| Show liau placed on the effit bess uess stand THE PRINCE TESTIFIES that he acted as banker at the baccarat rambling some sensations LONDON juno 2 the second day of abo baccarat trial bean this morning with a repetition of the scenes of yesterday long before eleven the hour fixed for opening court all the i beata were filled many of those pres ent broucht lunches so they would not be compelled to lose any part of the proceedings by going out to eat 1 the plaintiff sir william gordon gumming resumed the witness stand and pressed by alie cress examination I 1 of plaintiff said he to k the lel proceedings bacasse the baccarat scandal had become a public matter of conversation and comment and because it had reached the clubs lo 10 which he belonged if he had not aiken action in the matter his clubs bould certainly have done so sir chas then read two letters from general williams adders sed dear bill and referred rel erred to complaints made athe plaintiff about the pledges given when ho signed the document agreeing never to play cards afcin in reply to the defendants counsels question sis william said he apolian to ool of scott guards in january last for to retire irom the army on half pay ue added that CoI replied that the fact that abe plaintiff bad signed a document of the nature of the one already described could not be over looked another letter iram general williams to Ci anming waa then read and placed in evidence it also addressed MT dear bill and its contents were that nothing was left for him the tiff butto place himself unreservedly in the hands of his officer colonel as lie had done the letter also contained clr following you are quite at liberty to tell colonel that you bignel the document under extreme pleasure and promise of the witness here said 1 I haye never for a moment cetel to deny the accusation cusa tion made against me later on sir william denied he said to berley levitt could you not say that you were mistaken A waa created at this point by sir oharles russell who af er hear ins this last denial from the plaintiff remarked gravely axing his eyes stead alv upon the witness box col sir william go don cumming you will bays to be careful A low murmur of comment passed over the people in the court aa sir charles jrussel uttered these words the plaintiff evidently noticed ihfe effect they had for almost imm mediately after the words his manner seemed to lose tonda ot its jaunty carelessness and lie acknowledged that he had said aonie thins of that sort to berkley levitt this caused another sensation and it seemed to be admitted by counsel tor defendants that he had scored his first real decided advantage the prince of wales was next cal ed to the witness box and gave his testimony in a clear voice and with unruffled brow in substance the prince said 1 I have known the plaintiff for twenty years and have been hia friend fir the past ten years he has visited my house several times our intimacy continued until last september 1 ob nothing suspicious in the plain tiff s play ai tranby craft I 1 was first informed of the reports current in regard to sir willbirn bv lord coventry chakires Char ires wern brought against sir wil liam he tha party at tranby croft tiie prince here sealed a document up put it in a package and sent it to hia secretary who was requested to p it in a safe place until sent for in connection with the present proceedings the inside the package the prince explained waa a statement of three gentlemen and two ladies mr and mrs lycett green mr and mr arthur wilson and mr berkley levitt the prince then said 1 I did not sec only five persona about the question until after sir will am bad an interview with me and denied the charge brought against him when I 1 heard the gentle mans story several days afterwards lord coventry and general williams had prepared a statement of whit bad taken place and handed it to me on cross examination by Ru asell the prince of wales was aaker do you recollect whether in addition to the three gentlemen mentioned you did not alao see lord edward somerset and kaptain Jap tain somerset at tranby croft tho prince replied 1 I beldere I 1 did to whom certain statements were anait by the other three gentlemen said sir charles the princea Prince 5 tre also informed of two ladies you did not know and at the time bee and who had alleged that they also had witnessed cheating 1 was not 1 reference to this statement continued sir charles could you charge v ir memory aa to whether any of ana three gentlemen said anything about a portion 0 the stakes and that sir william systematically placed larger stakes on the table than in answer to this question ana rance aid 1 I do not recollect any such statement made sir Charles next was the memorandum suggestion yours or was alio suggestion made by lord coventry 1 I wag greatly at the occur the interview with ence wan present at sir william in the presence of general Vl liams and lord coventry Cor entry I 1 think he sir william asked whether believed the statement made about him but I 1 dont recollect what I 1 replied reference tu the recollect any ds the next ducke of cambridge was question decidedly no replied the prince did you desire under the circumstances to act as leniently aa possible out of regard for kir william gordon ro met sir william since the baye yon asked sir croft at tranby occurrence occur ence t UE no answered the prince A nd have you intimated that meet bim s 1 I be more agreeable not ya do so BJ B J V it etsen r r cation by bribing in his place ind m a load voice and are the boryto understand you were on these two occasions of alleged mal practices the prince hesitated for a moment as if undecided as to whether he ought or ought not to reply fin ly b said with a half smile Itis easy for a banker when scaling carda not to see anything ei bially company with friends in eu did not for a moment suppose then that any one would olay unfairly the juror asked no what was your opinion at the time the charges were made against the plaint iuT to this the prince savagely replied the charges made ag ainah him were such that I 1 had not any other course boen to me than to believe them the princes baat answer caused another sensation followed by whispered comments the juror apparently had succeeded in bringing out and beyond any possible doubt the fact that the prince of evales in view of tha event which had been placed before him at tranby croft by ladies and gentlemen who played baccarat with sir william en september ath and ath was convinced guilt this murmur of astonishment edward clarke be must do everything possible to regain the ground which be seemed to haye lost by the plaintiff in the estimation of the jury said in addressing prince of wales 1 I take it that conr answer to the farat question put to 3 auby the juror was substantially that you had not been any malpractice during the games of baccarat played at tranby croft baat the prince assented to this and hig examination concluded he evidence in a hesitating manner and seemed very glad and exceedingly relieved when his examination wa avei liew LONDON june 2 robert T lincoln minister of the united states when questioned regarding the rumor that if noble united states secretary of the interior to resign and that he mr noble would possibly succeed mr lincoln who in turn might become the secretary 0 war said that this was the the first intimation he had received upon the subject minister lincoln added that he knew absolutely nothing about the matter CoB Mirite riM JACKSON miss june 2 tha unify confederate veterans hera ar out in full force to attend the convention today and the unveiling of the jefferson dayis to the convention waa called to order in the state house governor stone delivered an address of welcome which was responded to by genarah gordon the business of the convention was then proceeded with interest OB Eed aced washington june 2 the secretary of the treasury issued a circular thia afternoon notifying the holders of outstanding 4 per cent bonds that the existing rate of interest on these bonds will caaso after september lit next and that such bonds as are not redeemed on or before that date may oa extended for an indefinite period with ix terest at 1 per cent runs dignat pyne mairena Ma ibena drug store over system builder as everybody is using it for catarrh of the stomach dyspepsia and to enild up the system it certainly posses wonderful merit when all annak ao well atit arts LISBON NH june 2 A aw mill and other buildings belonging to pir young manufacturing company and a number of dwellings adjacent burned to day losa strikers in Scot lui GLASGOW june 2 A thousand men employed as drillars drillers dr illers by ship building firms on the clyde have struck work the strike is steadily spreading and threatens to paralyze operations in all ship yards along the river A thousand in perth are also out plague ia egypt CABIO june 2 A plague of lacuata threaten the 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