The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-10
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enjoyed the weli.dessryed reputation,
ot' being. the most courteous a%ndygallant
nation on the face of The globe as far
neither the Count de Monticello nor
yet General de Boiesdeffre, who were
Jointly entrusted with the, duty Of rep
resentlng France At the coronation, fos-
'Etiyities at Moscow, can be said 10 have
AhoneE In this respect, Indeed 1t Is due
as much 10 this nbsencelof tact and or
breeding on thelr;part as to their rldlc-
ulous quarrelsS Tint must be ascribed'
the dismal flascoi oil. the French mission
for which the two ambassadors were
allowed by their government and by.
their fellow countrymen a credit that
was practically unlimited. \
How sIgnally the mission has failed,
to reap any of The results anticipated.
may be gathered from the fact that the
relations between st. Petersburg and
time since the death OF old Emperor
William. of Germany and that the
young Car having re.consldered his
decision, has now announced his In
tention OF paying a state visit TO the.
court OF Vienna next month, after
which he will go to- Berlin, subsequently
.returning home without, paying any
visit to Paris, thus showing n piece OF
courtesy and good wllilto! the members
OF an alliance professedly' anti-French.
a courtesy which he declines to. display
toward u power that has done every
thing thatit could to cement bonds OF
friendship and OF alliance with his gov
ernment.
Both the Count de Monticello and
General de Bolsdeffre declined to kiss
the hand OF; the Czarlna at the recep-
ton OF the special embassy by the, im.,
perial couplcysAll the other diplomatic
representatives seem to have rendered
this act of homage, ever the members
OF the United States mission. But both
the Count and the General ~pointedly
abstalned from so doing, the count ex-
planning that the kissing OF the hand
was no longer customary In France
and that as the representative OF a re-
public he was unable to make an ex-
ception even in the case OF an sempress.
Ifasmuch as President Faure, when
he had his Interview with the Dowager
Czarina In her railroad carriage at the
French frontier station IN Mny last,
did not consider 1t to be beneath his
dignity to kiss her majesty's hand both
on entering her presence and when bid
ding her adieu, 1t is obvious that this
excuse put forward by the Count of,
Monticello cannot hold. The true rea-
son ascribed by the Russian court and
society-which IS much worked up over
the affair--is that the young empress
is German Princess, that sks Is, known
to exercise a vast degree of influence
over her husband, and that this in
fiuence Is being VIGOROUSLY exercised
to detach Russia from her union with
France, while strengthening the friend-
lyl relations with Germany and Austria
Relations are vastly improving be-
tween the various Balkan States, and
Servia no longer breads q Bulgarian in
vaslon nor any attempt on the part of
Prince Nicholas, OF Montenegro, to Sc
cure possession OF Its throne. Indeed
the ruler of Montenegro and his two
sons have been staying at Belgrade
on. a visit to King Alexander, and with
in a few days the latter as wellias his
Montenegran guests will be assembled
under the roof-tree of Prince Ferdi-t
Ferdinand and King Alexander are to
take part at Cettinje in the festivities
organized to celebrate the j20Oth ami
sversary of the foundation of.the dynas-
ty OF Petrovitchj as rulers of Montene-
gro. All this points at the formation
of a federation of the Balkan States
under the patronage of Russia, and
from which Roumania alone will be
excluded until Prince Ferdinand and
his half Russian consort succeed to the
throne.
Many, many years have elapsed since
any society marriage has been9g cele-
brated in the Cathedral of St. Paul. In
London, a fame with which one is more
accustomed to associate grand funerals
than grand w~eddings.aTh e determIna-
ton, therefore. OF the Marquis and LIAR
chioness OF Zetland to have their daugh-
ter Lady Maud Dundas,s married In
st. PauIs has attracted 4 good deal OF |
attention and Is ascribed to the fact that
one Of the heroes of the house has a
handsome monument erected to him
In the center of the north transept The
monument is to. General Thomas Dun
das, but his bones do not repose be- |
meath the memorial that bears his
name. Two days after his death of |
fever at Guadeloupe, the French re-
gained possession of the Island which
he had until then commanded, and the
French General Hugo, father of the
great writer, gave orders that the re-
mains of General Dundas should be
dug up from their grave and given as
a prey to the birds of the air, to the
dogs and to the jackals."
5# When the news reached England,
IdIllutNell eGLOtu lut VOICE OL THE en-
tire nation in petitionlngi the king for
the erection of the monument which
now commentaries in St. Paul's Cas-
thedral his eminent services to the ma
ton. The present Lord Zetland, by
title, obtained his marqulsate as a re-
ward for his services as Viceroy'o of Ire
land during the last Salisbury admin
istratioD.
Among the maiden ladies of noble
birth in London there are few more
amusingly eccentric than Helen Henni-
ker, sister Of the present Lord Henniker.
Miss Eenniker has recently bought
new bed, very artistic In its appoint
ments and architecture. In doubt as to
how to dispose of the one which until
now has served for her slumbers, she
at length hit upon the idea OF getting
rid of 1t by OF rattle. Ac-
cordingly she started selling tickets at
half a guinea apiece.
The idea seemed to tickle the fancy
OF her friends and acqualntances, who
are legion In number, and there was 4
great rush for the tickets, SO much 50
that the noble splnster has already rak-
ed In considerably more than $500 for a
bed that Is not worth even when new
more than $50. .'Helen's bed" Is now
the jokciof the hour in London. Its sale
by rattle has given rise to no end of
ribald witticisins, and 1t is appalling
to think of what may happen II ladies'
of society become fired by the eXample,I
Of Helen to get rid of superiluous and
Intimately personal articles of furniture
and even OF apparel In this manner
Queen Victoria has at length by the
death OF the old Duke de Nemours, at
Versailles, recovered possession of the
palace and estate OF Bushey NPark,
which Is crown property, and which she
placed at his disposal at the tInic of
the exile from France'o OF, his father, King
Louis Phiillnpc. her Maiesty's action I'M