Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-05
QUEEN VICTORIA At REST
BESIDE PRINCE COKSORT.
THE FINAL CEREMONIES MORE PA
THErIC THAN ANY THAT HAD
PRECEDED THEM.
SAME SOLEMN PROCESSION
OF BLACK CARRIED ROYALTIES.
PRINCES, AND N0BLES FOL-
LOWED TO THE FINAL REST.

toria. Her body now rests peacefully
near that of her husband In the maui
soleum at Frogmore.
The final ceremonies were more pa
thetic than any which preceded them.
Shortly before 8 o'clock in the pres
ence of the royal mourners. the gren-
adler guard of honor lifted the coffin
from its temporary resting place in
the Albert Memorial chapel and plac-
ed it on a gun carriage. In the mean
while the queens company of grena-
diers, drawn up in the quadrangle,
presented arms and wheeled into line.
their rifles at the reverse, and, with
slow measured steps marched toward
the castle gate. At the head OF the
procession was a band playing Chop
pins funeral march.
Slowly the cortege passed under the
massive archway on to the Long Walk
which was a mass of black brilliantly
edged with scarlet. Life guardsmen
kept the crowds back.
In place on the gun carriage was the
same regalia which attracted the eyes
of millions since the march to the
grave began at Osborne Close be-
hind walked the king, Emperor Will
lam and the Duke Of Connaught wear
inc darL piIitar, nva~nnats ava
plumed cooked hats and looking pale
and careworn. In similar dull attire
were the kings OF Portugal and Bel
GUM. all heads were bent. che
blue and gray of the German princes
redeemed the royal group from per-
feet sombreness of color.
Behind these walked Queen Alexan-
dra and the royal princesses deeply
yelled. The queen carried an Mnl-
brella but the others had their hands
folded. AS the last trio of these veil
ed women passed out from the castle
there came two boys dressed Ia bright
tartan kits and velvet jackets. Be
tween them was a young girl. her fair.
loose hair glittering against the crepe
of her mourning. Two OF these were
children of Princess Henry of Bat
tenberg and the other was little
Prince Edward of York. His tiny
legs could hardly keep pace even with
the slow progress OF the mourning
band.
The rear of the procession was
brought up by the suites of the kings
and princes, the ~vari-colored over
coats forming a striking patch OF
color.
Down the Long Walk with the band
still playing Chopin's dirge. this quiet
throng slowly made It's way to tho
m%ausoleum. The horses attached to
the gun carriage were inclined 20 be
FESTIVE but, as an extra precaution. a
drag of ropes was attached to the
wheels and held by sturdy artillery
men.
At the lodge gates the strain Of the
band died away and the pipers com
menced their lament.
There between the broad avenue ~
stately trees, the crowd were the thick
est, forming dense black banks.
By $3.50 p. m. the crowned bier had
passed into the other lodge which
leads to the Frognore enclosure. where
mons but the family and rva were
admitted. The choir met them and the
royal family and their relatives enter
ed the burial place SO dear TO the lats
Queen, ranging themselves on each
side OF the coffin.
The coffin was borne from the gun
carriage by the grenadiers. the pipers
ceasing their dirge and the choir. NOV
ing forward, commenced to sing yet
Though | Walk Through the Valley
Before"
The inside OF the mausoleum being
reached they sang Man That's Born
OF Woman" while the royal family
took their places around the conn. the
dome Of victoria's tomb re-echoed with
the sad strains Of Lord, Thou
KEowest."
The Bishop Of Winchester. standing
on the platform surrounding the mar
bic figure OF the Prifce ConsorL on
which rested the Queens coffin. read
the consmittal prayer, and the Lords
prayer. Then the choir san sleep
Thy Last Sleep the dean said the
Collect. the cnoir broke into the
them "The Face OF Death is IT,
Toward the sun of Life" and
hands stretched over the cong
the Bishop Of Winchester p
the benediction- A short.
lence followed, broken
cadence OF Strainerss
then King Edward and
liam, the visiting king
and the Queen AM
before the bier and
carriages