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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10
PRESS COMMENTS.
What England's Leading Journals say OF
the Celebrated Case.
TBv Cable to The Times.l

tHe NN'S'
[By Cable to The Times.l
LONDON, June Accommodating on the
Cumming trial the Post says it has no desire
to add anguish to the sad ending of brilliant
career. but the fact remains that signing the
document rendered it impossible for eminent
counsel, however deXterous, TO rehablhtate
the honor that Cumming himself treated so
lightly.
The News saws it was really second affair
of the diamond necklace, the accusation Delng
of secondary importance to its surroundings.
In our Judgment no other verdict was possl-
BILE. Cummings signing the paper was damn
able. Ii is q pity that the heir TO the throne
was at the baccarat table. The Prince should
show q cleaniy life TO his future subjects IL
is grotesque to have the Prince carrying
about baccarat counters wherever he goes.
The Times says the case has ended III the
only possible way that an impartial observer
believed possible. I'VE express the uniyer-
sal feeling of millions of English men and
women when we say we profoundly regret
the connection OF the Prince Of Wales with
the affair"
The Times almost wishes that the Prince Of
Wales for the sake of English society had
also signed the declaration never TO play
cards again.
The Chronicle'condemns the jury's finding
and the partiality of Chief-Justice Coleridge.
and says there is no evidence inconsistent
with the hypothesis that Cumming merely
played the well-known coup de crois
The Chronicle says the verdict means. &C
cording to the jury, that Cumming de
liberately cheated his illustrious but i'm
pecunous friend by "a trick requiring long,
toilsome years Of practice to acquire; Cum
ming is not the first loyal Scot
made to feel the ban Of the Princes;
ingratitude. The paper asks what steps will
be taken to yindicate justice in regard to the
crime which the Prince compounded.by sign
ing a compact with Cumming, or whether
the scandal will be forever hushed.
The Standard CFory) says that If the PLAIN
tiff comes worst out of the affair 1t must be
admitted that the defendants and their
friends are somewhat tarnished.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10
DESrRUCrTVE WArER-SrOUr.
by the Bursting Of One Many Lives Are Loot
and Much Damage Done.

b1 tnt VI inv -N"'J '~'''9 'AAN '~hA =
and Much Damage Done.
CRY or MRuco, June 9.-A water-spout
burst near San Luis Paz in the State Of
Guiana Juata on Sunday and many houses.
cattle aud uprooted trees were swept away by
the water
The water covered space of nearly seven
miles completely deyasting that part OF the
country
The number of lives lost has not yet been
reported. Hundreds of people are homeless
and III destitute condition.
Another Water-Spout Burst.
FoRT COLLINS. Cor June "a water-spout
burst upon the SpoudTe Valley. above this
place, late this afternoon, and huge
volumes Of water came pouring down
me valley. sweeping everything. before
II. Que hundred yards of the embankment OF
the Union Pacific railway was completely
destroyed. The railway bridges near Laporte
are gone also two Others between that village
and Fort Collins. by the giving away OF the
railway embankment, the water spread over
The surrounding farms and gardens
destroying all the growing crops with
"a radius Of from five TO seven
miles. Several houses in this city are almost
.Sr9yeredb by water. and viii be badly damaged.
inc iess cannot be estimated, but II will foot
ap1Hto the hundreds Of thousands.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10

NoRyoIK. Va. June 0.-Warrants have been
issred AGAINST the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph Companies of Portsmouth Tor do
ing business without license. The npanee
committee Of the Portsmouth council Va tneiI
report to that body tonight recommend thae
unless the Western Union Company pay theiF
tax by the LIST Of July the poles are TO oe re-
moved from the streets. The recomnenaa-
ton WAS adopted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10
General Longrtreet.s History.

