The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-11

t@bA sAtEflDtES Vi lit faIIuy
Department of the Young King.
LisbOn, Feb. 8.-With the church
bells tolling continually, the bodies
of the murdered king Carlos and his
son LUZ, the crown prince, in two
golden chariots shrouded III black
velvet and drawn by ten hooded
horses, were escorted by a glitter
ing funeral pageant today across
Lisbon to the Portuguese pantheon
and laid at rest beside their ances-
ters Of the Braganza dynasty. Sever
al hours elapsed from the time the
foreign princes and the special am
bags2dOrs of all the powers gathered
at the palace for the ceremony there
until three salvos of twenty-one guns
n three VOleyS of musketry,
an,yscred by the British warships in
the narbor, announced that the last
rites were over.
Not . single untoward incident
marked the last act of Porrugal's
tragedy. The great 'outpouring Of
people along the line of ~processt)1
was noteworthy. They packed the
pavements, crowded the windows
n choked the side streets. While
evidences of deep and popular sorrow
seemed to be absent, many stood
with uncovered heads and nowhere
was actual disrespect witnessed.
The day was one in which the
Portuguese people united in prayer
for heir murdered king and prince.
Troops guarded the streets aud
were massed in numerous parks and
plazas along the route; all shops and
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cred the windows of the ministerial
buildings in the Praca do CONNER
clio where the king and crown prince
were assassinated a week ago.
1t was a grief-stricken palace;
hearts were turned in pity and
strong men shaken at the scene in
the private departments where spec
ial embassies were gathred. Neither
Ii queen o the dowagar queen
were to be seen but King Manuel
carried himself as bravely as he
might. though he was deadly pale
and on the verge of a complete
breakdown when the ordeal was
finished.
The duke of Connaught, Prince
Hitel Frederick and Infante Fernan-
do, in addition to verbal condolences,
presented personal letters from their
sovereigns to the king who was
greatly touched at these messages.
Tears that were almost constantly in
his yes several times. overlooked.
When the members of the court
and tn special representatives of
foreign countries entered the chapel
for the last brief service the king
remained behind. Neither he nor the
two queens followed the cortege to
the cathedral. The violent death of
his father, it is explained, absolved
King Manuel from conforming to the
tradition of walking behind the dead
to the grave. Nevertheless his alb
seace and the absence of Queen Ame-
lie and the Dowager Queen has caus-
universal comment, being gener-
ally attributd to other eason
The funeral procession left the
Necessidades palace at exactly 11:30
on it's long march Of over
three and a half miles to the church
of San Vinvento, which is attached
to the royal pantheon. |
The funeral cortege moved more
than had been expected and
it was the middle of the afternoon
before it reached the church. The
pageant was a glittering one. 1t was
headed by a section Of cavalry fol-
lowed by the municipal guards.
Then came six groms of the cham
Der in gala dress followed by the
carriages of the judges, councillors,
members of the house of peers, am
princes, government and
palace officials and ecclesiastical
functionaries.
On either side of the hearses
marched a file of soldiers of the
royal guard. The rea of the pro-
consisted of the royal body
guard, the military household of
the king, mounted officers and a
company of cavalry.
Apart from the hearses them
which were covered with
heavy draperies and trapings of
velvet bordered with fringes
gold, the failures Of the cortege
that attracted the most attention
the gilded state coaches of the
Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth centuries, which were reserv-
for the use of the foreign mis-
and the highest dignitaries of
The first three coaches in
line were filled with court func-
tionaries In the fourth rode the min
Of the United States. Brazil
and Russia and the papal nunclo.
The fifth was occupied by Count
and the other members
of the French mission, while the
sixth carried the royal princes of
Spain, Great Britain and
Italy.
In contract with the sombre oc-
easion the day commenced with
glorious weather, the sun shining
and the air filed with the
slow pealing of church bells. Mes
1engers ere seen passing through
the street bearing wreaths and