Hull Evening News from Hull, Humberside, England (2024)

May 24, 1902

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Hull Evening Newsi

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Hull, Humberside, England

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Saturday, May 24, 1902

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HULL' THEWS SATURDAY MAY 24 1902 OUR WEEKLY CARTOON THE PEACE conference legates at Pretoria OUR CITY LETTER i ii tii 1 1 NEWS CITY OFFICE Tower Chambers London Wall EC Friday Night' THE UP-TO-DATE GIRL It is staked that at this May hirings in Lincolnshire scarcely one girl in twenty engaged for the farmhouse would undertake the duty of milking RETORT A Wednesday chosen by the Ateieeniging con- wire About half-past seven firing broke out along the whole line signals being sent by lamp that the enemy were attempting to reconnoitre the line Signalling was also carried on with the searchlight on the Matching railway 'fhe troops were in good spirits knowing from the reports received that a number of Boers were inside the net Fifteen Boers tried to break through during the night- One was picked up dead and one ran through on foot the remainder being captured A number of the enemy moved along the front of and columns and the latter captured nine The majority of the prisoners were taken by Colonel Thorneyeroft By these operations Van commando was practically accounted for and the Western Boers received a crushing blow losing the whole of their transport and supplies c0roprisin members of the two hce A SOUTH AFRICAN A HOPEFUL SOME PROMISING CHEERFUL HOME AMERICAN RAILWAY CHINESE SOME INDUSTRIAL THE CANADIAN BOOM nts with De Wet and Delarey llere on Sunday being accompanied secretaries They occupy a 'house 1 1 lit in which Lord Kitchener hb- jord Milner arrived yesterday The Terms of Peace' vho are confident of the main fact j9 assured are now anxious to terms upon which the Boers have iay down their arms Much Ltres around the personal fate of Mr "jest ctr tteitz and the other political jterB re they to be allowed to remain in hrs' lrv If so it is certain that the Nation of the 15t of September will be tfrAwn- and disabilities placed upon the ieaders now under sentence of ptUhment withdrawn There is much nervousness exhibited on this In'1 colonials who are at present in the oint A legitimate inference from the arrival of Lord Milner and the Boer spokesmen in Pretoria from Lord Balfour of statement and from the issue of summonses for a Cabinet Council Taken together is that a definite stage in the negotiations lias been reached and that the position is about to undergo a change either for the better or for the orse Baiiifniii jjUi 17 Al I wi i I 5 VI li I Home Railway stocks continue fairly cheerful and in view of the excellent traffics secured for the present year to date there is a very fair prospect of lurther improvement in values Among stocks that should be avoided are Brighton A and South-Eastern A Both these companies have large capital expenditure ahead and iu neither instance is the return on the deferred stocks sufficiently good to tempt investors South-Eastern 4 per cent Convertible Preference quoted at 109 and returning 3 per cent is however well worth attention Early in 1902 holders will possess the right of converting into an equal amount of ordinary stock As the issue ranks ahead ot the preferred stock now called at 133 and return 3 per cent it must be considered comparatively cheap KILLARNEY BOATING DISASTER Nine Tourists amd Four Boatmen Drowned A terrible boating disaster unhappily attended by the loss of thirteen lives occurred on the Lower Lake of the Lakes of Ki Harney on Sunday evening A party of nine tourists consisting of four ladies and live gentlemen were doing what is called the through the Gap of Dunloe and the three lakes and for this purpose were using a new four-oarecl boat which was in charge of four experienced boatmen who are described as some of the best engaged on the lakes The craft reached Dinas Island in the Middle Lake at 330 on Sunday afternoon and then pro ceeded direct to the Lower Lake through the Bicken Bridge The weather was very boisterous and on emerging into the lower piece of water the boat encountered a heavy swell with occasional fierce squally and showers of hail The boatmen however had confidence in their craft which succeeded in keeping against the force of the weather to a point known as Minister's Bank where the party were last seen about five What occurred subsequently is a matter of surmise but it is supposed that by some means the boat got broadside on to the swell and filling rapidly cap ized The non-arrival of the party at their destination Hotel caused considerable uneasiness and Mr Graham sent out search parties with the result that at 430 a on Monday the boat was found on the south-western shore of the famous Muck-ross estate She had been terribly battered and entangled in the wreckage beneath were the bodies of three of the unfortunate tourists two ladies and one gentleman As regards the boatmen drowned three were married and leave families while one of them named Hartnell lost his oldest son in the Old Weir Bridge boating accident last October I I QUEEN WILHELMINA HET LOO Friday The condition continues very satisfactory She takes both liquid and solid nourishment SALE OF THE WHITE STAR LINE Kruger Sleepless UTRECHT Tuesday May 20th pjst seen a i yh official of Mr 1 entourage at Oranjeluit (writes tdie correspondent) He states probability of peace resulting from tltJrePniging