The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-23
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
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England.
THE INTERNATIONAL WALKING-MhTCH.
LONDON, June 21-2 7. M-The score
in the great walking contest stands at this
hour: Weston. 507; Brown. 442.
) +. M.-Wcston, 512; Brown. 442.
6 i. M.-Thc score at this tour is Wes-
ton, 1894 Brown, $50.
WESTON WINS AND rs DECLARED CHAMPION OF
TIE WORLD.
New YORK, june 2l.-Thc following spc.
cial has been received here:
London, June Pill L. Jf.--The great
contest is finished. Weston Tonight stands
without Il rival in Professionalism as possess.
ing the highest score on record, and is just
being proclaimed. with shouts and cheers,
Champion OF the World" The belt goes
| to America in the keeping Of its proud vic
tor, there 10 remain until Rowel makes an
other effort to recover it. Weston COM
pleted his 5j0th mile, thereby winning the
belt. his bet, and the championship. From
O'Clock tins afternoon until O'Clock this
evening Weston, after having been over
five days on the track, accomplished the
astonishing feat OF making five miles an
hour. During these six hours the excitement
was something wonderful, and the plucky
hero OF the hour was greeted with shouts
and cheers as he boldly plodded along
against time.
From O'Clock the excitement steadily
increased, and reached its eliminating
point just before the flush. At half-paSt
8 O'Clock Weston had made the highest
score Oil recorl-namcy. 5l3 miles aud .
aps-bcatinc Blower" Browns great
score Of 542 miles, made. in the same hail
last April. The hall at this time was filled
never TO grow tired Of cheering. Weston,
though evidently suffering somewhat from
fatigue consequent upon his great effort,
maintained smiling face. and was the re-
cpient of many friendly greeting. The
great struggle, the greatest on record, came
to an end at II O'Clock, Weston dong $50
miles with five minutes to spare.
TIE LIVERPOOL DEFALCATIoN.
LIVERPOOL, June 21.-Funke & Co., who
are involved by the fraudulent transactions
OF Ernest Weber, the absconding represen-
tative of their house, will assume the con-
tracts made IN their name, hut many pri-
vate contracts made by Weber will go by
default.
Jerome Napoleon in Paris.
PARIS. June 2l.-Prince Jerome Napo.
leon arrived here to-day. He has received
numerous visits. g..
THE EX-EMPREsS IN A sTUPoR.
LONDON, June 21.-Thc ex-Emprcss Eu.
genie is sleepless and depressed. Her pri-
vate secretary tclcgraphed the Duchess Of
| Sutherland this morning that she still re-
manned in scmi-conscous condition, and
that il was imperaiively necessary to do
| something TO rouse her. The Duchess has
accordingly started for ChScihurst.
LONDON. June 21.-A Berlin dispatch to
the PuU-J[dH Gazette says: emperor
William, the Empress Augusta, and Plin-
cess Victoria, wife OF the Grown Prince
Frederick William. have telegraphed their
coincidence to cS-Emrrcss Eugene. 1t is
stated the German court will 60 into
mourning for Il short period"
ACTION OF TIE B0NAPARTIsT SENATORS AND
| DEPUTIES.
PARIS, June 21.-Last night at 4 full sit
! ting OF the Bonapartist senators and depu-
ties 4 resolution was adopted declaring that
though the Prince Imperial is dead his
cauSe survives, and the succession OF Napo-
leon has not lapscd, and the Emperor will
live. An address OF coincidence with the
| Empress was drafted expressing the deep
est sympathy.
| EANiCAGE VI IRE FAIRS fNESS.
L'Ordre lM. Rousen's organ), simply ex-
presses the overwhelming sense Of the blow
inflicted on the cX-Empress and France.
Paul de Cassagnac declares, though Prince
Victor is the heir OF the Impcrialist claims,
the loss Of the Prince Imperial prostrates
him mentally and physically. Grannier de
Cas>agnac, in the Phys, says the blow is
terrible for the In1perialists, but not mortal.
He is confident that the selection OF Prince
| Victor will be endorsed BIZ France. ..
The Lc@itiniSt organs ia Union. Il Uni
GERS. In Gazette de france, lie N0fde, and
| lie EoncuiSe) express sorrow Tor the dead
and respectful sympathy for the bereayed.
| lie Journal GeS UcbdfS says: In view
OF go tragical an end. We remember only
| that the Prince was Il FIcnchman, and has
! fallen rs sOldier."'
lie IeaRps speaks Of he Prince as the Lash
| incarnation of the Imperial idea, -anu DE-
cIares that the Napoieonjc system has 10
longcra representative.
| Ia France SAYS: THE event * cquat m
| Importance TO The death OF the Comta IL:
Chambord, whenever'that Shall occur"
/, L'Opini0n expresses respectful pathy
Tor the Bonaparie family, but says e can
not refrain from noting the gravity Si the
disaster inflicted by Providence on the enc
mics OF the republic. =. ~.
The DosniAican Insult TO Spain.
MADRID, June 21.-The Spanish Cai,su'
at San Domingo has taen altac rizet, Il
summon from Havana some OF tiss Spanish
| men. of-war at that port 10 Duppas the de-
mand OF Spain for redress for tho outrage
| to the flag in the arrest and execution OF
| two insurgcnt Dominica generals who
7 had taken refuge OH board q Spanish vessel
at Puerto Plata. 49,.
EHE MACE DAMN 0 Z 3
| Z rreighted with greater rash than yiolen