WAsH1Norox, d. c., June "A private let
ter was received here to-day from General
Longstreet, dated Gainesville, Ga. 1t con-
oluded:
II am getting stronger. and am laying my
nlans 10 resume work in September next on
my history of the war"
Those familiar with the contents of General
Longstreet's history say it will create SEN
satlon when published.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10
Soldiers Killed by Lightning.
[By Cable to the Times.l

BERLIN, June 9-While the Emperor Will
liam was reviewing the grenadiers at exercise
drill about O'clock this morning, near the
temple. storm arose, accompanied by heavy
thunder and lightning. Captain Vonquast
and three soldiers were struck by lightning
and two of the soldiers were killed.
The captain and the other soldiers sus-
tanned very serious injuries. The lightning
also struck and killed horse.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10
BoSTONs dGdTN BEhTEy.
INC "i"nts Jumps On the Pittsburgs In Great
shape-The Other Games.
BosroS. June Q.

BOSTON. June 3.
n unfortunate acci-
don't in the first in
ming to-day seemed
to demoralize the
homo team. Staley.
who started to pitch
for Boston. was hit
behind the ear with
a hot liner by Dahlen
and was knocked
senseless, and at first
1t was thought that
he was dead. He
= u b bse q quently re-
yived su I'll C ientIy
10 be able to get TO
the club house with
assistance. Nichols
took his place in the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10
The Report Unfounded.

LONDON, June 9-In the House of Com
mons to-day the Hon. W. II. Smith stated
that consular advices from st. Petersburg,
Odessa and other points Of yesterdays date
reaffirmed that there was no foundation for
the reported wholesale emigration Of Jews to
ENGLAND
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10
THE DEAD PREMIER.
Dominion Statesmen Deliver EuiOgies over
the Late Chief Minister.

OTTAWA, ONT. June 9.-The body of Sir
John Macdonald was brought from Earns
clife with an escort of Dominion police
shortly after o'clock this morning and
placed in the Senate chamber
Both houses Of Parliament were adjourned
yesterday afternoon until after the funeral of
the late Premier. The leaders on both sides
Oined in eulogy of the dead statesman
opened and the public allowed to enter and
look on the features Of the dead. The remains
will lie in state until tomorrow, when the
state funeral, which will be the most i'm
posing one ever seen in the Dominion will
take place.
Floral tributes in great number are arriving
at Earnsclihe. Among them IS one from
Princess Louise and Lord orne. ~, Strews
cross Ln white roses and pink carnations with
violet scroll bearing the words 'Lorne and
! IOuise
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gles double and a three-bagger, which with
errors by the home team. gave them seven
runs IN the first three innings. Luby was
knocked out of the visitors box in the second
inning. Score:
Bostons. ns..................13 3O01200 o.
Chicago O..................l D X-lO
Batteries: Stalev, Nichols and Bennett
Lnby, Stein and Krttredge Umpire, Powersi
PHnApELrHA, June 9.-The home club did
the usual thing to-day in putting in two dif-
ferent pitchers, both Of whom were hit hard,
thus letting the Cincinnatis win an easy VIC
tory. The Phillies could not hit Rhines.
Score:
Philadelphias. ...........0 0 0 0 / 3
Clncinnatls ......-.......1 0 0 4 2 0 0 Ok 9
Batteries Gleason. Smith and Clements;
Rhines and Harrington. Umpire, Lynch.
BRoogLYN. \. Y, June 9.-The Clevelands
had the game well in their paws to-day up 10
the sixth inning when they put Young in TO
relieve Viau the latter having been hit pretty
hard IL the fourth inning Young was
mark for the Hrooklyns. They pounded hun
hard the first inning that he pitched, Ca
ruthers was pounded all over the field IN the
fifth inning. Score;
Clevelands ......-........O U y
BrOOklyns ...............0 0 3 O-lO
Battery: Viau Young and Zimmer; Ca
IUtlclS AlN hlIptlis uihplAo NiDSu""N'
NEW YORK. June 9.-The Giants jumped on
King to-day in great shape and knocked out
ten hits. turning seven of them into runs with
the aid Of few costly errors by the Pitts
burgs Rusie was little stiff and wild at
first. but got lmbered out soon, and the visi-
tors could not find the ball. Score:
New Yorks. 00000-7
Pittsburgs. gs...............0 0 0 0 0 o. 3
Batteries: Rusie and Buckley; King and
Fields. Umpire Hearst.
ASSOCIATION GAMES.
At Columbus:
Athletics. s.................1 0 o 0 /
Umbus.................O ! U K D
p .t.eries: Calhghan and McKeough; Knell
and Dowsie. Umpire, Kerins.
At Cincinnati:
Cncinnatis ......--......O OOOO31 o. 8
WashingtOus. s.............0 0 Q O. l
Batteries: Crane and Vaughn Forman and
Mcclure Umpire, Matthews.
At Louisville:
Iouisvilles ..............1 @ @ / 0 @ 0 K
Batimores. 0 0 0 0 0 2
Batteries: Khret and Cook; Healy and
Robinson. Umpire, Jones.
At st. Louis:
St. Louis ................0 0 l 2-S
BOstOns ns...................O 3 u z l Ks
batteries: Stiyetts and Boyle; Haddock.
OBIen ANA Murphy. Umpire, Ferguson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10
Mr.. Mcdowell III.

