The morning call., 1894-07-02
GREAT FUNERAL PROCESSION
Ceremonies at Notre Dame and
the Pantheon.
EULOGIES TO The SLAIN CHIEF.

Over ., 600, 900 people must have crowded
into the great thoToughfares by which
the funeral. procession accompanying the
remains. of the laye President Carnot to
the Pantheon passed.
=. Paris is a city of great funerals. Those
.of prince J rome Bonaparte and Victor
-. NOT; The j ,urnaliSt whe was shot and
Killed by Prince Pierre Bonaparte. the
,.fuGefals 6f Pre- ~jdeGt Tniers. Louis Blanc,
e iErbe ita and Victor Hugo were never-to-
q. =. be- 'orgotten sights. But the funeral of
: Pres dent Earnut eclipsed them all. One
:sa.H.1y+in the manifestation of feeling in the
streets and in yhe Pantheon, which is
. secalariz-.t church, built in the irreverent
. century; L was pagan and treated death
with airy lsviJy.
' "a NUtrP Dame there was deepness of
: en<9{iGn. The church lent ali the beautiful
:: n0etIy lf: lis ceremonial to the obseQuies,
- lnt~ tUe.befls OF the cathedral die not ring
+.-Uut= llLJ&e IL concert with the muf1l d
q. q RUNS, Tire buEles aud other wind instru-
mefts:~> EAe harps and vioins in the
= organ loft seemed TO pierce the heaven
= vjlh'their tones IN The supplicatory pas
:. sagea.
=. .Eifteen- Bishops, whose esteem Presi-
+: dent CarDo had won in his many state
Wis u. C!CtliCtl ii Wv ASY lii tuO CCAC-
: bEailoH..
:" :. .*fhe:c ceremonial at the Pantheon was
:. pagan and laiC aud appealed merely TO the
: ye+and intellect Il was the apotheOsis of
- the virtues and SpnsIbilities of Carnot, the
most simple, accessible and affable- of
French citizens, whose seat in the dOmes-
: #.ttccfrc1e was an example to every family
:: and wHO iTeached by the practice Of repub-
- lean virtues.
- lie universal heart-throb which the
t1ding8-6f his death occasioned had. how
: eyer, died ont during the past week.
=: Eight days OF deep mourning was more
= than France could bear aud to a certain
gree: a holiday feeling prevailed at the
:. tanera1.- People ordered wreathS while
: they were genuine mourners. and they
} bore them in the cOrtege to-day 10 a hoIi-
= day mood
The French are saving people and
- Americans are apt To charge them with
=. being mean. They lavlshed money on to-
=. days funeral rites. The obseQuieS at
=. No{re Dame, the arrangement of the
PantheQn.cosi large sum of money, but
:. It is said millions Of francs have been
spent in Paris alone in orders for floral
Wrea{h5 The heaviest spender in view Of
its size was Musiaph. the European suburb
= Of RlgieTS. Its wreaths, for il sent many,
WIRE drawn in wagons draped in black
anu silYer. cloths drawn by SIX horses.
- What the provincials spent on wreaths
Is .fncalculabIe. On Thursday, Friday and
Saturday and this morning the thorough
flres leadinG to the Elvsee Palace re-
-sembled a flower tournament. There were
0Uen carriages and railroad wagons loaded
with such en- bems.
At.ihe palace tie courtyard was filled
With wreaJhs. and palisades were set up
: in rows in the gardens to support the
wfeatns,.aud along the borders of alleys
the turf Of he grounds was entirely hid
den by: these floral emblems.
Tie wreaths sent 10y Queen Victoria, the
e. Tar. X nc uumbert. the Prince of Wales.
Emptrur William, King Christian, Queen
= Christina and other sovereigns we're
D placed beside. President Casimer- Perier's
. toraLtribuie.
The palace courtyard, where the EN-
hassadors and the official deputies met to-
:. day, WAS entirely hung in black. and fine
2 ~art was Shown in the opposition OF lines in
. the draperes. The heavy cloth fell in
-rigid}y stiff vertical lines The glass on
the fQ6f Of the verauda was concealed By
ethef festooned stuff, lOoped up in val
black gauze, were arranged diagOnaly.
and Scarfwise all around the east ran
deep. horizontal band.
, p A feature which was universally notice
able in all the streets through which the
corteve passed were the lighted lamps
yeiled With crepe. The casket was wrapped
-1p-a tri.colored flag, and wreath lay 90
gee. il from the. mother OF the dead man. l.
bore tile words, Honor and conscience"
This was the only wreath that was set on the
hearse All the Others we're on set-shaped
:beaFers. each carried by four men, or on
wagons: draped 10 match the hearse and
driven By four or six. horses. according To
the size of the floral emblems.
= The .Papal Nnncio and his staff wer
present at the head of the diplomatic body
the members Of which were IN full dress
uniform. His II olness was robed in q
L. 'violet.sik gown.
: Tie Marquis of Dufferin wore scarlet
'.''uQif6rm with a grand sky-blue Gordon and
other insignia, including the star Of India
and the. Order Of the Bath.
-: Baron Ressman, the Italian En- bassadOr,
90 wore an Italian uniform. On the whole It
was Unprecedented for ambassadors 10
walk bareheaded behind hearse through
at.acQurtfunetion of each Of the respecty
sovereigns. Under such a hot sun theI
was serious danger of sunstroke, iron
which, in fact. many of the soldiers sui
fered.. Indeed, the ambulances had such
a busy time picking them up that one felt
apprehensive lest some Of the elderly gen.
tlemen might fall down. not merely sense
less, but dead.
President Casimir-Perier and the me NJ
bers of'the Bureau of the Chamber were
also hatess Most of the other members
of the Legislature were hatess, but shield
ed themselves with umbrellas.
The mourning coaches were few, and
were occupied by the clergy and Sisters of
Charity who had watched beside the coffin.
The hearse was the one made and used for
Gambetta's funeral and was designed by