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The Northern Guardian. — 1894-02-06 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

INTERESTING ITEM OP NEWS TO THE LAMES OF THE HARTLEPOOLS AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT. The annual sale of Surplus Winter Stock is now in progress at Carter's, London House, where bargains are to be found in all departments. Every article has undergone a marked reduction in price, with the certain object of effecting an early clearance. Ladies desirous of sorting up their household linen, &c., will find this Sale one of those rare opportunities to purchase goods of standard quality, and at the same time to effect a considerable saving in their outlay. As an evidence of the genuineness of Carter's Sales, all goods are marked in plain figure., which at once convey to intending purchasers the sweeping character of the reduction in each case. An early visit is advised. —Adrt.  York City Council last night increased the Town Clerk's salary from £6OO to £7OO per annum. At a meeting held yesterday afternoon, the Scarborough Corporation resolved .to adopt electik lighting at the Town Hall. A marriage has been arranged between 'Herber' Pike Pease, second son of Air Arthur Pease, of Darlington, and Alice Mostimer, second daughter of Dr. Luckock, Dean of Lichfield.  11,1 r Alfred Organ, accountant in the Gloucestershire County Treasurer's office, at, Gloucester, is missing. He left, the office on Saturday, and all efforts to discover his whereabouts have failed. An inquest was held at Seaeombe yesterday on the bodies of Hannah Adams and her infant, which were found in a pond on Saturday. The jury found that the mother destroyed the child's life by throwing it in the pond, and afterwards committed suicide herself while temporarily of unsound mind.  At the York Police Court yesterday, Mary Banks, single woman, of no fixed abode, was brought up charged with abandoning her child, six months oil, in Campishere Lane, York, on the 12th of January. Prisoner was apprehended at Leeds, and in answer to the charge said she had nowhere to take the child and did not know what to do with it. She was committed for trial at the Assizes. CASTLB EDEN ENTIRE HORgE
The Northern Guardian. — 1894-01-11 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.  SitAl%9 AND RTRAl'S.—Large stock, all priem at G. C. LAVERICICS, whelesalti and retail, Weat Barth:prx)l.—Adtt.  Lum, Jeweller (temporary premises). 4, Charles Street, for Christmas Presents and New Year's Gifts. Telephone, 4.l6l.—Advt. W. MAXWELL, Jeweller awl SilveNmith, for Chriat: ways New Year, and Wedding Presents.. Wedding Rings.—" The Clock," Surtees Stroet.—Adrt.  OUR PRICE for New Mainspring or Cleaning Watches and Clocks, is 6d. None but practical 'workmen employed; no ai prentices kept. Jewellery Repaired. Electroplating and Gilding at J. M. Cnortmee, The Watchmaker, 76, Lynn Street, near Musgrave Street. —Ad rt.  An outbreak of anthrax has taken place on tlio premises of Mr F. Lumby, at Donington, Lincolnshire, two animals having died. The subjects to be discussed at the annual conference of the Miners' Federation, to be held in Leicester on Tuesday next, include the Mines Eight lioure Bill and the question of working five days a week.  Yesterday the body of George Harrison, alias "Terrier," about 70 years of age, of 17, Wood Street., Castleford, was recovered from the River Aire by John Sutcliffe. Deceased was last seen on Saturday going in the direction of the river, and it is feared he committed suicide. On Tuesday night the wife of Charles Butter. field, of 75, Duke Street, Castleford, left her daughter Sarah, aged three years, in the house alone for a few minutes to fetch some water, and on returning found her in flames. The child died the same night at about ten o'clock.  Al Bolton Quarter Sessions yesterstay, Joseph Ambrose Holtham, cashier of the 13olton Cooperative Society, who, being a depositor, manipulated the books and overdress his account by £4OO, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for fraud. The Recorder (Mr Pope, Q.C.) commented upon the slovenly state of the books. Mr Henry Gladstone arrived at Hawarden yesterday afternoon, and attended the annual audit dinner of the Hawarden Gymnasium in the evening. He was the only representative of his family present, Islr Herbert Gladstone, who was expected, having been unavoidably detained elsewhere. There has been no reduction given to farmers on the Hawarden estate this Christmas.  Miss Susan Maria Ffarington, of Worden Leyland, near Preston, died yesterday. The deceased lady, who was a large benefactress, came of a family of great antiquity. For 25 generations the family continued in Leyland in uninterrupted succession by male heirs, until 1848. Miss Mary Hannah Ffarington, who with deceased succeeded to the estates in that year, died two years ago.  Labour troubles have arisen on the Manchester Ship Canal in connection with the employment of men horn Glasgow and Liverpool. An angry gathering of unemployed, to the number of several hundreds met at Manchester yesterday and threatened to throw the men into the Canal. An indignation meeting was held, and finally a conference with the officials was arranged for to-day.  Goof) Tntruatir AT
