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The St. Helens Examiner, and Prescot Weekly News. — 1905-12-30 (Saint Helens, Merseyside, England)

SEPTEMBER.  I.—New Anglo-Japanese Agreement announced. Mr. Mivain, K.C., M.P., was appointed Judge - Advocate - General. The appointment created a vacancy in the Parliamentary borough of Hampstead. Mr. Milvain was formerly M.P. :or Durham. Railway disaster on the Great Eastern: Eleven !killed, and over 40 injured. 2.—Ferryboat accident near Morecambe; six lives lost.  4,—Gift of £lOO,OOO by Mr. E. G. Bawden for charities and education anponneed.  s.—Signature of the Peaci, Treaty. Four persons ininru.l in a railway aceidont at Watford. 6—Statue of Sir Redvers Buller unveiled at Exeter.  9.—Elgin Burghs Election.: Mr. J. Sutherland (R.), 2474; r. P. Rose-I nnes (U.), 1021—majority, 1453. (Mr. A. /Wier, 8.. deceaßell). _ _ .  11.—Admiral Togo's flagship Alikasa blown up and sunk 1)59 killed, injured, and missing. 13.—At the Old B.tiley. Henry W. Popple sentenced to death for the murder of his two daughters at Wal worth. M.—The King held •a review of about 39,000 Volunteers in Edinburgh.  19.-1)r. T. J. liacnardo, the well-known founder n.nd director of the National In corpora; ed Aso cht.iion for the Iteelarnation of  Destitute Waif Children, died suddenly from angiva pectoris  at -his rjsidence at Su rbiton. He  WRFI in his sixtyfirst year. Earthquake shook in central S otland, 23. Man named Head  murdered his six children at Ames DR. BARNARD,  bury, and then committed suicide. 24. -Death of Bishop Macrorie, and the Dean of Carlisle.  25.—Miss Mary Sophia Money found gagged and dead in Merstharn Tunnel. 28.—Bonds worth £70,000 stolen in New York. Hungarian crisis: Resignation of Baron Fejervary. Obituary: Rear-Admiral Sir W. Wharton.  30.—The King opened new Victoria-bridge spanning the River Dee at Mar Lodge.  41 , c t.l, • ~ i '4ii• ! I I; 'ri.; .4„k„f, \\. - . :)., ~..!' Pit V,Z f*%* ;' .4 \ kw, ; ,1![ ' ~', ~..,---- 1 1\ . - •Ifi I/ / i / i , 10.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-08-19 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

TIS. Th. y went to the gardens, lint on their return found that Hrs. Thompson had disappeared. On it. following We Inesday the niece went home to her [Heeds in the country, and young Thompson team left ado.. In real to letter+ foam his relatives, he autxesinently Mated that his ; mother hicd retuned, and that all was well, but to the frequent enguirila of the neighbour, he Baja lb it be I hourly expected her return, or that she was sickly and in bed. On the 24th of May he closed the shots in accordance with the usual cu.toin OA the Queen's birthday, but it was kept shut on tile followiiig days also, and the only explanation gi‘en wa- notices in the vont:g man's own handwriting, potted on tip. to the effect that his mother was aliseth in the country, and that he himself was occupii d with biSI,IPSA in town. The neighbours began to get suspiri u- ti it all was right, and the premies were entered by tt e p The only living creature they found was the young man's horse which stood starving in a small paddock at the rear of the building. Seareu wmo at once mode for the missing persons, awl a warrant was iseueil for the arrest of the young man in a &arse of cruelty to his bone. Tho premises were examitad again and again, , bat no trace could be flaunt of the mother or her son, ' and the pretelses were taken possession of by I hi-jr re' lativesamd creditors. Two ,emtlemen, relatives of the missing persons slept in the'hense, and on the morning of the lot of June they obeerved a tlisagreenhlo odour prevading almost all the rootns. A f cesh se nick' wic instituted, and a bulging depression was observed in the calico ceiling of the room in which the gentlemen had hers. sleeping. The ceiling VIM rent open, mid the body of young Thomp.ion hanging deal by his neck from the rafters was disclosed to view, Toe discovery caused, great exeilemea in the neighbourhood It was at first feared that the young mau hit murdered his mother and thou committed suicide, hut although it was only too true that he had rushed u on self-destruction, nothing had transpired of a trustworthy nature to show that he did no with the crime of matricide upon his head. The search for the 11110M111Z woman has been cenCooed with the utaiost VL'ollr, hut no hare of her has yet been found. It is believed teat she has left the colony, in accordance with the remark alm had made to her son and her nieoe on Easter Fridky, stet that tier intention in doing so 7.1.4 to frighten her son from his evil courses; while be, on the other baud, string with remorse tit having caused his mother's mysterious din. appearance, committed suicide.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-08-19 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

