St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-18

There was absolutely no YiOleuce, Willie
hundreds OF thousands Of men waved
hats, and almost as many women waved
! handkerchiefS,S uEshadeS and umbrellas
| in the air, all crying "Vive la Russie. y
as the Russian sailors slowly wendell
their way to the military CLUB.
Admiral Avellan and his officers had
no sooner entered the club than the ire
mendous roars of cheering which swept
over the Place De i Opera compelled
them to reappear upon the balcony OF
the club, where, in reply to the greet
ing of the vast multitudes below, the
Russian admiral and his staff waved
their caps in the air and cried: "VIve
la France" This caused climax III
the excitement, and, if the people were
| wildly enthusiastic before those words
fell from the Russian admiral's lips,
| they were fairly mad with excitement
when they heard them.
The Russians drove to the PalaiS de
| fElysee this afternoon, and on their
way there the same enthusiastic scenes
witnessed during the previous move
mentS of the visiting sailors were re-
/ peated.
The Boulevard des Capucines and
the Boulevard de la Madeleine as we'll
as the Rue Royale, the Fauberg St
Honore and the neighborhood OF
the Palais de PElysee, were sc
densely packed with people thai
all movement was utterly impossible
until the Russians had gone to the
palace and had left there after the re.
ception. Some foolish people in the
crowd raised Kisses before the British
! embassy, but this weak-minded demon,
Stration was soon suppressed. While
| the Russians were on their way TO the
palace the crowd.sang the" MarSeillaise'
! and cheered for Russia, for the car
and for France and the French army
All the vehicles along the line followed
! by the cZar'S sailors were bedecKed with
| little flags, and cable message cannot
! begin 10 picture the scenes of enthu
sIaSm witnessed ON all sides.
| Admiral Avellan, during the course
of the day, was officially advised of the
! death of Marshal MacMahon, upor
which the Russian admiral expressed
great regret at the loss which France
had suffered by the demise of the veter-
an soldier and statesman.
! Upon arriving at the Palais de PEly.
see. the Russian admiral and his staff
! were received with military honors
and were presented to President Carno
by Baron Won Mohrenheim, the Russian
ambassador, in the grand salon on thu
first floor of the palace.
At the chamber OF deputies, the Rus
| slams were welcomed by Vice PreSiden
| Casinir Perier, who, addressing Admira
| Avellan, declared that the deputie:
fully appreciated the honor paid then
| by Admiral Avellan and his officers il
visiting the chamber, and expressed nj
happiness at having been associated
with sentiments which caused the heart
of Russians and Frenchmen to beat il
unison OH this occasion, never to be for
gotten. The vice president of the
chamber added:
1--WE address. with the entire nation
our respectful homage to tue car ant
our sympathy to the RUSSIAN nation
army and navy"
President Carnot received the Rus
slams surrounded by the officers of hi
military household, and after having
greeted them he turned to the RUSSIAN
ambassador and said:
Il thank you, NJ. PAmbaSSadeur, TO
| presenting to me the officers of the Rus
Sian squadron. / entrusted to the min
lister OF marine, Admiral Rieunier, tn
mission of conveying to them my greet
, ings Oh their arrival in French waters
and upon landing on French soil | al
happy to be able, today, to renew thes
greetings in person."
President CarnOt then turned to tn
Russian visitors and said:
You have already received, mes
Sieurs, at Toulon, the expression of tn
goodwill of the French government
and also that of the people of the dis
tricts through which you passed. An
while with our nation you will every
where meet with the same sincere, col
| RI al ha nf frin RI hi
which have been drawn closer by th
touching demonstration of which GU
fleet was the object at Cronstadt, ar
growing stronger every day. May tn
loyal interchange of our feelings an
friendship he an inspiration to all VIII
have at heart the benefit of peace, con
| tidence and security.
The great emperor who sent you
meSSieurS, and whom L greet from TIL
place, entrusted you with" an eXalte
mission which you have worthily cal
ried out. l bid you, therefore, we
come"
Admiral Avellan replied to Presider
Carnot's words of welcome in a few n
marks, during which he thanked til
French president for the courtesies e2
tended to himself and his officers Will
on French soil.
PElySee ana visited the minister of th
!, interior, the ministry of war, the mil
iStry of marine and other importar
buildings of a similar nature, includin
in their tour the senate and the chan
Der of deputies. 1t was with difficult
that the police managed to force a ma
row lane through the vast cOncourse
people assembled around the publ
buildings, which Immediately CLOSE
behind the carriage occupied by Il
Russian officers until the crush was
| great that the vehicles were carrie
forward by the throng amid deafenil
cheering, men. women aid childrt
. running beside the carriages and gras
: ing the hands of the Russian officer
who often rose from their seats, wav
} ! their hats and shouted: "Vive nos DO
amis, les Francois our go'
friends, the French.
To these Russian cheers the crow
replied by cries of: 'Vive nos DO
amis, les RusseS."
: QAltogether the scene was one utter
unprecedented in the history of t
g world, unless an exception be made
l favor of the extraordinary scene "
messed when hundreds Of crowded 70
boats pressed around the Russian fla
y ship Nicholas |. at Toulon recent
< and French army and navy Office
y joined with men and women and oh
dren of ali classes in kissing the har
of the Russian sailors which were {
tended TO them through the port mol
This evening all the prominent bul
;. ings of this city, including the Louv
.N the PalaiS Royale, the PalaIs de +
W dustrie, the Hotel de Vile, the Ope
81 the Paais de Justice, Notre Dame a
X many other similar buildings W,
\, Illuminated. while large and small bui
q ings all over the city made plenti
: display Of electric, gas, oil or CAM
- illumination.