The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-31
Window Seats Along the Route of
Procession I'm London Selling at
from $50 to $3.50 Each.
REHEARSALS AT WINDSOR
SERVICES TO BEGIN AT ST. GEORGES
CHAPEL AT z p. Nj. SATURDAY.
King Of Portugal and Other Royal
ties i'm LOndOn-Scenes on
the Isle of Wight.

LONDON, Jan. 31.-Preparations for the
funeral of Queen Victoria are almost COM
plete. Fridays naval pageant in the Solent
promises to be an affair of magnitude. The
warships began assembling at Portsmouth
yesterday. The ceremonies on land also
will outrival anything seen by the present
generation. Rehearsals of various portions
of the funeral exercises continue at Cowes.
Windsor and in this city.
Arrangements for the great naval pageant
provide that eight torpedo boat destroyers
will lead the procession from Cowes. fol-
lowed by the royal yacht Alberta, with the
Queens body on board The royal yacht
Victoria and Albert, with King Edward and
Queen Alexandra, the English royal fam
lily; the royal yacht Osborne, with the royal
personages; the imperial yacht Hohenzol-
lern, with Emperor William, the Duke and
Duchess of Connaught and others; the Ad-
mralty yacht Enchantress and Trinity
House yacht, with officials on board. The
main squadron of battleships and cruisers
will be moored two and a half cables apart
in one line extending from Cowes to Spit
head The channel fleet. under the COM
mand of Vice Admiral Sir Harry Holds
ton, and the reserve fleet, under Rear Adj
miral Sir Gerard Henry Noel, will form the
western portion. The foreign war vessels
are to be moroed southwest Of the British
ships in the order of their arrival. and
alongside of them will be moored eight
British gunboats-the Antelope, eleanor,
Skip Jack. Leda, Rattlesnake, Alert.
Circe and Speedwell. After leaving
Trinity pier the Alberta, with her
attendant escort. will steam along
the deep channel between the coast
of the Isle of Wight and the single line of
battleships and cruisers. The main line
will be as follows, beginning at Cowes:
The Alexandra, Camperdown, Rodney, Ben
bow, Collingwood, Colossus, Sans Pareil.
Nile Howe, Melampus. Severn, Galatea,
Pactolus, Diana, Conqueror, Arrogant.
Minerva, Niobe, Hero, Hood, Trafalgar.
Resolution, Jupiter. Hannibal, Mars, Prince
George and Majestic. On arrival at Ports
mouth the royal yachts will remain in the
harbor that night.
ALL BUSINESS TO BE SUSPENDED.
At the privy council meeting yesterday
morning the King signed a proclamation
suspending business Saturday throughout
the united kingdom. The closing down will
be so complete that even the restaurants
and saloons will be shut up for four or five
hours in the middle of the day. Some of
the afternoon newspapers will not be pub
lished Saturday.
The demand for seats along the route of
the funeral is unprecedented, ordinary win
dow seats are selling for f1o each. Since
two or three days ago the prices have
risen very rapidly. One tenant In st.
James street obtained $50 for window
on the top floor. Store windows have been
let for sl5o and ECO. But the store
keepers mostly prefer to let single seats
at $40 and els each. Stores and hotels in
Piccadilly commanding a view of the in
cline from there TO ST. James palace are
getting immense prices, balcony seats
fetching R25 and ESQ.
The procession in London. as indicated by
the War Office orders, issued last evening,
will be a gorgeous military pageant. De-
tachments of forty regiments, with an al
most equal number Of distinctive uniforms.
embracing all arms of the service, Will
make a constantly changing picture The
uniforms of all the great armies of the
world will appear, for. in addition to the
brilliant encourages of the visiting kings
and princely ENJOYS. there will be the mill
tary attaches of the embassies and lega-
tions All the field marshals of the British
army able 10 endure the fatigue will ride
with their staffs. The naval corps will
also take part in the procession, which viii
be two miles long The War Office directs
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marches only shall be played. From the
time the coffin reaches London to its de-
parture guns will boom slowly in Hyde
Park.
Londoners are just awakening to the full
proportion of the obsequies and the result
of days of mourning. which. TO numerous
tradesmen and others, means absolute
closure, is causing CONSERVATION. Suddenly
to stop every industry in the United King
dom and TO turn the masses into the
streets with millions hoping to concentrate
along the two miles OF the route of the pro-
cession, is an undertaking which has begun
TO be fully appreciated by the police. but
the public of London is dismayed to find
that all the great markets, Covent Garden
Smithfield and others, where the food OF
the metropolis is supplied, are TO be abso-
lutely closed at the end OF the week. The
rail Gays OF the United Kingdom will reduce
their arrangements to the Sunday sched-
ules. Restaurants and bars will be shut
and the crowds will have to wander in the
streets London is a world in itself. living
from hand TO mouth. and the closing of the
accustomed avenues for the supply and dis
tribution of food. drink and amusement
from Friday 10 Monday will mean a loss
and inconveniences that no American city
could appreciate.
The newspapers are protesting against
the lack OF arrangements for the press in