The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-07
The FINAL RITES.
REMAINS OF QUEEN VICTORIA
LAID. TO REST IN WIND
soR MAusoLEuM.
PROCESSION OF ROYALTY

King Edward, the Duke Of connaught,
Emperor William, Queen Alexandra
and All the Other Royal Personages
Follow the Coffin to Its Last Rest.
ing PIace-Route From the Chapel
Lined With Spectators.
Windsor, Feb. 5.-The final rites
over the dead queen were concluded
at $3.50 p. m. and the body was laid
to rest in the Frogmorei mausoleum.
King Edward, Queen Alexandra,
Emperor William and others of the
royal family attended the services
beside the coffin during the morning.
Hundreds of people poured into
Windsor throughout the morning and
by o'clock the long walk was al
ready black with spectators, mostly
from the surrounding country, await
ing a last glimpse at the coffin con-
tanning the remains of Queen Victoria.
The sun was shining brightly.
The representatives of royal fam
lilies arrived from London at about l
o'clock and drove to Windsor castle.
The streets of the old town was still
hung with wreaths, sadly faded since
Saturday. The stores were closed
during the interment.
From the Albert Memorial chapel
to the mausoleum, nearly a mile from
the great gate of the castle, there is
a steep slope of 500 yards, at the bot
tom 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 com
| mences, the public was massed.
At 2:45 p. m. picturesque touch of
color was added to the scene. Sir
Walter Parrot, private organist to the
late queen and organist of St. Georges
chapel royal, Windsor, and his choir
all in surplices and in college caps,
walked quickly down the slope,
through the crpwds to the mausoleum.
Then minute guns commenced to
boom, as a battery of artillery at the
foot of the long walk paid it's final
honors to the dead queen. The Wind
sor church bells tolled solemnly and
the strain of the band. gradually
growing stronger and stronger. echoed
from the castle quadrangle. >.
Procession to the MausoIeum.
At 3:15 p. m. the head of the pro-
cession passed slowly out of King
Georges arch, in the following order:
The queens company Of Grenadier
guards, with arms reversed; the gov
ernor and constable of Windsor cas-
tie; the Duke of Argyll; Highlanders
| and pipers; royal servants; band of
the Grenadier guards; the bishop of
Winchester and the dean of Windsor;
the lord chamberlain and the lord
steward; the gun carriage with the
coffin, supported by the late queens
equerries and household, 1anked by
the same officers as appeared in Sat
urday's ceremony in London.
Following the coffin walked King
Edward, the Duke of Connaught, En-
peror William, the king Of Belgium.
Prince Henry of Prussia and all the
| other royal personages, including
Queen Alexandra and the princesses,
with the exceptions of the few who
have already left England. Those
present were accompanied by their
suites. IT, 49,
The route was through the Norman
gateway, across the quadrangle,
through the George " archway, down
the long walk, through the lodge gates
and then from the long walk to the
mausoleum.
On arriving there. the queens COM
pany of Grenadiers opened outward
and formed in double rank on the
steps of the mausoleum.
Then the coffin was carried into the
mausoleum, preceded by the choir and
clergy. - l.. $50. +.
The members of the royal family
took places on each side of the Sar-
coppa guards, the royal household
standing in the transept on each side.
The rest of the ceremony Wasnpri-
/, vate, as the space inside the mauso-
1eum was limited. 0 - !! - 5