Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-02-07

|. Windsor, Feb. 5.-The final rites
over the dead queen were concluded
at $3.50 p. H., and the body was laid
to rest in the Frogmore fnausoIeum:: :,
King Edward, Queen Alexandra,
Emperor William and others of the
royal family attended the services
beside the coffin at an early hour Mon
day morning. 1-
Windsor Crowded.
Hundreds of people poured into
Windsor throughout the morning,
and by one o'clock the long walk was
already black with spectators, most
ly from the surrounding country,
waiting for last glimpse at the cof-
fin containing the remains of Queen
Victoria. The sun was shining bright
ly. S-..s,- @.,...... -.
The final obsequies promised to be
as stately as the initial stages.
The representatives of royal fam
one o'clock and drove to Windsor
castle. '~', ...''' *
The estreets Of the old town were still
hung with wreaths, sadly faded since
Saturday. The stores were closed
during the interment. =. .z55
Dismounted life guardsmen in their
scarlet cloaks, the white plumes of
their helmets glistening in the sun,
kept the route clear from the castle
slope. Amid the bare boughs of trees
below the mist arose from the damp,
earth, trampled into mud by, the un-,
easy few thousands. The air was
sharp and. cold.. -.
Down the slope to- the Tomb.
From the Albert Memorial chapel to
the mausoleum,: early a mile from
/ the great@gate q. til e castle, there.isa
/ slope Of 500 yards, at the bottom Of
/ which is the lodge gate and a fence.
On the castle side of this were hundreds
Of ticket holders. On the other side.
where the long walk commences. she
| public was massed. ~ f.
At 2:45 p. m. picturesque touch Of
t color was added to the scene. Sir Wall
ter Parrott. private organist to the late
queen and organist of St. Georges
chapel royal. Windsor, and his choir. all
in surplices and college caps, walked
quickly down the slope, through the
crowds to the mausoleum. Then mir
ute guns commenced to boom. as bat
terry of artillery at the foot Of the long
walk paid its final honors to the dead
queen. The Windsor church bells
tolled solemnly and the strains of the
band. gradually growing stronger and
stronger, echoed from the castle quad
rangle. -.r
Order Of Procesxion.
At 1918 p. m. the head OF the process
sion passed slowly out of King Georges
arch. in the following order: .-....; :.
The queens company of Grenadier
Guards, with arms reversed.
The governor and constable of Windsor
castle, the duke of Argyll. ~
Highlanders and pipers. ...-. -..
Royal servants.
Band Of the Grenadier Guards.
The bishop of Winchester and the dean
Of Windsor. ~.
Lori. chamberlain and lord steward.
The gun Carriage, with the coffin, sup
! ported by the late queens equerries and
household, f1anked by the same officers, as
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! Following the coffin walked King Ed
| ward, the duke of Connaught, Emperor
William the king of the Belgians, Prince
| Henry Of Prussia and all the other royal
personages, Including Queen Alexandra
and the princesses, with the exception Of.
| the few who have already left England.
Those present were accompanied by their
suites. So .-~. s---5
Through the Norman Gate.
The route was through the Norman
gateway, across the quadrangle.
through the lodge gates and then from
:te long Walk to ''e mausoieum
The route from the George ~. arch
way to the gates of the mausoleum
was lined with troops under the COM
mand of Col. Napier Miles of the First
Life guards.
The queens pipers played from the
gates of the. mausoleum itself. On ar
irving there the Hoeen's company of
grenadiers opened outward and formed
in double rank on the steps of the mau-
soleum.
The choir met the funeral cortege on
the steps,: The Highlanders. pipers and
servants, on their arrival, went into the
mausoleum and took up the positions
allotted to them.
Coffin Placed in MausOle um.
Then the coffin was. carried into the
mausoleum, preceded by the choir and
clergy.
The members of the royal family
took places on each side Of the sarco-
d phagus, the royal household standing
in the transept on each side. The rest
of the ceremony was private, as the
space inside the lnausoleum was limit
! ed.
The choir sang Sir Arthur Sullivan's
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