Buffalo Courier Express from Buffalo, New York • 11

i. rHETLXSTRATEIJ-BUFFArcr- EXPRES.TStiNDAY.vAPHnlJ 'miynZr Za i MfanTH I irHL'njUKlTJ i' wwaeooinip i llIWUIiH, 1M A l.llll Vrml 1WUL financial, political, aociai, act- ptaaea Uel. npetW." A fWrK.KI tit IK PT 1tet band gently to lay the eross-timber A I I fl 1- MR entifleittd literary center ot th eourtrr inunuti uii-iiuu i -i turer" anaterlal th e.Ight monthaend- tng with February, 1909, ar-is cent it) exeve of ttoie- of the jtarres ponding right mootha ending wtthTebruary: ItM 1n its place. Neler were there Udders so French Ministry Survives HALL OF FAME. ttenTskeThelhLivesin Their BahtLaDaiiyi NEW YOHK UNTVERSITy COMMITTEE DECIDES ON FEATURES OF THE Ke Tork.

"Marck-IIrTne verttv- omnmitte of th New York University has come to an understanding relativ to th propoecd Hall of Fam. It waa decided that th granite edloca which will serve aa th superstructure of th Hall ot Fans shall be named the Museum of the Hall of Jam. Its final exclualv us shall be th commemoration of th great American whoe name wilt be' Inscribed "In" th colon aad the Halt of -LaBguages and Abe-1 Hall of Philosophy. The commemoration ot these name will by th preaervatton and exhlbltloa of portrait and thr lta(Treary Burseu of Statistic a "arltcles thai workmen might' reach the top ot the uprights, So whet the eroes-beam vss caught If the Hcrrlflt Vn! Vskeliion-Boor-" lag-beneath a man placed hlaisclf astride each end of the Slowly the cross-timber waa raised aloft, the -men simply touching- the- uprights at the; passed up the top eachzoau get oS -n sl on to the iop ot the upright at bis end. While ne man jptveted b4 ed- et-the- hoan-tnto place the other was obliged staaitl with only one foot oa an upright, beading over hold his end of.

the -cronbeam. while the first mas pounded his end into position. MORNING'S MAIL rCommuiMntt'ons latMidre lor thai eehnaa should not be over eflo words lent, written aa one nl of the nper and scenmpamed bv the autlwr's fill same and addma. The nam will 6t be nub-' lished vnlna. dnlml.

bt. wamust kaow be nta weat- goo n-Th K-tpusa.) tanocent Enelajxd. Editor iBuffalo Ktprews: "So do a ma jority of tbe people of the.l'nUed State," ys'The' f't erum does, the Boer. In deeterlug war against Great7 Britain; invading her territory, besieging her cities, brutally de-filing their water, supply-and killing her defenseless cltixens before troops could be sent to protect them! The editor asserts that a majority of th Anato-Saxon people of the 1'ntted Statea, In face the above. fighting to Perpetrate fraud republics and are iu sjuipeiny wun ae ooers, wno are retard the march of civilisation and who are- depriving Gutlaaderaof.

their civil rights and ateailng their property by on- juat. taxation. -FREE LANCE. Buffalo, March Z-'LZ. Worklat 84 Hours a.

Xki tor City. tfaw morning you say; "Real retrenchment will come only when the Common Council seek to discover what earn offlccholiler I doing to earn hi pay." When the Common Council take time to-think 41 hop we. will some time have a thinking age), they will Hod that anile Haum.ber-ot city employees -work 24 hours a-day-wlth, perhaps, two 6 ours off for meals, and I often think that perhaps the City Is liable, for worklng.thelr Now, I know you are Interested In keeping the taxes down, but 1 don't believe jour way of golag about it ia fair. It an. Alderman wbo-k-ep meat etall in the market and vpeod in "all about five "hours Week' lb his seat In the City Hall cannot pay his market rent, what mnst It be tor a city em- ploye who never Jtpmy with Ms family.

never baa one hour to plan how his pay should be spent, tnust pay every debt to get on with the. Increased cost of living since tbe times sre supposed to be better A CITY EMrljOV EJf a.JUAU(iliTR. Buffalo, March list. About People. it, Botha- of th Tranavaal.

army.l-.a pupil in a acbool In Highgate, London. Gen. Det Pilar, the late Philippine-rebel. was educated as civil engineer, and his service tn thst branch of Agulnaldo' service rendered him especially valuable. -The will of the late Prof.

