The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
FAURE Is THE NEXT
FRENCH RULER WILL SUCCEED
Ell KAISER AS GUEST OF
THE GEAR.
RECEPTION WILL BE ROYAL.
RUSSIAN CAPITAL MORE BRIL-
LIANTLY DECORATED THAN
EVER BEFORE.
RAPID TELEGRAPHIC WORK.
New Invention Of Americans Being
Tested ON Government Lines
of Great Britain
RAPID
WORK.

LONDON, Aug. 14-The arrange
ments for the visit of President Faure
to st. Petersburg are practically COM
pleted. He will leave Dunskirk We'd
nesday aboard the French warship
Pothuau, escorted by the Bruix and
Surcof, and will arrive at Cronstadt
Monday, Aug. %. The first day of his
s~ojourn in Russia will be devoted to
his reception at Cronstadt and at Peter
hof, the exchange of official visits, a
banquet at the Peterhof palace and a
gala performance at the Imperial the
ater. The president and the gar will
start for st. Petersburg Aug. "a. There
NJ. Faure will be welcomed by the mu-
nicipality of st. Petersburg, and will
receive in audience delegations from
the principal cities of the empire. He
Will also, Tuesday, lay the corner stone
of the French hospital. In the even
ing, the president will give a banquet
at the French embassy in honor of
the car. There will be a grand re-
view at KraSnoe-Selo, on Aug. %, fol-
lowed by a grand military dinner. AT
night there will be a fete in the gar
review of the combined French n
Russian SquadronS in CronStadt roads,
the president will bid farewell to the
czar and cZarina, n will return on
board the Pothuau, which will start
Immediately for France, reaching Dun
kirk on Aug. 81.
Magnificent decorations are projected
at st. Petersburg, including a Faure
fountain in the middle of the historic
KaZan square, which will remain q
permanent memorial of the presidents
visit to Russia. A medal, which Presi-
dent Faure will distribute to h guard
OF honor and to the various func-
t~ioraries attending him during his visit
to Russia, bears or one side the profile
of an effgy of the republic and the
words "Republique Franchise On the
diverse side a wreath of laurelS, sur
rounding the date, August, 1881
Three hundred medals of this descrip-
ton in gold and platinum, eighty of
silver gilt and twenty of dull gold have
been struck Referring to the coming
visit, the Russian newspapers are dis
cussing a scheme to benefit France by
sending stalwart Russians to inter-
marry in France and stem the falling
birth rate of that country. st. Peters
burg's municipal authorities will pre-
sent three immense loving cups to the
visiting French warships.
The consul general that a
leading tin plate manufacturer is go
ing to transfer his business to the
United States on account of the tariff
and thai some wooden manufacturers
are going to do the same and for the
same cause.
The dispute in the engineering
trades is extending in area and a
week hence 70, 1000 men will be in
volved. The Sheffield employers have
Joined issue with the employers as
sociation and the contest has become
one of endurance.
Each side is trying to starve u the
other. The firms which have conced-
ed the eight-hour day are small con-
Germs, while the firms engaged in in
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will not sign such
an agreement. The wavering ANAL
gamated society of engineers contin-
ues to pay it's per week to the men who
have been thrown out of work: but
the incoming contributions are the
smallest yet received.
Wine experts say that the vintage
of 1897 will not rank high. The best
reports have been received from May
ence, where it is stated that a heavy
croo is assured. In the important
wine districts of Germany a high
quality of grape is expected.
The French vintage is much smaller
than that of 1896, though it is of fair
quality.
The port and sherry districts are
lacking in both quantity and quality.
Emperor William. of Germany. has
promised to offer another cup for a
yacht race from Dover, England, to
the island of Heligoland, in 1898.
The disaffection in the ranks of the
Conservatives must be widespread,
judging from the amount of CORES
pondence on the subject in the news
papers and from the murmurs of re-
bellion heard at the clubs and in the
different political centers. Joseph
Chamberlain. secretary of state for
the colonies, is the standing grievance
among the Conservatives. The old
Tories say he is driving the party into
there is no fear that the grumblers
will take any radical steps; for If they
Transformed their words into acts the