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The Telegram. — 1899-03-07 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

GOVERNESS'S SUICIDE. LOVE TRAGEDY ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH. A "CRUEL" LETTER. The sensational death of Rose Pinnock, aged 26, a governess at Ma lock House School, Easubourne, formed the subject of an inquiry by Coroner Danford rhomal at the Hampstead Dispensary Hill, on Thursday. The deceased was found dead by a constable on Hampvteal Heath, and the medical evidence showed that death was due to opium poieuniug. The mother of the deceased, the widow of an accountant, deposed teas her daughter had suffered from spinal curvature for a long ti itie. Elie only taing likely to make deceased take her life was a disappointment in some love affair. Referring to maim letters found upon the deceased, the Coroner said that there was no doubt that she had been carrying on a correspondence with a friend for along tune, and it had not led to anything. 11 ii rally was an ettgageineut or attachment of any kind these letters indicated that it was finally broken off. The letter from the young man was an extraordinary one, and Welllated very much to upset her, tie had used very strong language, and he seemed to regret ever having made lier acquaintance. He says also that he thinks he has been insulted by her, and this was Ids final letter eudiug all the correapundence. In reply to this letter she had written in the following terms : • " Your very humiliating letter is before rue; otherwise I could not believe that it would he possible tor anyone to express so much loathsome hatred and contempt as it contains. It Wee really not necessary for you to be so eruct and insulting. I have never intentionally Julie you any harm or offered you say insult. Ii I have done so I am extremely sorry for it. You are one of the nobler vex. I am only a , woman. Your words have stabbed me very deeply ; j butt am wounded too much to resent them. They j are very cruel, unkind. and uncalled for, but I and there she ended. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst if unsound mind." The young man referred to Came into the Court afterwards, and was iebuked by time Coroner. He seemed to be in a very repentant mood, and expressed his deep regret for having written the letter. tie said he had only known deceased as a friend. He had not seen her for 18 months. He never looked upou her as anything inure than a friend.
The Telegram. — 1899-02-21 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

EDINBURGH HOTEL TRAGEDY. MURDER AND SUICIDE ON TILE EVE OF MARRIAGE. A shocking tragedy was brought to light on Thursday in one of the fashionable hotels in Prince's Street, Edinburgh, in which a pair, presumably lovers, put an end to themselves. It is stated that a well-dressed mean arrived at the hotel on Wednesday and engaged a room tor two, stating that his wife would arrive later on. In the evening the lady arrived with a large (parenv of luggage. They breakfasted together on Thursday, afterwards going out to visit several places. In the afternoon they returned stud proceeded to their room, and as no appearance was made by them in the evening, inespicims were aroused. No response being niaie to repeated calls, the door was tried, but feund to be locked. An entrance was however, obtained, and the two were found in bed with their clothes oil, quite dead. The lady was wearing a pair of gloves. A razor was discovered lying beside the gentleman, and it is presumed that he first killed hie comr.anion and then comm,ited snicide. T fie police surgeon is stoutly of this opinion, and cites tae fact that the woman was wearing gloees, and also that her toogue was almost bitten through. . . _ Invaluable information and book of 102 Recipes sent ; state aze.—llioaos. Box 203, North Street Nottingham. 10.94.57 At Aldhery, Herb, on Thnrwlay, Police Constable Gortou was ilium/tied whilst endeavouring to save his dog from z.trowniug. Lieut.-CO. the Hon. 11. \V. Campbell was on Thuteday elected elbArinan of the London & South-Western Railway Company for the ensuing year. APIOL AND STEIL PILLS for females, a French remedy for ai; irregularities and obstructions, superseding bitter apple, pil cochiac, pennyroyal, .Svc. Price 4s 6d post free.—OotaMable obit. from MARTIN, Foreign Chemist, Southampton, 161657-10576. The Rev. Peregrine Edward Curt • rector of Hemingford Grey, St. Ives, Hunts, while walking on the railway between Houghton and Ileudory ford on Monday eventing, was knocked down by a pilot engine and killed. He was 62 years of age. VALUABLE DISCOvkItY roe roe
The Telegram. — 1899-03-21 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

