The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-09

rho Dupuy de Lone, under Frances
color. was fine sight. She Is built
I'm prow-fronted long ram, high
ont Of the water
;sar Don Carlos.
Tba ill-fortune of Spain's navy as
tod itself at the last moment, for
ID came that the Emperador Carlos
W. v, Ia turned back from her cruise to
,ha mort with crippled engines.
'H Tbe pathway between the ships was
nnarter of a mile avenue of clear
ter Behind the lines of the war
Vsins lowered a few yachts and chan
s sai steamers. Black torpedo boats and
nnornedo- boat destroyers were skirm-
hing about and officers gigs and
ionnrhes swarmed everywhere. Bugle
aus came over the water and gaudy
;gnaI flags burst out and disappeared.
rho British ships were also lighted
18th CLEANS of the scarlet coats of
he marines The black muZZles of the
hinge guns swung from tnelr ports
Iooked very imposing.
"Oueen's weather" came at noon in
hurst of sunshine. and the clouds
@Isared away from the channel and
fingered above the tree tops along the
nrast of hills on either side. The police
hnat ushered the merchant shipping
and crowded excursion craft back to
4hlt
the shore
.bannel there were only a long double
Sic of warships with black messenger
boats dashing among them For near
IL. three hours the fleet watched for the
coming of the funeral. The officers on
,be bridges, in the most gorgeous uni
forms, with all their decorations and
medals scanned the CoweS shore
docks through their glasses. An occa-
sional brilliant burst of sunshine
showed tens of thousands of specta-
tors. subjects of the dead Queen, as
sambled TO witness her last passage
from Cowes to Portsmouth.
Shortly before o'clock white smoke
broke from the Majestic's side and a
second later a report cracked over the
barbor and echoed to the hills, an
nouneing the starting of the Alberta
from Trinity pier. From ship to ship
the salute was passed down the line.
Each vessel of the fleet was firing min
ute guns. They all employed their
shore side batteries, so that on the
channel sides were silhouettes of hulls.
spars and ironwork, before back
grounds of dense gray smoke. The
sound was that of a great battle. The
funeral fleet was just under way when
il came abreast of the press boat. Tor
pedo-boat destroyerS crept ahead,
moving in pairs, like silent pallbearers
marching before hearSe. They were
the Portsmouth squadron, all of ex-
actly the same size, every inch of hull
and machinery painted a dull black
with an officer standing like a statue
at each bow, each of the crews aligned
at attention" like Sentries on thet1
decks. Hardly ripple came from the1i
bows their speed being barely five
knots. The pairs Of torpedo-b boat de
stroyers We're about one hundred yard:
apart. with four boats lengths be
tween stern and bows. Then a quarter
of a mile behind, but seeming acros:
the water by stones throw, followed
the royal yacht Alberta, the vessel OF
which the eyes of the world may b'
said to have been conferred. She wa
commonplace looking little vessel
lying low in the water, with gilt
trimmed hull and sidewheels protected
by yellow paddle boxes. At her steri
stood tall officer, uniformed in darl
blue, alone as motionless as part o
the ship. The union jack was at tn
foremost the royal standard fell from
halfway up the mainmast and tn
naval trailed from the stern. In
afterdeck of the yacht was rooted wit
white awning and beneath the avn
ing through glasses, could be seen tn
catafalque of royal purple and rub
officers in somber uniforms stood g
the four corners of the catafalqu
with their faces toward the ships.
few other persons could be seen clus
tered on the Alberta's deck. AS tn
funeral yacht moved slowly past TT
decks of the warships were crowde
with their crews They were all maj
ned to their full complement. II
sailors in blue, with straw hats, form
cd oil
each ship, standing with their arm
at attention"
A line of scarlet coats topped
snowy, shining helmets, showed whe
the marines We're stationed. The ngh
ing tops were also manned. The OF
GERS stood out in snowy, full-dress a
ray The band of each took up Il
funeral march when the Alberta car
abreast of her and the spectators
all the other craft took off their ha
So, with all eyes focused on the til
looking purple bier, the remains
Queen Victoria We're carried by.
Over all the miles of waters the
came no sound save the boom of ca
non and the mournful notes of ma
bands
Following the Alberta trailed alo
I'VE other yachts at regular interva
First was the Victoria and Albert,
royal yacht, twice as large as the
berta and of similar design. She CO
rled the royal mourners, who, as re
tlves or officials, followed the con
King Edward and Emperor willie
were chief among them, but from
observation boats they were the OF
group not recognizable. A few scar
coats could be seen, with ladies in
deepest mourning, and on the up
deck the Queens Indian attenda
were distinguishable by their WI
turbans
In the wake of the Victoria and
bert Emperor Williams yacht Hon
zoern doomed up like an ocean or
Mound, as large as warship, pain
spotless white
The other yachts came in single
astern. The Osborne, larger than
Alberta and of the same class, ca
nrst. Next was the Admiralty va
hnchantress, smaller and then a
lie Trinity House yacht. Finally ca
another vessel, black torpedo-h
destroyer
Twenty minutes after the first |
OF torpedo-boat destroyers ca
ABREAST of the press boat the hist
parade had passed and was dw1nd
smaller and smaller toward the S
SET, where the purple clouds and
uines of smoke made an overpoWerl
impressive stage spectacle
guns on each warship ceased n
"hen the Alberta had gone by and
| marines reversed arms. But they
al the crews remained at their
IONS, while the fleet steamers from
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