Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08
THE ROYAL FUNERALS
Last Homage Is Rendered to King
Carlos and Crown Prince.
ROOSEVELT SENDS FLOWERS.
Final Act In Bloody Tragedy of Por-
tugal Attracts Representatives From
Nearly Every Government-Boy King
Unable to Walk Behind Coffin.

Unable to Walk Behind Coffin.
Lisbon, Feb. S.-Funeral services for
King Carlos and his son, the Crown
Prince Luiz, who were shot and killed
last Saturday, were held here today.
The final act of homage to the dead
was attended with impressive dignity
and with a lavish display of all that
mourning pageantry which attends the
obsequies of all Portuguese monarchs.
From the chapel at the Necessidades
palace, where the bodies have reposed
since Feb. l, stalwart servants of the
house of Braganza, in the presence of
the high officers of the palace and Of
state, the special ambassadors and the
representatives of foreign sovereigns
and states, carried the coffins from
their resting place to the funeral car
riages.
The coffin of the king, almost invisi-
BILE under the burden Of wreaths and
floral tributes of his beloved kin, was
borne on high car. A guard of honor
rode on either side of the imperial fu-
neral car, as was also the case with the
car bearing the coffin of the crown
prince. which followed Immediately
after that bearing the coffin of King
Carlos. A body of troops, composed OF
every branch of the army-caYalry, ar
tillery and infantry-marched behind.
In front OF the collins marched the
high church dignitaries, carrying up
raised crosses: the royal, civil and mill
itary households and the ministers,
peers and deputies. The imperial
crown of the dead king with its cover
ing of Grape and surrounded by flowers
rested in a carriage behind the funeral
car, after which came another carriage
bearing the sword and helmet of King
Carlos, which likewise bore Grape and
was decorated with floral tributes. The
members of the Roman Catholic hier-
archy rode in the next carriage, behind
which was drawn the carriage Of re-
spect," literally buried in wreaths and
flowers, sent as tributes to the memory
of the dead king and his son.
Following those was a carriage con-
tanning the major domo of the palace
and other officials. Although 1t is the
ancient custom In Portugal for the new
sovereign to walk behind the coffin OF
his predecessor, as King Carlos did on
the day of his fathers funeral, King
Manuel, still suffering from the effects
of wounds received at the hands of the
assassins who slew his father and
brother, was unable to undergo this
trying ordeal.
The boy king and his mother rode
in a carriage Immediately behind that
occupied by the majordomo.
The march from the mortuary chapel
through the two miles Of troop lined
streets to the Church of San Vincente,
where a solemn requiem mass of the
Roman Catholic church was celebrated
for the repose of the souls Of the dead
king and his son. was viewed by thou
sands with respectful silence. When
the church was reached. the bodies
were received at the main entrance by
the brotherhood of Misericordia, the
archbishop and all the bishops of Por-
tugal with upraised crosses. Follow
ing the coffins came the new king and
the princes OF the houses of Savoy,
Hohenzollern and Bourbon.
The catafalque. draped in black and
gold. lay in front of the altar, and on
this rested during the obsequies the
collins of the king and crown prince.
In tribune on the right sat the queen
mother and King Manuel. To the left
of the altar was the throne of the car
dinal patriarch. and on either side Of
the catafalque the members OF the roy
al household. the councillors Of state.
the ministers and ex-ministers and na-
val and military officers of high rank
were placed.
Practically every government was
represented at the ceremony. Charles
Page Bryan. the American minister,
represented the United States. He sent
two wreaths. one TO King Manuel, with
expressions Of the most profound sor-
row of President Roosevelt and the
American people. and the other 70
Queen Amelie. conveying the heartfelt
regrets of the American nation. The
German representatives were headed
by Prince Eitel Frederick. third son Of
Emperor William. and the English by
the Duke Of Connaught aud Admiral
Howe.
The funeral services were conducted
by the cardinal patriarch Of Lisbon.
Before granting dissolution a short al
location in praise OF Don Carlos and
Crown Prince LuIz was delivered.
After the bodies have laid in state
for three days In the church the cofiins
will be carried through the cloisters
TO the royal Pantheon. where rest the
remains OC the princes Of the illustri-
Gus house Of Braganza. The major
doInO of the palace then swears that
the bodies In the eOfIins are those Of
King Carlos and Crown Prince LUZ.
and they will then he placed in inches
prepared for them.