The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-02-02
DEEP AND PROFOUND
EMOTION INSPIRED
By the Immense Funeral
in Honor Of Queen Vic
tOria'S Memory

Portsmouth, Feb 1.-The big
boil on the town han commenced ring
INK "a funeral knel on the arrival of tho
Alberta. and continued 10 ton for two
hours. The Majestic and tne German
6agship were the last of tho fleet TO sa-
Lutte the cortcge
Tho pageant was Witnessed by thou
sands of persons aroat and ashore.
Tho Alberta entered the harbor at
$40 p. m ana moored alongside the
landing place Tho royal yachts Victoria
and Alberta and the Osborne were se-
cured 10 huoss iu the harbor While the
Imperial yacht Ilohenzollern was berth
cd by tho slide oi the dock yard jotty-
Three specia trains took down the
members of The house OF lords aud the
house Of commons aud the diplomats
and the correspondents Of Victoria sta
tion to Portsmouth carry this morning.
a snowy frost was sprnkled over the
green fields under a glistenlng sun,
whose rays were shifted through q type
ica English mist wsfe half-masted ua-
ions wore h,ins from pc many buildings
in the town along the road. a great roy
% sfandard drooned from The stan
above The ancient tower of Arundel. the
Duke OF Norioiks seat
The members of parliament and core
respondents. representing every ma
tion. embarked on "a small steamer and
were entertained az luchoon os guests OF
the admiralty. a fog had settled over
the stil waters OF the solent through
which war ships appeared like great
shnpeless black rocks The fleet stretched
from Portsmouth 20 Cowes the turrets
OF Osborne standing above the purple
hlis. Abreast were the batteships Benz
how and Collingwood. These cmblems
OF Great Britaln's imperinl power were
IN policemen guarding the avenue, ten
miles long through which the queens
body was 20 pass 10 the mainland OF the
kingdom There were nineteen British
battleshlps. eleven cruisers and eight
spnboats not even the fun stretch oe
the channel squadron. Eight naval em-
bassados Of friendly powers were rang
ed along the Portmouth end while gum
boat snnd steamers without spectators
formed the remainder ~ the Southern
line Tho British ships We're an impos-
ing sight with their uniform decorations.
coal black hulls. with q line of red just
above the water white upper decks ana
yellow smoke stacks.
AN displayed the jack nj the foremast
and tho white ensign nt half-mast az
their sterns
The foreign ships attracted most OF the
attention OF The English spectators The
giant of the whole fleet was the Jap.
aneso hatteship Hatsus. the largest war
machine aiioat fortress of clay color
"a steel with tho scarlet sun on the
white ted hanging at her stern. The
fighting emblem of the youngest world
power.
Emperor Williams navy was repre-
scented by the Nymphe. Victoria Louise,
Hagen and Baden, an with blue gray
5 upper works. Tho Hagen was nying
Prince Henry OF PRUSSIA flag yellow
arms on white field.
The Dupuy De LONE. under France
trl-color was fine sight She ls built
with prow-frontcd long ram, high out
Of the water.
Portugal was represented by the crui-
scr Don Carlos.
The ia crtune OF spam's Aavy as
serted itself AZ the ~ ,.he.., for
word came that the Emperor Carlos v,
had turned back from her trip 70 the
port with crippled engines
The pathway between the war ships
was quarter of q mile wide avenue OF
clear wator. Behind the line OF war
ships hooverod a few yachts ana chan
mel steamers. Black torpedo bolts ana
torpedo boat dcstroyers were sKirmish-
ing about, and officers giga ana iaunch-
es swarmed everywhere Bugle calls
carn0 over the water and raudv signil
nasa burst out and disappeared,
Queens weather came at noon IN "a
burst of sunshine and the clouds clear
cd away from tho channel and fingered
above the tree tops along the orests OF
hills on either side The police hoaw
ushored the merchant shipping ond
crowded excursion crafts back 10 their
anohorages under the shelter of tho
shore
Through the whole length of the cham
mol there was only long double fie OF
war ships and black messenger boats
daahing among them. For nearly three
hours the neet watched ror the coming
OF the funeral The Officers on the
bridges ia the most gorgeous uniforms,
with an their decorations and mgdaln
scanning the cowcs shore docks through
their glasses An occasional brilliant
burst OF sunshine showed tens OF thou
aands Of spectators, subjects OF the dead
queen, assembled 20 witness her last
passage from cowes TO Portmouth
shortly after . o'clock white smok,
broke from the Majestios side, and a
report cracked over the water and ths