Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

London. Following the coffin walked
King Edward. the Duke of Connaught.
Emperor William. the King of the
Belgians, Prince Henry of Prussia
and all the royal personages, includ
ing Queen Alexandra and the prin-
cesses, with the exception of few
who left England yesterday. These
We're accompanied by their suites.
Taken to Her Long Home.
The route was through the Norman
gateway, across the quadrangle
through the George Nv archway, down
the Long Walk, through the lodge and
then from the Long Walk TO the
mausoleum. The entire route from
the George ~ archway to the gates
of the mauscleum was lined witt
troops. The Queens p'pers played
! from the gates to the mausoleum it.
self. On arriving there the Queens
company opened outward and formed
in double rank on the steps of the
mausoleum. The choir met the flu
neral cortege on the steps. The High
landers, pipers and servants, on
their arrival went straight into the
mausoleum and took up positions al
lotted to them.
Earth 10 Garth, Ashes to Asles.'
Then the coffin was carried into
the mausoleum, preceded by the choir
and clergy. The members Of the
royal family on entering took places
on each side Of the sarcophagus, the
transept on each side. After that the
ceremony was private. as there was
only room for the mourners and the
! clergy. The choir sang Sir Arthur
/ Sullivan's anthem yea, Though
Walk" the hymn "Sleep Thy Last
Sleep" and Tennyson's 1.-The Face OF
Death Is Turned Towards the Sun OF
/ Light" set to music by Sir Walter
Parratt. The final service was tina,
= omitted at Windsor Saturday, the
words referring to the .cemmittal to
the grave.
/ BRITISH GRIEF WAS UNIVERSAL.
Z Feature of the London Pageant w. IS the
Sorrow of the People.
! London, Feb. 4-England's final act
of reverent homage to the memory of
Victoria naturally lends itself to hyper
bole, but language does not need to be
restrained in describing the sincerity
and sobriety of the concourseof specta-
tors who on Saturday paid their tribute
of respect and affection to the beloved
sovereign. Thousands had remained in
the footways and parks from midnight
in order to obtain places along the
route of the funeral procession, and
they stood in silence hour after hour
unmoyed by the eNasperating military
officers, and with bowed heads and
With grim, sorrowful faces watched the
, ,p l.,
state, with her ieweled crown and orb
of empire.
Unique as was the military pageant
with its khaki colored gun carriage
drawn by the royal creams and fol.
4 lowed by mourning sovereigns and
heirs to European thrones, and stately
as was the ritual in st. Georges
chapel, the characteristic feature OF
+ victoria's funeral was the l'everenl
hush and profound emotions Of the
masses in their huiaiiii.s and unaf
iected grief
The Queens coffin, which had re
manned over night on the Alberta will
the fleet OF battleships and cruisers
4 sentineling the Soleut WAS carried on
shore at Portsmouth ut . Il. m. under
Il naval and military guard, and placed
ON the special royal train by which
she had often Travelled in her Journeys
from Windsor to the coast. The engint
I aud carriages were heavily draped
and so also We're the special train
conveying the members of the roya
household.
Almost on the stroke Of II n. III. tn
engine, draped in purple and whit
and displaying a large metallic Crown