The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
MoRLD.s MONARCHs.

The gathering of crowned heads sur
PASSED those who rode in the jubilee pro-
cesslon All the great officers of state
participated. The display of the na.al
and military officers reached the great
total of $4,000 men. The scene at Victoria
Station from early morning was most
brilliant and impressive.
For to-day's ceremony the station was
transformed into an immense reception
hall. All trains were stopped before nine
and the long platforms We're covered with
purple cloth. Another platform, fac
ing that at which the Queens train was
to arrive, guards Of honor, composed of
blue jackets and srenad!er guards. were
drawn up. The broad roadway separat-
ing the two was swept clean and sanded.
and a number OF little purple covered
platforms from which members OF the
royal family were expected to mount
their horses, were placed at intervals at
inside and centre. At ten o'clock an army
OF grooms with the horses, arrived, and
thence forward distinguished British
naval and military officers and foreign
royalties in dazzling uniforms, came IN
quick succession. The Lord Chamberlain
and his officials barricaded with their
white wands of office. received the
most distinguished personagcs and con-
Quoted them TO little pavilion erected on
the platform. The whole station by that
time rcsemh!ed the scene at a. levee.
'BOB'S' IN COMMAND.
The commander-in-chief of the forces,
Field Marshal Earl Roberts, on a beauti
ful, spirited brown mare, carrying his
field marshals baton, at this juncture,
trotted into the station and became the
centre of interest. He was soon followed
by the Earle Marshal, the Duke Of Nor
folk, and many of the most distinguished
British officers. 1t was then nearly II
o'clock when amid cries of .'Fhe King
OF Portugal's horse The Grand-Duke
of Hoses horse the train steamed into
the station. Il minute ahead of time.
All heads We're uncovered as the saloon
carriage bearing the Queens remains
stopped exactly opposite the gun carriage
and King Edward, Queen Alexandra,
Emperor William and cthars al.ghted.
Then the bearer party advanced TO the
saloon carriage and with his hands at
the salute and standing a little in adj
vance of the others. King Edward
watched the painfully slow removal OF
the coffin TO the gun carriage. It was
finally accomplished and the pail and the
rega,ia of the British crown We're placed
on the coffin. The King and the others
with him then mounted ard the process
sion started.
THE DAY CLOUDY.
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morning, with the sky draped with
fieecy clouds. The calm serenity
of the atmosphere was reflected
by the crowds which at daylight began to
assemble at every point of vantage along
the route of the royal obsequies. So soft,
peaceful and noiseless was the progress
of the -ingathering hosts that the con-
stantly swelling thronss and the rythmic
tread of the assembling troops seemed
to accentuate the solemn stiffness. The
early scenes were unlike those of many
spectacular days which London has wit
messed in the past year. The crowds
which so early gathered in the streets
this morning evinced an entire lack of
feverish unrest and excitement. Never did
a concourse of people so little need either
civil or military guidance. No man stand
ing by his mothers bier ever needed adj
monition less than did these thousands
of men and women, gathered from all