The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-05

SALUTES FIRED.
Car Receives Royal Wei
come to France.
Fig Fleet of War Vessels Meet
Him at CherbOurg.
Every Precaution Taken for the
Safety of Royal Visitors.
Copyright, 1901

the Russian guests OF France, COM
rrises II veIsels, and includes the
Charles Martel. first class battleship, the
Hoche. battleship with Vice Admiral
Regnauet de Premesnil, the Jean Bart
the Descartes. Jemmapes. and 10 cruisers
and torpedo boats. This fiotilla left
Cherbourg a little before 10 today, and
met the Pole STAR having on board the
czar and czarina, conveyed by the
STANDARD and English men-of-war at
the edge OF French waters, just the ex-
treme OF the three mile limit. The man
of-war Dupuy DE LONE conveyed Presi-
dent Faure TO the meeting point OF the
czar's yacht and the French squadron
President Faure, after the salutes Were
fred. then returned TO Cherbourg, and
awaited the arrival of the cZar at the
landing stage.
on approaching the English fleet. the
French fleet fired an imperial salute. fol-
lowed by a salute TO the English vessels,
which was returned by them. The cars
yacht after saluting the British IRON
olads steamed ahead into the center OF
the French teet. and In this order pro-
ceeded here the Pole Star being in COM
pany with the French vessels for about
an hour. and arriving in Cherbourg har-
Dor at noon.
FOR the purposes OF the reception
when the czar put foot In France. the
great naval magazine OF the Cherbourg
arsenal, which is situated opposite Cher
bourg's landing stage, was utilized
From the landing stage TO the hall of the
magazine a covered way, richly dec
Grated with silk hangings. shields, BAN
nerets and flowers. was erected. The
landing stage was also beautifully
draped. and every preparation made 10
police the harbor and protect the land
ing stage. covered way. magazine and
its approaches, with walls of uniformed
soldiers and gend'armes. while every.
where swermed French and Russian
secret agents. The czar dislikes 10 see
them, bu: acknowledges they are more
necessary than the flags and festoons,
which testify to French and Russian
friendship.
President Faure. surrounded by M.
Banotaux Admiral Besnard, minister
of marine General Billot, minister of
war and all the generals admirals, field
officers and subalterns. who were in at
tendance on che emperor and empress
during their stay in France. awaited the
car and czarina on the landing stage.
After the welcome for which President
Faure prepared some particularly fer
vent sentences, the glittering crowd OF
notabilities passed along the covered way
TO the hall of the magazine while thun-
ders from great guns, ringing OF bells,
an,l the excited cries OF French crowd
des tenod their majesties' ears.
The interior of the ~ azne Is deco.
rated and arranged VIA all the exquisite
taste of the French in such matters. and
with the amazing liberality of their
present enthusiasm for all things Rus.
sian. The interior of the magazine Is
divided into a reception hall a diplo-
matte hall and banqueting room. Tho
first of these is hung in rich crimson
satin and the decorations consist of q
wilderness of exquisite blossoms from
which peep out flowers and devices
formed of bayonets, swords, ramrods
and other implements of land and sea
warfare. The diplomatic hall is draped
I'm yellow satin and decorated with be-
wildering array OF beautiful mirrors,
which reflect at 1000 angles. exquisite
pot foliage plants and the rarest blooms
of French greenhouses. Two sumptu-
Gus retiring rooms adjoin this hall.
The third room, wherein the imperial
pair are to partake of French bread and
salt is hung in pale green satin, set off
by heavy velvet portieres and priceless
tapestry. The ornaments here are also
Franco Russian alliance may be pre-
pared against, !usters and panoplies, in
which military and naval weapons,
models OF torpedoes and torpedo destroy
ers, great and small guns. appear un-
obstrusively, but none the less signifi-
cantly.
Within the hall are three tables, one
raised higher than the other two, which,
with 80 seats each, will accommodate
those in necessary attendance. The
principal table has seats for 15 In the
center are three beautiful chairs OF the
period Of Louis XIV, for their majesties
and President Faure. The service OF
china and glass is most exquisite. the
former being from the Ateliers OF
Severes. The efforts of the Partisan
chefs will lose nothing from the manner
of service. The tables also display the
daintiest flowers.
Their majesties and their hosts break
tasted here. and after the review OF the
French fleet, which takes place this
afternoon, which they will witness from
the deck of the Elan. Napoleon's old
state barge regilded and refurnished,
they will attend state banquet in this
same hall, given by President Faure.
The state banquet will occur stimuli
tnneousiy with fetes OF different kinds,
and general rejoicings OF the people OF
Cherbourg, who have Loyalty decorated
their town with lavish he nd. the domi-
nant note of the DECORATIONS everywhere
being the black and yellow OF the Czar
OF all the Russias, pleasantly inter-
mingled with the tri-color of jubilant
France.
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Could DO Nothing with Them.
Rotterdam. oct 5.--kearney and
Haines. two OF. the suspects taken into
custody during the recent dynamite SEN
sation on the charge OF Illegally man
ufacturing explosives. have been con-
Quoted across the;Dutch frontier The
failure of the Scotland Yard officials Ia
aonnrn tho nxiradiilnn from France Of