New YoRK, June 9.--Mr. Mcdowell, a part
ner in the Durham Bun Tobacco COMPANY, is
dangerously III in this city. Mr.. Julian >.
Carr, president OF the company is with him.
ported sale OF the Bull Tobacco Company to
the American Company.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10
WISCONSIN FAKnKRs MEET.

IA CRossE. WIS, June 9.-The State Con-
vention Of tho Farmers Alliance met to-day
and President Butt delivered his annual adj
The chief point Of the address was decla-
ration that the recent convention at Cincin-
natl which determined 10 form Peoples
party was not farmers convention and VII
not be recognized Us such. and that when the
Farmers Alliance convention Is held fep-
rrary ~ TO put new ticket in the field the
alleged Peoples parry wall not be :" IN it,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-10

box and Chicago pounded him for three sIn-
giles. a double and a three-bagger, which. with
errors by the home team. gave them seven
runs in the first three innings. Luby was
knocked out of the visitors box in the second
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05
MAYBE 1T CAN'T BE.

The Emporia Republican is very loyal
to President Harrison, or truly tries to
be, but when anybody happens to init
mate that Jim Blaine is not the biggest
man ever born on the American CONT
nent that paper forgets that the country
now boasts great and good Republican
president, and proceeds in column to
do up the offender. We would criticise
our contemporary if we knew how with
our own convictions on that subject to
go about it, but alas, we are too much
the same way of thinking. Webster,
Clay, Calhoun, ct al, were all as big
men In lesser day, but none Of them
were ever president. Blaine is as much
greater than they as is the country now
greater than it was then, but supposing
1T turns out to be impossible for this ideal
leader to take the field, what does the
propose to do about it?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05
The Coins of I.agland.

In the reign OF Edward / the pound in
tale OF silver coins was equal to the pound
in weight of standard silver. The pound
in tale was DIVIDED into twenty shiiings,
the shiihngs into twelve pence, and each
penny piece weighed "A heavyweight or
twenty-four grains Before the miDtage
of gold coins in England, the byzant, val
ued at ten shillings, was imported from
Constantinople and horsnces Of the same
valGe from Florence Edward III subse-
quenflv minted the noble, Edward " the
rial. Henry VII the double rial, James
the Laurel and Charles IL revived the old
laurel coin under the name Of the guinea
This guinea IN the reign Of Qaeen Anne,
originally issued as 9 twenty shilling piece,
rose IN value to thirty shlihngs, and vas
acroDatlc IN values til Sir Isaac Newton
secured authority ordering the guinea 70
10 Pass for tEenty-one shiIlings sterling
The present English sovereign was issued
in ISL, and weighed twenty tweury-nrst
parts of a guinea The present standard
Of fineness for silver coin Is eleven ounces,
or two heavyweight silver and eighteen
pernyweighr alloy.
Bronze coins were introduced n $50. re
placing the old copper coins nrst legzlIzed
by tae izt ct Charles II and afberwsrd
made Dy James II frcrn Odd guns, copper
vessels. pswTe, pots and 9 general Assem-
olage OF comparatively worthless metal
% q. Steel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05

