St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-30
BRUSSELS Draped in Mourn
ing For Her Once Popular
Prince.
The Funeral Attended With
Usual Scenes Of Pomp and
Ceremony.
All Paris Excited Over the
Sensational Play Of
"Thermidor."
The Insurgents Reported
Steadily Gaining Ground
in Chilli.

BRUSsELLs, Jan. 29.-Brnssels was.
truly city of mourning to-day. the day
of Prince Baudouin'S funeral, black
bunting, draped flags and Grape being
seen Oh all sides. The streets were
filled with people, and every window
along the line of march was crowded.
The funeral was attended with the
usual scenes of pomp and ceremony.
There was an air of genuine and uni
verSal mourning in every direction.
There was not a store open in Brussels,
and the windows of all the banks and
public buildings were closed by shut
tiers. The center of attraction was
around the cathedral of st. Gudule,
built in 1878, the finest sacred edifice i'll
Brussels. AT o'clock this morning st.
Gudule was overlooking with the i'm
mense congregation which had as
sembled, the early corners reach
ing the cathedral as early
as Z O'Clock This assemblage
was allowed to remain in the cathedral
until $3.50 a. m, when the troops
marched into the building from several
different doors and cleared it sufficiently
to leave space for the funeral services
and for the distinguished perSonageS
invited to be present at
The Funeral Ceremony.
These distinguished people occupied
the body of the cathedral, the general
public being admitted to the triforias,
the whole of the interior of the cathe-
dral, its vaulted roof, choir, transepts
and huge pillars being covered with
immense sable hangings, fringed and
ornamented with heavy silver bullion.
The catafalque to receive the coffin
was erected in the center of the
grand transept and in front of the
chacnel. 1t was covered with
massive black canopy Superbly Or
namented with silver. A triple row of
tall candles in heavy silver candlesticks
surrounded the SarcOphagus. All the
candlebr9 i'll the cathedral were lighted
and the choirS from end to end, together
with the grandly magnificent main altar,
were ablaze with light. This gorgeous
altar formed the eliminating point of
one of the most superb scenes ever wit
messed within this ancient, historical
cathedral. The approaches to the pal
ace of the Count of Flanders, father of
the dead prince. were thronged with
carriages and lined with troops in
bright uniform. After the arrival at
the palace of procession Of parish
priests, rObed in cottaS and cassockS,
the cortege began It's solemn march to
the cathedral. Mounted gendarmeS, the
corps of guides and the civic guard
headed
The Procession.
Following these bodies of troops came
the band Of the Grenadiers of the guard,
with muffled drums, playing the dead
march in Saul. Next came a number of
infantry regiments with which Prince
Baudouin had been connected as all Off
Ger. Each regiment carried its colOrs
heavily draped with Grape, and on the
left arm the soldiers wore band of
Grape. Next came the clergy and the
members of the royal households, pre-
ceding the coffin, which was borne on
the shoulders of ten picked non COM
misSioned officers. The presidents of
the two chambers and the ministers
bore the pail. Next came King Leopold,
who was SO overcome with emotion that
he walked with hating step
and with his head bowed down
with sorrow. The count of FIand-
ers, weeping bitterly, walked behind
the king. having his son, Prince Albert,
on his right, and Prince Henry of Prus-
STA on his left. The funeral car. coy
cred with beautiful wreaths of flowers,
was drawn by six black horses. har-
messed with black trappings, and led by
footmen in mourning liveries. The
princes body was conveyed upon this
car to the royal crypt in the chapel OF
the castle of Laeken, mile OF SO cut
side the city, where the interment took
place.