Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-24
DEAD ENlPEROR'S BODY
LIES IN STATE IN CASTLE
Will Be Placed in Hoffburg
Chapel to Allow People to
View 1t
BURIAL NEXT THURSDAY
All German Princes Will Follow Coffin
to Resting Place of
IIapsburgs

VIENNA. Nov. ~.
The official cause OF Emperor Francis
Joseph's death was announced today as
peritontis and paralysis OF tho heart. Just
before he became unconscious he received
news Of the Tcutonic success In capturing
Craiova, In RumRnia. His last words,
II Is said, were tho lament, II am tired
In the working room OF Schoenbrunn
palace. from which for siSty-eight years he
ruled Austria Hungary, tho body OF Em-
peror Francis Joseph lay in state today.
HIS hands claspod silver and pearl rOs-
AIRY, which the dead monarch had always
used during his lifetime. At each corner Of
the ensket were great candles whilo his
tavorite nowers, lilies OF the valley and
Niolets were masscd on either side OF the
bier. Priests intoued constantly the vlgls
OF the dead.
ARRANGEMENTS for tho funeral were COM
pletcd today Tho remains Of tho lato
ruler will Ito In tho Croft gallery or
working room OF tho palace until Monday
night At 10 O'Clock the body will be car
ried with tho solemn pomp Of tho ancient
Hapsburg Spanish ceremonial TO the chapel
OF HofburB AuEustincr, In this ancient
structure, more than 400 years old and one
OF tho finest specimens OF medieval ar
eh,teeture ., IN Europe, tho body win rest
until next Thursday. At 4;3O that after
noon tho remains will be horno TO the rest
ing place OF the Hapsburgs tho ancient
chapel or the Cupucines, whore FrancS
Joseph VIII join in his last rest tho 1870
other Hapsburgs buried there.
PEOPLE TO VIEW DEAD RULER
Mondays funeral procession will include
every member OF the imperial household
every court officer, every guard. every foot
man, In addition to the new Emperor and
Empress. Tho latter two will receive the
holy sacrament Rt the Hofburg chapel and
then tho Lord Steward OF tho Imperial
household Will shut tho door until the next
morning Then the public will be permitted
during Monday and Tuesday to take fare
well OF their beloved ruler. Admittance TO
Schoenbrunn Palace is forbidden the popu.
lace, so that tho transfer OF tho remains
from that place to the Hofburg chapel was
made necessary to comply with tho dead
Emperor's wish that his people might view
him in DEATH
ALL GERMAN PRINCES EXPECTED
The Hofburg Augustlncr Church. on the
altar of which the Emperor's body will lie
in state. ia Of plain interior, but rica in
historical associations Under the maEnin-
cent Rltar-the showpicco OF the cdince.
built ESQ years aEo-Is the skeleton OF
Holy Victoria" tho FIRST nun In Austria.
literally covered with Eold-beadworlC. much
OF IL fashioned In the eighteenth century by
tho hands Of Empress Maria Theresa. Op-
posito IN tho gold-joincd skeleton and skull
OF the first Austrian archbishop
Thursday afternoons final bearing OF the
body to the grave will also be Impressive
in its somher pomp. All tho German Princes.
including many from neutral countries, ara
expected to attend
Tho Emperor's coffin will be inclosed in
n silver covering before tho Emperor Is
buried in tho chapel of the Capuclnes