Gong Snake district to Chief Maye's resi-
dence on Grand river Is not less than
eighty miles. Although an aged and
feeble woman of 80 years she made the
long journey afoot and alone. All in vain.
Her pleadings with the stern old chief
came to naught, and the heart-broken
mother was back at this place before the
hanging SO that she might be with her
doomed boys during their last hours on
earth. When she left her home Mrs Six
killer had on an old pair Of shoes, bat
when she arrived in Tahlequah her
feet were bare, torn and bleeding, and she
was in an utterly exhausted condition
caused by her grief, hunger aud fatigue.
She had waded creeks and climbed noun
tains until the shoes were completely worn
out. George and Fred Dunnawas were
the only children of Mrs. S:xkiller, and
she loved them as only a mother can. She
beseechingly plead for her children rs only
a mother can plead. She was with them
in their last hours. followed them TO the
fatal gallows and saw the rope placed
around their necks. As the ominious
black caps were being drawn over the
faces Of her boys, with anguish and sorrow
depicted in her face. she gave them last
look, screamed piteously and
sank PROSTATE to the ground. She was
tenderly removed from the horrible scene
by High Sheriff Gale Starr in pitiful and
insensible condition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05
ADVERTISED RELIGION.

Zone of the newest instruments for
propagating religious dogma" says Lon
don Truth. appears to be the wall
almanac. Some one has sent US the
Westbury-on-Seven Almanac, 1891 in
which the vicar of that parish, besides
dispensing various more or less useful
information, lays down the following
propositions:
eff you want Gods blessing upon
your marriage, you must avoid the Reg
istrars office. The clergyman is the
only proper person to perform marriages.
and the only proper place to be married
is in the church. 1t is wrong to forsake
the services of the ancient Church of
England for the new-fangled inventions
of the sects.
This is really an admirable imitation
of the trade almanacs, on which it seems
to be modelled. We would suggest to
this vicar that he should add to his next
edition:
No religion is genuine unless bear
ing our trade mark. Beware Of spurious
limitations"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05
THAT LABRADOR CATARACT.
ON Goldthwaite,s Biographies, Magazine.

From Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine.
There is fine chance for some enter
prising young man with taste for ad-
venture and geographical research to
make himself famous by settling the
question of those mysterious Grand
Falls of Labrador. Two men have
asserted that the Grand river tumbles
over the edge of the great plateau of
inner Labrador. and that in single leap
the foaming waters reach Mother Earth
1000 feet below the spot where they
dropped over the wall. The story is
stupendous, whether the falls are or not.
Geographers are inclined to be doubling
Thomases whenever these falls are men
toned, though we have never heard
anything against Messrs. Maclean and
Kennedy, who visited them entirely in
dependent of one another and told the
same wonderful story about them. Big
or little, here they are only 100 miles
up the Grand river, all ready for some
young American who is willing to in
vest a little money and do little
it in order to learn the truth
about them. Who will attempt it this
sumTrer2
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05

The Kansas City papers complain that
the merchants of that place do not pat
ronize the mud scows, alias steamboats,,
that the citizens had built last year and
put in the Missouri river for the express
purpose of forcing down railroad freight
rates. There is nothing surprising in the
actions of the merchants, latterly. They
are simply following long and well-es-
tablished business precedents and princi-
pies in patronizing the carriers that give
them the best and most satisfactory SER
vice. And the local papers criticisms
are dead give-away. Without the
boats it is very doubtful that the big APP
preparation for the improvement of the
Missouri river, which K. @. Will most
largely profit by, would ever have been
made
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05
Mr.. Blaine's Forbearance.

From the Boston Herald.
Whatever may be said of Dir. Blaine.
he does not resemble Clay and Webster
in crowding himself upon his party after
his defeat. When Clay had had his OPP
portunity as candidate for the presi-
dency, and lost it. though he was a
much older man than Mr.. Blaine, he
still hankered to try again, and was not
modest about saying SO. Mr. Webster,
too, was so chagrined because Gen. lay
Tor was nominated for president rather
than himself that he declared Gen. lay
Ior's nomination mot fit to be made, J"
and when Gen. Scott also defeated him
went home to work injury to his party.
Mr. Blaine could have had his party
nomination in 1888, and can probably
have it in 1892. There are different rea-
sons given for his declining it, but this
seems to us the fact In both cases.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05
Vaccination.

