Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-02-06
FUNERAL OF KINr
Final Service Over Body of L.
Portuguese Monarch Today.
CEREMONIES BEGIN AT 10 O'CLOCK
Impressive and Elaborate Display of
Mourning Pageantry.
ORDER OF THE PROCESSION
Route from Palace to Church to Be
Carefully Guarded.
BODIES WILL LIE IN STATE
Interment In the Royal Pantheon
win ne Held Tuesday-spanish
WarshiD Arrives at
Lisbon.
Impressive and Elaborate Display of
Mourning Pageantry.
ORDER OF THE PROCESSION
Route from Palace to Church to B,
Carefully Guarded.
BODIES Will LIE IN sTArI


Saturday viii be attended with ceremonies
Of impressive dignity and with a display
Of all that mourning pageantry which at
tends the obsequies OF Portuguese mon
archs. The ceremonies will begin at 10
o'clock in the morning.
From the chapel at the Necessidsdes
palace. where the bodies have reposed
since February l. stalwsrt servants Of the
house Of Brsganzs, in the presence Of the
high officers Of the palace and Of state.
the special ambassadors and representa-
tives OF foreign sovereisns and states. will
carry the eoffins from their resting place
TO the funeral carriages In front OF the
coffins viii march the high church digni-
tsries carrying uprsised crosses; the royal.
civil and military households and the
ministers. peers and deputies Following
the coffins will walk the queen-mother and
her son, King Manuel. after whom will
come the ambassadors.
From the Necessidades palace 70 the
church OF San vineents de Fora where
the services viii be held. the funeral cort-
ege viii move slowly through streets
heavily guarded by troops. The distance
Is about two miles. A picket Of municipal
cavalry will precede the cortage. At its
head a military band will march, playing
dirges The carriages % the civil governor
and the ministers will follow. and then
will come the state carriages. each drawn
by eight horses. covered with black trap
pings. The first OF the state carriages will
be occupied by the suites Of the amhassa-
doris and others viii contain the officers
OF the regiment OF the late king and Of the
regiment OF the crown prince. In another
following viii ride the major domo OF the
palace and other officials.
Crown. sword and Helmet.
II the health Of the king will permit. he
will ride in the carriage following that Of
the major domo. probably accompanied by
the duke OF Oporto or other royal per
sonsges. The imperial crown Of the dead
king. with It's covering Of crepe and sur
rounded by flowers, will rest in the follow
ing eRrriHEe, after which win come car
riage bearing the sword and helmet OF
King Carlos, which likewise will bear
crepe and be decorated with floral tributes.
The members OF the Roman Catholic
hierarchy win ride in the next carriage,
after which win be drawn the carriage
OF respect" literally buried in wreaths and
flowers sent as tributes to the memory Of
the dead king and his son.
Tie coffin OF the king. almost invisible
under the burden Of wreaths and floral
tributes of his beloved kin. win be borne
PA AAt ANAoWAn6 NtLElh Sc n HuhIh VI
honor will ride on either side OF the i'm
periai funeral car. as will also be the case
with the carriage bearing the coffin OF
the crown prince. which will follow TN
mediately after that bearing the coffin OF
King Carlos A body OF troops composed
Of every branch OF the army-cavalry,
artillery and infantry-wfil march behind
Ceremony at the Church.
When the Church OF San Vincente De
Fora has been reached the bodies will be
received at the main entrance by the
Brotherhood OF Misericordia, the arch
bishop aud all the bishops OF Portugal.
with upraised crosses. Following the cof-
fins the new king and the princes OF the
house OF Savoy, Hohenzollern and Boubon
will walk. The king will proceed 10 the
tribune prepared for him and the queen
niOuther. while the princes win occupy "A
tribune facing the royal box.
San Vincente De Fora, built upon one
OF the numerous ridges which run at right
angles to the Tagus river, is one Of the
most conspicuous objects Of the Portu-
guese capital. The interior, severe I'm It's
simplicity renders It specially adapted for
such services as those now to be held in
g. The walls at the back Of the altar
and sides. supporting the cuPola and those
Of the nave. WI be for this occasion draped
In black cloth embroidered with gold The
eatafaldue, also draped IN black aud gold.
vii be IN front of the altar and on this
Wnl rest during the obseauies the coffins
fthe king and crown prince.
The funeral services viii be conducted
by the cardinal patriarch OF Lisbon. Be
fore granting absolution a short ALLEGATION
IN praise Of Don Carlos and Crown Prince
Luiz VIII be delivered BY him.
Bodies 10 Lie in state.
After the bodies have lain in state for
three days IN the church OF San vincente
Dc Fora the cOffins viii be carried through
TIRE clolsters to the royal pantheon, where
rsst the remains OF the princes OF the H.
iustrious house OF Braganza- The queen
mother and King Manuel win follow the
bodies OF their beloved kin 10 the last
resting place.
The major domo Of the palace will then
swear that the bodies In the coffins are
those Of King Carlos and Crown Prince
Luix. ana they thsn viii be placed IN inches
prepared for them When this has been
done the Infantry stationed outside the
Pantheon VII fire voIleys. and a salvo of
Ioi guns from the forts and salutes from
The nnen-of-war In the harbor will announce
70 the people OF Lisbon that the solemn cer-
smonies are az an end.
spanish Cruiser at Lisbon.
MADRIO Feb. h--The Spanish cruiser
Princes ~ ksiuslss has arrived at Lis
bon
Mann pc-urUese republicans residing In
Madrid have eft 1e city. fearing arrest by
the spanish police
Several Portuguese suspects have been
srrcsted az sarragOssa
g4auarnl Amn.afv prarIafmeG
LONDON, Feb. 5-'rhe Madrid CORES
pondent OF the Evening Standard says in a
dispatch that a decree declaring general
amnesty. abOllshins previous dictatorisl en-
anctmsnts was ea1etted ia Lisbon today
CONTINUING, tho correspondent Saws that
the duke Of Oporto brother Of the late
king Carlos. ana sN- Premier Franco bath