The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-03

| latter circle, is that Sir Michael Hicks
| Beach, who is personally an advocate
| Of the gold standard, but who seemed
disposed to accede to the wishes of the
bimetallists, is being turned against the
project of Great Britain's cooperation,
| by the pressure of business interests.
News has been received here to the
effect that the English
| sporting expedition, which left Ber-
bera, East Africa, last year, arriving
| at Lugh, Somaliland, about the middle
of November, and thence proceeded for
Lake Rudolph, has been attacked by
| band of AnlharaS, who murdered all
| the members of the expedition. The
party consisted OF two Engllshlleh anu
| ninety Ascaris
Torrental rains have fallen in the
| departments of Aube, Ariege and
Haute Garinne, in France. Bridges
have been demolished, villages have
been flooded, many houses have been
| undermined and great damage genef-
| ally has been occasioned by the HOODS.
Mai, Moses P. Handy, the special
United States commissioner to the Paris
| exposition of 1900, has had cordial
interview with the French minister Tor
! foreign affairs, M. HanotauX, in regard
| to the objects of his visit to Europe;
| but, he and his associates are d1sSatls-
| fed with. the small amount OF space al
lotted to the United States and threaten
to withdraw 1t is practically lmpos-
| sible for the authorities to extend the
| sDace. Apart from the fact that the
ground has been definitely chosen, the
| horse car and railroad lines approved
and the concessions granted, there Is
| no available space whatever in proX-
| unity to the building.
FEAR A TRAP.
| The British public seems to be con-
| WINGED that Americans are trying TO
| lead Great Britain into a trap by in
| Guiding Russia and Japan among the
participators in the Bering sea seal
| conference, and the newspapers ana
| government officials are. fostering fhis
| idea Not only was the letter OF the
| United States ambasEa dor, Col John
Hay. of July 20, excluded from the
| bluebook on the Bering. sea question,
| but, with two EXCEPTIONS the news
| papers did not publish Col. hays let
| ter, when it was furnished to them by
| Reuters Telegram company, and not
one of them has commented upon II.
The comments of the Globe and Vani-
| ty Fair Oh the situation are especially
offensive Vanity Fair says
"It looks as if we must do something
to suppress the Yankee. Unless the
| constant annoyance of Washington
| ceases, gunpowder may have to be
| used We hope the matter will be set
| tied, as we do not want to see the
| United States put back many years,
nor are we anxious to make history
for them"
Vanity Fair further consoles itself
| with the belief that 1.-The eagles voice
| is far stronger than its beak, and big
| ger than it's courage"
| The king of Siam has been the lion of
itIyn
| panieS and dining at the mansion
| house. but the novelty of his visit has
worn off and Chulalongkorn I. is gen
| orally voted a bore. His majesty is
| reported to be very angry at the fact
| that he has not received the order of
the garter. He thought as the shah of
Persia and the sultan of Turkey were
both knights of the garter, he ought
| to be equally honored, but Queen Vic
| toria is determined that only Christian
| sovereigns shall hereafter receive the
order of the garter.
The whole kingdom is excited by the
epidemic Of typhoid fever which is at
tracing so much attention to Maid
stone, Kent There have been 300
cases in that town and it's vicinity.
and about fifty deaths have occurred.
The epidemic is spreading at the rate
of 120 cases daily and the authorities
are working night and day in their
! efforts to crush out the fever. The
! hospital accommodations are made
quate Temporary hospitals are being
erected and the schools are being con-
Verted into sick wards. There have
been numerous cases of typhoid fever
throughout the country among people
who recently visited Maidstone The
town authorities of that place are held
responsible for the outbreak, owing to
their refusal to renew the appointment
of a watchman for the water supply at
a salary of 5000 yearly.
PRINCE FOR SPONSOR.
The Marlborough baby will be chris
tened at Blenheim towards the end OF
October, and it is reported that the
Duke and Duchess of York, who will
visit the Duke and Duchess of Marl-
borough for the shooting season, will
be the sponsors Of the infant
Congressman John Dalzell, of Penn
sylvania with his wife and son, sailed
for New York today from Southamp-
ton on board the American line steam
er St. Louis, after passing several
weeks in England, Ireland and France
To a representative of the Associated
Press he said that unquestionably
| there would be a famine in Ireland
Mr. Dalzell added: indications OF
this can be seen from the car windows
Hay stacks are floating in the fields
the peasants are nSpeakably Wretched
and the country seems to be more mis-
cradle every year"
Referring to the new United States
tariff Congressman DalzeE said: 81
have had very little opportunity to OBJ
serve the effects of the tariff, but ]
judge it is fulfilling our anticipations
and that it will give American mer-
chants, manufacturers and workmen
more to do. 1 say this from the fact
that all the business men l have met
in Europe are denouncing it and COM
planning it has lessened their business
This is particularly the case with the
merchants of Paris who complain that
their American trade has decreased
Truth prints statement said to en-
anate from a prominent Spaniard ac-
counting for tie Cuban situation. He
is quoted as saying that in Spain there
is no such thing as public opinion and
| that the government of that country
is mere struggle between a number
| of professional politicians and that
with very few exceptions these. poll
ticians endeavor to feather their own