The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
A FUNERAL OF STATE
Duchess Of Teek Buried With
Much Ceremony and
Pomp.
rBv Gable to The Associated Press.

Ky Cable 10 IA -
WINDSOR. Eng, Nov. 8, 1ss7-Thefun
eral services over the remains ofsthe
Duchess of Teck. Princess Mary of Cam
BRIDGE, cousin of Queen Victoria, mother
in-law of the Duke of York. and sister
of the Duke of Cambridge. who died at
the White Lodge. Richmond. on OCTOBER
q, took place today in St. Georges Chap
ell. Windsor Castle. Windsor was in deep
mourning as a mark OF respect Tor the
dead and to the Royal family In general.
All the stores of the town and all the resi-
dences OF Windsor and its immediate VI
cinity were bedecked with Grape, and the
shades in all the windows were drawn
down. immense crowds of people gather
ed here from all parts to witness what
they could of the ceremony, and lined the
route to the Castle. The weather was OIL
the brightest description, and from noon
on a continuous stream of carriages con-
tanning the Diplomatic Corps, Cabinet
Ministers, former Cabinet Ministers,
Court officials and naval and military rep
resentatives from all the foreign courts
arrived at the Chapel, where a Guard of
Honor. furnished by the Second Battalion
of the Coldstream Guards, were posted.
Prince Frederick Henry, of Prussia, rep
resented Emperor William, of Germany,
at the funeral.
Among the notabilities present were
the Marquis of Salisbury, the Premier
and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Lord
Wolseley, the Commander-in-Chief of the
Forces; Lord Roberts of Kandahar. the
commandments of the Forces in Ire
land; the Earl of Coventry, the Master of
40. p,,olr,o,,p1r tho Tuba of VVaStnoinC-
ter, Lord Lieutenant of the county of
London; the Marquis of Dufferin and
Ava, Lord Lieutenant of County Down,
and many others.
The Royal family entered the chapel at
l2:45 p. M. Princes Christian and Chris
tian Victor leading, followed by the Duke
of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Sake
Weimar and the Prince Of Wales, wear
ing the Ribbon of the Order of the Gar
ter. The Prince of Wales was attended
by two of his equerries, Major-General
Arthur Edward A. Ellis and Major-Gen-
eral Stanley de A. Calvert Clarke.
The coffin, borne by guardsmen and es-
corted by the choir and clergy led the pro-
cession. The officials and servants of the
household followed.
Next came the representatives of the
Duchies of Cumberland, Wurtemburg,
Saxe-Coburg and Mecklenburg-Strelitz
and the court officials.
The coffin containing the remains of the
Duchess followed. The pallbearers were
the Duke of Westminster, the Marquis of
Salisbury, the Marquis of Dufferin and
Ava, the Marquis of Lothian, Earl Brown
low, the Earl of Hopetoun and the Earl
of Ancaster.
Following the coffin were the Duke Of
Teck and his sons, the Duke of York,
Wales, the Duke of Connaught, the Mar
quis of Lorne, Prince. Edward of Sake
Weimer, Master of the Horse, and other
court officials. The choir chanted the
burial service, throughout which the guns
of a battery of artillery fired every min
ute.
When the coffin was deposited in the
choir the comptroller of the household OF
the late Duchess, the Hon. Alexander Mel
son Hood, placed her coronet upon the
caSket.
The funeral service was short and SIM
pie. The Dean of Windsor and the Bishop
of Peterborough oficiated.
At the words, Earth to EARTH" the
comptroller sprinkled Some earth upon the
coffin, and the services were concluded
with the formal proclamation of the rank
of the Duchess of Teek will be inferred
in the chapel of the Albert Memorial.
The United States Ambassador, Colonel
Q Hay, and the second Secretary of
the United States Embassy. Mr.. James
at the funeral.
The Princess of Wales, Princess Chris
tan of Schleswig-Holstein. Princess Lou
Use (the Marchioness Of Lorne) and Prin-
cess Victoria Won Hohenlohe, the Duchess
of York, the Duchess of Fife and the
Duchess of Albany occupied the Queens
pew at the funeral service.