Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
BORNE THROUGH LONDON.
The Remains of Queen Victoria Es-
corted Through the Capital on
Their Way to Windsor.
STREETS WERE nAssED WITH PEOPLE.

STREETS WERE MASSED WITH PEOPLE
The Coffin, Mounted ON a Gum Car
riage, Drawn by the Same Horses
that Drew Her Majesty I'm the Ju
bilee Procession-The Arrival n
Historic Windsor.
London, Feb. with every cir
eumstance of splendid pomp BETTING
the ~obsequies of SO mighty and wei
beloved a monarch, all that is morta
of Queen Victoria has been borne
through the streets of the capital and
started towards the ancient fortres:
palace of the sovereigns of England
The solemn magnniicence OF Friday's
opening phase of these last rites was
duly maintained. Perhaps the stately
grandeur of the sorrowful pageant
through the swarming streets of Lon
don, with hundreds of thousands o.
mourners forming a black border tc
the route, will never be surpassed.
An Absence of Black.
There was in Victoria's funeral pro
cession an absence of that black cere'
monial generally connected with the
final progress to the grave.
The coffin was drawn by cream col.
ored horses. The pail was white, and
the uniforms of the troops and the
gold trappings of the foreign SOW.
ereigns, P;nces and Representatives
forming a glittering medley, gave bril-
liant coloring to the scene. The CHIEF
mourner himself, with his field mar
shaT's uniform, eve though this was
partially hidden by his o~vercoat, sur
rounded by his corps, helped to leaver
the symbols of morning marking the
route.
Many Distinguished Mourners.
Never in English history has a SOW.
ereign been borne to the grave at.
tended by so many distinguished
mourners. The gathering of crowned
heads surpassed those who rode in the
jubilee procession. All the great Off.
cers of state participated.
The display of the naval and mill.
tary forces reached the great total
of $4,000 men.
At Victoria Station.
The scene at Victoria station from
early morning was most brilliant and
impressive. For the days ceremony
the station was transformed into an
immense reception hall. All trains
were stopped before nine o'clock, and
the long platforms were covered with
purple cloth. On another platform
facing that at which the queens
train was to arrive, guards of honor
composed of blue jackets, and grena-
der guards, were drawn up. The
broad roadway separating the two
was swept clean and sanded, and a
number of little purple-covered plat.
forms, from which members of the
their horses, were placed at intervals
at the side and eenters.
Like a Scene at a Levee.
At ten o'clock an army of grooms
with the horses arrived, and thence
forth distinguished military and for
eign royalties in dazzling uniforms
came in quick succession. The lord
chamberlain and his officials, bare
headed, with their white wands of of
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personages and conducted them to a
little pavilion, erected on the plat
form The whole station, by that
time, resembied the scene at a levee.
Field Marshal Earl Roberts.
The commander-in-chief of the
forces, Field Marshal Earl Roberts, on
a beautiful, spirited brown mare, car
rying his field marshal's baton, at this
juncture trotted into the station and
became the center of interest. He
was soon followed by the earl mar
shall, the duke of Norfolk and many
of the most distinguished British Off
GERS. Then came the carriages for
the queen and the p~rincesses. They
we're the state carriages, used on the
occasion of the queens jubilee, with
beautiful, gold-mounted harness and
trappings. The horses were ridden
by postillions in scarlet jackets, with
only a narrow band of crepe on their
arms, as a mark of the great change.
The carriages were closed.
Every Head was Barred.
Following the carriages and pre-
ceded by an officer came an object at
which every officer in the animated
throng instinctively came to the sa-
lutte and every head vas barred.
1t was the little khaki-colorer gun
carriage which was to carry Queen
Victoria's remains from Victoria to
Paddington station. The eight Hano-
varian cream-colored horses which
also drew the late queen on the occa-
sion of the jubilee were used. The
gold-mounted harnesses, scarlet-coat-
ed postillions and scarlet and gold
covered grooms who held each of the
horses by the bride were all the
same.
Only the little gun carriage, in
stead of the ~glittering glass and gold
coach marked the change.
With the exception that rubber
tires were on the wheels, the gun
carriage was as if in actual use. The
place for the coffin to rest was owe
the gun.
It was then nearly IL o'clock when,
amid cries of "the king Of Portugal's
horse,v the grand duke of Hesse's
horse" as the princes mounted the
train steamed into the station a min
ute ahead of time.
As the Train Came I'm.
All heads wereu ncovered as the sa-
Don carriage bearing the queens re-
mains stopped exactly opposite the
gun carriage, and King Edward.
Queen Alexandra, Emperor William