The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05


Gar dislikes to see them. but acknowl-
edges they are more necessary than the
flags and festoons which testify to French
and Russian friendship.
President Faure surrounded by NJ Hano-
taux Admiral Besnard Minister of Marine;
General BilIot. Minister of War, and all the
generals. adnrals, field officers and sub
alterns who are to be in attendance on the
Emperor and Empress during their stay III
France, will await the Gar ana Gzarlna on on
President Faure has prepared some par
ticularly fervent sentences, the giittering
crowd of notabilities will pass along the
covered way to the hall of magazine. while
the thunder from great guns, ringing OF
bells and the excited cries of French
The interior of the magazine mas peen
decorated and arranged with all the ex-
quisite taste of the French in sueh matters
and with the amazing liberality of their
present enthusiasm for al things Russian.
The interior of the maya zine has been dl-
vided into reception hall, diplomatic
hall andea banqueting Too9l The nrst OF
the decorations consist or a wilderness OF
exquisite blossoms from which peer out
flowers and devices formed OF payoaetsee
land and sea warfare. The diplomatic hall
is draped in yellow satin and decorated
with a wilderness OF beautiful mirrors
which reflect at a thousand angles ex-
quisite pot and foliage plants and the
rarest blooms of French greenhouses. Two
sumptuous retiring rooms adjoin this hall.
The third room, wherein the Imperial pair
are to partake of French bread and SaIt
velvet portieres and priceless tapestry. The
ornaments here are suggestive Of the war
fare that the Franc o. Russian alliance may
be prepared against, being clusters and
panoplfes in which military and naval
destroyers, great and small guns appear
unobtrusive but none the less suggestive.
thirty seats each. will accommodate those
in necessary attendance The principal ta-
BILE has seats for fifteen. In the center, are
Louis XIV for their Majesties and Presi-
dent Faure. The service. of china and glass
is most exquisite, the former being from
the ateliers of Sevres. The efforts of the
Partisan chefs will lose nothing from the
manner of service. The tables also display
the daintiest flowers Their Afajesties and
their hosts will breakfast here, and after
the review of the French feet. which takes
witness from the deck of the Elan. Ma
poieons old state barge regilded and re-
furnished they will attend state banquet
in this same hall given by President Faure.
A line of rails has been laid in the arsenal
81 te dinin,ati 1hg hall Hers at o'clock
tomorrow evening the Czarina viii take
the train for Paris: preceded q few minutes
by the special train of the President, and
quitting the arsenal to the roar of l0l guns.
The state banquet will occur simultaneous
ly with fetes of different kinds and general
reioicings of the people of Cherbourg, who
have Loyalty decorated their town with law
ish hand the dominant note of the decora-
tions everywhere being the black and yell
low of the Car of all the Russias pleas
antly intermingled with the tricolor of
There has ben "A tremendous influx of
visitors at Cherbourg and at Paris and in
the case of the capital it is asserted that its
population will be doubled by the time the
Gar and CZarina reach its boundaries. As
much as 5000 francs have been paid for the
use of balcony from which to view the
procession which will be the feature of the
Gar and Czarina's entry in Paris and 600
francs have been paid for ffth-story
window.
The decorations of Paris in honor of the
visitors are most elaborate. The unprece-
made
ire of the Socialists and others. who have
issued a protest in the form of flaming
Car The names of four Deputies are
among the signatures to the protest. The
police have been tearing down these posters
SO soon discovered: Some irritation has
also been displayed in parliamentary cir
cies at Presldsnt Fa9re @ apparens oisPosi-
likely that there will be some unpleasant
things said in this connection after the de-
parture of their Imperial Majesties from
France.
Cars Farewell to England.
PORTSMoUTH.-GAt. t.-The Car and
Czarna arrived here this evening at
o'clock on the Queens special train, having
consumed nearly eighteen hours in coming
from Ballater, in the Scottish Highlands,
where they took the train last night on
leaving Balmoral.
A heavy rain was falling when the i'm
perial travellers arrived. but this did not
deter the crowds OF Slgnt-SeerS VINO nad
gathered to catch a glimpse of the Czar
and Czarna, to cheer them a farewell and
to witness the official ceremony of the de-
parture. The police, both English and Rus
sian maintained a watch of every mile of
the road and were alertly observant of the
crowd here. But there signs of
anything but cordiality towards the ma
tion's guests. All the ships in the harbor
were decked out in bunting, and all had
the Russian flag flying at the main. The
Rt. Hon. George j. Goeschen, First Lord
of the Admiralty, with brilliant gathering
of naval and military notabilites and the
Duke and Duchess of Cannaught accom-
panied the Car and Czarina from the
train. The crews of the squadron of war
ships in the harbor manned the yards as
the imperial pair were being conveyed on
board the yacht Pole Star, the Russian an
them was played by the bands, and amid
vociferous cheers from all the crews the
Russian guests boarded the Pole Star while
salutes Numbered from the war ships and
the garrison batteries.
The Gar and Czarina ha-5 trus said
farewell officially to England although
they will spend the night in Portsmouth
harbor on board the Pole Star They will
sail at Z o'clock in the morning accom-
panied by the English squadron until the
French squadron is encountered which Is
to convoy them to Cherbourg.
The Czar Is Safe in England
LONDON, Oct. 4.-The Daily Mail asserts