The Northern Guardian. — 1896-02-08 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

DEATH OF MISS ALMA STANLEY  News was received in London yesterday afternoon of the death in the Canary Islands of Mies Alma Stanley, the well-known actress. Miss Leonora Alma Stanley was a daughter of Stuart Stanley, a captain in the body-guard of the late Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, and was born at St. Heliers, Jersey, on October 6, 1860. She made her first appearance on the stage in December, 1873, in the pantomime of " Cinderella " at the Theatre Royal, Hull, playing in the following year in " Black-Eyed Susan "and "The Hose of Auvergne" at Cremorne Gardens. Afterwards she joined Mr Hollingshead's "Gaiety" Company of which she remained a member till 1875, performing such parts as Amaranthe in "Madame Angot," Regina in "The Princess of Trebizonde," &c. She afterwards rejoined the Gaiety Company, and appeared in the burlesque of " Little Don Ca,sar de Bazan." Subsequently she played with the late Mr S. Phelps at various theatres, taking such characters as Julie de Morte. mar in " Richelieu," Anne Boleyn in "Henry VIII.," and Lady Sneerwell in " School for Se.andal." the afterwards successfully filled engagements at the Olympic, Royalty, Folly, Crystal Palace, Gaiety, and other theatres, and was more recently engaged by Sir Augustus Harris, for whom she undertook the part of principal boy in the pantomime of "Robinson Crusoe," 1894-5, at the Tyne Theatre, Newcastle.  DEATH OF MR HARRY EVERSFIELD. A rinnour was current in London last night that Mr Harry Everstield and his wife, the daughter of Mrs Dion Boucicault, had committed suicide by taking morphia. So far as Mrs Everstield is concerned this report proved upon inquiry to be entirely without foundation, an d though it is unfortunately true that Mr Everstield died in New York on Thursday night., there is no reason at present to suppose that his death was the result of his own act. The news of Mr Everstield's death only reached London at about half-past three yesterday afternoon, and was at once communicated to Mrs Dion Boucicault, who undertook to break the sad tidings to her daughter. Both ladies were naturally greatly grieved, and were unable to see representatives of the press. NI r Douglas, manager of the Princess Theatre, where Mrs Dion Boucicault is playing in the " Colleen Bawn," informed a representative of the Press Association that Mr Harry Everstield was travelling in America with Mr C.eorge Edwards's Coinpany, and was acting in New York at the time of his death. Mrs Everstield did not go to America, but was staying with her mother at 24, Langholm Street, London, West. Nothing is yet known in London as to the cause of Mr Everstield's death, although in regard to the condition of his health it is stated that he suffered for some years from insomnia. A cable was despatched to America last evening for further particulars. Mrs Dion Boucicault was unable to appear at the Princess's last evening, and her place was taken by Miss Harriet Clifton. hoir  EPPS'S COCOAINIL —Cocoa-Nib Extract. (Tea-like)! The choicest roasted nibs (broken up beans) of the I natural Cocoa. on being subjected to powerful ' hydraulic pressure, give forth their excess of oil, leaving for use a finely flavoured powder—" Coccaine," a product which, when prepared with boiling water, has the consistence of tea, of which it is now beneficially taking the place with many. Its active principal being a gentle nerve stimulant, supplies the needed energy without unduly exciting the system. Sold only iu packets and tills, by Grocers, labelled "James Epps and Co., Ltd., Homiepathic Chemists, London.' —Aclrt 

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