F. R. 8., inventor of th Hughe printing tele graph, bequeathes 120,000 to the Royal So ciety "for the Furtherance ot Physical Selene. The monument to Rosa Bon benr at Fonr- talnebleau will be completely the work of members "of the artist' family under th dtrectton-ot Isidore BonbeuE, sculptor. her brothers- Lord Straihcons.

th richest mas in Canada, left England at the 'age o( 20 aa clerk for th Hgdfon, Bsy.Cqmpanyi He now owns a controlling block of In com- nanr stork. Gov. Mount ot Indiana has In his wife in efficient helper. Sh assists him ta th arrangement of his notes' for speeches and attends herself to the filing ot, hi largo collection of newspsper clippings. Salisbury, son of ba late member of the English Parliament for Chester, who told the court recently having paid for a meal at a swell hotel and tipped the waiter, he was penaileaa, and who was then committed to the workhouse, has just been rescued by Mlsa.

Emily cuannlna tmroea hint, captain has been, a soldier, war corresponuent and author. CONTEMPORARY. Front the. Philadelphia Newltt Penner Bays that for a wool year he didn't write a thing that amount ed to anything. Pepprey Tea.

I beard It took him A year to write that latest novel ot Is ON NEW EAST-RIVER BRIDGE WALKING ABOUT ON NARROW FLANKS MANY FEET ABOVE THS EARTH, WITH THE WIND BLOWING AND SLEET- MAKING EVERYTHING SLIPPERY, Jfew York, March ft. The men now eat" ployed on the tower work on the new East River bridge ere giving daily performances jnosC'dartag "charfHetr Bur they think nothing of their feats because they re all a part of tie4r regular business. The "fIse work" on both end ot the bridge bai already reached a height. of161ct. The steelwork is now about 135 feet above the During the summer the mala towers will be carried up to 332 feet with out the finals.

The men who work so high ir-fhr gtr-sT. -and simple, constituting almost an aristocracy aerial workers. Among tbem are men famous from one end of the Untied States to the other. One pf the most" daring deeds was wit nessed by the passengers on a ferry boat, who held their breath while the per- fOrmflne lAKfnn. anvnn looRTfil' Si the false work in it highest Dor.

i tloo. will. see two A shaped frames the north and south ends. When these frames were erected a single beam was thrown across la "jotn them The apex." Above -the' noer on wblch- heae-Testef was only the tall post called a Hutch abused, to. help.

Jup.Jth..A'.and a-aermirTrrnrghTrwm: tng in a wreteneo, guaty raanion. sivery thing, including this beain connecting the A tramea," was covered with-' slip- pery sleet Gusty wind were bad enough So was a sleet-covered plank by Itself. But-when the two are combinedeven" the other workmen gave it a look while one of them made hi way, walking without bal ance or even reassuring rope, across th ti feet ot beam at th very of th itroctur. When the gust come a man lays himself flat against it the gust le gone aud' 'dtnly. Befor' you can regain a balance you rs th nearest to lying agalntt nothing bat inflntt space that you ar likely to a thlf earth.

Yet nobod; recalls the nam ot th man who walked the beam In that gust and sleet It wis a ordinary, matter with him after all, Stretching out from these A frame, at both jDorth and south are big S6-toa derrick. They carry two sets of tackles, one for light, th other for heavy work. The lighter rope had been in use and it ws Intended lo uaa th oa the following morning. "Th nd ot tbe long boom ws swung directly eat to the edge ot the leg of the tower. Just before time tor knocking off work a bunch of mankind was hoisted The bunch resolved Itself into two figure, sitting tn one noose.

So high were' the pair that Th' Yokes' hold-' lng hem seemed but. cobwebs stretching down from the sky. The two men- tn th -trip skyward cam" to rigger's est, on to which they climbed. Half way down tbe tower leg a third man watched their and safety! When on of the two riggers waved a band with a signal "to hold figure started up the ropes, band over yet higher, to the block. While this was going on the big boom of th derrick bad been swung around, alowjy to one and be-, for th men climbed into their on little noose and wer lowered again to th Iron work, the boom bad-traveled grandly back again to, the aide like a gigantic finger pointing upward.

