The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-07

TO rest in the Frogmore Mausoleum.
King Edward, Queen Alexandra,
Emperor William and others of the
royal family attended the services be-
side the coffin at an early hour this
morning.
Hundreds of people poured into
Windsor throughout the morning,
and by o'clock the long walk was
already black with spectators, mostly
from the surrounding country, wait
ing for last glance at the coffin con-
tanning the remains of Queen Veto
ria. The sun was shining brightly.
The final obsequies promised to be
as stately as the initial stages.
The representatives of royal fami-
lies arrived from London at about 1
O'Clock and drove to Windsor Castle.
The streets of the old town were
still hung with wreathes, sadly faded
since Saturday. The stores were
closed during the interment.
Dismounted Life Guardsmen in
their scarlet cloaks, the white plumes
of their helmets glistening in the sun,
kept the route clear from the castle
slope. Amid the bare boughs of the
trees below the mist arose from the
damp earth, trampled into mud by
the uneasy few thousands. The air
was sharp and cold.
From the Albert Memorial Chapel
to the mausoleum, nearly a mile from
the great gate of the castle, there is
"a steep slope of 500 yards, at the bot
tom of which is the lodge gate and a
fence. On the castle side of this were
hundreds of ticket holders. On the
other side, where the long walk com-
mences, the public was massed.
AT 2:45 p. III. picturesque touch of
color was added to the scene Sir Wal
ter Parratt, private organist to the
late Queen, and organist of st.
Georges Chapel Royal, Windsor, and
his choir, all in SUPPLIES and college
caps, walked quickly down the slope,
through crowds, to the mausoleum
Then the minute guns commenced to
boom, as a battery of artillery at the
foot of the long walk paid its final
honors to the dead Queen The
Windsor church bells tolled solemnly
and the strains of the band, gradual
ly growing stronger and stronger,
echoed from the castle quadrangle
At 3:15 p. III. the head of the process
sion passed slowly out of King
Georges arch in the following order
The queen company of Grenadier
Guards, with arms reversed.
The governor and constable of
Windsor Castle, the Duke of Argyll
Highlanders and pipers.
Royal servants.
Band of Grenadier Guards.
The bishop of Winchester and the
dean of Windsor
The lord chamberlain and the lord
steward.
The gun carriage, with the coffin,
supported by the late Queens eque +
ries and household, thanked by the
same officers as appeared in Satur-
days ceremony ia London.
Following the coffin walked King
Edward, the Duke of Connaught,
Emperor William, the King of the
Belgians, Prince Henry of Prussia
and all the other royal personages,
including Queen Alexandra, the prin-
cesses, with the exception of the few
who had already left England. Those
present were accompanied by their
suites.
The route was through the Norman
gateway, across the quadrangle,
through the George " archway,
down the long walk, through the
lodge gates, and then from the long
walk to the mausoleum.
The route from the GeorgeIV arch
way to the gates of the mausoleum
was lined with troops under command
of Col. Napier Miles of the list Life
Guards.
The queens pipers played from the
gates of the mausoleum itself. On
arriving there the queens company
of Grenadiers opened outward and
formed in double rank on the steps
of the mausoleum.
The choir met the funeral cortege
on the steps. The Highlanders, pi-
pers and servants, on their arrival
went into the mausoleum and took
up the positions allotted to them.
Then the coffin was carried into the
mausoleum, preceded by the choir
and clergy.
The members of the royal family
took their places on each side of the
sarcophagus, the royal household
standing in the transcept on each
side. The rest of the ceremony was