected with the school. At a meeting of the society on January 30th he asked the youth to pay into the society, money which be had collected. He said that the money was at his mother's house and promised to hand it in the next ircorning, but he failed to do so.At 1.30 p.m. on February 6th he told Appleton that the treasurer bad not received the money. Appleton said he had paid the money in, whereupon he (witness) told him to go to the Post Office and inquire if there had been a mistake. Appleton left the school on that errand, but did not return. His mother had since paid in the money, which amounted to £2 ,$s 6d. Peter Harrison, lock-keeper, Penneth, deposed to recovering the body and P.O Houghton said that in the pockets of the deceasel they found a memorandum book containing two letters to his mother. • A verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind" was returned.
Widnes Examiner. — 1907-02-02 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

HELENS MOTORIST FINED. into the death of John Reid, a labourer, aged thirty-six, ! Mr. John Shaw, of the firm of Messrs. Cannington Who died in the Whiston Workhouse Infirmary on Tues- and Shaw, glass bottle makers, was summoned at St. day last. —Charles Alford, traffic superintendent at Helens, on Monday, for driving his motor-car to the Muspratt's Chemical Works,Widnes,said that about 8.30 danger of the public in Lugsmore-lane, on January 18th. on the morning of Tuesday, the 15th inst., he saw Reid —Defendant pleaded guilty.—lnspector Jackson said standing near the discharger's hut at the works, and, that at 11.20 on the night of Friday, the 18th inst., he seeing he was a stranger, told him to go away. Reid was standing at the lower end of Lugsmore-lane, with Was standing on the works railway line, and as an engine Sergeant Heaton, when Mr. Shaw came along down Was bringing some waggons at a walking pace out of a , Thatto Heath-road, from the direction of Rainhill. Siding he deliberately jumped in front of it. He was He drove his car at a high rate of speed round the taken to the Widnes Accident Hospital suffering from corner, and dashed up Lugmore-lane. It was more like injuries to the leg and shock.—Dr.Haslem said the man an express train rushing up the hill than anythine else. .told him that he came from Mayo and had a mother —Mr. Shaw said that as he passed the officer perhaps he living, but that his wife and children were in Man- was going at a rapid pace, but it was only a momentary claester.—The Coroner said he had received a letter from , rash to mount the hill, it was late at night, and there the Chief Constable of Manchester. He said the letter was no one on the road- He had only passed one man state(' that on the 22nd Reid's wife was removed to the all the way into Rainhill. It was the first time he had asylum, and his three children were taken in charge by been pulled up, and he had been driving six or seven a friend at Chorlton-on-Medlock. The poor fellew had years.—The magistrates imposed a fine of £2 and evidently hada tremendous lot of domestic trouble and Ll Os. 6d. costs, the license to be endorsed. raffering.—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide — Whilst of unsound mind."
Widnes Examiner. — 1907-02-02 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

NOTES AND NOTIONS.  After speaking at Stockton Heath on Thursday, Mr. A. J. King, M.P., motored home to Bollington near Macclesfield, a distance of about 30 miles. tre The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co, Limited, report that the wireless telegraph traffic for Marconifitted ships for 1906 is 1,261,000 words sent and received, as against 783,050 words of 1905. * *  Are not the suffragists, in honour—to their previous victims—bound to declare war on all the 005,000 members of the Labour party? Even they might quail from such a task.—" Morning Post." * * * Sankey Brook has come under notice again and the Public Analyst has supplied a report to the members of the Sanitary Committee. Of late, the brook hag been specially obnoxious, and the process of purification seems to make very Jittle, headway.  -* ,„ Great interest will be taken by Warringtonians in the eisteddfod to be held at Preston to-day. Two local choirs—the Warrington Male Voice Choir and the Apollo Prize Choir—have entered and we hope that one of them will be fortunate enough to carry off the prize  The suggestion is made in" London Opinion," that if the Salvation Army is really in earnest in wishing to save people from committing suicide it should do away with its bands. We should like to add " and street-corner singing too," though we have much admiration for the work the Army does for the " submerged tenth." . .  * * * A sub-committee consisting of Councillors Ellison, Evans, and Benson, has been appointed to consider and report on all available places in and near tha Borough suitable for open-air bathing. We would like to suggest the new street behind Bridge-street. There is a fine open space there which is of little practical use at present.* * * Mark Twain once made an amusing comment on a white marble bust which he saw in the library of a friend. It was the bust of a young woman curling her hair, a very graceful modern work. Mark Twain looked at it and said, "That isn't true to nature." "Why not? " was the reply. "Because she hasn't her mouth full of hairpins." * * * Only one of Dr. Macnamara's many telegrams of congratulations has baffled him. It reads: Llongyfarchiadan Gwresocaf, and comes from Swansea. Perhaps some of our local N.U.T. members could help their fellow-teacher to decipher the message.  Mr. A. H. Crosfield, M.P., will address a mass meeting of his constituents in Parr Hall on Monday the 18th instant, and will probably be supported by Mr. W. E. Harvey, M.P., this week's victor in NorthEast Derbyshire. At the present time Mr. Crosfield is staying at Cannes, recruiting his health for the ensuing Parliamentary session.  * * * The Chester Consistory Court has just granted a faculty to the vicar of All Saint3', Thelwall, to erect a tablet to record the building of the town and fortress of Thelwall by King Edward the Elder in 922 and the Coronation of King Edward
Widnes Examiner. — 1907-08-17 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

