Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-06
PRINCE RUDoLH,s FUNERAL.

Yesterday Given up to Mournink-Tht
 Dead Prince Laid to Rest-SolenI
 Services Held-The Emperor Kneeli
 In Prayer at the Side of she Biel
 The Remains Blessed Amid Solemn l Silence.
 l VIENNA, Feb. 5.-To-day was given over te
 mourning. All places of business were
 closed and the shops throughout the city put up their shutters early in the forenoon.
 Many streets wore deserted look, the life
 of the town being beinig concentrated around I the spot where the obssques of the crown l prince were held. Along the thoroughfares ! leading to the Hoftburg numberless emblems 1 of mourning, black flags and draperies float | ed from the roofs or dropped from the wins dows. Enormous crowds began to assemble outside the court chapel at an early hour in the morning. Perfect order prevailed, however, in contrast with the disorder of yesterday. The admission of the public into the chapel ceased at ten o'clock when troops barred the streets leading to the Hof burg.
 The emperor and empress and the crown princess attended requiem mass in the ora- tory of the palace at which the miserere was sung. The service was ended at noon. The church bells then began to toll. The coffin lid was fastened at 2 o'clock and the key was confded to Prince Hohenlohe as court mar shal. Soon afterward the gates of the chapel were closed and the members of the imperial family gathered around the catafalque to take last farewell of the remains. The i'm perial guard in the meantime had taken a po- sition in the Franzens ring and the mourners invited to the funeral were arriving. Just before o'clock the members 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 received by Prince Ho- henlohe, and the father guardian accom- panied by friends of the community bearing lighted tapers. The interior of the church was entirely draped in black. On the stroke of four the coffin was lifted from the bier, blessed and carried to the funeral car. The cortege then started from the Hofburg. Upon reaching the Augustine church the priests assembled there placed themselves at the head of the procession and were followed by the court and state officials and the muni- cipal authorities When the car bearing the body arrived at the cloister gates Emperor Francis Joseph and the king and queen of the Belgians followed by the other mourners entered the body of the church.
 Archbishop Ganglbauer with the cathedral chapter awaited the coffin at the entrance of the church and preceded it 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- tion. Presently the thrilling strain of eli bera me, Domine," sung by the court choir, broke the impressive hush. When the choral was over, and just as the chamberlains were preparing to carry the coffin to the vault, the emperor, stepping up to the bier, knelt in prayer. On arising he was joined by Arch duke Charles, Prince Francis of Este, Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Prince Philip of Co., I. a1I coJJ &I So &ha where after final blessing Prince Hohenlohe delivered the remains to the charge of the father guardian.
 The empress, crown princess, Princess 6i- sela and Archduchess Marie Valerie did not attend the funeral, passing the time in prayer within the Hofburg. Although an enormous number of people assembled in the streets to witness the cortege, complete order was pre- served throughout the obsequies, which ter minated at about o'clock.
 The letter from Rudolph to Szoegyenyi, ex- pressing weariness of life, although not dated is known to have been written at Meyerling on January 29.
 ANOTHER VERSION RuDoLPHs DEATH.
 LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Munich correspon- dent of the Daily News says he believes that the following story of crown prince Rudolph's death is the true one:
 con Tuesday afternoon last a baroness whose name is not given, but who is de- scribed beautiful girl, not tall, rather dark and of lively disposition arrived at Meyerling and took up quarters in the game keepers house near the castle. Her pres ence was known only to the game-keeper and his wife. At midnight, when Rudolph had dismissed his guests he visited her. The crown prince had been about an hour in the game-keeper's house, when forester equip. ped for the mornings chase going to consult the game-keeper knocked loudly upon the door. A window was opened and a man jumped out and fled. The forester fired at the fugitive who fell and tainted, having been shot in the shoulder. He was recog nized as the crown prince and the forester hastily summoned help and carried him into the game keepers house. The baroness thinking Rudolph was dead quickly took something from travelling bag, and before she was noticed fell dead to the floor. Ru- dolph revived and was taken by his own orders to the castle. His valet piled him with anxious questions, but Ru- dolph said emphatically: "I have fallen and my nose is bleeding. Go away, wish to be alone" Rudolph then locked the door and shot himself. The baroness was buried on Thursday in the Heiligenkreuzin convent where other members of her family are in- tered.
 The Journal des Debats has a similar story except that it says that Rudolph was mortal ly wounded by the forester and died half an hour after being shot, and that the game keeper went into the woods and shot himself.