The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

Which add a shadow Of anxiety to tha
mourning for the queen. -t.--
Tonight the queens body lies In the
chapel at Windsor, guarded faithfully,
awaiting the last rites. Within the
chapel is most brilliantly lighted King
Edward and Queen Alexandra, Emperor
William and the princes and their suite
dlned magnificently this evening. Three
kings and heads of principalities with
special representatives left Windsor this
evening after lunch at the castle. Their
departure was somewhat interfered with
by the enormous proportions of the
crowds gathered round the Windsor sta
ton and in many cases the royal per-
sonages were literally bundled into the
special trains awaiting them 1t was
at Windsor that the only bitches in the
elaborate programme of the day oc-
Cured, and these added to rather than
detracted from the dramatic and pathetic
interest. The first and most striking
was the utter intracticability of the
horses attached to the gun carriage
bearing the coffin The alarm and
chagrin of the king and Emperor VIII
liam, who had hurried UP to ascertain
the cause of delay in the procession
leaving Windsor station was patent upon
their countenances. The horses strug-
gled in their traces and the coffin was
almost thrown from the gun carriage
Lord Roberts asked the king for permls-
sion to take out the horses and subsd-
tute for them jackies, who had come
up from Portsmouth as a guard of hon
or This suggestion was quickly sane
toned and the last time Victoria's S body
was borne before her subjects 1t was
by her royal "handy men," who at an
opportune moment saved the situation.
Tonight the king sent message OF
thanks to Prince Henry of Battenberg
for the services of the sailors of his
command.
A PATHETIC SCENE.
The other hitch occurred curing the re-
Ggious part Of the ceremony. The serv-
ices at st. Georges chapel were brief
but beautiful. The choral services had
formed fitting climax to the military
parade. The trembling voice of the
archbishop of Canterbury, who is al
most blind, had hardly ended the final
6enedlction when he turned to go to the
altar steps. His sight and strength
failed him, and he tottered, eroped and
was on the point of falling when +bo
archolshop of York, WHO mad been stand1
ing some distance behind him. advannod
ana caught his hand, gently Ieadino, The
venerable prelate to the holv fabIe
ne. zen they both knelt, the greatest di@ni.
lar1es OF England, next in rank to tbo
Ioyai ploco' their heads bowed upon the
RI iCl,.
cps prayed and the bishops and cieroI,
reVerently kept their knees the king ana
emperor William, followed by three
other kings, walked almost hurriedIv IN
10 the. altar rails and out into the cas+Ia
BY private exit. Their gorgeous suites
IclloWed mechanically and a kaleidoscopa
o. color and royalty surged UP the
chancel Against this hurrying throng
the coffin and kneeling figures within the
6cly enclosure stood out in contrast.
Stlll the archbishops prayed and still The
Sally caparisoned princes sought ar ont
let by which they might gain the Water
100 chamber in which the Iong-delayed
luncheon had been laid. Almost touch
ing the coffin they chatted. Ambassador
Choate shook hands with another am
EaSSador.
Then the throng turned, for orders
came for the suites and ambassadors to
&c out by another door. The returning
throng met those coming up almost at
TIE coffin, well nigh causing melee.
Finally they reached the door and the
tody of the queen was left alone before
the altar save for the stern figures of her
gentlemen at arms with haIberds in
hand, guarding the remains, as the
bodies of Edward ", Charles [. and
Henry VIII. were guarded in the same
chapel hundreds of years ago.
Both Ambassador Choate and Secretary
White walked through the streets of
Windsor with the procession. The royal
sentiments regarding the expressions of
American sympathy before mentioned
were conveyed to them in the blue draw
ing room, after the royal luncheon in
the Waterloo chamber, to which they
were invited in company, with a few
other notables. Messrs. Choate ana
White returned to London tonight in
company with the Austrian ambassador,
T OrdT T a nd a of Of
Reports are conflicting, but it appears
that the duchess of Cornwall and York
did not attend the funeral services, but
remained with her husband, concerning
whose condition no bulletin has been is
sued tonight.