Bisbee daily review., 1904-08-23
General Weidner
 Back From Europe
EXPECTS TO PAY 6IsBEE VISIT
 IN NEAR FUTRUE.
With Mrs Weidner He Made Interest ing Tour-Among Incidents Were Trip to the Top of vesuvius and Aud fence With the Pope and Several ! Crowned Heads-Many Points of h. terest Visited.

A letter received from General Peter Weidner, formerly prominently identi- fled with the mining interests here. having been superintendent of the South Bisbee. now the l.. s. & P. property, announces his return to Dayton, Ohio. from an extensive tour in Europe in company with Mrs Wadner. The letter further states that General Weidner expects shortly to visit the camp. He still has in terests here. Of the return and travels of General and Mrs. Weidner. the Dayton News says
 General and Mrs Weidner. who have been travelling abroad for the past two years. arrived in Dayton Wednesday evening and have taken up their resi-. dence at the Phillips House for the present. General Weidner was gi-en a hearty welcome by his Dayton friends and in fact throughout the evening he held an informal reception in the loby of the hotel. He is in excellent health and says that throughout his two years travel in Europe he has never been i'll even for a day Mrs. Weidner, too. has enjoyed excellent health. The General talked most in- terestingly of his travels to the News representative and a party of friends at the hotel and his descriptions of some of his experiences were interest ing He spent much time in Russia visiting in St. Petersburg and Moscow. some of the newer cities in the cZar's empire. He visited Peterhof Castle and saw the summer place of the pres ent ruler of the Russian nation. MT. Weidner was much impressed with St. Petersburg and Moscow. where he spent much time. He travelled through cut Europe. spent much time in Berlin, Paris and London, and saw the ruling heads of these countries several times in public. The Weidners spent most of the winter months in Rome and were received in public both by the late Pope Leo and by the present pontiff. They had seen his holiness, i Pope Plus x, when he was Cardinal | Sarto of Venice. and attended mass at the Venice cathedral where the i eminent cardinal officiated
 General Weidner says the present | pope is a genial gentleman and one who imp-esses every one at once with |, his sweetness of disposition, his great spirituality and his learning. He is l still youthful looking man despite his | years. General Wtidner says that Car dinai Rampola is the youngest looking old man he has ever seen. the eminent i cradinal showing no sign of age what ever.
 While in London General and Mrs. weidner saw the king and queen. the Prince of Wales and other notables. and while in Germany saw the em- peror and his family a number of times. They travelled in Norway and Sweden. in Belgium, France and Switzerland They climbed to the top of Vesuvius, and, in fact, visited every place of in- terest these places afforded. The parks. museums and art galleries were of especial interest. and also the the aters and gardens. General Weidner and his wife have had a most delight ful time during their two years of travel and have much to tell of the incidents and experiences which they encounter ed. The general carries as a special souvenir his passports into Russia. with the many signatures and stamps of various kinds.
 General and Mrs. Weidner will not return to California where they have [ lived for some time previous to going to Europe, but will remain in Dayton and make their permanent home here once more. In speaking of Dayton General Weidner says there are few 1 cities in the world which a;e superior i to Dayton, and, after, all there is no 1 place like home.
 Touching upon the national feelings l in the question of the present war in | the far east, General Weidner said that | in England sympathy was general for | Japan, in France it was for Russia | and in Germany the people leaned to | Russia while a few expressed their l Ia