The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-02-07

tention of tLe Crowds.
London, Feb x England has paid
the last tribute to the dead queen
With every cireunst nee of splendid
ponip the body of Queen Victoria was
borne through the streets of the capital
to the ancient fortress, palace of the
soyereigns OF England
The day has been flied with the
mournful pageantry of royal woe. The
gorgeous trappings of military power
trailed behind the coffin of the dead
queen Massed bands With nlufied
drums hreathea requiem for the dead.
Deep-throated cannon Numbered out
sonorous grief, ana big bells In ca
thedTal domes to1led off the minutes
while the cortege passed.
The transit or Nictoria's ashes from
deathloed to tomb through the streets
4 OF London was d thing apart, specta-
Gle that even vet seems not quite Of
{ earth. lit lis easier to belieyeiit won
derful dreamland allegory which typi-
fled sss3 ~
The Ma5 esty sof death
and the submission tof emperors and
kings to the last great Leveler.
Friday it was a tribute of Neptune;
Saturday it was a tribute Of Mars.
Both could be commanded by tfaeln1ere
sovereignty of Clay on hiehi the. crown
and scepter rested lin Saturdays pro-
cession. But no governmentsor human
authority could have commended the
supreme tribute which Briton and
alien alike, The heart of mankind itself.
paid tn Victoriass memory
Jtg4as not surprising that amlds the
iSnS policing emo tiont Of the day there
were only thfraes figures In the funeral
procession that ATTRACTED the slightest
notice Of the n-looki ling masses They
were the king, who WAS. IS OH Nioalss of
the presence of his myriad subjects as
liz he were riding ina trance;ttie Ger
man emperor. whose rfacesswas thereof
or Of the white horse which she rode,
and earl Roberts, the sternfiilnmoyabIe
veteran OF many campaigns.
simplicity and Dignity
characterized also the last rite offalf in
st. Georges Chapel. The scene and
the atmosphere became strangely
medieval when that Industrious oongre-
CATION had assembled. The ceremony
was brief and simple. and whent the
prayers We're said and the king pro-
claimed according to the olden custom,
the dead was iieft by the assembled
representatives Of the larger family of
man to the Hast 5ministrations Of her
own sons and daughters and Of her
children's children. # 53 0
1T was nearly I'LL o'clock when the
train from Portsmouth, bearing there
mains OF the dead queen, arrived rat
Victoria station.
The coffin was removed Ito the gun
carriage, the pail and the rega1ia OF the
British crown were placed on the coffin.
The king and the others mountedaand
the procession STARTED.
The little khaki-colored gun carriage
which carried the remains from Vic
torta to Paddingtor station was drawn
by eight Hanoverian eream-coiored
horses, which drew the aquean at the
jubilee.
The Funeral ;t'roeersion.
The procession, apart from the gun
carriage bearing the ccofifn and the
royal family aand official nnourners
about 1t. was mot noteworthy Parlia-
ment, the Judiciary and "a ,asfr1'aareiai
i
the army and nliavy anonopoIized the
pageant--three Thousand soldiers and
sailors, picked eAampanA as rlepraseutine.
all branches Of Che service.
Then came Field Marsiaal Earl Rob
erts and his staff. and, isffter ib4.ll,s four
| rnassed bands playing funeral marches.
Three hundred anusicians saisnounced
the coming of the 81 dy III tine queen.
h
ffcials under the leadership of ftha,iduke
OF Norfolk (the earl marshall, AL at
tired quantity and brilliantly. bearing
maces or Wands, most Of them elderly
men, who for years had served the
queen.
Most OF the spectators expected an
imposing catafalque, and tule ,c0ffi1f
was almost past before they q
Recognized Its Pres4anee
by removing their bats. 1t was o. pe-g
thetically small oblong block concealed
beneath a rich pail of white SATIN, on
Sthe coronets of which cleaned the roy
al arms. Across the pail THE royal
standard was draped and a large crown
OF gold, encrusted with jewels, rested
at the head of the coffin, Whic. was AIT
the end of the gun-carriage, just over
the gun. On the foot of the coffin were
two smaller crowns with a gold jeWele&
scepter lying between them.
Around the the coffin walked the
bearers, non-commissioned officers of
the guards and household cavalry. and
on either side were the queens equer-
tries, lords in waiting and physicians.
Immediately after the company about
the coffin, three royal noufnefs, rode
abreast King Edward VII. was the
center figure. "A black, chap saSs, with
plume of white Feathers was on his
head, and a long black cloak was but
toned around him end hung down over
the big. black horse Beside King Ed
ward rode Emperor William. ca the
kings left rode his brother, the duke of
Connaugilt. Ia the second rank be-
hind rode two more sovereigns, ahe
kings of Greece and Portugal. Then
followed
a Dazzling Array
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