New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-22
THE PASSING THRONG.

Is at present In this city and IL making his head
quarters at the Hotel Imperial In
A CANADIAN speaking Of affairs in Canada
ON THE yesterday Mr.. Lavoie said: st
ALASKA a Johns Is situated on the Rlchelleu
DISPUTE. River, and it's business principally
consists OF manufacturing silk
straw hats spd potteres. Capital from the United
States is largely interested there All our indus
tries at present In fourishing condition. and
business throughout Canada find uniformly good
The prospect OF big crop there this year Is re-
sponsible for this. largely an agricultural
community and such a condition as that Of the
present begets confidence In all branches Of trade
The Alaska boundary dispute does not attract the
believe The interest IN the question there largely
ec the peOpe ousne they give It only ,
attention. being prone to mind their own business
more excited over divisional party questions than
when ns they do not come dcy IN or
which has direct influence on their personal In
tercsts."
The name OF J. n l. Peletie like that OF his friend
Mr. Lavoie. suggests memories Of the time when
the flag OF France few In North
FRENCH America 10 denote her interest and
FOOTPRINTS foothold in the New World and
IN CANADA. suggests as we'll Louis XIV. the
grand monarch, the revocation Of
the Edict OF Nantes and the great emigration Of
Huguenots to America which that measure brought
about
Said Mr. Pelletie: The River Richeeu is. as
is we'll known. the waterway between Canada and
the State OF New-York Finding its source In
Lake Champain, II finally empties into the ST.
Lawrence River at the beautiful little summer re-
lieu passes through the finest agricultural country
in Canada. and runs by the towns of 81 ours s..
Hilaire the two last named being famous summer
resorts Of the Montreal people who are extremely
sometimes known as The River of the Saints.
for obvious reasons. Wood pulp Is manufsctured
on large scale throughout the terrltory u .tsv-
erses and is sent by way OF Lake Champlain tor
use in this country. Large quantities are exported
&c the other side as we'll
H. r. sweetser Of Calcutta, India who Is at tbs
Gilsey House. in speaking Of the land that gave
Rudyard Kpling TO the world.
LADY cURzoN said yesterday: Beyond doubt
ADMIRED IN India, with It's teeming popula-
CALCUTTA ton Of $50, 100000 people Is
most extraordinary country. at
least to American eyes. Only small portion
OF its people civilized. the great majority
of the population being in exactly the same
condition to-day that they were thousands Of
years ago. especially in those provinces, where
white men do not live and through which the rail-
ways do not pass and which in consequence. ara
but little travelled Life there is the same
II always has been, and even the long arm OF the
English law reaches them but slightly Little by
little barbarous customs are being put an end 70.
but 1t is tremendous country 70 police, and the
corners
last TO occupy the attention OF the Government
Lady Curzon. the Vicerene OF India, formerly
ss the q and
OF any nationality have ever seen She possesses
hs nsf5 and and she IS
succeeding there can be no manner Of doubt
Station cscu,ts on her arrival From the station
she escorted to Government House by a
e oue she rsceved By English and
ina lad he Q0Od Incl IN her
splendid ball given At Government House. where
s S6 Sak S.0 NTH sTs rsaa o aS@ gr DO
feeling OF pride in her beauty. tact and gracious
Of our altitude Of mind toward her No woman in
the whole world. not even the Queen OF England
mat the vicereine OF India is This is largely
done with view 10 mpressing the natives by this
paop Tse tine S the
sn4s TS' d
with their different colored turbans and Oriental
coor When se the Wcerene arrived the band Struck
up the ,e, national anthem IN her honor as repre-
Curzon drove up to her box. escorted by her sikh
body guard, the whole great assemblage rose to
standing until she was seated.
Lord Curzon is extremely able man, and IS
British, Empire. There, is no doubt that he ha:
India with mastery hand"
Among the passengers on the American liner New
York, which arrived Saturday last. J. W.
Regain. expert mining engineer,
THE TRANS who for the last year and half
VAAL AND has been making a careful study
WAR OF the mining and governmental
conditions OF the Transvaal Mr.
Regain is guest Of the Cosmopolitan Hotel and
last evening talked most entertaningly on the
affairs Of the South African Republic. He said:
THE prospect OF with England at the time
lnft TAIa Fauy aOn wa sill
1t expected by the Beers that a compromise
would be reached Dom Paul has diplomatic
ideas which the Outlander considers similar IN
many ways TO the usual tactics of the average odd
woman
While the native Boer does not expect war yet
the foreign element in the Transvaal earnestly
hope that It will come. for In 1t they see future
prosperity
The sympathy OF tho American is naturally with
the young republic but after enc thoroughly un-
derstands the many conflicting conditions there his
sympathy. matter how thoroughly republican
his Ideas. is not with the presens government at
least. The ter n republic applied TO the Trans
vaal Is a misnomer-in fact II is blackmail to use
II in connection with that government"