Yet that ta only an everyday matters-while thousands sit spellbound before less risky -trapeae perform aneee of tight-dad acrobats. -On other teat 1 of frequent occurrence In 'a superstructure worker's career, snd It thrilling enough to holil a crowd when it occurs. faiae work only two timber stood upright, held only by th bolts In Iron, plates at therr -tower-end, another big timber had to be laid on top of the two upright to connect them. It was Just th first rudiment of a child's bloek-bulldlBg, But It was many feet In the air. Beneath were th wlftly running EMPIRE STATE WNOT WISE EXOCGH TO KEEP.

WHAT SHE HAS BY MAKING THE ERIE CANAL A MODERN WATZRWAT FHTLXDEL-; PH1A MAY BUILD A CANAL Of HER OWN. PhlUdelphla, MAfch Nw Vorkfts- system, what It must if she would remain the Empire City, the Quaker City awake to th preeant opportunity to tion of the Erie Canal. Philadelphia claim to be the natural-center" and dtstfibuttng point of the Atlantic Coast' line. It Is by pleyet-f-rtiBial that her trade ha been diverted, her metrivpoll-fa awav from her; ZVp VK the cutting tb Erie Canal aheatood Oral of all American cities. She controlled and dlittrlbuted the foreign and coastwls trade.

Vessels from vry port in th world rocked on th bosom ot her harbor, and wer laden attd traladeir at her-Trbirrev' Jewf merchant veaaets, owned by Philadelphia wer, famllUr. visitor, at. jseri and iomatio, Naw York and Boston, nearer to th open tea, wer ager, It not envlaua. competitors. Jor tb prli.

Bo -waartoo- far north; whatever nt ural advantage ah may have had, 4 iNwYqrltbjrmans of the Eri. Canal. TTurneoin cair in ner own rayorroegTiry There was on remedy against tbo low of prestige, as ther is one, th tarn, mean now to recover. II. and pUc Phila delphia at th head of American metropoli tan it ship canal aero New Jersey to th nearest point.

of tb eaooat. A early aa Mil the construction uf th Nsw Jersey canal ideawM. agitated, and atop. taken to perfect the terprlse. But, in addition to the natural dlfiicultie ef the taskt engineering aeience beiAg.tbM,Juadvelpedva.tBa,aai-wUh England and It consequent interruption of commerce, Tb project haa slept aloe that data, with, occasional awakening transitory spasmodic activity, In tb present stat of engineering sci ence the natural dtfllniltlee are reduced begin.

with, th dis tance, direct, from th Jersey side say Gloucester to th eoaat is S3 miles. Th sommit level Is' feet, the lid 1 It feet, for which there is a natural baaln of 100 square tail. Th land In th Un of; th projective canal t. largely barren, for th most part unimproved and covered with stunted pines' nd scrub lt trull sand, original sea bottom. addition Jo being secured for -a.

comparatively email price, the eaa be rapidly and cheaply, mad with sand pumps. would be need of but sit lock in th lire But few bridge would be needed fox subtle roada and rail roads. eostJ authmitatttely estimated at 125,000,000, compute and ready for traf fic For safety add on third to It, making IM.odo.OOO.- That, tn. brief, the extreme coat What are th prospective advantage to compeniat this, outlay In th Arst place a straight path to th open sea aeafrty 104) mil shorter than by tbe Delaware River. Not.to reckon avoiding th petit of and the.

boisterous sea of th tape that (wallow up 000,000 a yar In property, not eountlnx human life and suffering. Then, It I a royal channel, 'With open navigation the year through In all kinds of weather, with depth sufAcieat for all time to com tor lb largest veesfla that aver can of will be floated tn merchant or naval marine. Next, It makes Philadelphia tb ocean port of center and, consequently; the. chief center of the Eastern coast Ft lly-tt -wltt begin, eroaipliy and potently to, recall the condition of metropolitan glory and emolument to tb natural center, whence they have been estranged by artificial mean, aided by th uaccountbl Indifference of Philadelphia herself, per sisted in for -mere then half a century, It will make Philadelphia -one again th portent mementos. The aia rooms and th long -corridor, ahaa ln aucceaaioa et part to this exclusive use.

The room to be used first shall be named th Washing ton gallery and thall -b set apart a soon as, ten, Insert bed shall ba accepted for permanent reservation by tb tinlTersity." Stsnie and bust of th great American, chosen may assigned place either ta th Museum of th Hall of Fam. or in th hall itself. as the giver ot th sam may decide, with th approval ef th university. Aa ecoataac by Char! Eliot ot Harvard University of th Invita tion to tak th first plan on th hoard ot 100 Judge waa received a. Th original gift carried with It th tir cost ot th Hall ef fam.

