Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
BURIAL SERVICE AT WINDSOR.
Blue Jackets Draw the Gun Carriage on its
Final Stage.

Blue Jackets Draw the Gun Carriage OH its
Final Stage.
| The funeral cortege reached Pad
| dington about i o'clock, and the mill
| tary section passed rapidly out with
out checking the movement of the
Queens bodyguurd and the royal
mourners. The officers of the guards
and the household cavalry carried the
| coffin to the train. and kings. princes,
prlncesses and court ladies We're es-
corted to the railway compartments.
The train did not reach Windsor until
after 9 O'Clock. Its arrival was an
+, nounced by minute guns.
| The roadway from the station to st.
Georges chapel was lined with troops,
and through 1t moved the short fu-
neral procession. The escort of life
guards was in the van, with several
pursuivants of arms in the fantastic
regalia worn when the king was pro-
claimed. Lord Roberts followed, with
Sir Evelyn Wood, General Pole Carew
and a few aids. The massed bands
again sounded the soul-stirring refrain
of Beethoven's funeral march. The
| lord chancellor and the lord steward
| preceded the gun carriage, which was
! drawn by blue jackets from Windsor
station to st. Georges, as the horses
became unmanageable. This was the
only mishap of the day.
| So, with the jeweled crown and the
| Offering orb of empire laid aside, the
Queen had returned to the royal Wind
| sor, and with her had come the king,
| the emperor, sovereigns, heirs to
4 thrones, many princes and grand dukes,
to pay her reverence.
1t was short circuit from the sta
ton to st. Georges, While bells were
tolling and minute guns were boom
| ing. and at the entrance to that grand
Tudor chapel the dean, prebendaries
| and choir waited for the heralds to
pass through, then led the way through
the nave into the choir, where the cOf-
Tin was set down by its bearers in the
center. The king took his place ut the
head of the coffin, with Lord Penn
broke and the Duke Of Norfolk on
eitEeI side and Lord Clarendon at the
foot. The German emperor, Queen
| Alexandra and eighty royal person
ages were assigned to their proper
| places.
There were fewer than 1000 wit
| nesscs of the burial service, which fol-
| lowed without change the regular
burial office of the English church,
the anthem and hymn having plain
| musical setting in accordance with the
| Queens taste. The bishop of Winches-
ter and the dean of Windsor read the
service as far as the commitment SEN
fences and prayers. which were de.
| ferred until today at Frogmore.
When the anthem had been sung
there was last touch of mediaeval-
ism. William Henry Weldon, who us
Norroy king-at-arms had proclaimed
Edward VII at st. James. at the Grif-
fin and at the Royal Exchange, again
interviewed to announce officially the
/ termination of the Victorian reign. In
a clear, resonant voice, ringing like a
trumpet through the historic chapel.
with its memories of knights of the
Garter and its traditions of the glory
on royalty, he pronounced as Garter
king-at-arms the various styles Of
/ Queen Victoria, empress of India.
So ended the stately obsequies of the
good and gracious Queen, ruler of
hearts in England, Europe and Amer
lea, While closely timed commemora-
tive services We're held simultaneously
mt st. Panl's, Westminster Abbey, ev-
cry English cathedral and thousands
of places of worship in London and
throughout the empire.