The Northern Guardian. — 1891-10-05 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

STRANGE SUICIDE OF A CHORUS GIRL. Another Private Inquest. Lord Charles Montagu a Witness. The Press Association says has transpired that on Friday Mr. Troutbeck, the coroner for Westminster, held an inquiry into the death of a young woman described as Lydia Manton, but whose real name is Miller, who committed suicide under mysterious and rather romantic circumstances. It appears that the young woman, who was about twenty-three years of age, had for some considerable period been performing at the Gaiety Theatre in the successive burlesques of "Faust up to Date,' " Ruy Bias," and " Carmen up to Data." She took no prominent part, but acted in the chorus; and, after expressing her dissatisfaction that she was not getting on, she declined to engage to perform in "Joan of Arc." The young lady, it may he added, was a member of the Gaity Company which went touring in America. Her relatives are all highly respectable—her father besides carrying on a large business in London, occupying a representative position in the locality in which he resides. Whilst at the Gaiety, the deceased young lady made the acquaintance of Lord Charles Montagu. She lived in considerable style at Burlington Mansions, Coak Street, Piccadilly. At the ropiest on Friday, the evidence went to show that on Thursday evening, Miss Manton, apparently in s. state of great mental excitement, took a considerable quantity of carbolicacid, which caused an agoniting death not long after. It was suggested that the motive for this act was that Lord Charles Montagu had failed to keep an appointment to call upon the deceased that day. Lord Charles Montague gave evidence as to his knowledge of the deceased, and some five or six other witnesses were called. Mr. George Lewis, solicitor, watched the proceedings.—ln the end, the jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst in a state of unsound mind." Careful enquiries reveal no more than this. The witnesses who were called decline to state what transpired at the inquest, and the coroner, on being applied to, refused to allow the depositions to be seen,  WHAT YOU have never heen to Mr La.) cock's Children's Concerts 'I Then you Gave mid a great treat see public notice.
The Northern Guardian. — 1891-11-14 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

POVERTY AND SUICIDE.  SENSATIONAL SUICIDE NEAR SHIELDS.  A STRANGE LETTER.  Last night Mr. J. R. D. Lynn, coroner, held an inquest at the Dock Hotel, Northumberland Docks, respecting the death of a woman named Ann Oliver, who was drowned in the Tyne near Whitehill Point, on Wednesday night. Thomas Oliver, blacksmith, living at Percy Main, said the deceased was his wife, and was 45 years of age. She had been living apart from him and alone in Prudhoe Street, North Shields. He saw her last about three months ago. She was very STRANGE IN HER HABITS and manner. Walter Shadwell, a seaman, belonging to the ship Harriet Waille, of Guernsey, now lying at the Mill Dam buoys, South Shields, said on Wednesday night, about eleven o'clock, he crossed the river at the " Point " Ferry, and coming up from the shore at Whitehill Point saw the deceased walk into the river from the beach. There was no one near her at the time. He was about 20 yards away, and in the company of another seaman. She waded through the water until she got out of her depth. She did not shout, but he heard her moaning. As soon as he saw her he put off his hat and coat and rushed into the river. HE SWAM OUT TO HER,  and she held up her hand to keep him off. He ultimately got hold of her by the hair of the head. She was then unconscious, and he swam ashore again with her and laid her on the beach. She appeared to be dead then. His mate had gone off in search of a police officer, and soon afterwards ieturned with a river policeman. He was suffering terribly from cold and went away.—Sub-Inspector Miller, of the River Police, said he found the body lying close to the water's edge, and the last witness standing near it. He tried for some time to restore breathing, but was unsuccessful. The body was quite cold, and life was appeently extinct. P.C. Dover, stationed at Percy Main. said he knew the deceased very well. She was
