Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-17
EDWARDS BODY
NOWLIES IN STATE
In Westminster Hall Where II
Was Taken From Buckingham
Palace This Morning.
PROCESSION WAS STATELY
Alexandra, Queen Mother. Occupied
First Carriage, Queen Mary Having
Gracefully Surrendered Her Right.


London May 1.-THE body OF king
Edward VII. the peacemaker. was
taken with stately pomp this morn
Jug from Buckingham palace on the
first stage OF the journey TO the grave
and NOW lies Boo state in Westminster
halI where hundreds OF thousands will
pav last tribute 90 the dead monarch
before the final passage through the
streets Of the capital on Thursday.
Tho procession from buckingham
palace Co Westminster hau passed
through doubled lines Of relocated
soldiers 0aubcd with rows Of police
mon and a mass of silent. black garb-
ed humanity
Tho buildings alou- the route were
heavily drspod with mourning The
German aud other embassies I'm Carl
tom House terrace were covered with
funcraI pals of black and purple, re-
heyed occasionally by green wroaths
and bouquets Of white lilies
The first iuumatiou that the crowd,
which had been waiting for hours. had
of the approach Of the funeral cortege.
was the booming Of the first OF IS
minute guns which were fired at ST.
James park, followed boy the tolling or
Big Ben," the great clock bell in the
tower or tho house OF commons.
which heretofore has been heard only
as 10 stuck the hours. and by the RON
of munled drums
Then a guardsman with sword re-
Nersed came down the Mall at meastir-
ed tread, two other guardsmen fol-
lowing close behind
Then came tho officers Of the head
quarters stan, the army council and
the board Of admiralty. As these ap-
peared the troops came 20 a half
salute with reversed guns and re-
manned thus until Field Marshals Lord
Roberts and Lord Kitchener or Khar-
tum, the admirals of the fleet the In
dian orderly officers In black uni
forms. and the aide de camp OF the
late king passed,
THE BODY PASSES
AS the gun carriage on which he
casket was borne, approached the Or
der REST on your arms was given
sharply with heads bowed the sol
diers kept their eyes uu the ground
while the body OF their late king pass
ed, coming to attention again for the
royal standard which was carried inn
mediately behind the Casket and m
front of King George. who like the Of
dccrs and other members OF royalty
was afoot
The Duke Of Cornwall and Prince
Albert. two little figures boo The natty
uniforms OF naval cadets. followed their
father King Frederick OF Denmark ana
King Haakou with the Duke Of Con-
uauzht between them. came next and
then followed tho other members of th-
British and foreign royal families n
gorgeous uniforms, tho only touch OF
mourning being the black bands on III
sleeves of their coats. An array OF Of
fuels OF the late kings household near
Ir all OF them iu bright uniforms but
% few of them I'M mourning dress.
Tho greatest interest OF tho crowd
uua aroused an the approach Of the
hlst carriage. for iu this rode the queel
mother Alexandra. Her majesty.
wearing the deepest mourning, had lIf,-
ed her veil and the people rcverentlv
raised their hats tn the pathetic ds
ure. who, even I'm the hour of her great
grief. Acknowledged The silent test.
mouy NJ sympathy by bowling repeated
ly The queen mother was accompanir
By her sister. the powager Empire
Marie of Russia. and by her daughter
the Princess Royal and Princess Vic
toria
Queen Mary occupied the second state
having for the occasion sur
rendered the first place 90 which, aE
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 accompanied bv he'
Princess Mary and Princes
Henry
seven other state carriages. gold he-
decFcd and drawn by heavily rapar.e-
onod horses carried The women ~ tho
roval families and the suites of the
queen mother and the queen.
At WESTMINSTER.
Arrived at the palace OF Westminster.
where dense tnrong had gathered,
the gun carriage stopped the pals were
removed and the bearer company. com
POSED OF life guards lifted the casket
lnd carried n into the hall
The dominating characteristic OF the
procession was the impressive simple
.ty There were 10000 troops foot and
mounted and 1000 sailors along tl"
.1ute. but in the procession itself the
urEa-t body OF uniformed men was
Die massed bands OF the guards regi-
uants numbering $50 under Lieut.
Morgan the senior bandmaster OF the
British arur which played funeral
Ou r.sna Buckingham palace "a
.srue .r ff DRUMS played special IN
.u#... .. Hf JHe conclusion OF which
Doe u..-.# bands took up Beethoven
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