Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1901 — QUEEN LAID TO FINAL REST [ARTICLE]

QUEEN LAID TO FINAL REST

Victoria Memorialized by Solemn and Rites. SCENES AT THE FUNERAL Boyal Personages In Civilian Clothing, the Ladles Wearing Mourning Telia —Reading of Special Prayers Relating to the Reign of Victoria. The funeral of Queen Victoria In England Saturday was a solemn and magnificent spectacle. The king’s features were seared and bore the mark of grief. The face of the German emperor was turned fiercely toward the sun and his mustachebrushed upper lip enhanced the firmness of his chin. It was apparent that the emperor was undergoing a mental strain, for his face twitched nervously. Almost behind his majesty was Duke Arthur of Connaught. The military procession on land was scarcely lees imposing than the naval show of mourning on the water. A memorial service was held Sunday morning in St. George’s chapel, attended by King Edward, Queen Alexandra, the duchess of Cornwall and York, Emperor William, Crown Prince Frederick William, the duke of Connaught, other relatives of the late queen and thirty ladies and gentlemen of the royal household. The royal personages

wore civilian clothing, the ladies wearing mourning veils. The only patches of color were the red coats of a few officers and the white surplices of the choir, the whole scene being in strong contrast with Saturday’s brilliant display, for the body of the chapel was crowded by a congregation in black. Sir Walter Parratt played a prelude by Chamihade and canon the marquis of Normanby and the dean of Windsor read the special lessons. The prayers prescribed, relating to the reign of Victoria and the accession of Edward. The choir sung Dvorak’s anthem, “Blessed Jesus, Fount of Mercy,” rendering it with beautiful effect. Rt. Rev. William Stubbs, bishop of Oxford, delivered the funeral discourse, taking for his text Proverbs 16:12: “For the throne is established by righteousness.” The aged prelate read from a desk inside the communion rail and could not be heard except by those sitting very near him. He said in part: “All our thoughts today are about the great and gracious personality whom we have lost. The end of her long reign marked an epoch which gave rise to gratitude, sorrow and hope, to gracious memories and great anticipations. The years brought some pressure at the helm and some violence of waves, but never once was there any loss of governance, never any alienation of the hearts of her people. All are pleased that the new king has determined to call himself after the greatest of his ancestors, the pure and clean. He has greatly grown, and along the lines of his policy we now seek a seven-fold blessing from the seventh Edward.” Queen Victoria’s body was consigned to its home in Frogmore mausoleum at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon, and was accompanied to the grave with the same pomp that marked its progress from Osborne to Windsor, Saturday.

royal coffin wm removed from the carriage by an officer and twelve men of the grenadier guards, placed on a gun carriage and the crown and cushions were laid thereon. The procession moved in the following order: An officer of the headquarter®' staff. Banda of the household cavalry. VOLUNTEERED The Ist South Middlesex rifles. The Ist Middlesex engineers. The Tynemouth artillery. The Warwickshire Yeomanry. THE COLONIAL CORPS. A detachment formed under the orders of the colonial office and an officer commanding the provisional battalion at Shornecliffe. MILITIA. The 3d battalion of Gordon highlanders. The td battalion of Royal Welsh fusiliers. The 4th batallion of Norfolks. The honorable artillery. INFANTRY. A detachment of the army veterinary depart ment. The army pay corps. The army chaplains' department. Royal medical corps. Army service corps. Representatives of the Indian army (selected by India). I INFANTRY OF THE LINE. The 4tb battalion of the rifle brigade. The Royal Irish fusiliers. The 2d battalion of the highland light infantry. The 4th battalion of the king's royal rifle corpe The royal fusiliers. The Ist battalion of the royal Lancasters. FOOT GUARDS. The Irish guards. The Scot guards. The Coldstream guards. The grenadier guards. The corps of royal engineers. The royal regiment of artillery. CAVALRY OF THE UNB. The 21st lancers.* The 7th hussars. The Ist life guards. ROYAL NAVY, ETC. The Royal Marine light Infantry. The Royal Marine artUlery. The Royal navy. Military attaches of foreign embassies. Headquarters staff of the army. Field marshals. Band of the Royal Marine light infantry. The guarda’ band. Royal engineers and Royal artillery bands. The earl marshal, riding. Gold sticks. Two white staves. Gun csrriages, surrounded by bearer party M