The Telegram. — 1896-11-17 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

FATAL ACCITANT.—On Saturday evening, a plasterer named Stephen Osborne, living with hie wife at 40, Avon Rood, Spriogbourne, left home about six p.m., for the purpose of going to Pukesdown. On his returning huine about 9.15 p.m., he was in the act of crossing from one side of Palmer. aton Rat to the other,wh.en a hansom cab coming round Raviland Road corner into Palmerston Road, driven by George Shepherd, came into contact with the deceased, who was knocked down and rendered insensible. He was at once token to the Cottage lidsplial near, and attended to by Dr. Sweaden, but expired *boson two 1v.0t..-a later.  The Prir.ce of Wa,es was fifty-five on Monday. Cardiff Infirmary bazaar realised over £3,600 ia four days. Dr. De Moraes Barros, the Preeident of Brazil, IS seriously ill.  The sun) actually paid for the release of Captain Marriott was £l2O.  All the peaks of the Snowdon Range are thickly covered with anew.  At Redruth, Cornwall, the twelfth case of smallpox occurred on Friday. Princess Charles of Hesse, sister of the German Emperor, gave birth to twins on Friday, both boys.  _ The Aberavon Town Council have unaulimournly selected as Mayor-elect Mr. Henry Richard., who is totally blind.  Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, mother of Mr. Cornelius and William K. Vannerbilt, died in New York on Friday. Owing to the prevalence of measles and fever in Coventry the elementary schools are closed till the end of the month.  Warlike preparations are in progress in the United States, and rumour says that the Cuban situation is the cause. The captain and four of the crew of the British steamer Montrose have been drowned through the stranding of the vessel. Republicans in America fear that Mr. Bryan may yet prove a dangerous foe, and they will keep up the fight against Free Silver. A HaVa33 telegram reports a fresh engagement in which the Spanish troops defeated the rebels. The insurgent Lego has committed suicide. Several shipping mishaps are reported, as the result of a gale which prevailed in the North Sea and the Channel ou Saturday and Sunday. The announcement that has been published to the effect that the British Government had decided to abandon Cyprus is altogether unfounded.  Valletors Mills, Plymouth, the property of Hoe. keo, Threvitbick & Co., were completely destroyed by tire on Monday rught. The damage is very extensive.  An extensive landslip has taken place at the undercliff near Folkestone. through which the South Eastern Railway runs to Dover. It is reported that over 50 acres are affected.  Signor Familia, formerly manager of the Bologna branch of the Bank of Naples, has been arrested at Rome on account of some irregularities which took place during his period of management. A fire broke out on Sunday night at the Alhambra, a small popular theatre built of wood, in she Prati di Castello quarter of Rome. The building was entirely destroyed, but there was no loss of life.  The Cake of Grafton, who slipped down several steps on to a tiled pavement at Stony Stratford on Tuesday, is suffering frem concussion of the brain and injured collar-bone. His Grace passed a restless night. While a carpenter named Morrow was sliding down a rope in Omagh Church slice on Wednesday night, he lost his hold, and falling 40 feet, received injuries which resulted in death shoitly afterwards.  Mr. W. S. Mackie, editor of the Leeds Mercury, died suddenly at his residence on Wednesday morning. At au inquest held in the evening a verdict of death from failure of the heart's action wan returned.  The Queen has forwarded her customary bounty of g 3 to Mr. Ridlough, draper's assistant, of Garfield Avenue, Bradford, whose wife was recently confined of triplets. All three are girls, and they are healthy and thriving. The Scarborough branch of the Hull Wine Stores, Limited, was on Saturday completely destroyed by fire, which wmcausad, it is supposed, by a boy dropping a lighted taper in the cellar, which was full of inflammable goods. It has been practically decided that the Clyde marine engineers shall put forward a claim on Saturday for a halfpenny advance per hour, with the alternative that the hours of labour shall be reduced from 54 to 52 hours, without an advance. An extraordinary suicide is reported from LisI burn, near Belfast. An inmate of the Consutnptive Hospital, named Cowan, was found drowned in a shallow Stream, in which, judging from his position, he must have held his head until he expired.  Two men entered 151, Mortimer Road, liensal Rise, on Thursday night, and alter gagging Mrs. Cooper, the only occupant of the house at the time, and tying her to the banisters of the staircase, ransacked the premises and carried off every portable article of value.  Elizabeth Quinn died in the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, on Friday, from burns sustained on Thursday night. On retiring for the night she WILA unable to untie a knot in the laces of her corset and applied a lighted paper to burn the lace when her clothing took fire.  In the early hours of Monday morning, St. Nlatthew's Church, Great Peter Street, Westminster, was entered by burglars, and property valued at £l2O stolen. They entirely cleared the vestry of the drapery, consisting of four clerical copes, six chasubles, and three linen albs, etc. . . _ _  - -At Hanley, on Monday, James Blockaedge, miner, was remanded on a charge of attempting to murder Clara Turner, widow. Prisoner had been livingat Mrs. Turner's house. They quarrelled, and accused packed his goods and left. In the evening he returned, and, it is alleged, belaboured the woman with a poker.  An interesting discussion on clerical failures took place at the Winchester Diocesan Conference. Sir Frederick Fitzwygram made a lively speech in favour of bringing to an end the system whereby a clergyman holds his incumbency for life, directing his remarks against the mentally or physically unfit, the clergy who had lost their voices, the drones, the round um in square holes, and the bad chuacteee.