New Ulm review., 1910-07-27

Half Million Expense Incurred
For Edward Under Record.
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obsequies Of Alexander H., Victim Of
NihiIist Bombs, Cost Russia $780,
ooo, While France Expended $500, 1000
Taking NapoIeon's Body From ST.
Helena to Paris Resting Place.
If comparisons be made with other
European countries Britain does not
err on the side Of extravaganza in the
matter Of royal funerals. 1t cost the
French government $5O0,OOo to bring
the remains Of Napoleon from st. He
lena and renter them beneath the dome
Of the Invalides in Paris. There has
been no such expenditure as this in
Britain, though King Edwards funeral
cost $225,O0O.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars was expended on the obsequies
of King George IL. when that monarch
was laid to rest with gorgeous cere-
monial at Westminster. Less than
half that sum sudsced to bury King
William ", ar. the aggregate e1-
penses Of his two immediate predeces-
sors were smaller still.
One Of the simplest yet most impress
sive funerals of recent years was that
Of the late Duke of Clarence. The cost
did not exceed $1,000 all told. The fu-
neral was military one, and the rites
and ceremonies were those prescribed
for an ordinary general officer.
Consort's Funeral inexpensive.
The funeral Of the prince consort
was carried out at the comparatively
small expense Of $4,000, but Queen
Victoria subsequently expended from
her private purse nearly forty times
that amount on the mausoleum at Frog
more, besides contributing literally to
the cost of the memorial in Hyde park.
By far the most magnificent Of all
modern royal funerals was that Of the
Car Alexander H., who was slain by
nihilist bombs on March 13, 1881. Five
hundred thousand troops lined the
streets on the day of the procession.
The coffin was borne on a car specially
built of ebony and gold, inlaid with
malachite from the imperial mines.
The wheels were of solid silver and
richly chased. Seventy conveyances
were required for the wreaths and flo
raj emblems, the combined value Of
which was estimated at 100000.
Upward of l 100000 candles, some Of
them weighing as much as thirty
pounds, were burned during the fu-
neral ceremony and at the previous
lying in state, and incense to the value
Of $4,000 was consumed. 1t is COM
puted that from first to last this i'm
posing funeral must have cost $780,
OOO
Million Spent on William |.
Quite as magnificent in it's way,
though on a less expensive SCALE was
the funeral of Emperor William l.,
grandfather of the present kaiser.
Never before. or since has Germany
witnessed so solemn or stately a func-
ton. The whole city was sWathed in
Grape, and the general gloom was in
tensifed by the smoke from hundreds
Of thousands of burning torches and
cressets. -~... ...sz
The total cost Of the funeral has nev-
er been made public, but it must have
been enormous, for in addition to the
parliamentary grant Of $55O,OOO 'in aid
Of the expenses incurred" it is said
that Berlin alone contributed some
thing like 100000 toward the ex-
penses.
The kings of Italy have always been
buried with regal splendor, but at no
great cost to the state. Thirty thou
sand dollars was the sum expended on
the burial Of the late King Humbert
The funeral expenses Of Victor EN-
manuel were exactly half that sum.
On the other hand, it cost $4,000 to
bury Ferdinand H., king of Naples
and about $3.50, 900 for the funeral Of
King Charles of Sardinia.
The expenses in connection with that
Of Queen Victoria amounted to $175,-
600, Of which $4,000 went for the en-
tertainment of royal and foreign
guests and $4,000 for the travelling,
food and accommodation of troops.