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Part I. HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE Pages 1 to 8. 'V ' E - K . . _ , _ . , | . . . . - - , - | _ - - - . . - . _ . : > ! : r- . - _ - - . - . - - - - . - . _ : - . . , , . . - . . ) , , , , j..l.l , , . , _ i----i - ' LI-l : , _ _ ; Ji _ : : _ _ _ -j.r ; * - ' T..i sr.- 1 .L-rz.--- - - - - _ i.- " - . : r"r rJ."T"L. , . _ LLLL TWENTY-fflHST YEAH. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOKNING , JUDY 19 , 189i-TWELVE PAGES ] NUMBER JU ll THE RISING TIN STAR , An Amcrloin Industrial Planet Starts the Mosabacks of Europe , AND FILLS SWANSEA WITH GLOOM. \ Waning Furnace Fires Abra.r.1 an Epo ! on Protection's ' Power. FEELING THE TIN PLATE PULSE. A Sorry Prospect for the Metal Monopolists of England. GLIMPSES OF SWANSEA VALLEY. IIH Cou-nrliiK IndiiHtrli'S and General WorlchiRincMi'H CharaOtorlHtlUH - - \VaK < % l ni l Homes Tlio I'oMtal Horvlco ii ml Salarlt'H. SwAN r.A , South Wales , July r > , 1801. fKditoiIal Corrosponderico. ] From Cralg-y- Nos lo Swansea , n distance of twenty-four miles by the Midland railway , the Swansea valley recalls the picturesque scenery nnd Industrial activity on the line of the Lohich Vallov railroad In Pennsylvania with its suc cession of mining towns nnd collories. The whole vnllcy Is honeycombed with com minus , and the begrimed coal diggers nro en countered at every station and cross road. In fact the population of the whole valley is chlelly made up of colliers , iron workers nnd tin pinto makers. Villages and towns rang ing from ! , f)00to ) 10,000 population , nro strung upon the hills nnd high ridges every llvo or six miles the whole length ol the vallov , and everywhere nro iron forges , foundries nnd smelting works , with glowing furnaces nnd smoking stacks. Swansea , next to Cardiff the largest city In Wales , has n population of over 100,000 nnd Is the chief center of the tin plato and coppnr smelting industry in , Wales , nnd ns n matter of fact of the whole world. Facing the sea , which washes the chalky cliffs that flank the entrance lo its harbor , Swansea occupies n commanding position on the plateau and high bluffs over looking the broadest part of the valley. Hun dreds of high stacks and Factory Cliinincys Ijooni Up In every direction , belching forth a volume of sulphurous smoke that constantly en velopes the town nnd tends to make the dingy and dreary stroats look moro nnciont thnn they really are. The streets are narrow nnd crooked and with few exceptions the buildings have n rather time-worn , dilapida ted appearance. The roadways tire nil mncndnmi/.od nnd the only mode of conveyance , beside hncknoy coaches , is n single track street railroad or tram way extending the longtti of the town , nboub llvn mlles , and running one double decker carovory half hour. The principal public bulldln' , ' , the Swansea postoflleo , occupies what is loft of An Old Norman Castle built In the fifteenth century nnd still called "The Castlo. " An nfnelnl letter with which T hnd boon furnished by the ns- ulstant postmaster general at London , who has charge of the postal telegraphs , secured for mo admission Into the Interior recesses of this castle , nnd n thorough Inspection of the warnings of the postal and telegraph dopirt- yionts. While I reserve comment on the pos tal telegraph , to which I intend to devote a special letter after concluding my investiga tions at Birmingham and Manchester , I will briefly review the Postal of a town that has from 5,00 , ) to 10,000 less population than Omaha and does less than ono-third of Iho business Irnnsnctod in the Omaha postolllce. Postmusler Oakdcn , a KonlliMiian well advanced In years , who has held the ofllco nearly a quarter of n rentury , escorted mo personally through each depart ment oxplnlnlng their respective operations. In the public ofllco on Iho ground lloorstnmps nnd money orders nro sold nnd letters de posited for mailing. On this floor the post master , who receives n salary of JClVX ) or J'lrO ) per annumhas his private office plainly furnished out commodious. Mail distribu tion is on the second floor to which mall Is sent and from \\hlch It Is lowered by a hy draulic elevator. Fifty lotlor carriers nro oaiploved and thirty-two clerks handle and distribute the mails. Carrier dullvorv extends ono nnd ono-hnlf miles from the poslofllco. Sub ofllccs nro located In every direction for forty miles to which mntl is hauled by post wagon or mil nnd these local ofticos deliver letters In their respective neighborhoods by carrier. In other words the I'ron farrier Delivery system here , as In all parts of Englnnd , ex tends toovory village nnd farm houso. Fifty , six of these branch ofllcos report to Swansea. In Swansea four deliveries nro made dally nnd one on Sunday. No letter carrier Is allowed to sort letters. This work is done by ocial clerks. Curriers begin delivery nt I ) n. m. Sorters nro on hand nt f > n , m. An extra force 1s employed for Sunday delivery and distribution. Car riers receive from IS to .i'J shillings n week. A tier a service of moro Hum ihrco years their pay Is ralseogiadually \ up to 'J. > shill ings weekly. Curriers gut Christmas boxes , which Increase their Income on nn uvarago by ( to 5 shillings u week , but carriers are forbidden asking moro than once n year for presents from patrons , Computing their pay ns f win'J'J to 33 shillings weekly. I hey cot from $ . ' ! > to $ : ! , - . n Month. Postoflleo porters got the same pay ns car riers nnd are allowed t ! shillings (50 ( cents ) a wi ok In lieu of Christmas boxes. Thu pay -of clerks ranges from JJ.'i to fs- ) per month. Hut they hold their places through yooS be havior and gut n small pension when they retire - tire by reason of old ngu or disability In curred In service. Swansea's population is chiolly made up of working men employed in fcundrlos , smeltIng - Ing works nnd factories. The docks and ship chnnilU'M also give employment to large ntimtiert of workmen. Lar u ships ply