conference rests on the ques-r if independence which is the one stum- Si i I is American Railway shares have been fairly active during the past few days and althougb the mouetary position on the other side is still very doubtful there appears to be some prospect that the big Wall-street magnates will be successful in their efforts to engineer another advance in values before the inevitable trade reaction sets in Everything depends upon the crops and this week indications have been more favourable under this head The coal strike is of course an adverse factor but apparently the companies show some disposition to compromise matters and I believe that the trouble will be adjusted shortly jD hp Boer character he believes they surrender with less than independ- if 'Phe formal ratification of the sale of the White Star Line to Mr syndicate will take place at another meeting of the shareholders of the company to be held next Saturday All opposition to the scheme has now been overcome and from that day onwards the float of splendid vessels although privileged to fly the British flag will be owned by a foreign corporation WIFE BURNT TO DEATH ij! isbjlBY li IS 1 1 ffe 'As Tv $iu Hljlj I 'v The marvellous power for rehabilitation possessed by China is well illustrated by the figures of the trade of that country for 1801 Despite the unsettiement growing out of the Boxer troubles the disastrous flood's in the Yangtse Valley the unsettled state of Manchuria and uncertainties as to the new tariff to be agreed on the imports in 1901 exceeded those of the record year 1899 while exports were only 13 per cent smaller than the record of that very favourable year I still consider the Chinese Railway Loan an exceptionally cheap investment NEW GIRL What Are you supposed to milk here PRACTICAL ONE Yes just finished me third cow NEW GIRL Then off I aint been brought up to that kind thing Tiie adjourned inquest into the circum-- lances attending the death of Hannah Middleton (51) whose charred remains were found in the ruins of her cottage destroyed by fire at Foxlydiate Worcestershire on the 1 01 inst was held on Thursday Daniel Middleton the husband is now in custody in connection with (he tragedy but was not present yesterday Several witnesses gave evidence of the unhappy life led by the pair and it was proved that Middleton went to his son at Bentley on the morning of the discovery and told him his mother was very ill adding that if he wished to see her alive lie must go home at once The son did so and found the cottage in flames and shortly afterwards the body was' recovered from the debris The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Middleton NAMES OF THE DROWNED The names of tire nine tourists drowned are as follows Mr and Mrs Cheetbam of London Air Mrs and Miss Furniss of London Mr Law of St Andrews Mr Bowens married employed in Cork and Mr and Mrs Travis of Lancashire The bodies recovered were identified as those of Mrs Furniss and Mr and Mrs Travis THE WEST INDIES DISASTER TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT NORTH KELSEY received All immediate wants are now supplied Have ordered timbers for houses through His Ambassador at Washington anil tho Governor-General of Canada which will cost £5000 Please instruct those officers to co-operate and arrange for payment The question of the re-settlement of tho people is under my consideration Oils new township has been settled up to the piesent time Engaged in completing arrange inputs for the relief of the wounded and other 1 sufferers In my estimation £50000 will enable us tc support all sufferers for six months and re-house in new localities Sufferings of wounded from burns being terrible deaths in the Various rumours are afloat with respect to Canadian Pacific and among others one to the effect that the Hill-Mo rgan interests identified with the other trans-Continental line have been purchasing an interest in Canadian Pacific possibly even with a view to partial control It must be said that very little tangible evidence is as yet available pointing in this direction Nothing so far has developed iu the Canadian Pacific situa tion that would not be entirely explained by the heavy Toronto and Montreal speculation which has been such a feature of the market in the last few months The rise is I am afraid being much overdone and those who have profits will be wise if they do not wait for the last few dollars block and knowing the British he says that r-n not grant Hence the present delations will end without peace being ar- Pi! Vanhoeschoten has gone to The Hague -iitpr with other officials It is that the ex-officials have received im-ff0 i(l disquieting news pointing to an cessation of hostilities Kruger could not sleep last night and From one to three this im sat alone reading his Bible smoking fnjpe and sipping lea and commenting in Imid voice He was sleeping this afternoon ilen I wiled Boers Attacked by Zulus i Pretoria telegram says that reports slaved' there from Vryheid state that i )f eth instant 70 Boers raided that search of food flogging native wlu refused to show them mealie pits fed driving off 300 native cattle Zulus becoming incensed at this treatment of their women attacked the Boers of H(iin 69 are reported to have been killed The native casualties were 40 killed and 45 funded The Zulus brought three Boers into Vryheid fir latter stated that they desired to be epttd as surrendered Significant Action of Bennet Burleigh Very significant is the telegram from Pre-rja by Mr Bennet Burleigh to a relative which by his desire has been communicated 1 Daily in which lie states jiat he is Everybody knows by Ibis rime that Mr Bennet Burleigh is the last man in the world to abandon without instruc-! 