The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-09
FINAL RITES
OF ROYAL DEAD
Funeral Of King and
Crown Prince.
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GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED
Portuguese People United In Prayer
For the Dead.
Thousands Reviewed cortese as II
Trayerred Streets Of Lisben--
Passed scene of the
Assassination.
GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED

bells .tolling continually, the bodies OF
the murdered King Carlos and hts son.
Grown Prince Luiz. in two golden char
tots. shrouded In black velvet and
drawn by ten hooded horses. were es-
corted by q gltttering funeral pageant
today across Lisbon to the Portugese
Panthenon and laid at rest beside their
ancestors of the Braganza dynasty.
Seven hours elapsed from the time the
foreign princes and the special ambas-
eadors OF ali the powers gathered At
the palace for the ceremony there until
three saIvos, OF twenty-one guns. and
three volleys OF musketry, answered by
the British warships in the harbor. an
nounced that the last rites were over.
Not . single untoward incident
marked the last act of Porugals' trag-
edy. The great outpouring of people
along the life of procession was note
worthy. They packed the payements,
crowded the windows and choked the
side streets. While evidences OF deep
and popular sorrow seemed to be alb
sent, many stood with uncovered heads
and nowhere was actual disrespect wit
nessad. s
me day was one In which the Port
ugeee people united In prayer for their
murdered King and Prince. oppres.
sion. real or fancied. the restriction Of
liberty. the bitter clash Of party. sin
lister intrigue and mercileRs vengeance
seemed ali to have been abandoned for
the mounent at least. 81 the nation pre-
pared fof the funeral. Troops guarded
the streets and were massed IN numsr-
Gus parks and plaxas along the route:
all shops and cafes were closed and
shutters covered the windows OF the
ministerial buildings In the Praca do
Conmercio. where the King and Grown
Prince were aRsassirated q week ago.
AsGrsef gtrfei<en Paimee. y.
Il was grtef stricken palace; hearts
were turned in pity and strong men
shaken at scenes In the prtvste apart
meats where the special embassies
were received. Naither Queen Aue-
lie nor the DowaRpr queen Maria Pta,
wear to BE seen. But 1ting Manpsl car
ried himself rs brMNeiy ~ In might.
though deadly pale and On the verge Of
Z complete bTeakdowH. wiem the erdsai
was finished. The Duke OF Conpaugnf,
Prince EateI Frederick and fnfat1te'
Ferdinaudo, III addition to verbal con-
doIencex. presented persopaI letters
from their sovereigus TO the KING WHO
was greatly touched at these messages.
Tears that were almost constantly IN
his eyes several times overnowed,
When the members Of the court and
the special representatives Of foreign
Countries entered the chapel for the
list brief service. the King remained
behind. Neither he nor the two queens
followed the cortege to the cathedral.
The viuIent death of his father, II IL
explained, absoIved King Manuel from
conforming to the tradition OF walking
behind the dead to the grave. Never
theless hts absence. and the absence OF
Queen Annette and the Dowager Queen
has caused universal comment, being
generally attributed to other reasons.
The funeral procession left the Nee
essidades Palace at exactly half-past
eleven on Its long march OF over three
and one-half miles to the Church OF
San vincente. which is attached to the
Royal Pantheon. where the bodies OF
King Carlos and the Crown Prince A.
nally will be laid at rest
King Net Present.
Yielding to earnest solicitations,
King Manuel did not take part in the
procession. He and his mother. Queen
Afnslie. and the mother of the late
King, Queen Maria Pia, were present
at the services in the rnortuary chapel
ana followed the coffins to the door OF
the chapel. whence they returned to the
palace. During the morning King
Manuel received the missions sent to
Lisbon by the sovereigns and chiefs
o9 state OF foreign countries. Neither
queen was present at this function
: The funeral cortege arrived at the
Church Of San vicinte at o'clock. IT
frayersed the scene OF the tragedy In
4he Priaca do Commercio in absolute
nuiet, In contrast 20 the eombro oe-
castor the day commenced with glo-
rious weather. the sun aiming Drill
liantIy and the air Allied with the slow
pealfnE Of church bells. messengers
were seen passing through the streets
wearing wreathes ana norsa p pns'Ss.
some OF these were remempranees
from foreign kings and rulers that
were being sent to hte palace. the
Golden letters on two offerings showed
tbev were from the Emperor of Rus
sia and the King and Queen OF NOT
way. -,uo,,al
avenue Announcing the approach OF
tha Regiments which later followed the
funeral procession. Then from aIar
came a fanfare Of bugles summoning
the cavalry, which deployed rapidly 70
guard the route OF the cortege. In al
dition to these preparations the strsets
,were filled with swiftly moving vehi-
cles conveying dignitaries to the PAL
while the cortege was being organ
lied the members OF the royal family
took their last view Of their de&d at
4he palace. Prayers were said in the
ROYAL chapel by the priests, and then
the two cofins were carried out the
King, the two queens and the Duke of
Cporto marched behind. Manuel was
clad in the uniform OF a midshIpman.
The two queens, VINO were robed in the
nournine garb of English widows,
their black cloaks covered by a long
veil, carried tall lighted candles. They
left the comm at the portals Of the
palace.
Coaches Of state.
Apart from the hearses themselves.
which were covered with heavy drape-
ries and trappings of black velvet,
bordered with fringes of gold, the fea-
ture of the cortege that attracted the
most attention were the gilded State
coaches of the sixteenth. seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. which were
reserved for the use of the foreign
mission and the highest dignitaries
of Portugal.
The first three coaches in line were
filled with court functionaries. IN the
fourth rode the Ministers OF the United
States. Brazil and the papal nuucio.
The NTH was occupied by Count dor
merB0n and the other members Of the