Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-25
THE QUEENS WILL
Vas Opened and Examined To-
 Day By Proper Officials.
THE PUBLIC WILL NEVER KNOW

The Full Contents of the Document Princess Beatrice, It Is Said, Will Be the Principal Beneticiary-Body of the Late Queen Now Lies in tho Chapelle Ardente-Squad of Blue Jackets From the Royal Yacht.
 New York. Jan 25-Queen Victoria's will has been opened and examined by the duly constituted authorities, says World dispatch from Cowes. Noth- ing will ever be made public omclally as to the provisions of, the instrument or The amount of her private fortune. IL is generally supposed that this pre- liminary inspection was made m oruer to follow exactly Her naJesty,s d. rections in regard 10 her funeral.
 It is known that the queen made q will early in her reign. which was fe- peaIetily altered and added to as chil- dren and grandchildren were born. and as her estates rapidly advanced 1n value This proceeded until IS96 when her majesty decided to have an entirely new document drawn, and with great personal care this was ac- comoliShed.
 l sort Of q guess declare that the 1rin- cess Beatrice, widow of Prince Henry of Battenberg, will be the principal beneficiary. She is tine governor of Ihc Isle of Wight, and will probably in- herit Osborne house and the whole estate surrounding it. Then the Duke Of Connaught. and his sons. who have been great favOriteS with Vie toria. will receive q large portion Of .,1N Na l.iy become the owner of Balmoral and the Scottish property
 The grandchildren who are expect ed to receive the largest bequests are the two children of Nictoria's youngest son. the Duke of Albany. The Queens second daughter. Princess Christian. of Schleswig-Holstein is not rich, and ii is expected that she and her four children will be liberally provided for
 Edward VII who will be amply pro- vided for by the country. and the Duke of York. who comes into the Duchv of Cornwall. will probably not be SharerS in the late Queens private fortune.
 CoweS Jan o5.-The body of Queen Victoria was removed to the Chapelle Ardente in the dining room this morn ing by party of blue jackets from the Royal yacht.
 The only persons who will be ad nlitIed to view the remains to-day will be those whose names appear on the Queens visiting list, officers of fhe. army and navy and q few promfneift residents of the island.
 Marquis of Lansdowne. secretary of state for foreign affairs; Field Marshal Earl Roberts. commander-in-chief of the forces. and St John Broderick. sec retary of state for war, will be among those who will view her majesty'Sr re- I:sains. =>~-
 It has been definitely decided that there will be no public lying i'll state.
 The arrangements for the funeral are gradually evolving. The remains of the Queen will be taken to Ports mouth on board the royal yacht AL berta. February ]. and will remain on the boat that night.
 Contrary to expectation. Grown Prince Frederick William of Germany will not come to England on the royal yacht HohenZollern, but will arrive tornorrow.
 The Grand Duke of Baden has given notice of his intention of attending the funeral.
 London, Jan 2J.-Such numbers of royalties and representatives of for eign nations are coming to take part in the, funeral ceremonies that the royal palaces will be quite inadequate to accommodate them and various hotels and great residences in London are being secured.
 Washington, Jan o5-The follow ing is the text of the reply which the president received from King Edward MI. in reply to the message of con- doience oh the death of the queen:
 Osborne, Jan q, 1901. '"The President. White House, Wash
 in5ton, D. C.:
 Am grateful for your kind sympa- thy in the irreparable loss which the lfation and l have sustained II felt assured that it would be shared by you and the American people.
 tSignedJ ..EDWARD R."
 Cewes, Jan 25.-The coffin of Queen Victoria will be of English oak lined with satin. It was ordered yesterday aud will be delivered at Osborne to day '. The outer casket will be repro ancti0n of the one used at the funeral of the Duchess of Kent. A magnifi tent pall with the royal arms in eacl corner is being made. Prof Huber1 : Herkimer, F.. A., yesterday made ! water color sketch of the queen fol fne king.
 BODY 1DENTIEIED,
 Chatham, Ont, Jan 25-A man who arrived here from St Louis. Mo, last night and registered at the Ganada Pacific hotel, was found dead in his room with a severe gash in his wrist taes arteries having been severed Papers found on the body indicate thai Aes Agd been 1 member of lodge o1 2 Free Masons at St Albans, Vt. The , hame .'Collinsv appears Q number o1 times a1nong the papers.