Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-02-07
THE QUEENS BURIAL
Body Placed In Mausoleum a
F'rogmore.
FINAL SERVICE AT WINDSOR
Coffin Placed on a Gun Carriage an,
Followed by King md Kaiser aud
the Royal Family 10 Its Per-
maneht Resting Place.

WINDSOR, Feb. 3s-The king, Queer
Alexandra. the kaiser and the memiel1
| of the royal family attended service Il
the Albert Memorial chapel yesterda,
morning. The service was conducted b,
the bishop of Winchester and the dea,
of Windsor. The coffin still remains il
| ST. Georges chapel
The royal servants and police an.
their wives and children alone were al
lowed to view the queens coffin by ortle,
of King Edward.
Punctually at 3 o'clock the tolling o.
| the curfew bell and the artillery fire an
nounced that the funeral cortege haC
started. for Frogmore. At $3.50 oclocL
the cortege entered Frogmore lodge, an6
the coffin finally disappeared from pub
lie view.
The bishop of Winchester, the dean OF
Windsor, the lord chamberlain and tn.
lord steward walked in advance of ths
gun carriage.
Then came the king, the kaiser, King
Leopold Of Portugal, the Duke of Con
naught, Princes Henry of Prussia, Chris
tian OF Sleswick- Holstein and Arthur of
Connaught, the Duke Of Saxe-Coburg
Gotha, the Grand Duke of Hesse
the German crown prince, Prince Al
ander OF Battenberg, Prince Louis OF
Battenberg and Prince Adolphe OF
Schaumburg Lppe.
Then followed Queen Alexandra, prin
cesses Christian and Louise, Henry OF
Battenberg and the other relatives OF
the late queen who are now at Wind
sor, followed By the ladies and gentle.
men of the late queens household and til,
gentlemen i'll waiting on the king aud
queen and other royal persons.
The choir Of st. Georges chapel me,
the cortege at the steps of the muusoeum
The highland pipers aud servants enter.
ed the building, preceded by the bishop
of Winchester and the dean of Wind
sor and the choristcrs. All the mourn
ers were afoot, the women heavily veiled
and the men in uniform coats as on Sat
urday.
The gun carriage was the same one as
was used on saturday but il was hauled
by the artillery horses instead of the
mandy sailormen who dragged it from
the station Oh Saturday.
There was an immense crowd along
the entire route of the procession.
The service in the mausoleum began
with the singing of Sir Arthur Sulivan's
anthem. Yea, Tho Walk" The com
initial prayer was then read by the bish-
op Of Winchester. The choir sang ''Sleep
Thy Last sleep" and the dean of Wind
sor read the rest of the prayers. Then
followed the anthem. The Face of
Death Is Toward the Sun of Life" the
words of which are by Tennyson and the
music 10y Sir Walter Parratt. The serv-
ices closed with the benedction by the
bishop of Winchester.
SATURDAYS FUNERAL.
Forty thousand men lined the route of
the funeral procession through London
Saturday. Or these 1000 were police.
and the rest were troops of all arms. -.
900 of whom had been arriving from all
parts of the country throughout Friday
night and up tn / O'Clock in the morning
In the cortege itself there were rather
more than $500 persons all told This Is
no great number for the funeral escort Of
great monarch through her capital; but, /
not counting innumcrable members OF
the British nobility. it included four |.
kings. an emperor, 20 royal princes and /
in addition the direct heirs to six thrones f
nine ruling grand dukes or princes, the 1
khe6ive's brother. Il queen. seven royal /
princesses and three royal duchesses.
or the greatness of the multitudes who /
remained, but saw not. other dispatches |
have spoken. No coign of vantage was
vacant. The trees in Hyde park were
thick with people. and there were one or
two accidents caused by the breaking Of |
overloaded branches. Every roof was
crowded. The women were not less en-
terprising than the men in securing Il
foothold, however scanty, from which il /
was possible 10 look over the heads Of /
the crowd. Girls and women scrambled /
upon walls and railings and even trees.
clinging where 1t seemed impossible for
any one except boys. athletes or sailors
to hold on, but even the hricfest glimpse
of the passing gun carriage was consid.
cred ample rcconpsnse for any cxertinn.
Those able 10 say that they had seen that
went home satisfied.
4 commemoration service was held a,
st. Paul's at 3 o'clock In the afternoon.
The cathedral was full within Is min.
utes after the doors were opened The
lord mayer aud members OF the corpora.
tion of the city Of London IN their robes.
representatives Of the Royal academy.
the Academy of Music and other socie.
ties privileged to use the prefix royal"
were present.
Ihe srrvicc al Westminster abbey h..
gan at = O'Clock. when crowds ~ people
attempting tn secure admission were u.
strained by the police outside th.
eraunds. Canon Henson conducted
most Impressive ceremony. consisting
chiefly of solemn musieand funeral march
es. Sir Frederick Bridge accompanied
a baud whose hrass Instruments with th.
thunlrrous tones af the organ IN the
dead march ia saul" awuke every
corner ol the tld nhhey aud found a
sympalheiic echo ia every heart. This
was evidenced by the fearful faces If
many women.
The Aasts. Iribute.