'on- a mission still incomplete It is a very jrttong inference therefore though only an -ferenee that Mr Burleigh has adopted this circuitous method of communicating his con-riction that the Boers have agreed to our pro-Hal: and that peace is in sight bid Balfour of Burleigh Secretary for cotlaud speaking om Thursday at the opening ef an extension of premises in connection with 'e Edinburgh Merchant Company expressed is pleasure at having been able to keep the ejemuit He had boon he said in expec-3ion of being called away for a very Jicially important purpose and he did not Hint that the summons could be many hours Sked TERRIBLE TEXAN TORNADO Mount Pelee Still in Eruption PARIS Monday A cable from the temporary Governor of Martinique states that there is no ground for apprehension rs to the cessation of work in the northern regions The territory between St Pierre and Le Preelieur is completely devastated The inhabitants are cairn and courageous The volcano is now discharging large quantities of ashes over the southern communes while violent detonations have been heard at Le Ca rbet The local authorities at Martinique are in no anxiety as to the supply of provisions and disinfectants WASHINGTON Monday A letter was read in the Senate from the French Government to-day expressing (thanks for the sympathy evinced by the President and Congress for the Martinique sufferers A telegram from Fort de France says ashes are failing thickly there and it is now like a fog THE INQUEST An inquest was opened on Tuesday at Killarney on the three victims of boating disaster whose bodies were found underneath the ill-fated boat The deceased were identified as Joseph Travis (50) Oldham-road Royton Lancashire Elizabeth ills wife and Sarah Rebecca Furness of Eoundwoocl House Willesden London The jury returned a verdict of accidental death by drowning Mrs Furness who lost her life in fhe Killarney boating disaster was the widow of a well-known contractor and lived at Round-wood House Willesden The Miy Furness mentioned as drowned was Mr Bladen Furness one of her sons who was a churchwarden of Ilarlesden Parish Church and was greatly esteemed It is said that the victims also include an unmarried and a married daughter of Mrs Furness Several interesting industrial reports have been issued this week Crisp and Company the Hollo way drapers announce a net loss on trading of £25000 for the past year Two years ago the trading account showed a loss of £6' 031 and last year the debit balance had increased to £9784 Mr 10 per cent guarantee on the ordinary shares expired with this year and with so" large a deficit to be wiped oft the outlook appears distinctly bad STRANGE KIDNAPPING STORY Brunner Mond the Cheshire chemical manufacturers announce a net profit of nearly £oOOUOu £60000 is placed to suspense account while £38000 is carried forward f'ter the ordinary shares have received 32j-per cent The 7 per cent preference shares at 184 yield about 3 per tent and as there are no debentures existing they do not appear over-valued The Union-Castle Steamship report is less satisfactory than usual the dividend for the year being 10s compared with 12s for 1900 When peaceful conditions are restored to South Africa dividend will however quickly recover As was briefly announced on Monday Texas has been swept by a tornado which' in one town alone caused fatalities variously estimated at from sixty to two hundred and destroyed three churches and a hundred houses Four other States were traversed by 4 lie hurricane the path of which was only 250 yards wide It is believed that the cyclone originated on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico almost directly south of Goliad and travelled in a rorth-easterly direction Although it caused desolation in four States Texas suffered most Telegraphic communication lias lie on interrupted by high winds Trains with physicians nurses and State militia have hurried to the scene of the disaster Despatches from Goliad state that the storm only lasted five minutes It came from the south-east without warning The path of the storm is covered with debris and dead and wounded animals The tornado travelled as far as Kentucky traversing four States and buildings were wrecked in other Texan towns beside Goliad The bodies of forty-two negroes have been recovered and fifty-three negroes have been injured in many fatally A later telegram confirms the statement that at least ninety were killed and over a hundred injured at Goliad A strip of the town two blocks wide and a mile long was swept clean by the tornado The damage is very heavy Telephonic communication with Goliad was obtained for a few minutes The telephone operator there reported that 160 persons had been killed and 100 injured in the tornado majority of the victims being negroes This is ascribed to the fact that the storm swept the negro district The west end and the business section of the town are untouched Goliad is under military rule and numbers of citizens are assisting in the work of burying the dead and Sieving tile injured The courthouse and private residences are being utilised as hosnitals The telegraph wires are down and there is necessarily some delay in receiving further news According to the latest reports from Goliad 98 persons lost their lives in tornado while 103 were uninjured FALL OF 2500 FEET Assault and Suicide