Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-23
Funeral Ceremonies Pass Off Without
Unusual Incident.
PRECAIr- IONS AGAINST AN UPRISING
Strong Civic and Military Guard
Along Funerals Route.
LOUBET PASSED IN SILENCE

| PARIS February 23-Crowds of people
| anxious to witness the funeral procession
| which was to bear the remains of the late
| President Felix Faure from the Elysee Pal
| ace, WHARF they have been lying in state
| since Friday last, began to assemble at an
early hour along the line of the route 20 be
| followed from the palace to Notre Dame
Cathedral. Some of the people took up
positions early as midnight, and by Q
| O'Clock dense multitudes had gathered along
| the Champs Elysee and the Place de La
| Concorde. They massed thems lives on
| benches and trestles behind hedges of
| cuirassiers, dragons and chasseurs, which
| lined the route.
| At $50 al n. the various societies, bearing
| wraaths, arrived and were stationed along
| the Champs Elysee. They were followed by
! detachments of cadets from st. Cyr, the
| Polytechn and the Naval Academy, and
| by detachments of marines, who took up
position on the Faubourg st. Honore, pre-
| paratory to forming the escort of honor
| about the funeral car.
The members of the chamber of depu-
| ties, headed by the president of the house,
| NJ. Deschanel, arrived at the Elysee Palace
| at $50. They were saluted by the troops
| drawn up there with flags flying.
President Loubet Present.
! The newly elected president, N. Emile
| Loubet, then drove up in a landau He
| were the Gordon of the Legion # Honor
and was accompanied by Gen. Davout
| Duke of Aurestaedt, grand chancellor of
| the Legion of Honor, who was seated be
| side him. The president was escorted by a
| squadron of cuirassiers. On his arrival tho
| troops presented arms, the trumpets rang
! out a salute and the drums rolled II his
| honor as he entered the court yard of the
palace.
In the meanwhile the casket containing
| the remains of the late president had been
transferred from the Sale des Fetos and
! placed upon a catafalque in the porch,
which was transformed temporarily into
! chapelle ardelte. All the officers of the
| military household took part in the GER
emony.
| Madame and Mademoiselle Faure who
had been praying the greater part of the
night beside the remains, attended mass at
| O'Clock in the chapel of the palace. They
| then retired to their apartments, and did
not take part in the procession in the
funeral ceremonies, though they heard
mass at noon in the chapel of the Elysee
The hearse was magnificent ear, with
| large black plumes, and having a dome dec
GRATED with silver stars.
The Procession Starts.
The procession was formed. and it
emerged from the palace at 1905 am
headed by Gen. Zurlinden, the military gov
ernor of Paris followed by the bearers of
the wreaths from the late president house
hold and the legislature.
The minister of foreign affairs NJ Del
casse; the minister of public Dtruction,
NJ. Leagues; the minister of marine, NJ
Lockroy; the minister of war, NJ De Frey
clnet; the minister of agriculture, NJ. Viger;
the minister of public works. NJ. Krantz:
| the minister of colonies NJ. Guillain. and
| the minister of finance, NJ. Pevtral were
| the pallbearers.
Next came President Loubet accom-
| panied by the acting president of the SEN
! ate. NJ. Chaveau; the premier. NJ. Dupuy.
| and the president of the chamber of depu-
| ties, M. Deschanel. After them came the
| officers of the late presidents military
household the papal nuncio, Mgr. Clari.
| the members of the diplomatic CORPS and
| tie foreign missions The GermamI made
| a striking appearance evidently having
| been chosen for their fine physique for
| they were all head taller than the mem
| bers of any of the ether missions.
Russians Were Cheered.
The members of the Russian mission
were loudly cheered.
Following the foreign missions came the
members of the senate and chamber of
deputies and other delegations, from the
| army and navy, etc, the council of state,
the judges of the courts of cessation and
appeal, and Populations from other public
bodies.
The whole route was lined with troops
OF all arms and was also guarded by police
AS the funeral cortege debouched from the
Avenue Marigny upon Champs Elysee the
crowd there present greeted the judges of
| the court of cessation with shouts of "Vivc
fArmee!" but nothing said to Presf-
dent Loubet, who bareheaded and escorted
by policemen, was the object of much in
tereSt.
At the Place de la COncOrde.
The crowd on the Place de la Concorde.
at the end of the Champs Elysee, where
announced their intention of gathering,
also saluted the judges of the court of cas-
sation with cries of Vice rArmeer'
The Place de la Concorde was black with
people who climbed upon the statues foun-
tainS and terraces. The Tuileries were
also invaded by the people.
The shouts ceased as the funeral process
sion advanced. the silence only being
broken by salvos of artillery fired on the
banks of the River Seine, and when the
military bands stationed along the route
played funeral marches.
The people in the crowds DOTTED their hats
respectfully to President Loubet who sa-
luted the flags of the regiments lining the
route.
When the cortege reached the square in
front of the cathedral, otherwise the Place
du ParVis Notre Dame, the bells burst into
a funeral peal, the troops presented arms
and the casket was taken into the cathe-
dral.
AT the conclusion of the services in the
cathedral the members of the court of cas-
sation entered 1andaus and were driven 10 |
the Palace of Justice, escorted by a detach- |
ment of dragons.
There unusual incident.
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MARTHA wASuvyCTOx rE.