Chester Chronicle, and Cheshire and North Wales General Advertiser from Chester, Cheshire, England • 8

OTB CHBOKIOU aiTOB0A Mr 14 WHK trim Photograph of his TE MAJESTY Mb Gtraiia prttoyK la Gda orffidto her whhos am imrntly iutirpnMad if in Ana Me new pieess bar eanh frankly an the table wbat eur answer to bef On that inevitably toms the crudal poiat of pcaee or war Wo opposed Bumian domination an tho Doephotooo Mall they fsB from Mb WsreMpb very fringe of the enormous ami that Unify listened in the An HaBHqwnoa Thedbmt LOCAL NEWS FUNKRAL OF Hra LATE MAJESTY HHG HOWARD TIL YLHVY LADY AND HN0 EDWARD tOU9 MEN GOT TO PIBOStf PlATBLATUff HORROLS DEATH (Friday) afternoon at the Jnastiaw of Uwffitort London Reflwey and the Omni Western Railway near Mitre Bridge OM Oak Common Wormwood KING EDWARD VII we aMo oppose German ventures in the seme not lead I should ssy eu the six tbnumud I Scrub hr four fhhliywi out of a gang off is the result of our effective intervention It ia war and before we incar the responsibility of that it is well for the nation to count the ooat Our idee in originally opposing Russian aggression in Turkey was to prevent a Buropean Power from bottling op the eastern end of the sion in Power from direction? Nothing can be attempted without oar esprews osaotiou That ia quite dear and so school children who took port ia and wgi probably carry tho memory gf it through their lives FRIDAY 90th MAT 1910 iueularity and mdotiao end made her friends with every aaliin She hoped they would ell vo being cut to pioeae by a local faming train Tha Bfth maa had a arimeuioua aoaagn from aaahr fate A a Bve filial) were being killed on the spot The following are tho being killed on the spot tube rustical Mom frees tho late a gong aaothmr ad tho History had repeated itself earlier fat the dag when the question arose "Who is tho prep person to read the Prodsmrtson the Mayor or the Among the Otisem generally very popular opinion prevailed that tha duty fell to the office of Sheriff but the Town Clerk life and put before thsreeelves high ideals and in their humble way try and promote the welfare of this very greqt nation ROYALTY AND CHESTER PAGEANT were moving from one job to spot whom tho tmrta of the Wset London and the Great Westers Bail ways converge at IBM Bridge between sol porna Park and Astern In avoiding aa eupram from Paddington to jBfift mingham the men slapped right in front of 4 local unia which wea proceeding passenger Southall and knocked down four of tha MR CHIDLEY la now exhibiting A LIFE-SIZE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LATE KINO Which he by appointment took at Eaton Hall In December last Tbifl ifl te last Photograph known to have been taken of His Majesty by Royal command Copies may be obtained at the Studios 14 ST WERBURGH-STREET CHESTER Tele 856x5 JKW AMPHLET rpHE SOCIALIST LABOUR SLUMP: WHAT IT A RevRw of the Present Situation by EDWAltD POWELL Chester 44 PURVEYORS bv ROYAL WARRANTS To fit tfojtM) Ihe King mod URll Ihe Prince o) II ucz DRY GINGER ALE ELLIS SON LTD Ruthin North Wules Emtiblisheo 1825 LOCAL ROWE DUTTON SONS BRIDGE STREET Telegraphic Addreuw: Kowr Du-tton ChxbteR Telephone 143 TO OUR READERS ADVERTISERS AGENTS As all business will be suspended on Friday next the day of tho King's funeral the will be published A DAY EARLIER than usual "CREWE will bo published on THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWICH CHRONICLE will appear on THURSDAY MORNING will appear on THURSDAY MORNING II STER CHRONICLE (including Flintshire City and Country Editions) will bo published HUR8DAY THE A UR DAY A FTEUNOON FTEUNOON of ina CHRONICLE WILL APPEAR AS USUAL jiDITIOIi Advertisers and Correspondents will please note that Advertisements and matter must bo sent earlier than usual in consicquence of Itur above arrangements TO CORRESPONDENTS Boat "Public Nuisance iizt week Chronicle Mediterranean Since we possess Malta and Gibraltar there is now little or nothing in that Indeed tho nation most interested in Turkey's future is Russia and bow will she tolerate Germany aatride the Bosphorous tho solo outlet for her Black Sea ports into tho Mediterranean? Wo believe she will fight to the death against it Ih that event shall we take sidea? It has never been our policy to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for other nations and we edviro that the Turk should be left to defend his own interests in the emergency suggested by Sir Was Ramsey CITY AND COUNTY NOTES summits near the morning uprise Death cornea a shadow from the northern skier Aa when all leaves are down thence comee the Thus the lsto Lord Do Tsbley in his poem of The two old The shadow has of a truth has passed over Chester and Cheater has shared and shares in the national mourning 1 claim not for Chester that she is more loyal and lucre devoted than other towns in the land but I do protest that her love and devotion and her loyalty cannot be called into question The very at mosphere seemed charged with mourning oil Saturday mud Sunday and in its own humble way the town gave eloquent testimony of the depth of its sorrow Chester had several visits from King Edward the VII and he was a King rich in the love of his people be those people dwellers beneath the shadow of the Royal castle or in the provincial towns and villages which after all are the backbone of England not my duty to attempt the task of telling the story of the great dead King for Scribes are busy in great parchment scrolls To set acts annals chronicled And paint large letters all along the rolls Gold for his glory for his warfare Sir Luke Fildes who as almost everybody knows is of Chester birth was engaged by the Royal Family to make a last sketch of the King Speaking to a Daily man Sir Luke said: task seemed too great for me to perform I felt obsessed with its gravity Yet as I took up my pencil I once again saw the look of beautiful kindliness on his face and he seemed to me no longer dead Soon however I saw how hia features had been transfigured There was no earthliness about him The look of j- tiredness I have known sometimes of utter weariness had been swept away I saw before my eyes the Ideal King wearing a a consciousness dare I put it so? of one who has at last come into his It: is singular how death after asthma or bronchitis transfigures the countenance Two months ago a very dear and a very venerable friend of mine succumbed to an attack of asthma I went to see him and was astonished at the change of face It was as if a quarter of a century had been taken from its normal appearance Tlfe look of old age the wrinkles and the lines of pain had been completely obliterated and the repose of death