A terrible domestic tragedy has been enacted at North Kelsey Lincolnshire Mr Frederick Horton fish merchant of that village having committed a ferocious assault upon his wife and afterwards committing suicide It appears that Mr Horton gave a cheque to his wife to cash at Brigg on and she took it there On presenting it for payment Mrs Horton was referred to Messrs Smith Ellison and at Caistor as she was not known to the bank people at Brigg She took the cheque home and told her husband the reason and he went to Caistor on Saturday morning to get it cashed He was treated the same as Mrs Horton as he was not known to the Caistor bankers and they referred him to his own bankers in Grimsby Mr Horton went home and told his wife that she had made a fool of him He snatched the poker and went for Mrs Horton He drove her into a corner and struck her about the head and shoulders making three large gashes in her head and bruising and cutting her arms and shoulders awfully He struck the walls several times and the poker was very much bent A young man living in the house came to her assistance and held Mr Horton Mrs Horton than ran to a house Mr Horton went after her and said then shall you have me and she said He said well and walked home again oodco*ck went into the house but had not received sufficient information to arrest Horton and he and the young man living in the house sat down wit a Horton who said I will go upstairs and fetch the and he went They heard him go upstairs and heard him bang the bedroom door The man said to Woodco*ck bet gone to do it Come The constable knew nothing about the house but opened the first door he came to and entered There lying on the floor was Horton hacking at his throat with a razor He sprang to him but was too late Horton having cut his throat practically cutting his head off He had completely severed the wind-nipe His head lay back and the gash he had made was frightful Woodco*ck pulled his head up to keep the wound closed as much as possible Mr John Brighton living next door hearing shouts had entered by the back entrance and went to the assistance Dr Leakey of Caistor and Dr Goodman of Brigg were immediately wired for In the evening Horton was able to speak a word or two and murmured me Blood had run all over the bed and room and the smell of the room was awful Dr Edwards attended him to the last and at ten just five hours after committing the act he died The wife is under treatment but is able to move about Horton was only 37 years old and has been married 17 years He was subject to these frenzies about every month and has constantly told his wife that he should do for her On the previous Thursday night lie had said to his wife I shall do for you and the children and then I shall kill myself There will be nothing then for anybody to bother There are three children the eldest being nine the next lour and the youngest two years old At ail inquest held before Mr Coroner Charles Brown of Caistor at the Royal Oak Inn on the body of Fred Horton who committed suicide on Saturday by cutting his throat with a razor a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane was returned No blame attaches to the constable who was in More Men for the Front pighty-hve non-commissioned officers and of the Bays 51 non-commissionerl iters and men of the Royal Scots Greys 48 i-comndsdoiied officers and men of the 7th -ars left Aldershot on Monday for Soutli-pton to embark on the Victorian for South pica (o join their respective regiments A si party of the Royal Army Medical ips also left for the front The men Ilf played to the station by the bands if 3rd Provisional Regiment of Dragoons FRIGHTENED REFUGEES PRAY FOR HELP Streams of frightened refugees continue to pour into Fort de France from all the surrounding country They are not destitute but only terrified and clamour to be taken from the island with which they say the gods are angry and which they will destroy by fire The foreign Consuls and the officers of the warships in the harbour are waylaid by scores of persons mad with fear begging to be carried away The commanders of the warships went on the United States tug Potomac to inspect St Pierre The party landed with tiie greatest difficulty They report that the effects of outburst of Mont Pelee are mendous The huge basalt towers of the cathedral have been pulverised and the walls hurled to the ground Bombardment by volcanic stones is insufficient to account for all this and all evidence points to the passage of a furious blast of blazing gas with an enormous speed and incalculable force The deposit of boulders ashes and angular stones at St Pierre is amazing The latest eruption wras much more violent than that of the 8th inst and volcanic activity has not yet ceased Vast columns of smoke and gas are still pouring from the great crater and the new fissures which have opened in the sides of the mountain are vomiting yellow7 whirlwinds which rush intermittently now from one point and now from another Boiling mud is also thrown out from the volcano at times in torrents that reach the sea and produce small tidal waves From a sombre silent city of death St Pierre has become a hideous amphitheatre of fiery roaring destruction At half-past five on Monday a singular phenomenon was observed in the north-eastern sky Clouds like gigantic white ostrich plumes rose high into the air They had luminous linings which were mistaken for flames although they were only caused by the rays of the sun and threw the people into the greatest consternation At noon the sea began