The Northern Guardian. — 1891-10-20 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE SUICIDE AT SUNDERLAND,  DRINKING AND BETTING.  An inquest was held at the Borough Hotel, Sunderland, this morning, on the body of the man who yesterday afternoon cut his throat in the news-room of the hotel. The jury viewed the body in the room where the man died, which had not since been disturbed. Deceased was identified by his brother as Joseph Anderson, landlord of the Bridge Hotel, South Shields, 51 years of age,—Mr. Bain, the landlord of the Borough Hotel, gave evidence to I having seen deceased in the news-room about three o'clock yesterday afternoon. The room was somewhat dark, and on his first visit, the man who was alone, appeared to be spitting on the floor, this did not strike Mr. Bain, but he thought deceased looked ill, and he suggested that the man had had a tooth drawn, _to which the stranger mumbed 'yes.' He returned shortly after, and then noticed for the first time that there was blood on the man's shirt front, and a wound in his neck. He was holding an open razor in his hand. Witness rushed at him, and threw him on to a seat, but before he could prevent him deceased started to hack his throat with the razor, which he now held in both hands. He sent for the police and a doctor. After death he recognised deceased. He knew no reason why Anderson should have taken his life. P.C. Pigg took charge of the body and searched it, and found on it a purse containing four sovereigns, some silver and a few coppers; a return half of a tourist ticket from Manchester, several paid hotel bills, and a telegram dated from Shields on the 18th inst., asking him to return home. There was also a pocket book, on a leaf of which was written, "Tell Vi ilhiam to be honest and keep off the drink, and be holiest to you. Tom is trustworthy." This was not addressed to anyone in particular. A letter was produced which had been received this morning by Mr. Thornton, South Shields, which ran as follows :—" Dear Thornton, my last request from you is to assist my wife, if she requires it. lam going mad. What an awful thing it is. I have brought it on myself. If I had been as good as my wife I should have been a different man. Two fine children and a good wife. Betting and drink has knocked me silly. I always think of you as a friend, and this is my last dying wish.—J. Anderson. This is confidential." The Jury returned a verdict of "suicide whilst of unsound mind.
The Northern Guardian. — 1891-11-07 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE OLDEST CORONER IN ENGLAND.  A TRIBUTE TO MR. SETTLE.  Last night, at the conclusion of the Coroner's inquiry in the Alma Hotel, West Hartlepool, reported in another column, Councillor John Wilson, foreman of the jury, rose and said that he did not think that they should let the opportunity slip by of congratulating the worthy Coroner on the attainment of his seventy-first birthday last Saturday. (Hear, hear.) Ho said that his tenure of office hitherto, had been one of great credit to himself (the Coroner) and though chequered by many conflicts in the discharge of his duty he had come honourably out of the ordeal ; and his white hairs that day commanded their veneration and regard. Even now, after more than fifty years service he guided his court with extreme ability ; and it was no mean distinction, that, besides being the oldest coroner in England he was also chairman of the Coroners' Association. Mr. Settle, in all his efforts, probed the evidence to the hilt, and with masterly tact laid the facts before the jury in his summing up, so that they could not but arrive at a true and proper verdict. Furthermore, he had ever leant to the side of mercy in cases of suicide. He (Councillor Wilson) in his professional pursuits had had many opportunities of judging Coroner Settle, and he honestly affirmed that these qualities were all possessed by Mr. Settle. He thought he would he speaking the sentiments of every man on the jury in tendering this compliment to their respected coroner. (Applause.) M. T. JOHNSON briefly supported the proposition, and it was carried by acclamation. Mr. Srrrix, in feeling terms, replied, and said that he remembered the time when West Hartlepool was principally green fields, when railways were not, and when he had to perform his judicial duties on horseback, instead of by express trains. After a compliment had been paid to Sergeant Cowan, who has been a sort of Alms aetateA to the Coroner for years past, the Court rose.
