Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-08
The Last Resting Place Of the Illustri-
GUS French Statesman.
THE GRAND FUNERAL PAGEANT.
Three Hundred Thousand People Wit
ness the Funeral Procession
A WEALTH OF FLORAL TRIBUTES.
Glowing EnlOgies On the Character Of
the Savior OF France.
SEASON OF SINCERE SORROW.
Testimonials Of Regard from Foreign
Nations and Celebrities.

Gambetta's funeral cortege is one special
ly designed by Bastien Lepage, the paint
or. 1t moves on low black wheels streaked
with silver. On it will be placed the cata-
falque as it now stands. Wreaths will be
deposited at the base of the catafalque.
AZ the four corners vases will be affixed IN
which will be burning perfumes, shroud-
ing the coffin in vapor. Several cars Will
follow containing wreaths, the number OF
which is momentarily increasing. 1t had
heen proposed to bear Antontin Marcere's
statue of Gloria Victis now in Place de
Lafayette, on an artillery wagon before
the coffin as an alIusion to Gambettas
services in 1870, but objections were rals-
ed by the authorities.
The drapery On the statue of Strasburg
| in Place Dc la Concorde is particularly re-
marked. The Populations from the var1-
GUS departments are immense. They are
massed in Place des Invalides and along
the Ouai d'Orsay to the Petit Bourbon,
an area OF $4,000 meters. There ia dense
mass of spectators, the majority of whom
have boen in position half the night, ocou-
pYing tina street all the way to the cems-,
terT. Tbs reusinder Of the city 10 de-
sorted.
| Gernbstts's father, after HsSurs rsneo-
ton, dooiGed not to oppose the convictions
of his son, bal has os2oludsd 10 perMit the
| funeral Nice to be civil one. 4.
| The tunsrsl car has jEgt arrived ~ the
CxAi NOrssy in froat OF che Oollonade. Il
| IL praesdsd BY siI horSeMeA in black e1d
white Uniforms. The oar 10 drawn By six
hsrsas. The ootin Is severed with black
velvet, Which is again partially hidden by
| sri-ec.ors drapsd with Grape, and two natu-
raj pslrs With wre&Shs of red irnrortelles.
| The eistforn Of the ear is hssFally oeversd
With vsssths. The bearers carry batons on
| which arc also wreaths. The regemental
flags Of the escort are drsped with Grape.
| The body Of Gambetts was placed in tbs
hsarse st 1920 this morning, amid the
booming of cannon, beating OF drums and
sounte:ss sof E rumpets, troops presenting arms.
| The Procession started at 1910. 1t was
headsd bf he relatives and friends of de-
ceased, representatives of Presidents Grevy,
the ministers, generals, including Gen.
| GalIift, senators, deputies, Including Glenn
| enceau and other members of the ex-
IRENE left. Brisson, president OF the
chamber of deputies, and Peyrat, vice
president of the senate, headed the senators
and deputies respectively. The procession
was nearly two miles long. A guard of
honor preceding and fanking the cata-
falque was con- posed of the Republican
guard, with bands playing funeral dirge.
It is estimated that 100000 persons
were in the procession, conspicuous
among which where Free Masons in com
plete uniform, the advocates and students
of Paris. An English delegation from
Boulogne was present.
| At 1880 O'Clock the head of the process
sion had reached the Boulevard de Sebasta
pol. while numerous Populations we're still
waiting in the Esplanade des Invalldes.
They will take their places in the cortege.
The end of the procession will probably be
| still at the Palais Bourbon when the body
arrives at Pere la Chaise cemetery.
Numerous musical societies are playing IN
the procession, besides military bands.
| LONDON, Jan. 5.-Paris dispatch says the
spectacle there was unexampled. From 8
o'clock this morning, traffic has been
stopped on the south side of the river.
Under direction of the special commits
sioners, the police gave directions to the
ever increasing mass of Populations which
| came up, each anxious to secure a good
position. At the Place des Invalides the
| scene presented was of the strongest i'm
aginable aspect Above the swaying
mass of the crowds which covered it are
banners, wreaths, and enormous masses of
flowers borne on mems shoulders. In
| the Rae de Uuniversite, from the square to
the esplanade, were Populations who were
unable to find "a standing place. In the
court of the Palais Bourbon, the whole
front of this building was draped in black,
with large silver candelabra between the
pillars. giving greenish fame. whole
corps d'armes was drawn towards this
point, when a kind of shudder seemed to
pass through the crowd. formidable
demonstration seemed about to break out
IIOm Ilu10 W b1u10, CI4Oo VI 'AfO Ia
Repubique." ''Vive la France" and even
''Vive Gambetta,' were raised by
the compact crowds assembled
on the pavement, which were
echoed by the people at distance. Up
on the railing of the garden of the Tuiller-
les were men two or three deep, standing
on stonework in an attitude of torture
which they had occupied for several hours,
while on the opposite side of the ratings
J the narrow ledge swarmed with others
clinging to the railing with one hand, the
other being free, waving their hats. The
windows of the Hotel Continental had been
hired at fabulous prices, even thirty gum
cas- being mentioned. The crowd along
the Rue Rivolia and spectators in the win
dows in fashionable neighborhoods ap-
pesred cold, and much more Influenced by
motives of curiosity than the bulk of the
populace. A correspondent says it was
remarkable historical event.
TIE DECORATIONS,
ALI along the. Rue de Rivoi flags boundI
with Grape were placed, but they were not
very numerous. From the Hotel de Vile
they became thicker and appeared on