The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-13
KING AND PRINCE
LAID IN THE TOMB
FINAL ACT IN BLOODY TRAGEDY
OF PORTUGAL.
TRE FUNERAL is IMPRESSIVE
Manuel and the Queens Unable to
Follow Coffin on Foot
Franco Arrives at
Bordeaux.

Lisbon. Feb. S.-The funeral servi-
ces of the assassinated king and
Grown Prince were neld in st. Vim
cents Cathedral today, with all the i'm.
posing ceremonies of the Catholic
church.
Weeping throngs lined the streets
through which the cortege passed.
Double rows of guards were on duty,
but there were no signs of disturb.
ance, and only wat was evidently the
sincerest mourning. King Manuel
and the widow remained away in ac-
cordance with the Portuguese custom,
which makes it at least unusual for
wives or children to attend funerals
of husbands or fathers. Bodies al.
ways lie in state three days before
they are buried. ... o..
Although it is the ancient custom in
Portugal for the new sovereign to
walk behind the coffin Of the dead
monarch, as King Carlos did when his
father was buried, neither of the
queens nor the boy king was able to
endure this trying ordeal. Additional
troops we're brought into Lisbon to
accompany the cortege and line the
route OF march <....-.t..
Many Flerai Tributes.
The last OF the special foreign mis-
sions to attend the funerals arrived
In Lisbon Friday night and hundreds
of floral tributes were received at the
palace. Practically every government
was represented. Charles Page Bryan.
the American minister, sent two
wreaths, one to King Manuel, with ex-
pressions of the most profound sorrow
OF President Roosevelt and the Ameri-
can people, and the other to Queen
IAmelie, conveying the heartfelt re-
grets OF the American nation. The
bodies Of the king and the crown
prince were viewed by the members
Of the diplomatic corps Friday after
noon as they lay in the royal chapel.
Every hour during the day masses
were said at the affairs In the palace
chapel and, according to tradition,
priests prayed before the Baskets,
.sprinkled them with holy water and
burned insense. The principal mass
of the day was celebrated by the
Papal Nuncio.. 1t was attended by
King Manuel and Queen Amelie and
the members Of the diplomatic corps
in uniform and the gentlemen and
ladies' of the court. After the service
had ended all those who attended the
mass viewed the bodies OF the mon
arch and his son. The public was not
admitted to the chapel.
France at Bordeaux.
Bordeaux, Feb. S.-Senhor Franco
arrived here Friday. The former pre-
mier of Portugal brought a large
amount of baggage with him. A
group of local newspaper men awaited
him at the station, but when they
stepped up he waved them away with
gesture OF WEAKNESS and ignored
the questions they asked him. He
walked quickly to his hotel.
The face of the man is haggard and
he appears to be -pre-occupied. He
looks constantly to the right and to
the left, as If he felt he should be pre-,
pared to forestall some impending
physical danger. T.
Senior Franco told the manager OF
the hotel that he would remain over
night, as he wished to change his
Portuguese money into French money
having none of the latter. He did not
say where he purposed going Satur.
day. The hotel was guarded all night
by the police.