Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1902-07-25 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

XBO.OOO. The theory that Mr. Strong has committed suicide it not now credited, and the police are actively ,•eatching for hint.  Or. Robert W. Stewart— who voently severed ecnneotion tai Principal at the Harris Institute. Preston. was on Monday recommended Iv a special nommittoe to the School Board of London for the post of Organiser of Science.  Negotiations were ennelmled on Tue..day for the admifKion into the Imperinl Tobacco Conpony. Limited, of two Ch.odtr firm, of manyft:cturer9--Mtt--1.4. W. T. Davies and Soon. end Mmom. Wilhanm and Co.  Sir Edmund Monnou. Bratsk Ambler:oder to France. has forwarded to tho Minister id the Colonies 15.000 franos prowented by King Edward for 'the rietime of the Martinlone eruption. The grand total of the coavtribietions received for the rilief of the Mactinique victTmet up to date is 5.N3.382 francs.  Three evietion were carried rat en Lord de Freyne's Frenchpark rotate on Tireaday. Thera were nearly 100 police present, and a number of of emergency men,but the evictions tr, re carried not without the dighte4 rl siwtonee on the part of the people. Emergency mem w..re put in poene.,ion. a. the hotrqes are situated far trout the police barracks  Sir George Dmten. K.C.M.G., the Governor of Gambia, who landed at Plymouth on Wedne•Klay oed preceded to Oxford. hod with hue o collection of wild animole, inchplaig spotted and striped byfenes, a leopard cob two antelopes, an 4 a silver grey jackal, which he has presented to the Zoo Gaigene. a representative of wlsich met the animals at Plymouth.  The death occurred at elitheroe Workhouse on Monday night of Pa,' Dewhorst, :18 year, of age. On Sunday I)whurot attempted to rut his throat with a piece of whilw at hia lodging... and was afterward.; removed t, the workhouse. The derea,ed lined hie articlen with a local firm of solicito,. and aboot 10 year ago woo in oract‘ce for a In rt period at Great Harwood. Of late 'or- noroed had led a very uneattled and int.mperate life.  The London Ccnotr Council ha, he recantmended by the Highways Committoo to apply for Parliamentary powera for extension, of the tramway, syetem of a total length of 2114 at an e,timaited carat of .£1.190.750. It thr, exreptirm.. the underground e,ndu't ....tem of electrical traotion is roe, mm ,ndAl. For ten of the propoaed new tramway, atreet widening, will he required. at a total soat of X 117,1611, bringing the full expendtture to .0,307.915.  Viscount Cross opened on Tuesday, a home at Marshside. Southport, in connection with the Church of FAigland Inemporated Society tor Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays. The home ii 'ithate4 near the .eashore, and has been erected at a 1.00 if “I.l' dation for thirty little criPple,. The Bishop of biverpool, the Rector of North Moots, the Rev. Comm. Denton Thompson, and others took part in the opening ceremony.  All hope of saving the German pheamer Trier, which is on tte mini off Corunna, has been sbandmied. The other wait a bind of Carbineers, fully armed, wed in uniform went on board the ship and took nosse,Nion of the major portion of the cargo. The captain, thinking they were actinz on hi pit them to land the goods. It afberwarde appeared that they were smugglers who had b.,rrowed the antforme and arms and sueeee,fully pretended to be soldiers.  A ..hocking tragedy was dtmovered at Birmingham on Tue.:lay. The house of a man named Thomas C011in..., in Leamington-road. Sparkbrook. was entered. and Collin., and len wife and child were tome! dead. The man had been subjected to great violence, and hie load was battered in. Th chdkd appeared to have bees suffocated in bed, and the woman had her throat cut. It ía b.lievett