Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-02-07

commercial crisis and political ian
gers which give shadow of anxiety
1 to their mourning for the queen
Queens Body at Windsor.
Last night the queens body lay in
Albert chapel at Windsor, guarded
faithfully, awaiting the last rites
Within the castle. brilliantly lighted,
/ King Edward, Queen Alexandra, IN
peror William and the princes in tneir
suites dined magnifcently. Three
kings and the heads of principalities
with special representatives left for
Windsor last evening after lunching at
the castle. Their departure was
somewhat interfered with by the enor-
nous proportions of the crowds gath.
cred around Windsor station, and in
many cases the royal personages were
literally bundled into the special trains
awaiting them.
Hitches In Ceremonies.
It was at Windsor that the bitches
in the elaborate program of the day
occurred. These added to. rather than
detacted from the dramatic and pa
! thetic interests. The first and most
striking was the utter intractability of
the horses attached to the gun car
riage bearing the coffin. The alarm
and chagrin of the king and emperor
who had hurried up to ascertain the
cause of the delay in the procession
! leaving Windsor station was patent
upon their countenances. The horses
/ struggled in their traces and the cot
| fin was almost thrown from the gun
carriage. Lord Roberts asked the
\ king for permission to take out the
! horses and substitute for them the
| tackles, who had come up from Ports
mouth as a guard of honor, This
suggestion was quickly sanctioned,
and the last time that Victoria s body
was borne before her subjects it was
by her royal handy men, who at the
opportune moment saved the situa
ton. Last night the king sent a mes
| Battenburg for the services of the
sailors at his command.
Archbishop Almost Faints.
The other hitch occurred during the
religious part of the ceremony. The
services at st. Georges chapel were
brief but beautiful The choral ser.
vice had formed the fitting culmina-
! ton to the martial parades. The
! trembling voice of the archbishop of
Canterbury who is almost blind, had
] & al a ipta,,
before he turned to go up the altar
steps. His sight and strength failed
him. he tottered, CROPPED, was on the
point of falling when the archbishop
of York who had been standing some
! distance behind him, advanced, caught
his hand and gently led the venerable
prelate to the holy table There they
both knelt, the greatest dignitaries OF
! England's church, next in rank to the
! royal blood, their heads bowed upon
the purple altar cloth
While the archbishops prayed and
the bishops and clergy reverently
kept their knees, the king and En-.
peror William followed by three other
kings walked almost hurriedly up to
the altar rails and out into the castle
by the private exit. Their gorgeous
suites followed mechanically and a
Kaleidoscope of color and royalty
surged up the chancel Against this
hurrying throng the coffin and kneel-
ing figures within the holy enclosure
stood out in contrast. Still, the arch.
bishop prayed, still the gaily capari- |
soned princes sought the outlet by
chamber in which long delayed |
luncheon had been laid. Almost toucn !
ing the coffin they chatted. Ambassa.
dor Choate shook hands with another |
ambassador Then the stream turned |
for riders came for the suites and |
ambassadors to go ont by another I
door. The recurring throng met those I
coming up almost at the coffin. /
woll nigh causing q melee Finally /
they reached the Other door and taa !
body of the queen was left alone be-
fore the altar save for the stern fig
ures Of her gentlemen at arms with /
halberds in their hand guarding the
remains as the bodies OF Edward ~.
Charles l. and Henry VII were guard
ed in the same chapel hundreds Of
years ago
Both Ambassador Choate and Score
tary White walked through the streets
OF Windsor with the procession. The
royal sentiments regarding the ex-
pressions Of American sympathy b.
fore mentioned were conveyed to them
in the blue drawing room after the
royal luncheon in Waterloo chamber,
% which they were invited, In com
pany with few other notables
Messrs. Choate ana White returned to