Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-08
HOMAGE TO THE DEAD
Funeral Cortege of the Queen Passes
Through London.
Viewed by Hundreds of Thousands
of sorrowing Subjects - linz
prcssive Ceremonies
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loved monarch, all that is mortal of
Queen Victoria was borne through
the streets of the capital and taken
to the ancient fortress-palace of
the sovereigns of England. The solemn
magnifcence of Fridays opening phase
of these last rites was duly maintained.
Perhaps the stately grandeur of Sat-
urday's sorrowful pageant through
the swarming streets of London, with
hundreds of thousands of mourners
forming a black border to the route,
will never be surpassed.
DistInguishcd Mourners.
Never in English history has a SOW
ereign been borne to the grave attend
ed by so many distinguished mourners.
The gathering of crowned heads sur
passed those who rode in the Jubilee
procession. All the great officers of
state participated.
The display of the naval and military
forces reached the great total of 35, 900
men.
Minute Guns Fired.
The firing of minute guns and the
tolling of bells at a quarter past II an
nounced to the countless multitudes
who had been crowding London's mud
dy streets since daylight that the
funeral procession with the body of
Queen Victoria had begun its passage
through the capital.
People Seek to See CONN.
The people fought for hours for a
glimpse of the coffin and the kings and
Others following it. They saw a long
procession of soldiers. a passing show
of dazzling regalia, with hundred
royalties crowding after, and then dis
persed, while all the church chimes of
the city were ringing and mufled
dirges were played.
Funeral Train Arrives.
1t was nearly II o'clock. when
amid cries of "The king of Portupal's
horse" the grand duke of Hesse's
horse" as the princes mounted. the
train steamed into Victoria station
a minute ahead of time.
All heads were uncovered as the
saloon carriage bearing the queens
remains stopped exactly opposite the
gun carriage and King Edward, Queen
Alexandra, Emperor William and
OtnerS AIgnted.
Coffin Removed from Train.
Then the bearer party advanced to
the saloon carriage, and with his
hand at the salute and standinga little
in advance of the others, King Ed
ward watched the painfully slow re-
moval of the coffin to the gun car
riage. 1t was finally accomplished
and the pail and regalia of the Brit
ISL crown were placed on the coffin.
Procession starts.
The king and the others with him
then mounted and the procession
started.
The procession, apart from the gun
carriage bearing the coffin, and the
royal family and official mourners
about it, was not noteworthy. Par
lament, the judiciary and the com
mercial bodies were not represented.
Royalty. the army and navy monopo-
lized the pageant. Three thousand
soldiers and sailors, picked companies
representing all branches of the serv-
ice, cavalry artillery, infantry, yeo-
manry, militia volunteers and colo
malls, formed the advance escort.
March without Music.
They marched slowly and without
music. Most of the uniforms were Gov
cred with dark overcoats and the stand
ards were draped with black, the of
ficers wearing bands of crepe on their
sleeves. The infantry marched in col
umns of four, with rifles reversed.
They were half an hour in passing.
Then came Field Marshal Earl Roberts
and his staff, and, after them, four
massed bands playing funeral marches.
Three hundred musicians announced
the coming of the body of the queen.
There was long array of court Off
cials, under the leadership of the duke
of Norfolk (the earl marshaD all at
tired quantity and brilliantly, bearing
maces or wands, most of them elderly |
men who for years had served the roy
al lady for whom they were performing |
the last offices.
The Royal Mourners.
Immediately after the company |
about the coffin three royal mourners
rode abreast. King Edward VII. was
the central figure of the three, but no |
less ostentatious parsonage was seen
in the procession.
A black chapeau with plume of
white feathers was on his head, and a |
long black cloak was buttoned around |
him and hung down over the big black |
horse which he was riding. The kings /
familiar face seemed grave and care
worn. He looked straight ahead. ap-
parently at the gun carriage on which |
was the body of the sovereign whose |
glory and responsibilities he had in
herited. He did not see, or gave no !
sign of seeing, the long ranks of SOL |
diers hedging back the populace about
him.
Appearance OF Emperor william.
Beside King Edward rode Emperor
William, his nephew and neighbor.
The unique, commanding figure of the
German emperor could not for mo-
ment be mistaken. He looked every |
inch q soldier and the commap5ar % |