The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-02
The Funeral Procession Passes
Through 100000.
TOKENS OF GRIEF EVERYWHERE.
Foreign Diplomats aud II. Perier
Follow the Casket, on Foot.
The Body Taken From the Elysee
Palace TO Sotre Dame Cathedral for
Religious Rites, Thence to the Pam
theon for Agnostic Tributes.

copvrlghtea. 1851 bv the Associates Press.
PARIS. July THE heat today was
tropical, yet over 100000 people must
have crowded into the great thorough
fares through which the funeral process
sion accompanying the remains of the late
President Carnot TO the Pantheon passed.
Paris is a city OF great funerals Those of
Prince Jerome Bonaparte and Victor Noci,
the journalist who was shot aud killed by
Prince Bonaparte, and OF President
Theirs, Louis Blanc, Gambetsa and Victor
Hugo were never-to-be-forgotten sights,
but the funeral OF President Carnot
eclipsed them all. The manifestation of
feeling in the streets near the Pantheon,
which is secularized church built In an
irreverent century, was pagan and treated
death with an air of levity. At Notre
Dame there was deepness of Christian
emotion. The church lent all the beauti-
full poetry of its ceremonial TO the obse-
quies. and the bells of the cathedral rang
out a dirge in concert with the muffied
drums the bugles and other wind insiru-
ments. The harps and violins in the
organ loft seemed to pierce the heavens
with their tones in the supplicatory pas
sages. Fifteen bishops whose esteem
President Carnot had won in the course of
his many state visits TO cathedral towns
aided IN the celebration.
The ceremony at the Pantheon was pa
gan and laic. and appealed to the eye and
intellect. IL was the apotheosis of the
virtues and sensibilities of Carnot, the
most simple, accessible and affable of
French citizens, whose seat in the domes-
%.afr ia ara pria n fan
and who preached by the practice of re-
publican virtues. The universal heart
throp which the tidings of his death occa-
stoned had. however, died out during the
past week. Eight days of deep mourning
was more than France could bear, and TO
certain degree holiday feeling prevailed
today at the funeral. The people ordered
wreaths while they were genuine mourn
ers and they bore them in the cortege to-
day in holiday mood.
The French are a damonstrative people,
and they lavished money on today's
funeral rites. The obsequies at Notre
Dame and the arrangement of the Pan
theon cost very large sum of money, bat
il is said millions of francs have been
spent in Paris alone for floral wreaths.
The heaviest spenHer. in view OF its size
was Mustaph, the European suburb OF
Algiers. It's wrsatns, for it sent many,
were drawn on wagons d-aped in black
and silver cloths drawn by six horses
What the provincials spent on wreaths 10
inealculabie, On Thursday, Friday and
Saturday and this morning the thorough
fares leading to the Elysee palace re-
sembied flower tournament. There were
open carriages and railroad wagons loaded
with such emblems At the palace the
court yard was filled with wreaths and
palisades were set up in rows in the gar
dens to support the wreaths, and along
the borders OF the alleys the turf of the
grounds was entirely hidden by these
floral emblems. The wreaths sent by
Queen Victoria, the czar. King Humburt,
the Prince of Wales, Emperor
William, Queen Christina and other
sovereigns were placed beside President
Casimir Perier's floral tribute. The palace
court yard, where the ambassadors and
official deputies met today. was entirely
hung in black, and fine art was shown
in the position of the lines of draperies.
The heavy cloth fell in rigidly stiff, verti-
cal lines. The glass on the roof of the
yeranda was concealed by other festoons
and stuff, looped up In vallances, and light
textiles, seemingly of black game, ar
ranged diagonally. were disposed scarf
wise all around the east. A feature which
was universally noticeable was that in all
the streets through which the cortege
passed the street lamps were yelled with
Grape.
The casket was wrapped in 6 tri-colored
flag, and wreath lay on il from the
mother of the dead man. liz bore the
words Honor and conscience This was
the only wreath that was set on the hearse.
All the others were on bearers. each car
ried by four men, on wagons draped to
match.
The papal nuncio and his staff were
pfesent az the head of the diplomatic
body, the members of which were in full
dress uniform. His holiness was robed In
a violet silk gown. The Marquis of DUFF
ferin wore a scarlet uniform, with sky
blue Gordon and other insignia, including
the Star of India and the Order of the
Bath. Baron Ressman wore an Italian
uniform. On the whole 1t was unprece-
dented for ambassadors TO walk bare
headed behind a hearse through the
streets Of Paris dressed as If they we're at
q court function OF each of the respective
sovereigns. Under such a hot sun there
was serious danger OF sunstroke. from
which in fact many soldiers suffered.
Indeed the ambuances had such 8 busy
time picking the soldiers up that one felt
apprehensive that TIE ambassadors. sill of
whom were elderly gentlemen, might fall
down, not merely .enseless but dead.
President Casimir Perier and the members
OF the bureaus of the chambers were hat
less Moss of the other members Of the
legislature were hailess. The mourning
coaches we're fsw. and were occupied by
the clergy and the sisters of charity vino
had watched beside the coffin. The heAase
was made and designed by Basfine lie
Page Ii IS an imposing vehicle. No
ladies OF the Carhot family we're in the
procession.
The csrtege proceeded first 10 Sotre
Dane, y here the funeral mass was 20 bs
celebrated The body vas received at the
cathedral by Cardinal Richard. arch hbishop
Of Paris. by the dean and chapter and
host Of bishops Not handFedfh part OF
the members of the delegation could be adj
migted into the cathedral. The funeral
cortexe was reformed and went slowly
toward tho Pantheon. At $50 u N. the
funeral was over With the exception Of pill
ing IN the funeral wreashs In and sgcand
the Pantheon. EagLT IRAwFoap.
INCIDENTS or The FUNERAL.