Th nam ot. Uxe donor, ha nv baa glvea out, Cbanrellot ilcCitcIre stattd, and wilt not 1 IMDllSfRIAL PROGRtSS TBS STORY AS TOLD ST OTFl- KXPORTATIONS OF "MANUFACTURES FOR THE 'AST EIGHT MONTHS 1 ATERAGED OVER IU0O0.O00 A. PAT, DAYv IN THE WBEK 'IN- clUded: It 1 Washington, f. March tans ox our loreiga ooamerce tor tn eignt taonth ending- wtth Februery ar aa re- i taarkablo and as gratifying aa those relat ing to tb grand total' tor that month, which," ajr announced tome' day ago. surpassed tbe record of any preceding Feb ruary.

Th detail of th export and Im port, figure for th eight months ending with February show surprising develop ment in our eotoiBerc and especially that which relate to manufactures. An Increased Importation of raw materials for the as of our manufacturers and an Increased exportation ot manufactured artlclta are striking feature of th February staU-mentvof Import and export. The Importation' ot "article Is eras condition which antar Into tb various pro-- cesses of domestic Industry" amounted In the eight-months "With FebTtmry, 1300, to flW.SS7.764. against in ths corresponding months of tb preceding fiscal yearran Increase of 160.000,000, while iportatlon ot manufacture In th nam time ware im.tST,7z, against In the corresponding month of last year; an increase ot 161,000,000. Thus the ln.por- tatloo of maaofaetuser' material increas ed during th eight month in question 160,000,000 and tb exportation ot manutae-tured good increased In th same In tb 21 day ot February -the Importation of manufacturer' material amounted to 125.93tJ01.

or naarlt 11.000. 000 a day add th exportation ot man-ufactured good amounted to or. In round terms, II.ISO.OOO for every day In the tbe eight, month eedijtgr with February th exportation of manufac- 1 tare averaged 11,100 00 oer day (lteliid Lint and while In th correapondlng month of tb preceding year tTtrsge dally exportation of manufacture' waa only In the eorre-apooding mo0th.t.l8S4J.4tI'..Ka 1704.000 and in th sam month of 189S- 9 but tMl 900. rTtaur th exportationr of manufacture during tb eight month ending with Fob-ruary, 1900. srs double thoa of tbe corresponding monlbl ending with Februarr, ISM, while the importation oT maoufa.

SJliL Jleulv doubis icon jh- 4.k months ending with yn, Maau'. tatwrrer--materia wwch-rn tht elahl month ending with February. lSSi tnraud per cent, of fh 4otat Import, formed IS nor 1a th etrht -nnnt wiib wane- jnanuractutf. wwcn-' ftrtne-tghr OTtnainti Februarr. ISM.

frtrmed S4 nev cent. 4h total exonrts. formed imp-i-mi ti. eight mootha ending with February, M00. Th foUowUKJWtuahow.ihe.tmrwrtI..'.s tion of maautacturn materials and tb vAiivHaH iun vk in rn eight motttba ending witn February for each year from IaM to 190.

and th per cent which they formed ot th total im- porU aad ejpwrtw- rpectjvely; Tb Rufet dealgnated "manufacturers' Inaterlali" la- rlud only thoa artlsttWyeUssed! tie ln a crude condliioa-which nter into th Eight asoathi MMt.ag wll fehnsj)' Iriimsh Uaa. EioorM ml w.m. artiel-s, Value, Tr.rt. Value. Ft.eT Ml, tab a -u Ittt.tT.(i) lit J.i, aMrKlM IT.tl iuwi.iw lm.SiM ti tt I It-.

Ju-at-i--- Kit iaa.3err tm u. tu.ui.iKi MssaaaaaasBlsBsBBna MINNEAPOLIS INVENTION. U. A SCREW BOAT FOSk-WHKfB ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL TtUNQS-A jsius rriauji i atw. J-Jj Mlnneapotls, Mlnn.rMrcV H.

Sawyer, machinist and the. tnvntor of a nnlqn typo ot boat. It ia a cigar-shaped body with a iplral flang running from one and to the other. The ahell I double; th outer on oemg on nan Bearing ana in innr containing th power 'By a- Very simple arrangement' tbe 'oubst shall can maa to revolt rspiaiy, lorang ta craft literally to screw It way through tb water. Large pipes at either and tfurd Ingres and egree to th hull.