to recede from tho shore causing a heavy ground swell and tossing the shipping so severely that vessel broke their moorings The rain of the ashes became twice as violent as before and a shower of pebbles fell folloived by pieces of heavy rock weighing from three to twelve pounds each A panic ensued and there was a rush from the houses some of the inhabitants making for the mountains in the interior and others seeking refuge on the shipping in the harbour The scene was one of the wildest confusion Whole families gathered on the jetties and along the beach nearly all on their knees screaming appeals to those in the boats to take them on board the steamers PAINFUL SCENES AT FORT DE FRANCE PARIS Tuesday A telegram from Fort de France states that dun ig the fresh eruptions of Mont Pelee last night and this morning 20000 people ran about the streets in a state of distraction after falling on their knees and praying Many inhabitants are leaving for southern stations PARIS Wednesday Decrais has received three cables from Lheurre to-day confirming the panic at Fort de France A shower of stones has fallen from Mount Carbet but no lives were lost Tiie French Minister of Marine has received a telegram from the commander of theSuchet at Fort de France reporting a fresh eruption yesterday morning accompanied by discharges of stoned great alarm being caused Apparently no lives were lost The residents are leaving the colony in large numbers NEW YORK Wednesday A telegram from St Thomas dated yesterday says A refugee who reached Dominica this afternoon says the eruption of Mont Relee continued all yesterday and last night The crater poured forth a volume of lava greater than that which was thrown up on the 8th and bridges which withstood the first eruption were carried away floating on the stream of lava which overflowed Grande Riviere literally mowing down buildings in its course The damage is estimated at $250000 Last year appeared to be by no means an unfavourable period for the meat extract companies The net profits of were £130100 The shareholders received their old dividend of 20 per cent but only £5000 is placed to reserve as compared with £15000 at the corresponding period The carry forward is rather better at £12500 Ruston Proctor and Company the machinery manufacturers have to complain of adverse trade conditions The balance of profit for tiie past twelve months is £28000 and to enable 4 per cent dividend to be paid as against 5 per cent last year £000 is transferred from the equalisation of dividends account Boy Stolen Before His Mother's Eyes An extraordinary kidnapping case in which a bright little boy of three and a half years was stolen it is thought before its eyes is engaging the attention of the Manchester and Salford police The boy is named Henry and his father is a railway employee living in Atkinson-street Deansgate Manchester Shortly before one on Monday the boy was playing in Byrom-street a few yards away from home when a strange young woman of dark complexion wearing a light shawl over a grey dress and on whose fingers several rings glistened stopped and patted the boy on the head Turning to Mrs who stood nursing an infant a few yards away she asked if she was the mother of the boy with whose appearance she was apparently so pleased that she gave him a penny He toddled off to a neighbouring shop to spend the penny but in ten minutes he had disappeared and along with him the strange woman At five a girl to -whom the boy was known saw the woman leading him in the neighbourhod of Weaste railway station about a mile away She claimed the boy but the woman got away by an ingenious subterfuge She said she was the aunt and was taking him home to his mother by train and giving the girl a penny told her to wait a few minutes till they returned to the station After waiting an hour the girl returned home and gava a clue which the police are diligently following up The missing boy is fair-complexioned and was dressed in a light suit collar and high-legged boots Few reports show more solid progress than per cent as I against 8 per cent for the two preceding years while the net profits exceed the original prospectus estimate by £2700 Martial Law Blue Book containing papers relating to administration of martial law in South Fta "'as issued on Thursday It deals ex-M-tively with the efforts of the military 'iffi to assist the civil courts The Cape Colony in April of last year may fathered from Lord Kitchener who in a to the Governor of the colony said: lam driven to the conclusion that a con-tterable number of the inhabitants are now 'Of part in the rebellion and the state of has grown serious Only prompt severe punishment can stop the spread rival'll and prevent general rf Governor agreed that military courts 11 deal with persons actively bearing with the enemy treacherously doing overt act which endangered the safety ll? troops wrecking or firing on trains on personal outrages upon His and other acts of a similar nature A SERIOUS INUNDATION FORT DE FRANCE Tuesday A serious inundation occurred ait Basse Pointe 'this morning washing away twenty houses and damaging fifty others The place having been abandoned (there was no further loss of 'life The United States warships have left again for St Pierre and are endeavouring (to land search parties Limited the margarine year despite the high vaw materials and the recommend a dividend the ordinary shares as for the previous twelve of Limited cent dividend being paid r-res Evidently the high has seriously affected the philanthropic company