Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-20
NINE CROWNED HEADS
FOLLOW ROYAL BIER
Theodore Roosevelt, in Civilian
Dress, Draws Eyes of Crowd.
ALL NATIONS REPRESENTED
Foremost Men of England and ALI
Arms of Military Service in the
Funeral Procession-Purple and
Sable Drapes Buildings
Along Route.

Along Route.
LONDON May 2O-The body of King
Edward VII was carried through the
streets of The capital today IN the pres.
ence of many hundred thousand sub
jects.
Kings OF nine European nations. severa
future rulers, members of all the roya
families of the world and former Presi
dent of the United States followed the
casket from Westminster Hall to Pad.
dington station.
The cortege moved through solid double
lines OF relocated soldiery standing with
rifles reversed and regimental colors dip.
ped to the ground.
At the railway station the casket was
placed in a funeral car and taken te
Windsor. There, after the Church OF
England service had been conducted by
the Archbishop of Canterbury in St
Georges Chapel, the casket was en-.
tombed in the Albert Memorial Chape
adjoining
No such professional spectacle had been
Witnessed in London since Queen Vic
toria's jubilee The parade included
many Of the greatest men of the king
dom, with representatives of all arms OF
the service and delegations from the most
famous regiments of the empire. and rep
resentative groups of foreign armies and
navies.
Kings Charger Follows Bier.
Behind the casket. upon which rested
the imperial symbols. followed the late
kings charger. His favorite terrier was
led by a Highland soldier just before the
Imperial ensign.
King George, Emperor William and sew
eraI other members Of royalty wore the
uniforms of British generals.
No parsonage in the parade attracted
greater interest than did Theodore Roose-
velt, the special American ambassador.
whose civilian clothes cOntrasted curious
iy with the gilded state coach, with Its
white -wigged and siIk-stockinged f1unkies
within which he rode.
The representatives of the two great re-
publics. the United States and France
were given a position at the rear OF all
the royalties and the princes OF the pet
test of the European states. Their car
riases followed those carrying the royal
ladies, and they were last in the line OF
the representatives of foreign govern
ments.
The Duke of Orleans was given pre-
cedence as the envoy of the French peo-
pie.
The booming of minute guns and the
ment of the procession. The band played
the Dead March" from Saul" and
Chopin's Funeral March.
London's Greatest Multitude.
The morning was clear. A hot sur
beat upon the great mass of humanity
that lined the route of the procession.
IL is doubtful that SO many people were
ever before seen in London. At the Mall
in James street, and at Hyde Park the
throns almost overwhelmed the process
sion. The police and soldiers had &c
fight to prevent the lines being swep,
away by the crush
There were many broken limbs. and
other injuries were received. Hundreds
OF persons tainted, especially among tht
women who had been standing on the
left Westminster Hall.
King George. the Queen Mother Alex.
andra and the Princess Victoria entered
Westminster Hall before the procession
started. They spent some minutes be.
fore the Casket
Emperor William, who was at the en-.
trance as they appeared, dismounted
Waving the lackeys aside he opened the
helped her out and then kissed her upor
the cheek.
Route of Procession.
The procession started from the hall a,
$50 o'clock just as the first minute CUR
doomed. The precedent afforded by the
funeral of Queen Victoria, nine years ago
was closely followed. The oaken casket
with the crown and cushion regalia and
insignia Of the Order Of the Garter there.
on. was borne on a gun carriage, the
same as was used at the funeral of the
late queen.
The procession proceeded through Par.
lament street and Whitehall. The public
buildings were heavily draped with black
and purple throughout the route
Leaving the district of oficialdom the
cortege passed through the Horse Guards
Parade and thence along the Mall
The embassies and private residences
including those OF several Americans or
Carlton House terrace. overlooking the
Mall. were heavily draped with mourn.
ing: The terrace was crowded with on.
lockers.
From the Mall the procession passed
Marlborough House, emerging in 81.
James street proceeding to Piccadilly
and along that thoroughfare to HYDE
Park corner, where IL entered the park
passing along the popular drive to Marble
Arch.
Emerging from the park II crossed ant
followed Edgeware road to Oxford and
Cambridge terraces. and turned I'D thess
wide thoroughfares, on either side o
which, throughout their length of half 6
mile. were unbroken stretches of tenn
por,.rily erected stands. filed to thei
capacity with black-garbed humanity
BY arrangement between the Westmin
ster city council and the Paddingtor
borough couecil. the official signs O.
mourning along the route were uniform
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