The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-25
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
BRIGHT COMMENTS
BY BRIGHT WRITER'S.

BRIGHT COMMENTS
BY BRIGHT WRITER'S.
yxesufiou ny riccssieif,-'he Fate"'
Medicine sfafesman- 'h'y NJ
taek tanucr-There IL no o"ch fi"ce'
othcr topics OF Interest.
EXECUTION BY ELEcrRIcTY..Mr.
Edison has approved. ana the b'iIi-
more American 3 New YORK reporter
saws. that in the hearing before the
referee Of the Kemmler electrical exc
cution case tO-da-. Thomas A. bdl7on
was put on the stand as witness anu
II his testimony were TO decide the rate
Of Kemmler. the murderer would
surely meet his death in the electrical
chair The witness had no doubt what
ever of the power Of an alternating
current 10 Kill q man instautaneOusly
and painlessly, and was sure 1t could
lac done without burning. The case OF
Mr.. Smith was spoken Of. who was Said
IN have received a shock OF LOW Foil5
ritbout serious injury. Dir. tdlson
said he would pay M Smith SluO II be-
,ould come over 10 his laboratory and
successfully Withstand d shock OF l'VvO
volts.
THE PATENT MEDICINE SrAIEsNAN.-
II no new thing to be told that oecIe-
tarv-of State Blame is exceedingly an1-
| ious TO greatly distinguish himself by
means Of a vigorous and comprehensive
foreign policy. but it reads a liitle
queerly. that giving out Of certain OF
! his admirers that he has the notion I'D
| his head that-what with the ran
American business. the settlement Oh
/ the fisheries dispute. and the behIihe
Sea question and the Canadian iiailrohi
controversies and one thing ana an
lofhar-he can retire from Office with
the repuiation of having been the very
/ Greatest Secretary Of State that these
great United States ever did have. The
admirers of Mr.. Blaine bad better leave
the matter ~ summing up Win regard
to him 20 posterty. Ptf0oc'ph0 fe'e-
graph.
WAY THEY ATTACK TANNER.-After
brief cessation. tine Democratic ana
Muewump attacks on Commissioner
Tanner have been renewed with intense
/ bitterness. The reason FOR TINS lIesh
outburst is not far to seek. HE oppo-
-ition Journals. it appears. got "Ind oil
an investigation that was being quietly
conducted i'm the Treasury Department.
which mas already resulted lh 'he
prompt dismissal of the head OF a divis-
! ion. and which. by the time DO ls COM
pleted will wind up the oiiicial careers
/ Of several more who held office under
Cleveland. B0iiO american.
THERE IS so SlCnPLAcE.-HDn. john
). Wise. of New York. Dr. registered at
the Ebbut There was once am Hon
John S Wise. of Virginia. but bee had
a Misunderstanding with General Bld-
none. which ended in Mr.. Wise = going
to New York. where he gathers in the
,heksis i'm the practice Of law. lie oc-
casionalv rus as far south as Wash
iupteu. but seldom gees INTO Virginia.
AK hlm about Virginia politics ana d
faraway look comes into hls eyes
Virginia. Virginia. he VIII eJa.n-
late dreamIly. "IU0ma fHH. Joy
which he means that there "as once 81
Mace called Virginia. bui that Do eol
lost I'm the woods and has NOT 1et been
found. ~ osllgioa Post.
Eiitor OBnen. Of tuici ireland. j.
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men I''',' 80 ~ b,- .u,t FOR -laalai
p"'s.''' D 'S e'i,.l.,rv the British Pre-
against ~ u ga ,,.', ,,o,, mai .f.
ui''i' ii +,..1r,o ;.,r,.. which cav. "a
we ri.U'. i.-a 4,],.Lary oa- mi-di-
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ITALY AND iihf Ai'iiA9'
stand out very li"i.i No"'i
Affairs at inc ile '..''-'
r. vast amman e." n'''-
standing army an" i" al e.. ''''.'''
/ Inc othci ir iil' l"Di'' '-
distress ol ln7 pe"'"'i .'.,,.,'..
parts oil uie hlDsn,' ~ ', CO.. r.',. 49,
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'HA il, VIZ -. F., r..,l..r.Y .n
rory @rerfvin0 e.ueciaIy To those
ner5ons i'm All n4r,. of the country nh0
,,i., ,.h.rls.ton well. and vh. saw u
,..,,,,alrsi. of sound sentiment there
,.i,,,,,,. to th.c.t, as great morally
,b1 s,rrran,i.. WAS materially.
The nre.. The nulpit and other agen
c;'-'of ,nbii. 'o,,nioi have now spoken
he IoatGino and disesst which Me-
Dow : triai' not less than NcDo0 '-
crime and character. has excited in alI
well balanced minds. The prospect
is that the SLAYER 0f Captain Dawson
Will be driven in shame from iae CITY,.
AS he has been driven already from ail
association with reputable men, and
thar the unseemingly idiots VINO tried
10 make hero Of him VIII Boz aughi %
needed lesson IN propliety aud dccency.