St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-29
ITEMS FROM GAY PARIS
Mrs. Mckee and Mrs. Russell
Harrison Cutting Quite a Swell

Mrs. Mckee and Mrs. RusseIr
harrison Cutting Quite a Swell.
| FARIs, June 2S.-Under prompting
from Cardinal Richard, the other lead.
erS or the episcopacy In France have
uh'red In opposition to Cardinal Layi.
ceres policy in support of the repub-
| nc and another party is forming. called
Union de la France Chretienne. The
| organizing committee includes the prin-
| cipal Conservative senators and IDENTITIES.
| The composition of the union is dis
tlnctiy monarchlst, but in the meantime
legislative action will be limited to az
demand for the alteration of scholastic
laws affecting religious teaching and fd
the abolition of the military law inyoly-
ing period OF service tor clerical no.
vltlates. The committee aims to EN-.
Drace ProteStants within the union.
aithough the peryading spirit is Caths
Ollie.
NJ. Ribot, minister of foreign affairsJ
has obtained an assurance that the car
and his family will visit the French
squadron at Cronstadt on Aug. 8, and
that the cZarewitch, on his return from
Siberia, will also visit the fleet. The
French officers will be invited to re-.
ceptlon at the Peterhof, while a select
number will be received at st. Peters
burg and another contingent be feted az
Moscow. In short. everything will ba.
zone TO othcially emphasize the entente
between the French and Russian COVE
ernmentS.
;r Ihe bakers strike has collapsed.
Inc tram men last evening resolved
10 strike, and this morning they tried to
prevent the cars from running. Large
crowds of strikers gathered at the start.
Ing points OF the various roads and men.
aced the Don-union men, but the police
guarded the cars, accompanying them
along the routes. After several of their
number had been arrested for irving I'd
stop the cars, the strikers retired, and
tralilc was for the rest of the day unim-
peded. Many of the strikers are already
Succumbing.
Ex-Empress Eugene makes it a cone
altlon OF her granting an annuity to,
frlnce victor, and also of her beuuest'
10 MIN OF her whole fortune. estimated
at over million pounds sterling, that
lie rupture his liaisOn, now of several
years duration. The ex-empress in
sists that the prince must abandon his
mistress and effect a marriage with a
member OF some reigning family.
Auguste Moreau, in ali article in the
coming number of the Revue des Deux
Mondes, will say: "The Mckinley tar
III, which was to shut against European
manufacturers the American market.
mas so far done harm only as 10
affects consumers. The discomfort OF
Europe Is quite out Of place, coming as
1t does from states which are either
protectioniSts themselves or inclined to
protection" NJ. Moreau proceeds to
advocate the abrogation of the French
decree against American pork, and COM
mends the United States minister's
efforts to obtain the resembling of the
measure. He also praises Secretary
Rusk's action In the matter and the reg.
ulatlons for the inspection of meat.
Napoleon Ney, an eX-officer of the
guards, is included in the French COM
mission to the Chicago fair. NJ. Proust.
the art commissioner, states that the de-
clSlon on the part of the managers Of
the fair to pay the freight on objects of
art Will secure large and splendid dis
play.
Consul General King learns from lead
ing champagne houses that prices will
De higher this autumn owing to a threat
ened scarcity of the vintage.
Mrs. Mckee and Mrs Russell Harrison
were present at Nine. Carnot's great
garden party at the Palace d'Elysees.
Mr.. Reid, the American minister pre-
ssented them to the president and wife.
Mr.. Reid also presented Thomas b.
Reed, the eXSpeaker of the house OF
Representatives, and A. S. Hewitt, ex,
mayor of New York. The party was the
event OF the season, 1900 invitations
having been issued. Mrs. Mckee and
Mrs. Harrison dined yesterday evening
With Mr.. Monroe, the banker.