New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-05

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when a whole infantry regiment near Tours was
| made sick by eating putrid beef some OF wnich
| "a renorted TO have come from America. fc'-
terdav NJ de Freycinet Minister OF War slgneu
a decree constituting a commission or llN's''s"
tion Of preserved meat rations. win nun po"'''
The president OF this commission Is Ut. bf"uN'
del dean Of the medical faculty OF PARIS the
| vice-presdent IS Acknowledgement hh'%'"'
whose duties are similar 10 those or the con"
r1issary- General Of Subsistence in the uhl'cu
| States Army and It's members inciude ha'"'S
we'll known and inspiring public commence sue"
as Messrs Dujardin. Beaumetz Dr heIsch' III
rector Of the School Of Military Mediclhe anu
Pharmacy; NJ Duclaux professor Of cheWicai
| h,o,oa,, in tho faculty OF science. and dozen
others selected from army officers Of both the
staff and the line besides civilian experts OF
recognized competency in financial circles.
The news that the committee OF the HOUSE "
Representatives has reported It's Nicaragua olh
as a substitute for that passed by the senate
does not shake confidence as to the final adop-
ton AT Washington OF the Panama route IN
regard to which an extraordinary optimism con-
,i,uas 70 nrevau Yesterday the secretary or
the new Panama Canal Company declared 10
The Tribune correspondent that il was not true
"a cabled from Washington. that the Panama
cononanv offered TO sell TO the United States
controlling interest in the waterway. and the
statement that a deal was pending with Ru'-
sia France Germany and Austria for ceSsloh
10 those Powers OF the control Of the Panama
Canal was most emphatically denied. ana char-
acterized as so absolutely ridiculous on us
very face as TO be utterly incredible. IN 'he
first place the company has no power 10 MAKE
such a deal: besides all the money required 10
/ complete the canal can he obtained in France
a, a weeks notice" NJ. Hutin, director of the
Panama Canal. left Paris last night for New
York and Washington.
The rise in copper causes great animation on
the Paris Bourse. and Rio Tinto, Tharsis and
other copper securities actively dealt IN III
Paris are now quoted at advances, varying from
20 to 10 per cent. which have occurred during
the last six weeks and the price OF sulphate Oh
| copper which is ndspe nsable 10 the French
winegrowers to protect their vines from mhdeW'
! black rot and phylloxera, has jumped from >"
To- 90 francs within six days NJ. l-asslc' 'Ae
anti Semitic Deputy from Gers made a violent
| harangue last evening in the Chamber OF Depu-
ties against the American copper spectators
whose accomplices in Paris said NJ. Lasse'
were Baron Alphonse De Rothschild and his
son-in-Iaw NJ. Ephrussi. who by copper opera
/ lions were running the French peasants. NJ
| Lassie was promptly called to order by VI.
! Deschanel president Of the Chamber ana the
Minister OF Justice in reply stated that the rise
in copper was probably due 10 speculation ID
| Nev-York and TO economic causes entirely be-
! yond the control Of the Ministry.
The charges brought by Mr. : f Gross. of
! Chicago against NJ Edmund Rosand. for having
! purloined "Cyrano de Bergerac' from THE
| Merchant Prince of Bonneville" cause consid-
cradle amusement in Paris. In conversation
! with The Tribune correspondent, VI. Rostand
| denies the statement purpOrted to be embodied
| in a able message which is said to have been
received by Mr. Richard Mansfield from NJ.
| Roger. secretary Of the Society Of French Au-
thors According to this Dispatch NJ. Rostand
| said that ne had seen copy Of The Merchant
Prince of Corncville" and detected no resem-
! blance between that and "CyranO." NJ Ros-
| tand said to The Tribune correspondent:
| never in my life saw or heard Of The Mer-
| chant Prince II Bonneville" until the present
accusation was made The whole thing is a
| stupid ahsurdty. If any testimony from me on
| any subject can he OF TO Mr.. Mansfield. |
| shall be glad TO offer il. but ] shall not. even
| condescend to waste time to controvert such a
ridiculous. false statement as that "CYrano dc
| Bergerac" is plagiariZed from The Merchant
! Prince Of Cornnville."
! While The Tribune correspondent VAS talking
! on the matter with a well-known Partisan
critic, who also has wide knowledge of Eng
! lish and American literature. the following
mark made by the latter.
The notion that French dramatists take their
! themes from American writer's is not so absurd
| as many persons imagine Several works ~
| FenimOre Cooper and Washington Irving have
At various times been dramatized in France
| without word Of Acknowledgement. The
! Leatherstocking fales' We're produced in Paris
rs an original play. called "Bas De CUR" by
Montepn and Dornay without any mention of
! Cooper Planquette's comic opera Rip" was
| taken bodily from lrvings RIP Van Wuko",
| "Unclc Toms Cabin IS published by Caimann
| Levy original play by D'Ennery; Sardou's
! Scrap Of Paper" is nothing else than Edgar
! Allan Poe's "Puroined Letter" in French at
/ tire. The list Is almost endless.
The leading fashionable incident Of the week is
the preliminary view Of the annual picture cXhi-
bition at the Cercle de rUnion Artstique i'm the
Rue Boissy d'Anglas, Familiarity known as the
| "tpatant' Among the Americans present were
Mr. and Mrs George W Vanderbilt, Mrs
Bradley Martin, Mr. and Mrs George Wurts.
Mr. John Jacob Aston, who is about to
leave Paris for St Moritz. to join Mrs Astor
md her sister Miss Willing. whence they win
proceed 70 Genoa and will make a Mediterru-
mean cruise in the spring on the Nourmahal
Among the portraits most admired al the
| "ipatnnt" were those Of the Grande Duchessc
| Vladimir by Flameng; Of General de- Charette.
! by Carolus Duran, excellent bit Of life and
color: also the portrait OF Count Vital, 10y Ben
jamin Constant; that Of NJ. Clause, by Bonnat:
that Of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild 10y Anne
( Morot: that Of Nine GerveX in a Directory coz
| tune. by her husband, and that of Nine Emma
! Calv6 by Chartran. Among the other works are
| a remarkably spirited LA Nictore est Nous.
| Ocobre. 1906" by Detaille rather waxy
Psyche and Cupid. 10y BOuguereau. and power
! FULLY conceived "Bonaparte in 1902" 10y Georges
| Cain.
A large number Of Americans also put in an
| appearance at the annual exhibition Of women
artists at the Machinery Gallery in the Champs
De Mars. which is painfully commonplace this
| Nnar almost The only work Mnrfh n0flcn hnlnn Il