The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-02
Sadi-CarnOt's Funeral Made the Occa-
sion Of Great Display of Sorrow
by the People of All Glasses.
AN IMPOSING PROCESSION
With Services at NOtre Dame and
OratiOns at the Pantheon.
Millions of Francs Spent for Flowers
and Mourning Emblems-Seenes at
the Elysee and in the Streets.

PARIS, July 1.-The heat to-day was
tropical. but there were mitigating zephyrs.
Over two millions of people must have
crowded into the main thoroughfares by
which the funeral procession accompanying
the remains Of the late President Carnot
to the Pantheon passed. Paris is a city
Of ereat funerals. Those of Prince Jerome
Bonaoarte and Victor Noir, the journalist,
who was shot and killed by Prince Pierre
Bonaparte. the funeral of President Theirs.
Louis Blanc. Gambetta and Victor Hugo
were ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sights But
the funeral of President Carnot eclipsed
them all. One saw in it manifestation of
national feeling in the streets and at the
Pantheon. which is secularized church
built in the irreverent eighteenth century;
it was pagan and treated death with airy
levity.
AT Notre Dame there were deep tones
of Christian emotion. The church lent all
the beautiful poetry of its ceremonial TO
the obsequies, but the bells of the cathe-
dral did not ring out a dirge in concert
with the muffled drums the bugles and
other wind instruments. The harps and
violins in the organ loft seemed to pierce
the heaven with their tones in the suppl
catory passa ges. Fifteen bishops, whose
esteem President Carnot had won in the
course of his many state visits to cathe-
dral towns, aided in the celebration.
The ceremonial at the Pantheon was
pagan and laic and appealed merely to the
eye and intellect. 1t was the apotheosis of
the virtues and sensibilities of Carnot, the
most simple, accessible and affable of
French citizens, whose seat in the domes-
tic circle was example to every family
and who preached by the practice of re-
publican virtues. The universal heart
throb which the tidings of his death occa-
stoned had, however, died out during the
past week. Eight days of deep mourning
more than France could bear, and to
a certain degree a holiday feeling prevailed
to-day at the funeral. 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 saving people and
Americans apt to charge them with
being mean. They lavished money on to-
days funeral rites. The obsequies at Notre
Dame and arrangement of the Pantheon
cost a very large sum of money, and it
has been said that millions of francs have
been spent in Paris alone in orders for
floral wreaths. The heaviest spender in
view of it's size was Mustapha. the Euro
it sent many, were drawn on a wagon
draped in black and silvered cloth and
drawn by six caparisoned horses. What the
provincials spent on wreaths is meal
culable. on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day and this morning the thoroughfares
leading to the Elysee Palace resembled a
flower tournament. There were open car
riages and railway wagons laden with such
embems, not a few of which were three
and four yards in diameter Vehicles
screamed towards the palace without in
terruption and all traffic save that of the
filled and wreath-laden carriages, ETC., was
suspended
AT THE PALACE
At the palace the courtyard was filled
with wreaths, and palisades were set up
in rows in the garden to support the
wreaths, and along the borders the
turf of the grounds was entirely hidden
with these floral emblems. The wreaths
sent by Queen Victoria, the Car, King
Humbert, the Prince of Wales. Emperor
William. Queen Christiana, King Chris
tian and other sovereigns were placed be-
side President CasimirPeriers floral trib-
ute. Queen Victorias wreath was sent
over by a special officer of her Majesty's
household. who appeared in full court
dress, besides the British ambassador, the
Marquis Dufferin and Ava, at the funeral
to-day. The Cars wreath was of mauve
and cream-colored orchids and cost 5000
francs. 1t was made i'm Paris. The wreath
sent by President Casimir-Perer was of
red roses, and was borne Immediately be-
fore the hearse by four of the Elysee at
tendants in black suits and wearing tri-
colored cockades in their hats. The wreath
of the Russian ambassador. Baron Won
Mohrenheim. was of orchids of every col
or intermingled with white, black and yell
low ribbons twisted in torsade. King Hum
bert's offering contained more violet ribbon
than flowers. On il was inscribed, "Um-
berto /. re dItalia." Cardinal Richard, the
Archbishop of Paris, sent wreath of
white lilies and gardenias bordered with
passion flowers The tribute of the Cham
Der of Deputies was an immense floral
wreath which was carried on a wagon
drawn by six caparisoned horses. both the
vehicles and the horses being draped with
black, silver-spangled cloth.
The widow, Mime. Carnot, was taken last
night to see the serted lines of wreaths in
the courtyard. in the garden and on the
verandas. She wept plenteOusly. 1t all
seemed a vain show. and yet she said she
could not but feel deeply grateful for the
esteem, respect and affection it showed for
the late President. 1t was comforting TO
think that the example of his unassuming
virtues was appreciated by the whole ma
ton without respect To creed and classes.
The palace courtyard, where the embas-
sadorS and official populations met to-day,
was entirely hung in black, and fine art
was shown in the arrangement of the
drapery. The heavy cloth fell in rigidly
stiff lines The mass on the veranda was
concealed by other festooned stuffs looped
up in ValanceS, and light textiles, SEEM
ingly of black gauZe, were arranged diago-
nally scarfwise. All arond the caves ran a
feet of Venetian guipure over black. Over
the Nerandah Hall, which was kept open in
order 10 show the casket. was q shield with
the letters "R. F. Republique Fran
caise) Around this shield were groups OF
eleven tri-colored flags caught up at the
ends by bows of Grape at the Flagstaff. a
feature which was universally noticeable
in all the streets through which the
cortege passed were the lighted lamps
yelled with Grape.
Just as in the court yard of the executive
palace, the GROWING OF the edifice in the
center of the palace. over the hall, was an
other shield of colossal proportions, having
On il a painting of the grand cross of the
Legion of Honor, wreathed with laurels.
More tucked-up flags We're grouped around
this ornament, the bright tones of which
were softened by a diagonal scarf placed
across il and spangled with stars. The
used and all the black amid which they
were set gave them a charming value when
seen in the bright July sunshine under the
cobalt blue sky.
WRAPPED IN A FLAG.