EXTRAORDINARY VOYALIE.—TiIe 41114U:tuts Of AberCRAIIe, Penilirokesh.re, were much vurprised on Saturday by tile arrival on their Oast of a Danish man, noised Aiired Johu.nii, it .tn oiwn hot jetvrhicb he left Gloms:titer, e,ecchott, on the 15 Is of June The boat is exiled Hie Cent. ,1116.1. and is only 15 I..et (I junhnn 5. The olventuroua voyager was oven caps'sedci e,1),,1 in rdditin:i• the boat. dfc  • afterwartio found pros idiom runntau short, when some i at Ma dir..ered him to the Pembrokesh;re coast. After part.hing of refre:hments at Aberevtle be again put to sea, dire,tlng Lis coarse foe Liverpool. Sirocurxn Tran nor IN Lorrnotq.— A vhockinn traz•nly h., roeurre,l at Chelsea. A eheesentorger and his n ife, 'moping a shop in that locali.v have been I in the habit; aevonling to the testimony of the neigh', bour,, of fr,,r fly quarrelling. The imMand, wLos, name is Be 'ía ii, teas observed to come oat of the hoist on Tu..s sorog at the 'woad time, but shohie afterwards was -Cen to throw hirtmlf und.v a train . ml out,ido Wderi Station. He .r., taken to the Lea. pital, bat expired in a few minutes. The police Pi°. needed to the house of the deceamd, and upon arrival there discovered Mrs. Bedford lying dew, in bed with marks of violence upon her. It is believed that Bed. ford first killed his wife, ant then committed suicide.  A FAIT rilon-, 1011 eblirgra• 155., the Seta:4l4y 1 against tt Pooler--1,  both gone been drinkii transpired t been very s lying fir se that he bad and that he the prisoner to the lock officer. As, be taboo.--1 and fined thi  THE Foul a respeetobl, coyed away to grief on 3 was charged Colelough, a appeared th  Boner miss,' difficulty in siderately 01 home with h soder was d front room, . the money p and having WM septum  ASSAILAN Whitehouse, Burslem, w assaultinc a wlth assaul that on the Hill, when another man soon as he w to abase Lii while on the used to him then struck taken away ground. A soners retur on his knees him now, he (P.C. Head) with dillies! officer 14119 each assault.  11.2 I Before B. E  GEORGIE named U ort Hannah Wa' Defendant a DRUNEEI, Jane Golding orderly oil was oomm,tt DOG FIG Alfred Astor of Inspector fight. The was that on  Brook-street incited to figl had ripped another. TI and put then their hands fighting for of water, our dog had hold heard to or:4c deuce of T spoke as to and mad the hanstion. was al"r3:1. felt it to be 1 seated, to as Aston, who sinus, was c: option of pa, sel 7s. CA. no  CHARGED Richard lir° on su9iicion Perty of sou toners had I with teoo I, ''le in the tc  NEV (Before th  BUTTY Edward Bur contractor ai due.—Mr. D. Mr. Wiliam  ijnnnt es. aye months t WI received 24t of July were then e that compla him, and, in a loss which entering inh to anything. called to pro and only "b was made.  Docts.ou Chestertou, allowiug Lei complainant Davis, was mouth by t although sln was ordered keep the ani
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-08-19 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A LADY.  On Monday evening an inquest was held al Owa M tou, in Lineolns.irei relative to the deith of Miss Fleur* Matilda Coape, ttie daughter of Mr. Jolin3Coupeef caster, coil Merchant. Deceased, who one: t eenty. ye years of age, was visiting at Greogiii, near Osstoe, w.tla Mrs. Bletcher, widew. and was oniier. stood to be engaged to be married to Mr. F. T. Blideker, toter, also of the Grinee. In early life Miss Coupe had been subject to epiieptie fits, and during the last few years had been in vett! delicate health, and stf oject to fainting. List Stinvisy morning she appeared cheerful in spirits. After he. iesf as' she sat in the room foe a short time, and then left the hem, by the front door, but before doirg FllO she vas idiserred to be stenciler; at a half-open draw r. At 930 A.M., Miss Coupe was at the garden gate, ant ealleit•tor assistance to a servant, who found d ievaseil's elot*s were wet. She appeared to be suffering paiii. 