between Swansea and nil parts of the navigable world. The hulk of nil the ores reduced hero comes from Australia and Africa , but the waterways ( sea and canal ) have boon largely supplanted by the rail roads in hauling coal from Interior points. Notwithstanding the vast deposit of coal in Swansea valley , almost within gunshot of this town , the price of coal ix comparatively high. The whotoinl'i ' prli-a of slack soft coal l 10 shillings tfj.50) per tan , and anthracite from ? l to f5 per ton , WorkliiKineu pay ' , ' 5 to IX ) ccnti pur hundred pouud * for auihra- cite of quality Inferior to our Pennsylvania coal. The smelting works and Tin Plait ; I'nolorli H of Swansea nro not ncecsslblo to outsiders. By the courtesy nnd assistance of Mr. Charles Peel , nephew of Sir Uooert Peel , whoso hospitality I enjoyed at his beautiful homo near Vstallfora yes- tcrday , I wns enabled to procure sotno Interesting facts nnd permitted to view a portion of the largo-it smelters. Mr. Pool himself U part owner of several ox tcnslvo stool rolling mill * and tin plate factories. The works of Vlvinn & Co , established by Sir Ihuscy Vivian , nro by all odds the most cxtenslvo mineral era reduction works In Swansea. In fact , ttioy are the largest smelting and running works In the world. The Vivian reduction works are divided Into three sop.irato plants. One for spelter , ono for cobalt and nickel and ono for copper and silver. These plants run night and day and Umploy Over : { , ( ) ( ) O WorkniPii. Mr. Ncttcl , the nvinager , Is vorv well in formed about the American mininir indus tries and tlio American smelting works. Al most the llrst question ho asked mo wns how Ihe how Peck refining process for Which so much wns claimed was working at the Oma ha and Grant works. Mr. Ncttel has croat faith In the South Dakola tin mines rnd ex pressed the opinion that tnoy would become formidable competitors to Swansea tin pinto men at no distant day. "Swansea tin plate men have only them selves to blame for the protective check to their Industry bv the MoICinloy tariff , " said Mr. Nettel. "Swansea had every advantage , cheap labor and cheap housing of workmen , but the tin makers Ir.wo allowed themselves to bo Ilankod. The dingor la not so much In the high tariff but , a very low tariff , or aboli tion of the duty on tin which is bound to come when American tin plate factories are extensive enough to enter the Held ns competitors titers in foreign countries. " Mr. Peel himself Takes a Itathcr Oloomy View of the outlook for Swansea iron and tin WOIMS. Ono steel works , Pool & Co.'s , turn out ns hl.-h ns IS- , 000 tons of bars to be rolled inlo tin plate n month. All the tin pinto factories have agreed to shut down next week and remain close I for ono month nnd some may remain closed for thu season. Very heavy ship ments have recently boon undo to America In anticipation of the higher duty on tinplate plato which goes into effect Julv I. "But I fear. " said Mr. Peel , "wo will have depression in our industries as long a ? the high tariff remains. If wo shut down our tinplate - plato factories there ls no demand for out- iron and tin products. " Every prominent man In Swansea whom I met appeared anxious to know the extent and prospective dimensions of the American plato and tin industries. "Wo will have to patronize Australia for corn , beef and other farm products , " OK- claimed a mill man , "if Americans are going to lorcn us to i > ay thu tin duty on canned nr- ticlos. " "Wages Paid. I talked with quite a number of working men nt the smelters nnd mills nnd made such inspection of their dwellings ns was possible in n few hours. Common laborers nt Swan sea mills and factories receive from 3 shil lings to zyt shillings (75 ( to 87 } < cents ) n day. Moulders and founders ! ! ( ) shillings to : i"i shil lings ( $7.50 lo SS.l.'iWO per week. Tin makers 10 ( $ r > 0) ) to 11 ( $ . " > ) per month. Moulders and foundry men work nine hours a day. The Vivian & Co. smelting works divide their day into three shifts of eight hours each. Boys get from 8 to 9 snlllincs ( SJ to $ . ' .9. . ) par week , nnd women In the tin-plate factories earn 12 to 13 shillings ( $1.25 to fl. , " > 0) ) per week , and board themselves of course. There are I.TO women employed In ono tin factory that I visited , and so far as I could judge from their nppenranco nnd dross , they will compare favorably with average factory hands In America. Workingmen in factories , mills and smelters have 5 pence (10 ( cents ) deducted from their wages every week , ! l pence for medical attendance , which includes their families , nnd - pence for schooling. The Colllii 'I In-own In. "They nlso throw in the coffin if any of us dies , " romnrkod one worklngman grimly , "and thu coffins nro homo-m.ido In the fac tory. " "Ono week's wigos Is always held back for workingmen in smelters while they are em ployed. When they quit or nro discharged It Is paid them. " How Ilioy lilvc. Workingmen In Swansea and the colliers at Iho coal mines llvo in blocks of tonomerits , built of stone , which can bo quarried every where In this region. These tenements are owned by the company nnd workmen pay from 2 } , ; shillings ( tMi cents ) to ! ! shillings (7.T ( cents ) rent per week. These houses nro usunllv twostories high with n frontage of about sixteen foot and depth of twenty-four to thirty-nine foot. The front room on the ground floor servos as n kitchen and dining room , and is usually paved with stone slabs or brick. The roir room is a pantry - try , collar and store room for vegetables , coal , etc. Ono or two chambers above floored with pine boards , r.ro used as bed rooms. The rooms although tidy and clean nro sparsely furnished , Iho lloors bare of cur- pet or even a piece of matting. The furni ture , what Ihcro is of It , Is usually respect able. Some of the working people , the most thrifty doubtless , manage to have a display of llowor'ng ' plants In the windows and ex hibit their tnsto in a few chrotnos on the wnll and