Mr. Sawyer believe that tht torn, ot boat 1 thorouably nraetlcat and haa in th course ot eonsrructlon working model St feet long and 7 diameter. Th inventor says that by transforming tb en tire bull into a propeller, gain Is mad both In economy ot power and speed, jWU larga craft ha figures that It would be pceatbl to cros th Atlantic In three dny. 1 1 1 Letters patent on tht invention wort ti. sued to Mr, Bswysr ta January ot tht year.

About tho. tlm an artlcl appear! In, an- Xaatarn paper 9crlhlg the invta-. tion to th minutest details, but ascribing th idea- to -James Graafian Mr. 8wyr ba hi Idea wall protected. however, and I not worrying.

iPOINTEH PABAQBAPHS. From, th Chicago Tlme patience and industry conquer an things. -The ourc of -many largo river is hut -a small spring. inrut Innkn Afta a erai rjttkftlr to a man tn business, Some people -btrrau they can't believ. their own eyes.

i Th woman ot the hour is: thcion who promisee to be vasdy in saeottd. 5 T1nbMt.dlameiitla but it's different with A married man spends less money' than alngla man. Xladuean't have it to spend. If a think sh known mora than her husband ah never ceaaeato tail him o. Sympathy I all right la lta place, but It' a poor substitut for beefsteak if man Is hungry.

Next lo knowing when to grasp, an opportunity the most important thing ia to know to let go of It. It Is ld that car will kill a ret; but If a man- doesn't care very much will probably find a bootjack or a gun just effective. i From the Washington Star. "No." said tb practical polltlcla. "a doh't- want him Sgtrring in the campaign." "But be is exceedingly well informed." "I doubt It He baa put in all hi tlm studying the tariff and finance add th Untied States Constitution.

doesn't know anvthln AhMit miim $-11- Ym. i. iwm "fj'aV Ambassador Potfr de lev emphatically the report puWlsbed in America, that' hit engaged tiPha" married French duke and sdtfs that she bM neTer either seen or heard of the mi mentioned, tioaed. WITHOUT J)N AMENDMENT. HOUSES BASSES FORTIFICATIONS AP-PROFKLVYION SHATTUC MAKES A SPEECH.

Waahlngton, D. C. March SI The House todar finished hard week's work by paaalng the fortifications appropriation hilt Not a. single, amendment was offered and the bill passed -as it com from three-hour, political debate was precipitate ed'hy" general political' speech made by Mr. Shattue of Ohio, many members on betb-aWee- beta In the course ot Ms remarks Mr.

Shat tue denounced the inconsistency of South era atatesmea in. demanding, that the ra in mr insular noaaMsinn he riven immunities of American" citizen- ship wblletht-j were using aJLtheJt, Jn- genulty to rob the Southern ntgrpea of the Constftiitlotial fights conferred upon' them. He took sa his text an extract from a recent speech of Senator Tillman of South Carolina. distinguished. Southern Senatore" said he.

pleading for Ue people In the Philippines, who are by comparison 80 per cent, less capable self-governnient than are any of our people; while claiming for them alleged Constitutional rights; while claiming that they have- no right td' be' governed wlttcut their consent 'is at theame time admitting and boasting of that be sanctions the opprecxioa our own people. "Would you shoot a poor Filipino Into submission?" he asked. Would you force then "to become cltl lens or the t'nlted States, be -queues. No, net if every person In the Philippine Islands shculd petition to become cltixens. if they were lo receive the same Inhuman treatmentr fter- i(UtmHtIng end-after be coming citiierte of th United States, that millions ot our people are cltixens now receive In lie Sooth at the hands ot the XlemAcraUa.

arty, into then and forcing them to give up their (political) citltenehip. on the Republican "If vou want to loarp how the consent of tho governed is obtained la a larger field; right htrv at heme, tnat read the treportsv or which come up here annually from the Southern Why, 'sir, they vote for men djwn there who have been dead tor five years. The, etuff ballot hoses. They bulldoie and they adopt any measure and so to every extreme to achieve their pur pose. "So, Mr, Speaker, knowing all these facts aa I know them, I' do not attach any Im portance whatever to the Inconsistent ar gumcnts of these Constitutional expounder or to the 'sympathy racket of the opposi.

