Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-20
King OSCAR IS GlVENI NIAGNI
ICENT FUNERAL B HIS NATION
Thousands Do Homage to Dead MOnaFcl as Procession
Passes From Palace 10 Church Everywhere
Evidence Of Public Grief Is Displayed

soldiers lining the route Of the funer
al eortegs took UP their positions
hardly sound could be heard There
was not even the eIatter of horses
hoofs or the rumble Of wheels to dis
turb the quiet solemnity Of the occa-
sion, the roadway from the paaaeae to
Riddarholm church, the burial place
OF the kings of Sweden, having been
covered a foot deep with fir ttwigs.
Every house along the route was
draped from ground to caps with
crepe and even the color Of the uni
form Of the soldiers was deadened
by this universal mark of mourning.
The epauietteg Of the officers were
covered with black The half -nasted y
flags likeWfses were draped with crepe
and strtamers Of the same sombre ma
terial hung across the streets at IRE
Equent intervals. ss ~ 49, st85S
he funeral procession included
some 2,0o0 persons, anon gtheuI being
Gustav the new king of Sweden, the
King 81 Denmark, rfls Swedish princes
and princesses ambassadors repre-
senting foreign monarchs Charles II.
| Graves the American minister, as the
special representative of President
Roosevelt, was given the placed hon-
For inllne dfately Following King Gus
Itav The queen OF Sweden and queen
of Denmark drove; to the church, hut
the doWager queen Of Sweden, widow
/ Of King Oscar, was prevented BY III
ness from attending the funeral. ~
/ The procession was headed by the
nurses who attended the king in his
last illness and just behind the hearse,
which was drawn by six horses, was
King Oscars faVorite horse led BY an
attendant King Gustav was greatly
affected and he wept bitterly as ne
4 passed through the crowded streets.
As the funeral procession entered
1.-The church the organ and orchestra
played Haydn's magnificent dirge and
as the casket was carried up the
grand aisle BY a number Of sailors,
accompanied by the aides de camp of
congregation was filed with tears. The
/ casket was placed on the rostrum of
the chancel and over it there hung a
| huge cross, four feet high, Of gaskats
with the triangular sign Of the Holy
Trinity in the center.
The church was tastefully decorated
by Prince Eugene. the youngest son
/ Of King Oscar, and an artist of some
note, having personally superintend-
!. ed the work. i { &.
i AT the conclusion of the funeral
Y march the choir, accompanied by the
organ and orchestra from the opera
/ recited two Lutheran songs The fun
4 eral Grafton was followed BY the Bish-
+ Oh OF Lund, who spoke OF King os-
! ears philanthropy and his devotion
and affection as father and husband
4 In conclusion the bishop said
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The Lutheran mass with the litany
having been read by the Archbishop
) of Upsal, assisted by the Bishop Of
Lund and the Pastor Prinarius Of
I Stockholm, and the benediction pro
], ncuneed, earth was sprdnkled on the
! coffip and the archbishop read OF
! earth lid thou come, to earth thou
\ shall return may onr gracious Lord
/ place the lone right hand on the
throne. Members of the royal family
: broke out into convulsive soDs.
!. A salute of AZ guns was fred by the
forts and ships in the harbor and vol.
!, leys Of nlusketry burst forth as the
! coffin was placed Id the vault of the
8 Bernadottes. The queens 81 Sweden
Y and Denmark left the church iIEanesii
I ately. but King Gustav and the princes
remained for short time receiving
the synlpsth oil the alibas sadors
then all returned TO the palace
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