King Humbert has now been dead just four years, yet bo well was his body embalmed nt tho time of his murder that hi» nppearanco hns remnined almost unolianged. King Viotor lCmannuel was nblo to assuie himself of thin tho other day, when the corpse of Humbert* wits transferred from tho temporary tomb in the Pantheon to the magniftcont stiicophagtis in which he is henceforth to lie. After the celebration of mass, tho service ■ for the dead was recited by the clergy, and then the coffin, which had been brought into the ccntro of tho Puntheon, was opened, in order (hut tho Primes Minister, Sailor Qiolitli, w» Crown Notary, might certify to \\xto Identity of tho defunot monarch. Victor Emmanuel rcinutned inimovnble for a lontr tim«, gn»ng on the body of his father, the lloya.l bodyguard of cuirusHcrs saluting in the me»n time with their tfabi«s. Then the priesUs
pronounced tho Benediction, tho coffin was reckwed and resealml a-iul placed, by t-wclvo non-commissioned officers of tho bodyguard in it* new and final resting place. — N-ew York Tribtmo.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 62, 10 September 1904, Page 13
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177KING HUMBERT OF ITALY. Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 62, 10 September 1904, Page 13
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