Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-24
Miseellanrous Rradins.
BURIAL OF EDWARD VII.
Distinguished Procession Follows
Corpse to Grave.

| Distinguished Procession Follows
Corpse to Grave.
SoVereigns and representatives of the
powers of all the world paid last tr-
butte last Friday to England's dead
| monarch, Edward VII. whose body
rests In st. Georges chapel at Wind
sor castle, where the bones of Edward
", the sixth and eighth Henries
Charles l.. the third and fourth Georges
and William w are now entOmbcd.
Bright sunshine followed a night OF
thunderstorms that swept the city and
soaked the funeral decorations of royal
purple. the half masted flag and the
wreaths of cvergreens and flowers that
hung along the line of march, but had
no deterrent effect on the gathering
thousands, who from midnight until
dawn sought points of vantage to watch
the passage of the cortege.
London's millions filled the streets
and open places as they have never
before filled them either at a funeral
or a festival. All the pageantry that
marked the burial of Victoria was as
naught when compared with the mag
nificent of today spectacle which
though it passed through n multitude
of hushed people reverently bent was
splendid in its accompaniment of gild-
ed coaches, brilliant uniforms and dec
orations.
Far surprising the ceremony attend
ing the removal of the kings body
from buckingham palace to Westmin-
ster hall, the procession included nine
sovereigns the former president of the
United States, Theodore Roosevelt,
who alone was not arrayed in uniform;
the heirs to several thrones, the men,
bers Of royal families, the officers Of
the households, officials of the govern
ment, field marshals, generals and ad-
mirals. whose names are synonymous
with Britains achievements. detach-
ments OF troops Of all the British arms
and representatives Of foreign armies
and navies in variegated uniforms, a
solid phalanx of glittering cOlOrs.
drawn as on that other great occasion
Of Englands mourning nine years ago
with arms reversed and regimental
flags dipped to the ground.
The vast throngs along the streets
were massed so tight that those once
caught found it impossible to move.
The great viewing stands, covered |
with mourning emblems. were crowd
ed the roof tops black. And through |
this multitude, from among whom not
a whisper arose, the gun carriage that
bore the kings body moved, to the
strains of funeral marches, the tollins |
of bells and the booming Of minute !
guns-very different from many anoth- |
er day when Edward in the glory of his
reign went to meet his people and be
acclaimed.
At Westminster hall the widowed |
queen. going to spend n last minute |
beside the body of the king. was as
sisted from her carriage by the Ger |
mar emperor upon whom the loss Of
his royal uncle has laid heavily. The |
emperor kissed the hand and cheek |
of Alexandra, and passed her to her
son, King George.
Here the queen mother, slancing up, |
caught sight of the late kings charger, |
waiting to follow it's master to the bier |
and near at hand the kings favorite |
dog led by gillie, and she faltcred, |
gripping the arm of the king and pa
thetically gazing upon the animals Ed
ward had loved so well. Then she en-
tered the hall with King George, En-
peror William and the Duke Of Con-
naught. there to offer a silent prayer
and watch the removal of the coffin to
the gun carriage.
The order of precedence in the pro-
cession was governed by kinship as re-
lated to the position Of the Sovereigns
The special ENJOYS Of the United States
and France occupied the eighth car
riage and although ex-Prcsident Roose-
vent was incOnspicuous in the process
sion. King George gave him marked
attention at the lunch at Windsor cas-
tie after the funeral, seating him, with
eight other guests, at mis- own table.
The German emperor sat with the
queen mother and Queen Mary. That
which impressed Mr.. Roosevelt most
was the demeanor of the people, the
solemn dignity Of the ceremony.
From Paddngton station the royal
train carried the coffin and mourners to
Windsor, while special trains were fill
ed with officials and foreign represen-
tatives. Bluejackets dragged the gun
carriage through n line of purple to ST.
Georges chapel and there simple ser
vices were said by the Archbishops Of
Canterbury and York, assisted by 9TH
rr prclates. King George with Alex
andra on his arm. walked up the nave
behind the coffin, with the German en-
peror and Queen Mary following.
During the service the widowed
queen moved to the foot of the cata-
falquc and knet. and just before the
coffin was lowered to the crypt King
George placed upon it Il royal standard.
Several of the royal mnurners, in
Guiding Archdukc Francis Ferdinand
of Austria and Prince Charles of
Sweden. left London tonight but all the
reigning monarchs remained and the
king and queen had another notable