The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-06
Funeral Services.

Lisbon, Feb. 6.vPreparations for
the funeral of the dead king and the
crown prince are rapidly nearing COM
pletion. American Minister Bryan
has received the appointment of spe-
cial envoy of America. He has trans
mitted a resolution of sympathy adopt
cd by the American senate to Foreign
Minister Lima, who was especially
touched by the appreciated form of
the coincidence. The funeral Satur-
day morning will be attended with
ceremonies of impressive dignity and
with all She display of mourning and
pagentry which attend the obsequies
of Portuguese monarchs.
From the chapel at the Necessi-
dades palace, where the bodies have
reposed since February 1. servants
of the house of Braganza, in the pres
ence of high officers of the palace and
of the state, special ambassadors and
representatives of foreign sovereigns
and states. will carry the collins from
their resting place to the funeral car
riages. In fnont of the collins will
march high church digndtaries carry
ing appraised crosses; royal, civil and
military households and ministers,
peers and deputies. Following the
collins will walk the queen and her
mother and her son, King Manuel,
after whom will come the ambassa-
doris.
From Necessldades palace to the
,hurch of San Vincente De Fora,
where the services are to be heidi
he funeral cortege will move slowly
through the streets heavily guarded
)y troops.
When the church has been reached
he bodies will be received at the main
entrance by the Brotherhood Of
Misericordia, archbishop and all the
bishops of Portugal, with appraised
crosses. Following the collins the
new king and princess of the houses
of Savoy, Hohenzollern and Bourbon
will walk
The king will proceed to the tri-
bune prepared for him and the queen
mother, while the princess will occupy
tribune facing the royal box. VOC
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted by the cardinal patriarch Of
Lisbon. Before granting dissolution a
short altacation in praise of Don Car
os and Crown Prince Luiz will be
delivered by him.
After the bodies have laid In state
for three days in the church the cof-
fins will be carried through cloisters
to the royal pantheon where rest the
remains of the princes of the Illus
;rious house of Braganza. The queen
motha and King Manuel will follow
The bodies of their beloved kin to the
last resting place.
The major-domo OF the palace will
then swear that the bodies in the
,offins are those of King Carlos and
Crown Prince Luiz, and they then
will be placed in the inches prepared
for them When this has been done
\ he infantry stationed outside of the
pantheon will fire volleys, and l0l
guns from the ports and salutes from
| men-of-war in the harbor will an
nounce to the people of Lisbon that
the solemn ceremonies are at an end.
Newspaper correspondents from
London, Paris and Berlin are fiocking
INTO Lisbon. They seem disappointed
| n finding that the country is not in
,he throes of revolution. Outgoing
Telegraph lines already are swamped'
and, there are many delays incident to
The flood of messages.
Increased precautions have been
taken by the authorities to prevent
the spread of false or alarming re-
ports. Both commercial and press
kilograms are examined to see that
they conform to regulations forbid
bling the transmission of anything
lnimical to the public security or IN