The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-24

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AhiS' rep. -''--Irowds OF people
anxious to witness the funeral process
ion which was to bear tho remains OF
tho ,,,o pr,.,,1.,, r,.,,. ra,,a 49,,
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.Ae Elysee palace where they nave
been lying in state since Friday last,
began to assemble AT an early hour Ia
dov ,,or, ,ho r,,,+og, y, ho t,,,ar,oa 80,
h -" 80 - - t" '''". g it''''
the paiace 10 -Notfe Dame cathedral.
Some of the people took UP positions as
early as midnight and BY Q a'c,ock
do,so ,,,,,,,,,, ~.
$50. 'u''''uue' '''" s"'neieu d'ois
<he Champs Eiysees and the Place de
Ia Concorde. They massed themselves
on benches and tres.,es b.b,nd he5cas
z
., cuirassiefs, dragons ana cAesseu.s.
which lined the Soule.
At $3.50 a. M, the various societies
haor,rr r.ro,th, or.,,.o5
TONED along tne Champs E'lysees. Tney
we're to!ioGed ny uetachments OF cadets
rom d. STf. me ioiytechnic anu the
naval ACADEMY ana by detachmehss or
r I, VINO LOOK up position on the
rauloours o. ioIore. preparatory 10
forming me escort OF Aohor ABOUT the
Aamesdt car,
Ing members OF me deputies. headeu
pH tae president OIL the mouse, NJ. Desch-
auei' arrived Ut tAe Elysee palace at
800. Iney were saluted oy the troops
drawn up there with ilags hvins.r
ine new! eieeteu president, VI. Emile
Louoel. slhen uroFe up IN lanuau. He
wore inc GORDON OIL the Legion OF Hon
OF anu was accompanied Oy General
ba'out:, Duke OF Auerstadt, Grand
chancellor OF the Legion OF Honor. who
was seated beside him. The president
was escorted by & squadron OF cu!ras-
slers. IN his arrival the troops pre-
serted arms. the trumpets rang out a
salute ana the drums rolled In his honor
as he entered the court yard or the
palace.
In the meanwhile the casket Contain
ing the remains OF the late president
had been transferred from the Sale des
t'etes and placed upon q catafaique
IN the porch. which vas transformed
temporarily into chapelle ardeBte.
AZ the onicers or the military house
hold> took part in the ceremony.
Madame and Mademoiselle Faure,
VINO had been praying the greater part
-
tended mass at o'cloc k IN the chapel
or the palace. They then retired To
thelr apartments and did not take part
In the procession or In the funeral cere-
monies. though they heard mass a;
noon in the chapel OF the Elysee. The
ihearse, drawn by six horses. each led
by footman, entered the court yard OF
the palace at o'clock. 1t was u mag
nihcent car with large. black. plumes
and having dome decorated with sill
yer stars. The hangings which were of
sable velvet. bore on them escutcheons
with the late President Faure's in!-
tials Ia each corner. The funeral car
was also hung with the tri-colors OF
France. tied with Grape.
The walls OF the court yard We're hid
den By black ORA peries, relieved by sill
yer initials IF. F." tFeliN Faure), and
'R. F." (Republique F,rancaise), and
palm branches.
The porch was draped in black with
silver stars. and the pediment was dec
GRATED With L cross and inscribed
''Iioaaeur ct Patrie."
Before the catafalque were craped
cushions, upon which lay the late
presidents orders and decorations.
The casket was placed on the funeral
car In the presence OF all the high civil
and military officials. the procession
was formed and 1t emerged from the
palace at 1905 a. m, headed by Genera!
Zurlindea. the military governor of
Paris, followed by the bearers OF the
wreaths irom the late presidents