Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-02-05
SEALED IN HER TOMB.
Body of Queen Victoria Inferred
at Frognore.
REsTs NEAR HUSBANDS REMAINS.
Bissop oT winchester Prayed The LORDS
rras en- the eosn.nit.ai Prayer and Asked
Denedic:ion King aud Queer aud
haiser Among Those lresent.

Atnedit.lbh~ htHR ana 2utfh anu
hai.er Among Those aresent.
Windsor. Feb 5.-The last honors
have been paid to Queen Victoria
Her body now rests peacefully near
that of her husband iii the mausoleuiB
III i9rogmore. The final ceremonies
were more of pathetic character
;llan any OF the obsequies which pre-
stled them. Shortly before 3 O'Clock
e4day. Il, the presence of the royal
turner's, the Grenadier guard OF
sGu9r lifted the coffin from its tenn
porary resting place in the Albert
memorial chapel and placed it on a
gun carriage. In the meanwhile the
Queens company OF Grenadiers,
drawn up in the quadrangle, present
ed arms and wheeled into line, their
rifles at the reverse. and, with slow.
measured steps, marched toward the
castle gate. At the head Of the pro-
cession was a band playing Chopin's
funeral march.
Slowly the cortege passed under the
massive arehway on the long walk.
which was a mass of black, brilliantly
edged with scarlet. Life guardsmen
KEEP the crowds back.
In place on the gun carriage was
the same regalia which attracted the
eyes of millions since the march to
the grave began at Osborne. Close
behind walked the king. Emperor
William and the Duke of Connaught.
wearing dark, military overcoats and
plumed cooked hats. and looking pale
and careworn. In similar dull attire
were the kings of Portugal and Bel
GUM. All heads were bent. The
blue and gray of the German prince
redeemed the royal group from per
feet somberness of color. Behind
these walked Queen Alexandra and
the royal princesses deeply yelled.
The queen carried an umbrella, but
the others had their hands folded.
As the last trio of these yelled women
passed ont from tle castle there
came two boys dressed in bright
Tartan kits and velvet jackets. Be
tween them was a young girl, her
fair, loose hair glittering against the
Grape of her mourning Two of these
were children Of Princess Henry of
Battenberg and the other was little
Prince Edward of York His tiny
legs could hardly keep pace even with
the slow progress of the moarnies
band.
The rear of the procession was
brought up by the suites CT the kings
and princes. the vari-eolorea eeei..
coats forming striking patchps sc
color. Down the long walk, with tAe
band still playing Chopin's dirge, this
quiet throng slowly made its way to
the mauseloum. The horses attached
to the gun carriage were inclined to
be FESTIVE. but, as an extra precau-
ton, drag of ropes was attached
to the wheels and held by sturdy ar
tillerymen.
At the lodge gates the strain of tn,
band died away and the pipers com
menced their lament
There. between the broad avenue
Of stately trees, the crowds were the
thckest. forming dense black banks.
BY about $3.50 D. m. the crowned
bier had passed into the other lodge,
which leads to the Froginore enclos-
ure whore none but the family and
servants We're admitted
The coiiia was borne from the gun
carriage hy the Grenadiers, the pipers
ceased their dirge. and the choir,
moving forward, commenced to sing,
Yet though I walk through the wax
ley before"
The inside of the mausoleum being
reached they sang, MAN that's born
of woman. While the royal family
took their places around the coffin.
the dome Of Victora's tomb re-echoed
with the sad strains of Lord. Thou
KnoweSt''
The bishop of Winchester, standing
on the platform surrounding the mar
BILE figure of the Prince Consort. on
which rested the queens coffin. read
the commital prayer and the Lords
Prayer Then the choir sang sSleep
Thy Last Sleep" the dean said the
collect, the choir broke into the an
them, THE Face of Death is Turned
Toward the Sun of Life" and, with
hands stretched over the congrega-
ton, the bishop of Winchester pro-
nounced the benediction. A short.
solemn silence followed broken by
the sweet cadence of Stainer's
amen" and then King Edward and
Emperor William, the visiting kings
and the princes and the queen and
princesSes filed before the bier and
passed out to their carriages
The mourners drove to the castle
and the crowds dispersed