The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
THE FUNERAL PLANS
IMPOSING CEREMONIES TO BE HELD IN LONDON FOR KING
 EDWARD.
BODY TO WESTMINSTER HALL
Public Will Pass Before Coffin of Dead Ruler From Tuesday Noon to Friday When 1t Will Be Removed to Wind sor.

London. May 17.-Court, military and municipal officials, working at high pressure for the past few days, have completed the details of the arrange ments for the kings funeral cere- monies this week The preliminary obsequies began Sunday, when, it is reported, the kings body, after his brother, the duke Of Connaught, took his farewell look. was removed from the simple death room to the splendid throne room of the palace, which has been cnverted into chapelle ardent, where 1t remained privately in state Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday il will be removed with professional pomp to Westminster hall, where it will lie publicly in state until Friday.
 First Service Tuesday.
 Upon the arrival of the body at West minister hall at noon Tuesday there will be a brief religious service con. ducted by the archbishop of Canter- bury and the bishop of London. The services will be attended by the mem bers of the house of lords and house of commons.
 The participation Of the public in the obsequies will begin Tuesday noon, when the public lying-in-state begins. From then until the departure of the cortege from Paddington Station for Windsor castle Friday the inhabitants of London and visitors will be specta. tors of succession Of solemn and i'm. pressive services.
 Military Pageant Friday.
 In King Edwards funeral the people will be able to see the transit of the coffin from the palace to Westminster hall. the two days lying-in-state, and the final military pageant Friday, when the cortege will traverse three miles of streets of London The city will be crowded Tuesday with people who are fiocking to London from the prov. inces. During four mournful days the people will pay tribute to the royal dead. and 1t probably will be greater than any such tribute paid before.
 ulIty tuOuSduu SOluleTb VIII pc brought from Aldershot and other mil itary camps to line the streets on Fri. day when the procession passes. As there is no room to barrack them over night the soldiers will bivouac in the parks and streets. The city will have the appearance of an invested town for two days.
 So t8,ooo An Hour May Pass.
 It Is expected that 100000 people will pass through Westminster hall to look upon the coffin. Barriers are being built by means of which the people will be ushered through in four lines at the rate of 1S.000 an hour. The body of the late king will not be ex. posed to view. The mourners will see only the coffin with the official re galia and heaps of flowers.
 An idea of the cost of the funeral can be gained from the expense in connection with Queen yictoria's. The latter amounted to G30,000, of which eS,500 was spent for the entertain. ment of royal foreign guests and a10,. 900 for the expenses of the troops. Many more royalties will be present at King Edwards funeral than were at Queen Victorias. The cost thereof will be approximately greater On the other hand, there will be no ex- pensive naval pageant as there was in the case of Queen Victoria.