The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1896, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CE CROWNED HEADS PARADE PARIS Great Enthusiasm Caused by the Arrival of Czar and Czarina. Never Before Has There Been Such a Vast Crowd in the French Metropolis. MILLIONS LINE THE STREETS Police and Soldiers Out in Great Force to Protect the Royal Visit ors From Possible Insults. PARIS, Fr E, Oct. 6.—The Czar has come and Paris has gone wild in welcom- ing him. It is believed that never before has such a multitude of strangers been in the city. It was estimated last night that over 1,000,000 visitors were here, and all | through the night every arriving train from the north, south and west brought in its quota of strangers to swell the crowd already here. Even to-day the streets have been packed with late comers. It is impossible to even approximately esti- mate the number ot visitors, but it would not be at all surprising if their number was nearer 2,000,000 than 1,000,000. The weather was sunny and everything was propitious for the great popular welcome that had been prepared for the white Czar, who is undoubtedly to-day the idol of the French veople. Therailway over which the Czar trav- eled from Cherbourg, from which place he started last evening, had erected a special station for the use of his Majesty at Passy Banlieue. Here an immense crowd was gathered at an early hour, many of those present having remained in the vicinity throughout the night in order to be sure and get a glimpse of the Czar and Czarina as the imperial visitors entered the city. The entire route from the station to the Russian Embassy at 79 Rue de Grenelle St. Germain, was packed with people be- fore 8 o’clock. The route was across the Bois de Boulogne, through the Avenue du Boisde Boulogne, Place de I'Etoile, in which stands the Arc de Triomphe, thence down the Avenue des Champs Elysees to and across the Place de la Concorde, toand across the Pont de la Concorde and down the Boulevard St. Germain to Rue St. Si- mon, which leads directly to the entrance of the Russian embassy. The entire route was decorated with magnificent and tasteful arches and pillars and French and Russian colors. A nov- 1 decoration was seen on the trees be route. These were covered with r flowers of all kinds and were very some, the colors adding materially e beauty of the scene, The Palais d’In- ie, on Avenue des Champs Elysees, 1 the Chamber of Deputies, Ministry of Affairs, Ministry of War and of Public Works, all of which are ¢ to the Boulevard St. Germain, were especially noticeable for the beautiful and artistic arrangement-of their decora- ti The whole garrison of Paris was turned out in honor of the imperial visitor and for the practical purpose of guarding the long which he passed. The soldiers the entire route and back of them policemen facing the crowd, in stood order.that they might be able to detect and arrest any one who shouid attempt to ult the Czar by uttering seditious cries. gements were perfect. In fact, t ons adopted for the occa- sion were so stringent they occasioned some adverse comment, but the asuthor- ties lieve they are fully justified in ing extraordinary precautions to guard imperial tor. 30 o'clock the sun was shining nd the crowds were constantly 1gmenting. - Some of the sightseers were quite boisterousiin their light heartedness, but there were no signs of disorder. Oc- onally there would be a scuffle in the crowa as a policeman or detective would cover a pickpocket plying his trade, promptly arrest him or hold him. ery window and balcony along the route was occupied, the occupants of the bouses in many instances having been paid very large sums for the privilege. President Faure, the Ministers and other dignitaries who had traveled from Oberbourg on a special train aheaa of the Czar, arrived at Versailles at 8:20 o’clock. The train bearing the imperial guests rolled into the station twenty-three min- utes later. M. Faure was in the reception- room, and the Czar and Czarina alighted from their train, be stepped for- ward ana greeted them. After a short versation between the Ministers’ suites the suites of the Czar and Czarina, eror and Empress retired 1o the special train, where at 9:06 they proceeded > the Passy Banlieue station, where the municipal authorities were waiting to present their respects. There were thou- ds of people along the railway from les to Passy Banlieue, and as the passed they cheered enthusiasti- as train cal Arrived at Passy Banlieue, the Czar and Czarina alighted from their carriage, and as they did so a great shout of welcome soundea from the myriads of people as- sembled about the station. The guard of honor presented arms, and at a given sig- nal a battery began firing an imperial alute of 101 guns. Every available space was packed almost to suffocation. It is stated that fully 20,000 persons slept in the Bois de Boulogne last nightin order that they might get good places from which to see the Ozar before the immense crowds arrived from elsew!:ere in the city. The cheering lasied for some minutes and