The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-09
Last Tribute of a Hsartbfoksn Family to Murdered
 King and Son
COFFINS HIDDEN UNDER
 MASSES OF FLOWERS
Solemn Ceremonies Mark the Passing of PortueaPs Ruler and Crown Prince and People Watch
 Funeral With Awe.

Lisbon. February S-With the church
 bells tolling continually. the bodies of
 the murdered King Carlos and his son.
 Crown Prince Louis, in two golden
 ehariots shrouded in black velvet. and
 drawn by ten hooded horses were escort
 ed by glittering funeral pageant today
 across Lisbon to the Portuguese pantheon
 and laid at rest beside their ancestors of
 the Braganza dynasty. Seven hours
 elapsed from the time the foreign princes
 and special ambassadors of all the powers
 gathered at the palace for the ceremony
 there until three salvos of 21 guns and
 three volleys of musketry, answered by
 the British warships in the harbor an-
 nounced that the last rites were over.
 Not a single untoward incident marked
 the last act of Portugals tragedy The
 great outpouring of people along the line
 of the procession was noteworthy. They
 packed the pavements crowded the win
 dows and cholzed the side streets. While
 evidences of deep and popular sorrow
 seemed to be absent, many stood with
 uncovered heads and nowhere was actual
 dsrespect witnessed
 United In Prayer.
 The day was one in. which the Parti-
 guese people united in prayer for their murdered King and Prince. Oppression.
 real or fancied. the restriction of liberty,
 the bitter clash of party. sinister in- trigue and merciless vengeance seemed
 all to have been abandoned for the mo- { laent at least as the nation prepared
 for the funeral.
 | Troops guarded the streets and were
 massed in numerous parks and plazas 1 along the route: all shops and cafes were l closed and shutters covered tue windows | of the international huildlnes in the T,lVs,.a 1 s tenalqercio. where tie King and i Crown Prince were assassinated d weeK ago
 1 It was a grfef-strcken palace: hearts 1 were turned in pity and strong men, 1 shaken at the scene in the private apart 1 ments. where the special embassies were l received. Neither Queen Amelie nor the l Dowager Queen Maria Pia were to be seen but King Manuel carried himself as i bravely as he might though deadly pale, 1 and on the verge of a complete break l down when the ordeal was finished. The 1 Duke of Connaught, Prince Eitel Freder- l ick and the Infante Fernando. in addition | to verbal condolences presented personal l letters from their sovereigns to the King, 1 who was greatly touched at these mes- I sages. Tears that were almost constant- l ly in his eyes several times overdowed. 1 King Remains Behind.
 When the members of the court and the 1 special representatives of foreign coun- l tries entered the chapel for the last brief
 service the King remained behind. Neither i he nor the two Queens followed the cor 1 tege to the cathedral. The violent death l or his father. 1t is explained. absolved l King Manuel from conforming to the tra- l dition of walking behind the dead to the 1 grave. Nevertheless his absence and the l absence of Queen Amele and the Dow ] ager Queen has caused universal com 1 ment. being generally attributed to other 1 reasons.
 i Leaving the Palace. 1 The funeral procession left the Neces-
 sidades palace at exactly 11:9O on it's l long march of over three and half
 miles to the church of San Vincento. I which is attached to the royal pantheon, 1 where the bodies of King Carlos and the | Crown Prince finally will be laid at l rest. Yielding to earnest solicitation, 1 King Manuel did not take part in the | procession. He and his mother. Queen 1 Amelie, and the mother of the late King. 1 Queen Maria Pia, were present at the ] services in the mortuary chapel and fol- l lowed the. coffns to the door of the l chapel, whence they returned to the
 palace. During the morning King Man
 uel received the missions sent to Lisbon 1 by the sovereigns and chiefs of state | of the foreign counties, Neither queen 1 was present at this function. The funeral cortege arrived at the | church of San Vincento at o'clock, 1t traversed the scene of the tragedy in the Praca do Commercio in absolute quiet. 
 Brilliant Sunshine. In contrast to the sombre occasion the day commenced with glorious wealth. CT. the sun shining brilliantly and the church bells. NY were seen pass ing through the st bearing wreaths and floral pieces. Ss.ne of these were remembrances from foreign kings and rulers that were being sent to the palace. The golden letters on twoasuch offer ings showed they were from the Emperor of Russia and the King and Queen of l Norway.
 ! Clarions sounded In the principal avenue 1 announcing the approach of the regiments which later followed the funeral process | sion. Then from afar came the fan-fare of bugles announcing the cavalry, which 1 deployed rapidly to guard the route of l the cortege. In addition to these prepara- ] tions the streets were filled with swiftly moving vehicles conveying dgnatories to l the palace.
 l While the cortege was being organized, 1 the members of the royal family took l their last view of the dead at the palace. 1 Prayers were said in the royal chapel l bv the priests and then the two collins 1 were carried out. the King, the twd l Queens and the Duke of Oporto march l ing behind. Manuel was clad in the uniform of a midshipman. The two | Queens, who were robed in the mournr | ing garb of English widows, their black 1 cloaks covered by long veil carried, | as did the King, tall lighted candles. ] They left the coffin at the portals of the palace
 Ancient Coaches. | Apart from the horses. themselves, which were covered with heavy draperies and trappings of black velvet bordered