Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-07
RESTS IN ThE PANTHEON.
The Remains of Carnot Laid Away with
Impressive Ceremonies.

PARIS, July 2,-The remains of the
late President Sadi-Carnot, the muir
dered chief magistrate of France,
| struck down by the hand of Cesario
Santo, the anarchist, Mt Lyons on Sun
day last, were Deposited in the pan.
| theon Sunday by the side of the re.
mains of his grandfather, Lazare Car
not, the organizer of victory" The
funeral was made the occasion for one
| of the most remarkabl civic and mill
| tary displays in the history of France.
| All classes of people, young and old,
| rich and poor, crowded to the funeral
from all parts of Paris and from every
| department of France.
Countless Populations from civil, mil
itary, legal, medical, commercial and
other bodies began arriving in the
neighborhood of the palace and formed
in their allotted stations, under the
| guidance of the police, upon the
| Champs Elysee, the Avenue Montaigne
and the Avenue D'Antin.
| There was an immense stir among
the crowds when Casimir Perier. the
successor of the late president, drove up
to the palace for, con trary to precedent,
i
| France had determined to attend the
funeral The troops presented arms
upon his arrival and he was received
at the entrance of the palace by a num-
Der of high officials.
The crowds about the palace and the
| Place de la Concorde watched with
great interest the arrival of the car
riages containing the representatives
of the foreign nations and the high of
ticials of the government, who were
escorted by detachments of dragons.
Then came the cabinet minister's, who
were respectfully saluted on all sides
and who seemed deeply impressed with
the solemnity of the occasion.
Gen. Saussier then gave the signal
for the funeral to commence. Gen.
Saussier, surrounded by brilliant
staff of mounted officers, took up his
position in the courtyard, in front of
the magnificent catafalque upon which
the remains of the late president had
been resting in state since Friday last,
and the black casket, with it's elabor-
ate silver mountings, was removed un.
der the superintendent of the priests
who had been gathered about the bier
from early morning.
At exactly 1928 a. IN. the procession
began its march toward the cathedral
of Notre Dame. After the clergy came
a siX-horse funeral car, which had
been used at the funerals of Presi.
dents Theirs and MacNlahon. The
trappings of the car and horses were
richly embroidered with silver and
angels with outstretched wings sur.
mounted each corner. The cas-
lset was covered with the tri
color of France and was heav
lily draped with Grape. There
were no flowers on the funeral car
The procession reached the Cathedral
of Notre Dame at noon, where u most
impressive scene was Witnessed. Gen
Borius, surrounded by all the generals
and officers of the staff, stood on The
left side of the Place du Notre Dame. A:
the casket was taken from the funera
car the officers all saluted, the troop.
presented arms, the trumpets rang ou
u grand salute, the muffled drums
rolled and the bells tolled mournfully
the whole filing the air with ;
strange wailing sound which echoed
far and wide. The archbishop
of Paris, Cardinal Richard, theI
emerged from the cathedral, fol
lowed by the whole chapter, ant
officiated at the removal of the casket
which was carried slowly and solemn
ly into the sacred edifice, which re
, sounded with the swelling tones of tn,
: grand organ as NJ. Laint-Saens playe,
} the Beethoven funeral march. Notr,
; Dame was mass of black and silver
intermiXed with ermine.
The clergy. headed by the archbishop
of Paris, preceded the bier up the aisl
to a monumental catafalque in tn
middle of the transept, displacing tn
1 altar which usually stands at tina
4 point. The catafalque was upon dai
10 feet high, and was surrounded b.
eight immense lighted fambeaux. TIL
catafalque itself stood out weirdly il
Illuminated by these flambeaux and b.
1 sixteen candelabra, each of eighteel
candles.
3 The choirs of famous Notre Dam
and the conservatoire de musique exc
4 cuted the liturgical chants and tw
3 numbers of Gounod's "Mors ct Vita,
= NJ Felix Faure. the famous baritone
being the soloist. Before pronouncin
the absolution the archbishop of Pari
delivered an eulogy.
The religious ceremony in the cathe
dral was concluded at p. M, whe
' the procession reformed and proceede
across the river to the Pantheon. Th
funeral car and it's escort arrived at tn
: Pantheon at 2:50 p. IN. amid the boon
. ing of a salute of 101 guns, fired by
: park of artillery stationed in the Jal
4 din du Luxembourg. At brief inte
: walls the massed bands played funerf
9 marches as the procession was wint
=, ing its way from the cathedral. A
. the Pantheon the caslter was remove
! amid trumpet salute and the roll c
\ muffled drums.
s The end of the procession had nc
| Do haf