Mr, Richordsoa, the- leader, T)f Mr: Shattuc's -state- menta lelatlve to the advantagd which, the JUr tlatnied accrued to the country from the passage of the Dingley law. Mr. Rlchardscn contrasted tho appropriation "Immediately preceding the- Spanish war with those during -and subsequent to it, contending that the lat ter exeaedad the former by liOO.OOO.OOO CB "That eaid be, "represents the cost of the emplrt oyer the coat of the "Does not the gentleman concede that much of the expense for the coining year grows of the insurrection in the Phil asked- Hemenway. "I do," replied Mr. Rlchardwn.

"but the Insurrection 'grows out of. the empire. Mr. Hemeswe? said he was surprised to har the Democratic leader denouncing excessive expenditures. The Democrat had shouted for war, he said, before it was de tbey were.

denouncing the pendltures the war entailed. It was rldlc uiousv Mr, Hesaeaway chalUtsged the eth er -side to point out a single item of ex travagance Is any of the- appropriation btlla. In reply to this challenge, Mr. gerald (Mass.) and Mr, Jett the promotion and immediate retirement of high officers in -the Army. Mr.

Hemenway offered the, record of the soldiers so retired In justification and ridiculed the lame showing made by the op position in response, to hi challenge. Replying, to Mr," Richardson's assertion thh ihf il areata. Of th. wool-growert been disastrously" effected by-the Dingley Mr." Hemenway said no one ever had to explain Why. anything went Up under the Wilson law.

William Aldeo Erolth jfMkh.) produced figures' WshOW That 4h'TJrtc Of sheep "had Diwgier. Mr. BeHnCol.1 declafed that the extrava sThf thli fklaaine A A-wtitsQ lfea way I gWfcjVwVj a ygav? frt srtwiei fw al law aMIsews ss wauaa was without a parallel in the history of the Mr. -Fitzgerald. (Mass.) denounced the Republican party for not being able to re presa trusts, which;" he' said.

Were enjoy lng the principal prosperity existing in the country today, and declaring great dlvt dende on the capital invested. No party which admitted it helplessness to deed with this problem could receive the ap prove! of the people, i- Mr, Lorertng tMaas revertiog to Mr. Richardson's statement concerning the price of wool, admitted that- wool had beeq highei'1 abroad passage' of -the Dingley act. But, he sata," the reason was jsftnieffv'fo xanse-'Wito-iSoaeissooQuie'COS3 Bet ween the elecUona 4 ISSCand the passage ot the law. enormous quanti ties, pfjaool had been imported In antlct pation of higher now exhausted, and -the Wool-growers from now on would receive the benefits of the tariff' which the heavy anticipatory Impor tatlons prevented.

The bill was then pass. ed without, amendment A resolution was adopted re-electlng the present board of manager of th National Soldiers' Home. Atr t.05 p. -mr the House' adjourned. Tbe House Committee on "Merchant Ma.

trine and Fisher fef "todayappipvea the 're port on the shipping bill prepared by Orosvenor. who later presented it to the House. It decided, however, not to make It public until Monday, when a synopsis will be given out." The report itself, is very voluminous, making about 150 pages, land covers the whole subject of merchant shipping here and abroad. All of the Republican members- of the committee concurred In the report. The Democratic members announced tbelrjmrpose to make a minority report and were-flven until April 20th.

to present It. It will be a gen from.the bill Jind will not. be accompanied by, any substitute. say this and -some say that, but the wise man will tell you that Hutch the very best treatment for aDy disease of-. the stomach.

'v 1 i Every kind at booh: and lob printing done -at th omce of Th Express la ue near gtyl at th lowest rates. for of Rightists Attack 2 rHEY'-WILL--TRY AGAIN IN WALDECK-ROUS-SBAU CABIJpBT' IS MUCH SHAKEN BY REASON OF OPPOSITION'S AS-" A t'LTS FRENCH EN-- TBYINO -TQ kEEP AMERICAN EXHIBIT AT EXPOSITION OPEN ON SUNDAYS. (fiwriiM, WO. by the AssociitJ.P. Mare 31.

The of the week centered around the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the interpellation regarding the trouble In the Island "of having successfully repelled last week's assaults, had one of the narrowest escapes in Its experience. The Rightists "and many "memTSers'of had resolve! to, unite In a vote against the (iovernmeotf whlcn, in tnai raw, he heeii lost, but M. Waldeck-RouEseao, thp-i'rcmier. In a skillful speech, brought "forth a maladroit intervention from his adversary. M.

