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The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1898-09-17 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

BACK TO THE R'GE.  A wian-wmiarso widow at WeilFsbnry, Mrs. Carter, has a son, George. a steady young man, at the forge. A few ago he caught a sevre cold, and sc,trlet fever supervened. No sooner had he recovered from this iUess than acute rheumatism seized him in ito relentless grip, and in addition to this, indigestion, in an aggravated form, made his life a misery. He was in bed for a month, and for the greater part of that time he was itbsolotely helpless. He could not lift his hand an loch.  A kind doctor did ail he could for him, but his was evidently a case that was too severs for ordinary medicine, and ho failed to improve, until one day lie eye caught an article in & newspaper on the immorous great mires which Dr. Williams' Pihk Pi:is for Pale People have effected iu all parts of the country, the result being that he decided to purchase a box. "I received benefit," said George Carter, "before that first boa was finished. I was able to move about again, and my old appetite came back; as for indigestion. I have not been troubled with it sines.  Mr. Carter continued the Pills, and before the third box was exhausted, he, who had lain sick and useless for nineteen weary weeks, was back at the forge  _ again. " If it hadn't teen for Dr. Williamß' Pink Pins,"  concluded Mrs. Carter, as  the reporter was lesv;og her house at 7, Lea Brooksquare, Wedm sbury, "I should have lost my huL They have been the weans of keeping our home to„:ether."  This is only one among thousands of cases in wLich diseases, audi as  indigestion, ameinia, consumption, general weittness, scrofula, palpitation, shortness of breath, pains in the back, nervous headache, and early decay. have been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pins for Pale People. These Pills are a reliable and valuable tonics for the nnrves and spine, and have thus cured many oases of paralysis, !owl-actor ataxy, rheumatism. sciatica, and St. Vitus' dance. They are not a purgative medicine. and contain nothing that could injure the mos-- delicate system. They are sold by chemists everywhere, but should only be accepted in boxes bearing the full same, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, on the wrapper, at 9s. 9d. a box, or six boxes for 18e. 9d.; they may be had peat free from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, 46, Holborn-viaduct, London. E.C.. if there is any doubt. Pink pills sold in bulk or from glass jars are not genuine.  SUICIDE OF A COVENTRY MAN AT DOUGLAS.  1141, ~,,,,, . ,e...,„ ,o''',,,,T* ,(-, j ,---., ,:. , . "1,0. r_. - !...ft-_--.-- 1,. .....,,,,,plvt. ~_ A a c .7.6..--rsr 4.- p,a, vv., 1. z.: jot 4:. %.- ..' IWO ."'"'. -) 

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The Press. — 1858-10-09 (London, England)

Rlttropolitau.  THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE has held its first meeting, after the vacation, at 67, Lincoln's-inn Fields. The Bishop of London presided. Several interesting communications from India were read, the society having contributed 10,000/. towards the Christian cause in India. Money votes for the society's objects at home, as well as in the colcm;ci, were agreed to, and books were granted f,)r noor districts. A considerable amount of dons tions and legacies and accessions to the special Indian fund were announced. THE COURT OF COMMON Consul., on Thursday, presented the freedom of the City, together with swords of the value of 100 guineas, to Lord Clyde and to Sir James Outraro for their distinguished services. THE MONSTER BELL, known as " Big Ben," which is to sound the hours in the clock tower attached to the \Vesttuinster Palace, has been removed from the beam by which it has been suspended and placed upon a " cradle " for the purpose of being passed to the base of the tower. A TABLET to the memory of Sir Astley P. Cooper, Bart., was fixed on Wednesday last in Guy's Hospital.  977  THE CHIEF REGISTRARSHIP OF THE COURT Op BANKRUPTCY, vacant by the death of Mr. John Campbell, has been conferred by the Lord Chancellor on Mr. Whitehead, senior registrar. Mr. W. F. Higgins has been appointed to the registrarship vacant by Mr. Whitehead's promotion. THE WINTER SESSION of the various metropolitan schools of medicine commenced on Saturday. The lectures were of a high order of ability, and wars wal attended.  THE REPORT on the arrangements for constzuetia the main drainage and intercepting sewers • the metropolis has been presented to the Metropoli tan Board of Works by Mr. Balzagette the engineer. The main propositions are to carry out the works at numerous points simultaneously, to contract at once for the northern high-level sewer, arrangements to be made for the purchase of land for the main outfall sewer at Barking, preparations to be rustle for the erection of pumping engines, tenders to be invited for the deodorization of the sewage in the western division, eleven contracts in all to be taken at an estimated cost of 150,0001., or if with reservoir and low-level sewer on north side of the Thames a total of 2,131,0001. THE BIRTHS of 861 boys and 865 girls, in all 1,728 children, were registered in London last week. The deaths, which had fallen considerably below 1,000 in the previous week, rose to 1,021. Of these deaths. 30 were accidental, 4 were suicide, and no fewer than 6 by murder and mans.aughter. Of these last, 5 were the deaths of infants. Scarlatina shows a constant, though not a rapid, increase. THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM was visited during the week ending 2nd October by 10,643 persons. 

