The Portland daily press., 1894-07-02
ROYAL HoNORS.
ShOWered on the Dead President of
tile French Republic.
HIS FUNERAL OCCURRED YESTER.
DAY AND WAS MOST IMPOSING.

Paris Was Draped in Mourning and the
City Was Crowded With Visitors
Wagons Loaded With Flowers Followed
the Procession-Scenes and Incidents
Along the Route Of the Procession Be-
fore and During the Funeral.
| Paris, July 1.-Amidst the intense heat of
| the sun pouring from a cloudless sky all
Paris and thousands of people from the
provinces, and from various countries of
the Continent witnessed today on of the
most imposing. spectacles the pageant
| loving republic of France has ever seen.
| Inc streets were thronged with every
| speciesaof citizens, jail eager TO extract en-
| Joyment from typical French holiday. 1t
was plainly evident that under the real
sympathy and sorrow the French love of
pageantry intensely delighted and satisfied,
Genulne sympathy was shown in hundreds
OF different ways, from bit of crepe on the
arm,. or in button.hole to the draping of
houses and sending of expensive wreaths to
| the Palace of Elysee.
| The stars and stripes were conspicuously
| displayed in front of the American resi-
| dences. The street lamps on the line of
| march from the EIysee palace to the
Cathedral of Notre Dame were draped with
Grape and kept lighted throughout the day.
At an early hour in the morning delegations
began marching, and at seven those who
held tickets of in nvitation entered through
| the door OF honor, opening into the court
yard, the walls of which were completely
| covered with black hangings, bordered with
| white, together with tri-colors and
medallions bearing the letters ''R. F.''
| The catafalque, which blocked the main
| entrance to the palace was guarded by
soldiers, and four nuns kneeling behind it.
The passage ION either side led to the grard
staircase. The delegates arriving and pass-
ing silently along these passages after
saluting the dead and found places in the
rooms above.
Although nine O'Clock was the appointed
hour for the beginning of the funeral exer-
cises and the moving of the procession, the
delegates were still arriving at ten, COM
pletely filling the tree-lined gardens, sur
| rounding the pond and bird house at, the
lower end. The scene in the gardens was
| most brilliant. Men in gaily colored uni
| forms with breasts gllttering with decora
| tions, mingled with civilians in sombre eve
ming dress, be-c1oaked attendants, judges in
| black and crimson gowns, and there was
| evening dress. The presence of a number of
cars laden with wreaths, awaiting their turn
| to join the procession heightened the festive
| character of the scene, and it was easy to
imagine the gathering was for the purpose
! of holding a brilliant state festivity,
| At 1O.15 the band of the Republican
l. Guards, outside, played Glaciers Carnot
| funeral march, especially written for the
| occasion, while in the court yard the curate
| of the Madeleine church said the customary
| prayers and sprinkling the coffin with holy
| water. AS the bearers lifted the cofR n to
| their shoulders, the first gun boomed on the
| Esplanade des Invalide, and continued at
| intervals of two minutes until 101 salvos
J were fired. From Re Saint Honore the pro-
cession entered the Pal. ace de lasConuerde,
headed by Gen. Saussier, military governor
| of Paris, who was escorted by the Republi-
| can Guard.
| The hearse was f1anked by guard of
| honor and drawn by six splendidly capri
soned horses. The procession passed along
| the Rue de Rivoli to Place de Hotel de
| Vile, over the Quay Gesvres bridge to Place
| de Notre Dame. A number of persons were
Frustrated by sun .stroke, and there were
other minor accidents, but on the whole the
| day was very free from casualties.
| Iue procession feaCneu NOLr6 Dame at
| 1890, and the coffin was placed on the
| catafalque, surrounded by a forest of
| candles. Liturgical prayers followed, and
! low mass was then celebrated. The chorus
sung Gounords Mors ct Vita. "Dies Irae,''
| and parts of Pc Jesu from the organist
requiem mass. The Archbishop of Paris de-
| livered a short sermon and gave absolution.
The bearers bore the coffin down the aisle
| and clergy followed with lighted tapers. All
| the bells in the city were tolling as the pro-
cession moved to the Panethon, where ad-
dresses were made by M. Challemel-Lacour
on behalfsof the Senate, M. Demah, first
vice president of the Chamber of Deputies,
on behalf of that body, and Premier Dupuy,
on behalf of the government. Gen. Andre
responded in behalf of the Carnot family.
| After the speeches the coffin was taken to
the porch where it was placed between urns
of smoking incense. .All the troops of the
Paris garrison and suburbs marched past
At five, when the march past was over the
Numerous delegations began bringing
wreaths, and.a few minutes later the body
was placed in the cript between the bodies
of Rosseau and Victor Hugo. Later it will
be placed in a vault beside Gen. Lazare
Carnot.
All known anarchists in the city were
arrested at sunrise before the procession
started from the Elysee palace and more
than 200 were under lock and key. No man
buried in Paris in the last twenty years re-
ceived more evidences of respect and
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