7m4 was helped to bed, when she snildentiv jump d out. Miss Coupe had previously told Mrs. Memo, that ihr accidently 101 l into the pool while she wee not alma WM. Mg. Mrs. Pitcher went spat ira wi Is a dia., of brandy and water, and on her attemptimi iii {vs, List. r it Miss Coupe cried out, " Poison, pois.s " him. Bleteher questioned her as to how or when she toi,l9,ie, and the only answer was, " I have told yon." sAimee repeated several times. Mrs. 1310-cher and th • servant gas e her mustard and salt, and Dr. blamer°a was swo. monde]. In reply to his questions, Miss Coupe R 45 she had taken poison used for killing mier, :oil to the question, " How long since she niched, " Oli, ever so long since," or words to that eff et. She si mind anxious to communicate what she heel done. She further stated that she had no irtin except headache and throbbing at the back. The doctor thought these were owing to spinal irritation, for which &sense he had attended her. He observed that her month Coll• tractml and the muveles of her face worked—the first symptoms of poisoning by strychnine—and sir told him she had the same feeling all over bee body. lie then galloped on a horse to his surgery for an antidote, only Copping at the chemist's to enquire if mice poison contained strychnine, to which ass affirmative reply was given. Ile galloped back to Melwood Or mie, bot found Coupe deal. He hail no doubt she died from taking a dose of strychnioe, which he was satisfied was taken after she had been in the cond. A ver let that deceased poisoned herself in a . fit of temporary insanity was returned—Sheffield Telegraph.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-01-08 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

ATTEMPTED DOUBLE MURDER AND  SUICIDE.  On We 'aesday, great excitement was created in Worcester by the report that a man had atteinpted to murder Ino persona and then committed suicide. It appears I iat at ationt seven o'clock in the morning John Hicks. a horsehair worker, 32 years of age, went into the bo,se of his next don. neighbour, Richard Groves, of Fl. .street, armed with a hammer-axe' and attacked Groc s's wife. He struck her two violent blows on the hems l with the axe, and causcd shocking wounds. Gen no, hearing a noise, came down stairs, and Hicks st alk him also on the bead, woman him severely. In tl.ls state, bleeding profusely, Groves and his wife r Islied to the police-station, which is not far off. and I Ad the officer in charge what hat happened. Sergeant Preece and P.C. Jones went to the house and took Hicks in charge. At the policeatation Hicks turned some money not of his po ket. He was asked if he had si knife, arid his wife and mother, who were with him, said he had not. Sergeant Preece searelvvi by feeling on the outside of Ids pockets, and could not discover anything. Hicks Was locked up; he was quiet, and appeared to be rational. Seregeant Preece visited him in hi, eel, net found him sitting qnietly on it bench. P.C. Oakley relieved Sergeant Preece at the station at a qoarec.past eight, and visited Hicks, in comp iny with Vie letter's mother, at ten minutes to nine. Hicks then had breakfast and appeared iill right. P.C. Somers., in Charge of the station' went to him at half-past nine, wtbm hn was Icing on the bet, ant was 'wain quiet at ten minules to ten, when Soners passed the &II door. At ten o'clock the office heard a peculiar nobs., anion going to the cell, saw Hicks standing with a penknife in his hand. Blood acts flowing from the man's'throat. The Mlle, laid hold of him rind the knife dropped. Hicks fell into tho arms of V.° officer, who laid him on the floor and called for assistancc. Mr. Budd, surgeon arri/ed very quickly, and fonnrl Hicks had a _ , gash on the front of the throat. " t,,n ' -0 wluntlope being severer.r:ll4.l%z o.llg r‘i., the ve . one gasp Awl then expire I. At the 0,1 !sun Wednesday evening, the wife of de. 1 Ceat?eti nail he had been drinking very much lately, and scml in an excited state. lie. was in a similar condition twelvenbmth since. He Woo wild, but she did not consider hen dangerous. His mother was formerly in a lunatic asylum. E irly on Wednesday morning he called , out that the hon.e was on fire, and shortly afterwards ran into Groves', hous He had had no quarrel with , the Groveses.—The ventit of the jury WRi that deceased committed suicide whllst in a state of temporary in. Soon aft, the alt-irk upon them, Groves and his wife went to the Infirmary. It Wag f.mnd they were sniff-vine from fractured skulls, and they remain in a precarious condition.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-06-24 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—John Mitchell, a single man potter, living at the Meir, was brought no charged with having attempted to commit suicide on Monday night by throwing himself into a pool at Lightwoorl, on Monday night. The ilefealant, who appeared to be in a very distressed state of mind, and had a vacant look, had nothing to say. but evidence was given by his brother to the effect that they had had some beer to. wither, and were togethi r that night when the defen ' dent made :in oxen-e to get over the hedge, when he beard a plathing in the water. He went to raise an alarm, hut could not find him. On rettirning to his house hi, found that two men had carried him into the house. The wife of the last wittiest eorroborated his statements, and the Stipendiary remanded defendant to Stafford for a week. ItritatirrY.