The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23
Oldest Inhabitant of Paris Cannot
Remember Such a Cool, Rainy
Summer as This.
METROPOLITAN is DENOUNCED.
Employees of the Underground
Road Censure Management for
Using Bad Cars and En-
plcyins Incompetent Men.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC
Paris. Aug. 2e.-tCopyrisht. 1903 AS usual
in such cases. the oldest inhabitant cannot
recoilect such cold. rainy summer in
France. Worse STILL weather prophets say
1t Will continue indefinitely. The tempera-
ture is SO low that light overcoats have
been brought out. making an uncomfortable
combination with straw hats.
Since the Metropolitan disaster the num-
Der of passengers has diminished more than
half and the light confidence remaining is
easily shaken The slightest sign Of smoke
or fire is sufficient TO scare a trainload of
passengers, and conversation everywhere is
about the Metropolitan and its accident.
Last night. however. to ur.her scare the
public, the officials unceremoniously emp
tied train at the Champs Elysses Station,
owing 10 an accident TO an electric motor
which necessitatcd sidetracking the train
Immediately.
AAmeeting OF employees of the Metropolitan
at the Bourse de Travail was not tender in
its treatment Of the company. censuring it
for having discharged capable union men
and for placing in use cars in bad condition.
The employees also demand revocation of
b2tC Solupoily g IL duCuiSc iuf thc
public safety and overcrowding the cars.
They blame the police for having allowed
the rich and influential company to do as 1t
plcases. finally asking for the removal OF
the Project Of the Seine and the Project Of
Police.
The famous sculptor. N. Gerome, has just
put the finishing touches to the clay models
OF the two huge bronze statues which he
designed on the order OF Mr.. Charles NJ.
Schwab. As soon as the statues are re-
turned from the foundry they wall be
York ~ "
The figures represent Metallurgy-one the
SCIENCE itself and the other It's application;
with laurels Behind are seen minerals and
analytical instruments. Palms are at her
feet and she is in profound meditation. The
other statue is a metal worker. in leather
apron. holding long iron implement. :.
Every Frenchnan's ambition, actors ex-
cepted. is to have one or more duels to
his credit. But. in a long experience Of
Paris cannot remember one between act
ors.
NJ. Lebargy Of the Coincide Franchise has
attempted to create q record by challenging
NJ. Andre Picard. a journalist, who. he
thinks. insulted him in a press paragraph.
The seconds met. but decided that tho
paragraph contained nothing calling fer a
duel II. Lebargy. therefore. lost an oppor-
tunity of displaying his skill in fencing.
The King Of Greece is having new royal
train built in France. The principal car
Will be decorated by the Master Decorator.
CASTOR Gerard. professor at the Vouiles
dining-room, two bedrooms. toilet-room and
office. The ensemble Of the decorations will
be in light green. with water lilies. convoi,,
yuit and liseron designs Light effects will
be obtained by orange and violet at the tops
OF the windows. producing warm tone.
There has been much waiting in the
beautiful Pare Monceau owing to the ar
bitrary arrests of dogs by guardians. On
Wednesday eleven were captured in the
presence Of their fair owners at one fell
sweep.
The rule is that dogs cannot enter the
has been disregarded. Hence, the present
raiding. Luckily for the owners, the ami
mails were taken to police station and :
At the same time the owners were eau
toned not to let the offense happen again.
The swimming championship matches in |
the Seine between Suresnes and Puteaux
have demonstrated once more the superior |
ity OF English over French. The chief
event. distance 500 meters. was won by
Jarvis In minutes 81 seconds. with Cur
wen. also English second. and Chevenot.
CLANS were fourth and fifth and a French
man sixth. The French are giving more
and more attention to this sport and are
improving rapidly.
The first section of a new overland line
to Greece will be opened in November
next thus establishing much shorter
through line to Athens than the present
route via Brindisi. The latter necessitates
a sea voyage of forty-eight hours. The new
line reduces this by half. When the line
is completed palatial through trains viii
daily make an uninterrupted overland trip
at an average speed of fifty kiiometers an
hour.