brought an appearance of middle age to a man who had seen more than his three-score years and ten Apart from that the look of great repose (to which Sir Luke Fildes refers in the case of the King) will remain with me as a treasured memory Tho Dean has fixed the Memorial service in the Cathedral for 12 o'clock The public demand on the Cathedral accommodation will probably be enormous The choir (and as much of the nave as is necessary) will be reserved for the Mayor and Corporation the headquarters staff of the Wettern Military Command the soldiers from the Depot and the Territorials and when these bodies have taken their seats the Dean and Chapter will permit the general public to enter without restriction No tickets are being issued and it will save trouble and disappointment if citizens will bear that in mind Fortunately the Cathedral has larger accommodation now Chan when the similar tervioe at the death of Queen Victoria took place because now the St transept is available But even with the transept open it is questionable whether the Cathedral will hold 4000 people Through the courtesy of the Precentor (the Rev Wright) I am able to briefly indicate the outline of the servioe The musk will include Beethoven's interludes for a quartette of trombones Tho great composer wrote them for All Day and they are in the nature of lilt le chorales Then the choir will sing the Funeral Dipge written by John Goes for the Duke of funeral and possibly buglers in tho tower will sound the Last Poet Tho only hymn will be When our heads are with which the choir will sing as a processional After the hymn tho sentences and the usual Psalm and lesson from the burial servioe will follow and then a portion of the Litany will be sung The service will of course conclude with the Dead March in Tho Mayor and Corporation will walk from the Town Hall to the Cathedral in procession Only the magistrates and city officials will accompany tho Mayor and council his unhip being unable to invite the citizens to join the procession bocuuee of the difficulty the Cathedral authorities would experience in reserving the neoessary space The Free Churches of Chester are holding a Memorial servioe of their own It will be in St John-street Wesleyan Chape! (where the Queen Vietor-a Memorial servioe was held) and it will take place at four Ail the Nonconformist ths Durham of Argyll will be unable to attend too opsaing of tho Chaster Pageant on July 18 Hr Royal Highatas had engaged to visa Chsrtsr with tha Doha aad they were to have bow the -gouts off too Duka sad Dochesa of Prince aad Princess Flam are coming England rt tha and of next month sad will stay rt Baton during tha pageant Hm bouse party at Baton will be much smaller than was originally intended too death of the King having thrown too whole hoomhold into deep mourning It will be rersllsd that hR Msqosty was godfather of tho Doha of Westminster's only non Lord Graaveaor who died a year ago nod waa often the gusst of the Duke sad Durham ia the shooting season DRUNK IN THE POLICE COURT At the City Ftoboe Court to-day (Saturday) before the Mayer Mmera Davies and Ferguson Hannah White Green way-street was charged with being drunk aad disorderly in the police court on the previous day Detective On mid prisoner came into the court yerter-day (Friday) morning to give evidence in a csoe but she was not in a fit state to do so and waa taken below Tbe defeddant was further summoned by Mrs Jana Green way a far mmnlt on the 7th inst Mm Greeowny mid that on the date named there was row in the street and on going to her own door she was abumd by defendant who after sareR struck her a violent blow in the face with a bottle Hie had to have four stitches put in the wound the next morning story was that Mra Greenway come into her house and she had to defend herself as best she could Tbe Chief Constable mid that wherever Mrs Greenway went there were rows She was always the bovs but thR time had found her match Defendant had been before the court 17 times including 14 times for drunkenness Her htrtwind had always paid and be itbe Chief) thought it hard Hues on the man He suggested that it was aaee where the woman should be removed from drink for some time Defendant wo sent to gaol for one month ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE RESCUE FROM THE DEE At the City Police Court to-day (Saturday) Samuel Lewis deecribed as a farmer of no fixed abode was charged with attempting to commit suicide in the Dee on the previous day near the railway bridge Charles Belli of 9 Conunemhall-street mid on Friday night he was watching the fishing near the railway bridge when prisoner passed him and suddenly disappeared Witness looked to see where be bad gone and saw him lying face downwards in the water Witness threw off hu cost and rest and pulled prisoner out Tied to Erieoner right hand woe a stick with a red ano kerchief attached Prisoner mid ThR stick will find Prisoner refused to say where he lived and was taken into custody He was full length in the water but witness did not go out of his depth to recover him The Chief Omstebie said prisoner's wife died about two year ago He bed been tbe possessor of a small bolding He appeared to have been depressed Under the circumstances be thought it would be advisable to remand him for a week If there was anything mentally wrong with prisoner the doctor of the prison would be able to say Prisoner was remanded for a week The Mayor thanked Mr Charlto Bellas for conduct whsch he described ss praiseworthy DEATH OF MRS A DUTTON We regret to record the tragically sudden death of Mrs Florence Garnett Dutton wife of Mr A 8 Dutton member for St John's Ward of the Chester Town Council The deceased lady attended with her husband the proclamation ceremony on Monday evening at tbe Town Hall and on returning home she had tea and afterwards went to lie down About nine she waa found deed She was a daughter of the late Mr Thomas Norbury who carried on for a number of years a business as a restaurant keeper in Foregate street To this business Mra Dutton succeeded and it has bean successfully carried on by her husband and herself for many years Deceased was 31 years of age end leaves family of five children the youngest of whom is only seven weeks old THE FUNERAL The fttnorul took pRoe vetoed ay (Friday) Canon Cooper Scott and Rev A Griffin officiating both at- St and the Cemetery The mourners were Mr A 8 Dutton (widower) Mr Thomas Norbury (nephew) Messrs Dutton (brother-kislaw) Ryan (brother-in-law) Dutton Dutton Dut ton Dutton Davies Cook Meson Chesters loousin) 8 Mason and Wilkins Wreath were sent from the widower and children Mr and Mrs Dutton Mr