New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-14
CAR AND COTTON SPINNER.
HOW TIE IMPERIAL Party WAS LODGED
AT NARVA.

At NARVA.
,x,ox AN occA.oyAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNAL
ST. Petersburg. August IS.
H. ia n nifty that q man with two dozen homes
In one province should Ec hom'lcSs 'zar Alex
andcr has, by actual count. no less than twenty.
five imperial palaces in ana around ~ frfers-
burg. Yet he has not only had 70 seek lodging
I'm the house Of one OF his subjects, nut has had
thus also 10 quarter his imperial visl'or from
Berlin Nor was this hospitality received from
some great noble. but from pcbe'ah cohmoner.
who is engaged in trade. This is singular ex.
hibiton OF democratic equality. is ~ not! Tho
two greatest Enpcrors and their iamihes the
guests of a mere cotton-spinncr! Not only that
but they were in tho very heart Of the industrial
village, with workmcns tcncmenis all about
thcm and with the roar Of spindles and looms
constantly sounding in their ears. IL was thus
that the Car. the German Emperor. the Empress
her daughter tic Grand Duchess Aenia, the
Grand Dukes Vladimir, Michael, Alexis, Hesss
Darmstadt. Mcckcnburg, Schwcrn. and Others
altogether eighteen Imperial and princcy person.
agcs with their suites. and the foreign military
attaches had to be lodged at Narva during the
sham military manoeuvrrs between that place
and Krasnoc Sclo. ! say sham manoenvIes al.
viscdly for they were mere dress parades arranged
for the entertainment of the young German En-
pcror, and very different from the real army drll
that is soon to he held and to which no Foreigners
will he admitted save the representative OF France
But William ii doubtless thought it was all real:
inst as though Alexander would show his military
hand to his chief adversary!
The gentleman who entertained all these great
personagcs is Mr.. Polovisclt, who holds state
sccrctaryship but dcyotcs his attention chiefly to
his manufactures. The works were established
by Baron Stci.litz. whose adopted daughter and
sole heir is the wife of Mr.. Polovtscf. After the
death Of Baron Stei9liz, Mr Poovtscn greatly
enlarged the works, and made himself Formidable
rival OF the Mcssrs Coats Of Paisley, who hat
hitherto enjoyed almost monopoly OF the Rus-
sian market He imported Number OF skilled
English workmrn as managers and supcrlntend'
cnts and boldly declared his ability 10 turn ous
lust as perfect thread as the great English hrm
could. Tie rivalry between the two concerns
i, now VERY keen. and is watched with Interest
by the trade in both Russia and England Harw
has thu, been made an important lndis'rlai
centre for there is also. on an island in the rVer'
the great Krrnhom mill Of Baron knoop. one OF
the largest spinning Establishments IN mo
world. TIL, factory contain, 100000 spindles
and o,2OO ouls, employs 1000 men, AMI produces
5000 pieces Of excellent print-cloth and 1900
huge mills for cotton. flax and jufc, in which are
cmuloyc,l nearly 1000 men. This industrial lm-
portancc of Narya is a remarkable vlndlcatlon OF
tie f,r>ccing policy Of Peter the treat. He planneh
that il should Ice manufacturing city, becaqse
of the splendid wacr-pOwcr there: For long
time the place l,ncushcd, the rivalry OF the "ei-
man IIansn towns being too strong for II 10 etin'
against Bat al last II Ia, won great prosperity
in exactly the manner suggested by leter'
/, va, here then, that the TWO Emperors anu
their noble followers were lodged. IL must ne COTS
f.ss.d that the accommodations were 'rihe uea~'o
and there had 10 be a great deal oimo'lnS aroun'.
and doubling up to make room LOT theih. Inv
Two Emrrrors the Empress and her daughter, with
their respective ATTENDANTS were received IN MI.
Pooy,,cls villa, while the host and hostess, whe
rarely visit this on" of their many estatrs' ooo's
IN quarters in the house Of the mill director, Z
venerable Scoirhman named klnnel, VINO, IN hiS
turn. Temporarily transferred his household 70 tha
,choolhou>, Of the colony. The rest OF the inns,
periaI pcrsonagcs General Caprivi. the Russia1(
German and other officers OF the retinue OF DOLL
,ovcrecns, were distributed among the surrounds
,pg HOUSES The villa occupied by the Emperore
is not large one, nor very sumptuously furnisheds
To each of tie imperial dodgers only two small
and decidedly plain rooms were assigned! Hows
ever the larirn, are spacious and beautiful, and
a s,rral railway station was built nearby. ZOE
the c\rli>lyc u>r of the imperial party. Barou
kuuop lpo>c! oUt tor tho welfare OF the others
of the company and entertained them as literally
a, the contracted quarters would allow. But II
doe, not aplrar tia, Mr. Polovts'f was altogether
overcome hy ,r l"nor Of having couple OF In
peror> for his ,ucsis. Indeed he was rather glad
~ get rd ol tArm AMI get the place settled down
a.aln 10 lis normal routine al industry.