ornamental window curtains. In talking with the women I was assured that they were Kor the Most Part Content. "My boy , soventjen year * old , " said one , 'works In the mill and ho earns 13 shillings ( $ ; )2 ) : > ) a week. " "What do you pay for monti" "We get lamb chops Jor 1 shilling (25 ( cents ) n pound. Mutton ' Is cheaper In Kng- land nnd Wales than'hoof or other moats , " ' 'Do ' you have moat every day 1" "Not every day , but quite often. " Board nnd lodging for worklngmen , such as It is , can bo hud for from S2..TO to f I a week. The Mlghtmuro of Swansea workmen Just now Is the Impending lockout. H it con tinues very long they will bo reduced to ter rible strnighls. The boit p.iid laborer In South Wales 1 learned Is the collier. ThO scale is by the ton and mill owners say that coal minors nro earning a 100 per cent moro now than they did ton year * ago. How much the highly paid collier earns I nm not yet informed. is. UO UWITKK. n'K.l 7 lir.tf FOKIH'.tST. ForOmnhn nnd vicinity--Fnlr : warmer. W\Miixi.roN. July IS. Forecast till 8 p. in. Sunday : For North and South uakota Fair ; slightly warmer south winds. For Iowa and Nebraska Fair ; slightly warmer Sunday night ; variable winds , De- coming bouth. For Missouri and Kansas Fair Sunday ; wanner Sunday uiehtj variable winds. For Colorado-Fnlr Sunday ; stationary temperature , slightly cooler ut Mont rose : south winds. SirOATIOX IN THE HOUSE , Leaders of That Body Engaged E'sawhoro at Present. COMPARISON OF LEGISLATIVE METHODS , Advantages Claimed for tlic K Sj-Htciu Over Tlmt of tlio Amer ican Itcptilillc Tlii-co Great Man. tC pirfoitSSI ? by Jam' * Gnntim Bemif'M ' Lfisnov , July IS. [ Now York Herald Cable Sneclal to TUB Uii.J--Tho : house of commons Is Just now bereft of three of its leading men , Gladstone , Smith and Morloy. Fortunately the business In hand is of n routine character or these gaps would bo severely felt. The speaker of the house of representa tives of the Uniled States , who paid us n visit Friday , only had an opportunity of seeing - ing us engaged In committee work which , In the United States is done quite differently by committees. Mr. Heed looked on with Interest and had the pleasure of lis tening to some of our most colossal bores who have n cle.ir field before them when money votes are on. Hitherto Palt has re fused to delegate the responsibility of do-iling with the public money to any smaller body than a com mittee of the whole house , but n feeling is growing up In favor of the United States system. Mr. Kcld had some conversation on this subject witti Sir William Hnrcourt and several other members during his visit. I think that ho does not look with disfavor on the English method of dealing with finan cial affairs. It keeps the control over the public purse in the hands of the house itself instead of elevating a few of its members into great importance and removing many questions of interest to the taxpayer from the arena of open discussion. Mr. Hold was introduced by n thorough going radical , Philip Stanhope , brother of the secretary of war. who is an extreme tory. Philip is in favor of abolishing most of the existing insti tutions. Edward , the secretary , having a high ofllco and . { 'f > ,000 a ycaf1 , nat urally desires to maintain things as they nro. Neither will see his desires fully real ized. Tlirco Gro'it Kn < ; lislimcn. It's to bo regretted that Held couldn't have have seen and heard Gladstone , who still ra- mnins our greatest parliamentarian , but ho Is Invalided nt Lowostoft , and Mot-lay is at Cromer , and our own beloved Smith is con fined to his houso. The most dis tinguished news vendor of this or mo ot her ago Is ill of these two things govern ment and overwork. Of course ho is im. monsely rich and need not w'orlc any longer , but , wo all know that duty is Smith's first ana last consideration. The last time I saw him was on the day the German emperor wont to the city. Ho was dressed In a cocked hat and n brilliant uniform of blue gold but. ho seemed scarcely able to stand up and-last Sunday at Hatliold broke him down , for , In my opinion , ho will not bo seen In the bouso of commons again. Wo shall have Balfour in his phico next session , nobody standing in his way. Lord Handolph Cnurchlll , once blocked his path , but ho has flung nway the last rags of his reputation by his most indiscreet Journey to south Africa. Ho has gone tnero practically in the employment of a financial syndicate which will use him and his reports for speculative purposes. How can a man over oo a great minister of the crown who has farmed himself - , self out to the stock exchangei More over , ho has sent back letters to the Graphic , which have cither been the wonder or ridicule of nil London. People wocdor what can be the matter with him and thov can go on wondering , but meanwhile ho is fading out of the horizon. IluH'oiir Gaining In Popularity. Bulfour has gained all that ho has lost. Politicians with bad tempers and feeble Judgements might profitably study the career of Randolph Churchill. Lord Salisbury is of course rejoiced at the turn affairs hive taken for Churchill was a thorn In his side. The prime minister could never bo sure of receiv ing common civility from his former subordi nate. Even nt the cabinet councils there was often a scone. Now that the marqub has everything his own way some people may complain that he is trying to minister to the family party hut Ualfour has proven his fitness for high ofllco. Ho has shown that ho Is n man who can bo trusted. Who can say that of his former leader and rival ) The tools go to the man who knows how to use them. Even the Irish party have gottton over their bitterness toward Balfour. They recognize in him a stout but not malignant foo. la the course of next week they will give htm a good roasting over Irish money votes. Tim Ilca- ley and Sexton will keep him lively. I believe there will bo n great row over the continued Imprisonment of O'Brien and Dillon. The coercion act having been suf fered to lapse , why not release the chief men who wore deprived of their liberty under Hi Balfour will bo subjected to a hot tire on that point. In ono of those two prisoners , the Irish party look to find their future leader , Justin McCarthy having quite ' given up. Ills health and Inclina tion alike forbid a longer hold upon n position bo never coveted. I have not scon him in the house for weeks past. Soxtor. has been keeping the boys together. Dillon's health Is also far from strong , and the leadership would soon break him down. Thus the conservatives , GlndUonlans and Irishmen nro all In want of a leader. MiMIIIH : : ot1 PAHMAMIJST. F.tllt CO.1I.IIISftlOX ATOllli \ , iK All Kiu-opo with Literature Advcrilhliiv tlio lSliow. \ \ . | O > jij/M/h / | / ( HOI I'tJnmc ' ( jiHilini lltnnttt. ] LONDON , July is.