The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
london WATCHES
|. FUNERAL PAGEANT
Body Of King Edward Begins
Journey to Grave.
IN STATE AT WESTMINSTER
Thousands VIII Pay Last Tribute to
Dead Acknowledgement 10
Not In Procession, Re-
mains Indoors.


london. May is.--No greater crowds
ever assembled to watch royal progress
than the silent mass OF black-coated
aud black-frocked spectators who
stood silent for three hours until a
magnificent procession with all the
gorgeous liyeries of royal triumph had
conveyed the kings body from Buck.
ingham palace to Westminster
Thousands Are In Mourning.
Commencing to gather in the early
hours of the morning, thousands OF
Londoners Of all ranks thronged the
professional road Men and women,
all In the deepest mourning. spoke
with hushed voices as they moved to
points of vantage en- route. There
was no crushing, no confusion; they
kept line themselves, rendering the
work of the police a sinecure.
AS the clock struck 80 the dead
silence OF the huge crowd was broken
by the long roll OF muffied drums out.
side of Buckingham palace gate. Field
Marshals Kitchener and Roberts, who
were standing near the unfinished
statue of Queen Victoria, took two
steps forward; the massed bands OF
the guards brigades broke into Bee.
thoven's funeral march, and over the
roof of the palace crowded with palace
servants the huge royal standard, halt
masted since the kings death, fiut
tered slowly down In token that King
Edward had left his palace forever
King George Follows Coffin.
Behind the simple coffin of royal oak
mounted on gun carriage and sur.
mounted by sceptre and crown, walked
King George, a small and almost IN
significant figure In plain admirals
uniform. A few PAGES behind him
walked the two oldest princes. the
Duke of Cornwall and Prince Albert
also in naval uniform. Then came the
kings of Norway and Denmark, Grand
Duke Michael of Russia, Princes Teck
and Battenberg. Prince Albert Of
acknowledgements, Prince Christian
Prince Andrew OF Greece, Duke OF
Sake oburg and others, all splendid
in their magnificent uniforms OF
royalty.
Pay Homage to Queen.
After the royalty followed squad
ron of Life Guards, the so-called cap
tain's escort, gorgeously accoutred
and mounted on coal-black chargers
AS the coffin passed the troops gave
King Edwards last royal salute. and
then followed the most effective fea
ture of the procession. Drawn by foul
powerful horses, came red and golt
closed state coach with scarlet anC
gold footmen, conveying Queen Alex
andra. She was hardly visible through
the windows and unrecognizable un
der a black veil, but the people knew
and all through that dense, silen
crowd went surging wave of sup
pressed enthusiasm like long deeI
sigh. For the first time In .thre,
hours some one in the crowd spok,
and said:
1T Is our queen"
As the coach passed the troops
hitherto at salute, reversed thei
rifles without a sound lowering thu
[lrrels slowly to the ground.
l"Lower your heads" whispered tn,
N~tficers. and with one motion all tn,
busbied heads of the troops sank ont'
their breasts and Queen Alexandr,
passed between rigid, motionles
ranks of soldiers in an attitude of Ut
ter detection
The body now lies in state in West
minister hall where hundreds OF thou
sands will pay last tribute to thu
dead monarch
Roosevelt Remains Indoors.
Colonel Roosevelt saw nothing o
the procession, but the others OF hi
family viewed the pageant from Carl
ton House terrace. The women wer'
gowned entirely In black.
Doctor Thomson again attended Mr.
Roosevelt, finding his condition sutfi
GENTLY, improved to justify raising thu
indoor ban today.
The ex-president spent hours II
catching up with his correspondence,
and excused himself from receiving
personally several callers.
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