Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
THE ONE TOPIC IN ENGLAND.
Preparing for the Funeral % the Duks e
Clarence.

Preparing Tor the Funeral O( the Duke -
Ciarence.
1t is expected that the funeral procession e
the Duke o. Clarence will pass through Londoa
on its way 10 Windsor. should this be def
initely determined upon the body viii arrive %
the Great Eastern railroad station. in Bishops
Gate street, city. The procession will then
pass down Bishops Gate street 10 Cornhill, past
the Mansion House and exchange and through
Chespside. The body will then be conveyed
past St Pauls churchysra, down Ludgats
Hill to Ludgsss Circua- There the procesiea
will enter Fleet street and pass up the Strand
to Charing Cross. through Trafalgar Square -
Waterloo place. From that spot the funeral
processionlwill pass into Regents street to Or
ford Circus, along Oxford street 20 the Edge
ware road and through that thoroughfare 70
the Great Western railroad station at Padding
ton. From that station. according 70 the pres-
ent program, the body will be taken 20 Prog
more, near windsor, where the mausoleum q
the late prince consort 10 situated.
The queen, 10 well known, desires that the
body should be buried in that locality and the
Prince and Princess OF Wales are dssirous Of
having private funeral at Sandringham nu
expected that her majesty will have her way in
this as In all other matters concerning hee
family.
In this connection 10 should be added that
there Is strong rumor IN circulation 70 tn
effect that her majesty il much more seriously
III than anybody in authority Is willing 10
admit Tho state Of the queens health 10 said
to be such az to have prevented her. in spite Of
her earnest desire 20 be there, from being
present at the death Of the Duke Of Clarence
and Avondale. and tits added that il is probable
that the queen will not be able to be present "a
the funeral Of the late heir presumptiye
Ii may be added that there 10 no exagRers.
ton in the report that the Princess Of " sles =
utterly crushed by the blow which has fallen
upon her by the death of her first born. Dr.
Laklng 10 IN constant attendance upon the
princess. As for Princess May she IL almooo
broken hearted, and for hours she prayed
on her knees beside the dead body Of her BE-
trothed. Words Of sympathy with the young
widowed bride are heard on all sides In Eng.
land, Scotland and Ireland, and many q 49,
WAS shed for poor Princess May.
SYMPATHY THE rRpu.
Here II should be remembered that Che warn
heartedness Of the Irish people at this crisis in
English history Qor change In the line Of sue.
cession may justly DO termed crisis) has dons
more IN twenty-four hours for the cause a
home fulo for Ireland than all the parliAmes-
tary agitation OF the last ten yearsL Ireland
in the hour Of sorrow. has risen TO the coca.
sion and has Joined hands In sympathy Win
England In mourning for the dead.
On all sides here are heard words of grusi-
tade TO the Irish for having 90 nobly buried
ing Joined in the heartiest manner possible N
the expression Of grief and coincidence ustereA
81 the death Of the heir presumptive 10 IL
throne Of England. The Irish Newspaper. =
q rule, came out In mourning and with few
exceptions they expressed loyal, hearty symps.
thy with the loss sustained by the royal family
OF England. This has decidedly touched he
hearts OF her msjestys subjects across The
channel and there Is no doubt that il viii earn
much additional support in England for u
measure Ireland haaa M bas
From Scotland and Wales and all the BritisA
colonies messages Of coincidence have been ssut
to the royal family. In India the most vide
spread sorrow ID said to exist at the young
princes untimely death. An important meet
ing OF the yiceroy's council, which was 20 have
been held today, Was postponed as O mark a
respect TO the dead, and all public business
fetes and races throughout the different prov.
inces OF lndia have been postponed
'rAKED" ACCOUNTS.
Tho Prince and Princess Of Wales. a IL seu6.
ofhcially announced are aunoyed At the fsksd
death-bed scenes which have been sent out BIZ
news agencies, written up by Newspaper corre-
spondents and imagined by English reporters
generally. Some of these imaginary stories Of
the death OF the Duke of Clarence have peen
cabled to the United states.
II is also semi-offcially announced that there
has been much exaggeration rcgari ding The
health OF the Princess Of walos and Of The
Princess May. Both these ladies ARE said 70 be
bearing mp with fortitude against the loss they
have sustained.
Muck additional comment has been caused
BY the fact that when this semi-officinl an
nouncement was made In regard TO the health
OF the princesses no contradiction or mention
was made rs 70 the more serious rumors circu-
lating about the health Of the Queen of Eng.
land From this il Is judged that there nuss
undoubtedly be some serious foundation for tho
reports which have found their Wv
into this city from Osborne.