LAST LOOK ROUND.  The Queen Regent a Spain on Friday signed the ratification of the Peace Treaty. Mr. %Hist', Johnson joint manager of the British Liner B.ank. died suddenly at Troon on Saturday. . .  As Glaegow on Sunday, Alexander Boyd, 57, socidentAly upset a paraffin lamp, and was burned to death.  Thomas Rawlineon, foreman platelayer. way killed by a trtau nu the Great Central Railway near Rotherham.  Alfred Edward Grimm, coal merchant, late arm retary of the Chertsey Liberal Club, was found drowned in Sunbury Dock. Inspector John Kltchen, of the Blackburn Borough Police, was preparing to go on duty on Friday, when he fell down and expired. Harriett Stahb, a nurse, accidentally partook of rat poison at Tutors on Thursday night, in mistake for oatmeal, and died a few houra later. Robert Griffin, clerk in the Congested District. Board Office, Dublin, on Saturday threw binned in front of a train near Merton Station and was killed.  An ex-distributor of stamps hat been refused a Government pension of 1390 a year, on the ground that he has been adequately paid fur all the work be hoe done.  William Elward Watson, 34, the inspector of the Grain DepArtinuet of th MiliwalL Docks, London, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver.  Ali an inquest on Friday on the Italian, Melozzi, who cut hie young wife's throat at Fulham on Tuesday, and was afterwards found dead with a terrible wound in his own throat, a verdict was returned of "Suicide during temporary insanity." The wife is repoited to be making fair progress. -  Mr. G. T. White, traffic manager of the London and South- WeatrruAilway, died early on Friday morning. Mr. White was previously stationed at Exetiv, as superintendent of the South-Western district of the Coinpany's system. The Queen wired from Nice, expressing her heartfelt sympathy with the family.
The Telegram. — 1899-09-12 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

TWELVE NEW DESTROYERS. A sum of £397,095 will be spent during the financial year ending list March, 1900, upon the constructions of 12 new torpedo host destroyers for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty have placed the orders at Newcasti.-on.Tyne, Birkenhead, Jarrow, Sunderland, Glasgow, and Barrow-inFurness. DULWICH MAN HANGS HIMSELF TO A CRICKET STUMP James Wm. Sour, aged 58, of no occupation, lately residing at West Dulwich, committed suicide in a somewhat remarkable manner. Alfred Henry Soar, his brother, told the Coroner at Lambeth on Tuesday that deceased had seemed depressed for some time in consequence of the hiss of his wife and of an appointment which be had held for some time. Witness found him on the let net. hanging over the top landing under a trap door or manhole, across which deceased had placed a cricket stump. Deceased, who only wore his nightshirt, had tied around his waist two thick woollen antimacassars with a piece of string. He had also tied his wrists together with a piece of , blind cord ; over the antimacassars lie had tastened ' a rope, the ends of which were tied at the back between the shoulders and slung over the cricket stump. A ladder, upon which deceased had no doubt stood while be fixed the rope, was kicked away from the manhole, on either side of which was placed a dressing glass at such an angle that deceased could see what he was doing by looking into them. A verdict of " Suicide whilst of unsound mind "was returned. COLLAPSE OF A PLATFORM Dr. Farquharson, M.P., West Aberdeenshire, was engaged in presenting the prizes to successful competitors at the Aboyne Horticultural Exhibition, on Wednesday, when the platform on which he stood, with a large number of ladies and gentlemen, collapsed. Dr. Farquharson escaped with a slight injury to his knee. Sir Arthur Farquharson and seveLul ladies were pitched to the ground and somewhat shaken and bruised, while the suffering from alarm and shuck was considerable.
The Telegram. — 1899-04-18 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