Norman Dutton John James and Kate Harry Florence and Winnie Lily and WLlter RoeR and Harold Nellie and Kittve Fred and Jee Air ert and Ahoe Mr and Mr Ryan Mr and Mr Yerbu- tbe County Unionist Club 8t John' Unionist Association Mr and Mra John Milling Mr Hugh McGregor Mr Harvey Mr James Dutton (Saightnn) Mr and Mr Btanway and family the Cheider Cycling Club Ootn-mitttee and the "The staff at Foregate-treot and Upper FUNERAL OF THE REV JONES The Rev Jones pastor of the Northop Hall and Ewloe Green Presbyterian Churches took plate on Wednesday last week at Glanadda Bangor A very impieasive service was held at the City-read Chapel Chester when tho Revs A Edwards and Uiehard Jones Maneott Jones Discard Evans Liverpool Richard Williams Rhos and Philip Williams Bowling Bank took part A high tribute was paid to tbe highly spirit ual character of Ihe departed After the servioe was over the funersl prooeesion prooeeded to the General Station and amidet great signs of sorrow the body was conveyed by the 12-30 pm express to Banger The officer and several friends from the two church" journeyed to Bangor The bocy arrivod at Bangor about 2-30 pm and several friends from the different churcnes in the town had st hc'ed Gladstone of Wake (a as the late Castle and eae can understand the intimate tienship between the two the aged kites ma- about to lay down bis great tusk after a lifetime of toil and the younger man about to enter upon his vast inheritance Jt was tactful acta like them which endeared King Edward to all his people And now that he has been gathered to his fathers the news comes to us all with the sense of" a dose personal loss We write not one word of hyperbole We recognise bow little and bow much Kings may do ter their peoples What Ring Edward could do be did wisely and well He touched life so fully and at to many points that one is now amated at his manifold activities And so from all quarters of the habitable globe come messages of sorrow and regret sorrow for the Queen whose touching and beautiful message to the people we reproduce to-day and regret that the World has lost one of its greatest and most conspicuous figures As our correspondent most finely says in the poetry he to-day contributes to our columns I A King be was and regal yet we deem His larger fuller greater part man It is this feeling of relationship this recognition that the King was the Father of his people which has endeared bim so much to us A stronger more revolute more human and if we may say so more loveable King never sat on the British Throne A discussion we can scarcely term it a has arisen at Chester between the Mayor and the Sheriff as to the proper person to read Royal Proclamations The Mayor contends that as the Proclamation is addressed to him accompanied by a charge to have it read it is clear he is the right and proper person to communicate it to the public The Sheriff who is naturally most tenacious of his rights points out that he also received copies of tho Proclamation but no command to read it Thereupon he enquired what the practise ia elsewhere 7 he replies he received indicate much oonfusion of thought and perplexity on the subject In some towns the Mayor read it in others he charged the Sheriff to read lit and in others still the Sheriff boldly claimed it as hia right and privilege and read the document A message has been received at Chester from the Clerk of the Privy Council stating that the Mayor is the proper person to read it and as tli 3 Clerk sends out the Royal Proclamations he at Rnst should know We note with pleasure that the members of the National Federation of Dairymen and Cow-keepers of whom Mr Hailwood of Manchester is president decided at Southport on Wednesday to bold their next annual conference at Chester We regard this as a very wise selection because Chester apart from its other claims to recognition is tho oentre of a great and wealthy dairy district Here the distributor and producer will meet on common ground and possibly devise measures for their mutual advantage Cheshire farmers are considering a scheme to divert the summer flow of milk from the distributors to the cheese vat Here again the distributors may be able to make it worth their while to abandon the idea It is all a question ot values tho milk will go where the demand is koeneet and the prices most remunerative We get some idea of the number of foxes in this county when we read the account of the of the Cheshire for last season We loarn that hounds were out on 186 cays were stopped twelve by frost and had no blank days They killed 147 brace of foxes and marked 50 brace to ground Scent was only moderate and the weather very wet If 294 foxes were killed in 186 days when scent was only what number would have been accounted for under better conditions for hunting? Apart from the number killed fifty brace were marked to ground We can quite realise with that number of foxes killed there were no blank days- At an estimate Cheshire would probably carry a thousand foxes because there ia the large stretch of county covered by Sir Watkin hounds and other parts not hunted because inconvenient of access What toll would these thousand foxes take? One thing is quite certain that whatever the cost the farmer pays ninety per cent of it Liberals have been charged with introducing tho King's name into political strife It is a sad significance that a letter dated Buckingham Palace May 6 the day of King Edward's death has been received by Mr A Hooper MP for Dudley with referenoe to remarks made by Major ficscawen the Uniouist candidate The latter had accused the Liberals of threatening and trying to coerce his Majesty who in the letter stated through his private secretary that ho very much deprecated the use of his name in connection with party politios We do not blame Major Boscawen particularly it is a practice to le deprecated by both political parties Another of the parties of workmen who have toured Germany under the auspices of the Tariff Reform League was entertaiued at luncheon on Wednesday at the Whitehall Rooms There would be nothing out of the common about this gathering or about the Food junketing to Germany but wo wish to point to oertain statements attributed to Councillor Jephcott of Birmingham one of the deputation of workmen Mr Jepboott went to Cbenmitz a town of 300000 souls to enquire into Mr Uoyd assertion that the working men there consumed horse put the matter beyond dispose wnsu ne wired to London and received Irons the Clerk to the Privy Council the conclusive reply A cess sion Proclamation should of course be made by the The official letter accompanying the Charier Proclamation was signed by Mr Alexander