Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-14
FUNERAL SATURDAY
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.

Lisbon.-With the church bells toll |
ing continually, the bodies of the MUIR
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 a 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 Il
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 a single untoward incident
marred the last act of Portugal's trag-
edy. The vague forebodings proved
baseless and there is general feeling
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 Commerce., where the
ated a week ago.
Real Grief at the Palace.
1t was a grief-stricken palace;
hearts were 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
pale and on the verge of a 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
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, each
drawn by six pairs of richly capari
soned mules, in which rode the special
ambassadors and high dignitaries OF
court. These numbering, creaking
springless vehicles are Portugals
pride, dating back to the golden age
Each has romantic history. Riding
alongside of these were special pla
toons of hussars, with drawn sabers
The crown, draped with Grape, was
borne in separate carriage. The
swordbearers and the staffbeareri
walked ahead of the funeral cars anC
three rows of taper bearers on eithel
side. Bareheaded lackeys in the roya
! livery of red and yellow and halber
: diers with arms reversed marched be
hind the cars. Here also came tn,
mounts of the dead masters, covered
with black nantes. The sleeves o
the soldiers, the whips of the coach
: men, hits of swords, caps of groom
> and points of lances all bore crepe
= Street lamps, yelled and lighted
e heightened the effect of the cortege.
The religious service at the churcl
, was very stately The interior wa
: draped and literally buried in flora
: tributes. Those sent by the empero
: of Germany and the president of tn
= United States, two of the Iarges
wreaths, occupied prominent place
" The bodies will lie in sCate for tire
days and then will be consigned t
q the tombs in the pantheon.
d Queen Expected Death.
It Lisbon, Portugal.-Queen Amelit
relating her experiences on the da
r of the tragedy to an intimate FRIEND
r who congratulated her on her escap
e from death, said:
l. 81 spread out my cloak to protec
d Luiz Philippe, after seeing my hus
II band stretched lifeless on the cusI
Il ions. saw man leveling a weapo