The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-26
ON THEIR SHIPS AGAIN
Frenchmen Through with Feast
ing the Russian Visitors.
Incidents of the Fetes i'm Paris-Many
Presents Showered on the Sailors
by the People of Lyons.
Copyright, 1898, by the United Press9

Copyright, 1895, by the United Press)
PARIS Oct 25-The Russian guests
have sped their parting, and with their de-
parture a calm has fallen upon the city
as if, like a child tired with a days sport,
she had cried herself asleep. Not the least
surprising feature of the demonstrations
here was that the volatile population main
tanned their fervor for week with no
sign of becoming tired of the succession of
gayeties or. of wearying of giving exuber-
ant expression TO their feelings OF friend
ship toward Russia and liking of every
thing Russian Noteworthy is the fact
throughout the whole time the Russians
were the city's guests nothing occurred,
nothing was said or written to emphasize
the political aspect of the reception or to
offend the nobilities of France. If the OPP
tics and lacteal glands be excepted, the
self control manifested by the French peo-
pie appears wonderful to those who under
stand the disposition of the French, and
more particularly the Parisians. The &C
ton of the populace during the last few
days sis taken proof that, contrary TO
the hopes entertained by the Royalists,
France does not need a monarchy to hold
the people in restraint
Parisians are now seeking amusement in
tiyities that, amid the furore while the
Russians were in town, passed unnoticed.
One thing that affords them laughter is the
statement that while here Admiral Avellan
received 1900 letters. This huge mass Of
correspondence necessitated the constant
service of four officers to attend to it.
Among these letters were 10000 from ladies
begging for an audience, "a lock of the Ad-
vaiy Pc hair
plainly apparent who the joke is on-the
writers or the unfortunate officers detailed
to open and read the letters. 1t can be
said, however, that there were few persons
who imagine the officers thought the task
impt sed on them was consolation for miss
ing some of the festivities. 1t is said that
Admiral Avellan intends to acknowledge
the receipt of each of these letters, and that
he will post the replies in a batch when the
Russian feet reaches the Piraeus which
will materially add TO the Greek postal re-
cepts.
Many casualties have been reported every
day during the fetes. Besides a large num-
Der of men, women and children crushed in
the crowds, several persons were injured by
falling from trees and other vantage points.
At Clichy, yesterday morning, while the
train conveying the Russians to Versailles
was crossing the Seine, woman on the
parapet of the bridge waved the French
and Russian flags. shouting: LES voir ct
Maurier; vive la Russie," then jumped into
the river and was drowned. The. body
when recovered, was found 20 be atSred in
a chemise neatly made of Russian flags.
and a pettcoat made OF Russian and French
flags.
President Carnot will start for Toulon at
4:30 o. m. tomorrow and will arrive there
at O'Clock Friday morning. He will be
accompanied by Premier Dupuy, NJ De-
velle, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Admiral
Reuinier, Minister of Marine. Upon arriv-
ing at Toulon the party will board the
French ship Formidable. Admiral
Avellan will pay his respects to the Presi-
dent aboard the Formidable and later the
the Russian flagship. Breakfast will be
evening all will attend grand dinner. The
President will return to Paris on Saturday
evening Sunday morning.
While the visitors were on their way to
Toulon to-day they were given an ovation
at Lyons. Over 100000 people, in addition
to the regular population of the city and
neighborhood, crowded the streets In honor
of the Russian sailors. The city a
mass of decoration. Among the many pres
ents given the Russian officers were twelve
of the most exQuiSitely delicate silk dresses
which were ever turned out from the looms
in this or any other country. These mag
nilicent dresses are intended for presenta-
ton to the Czarina and the Empress of
Russia The Russian visitors were also pre-
sented with quantities of French and Rus
and twenty-five hundred silk handkerchiefs
as a further mark of the appreciation of
the people of Lyons, at the visit of the
Cars sailors, were handed over to the
Russian admiral for distribution among the
sailors of his squadron.