Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-01

mournful display of naval pOmp and
power the body of Queen Victoria was
borne this afternoon from it's resting
place in Osborne house to Portsmouth,
the heart of England's navy. Not since
Admiral Cervera's ships lit up the Cuba
coast with their self-consuming fires has
anything been seen which in tragic
splendor approached the naval spectacle
of today. The half hundred red fighting
ships that this afternoon fired their
broadsides and minute guns We're in
feriOr in strength to the force gathered
in the same waters for the jubilee cele-
bratiOn, but the lack of formidableness
was fully atOned for - the solemnity
of this fleet in mourning. Over the still
waters between the soil of the six
Founders, came strains of hCopin's and
Beethoven's funeral marches. The
crews, accustomed to cheer with the
heartiness which belongs .-ly to
"jackies," stood silently along the decks,
and the flags. which usually float de-
family in the breeze, dropped half way
down the halyards. The most powerful
fleet England could gather on short no.
tice lay inert and silent save for the
mOurnful strains of the bands and the
mournful sounds Of the gun that brooked
neither peace nor war, but death. 1t
passed the HOhenzollern, the huge Cam
perdoWn, the Rodney, the BenOoW, on
through the line of the battleships, all
as powerful on paper as the oregon or
Kentucky still on till Japans Halsuz,
the biggest warship in the world, was
left astern. and the German Baden was
beam to beam with Vice Admiral Sir
Harry Hodsworth Rawson's splendid
flagship, the Majestic of the hCannel
squadron, the naval funeral procession
slowly steamed. Ahead We're eight de-
stroyers and seldom have these speedy
craft drawn their long black hulls SO
Gluggishly through the water.
Steaming lesurely after them was the
royal yacht Alberta, half screened by
the awning of the poop, the royal co1fn
p,aced on a crimson dais, the curtains
of which were drawn back and tied TO
four poles leaving free to view the mag
nificent robes Sometimes a beam. some>
times ahead was the Trinity house yacht
Irene. watching the course, While in the
wake of the coffin came the royal Nacht
Victoria and Alberta with King Edward
and Queen Alexandra and the English
royal family: the royal yacht Osborne,
without royal personages: the imperlaf
Yacht Hohenzolern. with Emperor Will
liam, the Duke and Duchess of Con-
nnught and others; the admiralty yacht
Enchantress and a Trinity hose yacht
with officials on board.
The main squardon of battleships ana
cruisers were moored two and half
cables apart, in one line, extending from
Cowes to Spithead.
The channel fleet. under the command
OF Vice Admiral Sir Harry HoldsWorth
Kawson formed the eastern part ana the
reserve fleet under Rear Admlral olf
Gerard Henry Noel formed the west
ward portion. The foreign war vessels
were moored southwest of the British
ships in the order of their arrival and
alongside of them were moored eight
British gunboats, the Antelope. Cleaner
Skipiack, I.eda Rattlesnake, Alert, Gree
and Speedwell.
After leaving Trinity pier. the Alberta
with her attendant escort. steamed along
the deep channel between the coast o.
the Isle of Wright and the signal line
of Battleships and cruisers.
The navy line was as follows begin
ming at Cowes:
The Alexandra. Camperdown. Rodney
Ben Bow, CollingtOn. COLOSSUS. SaI
Pareill, Neil, Howe. Melampas, Severn
Galatea, Bellona, Pactolus, Pelorus. Ds
ara, Conqueror, Arrogant, Minerva
Niobe, Hero. Hood, Trafalgar. Resolu
tion, Jupiter. Hannibal, Mars. Prince
George and Majestic.
Minute guns We're fired by all the ship!
in the Solent and at Cowes commencing
when the Alberta left the pier.
Each ship ceased firing immediatel.
after the tail of the procession haf
passed here. After the procession has
passed the Majectic the forts and ship
in Portsmouth harbOr commenced fir
ing minute guns and continued f1rin,
until the Alberta was alongside tn,
wharf.
No standards Were flying except en-
signs and Union Jacks were at hal
mast. The bands played the funera
marches of Chopin and Beethoven only
No national anthem was played.
On the approach of the procession tn
ships were manned and the guards an
bands We're paraded.
The officers We're in full dress and tn
men NO. 1 rig and straw hats. TIL
guards presented arms as the Albert
passed each ship and then rested on thei
arms reversed until the procession ha
passed.
A detachment of marines and the ad
niraPs band We're on board Nelson's oil
flagship, the Victor in Portsmouth har
bor.
All the seafront and dockyards wer