The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-28
NEWS FROM ABROAD.
The Baccarat Case to be Called
Up in Parliament.


stated tonight that leading radical
members of parliament intend bringing
up the baccarat scandal before parlia-
ment in an entirely unexpected shape
at an early date, and in such manner as
10 put the government in an uncomfort-
able position.
MIR. William Summers. Liberal mem
Der OF parliament, said to-day: THAT
to cheat at cards is CRIME, is we'll
known. Section II OF and 9 Vic. g. 1Go
is perfectly explicit on that point.
livery person runs that section. who
shall by any fraud or unlawful device
or practice in playing at OF with cards
OF other games, win from any otht r
person to himself or any other OF others
any sum OF money or valuable thing
from such person by false pretense,
with intent to cheat or defraud such
person by false pretense, such person
being convicted thereof shall be pun
ished accordingly"
NOW the jury by their verdict in the
case OF Sir William Gordon Cumming
vs. wilson and others have practically
found that in their opinion Sir William
Gordon Cumming did cheat at cards.
Two question therefore arises. Ono is:
viii the government or will the pub
nc prosecutor prosecute Sir William
Gordon Cumming for cheating at cards
or for perjury, and will the government
or Will the public prosecute any action
against these other persons who are adj
mitted to have compounded u crime and
VINO appears to have been engaged in
what is known at law as a conspiracy to
defeat the ends Of Justice. The question
as TO whether baccarat is an unlawful
game has already been decided and
decreed in the affirmative by Sir Henry
LAWNS in the C ,se of Jenkins VS.. Tur-
pin.
TO COLOMBO PRIESTS.
BRUSSELS, June 27.-[Speciall IA let
ter from Rome received here to-day say s
there has been received in Rome me-
mortal addressen to tho city cardinals
endeavOring to enlist their aid in the
scheme of colonizing European priests
III the United States, as heretofore fully
described. 1t asserts that the Europea n
governments muse exert themselves to
retain their influence over the cmi-
grants to the United States.
Tho memorial is very lengt making
over 4 900 words. 1t traces the loss Of
faith by cmigrants to: First, the danger
10 Whlcn their morals are exposed dur
ing the journey; second, tho lack Of
national priests to receive and care for
the emigrants on arrival in tho United
States; third. the pecuniary sacrifices
exacted of tho United States for the
practice of their religion; fourth, the
public schools; fifth, the secret socie-
ties, and sixth, the lack of national
bishops.
FOREIGN NOTES
The Office of the Panama Canal Com
pany, at Paris, was searched by tho
police yesterday, and all documents re-
lating to the company's affairs were
seized.
President Carnot yesterday signed tho
Franco brazilian convention bill pro-
tecting the literary and artistic works
OF the two countries mentioned.
loan of II 900, 900 roubles, the third
four per cent. internal revenue, has
been announced by the Imperial Rus
sian Bank. Tho issue is at 90.
Gladstone has gone to Suffolk in
hopes of recruiting his health.
bill prohibiting the use of the purse
seine in Canadian waters has been in
troduced in parliament by Hon. Mr..
Upper.