Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-31
Il Will be a Gorgeous Military
Pageant,
LONDON PUBLIC DISMAYED,
Great Markets 60 be Closed ut End Of
Week-NRvaI Features Hoyaiues
Arriving In the Metropolis,

London. Jan. 30.-The queens funeral
procession In London, as indicated by
the war office orders issued this eyen-
ing, Will be a gorgeous military pa
geant Detachments Of forty regiments,
with an almost equal number Of dis
tinc,lve uniforms. embracing an arms
OF the service, will make a constantly
changing picture. The uniforms Of all
the great armies Of the world VIII APP
pear. for In addition to the brilliant en-
tourages Of the visiting kings and
princely ENJOYS, there Will be the mill
tary attaches Of the embassies and le-
cations. An the field marshlls Of the
army able 10 endure the fatigue VIII
ride with their staffs. The naval corps
will also take part in the procession,
which will be two miles long.
The war office directs that BeethO-
yen's and Chopin's funeral marches on
~ shall be played. From the time the
coffin reaches London 10 its departure,
guns will slowly boom Ia Hyde park.
Londoners are just awakening TO the
full proportions OF the obsequies and
the result Of days Of mourning which
TO numerous tradesmen and others
means absolute closure, and Is causing
CONSERVATION Suddenly TO stop every
Industry in the United Kingdom and
TO turn the masses into the streets WITH
millions hoping TO concentrate all along
the two miles OF the procession is an
undertaking which has begun to be full
~ appreciated by the police.
The public OF London Is dismayed TO
find that all the great markets, Covent
Garden Smithheld and others. where
the food Of the metropolis is supplied,
are TO be absolutely closed at the end
Of the week,
The railways Of the United Kingdom
win reduce their arrangements = tht
Sunday schedules, restaurants and bars
will be shut. and the crowds Will have
10 wander in the streets.
London Is world In itself, Twins
from hand to mouth and the closing OF
the accustomed avenues for the supply
and distribution Of food drink and
amusement from Friday 20 Monday viii
mean a loss and Inconvenience that no
American city could appreciate.
The newspapers protest against the
lack OF arrangements for the press In
London and Windsor
Householders along the route are ask
ing a years rent this evening for single
windows. A member Of the United
States embassy sent an agent to secure
a window for his family, but neither in
luence nor anything else could procure
a small window even on a side street
near ST James street for less than ElQO,
and places Of fair vantage have already
been engaged at prices prohibited 10
any but millionaires.
The demand for seats along the route
OF the funeral Is unprecedented. Ordin-
airy window seats are selling for SO
each. Since two or three days ago the
prices have risen very rapidly one
tenant I'm ST. James street obtained ESQ
for a window on the top floor Store
windows have been let for ESQ TO f2O0
But the storekeepers mostly prefer to
LET single seats az El0 and El5 each.
stores and hotels In Piccadilly COM
handing a view Of the incline from
there 10 ST. James palace, are getting
immense prices, balcony seats fetching
e2j and $50
London learned last year how totally
Inadequate the police and military are
To protect. and the apprehenslons Of
Saturdays crush are enough to appal
Londoners. but apparently these con-
sideratlons do not deter thousands
OF every rank from locking TO the
metropolis.
The services In St. Georges chapel
viii begin at o'clock. The body is eX-
pected 10 arrive at Windsor at 1880 p.
m The route TO the chapel which oc-
cuples half an hour, VIII be lined with
troops two deep. the Elton volunteers
participating with the guards The
seryice will be the ordinary service
used for the burial OF the dead, with
speclal music The choir win sing from
The altar steps whence also the garter