was J:ck owledged by repeated bows by the zar, ‘E The imperial visitors, accompanied by :sident Faure and the Ministers, en- tered a tent that had been erected at the station, and here their Majesties received the municipal authorities, 8 number of civil and military di-nitaries. After the reception the Czar and Czarina and Presi- den* Faure entered a gala carriage with postilions, that was awaiting them out- side the tent. The President: occupied the front seat with his back to the horses. The various officials, members of the Czar and Czar- ina’s suites, entered other carriages and | the cortegs proceeded at a walking pace to traverse the streets to the Russian em- bassy. The Czarina was attired in a handsome dress of white satin. She wore also a cape { and a small bonnet. Her usually grave, sweet face, was wreathed in smiles and she appeared to be very happy at the warmth of the reception accorded to her and her august husband by the French people. The Czar was attired in a Russian military uniform. He did not appear to be embarrassed, and looked as though he enjoyed the popular acclamations. President Faure wore a black suit and the broad sash of the Legion of Honor. * As'the procession started from the sta- tion the massed bands began playing the Russian national anthem. At the head of the cortege marched a body of Arab chiefs who had been brought from Africa especially for the purpose of adding to the picturesqueness of the scene. They pre- sented a unique appearance in their white burnoses. After them came a double line of troops, chasseurs d'Afrique, zouaves and Tonquinenez soldiers. Members of every French regiment were included in the troops who lined the route, holding back the crowds. When the Czarstepped into the carriage there were many shouts of *Long Live the Emperor,” “Long Live Russia.”. But it was noticed that the cries were not unanimous. For some reason the assem- blage at the siart of the procession was | etiff in its manner; the enthusissm that a few minutes before had marked the pro- ceedings appeared to have waned. This |did not continue long, however, and as the procession advanced the ebullitions of - the vast tkrong became more pro- nounced. The cheering and the shouts of welcome rapidly increased as the proces- | sion passed through the Bois de Boulogne and as it entered the Avenue du Bois de Boulegne the. multitude became fairly frantic in their reception of the Czar and Czarina, From this stage of the Czar’s advance until the Russian embassy was reached, there was one continuous roar of cheers, .in which the svectators in the windows joined equally with those in the streeis. . From many balconies ladies threw flowers in front of the imperial car- riage, and after the procession the people made a wild scramble for them. ‘When the Czar arrived at the embassy he was welcomed by Baron Mohrenheim, the Rpyssian Embassador. After a short conérsation” their Majesties retired to the ‘apartments set apart for their use, where they rested for a time. The Czar and Czarina lunched with their suites and the personnel of the embassy. At2o’clock they entered a carriage and were driven to the Russian church in Rue Daru to give thenks for their safe journey. The impe- rial couple traversed the same route they had followed from the railway station as far as the Arc de Triomphe. Here they turned up -the avenue, driv- ing up to Rue du Faubourg Bt, Honore, irom which Rue Daru runs to Ruede Courcelles. The church is situated directiy opposite the end of the Rue Pierre le Grande, and with its gilded domes is plamly visible for a considerable distance. Large crowds were assembled in the vicin- ity and their Majesties were again the re- cipients of anenthusiastic ovation as they entered the church. They were accom- panied by their suites and the members of the embassy. The services at the church included the singing of the Te Deum. Later 1n the afternoon their Majesties were driven to the palace of the Elysee, escorted by cuirassiers, where they made & formal visit to President Faure. The route to the palace was lined with people, who gave arespectful butenthusiastic ova- tion to the guests of the nation. The Czarina, in response to the cheers of the multitude along the route from the em- bassy to the palaceand back, bowed grace- folly at intervals, and the Czar was kept constantly busy returning salutations ex- tended to him. The President gave a re- ception in their honorat the palace, to CLAUS SPRECKELS, President of the San Joaquin S Who Was Accorded a Tremendous Ovatiorr During the Celebration at Fresno of the Valley’s Freedom From Monopoly’s Rule. B0 AN\ \ A SN Valley and San Francisco Railroad, which were bidden among the guests sev- eral of the heads of the great families of France. Later the Czar gave a reception at the Russian embassy, whence President Faure proceeded in state to return the visit of the Czar and Czarina. In theevening the President gave a ban- quet in honor of the imperial visitors at the palace of the Elysee. The dining- room was handsomely decorated and the illumination was magnificent. Among