The Blackpool Herald. — 1890-06-13 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

THE OCEAN STEAMER OF THE FUTURE.  She will be over squirter of • nnie is length 1 —one learns these particulars from an American paper—and will do the passage from Sandy Hook to Liverpool in thirty-six hours, being one night out. She will be driven by electricity, and in such a fashion as to keep railway time, despite storm or fog. Passengers can be secured by flash photo—Edison's patent—and the ticket will include an opera stall or a concert ticket, or a seat in a church pew—the opera-house, concert hall, and church being all on board. A covered ring for horse exercise will be provided, and • racing track for fast trotters. A baseball ground and tennis court will also form a portion of the attractions. For business men a stock exchange will be operated, the quotations being posted from the tickets every two minutes on the vibration system. The leading papers of all countries will be reprinted each morning by the electric reflection system. A spacious conservatory, containing the choicest flowers of all climates, will afford an agreeable lounging place, and bouquets will be provided gratis. As at Monaco and Monte Carlo, a suite of apartments will be laid out for play, to be kept open all night—a sumptuous supper with costliest wines free. English tailors and shoemakers will be in attendance, and clothed will be made and finished daring the passage. The millinery department will contain the French fashions of the previous day, and costumes will be oonfectioned while the ship is en route, and delivered complete on arrival at dock. Accommodation will be furnished for 10,000 passengers.  In answer to the foreman, witness stated that he had only seen deceased asleep once previously. George Nutter, grocer, 45. Church-street, South Shore, stated that he knew the deceased,whom he had seen about three times within the past fortnight. He passed the shop on Saturday afternoon, and saw Wharton standing with his hands in his pockets behind the counter, apparently under the influence of drink. Witness told him he was sorry to find him in that state, and upon asking him what he had bswa drinking he replied. "Whiskey." Witness stayed about a quarter of an hour, and gave desessuul& bottle of soda water, and then left him sitting in a chair, rather dizzy and confused. Upon returning a little later, he was still on the chair, but not asleep. He asked witness to lock up the shop, and rouse him in about an hour, as he thought a little sleep would do him good. Witness afterwards returned about five o'clock, and found him still asleep. He roused him, and asked him if he eouldellbend to the shop, and he replied, "I'll be gala.fsig up soon." He then locked up the shop again, and after leaving the key with Mrs. Crabtree, he again returned, and found the deceased on the floor, with his head and shoulders resting against a partition, seemingly sleeping heavily under the influence of drink. He again locked the shop, and sent the errand boy with the key to Mr. Chadwick. He next went to the shop, in charge of which was a Mr. Whiteside, about five minutes to eleven, and found the I deceased apparently in the same position, but looking more ghastly. Witness left soon afterwards, and saw no more of him. Deceased had never complained about anything to him, but, on the contrary, had always appeared cheerful. He was of the opinion though, that he was in the habit of taking drink occasionally. He had known deceased over four years. Robert Whiteside, also a chemist's assistant, living at 32, Hull-road, stated that at Mr. Chadwick's request he went down to the shop at j South Shore and took charge of it. He there I found the deceased behind the counter in a sitting Position, apparently in a natural condition. He tried to rouse him, but without avail, and then left him, thinking he would come round. He afterwards looked round the shop, and found rather more landar.um gone than would have been sold in the ordinary course of business, because he had been manager of the shop before deceased came. The lad then called his attention to the glass, which smelt strongly of laudanum, but upon going to deceased, his bmih did not smell of He (deceased) continued to be quite insensible, and ceased to breathe very suddenly about a quarter to eleven. He sent the boy for medical aid when he found the glass, but none could be found in time. Dr. sStl:zie. M.R.C.S., practising at South Shore, that he was called to deceased a few minutes past eleven, whom he found in a sitting poslion behind the counter, just dead. His /Men. tion was then directed to the glass and laudanum -ottle, and he formed the opinion that he died •at examination he found that that opinion from ti.Th smell of ~:taeiroaamiticnspotiiosonnthinge. prefiveioushadevmenaidneg.a poanstd -orrect one. ere was no w„."„a.„a„,„‘ or spirits from the stomach nor the j thms d vessels of the ,escribed before death. month, but besides In answer to t.bri"..n, the sYmi ,e 3 jury, the doctor stated that there was extreme congestion of the the lunge, and the liver, ve of habitual laudanum drinkthere were no trace 6 'ding that traces of such a ins, the Coroner an. \fed, unless the victim had thing were soon obliten king opium or morphia been in the habit of drin. for years. ,roner said there could In his summing up, the CL. •te young man had be no doubt that the unfortuni. ',num poisoning, died from the effects of latm. • the evidence administered by himself. Frcin. ,ot been at all given it was clear that he had I- of mind, or despondent, or in a melancholy frame ;ch caused anything pointing to a state of mind wh. s idea a person to commit suicide. Hi. as the was that the deceased had felt nervous . few ADVICE TO MOTHEEII !—Are you broken in result of his heavy drinking during the lam, t„.O your rest by • sick child suffering with the pain of cutting days, and that he had taken the laudanum -; a