CASE PROCEEDING.]  The Law Courts were re-opened on Tue<lay, and in the Queen's Bench Division four solicitors were struck off the rolls. Sir M. Monier-Williams, Bolen Professor of Sanscrit in Oxford University, has died at Cannes. He was in his 80th year. George Brown, 67, landlord of the Crown Inn, The Trench, Wellington, Swop, tell from a !Iwo' on to his head, and died from his injuries. Two of the best hounds belonging to the Obi Berkeley Hunt have been maliciously poisoned near Stokenchurcti. 'rhomas Partingtm, a tailor, of Poolstock, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a knife. Shortly before he took his life he was playing the organ and singing hymns. The British barque Bed ford, from Tacoma, which has arrived there for orders, reports having teen struck with a thunderbolt. The fore royal yard arm was struck, and it splintered tbo yard in pieces, portions of it falling down on deck. By the overturning of a large derrick used in the concruction of a bridge over the Harem River, in One Hundred and Thirty-Second Street,New York, three workmen were killed outright and nine injured, while several others were drowned.  At the Old Bailey, London, on Tuesday, William Wilkinson and Alfred BaHour, lahourers, were sentenced to nine and 12 months' hard labour respectively, with 20 strokes of the cat, for highway robbery with violence. The person attacked wa, an elderly woman.  The parish of Great Stoughton (Htinta) is probably the only one in the country which can boast of two lady churchwardens. At the recent vesLry meeting the Hon. Mr,. Doberley was nominated vicar's warden, and Miss Martin was appointed parish warden. M. Sturdza, the Liberal Prime Minister of Roumania, i 1246 resigned,and tlie King has accepted his resignation. The venerable chief of the Conservative party, M. Lascar Catargi, died of excitement when informed of M. 6turdza's reaigu.ition on Monday afternoon.  No
The Telegram. — 1899-10-31 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

THE NEW PLAY AT DALY'S.  "San Toy; or, The Emperor's Own," is new musical opera which is being producedit Daly's Theatre. It is the work of sevln people, Mr. Edward Morton having written book, the late Mr. Harry Greenbank ad* Adrian Ross the lyrics, and Messrs. SO Jones and Lionel Monckton the melodies is superbly mounted, and went very well. plot is fairly simple. To obviate his darts San Toy, being compelled to enter the amazons bodyguard formed by the Emperor of Clan the wealthy mandarin, Yen Ilow, paws off as a boy. The secret is supposed to known only to the mandarin, to the staid Fo Hop (who wants to marry San Toy), tstis girl's nurse, and to the glrl herself. But the' are others who are not deceived—Captain Bo* Preston and his sister. Bobbie loves In T 5.. and his affection is fully reciprocated. his deceit known at Court the mandarin's 111 would be forfeited, so be is by no Mai al  SCENE IN "SAN Toy" AT DALY'S  wool.  to hear 'that the nurse Chu CO' suicide on account of the demise of herb' band. Chu, however, changes her Tined. s thereby incurs the wrath of the poPulace' Cast of characters closely connected with the!' Ii increased by Bobbie's father, who is lioiric to obtain the concession for a railway. sod t admirer of Bobbie's sister. Matters seem u going very smoothly, when a message frog° Emperor is receiven by Yen Bow to the ell that a troop of man,:srins' scam to "The Emperor's Own," :s henceforth to monarch, and as Yen How has acknowledge"' he has a son and not a daughter, that soli In, at once proceed to Pekin. In the second art r Toy narrowly escapes being made Empresi_jh of course, she is eventually united to her 14g' lover.  PunlY Vogetable. CUP Torpid Liver, inn.. icm. art Nick ticathaars ploruptty. au& Ms ...OW sod U. lel  BEUTIF soZODONTI ti. the tth. rThY ),r.&th ,i—. II I'  A .. ~A ;II- ..k. \I ittf -...5:1_-c,,,,.. ...5......,/ ~„.-' • ____:, licilL .• # --ir It= -v ~,,z,?.----•:." -:, ...,- _ :- 0 t ___%>::'---; -0 f,s7k .f\ -. --'4 , ,pi r-- -' wk,..eNsf.',N 0 ' 1 1 17 ' ,i,-,, •, 61 tlept.li-} . '1 '1 1.3 ~ . a, 4 f‘,. „ w, ..,*=--..,''' ' 7.1 c , -f--4-. _ , ,-___4,_•-„,..7.::  rkEITER'S
The Telegram. — 1899-01-24 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

