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The Royal Oak Hotel.

license held void. At the R.M. Court yesterday morning, Henry Morse was charged, under the Licensing Act, 1891, with selling liqour without a license From the evidence it appeared that Samuel Evinson had at the last meeting of the Gisborne (Cook County) Licensing Committee, been granted a renewal of license for the Royal Oak Hotel, Matawhero. Section 70 of the Act requires that the certificate for renewal shall ba taken up, and the license fee paid within fourteen days after the certificate is granted, otherwise it is to be held void. Mr Evinson took up the certificate within the time, but only paid a portion of the money to the County Clerk. Subsequently ho applied for a refund of this sum, stating his inability to find the balance. Ths Council directed their clerk to receive payment until 10 o’clock on Monday, Ist July, On Saturday, 29th Juns, Evinson filed his petition in bankruptcy, and the Official Assignee took over the license and placed Miss Evinson in charge cf the hotel. On Monday morning, shortly before 10 o’clock, the Official Assignee tendered the license money, which had been provided for that purpose by the owner, to ths County Clerk. The clerk accepted the money in accordance with his instructions from the Council, and gave the license to the Assignee, at the same time mentioning the feet that it might be called in question by the polios* The Assignee decided to tska all risk, under.* standing from the clerk that if the Council were wrong in accepting the money, they would most likely refund it. Morse was placed in the hotel under the license thus obtained, and the police decided to test its validity, Sergeant Bullen, for that purpose, purchasing from Morse two shillings' worth of brandy, and the present case was ths result. The facts were practically undisputed, and the question the Magistrate had to decide was whether the license was void or [ not. The Magistrate held the license was | void and, at the instance of the Sergeant, 1 who said it was merely a test case, be inflicted ! a nominal penalty of Is, and costs 13s, The Magistrate allowed Mr Oroit to appear on I behalf of Mr Morse, as it was under the . Asbiauca’s iQsUuctioiia that Hoxge had b«c / actirig. I

