Beverley and East Riding Telegraph. — 1896-05-30 (Beverley, Humberside, England)

WATCHES.  EPITOME OF NEWS.  Most of the booths at the great fair at Cordova, Spain, were burned down on Sunday night, and many families have lost their all. A fireman was  injured. The new Argentine cruier San Martin was successfully launched at Leghorn on Monday. The Paris Temps learns that the French Cabinet, in drawing up the proposed financial reform bill, has decided in principle upon a tax on French and foreign Rentes. The Supreme Court at Washington on Monday unanimously sustained the validity of the appropriations of 5,0110,00dd015. for the sugar bounty, which were features of the McKinley and Wilson Tariff Acts.  It has now been decided that the Marquis de Noailles, former Ambassador at Rome and Constantinople, is to be the new French Ambassador at Berlin in succession to M. Nerbette.  A dispatch from San Bornadino, in Mexico, says that a strong force of Indians has attacked a ranch, killing 18 of the occupants, including several women and children. H.M.S. Cockchafer, which left Sheerness on Saturdav morning with stores for eoastguard Stations in the Harwich district, was caught in a squall when close to Harwich arid her foretopmast was carried away. She returned to Sheerness Dockyard to have defects made good, Messrs. Blake, Abraham, Honolan, and Flynn, M.P.'s and Mr. William O'lirien ipoke at a Nationalist denionstration held at Mallow on Sun- ' day, when resolin ions relative to tile unity of the Irish pal ty and dealing with the Land Bill were adoptril. It is intimated that Mr. Ritchie's Bill for Light Railways for England will collie on the first day oh the resumption of business in the House of Commons after the resumption of Parliament, and the Bill will advise the expenditure of one million pounds on light railways. Janice Bowler, of Keighley, has died in Sheffield Infirmary from injuries received on Sheffield .trair grounds. He was guard on an underground railway—one of the latest mechanical contrivances associate:l with pleasure fairs. He slipped and fell on the line, and the engine and three carriages passed over his body. Logan, the Loughborough Football Club centre forward, died on Monday afternoon after a briet illness. He was well known in football circles through his record of 68 goals scored three seasons ago, when he scored three goals for Notts. County in the final for the English Cup. Lord Alexander Thynne (Conservative) and Mr. J. E. Barlow (Liberal) were on Monday nominated to contest the Fr,iine division of Somerset, to fill the vacancy caused by the accession of Viscount Weymouth to the peerage on the death of his father, the Marquis of Bath.  Monday being the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the Prineebs Helena of England, third daughter of the Queen, the bells of St. George's Chapel and St. John's Church, Windsor, were rung in honour of the event. The town was•flagged and a Royal salute was fired.  The death has occurred at Clooney, county Clare of a man named Conway, at the extraordinary age of 111 years. He used to be a bog ranger on Lord Inchiquin's property, and almost to the last possessed all his faculties, and was accustomed to walk two miles to mass every Sunday. He took an active part in the rebellion of 1795, and used to relate many reminiscences connected with it.  An inquest was held at Leeds on Saturday as to the death of Jane Williams, aged 44, the wife of Mr. %V. Isaac Williams, a surgeon, now practising at Fenton, Staffordshire, from whom she was separated. She had of late been drinking, and on Friday poisoned herself by taking opium. The Jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while temporarily insane." The annual procession of children in connection with the Church of Enstintl Sunday-schools in Manchester took place on Monday. The different schools, accompanied in each ease by bands of music, and carrying a profuse display of flags and banners, assembled in Albert-square. After a hymn had been sung the procession formed and promenaded the principal streets of the city. About '23,000 children took part in the proceedings The weather was fine,  M. Ducarre, proprietor of the celebrated Cafe des Arnhassadeurs, Paris, has just won the 50,000 franc prize in the Ville de Paris lottery. There appears to be a lucky genius presiding over thi, favourite garden, for not only has the proprietor won his 50,150 francs, but M. Pubic, the chef dr cuisine, in 1595, and M. Duperron, a partner of M. Ducar re, in IS9I, each won the 100,01.,0 franc prize An the same lottery. Two men, who have since confessed, attempted to murder a widow Mine. Bultean, at Toulon, on Sunday. Mine. Miltean had some rooms and a cellar to let ; the men descended into the cellar with the widow :ind endeavoured to strangle her. They were fortunately unsuccessful, and, on assistance arriving, tool: to eight. They vi ere afterward arrested, and confessed that they had made a plot, to kill the old lady and steal certain sums of money that they knew she had secreted in her wardrobe.  .. . Fri'l'RADFgliEN.—ls your Business DE-"qST-1) ? Try a tonic of Dr. Enterprize's preparstio- : renewed activity guaranteed in the most hopele-s cases. Hundreds of testimonials. Advice gratis. Consultation by arrangement.— Write. Box 123, "East Riding Telegraph," peverley.