Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-08
SORROWFUL CANADIANS.
The Death of sir John Mac
Donald.
High Water in Texas, The Bacca-
ras Scandal, Accidentally Shot,
Gibson Will not be Tried, The
Strike in London, State and For
eignNews, Etc.
SIR JOHN MACDONALD is DEAD.

SIR JOHN MACDONALD is DEAD.
OTTAWA, June Sir John A.
Macdonald is no more. The distin-
guished statesman who guided the
political destinies of Canada for
nearly half a century, passed peace
fully away at 1915 last night, sur
rounded by his entire household.
Lady Macdonald, who bore up
bravely during the fatal illness, is
now Frustrated with grief. Thou
sands of citizens are expressing deep
regret at the premier's demise. For
hours members of the household
had been watching at the bedside
to see life depart. lie had lost con-
sciousness thirty hours before, and
had taken no nourishment since,
save small quantities of champagne,
which were administered with diff
Guilty. For days he resisted the in
evitable by sheer force of his power
ulf will.
The funeral is likely to take place
on Tuesday next, and will be of
state character. On that day the
body will likely be removed to the
senate chamber and lie in state for
four or five hours. The interment
will subsequently take place at
Kingston, Ont, where the premier's
| first wife and father are buried.
HIGH WATER IN TEXAs.
ST. LOUIS, June s. Dispatches
from several points along the Red |
river in Texas indicate that the |
stream is rising rapidly. At Gaines
vile it is above high water mark |
All communication with Indian
Territory is cut off and it will be
some time before the damage can be
repaired. Messengers from Burling,
state that the river IS running wild |
in that section and the destruction of
property is very great. Some lives
are reported lost. d. T. Harris, a
stockman has lost five hundred
head of cattle and fifty-five Aorses
In the heavy rain at Chillicothe,
Texas, two employees of w. T. Lind
say and two strangers who camped
near the bridge at that place were
drowned.
THE BACCARAT TRIAL.
LONDON, June S.-When the trial
of the Baccarat case was resumed
today, Sir Charles Russell took up s
and completed his address for the a
defense. Solicitor General Sir Ed |
ward Clarke, the leading counsel for a
he plaintiff in opening his plea a
said it had been common talk that il
jhe Prince of Wales continual pres v
ence in court during the trial of this
suit had been for the purpose of re-
,training the tongues of the lawyers ,
from commenting upon the Prince
of Wales connection with it. Fac
ing the Prince of Wales, the Solic- +,
itor General remarked that the
counsel for the defendants had said
If the jury had found for the plain
tiff and disregarded the document
the latter had signed at Tranby
Court, the military authorities
would take the matter up and that :
Sir William Gordon Cummings
name would be stricken from the
army list. 81 wish to say in unmis-
takeble terms" exclaimed Sir Ed
ward Clarke "that it would be inn
possible for the authorities to do any y
such thing and leave on that list y
the name of field marshal Prince of ;
Wales" This bold statement seemed
to take away the breath
IF the audience and caused by far the
greatest sensation of the trial. The
Prince of Wales sat on bench to the
left of the Lord Chief Justice i'm. c
not muscle Of his face
twitching, Leaning his
head upon his arm and endeayoring
to appear totally unconcerned.
INDICTMENT QUAsHED.
CHICHAGo, June s-Judge Blod-
gett this morning quashed the e
United States indictment against t
Geo G. Gibson, secretary of the l