Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-13
THE LAMENTEp Es1PREss.

THE LAMENTED EMPRESS.
Imposing Demonstrations of syn,n,t,,,
in Honor of the Murdered Queen
Qy Telegraph)
GENEVA. Sept. 10 The BODY oe ~.
i-''ipress elizabeth has been enclosed
- ~sa-tr'ple coffin and placed in a room,
ma. 1rr,anstormed in mortuary chambar
. Us waits OF this apartment ara ,-siIa,
,;i,.n niack drhpery, covered with
ny are continually on their Knees ha-
., She bier. praying for the son, of
the departed. Near by stanl. ~
prayer table 2of the deceased he,rirsr
he II, srosaryFand crucihx. < ..''s
= ~. LIE IInpos1ng demonstration nf s,,,,,
eli co,,, pasanazed by the federal coun-
eia con nenced at noon today. The. ~,
proaches to the Hotel Beauriyape
were guarded by General BARNES
me procession was headed bv Cen.
SO ., oa mes. with arms reversed. Then
came four beadles with cooked ha.e
allu 'ous cloaks. half yellow aud ha1f
RED. Their leader bore a crane cnvarai5
mace. They were followed ~, .sl.
members OF the government. she mem
perS OIL parliament the q. jfnlomati.
corps and the civil aignitaries. rhay
came great, mass of the pon,1la, ion' ~
Gei,esa- In close ranks the people d.
~ pareheasted before the Hotel. in
spite OF the very hot sun.
IN the mean time the historic he,I -
-, N!eFnence changed heavily.
Inc procession lasted over an ho,:r
ne majority of the stores we're
TIE AssAss1N,s HISTORY
3i:Nk.VA. Sept. 12.-On the orf3or of
a magistrate. the assassin was t,,xa ~,
inns afternoon from st. Anthony prison
20 ehe Anthropometrical Institute
where ne was measured and photo
sraphed- Portraits We're given To tho
press and Will be distributed to the
p"llce IN the cities where he has lived
IN the course of a second examinn.
ton as to his history and the motivas
:or the crime, ne said he had never
SHOWN MS father or mother, He vas
brought up In Parma, Italy. In cbar-
Ivy schoof. and at the age at ten wns
thrown on the streets without re-
sources He worked as an unskilled
1919. nnule' uh'ii ne was twenty. Then he
ana a half YEARS
IN leaving his regimeae he was an.
p,"seu as toe valet ale ehambr,A of tbe
i'rince of AraSon for three mnnths
AZ this tine anarchist ideas hapnn tr
possessi hrs mind and-to use his own
me from remaininv
in servitude." In the course nf iife
., adventure he happened to he NJ
iauaa pest in 1898. There for .ha first
.iif'e he saw Empress Elizabeth He
mas miserable and Weak ana appliedsto
~. I've. ltalian consul 10 be returned 70
''a I, me eoasnl sent him to Fiume
49,. ms description OF his subsequent
"shteFtnss Was vague, and he said he
selaom. If ever, obtained work. While
s,ay'ns at Lausaneh he saw a {l,e out
sue or shop, purchased IL with no
ana made a 81 Ss
ana ana he has addressed a letter - - !
niail newspaper. expressing a fear
1sSt he be mistaken BY Prof. Cahar
=. ! en- prose Tor degenerate Dilattne in
s.i!S communication upon the objects Of
'hilitant anafchism he wrote:
Above all it is the great who nust
De struck. Not only sovereiens ana
lie'r ministers will be reached nv the
comrades. but all who make men mis-
cradle on earth"
re says he was not impelled by
misery TO ktit the empress, as such !. \
course ,. Mould have been idotic. but
ne committed the deed in order thai
snch crimes, following one upon the
n.her. might cause all who impoverish
.ne 7opulace to trembfe and shjver
me document concludes with this
decla ration; 80
;.:a an anarchist by conviction"
+ ~ '--'s'-a VI I ~ The POPE
ROME, Sept. la.-Emperor Francis
Joseph te'estaphed the following renly
on receipt OF the Geographic condo
lehee OF the Pope:
In the frightful misfortune that has
struck me and my house. the words of
your holiness. full of holy Indignation
, s affection and inspired by that
ain whlch hetseforth is my only
refuge. hay.. conveyed sweet consola-
ton to my broken heart
E14f& F,atheF. accept my most pro
round and most devoted thanks for
your Words and your fraternal bene-
alctlon, t'ray remember with pity in
your holy prayers henceforth the
sanity soul, my blessed. weli-beloved
companion. myself. aud my family.
1Signed) FRANCIS JOSEPH"
VIENNA, Sept. 12.-The Emperor of
austria and his daughter attended
mass this morning in the private chan
Ell or the Schoenbrunner palace. His
majesty showed evidences of intense
srief, but he said ne did not lose faith
IN Cod. he expressed a wish for con-
sfession and communion 755@
During the day the Emperor re-read.
with much emotion Il passage in the
last letter he received from the En-
press. in watch she expressed herself
with Being pleased with the prospect,
OF returning to Vienna in Il few days
to witness the jubilee festivities. His
majesty attended to the usual state
duties today and insisted upon at
tending personally to the numerous
messages of sympathy he has received
since the death OF the Empress.
FRENCH OFFICERS DISMISSED.
Colonel Du Patty Derosed For His
Connection with the Esterhasy Case
(By Telegraph.l
PARIS. Sept. 12.-It is officially an