from advancing it Van den Bergib firm did better las price ruling for directors are able of 5j per cent or against 44 per cent months The profri only admit of 2 per on the ordinary sb price of provisions profits of this sen which has refraiu charges to custome FACE RUIN FURTHER ERUPTIONS FEARED ST THOMAS Tuesday At six this morning heavy detonations surpassing in violence those of the 7th inst were heard here from the south-east in the direction in which Martinique lies At the inquest on 'Mrs Amelia Hook of Rushmore-road Clapton ou Thursday two pathetic notes to her sisters were produced which left no doubt as to her determination to kill heresl'f She took carbolic acid which she also gave to her two children One note said she was threatened with ruin which she could not face As already reported the children have recovered The Casualty List Office list of casualties issued were of a very light character j-1 however some fighting near jte on the 18th inst the Willow- oi'ric( mounted troops losing one man mid three wounded and the Initelli-t one scout wounded deaths from disease were reported INHABITANTS THROW7 THEMSELVES INTO THE SEA PARIS Friday The inhabitants of Fort de France mad with fear now think only of flight Hundreds are embarking on ships and boats and many throw themselves into the sea It is believed that fresh cataclysms have occurred Many persons have lost their reason PREPARATIONS FOE EVACUATING MARTINIQUE PARIS Thursday Decrais has cabled to Lheurre the temporary Governor at Martinique instructions to prepare for evacuation of Martinique upon a large scale at a notice should the situation warrant such a Divided Ceunseis i ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS George Newnes -Vef ED A very good investment of their class Mozambique RrtF A very fair speculative purchase Tin company is under the control of the Ochs group and according to the insiders is in a very sound condition Great Buolde-r M-rtn Reef Boulder I see no reason to advise a phfrhase at present price The company is under the control of the Venture Corporation and has proved somewhat of a disappointment in the past A Goerz and Company II The shares should touch 4 whex- peace is restored when you should take profit Pennsylvania Mortgage The present price the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds is 107-109 There is no doubt whatever that they will be redeemed at par in 1905 unless matters in the United States take a radical chan-e for the worst Pearson A ED Not such a desirable investment as Newnes Preference The business of the Pearson Company is to a greater extent bound up with the energies and business capabilities of one man -O- SMILES HULL METHODISTS AND EDUCATION At a meriting of the Hull First Circuit of Primitive Methodists on Thursday the Rev Fell presiding the following resolution proposed by the Rev A Alderson and seconded by Mr Jackson was carried unanimously: That this circuit committee of Primitive Methodists (Hull First Station) representing 777 members and 3500 adherents and scholars regrets to record its deepest dissatisfaction with the Education Bill of His Government If passed into law injustices of long standing will he much aggravated further disabilities will be imposed and national education will be in danger of being seriously lowered both in character and in PATHETIC LETTERS FROM ST PIERRE Pathetic interest attaches to the arrival in France of the last mail despatched from St Pierre before its sudden and fearful obliteration The latest letters were written on May 3rd and from them it appears that even on that date life in the town had been rendered well-nigh unbearable by the clouds of' choking volcanic dust that enveloped the country side Some of the writers give expression to vague premonitions of impending doom Writing on May 3rd one of the inhabitants says: rain of dust blinds me and penetrates into ray nostrils and in this unnatural fog you cannot distinguish a man 30 yards off at MADRID ANARCHIST PLOT MADRID Sunday The newspapers state that the police had had an inkling of the existence of an Anarchist plot since March and discovered the meeting-place which was in a fashionable quarter of Madrid The man Lopez who has been arrested declares that his friend a notorious Anarchist named Suarez gave him the cartridges telling him to throw them when the Royal coach was passing Suarez who is also detained has denied giving Lopez the cartridges A FRENCH VOLCANO PARIS Thursday A despatch to the from Autun says: Uneasiness is beginning to be felt in regard to the Volcano of StPierre-de-Varennes between Couches-les-Miines and Le Creusot which has always bean considered extinct Towards the end of last week low rumblings were heard accmip allied by tremblings of the earth and at half-past eleven on Sunday night similar noises of more than usual loudness caused considerable alarm among the inhabitants of the district The same phenomena were repeated at two in the one in the mori The inhabitants Latly Terrible Death Miss Edith Brookes a well-known parachutist was killed at Sheffield on Tuesday Miss Brookes made an ascent from the Wednesday Football Ground at Owlerton in the presence of thousands of people who were horrified to see that after she cost herself from the balloon the parachute did not open The unfortunate woman fell fast from a great height and was picked up terribly mangled in Hillsborough Park The deceased was 23 years of age and is said to have possessed exceptional nerve She made a descent on Monday at the same ground with perfect