were a majority of five out of the Association Ground afternoon. And well might these opinions be expressed regarding the afternoon's exbibi. tion, for a more attractive and exciting encounter has not been seen on any ground in this colony. The atmospheric conditions left nothing to be desired. The kick off was splendidly followed up by several of the visiting team, and their black uniforms were soon seen amongst the local back men. Before a minute had elapsed Madigan had placed first try to the credit of the visitors, and most of our men seemed unable to realise the fact that the play bad really begun. The try was located in the extreme south west corner, consequently the kick at goal was not expected to be a success and very few were surprised at Ellison’s attempt proving a failure. Having recovered somewhat from their surprise, the reds went at it gallantly and soon had the attention of the onlookers rivetted on the centre of the field. The play here was mostly of a hand to hand character, wild and erratic passing being shown on both sides, intermingled by several well meant attempts at dribbling by Gee and his fellow forwards, but the Maoris had the happy knack of squelching the dribbling tactics before they could be made effective. The reds were gradually forced back to their own goal line, where several of them were conspicuous for off-side play. The locale eventually got out of a very threatening onslaught by taking advantage of the defence touch,' this taking place 12 minutes from the start. The hopes of the followers of the reds rose very quickly as they carried the ball by of well judged passing at short range and clever running to tbs northern end of the ground, where it went over ths Maoris' line, b 1 their full-back (W. Warbrick) did not uMs the danger of sufficient moment io force, and cleverly carried it paat tfaa yards boundary, while Keogh by a clever and powerful run assisted i<s course much further southwards. The locals, however, soon bad it back, and the enthusiam of the was visibly rising by this sea-saw play. Near the centre one of the Maoris took the ball after it being thrown forward by one of his comrades, and it ultimately found a resting place, in the hands of Eiilson, who lost no time in evading three or four of his opponents, with the result that try No. 2 for his side was secured right behind the posts, and it looked any odds that the attempt at goal would be successful. Bit although the kick was well meant the space between the posts was not wide enough. With only » quarter-of-an hour more to play before the interval would be on them the chances of the reds breaking their duck did not seem very rosy. However, they went at if with renewed vigor, and were partly rewarded by getting the play well past the centre tcwards their opponents’ goal. The following up and passing of most of the New South Wales team at thi ’ J BB eWr® were superb and effective. One of tlie reds here threw the ball fully 1 j yards forward and Sefton getting hold of it ran in«lmoat unmolested, the Other side appealing for “sff side," i . a . bivia K no opposition, planted the ball behind tire centre of the goal, and the try being allowed, Colquhoun was able to kick an easy goal. Ii was close on half-time when the above happened, and the whistle blew at 3.40 pm. for the well earned respite, without any more damage been done. The play this half was slightly in favor of the visitors. Twenty minutei were allowed for breathing ■Me, when Shaw, the New South Wales skip. hall in motion f.,r the second period 11 ' 1 e home teair. were forced, after re-nming and althougli .-n- -----1.,> turned oul carried by a IUHt ‘ south-western part of the field, where la-nlll picking up very cleanly, executed a quW, well-directed drop.kick, which sent the ball high and fair between the teat being accompanied by tWrantic and violin: outburst of approbation, as it well deserved tc be, for the performance was an exoellant one. Hanley s smartness placed his side three points ahead of the visitors. The latter, however, soon gave evidence of their determination not to allow things to remain long against them, and effect was quickly given to their intention by Ellison getting try No. 3 a couple of minutes later on , but it was too much to the side to make a goal off it look certain, and although Ellison kicked far enough the direction was faulty. For a long time the play was confined to the New South Wales end of the arena, and the conviction became stronger that the vibitora would train the next score. The locals kept well on the ball, an 1 it was a long time before the blacks could see an opening, and thi<? brought about by some rather hesitating play on the part of a cluster of New South Wales representatives, Keogh tank full advantage of our men’s dilatoriness, nnd wound up a powerful and well executed run by scoring fourth try for the Maoris. The Rituation again bad for the chance of wan tin? the g is’. Ellison made a grand attempt, the ball only going a few feet wide, and his effort certainly deserved the additional twn points. The game now stood— New Zealand, 12 points (f-'ur tries); New South Wales. 9 (nne try and goal, one goal from the frld)i The Maoris had now much the best of the game, but dunite the herculean efforts of Madigan, Keogh. Stewart. Ellison and E Hot they could not manage ter break down the splendid defence and tacklfng of the local team, an I the sound of the whistle at 20 minutes to 5 was a welcome signal to the combatants. and Midigan on the winning side certainly played the best and did the moat work of any in the field. People made sure that the University Club would beat the Maoris easily, after the close result of the first match, but they made a great mistake. The New Zealanders neygf gave their opponents a chance, beating easily by 17 points to ?. The Maoritftoo, wore hardly treated fairly, for whenever onJ l showed a bit of good play he got hooted and howled at, but when anything good was don't by the opposite side, which, to be frank, wae very seldom, there was a tumult of applause. The Maoris beat Parramatta easily by 21 points to t il. Jimmy Scott is just the same oM two-and-six, and when I caught night of him, In ecstacies over the work of hie men, I could not help imagining myself back in the land of oil and lawyers. By the bye, if I may add a parenthetical interrogation, how is Weaver getting on ? I have beeq observing the cablegrams anxiously, with the fear that there will he another eruption and pyrotechnic display in Gisborne district. I wonder if Mr W. ever learned to play football, for he is a regular “ sticker,” as the Yankees would say. I nearly forgot to mention that Charley Goldsmith, the Gisborne boy, does honor to the old football circles. I hate closely watched his playing, and he rota on grandly* It was nn amusing thing, coining home in the tram from the matches, to hear a whole .host of girls (who had ferns sewn ou their dresses) drawling out ” and V kowry ’’ all the way, It would have giver, the Gisborne ladies laughing material for a fortnight if they had only seen and heard It. I notice several old Gisborne people over thia wav. Mr C. D Berry is here somewhere, and so is Mr Gruner and family. I came across Mr U. Tandy the other day., Mr H. Adair, I believe, is getting on comfortably In an inland district.

