Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-22
LATE king and GROWN PRINCE
OF PORTUGAL.
Not Single Incident Occurred During
the Long Funeral ceremony-Many
Representatives of Foreign coun-
tries Present-servIces at Church
Stately.


dered king and crown prince, in two
golden chariots shrowded in black
velvet, that of the late king drawn
by ten, and that of the crown prince
drawn by eight blooded horses, were
escorted by glittering funeral pa
geant Saturday 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 the
special ambassadors of all the powers
gathered at the palace for the cere-
mony there until three salvos of FL
guns and three volleys of musketry,
reverberating over the terraced and
sun-bathed hills, answered by the
British warships in the harbor, an
nounced that the last rites were over.
Not single untoward incident
marred the last act of Portugals trag-
edy. The vague forebodings proved
baseless and there Is a general feeling
of relief tonight that all passed well,
in view of the political turmoil. The
great outpouring of people along the
procession was noteworthy. They
packed the pavements, crowded the
windows and choked the side streets.
While evidences of deep and popular
sorrow seemed to be absent, many
stood with uncovered heads, and no
where was actual disrespect wit
messed. Ropes guarded the streets
and were massed in numerous parks
along the route; all shops and cafes
were closed and shutters covered the
windows of the ministerial buildings
in the Prado de Commercio, where the
king and crown prince were assassin
ated week ago.
Real Grief at the Palace.
1t was a grief-stricken palace;
hearts we're turned in pity and strong
men shaken at the scene, where the
special embassies were received.
Neither Queen Amelie nor the dow
ager queen Maria Pia were to be seen,
but King Manuel carried himself as
bravely as he might, though deadly
pale and on the verge of complete
breakdown when the ordeal was fin
ished. The duke of Connanght, Prince
Eitel Frederick and Infanta Fernando,
after verbal coincidence, presented
personal letters from their sovereigns
to the king, who was greatly touched
at these messages. Tears that were
almost constantly in his eyes several
times overflowed.
When the members of the court and
the 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
chapel The violent death of his
father, it is said, has absolved King
Manuel from conforming to the tradi-
ton of walking behind the dead to the
grave Nevertheless his absence and
| the absence of Queen Amelie and the
| dowager queen has caused universal
comment, being generally, attributed
| to other reasons.
The heavily armed procession which
left the Necessidades palace was rem
iniscent of bygone ages. Cavalry with
pixies led the way, infantry and artil
lery brought up the rear. The cor
tege proper was surrounded by squad
rons of dragons. 1t consisted of the
funeral cars, following the wake of the
high-seated, gilded coaches, eacf
drawn by six pairs of richly capari
Isoned mules, in which rode the specia
ambassadors and high dignitaries o
court. These numbering, creaking
springless vehicles are Portugal
pride, dating back to the golden age
Each has a romantic history. Riding
alongside of these were special pla
ICONS Of ~hussars, with drawn sabers
The, crown, draped with Grape, wa
borne in a separate carriage. TIL
swordbearers and the staffbearer
walked ahead OF the funeral cars an
three rows of taper bearers on eithe
: side. Bareheaded lackeys in the roya
livery of red and yellow and halbel
diers with arms reversed marched bt
, hind the cars. Here also came tn
: mounts of the dead masters, covere
r with black nantes. The sleeves {
g the soldiers, the whips of the coacl
Q men, hits of swords, caps of groom
a and points of lances all bore crep'
Street lamps, yelled and lighte'
g heightened the effect of the cortege.
The religious service at the churc
g was very stately. The interior wa
e draped and literally buried In for
q tributes. Those sent by the empert
of Germany and the president of IL
/ United States, two Of the Iarge
It wreaths, occupied prominent plac
l. The bodies will lie in siate for thrs