Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-20

Z VII, OF England, today. They /.
z were:
+ King George, of England. 3
I Emperor William, of Germany :
= King Alfonso, of Spain. g
= King Haakon, of Norway i
{ King Manuel. of Portugal =
7 King Albert, of Belgium
+ King George, of Greece. !.
{ Car Ferdinand of Bulgaria. !
+ King Frederick, of Denmark. 3
+ In addition to these there were I.
3 many queens, princes. princesses
4 and other members of royalty. 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS III
LONDON. May 2O.-The body of
King Edward VII. was carried through
the streets of the capitol today in the
presence of many hundred thousand
subjects and with the crowned heads
OF nine European nations. several fu-
ture rulers. members of all the royal
families of the world and former
President of the United States follows
ing the casket from Westminster Hall
to Paddington station.
No such professional snentacle had
been witnessed in Lonoon since Queen
Victoria's jubilee. The parade Included
many of the greatest men of the king
dom with representatives of all arms
OF the service and delegations from the
most famous regiments of the empire
and representative groups of foreign
armies and navies
Behind the caslSet upon which rested
the imperial symbols followed the late
kings charger. while his favorite ter
rier was led by a Highland soldier just
before the imperial ensign.
Roosevelt Attracts tticrIos,
King George Emperor William and
several other members of royalty wore
the uniforms OF British generals. No
parsonage in the parade attracted
greater interest than did Theodore
Roosevelt, the special American ann
bassador, whose civilian clothes con-
trasted curiously with the gilded state
coach, with its white-wigged and silk
stockinged flunkies, within which he
rode.
The representatives of the two great
republics, the United States and
France, were given a position at the
rear of all the royalties and the princes
of the pettiest of the European States.
o.
ryng the royal ladies. and they We're
the last in the line of the representa-
tives of foreign governments. The Duke
of Orleans was given precedence as the
envoy of the French people,
The booming of minute guns and the
tolling of bells accompanied the move-
ment of the procession. while the bands
In turn played the Dead March from
Saul and Chopin's Funeral March.
Many Are Injured.
At the Mall, in st. James street and
at Hyde Park. the throng almost over
whelmed the procession, The police
and soldiers had to fight to prevent the
lines being swept away by the crush.
There were many broken limbs and
other injuries were received Hun
dreds OF persons tainted, especially
among the women who had been stand
ing on the pavement for hours before
the procession left Westminster Hall
The procession started from the hall
at $3.50 o'clock, just as the first minute
gun doomed. The precedent afforded
| by the funeral of Queen Victoria nine
| ye..rs ago was closely followed The
| oaken casket, with the crown and
| cushion. regalia and insignia of the
| Order of the Garter thereon, was borne
on a gun carriage, the same as was
used at the funeral of the late queen
| The king rode between the German
| emperor and the duke of Connaught.
all in brilliant uniforms. and next in
line was the group of rulers, heirs to
| the throne, princes of great states and
| special ambassadors.
| Arriving at Paddington station the
casket was placed in the funeral car
which carried the funeral party to
| Windsor The royal saloon was uphol-
stored in purple and white silk and
catafalque erected in the centre sup
ported the casket. The ear was occn-
pied by King George, Queen Mary the
| Queen Mother Alexandra, eight other
! sovereigns and near relatives Special
trains followed with the high officials.
reign representatives and special en-
voys.
Cortege Arrives nj Windsor.
/ WINDSOR. May 20.-It was a bitter
/ winter day when the body of Queen
Victoria was borne up the hill to the
medaeval chapel of St. Georges. To-
day the caste gates at Windsor opened
to receive the casket of the seventh
Edward with the green of an English
spring on the trees and grass within the
massive walls. The gray towers and
battlements, over which the Union Jack
was flying at half-mast, never APP
peared more impressive.
In the streets below was seething
mass of people in black with a lane kept
open by two solid lines OF soldiers for
the cortege to pass through.
When the royal train arrived at the
station the body of the monarch was
again placed on a gun carriage and the
procession was reformed. with the addi-
tion Of the ambassadors. ministers and
other representatives Of foreign statsA