The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-16
In King Edwards Funeral
Ceremonies
AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE
All London Is Absorbed with the Prepa-
rations for the Great Event, and
100000 Are Expected to
View Remains.

London May i6.-Tbe whole court and
all London are absorbed in the prepare
tions for the funeral Of King Edward,
which win Be The most imposing cere-
monial Great Britain's capital has ever
witnessed Thirty thousand soldiers viii
he brought from Aidershot and other mil
itafy camps 70 line the streets on FRI
day, when the procession passes As there
is no room to barraek them over nights,
the soldiers will blvouac in the parks and
streets. The city will have the appear
ance Of an invested town for two days.
Some Of the soldiers will sleep in tents
III the parks, while the remainder viii Tie
down beside their guns ia the streets
II Is expected that 100000 people will
pass through Westminster hall 10 look
upon the coffin. Barriers are being huilt
By means Of which the people will be
ushered through in four lines at the rate
Of 1900 an hour. The body Of the late
king will not be EXPOSED to view The
mourners will see only THE coffin with
the official reealla and heaps Of flowers.
The flowers alone contributed by organi-
cations and individuals will represent
many thousands Of dollars in value. The
most elaborate wreath has been sent
from Windsor consisting Of costly white
flowers, interviewer with purple, which
Is the royal mourning color The wreaths
contributed By private individuals, mum.
bering thousands, viii be hung on posts
il the streets
The artillery horses with gun carriages
we're rthearsing through the streets along
The line Of march Saturday so as TO
avoid the possibility of a mishap on Fri.
day Fabulous prices are being asked
for seats ID the stands along the line
s25 being the lowest sum at which it
Il possible % got place. The household
era overlooking Trafalgar square have
sent q protest 10 the lord chamberlain for
again changing the liue 81 march, which
cuts them Oh and depYiRes them Of eager
b expected profits King George being
50 closely Identified with the navy. the
naval c0ntingenis win take n prominent
part IN the ceremonies. Bluejackets viii
draw the gun carriage to Windsor. as
they did the carriage which bore the body
of Victoria, although on that occasion
they ala 50 because the horses became
FESTIVE. Tho hymns that will Be sung
at the service az Windsor are an Of the
queen dowaeers choice. They are My
Sod, my Father while stray Now
the laborers task Is o'era and Il heard
voice from heaven.
Soldiers from the king company, Qren-
adler guards. are keeping sentry watch
over the body n the throne.room 1T
Buckingham palace. They are relieved
each hour With simple ceremony some
one Of the visiting royalties. who are
daily arriving, enters the room every
now and then. and the widowed queen
goes there frequently Scotland yard
has all is detectives on duty, and these
are reinforced BIZ a hundred more from
continental cities All visitors ate being
watched but there il little real fear 81
enarehlstie attempts. because it Is known
that everyone under surveillance would
BE deported from England If any trouble
was eaused on this occasion and ii Is
not likely that the persons Of the an
arehistic type would give up voluntarily
their safest refuge il Europe