the 200 guests invited to attend the ban- quet were the President of the Senate and the Chamber, the Ministers, the general commanding the army corpsand the great state officials. After the dinner the Czar and the Czarina attended a gala perform- ance at the opera. To this performance a number of Senators and Deputies were in- vited. The entire programme for the day was carried out without a hitch and those hav- ing the arrangements in charge are highly gratified with their snccess, The city to-night was one mass of illu- mination. The river Seine looked weirdly bezutiful as it retlected the thousands wupon thousands of lights burning along its banks and upon passing vessels. i AT THE EVENING BANQUET. President Faure and Czar Nicholas Ex- changs Pleasant Words. PARIS, FrANcE, Oct. 6.—At the banquet at the Palace of the Elysee, Presiaent Faure, in the Czar, “Your Majesty’s presence has, amid the acclamations of our whole people, sealed the ties uniting our two countries in Lar- monious activity amid mutual confidence Tke union of your powerful empire and our republic has in their destinies. roposing a toast in honor of 7 already exercised a beneficial effect upon the peace of the world. Fortified by tried fidelity it will continue to spread its fortunate influence everywhere.” The remainder of the President’s re- marks consisted of compliments and good wishes. The Czar in reply to the toast said: “iLam deeply touched by the welcome the 'day’s functions, extended to the Empress and myself in great Paris, the center of much genius, taste and light. Faithful 10 imperishable tradition. I have come ‘o France to greet you, Monsieur President, the chief of the nation to which we are united by such precious ties. As you have said, the union cannot but produce by its constancy a most fortunate influence. 1 beg you to interpret these sentiments to the whole of France.” Along the boulevards and principal streets to-nig :t vari-colored lanterns were swung in festoons upon the trees, produc- ing a most beautiful effect among the foliage. The Place de la Concorde was one blaze of light, and all the chief build- ings, from the church of Notre Dame on the Isle de la Cite to the Place of the Trocadero, were outlined in flame. Late in the evening a flotilla of illuminated boats passed down the Seine, presenting a beautiful spectacle. Thousands of persons paraded along the river froat between Notre Dame and the Trocadero lost in admiration of the magnificence of the illumination, which it is believed was nevér before equaled. Paris to-night well deserves the appella- tion of “City of Light.” There were displays of fireworks at six places in the city. The most, beautiful displays were along the banks of the Beine between the Eiffel tower and the palace of the Trocadero, which is directly opposite the tower. The Pont de Jena, which connects the grounds of the Trocadero with the Champ de Mars on which the tower stands, looked like a dream of fairyland, it being illuminated with thousands of small electric lights. After the banquet the imperial party watched from the loggia of the Trocadero the illumination of the Eiffel tower, which pointed skyward like a gigantic finger of fire, and then turned into a cascade of tumbling flame. The sight was ex- quisite. ‘When the Czar and Czarina returned to the Russian embassy, after the close of they were wildly acclaimed by ti e crowds. It was the con- sensus of opinion among evervbody here that Paris and the visitors will admit that Parisians have fairly outdone themselves in showing honor to the Czar. il i, IT I8 NOT XEI SETTLED. But Developments in the Venezuelan Case Are Expected. : LONDON, Ene., Oct. 6.—Information has been furnished to the United Associ- ated Presses that no communication has passed between Great Britain and the TUnited States on the subject of arbitration in over a month. Important develop- ments in connection with Venezuela, how- ever, will probably occur in October. A settlement of the dispute is by no means imminent and it is not true, as has been alleged, that Great Britain has been making concessions to Venezuela. Much depends upon Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, who sailed from New York for England on September 30, though his decisions are subject to the approval of Lord Salisbury. The latter, the Foreiga Office officials say, 18 hopeful that the Venezuelan question will be solved, but he isat present occupied by the Eastern question.” S Business for th- Reichslag. BERLIN, GErMANY, Oct. 6.—The North German Gazette says that the Emperor, who is at Huberstock in a hunting trip, will bold a council there to-morrow to de- cide waat business the Government shall lay before the Reichstag at the opening of that body in November. Residents of the San Joaquin Valley Welcoming the Arrival at FreSfio of the First Train Over the People’s Railroad. IFRESND REVELS IN HER FREEDOM Loth to Check the Joyous Exuberance of Guest and Citizen. Crowds of Visitors Inspect the Valley Road Tracks and Depot Site. PRAISE FOR CLAUS SPRECKELS Expressions of Hearty Good Will From the People of the San J-aquin. FRESNO, Car., Oct. 6.