Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-06
DRAPED IN MOURNING.
Vienna Given Over to Observing the 0bse-
qules OF Crown Prince Rudolph.

VIENNA, Feb. 5-This city today was en-
tirely given over to mourning All places
of business were closed and the shops
throughout the city put up their shutters
early in the forenoon. Many streets, usu-
ally bright and animated, wore deserted
look, the life of the town being concen-
trated around the street where the obse-
quies OF the crown prince were
held. The thoroughfares leading to
the Hopburg bear ample evidence
of the public sorrow. Numberless en-
plens Of mourning. black flags and dra-
peries, 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.
Enormous crowds commenced to assem-
BILE outside the court of the chapel
at an early hour in the morn
ing. Perfect order prevailed, however,
in contrast with the disorder of yesterday.
The admission of the public into the
chapel ceased at 10 o'clock, when troops
barred the streets leading to the Hofburg.
The emperor and empress and the crown
princess attended at requiem mass in the
oratory of the palace. The service
was ended at noon. The church
bells then commenced to toll.
The coffin lid was fastened at 2 o'clock
and the key was confided to Prince Hohen
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 position in the Fran.
serig and the mourner 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 Capuchen
church in the klostergasse, where they
were received by Prince Hohenlohe, Prince
Hunyadi, chief master OF ceremonies and
the father, guardian, accompanied by
friends of the community bearing lighted
tapers. The imperial party wended their
way through the cloisters 20 the church.
The interior of 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
space on the side nearest the high altar
fiiledby dais with three rows OF prize
dieux. The first row was for the emperor
and the king and queen of the Belgians
and the other two rows for the archdukes
and archduchesses. The catafalque was
erected in the middle of the church and
was surrounded by massive candalabras.
Near the catalafaque was tabourel for
Archbishop Ganglebauer, who celebrated a
pontificial mass. To the right OF the main
aisle, on the epistle side. and opposite the
imperial Gais were prie-dieux for the use
of Monsigueur Galinberti, the papal
nuncio, and the other bishops.
On the stroke of the coffin was lifted
from the bier, blessed and carried TO the
funeral car. The cortege then started
from the Hopburg. Upon reaching the
Augustine church the priests assembled
there placed themselves at the head Of the
procession and were followed by the court
aud state officials and the municipal au-
thorities-
When the car bearing the body arrived
at the cloister gates Emperor Francis Jo-
seph and the king and queen OF tie Bel
gians, followed by the other monrners, en-
tered the body Of the church The minis
tiers OF the empire. headed by Count Kali
noky, Count Won Taafe and Herr Ven
Tiaza and accompanied by the
priyy counsellors, took up 4
position TO tie right of the catafalcue.
next TO them, nearer che main entrance
came in order the presidents and vice-
presidents of the reichSafh, the Hungarian
diet and the provincial committee OF Lower
Austria: the burgomasters Of Vienna ana
Pesth. the delegates OF both cap
tails and other depntstions. In thEee
rows OF seats TO the leit OF ti1s
the entrance tie chief court officials took
their places, including the captains Of TIL
guard. the elnperor's adjnfant general
the mistress az the emperors household,
the principal court ladies'. Stepheai.s
court marshal and Rudolpn's adjutarss
Archbishop 6anglsbsuers With the cathe-
drai CHAPTER awaited the COIN - the en-