The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-10
LISBON MouRNS DEAD KING
Carlos and Crown Prince Rest at San
Vipcinte Tomb.

Carlos and Crown Prince Rest at San
Vincinte Tomb.
LISBON, Feb. s. - The impressive
funeral services of King Carlos and
crown Prince Luis, killed by assassins
last Saturday, which took place here
today, was the final act In the bloody
tragedy that has shocked all the world
The solemn march through the city
and the ceremonies at the Church Of
San Vihcente were viewed by thou
sands with respectful silence.
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 to
Queen Amelie, conveying the heartfelt
regrets of the American nation. The
bodies of the king and the crown
prince were viewed for the last time
by the members of the diplomatic
corps as they lay in the royal chapel.
The German mission was headed by
Prince Eitel Frederick, third son Of
Emperor William, and the English
mission by the Duke of Connaught and
Admiral Howe.
Although il Is the ancient custom In
Portugal for the new sovereign to walk
behind the coffin of the dead monarch,
as King Carlos did when his father
was buried, today neither Of the queens
nor the boy king were able TO support
this trying ordeal.
Additional troops were brought into
Lisbon to accompany the cortege and
line the route of march. The funeral
was attended with ceremonies of I'M
pressive dignity and with display of
all that mourning pageantry which at
tends the obsequies of Portuguese mon
archs.
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 collins from
their resting place to the funeral car
riages. In front of the collins marched
the high church dignitarles, carrying
appraised crosses; the royal, civil and
military households and the ministers
peers and deputies. Following the cof
fins came the queen mother and hel
son, King Manuel, in carriage, aftel
whom came the ambassadors Of for
eign states, almost every country being
represented.
From the Necessidades palace to the
Church of San Vincente de Fora
where the services were held, the flu
neral cortege moved slowly through
streets heavily guarded by troops.
The coffin Of the king, almost invlsi
BILE under the burden Of wreaths ant
floral tributes of his beloved kin, was
borne on a high car A guard of homo
rode on either side Of the imperial FIJI
neral car, as was also the case with tn,
car bearing the coffin Of the crown
prince, which followed Immediately
after that bearing the coffin of Kins
Carlos. A body of troops, composed
of every branch of the army-cavalry
artillery and nfantry-marched behind
When the Church of San Vincent'
de Fora was reached, the bodies wer'
received at the main entrance by thu
| Brotherhood of Misericordia. the arch
bishop and all the bishops of Portuga
with appraised crosses. Following tn,
cofiins came the new king and tn,
princes of the houses of Savoy Hohen
zolern and Bourbon.
In the cathedral the catafalque, drap
ed In black and gold, lay in front o
the altar, and on this rested durini
the Obsequies the collins of the KIM
and crown prince. In tribune OIL
the right sat the queen mother AM
King Manuel To the left of the alta
was the throne of the cardinal patrl
arch. and on either side Of the cata
falque the members of the roya
household, the councillors Of state, tn
ministers and eSministers and nava
and military officers Of high rank wer
placed.
The funeral services were conducted
by the cardinal patriarch of Lisbon
Before granting absolutlon short al
location in praise of Don Carlos an
Crown Prince Luiz was delivered.
After the bodies have lain In stat
for three days in the Church of Sal
vincente de Fora the collins will b
carried through the cloisters to tn
royal Pantheon, where rest the re
mains of the princes of the illustriou
house of Braganza. The queen moth
er and King Manuel alone will follow
/ the bodies of their beloved to their las
resting place.