- ( New York Herald Cable Special to Tun HBB.J London Is full of American commissioners who nro preparing to launch themselves upon Europe , Two sets of world's fair commissioners have arrived , mid nro ready to beat the big drum for their glorious country , which Invites other nations to show their products and at the saino time passes laws to keep products out. Tons of literature nro on hand and statistical statements will drllt over the continent like autumn leaves. The rattle of Mosqs P. Handy's.typewriter keeps time to the rolling sentences of Gen eral Uuttorworth. The world's ' fair In Europe has been all wind so far. Today the Lord Mayor of London invited the com mission to lunch next week at the Mansion houso. Attoincy General Webitcr has Invited them to dlno at the house of commons. Sir George Hayton Chubb also 1 nvltod them to dlno. Handy told me today that the commission would stay bore nearly two weeks and then follow a IlxoJ routa on the continent. Ho had hundreds of proposi tions in his handbag from exhibitor * to bo investigated by the coVnmlsslon , but the mnln work would bo to deal with foreign ofllclnls ntid the American-consul. The great manlier of Invitations to dinner are frighten ing the commlssloncrs.i Salsbury has proposed to establish n wild west In the exhibition 'grounds nt Chicago with groups of cvcry'juoorlglnnl trlho In America. Snlsbury hns thkou In over four million dollars In Europe and longs to rustle more American greenbacks. Mrs. Potter Palmer , liavltig completed her preliminary ivortt among the women of Kuropo In behalf of the world's fair , sailed for America from Liverpool today. She told me enormous Interest lias boon aroused In European society circle * . The slstor to the wife of Minister Grant nt Vienna , is helping got up n boom. ' The most significant group of commission ers hero are those senl over to Investigate the Immigration to America. Tno commis sioners met for the first tlmo In London yes terday on the arrival 'of Colonel Webber , chairman of the commission. In Wales the cojn.mlsilonors found ono thousand tin pinto ( workers preparing to go to America. They regard the situation as serious , and say the contract labor law must bn rigidly enforced. Commissioner Stiults investigated the sending of pauper chil dren from Liverpool to'Canada. ' Those nro waifs that tind their way Into the poor houses of the United States. Ho saw seventy such children togethermid * learned that 2.10 had Just been shipped. iHo , also visited Dr. Barnard's asylum In London , whore there nro : i,000 waifs already. The commissioners have found the strings of n drag net that gathering weak , vicious , and unworthy per sons on American' ! soil. Chairman Webber said ho bclloved the work of the commissioTJ would result in strong legislation. There was no use in trying to send back' Immigrants from our shores. Wo must dQvlso n system to shut off bad Immigration atisburcos abroad. Con sular inspection mght'po ! the remedy , but there must bo consularffces connected with the remedy. | * j Webber is going to , liussla. Ho is under the impression that the ? Jews are oppressed and ought to bo welcomed to America Ho is apparently Jgnoranto * { the present outcry In London over the .first experiences with Kussian Jews and the'efforts to ship them to " America. i In this connection I learned that the British government has placed n Buddcn chock on immigration from the | YprttshIro plush man ufacturing district to Brazil , owing to the fearful accounts of suffcrtngrnmong English men and women In Santos t Parahubua , UIo and elsewhere. This Immigration was caused by the stoppage of Yorkshire looms by ths McKlnley bill. Morclfauts are sending some of the despairing Brltbns to-somo other re mote districts. | Byron Heed , motnbnj of parliament , is as sisting the unfortunates. , It is now certain that George Parker com mitted suicide. Mrs.'Hamilton told mo today that Parker wrote toTipr ovcry day to Paris , urging her lo come tixLondon. ? In his lust loiter ho said that < f If'"she did not come ho would kill htna&lh Mrs. Ham ilton did not HUe * Whitman , Par ker's ' friend , nndj oeviyed coming to London. The rovolvtii' vhh , which Parker killed himself 'wn ' ; 3 rJ.nt from her. When she saw the dody'sho'wiuiiK'horhaVds and cried , "Oh , why did I come. " Ihen sobbed , "Oh , why did I not como. " All suspicions of foul play have been exploded. Isolation , drink and the tardiness of bis mistress drove the released prisoner to death. His llashy pals have kept nwuy from the morgue. Mrs. Hamilton Is in despair and docs not know what to do. Now that the emperor has gene London concert halls nro ringing'with songs bur lesquing the Germans , A lovely story about the emperor's visit has jutf leaked out. Miss Marge Tennant , a famous London horse woman , made a bet last week with a society man of $250 that she would dance that night at the stnto ball. It caused n sensalion among Iho society people who heard of it , as nobody dreamed that it jvas possible even for such a beautiful and daring young woman to dance with . ' the emperor. The next morning , bright mid early. Miss Ton- nnnt was riding up HOtt'on Row in Hyde p.u-k nt n furious