The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-24

platform draped with royal purple, tn,
aeet lTinG to the east The head race.
the SIMPLE altar.
over the features is thin veil
For few hours before this service
the public VIII be admitted to the room
and allowed 10 view the remains OF Tux
sovereign who for so long ruled Over
them The body VIII rest there Until
Sunday, and it is probable that no re-
moval VIII occur for ten days
Death d-e to "Senile Decay"
The cause OF the queens death is OH.
Cially given as ''senile decay The doc
tors have adopted this expression as
most suitable and truthful. They at
tribute the paralysis which attacked
her as secondary to the general weak
ness of her condition. nor is Il consider
ed advisable for reasons of state 20 IN
innate that her intellect was dimmed
by that particular form Of disease
But the London Lancet says.
Death was due to cerebral failure
Transient but recurring symptoms OF
apathy and toIDOr, with aphasic cOndt-
tons gave great uneaSlness TO the ply
siciaus "a few days before the finish,
The syraDtOms grew steadily graVer
but The hearts action was maintained
throughput, and the temperature was
Details Of the dying hours We're not
obtainable until last evening 1t APP
pears that the queen was moved on
SUNDAY from neI DlS DEl INTO a SlleLll
cot, especially built with springs which
was surrounded by a screen. This was
10 enable the doctors to reach the pa
tient easily on both sides, which was
impossible when she lay in a bed six
feet wiae. In this small bed she passed
away.
When Emperor William arrived he
rushed in. without taking off his over
coat, to- her bedside. and the first words
he said were words of regret that his
-
murmured the queen, ''I wish 'Vicky
could he here" using & pet name of her
eldest daughter
Queen Kissed Daughter-in-law,.
on Tuesday afternoon all the family
We're in readiness for the end. At 4
o'clock the P-ince of Wales was sum
mOned. Half an hour later he was join
ed by other members Of the family. At
o'clock the Duchess of York arrived
and the queen kissed her, saying: Il
am glad you have come.
The bishop of Westminster began to
pray. The queen slowly sank into IN
consciousness. At els p. IN. the end
was thought to have come The Prince
of Wales and several others walked out
OF the room
But the vitality of the queen once
more won the day For another fifteen
minutes. with only the Princess of
Wales and a few others present the
At $50, with Emperor William. the
prince ana others out OF the room,
death actually came
Death has sOftened the face and the
thin veil COnceals no terrible defects
The hand of the Mighty Leveler dealt
with her lovingly, and as the last WISH
tatiOn of nature has been mercifUlly
mitigated, so also have beeen the pOmp
and glory which accompany the sue
cessiOn of the king. Tuesday night
1.a D. a
their encourage TO address them by
their correct titles
a large force of detectives present
from London IS a preCautiOn against
any anarchist attempt on Emperor
William, and not on account Of the new
king.
Messages of coincidence do not cease
TO pour in from all quarters of the
globe. President MCKinley's early
cablegram created a most satisfactory
Impression. 1t was handed around
amOng the royal persOnages at break
fast yesterday morning with the gen
eral comment that American sympathy
was htly the first TO be received
Old Servants Viey Body.
The honor OF first seeing the body Of
the queen was conferred on her per-
sonal retinue, aud such a simple, pa
1hetic scene as marked this afternoon
could hardly have occurred in any
other monarchy All the servants and
tenants were admitted The fOOtmen,
hOusemaids, cOachmen, stable lads and
policemen fred through the room for
four hours. There were no fOTmalities.
Bent old men, children and families
who had grown up on the estate and
who regarded Queen Victoria as a
FRIEND and patron rather than as "A SOW
ereign, took their turn, and their grief
was the sorrow Of those who had lost a
friend.
In the meantime many residents of
COWes and 1eighbOring towns and some
prominent people applied at the pOr-
tiers lodge for admission, but they
were told to come tomorrow.
Unless the king otherwise directs. it
IS probable that the queens body win
be taken on board of the royal yacht
Alberta tomorrow for conveyance to
Windsor
Herr Fuchs, the German sculptor, has
arrived 10 take cast Of the dead
queens face.
At the college Of arms in London it
sFas said that the date for the funeral
could not be settled until il was known
when the European royalties or their
Representatives would arrive, but that
the function would be held al the ear
Hest possible date, for the convenience
Of Emperor William whose stay in
England might TO unavOidably limited.
All Royalty to. Attend.
All the royalty Of Europe viii gather
Al the funeral Of Queen Victoria. The
assemblage viii be unprecedented. be
cause her majesty was closely related
20 the European courts, big and little.
The queen viii, in all probability, be
received within ten days at FrogmOre
maUsOleum, which she erected over the
prince cOnsOrt in Windsor park
For one day the body of the queen
VIII lie IN state in Waterloo chamber.
Windsor castle. The funeral viii take
place at 9 o'clock at night with the
utmost pOmp and ceremony, in St
Georges chapel
In addition TO the emperor Of Ger
many. IL is expected that the kings of
Denmark, Greece. Belgium. SServia.
SaNOny and Portugal viii attend, to-
gether with many lesser rulers.
All England VIII participate in the
funeral Of the queen. From the time the
sad ceremonies begin at Osborne house
until the body is buried q FrOgmOre
there viii be funeral and memorial ser
vices throughout the English-speaking
world.
The Er0EmOre mausOleum. CruCifOTm
IN shape and romanesque in style, cost
S1,0O0,O00 the amount having been pro-
vided by her majesty herself. 1T was
consecrated in 1852. a year after the
princes death. He was at FIST laid
TO rest in st. Georges chapel Wind
sor.
In the ornate, OctagOnaI chamber of
the FTOgm0re mausOleum. thirty feet
IN diameter and sixty-five feet high
is a double sarCOphagus of dark gray
granite, resting on polished black
marble II bears q recumbent statute