Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-25
The Whole City Turned
Out to Cheer the
Grand Old Man.
STREETS WERE THRONGED.
Housetops and Balconies Black
With People Anxious for a
Glimpse of the Train.

PARIS, November 24.-The city of
Paris welcomed Mr.. Kruger to-day in
a whole hearted manner, according him
a sincere reception at the railroad sta
ton and showing by the cheering of
the crowds along the route that he was
cordially welcome and had the SYM
patty of the populace. The thorough
fares through which Mr.. Kruger pas
ed were not lavishly decorated, but
few flags were flying and the hotel was
nicely decorated while from early
morning the street hawkers did not
permit the pedestrians to forget that
ii was Kruger day. All sorts OF in
sigma were offered for sale. Small
Beer flags, badges of the Boer colors
and SCARF pins of the same character
we're called out on the boulevards and
lucky was the statesmen, for almost
everyone wore a Boer emblem.
BY 10 o'clock the sidewalks began to
fill, while in the vicinity of the rail-
road station and about the hotel Scribe
the crowds constantly increased in
size. Small squads of municipal guards
on foot and mounted, were continually
passing. evidence of the fact that the
government was taking stringent pre-
cautions to prevent trouble. On the
Place de la Bastile, few nationalist
groups collected, but they were soon
dispersed.
BY the time the train was due to ar
rive all the places of vantage about
the railroad station and the hotel were
packed for the distance of about
block.
Among those gathered at the railroad
station were Count Boni de Castellane
and several other well-known National
ist deputies and Miss Maud Come and
a party from the Irish delegation. The
crowd on the platform pressed so close
ly about Mr.. Kruger's saloon car that
for time he was unable to alight and
stood on the footboard, bareheaded,
acknowledging
The Piaudits of His Admirers.
NJ. CroMer chief of the protocole, or
department Of the foreign office, to
which is entrusted questions of ETH
uuette and the receptions of diplomats
and others, advanced and bid Mr.. Kru-
ger welcome in the name of President
Loubet and the French government
Mr. Kruger bowed his thanks.
Mayor Grebault then invited Mr..
Kruger in benalf of the municipality
of Paris and the president of the pro-
Boer committee and Others presented
the aged traveller with an address of
welcome to which Mr.. Kruger replied
that he was extremely happy to again
find himself in the beautiful city of
Paris, and asserted that he was touched
to the bottom OF his heart by the well
come ne had received and could not
find words to express appreciation OF
the sympathy that the Frenchmen were
displaying towards his country. He
concluded with saying he had faith in
the Boer nation which though tempest
tossed, would keep afioat and never
sink.
Mr.. Kruger and party entered the
train at Dijon at $3.50 a. m. His sa-
Icon cars were attached to the Train
De Luxe from the Riviera to Paris.
In spite of the early hour, a tair
number of inhabitants assembled on
the platform to cheer the departing
statesman. Mr.. Kruger uttered a few
words of thanks to the city for its
splendid welcome.
The Train Only stopped Once
en- route at La Roche where a deputa-
ton, with flags, was waiting at the
station to present Mr.. Kruger with
warmly-worded address of admiration
and sympathy for the Boer cause.
Mr.. Kruger thanked the deputation,
through his interpreter. The crowd
was of respectable numbers for such
a small town, gave the distinguished
traveller unstinted applause.
Elsewhere along the route there were
the same scenes as yesterday. People
were waiting on the side of the tracks
and on bridges and other points of
vantage. They waved their hats and
cheered as the train rushed past at
the highest speed.
Nearing Paris these gatherings grew
more frequent and of larger numbers.
until the train approached the ter
minus, the Care de Lyon here. Then
a remarkable spectacle was presented.
Not only the windows, but the roofs
OF the houses commanding a view of
the track were covered with specta-
tors. In addition, the railroad employ
es, engineers, cleaners, porters and
guards, had clambored on the trains
lying on the side of the tracks and at
the coaling platforms-at every point
where a glimpse even of only the train
itself could be secured. This, how
ever,
Was Merely a Foretaste
of the spectacle which greeted Mr..
Kruger's eyes when the train steam
ed into the station itself. Notwith-
standing stringent precautions to adj
NIT only ticket holders. large assem-