The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-13
IMMENSE THR0NC
 SEES FUNERAL OF JAPAN'S EMPEROR
Elaborate Funeral Services at Tokyo as MikadO Is
 Laid at Rest

AdIU dI NCSt
 Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 13-Passing in Eagnificence through the silent ranks of hundreds of thousands of the sub fects who in life honored him as a sod the body of the late Emperor Mutsrhito of Japan was borne this evening through the deadened streets of Toyko for his public funrela ser- vices at the Aoyarna parade ground The actual buriel < of the late ruler will be held tomorrow at Momoyanaa- near Rioto, where lie the ashes of Emperor K warnrnu. Mikado of thou sand years ago.
 t More than 2 ,0oo 900 people saw the last public honoTsI paid to the s,p4rv Japanz erne-ge from sernir arbarism to De. oome one Of the Heading powers of saoue "a nds they sFood as the splendidl rortege wound through the capital 7ity while evening fell. closed doors hind item, while oyer the smart mil. iii. sarv uniforms of New Japan and the flowing silks of an oider day flareo thousands of torcf1fs in the nanos uf soldiers who formed a solid ave rue of flame from the palace gates Co the place of ceremony.
 Promptly at six o'clock the Whoie -sroperlai (Saards Division, 10000 strong oaraded in front of the imperial pal ace At seven o'clock the signal was given for the departure of the lmper- fal coffin and instantly the whole body Of trunpeterss Of the GuaIos blew the hymn of national mourning In a low and melancholy tone. 1mme- diately the casket enclosing the re- mains of the dead MikadO was brought Forth and placed npon the funera, al eront of which blazed the imperial nrest of the cfrysant thenun. liar messed to the funeral car were the
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 soon as the body of the dead ys,ler- rested upon its bier a sharp order detached about 5000 of the I'm ueriaI Guards who. at a slow march, passed out of the palace grounds m 5o the damned but silent streets Be s,i1d tl1erlo fell in the bands of tShinto s,riests always attendant on the Mi kado and certain other functionar1es bearfng afoft white and yellow flags eoEsaxi oTs ae Seprigs % of the god. tree) and the imperial bands, ThenS came llie court officials, headed by the Master 6T the Imperial Household ana then the emperor's coffin--
 The basket wae attended by six cfianTber7ains and twenty army ano l navv officers. as pail bearers; the Grand Charab erlain and sid-de-carnps 10 his majesty; Prince kanln ana Princess Kanin, who represented the HiEashifushimi. who represented the Frnpress Dowage escorted by officers ,f the Imperial guards.
 After Prince Kanin the presidents Of fhe State Funeral Committees ana other committees were in line ' Iney were followed by the Princess Of the Rtood and their aids-de-camp. two renresentatives of the nobles having direct relationship with the dead em- r,eror the holders of the Dali -kun-l Grand Order Of the generals admira1s. etc.) and other dlg- f1ftaries among whom were State sec r7irsi James Reynolds, U. $. Navy ana Brigadier Gen. John Pershlng' U- B. Army
 4he funeral march which was so long that fts van had arrived at the Aoya- ma parade grounds before the last de- time thro1 ghoJt the streets en route hardly a sound was heard but the steady tramp, tramp, tramp, of the feet of millions mingled with the low music of the Imperial bands as they droned out the funeral march.
 F Arriving at the Aoyama Parade grounds for the funeral ceremony the dead rulers corteges debouched from klae sennf-gloom of the city streets into B perfect blaze of light. Hundreds Of Electric lights shone aloft and at reg uIar intervals about the grounds, but especially between a large building Where the. funeral services were held scores of Kagaribi. or watch fires roared .ruddiIy as the body was borne surroundi11g the whole. enclosure for ehee obsedufes were tall bamboo fen res and within them, in specially as- signed positions, the women of the OH oi.aI- f,fS CshoIxJ1rir Hannin and SSonin rank, zbobts of the Hoganji Ghe tenn ples), foreigners and their wives andedigni- .taries of the governments of the cities of zJpari awaited in the dead silence the celebration of the specta cle.
 Just inside the second Torii or Empress Dowager, with the princess es of the blood met the imperial cof- lin lowing low before it as it was brought forward to the main building In the enclosure.
 It was nearly ten o'clock when the funeral services began in solemn si- fence Holy offerings and multi-col- pred silks and brocades were laid be- Fore the coffin while the Shinto priests rnnnted mournful1y. Then the grand master of the ceremony read from the Shinto burial ritual and the Emperor, Ehe Empress and the Empress Dow Rger,. leaving their attendants. each Tered prayer. They were followed by the princes and princesses of the blood on the conclusion of whose sup plications- the whole body of royalty retired.
 Following the departure of royalty Rll of those present approa ched the roff7n and prayed after which. amid melancholy songs, the imperial body was removed +o the special train which left at one o'clock Saturday morning for Momovams, Kfoto. There Mutsdhito will lie on the crest of a 300 foot hill looking across a narrow valley to where lies Kwammu, who in
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