success and no difficulty was anticipated last night The parachute it is asserted was tested three times before Miss Brookes went up and the balloon is also declared to have been in good condition The aeronaut jumped when she was at an altitude of 2500 feet The parachute opened very slightly and then turned over a little and never became inflated with air Miss Brookes was seen to be turning round as if the rope was twisted and the parachute was also turning It -was hoped that at the last moment Miss rapid descent would be checked but the parachute never opened and the lady dropped to the ground with a tremendous thud practically every bone in her body being fractured The accident created great excitement Tho ascent commenced just before ten minutes to eight and was a good one Steadily the balloon with its frail human cargo went higher and higher until the whole appeared hut a speck in the sky There were something like 5000 people in the grounds while the hillsides around were crowded with sightseers Every eye was turned to the object that was gradually decreasing in size When a height of 2500 feet had been this is the height fixed by Mr Chavasse Miss Brookes was seen to jump Swiftly she descended and it was expected that within a few' seconds the parachute would open and the successful performance of the preceding day be lepeated But this was noc to be The paraehutowas held in position by the lady and it opened slightly but failed to act properly Those who 1 ad previously seen parachute descents could see in a moment that something was wrong Swifter and swifter Miss Brookes fell and the hope that the parachute would after all be inflated was not realised An eye-witness who was in Hill-borough Park states that as she fell the lady wTas being turned round and round as if the ropes of the parachute were untwisting and she was as a fact being swung round at the moment she reached the earth OPENING OF THE INQUEST The inquest on Miss Edith Brookes (23) who was killed at Sheffield on Tuesday night while making a parachute descent was opened yesterday Miss Maude Brookes the well-known parachutist and sister of the deceased said she could not account for the accident unless the deceased fainted or the ropes became twisted Lieutenant Lempriere the aeronaut and owner of the apparatus used by 'Miss Brookes was also unable to account for the fatality The superintendent of the 'County Police endeavoured by his examination of the witness to show that the ropes were twisted when the deceased was sent up and that this was the cause of the accident The imm as was TERRIBLE DEV0NP0RT TRAGEDY Interesting Letter 1(v' Wious reports at Pretoria the 4 of which cannot be guaran-j though they are confirmed in many ia rt appears that the chief objectors of peace on the terms dis-Jdv April are Ai Steyn Com it if Vessls (commanding in the North-Illa it Grange River Colony) Com-ki 11 Muller (who commands in the Ain of Middelburg) and Celliers the Western Transvaal) wav Bertzog is also reported to be ly inclined Generali De Wet the last conference in a some-i talent frame of mind now appears Pacific in disposition itilitj lemen't against the cessation of to r(1" j111'6 undoubtedly -so strong conclusion of peace on the fto discussed very doubtful fority'iate briefly it is stated that the luljjjt ot the Transvaalers including the btf(j the late Government are un-ku tavour of peace while the Free a few influential exceptions cPendence as the basis of any terms 0e Wet and jica ated April 24th from South krj3 When De Wet left Pretoria the an(j nteen gave him two saddles two rarge f1 16 whisky The officer iVm delegates taught them Wet lch they all took great interest rt by J1 vi the officer told him how lp'v i( miss his rubber and hoped to hsh a "lr return What odd people we De War time It is highly possible present et home to the Corouation is n0Tv ne'v Transvaal Colony De about with a flag of truce He ls line once a day to let us know lost has locomotor ataxy and nis yesight One of the prisoners arrested in connection with the Spanish Anarchist plot on the occasion of the 'Coronation of the Spanish King upon examination declared that his friend an Anarchist named Francisco Suarez gave him tine cartridges telling him to throw them when the Royal coach was passing Lopez was on Monday confronted with Suarez and accused the latter of giving him the cartridges Suarez denies this and both were detained Four other persons were arrested None of them deny that they are Anarchists THE RELIEF FUNDS The London Mansion House St Vincent Relief Fund on Thursday amounted to over £37000 including an anonymous donation of £1000 and Mr John Cory of Cardiff per the Mayor £250 The Colonial Office announces that the Mauritius Council of Government has voted 5000 rupees iu aid of the sufferers iu St Vincent and a similar sum to Martinique The Municipal Council of Port Louis has voted 500 rupees to each The Colonial Office intimate that Island Legislature has voted £100 in aid of the St Vincent sufferers of the Montague Guirlande of Precheur the Grande Savane the Anse Scroll the Grande Case the Morne Saint Martin of the Isnard heights and Pavillot are leaving their hous3 villas cottages and huts and are fleeing in the direction of the town It is a stampede of frightened people a motley crowd of women and bare-footed children of peasant girls with powdered tresses like those of the marquises of the seventeenth century of big black men bent beneath the weight of mattresses wanted for the approaching night while good old women at the