OFFICER'S TUSSEL WITH A LION.  Mr. Richard Whitehead, an officer of 11.13.M.4 East Africa Protectorate, near Mombasa, hal recently had a narrow escape from a -man. eating " lion which had killed and devoured many coolies employed in making the railway from Mombasa. Hearing that this notorious lion had been seen at Tsavo, through which place the railway is being made. Mr.Whiteheati proceeded there to endeavour to shoot it; and, passing hr night through the unfinished cutting for the railway, followed by his coolio sergeant, he us, the lion on a projection above him. He fired, but missed on account of the darkness, and the animal sprang upon him and tore his clothes into ribbons, bruising and clawing his legs and making deep claw marks upon his hack. Fortunately the ground was uneven and sloping, and in the desperate struggle the lion rolled over, allowing Mr. Whitehead to get away and have a second shot, which was also ineffectual. The lion then made for the coolie sergeant and carried him off. His half-eaten body was found in the morning at some distance from the ea. counter. Mr. Whitehead is the son of Mr. Charles Whitshead, of Harming House, Maid. stone.  With reference to a report from Paris respects log a British Consul who died in Paris on Friday, under painful circumstances, it is stated that the suggestion of suicide is unwarranted. The deceased gentleman died from a purely accidental overdose of strychnine and morphia, which he was in the habit of using as a remedy for asthma, from which complaint he was a great sufferer. In the Probate and Divorce Division, on Mona day, before Mr. Justice Barnes, amongst the decrees nisi made absolute on Monday was the case of Williams-Wynn v. Williams-Wynn, Lucas and Hall. The suit WAS heard in July last. It was a suit instituted by Sir Hubert L. Williams. Wynn agnanst the respondent, Lady Williams. Wynn, on the ground of her miciooduct. Time case was proved as against, the respondent the c.n-respoudent Lucas.
The Telegram. — 1899-03-28 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

WELLS.  SHOCKING SUICIDE OY A GINL.—The finder and Maesbury postman, a young man named Rogers, made a startling discovery as he way proceeding along the side of the moat towards the Park, on h.., round about 6 o'clock on Thursday worming. On the wall of the moat he saw a girl's hat and jacket, and floating on the water was the body of a female. He returned with all speed to the Poet Office, and ravel the alarm. Mr. Balch, chief clerk of the Post Office, and Mr. Vowles, another of the clerks, at once proceeded to the spot with ladders and got out the body, which subsequently proved to be that of Elsie Sheppard, a girl of 16, daughter of a small farmer residing as Lower Goduey. With all despatch Messrs. Balch and Vowles, and Police-Sargeant Knight, proceeded to use the methods of restoration and of artificial respiration, being joined subsequently by Mr. Lockyer, a medical gentleman, but after continuing their efforts for over an hour, and no sign of life having been apparent frosn toe time she was first seen, the medical man pronounced life to ho extinct. It appears teat the girl, who was very quiet., steady, and bardworking, had been for two or three years in the service of Mrs. R. Hill, of Queen Street, but left there about a month ago. On the 7th of the present month she entered the service of Mrs. E. S. L. Collins, of Krum Hill. A letter received by her parents recently Showed that she was not very comfortable there, and it seems clear from alother letter addressed to her Mother and father that this preyed on her mind. Plus letter was left ready stamped and directed with her lint, and stated that her trouble in her place was more than she could stand, and also that she was on the way to drown herself.—The body was removed to the residence of Mos. Mill, smi the Coroner eouiroutecated with.  everywhere.  !J  IIIMIIMM•  WVTI by t 4 rvh, w rribbwl n
The Telegram. — 1899-02-28 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