—Joseph liaise, miner, who had lost a right arm in a ten-foot seam some eleven yams ago by the roof falling upon it, was broaght up charged with being disorderly at Also:tees Bank, on Tuesday. He bad been running about the fields without shoes or coat in a very wild state—P.S. Stanton stated that the defendant had not long been out of the asylum ~ed Seat quite unfit to be at large.—ln court dd..", .+ ta'ked very incoherently, and stared wildly , n iil,. 1111111 aid the walls. Ile asked ime of the witiie- where was when arrested, end being 1.1,1 it v s riee` to' led to Alsager's Bank, 411•1011112.10 it••: • it x i'•• •• '.ld. ri,l,. led to, and being toll it wa, to S Ir, r •, . he i, ti ' where that rode led to. (leinghtoi I Whi .. It, ~,,,ri• . states were consulting ,ihost .en i`n_. e ir a ineil` eii i man defendant begin te rib lii., hi ii,. ! head set f excitedly, and shouted," I iiiii to it nor ii. !le a 'tilt.' Lk was exceedingly restlei,—p.s. Stanton suited tiv,.  I the Commissioners when he was in the asylum a fortnight alga, required a renewal of the report that the defendant VMS I usaue, and as the inedieal officer thought he was not insane, but that it woo through drink. he . was discharged. When he got home he because more violent than ever, and they were obliged to take biin to the Union. While there he tore his coat to pieces, and sina-hed two window, Dr. Weaver havinc ha lan interview with the defendant was it-ked by the Stipens diary to state what he thought —Dr. Weaver I consider hut-of unsound mind.—Alderman Goddard Do yen consider him to be in a ilingerous condition ?—I do. —lt wan then arranged that Dr. Weaver should fill up cartificate in view of tho defendant being returned to the asylum. PS. Stanton stated that he had every reason to believe that mace he returned from the asylum he tad had no opportunity of g.tting A F,OLD3H OLD Maw—Timothy Halve. a old luau, was charged with being drunk in Chase Lane, Longton, on 'fixesilny night—Defendant ha, also assmelled a young woman. He was Ii ed 2s. dd. with coats.  A
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-07-01 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

WII. 36 years of age. Strange to attend to the top of a shaft &wing the night. Under as it might seem, about a fortnight ago he =Caw her with the bead, 'Miscellaneous,' sixteen lives have heca lost, some trump potson, and be at once made away with it against twelve the previous year, and three only seem by putting It 011 the fire, and on Friday last he saw her to call for special remark. The case of Thomas Groden Put down is tong, which he found, on looking at it after, at Silverdale, was most singular; his duty was to empty contained the dregs of the same poison. the deceased the tubs down a shoot at the bottom of a dip, and it is had been in a very melancholy mood for over two supposed that in the act of clutching at the tub, to save months. Her manner indicated that she was very low himself from slipping down the dip, he had caused the spirited, unit yet she had asked several people if they tub to 'tip up' and squeeze his neck against the roof ; thought verunn poison would kill her. He hot betel the body was found suspended over the edge of the married fourteen years, but knew of no insanity in the tub, his head being inside the tub. Francis Poilmote, family, though one of the cousins had hung himself. an engineman, who was fatally scalded by the bursting He continued to state that as soon as he found out that of it blow-off pipe attached to a boiler underground, she had taken the poison lie ran far a doetor—Georg,e which was in his immediate charge. This pipe at the hoed, son of the deceased, stated that he was sent for fructose had been reduced by corrosion to only one. some vermin powder to Mr. Hemming's shop, one after eighth of an much in thickness, and evidence was given be got it he took it to his mother. A great deal of pity at the coroner's inquest, that deceased had examined it has been expressed for the unfortunate woman, and iclins within a month of exploding, whoa (it is most probable) great sympathy for the bereaved family. A verdict was the corrosion going on, would be visible,but he had taken returned that the deceased " committed suicide while in no steps towards having it replaced, but reported it to a state of temporary insanity." be in working order. The third occurred at the Don-
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-03-18 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

