New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-02
VOL. o.l4,O79.
IN MOURNING FOR THE POE l.
VICTOR HUGO BURIED IN THE PANihN0'
,ur PROCESSION WITNESSED BY InousnSD' .n,'n
THE f"o..S r.oSs At THE ARC DE TRIoMPiE'

o,n nv THoUsANDS-ORA-
,rv poocrsstoS WITNESSED b'
III" r,oSs AT THE ARC DE TRioMrrr j..
i, Victor Hugo was buried TO-
sav With the greatest honors wh'ch '"o A,tbouch
ond bestow on its most iliustrouS po0 ,,aa,io, In
~ ,, ir the night and there was every moio"'O"
ram ie,' :" that there would be MORE hundreos
sss:ands of people were abroad at daypreah, o'o
~ ,ree,s and boulevards through whch 'no $50
,,r,cess,on moved that accompanied the oo"s
p.n,hcou. owing to the crowueu aouod
ot the hotels thousands "cio
70 biyolac in the open air all night' ,,od was
The pufdings black with people, 10 oo.s,op
every pout from which glimpse OF the srea' ,he
,S 10 obtained Trains laden with visitors from wv
nrov,pces were arriving all day. The ches'n"' &c
Ia,amps Elysee were In full bloom ana lorin'u d ,io
contrast 70 the yelled lights draped oa'".'' iro q
vas, sea 90 spectators all in the habillmehts VI 80
that lined on either side of the immense hcio' 1,
.h'S - oepned the streets leading to the falace
..h r,vsae the residence OF President GreNS' -u
nte guns were fred from the Hotel deS III, w.
ond from Fort Valerien. The socicues 'o
nlaees assigned them in the line vi l' ,,
Tn t,neraI processon started punctually at NOON,
The threatening clouds Of the morning hau ul'rf
ino ~ 49, ho,e forth brilliantly. Many chariots'
S,sd mn with the offerings of the people OF fta'0o
fo,lowed the hearse The procession iuoNeu "''' ,r,
trouble according to the prescribed prosr"," -
,oliee arrested several bearers or req nass' ""0 -
nfur,ed at the starting points or headquarters Vi 'n
, oolrHonorv societies. But there was no
anor., demonstration by the Communists Inc cero
monies were completed and the inarch OF thc
ended without anything happening that m'S"' NC
1sorderlv Accidents incident TO the presence Vi suo
an immense concourse of people were huine'ou'' az"
many instances we're of a serious nature
SIX orations were delivered under the ARC ue ilio'i
g. ,ho nresenee of nearly all the lustrious men Oh anu
in France The singing of revolutionary anu anu P" =,
songs by bands of men gathered Deyohu 'he ie"0 "
the voices of the orators interrupted sonc"n'V
the unity of the euoges, but beyond ths 'neio was
nothing to mar the beauty OF oe't"o' i'0 WV
siyeness of the spectacle
lie Rover President of the Senate said that 'io'or
lingo constantly pursued the higher ideal OF justice ana
humanity and thus exercised an immense inhueno o''
'ny Eonnet said that the ceremony to-day was not
fnneral IL was apotheosis He hailed victor t dit
as the immortal apostle who Dequeatheu 10 hitive
that gospel which could lead the people to the dchh'e
conquest of Liberty, Equality, FRATERNITY. .o,oa tbe
fact made evident to-day To the sovereign poet
renders sovereign honors e,.,o. =, nonr,,os de.
clared that Victor Hugo will - in the highest peso
fcation OF the nineteenth eehS, & @ and asn,rationswas
best reflected in his works Inc clafc.et u ~ sirit f
was profoundly human, ana represented '"o 'P'i'' "
The procession it left the Arc de InoHRne Oh & %
I'm the following order: First, squadron OF he hePu1
lican Guards then the General commah1ng Win III
staff After these came regiment OF ,hres rer
ens These formed the escort proper for the 1her cd
lrocesson while along the ne on oO'T nSted drums
Cars laden with wrcaths and flowers
followed accompanied ny the boys OF the public sehoois
Tie band of the Republican Guards here headed the
enutaton from Besancon the representatives, OF LOT
eign newspapers members OF the Dramatic socey' TnH
deleeatons from the National and other theatres OF
loving the bearse were the relatives and immediate
friends OF the family of Victor Hugo the
of President Grevy, the presidents OF Tue oehate
and Chamber of Deputies. foreign Ambassadors
fhe Councillor of the Legion OF honor,
,he Military Governor of Paris Senators and Deputies
deputatons the projects OF the Seine, the ponce anu
military and naval authorities contingent OF ths Army
of PARIS aud a squadron of the Republican Guarls.
The procession followed the route from the Shanps
Ylxsr Through the Place de Ia O0ncOrde he Boutey
ST. German aud Michel the Rue saufiot 70 inc sSe ace
ae Pantheon. At the time that the head OF the
nrocession had reached the Pantheon the emu hu nor
Iet Jeff the Arc lie Triomphe. All in the procession
seeme 20 appreciate that France was dong honor 10 her
most ilustrous poet All were quiet ana all assuheu
becoming demeanOr