Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-08-13
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DRAWN TOGRAvE
. BY AN OK TEAM.
Notables From All the Ma
tions Will Take Part in
Funeral Procession; Knox
Leaves Friday.

Toxic, Japan, Aug. 12-The ON 1c1al
program for the funeral Of Emperor
lMutsuhito, who died on July 80, was
issued today. The services are to be-
gin at o'clock on the morning OF
September 13, when the Emperor
Yoshihito and the empress dowager
will be. present. At o'clock in the
jevening OF the same day the elder
statesmen, the princes, all the high
|oficials and the foreign representa-
tive, among whom will be Philander
|C. Knox, American secretary Of state,
are to assemble at the palace from
which the procession will start at 8
o'clock.
Emperor Yoshihito will not join the
procession but will meet 1t on the
Aoyama parade ground.
The line Of the procession, which
will be very long, Is to be interspersed
with musicians, torch bearers and
|of1cials carrying emblems, while many
priests also will participate.
The coff1n containing the body OF
the emperor is to be drawn by team
OF oxen. The entire route is to be
lined by soldiers OF the regular army.
Immediately after the arrival OF the
procession at Aoyama the funeral
service will begin, and will comprise
the full and imposing Shinto ritual.
After the services the emperor will
personally read tribute to the dead
monarch, and this will be followed by
another one read by the empress
dowager. who will be succeeded by
the ministers Of state and others, the
musicians meanwhile continuing to
play funeral airs.
At the conclusion Of this service the
imperial train is to leave for Kioto,
but Emperor Yoshihito and the
empress dowager will not travel by It.
The train is scheduled ITO arrive @at
the station, especially built at Mono.
yama, at $40 p. m. September IA. and
q similar procession to that arranged
from the palace to the Aoyama parade
grounds will follow. Various tributes
to the late emperor's memory will be
read beside the tomb. Further serv.
ices are to be held on September Is,
and these will conclude the funeral
ceremonies.
The preparations made in Toxic are
complete. The coffin is to be removed
tomorrow from the chamber In which
1t Is now lying to that prepared for
the final lying in state. Throughout
tonight the empress dowager and the
court ladies and icials will remain
beside the coffin. From tomorrow un-
til September 12 the highest officials
and prominent personages will be per-
mitted to visit the chamber
Knox to Leave Friday.
Washington. D. c., Aug. 12.-Secre-
tary Knox will leave Washington Fri
day for Japan to attend the fuperal
Of the late emperor, as the s14cial
representative Of the United States.
Brigadier General John J. Pershing,
commanding the department OF Mind
anao, p. l., has been assigned as the
military attache Of the embassy and
will join Secretary Knox at Yokohoma.
A naval attache has not been selected.
Secretary Knox now expects to sail
from Seattle on the big armored cru
iser Maryland on August % and arrive
in Yokohama on September 10, three
days before the funeral. Mr.. Knox
said today he expected to return to
the United States immediately.
. Emperors Brother to Funeral.
Berlin, Aug. 12-Prince Henry OF
Prussia, the brother Of the German
emperor, has been selected to proceed
to Toxic to represent Emperor vii.
liam at the funeral Of the late emperor
of Japan on September IL.