St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-02
Victor Hugo's Funeral Conducted With
Great Ceremony, Witnessed by
Many Thousands.
Great Men Pronounce Eulogies, While the
Humble Treasure His Memory in
Their Hearts.
From Early Dawn the Paris Streets
Crowded With People, Anxious
to Hear and See.
With No Disorder of Any Kind the he-
mains of the Dead Poet Placed
in the Pantheon.
The Exercises.

ton in the early morning of more rain to-
day. hundreds of thousands of people
were abroad at day break, already crowd
ing the streets and boulevardS through
which the great procession was to move
that accompanied the remains OF Victor
Hugo to his last resting place III the Fan
theon. Owing to the crowded condltlon OF
the hotels thousands were compelled to
biyouac in the open air all night. The
space around the Arc de TriOmphe was
early filed with the chief officers of the
state, the members of the diplomatic
corps, senators and deputies. From all
directions came deputations with draped
banners and bearing flowers and gigantic
wreathes, and all moving in the direction
of the Arc de Triomphe, the NJ ecca of
France to-day. Never did Paris present
such scene The chestnut trees in the
Champs Elysee are in full bloom and
formed strange contrast to the yelled
lights, draped banners and the vast sea of
spectators all in the habiliments of mourn
ing that lined either side of the immense field
and the brilliant uniforms of the soldiers,
and large bodies of cavalry that occupied the
streets leading to the Champs Elysee. Min
ute guns were fired from the Hotel deS
Invalides and from Fort Valerien.
THE FUNERAL PROCESSION
started punctually at noon. The threaten
Ing clouds of the morning had disappeared
by this time and the sun shone forth bril-
lantly. Many chariots, heaped up with the
offerings of the people of France, followed
The hearse in the procession. Enormous
crowds of people lined the streets that
formed the route of the procession, while
other masses of people possessed the inter-
secting streets for a great distance. On
either side the buildings were black with
people, as was indeed every point from
which might be had view of
the unparalleled spectacle. The
funerai Grafton which NJ. FloQuet
delivered at the Triumphe de Are touched
the teart of his hearers and was greatly APP
plauded. The procession moved without
hitch in the prescribed program. The police
arrested several bearers of red flags, which
were unfurled at the starting points or the
headquarters of the several revolutionary
sections. During Floquet's Grafton the
singing of revolutionary and patriotic songs
by bands of men gathered beyond the reach
of the voices of the orators interrupted
somewhat the unity Of the eulogies, but
beyond this there was nothing to mar
the beauty or detract from the i'm
pressiveness of the spectacle. The
decorations were delivered under
the Arc de Triomphe in the presence of
nearly all the illustrious men of and in
France. III. LIE Roger, president of the
senate, said that Victor Hugo constantly
pursued the higher
VEAL OF JUSTICE ~,
and humanity, and thus exercised an I'm
mense influence over the moral feeling Of
France. NJ. Floquet ssaid that the cere-
mony to-day was not a funeral, it was an
apothesis. He hailed Victor Hugo as the
immortal apostle, who bequeathed to hui
manity that gospel which could lead the
people to the definite conquest of liberty,
equality, fraternity" M. Angler a MEM
Der of the academy, elaborated the fact made
evident to-day, ''To the sovereign poet
France renders sovereign honors. IN. Goblet,
president of the chamber of deputies, de-
clared Victor Hugo will remain the highest
personifcatiOn of the nineteenth century,
the history of which, in its contradictions,
doubts ideas and aspirations was best re-
flected in his works. The character of Vic
tor Hugo was profoundly humane and rep
resented the spirit of liberation and peace
The funeral ceremonies were completed
and the march of the procession ended
without anything happening that might be
called of disorderly conduct. Ac-
cidents incident to the presence of
such an immense concourse of peo-
pie were numerous and in many in
stauces of serious nature. The process
sion, as it left the Arc de Triomphe moved
in the following order: First a squadron
of the Republican guards; then the general
commanding with his staff; after these
came lregimsnt Of cuirassers headed by
the band and the drum corps of three regi-
ments. These formed the escort proper for
the funeral procession, while along its line
on both sides were constantly heard the
ROLL OF MUFFLED DRUMS.
Cars laden with wreaths and flowers fol-
lowed, accompanied by the BOYS of the
public schools. The band OF
the Republican headed the depata-
ton from Besancom, the repre-
sentatives of foreign newspapers members
of the Dramatic society and delegates from
national and other theaters. Following the
hearse were the relatives and immediate
friends of the family of Victor Hugo. Then
followed the representatives Of President
Grevy, the presidents of the senate and
chamber, of deputies, foreign ambassadors,
the chancellor of the Legion of honor, the
military governor of Paris, senators and
deputies, the projects of the Seine, the
military and naval authorities, contin-
gent of the army of Pa11s and
q squadron of the republican guards.
The procession followed the route
from the Champs Elysee through the Place
de C0ncorde, the boulevards st. German
and St. Michel, the Rue Saufflet 80 the
Place de Pantheon. At the time that the
head of the profession had reached the
Pantheon the end had not yet left the Arc
de Triomphe. All in the procession seemed
to appreciate that France was doing honor
to her most illustrious poet. All were
quiet and all observed most becoming de-
meanor. The pressure of the packed
masses Of people was frightful to contem-
plate. and many of those who were in ''the
packs" We're seriously crushed.
NO DISORDER.
The obsequies to-day surpassed every
thing within the memory of the oldest citi-
zen. Such a concourse of people has
rarely been witnessed in Paris. Be
fore the start of the process
sion the police seized fifteen red flags
and Immediately destroyed thom. Preced-
ing the hearse were twelve cars laden with
floral crowns. Besides these 500 wreaths
were carried by the various deputations.
There is general rejoicing because
Of the absence of disorder.
NJ. Allain large minister of
the interior, said this evening that he had
seen but few casualties during the funeral
ceremonies to-day, and he expressed relief
and qualification at the orderly manner in
which everything had been conducted. The
police, he said, had been enjoined
to moderation, and the owners
of red flags cut them to
pieces and put them out of sight to avoid
surrendering them. The crowds in the
Place de l. Etoile have torn down the long
Grape hangings which draped the
Arc de Triomphe, and have carried away
the pieces as trophies.
It is estimated that the procession num-
bered 100000 persons. Not single priest