The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-02
FUNERAL EXERCISES.
Services ut NOtre Dame and Adj
dresses ut the Pantheon.

The procession reached the Cathedral of
Notre Dame at noon, where a most i'm
pressive scene was witnessed. General
Borius, surrounded by all the generals and
officers of the staff, stood on the left side
of the Place Parvis Notre Dame. AS the
casket was taken from the funeral car the
officers all saluted together, the troops pre-
sented arms, the trumpets rang out a grand
salute, the muffied drums rolled and the
bells tolled mournfully, the whole filling
the air with a strange wailing sound which
echoed far and wide.
o The Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Rich
ard, then emerged from the cathedral fol-
lowed by the whole chapter and officiated
at the removal of the casket which was
carried slowly and solemnly into the sacred
edifice, surrounded with the swelling tones
Of the grand organ, as NJ. Sant-Saens
played the Beethoven funeral march. Notre
Dame was a mass of black and silver, in
termingled with ermine. The
hung with black drapery, bordered with
ermine, reaching to the apse. The banner
of Joan of Arc was yelled with crepe and
the magnificent pulpit was completely HID
den with black cloth. The lower part of the
outer walls was hung with black ermine-
bordered velvet; the upper galleries were
covered with sombre draperies, and be-
tween the pillars were about fifty black
velvet banners, having a crown of silver
laurels in their center.
The clergy, headed by the Archbishop OF
Paris preceded the bier up the aisle to a
monumental catafalque in the middle Of the
transept displacing the altar, which usu-
ally stands at that spot The catafalque
was upon dais ten feet high and was sur
rounded by eight immense lighted fam
beauX The catafalque itself stood out
wierdly, illuminated with these fiambeaux
and sixteen candelabra, each of eighteen
candles. The rest of the vast edifice was
dimly lighted by the rays of the sun, which
filtered through the magnificent stained
glass windows. The galleries of the tri-
forum were packed with people who had
been able TO obtain admittance by special
order
President Casimir-Perier took his seat in
the private Enclosure around the pulpit.
Behind him were seated the members of
the late Presidents civil and military
occupied by the late NJ Sadi-Carnot's sons,
his brother and sons-in-law. The second
row was occupied by Premier Dupuy and
the others Ministers. In the other row OF
seats sat the members of the diplomatic
corps and the official delegations.
The choirs OF Notre Dame and the Con-
servatoire de Musique executed the Etur-
gical chants and two members of Gounod's
"Mors ct Vita" VI. Felix Faure. the ia
nous baritone, being the soloist. The
plaintive notes of "Dies Irae'' were sung.
and the choir and VI. Faure's rendering of
'Pie Jesu'' from Saint-Saens's requiem
mass produced profound impression.
Before pronouncing the dissolution the
Archbishop of Paris delivered allocu-
ton. The cardinal said: Before this
mourning, which has afflicted every French
heart without distinction of opinion, one
recognizes that France in spite of moments
of forgetfulness and error. always regards