The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-07

when the smbalmed body was placed In tho
PaIAis Bourbon. where Bastien Lepage Bon
nat. Pal6uieres. and others had transformed
the sale des Jstes into Q chanbrs a-dente.
covering II with Grape. black stufYs. and fags.
No religious emblem was allowed to appear.
Inc great chandeliers were lit. eight lamps
surrounded the catafalaue. and at 10 O'Clock
the public wore admitted. Mme. Grevy placed
tho first wreath on tho cofln: Victor Hugo
Nine. Lackroy. and his two grandchildren fol-
lowed her. and then all day citizens and depu.
tations filed through until the chamber WAS
filled with flowers and wreaths. those from
Alsaco and Lorraine being most prominent
People Of oil classes came yesterday. The
column. eight abreast OF mon and women.
reached from the Palais Bourbon to the Rue
de rUniversitS. It took three hours, step or
two every minute. In bitter cold rain. to pass
In. Deroulede. the poet. made . shameful
scene over the CONN. assaulting Mayer, editor
OF tho Ldnt~ns. and both being dragged.
lighting. from the presence Of the dead by the
public. Over 100. 900 people went through. and
tho atmosphere from the immense heaps Of
flowers was suffocating.
All night. despite the heavy rain. crowds eath-
cred and increased at overv point from which q
view could be had Of the events to-day. As
Motuiu8 SppIOhcuou IL cio1f0U. anu tn0 Jay
opened with bright sunshine. With the light
the people flowed from oil directions toward
the Palsis Bourbon and the line OF route. By
so'elock every spot was occupied. Paris was
crowded as perhaps never before. Seemingly
inaccessible places were filled. They climbed
upon monuments and statues. lamp posts and
housetops: they covered everything. II WAS
the demonstration OF nation. not OF munici.
pality. Everywhere that the eye turned there
was this dense multitude. chaotic. nervous. rest-
less. and threatening. and inextrioably thrown
among It the seemingly lost and straying depu-
tations. In the Place dc 10 Concorde were thir-
teen regiments . splendid spectacle flashing In
the sunlight waiting to take their places. All
along the route were soldiers forming and es-
establishing the line Of advance. Everything
was shroudsd In mourning. The great statue
OF Strasbourg was concealed beneath an i'm
mense veil; buildings were unacceptable,
At 10k o'clock the comm was borne out OF the
Palais Bourbon and placed beneath the tower
ing plumes on the lofty catafalque designed BY
Bastien Lepage. At each corner OF this great
mourning car were immense incense burners
pouring forth smoke. Flowers covered tho
comm. and flowers and wreaths loaded four
great black platform cars that preceded 1t.
Tho procession seemed to form itself uncon-
sciously out OF chaos and to move forward. A
squadron Of the Garde Republicaine led. slowly
followed by the band OF the Legion. Escorting
the funeral car came tho Mobile Gendarmerie
and the Infantry OF tho Garde. Behind the car
were fourteen mourning coaches. followed BY
the carriages OF the President and the diplo-
matte corps.
But tho most impressive part OF the process.
sion was tho legion OF men in evening dross.
with white neckties. uncovered. some bearing
wreaths land designs OF immortelles all walk
ing In . solid column Of which neither end
could be seen. and representing tho mon Of lot
tiers. artists Legislators. officers. professional
men. and merchants Of France. This process
sion. the most extraordinary that Paris has
seen. - IL evolved itself slowly from tho masses
seemed to be intermnable. Whom the cata-
faloue had reached PEREZ Ia Chaise the rear had
not yet left the Palais Bourbon. Amid cries Of
"Vive IL RepubliQuei" 1t slowly wound it, way
across the Pont do h Ooneorde past tho Palsis
Royal to tho Rue do Rivoli by the Boulevard
dc Sebastopol. Rue Turbigo. Place RepubiQue.
Boulevard voltairs. Rue Charonne. Avenue
Philippe Augusta. and Boulevard Menilmont.
Every buildingwas covered with mourning ex-
cept the churcnes. whose gates were closed and
doors barred. At Pere-la- Chaise. amid an
immense multitude. patient. but seeing and
hearing nothing. all form. order. ana circum-
stance ended. and We leave 1t TO the concluding
ceremonies OF friends and orators No wonder
the German Chancellor thinks he may retire
In one year Skobelefi 0ambetta. and Chanzyi