THE POPE AND QUEEN AMELIE.
i' ■ THE FUNERAL. ; j : DEVOTED WIFE 7 AND MOTHER. ■ ... (Red. Feb.. 3, 10' p.m.) London, February 3. ..The Pope was greatly, distressed, and exclaimed " Poor flmolio! How she; may really be called the Sainted Queen." His. Holiness ordered that a special service for> tho dead bo hold in the Sistine Chapel oil Thursday. , ' ' Queen Amelia spentVthe niglit. beside.,the dead. Tho Archbishop of Westminster, preaching at Chelsea, mado sympathetic .references io tho tragedy. •\ Prayers for the souls'W the dead-Royalties havo been offered up,, in all the .Catholic churches. . v Sympathy is especially keen ■in Gatholic countries.. !/"' The bodies lie in state. ; The funeral ...will, probably be held on February.lo. . ... When at tho Arsenal, Queen Amelio hastily sent for a priest to consolo the dying. The mourning in Portugal is very general.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 112, 4 February 1908, Page 7
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