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The Press. — 1854-10-14 (London, England)

OCTOBER 14, 1854.  open to us the gates of Sebastopol." His confidence in the lines of the Alma was so great that, according to the report of a prisoner, he horsewhipped the officer who announced to him that General Bosquet had reached the western extremity of the heights. It was rumoured that, upon witnessing the defeat of his army, Prince Menschikoff tried to commit suicide, but was prevented by the by standers. The natives of Black Russia are nearly all flat-footed, which makes them incapable of lung and rapid marches. Amen with this defect is not admitted into the British army, and the fact of so large a part of the Russian army being thus naturally constituted explains in some degree the great losses which attend its march.  COMPARATIVE MORTALITY IN THE BATTLE. The actual loss on the sides of the allies was 606 killed and 2,699 wounded. There were engaged in the battle not less probably than 100,000 French, English, Turkish, and Russian troops. No doubt this is a heavy list of killed and wounded, but the public will be greatly misled if it believe that such a loss equals the average of great battles. When the English met the French in the Peninsula we lost a much greater proportion by their impetuous bravery. The Russians prove less destructive to us than the French did in the great war. At the combat on the Col de Maya, in July, 1813, when the total number engaged did not exceed 15,000 men, the grand total of killed and wounded was 2,900 ; while of the 92nd Regiment twothirds went to the ground. In the first battle of Santarem, where the whole force engaged did not equal the number of British troops on the Alma, the total of killed and wounded on the side of the English alone was 2,600. In the five days' fighting on the Nive the loss in killed and wounded on both sides was upwards of 10,000 men. The Russian loss at Alma is estimated at 1,500 killed, 2,000 wounded, arid 6,000 who have deserted rather than support the contest before the walls of Sebastopol. It must be remembered that the killed and wounded are principally, if not entirely, due to the deadly aim of our infantry. The artillery could only come into action to wards the end, from the difficulty of the position. The Russians were led to the attack by the most distinguished officers in person; hence the great proportion of Russian officers killed, and especially those of the highest rank. Six Russian generals are reported to have been killed and wounded at the battle of Alma. The loss of the Russians, up t) the 22d, is given by this correspondent at 7,000 men. General Kwiecinski was mortally wounded, and General Kaffaleffski badly; a General Prince Gortschskoff only slightly. One of Prince Menschikoffs aides de-camp lost an arm. 

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The Northern Guardian. — 1898-02-08 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE THEATRE ROYAL.  "A BUNCH OF VIOLETS. This is the title of the piece played at the Theatre Royal this week, by special arrangements with Mr Beerbohm Tree. The play is by Mr Sydney Grundy, and is supposed to take place in London at the present time. It was preceded by a musical sketch, entitled, "A Military Tournament," by Messrs Alert E. Jeeke, Allen Adair, and Mite Bertha Northam—a piece that had many humorous things in it, and was highly appreciated. "A Bunch of Violet" is a clever and entraucing pilay. Mr Julian Hart Leigh talus the chief part, that of Sir Philip Marchaut, who dabbles in money matters, breaks; trite his hand at politics, is defeated at an election; and finally is discovered to have married early in life a woman whom he had disgraced, upon which discovery and also that of his financial breakdown he commits suicide by taking poi/ion in the Ineeenee of Lady Marehant and their daughter, parts taken by Miss Flora Hastings and Mist; Bertha Northam, Mies Elsie Lanham takes the role of Mrs Murgatroyd, and displays great versatility and powerful dramatic force. Mr John Palmer made a faultless Mark alurgatroyd, both as regards figure and acting, and nothing could have beat his outburst of temper upon discovering Sir Philipe fraud. The house was simply de-lighted at this scene, and seldom have we seen anything more dramatic. Mr Allen Adair MA Lord Mount F?orrell; Mr Allbert E. Jacks was tne Hon. Harold Inglis; Mr Vincent W. Carlyle was the jeweller, Jacch Schwartz; Mr E. H. Templeton made a capital Harker; and the other parts were Mr C. Phillips, a son of toil; Mr Win. Ray, a servant. The strange misfortune deiineated in the play, and one that might easily ' our in real life, is the marriage of the wealthy Yorkehire brewer, Murgatroyd, to the woman Sir' Philip had disgraced in early life, and the subsetrent discovery of this fact upon her entry into his house. In order to conceal public scandal. Sir Philip and his wile decide to separate, and their daughter haying heard of her father's disgrace decides to go with her mother. The parting is touching, and subsequently Sir Philip receives a bunch of roses he had at first received from his daughter and given to her at parting; he, kisses them, and falls down in a paroxyem oi grief. At this point many of the audience are seen to cry. The acting is highly dramatic, and tha plot contains ninny incidents of great interest that are presented to the audience with almost the force of living reality. The real hero of life should overcome its troubles, and not fall a victim to them, and, but for this, we have nothing but praise for "A Bunch of Rlltieß." and the excellent manner in which it was presented at the Royal last night. It is sure to have a highly sticcessful ran. 

