Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-02
eds Of Thousands Of Loyal Subjects Crowd The Streets
Last Glimpse Of Their Deceased Monarch---Idea| Day
for the SeVice---Mourn for Dead In Purple,
Instead Of Hopeless Black.
MOST MAGNIFICENT OF MODERN BuRIALs

The day was sombre. wet and chilly.
! as are most of London's winter days.
J The cloudy sky added to the gloom of
| the whole city.
The scene at Victoria station from
early morning was most brilliant and
| impressive. For today's ceremonies the
streets were transformed into an inn
mense reception hall. All trains were
stopped before the long platforms were
| covered with purple cloth. On an
other platform, facing that at which the
| queens train was to arrive. guards Of
| honor composed of bluejackets and gren-
| adler guards were drawn up The broad
| roadway parting the two was swept
clean and a number of purple covered
| platforms from which members of the
| royal party were expected to mount their
| horses were placed at intervals at the
| side and center. At 10 o'clock an army Of
| grComs with the horses arrived, and
thenceforward distinguished British nav
a and military officers and foreign roy
allies in dazzling uniforms came in
quick succession. The lord chamberlain
and his officials, bareheaded, with their
white wands of Office. received the most
distinguished personages and conducted
them to little pavilion erected on the
platform.
The whole station, by that time, re-
sembled the scene at a levee.
| Commander in chief of the forces,
| Field Marshal Earl Roberts, on a beau
tiful, spirited brown mare carrying his
field marshals baton, at this juncture
troted into the station and became the
center of interest. He was soon fol-
| lowed by the earl marshal, the duke
of Norfolk, and many of the most dis
| II cb ad of
the carriages for the queen and prin-
cesses. They were the state carriage
used on the occasion of the queens
jubilee with beautiful. bright mounted
harness and trappings. Horses were
ridden by Positions in scarlet jackets
with only narrow band of crepe on
their arms as a mark of the great
change. The carriages We're closed.
Following the carriages and preceded
by an officer an object at which every
officer in the animated throng instinct
lively came to the salute and every head
was barred. 1t was the little khaki
colOred gun carriage which was to carry
Queen Nictora's remains from Victoria
to Paddington station. The eight Han
overian cream colored horses which also
drew the late queen on the occasion of
the jubilee were used today. The gold
! harnessed. scarlet coated positions and
scarlet and gold covered grooms who
held each of the horses by the bride,
We're all the same. Only, the little gun
carriage instead of the glittering glass
and gold coach marked the change.
With the one exception that rubber
i, tires We're on the wheels of the gun car
. riage, all was as if in actual use.
, 1t was then nearly II o'clock when
) amid cries of THE king of PortuSal's
horse!' 1.-The grand duke of Hesse's
horse." and as the princes mounted tiie
train steamed into the station a min
ute ahead of time. All heads were un-
covered as the saloon carriage bearing
the, crown heads stopped exactly oppo-
site the gun carriage and King Edward,
Queen Alexandra, Emperor William and
others alighted.
Then the bearer advanced to the saloon
carriage, and with his hand at salute
and standing a little in advance of the
. | others, King Edward watched the pain
! fully slow removal of the coffin to the
, gun carriage. 1t was finally accom-
plished and the pail and regal!a of the
| British crown were placed on the coffin.
. The king and the others then mounted
y and the4proceSsion started. The process
. sion, apart from the gun carnage bear
), ing the coffin and the royal family and
official mourners about ii, was not note
q w
= the commercial bodies We're not repre-.
= scented. Royalty and the army and navy
;, monopolized the pageant. Three thous-
and soldiers and sailors, picked COM
6 panes, represented all branches of the
service; cavalry, artillery, infantry
" yeomallry, militia volunteers and colo
:, malls formed the advance escort. They
n 4 marched slowly and without music
Most of the uniforms were covered with
. dark overcoats, and the standard Wee
: draped with black, the officers wearing
~ bands of crepe on their gloves. The in
!; fantry marched in columns of four, witt
" rifles reversed. They We're half an hou1
" in passing. Then came Fled Marsha
IL Earl Roberts and his staff, and after
them four massed bands playing funera
- marches Three hundred musicians an
n nounced the coming of the body Of thu
10 queen. There was long array of cOur
Il officials, under the leadership OF TIN
n. Duke of Norfolk (the earl marShaO, a.
i attired quantity and brilliantly. bearin;
maces or wands, most of them elderl.
W men who had for years served the rOya
90 lady for whom they were perfforn'n:
the last Offices.
l. Most of the spectators expected a
A. imposing catafalque, and the coffin WA
10 almost past before they recognized It
ly presence by removing their hats
al was a pathetic. small Oblong box, con
C. cealed beneath a rich pail of white satir
he on the corners of which cleaned tn
royal arms.
a Across the pail the royal standard wa
" draped, and a large crown of gold, er
lg crusted with jewels, rested at the hea
l. of the coffin, which was at the end {
ed the gun carriage just over the gun.
re On the foot of the coffin We're tw
ID, smaller crowns. with a gold jewele
lis scepter lying between them.
US The eight horses which drew the gu
ty carriage We're almost concealed beneat
C. their rich harness
ed large DOW OF purple was attached