The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-30
|L0OD Is FLOWING AND
FLAMES SWEEP ONWARD

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special train will at once proceed
with the bodies to Vienna, arriving
there at 10 o'clock at night. All Fri
day morning the bodies will lie In
state in the Royal Hofburg chapel. AT
midnight Friday they will be inferred
lin the chapel Of the late arch-duke's
estate at Arstetten. Emperor Franz
Joseph will not attend the interment.
He will be represented by Arch Duke
Charles. the new heir to the throne.
on Board ship.
MIKOVITCH, June 30-lt was Just
800 O'Clock this morning when the
arch-duke's funeral train arrived nere.
The city was literally covered with
black mourning. Flags were display
ed and tolling bells sounded from all
the churches while the streets were
packed from train to water front.
The caskets of the duke and countess
were carried through the streets to
the navy yacht Dalmat There Count
Attend, the viceroy Of Dalma.ia, laid
q wreath on the casket Of the arch
duke and flowers on the casket of his
wife. The whole deck OF the yacht
was covered with masses Of flowers
and leaves, from the population OF the
city.
Az the funeral yacht wen. down the
Narenta river, the peasants Of all the
towns and villages along its banks.
including the smallest children, held
burning candlss and kneeled in prayer,
while the village priests with hands
uplifted blessed the bodies of the
dead couple and bells tolled their
requiem.
When .he yacht reached the Adri-
attic It anchored alongside the dread
nought Viribusinitis and the bodies
were received aboard the warship
with the thunder of nineteen guns.
The caskets were placed upon the
quarter deck which had been trans
formed into chapel for the occasion
and after brief ceremony the vir-
ibusini.is with an escort Of other war
sAips, weighed anchor and departed
for Trieste.
Impressive Funeral.
VIENNA, June 30.-Kaiser Wilhelm
Of Germany, will arrive In Vienna on
Friday with large encourage OF the
German nobility to attend the funeral
OF the arch-duke and wife. It is stat
ed that the king Of Spain and other
probably will no. attend the
funeral as their presence would en-
tail too much strain on Emperor Franz
Joseph. The greatest anxiety is felt
in court circles today over the condi-
tion OF the aged emperor. While he
is said to have borne the blow of the
assassinations1 better than was ex-
pected, his eighty-four years tell heay-
lily upon him and physicians are con-
in attendance fearing a col
lapse. It was deemed inadvisable to
have too many royalties at the arch.
dukes obsequies In order tnat the
indispensable for their re-
ception at the formal Austrian court
might be dispensed with and the
chances of the emperor's collapse
greatly lessened. Preparations were
being made on all sides today to make
the funeral OF the dead heir to the
throne and his wife, one of .he most
spectacles the city ever
saw. The bodies will arrive here late
Thursday night and will be received
by heavy detachmepts Of crack troops
Of the empire. In magnificent pag-
cant they will be borne to the royal
chapel OF the Hofburg and there guard
ed through the night. On Friday morn
ng the public will be allowed to pass
through the chapel where both bodies
will lie in state. That night they will
be taken for burial to the late arch