Ure Col Seely and Mr John Borns and was addressed "To our loviag friend the Mayor of It was couched in the following quaantfy antique phraseology our Hearty Commendations It having pleased Almighty God to take to His Merry out of this troublesome life our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Seventh of Blessed Memory and thereupon HR Royal Majesty King George the Fifth being here proclaimed according to the tenor of the Proclamation signed by us herewith sent unto yon We do hereby will and require you forthwith to cause the said Proclamation to be proclaimed and published in tha usual places within your jurisdiction with tha brteumities and Ceremonies socustomed on tha like occasion and so not doubting of your ready compliance herein We bid you hearty farewetL From the Council Chamber of St James's Thu Seventh day of May 1910 Your loving (Then follow the three signatures) Additional interest vwas lent to the proclamation at Chester by reason of the fact that his Majesty loses one of hia titles that of Earl of Cheater by hi accession to the throne The heir to the throne is always the Earl of Chester and that title will now be born by the Duke of Cornwall Mr Chidley has reproduced a most strikingly artistic and beautiful photograph of the lata King which he secured at Baton Hall in Dec last The King is pourt rayed in hi aisy hat and ulster and carnee between hie fingers the inevitable cigai It is a characteristic pose and a most life-like picture AH the drapery establishments in Chester are displaying mourning apparel and dress makers and milliners are working overtime at high pres-ure to fulfil hurried orders tor black For the majority of men a black tie suffices to show they are in mourning but the requirements of ladies are far more elaborate The repreeeuta-tive of a well-known house tell me that there had been an enormous demand far black costumes blouses millinery and gloves and that one big establishment was cleared out of black Suede gloves on Saturday Saturday was the cay of the big rush peoe -were hurrying to be in mourning on Sunday and my informant tells me 'that the tradesmen anticipate another heavy demand upon their resources this Saturday In Chester at any rate people are going into mourning much more generally than they did when Queen Victoria uied OUR KING IS DEAD! The message flies more swift than flight To all the world on that momentous night With breath the Empire's millions said Cur King is dead A fellow feeling makes us wond'rous kind In time of grief our every bewrt is joined Both rich and poor with tender pity said Our King is dead To rocky coast and lonely lighthouse home The message went beyond the seething fossa And haidy men with tearful voices said Our King is dead And ship to ship the fateful signal gave As on the deep they plough'd the reatlem wave And mid the roar of wind and sea they said Our King is dead In lands afar the lonely exile stood With sadden'd heart within: the tangled wood And in the silenco bow'd himself and said Our King is dead On shore hard by some brim The rolling stone would have it told to him And the mangrove reverently said Our King is dead Out in the west the Red Men on the plain Obeisance makes and chants hia weird refrain And to his braves be very gravely said A chief is dead In alien Rads where other standards fly The people hear and breathe a heartfelt sigh Opjireesd by wrong they learn with antique Our King dead Brook-street beaten LAST TRIBUTE TO MR T0MKIN80N MP Under the title of "The last fence (April 9th the following beautiful poem on the sad end which befel Mr James Tomkinson appeaa in the last issue of "Lifes limit all but reached three score and ten A gallant veteran meets a gallant field And smiles to hear the shunts of eager men Who cheer the courage tnat will never yield All eyes are on that shining golden crest As May Day takes her fences in her stride The last! Hope rises high in every breast He wins! The veteran wins! his last great ride Fate lays her hands upon the bridle rein And Life and Victory to the dust are hurled He lives to look in eyes be loves again Then all unconscious passes from this weld So true a sportsman and so good a friend The world is poorer for his loss to-day Yet not all tragedy that gallant end Who would not chooso to meet grim Death that DAWE CHESTER The Secretary of the Chester General Infirmary begs to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a donation of £14 from the Trustees of the 8t Bridget and St Charities £1 10s from the Leeo-wood Council of Free Churches and £10 from tho Chester Charities ALLEGED THEFT OF A Heart county ho Lord-Lieutenant King George has appointed Bari Carrington to ho Lord Grant Chamberlain in nirraraimi to tho Marquees of Cholmoe daisy The appoint rant only requires tho royal ai siting Oapt Robert Harbour eon of Mr George Barbour of Boleeworth Castle mas been taken ill in Japan with appendicitrt and will not ha able to go into camp with the Cheshire Yeomanry- Mr Thos Hodgotts Gordon and Mr Edwin Gardner of SaigMon have been appointed additional representatives of the Chorigre County Council on the governing body of the School Chester Among the AdiqbUlty announcements on Tuesday was the following Lieutenant A Bo eg bey to the aa Navigating I i- "HM8 will be com missioned in a few days for servioe in the Mediterranean The proclamation of Kiiqf George aa issued from Whitehall on Saturday was signed among others by the Bari of Orewe Mr George Wynd-haui the Marquis of Choimoodetey Bari Beaachutnp Sr Charles Mac Loren Sir Walter Foster and Sir Samuel Evans It speaks much for the juvenile appearance of Mr 8 McLaren the member for Crewe Division when We read in one of the leading daily papers that he was introduced in the House of Commons on Wednesday by "hi (Sir Charles McLaren) Sir Charles is of course hie brother From Territorial Force Infantry battalions: 3rd Cheshire Regt Captain and Hon Mai A Cooper resigns his commission and granted permission to retain hR rank and wear the prescribed uniform (May 7) Royal Garrison Artillery: Lancashire and Cheshire: Allen junior to be Second Lieut (Mar 20) The dates of the Summer Assizes for Cheater and North Wales have been fixed as follows: Newtown May 24 Dolgelly May 27 Carnarvon June 1 Beaumaris June 6 Rythin June 9 Mold June 11 and Chester July 9 These dates are the commission days and the business will commence in each case on the following day and in the oose of Saturdays on the Monday following The secretary of the Chester Infirmary baa received through Lord Arthur Grosvenor a cheque for £50 from Mr Reid Walker the owner of the winner of the Chester Cup at last meeting This