Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-20
FILLED
WITH THRONG
Of M0URNERS
PREPARATIONS COMPLETE
FOR FUNERAL OF EDWARD
Nine Crowned Heads, Several
Heirs to Thrones and ENJOYS
From All Nations viii Follow
Body to Temporary Tomb,

I's, Morning journal Special Leased wircl
London, july 2O.-A brief thundcr
storm occurred during the night. hut
Notwithstanding disagreeablc wet
ting. many hundreds kept "a night
long vigil in the streets. awaiting the
funeral cortege of King Edward today.
The morning broke bright and
iclear with promise Of good day
( Already the underground trains. the
trans and the busses have started to
bring thousands into the city. Most
| OF the seats will be taken up by S
q clock when the police Will stop all
vehicle traffic along the route of the
! procession.
London. May Nine crowned
heads OF Europe and several heirs to
thrones sat down in Buckingham pail
ace tonight at dinner which King
George guve to all his eminent guests
assembled in London for the funeral
of King Edward tomorrow. After the
dinner the members OF all the suites
were introduced to the king.
Although the presence OF so many
rulers and prices necessarily throws
great responsibility upon The author
ities and the police all move about
freely ana no word is heard of appre-
hcnsion of untoWard incidents
London filled rapidly today with
people from the provinces and with
foreigners The whole line of the
funeral route has been from early
morn until late at night a surging
mass of people viewing the final pre-
paratiuns aud purchasing seats. The
stand business, however has been
greatly ovcrdoue and seats for which
$25 or $50 were asked fcW days ago
are noW being haWkcd at from So 20
$40
The neiehborhood palaces the 4uN-
ernmpnt office and the great houses
today have seen constant Fitting of
royal carriages with foreign represen-
tutivcs paying formal visits Almost
an the official visitors went to see
SIR Edward Grey at the foreign ollice
this afternoon
Emperor william Of Germany VINO
arrived this morning, was met py
1Ing George ana later had an Affect
ing meeting with the queen mother
Alexandra The emperor thdl ac-
oompanicd by King George, proceed
cd to Westminster Han ana paid
tribute to the momory OF Edward
VII
For few moments, while the em-
peror and king lSnelt beside the col
FIN. the thousands who We're waiting
i'm line to file past the catafalque were
held i'm check, though those Withln
Westminster Hall were permitted to
remain Upon rising to their leel
the two monarchs claspcd hands as
They stood with bowed heads
Thirty thousand soldiers from Al
,lershot and other military stations [
are camping in the parks tonight Thc /
weather is hot and thunder storms
are not improbable. Many thousands /
of people win pass the nights I'm the /
strcrt. i'm order to secure points Of .
vantage from which To view the cor
tope. The living in state closed at |
o'clock II is estimated 4OO,OoO per /
sons passed through Westminster /
Han. King George, with King Ferdi- /
naud of Bulgaria, paid final visi' .
at late hour.
An London is garbed in mourning
Four thousand evergreen Wreaths
have been hung along the route, ant /
great MASSES of flowers are TO be seen
everywhere,
A trial trip was made today by the
rovN train. which VIII carry the bodN
.omorroW from London to windsor
rhe royal saloon has been upholstered r
m purple and white silk catn-
alquc has been erected In the center
md i'm this train viii travel King
icorgc and queen Mary the queen
mother Alexandra. eight other soN-
,reigns and the near relatives. Spe-
ial trains win convey the ri9n off
'ials the foreign representatives and
ipccinl cnVoys to Windsor.
The little town Of Windsor has ns-
umcd purple hue. From the sta
ion at the foot of Castle Hin where
he body of King Edward will arrive.
% the sONercign's entrance to the cas-
lc, everything, including even the ?
hurches is covered with "a mourning {
all of royal purple. The stands erect :
"a in the open places have been "n
lroudcd 80 that the cotfin with .
oval mourners viii pass through am
venue Of the most sombre descrip-
ion.
Prominent among the floru offer
ng from societies that of the Amer-
an society the shield Of the Uni
ed States IN flowers The royal 2
rcaths are ot the simplest rharhc- "
rr. only floral clrclct q
Among the callers at Buckingham IN
alace today were Colonel Eoosc-
tlt. the King Of Denmark the King
+ Greece. Prince Henry of Prussia "
nd the lord chief justice of England
olonel Roosevelt inscribed his name
. the books of King Manuel of Por-
iraI aud King Albert Of Belgium ~
erman emperor who toof aim a. n
is apartments for an hours talk u
The former president was one of .
l. guests ur King Georges state t'
inner with Henry White. the spe- b
al delegate from the United states, b.
r. VIII appear in the funeral process la
ON According to the arrangements
the duke OF Norfolk. the earl mar n
laf the representatives ~ the ni- fi
.d states VIII wear evening dress.
i'm black vest black studs and 4
hite tif. N
Mrs Roosevelt Mrs. Whitelaw rs
cid and Mrs Nicholas Longworth D.,
ill have places in st George chap
at Windsor where the funeral SER
ce viii be conducted. and Where
iward VII Nill he temporarily sep Law
rhercd among the tomhs of hi- ro
theirs. SO
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LEGGED Member of MaNhraN Band ar
Enid, Okla, MAY H. DICK beat &C