Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-16
TIE FUNERAL Of
KING CHRISTIAN
Final Rites For the Dead Mon
arch Of Denmark Held at
Copenhagen
nnnv TAKEN TO CATHEDRAL
BODY TAKEN TO CATHEDRAL
Will be Buried With the Kings That
Have Gone Before at RoskiIde =
q EmbIems Of Mourning Everywhere
Displayed and Business Suspended
In Copenhagen Today.


Christianborg church here today to
the cathedral at Roskilde, where it
will be buried Sunday among the tombs
OF, the Danish kings. who for thou
sand years have found their last rest
ing place in the ancient capital of the
Kingdom. The whole Of Copenhagen
was given UP to mourning. Business
and work were at standstill while
the emblems of sorrow were displayed
everywhere. Enormous crowds of
town people, garbed in black. swelled
by thousands of arrivals from the
country districts, thronged the square
in front of Chritianborg church and
the route thence to the railway sta
ton from early morning, standing pa
uently for hours in order to pay a last
tribute to the dead monarch. The win-
dows all along the route were filled
with spectators, who paid high prices
for seats, most of the owners of such
places of vantage having announced
their intention Of devoting to charity
in, memory of King Christian, the pro-
ceeds of the sale of seats.
Shortly before noon, the kings of
Denmark, Greece and Norway, Queen
alexandria, the dowager empress OF
Russia and other royal relatives of the
deceased, and representatives of for
eign sovereiGns, reached Christian
borg church, where brief service was
held. at the conclusion Of which the
coffin, covered with the Danish
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military officers to waiting hearse.
Then, headed by infantry and cavalry.
a simple cortege was formed, and Slows
ly proceeded thru three and a half
miles Of street to the railroad station.
Immediately behind the hearse was led
King Christians favorite horse, JUS
suf, which will be shot tonight, accord
ing to ancient Danish custom The
procession was closed with carriages
bearing the male members of the royal
families represented at the funeral,
the ladies watching departure of the
body from neighboring buildings. The
bells of all churches were tolled and
minute guns fired from the arsenal
thruout the progress Of the cortege
until the coffin was placed on the
funeral train. This was the first time
An history that the body Of Danish
king has been transferred by railroad
to the burial place. At the time OF the
death Of Frederick VII. predecessor OF
King Christian, in 1863, use of rail-
road train for conveyance of the kings
body to Roslkilde was not considered
sufficiently dignified.
During the progress to the railroad
station the cortege was swelled by
veteran and similar military associa-
tions OF students, and other societies
lining the route, which fell in at the
rear OF the procession. Many affect
ing scenes were witnessed in the
streets. The profound silence was bro
ken only by the sops of women, and
,nomentary excitement was caused by
fainting and minor accidents due to
the pressure of the huge crowds.
On the arrival at the station, the cof-
fin was lifted by naval and
military officers, and placed in
the funeral car in which some of the
members Of the royal family also
travelled. On reaching Roskilde the
Fourth regiment Of dragons formed
an escort for the coffin, which was
borne to the cathedral and placed on a
catafalque before the high altar, to
await the last rites, Sunday.