Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-13
GENEVA MOURNS.
PopulaCe Paroles In Honor
Of Dead Empress.
FUNERAL SATURDAY.
Body of Royal Victim Expect
ed In Vienna Thursday.
FUNERAL SATURDAY,

According to Present Arrangement
1t Will Lie In State Friday-The
Assassin stiIl GlOnting Over His
Crime Inquest Shows That the
Wound Was a Remarkable One.
Franz Josef sustains His Loss With
Great Fortitude-StOry of the Trag-
edy as Related by q Companion OF
the Empress.
Vienna, Sept. 13.-The plans for the
funeral Of the empress Of Austria con-
template, as now arranged, the arrival
of her body here Thursday. 1t will lie
in state Friday and be buried Saturday.
Mourning will be observed six months.
The aged emperor is bearing up man
fully, but keeps secluded. Occasionally
gains his self control.
The imposing demonstration Of SYM
pathy organized by the federal council
commenced at noon in Geneva. The APP
proaches to the Hotel Beaurivage were
guarded by gendarmes. The procession
was headed by gendarmes with arms
reversed. Then came four beadles with
cooked hats and long cloaks, half yell
low and half red. Their leader bore
Grape covered mace. They were fol-
lowed by the members of the govern
ment. the members of parliament. the
diplomatic corps and the civic dignita-
ries. Then came a great mass Of the
population of Geneva. In close ranks
the people defiled, bareheaded. before
the hotel in spite of the very hot sun.
In the meanwhile the historical bell OF
the Cathedral Of st. Clemence changed
heavily. The procession lasted over an
hour. All eyes were directed toward
the terrace Of the hotel, where stood
General Borzoviezy, marshal of the late
empress household; the Austrian min
lister and the members Of the suit OF
the deceased. The majority of the stores
were closed
The assassin maintains his bravado
and expresses qualification at the sue
cess Of his act. He insists he had no
confederates, but the police Of Lau-
sanne Switzerland, have arrested ten
Of his friends and acquaintances. He
had been working as stonemason and
last month declared his intention of be-
coming a Swiss, though his application
for naturalization was withdrawn re-
Gently.
He seems to glory in the knowledge
of the Swiss law against capital pun
ishment The canton Of Geneva and ID
other environments in Switzerland abol-
ished the death penalty in 1874 but the
supreme council may abrogate the law.
Public opinion. however, is so strong
against capital punishment and life i'm
prisonment under the rigorous admins
tration of Swiss prisons Is regarded as
so much worse than death that It is
probable the law will be permitted to
It is certain. however, that demand
will be made that the assassin be put to
death.
The Paris police report that the as
sassii was horn there Of italian parents
in 1873. He studied law for a few
months, but soon became an anarchist
and went to italy where he engaged in
the Bologna riots.
The Result Of a Promise.
He took part, it Is said, in the secret
meeting of anarchists in Zurich last
July, when the murder Of seven crown.
gu HGduS was IeSOltCu upOH. Hc dIIS
police discovered the plot, and he was
suspected by his comrades Of having
betrayed them. He then promised to
do something to prove his loyalty to the
cause, and the murder Of Eliza beth OF
Austria is the result of that promise.
One Of the soverelgns whose death
was contemplated was the young queen
Of Holland. 1t was proposed to kill her
just previous to or during the corona.
ton ceremonies, but the vigilance Of the
police prevented the execution Of the
plot.
The post norton examination of the
remains of the late empress has revoa al
ed that the weapon completely trans
fixed the heart. penetrating 3h inches
and making wound one-sixth OF an
inch wide. The fact that her majesty
walked 30 yards to the steamer Is as
cribed to her remarkable will power and
natural energy.
The body has been inc1osed in a triple
coffin and paced in a room tran~forme
into a mcrtuary chamber The walls cf
this apartment are yelled with black
drapery covered with silver stars and
several sisters of charity are continu-
ally on their knees hcsida the bier pray
ing for the soul Of the departed. Near
by stands the PRAYER table of the de-.
ceased, bearing her rosary and crucifx.
An Eyewitness' Account.
Countess Szaparv the sole compn n on
Of the empress when she was nssa ssh
mated on the walk from the Hot L Beau
rivage to the steamboat landing, has
made the following report of the occur.
renee:
1--WE arrived in Geneva Friday noon.
Saturday we were to return by steamer
via Territet to Caux the empress pre-
ferring to 60 by steamer. allowing her
suit to go by rail- The steamer was t.,
leave at 2. The empress was in excel
lent spirits and perfectly well.
"At 80 we left the hotel, walking
along the Quai Mont Blanc slowly side
by side. Suddenly 1 noticed man COM
ing at fast step from the lake up ia
the empress. He came around tree
that stood between him and us. His
foot slipped, and he made a plunge for
ward, stretching out his hand, as l
thought, to regain his equilibrium. He
then ran away. I did not notice that he
touched the empress AS looked her
way saw her sink down. and 1 caught
her in my arms, asking her If she felt
any pain. The empress answered:
at do not know. / think I feel q
pin in my chest
"'It must be fright I said. will
your majesty take my ARM
THE empress Strengthened herself
saying, No, thank you tried to sup
port her, but she walked firmly. W.