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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1856-02-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE OF MR. SADLEIR, M.P.  The body of Mr. J. Sadleir, M.P., was found on Sandal morning. on Hampstead-heath, at a considerable distance•from the public-road. A large bottle, labelled "Essential oil of bitter almonds," and a silver cream-jug, both of which cee' tained a small quantity. of the poison, lay by his side. The body was at once removed to the workhouse, where it we seen by Dr. Nichol a few minutes afterwards. A powerful odour of bitter almonds was perceptible at the mouth, so that there can be no doubt he died from the effects of this poison• He had, probably, lain on the spot where he was found during the greater part of the night, as the body was quite cold, and the rigor mortis completely established. It appears that Mr. Sadleir left his house (11, Gloucester• square, Hyde-park) about half-past eleven o'clock on Saturde night, and as yet nothing further has been ascertained respect' ing his movements. Mr. Sadleir formerly practised as a solicitor in Dublin with great success, and enjoyed a high professional reputation. 1847 he entered parliament as member for Carlow, and sat for that borough until the dissolution in 1852. Upon the accession of Lord Aberdeen to the Premiership Mr. Sadleir svae offered, and accepted, office as a Lord of the Treasury, and be continued a member of the administration for some months. In 1843 he became chairman of the London and County Joint Stock Banking Company, and for several years presided over the affairs of that body with great ability. A few months since he vacated the chair, and, though his connexion with the company continued, he took no active part in its business. occupation of the chair at the last general meeting was simplY an act of courtesy towards his late colleagues in the direction. It is said that he was a purchaser to a large amount of lands sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland, and that he was extensively connected with various commercial undertakings of magnitude, but that he was under no heavy liabilities to the banking company to which we have alluded; and that for the comparatively small account that remained open against him at the time of his decease the company Wee guaranteed by ample securities. 

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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1856-02-26 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

INQUEST ON MR. SADLEIR.  The proceedings were continued to-day. A letter, in Sadleir's handwriting, contained a statement to the effect mentioned by the Morning Advertiser, that he could not live to see the agony of those whose ruin he bad caused. Several names of persons he had ruined are stated in the letter, but the coroner decided it would be highly injurious for those names to be mentioned in court. Mr. Keating, M.P. for Waterford, also gave evidence, and read letters from Sadleir, confessing the latter's villany. He says, " Stevens and Norris are both innocent, and have no knowledge of the fabrication of deeds and forgeries by me, and by which I have sought to go on in the horrid hope of retrieving." After the examination of Mr. Josiah Wilkinson, with reference to a forged deed given him by Mr. Sadleir, and a statement from Mr. Keating, that up to that time no other forged documents than the one alluded to had been discovered, and that there had been no forgeries connected with the Swedish Railway Company, The coroner said it would be a question for the jury to con. sider whether Mr. Sidleir did really commit the extensive forgeries and frauds alluded to, or whether they were mere delusions. The question with regard to property was very important; for if Mr. Sadleir destroyed himself in sound mind, all his property, goods, and chattels would be forfeited to the crown. Up to the present time, be, the coroner, saw no signs of insanity ; but if it could be proved that these documents were written under the delusion that he committed villanies which he never committed, that would be positive proof that he committed suicide in an unsound state of mind. It was due to the deceased, his friends, and the public at large, that there should be a further adjournment. The inquiry was therefore adjourned for a fortnight.. 

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The Express. — 1846-10-06 (London, England)

DEVONSIMIE.  A DOUBLE SUICIDE ATliiirraTl-On Friday week, two factory girls, Mary Ann Oldridge and Jane Smith, were visited by a man of indifferent character, from whom Oldridge contrived to possess herself of half-a-crown to get some liquor with, and never returned, the other following her, The man subsequently meeting with them, threatened to expose them to their employer, Mr. Newbery, silk factor, if they did not immediately return him his half-crown. Not having sufficient to make up the required sum, the threat appearedto operate so powerfully upon their minds, that they went to the neighbouring chemist and purchased 3d. worth of arsenic, with which they resolved to destroy themselves. They then returned to work at the factory, and on leaving at night went to a public-house kept by a person named Taylor, where they mixed the poison in some cider and drank it. Oldridge died in dreadful agony on Wednesday, and Smith in twenty-four hours after. On Friday last an inquest was held on the bodies of the unfortunate women, when the jury, after several hours' deliberation, returned a verdict of fete de se. Both bodies were interred late at night in the parish churchyard. SANITARY STATE or PLINOUTII.—A correspondent states that the inquiries, made under direction of the Local Health of Towns' Association at Plymouth, have terminated, and have elicited some 'twain facts. Eleven thousand persons (nearly one-third of the population) live in single rooms. There arc 625 rooms with four inmates in each room, 320 with five, 266 with six, 112 with seven, 49 with eight, 14 with nine, 8 with ten inmates and upwards. There are 9.56 houses without any drain, 753 without town water laid on, and 607 without privy or water-closet. BERKSHIRE. A LANDLORD'S NEOLECT.—An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Free-house, is Clewer-street, Windsor, 