Oub cable mnsages hare made us acquainted with the news of the death of Washington Irving Bishop. The New York Herald says that his death occurred at the Lambs' Club, In that city, on May 13. At the time when his last illness overtook him, Bishop was a guest of Harry E. Dixey, at the olub house, where a dinner was going on. It was then about twelve o'clock on Sunday night, and the mind reader had just given one of his most difficult and trying experiments, which taxed his nervous organisation to the utmost. It consisted in picking out blindfolded a name from the club nook of minutes, which had been selected by H. Clay Green, the secretary, and Dr J. A. Irwin, a member. THE FATAL ILLNESS. After correctly finding the name, “ Townsend,” Bishop, still blindfolded, wrote it out on a slip of paper backward, and just as his pencil completed the up stroke of the T he fell backward in a cataleptic fit. Mr Green and others among those present had often seen him in a similar condition before, and felt no special alarm. The sick man Was carried up stairs. His pulse, when he was in his normal condition, was never less than One hundred, though the normal in other persons was seventy, and during his exhibits it frequently ran up to one hundred and Jfty five, something almost unprecedented medical history. His heart, too, always faster than the normal in other people, Mr hi* whole frame, which was alight, one mass of nerves. The fainting fit, therefore, was considered MMrcly a passing occurrence, but before “utg, Dr Irwin, who attended him up stairs, felt that the case was dangerous, and Dr Lee was called in. Both laboured hard to save the dying man, but at twenty minutes after poon he expired, his muscles never once relaxing. The body was taken to Hawk's undertaking place, No. 8, Sixth Avenin, and at four o’clock in the afternoon, at Dr Irwin's request, Dr Furguson, the pathologist, performed an autopsy. TH» AUTOFSY. Beales Dr. Ferguson and Dr Irwin, DrHunonwas also present, and assisted at the port mortem. Nothing abnormal was found In Bishop’s development, except that the brain, which weighed two pounds eight .. ounces, was slightly larger than the ordinary, And the nervous structure was much greater tfitnjr usual. Nothing was apparent to the casual observer to account for the dead man's extraordinary gift, but Dr, Ferguson will make * careful microscopical examination within a week or ten days. Bishop’s wife and mother, in Philiadelphia, were notified e( bis death, and arrived to take charge of the body, INDICES! HASTE. Both the mother end wife declared that he bad been murdered by the doctors by their indecent haste to make a post mortem examination, the deceased being at the time in a cataleptic 4-anoe such as ha had been known to be in betfre, As a matter of fact it will probably ntver be known whether the man was really dead or not when the doctors dissected him. The gentlemen who performed the operation are, of course, positive that life had flown, and Dr. Irwin asserts that the infallible sign of death, rigor mortis, l ed set in. But Dr. E. C, Spitzka/who is universally conceded to be the greatest authority in this country on the diseases from which Bishop ii alleged to have died, stated that the rigidity of the limbs produced by , could be easily mistaken for rigor - Bportis, that there is uo test by which death Han be absolutely established, and that per■urns in a cataleptic trance such as Bishop is to tee j-in before have frequently declared dead. Many cataieptics, in fact, are known to have been buried alive. No authority is given by law concerning the case of Bishop, and justifying the doctors in their proceedings. It was clearly a coroner's case, as the man died within twenty four hours after Dr. Irwin was called in, and only by the coroner's orders could an autopsy have been made without the consent of Bishop's wife or mother. WAS HE ALIVE? But the most horrible phase of the case is presented, of course, by the possibility that Bishop may have been alive when he was being cut np, with all bis powers of speech and movement paralysed, but seeing and hearing all that was going on. Tnis shocking possibility is breaking the heart of his poor old mother, who is firmly convinced that her son was only in a trance, and that the doctors killed him. The old lady did not learn until yesterday that the autopsy had been performed, and since then her snff, rings have been pitiful. "THEY MURDERED MY FOOR BOY." •• They murdered my poor boy, ” she moaned yesterday when I called oo her at Hoffman House, "I know they did. Ohl It was a < fuel outrage, and it should have been Impossible in a fret country like this. My poor, poor boy 1 If they had only lot him alone he would have been all right again in a day or two. I know he would. I have seen him again and again in a condition when everybody said he was dead, but I knew better. Once, some years ago, when he was utterly prostrated by the work of saving a F number of lives at the Tay disaster, he was in a trance for three weeks, But the Scottish Burgeons were more merciful than these, his murderers. They spared him, I have sent for these men—thesa doctors. I wanted them to face me and console me by proving that my darling son was dead when they mutilated him, but they have not oome near me. They haven't the courage to face an old woman, of whom they have made a heartbroken, childless mother.” < SUB WILL EAVE JUSTICE. “ It will kill me, this cruel work, but I will find • strength and life enough to bring these men—these butchers—to jus- , tier, if there is any to be had, I will sacrifice everything I have got in this world and all I expect to punish these heartless doctors, My eon has implored me again and again: * Mother, do not let any surgeon's knife touch me after they declare me dead. Make them wait until decomposition has set in.’ I promised faithfully, but these cruel men took advantage of my absence io do their fiendish work, Irving even earned a card usually, asking that if anything happened to him his body should not be mutilated, but all this availed nothing. My addnss*ln Philadelphia is public property, but they were afraid to telegraph me or his wife for permission, these doctors; they ware afraid we would refuse, and they wonted bis brain, so they out him up alive through eriiiirial stupidity. In the name of all who bare dear ones who may die away from home I protest Against this barbarous action, and I want you to make this otter for me to any scientific man who is not a friend of these men, Tell him that If he can by any means tell utyathsr or nut there was lite in the body W my darling son when it was out up I ata VUHag that hj fchoultj now take (be poor gold hull, which is Tall that I have left of my boy, gad which 1 prige beyond anything in this world, It was heartless, heartless, end the thought of what he probably suffered really drives me oraxy, I am subject to the cam j cataleptic trances in which my boy often fell? One can see and hear everything, but speech and movement are paralysed. It is horrible. For six days some years ago I was in s trance, gl A saw arrangement Being made'for my rial, Only my brother's determined retanoe prevented them from embalming me, and I lay there and heard it all. On the seventh day I came to myself, but the agony I endured left its mark lor ever," AN EXTRAORDINARY BEING, The dead man was in ail respects one of Vae most extraordinary beings in existencei and his marvellous petfoimance has undoubtIdly puaxled more thinking men and Women than any phenomena that has been brought to the public attention for several decades, The mind-reader was born in this city 32 years ago, and when be was about 15 years old be wont to work U Hudnui's drug slor c

