The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08
PARIS REAPS A HARVEST
GAY FRENCH CAPITAL Is FILLING
UP WITH VISITORS TO THE
EXPOSITION
HOTELS RAISE THEIR RATES
Cab Men See Theirs Opportunity to
Gather In WeaIth-Ex hibitOrs
Seriously Embarrassed
by Congestion.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.

copyrighted by the Associated Press.
FAHlS' April 1.-THE advance guard
OF the army of foreigners invading Paris
Tor the exposition has made its entry
ana include large proportion of Ameri-
cans Every moment of the day now
one sees caos flying about the boule-
Faros Loaded with Saratoga trunks.
Whlle the familiar accent Is heard In res
taurants and other places of popular
resort The hotels are already filing
up ana the prices of everything are ris-
ing In Iact' these arrivals form a sort
Oh Iorlorn hope on whom the hotel and
shopkeepers are experimenting with in
I " edseu charges. Not only the visitors,
oul permanent residents are beginning to
1eeI the burden of the advanced rates.
winch most of the hotels have so raised
lhat the regular guests are obliged either
10 leaVe or accept poorer quarters Those
VINO are unfortunate enough only to have
one months leases on their apartments
nave been notified that their rents will
Dc ooupled for six months after the
opening or the exposition. The cab driv-
ers nave an eye on greater wealth, and
are trying to arrange with the govern
ment for increased fares.
AT the exposition itself everything is
bustle and confusion. Heavy draught
teams line the streets adjoining the ex-
position buildings, waiting to deposit
their loads of eXh, bits. The American
exhibitors are finding themselves serious
ly handicapped in preparing for the in
stallation, owing to the unexpected con-
gestion on the railways between Havre
and Paris, and also on the tracks within
the exposition grounds.
FAVoRITIsM. SHOWN.
There is a continual struggle between
representatives of every nation to get
cars In the grounds, but the French po-
pie hold the key to the situation and take
good care that their own cars are taken
to their exhibit space and unloaded be-
fore those of the United States and
other nations. Russia and Belgium are
the only countries favored. United
States Commissioner General Peck is dis
turbed by this situation, and in order
to expedite matters has stationed men
along the railroad from Havre to Paris
for the purpose of pushing through the
cars carrying American exhibits.
Some alarm was recently created by
the discovery of q few cases Of smallpox
in Paris, especially as the discovery was
made on the eve of the exposition. and
for a short time there was great de-
mand for vaccination. Medical statistics
just published show, however, that there
is little ground for an epidemic, as the
disease, which made its appearance at
the beginning of the year, has now prac-
tically disappeared. In all, only nine
deaths have been reported among pop
ulation of 2,250.O00
CROP OF DUELS.
The talk of society is of the crop OF
duels springing from the De Lubersac-De
XyhiP the
fruit of the present anti-Semite mania.
The whole affair is of trivial origin, dat
ing from the school days of the two prin-
cipal actors, when5 on one occasion
Comte de Lubersac+ found Baron Robert
de Rothchild in possession Of the college
tennis court and asked him to quit. De
Rothchild refused and in the course OF a
dispute which ensued De Lubersac called
him dirty Jew The resultant ill
feeling lasted during the remainder of
their college days. Comte de Lubersac
was recently a member of the jockey
club, and an unpleasant remark was re-
ported to him, which he attributed to
his old disputant, and he thereupon
wrote an insulting letter to Baron Robert
de Rothchild. Although the seconds de-
cided the fact that the baron was a
minor debarred him from seeking salts
faction, a meeting between the two is
only debarred, as De Rothchild is deter
mined to settle the matter upon the field
of honor. Three other duels, Of which
one was decided ON Wednesday, are the
immediate outcome of the quarrel, and
are directly traceable to the hostility of
the rival Semitlc and anu-Semitic
cliQues.
The offensive reference to De Roth
child's second, NJ. fSaint-AIery, insin-
uating that he is Jewish coward made
in the letter written by Comte de Die
and Comte Boni de Castellane, in their
capacity as De 9Lubersac's seconds, has
brought a challenge from M Saint-Al-
lery to Comte de Dion, who is the princi-
pal second of De Lubersac. This attack
on the De Rothchilds is considered most
unkind, as they are remarkable for their
generosity towards all charitable under
| takings in Paris.
President Loubet inaugurated the salon
by an official visit on Thursday, and the
visit was the occasion of the usual So
cial gatherings. The salon is held this
year In the temporary buildings south
| of the Seine, formerly occupied by the
| Chenille abattoirs The consensus of
opinion is that the quality of the works
| exhibited is mediocre.