New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29

other with uplifted canes. The impact was 80
violent that twenty-five wounded men ana boys
were soon lying on the pavement SILK mats
collars canes, cravats and eyeglasses were
scattered about In picturesque PERCUSSION.
The most instructive feature of this brisk little
engagement was the intensity Of the hatre"
that Frenchmen are capable Of evincing TOWARD
ono another. The writer can recall personal
experiences in occasional collegiate scrmmages
between Harvard and Yale In the early seven
ties. and once assisted at a genuine shlalah
shindy near Tipperary; but the give and take
Of sportsmanlike manness of the former and
the hilarity OF the latter were both wanting IN
the fight between Parisians the dominating note
of which Judging from the affair Of last night.
is savage fanatic hatred. Luckily a large force
OF police swooped down upon the combatants,
and separated them with the same impartial
eQuanimity that they might have employed in
drawing apart game little terriers during dog
fight. This lively episode shows which way the
wind blows and. above all. illustrates what
wilderness Of trouble has been spared by the
postponement of the Reinach trial.
Another instance of Partisan political agitation
also occurred last night at the Nouveau Theatre
during the performance of lie Roi de Rome" a
play already described In The Tribune, which
was made the occasion for Bonapartist mani
festation. select coterie of Imperialists, In
Guiding Prince Murat. the Due d'Elchngen. NJ
Napoleon Ney, Count Delaborde, Baron Legoux
the Marquis. Warehouses and Count de Girar-
din, Baroness de Bourgoing and many Of their
friends were present In boxes and stalls in all
parts Of the house. The Imperielist audience
burst forth at preconcerted signals In vociferous
applause at passages Of the play illustrative Of
Napoleonic legends. and made running COM
mentary to the performance somewhat like that
Of the chorus in ancient Greek tragedies. Hun
dreds of bouquets OF violets. the familiar Bona
partist flower, were thrown upon the stage. At
the end of each act and at the close of the play.
after the death scene Of the Roi de Rome. the
whole audience arose and the ladies drew from
their pockets tricolored flags tipped with the
imperial eagles and waved them with frenzled
enthusiasm For ten minutes the theatre re-
sounded with shouts OF "Vive rEmpereur" and
thus closed one of the most effective. magnetic
and successfully planned manifestations that
have taken place in Paris for many year.
Unofficial information has been received an
nouncing that Senior Tuason. the Filipino envoy
TO France and England. will probably reach
Paris within three weeks bearing credentials
from Aguinaldo and the so-called Philippine Re-
public. The Tribune correspondent is authorized
TO state that Tuason's expected arrival In Paris
cannot cause the slightest embarrassment to the
French Government, which will catcgorcally re-
fuse to receive him In his alleged official ca
pacity not only because France is animated by
sincere desire to be agreeable to the United
States during It's present development a world
power. but also purely technical reasons; for
the French Government considers the Philip
pines as Spanish territory until the ratification
of the peace treaty. After the ratification OF
that treaty the islands will be regarded as
United States territory under protecto-
rate. according to circumstances. In any case,
the ENJOYS will have no standing here 1t is
known that Agoncillo while In Paris last au-
tumn. had several long conversations with the
Marquis de Comas and with two members of
the Spanish Peace Commission; but the Span
iards soon discovered that Agoncillos mission
was to run with the hare and hunt with the
hounds. and finally decided TO have nothing
whatever TO do with him. The views now ex-
pressed at the Spanish Embassy confirm those
contained in letters from the Marquis de Comii-
las which. as already cabled to The Tribune In
dictate that the Spanish Government wishes hon.
esty to use all its influence In the Philippines to
strengthen the United States authority there De-
cause Spanish commercial and maritime inter-
ests would be seriously impaired by the contnu-
alton Of disorder and. in the opinion of Govern
ment circles in Madrid, order can be established
only by the United States. The Spanish Cabinet
has consequently sacrificed to material interests
any melancholy satisfaction 1t might enjoy at
fomenting difficulties In the Philippines against
the United States authority.
The leading social incident Of the week In the
American colony in Paris was the dinner given
Wv y h..v r..cil an
in the Avenue Boia dc Boulogne. Among those
present were Mr. and Mrs Drake, Mr. and Mrs
lie Gay. Mr.. and Mrs Singer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Bodington. Mr.. and Mrs SHOPPER, the
latter being the daughter Of Mr.. F. A. Bridg-
man. the painter; Baroness Reibnitz, Miss
Schlesnger and Miss Anderson. Another large
dinner was given on Thursday by Mr. and Mrs.
Haines in honor Of NJ Paul Deschanel, Presi-
| dent OF the Chamber Of Deputies. who is now
the most prominent candidate fer the French
| Academy and whose elaborate entertainments
and breakfast parties at the Palais Bourbon re-
call the briancy Of the Due de Morny's recep-
| lions when ne was President OF the Corps Legis-
| latif Among other guests at Mrs. Hainess din
ner were the Countess Boni de Castellane. nee
| Gould: Nine de TEcluse. formerly Miss Welch,
OF Boston; Mrs. Law, Miss Backington and
! Miss Lille: and among the men Count Boni de
| Casteane. the Hon. Jack Monson. son of the
| British Ambassador. and Mr.. Frank WEIGH.
Another successful dinner was given last night
| by Mrs. Luckermeyer Among those present
we're Mrs. ]. Donald Cameron. Mrs May Sher-
man. Mrs Parkngton Sharpe, Mrs. Albertini.
Mrs Charles whittier, Mr.. Albertini. Mr.. Louis
de Hoffman and NJ. William T. Dannat. the
painter.
Mr.. William II. Payne left Paris this morning
for Havra to meet his wife. who will arrive by
the French steamer Sunday. The receptions
| Of Mrs Ingraham wife Of Judge Ingraham. at
her apartment in the Champs Elysees. are we'll
attended and, together with Mrs Albertinis
Sunday receptions in the Avenue Bots de Bou-