The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

years aRo, and the Victoria railway station
was his headquarters during the last fifteen
years Of his life. Why, no ono ever knew.
Ot the earl OF Caithness nothing much
can be said beyond the fact that his title is
we'll known in America. The father Of his
ing scientist with an uncouth figure and an
alcohol nose. His brilliancy Of CONVERSE
ton ana his capacity for whisky will be
weli remembered in the Union club OF New
YORK, the Somerset, of Boston, the Mary
land, OF Baltimore, and the Philadelphia. OF
subsequently fifteenth earl, accompanied
MS father on his travels and many Of thu
golden youth of American cities enjoyed his
friendship. Whom no died, two or three
years after his father, he left his large es-
tates to an old chum, and for n day or two
it was supposed that the title WAS extinct
But an heir-the earl who ia just dead
was found in remote cousin, bank clerk
in Aberdeen. and the humble quill driver
awoke one morning to find himself greeted
as sixteenth earl of Caithness, inheritor of
all the glories Of the warlike clan OF Sin
to maintain the title. His son. who, Of
course, became Lord Bsrriedale simuita-
neously with his fathers accession to the
earldom. was recalled from America. He
was truck farmer in Dakota. He is now
seventeenth earl of Caithness.
IN Vienna last Tuesday, notwithstanding
biting east wind, thousands were in the
streets waiting to be admitted to the Inn
perial chapel. whore until noon the Arch
duchess Mario Antoinette was lying in
state. The archduchess lay in n closed cof-
nm, covered with red velvet. and almost en-
tirely concealed by a wealth of beautiful
flowers, which, with the hundreds of wax
of the chapel. made the scene an impressive
one. Officers of the Austrian and Hungar-
Ian life guards stood on either side of the
catafalque, their drawn swords glittering
IN the candle light. On q tabouret at the
foot of the coffin lay the gloves and fan OF
ion on the coffin, had benn placed her
crown and the archducal hat. Escorted by
cavalry and infantry the hearse, drawn by
SIX white horses, crossed the JOsefplatz and
on to the Capucine church ON the Neu~
markt. At either side of the hearse walked
SIX noblemen's sons, carrying tapers. These
boys were dressed in the winsome costumes
of court pages of the time of Louis XIV, and
walked bareheaded in such cold weather as
we have not experienced for many winters.
Indeed, the funeral took place in a whirl-
wind OF snow.
The church where service was held by the
archbishop of Vienna in the presence Of the
emperor and all the imperial family was
lined with black draperies, the lines of the
architecture and steps and crosses being
marked with lines of white cloth. The only
bit of color was due to the grouping of the
life guards and the pages IN their scarlet
uniform. In the vault the court marshal,
Prince Hohenlohe, locked the outer coffin
and gave the key into the keeping of the
father guardian of the Capucines. With
that the ceremony was over. The coffin
occupies the center of the vault and will re-
main there until another death occurs, when
it will be moved to its proper place. The
last coffin to arrive is always placed in the
center.
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