The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-11-26
DELEGATES BEGIN WORK
The Monetary Conference vt brussels
Called To Drier.

The Monetary Conference at brussels
tailed TO OrIer.
FEuEsELs, Nov. 22-Ihe international
monetary conference met at ) o'clock
this afternoon. The proceedings were
purely formal. No more charming
place could have been selected IN all
Brussels FOR the meeting OF the confer
encc than the Palais des Academies
The grande 5a!le, or marble hail, where
rhe delegates hold their meetings, looks
ont on one side upon the splendid park
which is the fashionable summer resort
Of the residents OF Brussels. white
the vie sweeps along the front of the
Ia!gl5 Royal to the Rue Royale or the
other side, wide eXpanse of garden,
statue adorned, divides the i'aials des
Academies from the Place Regent, a
continuation OF the finest OF the bou!e-
wards OF Brussels. The delegates find
them elves within easy walking access
0 almost everything worth seeing III the
Belgian capital. The falais de la Nation,
where the Senate and Deputies meet, is
Just across the park from the royal
palace. Tie Dourse, the art museum,
the cathedral saint truduep), the
Paiais des Beaux art, the Musee Mod
finest OF Brussels editiCes, the Hotel de
Vile, are all Within radius o. q mile
of the place Of conference. The inter
l0r o. the hall in which the delegates
deliberate is one of the handSomest in
the capital. The marble shafts along
the walls, with strikingly effective
mural paintings between them, form the
dominant features of The hall. Twelve
Of these paintings, all OF recent prOduc-
ton, represent Il sequence OF great
events in Belgian history from the
doubtful historic episode when the Bel
gian tribes under AmbeoriX swore to
bea: back the Roman invaders or to
perish, until the coronation of the first
king, Leopold, in 1881. Other mural
subjects picture the rise Of arts and
sciences in Belgium. fthe delegates
choose to study them they Will find the
history and art of Belgium made easy
and peasant for them. IN the gardens
abutting on the conference hall the most
notable of the statues are study of
Cain BIZ the sculptor ichatte and discus
throWer by Bessels.
The countries which have accepted
the invitation of the nired States gov
ernment to send delegates to the con
terence are: Austria hungary, Bel
eium, France, Germany, Great Britain,
Greece, Italy, the Netherlands. Por-
tugal, Rouuania, Rus=iu-tcrvia, Spain,
Sweden and Norway and Switzerland.
The following is list OF the delegates
representing the principal nations tax
ing part:
United States. Senator William b. ALI
son. congressman James E. Macreary +.
Icniamln Andrew. president of Brown
University: Prot. Ronald i. Falkner Of
the University Of Pennsylvania: Thomas
W. tudAer, Thomas I. Keller. James I.
Morgan senator John L. Jones. Henry W.
cannon. president Of the Chasr National
Bank. and l.. O. Lecch, director Of the
mint.
france-M TIrard. ey-premIcr and ex-
minister Of finance; NJ. l.. De I.iron
d ,noleS and NJ. DeFoyIlIe, officials OF the
ministry OF finance.
germany Count Won Alyenslcben, min
lister at Brussels: Dr. Won Glascnapp.
privy councillor of the treasury, and Herr
Ilartung, director of the imperial Bank.
Great Britain - Lord ilerschcll, lord
chancellor: Sir William l!ould>Worth. NJ.
r.: Hon. sir {. Frymantle, deputy master
of the mint: Alfred de R0th,chlld, Sir {.
Rivers Wilson ana Ecrtram CurrIe.
India-Gen. Richard >tracney and Sir
Guitord l.. Wordsworth.
Italy = sig. LuIgI Lazrati, Kaniere
SimoncllI and Dom nico Zeppa, member
OF the late parliament.
McXico-ScnOT Don Antonio di Miry
Gems, Deputy Don Joaquin d Casasus and
Gen. Don Francisco L. Mena.
The Netherlands n. i. Nanderherg,
president OF the BANK of the Netherlands.
and G.. VI. BOlsSCbain, OF the statistical
bureau of Amsterdam.
Sweden alId Norway l.. TOTScll,
eX-minister OF finance. and HaNbard l..
Bern"r. director of the Credit FonCIer.
~WitZerlanL-M Cramer Frey. National
Councillor, Zurich. and VI. Charles Lardy,