Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1899-12-02 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

RWO,OOO.  An Italian electrician, living in Belgium, M. Guarini-Foresio, has invented an apparatus for transmitting from one station to another messages forwarded by Mareont's system. For great distances it will no longer be neeeteary to have very high conductors. A painful affair cscurred at New Brompton, Chatham. New Brompton Football tertm were entertained at dirtier in celebration of their victory over Woolwien ..kreenal. While Mr Henry Palmer, a foreman at the Dockyard. wae sir.ging "Simon the Cellarer," he fell to the floor dead.  The Earl of I..eiceeter has promised a Oonation of £lO,OOO to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital The Rev. H. Price Hughes was the or ncipal Raker at a representative meetmg of Wesleyan Metkcgilists of Newcastle, held in connection with a big mission st-heme for the town eat mated to cost over £16,000.  Mrs Bert Mayne, of Llancluilno. Left home. and later her hat was cllseoverod near the pierlicad. At her reacience a note was found indicating suicidal intenfone. Mrs Mayne, who had one child, was thirty years of are, and the danghter of a picture dealer in Pinaialiily. Her body was found on the beach.  A number of Ilusiulmans, including several important Government functionaries and a general of division, have been arrested at Constantinople and charged with being implicated in a plot to assassinate the Sultan on the occasion of the Selamilk cierenr ny last Friday. They have been exiled to the Yemen Prownce.  A town's meeting at Burnley unanimously apprcved of the Corporation's propoen to promote • Bill for relaying the Burnley and I) stoot Tramway, which will come into their possession nest year, for providing election equipment, and earrying tho branch line ir.to various parts of the town. It was stated that the probable oost would be about £150,000.  Walter Spor.ge. chemist, Old Dalby,lcester&lire, has been tined £7 17s erd at the Melton Petty Scesions for travelling from Nottingham to Old Da.lby without paying his fare. The evidenceehowed that he had allowed his season ticket to expire, and had cont.nrsed to travel between the two places without paying his fare, telling the sta.tion-maiter that he had left his ticket at home. Thomas Aloock (44), under-gamekeeper to Col. France, of Hayhurst, Boetock Hall, N'ortbwick, wag the Yetim of a setous shooting accident on Sunday. While stoop-ng he discovered the wire of an alarm gun in a cover. A tree bough fell upon the firearm, when it exploded full in the man's faoe, which was riddled. He was picked up blind and Weeding. The recovery of his a glit is despaired of.  Lord Arclilaun has purchased the Killarney setat ea for £60,000.  lir H. Q. Barry (39), ellipowner. of Wkii).7, from a train naar Stookton, and war VI  Same of Quo herrinr, EhLuT.,, boats Qt. GlimabY bay* ruscie sa much ea L1.,C)C47 on tea weacaa's catches.  The work of demolishing the ancient Catholic Churoh of St. Mary's, AloorfieMs, has now beim oorumenoed.  Nantoribba Hall, near 'We:spool, will burned down in an hour and a half. The inmates had a vet y escape.  William and John ackey, brothers, of Counts Limerick, stand oommitted charged with the mu:ciCr of their step-father, John Grafton.  Mr Robson, Q.C., M.P.. the Hon. Alfred Lyttleton, M.P.. and Mr Eldon Bankes have been elected benehers of the Inner Temple.  IThe daughter of Mr E. T. Ritchie, president of the Board of Trade, is shortly to be marr ed to Mr Ruaiell, on of the Lord Chief Justic e of England.  Sir John Lubbock ha a been elected president of the Association of Chambers of Commerce, 'As suereasion to Sir Stafford Northoote, the new Governor of Bombay.  A furnaceman named Hearne Waa k'lled at the Cape Copper Work, Neath. He tell from a platform. and his skull was crushed_ He leaves a widow and six children.  Mr Justke Grantham, charging the grand jury at Durham, said with one exception he was now confronted with the most terrible ltht of crime he ever had to dispose of there  At the Sussex Assizes Mules Newland, was ordered to be detained during her liklajesty's pleasure fr murdering hie wife in a fit of insanity at Brighton on let of August.  The Governor-General of Algeria reports having ativices from Gahberes stating that the Fouresu-Lamy mission has reached Agile",lea without encountering any opposition.  At the annual meeting of shareholders in the 13ridlington People's Pa'see, the report wae admitted to be unaat'sfactory, and one explanation offered was that last summer was too floe.  Mr W. T. Riekwood, secretary of the London General Porters' Benevolent Association and other kindred bodis, was found yesterday hanging dead in hi taco, 106. Cheaceide, E.C.  A Suffoll gentleman. Mr W. Riddell has P.ht £lOO to ths Suffolk Hoepital at Bury St. Edmunds. He had saved th's amount in twelve years by travelling third instead of first-class. The Greenwich District Board of Works has resolved to raise the minimum wage of their sweepers from 230 to 24s per week. This a due to the recent Progressive additions to the , Board.  Mr R. B. Haldane, Q C., 11. P., will preside at the house dinner of the Libercil Forward Club at St. Ennin's Hotel on Tuesday next. He will open a discussion on "Liberal Foreign Policy." At Ma:Aches-ter the waterproof manufactory of Hugh Spence and Co. was destroyed by fire, ana the works of Humphreys, Srotharn, and Co. were damaged. The damage is roughly eetinnued at about £BO,