Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-17
THE EMPRESS FUNERAL
GERMAN EMPEROR IN ATTENDANCE.
Mourning D. General Entire popaiace
Poured Into the street, ceremo-
nies over the Dead.


Vienna. Sept. i5.-Empcror Francis
Joseph. Prince Iiohcnlohe. the German
imperial chancellor. and Baron Won
Dueiow. the German minister u for
eign araifa. received Emperor william
at the railroad station. The cmperora
shook hands and kissed each others
checks three times They then pro-
ceedcd TO the church. whore Emperor
william. In behalf Of himself and the
empress Of Germany. deposited on the
caskot containing the remains Of the
late empress Of Austria n fiorai wreath
which his majesty had brought from
Germany. The emperor dlncd at the
German embassy after the funeral,
ana started for Berlin this evening.
The aspect u this city today was
more romhrc than upon any day OF
the week Of mourning. Hardly q
house was without black drapory. and
the entire pOpulace seemed TO have
poured out into tho streets. Every
train brought hundreds Of people from
the country and ALL oven the persons
belonging to she lower clnsscH We're IN
mourning. The street lamps were all
nlight. shining dimly through cover
ANNH " ANflNa
Great torches threw glaring fiamos
over the royal chapel In which the rs.
mains of the late empress have lain In
state since yesterday morning. The
door % the chapel were closed al noon
thus barring out thousands Of people
VINO were anxious tu srr the cHsE {.
~ oclock the telling OF bells an
nounced the starting OF the process
Tae route from the IIofburg 10 the
Insignificant church ~ the Ctpuchins.
whose vaults cntomb the HapsburgH. IN
20 short that only a small proportion Of
the population was able 10 crowd lnlo
the adjoining streets
While The procession was being
formed. the church was allied with the
foreign princes Nn1 arrived WITHOUT
onientation In closed carriages. and whQ
were conducted 10 the front pcwH.
outside the church "a company ~ dis
tlngulahed generals and stan officers
was ALIGNED. A detachment % cavalry
led the procession. followed by a sim
Ele horaoman, a court oiiicer atirtd In
spanirh costume Then came CARL
agca drawn by six horses covered with
funeral irfpplnfH escorted by f1otmen.
They contained the court dlgnltarioa
ana ladies In waiting. a
train OF servants followed. walking
two abreast, and ihen came the most
lufAflnE feature OF thn proc NII on
Several companies % thc foot Euiris
ana a squadron " tho horse guards.
followed by a detachment % ycumen
MI gorEeoualy uniformed. preceded the
colossal funeral car. on each aide
were four fooimsn and four pages. with
llflfed iaprra. but the Immediate es-
cori u The car WIS composed 20 rix
H;alwart gentlemen Of thc archcrs'
guard, siEht yelmrn, ak Hungarian
NE guards, and eight mounted life
guards. Following tho car were Sow
cral bodies ~ Infantry und cavalry.
large number ~ priests In full
canunlcala met the procession at she
AnRuiline'a church and proceeded with
U 90 the church u che Capuchina. The
clergy were marched down the alaie
before fho conn. and united In luton-
inE prayers which were aisl exquisite
" charicl during thc nervlr. by the
court choir During The iaa. prayer
the cpilin was llftu1 from the GAIA
fhlqut and che clergy bearing nrchos
walked before Il.
Emperor Francis Joseph. attended by
the hlfhtr. officers of state hrtring
wards, followed. This procession slow
" pifsei from alghs % the conErt "a
ton dow. a stone stairway 70 the
Naulit Afirr the Lac. benedlctlnn had
been pronounced In the vaults me
mournera fcaacendsi and the hish
ch1mboriain handed The key of M
Nault % she ctpuchin who Ia the
tuAFdlhn pf The imperial maurolcum