Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-18

| London, May 17.-Simple ceremonies
marked the removal today of the body
| of Edward VII from Buckinham palace
to Westminster hall, but more impress
| sive than the presence of Kings and
| the gorgeous uniform of state officials
| and officers of the army and navy was
the silent grief displayed by the Brit
| ish people, who massed behind double
lines OF soldiers watched with strained
| eyes and bowed heads the passing of
| the gun carriage that bore the coffin in
| the monarch.
| The Queen mother, Alexandra, who
rode in the first state carriage. suffer-
ed with queenly dignity and King
George, walking behind the coffin with
his two sons, the Duke of Cornwall
and Prince Albert, showed no sign of
the burdens of sorrow and state that
rested on his shoulders.
The body of Edward VII will lie in
state in Westminster hall until Friday,
when it will be taken to Windsor Cas-
tie, there to be placed temporarily in
the vault beneath the floor of ST
Georges chapel, and later in the the
tomb that will be prepared for it in
the Albert Memorial chapel.
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members of the royal family, We're
conducted at Buckingham palace this
morning by the bishop of London. The
archbishop of Canterbury received the
body at Westminster hall, where it
| was borne on the shoulders of soldiers
and placed upon the purple catafalque.
A white and gold embroidered pail,
with the royal ensign, covers the coffin.
and above all are the crown. the orb
and sceptre.
At o'clock in the afternoon, the
doors of the hall were thrown open to
the public. Already $4,000 people were
in line waiting for admission. They
We're composed mostly of middle and
working classes. men, women and chill
dren and the great majority of them
were dressed in black. many of them
carrying flowers.
| A steady stream began passing
through the hall, at the rate of 5000 an
hour and at 10 o'clock tonight when
the hall was closed. there was a line
extending through the streets for near
ly two miles.
| King Alfonso of Spain and King
| George of Greece arrived in London
this evening. Both were met at the
station by King George, the Duke Of
| Cornwall, the Duke of Connaught and
other royal personages. Prince Henry
| of Prussia also reached here tonight
to represent the German navy at the
funeral. He was met by the Duke of
| Connaught.
London, May 17.--The body of King
Edward VII, the peacemaker, was TAX
en- with stately pomp this morning
from Buckingham palace on the first
stage of the journey to the grave and
now lies in state in Westminster hall.
where hundreds of thousands Will pay
a last tribute to the dead monarch be-
fore the final progress through the
streets of the capital on Friday.
The procession from Buckingham
palace to Westminster hall passed
through double lines of relocated SOL
ders, fianked with rows Of stalwart
policemen and mass of silent, black
garbed humanity.
The buildings along the route were
heavily draped with mourning. The
embassies in Carlton House terrace
were covered with funeral pals of
black and purple. relieved occasionally
white lilies.
The first intimation that the crowd,
which had been waiting for hours, had
of the approach of the funeral cortege
was the booming of the first of 6S min
ute guns, which were fired at st. James
park followed by the tolling OF Big
Ben" the great clock in the tower OF
the House OF Commons which hereto
fore had been heard only as it struck
the hour, and the roll of muffied drums.
Then a Guardsman with sword re-
versed came down the Mall at meas
ured tread. two other Guardsmen fol-
lowing close behind. Then came the
officers of the headquarters staff, the
armv council and the board of admir-
altv AS these appeared the troops
came to a half salute with reversed
guns and remained thus until Field
Marshals Lord Roberts and Lord
Kitchener of Khartum, the admirals
of the fleet, the Indian orderly officers
1 in black uniforms and the aides-de-
camp of the late King passed.
AS the gun carriages on which the
casket was borne approached, the or
der '.rest on your arms was given
sharply. With heads bowed the SOL
diers kept their eyes on the ground
while the body of their late King pass
ed by, coming to attention again for
| the royal standard. which was carried
Immediately behind the casket and in
front of King George, who like, the Of
| ficers and other members of royalty,
was afoot.
The Duke of Cornwall and Prince AL