handsome contribution i continuing what during late years has become a pleasant and most appropriate cur' im of ra ing the success of winning so important an event a the Chester Cup The High Sheriff of Denbighshire (Mr Godfrey FitzHugh) who was accompanied by the Mayor of Denbigh on Monday reed the Royal Proclamation from the Towq Cress Denbigh to on immense assembly Detachments of the Denbighshire Hussars) Yeomanry under Captain Griffith and the 4th Batt RWF under Captain Clough with the local Fire Brigade under Oapt Morris Davies were in attendance Tho British Dairy Association has abandoned its conference and visit to Holland in aim sequence of the death of his Majesty the king who has been patron of the Association since Ms formation upwards of 30 years ago The Association has expressed its desire to be represented at the funeral of hR Majesty at Wind or and has applied to the Lord Chamberlain for permission for its president Mr George Barbour to represent the Association on that occasion Almost one of the lost documents signed by the King hod reference to Lord Gladstone's appointment to South Africa ft appears in the London Gazette of Saturday and read Do wning -t root May 5 1910 The King- has been pleased to cause Letters Patent dated 29th December 1909 to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom constituting the Office of Governor-General and Ootnmander-in-Chsef of tho Union of South Africa HR Majesty ban also been pleased to appoint the Right Hob Viscount Gladstone PC to be Governor-General and Coramander-in-Cluef of the Union of South Africa The King has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon VRoount Gladstone PC to be High Commissioner for South Toe marriage arranged to take place in July between Lieutenant A Boughey Royal Navy son of the late Boughey Recorder of Shrewsbury and Stipendiary Magistrate for South Staffordshire and grandson of the late Sir John Boughey Bart Aqualate Salop and Mary Cliff daughter of Frederick Cople-stone JP Barrel Well House Chester was solemnised on Wednesday in St Church Plymouth by special license owing to the bridegroom being under order for foreign service The service was performed by the Rev A Boughey Senior Dean of Trinity College Cambridge cousin of the bridegroom assisted by the Rev Prebendary Burroughs vicar of the parigh The bride was given away by her brother Lieutenant Copleetone Royal Navy The ceremony was strictly private only the immediate relatives of the bride and bridegroom being present Lieutenant and Mrs Coplestone-Boughey left for a brief honeymoou in Cornwall DEATH OP MR ARTHUR CARDEN LOCKWOOD A well-known Oestrian passed away on Monday afternoon in the person of Mr Arthur Carden Lockwood in his 77th year Mr Lockwood though a Cestrian by birth training and resi-denoe came of an Irish stock being a descendant namu of thora killed BtreUoa Hewitt (33) married with Whale (23) ategte aad Fred ANOTHER FATAL During shunting operations London yesterday (Friday) a train a gong of platelayers rt a siding- The Frederick Hensheh of Wood Groan outright A platelayer named Stan too sey was seriously injured aad had to moved to hospital THE DEMAND FOR MOURNING INTERVIEW WITH COUNCILLOR DENSON We touch in our on the greet dnnsaff for mourning goods by RdRs owing to tho death To-day we bad a brief tot tervioe with the Shea-iff of Chester (CouitcsUof Denson) on the rubyect It has heart stated in aome of the dailies I hat the prewsurg to heavy that drapery firms have () qtulq unable to fulfil their booked order and that the wholesale firm ore almost cleared out "Nothing of the kind said Mr Demon Saturday was the busiest day I remember fog thR oRss of goods but we were able to meet aO demands from our ordinary stock whs is mry large We Rive had to supplement (Sir atoek of course but have experienoul no difficulty hi so doing Nor have we raised our retail pnosrt And Rt mo any thR that the goods now sort ore practically all BnglRh manufactured Pour yrara ago It was necessary to go to Kruno- for certain classes of goods but the Technical School at Bradford and the skill of the man torturers there have obviated thi Goods which we ordinarily retail at 3s lid 4s lid end 5 lid yard Bradford oan now supply us and with St dye and a finish equal to any French goods the market It is astonishing the change which has come over tlie trade as a consequent) of this development demand during the added Mr Denson "ha been for ready turule stumu blouse dross over skirts end black milliner ThR will worn (svibably during May and June and then Ithink ladies will wear grey and other half tones After that with the advent 4 the warmer weather they will wear the ordinary coloured goods Of oouihe we and all otheff drapers ore heavily stocked these end ffi July the summer sale MAYORS AND ROYAL PROCLAMATIONS THB PRIVILEGES A conflict has arisen st Chester' between tJH Mayor and the Sheriff of the city unsporting the proper portion to read Royal Proclamations The Mayer contended that as the cor and was addressed to him be was the fit and proper person to read it the Sheriff on the other bond oRo received copies of the Proclamation by post and urged hR clums to the right He ocmimuni-caited with number of Sheriffs of boroughs sad ascertained what was being done in other teems and the replies he received are of a noturo In some places the Sheriff read it in otortrt the Mayor Not satisfied with this the Sheriff addressed letter to the Oerk of the Privy Council by wbotx the Proclamations are sent out and be repbaf that the Mayor was the proper person to read Still not satisfied he forwarded a letter to tbs Lord Chamberlain explaining the situation and saying that as Sheriff of the city be hod contended that tbe privilege incidental to and aa part of hR official duties was to read tbo Proclamation He had been in oomnraniertRtt with Sheriffs of cities all over the country sod as be found that much diversity of opinion prevailed he would be greatly obliged a his Lord-ship would most kindly give him his view for their future guidance The Lord Chancellor replied by tetegram to your query as to reading Royal Pro-chwnation soldo refer you to Secretary of State for Home Tbe Sheriff than communicated with tha Hoorn Secretary and to-day (Saturday) received too fallowing letter Whitehall 13th May lfflff Sir In reply to your letter of tbo 11th inst I son directed to that it appears to the Secretary of State that tbe Royal Proclamation of the 7th Mav should be road by the Maykir of Chester to wtioni it addressed by the Privy Oonncil I am sir your obedient servant BYRNS It therefore appears from thR locus oo that the Mayor wa justified in reading tto