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Parisian students created a serious riot at the funeral of Jules Valles, the revolutionist, last Friday. A delegation of German Socialists occupied a place in the funeral procession, bearing a wreath of violets, adorned with a red scarf, and hanging from a long pole. The emblem bore the inscription, " From the German Socialists of Paris." The students, who lined the boulevard, began a commotion with shouts of " Down with the Germans," mingled with the revolutionary cheering; and then a group of long-haired youths made a rush at the Tenton who was carrying the violet wreath. The onset was resisted...
...Thorndike and Easton, sang instead of the regular choir. The following class-mates acted as pall bearers : Coolidge, Fletcher, Keep, A. Hamlin, F. Hamlin, F. W. Holmes, W. S. Barnes and Carl Bean. Among the floral tributes were several of great beauty. The class of '84 sent a large wreath of white roses and purple violets ; the Pi Eta society a large design representing the club seal, and the base-ball nine sent a ball of white carnations with red stitches, two crossed bats and a circle of nine crimson Jacqueminot roses, one of which was broken...
...funeral of Louis Blanc will be at the expense of the state. The will of the deceased orders a strictly civil burial. He bequeaths his library to the city of Paris The French Socialists in New York city have cabled to Paris to have a wreath of immortelles placed on his coffin...
...Paine, Mr. Goodwin, Mr. White, and Mr. Riddle were called for after Tuesday's performance, and Mr. Riddle was presented with a wreath of laurel. Were it not for the danger of misconstruction, we could desire some more substantial tribute of grateful regard; for few know at what expense of time and trouble he and the other gentlemen connected with the production of the play have labored to place before our eyes the majestic agonies of OEdipus the King...
White is the wreath of the ocean's surge...