DEATH PEON THE VISITATION OF FILIENDE.—A young 111. in Chicago was retently found 4 iii di his bed, sod the oupposition was that he e.owniciod suicide by poisoning, hut upon analydng the e 'ideas of his stomach nee. in, but the following w.,s V. amil- in it : Pickles, pound cake, lemonade, cold toil bo,r, flied oysters, cold punch, ham sandwich, yong. cake, I,set tea, mince pie, champagne, lobster, g,ne is, fruit cake, tea, chidken salad, whisky, e, ff.; 130;ogna sausage, port, cheese, sardines, and sherry. Tito jury returned a verdict of " Died tbrougli the sit,:tation of friends." •  BIOADIT BY A GIRL or SavatergEN.—A first diet Sheriff Criminal Court has been held at Dundee. when Mary Mennie was charged with the crime o- bigamy. the June 5, 1874, at Dundee, she was lawfully married to James Mennie, brass finisher, illusgow, and for sorne time after that she lived with him ; and on De. comber 13, 1875, at Lochee, she ents•red into a main. menial connection, under the name of Mary Thornton, with David Rollo, mason. The accused pleaded guilty to the oh wee. Mr. D. Bennett, solicitor, asked his lordship in passing sentence to consider the prisoner's youth. When she was first married she was only 16 years of age, and the first husband Was an appr. utiec brass finish •r, and Was unable, on acemint of hi: sinall earnings, to support her.—'fhe Sheriff sentenced her to three months' imprisonment. A MAN'S THROAT CUT BY A TELEORAPH An extraordinary fatality occurred in Is ington, on Sunday. when the gale was at its highest, and the snow Was !ailing very hsavily. A Hampton omnibus, after finislijug its journey shortly after two pan., was pulled Up as usual by the coachman at the York Hotel, at the corner of Danemi•street awl Upper-street, Islington. The omnibus was I, ft in the charge of one of ths horses keepers, named William Stevens, who was direc•ed to take it to the s,ablee, which are only a few yards away from th.• hotel in Doneatestreet. Whilst doing so one of the telegraph wires placed over the housetops was '.town away by the gale and seized the poor fellow as he my, ottierly driving to the stahk•i, and caught him in the• throat, iind nearly cut his head from his body. The nut .rtunate man hat every neces•ary assistance rendered to him, ant Mr. George Born, a surgeon, proni,dy in teal il, hut his services wer • of no avail.  A
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-06-10 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

LORD EANDONR EDUCATION EILL.—The Committee of the Dissenting Deputies of the three &nom-1 Mations —Presbyterian, Independent, and Baptist have determined to protest against Lord Sandon's tile- , menhir', Education Bill in its present form. They object that while the bill will compel parents to sand their chi] Iron to school, it makes no provision for the creation of undenominational schools ; tied it povides for payment to schools in such a way that it will be not only possible bat easy to carry on denominational schools without any voluntary subscription whatever; that it is undesirable that ...dustier/1 should be en• trusted to guardians of the poor' as thereby it will become invitably associated with pauper lout; and that the pr vi-ion in the bill giving to town councils and guardians authority to delegate their powers to other persons is uiost objectionable, since no persons should have the right to exercise public functions or control public eat:loll-Mere other than those directly responsible for the exercise of their powers. MURDER AND SUICIDE In Ouissoow.—On Monday morninglanotirr of those terrible trove lies which have so frequently of late startled the community of Ohm. cow occurred in the east end of the city. Little is known of the parties, as they had only been resident in their present hou4e since the beginning, of April last The deceased, William Orr and his wife, were both upwards of fifty years of age, and, though the husband was apparem ly subr, r, the wife had been seen drinking. She was drunk on Sunday forenoon, and was dragged into the bourn by her husband. A row ensiled, but soon all was quiet. The quarrel was resumed on Monday morning, and, after a deal of shuftlaig, there was a heavy fall on the floor. About three hours after a body was seen to fall from the window of Orr's }mire, a height of 4 storeys, and it turned out to be that of the husband. He ouly lived a few minutes. When the door of his house was forced Mrs. Orr was found cold and st if on the bed, her head smashed into a polp, evidently by a hammer, which was covered with blood. The surmise is that the husband, after killing his wife, cut his throat and threw himself out at the window. The bodies have been taken charge of by the police. Orr and his wife seemed to have been in straitened circumstances.  A CABDRIVER MVIIDERIN,I trio