BRIDPOLLT.  Sir Lambert Playfair died on Saturday morning at St. Andrews. The late Lord Justice Chitty was buried on Saturday in Brookwood Cemetery, Woking. Walter Billson, 28, hosiery marinfadturer, committed suicide whir a revolver in Victoria Park, Leicester. The Countesa of Orkney badly injured her right knee in a hunting accident near Leighton Buzz ird en Monday, Rees Thomas, engine driver on the Taff Vale, was knocked &AVE, by a train at Aberdare on Tuneday and killed. A watch and clock maker, named Squelch, ha, been discovered dead at Slough, hanging to a nail in his garden wall. Frank Fisher, a naval pensioner, who had semi much active service, coinmitted suicide at Suuth:wanton on Tuesday. Richard Sydney Jenkins, of ITarlesder, fireman, was killed by a passing train while taking a bid irt cut home on sick leave. The Jersey States on Tuesday *dented VI, preamble of a Bill prohibiting the sale of tobacco to juveniles under the age of 16. At Cardiff, Mrs. Mary Ann Heath, after chasing her daughters out of the house with a poker, hanged her‘elf to a beam in the pantry. Pi incess Louis of Battenberg, who has been visiting the Queen, left Vict‘iria, London, on Monday afternivar, to return in Givrrnatiy. James Hodder, ticket collector, was found on the railway at Hyde on T4,134.y night terribly crushed. He died on Tuesday morning. The Hon. Clisries Henry Vsne-Tenipest, only son ot the late Lord Ernest Vane- rempes., urea suddenly at Norton-on-Tees Ila Monday night. The prerrases of Mr. Scan Jones, jeweller, Slarewsbnry, were lairglariouely entered on Monday night, and stock valued at £7OO was stolen. A youtc.; man name," Foiter c nnnutte I suicide near Monaghan, on Sunday, by taking strychnine. A letter SV:11,1 fund in his pocket saying he was tired of existence. The Beckeithaun Disti.ict Ginned are asking lir power to raise a loan or £37,100 for purchasing the electric lighting i,f the di-trier, which is no a in tine hands of a company. Professor Rutherfr.rd, the rixapant of the chair of phrdology in F. iinhiirgh liniversity. died on Tuesday morning, at his residence, Eliaburgh, from influenzs. Dr-cease I hod long been r«c.g. nized as the leading authority in Britain on physiology.  r tZt"4,: ri ek,47% 6 irk is t4J timt —Tea r^%- iriffek %ALI POWDER makes a perfect high-class Custard at a minimum of cost and trouble. Invaluable also for a variety of Sweet Dishes, recipes ror which accompany each packet. NO EGGS! NO ram re( I NO TROUBLE 1 -X  ED Z 3 p 1 L L 3 _ A sew FADE'S pILLB. All who suffer from °out Or Itbeuntetistr. should immediately h I AVE'S )ILLS hover -course to EADE'I PILLB, hundreds of Trotuounials having A 1
The Telegram. — 1899-01-03 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

