The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-02-02

echoes 90 The hill announced the start
I JOS of The Alberta from Trinity pier
4 From ship TO ship the salute was passed
7 down the line. Each vessel OF the fleet
was firing minute guns Thcy AN om-
/ ployod their shore side batteries so that
on The channel side there WIS slhouet-
1 tcs of hulls spar sand iron work. before
/ backgrounds OF dense gray smoke rhe
I sound WAS that df great battle.
/ The fnneAal fleet was just ven under
way when SO came ahreast of the press
boat Eight torpedo boa Gestroyers crept
ahcad moving in palrs silent pan bearers.
marching before the hcarse They were the
Portsmouth s1ietdron au of cxactiy t4e
same size. every inch Of hun and machin-
ery minied a dan black with an officer
standing Ike a statue at cech bow. ana
the crews aligned al attention" like sem
tries on their decks Iiardiy a ripple came
from their bows their speed being barely
five knots an hour The pairs OF torpe-
do boat destroyers were about 100 wards
apart with four boats lengths between
stern and bows Then quarter OF a mile
behind, but seeming across the water but
a stones thrown. followed The royal
yacht Alberta, the vessel on which the
eyes of the world may be said to have
been centered. She was a common place
little vessel, lying low In The water with
q git trimmed hull ana side wheels pro-
tccted by the yellow paddle boxes Al hcr
stern stood a tall officer uniformed IN
dark blue, alone. as motionless as part NJ
the ship Tho union Jack was at the foro-
mast I'M royal standard zen from hair
way up the main mast and The naval en-
sign trailed from her stern The after
deck OF the yacht was rooted with "a white
awning and beneath the awning. through
glasses could be seen the catanlque OF
royal purple and ruby lines on which rest
cd De coffin Four officers IN sombro
Uniform stood at the four corners of tho
catafalque with their fnccs turned TO-
ward thl ships a few other persons could
be- seen clustered on the Albertas deck
AZ ,he funeral yacht moved Slowly past
ihe decks Of the warships were cro,,,!ed
with their crews They were all manned
to iher fuu compliment The sailors
in blue with straw hots formed solid
mass along the decks of each ship stand
Ing with their arms o.. attention"
A line OF scarlet coais topped Wy -.,,,, (.
/ Hhiung helmets on the after decks showed
where the marines We're stationed The
fighting tops and guns were also manned.
THE officers stood out in'nowy nll drea1
array
The band Of each shin took mp the fun
oral march when tho Alberta came abreast
OF her. and the spectators on an tha other
/ craft took on their hats
So, with an eyes focused on the tiny
/ looking purple bier, the remains or Queen
! Victoria were carried away
/ over AN The miles OF water there came
| no sound save the boom OF cannon aud
the moumful sound OF many bands
J Following the Alberta trailed along Ave
other yachts az regular intervals First
wes the Victoria ana Albert royal
yachi twice AS large az The Alberta and
Of similar design She carried the royal
mourner who, as relatives or officials.
followed the coffin King Edward ana
Emperor William were chief among the
but from tho observation boats they were
the only group recognizable A few scar
let coats could be seen. with ladies' ln the
I Cepeest mourning ana on the upper deck
the queens Indian attendants were dls-
tingulshable hy their white turbans
NN ANF Mtht Ut iif ltinfiN ana Alnfrt
Emperor Williams yacht Hohenzol'orn,
loomed up nke an ocean greyhound as
large as warshlp, painted spouPss
white with yellow tunnels, trim. glitter
ing, unfunoral carrying the German nag
as her bow and ale naval ensign at half
masi at Ser stern.
The other Yachts came m single Ole be-
hind Tho Osborne larger than the Az
bert and of the same class was the nrst
next came tho admiralty yacht, Enchant.
ress smaller ana then a little house yacht
Finally came onother vessel a black tor,
pedo boat destroyer
But the Alberta, marked hy the purn's
and opal on her deck. and the biz Hohen.
zollern stood out conspicuously IN N,
craving neet
Twenty minutes tfter the frat pair oil
torpedo boat destroyers came abreast OF
the press boat the historic parade hat
passed ana was dwindllng smaller ant
smaller toward the sunset, where the nur
pie clouds ana volumes of smoke made az
overnowerlnsiy impressive stage spectacle
The guns OF each warship ceased irinl