The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
ROYAL MOURNERS
 AT MONARCH BIER Christians Body Will be h.
 tered Tom r oW
IS TAKEN TO ROSEKILDE
The Line of March for Three Miles Is Lined With Mourners and Many Affecting Scenes Are Wit
 messed on the Streets.

Copenhagen. February 16.-The body Of King Christian was removed from the Christianborg church here today to the cathedral at Roskilde where it will be buried Sunday among the tombs of the Danish Kings. who for thousand years have found their last resting place in the ancient capital of the kingdom.
 The whole of Copenhagen was given up to mourning. Business and work were at standstill while emblems of sorrow were displayed everywhere. The enormous crowds of town people, garbed in black. swelled by thousand of arrivals from the country districts thronged the square in front of the Christanborg church and the route thence to the railway sta ton from early morning standing pa- tientiy 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 vantages announced their intention of devoting to charity, in memory of King Christian, the proceeds of the sale of seats.
 
 Shortly before noon the Kings of Den mark, Greece and Norway, Queen Alexan- dra. the Dowager Enmpress of Russia and other royal relatives of the deceased and the representatives of foreign sover- eigns reached the Christianborg church, where brief service was held, at the conclusion of. which the coffin, covered With the Danish standard was borne high by naval and military officers to the wait, ing hearse. Then headed by infantry and cavalry, a simple cortege was formed and slowly proceeded through the three and a half miles of streets between the church and the railroad station. Immediately behind them was led King Christians favorite riding horse. Jussuf, which will be shot tonight, according to the ancient Danish custom. The procession was closed with carriages bearing the male members of royal families represented at the funeral, the ladies watching the de- parture of the body from a neighboring building.
 The bells of all the churches were tolled and minute guns were fired from the arsenal throughout the progress of the cortege and until the coffin was placed on the funeral train.
 Train Heretofore Undinified.
 This was the first time in 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, the predecessor of King Christian, in 1863, the use of a railroad train for the conveyance of the Kings body to Roskilde was not considered sufficiently dignified.
 During the progress toward the railroad station the cortege was swelled by the veteran and similar military associations, students and other societies lining the route, which fell in at the rear of the pro- cession.
 Many affecting scenes were witnessed in the streets. The profound silence was broken only by the sobs of the women and the momentary excitement caused by ] fainting and minor accidents, due to the pressure of the huge crowds. On arrival at the station the coffin was | again lifted by naval and military of- fcers and placed in the funeral car, in which some members of the royal family also travelled.
 After reaching Roskilde the Fourth reg iment of dragons formed the escort of the coffin. which was borne to the cathed- ra1 and placed on catafalque before the high altar to await the last rites on Sun day.