The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-02
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
IN CITY OF PARIS
Prevalence Of the Disease Due to BAD
Water Used.
WILDCAT SPECULATION IN WOOL
Thirteen Firms in Hands OF RECEIVERS.
Many German officers Visit tx
Neutrality-suspicious. Ban
quot to Be Given.

Copyright 1860 by The Associated Press-)
PARIS. September 1.-Tne Chinese situa-
ton as viewed in Paris has assumed
brighter aspect. The practical unanimity
of the United States, Russia, France anu
Japan. in the desire to maintain the IN
tecritv Of the Empire is regarded as ser
Ting any question of partitioninS mega
lively.
Amertca.s proposition to accept Ii Hung
Chang as go-betWeen in the negotiations
is we'll received here. although II Is sun
desired that he produce tangible evidence
that he is acting for the central power
In fact France is ready to treat win any
plenipotentiary, also to furnish proper ere
dentialS.
The Official Medical Bulletin this week
reveals n tlisuueting sanitary situation IN
Paris. Statistics show that typhoid feVer
prevails in almost epidemic form. There
were recorded from the beginning OF the
year to August Sd 3,3iS cases OF whch
5GS resulted fatally This is a considerable
increase over the records Of previous years.
Paris is never free from this disease; but
until 1895 the number OF cases for the
corresponding period did not exceed 100
The prevalence and spread of typhoid
fever are due entirely to bad water. The
authorities, however, declare that they are
compelled to utilize the contaminated
source, because. llls Otl"lS III iiiei'VStI%''S.
The publication of these alarming statis-
tics NAV spur the responsible authorities
into seeking fresh sources. Meanwhile
Parisians are recommended to boil the
wafer they use or to drink only mineral
waters.
GERMAN OFFICERS.
Over six hundred German officers nave
visited the Paris Exposition since Aprli iiSI
without the slightest hindrance on the
part of the French authorities. This has
evoked some bitter comment regarding the
difference between German officers visiting
France and French officers desiring to reVis-
it Alsace-Iorraine. The only formaiitN re
ouired of the German officers is that they
register themselves at the Bureau OF the
Military Governor of Paris.
Against the complaints of the French
authorities the Partisan press calls atten-
ton to the exasperating treatment OF
French officers in the annexed provinces
A case is cited where a French othcer was
refused permission to enter Alsace-Lor-
raine to bid farewell to his dying mother
4 majority Of such requests meet with re-
fusals and even where they are eve'ituSt,Is
Granted the formalities are interminahie
often rnderins the permission unaccept-
able.
facility is afforded F,renchmer for Visit
ing other parts of Germany. In tact, the
amfable attentions of German function
aries are described as embarrassing.
WILDCAT. SPECULATION.
Two great French centres of the manu-
fncture of woollen goods, Rouba-x and
Tourcoing. are in the throes of financial
disaster. due to reckless speculation. me
Wool-gambling fever took hold OF the bus
mess houses last summer, when wool rose
steadily without apparent reason, until IN
August the price reached the hlgh-water
mark Of six francs seventy centlmeS per
llilogram Abundant warnings We're given
that the fictitious value would surely lead
to a slump, but they were UNDECIDED until
the collapse occurred, and wool now stands
at two frances per kilo below the August
price The amount of wool bought blindly
by Rouba:X and Tourcoing firms reached
the fabulous total of forty million kilos,
which means deficit of eighty million
francs. Thirteen firms are already in the
hands of receivers, one house alone losing
eight million francs; and several others
are lettering, but efforts are making in
Paris to help them over the stile.
A banquet of gargantunn proportions
will be given in Paris on September 22d,
when President Ioubet Will entertain all
the mayors In France to celebrate the
Exposition. Fifteen Thousand guests will
sit down at tables IN immense tents erect
ed in the gardens of the Tuileries, over
looking the Rue de RtvoE. The banquet
will cost 100000 francs.
The President, his ministers and the Ex-