Show DE1YEO y Slow Progress Made by Cruiser Crui-ser Carrying Kruger I DEMONSTRATION FIZZLES OUT Blunder in Calculating the Time Hc quircd for the Gclderland to Steam from Port Said to Marseilles Causes the Function of Receiving the Former President of the Transvaal Trans-vaal to End in a Fiasco French and Boer Delegates Were All Intensely In-tensely Disappointed Marseilles Not 1A blunder In Uio calculation In the time t the Gel Idcrlnnd would require between Port Said and Marseilles resulted in the fizzling out today of the ntcnucd ilcm onatratlon and imperiled the success of the reception tomorrow Tho French reception committee did not take into consideration the gale that Is sweeping i sweep-Ing the Mediterranean anl the low Jspeed of the Gclderlaild but allowed 1 nil their arrangements to stand I The Boer delegations Uotims of the organizing committee walled expeo j 1 tantly at Ihelr hotel from early morn I Jag until time afternoon for tho arrival I of the cruiser For several hours limo carriage Intended for Mr Kruger remained re-mained at the entrance to the hotel the horacs which were decorated with rosettes of Boer colors pawing the ground Impatiently until the equipage was dismissed Various delegations nnfl societies that had assembled at the landing stage remained there through hcoAy showers until they realized In tho nonsighting of the VGclderland that their presence was futile Then I they disbanded FIASCO UNFORTUNATE The fiasco was unfortunate because thousands among todays concourse will shrink from the possibility of los I ing another morning tomorrow To I days crowd were ior the greater part of shopkeepers and woiklngmen who I I lost money by attending the gathering I I and who are not likely to repeat the experiment Bad weather amid the clement of tin j i certainty as to the time of Mr Kru i I gers landing kept many thousands even today from the route Thirty thousand would be a generous estimate of the crowd which was massed thick i I ly al several points while only sparse j I assemblies were to be seen elsewhere The French and Boer delegates were all intensely disappointed especially aa up to a late hour no word had been received re-ceived from the Gelderlands entrance en-trance Into the harbor although it is fully expected that she will anchor there befoie daybreak tomorrow No Importance is attached to the report of an injury to her machinery the theory being that she Is going slowly inconsequence In-consequence of the heavy sea which is chiefly responsible for thfe delay AN IMPROBABLE STORY An amusing statement appeared In a local paperthla afternoon In which an alleged rumor was published to the effect that the delay was due to the capture of the Gelderland on the high seas by a British squadron or to deliberate damage to her machinery by a mercenary These statements only provoked the laughter of those who read it The Boer commission has Issued a statement that the programme intended intend-ed today will be carried out tomorrow Tho attitude of todays concourse while unanimously favorable to Mr Kruger and the Boer was neveithc less quite free from anything offensive lo the British which tended to enhance en-hance the absurdity of a noisy promenade prome-nade along the principal boulevards this evening by a score of nntlBrlllsh youth whose efforts led to no disorder whatever |