The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-01
WARSHIPS IN LINE FOR
QUEENS FUNERAL TODAY
SOmbre Vessels Await Passing Of Yacht With the
Royal Remains on Their Way From COWeS.
Programme Is Finally Administration Pageant Will
Take Place TOmOrrOw-New Queen to Walk in Mud

Cowes. Jan. S1.-A gIitterins crescent
of light stretches this evening from
Cowes to Portsmouth. It consists OF
ten miles of warships, the pick of the
British, French and German navies-
These lie at anchor, ready to take part
in tomorrow's ceremonies, when the
navy viii pay a, last magnificent tribute
to the sovereign whose reign was
marked by the greatest naval progress
in the history Of the nation.
Apart from these spectacular rows
and rows of twinkling port lights, sep
arated from each other by only few
cable lengths, one might fancy that the
quiet towns of Cowes and Ryde were
undergoing a blockade. The guns
sweep the wooded shores at short
range.
At the head of the line are the old
paddIe-wheel royal yachts, their SOM
bre huIIs standing out in vivid con-
trast against the white sides Of the
Hohenzoliern- Then, in single column,
comes the British battleShips. Hail
way to Portsmouth the single line
merges into q stately double row. the
vessels of the foreign nations and the
biggest of the British craft lying there
and waiting to salute the body of Eng
lands lamented queen.
Coffin to Pass Down Line.
It probably will be nearly o'clock
tomorrow afternoon when the Alberta
with the royal coffin, leaves Cowes. She
will steam into the single line and then
enter the passage formed by the levla-
thianS This evening she lies at Trim
ity pier Her quarter deck is covered
with awnings, under which the men
have been working Throughout the day
in making final preparations The avn
ing was necessary because rain fell I'M
til a late hour, cold and dreary weather
prevailing.
The weather omens for tOrporrow are
not propitious. but the first of thou
sands of spectators are arriving TINS
evening. together with soldiers IN brit
liant uniforms. The mile and a half
of road outside the town of East Cowes
and separating Osborne from Trinity
pier. is a typical country thorough
fare. The troops lining it viii have
difficult work.
New Queen to Walk in Mud.
The coffin. the military spectacle and
the other attendant features VIII m
er,ire intense interest and emotion, but
what creates greater expectancy IS the
announcement that Queen Alexandra
and the princesSes of the royal blood
viii walk down the muddy road ana
through the narrow streets 70 Ihe
waters edge. This part OF the pro-
gramme thus far holds good, although
should rain be falling when the pro-
cession starts. from Osborne house. the
rovaI ladies will scarcely persist in
their determination
At Osborne this evening all IS quiet
During the day the royal perSOnageS
walked about the grounds and passed
the hours in much the same way as
4, 70. n
solitary policemen guarded the lodge
gates. Down the road to the SOUND
carpenters are disturbing the qulei
hedge rows by the haSty erection OF
stands. and in COweS and East COVE s
there is the same noise. But windows
and seats on stands that would sell IN
London for 80 guineas each are going
here at half q. guinea
Spectacle Rather Than Funeral.
People throughout the country side
are Iamenting tOmCrrOw's sorrow, Ioi
with it viii go the remains OF one
whom they had grown to look upon as
peculiarly their own. as well as the
prestige her constant visits bestowed
l4Dor the locality Meanwhile the IN
yader. the excursiCnist. the Journalist
end the visitor from the continent OF
the mainland discusses without cedSils
the best coign of vantage to view To-
Z
than funeral it Will be, because or the
elaborate preparations which VIII MAKE
it rival in studied magniiicence, the ma
val and military display which marked
Queen VictOria's jubilee.
Prince Henry Comes With Ships.
Prince Henry of Prussia and his STAFF
, landed here at noon today After ar
inspection of the guard of honor. the
nrince proceeded To Osborne House
! the SQUADRON of German warships
commanded by Prince Henry of Prus
( sia. comprising the flagship Baden the
battIeshiD Odin and the cruisers We
toria Louise, Hagen and Nymph. ant
: two torpedo boats. reached SpitheaC
1 this morning and took up positions
opposite Portsmouth, at the extreme
/ eastward end of the line. The German
: squadron thus. with the British vessel
! opposite it. the Majestic, Prince George
/ Mars and Hannibal, have the place o
honor. and will be the last to see TIT
/ Alberta. with the remains of the queen
/ enter Portsmouth.
/ Next to the German WarShlpS comes
the French battIeship Dupuy de LONE
and then the Japanese battleship Hat
/ suse. The end of the line VIII be Occu
/ pied by the Portuguese cruiser Dol
/ Carlos [ and the Spanish cruiser En-
} perador Carlos Y
/ The coffin of Queen Victoria was lin
ally sOldered this morning and enclosed
/ in the outer casket-