Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-01-08

Catholics and royalists recited tn,
scenes at his death bed and said,
HELL COULD NOT WAIT FOR HIM,
but had anticipated death with it
tortures. The sickening details o
the autopsy, published with horribl,
minuteness, were gloated upon by
these fanatics. ''He will rot away
before he reaches the Pslais Bour
bon," they cried. THE enemy O
God and the enemy of'France. II,
cannot enter the Msdeliene." Or
every side one heard wild utterance,
of popular frer ~, oxpending itself In
q thousand different directions. There
was no sobriety in the grief of hi
friends, nor moderation in the sense
less outbursts of his enemies.
GAMBE1rA's FUNERAL
PARIS, January 6.--The car to bt
used in the Gambetts funeral cortege
Is the one specially designed by Bas
tien Lapsge, ths painter. 1t moves
on low black wheels streaked with Ill.
yer. On it will be placed the cats al
que as 1t now stands. Wresths vii be
deposited at the base of the catafa 4 ie
at the four corners. Vases will
be affixed in which will be burn
ing perfumes shrouding the coffin in
a vapor. Several cars will follow con.
tanning wreaths, the number of which
is momentarily increasing. 1t had
been proposed to bear the Ant riri
Msrceres statue cf Gloria Victiss II W
In the Place dc Lafayette on an artil.
lery wagon before the coffin as an allu.
sion TO Gsmbetta's services in 1870,
but objections were raised by the au
thorities. As early as daybreak the
aspect of the streets is animated
Flags draped with Grape are every.
where displayed and troops are maj l.
ing between the E,planade des lnva
lides and the Palais Bourbon.
A dense mass Of spectators, the ma
jority of whom have been in position
half the night, occupy the streets all
the way to the cemetery. The remain
der of the city is deserted. Gambet-
ta's father has concluded to permit
the funeral at Nice to bs civil one.
The body was placed in the hesrse at
1920 e. m. amid the booming of can.
non, the beating of drums and the
sound OF trumpets. The troops pre-
sented arms as the procession started
at 1880. 1t was headed by the rela.
tivgs and friends of the deceased, rep
resentatives of President Grevy, min.
isters. generals, including General
Galhtis, senators, deputies, including
Clemenceau and other members of
the extreme left. M, Brisson,
the president of the chamber
of deputies and Pegrat, the vice
president of the senate, headed the
senators and depnties respectively.
The procession YVES nearly two miles
long. The guard of honor preceding
and h,nking the oatafalque was COM
posed of the Republican guard with a
band playing funeral dirge. 1t is
estimated that 200, 900 persons were
In the procession, conspicuous among
which Free Masons in complete uni.
form, advocates and students of
Paris. An Eoglish delegation from.
Bologne was present.
CEMETERY SCENES.
PARIS, January T. Enormous
throngs of people are visiting the
tomb of Gsmbetta. A demonstration
was made at the grave of Blanque to.
LAY, .bost 200 peesoas Lid sarla, ia
on the grave and speeches were made.
One speaker protested against the
honors paid the memory of Gambetta.
Other manifestations followed at the
tomb of the federals of 1871. Many
signs of mourning for Gambetta were
displayed in Bordeaux, Cerbourg and
other towns.
MEMORIAL SERVICE IN NEW YORK.
New YORK, January Tn Tam.
many Hall ta.day a great throng If
Frenchmeu attended the funeral ser.
vices of Gamble Ia. In front OF the
stage was catafalque heavily draped
and guarded by "Gardes Lafayette. "
At2 o'clock, the haur appointed for
the commencement of the services, the
band stationed in the hall played a
funeral march. The members OF
FIR ench socities filed in, the officer.
and citizens tpacially invited taking
seats on the stage beneath the portrait
Of Gambetta and the tri color of
France. All wore Grape and immor-
teles. The president spoke brit fly,
simply saying: SIN the name of the
New York French societies, and
in the name of the French Re.
public, he thanked those present for
the honor they paid to the memory of
Gambetta.
The principal address was made by
Prof. Adolphe Cohen, of Columbia
college, And correspondent of The
Republique Franchise. He said there
could be no greater praise than the
grief that all France expressed at
Gsmbetts's death. In confronting
the imperial tyranny he voicsd France
and was first to proclaim the legiti.
macy of repu olicanism. The speaker
alluded to the statesman's funeral as
presenting the spectacle of France
rocking to eternal sleep the most be
loved of her children. A number of
other speeches were made. Services
closed by the band playing "Msrsel'
laise."
PERE HYACINTHE PANRGYRIC.
PARIS, January. .-Pere Hyscinthe,
preaching at the Galiclan chapel to.
day, said the funeral of Gambetta was
not only national but religious III its
character, despite the absence eff re-
ligious rites. SIT is the immortal
soul of the great patriot whom we de,
plore to which homage is paid
l pray our German brethren
may be better inspired than
hitherto, and that they will
so &C. as to cause the nations OF the
north to become reconciled to those
of the gouth." Pere Hyscinthe then
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