New Britain herald., 1914-07-02

l9 Shipping, commerce and % eEent trades, all the Catholic. clergy M NTriest and the clergy of other de- Examinations had assem bled, and be- hind them was drawn up a naval guard of honor, while the whole square was.lined by students.
 Artillery Salutes Fired The two collins. shrouded with na- tional flags, were transferred from the battleship to a barge draped with black, which was lowed by tender to shore amid artillery salutes and the tolling of church bells, which empha- sized the profound silence of the great multitude.
 The guard of honor presented arms as the collins were carried to the cat afalques followed by the. members of the households of the late GArchduke and Duchess.
 The Right Rev. Andrew Karlin, bish- op of Triest, assisted by large num- Der of clergy, blessed the bodies, and a long procession was then formed. The collins were placed on two hearses each drawn by six horses. Seven coaches filled with wreaths headed the procession, with the priests following.
 March Behind Hearses.
 Behind the hearses marched the members of the households of the Archduke and Duchess, the provin- cial governor and a long procession of naval and military officers, civil of ficials and delegations of all kinds, with two companies Of soldiers in the rear.
 fn Do way station whence the bodies were to be conveyed to Vienna, the pro- cession passed between dense masses of people. All the men stood with un- covered heads and most of the wom- en wore mourning. Lines of infantry and bluejackets aided by municipal guards and firemen were drawn up along the whole route.
 Business Houses Closed.
 The buildings were mostly draped in black, and all the business houses had been closed during the time of the passage of the procession.
 The collins reached the railway sta tion at 9:3O a. m., and military hon. ors were then rendered by a detach- ment of composite regiment of Bos- lnians and Herzegovinians Naval petty officers placed the collins on railway car which had been arranged as a mortuary chapel Bishop Try phon Pederzolli then uttered another blessing and the doors of the car were sealed; the members of the suites of the dead Archduke and Duchess entered other cars, and the train de- parted for Vienna, where it is ex- pected to arrive at 10 o'clock this evening.
 Blessing Ceremony Tomorrow.
 Vienna, Austria, July 2.-The SOL emn ceremony of blessing the bodies of the murdered Archduke and Duchess is to be performed at o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the parish church of Hofburg, in the presence of Emperor Francis Jo- seph, the members of the imperial family, Prince Henry of Prussia and other royal personages.
 The children of the dead Archduke and Duchess are to arrive in Vienna on Saturday.
 Emperor Abandons Trip.
 Potsdam, Germany, July Elm peror William suddenly abandoned today his intended trip to Vienna to attend the funeral of the late Arch duke Francis Ferdinand. It was an- nounced that he was suffering from a severe cold attended with symptoms of lumbagO
 In court circles here it is said that | the emperor's illness is of the slightest character and would not have pre- 1 vented his trip to Vienna, the aban- Ionment of which was dictated by his Eajesty's. wish to spare the aged 1 mperor Francis Joseph the trouble l "a agitation of entertaining.
 t is surmised here that a hint was rsived from Vienna indicating that l
 ttvsit of Emperor William was not 1 1 Wed for under the circumstances.