R1bot, who tnsate the Gov ernment A an ti-Republican because it de- pended for its existence on the support ot the Socialist. This changed the Hiestlon row that 'of the -responsibilities for-the Martinique troubles to a denunciation of Socialism and the pec ran ot Soclallsta which Intended to oppose Ceverusent changed face and tallied around the Mm' Istry. which action sccurea tor.tne iwt ebsracr of the debutes however, ba4-tha result of shaking confidence la the posltwi of the Waldeck-RoHsseau Cabinet, and te air' since has been full of rumors of an-, other determined attack by the which. If successful, will bring- into power as Premier of a moderate rad leal Ministry. The speech of M.

Mtllerand, Minister of Commerce and Industry, at -the- inaugura--tton of the exposition, is looked forward to with the keenest interest, as the Opposition expec" to introrluce-sotnC uni -'-ealled-faFeapMikStun ot txsialistie prinefc. 'pies which will give them a lever tor a strong effort to overthrow the whole Cabinet. The Important question whether the 1 Amertcair and "British secttcm of -the expo Bltion shall be open on" Sundays loomed un; this week, engaging the serious attention of both the American and British commissioners, on whom pressure Is being brought to bear by sections of their specttve countrymen to close tueir exhibits. Peck's mail has brought a big batch of protests on this subject, baaed chiefly on religious scruples and the commissioner finds himself upon the horns of a dilemma as to the closing of the American section on what will be the, most popular visiting. "day of the' week! It certainly' will not meet with favor from frenchmen.

The situation was different to. the ease of the Chica go World's Fair, when, the United States could do.aa it pleased; buL hereftioth the- American and the British commissioner feel they are in the position of guests and itr expected to Conform to the customs of the country. The British commissioner has received an official intimation from hla Government to go as far a possible to ward conciliating the religious feeling on the subject, The American commission Uu tends to close its bureau on the Sabbath aud Commissioner-General Peck will con duit witn toe French authorities with a view of to some arrangement which will reconcile the suseeptHrtiHies -of -his own countrymen with the French expecta uons and with the custom here, which makes- Sunday a public A representative of the Associated Press, saw the French exnositlnn anthnriiiM in Tpgard to the question of closing' the American sect lon.oa the and wa told on. behalf of l'nard 4fct-he -United Statw-would be quite within 4s rights in closing Its exhibits, but tbat.it would be regarded as a very unfortunate decision. Sunday, he was informed, was always the greatest day ot the week and the shutting-up of the American buildings would debar hundreda of thousands from viewing what will undoubtedly he one of the most interesting and important exhibits.

United -States-Ambassador JPorter went through the American section on Thursday for himself the'txaetM'ssi- tion of affairs, and he afterwards expressed as extremely satisfied with the state of progress as compared with the representations of other found that the only, delay now arising is flus to the tardiness of ihe French railroad com-panies-ia forwartlBg -the exhihiu. He heard nothing but praise from Frenchmen regarding- ttreraTchltBCturar feafnrerorth American buildings. An Interesting little Franco-American demonatratlon. took place this jweek fa the town of Vendome, which forms a further indication of the way the Wind blows here tn favor Of America. Vendome is the home -ef-the "Rochambeatt family and a subscription was recently raised to which Ambassador Porter and the members of the United State Embassy were invited to con-.

tribute for the erection- of a monument to the Marquis de Rochambeau-: The first atone wag-faid early-tn -the week and its laying was made the -occasion of a 4ocai rete. The Stars and Strlnea wptb flown and message ot fraternity was seat to Pre l.a' Went McKtnley. -The eoratnlttee today Was' delighted to receive a charming reply, say. the President was deeply-touched by the sentimenu of cordial fraternity for the United State which the committee expressed on the occasion of foundattoa of a monument to "one of the moat 11-lustrloua of those generous Frenchmen whose names Uve In the hearts of all (Americans." It now settled that Archbishop Ire-" land 'deliver the dedicatory" address the unveiling of the Lafayette monument on July h. The address will be Ilglous tn character.

Ambassador Porter will act a president and the other American ambassadors la Europe as -vice presidents. Commissioner-General Peck will Ek th WrM of presentation to France; Mr. Frank J. Thompson, secretary of the Lafayette Monument Committee to the exposition, will speak on behalf of the school children, and the monument will wnveiled by 47 American girls, who wlll pull tricolor-cords simultaneously. A member of tbe French Aero Club' hat SflfimBA A.

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