St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-04
Scions Of the Royal House Of
Bourbon Orleans in
Gotham.
Heading the Party Are the
Comte de Paris and His
Eldest Son.
Bringing Up the Rear Are a
Ddke, Marquis and
Count.
Heiresses Will Take Note
That Several of These
Are Bachelors.

New YORK, Oct. 3.-All the morning
the people interested in the arrival OF
the COmte de Paris and party were OF
the qui vive for news of the Germanic.
At 10:16 she was sighted off the High.
lands and word was sent to the city.
The invited guests were a%nXiouSly wait
ing at the barge Office dock, ready to
embark on the reyenue cutter Cushman,
to welcome the comte and his party.
There was some delay in waiting for
n of the guests to arrive, but at 11:11
o'clock the cutter steamed down the
bay with a small party. composed of
Collector Erhardt. Gen. Daniel Butter
field, Gen. o. O. Howard, Gen. E. D.
Reyes, Gen. Fitz John Porter,
Gen. FL. W. Slocum, w. B. Franklin,
Dillon, Gen. O'Beirne and several
newspaper men on board. The Ger
manic was boarded Off Staten island,
and the colnte, surrounded by his party,
was waiting for the old warehouses; on
the quarterback. Gen. Butterield. who
is all old friend and cOmrade at arms of
the comte, was greeted very cordially.
The cOmte, i'll very good English, said in
greeting: ut is very kind Of you to
come down here to see me, and it makes
the occasion very pleasant, l think it
very kind of you to bring SO many
old familiar faces from among the army
OF the Potomac"
Officially Welcomed to America.
Collector Erhardt was presented to
the comte, and said: 81 am instructed
by the president and government to
welcome you to these shores, and to ex-
tend to you every courtesy"
The comte replied: Il thank you
very much for the honor, and l am glad
to make another visit to America. ]
appreciate the great honor conferred on
me by the president"
Gen. Fitz John Porter was then
greeted by the comte, and the words
uttered by him go to show how much he
is interested in America and how fully
fully acquainted he is with American
affairs. He said: 81 am glad to see
you again, and to see you restored to
your original position"
Gen. O'Beirne presented the newspa-
per men to the Comte d~'Haussonville.
who received for the Comte de Paris.
He said: Our party consists of III. r.
ID. the Gomte de Paris; IL. R.. 81. the
Due d'Orleans; the Due Dues, the
Marquisde Lasteyrie, the Comte d'Haus-
sonville, Col. de Parseval, Capt. Nor
ham and Dr.. Racanier. We came oyer
for a pleasure trip to last a month. We
return Nov. 1 Oh the Servia. We have
had a trip without incident, except to
get a touch of the hurricane. The party
will be at the Windsor hotel for three
days, M we go from here to Craigen's
Point, West Point. We then visit Phil
adelphia, where we shall stay a few
days, then go to Gettysburg to
View of the Battle-Ground.
Baltimore is our next place, and from
there we go to Richmond, by boat down
the Potomac and the James river. We
were met this morning by Col. Cop
pinger, who represented COmmander-in-
Chief Schofield and Gen. Martin Nc
Mahon, of Gen. Towards staff. We are
to be rendered a dinner tomorrow by
the Union club, and l don't know what
other arrangements will be made, for
we have so many invitations thai it is
almost impossible to select from them"
The cOmte was asked what the COmte
de Paris had to say on the future of
France and French politics. He re-
piled that on that subject the comte re-
fused to talk, as the subject was tabooed.
The comte, who is a tall, broad-shoul-
dered man, with iron-gray hair and
beard and an intellectual face, lighted
up by a pair of kindly blue eyes, said
in a voice with a slight accent to the re-
porters: Il am glad to meet you, gen
tlemen, and to be i'll New York again.
l sailed down this bay twenty-eight
years ago i'll those sad and trying times.
l see many changes, and am glad to see
this country in such a state of pros
perity. / am glad to stay in New York
and to meet you newspaper men. ]
cannot discuss any affairs relating to
France" The Due d'Orleans is a young
man with a smooth face. He is con
siderably over six feet in height and of
muscular build. His hair is pure blonde
and his cheeks a rosy red. He said that
he had had a delightful trip, and that
the
MonOtony Had Been Lfghtened
by sports and games on the leeward
quarterback. He is very much interest.
ed In American and in all things Am.
erican, and eagerly scanned the views in
the harbor as the vessel neared the dock.
He was a bit depressed. as his valet
Karl Haas, an old Austrian servant
who has been in his fathers family fol
many years and accompanied him
through India, is very sick and not ex
pected to live. He will be taken to &
private hospital in this city. The pas
sengers on the Germanic, and especially
the members of the Kendall company,
vino were ON board, became fast friends
of the comte and his party. They
all said that the due was a charm
ing young fellow, and that hi.
father was equally charming. Sever
of the passengers engaged in a tug-Of
war contest against the Due d'Orleans
three others of the party and a couple
of Americans. The due was anchor TO
his side. and easily won the contest
The party landed at the White Sta
pier at 1:20 p. M, and were driven t.
the Windsor hotel, where they haY,
several suites of rooms.
Valet Haas rs Dead.
New YORK, Oct. 3.-Karl Haas, tn,
valet of the Count of Paris, who was re
moved from the steamship Germanic t.
st. Vincent's hospital at 8 o'clock thi
afternoon, died at z O'Clock this evening
from intestinal obstruction. He hat
been i'll during the voyage and DR.. Re
Gamer, the physician of the Count O
Paris, was present when he died. 81
was thirty-twO years old and a nativ
OF B~oskOwitZ, Austria.
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