Arizona republican., 1900-08-20
LATE GOSSIP OF
 FOREIGN CAPITALS

People at the Italian court seem to have completely lost their h ads during the first few days following the assassi- nation of King HUmbert. and, owing to this, young King Victor Emanuel was deprived of the privilege of gazing once more upon the features of that much loved father whom he had left s1 well and hearty when he sailed for the Holy Land. The illustrated n-wspa- pers will doubtless treat their readers to elaborate pictures showing the nLw king by his fathers bier, with the re- mains lying in state: yet the fac- re- mains that Humbert's body had been placed in dramatically sealed metal coffin before the young king and queen arrived at Monza
 It is extremely rare that a royal per sonage is entombed without being en- balmed and, unless I am much mis- taken, King Humbert is the only sov- ereign of his line who has not beep treated 10 the customary methods of preservation. That the latter are cx . tremely efficacious is shown by the fa ct that when King George " of England caused the coffin f King Charles I ,.. be opened in his presence in the vaults below St. Georges chapel at WindsO castle. the remains of the only Eng lish monarch who had met death at the hands of the headsman were found to be in as perfect a stat of preserva tion and as lifelike as on the day of tile entOmbment two centuries previously, Moreover, records go to show that when Emperor Charles V. in the sixteenth century, descended into the vault Q. Ak la Chapelle. where Charlemagne was sleping his last sleep, he found the body If that world-famed monarch ar rayed in his robes of state. with crown on his head and the scepter in his hand. seated in a great stone arm chair. as lfelike as if he were merely slumbering, although near five cen- turies had elapsed since his eyes had been closed for their fast sleep.
 I have sometimes wondered what will be done with the remains of Queen Victcria's eldest son when he is gath cred to his fathers. He has repeatedly expressed in public and in private his Objo ction 10 the methods in vogue for the entomhment of the remains of royal personages and his preference for either cremation or else for a form of burial entailing the spel dy destruction of the bOdy-opinions which. while modern, are in fragrant defiance to all the tra- ditions and etiquette of the reigning houses of Great Britain and Of the con tinent.
 The present French government has given further evidence of it's strength, moderation, and sound sense by promoting certain officers reputed 10 sympathiza With Dreyfus, and a the same time r storing to their former rank other officers who had been shelved on account of their opposition to the governments method of dispos- ing of the Dreyfus controversy. Thus, General Floren,iu. the gallant one Hrmed officer who has just been ap- pointed military govern r of Paris. pre- sided over the court of inquiry which first brought to light the vilainy of oX-Colonel Esterhazy in the conspiracy organized to keep Dreyius on Devils island the verdict of the court result Ing In the dismissal of Esterhazy. On the other hand, the anti-Dreyfus Gen. eral de Negrier has been restored to active service and to a seat on the su- preme council of war, while General Zurlinden is ;o be appointed to tha com- man' Cr one uf the most important a"r--- corps.
 /uI,i1@. n is. on tho whole, an honest iran. ror cvCrhlCssed With intelligence, and who now. while still convinced of the guilt of Dreyfus, admits that he himself acted foclishl- and wrongly In opposing the retrial of the eX-captain. and in denying that the first courr martial had been characterized by gross illegality and injustice. Petit