The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-11
Injury to the Cause Of Royalty
Wrought by Wales Scam
dalous Conduct.
Denunciation Of His Modes Of Life
by the Press Of Eng
land.
Sir william Gordon Cumming Quietly
Married to Miss Florence Garner.
OF New York City.

LONDON, June 1O-Echoes OF the baccarat
scandal still fill the air. Solicitor General
Sir Edward Clarke is i'll and thoroughly
exhausted to-day. He entirely lost the use
of his voice and WAS oblighed to retire from
an important case in which he was retained
for to-day. Denunciation OF the prince of
cally his denunciation by the tory press,
has caused a sensation throughout Great
Britain, and the revelations made during
the trial of the baccarat scandal suit in
court are judged to have done more to i'm
peril monarchy than any event which has
taken place for many years past in Eng
land. The fat assertion made by
the dailv Chronicle. to the effect
that until the prince OF Wales.
on oath, swears as 'his confederntes' did,
that he (the prince) did not violate the
solemn pledge he gave to Sir William Cor
don Cumming, the heir apparent rests un-
der an imprtation of dishonor quite as
shameful as that which the jury put upon
Sir William Gordon Cumming, rejects the
general feeling on the subject.
A precis of court proceedings was tele-
graphed each night to the queen who is
now at Balmoral castle in Scotland. and
her majesty is said to have expressed her
displeasure in such strong terms, that
Truth, Of this city, asserts that it would
not be surprised if the court of the queens
bench revelations were the cause of the
earl of Coventry's resigning his Office as
master of her majesty's buck hounds, or
chief of the royal hunt of her majesty's
household, for which Office the earl draws
an annual salary of $500. The queen docs
not attempt to conceal the fact that she is
angry with every one connected with the
baccarat scandal. and the effects of the
royal displcasure may yet be felt in several
quarters.
At the Ascot yesterday the prince of
Wales WAS visibly nervous until after ne re.
ceived a dispatch announcing the Wilson's
victory. AS soon as he was in possession of
the result of the jury's deliberations the
prince took no pains to conceal the pleasure
he felt at the result Of the. verdict
The Star to-day, under the heading
s'Royalty at Stake" says the prince OF
Wales is the male head of his race. The
women of his house are virtuous, self-re-
strained and reliant. English people
throughout the world want the men to be
more like the women of this royal line,
adding, this is proud country and the
man who aspires to represent EnEllsnmen
must keep everything about him fresh and
bright, and must be exceedingly jealous of
his reputation and must not be known as a
bacoarat banker and as specialist in gam
ing counters"
The Chronicle has scnthing article of
two columns in length, in which it con-
demns the finding of the jury and Lord
Coleridge's partiality. 1t declares that no
evidences was adduced inconsistent with the
hypothesis that Cumming merely played the
we'll known comp de trois. 1t says the ver-
dict means that though twenty years card
player without provoking the slightest sus-
,,ininn MING hn6 Qud0anIv nlnnDa0
into wild orgy of cheating the only man
in the world on whose patronage his social
and professional life depended. There is
nothing incredible in his signing the docu-
ment ON the strength of the statement from
Wales bringing minions, booming him to
fate worse than death In order to save what
Wales is pleased to call his honor. The
article proceeding, fatty accuses the prince
of Wales of violating his pledge of secrecy
and calls upon the authorities to indict Sir
offense of cheating. 1t declares if they do
not, the public will know what to think, and
If the duke of Cambridge shrinks his duty
in regard to the military offense. it ia hoped
that parliament will not prove pusillani-
NOUS The Chronicle finally asks what
steps will be taken to vindicate Justice in a
crime in which the prince of Wales was
compounded bv signing compact, or
whether the infamous scandal will be hushed
up forever.
Tue lines advises the wilson FAMILY,
which it accuses of being indirectly respon-
sible for the tragic ruin of fine career, to
remain in social retirement. The Times
profoundly regrets the prince of Wales
connection with the affair. Making every
allowance for the monotony of Wales ex-
istence, and admitting the tact with which
he performs his duties, if he is known to
pursue questionable pleasures, the serious
public. who are the backbone of England,
will resent it. 1--WE almost wish," says the
Times, 'for the sake of English society.
that the prince of Wales had also signed a
declaration that he would never touch a
card again."
The Standard says the defendants and
their friends have tarnished their reputa-
tions. even if the plaintiff did come out the
worst. and it will not be lightly forgotten
that the prince of Wales instigated the
game and carried the apparatus about with
him.
The Baptist conference in Todmerden,
Lancaster county, has sent memorial to
the private secretary of the Prince of Wales
praying that tho prince, in view of the mis-
cry and ruin in the country due to the
prevalence of gambling. shall in the future
decline to engage in it, or to countenance
gambling in any form.
SIR WILLIAM NARuIEn