The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-02-06
THE DEAD GROWN PRINCE.

Impressive Funeral Ceremonies at Vienna
Letter to One of the Princes Friends.
VIENNA, Feb. 5.-This city was to-day en-
tirely given over to mourning. ALI places
of business were closed, and the shops
throughout the city put up their shutters
early in the forenoon. Many streets usual
ly bright and animated wore a deserted
look, the life of the town being concentrat-
ed around the spot where the obseQuies OF
the Crown Prince were held. The thor
oughfares leading to the Hofburg bear am
pie evidence of the public sorrow. Number
less emblems of mourning, black flags and
draperies float from the roofs or droop from
the windows. Busts of the Crown Prince,
surrounded with flowers, CLEAN amid the
sable adornments Of the balconies. Enorm-
Gus crowds commenced to assemble outside
the court chapel at an early hour in the
morning. Perfect order prevailed, how
ever, in contrast with the disorder of yes
terday. The admission of the public into
the chapel ceased at 1c o'clock, when troops
barred the streets leading to the Hofburg.
The Emperor, ard Empress, and
Crown Princess attended a requiem
mass in the oratory of the Gal-
ace, at which the "Miserere" was
sung by the court choir. The service was
ended at noon. The church bells then COM
menced to toll. The coffin lid was fastened
at o'clock. and the key was confded to
Prince Hohenlohe, "a court marshal.
Soon afterwarG t',e gates of the chapel
were closed. and the members of the i'm
perial family gathered around the cata-
falque to take LAST farewell of the re-
mains. The imperial guard in the mean
time had taken posi- tion in the Franz
ensrig, and the moTIners invited to the
funeral were arriving Jut before o'clock
the mempers of the imperial house. who
had left the chapel, stopped in front of the
side entrance of the Capuchin Church, in
the Kloster Gasse, where they were re-
Ceiy ed by Prince Hohenlohe, Prince Hun
yadi chief master of ceremonies, and the
father guardian, accompanied by friends or
the community, bearing lighted tapers. The
imperial party wendod their way through
the cloisters to the church. The interior
of the church was entirely draped In black.
The benches and seats were covered with
sable cloth, and the floor was carpeted with
black. Three rows of benches stretched
from the entrance along the nave on the
left, or gospel side, while the rest of the
space, on this side nearer the high altar,
was filled by dais with three rows OF
prie dieux. The first row was for the En-
peror and the King and Queen of the Bel
oiaus. and the other two rows for the arch
dukes and archduchesses. The catafalque
was erected in the middle OF the church,
and was surrounded by massive candles.
Near the carafalque was tabouret for
Archbishop Ganglbauer. who celebrated
pontitical mass. On the right of the main
aisle, on the epistle side. and opposite the
imperial dais, were pre- dieux der Tor the use OK
and the other bishops: On the stroke of 4
| the coffin was lifted from the bier, blessed
and carried to the funeral car. The cortege
! then started from the Hofburg. Upon
assembled there placed themselves at the
| head of the procession, and were followed
| by the court and state officials and the
municipal authorities. When the car bear
| ing the body arrived at the clolster gates;
| Emperor Francis Joseph and the King and
| Queen of the Belgians, followed by tho
| other mourners, entered the body of the
church. The Ministers of the empire, head
! ed by Count Kalnoky, Count Won Iaafe
and Herr Won Tisza, and accompanied by
the privy counselors, took up position TO
| the right of the catafalque.. Archbishop
| Ganglbaur, with the cathedral chapter,
| awaited the coffin at the entrance of the
church. and preceded 1t to the interior.
| Amid a solemn silence he blessed the re-
mains, sprinkling holy water on the coffin.
| upon which the Emperor, during the whole
| ceremony, kept a fixed gaze in deep abstrac-
| ton. Presently the strains of ''Libera me,
| Domine,n sung by the court choir, broke
| the impressive hush. When the choral was
| over, and Just as the chamberlains were pre-
| pairing to carry the coffin to the vault, the
| Emperor, stepping up TO the bier, knelt in
| PRAYER. On arising he was joined by the
| Archduke Charles, Prince Francis of Este.
| Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Prince Phil
| in of Coburg, and all followed the coffin to
| the vault, where, after the final blessing.
| Prince HohenlOhe delivered the remains 70
| the charge of the father guardian. The
| Empress, Crown Princess, Princess Gisela
| and Archduchess Marie VALERIE did not at
| tend the funeral, passing the time in prayer
| within the Hofburg.
VIENNA, Feb. 5.-Several persons have
been arrested in cafes here for repeating
the rumors that Crown Prince Rudolph met
his death at the hands of the husband Of a
woman he had betrayed. Two gentlemen
| who were conversing on the subject in loud
tones in the Graben were taken into Gus
| tcdy.
1t is asserted that the Crown Prince. 10
his last letter to his mother said: "lcanrot
live longer .aS
PEsTH, Feb. 5.-The Nation (ncwspaperl
publishes the letter written by Crown
1 pvipca Rudolnh a short time before lls