Arizona silver belt., 1901-02-07
HER REIGN ENDED.
The Greatest Funeral Procession That
 Ever Took Place.

final homage to the queen Saturday in her capital; and assuredly, as Balfour said, the end of her reign, which has now passed into history, was happy one. Deep solemnity filled all hearts. There was a reminiscent grief, and feeling that one of the cmpire's great institu tions was missing, but no such sorrow AS surrounded ths collins of Lincoln and Garfield, who were cut off before their work was done.
 The king and queen, in a special audience granted Ambas sador Choate and Secretary of the Embassy White, after the conclusion of the services at Windsor, expressed themselves as pro foundly touched by manifestations of sympathy in America.
 Ill business ceased. Even the drink ing houses closed thmr doors during the day. Newspapers suspended pub iicatlon and life Tn London, like the rest of the empire, tlrned from it's GUS Uomary channels aad focused upon three miles of West End streets, upon the coffin containing the body, which i5 now merely sy mbol of Victoria's self, who ofjen before Londoners had cheered, assembled as they were today, out on occasions of rejoicing. To the American Jne ceremOnials, with all the theatrical trappings of royalty, were more expressive than the funeral Of the chief magistrate chosen by the people.
 Popular mo lrning is less popular and osteutaLlous than would have been iE the United States. The multi tudes were remarkable. The whole ceremonlals, including the massiDg of 3O,UU0 troops and entertainment of all the visiting personages was an ad- mirable example of organization. | The city had somewhat holiday air, thousands of persons paradsd the streets, viewing the decorations and restaurants and saloons did tre- mendous business. The uniforms of the militia and colonial troops were visible everywhere, and their wearers are hOnizsd.
 The hospitals cared for l 300 persons who were injured in the crowd. Of this number, however, sixty were hurt only, including policemen, sol diers and number of people suffering from broken limos.
 The political phases are being dis Gussed. The remarkable predominance of Germans and German influence is noteworthy. Emperor Williams of ticers and soldiers were more conspic- uous in all the ceremonies than were those of all other nations put together. fhis had the effect of popularizing Germany with the people, who recent iy regarded her as most menacing enemy.
 It was at Windsor that the only hitches iu the elaborate program of the day occurrsd; and these added to rather than detracted from the dramat ic and pathetic interest. The first and most striking was the intractability of the horses attached to gun carriage bearing the coffin. The alarm and chagrIn of the king and emperor, who had hurried up to ascertain the cause of the delay in the procession on leay- intr Windanr sra Iinn nafant their countenances, The horses strug. gleo in their traces, and the coffin was almost thrown from the gun carriages. Lord Roberts asked the king for per mission to take out the horses and sub stitute for them the jackies, who had come up from Portsmouth as a guard of honor. This suggestion was quick ly sanctioned, and the last time Vic toria's body was bore before her sub jects 1t was by her royal handy men" who at the opportune moment saved the situation. 7
 The other hitch occurred during the religious part of the ceremony. he service at St. Georges chapel was ! brief, but beautiful The choral ser. vice ha~ formed fitting continuation to the marshall parades. The trem' bling voice of the Archbishop of Can terbury, who is almost blind, haC scarcely euded the final benediction before he turned to go up the altai steps. Ills sight and strength failed him, and he tottered, groped and wal on the point of falling when the Arch bishop of York, who had been stand ing some distance behind him, ad vanced and caught his hand and gent ly led the venerable prelate to the holy table. Then they both knelt, thu greatest dignitaries of England'' church, next in rank to royal blood their heads bowed upon the purple altar cloth.
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