The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-25
TALKING WITH A COUNT
De Putron Gliddon Entertained
by an Italian officer.
WISE FOREIGNER
By the w ay, San Francisco Would Bet
ter Get a Move On or Seattle Will
Beat 1t in the Race for Com
mercial Supremacy.

Yesterday afternoon de Putron Gid
don returned from San Francisco. to
which place he went a week ago, after
visiting Omaha and Cripple Creek.
In talking with a Standard reporter,
he said: THE people on the coast seem
to be having good times despite the very
dry season they have had. They are.
most Of them. expansionists Of the
broadest type, because they realize that
some Of the trade would naturally go
through San Francisco; although if the
folks there don't walk up they viii ne
beaten by Seattle. for that hustling city
already has a line Of passenger ships IN
commission sailing, as the bills read,
to Honolulu. L.. :. A.
one of the most interesting men l
have met for many a day is the Count
Of Turin, who was on the Central Pa
clfic train from Ogden to San Francis
co last Thursday. lie is a grandson OF
Victor Emmanuel and nephew of Hum
bert, king of Italy. 1t happened that
the sleeper was crowded, and so he and
his suite were treated to upper berths.
This was somewhat of IN example of
triumphant democracy to see a member
Of a royal family climbing up into an
upper berth, or, as he called it, the
shelf
There is no fuss or feathers about
him, however, and none of hat effort
To show off that is too common even
among those who claim to believe in
the equality of man.
1t happened that his royal highncss
is not a fluent English speaker, but can
oui oui oui in French at a swift rate. so
he spent much time asking me many
questions. ] learned that he has spent
five months in this country and has a
wonderfully intelligent knowledge of its
and possibilities. He indorses
Mr.. Gladstone's opinion Of the future
of the United States in a most enthusi-
astic fashion, and spoke in high praise
Of the extraordinary gunnery of the
United States navy. The count is a
colonel in the Italian army and well
up I'm military tactics. and while he was
very guarded i'm his remarks about the
war, yet he spoke frequently of the
lighting qualities Of the unframed Yam
kee soldier and the greatness of the
country hat had become so plain
through the recent conflict.
Il asked him what struck him most
in these states, and he said he did not
know what one thing impressed him
most, but he admires the splendid per-
lection of railroad travel and the en-
terprise Of the American newspaper.
Those two things he spoke of as being
particularly noticeable. AS he comes
from italy in general. but Florence i'm
particular, I was interested To learn
what his impressions were on the sub
ject of art. and was surprised TO learn
that he spoke highly of several Of the
picture galleries he visited i'm the East.
and added that even if the United
states has not as great art galleries as
Italy and France have they possess the
most useful, liberal and large public
Libraries in the world. That of Boston
he spoke of especially, and added that
he thinks Harvard university is abso-
lutelN unsurpassed anywhere.
The Il is well acquainted with
Prince Henry Of Germany and the en-
peror, as well as a number of other
prominent Europeans, and while a great
deal that he said could not be printed
without violating confidence. yet there
Is no harm in adding that he takes the
Russian cars peace manifesto quite
seriously and i'm good faith.
He mentioned that some very yalua-
BILE copper discoveries have been made
of late in southern Italy. The develop
ment Is being done by John Bull. as |
understand it. When talking Of copper,
he inquired about the copper camps i'm
the United States. and. by the way. had
heard Of Butte. hut, like many others.
had no idea that i'm its short history of
three or -four decades ii had produced
several hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of the precious and useful met
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