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

One Hundred Thousand People
Gathered Around the Care de
Lyons to Greet the Cars Rep
resentatives Streets DaZzled
With Flags and Flowers Adj
miraI Arelian's Response.
PARIS, Oct. 17.-Shortly after sunris
this morning the streets of this capital
were alive with people bent upon en-
joying a holiday, and at the same time
giving welcome to the Russian sailors.
By o'clock the streets were crowded
with people, and work throughout the
city may be said to be at a standstill.
Among those who packed the streets
were tens of thousands of work people
in their Sunday clothes, while every
train landed thousands of people from
the country, and this incoming was
kept up until the day was far adj
vanced. All along the streets
where the Russians were likely to
be seen, the windows, balconies.
housetops and even the chimneys were
black with people who had determined
to shout themselves hoarse i'll honor of
the Russian visitors. Below.the streets
were nearly hidden beneath the decora-
tons and the moving mass of people
passing beneath them conSpicuously
displayed badges and other emblems of
the coIorS of Russia and France.
The Russians arrived at the Care de
Lyons, which had been handsomely
decorated for the occasion, at $3.50 a. H.,
and were received by cabinet ministers
and deputatons from the various recep-
ton committees and by many thousands
of people, who crowded around the sta
ton and packed the platform near it,
and enthusiastically shouted, Vive la
Russo.
Admiral Avellan and the officers vino
accompanied him stood up in the car
riageS awaiting to escort them to the
military club and replied to the cheers
of the French by crying "Nive la
France" Some idea of the number of
peopIe assembled around the Care de
LYONS may be gathered from the fact
that the police admit that at least l00,-
600 people were assembled around the
railroad station mentioned. and every
large and small street leading to the
military club was black with men.
women and children. shouting for Rus
sia and for the ear.
The thoroughfareS were dazzling with
flags, flowers, Streamers, etc. 1t was
only with the greatest difficulty that
the police could keep the DAD clear.
and at times the enthusiasm OF the
French was worked up to such pitch
that the Russian officers looked alarmed
as they continued their triumphant
progress to the military club. So great
was the excitement caused by the ar
rival Of The Russians that it was found
impossible to move their carriages
through the streets any faster than at
O slow walk, owing 10 the immense,
surging and cheering masses of excited
people who blocked the way, and now
and then burst through the lines of
police and military like human waves
washing away drifting Instructions.
Admiral Avellan, in replying to the
address OF welcome presented 10 him at
the railroad station upon the part of
the president of the council, said that
he was happy that he had been chosen
TO return the visit of Admiral Gervais
to ST. Petersburg. and with few COM
plimentary remarks about France and
Frenchmen, tine Russian admiral
ceased speaking, and with his officers.
appeared 10 be thoroughly tired after
their long journey and the series OF
TOulon entertainments, which had pre-
coded it.
A police officer who was on duty at
tie Place deIiOpera this morning says