The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-03
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chief Justice Fuller-The Pope and the
Irish The Trust - The Last Southern
DueI-Two Burglars-rhc Old Goat Poet.
ingalls,.
There ia unanimity of approval the
country over, from Republicans MI"
! Democrats alike, Of the Presidents nom
ina,ion Of NJ. Melville W. Fuller TO be
Chief Justice Of the United states. Inc
/ Chicago papers in particular, OF all shades
Of opinion and without dissen'ient
voice. arc highly enlogistic OF the man
whom Mr. Cleveland his released irom
their scrutiny-N J. Star
TIE Popg AsD THE IRISH Tho papal
! letter condemns the plan OF campaign'
which il certainly very drastic measure
/ II il, however, approved by the leader.
/ in lie Irish cause as the only means OF
compeling the English government to
/ face The fact that renters Of small hold
/ incs can't get enough produce out OF The
ground 10 pay the rents demanded. Win
eoual emphasis it deprecates boycotIing
"A somewhat cruel piece of machinery
/ TO be sure, and one which l. only To DE
set in motion when the people are close
10 the precipice and will he hurled over
if they are pushed much further
The truth is, az the mysterious JunIus
said in 1769--and the aspect OF affairs
has in nowise changed-"The people OF
| Ireland have been uniformly plundered
and Oppressed In return they give you
every day fresh marks o! their resent
menI." IN lr,hman can make his way
! in any country except his own. There
alone he is treated not simply AS an alien,
but ~ criminal. He has been asking
| for bread for twenty generations, and
| it has been the fixed policy OF England
10 give him stone ins,eat.-Neio York
! Herald
\ part Of the annual report OF the
Chamber OF Commerce relates TO the sub
ieCt of trusts II is not surprising that
/ The multiplication Of combinations whose
purpose Is 10 prevent competition and
! raise prices has been noticed at some
| length in the Chambers review OF The
year They THE trusts are not be-
vond the reach % legislation says
| the repori. land the moment
they become burden legal means
will be found to bring them into
snbordiDation And again, with regard
To- the Sugar Trust, 1t il slid No such
combination can long exist In this coun-
Itry" Bat has not the standard Oh
Trust existed for several years, con-
tinualv raining strength, and does ii
now seem probable that the end of lis
existence /, near at hand ~ \ Times.
The lat Southern duel is described "a
follows, The two men met at Amite and
! President streets about 2:35 O'Clock this
afternoon, when Adams cursed Martin.
he latter replied by drawing hi1 revolv-
er. He fired and clipped behind tree.
Adams also drew and fired, bat few
seconds after Martin continued firing
from behind the tree, while Adams
walked around 1t to get a better shot at
him. Altogether six shots were fired by
Martin and three by dams, when almost
simultaneously they fell dead, without
word Adams had been shot but once,
when bullet went tn ough his heart.
Martin was shot through the breast, leg,
aud hat Both used Colt reyolvers OF A
calibre.
In Mondays debate Representative
! Gallinger made the extraordinary asser-
lion that the Mills bill is "a wicked
assault on the industries OF New En-
gland, and should he entitled a bill to
reduce New England to the position of
dependency OF Great Britain What
| Eastern manufactures need, above all
things, is cheap raw material and cheap
manufacturing supplies.-EIe.ange.
In sentencing two young burglars to
thirty years Imprisonment, Judge Mar
tine set an example that ought 10 be
generally followed.
Burglary is one of the worst crimes of
which society is victim. The william
that perpetrates 1t IL the terror Of
sleeping household, and will never hest
tate 70 commit murder to effect his own
escape Exchange
MODERN LITERATURE Written for
! the HeyaN
Approaching, nearing, curious,
life or deathf
Strength, weakness, blindness, more paralysis
| a.t heavier.
Or plaeii skies and sun Wilt stir the waters
yet
Or happy cut ne short tor good Or leave me
here a now
Dull, parrot-llse a"d old, with cTackd voice
WALT WHITMAN
INoALLs. Five and hall hours OF
the valuable time OF the dgntied
United States Senate were taken up
yesterday with "a Safeguarding match
between John James ingalls, and Daniel
Webster Voorhees,. OF course Mr..
ingalls,. declined TO apologize for his re-
cent defamation of two distinguished
Democratic soldiers. Il was as politicians
and not rs soldiers that he had libeled
them He assaled the war record of
VOORHEES,, and in the course of the slang
whanging the terms "scoundreW and
"lie' passed more than once. Every
pot-house politician In the land will grin
and take courage In reading the account
of this unnecessary and worse than use.
less campaign debate Let the Senate
Chamber be fumigated and then let the
business OF the country proceed ~ 7
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