The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-25

London. Jan. 25.--Both houses OF parlia-
ment this afternoon received identical
messages from the king and voted condo
lence with His Majesty on his bereave-
ment and congratulation on his Access
sion TO the throne.
The lord chancellor, Lord Halsbury,
and the speaker, Mr.. VIM. Court Gully,
read the message i'm their respective
houses The text of the message is Civ
en- above.
QUEENS BODY REMOVED.
Cowes. Jan. 25.-The body of Queen Vic
toria was removed TO the Chapelle Ar
dente from the drawing room this morn
ing by a party of bluejackets from the
royal yacht
The only persons who will be admitted
10 view the remains today Will be those
whose names appear on the queens visit
ing list, officers of the army and navy
and few prominent residents OF the ISL
and.
The MARQUIS of Lansdowne. secretary
of state for foreign affairs; Field Mar
shal Earl Roberts, commander In CHIEF
OF the forces, and Mr.. VIM. st. John
Broderick, secretary OF state for war;
will be among those who will View Her
Majesty's remains.
1t has been definitely decided that there
will be no public lying In state. The ar
rangements for the funeral are gradually
evolving. The remains OF the queen Will
be taken TO Portsmouth on board tho
royal yacht Alberta. Feb. l, and Will re-
main on the boat that night.
Contrary to expectation Crown Prince
Frederick William OF Germany will not
come TO England on the royal yacht Ho-
henzollern, but will arrive tomorrow.
The Grand Duke OF Baden has given
of int nf "a
funeral.
NOT PALACES ENOUGH.
London. Jan. s5.--such numbers ofn roy
alties and representatives OF foreign ma
tions are coming to take part I'm the fu-
neral ceremonies that the royal palaces
will be quite inadequate to accommodate
them and various hotels and great resi-
dences in London are being secured
vIcToRIA's WILL OPENED.
New York. Jan. 25.--Queen Victoria's
will has been opened and examined by
the duly constituted authorities. says
World dispatch from Cowes. Nothing will
ever be made public officially 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 In order 10
follow exactly Her Maiesty's directions
In regard 10 ner fuHefAl.
II is known that the queen made VIII
early i'm her reign. which was repeatedly
altered and added 10 as children and
grandchildren were born, and as her es-
tates rapidly advanced in value. This pro-
ceeded until 1896 when Her Majesty de-
cided 10 have an entirely new document
drawn, and with great personal care this
was accomplished.
Those I'm a position to make any sort
Iac cIa "a hp DrfnTagg
trice. widow OF Prince Henry of Batten-
berg. will be the principal beneficiary. She
IS the governor of the Isle of Wight. and
will probably inherit Osborne house and
the whole estate surrounding IL. Then
the Duke of COnnaught, and his sons, who
have been great favorites with Victoria,
will receive a large portion OF the for
tune The Duke will probably become
the owner of Balmoral and the Scottish
property.
LARGE BEQUEsT.
The grandchildren who are expected 10
receive the largest beduests are the TWO
children Of Nictorias youngest son, the
former Duke OF Albany.
The queens second daughter, Princess
Christian, OF schleswig. tioistein. Is not not
four children will be hberally provided
for.
of York who comes into the DuChy OF
cornwall. will probshly not be sharers
IN The late queens private fortune
MoCRNING BANDS ORDERED.
Berlin. Isr. 2i.-The Navy Gazette pub.
fishes y general order. IN which Emperor
William expresses his sympathy for tho
''sister navy of Great Britain - which
the Gcrmgn- navy is bound ny Oft tried
cUrnradoshiu
ris Majesty directs that officers and
officials OF The navy shall wear mourning
bands upon their left arms FOR fort
night and tho ships flags shall be flown
ut hair mast until after the funeral. Ills
Ma ioatv also directs the German navy tO
observe the same ceremonial upon the
day OF the queens ohseqres as Is OBJ
served by the British navy.
ORDERED 10 sPITHEAD.
Portsmouth. Jan. 2J-The squadron OF
German Warships, commanded by prlpec