Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-04

the coffin three royal mourncrs rode
abreast King Edward VII was inc cen
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| tentatiouS parsonage was seen IN the pro
ccssion black chapeau with = plum
| ni "hitc feathers was ON his hcid anu :,
| long hiack cloak was huttohcd AROUND
nm ana hung down over the Dig black
horse which he was riding
Ihc ring face seemed grave ana care
worn. lie looked straight ahead dppa' :
CnllE az the gan carriage ON Which WI
the bodN OF the sovereign whose Elnly
and responsibilities he had inherited. -
did not SOC or gave no signs Of seeing N
long ranks OF soldiers hedging back tho
rnpulacr about him. the windows crowd
90 win black -bonnctcd women, the mul
titudeS Of uncovered heads, the purpl"
drancrlcs ANA the green wrcaths every
whore.
IL" passed Xix" man alone. who neither
knew nor thought of the world abnlt
him. ana the sentiment His presence In
SlNrth was only sympathy and PiiN. Thc
people seemed to see in tho King on" 90
themselves, and the deep murmlrs which
dr"S" mere ana there carried Il note ~
sorrow aud love almost as deep as tn.
expressions which greeted the passage Of
the coffin Of their Queen.
Beside King Edward rode Emperor vii
liam, his nephew and neighhor Tn"
unique. commanding figure ~ the Ger
man Emperor could not for mCm"nt u"
mistaken RE looked every inch y soldier
aud the commander of men His lmpc-
rial Majesty glanced right and lcit as b"
rode and his hand was frequently raised
To- the rcd and white feathers hanging
over his hat, as he responded Ia SalIicS.
Emperor William also wore a black cloak
over his new British field marshal unit
form and the pranciuE Of the splcnd I
white charger beneath him gay" His Ma
lestN an opportunity 10 display I'm" hors M
manShip.
ON the Kings left rode his brother. the
Duke of Connaucht, a man Of spidieriy
appearance, almost unnotiCcd and unrcr-
ognizod by the people.
In the second rank behind rode two
NOR" SoNcrciEnS. the Kings of Greece ana
Portugal. both elittcrinE with gold lace
Then followed a dazzling array 80 'nen-
hcrs Of royal families, numbering anout
" in all. ana riding three abreast :"
close Were they together and So quickly
dld th"N pass that individuals. prpSIoctlN +
rulers of empires. Kingdoms ana prinCi-
palitics. could not be distinguished.
The next section Of the procession in
cluded the sin royal carriages
y lar more numerous military escort.
including depItation from the ri:rrn 4
German Ora COON Regiment culHppscl Ia
last section of the procession.
Ten minutes after the coffin appeared
the funeral procession had passed.
After the funeral party itself tn" dom
mating figure of the day WAS Field Mar
shall Earl Roberts. When his popular.
wcll-known. hruuzed face came in view.
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