Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
Special Correspondence.

| Quet is finished and the thousands
of mayors have turned their faces
toward home, but the banquet and in
cidents growing out of it are still
topics OF discussion. In the first
place the gatherings of the heads of
municipalities was the occasion for
royalist demonstration, which did not,
however, assume any great PROPOSE
lions. The walls and the bases of
some Of the statues in the downtown
district and in the Place de la Con
corde are stenciled in ink with signs
like ''Nive lie due d. Orleans or ''Vive
lie Rio" But the duke of Orleans
stands about as much chance Of be-
ing king of France as does Dreyfus,
so these signs do not amount to a
great DEAL Some of the anarchist
cally inclined also took this oppor-
tunity to vent little of their spite,
and there were posters advising
those who were feasting and drinking
at the presidents banquet to remem-
Der the poor workmen who had been
making the arrangements at wages
of 80 cents per day.
One mayor in accepting the invita-
ton to the banquet said that he
would be only too pleased to be pres
ent at president Loubet's drinking
bout" When his rather impolite &C
ceptance was received he was deposed
from his position as mayor, and just
as he was sitting down to the ban
quet he was politely informed that
the banquet was for mayors only and
was escorted to the door. On the
whole, however, the affair was an
immense success, the day being per
feet and the number of cOnviveS en-
ormous. After the banquet the pres
ident received at the Elysee palace.
The number to be shaken hands with
was SO great that the reception ex-
tended over two days. The first day
was for the mayors in provinces
whose names began with the letters
A to M, inclusive, and the second day
for the remainder. The exposition
also furnished it's share of the enter
tainment, there being musical and
theatrical performance in the Sale
des Fetes and special Examinations
all over the grounds.
The discontinued concessiOnaires
who threatened to close their doors
if certain grievances were not attend
ed to have decided to await the ac-
ton of the arbitration board, which
has been appointed jointly by them
and by the government. The whole
affair will probably die away into
nothing, as the board does not have
to render a decision before the end
of six months. About $4,000 which
was to have been expended by the
city of Paris in honor Of the munich
| palities, has been given to the poor,
and placard signed by the president
and other officers of the municipal
council, stating this decision, is now
| posted on all the blank walls in Pa
ris.
Another base ball game has been
played between the team of the U. S.
guards and the team from the pub
! fishers building. This time the guards
| turned the tables and won by a score
Of 10 to 8. A deciding game for the
championship will soon be played.
Paris always has been the most at
! tractive capital Of Europe, but just
at this time it certainly seems to be
creating a new record. Some of the
other capitals are coming to realize
this fact if anything can be judged
/ from the editorials in their papers.
An article in the Berlin Taggeblatt runs
as follows: Berlin is village after
Paris. So say our people who return
from the Paris exposition, as they cast
disdainful glances around the unfortu-
nate city. They ought to sing Heine's
verses, which tell how agreeably and
deliciously one lives on the banks of
the Seine. In truth Paris has put
forth all her charms to hypnotic the
! foreigner, so that today in his eyes,
! Berlin plays the good housewife who
can not compete with her rivals Sc
ductive and world-compelling tot
| lettes."
Pierre E. 3. Soucy, a United States
guard, and formerly student at the
University of Wisconsin, had an in
teresting experience with the French
war department lately. To begin with,
when Mr.. Soucy came to France with
the guard force he wished to find out
his status as a citizen, that is to say
whether he could be called on for mil
itary duty just the same as any other
Frenchman. Mr.. Soucy has already
served the three years in the French
army which is required of every
French citizen, so the only duty for
which he could be called on was the
reserve duty, which lasts % days and
watch must be served by every
Frenchman every two years. A short
! time ago he received notice from the
war authorities to appear for this re-
serve duty on the 18th of October. AS
this was before the finish Of the fair,
!