Proclamation but Sheriffs all over the country will be under an obligation to the Sheriff rt Cheater for having satisfactorily rteaied up an important point of precedence effort me their offices and privileges TWO BOYS KILLED CREWE YOUTH'S SAD END AT NANTWICH A shocking fatality occurred outsido Nantwich this (Thursday) morning A carter named George Smith in the employ of Hilditch and Son miller of Crewe was returning home after a journey when he fell off his cert and a wheel pawed over his neck He was found on tbe rood by a paaser by and was conveyed straightway to Nantwich Workhouse Hospital He however died shortly after being admitted to the institution Deceased was 25 years of age BOY KILLED AT T1LSTON A boy named Frank Egan son of Jamas Egan an employee st Cardei) Park Chester was killed thR (Thursday) evening st TiRton through being run over by van He appear to have beeu in tho habit of getting a free ride in the van and to-dfiy (Thursday) he waited a usual after leaving school for its arrival The driver it is raid left him in tho van while proceeding to deliver breed st a way-side house The home from some cause ran sway and tho youth it is surmised jumped out and was run over death being instantaneous KING GEORGE AND CHANCELLOR THE H7 DICKSON Thera dark Town Han UthHay 110 THE J)EE STEAM BOAT STEAMERS ORMONDE BEND OR will NOT BUN on FRIDAY NEXT HAY 20th Tito ocean on of tho FUNERAL of Bis Ule Majootv KINO EDWARD VH WANTED a strong HORSE abort nritohrt tor van work Anolv rtatia prRe and othe Office Chester Chremcte 46 SILVHB WHDDING HtTGHEB JONES On Hay 13th 1886 rt the BnglRh Presbyterian Church Catherine-street Liverpool by tha Raw John Thomas BA William Parry Hughes at Chaster to Dora Jones 30 Selbornartreet Liverpool- op393 SATURDAY EVENING EDITION FRINGE HHNRY OF PRUSSIA -Prince 'Henry of Prussia wUl arrive on Tuesday before the Kaiser FATAL MOTOR During the twenty-four motor race ovi Brighton beach last evening a mechanic was killed by the oar overturning AVIATOR KILLED Paris Saturday Hauvet-te Michelin who was killed at Lyons aviation meeting yesterday we nephew of the celebrated pneumatic tyre manufacturer and' wae only-26 He struck the signal pylon just after starting and the top of the latter fell on hR head An operation for trtlpauning was performed without avail REVOLTING CRUELTY TO A HORSE Frederick John Blood farm labourer of Dsl-bijsry was sentenced at Derby yesterday to two imprisonment with bard labour without the option of a fine for tearing out a tohgue The prisoner was employed by Mr John Mhssey the farmer whose father woe recently murdered and Mr Massey said he had constantly spoken to Blood about hR cruelty to animals It wte stated that Blood was seen to pull the horse's tongue out and otherwise to ill-treat the horse He at first denied the offence but subsequently admitted it and produced the tongue from hR coat pocket SHROPSHIRE YEOMANRY IN TRAINING The Shropshire Yeomanry went into camp at Rhyn Park Chirk on Lord estate yhsterday and will remain under canvass for fifteen day Colonel Lord Kenyon in command and Colonel Sir Walter Oorfcsst second in command Lieutenant -nslbw on sick leave An excellent site baa been selected for tjhe encampment The official inspection will probably take place on the 21st and 22nd mst when tit? inspecting officer will be Qolonel Dewar brigadier commanding the Welsh Border Mounted Brigade THE KING'S FUNERAL THE KAISER COMING The Central News says the German Emperor Who arrives in England next Thursday will cross from Flushing to Ptart Victoria whence a special train will bo run to Victoria where the King Queen and other members of the Royal ily will gather to meet him NEXT PROCESSION procession from Buckingham Palace Westminster was rehearsed early this morning by a party of mounted artillery men with gun carriage from 'Chelsea Barracks bearing a canvas boffin WHITEHAVEN COLLIERY DISASTER 137 MEN IMPRISONED IN BURNING PIT Pathetio scenes of panic and despair havs been witnessed throughout to-day (Thursday) around the pithead of Wellington Colliery Whitehaven where 37 miners have been entombed since Wednesday nigbt as the result of a terrible explosion followed by fire At the time the explosion occurred there were 141 men in the pit end up to five thR (Thursday) evening only four of these had been rescued Throughout Wendesday night and to-day (Thursday) rescue parties have made gallant and repeated attempts to reach the remainder of the men who were working in seams situated under the bed of the sea and about three miies from the bottom of the pit shaft but owing to the presence of poisonous after-damp and overwhelming fume from the fire I hear efforts have so far proved unavailing SYMPATHETIC MESSAGE FROM KING GEORGE This (Thursday) afternoon the officials of the Colliery received the following Royal King is greatly concerned to hear of the senioiM accident at your Colliery Please telegraph any information you can for his Majesty (Signed) Arthur ALL HOPE ABANDONED A message received from the Colliery thin morning say all hope has been abandoned and the pit being bricked up PROTESTS AGAINST SEALING UP TTm feeling of res at meet among the miners at wfcat they regarded as the undue haste with May 14 lt10 THE DEATH OF THE KING The nation to-day ia plunged into mourning by and eveu dog flesh Mr Jepboott will bo understood now as speaking The deputation found it was true that horse flesh and a certain amount of dog flesh were consumed by the people but it was totally untrue denominations will be represented and the Rev James Travis (an ex -president of tho National Free Church Council) will deliver an address Mr Travis was invited to take part in the National Free Church servioe at Westminster Chapel London but he preferred At the County Police Court on Saturday John Taylor who was charged at an Occasional Court on Monday with stealing a blank cheque value Id from James WaRh at Hoole Village was handed over to the city police Sept Hick applied for prisoner to be handed to the city police in consequence of what was done with tho of an old Tipperary family His grandfather Hamilton Lowe Lockwood of Ttemplemore Tipperary married the daughter of the late Sir John Craven Carden Bart of Templemore and the Ckrdens originally came from Cheshire In bfe the late Mr Lockwood in the which the pit had been bvilt up grew aa the day advanced and a succession of meetings was held last evening nearly terminating in a riot An unfounded rumour that the Home Secretary had sanctioned the re-opening of the pit cLueed to pay their last tribute of respect to th departed and beloved minister A procei-on wa formed at tbe station and amidst signs of