Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-05-20
BODY OF KING
EDWARD NOW
LIES IN STRIFE
PROCESSION FROM BUCKINGHAM
PASSES THROUGH DOUBLE
LINES OF SOLDIERS.
GEORGE WALKS NEAR CASkET.
New Ruler, Like Officers and Other
Members Of the Royalty, Are
Afoot.
MUSIC BRINGS TEARS TO CROWD.

LONDON, May 1.-THE body of
King Edward VII, the peacemaker, was
taken with stately pomp this morning,
from Buckingham Palace on the first
stage of the journey to the grave and
now lies in state in Westminster hall
where hundreds of thousands will pay
a last tribute to the dead monarch before
the final passage through the streets OF
the capital On Thursday.
The procession from Buckingham
Palace to Westminster hall passed
through double lines of relocated sol
dlers thanked with rows Of stalWart po-
Acemen and a mass OF silent, black
CARRIED humanity.
The buildings along the route were
heavily draped with mourning. The
German and other embassies in Carlton
house terrace were covered with funeral
pals of black and purple, relieved occa-
Slonally by green WreathS and bouquets
of white lilies.
Great Clock Tolls
The first intimation that the crowd,
which had been waiting for hours, had
Of the approach of the funeral cortege
was the booming Of the first OF 6S-m1nute
guns which were fired at st. James park,
followed by the tolling of Big Ben"
the great clock in the tower of the House
Of Commons, which heretofore has been
heard only as it struck the hours, and
the roll OF mufled drums.
Then a guard Sman with sword re-
versed came down The Mall at meas
| ured tread, two other guardsmen follow
| ing close behind. Then came the officers
of the headquarters staff, the army coun-
| Gil, and the board of admiralty.
AS these appeared, the troops came
to a half salute with reversed guns and
remained thus until Field Marshals Lord
! Roberts and Lord Kitchener Of Khar-
| toum, the admirals OF the fleet, the In
| dian orderly officers in black uniforms,
and the aides-de-camp of the late King
| passed.
! AS the gun carriage on which the cas-
| ket was borne approached the order
| Rest on your arms" was given sharply.
! With heads bowed the soldiers kept their
| eyes on the ground while the body Of
| their late King passed by, coming to at
tention again for the royal standard,
| which was carried Immediately behind
| the casket and in front of King George,
| who like the officers and other members
! of royalty, was afoot The Duke of
! Cornwall and Prince Albert, two little
| figures in the natty uniforms of naval
| cadets, followed their father.
King Frederick of Denmark and King
| Haakon with the Duke of COnnaught be-
| tween them came next, and then fol-
! lowed the other members of the British
| ana 1OEe1Su roy d1 Utilities III gorgeous
uniforms, the only touch of mourning be-
| ing the black bands on the sleeves of
| their coats.
A army of officers of the late Kings
household, nearly all of them in bright
uniforms but few of them in mourning
| dress followed.
The greatest interest of the crowd
was aroused at the approach of the first
! carriage, for in this rode the Queen
Mother Alexandra, to whom the hearts
of all Britishers have gone out during
the past week. Her majesty, wearing
| the deepest mourning, had lifted her veil
and the people reverently raised their
hats to the pathetic figure who even in
! the hour of grief, acknowledged the
silent testimony of sympathy by bowling
repeatedly.
The Queen mother was accompanied
| by her sister, the doWager Empress
Marie of Russia, and by her daughters,
the Princess Royal and Princess Vic
toria.
Queen Mary Follows
Queen Mary occupied the second state
carriage, having for the occasion sur
rendered the first place to which as
| Queen she was entitled. Her majesty
was preceded by the sOVereign's escort,
! the only mounted troops participating,
with the exception of few stationed
along the route Queen Mary was ac-
companied by her daughter, Princess
! Mary, ana Prince Henry.
Seven other state carriages, gold be-
decked and drawn by heavily capari-
soned horses, carried the ladies of the
! royal families and the suites of the
| Queen mother, and the Queen.
| Arrived at the palace yard of West
minister. where dense throng had gath
i cred, the gun carriage stopped, the pals
were removed and the bearer company,
composed of Life Guards, lifted the
! casl1et and carried it into the hall
| This dominating characteristic of the
| procession was the impressive simplicity.
There We're 1900 troops foot and
| route, but in the procession itself the
| largest body of uniformed men was the
| massed bands of the Guards regiments,
numbering $50, under Lieut. Morgan, the
senior bandmaster of the British army.
| which played funeral marches.
| ! Upon leaving Buckingham palace. a
corps of sixty drums placed a special In
| production, at the conclusion of which the
massed bands took up 'Beethoven's Flu
neral March"
"FVowers of the Forest"
The most striking feature of the music
| twas provided by body of forty pipers,
| lwho struck up Flowers of the Forest
| jas the procession passed Marlborough
house, the music bringing tears to the
| eyes of many in the crowd. During the
morse guards parade the bands played
| Chopin's 'Marche Funebre'' and as the
| procession approached Westminster hall
| the strains of Handel's Dead March
fran Saul were heard.
At Westminster hall the service was
| brief. The casket rested high on the
purple catafalque in the center of the
hall, covered with white and gold en-
ibroidered pail and draped with the royal
ensign. Upon the ensign at the head
were placed the jewel crown, the orb
and scepter.