, 1901-01-24
BURIAL OF QUEEN
TO TRANSFER HER MAJESTY'S
BODY TO THE MAIN
LAND.
Lies Under Queens Canopy-There
Was Scarcely a Sign Of Life Any
where Around Osborne House
Departure Of King Edward for
London.

m.-The morning opened dull and
threatening and the town bears a mis-
cradle aspect. Everywhere the blinds
are drawn and black is displayed.
There is scarcely a sign of life any
where except at Trinity pier, where
there is a constant interchange of sig
nails between the royal yacht Alberta,
which lies alongside the pier, and the
yacht Osborne, aboard which some
members of the royal family still re-
main.
A message just received from Os-
borne house says Emperor Williams
plans are as yet not known. The Al
berta had steam up all night, and now
has a big awning fixed in readiness to
proceed for Portsmouth at 9:40 o'clock
with the king, the duke of York, Mr..
Balfour and the earl of Clarendon on
board to catch a special train for Lon
don at II o'clock.
The royal yacht Alberta has been in
readiness to convey the queens re-
mains to the mainland. The transfer
OF her majesty's body will, it is believ-
ed, take place oon
Under the "Queen's Canopy"
The coffin Will be placed on the main
deck. athwartships, just in front of the
structure known as the queens can
opy," in which her majesty was in the
habit of sitting during her trips on the
yacht. The coffin will be placed on a
spot market on the deck with a brass
cross, where the coffin of Prince Henry
of Battenberg also rested.
The king and the duke of York will
return to Osborne house tonight.
The route from Osborne house to
Trinity pier was deserted except for a
few groups of bareheaded persons
when, at $40 o'clock, three open car
riages drawn by white horses galloped
down the hill. In the first carriage
were the king, the duke of %Connaught,
the duke of York and Prince Christian.
The king looked well and bowed re-
peatedly in acknowledgment of the
greeting of his subjects. The royal
~personages Immediately embarked on
the Alberta. The royal standard was
hoisted as the king touched the deck.
AS the Alberta started off signals were
shown ordering hat no salutes should
be fired. The crews of the cruiser Aus
tralia and the other royal yachts were
mustered as the Alberta steamed by.
The commencement of the kings first
voyage vas a memorable and impress
sive event.
Funeral Within Ten Days.
New York, Jan. ga dispatch to
the World from London says: All the
royalty of Europe will be gathered at
the funeral of Queen Victoria. The as
semblage will be unprecedented. be-
cause her majesty was closely related
to the European courts, big and little.
The queen. will in all probability be
buried within ten days at Frogmore
n%iausoleum, which she erected over the
prince consort in Windsor park.
In former days a month would be al
lowed to elapse between the death and
the burial of the sovereign.
For one day the body of the queen
will lie in state in Waterloo chamber,
Windsor castle. The funeral will take
place at 9 o'clock at night, with the ut
most pomp and ceremony, in st.
Georges chapel.
In addition to the Emperor of Ger
many, it is expected that the kings of
Denmark, Greece, Belgium. Servia,
Saxony and Portugal will attend, to-
gether with many lesser rulers.
All England will participate in the
funeral Of the queen. From the time
the sad ceremonies began at Osborne
house until the body is buried at Frog
more there will be funeral and me-
mortal services throughout the Eng
disappearing world.
There has been no burial of a SOW
ereign in England for nearly sixty-four
years. Since the ~obsequise of William
w the world has moved forward SO far
that even the funeral of a British mon
arch would be utterly unlike any that
has gone before.
The Funeral Services.
1t is believed that a simple ceremony
will be held at Osbone house and that
the body Of the queen will Their be
placed in the royal yacht and conveyed
to Portsmouth.
A funeral train will take the royal
dead and the mourning family to Lon
don. At the stations along the route
the crepe-covered train will be met by
the mourning people with barred heads.
1t will arrive at Victoria station.
The millions Of the metropolis win
lay aside the ordinary duties and
pleasures for the day, all places Of
amusement and of gain will be closed,
and all the populace will gather to
mourn the queen and do her honor.
The funeral procession viii form at
the railway station and proceed to Pad
dington station and the last stage of
the journey to Frogmore will be begun.
This season there is a large death