New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-24
LAST HON0RST0M. FAURE
PERFECT QUIET Marks THE
FUNERAL CEREMONIES,
SOLEMN AND IMPRESSIVE SCENE-NA'
' TIONALISTS OYERAWED BY
DISPLAY OF FORCE.
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procession not only along the Place DE- la Con-
corde and the fashionable thoroughfares but
especially in the turbulent district skirting
BellevilIe and extending from the Boulevard
Sebastopol 70 pare Lachaise Cemetery Presi-
dent Loubet. in plain evening dress with the
broad ribson Of the Legion OF Honor and wear
ing a silk hat attended by the Prime Minister,
the President OF the Chamber apd the vice.
President OF the Senate. walked behind the
hearse from the Eysee Palace to Metre Dame.
and thence 70 Pere Lachaise. distance OF h'e
and half miles. At point in this long route
was there a solitary dersiye shout or jeer.
It was the most imposing sight seen in Paris
in many years The sun shone bright from
coudless blue sky upon the brilliant UNIFORMS
of the troops upon the dazzling scarlet robes
and ermlne Of the magistrates upon the superb
black and silver hearse. drawn by six jet-oiack
horses caparlsoned in silver and black ana
deckcd with jet ostrich plumes Each morse WAS
led by a groom in black and silver The street
lamps burning beneath graceful festoons OF
crepe gauze gave to the city the appearance OF
a vast chapelle ardente.
TOKENS OF SYMPATHY
Wrearhs from foreign sovereigns and heads OF
State were each borne upon silver and black
chariots drawn by black horses led by silver
laced erooms There were twelve or these
wreaths. each six yards in diameter the hand
soonest Of all being that Of the Queen Regent OF
Spain consisting Of Parma volets and orchids
Emperor Williams wreath Of dark yiolets ana
orchids was already halffaded. The wreath OF
the President of the United States. composed or
white Illacs and roses was much admired.
Floral wreaths from associations and from
cities and towns throughout France each oorhe
by six hremen in brass helmets, were so numer-
Gus and profuse as literally to perfume the air
as they passed along the Place de Ia Concorde.
prominent Partisan florist estimates that the
cost Of the flowers in the cortege exceeded
5000 900 francs
After the French trcolor, the nags WhlCh
were the most numerous and conspicuous were
those Of Russia and the United States. Seldom
have so many American flags been displayed In
Paris and seldom. indeed. such a public
occasion have so few British flags been seen.
GERMAN MILITARY ENJOYS.
The German Emperor's special military en-
VOWS to represent him attracted marked atten-
tion. for they were veritable giants one OF them.
Major Plueskow. OF the 1st Regiment Of Foot
Guards being nearly seven rect tall He Is re-
puted 10 be the tallest officer in the German
Army They marched abreast. and. with white
! pumed helmets. threw all other officers into the
shade not excepting the Russian military en-
voys in scarlet and gold.
Another feature OF the pageant widely COM
mented upon was the prominence accorded 10
the Magistrature and Judiciary, not only Of the
Court of Cessation but from the tribunals of
Paris Lyons Marseles and other cities, all cf
whom were resplendent in their long flowing
scarlet robes, with broad bands Of ermine
Sixty thousand troops were massed in and
around Paris and the police were present In
overwhelming force. fully determined 10 nip In
the bud the first sign Of disorder.
Not since the stormy days when Constans
killed Boulangerism has there been such thor
ough and Irresistible array OF police. backed by
military force and directed by such mas
terly hand President Loubets hrmness and
courage are universally commended. The new
police regulations enforced to-day and Tonight
were essentially his own personal work. He
evidently has a firm grasp Of the handle OF the
broom.
NATIONALIsTS OVERAWED
To-day being a national holiday, the streets
were thronged with genuine workmen and real
people. whose attitude toward the republic and
its new President was that Of unmistakabe
devotion and respect. Professional patriots. ths
paid rowdies Of the Nationalist demonstrations.
were completely overawed, as were also the
fashionable groups of Bonapartists. who now
seem almost as dsc0nsolate as the Royalists.
A few insignificant brawls IN the Place des
Nations and also AT the "Llbre Parole" office
and elsewhere tonight under the auspices OF
Derousde and NIillevoye, which promptly ended
in their being arrested, regarded as excep-
tions which prove the rule that President Lou
bets frmness has given to the republic new
and unexpected vitality, even in Paris. where.
however. 1t is admitted that the President lacks
that prestige and panache Of which the Parisi-