The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18
The Body Taken TO the Church of the
Copuchins and Locked in a Vault
of the Imperial MausoIeum.
EXERCISES At WASHINGTON
CARDINAL GIBBONS THE CELEBR ANT
OF A COMMEMORATIVE MASS.
President Mckinley and the DipIo-
matte Corps Present-German MOye-
ment Against Anarchists.

late Empress of Austria. VINO was slain by
an Anarchist at Geneva, were to-day placed
in the imperial Mausoleum after obsequies
befittirg royalty.
Emperor Francis Joseph, at 9 o'clock this
morning, received the special representatives
Of foreign sovereigns. An hour later he re-
ceived the visit of the sovereigns, with the
exception of the King of Saxony, whom he
personally greeted at the station All morn
ing the inhabitants Of this city streamed in
dense crowds towards the chapel of the Hof-
burg and defiled before the casket contain
ing the remains of the late Empress.
Emperor Francis Joseph, Prince Hohen-
lohe, the German imperial chancellor, and
Baron Won Buelow, the German minister for
foreign affairs, received Emperor William
at the railroad station. The Emperors shook
| hands and kissed each others cheeks three
times. They then proceeded to the church
where Emperor William, in behalf of him
self and the Empress of Germany, deposited
on the casket a floral wreath which His
Majesty had brought from Germany. The
Emperor dined at the German embassy after
the funeral and started for Berlin this even
| ing.
| The aspect OF this city to-day was more
| somber than upon any day of the week of
| mourning. Hardly q house was without
black draperies, and the entire popuace
| seemed to have poured out into the streets
| Every train brought hundreds of people
| from the country, and everyone even the
persons belonging to tho lower classes were
in mourning. The street lamps were all
alight, shining dimy through coverings of
Grape. Great torches threw glaring flames
over the royal chapel in which the remains
of the late Empress have lain in state since
yesterday morning. The doors of the chapel
were closed at noon, thus barring out
thousands of people who were anxious to
see the casket
At o'clock the tolling of bells announced
| the starting of the procession. The route
| from the Hofburg to the insignificant
| Church of the Capuchins, whose vaults en-
tomb the Hapsburgs. is so short that only
| a small proportion of the population was
able to crowd into the adjoining streets
| While the procession was being formed, the
| church was filled with the foreign princes,
| who arrived without ostentation in closed
! carriages and who were conducted to the
| front pews. Outside the church a company
| of distinguished generals and staff officers
were lined. A detachment of cavalry led
| the procession, followed by a single horse
man, court officer, attired in Spanish
| costume. Then came carriages, in which
were seated the servants of the late EN-
press, and they were followed by a second
| detachment of cavalry After these horse
men were three court carriages drawn by
six horses covered with funeral trappings,
escorted by footmen. They contained the
court dignitaries and ladies in waiting. A
train of servants followed, walking two
/ abreast, and then came the most imposing
| feature of the procession. Several compa-
MES of the Foot Guards and a squadron of
| the Horse Guards, followed by a detach-
ment of Yeomen, all gorgeously uniformed,
preceded the colossal funeral car On
either side were four footmen and four
pages with lighted tapers, but the imme-
date escort of the car was composed of six
stalwart gentlemen of the Archer Guard,
eight Yeomen, six Hungarian Life Guards
and eight mounted Life Guards. Following
the car were several bodies of infantry
and cavalry.
A large number of priests in full canoni-
| Gals met the procession at the Augustine
| Church and proceeded with it to the
| Church of the Capuchins. The clergy there
marched down the aisle before the coffin
and united in intoning prayers, which were
also exqusitey chanted during the service
| by the court choir. During the last
prayer the coffin was lifted from the cata-
| falque, and the clergy, bearing torches,
walked before it. Emperor Francis Joseph,
attended by the highest officers of state
bearing wands, followed. This procession
| slowly passed from the sight of the congre-
| cation down a stone stairway to the vaults
After the last benediction had been pro-
Iounced in the vaults the mourners reas-
cended and the high chamberlain handed
| the key of the vault to the Capuchin who
! is the guardian of the imperial mausoleum
After the departure of the foreign princes
and representatives Emperor Francis Jo-
| seph drove to Schoenbrunn. The imperial
| family dined at the Hofburg. The King of
| Saxony was present. Emperor William,
Prince Hohenohe, the German imperial
chancellor, and Baron Won Buelow with
their suites. dined at the German embassy.
Afterwards Emperor William held circle
and then proceeded to the railway station,
starting for Berlin at o'clock this even
ing. There was no official leave-taking The
other royalties also left during the course of
| the evening. During the passage of the
| funeral procession from the Hofburg Chapel
| to the Church OF the Capuchins twenty
three persons tainted.
| ~
EXERCISES AT WASHINGTON.