The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-06-11
VICTOR HUGO'S FUNERAL.
A Round Million of PersonsG Estimated
to Have Witnessed the Great
Cortege.
Six Eloquent 0rations Delivered at the.
Tomb by lllustricus Sons OF
the Republic.


rCondensed from the cable dispatchesl
Hundreds of thousands OF people were abroad
I'm Paris ut daybreak. already crowding the
streets and boulevards through which the great
procession was TO move that accompanied the
remains of Victor Hugo TO their last resting
place in the Pantheon. Owing 10 the crowded
condition Of the hotels thousands were com
PEELED to bivouac In the open air all night.
Around the Arc de Triomphe the space was.
filed with the chief officers OF the state, the
members Of the DIPLOMATS Oorps sena,ors ana
with draped banners and bearing nowers and
gigantic wreaths, and all moved In the drec-
ton OF the Arc de Triomphe, the Mecca OF
France to- day Never did Paris present such
The funeral procession started punctually at.
Many vehicles, heaped mp with the offerings
of the people OF France. followed the hearse IN
the procession. The buildings were black WITH
people as was, indeed, every point from which
might be had view OF the unparalleled spec
tacle
that France was doing honor to her most illus
trious poet All were quiet, and all observed q
most becoming demeanor. The pressure OF the
packed masses OF people oss Who II b
packs were seriously crushed.
Six orations were delivered under the Arc de
Triomphe, in the presence OF nearly all the
illustrious men OF France
NJ Leroyer, President of the Senate. said
Victor Hugo cons antly pursued the higher
cised an immense influence over the moral feel
ing OF France.
Nj. Floquet said that the ceremony to-day was
not a funeral; IL was an apotheosis- He hailed
Victor Hugo the immortal apostle who7be-
aueathed to humanity that gospel which could
lead the people TO the definitive conquest OF
liberality and equality. Floquets Grafton.
touched the hearts or his hearers, and was
greatly applauded.
NJ. Angler, a member of the academy. elab-
Grated the fact made evident to-day: To the
sovereign poet France renders sovereign hon
ors."
M. Goelet President of the Chamber OF Depu-
ties, declared that Victor Hugo will remain the
highest personihcation of the nineteenth cent
ury. the history OF which, in its contradictions,
doubts, ideas. and SEPARATIONS, was best reflect
ed in his works. The character Of Victor Hugo
was profoundly human. and represented the
spirit of liberation and OF peace.
The singing OF revolutionary and patriotic
songs by bands of men gathered beyond the
reach of the voices or the orators interrupted
some of the unity Of the eulogies, but beyond
this there was nothing 10 mar the beauty or de-
tract from the impressiveness Ct he spectacle
The funeral ceremonies were completed, and
the march OF the procession ended without any
thing happening that might be called Of dis
orderly character.
The police arrested several bearers OF red flags,
which were unturled at the starting points or
headquarters of the several revolutionary So
cieties.
Metz, Strasbourg, and all the fortress towns
N the annexed provinces were well represented.
Every point of view crowded with men.
women, and children. The tors OF fve-story
sight-seers. Georges Hugo walked alone behind
the bier. During the procession vast scat old
ing on the Place Cluny collapsed Many persons
were injured. but none killed. The fall caused
a great panic and confusion, hut the procession.
was soon refol med. Another platform fell on
the Rue Royale.
1t is estimated that the procession numbered
100000 persons. Not single priest was seen
In the line.