sorrow wended their way to the cemetery it G'arjidda A short servioe was held at the Cemetery Chapi when the Revs Clement Evans Buck! Wynn Davies Bangor Manuel Wavertoi the death of the King Shortly before midnight on Friday King Edward Uie Seventh passed sway in the presence of the members of bis family and amid the profound sorrow of tbe people without respect of rank or clam It is an epoch marking event The King had taken such an active part in foreign affairs and had been so uniformly silc-Omsful in preserving peace that his absence from the public life end work of the State render us all the poorer and we regret to think makes tho outlook all the gloomier He wts our Ambassador of Peace with the nations of the world Tactful persuasive the embodiment of common sense he unobtrusively and effectively surrounded our ia-lond home by ring of powerful friends iis reign as reigns count and particularly that of his august mother has been short but how much has he compassed within ten years! And how much we lose by his untimely death untimely in the sense that has work cannot possibly have been accomplished Details qf score of negotiations jpuet have been known to him the Foreign Secretary and tho Giov-ernment alone Yet the people must again toko up their great fitoden cheerfully It is no light matter for us to shoulder responaibility for India Canada Australia Egypt and smaller colonies scattered all over the glebe to say nothing of toe difficulties of governing Great Britain wisely and well It ia only when we endeavour to realise the scope of the King's activities that we comprehend in a remote degree their complexity and importance A false step and the oowmqnenom involve oar fivds and hhertisa la toe mhws of too saoesas tort he has made so few pamon he wea and ill-equipped by rfaiwtjlnn pad a long Ufa of semi Ware and fight impm-ibiUty to toko control of the dsetleiss of too grant mt Inspire of too World Tot how asar-toikwsly ho rt frtUdl If wo 4mI airaawhst mono in dated with it la not to suggest that the inhabitants of Chemnits were compelled to eat that clas of food owing to poverty Only a small section of the people ate horse anddog meat and then not because of poverty but because of an acquired Nothing apparently will stop these German workmen from eating horse and fksh It is not a case of compulsion not at all but the simple fact is they have acquired a taste for it as a luxury no doubt That is a delightful yarn altogether but next time we seriously advise Councillor Jephcott to tell it Dot to the public but to the Marines Sir William Ramsay contributes a most illuminating article to the "Manchester of Thursday on Great Britain Germany and Turkey Sir William who writes as one possessed of inside knowledge tells us frankly what it is Germany she wants free hand in Turkey to develop its resources by peaceable mesne tind without we take it that kind of which we adopt in Efeypt and France in Morocco For this she is bui'ding her fleet and for this alone Germany realises that an attack on Oraii Britain ie any attempt to defeat our nary and land her soldiers on oar shores is a hopeless enterprise Nevertheless she will declare war and take her chances if we oppose her legitimate aspirations in the Bast Lord Salisbury told the British people that we put our money on the wrong hone when we thwarted march to OceataetfeepM Are we to repeat the blunder i the ease of Ger- It is a significant fact that we are Sboat to strengthen oar Mediterranean Float by tha dispatch them immediately of a coopts of ewer Dreadnoughts Qsrvmay hoc no fleet of any importance ia tha Modiorroama and As has found from esparltnos that it Is quite hope- to take part in the servioe in his own city All business wBl be suspended on Friday next the day of the funeral The and N-W Ry Co request me to mention that their trains will run the same as on Sundays with some additional expreases and local servioe Passengers intending to travel on the 20th will be wise to make enquiries first Passengers holding excursion tickets available for returning on Friday may return without extra charge on the Thursday or Saturday In all the churches and chapels on Sunday the preachers referred to the nation's loss They fittingly dwelt on King immeasurable services to humanity as international peace maker but it was a layman Dr Hodgson at the County Council meeting who I think summed this up in the moat felicitous phrase when he said Our happiest memory of him will be that he wae a Royal missionary of the Prince of Peaoe He leaves an international legacy of inspiration towards peaoe on earth and good-will towards King Edward honoured Chester with a good number of visits His Majesty came to Baton last December for the phesssnt shooting and had he lived it is likely the Baton oovers would have attracted him aa regularly aa thorn of Chata worth did ia tha late Duke of cheque in the city ELEMENTARY FOOTBALL CHALLENGE SHIELD After a very spirited contest the shield bos this year been woo by the VRr torio-road School In the semi-final no fewer than three 'games were played between the Oolr lege and Victoria-road before the winning goal the only one was obtained On Thursday tho Sheriff Mr Denson who was accompanied by Mrs Denson presented the shield and tho accompanying medals to the victors at Victoria-road School In doing so the Sheriff oongratu latod the winners and in an emellent speech Sve the boys much practical advice upon the atr inment of success in life Hearty cheers foe the Sheriff and Mrs Deneun brought an exceeds ingly pleasant function to a close NANTWICH DEATH OF MR THOMAS We regret to record the death of Mr Thos Chesters of Mill-street Nantwich which occurred early on Thursday morning Mr Charters who was in his 80th year had aa apoplectic seizure on Monday and though everything possible was done tor him RR strength gradually declined and he passed away a stated Mr Chesters formerly occupied a farm at Coolo Pilate but for many yearn he had been a fsmORr personality at Nantwich He was a brother of the late Mr Cheaters through whose enterprise and initiative thsr prosperous wholesale and retail provision and grocery business which now carried on by hie nephews Messrs Joseph Thomas and Wil-lRm sons of the late Mr Thos Chasten waa built up FUNERAL OF MR I GLKADOWK TBs funeral of Mr Glosdoms whoa death occurred rt hR residence Starts yPRos on Friday Rrtlook pleat on Monday Mr Qlaadowe was third sen of Aa Ma Rev Osnqa Qloaitotsa far nano tana vicar of Norton end hod attained the age of 16 The flirt pert of tha funeral servioe was held at Trinity Church where the Rev Harris officiated The mourner were Mr ffi Gleedowe Mr 8 Olradnwe