The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-15
PRESIDENT FAURE
TOST. PETERSBURG
Preparations Made on a Grand Scale
For His Entertainment.
HOLIDAY IN ST. PETERSBURG
Loving Cups and Medals 10 be PreseGted-
Bsyfsuth FsstiyaIt 70 Close Thursday
Other FOrdgn NeNs,

London, August if-TAe arraageme Its
for the visit OF PresHeAt Faure 10 St.
Petersburg are practicaTt complete1. He
Will leave Dunklrk wEnksday aft srnoon
aboard the French war ship Sothuau.
escorted by the BruA afd surcof. and
viii arrive at CronstaA Aonday. Angus,
.. The first day Of NJ rojOurn in Rus
sia will be devoted 70 Bis reception a.
Cronstadt and at PEI. rshof. to the ex-
chang Of official visits, a banquet at the
Petershof palace and b gala perform
ance at the imperial theatre The pres
ldent and the car viii start for 81.
Petersburg August "a There, N. Faurs
will be welcomed ~ the municipality Of
s. Petersburg and will receive in au-
di=nce delegations from the principal
cities Of the empire He will also. on
Tuesday, lay the corner ston= Of the
French hospital. In. the evening the
president will give a banquet at the
French embassy in honor of the car.
There will be grand rview at Kras-
noe-selo on August ., followed by
grand military dinner Al night there
will be a fste in the gardens OF the
Petershof palace
After th- revssw OF the combined
French and Russian squadrons in Cron-
stadt roads, the president viii bid fare
well to the car and czarina and will
return On board the Pothuau, which viii
start Immediately for France, reaching
Dunkirk August 81
Magnificent decorations are projected
a; St. p tersburg. including a Faure
fountain in the middle Of the historic
Kaisen equare, which will remain a per-
manen: memorial Of the presidents visit
\ medal which President Faure will
dis ritute to the Guard e Honer cld
TO the various functicuari attending
him during his visit to Russia. Tears On
one side the profile OF an effigy of tn
republic and the words "Republique
Franchise On the diverse side is a
wreath Of laurl surrounding the date.
August, 1897" Three hundred medals
OF this description. in gold ard plati-
mum, twenty Of silver gilt and twenty
of dun gold have been struck.
Referring to the coming visit the Rus
sian newspap. RS are discussing a scheme
TO benefit France by sending stalwart
Russians to intermarry in France and
stem the falling birth rate of that coun-
try.
5; Petersburg municipal authorities
will present three imm- -nse loving-cups
TO the visiting French war ships.
TIL Bdyrepth festival closes next
Thursday with the hundredth perform
ance OF "Parsifal" Receipts xceeded
slSeOo Among those present here this
week are the Princess of Wales. the
Grand Duk Of Hesse. Ladies Lonsdale
and Battersea and Mr.. \. ]. Balfour. I
The performances Of 1897 have been /
characterized by the presenc and in
tluence of many Of Lcndon's smart set |
The charms of tn. INSTRUMENTATION !
Of the earlier years have largely van
shed, and with them tn cheap prices
which this year are IS to so per cent
above those OF 1896
The Marquis of I,orne, son-in-law Of
Queen Victoria, is engaged in finishing
a four-act play Of a Scottish historical
character. in which the Argyll Campbells
figure
Alr and Mrs. Georg n Curzon have
'ented Beldorne castle, BanTshire, for
shooting and fishing
Lady Henry Somerset has wi hlrawn
Ter resignation of the presidency Of The
British Women's Temperance Union.
The straw manufacturers of Toulon
lave been doing a big buslnes in sun-
'onnets for horses, owing to the insti-
ration of the government and Society for
he Prevention Of Crual,y to Animals
Tn hats are shaped on the Bordeaux
model. having a high crown and a broad
,rim like a straw bathing hat used in
he United States, with holes for the
horses ears. The use Of the bonnets
las greatly decreased the summer NOR
ality among horses in France.
The annual scandal about the tramps,
oafers. criminals and their companions
n Hyde Park Is again being ventilated.
rhe park is positively dangerous after
lusk and almost so in day time,
Owing to the great number of assault
,ases occurring in the park which have
ound their way into the police courts
ecently, the newspapers have again TAX
IN the matter up. Last year. as a re-
iult OF the public disgust which followed
imilar exposures, new regulations were
ssued for the police patrol Of the park,
Ind parliament voted e12OO toward
ighting it by electricity and also voted