Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-20
DAY COUNTY. SOUTH DAKOTA, DECEMBER 20, 1894.
NJ. CASiMlR-PERlER.
How the New President of France Appears
In Public.

In Public.
After the tragic death of the late NJ.
Garnet at the hands of an assassin it
must needs be q brave man who would
I'LL his place. Such a man is M. Cast.
mer-Perier, the new head of the French
government. On a bright Sunday in
october it was rumored about Paris that
the president would attend the races at
Longchamps, in the Bots de B~oulogne.
The French, anxious to see how M. Cas-
,mer-Perier bore his new honors. and
the foreign element of Paris, for
a sight Of this courageous successor to
kings and emperors, were out in great
numbers.
Early i'll the afternoon the Champs
Elysees, the Avenue Bots de Boulogne
and the main roads of the bois itself
were thronged with spectators. Evil
IDENTIFY something unusual was going
on. The stranger was courteously in
formed that it was not a parade; that
the president would shortly pass by on
his way from the races.
A detachment Of the mounted guards
of the republic, in their glittering ar
NOR, was grouped in a picturesque man
ner around the great base of the Arc de
T~riomphe. At every few yards police
were stationed, from the Palais de Ely
see to the race course, a distance of sew
eral miles. Thousands of people lined
the streets, and hundreds of cabs drove
slowly back and forth, though half Of
the way was kept constantly clear by
mounted officers. Among the notable
Americans seen in the crowd were DR..
Evans of Empress Eugene fame, in his
private brougham, and Miss Sybil San
derson of the grand opera, in a hand
some victoria. The bystanders were
most patient, many Of them waiting
hours. Every neck was craned, every
eye was turned toward the bois. Judg-
ing from the amount of preparation and
excitement, it might we'll have been the
great Napoleon himself whom they ex-
pected. Presently a startling sight greet
ed the beholders. 1t was in the shape
of a bright red coupe drawn by a chest
nut horse. The people laughed and jeer-
ed in their light hearted French way,
while the lone man in the vehicle grin
ned in a self satisfied way. Clearly it
was not the president.
A moment later a captain of the guard
spurred down the avenue, followed in
quick succession by several mounted
privates. The way was instantly cleared,
the gay coupe disappearing down by a
bypath, and the four horsed open Car
riage of M. Casimir- Perier drove rapidly
out of the Bots. The president, a dig
nified, fine looking man in the prime of
life, was accompanied by his wife and
on the box seat in white livery and
two footmen in the rear. The president
lifted his hat courteously; but, strange
to say, there was no cheering such as
greets the Prince of Wales in London
or our own executive at home. 1t re-
manned for two foreign ladies, English
and American respectively, to throw
the only flowers which M. Casimir-Pe-
rier received in all that crowd. With
real republican enthusiasm, these young
women rose up in their cab and tossed,
with true feminine aim, a bunch of
carnations. All but one fell to the ground
and were crushed by the wheels of his
carriage, but the last alighted on the
lapel Of the presidential coat. It was
quickly handed to him by an observant
lackey. M. Casimir- Perier graciously
accepted it, bowling his thanks, and was
speedily driven from view.-Cor.
A KING FEARS ASSASSINATION.