rnto. It was n glorious sight. She met the emperor and his full staff , on horseback also. Two officers who knew her Joined the beautiful horsewoman , and she turned and followed the omporpr. Suddenly Miss Tenunnt's horse grow Trantlo. No ono but horselJ know of the sword blade spur se cretly driving the nnlmal lo madness. Wltn n mighty loan In the air the horse rushed towards the .emporor and came within n few Inches of knock ing him out of the -saddle. Miss Tonnant rode like n goddess , then turned to the emperor , muttered npologles and blushed. The young monarch poured out compliments and rode by her sldo for some tlmo , then raised his lint , bade her good-byo and said ho hoped ho would see her at the uall that night. Victory seemed secure. The pontlo- man who made the bet offered to com promise for ono-half. Miss Tonnant was so confident , however , that she refused. When night came she attended the ball and so did the emperor , but ho never even loonod nt her. A newly made grave at Chester contains the body of William Nortls Thatcher , aged twenty-one , son of the Into Judge of the supreme court of Colorado. After nn illness of flvo " "days ho died at Chester Tuesday nightft'ora the effects of tin operation. Every effort 'w'as made to save his life. Three physicians' nnd two nurses were in allcndanco. Negotiations are In progress with LoloFul ler for the appearance 'of that fair young actress nt the Park Mhoator , Now York , In her new 'ploy , "Xephyrs. " She is to bo bupported on the stngo by Miss Miguel , n strikingly beautiful young Texas sodloty girl , who is said to bo n granddaughtbr of the emperor of Brazil , the overthrown DoJa Pedro. She Is ono of London's sonsatlonq Just now. The number of Americans In the metropolis seems larger than ever , although the rush homo has begun. Mr. 'and ' Mrs. John A. Logan , Jr. , sailed on Wednesday with u party which has been making 'tho ' trip through England. They shipped n dozen pure bred haeknoya which Mr , Logan purchased fora ranch out west. The same day saw the ship ment of n number of ; hackneys collectoJ for Seward Webb , among them several prize winners. So many blooded animals are going to America that It looks as If the New York horse show of Ibfll would exceed that of IS'.H ) . Mr. and MI . Bradley Martin leave In n few days for Baluncan. They will entertain many visitors there. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lo Grand Cannon arc lo stay In London utffowdayj , then go to the continent nnd return to America in October , A large number of Americans will be pres ent at thu marriage of Miss Faber Loith to Captain Charles Drown on Wednesday and several royalties will attend. The presents are superb. Therolsaeood _ _ _ denljf ) uilk In the clubs [ CO.NT1.NUEU UK SttTII 1'AOE.J GREAT FETE WEEK IN7 PAWS , Decorations Better Than Ever , Though the Keviow was Not , AMERICAN BUNCO STEERERS ABROAD , Myntcrloim Dentil of n Hcniitifiil YUIIHK Imtly Itcpnrtctl to Ilo tlio Work of Jack tlio Kipper. \TnpyrlaM \ J81byJitmri / OimMn lt'iinrtt.1 1'Aitis , July 18. | New York. Herald Cnblo Special to Tun Bui.l : The line weather was a foaltiro of our great fete week. Some where about thirty thousand country pcopio came to Paris to participate In the nation'1 rejoicing on the fourteenth. They picnicked nil over town , took possession of every public sent nnd camped there. The dcoorntions were betlor thnn over though the review was not so good as last year nnd there wore fewer men present. A feature of the decoration was the enormous number of star spangled flags. Now Paris Is almost deserted , and were It not for the inllux of American visitors trades pcopio would have n hard time. lUinuo Stocrci'n at Work. Many bunco stcerers found their way ovnr hero during the present week. Two Ameri cans suffered severely at their hands. The llrst was Charles Drostuch , nn American lawyer who mot a fellow citizen on the Boulevard 'and the latter asked him for n light. The pair got into n conversation nnd walked" down the avenue together to the Ho'ol Die Louvre , whore they had the drinks. There they were joined by another American with n pro nounced Irish accent who Introduced him self. The throe returned to the boulevard and ordered dinner at a private room at the Malson Dora , n well-known restaurant. When the chitinpasfno began to flow the Irish-American stated that ho had just inherited Irotn nn uncle in Now York n collosal fortune , nmounllng from $30,000,001) ) to MO.OOO.OOO. Ho only needed money sufficient to cnnblo him to cross Iho Atlantic. Mr. Uresbnch promptly took out his purse and offered to pay Iho passage. Tno warm-hearted Irishman re fused the offer , but ho was so touched by it that he throw his arms aound his dear friend's neck and embraced him heartily. Whet ) ho left n few minutes Inter , Drcsbach was minus his pocketbook which had contained five $100 bills , number A 'JlbSS , two $20 bills and twenty-live sovereigns , English money. The same evening an American resident here , Thomas Burnside , after leaving his friends at a restaurant , noticed n gang of four men following him. When ho reached the Hue do Provence ono of them juinpo.1 on his back while the others kicked him violently lently on the shin. Burnside is a burly man full of courage , nnd ho resisted but was fin ally knocked senseless by the united blows of his antagonists , who robbed him of 1,700 francs nnd loft him covered with wounds from their cowardly nttnelcs. > . - Boiilniigor Still Denying. General Boulangor from his' retreat at Bruxolles seems anxious to keep himself before - fore the public. Nothing seems too small for him to do. Last week ho was denying the authorship of the book attributed to him. This week he writes a fulsome letter to the papers concerning tho' report that ho had sold the famous black charger , named Tunis , which animal was quitenn equine in the celebrity days of Boulanger's glories. The bravo general writes about the horse in the following strain : ' I have never loft him nnd