The tendency OF smallpox 10 reappear a.
an epidemic from time 10 time Is notice.
able even in countries where yaccinasio
prevails and IS somewhat thoroughly en-
forced
Are we, then, TO infer that vaccination Is
failure, as some persons coBtend' BY no
means; the carefully gathered facts OF al
lands prove the reverse. For instance. in
the great epidemic IN Sheffield. England,
vaccinated children were seen 70 be twenty
times as safe from an attack as the unyac-
cinated. and nearly five hundred times less
liable to fatal result Three things, how
ever, seem TO be established:
Some persons have susceptibility ia
smallpox which is not readily overcome,
either by vaccination or by previous at
tack of the disease A Sister of Charity,
who had been successfully vaccinaJed In
childhood, had severe attack of smallpox
at the age OF thirteen. Four years later
she was again successfully vacciuated, and
still again in adult age. Persons have beer
known 10 take the disease several times.
During an epidemic of smallpox the sus.
ceptibility TO it Is greatly increased. Per
sons who in ordinary circumstances might
be exposed 10 the disease with little risk
will often take it readily during its preva-
lence.
Vaccination, Is a general fact, loses its
protective power after few years, espe-
cially prior TO adult age In the Sheffield
epidemic it was found that the safety OF
the twice vaccinated was twelve times As
great as that OF those who had been vacci-
mated only once.
Every child should be vacciaated IN in
fancy, and again at the age. say. OF seven
1t is safer 10 repeat the operation again in
youth, If an epidemic is prevailing, but in
every case it should be repeated after adult
age Is reached.-Youth's Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05
JUDGE REAGAN A HOODOO.

New York Recorder Washington Letter
Senator Reagan, though he had served
barely one term in the senate. Will be
missed. He was one of the striking fig-
ures who was always pointed out to visit
ors. The ex-postmaster general and act
ing secretary of war of the Confederate
states, the companion of jeff Davis in
his last flight, sitting in the United States
senate, was one of the most interesting
sights to strangers, Mr. Reagan's per-
sonal peculiarities also attracted atten-
ton. He had habit of always occupy
ing somebody elses seat, This custom
he kept up to the very last. As soon as
he became legally entitled TO the seat of
Governor "Joe" Brown, Of Georgia.
which he had pre-empted for the best part
of the session during Senator Browns
absence through illness, he resigned. Ii
has been a superstition among senators
that Mr.. Reaean's occupying their seats
in their absence brought bad luck. When
Senator Eustis, OF Louisiana, went home
70 see about reelection he begged his
friends TO keep Reagan out of hIs vacant
seat Their efforts were in vain. Nr.
Reagan occupied the Louisiana orators
chair on several occasions, and Eustis
returned TO Washington beaten man.
Joe Blackburn and several others ara
alleged 20 have devised extraordinary
precautions TO prevent the eminent
Texan from sitting in their chairs during
their absence. but v henever Mr. Reagan.
IN his wanderings over the floor, saw an
opening he was apt 10 drop into II. He
has probably NOT occupied ms owfi
allotted seat fifty times in his five years
OF service.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05

1t is stated that an eastern party will
establish an extensive cotton mill at
some point in the west this year and
Kansas City is striving with its usual
enterpriseC9 to secure it. Wichita is a
far better place for such an enterprise,
for obvious reasons-it is nearer the
source of supply for the raw material by
225 miles, and likewise nearer a large
portion of the territory to be supplied
with the manufactured goods. The
saving in freights both ways would of
itself be sufficient to constitute a fair
profit on the business of the enterprise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-05

Frank was the pet dog of the men en-
ployed on the Toledo and Ohio Central
railroad. He died the other day. and his
friends gave him grand funeral at Blu
cyrus. His body was put in handsome
casket, an engine and car were draped ia
black, the casket was placed in the car,
and the train bore Franks remains 10 the
grave, while all the engine bells in the yard
were tolled. Frank was an ugly dog in APP
pearance. but happy in disposition, and he
had barked in n neighborly way and
wagged his tail socially among the train
men for years. He won their hearts. Some
men came fifty miles 10 attend the funeral.
and there were tears shed over Franks
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