Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-12-24 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

SUICIDE'S FAREWELL.  According to a Daily Telegraph correspondent, a black leather bag or portmanteau has been discovered at flanwell railway station under mysterious circumstances. The contents include a clerical collar and necktie, a Church Service, a book of sermons, a copy of the works of Virgil, a facsimile of Magna Charta with translation, a pair of black kid gloves, .a brush and comb, some newspapers, and several small articles. The following extra- , ordinary letter, written in pencil on a long slip of paper, was also found: "The fatal day has arrived. I can exist no longer. Igo hence, and shall be no more seen. But I would have coroner and the jury know that I am a sane man, and a verdict of temporary insanity in my case would be an error most gross aftsr this intimation. I care not if it is felo de se, as I have passed all suffering. Search diligently for my poor lifeless body in the immediate neighbourhood—on the cold heath, the rail, or the river by yonder bridge. A few moments will decide how I shall depart. If I had walked aright I might have been a power in the Church of which I am now an unworthy member and priest, but the damnable sin of gambling got hold on me, and betting has been my ruin, as it has been the ruin of thousands who have preceded me. Ye ing man, shun the bookmaker and the racecourse as you would shun the devil and hell. Farewell, chums of Magdalen; farewell ye candidates for tomorrow's ordination. Farewell, and take warning. ' 0 what a solemn vow is yours. See that ye do not break it, as I have done, and am now about to pay the penalty. Though I can claim relationship with a duke, a marquis, and a bishop, and though I am the son of a noble wornae, yet am I a tramp and an outcast, verily and indeed. Sweet death, I greet thee. Be good enough to send my bag and its rude contents to my parish museum, care of Archdeacon of Sarum, The Close, Salisbury. They may lead to my identity. I dare not sign my name. To one and all farewell. 0 my poor marchioness mother. A dying kiss to thee. R.1.P." The police and some of the railway officials have made a search, but no body has been found.  Two of the officers implicated in the last Chilian conspiracy are to be shot. Among those wlic,in it was intended to put to death, had the plot been successful,were President Mont, Senor Isidoro Errazuriz, Minister for Foreign Affairs, General Emil Korner, and Senor Walker Martinez.  A timely discovery has just been made at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, in Jackson city. It was found on Sunday that a large tunnel had been excavated, under a pile of 50 cords of wood, evidently with a view to making their way out of prison by the convicts at work in the gaol yard.  The Russian Senate has adopted a decision which marks a further step in ths persecution of the Jews. Orders are to be issued that Jewish artisans may only live at places outside the pale where there are official Trade Boards. These exist in only about 10 to 15 per cent. of the towns. The Australian mail brings news of a murderous attack by West Australian natives upon a body of police who were seeking to arrest cattle-stealers in the Kimberley district. The natives attacked the officers, Inflicting severe spear wounds, and one of the constables was on the point of being clubbed when his comrade raised his Winchester and shot the native dead. The latter, who was a man over 6ft.. was wanted for murder.