The Northern Guardian. — 1891-11-30 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

FIFTEEN SHILLINGS FOR NINE  EGGS.  A YOUNG WOMAN'S MISTAKE.  To-day—before the West Hartlepool Magistrates— Wm. Watson, contractor, residing in Stockton Road, West Hartlepool, prosecuted a young woman, named Alice Harrison, respectably dressed, for stealing rage eggs, value 9d, his property.—Prosecutor stated that on the 21st of this month prisoner was working in his employ, helping to carry packages. About twelve o'clock on that day he had occasion to go up the platform of the central warehouse, when he saw Pri: soner go into the packing room. He suspected her, and watched. He saw her take the eggs and leave the warehouse. He followed her to the end of Church Street where he accused her of taking the eggs. She admitted it. He requested her to go with him to the North-Eastern Police Office, where she wassearched and thc nine eggs found upon her. Sir William Gray: What wages does she make? Prosecutor: One and ninepence a day; on an average 10s. a week. , In reply to the clerk, prisoner said she had nothing to say, and softly pleaded guilty. The Chairman said that until quite recently they would have had no option but to send the prisoner to gaol, but by a recent alteration of the law they had the power to inflict a fine. They had no wish to.send her to gaol, and would give her the opportunity of paying a fine of 158. inclusive. If not paid she would have to go to prison for 14 days.  J. HILL, Surgeon Dentist and Chemist, 2, Burn Road (Tvff minutes' walk from Btranton Church). Artificial Teeth, II; Gold, Platinum, or Vulcanite, at lowest charges Vcßefoign with good workmanship.  _ TH IS 110IIN I SUICIDE ON r: A young woman juin Nitstern train at Man° was cut to pieces. DEATII ( Sir James P. Corry Mid-Armagh, died at li fast, on Saturday after, CHINESE RE' ON A Shanghai telegra Chaoyang, in Shinkit saptured by relmls, w CANADA AND It is stated the 1), an ultimatum, thrci ish the same as fore THE SHIPIR The strike hum] liervion Shipbuilif ewe to an end. -FRANCE I The /Crew. Zeit letter from Cons turkey has cc& promontory of Arabia at the oi entrance to the EXTRI Yesterday e, ,applied at one stated that he during which three inches smith's hamm ATTEM ANC Oii Saturd is the emplc at Hassohu grand wit Keller sudd in whose be the muzzle himself dea DE M. Chr Lion, an night of 1 of the M dent of t attacks iug centl sition, 1 prisanm TWO AR says— the of Mani! and C it2nd Capti iliac disas gran TN lay ho Sr Is(  -
The Northern Guardian. — 1892-12-10 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

WELLS IN GAOL  ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. HAvRE Friday.  This morning the prisoner Charles Wells apparently made an attempt to commit suicide in gaol. Ife beat his head against the wall, and wounded himself severely on the forehead. . .  At three o'clock this afternoon a request was made to the Court for the nomination of a trustee who, in the interest of the creditors, should take possession of the yacht Palais Royal, and advance or borrow the money necessary to pay off the eighteen sailors forming the crew, and take steps to keep the yacht in good order. Wells at first refused to appear before the Court, aml sent word that he wculd only accept a bill that had been apitroved by the captain. At the last moment he changed his mind and  appeared before the president Of the Civil Court. He answered the questions put to him in a low tone of voice, and appeared to be quite stupified at the situation in which he found himself. In answer to the president, he admitted the debts contracted by him at Havre and Cherbourg, but would not acknowledge the bill of the builders of the yacht. He asked for a competent person to be named as trustee, as the management of the yacht was an important matter, and besides, there were several valuable articles still on board. He requested that a list of those articles should be drawn up and handed to the captain. Wells refused to state the value of his yacht, but said he had himself spent live hundred thousand francs in repairs. M. Billard, shipping agent, was named trustee. Wells left the court accompanied by two gendarmes, and was taken backhto prison. He has expressed his willingness to be sent to England, even without the completion of the necessary formalities for extradition.
