Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-02
FUNERAL OF A QUEEN
Splendid Military Page ant Marks
Queen Victoria's Final Jour.
ney to Windsor.
En1iand's Great Queen Given )
Funeral Betting Her Great
Station.
Splendor Of Royalty and Masni-
iicence Of Army in the
Procession.


London, Feb. 2.-With every circum-
stance of splendid pomp betting the
obsenuies Of an ,ntphtv and we'll beloved
I, ,,,o,.roh o,, ,,,,t ,,os ,nnrtaI 4,
go. ,,,..s.... y.
81 80 :. .'s '.a' S'''u ies's''eas 'i's
on'ien' loiss' go ,a'aee " lhe soSt''-
eaghs OF England Inc solemn masnifi-
cence Of yesterdays opening phase Of
those last rites We're duly maintained.
Ierhaps the stately grandeur of TODAY !
sorrowful pageant thru the swarminp
streets of London w;th bu,a,sds d
+hous.,,ds oe ,,,o,,,ne, fr;,, Is,
,,o.aa. ~. M,
4 I
"as ~ s'e,olia > luneral pro-
eess'on ,ns absence Of the black cere-
lmonial generally connected with the
final progress TO the grave. Today the
eoffin was drawn by crea -co,ored
horses The pail of white and the uni
forms of the troops and gold trapplngs
of foreign sovereigns, princes and rep
resentatives formed d glitterng medley
and gave brilliant coloring to the scene.
Never in English history has a sover-
e:gn been borne to the grave attended
ly so many distinguished mo,rners
The gathering or crownad ba,a. s,,,..
,saS.ee ,hnsa ,,.,,o -, ~. ,..,.,ss-
,.rccass,o,, All, -, :,
o'''Ssrs ol
90 ai'l''ii'a'eu. me aispiay OF naval
3 t.lsu t'illi'ary FORCES reached a total OF
$4,000 men
The firing of minute guns and tolling
of bells, at 1l:15. announced a. ,ba
countless multitudo tbat TIA fn,a,a,
=, oces.;on bad s,ar,aa NJ,
-, 'a1'e ~, .nes 81"
-s. - stiuiers
rasslns snow of dazziing regalia. with
e huhdieas OF royalties crowding after,
and then dispersed, while all the church
chimes We're ringing and mufIied direes
were played Europe has seen yrar,ler
royal funerals than the onee,,ss b,,t M
episode in yicto,is,. ara ,.,, 49, =
desn,v IN, ,,,., s, n, ~ .s,....s..
my y
s,ose "'i' Mi''issseo 'i'e ceremonies.
ne procession, apart from the gum
cArrlage bearing the coffin, the royal
family and the official mourners about
it, was not noteworthy. Parliament. the
judiciary and commercial bodies we're
nor represented. Rovaltv ana t1,s. ,,,,, ]
and navy n,ono,,ol;zed ~ ,,.,,e.,,,.
Prior ia the arrival s,f
Mai. Edward Isassi,a.,Ia !, ,,.,,..,a, ,,tyi
Ger. fell dead from exai,eman, ,rharo
we're uutte a number Of ac,if,en,s ~ ~
d:yidiuals and me hosnitals ba,. "a,
r,;itted as many as thirty casas 80.
eraI persons we're badly h,,rt th,.r fs,,,
ing from elevated piaces
THE DETAILS
The train bearing the hot,v ~ C,ns,.n
Victoria left Portsmouth al s.,3 Tba
station was heavily draped ami anar-
NOUS crowds were present A,o,nn,
train carrying the royal rnonrners fol-
lowed soon after. 4 heavy rain fell
while the latter were ,ea,,iny ,ba
yachts. upon which they nasaod tha
fright Crowds began assembling in
London at DAYLIGHT. From everv no,r !
of vantage along the route OF the royal
obseuaies Was soon occupied. Thssre
was an entire lack of any unrest and
excitement and enIbierns Of mournin,
were Il, bs. seen at every hand. Nv 10. 40
Victoria Station presented q mos ant
mated appearance. soyereigns. princes.
field marshals and state otiiciais in
multi-colored uniforms. having gath
cred to await the arrival of the fnneral
train. which reached the station at ii.
All heads were barred when the RENAME
OF her majesty were deposited on the
platform. and the pail, with the crown
on Il cushion, regal.a and insignia of
the garter were placed thereon. The
train bearing the king. queen. Eu,oeror
William and other royalties. reached
the station soon after the arrival az The
aueens remains and the occupants I'M
1nediately alighte0 and we're conducted
to a pavilion. where the kinss az portu-
gal Greece Belgium ant) other ,,is,in-
cuished personages had ALREADY. as-
semblsd, rh. brilliant patheriny YEAS
received bw the king and o,,asn with
the brtefest deav
AZ III 30 the nrocession movad ,.ef IN
accoraance with .tha otf,cinI nro,r, :,
AZ, cabled In those disna,chas Ia,,,,ar,, 49,,
3l. The strains or rhnnin.s s.,nara,
march echoed thru ] the s,,oats !, sAs, ,nn :,
every head within hearing S,stanes a