The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-09-08
KINGS FUNERAL
NOT EXPENSIVE
Halt Million Expense Incurred
For Edward Under Record.
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Nihilist Bombs. Cost Russia $3.50
600, While France Expended $4,000
Taking NspoIeon's Body From
Helena to Paris Resting Place.
If comparisons be made with 9th
European countries Britain does n
err on the side of extravaganza in Il
matter of royal funerals 1t cost Il
French government 100000 TO bril-
the remains of Napoleon from st. Fl
lena and RENTER them beneath the don
of the lnvalides in Paris There b;
been no such expenditure as this
Britain. though King Edwards funer
cost S225. 600.
One hundred and fifty thousand dc
lars was expended on the obsequi,
of King George IL. when that monarc
was laid 10 rest with gorgeous Ger
monial at Westminster. Less tina
half that sum sufficed to bury Kin
William w.. and the aggregate e,
penses of his two immediate predece
SOrS were smaller still.
One of the simplest yet most in
sive funerals of recent years wa,
Of the late Duke of Clarence Tn
did not exceed $500 all told T
neral was military one. and th
and ceremonies were those pres
for an ordinary general officer
Consort's Funeral lnexpensis
The funeral of the prince
was carried out at the compare
small expense of $4,000, but
Victoria subsequently expended
her private purse nearly forty
that amount on the mausoleum al
more, besides contributing liberia
the cost of the memorial in Hyde
By far the most magnificent
modern royal funerals was that
Car Alexander H.. who was sla
nihilist bombs on March 10. 1891. Fiv
hundred thousand troops lined, tn
streets on the day of the procession
The coffin was borne on car special,
built of ebony and gold. inlaid witt
malachite from the imperial mines
The wheels were of solid silver anC
richly chased Seventy conveyance,
were required for the wreaths and flo
raj emblems. the combined value o,
which was estimated at 100000.
Upward of 100000 candles. some Of
them weighing as much as thirty
pounds. were burned during the flu
neral ceremony and at the previous
lying in state, and incense to the value
of $4,000 was consumed. 1t is com
puted that from first TO last this i'm
posing funeral must have cost $500.
600.
Million Spent on William I.
Quite as magnificent in it's way.
though on a less expensive scale. was
the funeral of Emperor William l..
grandfather of the present kaiser.
Never before or since has Germany
witnessed so solemn or stately func-
ton. The whole city was swathed in
Grape. and the general gloom was in
tensified by the smoke from hundreds
Of thousands of burning torches and
creSSets.
The total cost of the funeral has new
er been made public. but it must have
been enormous, for in addition TO the
parliamentary grant of S55O.OoO lin aid
Of the expenses incurred it is said
that Berlin alone contributed some
thing like 100000 toward the ex-
penses
The kings of Italy have always been
buried with regal splendor. but at no
great cost to the state Thirty thou
sand dollars was the sum expended on
the burial of the late King Humbert.
The funeral expenses of Victor EN-
manuel were exactly half that sum.
On the other hand. it cost $4,000 TO
bury Ferdinand H.. king of Naples.
Ind about s35O.00O for the funeral of
King Charles of Sardinia.
The expenses in connection with that
" Queen Victoria amounted TO S175,-
100. of which $4,000 went for the en-
ertainment of royal and foreign
,uests and $4,000 for the travelling.
God and accommodation of troops.