ZTY. —The 1411th quarterly rm. puit a.i,l halimee-nlesek from Sept. 6th to Dec. 5101, shows that the cash reurived for week auld during the quarter annruntx to £2,37.3 17is 1113,1,„ a weekly average of £lB2 12s 131. The profit realised, after paying all expenses' and live per Cl,llt. inIInVIC, on share capital, amounts to £264 15. s 531, with £4O 0.• 931 itrought from la 0) quarter, makiug ctio, profit of £304 164 30, which thecmounittee recmninentied to be disposed of as fellows t— To 6.1 an the £ on £2006 15s, members' checks, £205 Iln 100 ; t 3,1 ii. th - £l5 sa, nogniembern' ditto, 19, Old ;to Ctirintinas buten tu employees, £5 ; balance forward, £24 Os 43; total, £304 16s 3.1 L The members' share capital aura nints to £2,721 11n5,1 which, with a reserve fund of E 200 utak, a working capital of £2,921 lis d. Durein the quarter 11 niendars have been added and eve. withdrawn, leaving the prreent number on the books at 521.  A BLAClCliktilleN SUDDAN Divati.—Un Tueeday morning, a item named it-ibert Preach, a blackeolith, at Parkatonc, was found dead in his bed. ileimmied had been complaining for • day or two. A relation had taken him up a glass of brandy and water, which he diaok, and Lii hack on his pillow, saynig be would be down directly. A few minutes panstM, and as ie did not cmae down his mother weut up to call him awl found him dead. I)ecilated leaves is wife had two children.—Dr. 'ruiner :of Poole, deputy-coroner, ltell an inquiry on Wednesday worning.—Dr. lime stated that deceased hal suffered from pceousuriht, which, in his onialoo, with the muse of death.— Verdict accord iligly.  SORROW AM} lniPitlteSloN BRINGS A BOUT Stumps. An inquest was he! I at Farnham uu tee body of a labouring east], natinsi who had been residing at ti., llr.J-in-llauj lain, who committed suicide by banging on Wednesday night. Die 'ased lost his wife some four years ago, and he had heemi very detirmsell since that event. Re 1,4 u the Hand-in-Hand a,tut eleven o'clock, and as he till not return soon afterwards the landlord (Mr. Mortinier) went outside to look for him. (in entering the coecti-houtie he was horrified to Bee the decea4ed banging by a r..p.1 attached to the beam. Mortimer quickly out him down, but appearance, p.,tuted to the deceased being dead. Artificial wearts of respiration were resorts,' to, hut without minces:. Tnere WWI a barrel near by on whim the deceased had evidently got to attach the rope around his week and swing off. Demeased an old 1131113, and the circeunstauces polrited to his muimitting the deed whilst temporarly insane. A verdict to this effect was returned.
The Telegram. — 1896-04-28 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

LANTERN. Before the Highgate Bench on Wednesday Henry Fowler and Albert hideout were again brought up on the charge of murdering Mr. Henry Smith, at Mnswell Hill, on the night of February 13th. Early in the sitting Mr. Horace Avory, who appeared for the Treasury, withdrew the charge against the female prisoner Mrs. Mason], who was accordingly dischs.rged.—Henry Miller deposed that Mamoru was away from house on the night of the murder, that he was afterwards in posaession of la quitatity of money, and that both be and Fowler bought new aunts of clothes, the old on, being sonic. how made away with. Witness identified as his own property the lantern found at Muswell Lodge and stated that Milano had said to lion, " If any one asks you about it you must say you broke it and chucked lain the dust hole. It pretty nigh cancht us on fire." The witness identified as Mil Win a Prune/by the tobacco-box found at Muswell Lodge.—Ms. Avory said he thought he should be able to prose that a trinket that had belonged to Mr. Smith had been sold by one of the prisoners at Swindon.—Evidence was given to the effect that the jemmy found in the prisoners' lodgings at Bath exactly corresponded with marks on the window frames at Muaniell Lodge,  Different forms ol violence c I 56 deaths in London at week.  A tramp has been admitted to Gmblford Workboom suffering from sena.ll-poz believed to have been contracted at Gloriester.  Annie Jackson (15), servant, committed suicide at Clyth, on Wednesday night with carbolic, acid. No reason is as,igned for the sot. Alderman Williamson, ex-Mayor of Worcester. was presented with his portrait on Tuesday. LOCI Mrs. Williamson with a sot of dessert silver. On Monday evening, a in( 'mg was held at the Central Hotel, at Bournemouth, with a view to making arrangements f, T the visit of the Hants and Dorset Yeomanry, who will be brigaded there at Whitsuntide. The tootle:psi Imaineu was the appointment of two rominittees, one to arrange for the Yeomanry ball, and Wm other for *he YeantenrY Vey*