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Show A PRINCE S FUNERAL. THE REMAINS OF ALBERT VICTOR REMOVED RE-MOVED FROM SANDRINGHAM. Memorial Services Held in Every Capital of KuropeMttny Floral OUerins Other News from Foreign Lands A French Duel. London, Jan. 30. Brief services were held at the parish church at Sandringhaiu today over the remains of the duke ot Clarence. At their conclusion the casket placed upon a gun carriage and escorted by a battery ot artillery and the peoplo ot tile village to the railway station, where the train i as taken for London. Tho remains were accompanied by thepriucoand princess of Wales and family. All the government and many privata buildings of London had their blinds dravi u and the Hag at half mast in accordance with the request of the lord mayor. A laro number of lactones, shops, etc., closed iu the afternoon. At Windsor the. weather was cold and dls-nial. dls-nial. The shops were cloned and their fronts draped iu black. All tho tr.iins arriving then- bring wreaths lmm all parts of the country. There is an almost counties number of these floral offerings. They wore taken to the. Albert memorial chapel. Services in memory of the duke were held today in all the European capitals and wcjru attended by members of tho royal families. The duke of Edinburgh, tho duko of Com. naught, l'riucu Cbrlstaiu, the duke of Toils with two of his sons, and many furoign rop. rcscntatives assembled at Windsor station and were iu waiting when tho royal train al'l'iv. '1 At 3:80 tho train bearing the remains came, '"wk into the station. On It were tho prince and princess of Wales. Another train whUh followed immediately after the funeral train conveyed the members of the prince o Wales' household at Sandringharn. The Lord Chamberlain received the members of the royal family as they alighted from tAio carriage. The coffin was taken on the shoulders of men from the Tenth hussars. It was wrapped in a silken union jack and on it was a single splendid wreath which was sent by the queen. As the detachment of soldiers bearing tho eollin walken slowly along the platform the signal was given to aaparty of life guards on tho roond tower of the castle, and immediately the boom of the minute gnus could be heard. At the same time tho roll of the drum from the massed bands swelled out upon tho air and procession began to move. . The Life guards ban the right of line and were followed by the bands which played funeral marches. A detachment of tho Tenth hussars and horse artillery immediately immediate-ly preceded the. gun carriage upon which the remains bad been placed. On either side of tho gun carriage walked a guard of officers of the Tenth hussars. The charger which had been ridden by the dv.- e of Clarence, Clar-ence, saddled and bridled and w,. : the boot of his late owner in the stirrups was led directly di-rectly alter the gun carriage. The mourners came next, the Prince of Wales, Prince George of Wales and the Duke File led the mourners. Next came the Duko jf Counaught, the Duke of Ediuburg, Prince Curislhtu, Prince Henry of Battenberg and the Marquis of Lome. Then followed tho Grand Duko Alexis, representing tho Czar of Kuasia, Prince Albert of Schlensing Holstein, the Crown prince of Denmark, the duke of Operto, brother of the king of Portugal, Prlnco Frederick Leopold id Russia, the duke, of Tcck between Prince Ernest of l.eiuingcu and Prince Edward of Saxe Wcmiar. Then followed the three princes of Teck sons of Hie duko of Tcck. the duke of Wnrtemburg and Prince Philip of Slaxe-Coburg Slaxe-Coburg Got ha. ' S 250 Dead Left on the Field. Marseilles, Jan. 20. The steamer Thibet from the west coast of Africa reports that on December 30 a force of 2000 Dahomeyans made an attack upon Kateonow. The French garrison made a gallant defense, the righting lasting three hours. Finally tho garrison made a sortie and the attacking party fled, leaving 250 of their dead on tho field. The French loss was three killed and ten wounded. A Whole Villas Prepares for Death. London, Jan. 00. The Staminni'i) corre. fpondent at tet. Petersburg says: The male inhabitants of Chilcabicek aro leaving by hundreds, to avoid seeing their families starve to death. The uuburied carcasses of horses and cattle lie in every direction, together to-gether with human bodies. The only food left Is dry mixed herbs. The whole village took the last sacrament together. More Persian Tobacco Riots. St. PF.TERsnrKO, Jan. 20. It is reported that there has been fighting at Kallasilash. arising from u revolt fomented by Persian priests on the tobacco question. Fight soldiers sol-diers and 200 rebels were killed and oyer a hundred wounded. The local troops wero defeated and reinforcements are asked for. Another Decoration Scandal. Paris, Jan. 20 The scandal with which the name of General Hruyere, secretary of President Carnot's military household, Is connected, and in regard to which Constant said iu the chamber here today he would meet any Interpallatlon, is the alleged sales, The story is published only in papers noto" riously unreliable. Persia Doesn't hike Foreigners. VIENNA Jan. 20. Persian advices report the existence of much anti-foreign feeling in Persia, due to the belief that the English are responsible for the tobacco monopoly. The police are compelled to protect the rest, deuces of Europeans from the mobs demaud-ing demaud-ing their expulsion. A Llltle lllood Spilled. Paris, Jan. 20. The action of tho dis. graceful scone in the chamber of deputies yesterday was a duel today between Del-preeh, Del-preeh, republican member, and Castcliu, houlangist. Delprcch was wounded in tha arm with a sword. Take Your liolce. Rome, Jan. 20. The report of the pope'a sultersng from an attack of influenza is today to-day pronounced unfounded. The officials at the vatician say instead of being ill, tha pope is enjoying good health. |