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Show THE BURiAL Or THE PRINCE. Broieele a City or Mourning Today Kernel at the Cathedral. Hrtssels, Jan, 29. Brussels was truly a city of mourning today, the day of Prince liaudoin's funeral. Black bunting draped flags and crepe being seen on all sides. The funeral was attended at-tended with the usual scenes of pomp and ceremony. There was an air of genuine and universal mourning in every direction. The stores, banks and public buildings were closed. The center of attraction was around tho cathedral of Saint (indole. At eight o'clock this morning St. Gtidulis was overflowing with an immense congrcgation.'which had assembled. as-sembled. This assemblage was allowed allow-ed to remain in the cathedral until 9:30, when the troops marched into the building build-ing from the several different doors and cleared it sufficiently to leave space for tho funeral service and for the distinguished distin-guished personages invited to be present pres-ent at the funeral ceremony. The whole interior of the cathedral was covered with and immense sable hangings fringed with heavy silver bullion. bul-lion. The catafalque to receivo the coffin was erected in the center of-the grand transcept and in front of the chancel. It was covered with a massive mas-sive black canopy superbly ornamented with silver. The cathedral was ablaze with light. The gorgeous alter formed tho culminating point of one of the most superb scenes ever witnessed within this ancient, historic cathedral. |