YOUNG WIDNES WOMAN'S SORROW. Elizabeth Stacey, aged twenty years, residing with her parents at 46, Newmont-street, Widnes, appeared before Alr. F. May, at the Widnes Police Court, on Wednesday, on a charge nf attempting to commit suicide. She drank a quantity of carbolic acid on the 7th inst., and Dr. Hutchinson was called in on the Sth and ordered her removal to the Accident Hospital. The rallied from the attack, and was apprehended on the chairge by Detective-Sergeant Davidson. In answer to the charge she replied " Yes," and gave her reason for so doing that her mother pawned her clothes for drink.—Prisoner was remanded.  "Incurably Dyspeptic."  Her Greatest Fear Dispelled; Acute indigestion cured by  Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. • "I was a martyr to Indigektion three years ago, and at last began t(Mear that I was incurably dyspeptic," said Mrs. Fowler, of Laurel Dene, Teddington, Middlesex. "I had no appetite for any food, and had to force myself to eat. In the end every morsel of food caused agony through palpitation of the heart and flatulence. I had no life in me and became the victim of Nervous Disorders, without strength, pale and trembling.  "I began to tile Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People when at the worst stage, and after a while my strength returned, I enjoyed food and could eat hearty meals and digest them. To-day I am well, happy and grateful, the Indigestion dispelled and complete health restored by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills."  Ana3mia. Indigestion, Rheumatism, Eczema, and Skin Diseases, Nervous Disorders. Neuralgia. St. Vitus' Dance, Paralysis, and Ladies' Ailments have been cured in countless instances by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Sold by all dealers; or direct from the British Depot, 46, Holborn. viaduct, London, post free 2s. 9d. for one box, or 13s. 9d. for six boxes.  .. ~., ~._ . trim'i 's:-., ~._ 7.-4::-...t ~ . ~.. '7, -- ~ :, tow ~. ~' 2 .--44. _.... __ -. ii- ..- . . *ll, . . .4, .. 14 \ •:-\\ I. t \ -\- ...-.. ... ...
Widnes Examiner. — 1907-03-16 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

COUNTRY. MR. CLAYTON, la, Albert Square, Manchester.  The shock which the THE LATE CHIEF news of Mr. Luke Talbot's CONSTABLE, death at Cairo caused in Warrington was intensified by the information that filtered through this week. Liter telegrams revealed the sad fact that the late Chief Constable had terminated his existence by his own act, and that a verdict of" Suicide whilst , temporarily insane " had been returned by a jury lat the British Consular Court. It is twelve years !since Mr. Talbot came to Warrington as a young man with an exceptional record behind him. He succeeded a Chief Constable of the old school in the late Mr. S. Hunt, and a greater contrast not only bnl-ween men but methods could scarcely be imigined. Mr. Talbot at once effected important ro nrms,and very early won the respect and esteem of the men under him,ani that cordial feeling continned to the end. It took the public longer to understand the new head of the police force, for he was a man with some personal eccentricities gave rise to a certain amount of prejudice. That, however, he soon lived down and the better ho became known and the more he was liked and respected. Those whocould claim friendship with thn late Mr. Talbot know that his martinet-like exterior concealed a warmth of temperament and .oirit of bonhomie quite out of the ordinary. He was a most kindly, courteous, and entertaining rn in, possessing unique and unlooked-for talents. Nnt only as an official, but as a man who loved to identified with the life of the town, Mr. Luke Ta)bot will be greatly missed. It is saddening to think that the holiday which it was hoped would fc,rtify a:weakened constitution ended in the:grave, and deep sympathy will be felt with Mrs. Talbot in the tragedy of her bereavement.  Not very long ago the
Widnes Examiner. — 1907-03-16 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

CHIEF CONSTARTS TRAGIC END.  SUICIDE IN It GAIT) MEL  The Painful sho::%-. which was eanse.l in -Warrington last Saturday by the neTs that Mr. Luke Tabot, the Chief Constable, had died sullenly at Ciiro, was . intensfied wh.n it bee,ame knova th it Mr. Talblt had taken away his nun life by s otin hinsalF in his hotel. Few public nrti'q iis were more highly esteemed for the canscientiousness and tact with which they discharged their dnties, than the late respected head of our Police Force, and his tragic end has occasioned genuine regret amoagst all classe: of the community. In particular the me.mbers of the Police Force sincerely deplore the loss of one who, took the keenest interest in their well-being and during the week they have been wearing crape bands, as a mark of r,spect. The deepest sympathy is felt with Mrs. Talbot in her bereavement.  The first briPf o-rtirydar. of 6. Chi 4 InsfiVA's death were conveyed in a cablezram to the Tomn Clerk which Carrie to hand on Saturday : "Talbot found dead in b3d with revolver, Nionday miming (week). Shot through heart. Buried on Tuesday at the British Cemetery. No doubt suicide, but verdict of jury not before Monday. At first thought AmericAn. His effects now in my custody. Will write. British Consul." k  _ The Cairo correspondent of the "Daily Telegriph " cabled as follows to Tuesday's issue of that journal: "An inquest was held yesterday (NfondaY) afternoon at the British Consular Court, on the body of Luke Talbot, late Chief (instable of Warrington, Lancashire. The deceased man was found dead in his rlom at a fashionable hotel in Cairo, with a revolver by his side containing two cartridges, one of which had been fired. Medical evidence showed that the bullet from the discharged cartridge had penetrated the heart, causing instantaneous death. A note written in pencil was discovered amongst the effects of the dead man, indicating that he was in a desperate condition, owing to what he alleged to be persecution. The jury returned a verdict of " Suicide whilst temnorarilv insane."