The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-01-26
THE INDUSTRIOUS DEAD.
All the Royalty Of Europe Will
Gather at the Funeral of
Queen Victoria.
WILL LIE BESIDE the PRINCE CoNsoRT.
The Entire Nation VIII Participate,
Locally, In the Funeral Ceremo-
mics, hic Will Occur In st.
Georges Chapel, Windsor. PrOba-
bly, About Ten Days Hence.

New York, Jan. ga dispatch to
the World from London says:
All the royalty of Europe will gath
err at the funeral of Queen Victoria.
The assemblage will be unprecedent-
ed, because her majesty was closely
related to the European courts, big
and little.
The Place Of Intcrmept.
The queen will in all probability be
buried, within ten days, at Frogmore
mausoleum, which she erected over
the prince consort in Windsor park.
In former days, a month would be
allowed to elapse between the death
and the burial of the sovereign.
A Night Funeral.
For one day the body of the queen
will lie in state in Waterloo chamber,
| Windsor castle. The funeral will take
place at nine o'clock at night, with
the utmost pomp and ceremony, in
St. Georges chapel.
In addition to the German emperor,
1t is expected hat the kings of Den
mark, Greece, Belgium, Servia, Sax
ony and Portugal will attend, togeth-
err with many lesser rulers.
All England VIII Participate.
All England will participate in the
funeral of the queen. From the time
the sad ceremonies begin at Osborne
House, until the body is buried at
Frogmore, there will be funeral and
memorial services throughout the En-
glish-speaking world.
There has been no burial of a sover-
eign in England for nearly sixty-four
years. Since the obsequies of Will
lam ". the world has moved for
ward so far that the funeral of a
British monarch will be utterly I'M
like that of any that have gone be-
fore.
Simple Ceremony Mt Osborne House.
1t is believed that a simple cere-
mony will be held at Osborne House.
and that the body of the queen will
then be placed in the royal yacht and
conveyed 10 Portsmouth.
a funeral train will take the ROYAL
dead and The mourning family to
London. At the stations along the
route the crape-covered train will be
met by the mourning people with
barred heads. 1t will arrive at Vic
toria station.
All Business VIII be Suspended
, The millions of the metropolis will
, lay aside their ordinary duties and
pleasures for the day. All places OF
amusement and of gain will be closed
r and all the ~populace will gather to
I mourn the queen and do her honor.
. The funeral procession will form al
!: the railway station and proceed tc
n Paddington station, and the last stage
q of the journey to Frogmore will be-
n begun.
= The FrOGmore MausOIcum.
y In the grounds of Frogmore, MOI
. far from Windsor castle, is the mag
y nificent mausoleum containing al
that is mortal of the prince consort.
This building, cruciform in shape
~Romanesque in style, cost 1000, 600
the amoun having been provided b,
y her majesty herself. 1t was c%onsecrat
ed in 1862, "a year after the prince
death. He was at first laid TO rest il
ot. GEORGE 5 cnaptl, NlnuSOr.
)O Beside Her Loved Husband.
In the ornate, octagonal chambe
% Of the Frogmore masoleum, 80 feet il
diameter and 65 feet high, is a doubl
DO sarcophagus of dark gray granite
Do resting on polished black marble. !
DO bears a recumbent statue of Primo
DC Albert, executed in white marble b
m | Marpehatfi and ut aach nornar 10 A.
0C bronze figure of a kneeling angel.
90 The queen will h" buried here, be
90 side the dust of her great and goo
90 husband" whose loss she never cease
90 to MOURN
m All LODdOn in Moaning.
90 London has donned a garb c
90 mourning from end to end, and a
90 early hour found = thick fog enveloJ
90 ing the city like a pail, q fitting AZ
M compartment of the funeral appar,
M of every one. Throughout the yves
nm end drawn blinds are the order of th
day, while OIL all the embassies, go
eminent offices and public building
mt the flags are half-mast. Thelawcourt
,er the stock exchange and all the pre-
a duce and metal exchanges throughol
in the country only assemble to clos
h. Immediately after the presiding of
',v GERS had addressed to the members
Ia few words of tribute to the dea
h, monarch. a
In All the Churches.
~. There were exceptionally large co
a. gregations in the churches in all par
in. of the country. At st. Paul's C
"A thedral the prayers for the roy
family were altered to read:
For our sovereign lord, the kir
and the queen consort.'
All Played the Dead March.
All the services were ended by II
=. playing of the dead march. The N
val and military stations fired a s
lutte of 81 guns at midday to signal
the death of the queen, one gun fl
each completed year of the queer
age.
The public buildings r beiI
." draped with black, the stores are d
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