The Forrest City times., 1901-01-25

All the royalty or Europe VIII galn- CT at the funeral of Queen Victoria. The assemblage will be unprecedent- ed, because her majesty was closely related to the European courts, big and little.
 The Place of Interment.
 The queen will in all probability be buried, within ten days, at Frogmore mausoleum, which she erected over the prince consort in Windsor park.
 In former days, month would be allowed to elapse between the death and the burial of the sovereign.
 Night Funeral.
 For one day the body of the queen will lie in state in Waterloo chamber, Windsor castle. The funeral will take place at nine o'clock at night, with the utmost pomp and ceremony, in St. Georges chapel.
 In addition to the German emperor. 1t is expected that the kings of Den mark. Greece, Belgium, Seryia, Sax ony and Portugal will attend, togeth- CT with many lesser rulers.
 All England VIII Participate.
 All England will participate in the funeral of the queen. From the time the sad ceremonies begin at Osborne House. until the body is buried at Froemore, there will be funeral and memorial services throughout the En- giish-speaking world.
 There has been no burial of a soyer eign in England for nearly sixty-four years. Since the obseauies of Will jam w. the world has moved for ward so far that the funeral of British monarch will be utterly un- like that of any that have gone be- fore
 simple Ceremony at Osborne House. II TX believed that simple cere- mony will be held at Osborne House and that the body of the queen will then be placed in the royal yacht and conveyed to Portsmouth.
 funeral train will take the royal deau and the mourning family to hoa'oh- At the stations along the route the crape-covered train will be met by the mourning people with barred heads. 1t will arrive at Vic toris station
 All Business VIII he Suspended.
 ihc millions of the metropolis will lay a-ide their ordinary duties and pleasures for the day. All places of amuie,uent and of gain will he closed and all the popuIace will gather to mourn the queen and do her honor.
 The foneral procession will form at the railway statiouSand proceed to Paddington station. and the last staoe of the journey to FrQgmore will be begun.
 The EroGmore MsusoIeum.
 in the grounds of Frogmorr. not far from Windsor castle, is the mag nihcent mausoleum containing all thai is mortal of the prince consort.
 This building. cruciform in shape. R"nanesque in style. cost 1000, 900, the amount having .been provided by her majesty herself. It was consecrat- ed 'n 1862, year after the princess death, He was at first laid to rest in St. Georges chapel. Windsor.
 Beside Her Loved Husband.
 lu the ornate. octagonal chamber of the Frogmore masoleum.. 10 feet in diameter and 6 feet high. is double sarcophagus of dark gray granite. resting on polished black marble. It beats a recunbent statue of Prime. Albert. executed In white marble by Maj oehetti. and at each corner is the bronze figure of a kneeling angel.
 The queen will b~ buried here, be- 1t pf T husband" whose loss she never ceased to mourn.
 All London In Mourning.
 London has donned garb of mourning from end~to end. and an early hour found thick fog envelop- Ing the city like pail. a fitting ae- compartment of the funeral apparel of every one. Throughout the west end drawn blinds are the order of the day, while on all the embassies. gov ernment offices and public btiildings. the flags are half-mast The law courts the stock exchange, and all the pro duce aud metal exchanges throughout the country only assemble to close immediately after the presiding off cers had addressed to the members a few words of tribute to the dead monarch.
 In All the Churches. There were exceptionally large con gregations in the churches in all parts of the country. At St. Paul's ca thedral the prayers for the royal family were altered to read:
 For our sovereign lord. the king and the queen eonsort.'
 All Played the Dead March.
 All the services were ended by the playing of the dead march. The na- val and military stations fired a sa- lute of s1 guns at midday to signalize the death of the queen, one gun for each completed year of the queens age.
 The public buildings area being draped with black. the stores are dis playing many signs of mourning. and business is practically at a standstill.