Beverley and East Riding Telegraph. — 1896-02-29 (Beverley, Humberside, England)

EPITOME OF NEWS.  Lord Loch has left England for Gibraltar. The Tonquin loan of 80,000,000 f has been sub'scribed 30 times over. The Government of Uruguay has authosised the return to that country of Colonel Latorre, the ex-Dictator, who has been in exile since 1881. Cape fruit is reported to be in greater abundance than hitherto, and some 10 tons of this season's fruit were on one day recently exported to England The 'imports of live stock from Ireland into Great Britain in 1895 were less by 45,920 head of cattle, 308,035 sheep, and 37,041 pigs than in 1894. _  The notary M. Verhaegen, who absconded last week, has been arrested at Budapest. The Belgian Government will make an immediate demand for hie extradition.  ..... The action brought by Mrs. Langtry to recover the value of her jewels from the proprietors of the bank, whence they were obtained by a forgery, is fixed for March 13  General Pelloux, ex-Minister of War, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Army in Abyssinia in place of General Baratieri, who is blamed by the Press for the recent reverses  • The wife and three children of Mr. Maclean, a crofter, of Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, were seized with sudden illness. A girl aged four years died, and the doctors believe death was due to narcotic poisoning. Another child is still in danger The second February sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced at the Old Bailey, London, on Monday. The calendar contained the names of 81 prisoners ; five persons are char&ed with murder, two with manslaughter, and live with robbery with violence.  A cycle race between Mr. C. B. Laweß, the well. known sculptor, and the Marquis of Queensberry, over a distance of 10 miles, took place on Monday and was won by the latter, who covered the distance in a trifle over 35 minutes.  It is stated from Calcutta that the 24th Bombay Infantry Regiment has been selected to proceed to British East Africa to suppress the disturbances incited by the rebel chief Aziz, and will proceed to Mombassa forthwith  The Aurania landed in Liverpool on Monday, 10 of the crew of the Glasgow steamer Leamington, which went ashore oil Long Island, New York, on the 4th of February. On reaching Ramsgate Harbour on Monday Taylor, the master of the yacht Lady Nell, from Portsmouth, reported the loss of the chief engineer by drowning at sea on Saturday. The cause of the fatality is unknown. . . .  At the Penge Petty Sessions William Best, of 41, Wordsworth-road, Penge, a clerk, was committed for one month with hard labour for violently assaulting his wife by striking her on the head with a poker. From Baltimore (U.S.) it is stated that a fire occurred on Sunday at the resident of Mr. James R. Armeger in that city. Mr. Armeger and seven members of his household perished in the flames, and six persons were injured. The body of a young man named Doughty, aged 17, was found on Monday morning on the Great Northern branch line near Stafford, half a mile from the station. One leg was cut off. The deceased had been playing football at Shrewsbury on Saturday for a Stafford club An extraordinary find of oysters has been made in the little harbour of Bousignes. While dragging there some fishermen brought to the surface a number of enormous oysters, some of which weighed no less than 21b., and the smallest of which was as large as the crown of a hat. _ .  The Kaiser has issued a receipt signifying a wish that sailors of the Imperial Marine should have every opportunity afforded them of attending divine service on Sundays and holy-days consistent with the rules of the service. It wili be remembered that a short time ago a similar order was issued relating to the land forces A fire burst out half an hour after noon on Monday in Shadwell, London, upon the extensive premises of Messrs. Ashby and Horner, builders and general contractors. The conflagration caused much excitement in the neighbourhood and was got under with great difficulty. The damage is covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. A case of murder and suicide has been investigated at Hyde (Cheshire) by the coroner's jury. Annie Regan, wife of a bricklayer, left home with her child, aged five weeks. The bodies of both were afterwards found floating in the Peak Forest CR-19.1. The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful im.cder and suicide against the mother whilst temporarily insane." It was stated that the had been troubled about a small debt. At a London Police-court, on Monday, Mr. Peak, solicitor, in the course of the hearing of a case, mentioned that an order had been received from Soottand Yard to the effect that if a constable saw a drunken man approach a public-house he was to prevent his entrance, and if a drunken man got inside, to warm the landlord of his condition. The Magistrate remarked that this was a good regulation On Monday at Dewsbury, William Cromwell, a native of Birkenshaw, was committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder. The evidence was to the effect that on the morning of January 28 the accused attacked an aged woman named Baxendale in her own garden with an axe. He struck her several times on the head, and the victim never recovered consciousness. Cromwell, who appeared suite indifferent, reserved his defense  deceased