The Northern Guardian. — 1892-11-28 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

ANOTHER ROMANTIC SUICIDE.  A BRADFORD GIRL FOLLOWS EDITH  -WALKER'S EXAMPLE.  Yesterday afternoon the Bradford borough police succeeded in recovering from the canal the body of a girl of sixteen years named Ada Mitchell, who was the youngest daughter of a widow named Mary Mitchell, of 19, Ackworth Strcet, West Bowling. The girl had been missing from her home since Thursday last, and the circumstances of her disappearance were singularly like those which surrounded the death of a girl named Edith W alker, who committed suicide in romantic fashion rather more than a week ago, and whose example the girl Mitchell appears to have followed. Mitchell was a mill-hand, employed by Messrs F. W. Shepherd Sc Co., Gordon Street, and appears to have been friendly with a youth named Fred Fortune, who works at the same establishment. Though this friendship appears to have been nothing more than of an ordinary character, it BCCMB to have been construed by some of the girls into a love affair, and the remarks made in consequence were taken by the deceased very much to heart. On Wednesday evening last, when leaving the mill, the girl was followed by some companions who jeered at her, and one of them is said to have called her a "nasty, deceitful, little thing." These unfounded taunts hurt the girl's feelings acutely, for after her companions had gone she was seen crying bitterly in a neighbouring street. Eventually she went home, but made no complaint. During the evening conversation turned on the case of Edith Walker, who was wellknown to her, and Ada asked her brother "how long it took to drown," and on being answered she said, "I thought they were dead the third time they came up.' Next morning toe left home to go to work as usual, but she 'never returned home. The two letters given below were found on a window-sill, addressed to Fred Fortune and a companion named Nellie Dean respectively. Dear Fred,—l write these few lines to at last bid you good-bye. The lies that have been told about me by the hands are something sickening, and I am now going to the place where Edith Bell (Walker) went. I will again say good-bye.
The Northern Guardian. — 1892-08-20 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.  A YEAR'S RECORD.  A report has been furnished to the Board of Trade showing the number of persons who had been killed and injured from all causes, some of a trivial character, in the working of railways during the past year. Passengers—From accidents to trains, rolling stock, permanent way, &c., 5 killed, 875 injured; by accidents from other causes, including accidents from their own want of caution or misconduct, 98 killed, 737 injured. Servants— From accidents to trains, rolling stock, permanent way, &c., 12 injured, 154 killed; by accidents from other causes, including accidents from their own want of caution or misconduct, 537 killed, 3,007 injured. Other persons—Whilst passing over railways at level crossings, 66 killed, 31 injured ; tretpassers, 306 killed, 161 injured. Suicides, 87 killed. Miscellaneous, not included in either of the above, 57 killed, 95 injured. Total, 1,168 killed, 5,060 injured. In addition to the above the companies have returned 79 persons killed and 6,440 injured from accidents which occurred on their premises, hut were not connected with the movement of railway vehicles. The total number of passenger journeys, exclusive of journeys by season-ticket holders, was 845,463,668 for the year 1891, or 27,719,622 more than in the previous year. Calculated on these figures, the proportions of passengers killed and injured during the year 1891 from all causes were 1 in 8,208,385 killed, and lin 524,481 injured. In 1890 the proportions were 1 in 6,930,034 killed, and 1 in 600,840 injured. The passengers killed and injured from causes beyond their own control from accidents to trains--killed 5, injured 875; number of passenger journeys (exclusive of journeys by season-ticket holders), 845,463,668; proportion to number carried—killed, 1 in 160,092,733 ; injured, 1 in 966,241.  .1. Hitt, Surgeon Dentist, and Chemist, 2, Burn finsei (Ts; Tninutes' walk from Strautcn Church). Artificial Teeth , Bold, Platimini, or Vulcanite at lowest Charges consists With good workmanship