ho will never quit me , If you ever pay n visit to Brussels you will find the noble animal In the box In as good condition as ho was llvo years ago and like his master , awaiting the day which is perhaps nearer than is generally imagined. " But the funny part of Iho story is that some one , pretending to bo Boulangor , has sold a blpqk charger nt a fancy price to a certain gentleman named DJgois under Iho impres sion lhat ho was buying the famous Tunis , The Champs do Mars salon closed its doors a couple of days ago. DanKors of a Strike. Strikes continue to occur dally , If the lead ers of the railway men get the upporhand now , Paris would be In n siege , for they ask no loss thnn a general strike on all roads. So all Paris await anxiously to know the out come of the trouble. Great excitement occurred Thursday when ( i report got around town that another woman hud been murdered by Jack the Kipper. The corpse was found In n trench In the White Chapel district. A crowd of several thousand people gathered rapidly nnd snw the corpse of n pretty young woman , whoso wrists and ankles wore broken , but there wore no mutilation" . She had been drinking and fallen off the top of a building nnd thus killed or was thrown over. Tno Dnnton stnluo has been duly erected on 'bo Boulevard St. Germ tin. It Is n very btrong presentation of the revolutionary 'loader which fig ured lu this year's salon , showing him , with his powerful head ihrown back and light arm extended as with ardent gas- lure ho bids defiance lo all Invaders. On Iho podoslalis written these words , "Dol'Andnco Encore do 1'Andaco et tourjours do 1'nn- dace. " The second statue thai Victor Nolr unveiled , Wpdnesdny was at the Pern la Chaho cemetery. At the close of Iho ceremony - mony n disturbance arose owing to some al lusion made lo Iho Fourmlso riots. An itlinr Itnlloon LOONO. Yet another balloon has broke loose , this tlmo nt lieu Balx. When the cable broke the balloon shot up and was soon loit In the clouds. Several amateurs who wore In It finally managed to loosen the valve and after a somewhat uncertain adventurous descent , carrying nway Iho chimney of a house , came lo the earth near AIx le Balnes. The season Is full of social events. A few evenings ago thorn was u charming lutlo dance In the hall room of the Casino In which there was quite a family party. Some of our well-known dancers from Now York and Boston guvo the visitors n treat. Many were the compliments these fair ladles received as they , with their partners , waltzed gracefully round ami round the room. What a treat It Is to sco good wait/Ing. Among the waltzers wore : Mrs. T. Burn- ham , Miss Brown , Miis Churchill , Miss Havemeyor , Miss Hoyl , Messrs. Dlokcrson , Burnham , iiroivn nnd Altonas. At Wiesbaden , the American lady , Mrs. O'Neill , who in May last tried to shoot her husband , General O'Neill , from whom Mio was separated , and tired three shots point blank at him , has been sentenced nt Assizes to four months' Imprisonment , although It was announced In court that the couple had made up their differences , I saw Count Muustor , the Gorman nm- bassador this morning in reference to Iho absurd Blowitz lutcrviow that has been goiu ? the rounds In Am " Mi papers. Ho author ized mo to sny tli ? was novcr for n mo ment credited In Gt ? ly. Germany's Sovorov Tlrod of Con tinued I'rcpari \s for War. [ Capi/rloM Ifil bu J < un\ \ - < f < m ffrmi'tt. ! Puu . Julv is , [ Nowk Herald Cable Special to Tn K Bun. ) \ 'Mgaro has been dlstliigulsnlm. llself this by n brilliant series of ink sketches froir. ndon , written by M. Jacques St. Cero , of the German em peror. \ \ o have had the emperor on horso- bacic , Iho emperor In conventional and Lou- don dress , at garden parties , the emperor In imperial state nt Guild hall , the emperor as n country gentleman , oto. , all written with photographic trnstfullnoss and brightened with n detail of line and color reproducing In word painting very much \\hat Molssloner nchiovedlth the brush , nnd bringing to the mind's eye .what Napolenn was. Today , Figaro completes a series with the loading article signed X. Y. / . , and prefaced with tlio following words : "Mons communique los notes suivnntes quo no pnurront pas etro dcmentles , " and for the first time revealing thu trim significance of Emperor William's visit , to England. During the llrst eight days , says the writer there was not n question whnl over of politics , but on Monday mori-lng nt HiUllcld nil was chanced. Early in Iho dny Iho emperor took n long ride with Sir Ed- dard Millet , the British ambassador at Her- lin. At S o'clock ho entered the cabinet with Lord Salisbury and remained there until 11:15. : An nnlmnted conversation followed on the verandah nnd the guests nt Hntflold noticed the emperor talking eagerly and irestioulatlng with great vivacity , while Lord Salisbury bent forward his head In nn attitude usually assumed by him when preoccupied by earnest conversation. It is now certain that the emperor and the states man were talking about European disarma ment and that William II. pronounced the following . ontenco : "Germany cannot go on forever arming , arming , arming. " To Ihis Lord Salisbury replied : "It Is only a power ful ruler like your majesty that Is able to set the example in such n situation. " It seems that the emperor understood what was intended ami renounced the original plan , urging England to propose a general disarmament. In fact , England has declined to make such a proposal , Lord Salisbury feel ing certain of tls rejection if made by him. In order to accentuate this , Salisbury had it repeated on several occasions during the week. The British government , although thoroughly in accord with the policy of peace , followed by nn nlliancoof all powers , intends to remain on most friendly terms with all powers. Lord Salisbury also took the greatest pains that M. Waddlngton , the French otnbn-isador , should be at llntflold during the emperor's ' visit. M. U'addlngton on July 10 had