The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-02
SPECIAL NOTICE.

her and the spectators on all the other craft
took off their hats So. with all eyes TO-
cused on the tiny-looking purple bier; the
remains OF Queen Victoria were carried hy
over all the miles of waters there came
no sound. save the boom of cannon and the
mournIul notes e MAN. NAM bands 3. a,.
Twenty minutes after the fist pair OF
torpedo-boat destroyers came abreast OF
the pressboat. the historic parade had
passed and dwindiing smaller and
smaller toward the sunset. where the rIir-
PIE clouds and volumes of smoke made IN
overpoweringly impressive stage spectacle
The guns OF each warshIp ceased ftrinS
when the Alberta mad scne by. -.If the
marines reversed arms" But they aad all
the crews remained at .neir statiors while
the hset Steamers from the chores, their
decks solid masses of black. crowded with
thousands of the late Queens SIDJesss.
raised their anchors and followed outside
Gradually the direction of the minute
guns lessened as the batteries of ship after
swept around the end OF the line and INTO
the entrapce Of Portsmouth Harbor.
1t was O'Clock when the echoes Of the
last gun ceased. The sun was great red
globe sinking to the hilltops. the clouds he
I'm to fall again upon the channel anu
. the body of the Queen was safe In Forts
When the Alberta entered the harbor
with the minute guns in the forts sound
ing the bells of all the churches OF the
moored there. fired a salute of muzzle-load-
ers. The marines manning her stood al
arms; The Admirars band tiaSed pda,ar,s disse-
The escorting torpedo-boat destroyers drew
ahead and steamed into their berths and
the Alberta was moored In Clarence yard.
A guard of 100 marines marched on board.
During the night the quarterback, where
the bier rests. is lighted by electricity Con-
spicuous among the officers on duty aooard .ss
guished himself In the China campaign and
Captain Lambton Of South African celeb
rity.
buoy in midstream. with the Hohenzollern
lying near. The royal personages and thcir
suites dned on board and VIII pass the
night there.
Steam launches with armed guards. pa
trolled around both yachts all night
100 200 EVERY town along the channc; con-
tributed its quota, and the railroh COM
panies were helpless this evening before
parade. Thousands crawied into tie sta
tons and literally fought their way into
the trains The special cars were I, their
mercy. Foreign officers, diplomat.sts and
members of Parliament mixed IN tine rush
and took their chances with the mob. The
cars going toward London were packed to
suffocation by all classes OF oesple-
CONN Placed on the Yacht.
The light oak of the coffin shown out as
the sailors grasped the handles. The young
Crown Prince Of Germany could scarcely
keep his hand at the salute for emotion:
With perfect precision the coffin was lifted
off the gun carriage on board the yacht.
Once more the grenadiers came to present
as the King followed by his relatives.
stepped toward the gangway, and the re-
gala and robes were replaced on the cof-
fin.
The King then boarded a steam launch
and went on to the royal yacht, Victoria
and Albert. Shortly afterwards the other
ROYALTIES boarded the royal yachts and she
away from the pier, and passed the ships
which lay waiting In the sunlit Solent-
A few minutes after the Alberta left
minute guns began TO be fired. and before
the CamperdOwn was passed the. Solent
echoed and re-echoed with reports. After
the Alberta had rounded the headland and
turned toward Portsmouth. the yacht pro-
ceeded at a higher speed than expected.
preceded by the torpedo boats and accom-
panied hy the Irene
Not until the Alberta was almost out Of
sight did the troops lining the streets OF
Fast Cowes break ranks. Then the crowds
srrged through the streets making for the
sea front.