Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-26
PRIVATE SERVICES
Held Over the Queens Re-
mains at Osborne Houss.
Members of Royal Family Present.
Dignitaries View the Remains.
England Much GratiIicd at Expressions Of
Sympathy from America.

such az seldom marks the passing
| from daylight into the darkness of the
coffin the royal family, yesterday,
! took their last loving look at the fca-
lures Of the dead Queen. About 10
O'Clock in the morning the shell was
| brought into the bed room where were
waiting King Edward, Emperor Will
ltm, the Duke Of Connaught Sir James
Reid and the royal ladies The latter
having retired, Sir James Reid with
Ieverent hands assisted by three trust
! cd household servants and in the pres
ence Of the King, the Emperor and the
| Duke, removed the body from the bed
| TO tae coffin.
| In death il was lovelier than in the
| closing days Of life Not a trace of the
| ravages Of disease was visible The ser
| wants having retired, Queen Alexan-
dIia. the princesses and the children
We're recalled and with lingering steps
| and stified sObs they passed slowly be-
| fore this white robed and peaceful fig
uIe. At the foot, never moving, stood
| the King, and when the mourning
crowd had passed there remained only
| the son and the grandson of the
dead. Emperor William wept even
| more bitterly than the royal ladies.
| Finally he also retired and the King
was left alone.
Sir James Reid, reckoning to the
servants with the coffin lid, asked the
| Kings instructions. For few seconds
| the King stood speeehless, stricken
with emotion at the last farewell. Then
| he said: Close it finally. 1t must not
be opened again."
Thus the remains of Englands
greatest ruler We're forever closed from
human view. Reverently the coffin was
| borne into the dining room. Officers
| and men from the royal yachts took
their stand around the coffin, over
| which the King, Queen and Kaiser
gently laid the robes of Knight of
the Garter. placing at the head a dia
| mond crown. Beneath lay the royal en-
sign, while hanging above was the
Union Jack.
At the altar was the rector of Whip
bingham. who read n portion of the flu
neral service in the presence of the
royal family. Emperor William covered
his face with his hands and the grief
of the Princess Beatrice was pitiful.
After the benediction each placed a
wreath upon the coffin and then all re-
tired.
The correspondent of The Associated
Press is informed that the Queens will
has not been opened and that. accord
| ing to the present arrangements, it will
not be opened until after the funeral,
its details being unknown to the royal
family. There is no truth in the state
ment that King Edward and Emperor
William knelt at the bedside of the
Queen and swore to preserve peace. A
significant feature of all the death bed
scenes has been their absolute natural
ness and the absence of false or dra
matte elements.
According to a rumor circulating at
Osborne King Edward desires himself
to be styled His Imperial Majesty, in
order to emphasize the fact that he is
Emperor as well as King.
Today Saturday. the local volun-
teers and the forces in the vicinity will
pass through the chapelle ardente. At
ter these will pass the correspondents
of the leading papers of the world.
a very remarkable feature of all the
proceedings is the intense martial air
which pervades them. The naval pa
rade off Sptehead is to be the greatest,
if possible, the world ever saw. and
the military arrangement at Windsor,
will eclipse anything of the kind ever
attempted.
Tonight GrenadierS are mounting
their silent guard over the coffin with
guns reversed and arms crossed and
heads bent The silence is unbroken
save by an occasional shuttle from the
soldiers in changing their uneasy posi-
ton.
London, Jan. 26.--It is virtually set
tied that there will be an imposing fun
eral procession through London, head
ed by the King, Emperor William and
Lord Roberts. The route will be nearly
the same as that of Lord Roberts
triumphal entry but reversed. Mr..
VIM. st. John Brodrick, secretary of
state for war and Lord Roberts will go
to Osborne. today, to settle the mill
tary program of the procession and the
funeral procedure at Windsor.
The Cowes correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph says he learns that the Duke
and Duchess of Cornwall and York will
proceed to Australia as originally ar
ranged, the Mig UeiIlS unWllllHS u
allow private sorrows to interfere with
an undertaking of such imperial sig
nificance.
ST. Johns. N. F., Jan. 25.-King Ed
ward VII was formally proclaimed
sovereign over New Foundland, at
noon today. the ceremony of proclama-
ton being conducted by the governor,
Sir Henry McCallum.
London, Jan. 25.-Such members of
ROYALTIES and representatives of for
eign nations are coming to take part
in the funeral ceremonies that the roy
al palaces will be quite inadequate to
accommodate them and various hotels
and great residences in London are be-
ing secured.
Perrin. Jan. 25.-The Navy Gazette
nublshes a general order in which
EmnerOr William expresses his SYM
pathy for the sister navy of Great