- I* J.-'-'A. T as'-- clerk in the ' But - soon drifted His m- .-stand father '''s/'/i'l'-v ’ in their faith '' n -1?' -'-’’th some of the sisters, -. croihers, and P others. stamHhis own show. When he had iSrned all their tricks and saw how much more money he could make on the other side, he started a show of his own, exposing all the delusions of the spiritualists and incidentally throwing in quite a clever sleight-of-hand performance. He was then about nineteen or twenty years old, and made bis first independent appearance in Chiokering Hall. 1 Some years later he went to Europe, where he picked up mind-reading, creating a positive sensation in nearly every large city by his amazing performances, and gaining many decorations. DRIVEN FROM ENGLAND. He finally struck a snag in Henry Labouchore, the editor of Truth, in London, who wagered £lOOO thatßishop could not honestly tell the number of a bank note by bis mindreading procest without seeing it. Bishop promptly accdbted the wager, but the test never was mace, the mind reader refusing to accept Mr Latysuchere's choice of a person who was to hole the note, although the editor gave him the widest latitude and submitted twelve names of prominent Parliamentary leaders. The sgitation begun against him thereupon by Mr Labouchere, finally resulted in practically driving Bishop out of the country, and he came back to America three years ago under such a thick cloud that he could hardly draw enough people at Lis exhibitions to pay for hall rent. HIS GREATEST HIT. Finally, he made a great splurge by a sensational exhibit arranged by “Alex.” Comstock. After weeks of puffing and advertising Mr Cromstock sent out about five hundred invitations to the most prominent physicians and scientists 'in town. About three hundred responded, and filled a number of parlors in the Hoffman House. At half, past-two in the afternoon a committee, composed of Dr Bobineon, Dr Hoyt, and two other gentlemen of undoubted reliability, borrowed a diamond brooch from Mrs Frank Leslie, who was among ths company, and, entering a carriage, provided with a span of the most spirited horses that could be found in town, drove to an east side tenement house, where they bid the bipoch under a vase in the fifth storey. Then they returned, and, after Bishop was blindfolded with a half-dozen different layers of cloth and cotton, they reentered tbe carriage in his company, with the mind reader on the driver's seat, He grabbed ths reins, lashed the horses into a furious gallop, and without being able to ses anything, guided the plunging beasts without a moment’s hesitation to the east side tenement house, Tbe streets were filled with people and vehicles, but the carriage did not even touch any of them, He drew the horses up with a jerk in front of tha (house. fairly flew up the steps, and located tbe brooch. This exploit almost set tbe town wild, and when Bishop opened professionally st Wallaok’s a few days afterward the place was jammed to the doors and he proceeded to coin money for himself and his manager, In every town that he appeared the sensational carriage ride was repeated, creating the usual excitement. But he couldn’t stand prosperity, and made things so disagreeable fqr his manager, that Mr Comstock threw him overboard with diegust.

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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 320, 4 July 1889, Page 2

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The Royal Oak Hotel. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 320, 4 July 1889, Page 2

The Royal Oak Hotel. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 320, 4 July 1889, Page 2

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