The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-06-04
HUG0S 0BSEQUIES.
The Body of the Dead Poet Laid
TO Rest In tho Pantheon.
Tho Streets OF Paris Thronged with Hun
dreds Of Thousands Anxious TO Honor
Ills Memory Threatened Dis
tuI'bnnoo Falls to Materlalize,
AN IMrosINn soENE.

great procession was 10 move that accom-
panied the remains OF Victor Hugo 10 his
last resting place In tho Pantheon. Owing
10 the crowded condition Of the hotels thou
sands were compelled t0 bIyOuac In tho
open air Nll night.
Around the Are de TrIOmphe the space
was early filed with the chief officers OF the
State, the members Of the diplomatic corps,
Senators and Deputies, From oil directions
came depltNllOns with draped banners and
bearing flowers and gigantic wroaths, and
oil moving In tho direction Of the Arc dc
TrIomphc Never did Paris present such q
scene,
The funeral procession started punctually
AT noon. The threatening clouds OF tho
morning had disappeared By this time and
the sun shone forth brilliantly Many We.
hlclcs, heaped up with the offerings Of the
people OF France, followed the hearSe
IN the procession. Enormous crowds
OF people lined tho streets
that formed tho route Of the procession,
while other masses of people possessed the
lnterseclng streets for great distance.
The buildings were black with people, az
was, Indeed, every point from which might
DO had view Of the unparalleled spec
taCla.
The funeral oraton which NJ. Floquel
delivered at the Are do TrIOmphe. touched
the hearts OF his hearers aud was greatly
applauded. The procession moved without
q hitch IN tho prescribed programme.
Y The singing Of revolutionary and patrl.
Otlc songs by bands Of men gathered be'
yOnd the reach OF the voices Of the orators
interrupted some of the unity Of the eulO'
giles, but beyond this there was nothing 10
mar the beauty or detract from the I'm.
presslveness Of the spectacle.
The procession as II loft the Arc dc
Trlomphe moved In the following order.
First q squadron OF the Republican
Guards; then the General command.
Ing with his staff. After these
came q regiment of curassers, headed
by It's band and the drum corps OF
Ye three regiments, These formed the
! ,ort proper for the funeral procession,
while along lts line on both sides were
constantly heard the roll OF mullled
drumsl Cars laden with wreaths and
flowSG followed, accompanied by the
boys OF tho public schools. Tho band
OF the Republican Guards here headed
the deputatlon from Besanc0n; the rep,
resontatlyes OF foreign newspapers; mem
bors OF the Dramatic Society, aud deega-
tons from the National and other theaters
Following the hearse were the relatives aud
Immediate friends OF the family of Vic.
tor Hugo; the representative OF President
Greyy, tho Presidents of the Senate
and Chamber OF Deputies foreign Am.
bassadOIs tho Chancellor OF tho Legion
OF Honor tho Military Governor
OF Paris, Senators and Deputies, deputa.
tons, the Projects of fthi Seine, the police
and military andt naval authorities,
contingent OF tho army OF
Paris and q squadron Of tho Republican
Guards The procession followed the route
from the Champs Elysoe through the Place
do Ia C0ucordo, the Bouleyards 81. GOrmaIn
and ST. Michel tho Rue SaunOt 10 the
Place du Pantheon AT tho time the
head of the procession had reached the
Pantheon the end had not yet loft tho Are
do Trlomphe
The funeral wns conducted with every
mark OF respect the enormous masses In
tho streets maintaining IN exceptional
quiet The police arrested several bearers
OF red flags which were uniurlcd nj the
starllngpolnts or headquarters Of tho scv
oral revolutionary societies,
Six orOtlons were delivered under the
Arc dc Trlompho, In the presence OF nearly
oil the lllustrlous men OF and In France
NJ LelpyeE President OF the Senate, said
Victor Hugo constantly pursued the higher
Ideal Of justice and humanity, and
thus exercised an Immense inllu.
enco over the moral feeling OF
France, NJ Floquet said that the ccre.
mony was not n funeral, II was an ap0thoo.
ais lilo hailed Victor Hugo us the mmor.
tai apostle who boQuoathed 10 humanity thnl
gospel which could ead tho people 10 the
dellnlto conquest OF liberty and equality.
NJ Augier, u member OF the
Academy, elaborated tho fact made
evident; "To tho sovereign poet France
ronders sovereign honop," NJ Goblet
President OF tho Chamber OF Deputies, do.
clared that Victor Hugo will remain the
highest pcrsonllcatlon OF the nineteenth
century, the history Of which, In It's contra
dlctlone doubts Ideas and aspirations, was
best reflected In his works. Tho character
OF Victor Hugo was profoundly human aud
represented tho spirit OF toloratlon and OF
ponce.
hVmHWhhT PREMATURE.
i LONDON, june 2.--Earl Granyllo's SEQ
rotary writes TO tho Dditp Nc,ps that II I'm,
been incorrectly Informed as 10 the stat,
OF tho negotiations between England
and Russia, which, the writer says
nro still proceeding. Tho Nous +
nm editorial, says. Although On
negotiations are unfinished, II will bo found
when the Government Ia able 10 publish m
Official statement OF recent and current pro
coedlngs, that our statement OF Saturday
WAS substantially correct The negotIa
Hons nro proceeding In the most friendly
Rplrlt on both Sides, and are approaching
completion
The now frontier, II definitely accepted,
Will proceed from q point on tho IIarl. Rud
lust north OF Iuliikar Pass TO hlurghab,
iDrth OF Maruchak. This ls practically the
Inc OF dollmitotlon claimed by NJ. Lessar,
With tho exception Of u slight difference Al
2ulnkNr.
II Is stated that tho exact Afghan loss nj
tfe fight NJ ponjdoh was e97 killed i9j
wounded and 10 missing, Elghty.two do
sbrted openly, and l,640 reached Horat IN
dbtachod parties.
lLoNpoN June 2.--Tho official statamont
piblishod In tho Duily No,us yesterday
Rom Earl Granvllle's Secretary, TO the Of.
fdct that the Russo-Afghon boundary quoy.
tbn was still unsettled, has highly dlsccn.
cdtod the Liberals and made the Tories
j,bllant
CALouTTA, Juno 9.--King Thebau, Of
Bbtmah bns SECS an embassy to France
VIII view Of forming au offensive aud
dtcnslyc alliance. Failing In France, the
KIng will approach Russia on the same
subject
HkruLSoN or oERAENs FROM RUSSIA,
LoNDoN, juno o,--1Te suppostlon thai
w expulsion Of the Russian Poles from
Piebslah territory, where they had settled
TO Escape Russian despotlsm, was due Il
an understanding between the Govern
mdnts of Russia apd Germany seems &c
u%He oF .esJi