to Mia Banger (enter) MRs Seng -Beager Mr Gleedowe 'Mao Wynne Byton (courts) Mrs rt Stanley Place Sr anrASss tTfis DEATH AT HI OHEFTBB UNION Mr Bata halt a hies set at the eorkhonsi on Wii i day on tooted of Bill nh Platt years of age vie while ert is th Rg to earth another to early was office of Messrs Walker and Smith solicitous He will be remembered by many people far and near aa having for a long period been proprietor of the Hop-pole Hotel in thR city He also took no little interest in agriculture and at different times held small farms at Rowton and Seals nd but hit hobbies in thR direction were mainly confined to the breeding of pigs dogs and poultry as to which he was on acknowledged authority Himself great prise winner his services were for many years in great demand as judge si agricultural shows and he was for many years a member of the Royal He was one of the owlRst Ceatrians to take part in the Volants movement and it was latterly a boast of hR Hat he was almost the oldest Fresmason in tils city of Chester the distinction of being the oldest Chester Freemason belonging we believe to Sir Horatio Lloyd Mr Lockwood was twice married and of the family of threw sons sad ire daughters who survive him one of the former is in practice in this city a solicitor white another connected with tha firm of Item McHattte seedsmen and of the tetter the eldest Mrs Cecil Darias wile of the ex-Moyor of the city During the Rat few yean Mr Lockwood lived rt Yorton Lodge Hoote with KR daughter and son-in-law (Aid aad Mia Cecil DUvics) sad it waa hare that death took pteos TUB FUNERAL Tho il waa yesterday (Friday) rt Steak Church tho Bar Timbrel! offirirting A rtsort servioe had Saw previously conducted rt tha houae by tho Bor A Griffin The mourners wars Hr aad Mrs A Carden Look-wood Mr aad Mrs Waavcr Lockwood Hr and Mra (tens Lockwood (sorts aad daagtooraralaw) Mr aad Mra R- Cart! DavRa Mra Tathraa Hr aad Mra Lowe Roaaia tow and daughters) Master A- Cardan Lock word (grandson) Mr Wra Johnson and Mr JT Fata HR daughters Mrs Ksogb-Droyar and HRs Off Lockwood are to Aasanea aadjdfl was inqwhte tor there to suits to tiaidTir tho funeral Hr Leek wood had strong to nay display rt tonraalo therefore rare ashed to be pseoant DU8TLE88 ROADS DU Fun FATKNT RIGHTS a rush to the bead and the police with difficulty kept the crowd out of the yard eventually the leaders ssaured the people there was no foundation for the rumour and persuaded them to disperse Fk cited crowds par aded the streets till a Ip to hour (By Telegraph) The Home Secretary wired the agwi rt Whtehaven it being certain not body is alive he cannot sanction a further loss of life by reopening the pit while apprecRting the bravery and sympathising with tbe sufferers Lord Lonsdale descended the pit thR morning The King has given one hundred and the Queen fifty guineas towards the relief fund STOCK BX CHANGE Stock Exchange rtcaed OUR WEATHER PREDICTION Jhir local rain milder YEOMANRY OFF TO CAMP to-day the Cfcmhire Yeomanry want into comp rt Oholmondeley The Chester men in the Eaton troop left tbe city about one o'clock and frtl in with the rest of the troop rt Handley Die vrmthnr waa delightful for their rids out PUBLIC HOUSES CLOSE ON FRIDAY Bsflors commencing the husiueas of too Pokes Court ert Srtorfay too Mayor (Alderman Hewitt) said ho had received a letter from Mr Holland ton arrets ry of the Liseanad flnirisf which read: Dear 8R I he? to aekaowiadgs aad toartk you tor year favour of to affitt nr hoaean from Iff art- to ff pm on Feint the fnaeral day of ear tete Etog I bona aa A tnat Mad hR Wor 8MARKET oou OU VMr trade doing during Henry Davies Penssrn and Mr Millington Northop Hall took part Tbe chief mourners were Mr and Mrs Jones and family Hoole Cheater Mr Jones Waenfswr and Mr Williams Penmaenmawr Amongst those present st Chester were the Revs Prvee Davies Chester David Edwards Flint Ellis James Jones Rhyl Hugh Jones Tyldesley Oswald Evans Liverpool Hughes Bangor Henry Higgins Buckley: Messrs John Owen and John Janes Chester: John Jones Sandycroft Mr Coppack Connah Quay MOTOR-CAR COLLISION CHESHIRE CASE IN KING BENCH In the Bench Division before Mr Justice Coleridge the osse of Denson Williamson come up yesterday (Friday) for further consideration This was an action by Miss Barbara Dawson of Heaton Chapel Lancashire against Mr Kdwerd Williamson of West-load Cong le ton claiming damages for injuries iafisted on her in a ooUhson between her car in which she was riding and the defendant's car Defendant pleaded contributory negligence Mr Francis Williams KC and Mr Sutton were for the plaintiff and Mr Abel Thomas KC and Mr Trevor Lloyd for the defendant Mr Williams said there were two actions one by the lather Mr Dawson and one by bis daughter They were triad together by his Lord-ship and a special jury at Cheater test March The accident took place on Marsh 29 MOB when plaintiff was driving in a motor -cdJ on the highway near Coogleton At the seme time the de-feodant also a motor came out of private way leadaag to the high road and than was it collision between the two can Tha ease haring been heard the guest ioas left to tha jury ware ss to where the negHgeaos WOO and ia the osse of Miss Dawson they asssssedasr damages at £75 There was a great 4 ia tha cam aa to the mad at which the mm ware driven art emataally the jary foaad that tha driran The Chancellor of the Exchequer in the absence of Mr Asquith was tbe first Minuter of tho Crown to be received by King George Mr Lloyd Georgia was to Mnii-borough House early on Monday morning sad hod long interview with the King- The avert of course the Royal recognition of the place Mr Lloyd-Gaocge occupies in the Cabinet to the next ia authority to tbe Prime Minister FOB THE BOYAIi FUNERAL The Central News learns suthoritrtivsly tort' definite arrange manta for the Royal fsreral will not be completed until tog end of too wort st the ear bast Thora ovary likelihood tort Queen Alexandra and Prill Bon Victoria wifi accompany the body from UnrfiioghBio Falom to Westminster HsIL It under miiileialino whether the Royal 1 rdtt shall taka part fit the funeral pro sen on through f-rawfrn on Friday- It expected tort the body of hR late Majesty will to-morrow (Friday) bo removed from tho Mr in which death occurred to the Throne Room An official state-ment was Rsood from tha offim of the Bool Mauhal thR evening to the effect tort apesRI facilities would bo granted to mamham of both Borneo if Parliament to view the in Warttoanter Hail on tie day itjfllb open to tho public Member oiil eeco to toko two Iodise of toeig smites- At to moment -ten ttefauteH If II for Paddingtoo an tto whole of too LATE.