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streets showed by their emotion tn
true worth at which he was held, 70
tears were streaming down their faces
On the right side of the casket walk
ed the president of the council of min
isters, Signo Saracci; the first vic
president of the Senate and the cheva
Iier announcio. on the left of th'
| casket was the minister of foreign af
fairs. the Marquis Visconti Venosto
the President of the Chamber of Dep
uties. Signor villa, and former Premiel
| Crispi.
| Behind the casket was the master o
| ceremonies of the court bearing tn,
iron crown and following him wa.
| the late King Humbert's beautiful bay
war horse. which was a great favoritt
| with the deceased. The horse was COW
cred with long black drapins. Bring
| ing up in the rear of the cortege were
the flags of the army with an honor
| AIRY escort. several municipal and pro-
| vincial deputations. and, finally, .
squadron of cavalry.
When the head of the procession
reached the Pantheon an enormous
crowd occupied every available foot OF
1P'''s <hii tH' siiJf'filt an
the windows. balconies and terraces Ia
the vicinity were also filled with spec
tators. Not a whisper of conversation
interrupted the solemnity of the scene.
the multitude remaining in respectful
silence with uncovered heads
AS was the case in the square before
the railroad station. the streets through
which the procession passed were drap-
ed with black and all along the route
poles were erected covered with cypre IS
branches and with stringings of palms
entwined with black bunting stretch
ing across the streets. InnumerabI
flags were displayed at half mast. and
the funeral decorations which hung
from the windows were so universal
throughout the city that il can be lit
orally said that the entire city Of Rome
was in mourning.
During the march of the procession
several crushes occurred. Among those
in the crowd on the Via Del Serpanti
20 persons received slight wounds and
80 others were bruised. The procession
marched in perfect order at at a sloyv
pace King Victor Emmanuel. wha
was on foot, bore himself with dignity
ara carried his head high. The groups
OF officers in full uniform gave grea
prlilancy 10 the cortege. No less than
go senators and deputies took part in
the procession, many Radicals and Re
puplicans being among the number.
During the march flowers were
thrown from the windows on the pass
ing casket. The whole portico of the
Pantheon. where the procession arriy-
ed, at 915 A. NJ. formed a veritable
aoseh;,os lover bed of wreaths and fewers there
At some points attempts Aere made
70 acclaim the new King but such loyaT
exclamations and applause were re-
pressed. as sthe solemn silence which
prevailed among nearly the whole
route more clearly expressed the pro-
found grief of the people.
The exterior decoration of the PAN
theon was very simple. Under the i'm
mense portico had been erected two
large altars. uDon which burned alco-
hoi lamps. On the steps of the altar
We're placed wreaths of bronze and
flowers for which a place could not be
found on the catafalcue. Under the
central arch, opposite the main door
''ets, "a 'bf SC i<dllH tEoSS WdS suspend
ed from the arched roof, while black
urapings and cypress wreaths sur
rounded the funeral inscription in the
interior of the temple and produced an
erect as grand as it was impressive.
The catafalque. seven metres high.
was placed on a pedestal one metre
nigh. On this number OF wreaths
were deposited. The upper part was
covered with velvet trimmed with gold
and ornamented with palms. There
were placedsthe wreaths of the princes
and other high personages Over the
was erected gorgeous
canopy with an iron cupola supported
by is artistic columns. In the cupola
were 100 lighted lamps and around the
were As wax tapers suspend
ed by artistic iron chains.
When the casket' reached the Pan
theon 10 non-commissioned office6 Of
Cuirassiers lifted it from the gun$ar-
riage and carried it into the church
where 1t was received by Mgr.
the Count of Reggie. Archbishop of
Genoa. in his Dontifical robes, sur
rounded by the cathedral functionaries
The casket was then taken to the top
of catafalque surmounted by the iron
crown and on it was placed the helmet
and sword of King Humbert At that
so touching was the beautiful
scene. that the emotion of those pres
ent was plainly audible within the
stilied church.
The new King and the Italian princes
on their arrival took up positions on
the right side of the church the Queen
and princesses stationing themselves
on the left.
There was the usual funeral liturgy
which was chanted and then absolu-
ton was again bestowed. AS the arch
bishop assisted by all the clergy bless
ed the corpse he bowed and inclined
as he passed the King and Queen.
After the absolution. assisted by
choir of voices. Mascagni rendered a
chorus from the old Italian masters.
The effect was beautiful and the execu-
tiOn perfect. On the whole the cere-
monies on the Pantheon were of ma
ieStic character