New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

drawn It should be remembered that cable
tolls between Hong Kong and Paris are nearly
50 word. II is unlikely that the Junta is In
pecuniary position to indulge in long dis
patches at such rates.
Agoncillo's health is still very delicate. He
passes most OF his time in toasting his feet over
a hard coal fire in his modest room at a small
and inexpensive hotel in the Rue Trevise, In the
commercial part Of the town. near the Folies
Bergere He Is believed to have sent by the
Brndsi mail TO his agent at Hong Kong. VINO
was instructed to deliver them to Aguinaldo In
person, voluminous reports urging Agunado
not to accede to the views Of DR. Losada and
the three other Filipino delegates who left Mar
settles for Manila convinced that the only saliva
ton for Aguinado is to accept American inter
vention. According to trustworthy information
Agonco. in his personal letter to Aguinaldo.
accuses DR.. Losada and the other dissenting
Filipino delegates of having been "bribed with
American gold" Agoncillo has also forwarded
to Aguinaldo clippings from the Partisan pa
pers, the "Patrie' and the "Lbre Parole
which. with half humorous boulevard effuson,
have described the Filipino leader IAN Asiatc
F. Garibaldi. whose noble efforts will soon cause
the United States to relinquish the task of sub
jugating the Fiipinos" 1t may readily be
force in Agoncio's translations into Tagal
A prominent French officer. in discussing the
military situation in Luzon, said 1T is not
more difficult for the United States to establish
I control in the Philippines than 1t for Eng
land in Egypt Manila Bay your Alexan-
dria General Otis has already won his Tel-el-
Kebir. You may have your Snkat Tokar.
such Baker Pacha experienced near Suakim.
but the French officers here, who are following
the Philippine campaign with increasing in
terest. feel that the rainy season will
speedily he followed by an Omdurman. II is Of
vital Importance however. to organize native
troops under American officers. AS soon as that
is accomplished the war will be practically
over"
lie Cygne" ballet by Catnlle Mendes with
bright and catching music by Charles Lecocq.
produced with considerable success at the Opera
Comiaue, contains bold innovation in the in
PRODUCTION Of Pierrot or white Harlequin, in
the NEUROLOGICAL fable of "Leda and the Swan
The dances of wood nymphs and fauns especially
the bathing scene, with Leda and her attendants
guarded by negresses. made decided lit. Les
Soeurs Caudichard." an operetta in three acts
by Maurice Ordenneau. the music by Edmond
| Audran. brought out last night at the Gaete,
turns upon the confusing similarity Of two sis
tiers. The theme is older than Plautus. but it
seldom fails to please Parisians. Audrans new
work strikingly resembles Les Pettes Michu.
Three melodies in the last act are of unusual
merit but the music is so thin that II reminds
one Of flute played in the Place de la Concorde.
STILL Audrans flute is always pleasant to hear.
Numbers of Americans returning from
Rome. Pau. Monte Carlo and Cannes. Opera
| rfiae ritz RI IN
this week no fewer than eighteen duchesses were
present at the Opera. OF these four were In
one box namely the Duchess Dowager dues.
the Duchess Dues, the Duchess de Luynes and
the Duchess de la Rocaefoucauld formerly
Miss Matte Mitchell The Duchess de Dinos
opera parties particularly successful.
Among those present in her box were Prince
and Princess de Ruspo Mrs. J. Donald Cam
eron. Miss King the Duke de Montmorency and
Mr. Frank wech.
Mr. and Mrs Murray Forbes and their two
daughters returned TO Paris yesterday from
| Pau delighted with their winters stay there.
particularly so with the Pau hunt. Mrs. Griswold
Grey has returned from Palermo where how
ever her niece, Miss Irving. remains few
weeks longer with Mrs Roosevelt. Palermo is
unusually gay just now. owing TO the fetes
given there by the Duke and Duchess of Or
Mans and by Prince and Princess de Trabia.
At the costume ball the Duke of Orleans had
prodigious personal success in his historical
makeup of Henri ".
Among the Americans who left Paris yester-
day for London are Mrs. Theodore Rail-. Mr..
Leischman. Minister Berne Mrs and Miss
Lieschman. and Lady Randolph Churchill. Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Bolt and Mrs. Arthur Hume
well have arrived in Paris for the spring season.
Mrs. Ingraham is back in Paris from coaching
trip in the Riviera with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Payne. Mrs Edward Tuck has resumed her re-
ceptions in the Champs Elysees. Mrs. Sharons
dinners and theatre parties in honor OF the ar
rival In Paris of her son and daughter, Mr.. and
Miss Breckenridge are highly appreciated.
Among those present yesterday were Mrs. Stew
art Taylor, Baroness de Vrere. formerly Miss
Cutting. and Mrs. Spreckels and her daughter
and niece. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Luckermeyer
have returned from a visit to Mr.. Won Hoffman
at his Villa Bocca. Cannes where the Marquise
de Mores formerly Miss Won Hoffman. is now
staying after having passed the winter with
her children at Tamnlaris. near Toulon.
Mrs Walden Pell has received the decoration
of an officer OF the Academy from the Minister
of Public instruction in her capacity as honor
airy president Of the American Institute and is
in daily receipt OF congratulations from numer-
Gus friends
Among Americans who put in an appearance
at the theatres and at the Bots de Boulogne are
Mr. and Mrs W. F. Pendleton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Rogers Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Schenk,
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Duncan. jr.. the Misses Can
field and Mr. and Mrs. Wyys Pomeroy. who
are just back from Bombay, bronzed with the
Indian sun Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Audenred. Mr.
ana Mrs H. H. Benedict, Mr.. Charles Fellowes
and Mr.. Egerton Winthrop.
A telegram from Venice announces that the
American yacht Nourmahal. John Jacob Astor.
owner sailed thence to-day with party OF
friends on board. ell In excellent health
Mrs Washington is entertaining a small
houea narty q, her country seat Nareuil cur