—While the city to-day, in comparison with yesterday, is as a sideshow to a circus of rejoicing, still the people did not yet seem to have enough of the celebration of the opening of the San Francisco and San Joaguin Valley Railroad, which was consummated yesterday with such great success. Seve eral thousand peonle remained over night to see, possibly, how it all looked the day alter, and when they did look they saw a modified repetition of the same scenes, Fresno is making the most of it. Business men, manufacturers and farma ers arose this morning with a fuller reali- zation of the significance of yesterday’s celebration not only to themselves but to the whole San Joaquin Valley. So quite a number of them got out their exhibits again to-day and they were driven through the principal streets. One farmer witha unique load of corn in the ear, declared his intention of driving under the tri. umphal arch again, and he carried 1t out. Hundreds walked out to the five-acre depot grounds, which had been cleared for the celebration, and inspected them with interest and deliberation. The rail« road is now an accomplished fact, with freight trains carrying products to mar- ket, and the few castles in the air that may have been built by the second day’s soberer visitors to the terminal grounds were not only pardonable, but had a foun- dation on 125 miles of steel rails, one of the best roadbeds and the best rolling stock in California. The new locomotives have a sort of chime for a whistle, and there were doubt- less some who turned their ears to the south ana the future, and heard the har- mony of the whistles of an “overland” train spproaching the metropolis of a valley which, Claus Spreckels said, the younger generation now living woula see supporting in abundance a population of 5,000,000 people. The decorations in the streets are still up. They will be allowed to remain in- definitely. The city is loth to take off the garments in which she celebrated her de- liverance from the throttling freight and passenger tariffs of the Southern Pacific Company. A force of men was put at work this afternoon removing the remnants of the great barbecue. There were no remnants to remove except the dishes, tables and benches. The multitude, which had fed on more than ‘loaves and fishes,” had carried away the rest of it in perfect comfort and satisfaction. President Ciaus Spreckels and the San Francisco directors of the road left at 2:40 o’clock this morning for San Francisco. As iate or early the hour may be, technic- ally considered, a number of prominent citizens of Fresno saw them off with many hearty expressions of good will. There is no name more revered in the entire San Joaquin Valley than that of Claus Spreckels. It would require a descriptive pen with very flexible and facile points to do justice to the subject of the reception of the first train into Fresno yesterday. There were acres of waving umbrellasand hats and handkerchiefs, acres of solid humanity and a unanimity of cheers which resounded far beyond the- limits of the greatest throng of enthusiastic peoplé that ever assembled in the valley. The train was welcomed hy a multitude the limits of which were visible to a field- glass, but whose feeling of gladness at liberation from a tax on their toil and cap- ital was not to be measured except by a sight and sympathy that perceives the sunlight after years of clouds. Freight traffic is already busy on the road. Regular passenger traffic will open in a few weeks with the comuoletion of the construction of more depot facilities. The Fresno County Fair opened today. FOURTEEN CAKS SMASHED. Railrood Wreck in Which Two Men Are Killed and Others Fatally Injured. PITTSBURG, Pa., Oct. 6.—A bad acei- dent took place early this morning on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Donohoe station, in which at least two lives were lost. An extra freight train bound east broke in two on the grade near that place and the two sections coliided with terrific force, causing one of the worst wrecks ever seen in this part of the road. Fourteen cars full of merchandi-e were smashed and piled into a heap of wreck- age. Some of the cars were apparently crushed into kinaling wood. Two tramps who were stealing rides were instantly killed. The body of one of them, a negro, has been recovered. That of the other still. lies buried under the wreckage, and will not be reached for several hours, as 1t will take that time to clear the track. Mike Holliday, a brakeman, was so badly crushed that there is little hope of his recovery. Another brakeman was badly but not fatally, injured. Noah Greenwood, & resident of Homewood, who was riding on the train, had his right arm cut off and may die. Miss Barton’s Return. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 6.—Miss Clara Barton of the American Red Cross and the members of her staff who secretly arrived in New York from Turkey, arrived here this morning and opened the Red Cross headayprters. The rouse had been closed during Miss Barton’s absenc «