The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-10
L0RNE AND LOUISE.
Cheyenne Catches a Glimpse of the Vice
Regal Party.
The Marquis interviewed and the Princess
Called Upon by the Leader.

There was a lively stir about Fort
D. A. Russell AMI Cheyenne depot
yesterday on account of the reception
of orders by Major DeRussy and MaioI
Lord from Gen. Sheridan, to pay mill
tar honors to the Princess Louise,
Marquis of Lorne and party. The
distinguished visitors were en- route
from Montreal to British Colombia,
and it was the desire of the military
authorities of u government to give
the royal princess and her husband, the
Governor General of Canada, a royal
reception at all points where troops
are stationed. At Fort Omaha the
garrison turned out and a royal salute
Of twenty-one guns was fired. The
officers and their ladies called upon the
distinguished party. The same pro-
gramme was observed at Sidney yes
terday morning.
A Flutter at the. Fort.
After receiving the orders, Majors
DeRussy and Lord set about making
preparation for doing their duty in the
way of a reception, and soon the artil-
lerymen at Cheyenne depot were burn
ishing their guns and filling caissons
with ammunition. Orderlies went flying
thither and thit her, all carrying orders
and directions. Oncers. sought out
their best dress suits and drew forth
their finest swords, that are used only on
great occasions, serya nts FURNISHED the
requirements, and every able hand
was employed in arr angling the details
that would make II ,e military reception
a grand success.
The officers ladi es were by no means
idle. They, too, sought wi their finest
silks and laces 3 nd best hats and bon
nets and Of Course, a holiday smile
withal, and accompanied their lieges
in carriages and ambulances to the
depot.
Meanwhile the artillery was taken to
the depot grounds and the guns charg-
ed. All was in readiness. The men
stood at their guns ready to pour forth
the salute; the officers and their ladies
were waiting on the platform, while
hundreds of ladies and gentlemen of
the city filled the depot platform.
The regular passenger train from the
east arrived on time, and soon the
special train containing the nations
guests, steamed into sight. As it came
nearer the artillerymen made ready to
fire, the hearts of the ladies fluttered
at the approach of royalty and the
whole crowd swayed with that anxiety
consequent upon upon long waiting
mixed with a fear of being unable to
see all that was to be seen.
Just as the special train got into the
depot grounds the cannons, peal re-
sounded in the air, and then another
and another, until royalty was honored
with 81 guns. The train consisted of
a baggage car and three coaches. First,
was the hunting car ''Izaak Walton,n
which was the hotel earof the party; then
ment railway of Canada, the first
named the ''Kewawdin, ~ and the second
the "~Intercolonial; after this the super
i%ntendents special, 80" of the Union
Pacific, which was occupied by super
entendent Robert Law and party.
The Crowd mt the Depot.
The moment of the arrival of the
train was one of fe verish excitement
what with the SUMS oppressive rays,
and the anx iety as to whether royalty
was to show itself. There was a rush
toward the car in which the crowd
OWNED the Princess was-not to be
seen. Never was the hull of an iron
clad vessel more inyulnerable to shot,
than the cars sides to the gaze of the
curious crowd. All the curtains were
drawn, and there was no sign of life
within. In a few moments Il u. s..
soldier vas seen on guard on one of
the platforms-that is he roasted up
there in full uniform. Opposite stood
a young man in a tweed suit, who by
turns vacantly gazed at the no rizon or
''gorgonized" the crowd with a 'stony
British stare.n
The Military are Received.
Princess Louise and her husband the
Marquis of Lorne, occupied the ''Inter-
colonial. - Into this the military officers
filed to pay their respects Officially"
This done with, the officers escorted
their ladies into the presence of Prin-
cess Louise and all were duly present
ed. Here, however, the reception
ended. The citizens were not permitted
to enter, the affair was purely of a mil
itary character. However the ire
pressible LEADER representative pas
sed in with two ladies.
The train containing the vice-regal
party was shifted a short distance up
and down the ''yard" several times
during the hour it stopped at Cheyenne.
After the military officers had with
drawn from the Princess's car, they
called their ladies together and proceed
cd in a body to board it. 1t was at this
moment that the train started up the
track on one of its tricks of shifting,
and the spectacle was presented of Off
GERS in full uniform trottihg beside a
car platform and fairly throwing the
ladies upon it. 1t happened that the
train stopped 80 as to bring the front
platform of the Princess's car just be-
side the spot where n OF the LEAD
mn, q ranraaantatiyea was banding with