The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-14
MOURNING THE DEAD QUEEN
MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRIAN COURT
.RRIyE At GENEVA
Militia Called 01t NJ Trtest to sup
press q Violent Demonstration
Against Ifaffans-Terrible Pun
ishment Awaits the Assassin

GENEVA. Sept 70. the arrival here
today % the representatives Of the Aus
TRAN eeu-. they we're conducted - tha
death chamber ara there viewed the re-
mains ct the empress The ladies' % the
party we're particularly affected. After
prayers were offered the coffin was finally
closed III the presence Of the authorities
The Bssnop of Fr:eoorg. the a-chpries,
Of ths cathedral OF More Dame. and sew
eral 9eaevese escieszast.cs. in fun canon
icais. Messed the remain, n the presence
81 the court personages. each ot whom
sprfnk.ed the body with holy water.
President Rssrf!n ard the members % the
federal council came from Be-ne IN q body
officially to fender the nations sympathy.
Large crowds Of citizens with heads barred
surrounded the depot. and the council rode
in carriages 10 the hotel between files OF
gendarnes. There they were received by
the ernperor's representatives and me
suite os the empress. all in deepest mourn
ing.
Replying 10 President Rufin's address Of
sympathy. Count Kuefstein. the Austrian
minister, thanked the Swiss people. who.
in these unhappy days. have given evil
dence OF SO great sympathy with the Aus
srians''
1t is said ;ha. the assassin viii be tried
il a special term next month.
The work OF arres.ing suspects az Lu-
same continues. One has confessed that
ne made the weapon used by the assassin.
bat all investigation fails to prove that
the murderer had accompIices or belonged
TO any organization.
Infatuated at Italians.
LONDON. Sept l3.-special dispatches
from Vienna say the entire Austro-Hun-
garian empire is infuriated against tai
ians as result OF the assassination OF En-
press Elizbeth, and violent anti-Italan
demonstrations have taken place at Tri-
est, where Italians and natives have been
fighting in the streets with sticks and
stones, sometimes using revoiveTs. SIX
deaths are reported as having occurred
there. and troop. have been called out to
suppress the disturbances.
At Gratz an Italian peddier has been
lynched and at Vienna fully 1880 Italians
summary dismissed In order 10 avoid pop
uIar revolt. The italian embassy at VIZ
emma IS guarded BY strong body OF in
fantry.
Punishment Worse Than Death.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13-A dispatch 10 the
World from Geneva says: The life !npris-
onment with solitary confinement in store
for the Austrian empress assassin is de-
elared by those acquainted with Swiss pris-
ons 10 be vastly worse than death.
A correspondent who recently visited the
chief prison of the canton of TaEd where
the assassin viii be confined, describes as
sad indeed the result Of solitary life inpris
onment. One man whom he saw. the per-
petrator OF series Of murders in the
mountains. had been in the cell for fifteen
years, with the result that he completely
lost his reason. The governor Of the prison
confessed that in view Of this and other
similar cases his Views OF capital punish
meEt had undergone complete change,
and that he was now strongly IL favor OF
the death penalty.
Mr.. Ridgely, the American consul here
was informed tonight by cabinet officer
that irasmuch as 1t would please the au-
thorities TO send the assassin 10 Austria
for trial. 1t cannot be done under The con-
stitution. Had the crime been committed
in the private apartment OF the empress,
instead Of on the public street, extradiIion
would have been possible
Upon a sentence OF life imprisonment the
assassin will be placed IN a sman. dark
cell. from which he viii never emerge. and
VIII be fed just enough to enable him to
support life.
Emperor William VIII Attend.
VIENNA. Sept. l3.-Emper0r William
has notified the German embassy here that
he Will attend the funeral OF the late en-
press of Austria.
The arrangements for the funeral cere-
monies were published this afternoon The
body of the Empress Elizabeth Will lie In
state IN the Hofburg on Friday and dur
Ing the forenoon OF Saturday, and the in
ieinent vii take place al the caputhin
church al 4 O'Clock Saturday afternoon.
The kings Of SaNony. Servia and ROu-
mania with an immense and notable as