Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
FROM CONES 70 ypIlHtAD
The Body of Queen Victoria Borne,
Amid Naval Pomp, From
Cowes to Spithead.
THROUGH TEN MILES or WARsHIPs.
Minute Guns and the Strains of Cho-
pins and Be~ethOven's Funeral
Marches Furnished the Accom-
panfmeDt to the MournfuI Process
sion of Royal Yachts.

Cowes, Feb. with grand, vet
mournful, display OF naval pomp and
power, the body of Queen Victoria was
borne from it's quiet resting place in
Osborne House to Portsmouth, the
heart of England's navy. Not since
Admiral C~ervera's ships lit up the Gu
ban coast with their self-consuming
fires has anything been seen which in
tragic splendor approached the naval
spectacle presented.
Broadsides and Minute Guns.
The half hundred red fighting ships
that fired their broadsides and min
ute guns were inferior in strength to
the force gathered in the same waters
for the jubilee celebration. but the lack
of formidab leness vas fully atohed for
by the solemnity of this fleet in
mourning. Over the still waters, be-
tween the roll of the six-pounders,
came strains of Chopin's and Beetho-
ven's funeral marches.
The Silent Crews.
The crews, accustomed to cheer
with heartiness which belongs only to
"jackies" stood silently along the
decks. and the flags which usually
float d~efiantly in the breeze, dropped
half way down the halyards. The
most powerful fleet England could
gather on short notice lay inert and
silent save for the m%ournful strains
of the bands and the woeful sound
of guns that betokened neither peace
nor war, but death.
The Funeral Procession.
Past these and past the Hohenzol-
Tern, the huge, though cumbersome
C~amperdown, the Rodney and thu
Benbow, on through the line of Brit
1sh 5a~ttleships,. all rs powerful on
paper as the Oregon or Kentucky;
still on, till Japan's Hatsuz, the big
gest warship in the world, was left
astern and the German Baden was
beam 20 beam with Vice-Admiral Sir
Harry Holdsworth Rawson's splendid
flagship, the Majestic, of the Chan
mel squadron, the naval funeral pro-
cession slowly steamed. Ahead were
eight d~estroyers land seldom have
these speedy craft drawn their long
black hulls so sluggishly through the
water.
The Royal Remains.
Steaming ~leisurely after them was
the royal yacht Alberta, half
screened by the awning on the poop,
the royal coffin placed on a crimson
dais, the curtains of which were
drawn back and tied to four poles,
leaving free to view the magnificent
casket and robes. Sometimes abeam,
sometimes ahead, was the Trinity
House yacht Irene, watching the
coarse, while in the wake of the cot
fin came the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, with King Edward and Queen
Alexandra and the English royal FAM
lily; the royal yacht Osborne, with
other royal ~persopages, the imperial
yacht HohenzoIlern, with Emperor
William, the duke and duchess of Con-
naught and others, the admiralty
yacht Enchantress and a Trinity
House yacht with officials on board.
The Foreign warships.
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, Clean
er, Skipjack, Leda, Battlesnake, Alert,
Cirse and Speedwell.
After leaving Trinity pier, the AL
berta, with her attendant escort,
steamed along the deep channel be-
f1xraan Tho o1ac% ~ 4La Telo "a TJ-:~L4
and the single line of battleships and
cruisers.
Minute Guns Were Fired.
Minute guns were fired by all the
ships in the Solent and at Cowes, com-
mencing when the Alberta left the
pier.
Each ship ceased firing immediate
ly after the tail of the procession had
passed her.
After the procession had passed the
Majestic, the forts and the ships in
Portsmouth harbor commenced firing
minute guns and continued firing un-
til the Alberta was alongside the
wharf.
No Standards Displayed.
No standards were displayed and
ensigns and Union Jacks were at half
mast.
The bands played the funeral
maches of Chopin and Beethoven only.
No national anthem was played.
On the approach of the procession
the ships were named n the
guards and bands were paraded.
The officers were in full dress, and
the men in mo. 1 rig" and straw
hats. The guards presented arms as
the Alberta passed each ship, and
then rested on their arms reversed
until the procession had passed.
A detachment of marines and the
admiraT's band were on board Nelson's
old flagship, the Victory, in Ports.
mouth harbor.
All the sea front and dock yards
were manned by marines and sailors,
while Barrow island was manned by
the bows from the training ship St.
Vincent, and for the gunnery ship
Excellent. $
Fanaticizm FittingIy Rebuked.
Paris, Feb. 2.-One phase of the
anti-c1erical war in France is the pro
hibition of the wearing of ecclesiasti-
cal garb within his community by the
mayor of Kremlin-Bieetre, near Paris.
His example has been followed ny a
number of other Ianatically anti-eleri-
cal mayors throughout France. A test
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