Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06
FLED TO MADRID.
Franco, Fugitive Ex-Premier of
Portugal, Reported to
Have Arrived.
ARRANGING FOR THE FUNERAL
Burial of Late King Carlos and Crown
Prince Luiz Will Be Marked
by Much Ceremony.

London, Feb. Ga Madrid dispatch
says Senior Franco, former Portuguese
premier, has arrived there from Lis
bon.
Good Impression il Made.
Lisbon, Feb. GA very good i'm
preston was created among the peo-
pie by the DEGREES issued by the new
government multiplying the dictatorial
and repressive measures that still
were in force from the Franco regime,
and the confidence of the press and
public in the new ministry is growing.
This attitude of the government was
well exemplified in the release from
prison today of three deputies, all
prominent republicans, who were in
carcerated the latter part of January
charged with plotting against the
state.
Preparing for Funeral.
London, Feb. 6.-PreparatiOns for
the funeral of the dead king and the
crown prince are rapidly nearing COM
pletion. American Minister Bryan has
received appointment as special envoy
Of America.
The funeral Saturday morning will
be attended with ceremonies of i'm
pressive dignity and with the display
of all that mourning pageantry which
attends the obsequies of Portuguese
monarchs.
Remove Collins.
From the chapel at the Necessidades
palace. where the bodies have reposed
since Feb. 1, servants of the house of
Braganza, in the presence OF high Of
fcers of the palace of the state, spe-
cial ambassadors and representatives
of foreign sovereigns and states, will
carry the collins from their resting
place to the funeral carriages. In front
of the collins will march high church
dignitaries carrying upraised crosses;
royal, civil and military households
and ministers, peers and deputies.
Following the collins will walk the
queen, mother and her son. King Man.
uel. after whom will come the ambas-
sadors. From Necessidades palace to
the church San Vincente de Fora,
where the services are to be held, the
funeral cortege will move slowly
through the streets heavily guarded by
troops.
Services by Church.
When the church has been reached
the bodies will be received at the
main entrance by the Brotherhood of
Misericordia. the archbishop and all
the bishops of Portugal. with upraised
crosses. Following the coffins the new
king and princes of the houses of
Savoy, Hohenzollern and Bourbon will
walk.
The king will proceed to the tribune
prepared for him and the queen and
mother, while the princes will occupy
the tribune facing the royal box.
The funeral services will be con
Quoted by Cardinal Patriarch of Lis
bon. Before granting absolution &
short allocution in praise of Don Car
los and the Crown Prince Luiz viii
be delivered by him. After the bodies
: have laid in state for three days il
} the church, the coffins will be carried
2 through the cloisters to the roya
l pantheon Wnere rest the remains o
e the princes of the illustrious house o
A Braganza The queen, mother ant
{ King Manuel will follow the bodies
of their beloved kin to the last resting
place.
Last Ceremonies.
t The major domo of the palace vii
: then swear that the bodies in the col
+ fins are those of King Carlos and tn
, Crown Prince Luiz, and they the
will be placed in inches prepared fo
: them. When this has been done infar
try stationed outside of the pantheo
will fire volleys and salvo of 10
guns from the forts and salutes frol
the men of war in the harbor will al
Eounce to the people of Lisbon ths
e the solemn ceremonies are at an ent
n