The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-10
NME. BLAVATSKY'S DEATH,
Europe Trying to CirCumYent the nc
Killey Law.
GENERAL NOTES OF FOREIGN GOSSIP,
tory Of Shocking DepraVity In HunCary-A
Tale Of Italian Romance and Ven
gcance- other News From Abroad.


scanco- other News From Abroad.
dunlap Special TO The Timesl
LONDON. MAY 9. The report that Madame
v'a,atskv died three weeks ago is untrue.
Shaded at 10 Avenue road Regents Park.
Friday afternoon at 225 o'clock. A re-
porter called 40 the madame's residence and
harmed The details of her sickness She was
conscious 90 the very last bat unable 10 speak
ON account of the acute inflammation of the
bronchial organs and finally choked TO death.
The following certificate Of death was signed
lv the attic nding physician This is TO GER
t.y that 1 attended Helena pretona Blayat-
ssv She died on the eight day of May of
chronic nephutis. lasting over three years in
aH She had had influenza twelve days and
.cute bronchitis for five days. I saw her on
fhe day Of her death.
ISicncdI T. MCNEIL, NJ. d."
Madame B,awtskv died in tho same chair
f. which she had done most of her writings
H.r expression after death was calm and
r.acil Her features wero composed and
looked most natural There were present IN
tEe room az the time of her death. Laura
Cooper Claude Wright secretary of Blavat-
s,r Iodceau William Old. general secretary
4 the British section of the Theosophical
Society.
LAST GAME or soLTTAIEE.
The night before she died she expressed a
desire 90 play Russian solitaire. When Mad
aue had gone through half of the game
She pressed her hands % her forehead, sank
back in her chair and said. My head Is not
clear enough tonight
The nurse who had attended Madame many
years was seen by reporter and said: Il am
confident the MADAME died IN full possession
~ her senses and was thinking actively until
a.. asst moment
Her life ended only with a labored breath
there was no struggle, no spasm, nothing but
s peaceful, quiet easy change from life 10
death.
TO BE cRENATED.
The body viii be taken TO Waking crema-
tory Monday next After being passed through
tae furnace brief address will be made by
one 81 the officers of the society. Her especial
request was that no mourning be worn and no
funeral features Her ashes Will be preserved
DIS ,he society in an elaborate urn, which IS
nov being made.
AN IMAIENsE WOMAN.
The Star newspaper saws that the late Nine.
E.aVa tskv. the IheOsOpmst and buddhist,
was woman of immense size. In her latter
wears she moved about very little, and was
thoroughly unconventional in her habits As
q cigarette smoker she could give points 10
The most nveterate dev0tee of that practice.
She w., amiable, kind and q true friend TO all
u distress, but was generally unpopular, new
ertleess.
CHICAGO INDUSTRY THREATENED.
Chag0's chief industry is threatened
Since the passage Of the Mckinley bill Europe
has been Cevsng ways 20 clrcumyent Its
provisions wherever possible. and substitute
its own products for Americas. In spite of
the fact that the countries are on friendly
terms. English talesmen are endeavOrng TO
form companies to carry on this rivalry, and
even leave American markets alone. The
latest scheme meuaees the pork industry of
Chicago An English company has just been
formed for the purpose of working Govern
meut -laugtter-hog,es and curing factories.
Gr,za 1oaf, Russia, expects 10 be able to
deliver bacon 20 ports in England ten
DAYS from the time the packages
leave the factory. The cost for
freight IS estimated at about siXtv-eight cents
per hundred 1t is expected the advantage OF
the experiment will be understood when 1T IS
recollected that under the conditions that OBJ
tam al present the length of time occupied IN
sending packages OF pork from Chicago TO
the cost offreight amouts to IS. I'd. per hun
dred
NO RASH UNDERTAKING.
The matter will not be rashlv undertaken.
II is expected that a weekly output OF two
thousand hogs can be reckoned on. This is
an exceedingly promising beginning. At first
80 may not interfere 10 any considerable eX-
tent with the pork packing trade of Chicago.
j. viii be felt, however, especially when the
difference in time and the cost OF transp0rta-
ton are calculated.
INFLUENZA ATTACKS PARLIAMENT.
The incursion of influenza into the ranks of
parliamentary representatives is such that 1t
revves the possibility Of a return 20 the for
utr condition of affairs which prevailed IN the
good old days IL used 10 DO the Gus
tom whenever an epidemic was raging for
Parliament 10 pass resolution dissolylng ITS
sitting lu the metropolis and cOnvenlng 10 IN
GONE city which was free from the scourge.
A question has arisen whethar or motif Will be
well % revive the old custom. and leaving |
London 10 take both houses bodily to Ok |
ford
ELGN MARBLES
The Elgin marbles are once more n burning |
question. as 10 has been proposed to return /
uem Oh Athens. Ever since they We're ac- |
CURED for the nation there have been people /
WHO have been loud III their regrets that they /
had been removed and have clamored for |
their return.
CLEVER DUKE.
Tile late Duke of Bedford has shown his
c.eyerness in his death. This has been ex-
emplhod by the way which he defeated the
legacy duty and disappointed the eXpecta-
q ls Of the Treasury. II he was aware what
vas going on now We could see him chuckhng
at the les ult of his accuteuess.
THE MAVERICK CASE.
Tho literature Of the Maybrick case has re-
oeiyed new instalment in the shape of
BTobdngnagian pamphlet Of 600 pages, writ
Ten hy Alexander MacDougall. 1T runs To
James Chandler Maybrck. aged eight years,
and Gladys Evelyn Maybrick, aged four
years, with the hope 1t viii enable them
when Old enough to understand the
.e9ld Of the facts connected with
t.e charge and trial of Florence Elizabeth
Aayhuck aged tweuty-seven that they may
Know that their mother was not proved guilty
q the murder Of their father A renewal Of
tle efforts which hay been made for the re-
lease OF Mrs. Maybr,c is based on the point
which is very clearly SGT forth in the pamphlet
iaa, Judge Matthews discredited the murder
by granting a communication OF her sentence.
The woman is now being punished for adul-