The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-26
KING EDWARD RESTS
With HIS Fathers
Body Lies in Windsor Castle
in Regal Company
VAST THRONG PAYS LAST TRIBUTE
Gorgeous Pageant Passes Down Dec
GRATED Streets Through Rever-
ent Multitude. Nine Crowned
Heads Follow Bier.

London.-The body of King Ed
ward VII was carried through the
streets of the capital in the pres
ence of many hundred thouand peo-
pie and with the kings of nine Eu-
ropean nations, several future rulers,
members of all the royal families
of tn world and aformer president
of the United States, following the
casket from Westminster hall to
Paddington station.
The cortege moved through solid
double lines of red coated soldiers,
standing with rifles reversed and the
regimental colors dipped to the
ground.
At the railway station the casket
was placed in funeral car and was
taken to Windsor, where, after the
Church Of England services had
been conducted by the archbishop of
Canterbury in st. Georges chapel,
1t was entombed in the Albert mem
orial chapel adjoining.
No such professional spectacle had
been witnessed in London since
Queen Victoria's jubilee. The parade
included many of the greatest men
of the kingdom with representatives
of all arms of the service and dele
cations from the most famous regi-
ments of the empire and representa-
tive groups of foreign armies and
navies.
Behind the casket upon which rest
ed the imperial symbols, followed
the late kings charger, while his
favorite terrier was led by highlan
soldier just before the imperial en-
sign.
King George, Emperor William and
several other members of royalty
wore the uniforms of British gener-
ais.
No parsonage in the parade at
tracted greater interest than did
Theodore Roosevelt, the special
American ambassador, whose civilian
clothes contrasted curiously with the
gilded state coach with its white
wigged and silk stockinged flunkies,
within which he rode.
The representative of the two
great republics, the United States and
France were given position at the
rear of all the royalties and the
prince of the pettiest Of European
states. Their carriages followed
those carrying the royal ladies and
they were last in the line of repre-
entatives of foreign governments.
The Duke of Orleans was present
as the envoy of the French people.
The booming of minute guns and
the tolling of bells accompanied the
movement of the procession while the
bands in turn played the dead march
from SAUL" and Chopin's Funeral
March"
The services of the Church of
England was followed throughout.
After the anthem, How Blcst are
Tney," the garter-king-at-arm adj
vanoed to the altar and spoke as fol-
lows:
For as much as 1t hath pleased
Almighty God to take out of this life
unto His divine mercy, the late most
high, most mighty, and most excel
lent monarch, Edward, by the grace
Of God Of the United Kingdom Of
Great BRITAIN and Ireland, king de-
fender of the faith, emperor Of In
dia, sovereign of the most noble or
der of the garter, let us most hum
bly, beseech Almighty God to bless
with long life, health and honor and
all worldly happiness the most high,
most mighty and most excellent mon
arch, our sovereign lord, George,
now by the grace of God, of the Unit
ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, king defender of the faith, en-
peror of India and sovereign of most
noble order of the garter. God save
the king"
An answering murmur of "God
save the king arose from the as
semblage.
The Archbishop of Canterbury
pronounced the benediction. Then
the hush was broken and the process
sion withdrew from the chapel in
the order of it's entrance. The body
of Edward VII remained before the
altar, later to find permanent rest
ing place in the royal tomb house
In Albert memorial chapel