Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
At THE FRENCH CAPITAL.
Former President Kruger of the
Transvaal Republic Arrives
Safely in Paris.
WAS GIVEN AN EFFUslvE RECEPTION.
The Route from Dion to Paris,
Though T~raversed mt an EARLY
Hour, Was a Continual Series OF
Cheering Crowds, and Ina Paris
1t was am Ovation.

Hour, Was a Continual Series Ot
Cheering Crowds, and Ina Paris
1t was am Ovation.
Paris, Nov. 24.-Mr. Kruger arrived
in Paris at 1O:40 a. m. and was given
a magnificent reception. The boule-
Yards were crammed with vast
crowds.
Mr.. Kruger and party entered the
train at Dion at $3.50 a. m. His
saloon cars were attached to the
train de luxe from the Riviera to
Paris.
number of inhabitants assembled ON
the platform to cheer the departing
statesman. Mr.. Kruger uttered a few
words of thanks to the city for ita
splendid welcome.
Only stopped Once.
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 q
warmly-worded address of adInira-
ton and sympathy for the Boer
cause. Mr.. Kruger thanked the depu-
tation through his interpreter. The
crowd, which was of respectable num-
bers for such a small town, gave the
distinguished traveller unstinted APP
plause.
Elsewhere along the III there
were the same scenes as Friday. Peo-
pie were waiting On the sides of the
track and on bridges and other points
| nf xonfona 'Fhav uyoua6 fhniT- hats
and cheered as the train rushed past
at highest speed.
Gatherings Grew More Frequent.
Nearing Paris, these gatherings
grew more frequent and of larger
numbers, until the train approached
the terminus. the Care de Lyon, here.
Then a remarkable spectacle was pre-
sented. Not only the windows but
the roofs of the houses commanding
a view of the track were covered with
spectators. In addition the railroad
employees, engineers, cleaners, por-
tiers and guards, had clambered on the
trains lying on the side of the tracks
and at the coaling platforms-at ev.
cry point where a glimpse only of the
train itself could be secured.
Was Merely a Foretaste.
This. however, was merely a fore
taste of the spectacle which greeted
Mr.. Kruger's eyes when the train
steamed into the station itself. Not
! withstanding stringent precautions to
admit only ticket holders, a large as
semblage filled the station, while
through the open doors could be seen
a huge of people gathered
in the courtyard outside. The mayor
and municipal councillors, q number
of senators, deputies, army officers
and reporters were mustered on the
platform.
A Disappointing Error.
Mr.. Kruger was to have passed
through the station hall, which had
been specially arranged as a salon
of honor, being profusely decorated
with flowers, and where he was to be
formally received by the mayor and
municipal councillors, but, for some
reason, the mayor welcomed him on
the platform instead and Mr.. Kruger,
to the great disappointment of those
waiting in the salon of honor, passed
out through another door to the front
of the station, where a pair-horse
iaNa va 0Io"A up
Driven to Hotel Scribe.
Mr.. Kruger entered this vehicle and
was at once driven off for his hotel,
amid enthusiastic cheering, which fol-
lowed him along the whole route
along the outer boulevards, across
the Place de la Republique, which was
a perfect sea of spectators and
through the central b~oulevards. He
arrived at the Hotel Scribe at 11:30
Il. m.
A large escort of mounted municipal
guards rode around MI. Kruger's car
riage.
B~areheaded and BOwinE.
Mr.. Kruger, harheaded, bowed ON
all sides. while the air was rent with
cries of "Vive Kruger "vive les
Beers" Mr.. Kruger quickly alighted
from his carriage and entered the
hotel, but the mass of spectators was
not satisfied n the people shouted.
yelled and clapped their hands in
chorus until a window balcony opened
and Mr.. Kruger appeared
Scene Before the Hotel.
Randkerchiefs and flags were waved
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
The scene before the hotel continued
for over an hour. A body of students,
bearing flags, attempted to march
past the hotel but were stopped.
Nothing daunted. the students broke
into cries and songs until Mr.. Kruger
again appeared in response ia their
demonstration, after which he re-
tired for luncheon.
Lord Roberts Request Refused
London, Nov. 26.-"We understand"
says the Daily Express this morning,
"that Lord Roberts recently request
ed the government to send 10000 reg
ulars to South Africa to relieve the
same number still in the field. but
that his request was declined on the
score of expense"