Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-07

The other members Of the party, escorted by
Gen. o. o. Howard. Gen. Butterfeld, Col
Nicholson of Philadelphia and Lieuts Bliss and
Andrews Of Gen. Schofields staff, were DIR. Re-
camier, the Count d'Haussonville, Capt Nor
chain, Col. de Parseval and the Marquis dc
Lasteyrie.
Ali entered by the main doorway of the new
annex and were greeted by Col. Roessle. They
were conducted to their rooms on the floor
above where Manager Bennett was busy as the
proverbial bee, but lacking that insects sting
THE BREAKFAST.
The breakfast table was set in the dining
room-set for eigbt-but the count of Paris in
sisted on the number being increased, SO that
Gems. Howard and Dutterfeld might also have
an opportunity to eat something. Gen. Scho-
field had his lunch before he went to the de-
pot
The visitors were very much pleased with
the hotel arrangements and so expressed them
selves. They sat down to their meal within
twenty-five minutes from the time of their
rival.
The specially invited guests at the dinner to
be given the distinguished foreigners this
evening by Gen. Schofeld will be Secre-
tary Rusk, Secretary Noble. Admiral
Franklin, Gen. Rosecrans, Gen. Augur, Gen.
II. H. Wright, Gen. Hart, Gen. Casey,
keever, Col. Coppinger. Gen. o. o. Howard,
Gen. Butterfeld and Col. Nicholson. The
dinner will be at the Metropolitan Club House.
THE PRINCES APARTMENTS.
The apartments occupied by the royal party
are the most spacious and in many respects the
most magnificent ever at the disposal of any
first floor OF the new annex, and. enumer-
ated, are q parlor and dining room.
eight sleeping rooms, between each
two of the latter being a bath room.
In addition to these the count has for his own
use private parlor and bath room. The
unique feature of the rooms is tho fact that
they all connect with each other and that all
the rooms are next to the street. The furnish
ing is more than ordinarily artistic and de-
cidedly comfortable. The bed rooms are fin
ishod In mahogany; tapestry adorns the par
lors while the fittings of the dining room are
of oak and leather.
THE ITINERARY.
This evening the Count of Paris and party
will dine with Gen. Schofield and tomorrow
purpose visiting several places of interest in
and around the city. At o'clock tomorrow
afternoon the count and his suite will leave on
the steamer George Leary. and the program is
that connection shall be made at Old Point
with the James river boat, on which they will
go directly to Richmond. There will be no
stop at Norfolk.
Two days will be spent in Richmond and
then the proposition is TO go up to Fredericks-
burg and over the fields of the Wilderness and
Charlottesville. From thence a return will
be made to this city, when President Harrison
will do the honors for the nation.
Antietam and Gettysburg will be visited be-
fore the party goes to New YORK and West
Point 1t is not improbable that the count
may visit Canada, but no conclusion has been
reached as yet on that matter.
THE COUNT OF PARIS.
TOuja phiIinpa Albarf pripco Of OrIoops
Count of Paris. who arrives here today, is the
grandson of Louis Philippe, King of France,
and THUG descended from the great house of
Orleans.
The Count of Paris was born in the Tuileries
on st. Bartholomew day. August "a. 1888. md
has therefore just passed his tifty-second
birthday. The direct male line of Louis XIV
being extinct, with the insignificant exception
of Don Carlos of Spain, the title of the Bour-
bons to the French throne descends to the
direct male line of his brother the Duke of
Orleans, above mentioned. This constitutes
the claim of the Count of Paris and this Is why
his friends and supporters think he ought to
be wearing the crown of France today. He is
the head of the house of Orleans, although he
prefers to call himself Count of Paris rather
than Duke of Orleans The latter title he has
bestowed on his elder son, who accompanies
him.
When the war of the rebellion broke out the
Count Of Paris, then by the death of his father
and grandfather the head of his family
rendered the services of himself and his
brother to the American people on the side of
the Union. Arriving in Washington, accompa-
MED by his uncle, the Prince do Joinvile. he
was rendered position on the staff Of Gen.
Mcclellan, i'll command of the Army OF the
Potomac. The Prince de Joinyillo went
through the campaign with his young orphans,
but he would accept no rank on the staff.
For more than year the Count OF Paris
then young man of twenty-three, served with
Mcclellan, participating in all the battles OF the
Army of the Potomac. When the interference
OF Louis Napoleon in Mexico threatened to dis
turb the pleasant relations between the United
States and France the count deemed it advis-
able to retire from our army and return once
more to England.