very courteously but categori cally declined an invitation , but Lord Sails bury insisted and cnusod such representntioiif ; to bo mndu in Paris that it. was not until Sunday that the matter was finally hottlod. The emperor was only separated at the table from M. Wuddlngton by Lady Salisbury , who was very reserved towards him and onlv spoke to him twice. Lady Salisbury , to compensate for the frigid attitude of Iho em peror , was particularly cordiol to Wadding- ton. The emperor was made to realize that , England could never enter Into any foreign engagements without the consent of the house of commons nnd his majesty re marked to an intimate friend of his youth Hint the English policy nnd diplomacy wns too slippery for him to rest upon it with any assurance of linn support. in A u i ri > ins TOXKH. .Marriage of tlio Mar < | in'H to tlio Hon orable Jiiliii. LONIIOX. July IS. The prince and princess of Wa'es and their daughters , and Mrs. Arthur Wilson nnd n host of fashionable people , were present tndny nt the wedding of lion. Julia Stonoy to the Margins Do Haul- poul , which took place in St. James Catholic church. After the wedding ceremony the Marquis and Marqulso De Hautpoul left this city for Sandringhain , which has been pHced at their disposal by the prince of Wales. The season at the royal Italian opera ends on July 27. The "Light of Asia" will bo produced on Monday next. The libretto fol lows Sir Kdwin Arnold's poem fairly well The opera will bo gorgeously mounted. The sntno day will witness the production of Charles Stnnford's ' -Battle of the Baltic. " Dispntchrs received from Bayreuth nn- nounco Hint , the Wagnerian festival which is to commence there tomorrow is already an assured and decided success. Bayreulh Is overflowing with visitors , fully half of them being Americans Fran Wagner , besides having encaged with such pcopio asMatorna , Van Dyke nnd others , his selected a number of young artists , with whom she has been working unceasingly for months past. Naturally thwo have boon some failures , but there have also been some successes. The Biyreuth festival this year centers In thu "Taniihauser" performance of Wednesday night. This opera , which first appeared in IM. > , has not up to tlio present been produced nt the honn'of Wngnorian imisicinus. The preparations for Ihis pro duction nro unprecedented In Iho historv of Iho Wagner Ihoater. The town Is full of ballet girls Imported especially from the Koynl theater at Berlin and from Urn Italian opera houses. The orchestra of tlio coming festival numbers 110 members and is conslil- o'ed the best ever collected. Do Fn-yrliiol Knocked Out. PMIIS , July 18. The chamber of deputies today passed the now tariff measure. The chamber rejected the proposal m.uio by De Frovcinet , president of the council nnd min ister ol war , to grant the sum of fl'-io.OOO io Iho Eoolo Polytcchnlquo. As n result the session of the chamber wns suspended and a cabinet council WHS summoned to consider the situation. It is reported that Do Frov ' cinet has decided to tender his resignation. The members of Iho council of ministers have persuaded M. Do Froyclnet not to ten der his resignation. The cabinet minister ) have represented to M. Do Froyclnot that the rejection bv the chamber of deputies of the credit asKed for in Ids cupnoltv as minister of war for the Eoolo Polytochniquo did not imply a want of confidence in the govern ment. When the ministers returned to Iho chamberof deputies the sosiion was resumed , but was immediately afterwards closed. on Sn 'ir I 'i oil net I on. WsiiiiroJuly Is. The commissioner of Intermit revenue has prepared n statement of the probable production of Mii-ar during the current fiscal year , of which the follow ing H a summary : Number of producers of sugar from cnno , "SO ; from boots , 7 ; from borgitum , ! l : from mnplo snp , li.WJ ; total , U1T-4. Estimate of amount of sugar which will bo produced : Cnno sugar , .V ,0onH ( ) ( ) pounds ; beet sugar , y.i.'jlO.OUO pouii'iHorg. ; . hum sugar. S.oiio.ooo pounds ; maple sugar , \0KJKK ( ( ) pounds , total , r.i . ; ! > ,71U.uoo pounds. Estlnmto of amount of bounty to be p.ud : On CMIIO sugar , SKI.HSO.OO. ) ; on boot Mignr , Wsi.-jao : on "sorghum sugar , ? . * > 0OJO ; on maple .sugar , Jlft.lKX ) ; total , ? lliil.2UU. : Thu production of nugar from heats so far us the isiuo of licenses Is concerned Is confined - fined toCnllfornln , Nebraska , Utah nnd Vir ginia. Thu estimated production of augur from lorguhm cano U divided between Kansas with a production from 4.0114 acres of y.MO.WX ) oounus and with Missouri with Iwenty-sU acres , producing 10,000 pounds , INVITED TO A CONFERENCE , American Oonsuh General in Germany Re quested to Got Together , M'KINLEY BILL WILL BE DISCUSSED. Lord SalUluirj'H Aillii'Nlon to tlio Trlplo Alllanco .Hade for ( he Protection 1)1 ) * tOllullsIl | | | . I'rcsls in [ ' ' "I'lfl ' ta'it ' IKH tin AVic I'tnlinHclntrl \ 1'imil Bniii.ix. July IS. Mr. I-M want 4 , tlio Amer ican consul general hero , has tuvllud nil thu American consuls in Germany to a confer ence la this city with Ilorr Wornmth , tlio Impcrinl continisslonor to tlio world's fair to bo hold lit Chiou'o. Tlio consular body will also moot the Anionc.in commission which U now In iCngland. Numerous puoito rot-op. tlons are being arranged to bo hold during the presence of the commission in iScrumny. Mr. Edwards hopes through the consular eonforoneo and public meetings to dls- pol the German uiiscot.ceptions In regard - gard to the severity of the McKinley bill. Consular statistics on the oper ation of tlio tariff will he pub lished In order to show that the McKinley bill Is not inspired by hos'llity against for eign ir.ido , but that itts inain'lv Intended to encourage Ainorlean manufacturers. Mr. Kd wards proposes to facilltato tlio labors of the American commission by cent rallying the .sources of Information concerning Gor- inan Industries. Ilorr Von Botlopsh , the PriKssian minister of commerce , will be tlia llrst minister