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The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1893-12-02 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

AN ATTEMPTED SITICIDE'S LOVE  VERSES A young man named Thomas Skidmore. Handsworth, attempted to commit suicide on Monday night; by shooting himself with a revolver. The circumstances attending the case are of a somewhat sensational nature. It appears that for a period of two years Skidmore has been engaged to a young woman named Lizzie Holt. Skidmore has on several occasions during the past few months expressed a desire to his sweetheart that they should be married at once. As, however, the parties are still under age, the parents ef both have refused their consent, advising them to postpone the event for at least a year. Though the young woman was quite willing to adopt this course, her lover was most obdurate about the matter, and three weeks ago he went so far as to publish the banns of marriage and fix the wedding to take plarm at Smethwick parish church last Mondays. When he told the girl what he bad done he intimated that "it should be then or never." However, as her parents still refused their consent to the wedding, the girl told him finally on Sunday night that she could not marry him then, but that, if be would wait twelve months and be true to her, she would marry him. Skidmore ultimately agreed to this coure, and, after wishing the girl and her family good night he left the house. He called again the next night, ostensibly for some pictures he had left there, and while Mrs Holt was in the act of lighting a candle to look for them, she was startled by the report of a revolver. Immediately afterwards Skidmore exclaimed "domino." The woman hurried into the room, and found him lying on the sofa, bleeding from a terrible wound to the abdomen. A revolver was lying near him. The following lines of poetry, in Skidniore's handwriting and addressed to his lover, were found : Days pass on, and still you come not. Would that we had never met Than my love had been saddened With this bog and sad regrti ! Was it fair to come and woo me, Win my young and true heart; Then no sown neglect and leave site, Without a wunl that we should last; To cloud my life, that before was happy, With this sad gloom; Illy kindest hope With the darkness of the tomb? Those thy friends commend, Did* thou act a womanly part? Coulds't thou think that man was noble, Trifling with a young man's heart? Let the silent grave be mine, I fear thy life limy not be happy, Sorrow's paths may yet be thine. Directly clouds may yet o'ertake thee, Drear in life thy path may be; Though, when friends forsake thee, Thou, perchance. might think of me. But I've done, my words are ; It's vain and useless to regret ; In the midst of worldly pleasure, Thou mayest, but I never can, forget. 

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The Poole Telegram. — 1881-04-01 (Poole, Dorset, England)

SURRENDER OF POTCHEFST.ROOM.  (Telegram from Sir E. Wood, 28th of March, Fort Amid!) Winsloe (commanding officer) surrendered Potchefstroom on the 21st, before my mule waggons, which left Mount Prospect the 7th, had traversed the distance-200 miles. Terms all honours of war, retaining private weapons and property; guns and riffles surrendered, but ammunition for both to be handed to Brand for custody during the war, after to be returned to us. Garrison not to serve during the hostilities at present existing. Garrison now marching, via Kronstadt, on Natal."  A sad affair hes just occurred at Dundee. A Mm. Menzies was a,,lsed by a neighbour to take charge of the key of her house during her absence in England, and on the latter's return a sum of money was missed from the dwelling. Mrs. Menzies was accused of knowing something of the theft, and being in a delicate state of health took the matter so much to heart that she died. The body of her husband has been found in the Tay, and he is Supposed to have committed suicide. Owing to the ravages of the phylloxera, Franco has now become rather a wine-importing ceuntry thah a wine-exporting country. She finds within her own territory a Sufficient market for cheap wines, and has lost all induce. bent to barter with this country on the basis of low Customs tariffs. The consumption of claret in England as pomr ?ri with the consumptson in France one two. -that' • •  hundredth ; that is to Pay, . at for every bottle of claret drunk in England, 200 are consumed in Fiance!. The _ the Exchequer short, • the  line,— in -eon fo-u-n-irthat t. • ut er reduction of tariff for cheap. wine no The Shop et 18, HIGH EAST • STET, will b be continued as heretofore. longer a bribe to France. 

Article type: Incident