The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-01-25
THE INDUSTRIOUS DEAD.
AL the Royalty of Europe VIII
Gather at the Funeral of
Queen Victoria.
WILL LIE BESIDE THE PRINCE CONSORT.

The Entire Nation Will Participate.
Locally. In the Funeral Ceremo-
mics, Which VIII Occur in 81.
Georges Chapel, windsor, PrOba-
bly, About Ten Days Hence.
New York, Jan. pa dispatch to
The World from London says:
All the royalty of Europe will gath
Ell at the funeral of Queen Victoria.
The usscmblage will be unprecedent-
ed. because her majesty was closely
related to the European courts, big
and little.
The Place of Inierment
The queen will in all probability be
buried, within ten days, at Frogmore
mausclcum, which she erected over
the prince consort in Windsor park.
In former days. month would be
allowed to elapse between the death
and the burial of the sovereign.
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 that the kings of Den
mark, Greece, Belgium, Servia, SAX
ony and Portugal will attend, togeth-
er with many lesser rulers.
All England will participate in the
funeral of the queen. From the time
the sad ceremonies begin at Osborn.
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 sover-
eign in England for nearly sixty-fonr
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 UNI
like that of any that have gone be-
| fore.
Simple Ceremony mt Osborne House.
1t is believed that Il 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 TO Portsmouth.
A funeral train will take the royai
dead and the mourning family 10
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 Vie.
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,
and all the populace will gather to
mourn the queen and do her honor.
The funeral procession will form at
the railway station and proceed to
Paddington station, and the last stag.
of the journey to Frogmore will lie
begun.
The FrogmOre MausoIeum.
I In the grounds of Frogmore, not
far from Windsor castle, is the ma.
nificent Inausoleum containing al
that is mortal of the prince consort.
This building, cruciform in shape.
Romanesque in style, cost S1,OOO,0oo,
the amount having been provided by
her majesty herself. 1t was consecra;
ed in 1862, year after the prince :
death. He was at first laid TO rest in
st. Georges chapel. Windsor.
Beside Her Loved Husband.
In the ornate, octagonal chamber
of the Frogmore masoleum, 30 feet in
diameter and 65 feet high, is a double
sarcophagus of dark gray granite
resting on polished black marble. II
bears a recumbent statue of Prime,
Albert, executed in white marble by
Marochetti. and at each corner Is the
bronze figure of kneeling angel.
The queen viii h buried here. be
side the dust OF her great and GOO
husband. whose loss she never ceas~s
~ mourn