to receive the commission Tlio members of the commission \ \ ill subsequently bo given receptions by llerr Miguel , minis ter of Justice , Chancellor Van L'nprm , and prob.ibly the emperor will give them nil audience. Lord Salisbury's adhesion to the triple al- llanco appears to have been tmido with duo regard to tlio protection of Knglish interests In ICiryptand India. The conference of tha emperor and Ilorr Von Uiobonsleln , Prussian minister of state , will. Lord Salisbury hni materially altered tlio whole conriu of Gor- nmn foreign policy. Only a paitial Indica tion of the drift of the entente concluded at Hntlleld house has transpired , but enough Is known to suggest that , Lord Salis- burj- obtained assurances from the oniporoe that the Franco-Russian projects against Kngland's ' possessions in the east will bo met with ODOII Gorman snppnrt of Knghind. An entente is thus established all round , tlio ur- ningninont aiming at nn Asiatic as well as a Knropenn equilibrium. Democratic opinion hero concurs that Lord Salisbury has got the bust of the Imrirnln. securing a positive uhcclc upon French sehomos against the ISgypllim occupation and Russian encroachments In India withoutcommitting Hnghmd to tinned intervention in support of Gonmuiy. The Litest rumor loenrdlng ntton.pts upon the life of the c/ar. winch rumor causes mo mentary terror in St Petersburg , was that an oflleor had tried to murd"r the czar with , an axe. Tlio report arose from tlio fact that the c/ar was amusing himself in a forest chopping trees whim tlio head of the axe How olT and struck an attendant in thu face anil wounded him. The czar wont to the assist ance of the wounded man and not some blood on his hands and clothes. An oflleor of the guard appeared and thought the czar was In. clangor. Ho called upon his soldiers lo rescue - cue his majesty , and before an explanation , could bo made the wounded attendant was out down by the ovoiv.ealous soldiory. Tlio c/.ar caused the ofllcor to bo punished' his action , It is ofllclnlly announced that generals com- innndingthe second , fourth seventh , olghlh and ninth army corps will bo placed on tlio re tired list. This swooplnir out of old and tried men is only partly excused by their age. Gen eral Unron Von Moercheidt Is only sixty-sis and General Albedyll sixty-six , while the others nro still equipped with power ot mind and body. 'Ojjat lonnl Council. LONDON.lulv IS. Tlio feature of the week's ' session of the International Congre gational council was the sllooch of Kov. Dr. Walker of Meloourno condemning Unitarianism - ism , which lie said was making tremendous headway among Congregationnlists. Dr. Walker said ho would rather drift toward the Church of finglnnd or to the cliurch of Homo than toward Unltnrlnnism. There should bo no fratornl/ing with Unitariiinlsm. Kov. Dr. Noble of Chicago nsked Dr. White , the next speaker , whether the C'on gregationullsts should exchange pulpits wltll Unitarians. Tlio question , Ur. Noble added , . /as ono of vital importance in the United States. Dr. White answered "no , " and thu chair man said tlio voice of the council was suf ficiently emphatic and It was not necessary to ask anything to the contrary. The Congregntlonalist delegates this morn ing were entertained at breakfast nt Hxotor hall by the Total Abstinence association. During the course of the entcrlnlnmont tv number of temperance addresses worn made. Among the Americans who took part in tlio speaking wore Samuel B. Forbes of Con- ! noetieut , Kov. H. F. Williams of Chicago , 1)1. .1. 1C. McLean of California and Urs. Calkins and Newton. Kov. .1 Hook , seerotary of the council , made n long address upon tlio present posi tion of the temperance cause among the Con- grogatlonnllsts of Ireland and Scotland , whore , he said , nearly all the ministers were abstainers. Uev. Hook thought thatthosuo- cess of the present mooting might lead to the next council being held in the United States In IVJIS During the afternoon thu irembors of the council attended a garden party at Wood ford. The United States delegates of the Congro- gatlonal council who will attend the unveil ing of the memorial at Trlden , notir Amster dam , to Kov , John Koblnson , pastor In Hol land of the pilgrim fathers , are Dr. Hall of Cnnnocllcut , Uev. A. Hastings Hos , of Mich igan , Dr SVhltcnmn of Massachusetts and Dr. Woods of Minnesota. This unveiling will take place oa Friday , Julv a I , In St. Peter's church , Levden. Iluv. T. Uublnont it will bo remembered , loft In the M-iv Mower and settled at Plymouth , Mass. , in HIS ) . It is exported that largo numbers of American ! who are now In Kuropo will be present nt tills inlotosling ceremony. CnlHloil Chit ) Losnov , July Ib.-Tlio Cobdcn club at a meeting last night adopted a report which declares that "if It hail not been suggested by some homo protnctlonl.it It was not likely that any colonist would have been so un reasonable as to propose that wo. should while admitting colonial goods free of duty tax similar commodl'ius Imported from foreign countries. "While the president of the board of tratio In thu government of Lord Salisbury delivers unanswerable refutations of the argument that It la a case for fiscal fiiduriitinn as pre sented bv the united tradu lea 10 , our frco tni'ln ' svtom does" not appear in be ; ; reatly endangered. Hut wo must bo on our jfwmi , us thoia proposals are now strongly urg < l by colun- Uts as well as by the league. 'Pro'ectlrmlsm in protectionist countries has un > . attained the height at which It stuod at the time of Cabtlon. Though MHIIO ad vance was made n quarter of a contiiry ago In the direction of frco tnule It has bi > on lust , "Tin , intern-its of employers and land owner - or * urn pi werful and govornn unit find It comparatlM lv easy to runlUo imuruimii rova- line * by eol'uslon ' with tbn Intone.tiliich profit by pri toolion " ' ) hn repo : t also Indicates that compositors un , kindred trades will not suffer uii account of Hi'iuencan copyright act , "