windows in the town mumble interminable prayers ten there were three centimetres ef ashes in the streets of the fort The shops are shut The schools have been closed The Governor (M Mouttet) has arrived in the Rubis from Fort de France The streets are dismal The pavement no longer resounds w'th the footfalls ef busy people I am suffering from a feeling of oppression and from a burning sensation Are we all going toi die of suffocation The priests kept the churches open last night and while the volcano belched from its two craters a column of smoke and a column of fire the faithful prayed confessed communicated listened to the exhortations of their pastors alarmed by the rumbling of the A terrible tragedy was enacted on Tuesday at Devonport when Symons lately employed as a shipwright at the dockyard cut the throat of Mrs Nellie Bertha Podgers and afterwards attempted suicide by cutting his own throat The tragedy was discovered by a young mail lodging in the same house named Siddall who heard screams of murder and then saw blood running from underneath the bedroom door Siddall burst into the room and saw Mrs Podgers lying face downwards just inside while Symons was lying on a bed a couple of yards away with a terrible wound in his throat An alarm was raised and a doctor who arrived pronounced that Mrs life was extinct and ordered removal to the hospital Symons had previously lodged at the house and only returned on Tuesday Mrs Podgers who was married to a billposter was about 27 years of age and lived happily with her husband and child Symons succumbed to his injuries on the vay to the hospital The only reason (hat can be assigned for the crime is that Symons was mentally affected by suffering a term of two imprisonment lio was about 26 years of age The husband of the murdered woman was endeavouring to find employment for Symons when he heard of the tragedy A sergeant of the Volunteer company of the South Wales Borderers in a letter dated Klerksdorp April 25 just received in Newport Mon says: are between seventy and eighty thousand trops here all waiting for answer to the peace conference and every hour we are expecting them to march in and surrender AYe have actually sent out waggon loads of clothes for them to come in tidy so there is every possible chance of peace Lord Kitchener is up and down from Pretoria nearly every other day now and he seems to be in particular good spirits He actually smiles and that is a thing he does not often do AVe attach great importance to these smiles in regard to peace I was on guard over prisoners yesterday some of whom were very recently with commandoes They say that the Boers will thank God when they are in and only one clause in the terras prevented them coming long ago viz laying down their arms He says they cannot bear the idea of doing that Furniture Be-ooveted Repaired Ee-polished and made to look as new Furniture Hospital Hope-street Charlotte-street Hull Canon Watson is clue to revisit his old prish All Saints Hull next Wednesday when he will open the annual sale of the Working Party On Thursday John William Skinner (3) 3 Success-place Uollier-street Hull fell front of a pony and cart when crossing Collier-street The wheel passed over his left leg and bruised the knee He was attended to at the Infirmary and taken home Good Value is a Household Word for all kinds of Calicos Linens Sheeting Quilts Blankets and Chariot-street Hull John William Smith four years of age and Alexander Pearce three years of age were playing on the bank of the Cottingliam Drain Wircohnlee on Wednesday when they fell into the water which was three-andj a-half feet deep- They were in imminent danger of drowning when PC Jackson (174) heard their shouts and jumping into the dvaiin effected their rescue Crush ttUte 1(0 r9 Blow to the Boers THE CAPTAIN OF THE RODDAM A Liverpool telegram says that Mrs Freeman wife of Captain Freeman of the steamer Rioddam who is in hospital at- St Lucia suffering from the effects of injuries he sustained in tile St Pierre disaster has received a cablegram from him dated midday Saturday stating that he was progressing favourably This contradicts a cablegram from New York published on Monday to the effect that Captain Freeman died last Tuesday week PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF RELIEF The following telegram addressed by Sir Llewelyn Governor at St Vincent to Mr Chamberlain was received at the Colonial Office on Tuesday May Three messages -i lecont from Pretoria describes under General Ian 6 4(H) 11 ch resulted in the capture of Part Nearly 9000 British troops otidrji 1 le drive which began on May I' 'tip kir 0ri -May li and which dealt a Western Boers by the 10th the line was strongly rn ns Placed at iutevals of 100 -rnecWi bv two strands of barbed LADIES 1 A New Finished Costume Cloth in all the favourite Shades at la 6kl ls 11LL and 2s 6d per yard is now being shown at Chariot-street Hull Marvellous Value The Duke of Connaught left Madrid with most of the other Royal Envoys on Thursday by special train There was no official ceremony Household Good Yalcm I Hamburg despatches deny the reported sale of the steamship Kaiser Friedrich to the Cunard Steamship Company LADIES All ilia Now Shades in Wool and Silk and AV'ool Crepotines a-t Is 6id Is 11 VI aad 3s 6d per yard Can only lie seen at Dress Warelinuie Chariot-street XIulU- When (Spring Cleaning don't forget Linoleum for Bedrooms and Sitting-rooms wears like leather ggag patterns now ia Chariot-street HulL.

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