The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-13
Sudden Transition From Life
of Ease Into One of Stress
and Strain.
GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR
FUNERAL OF EDWARD
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LONDON, May 12.--From a life of com
parative ease and retirement King George
suddenly finds himself cne OF the hard
est worked officials OF the kingdom
In addition 10 spending considera bic
time daily at Buckingham palace. com
fortlng his widowed mother, he has to
attend to multifarious duties connected
with receiving and entertaining the royal
guests and arranging the difficult details
OF the lying in state and the funeral.
Seven O'Clock each morning finds his
majesty at his desk in Marlborough
house TO reply to the innumerable mes
sages of coincidence and to receive his
ministers and the officials In charge OF
the obsequies. Today he had long in
terview with John Burns, president OF
the local government board. The after
noon he spent with the queen mother and
In the evening he went to the station to
meet and escort the king OF Denmark to
Buckingham palace.
Will Greet Roosevelt.
Former President Roosevelt. who has
been named as special envoy OF the
United States 10 attend the funeral will
be presented to King George soon after
his arrival In London on Monday. Mr..
Roosevelt as special ambassador, VIII oc-
cupy. place with the visiting monarchs
In the funeral procession and also will
attend the burial at Windsor.
The lying in state involves a great ad-
ditlon 10 the. programme for the funeral,
Sunday, The procession to Westminster
hall on Tuesday for the lying in state
VIII be on almost as great a scale as the
funeral procession. The cortege will in
ciude King George and all the foreign
sovereigns on horseback and the queen
mother and the royal ladies in carriages.
The body VIII be received by members OF
the house of lords and the house OF com
mons while the choirs of Westminster
Abbey and the chapel royal and the band
OF the Cold Stream Guards will take part
in the musical service.
All Cars Will Stop.
When the funeral procession starts on
Friday every tram car in London Will
come to a standstil for quarter of an
hour. 1t also is proposed that all public
houses in London be closed while the
procession is passing.
The queen mother has been exceeding
~ busy since the death of the king, She
has received n great number of visitors
who nave been privileged TO enter the
death chamber. These included. besides
most OF the members of the cabinet and
hassadors and other officials connected
with the court and Intimate friends Of
King Edward VII,
A note of discord in the universal
mourning comes from Dublin. where at
a meeting OF the corporation today seven
me embers of the Sim Fein society voted
against the lord mayors resolution to
send message Of sympathy and con-
dolence TO the queen mother and the royal
family.
Hundreds OF carpenters are building
stands along the route or the funeral
procession. Twenty-Five to fifty dollars
is obtainsble easy for single scat at
points of vantage while small upper
room with a couple OF tiny windows over
looking the street is considered bar
gain at $500. On the more fashionable
thoroughfares Ike Piccadlly from $4,000
to $4,000 is asked for the use Of single
rooms