Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-15

mentOS TO the GuarQ OF hOnofs
A Programme of Receptions,
Banquets and Garden Fetes-St
Petersburg Magnifcently Decora-
ted-A Fountain in Honor of the
Visitor-Gossip from Europe.
London, August 1.-THE arrange
ments for the visit Of President Faure
to ST. Petersburg are practically COM
pleted. He will leave Dunkirk We'd
nesday afternoon aboard the French
wsrship Pothue, escorted by the Bruix
and Surcouf, and will arrive at Corn
stadt, Monday, August %. The first
day of his sojourn in Russia will be de-
voted to his reception at Cornstadt and
at Petershof to the exchange Of official
visits, banquet at the Petershof pal.
ace and a gala performance at the inn
| perial theatre. The President and the
Car will start for st. Petersburg Au-
gust "a. There NJ. Faure will be well
coined by the municipality of st. Pet
ersburg and will receive in audience
delegations from the principal cities of
the empire. He will also Tuesday lay
the cornerstone Of the French hospital.
In the evening the President will give
banquet at the French embassy in
honor OF the Car. There will be a
grand review at Krasnoe-Selo on Au-
! fp11 htra Org mi
! S.inner. At night there will he fete
% the gardens of the Petershor palace.
After a review OF the combined
French and Russian squadrons in Corn
stadt roads, the President will bid fare.
well TO the Car and Czarina and VIII
return on board tho Pothuau, which
will start Immediately for France
reaching Dunkirk on August 81.
Magnificent decorations are protected
at st. Petersburg, including Faure
fountain in the middle OF the historical
Razan square, which WI ii remain per
man,ent memorial or the freslaehl
visit A medal which, President faure
will dh,tribute to thei guard OF nonor
and TO TIN, vSrious unk.ionaries attend
ing him Ming his visit to Russia
bears on one\side thd profile OF an ei-
figy OF the re and the Wo,us
"Republiqne Bran se." On the other
side is a wreath o aurels surrounding
the date August, Three nun9,
red metals OF thi Aription In Bolu
and platinum, Gig lvcr gilt ana
twenty Of dull 81 HSn struskI
Russian new
scheme 10
eto lwart Rusgia
France and stem
OF that country.
St Petersburg Rhorif
will present th use loVir
cups TO the visitin |warships.
The Beyreuth /closes next \
Thursday with the IN 9TH perform
ance of "Parsifal." receipts ex-
ceeded 100000.
Among those present n Re this week
are the Princess OF WaleE. the Grand
Duke OF Hesse. Ladies Lonsdale and
Battersea and Mrs. A. ]. Balfour. The
performances of 1897 have been char
acterlzed by the presence and influence
Of many Of London's smart set. The
charms OF the nti-conveptionalism of
the earlier years have largely vanished
and with them the cheap prices. which
this year are 35 to so pdr cent above
those OF 1896.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Curzon have
rented Beldorney caste, Banffshire, for
shooting and fishing.
Lady Henry Somerset haA Withdrawn
her resignation OF the presidency OF the
British Women's Temperance Associa-
ton.
The straw manufacturers OF Luton
have been doing a big business In gun
bonnets for horses, owing 10 the insti-
CATION OF the government and the Soci-
ETY. for the Prevention Of Cruelty toNAn-
imals. The hats are shaped on the Bor-
deaux model, having high crown and
broad brim like the stray bathing hat
used in the United StatA with ho,es\
for the horses ears. The luse OF the
bonnets has greatly decreased the sum
mer mortality among horses In France.
The annual scandal about the tramps.
loafers. criminals and their female COM
panions in HYDE Park is again being
ventilated The park Is positively dan
gerous after dusk and almost sopn day
time. Owing 10 the great nunper OF
assault cases occurring In tha park
which have found their way inte the
police courts recently the newspapers
have again taken the matter up. Last
year as a result OF the public disgust,
which followed similar exposures, new
regulations were issued for the poliee
control OF the park and parliament
voted ] 200 pounds towards its lighting
by electricity and also voted 1.4O0f
pounds for refreshment kiosk; but
owing to the opposition Of the Duke Vf
Cambridge. who is the ranger OF Hyde
park. nothing was done. The move
ment now on foot Is 10 wrest the con-
troll OF the parks from the Duke and
give II 10 the county council
A parliamentary committee OF France
which was appointed 70 investigate the
subject OF theatrical passes, has rec
commended 10 the Chamber OF Deputies
the adoption OF law TO abolish season
tickets lor all dramatic and musical en-
tertainments and for imposing heavy
stamp tai on ali free passes is fifty
confines. On fnis basis the income II
reckoned at,1 AS 900 francs on free
masses in Paris alone and total OF
3543.755 france A,on all classes OF tickets.
s stroke OF very good fortune has
befallen one OF thu Abbott sisters, Amer
ican girls. who Fave had considerable
success here IN tirawing rooms and in
music halls ap singers OF plantation
melodies.
lean de Reszke has offered to defray
Ressie Abbofts expenses in educating
her for operh and expects to launch
her on thar s. se.
since the dkoyas assassination last