Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-15 | Page 6 | King Edward's Funeral Ceremony Will be Imposing in the Extreme

I King Edwards Funeral Ceremony Will Be Imposing ing in the Extreme ExtremeS S I n nL L F I I 4 T t i t tI I b i Q Qz z I 1 1 S jj 4 I 4 t wr S T TIl Il 4 1 S 5 1 t tt tS S 5 t 4 t t S I I Im m 4 li r 1 g 9 I j 3 F rI I I 4 q ti i 9 c I t QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND IN THREE POSES THIRTY THOUSAND SOLDIERS IN LINE Nearly I People Ex Expected Expected Expected to View Coffin in Westminster Hall T ONDON DON May 14 The whole court LO JI I J and all London are absorbed In the preparations for the funeral of King Edward which will wUl be the most Imposing ceremony that the capital ever witnessed Thirty thousand sol soldiers soldiers diers diora will be brought from Aldershot and other military camps to line Uno the streets on Friday when the procession passes asses As there is no room to barrack them over night the soldiers wilt will bivouac In the parks parka and streets The city will have the appearance of an invested town for two days It Is expected that people will pass through Westminster hall hail to look upon the th coffin Barriers are being built by means of which the people will willbe wIllbe willbe be ushered through In four lines at atthe atthe atthe the rate of ot an hour bour The Thc body hody of the late king will not be exposed to view The mourners will see only the coffin with the official regalia and heaps of flowers Great Greut Wealth of Flowers The flowers alone contributed by or organizations organizations and Individuals will represent represent represent sent many thousands of dollars In value The most elaborate wreath was sent from Windsor consisting of costly white flowers Interwoven with purple which is the royal mourning color The Tho wreaths contributed by private Indi Individuals individuals numbering thousands will be hung on posts in the streets The artillery horses with gun gnu car carriages carriages carriages I were rehearsing today through the streets str ets along the Ule line Une of March so as to avoid tho the possibility of a mishap on Friday Fabulous prices are being asked for tor seats in the stands along the line 25 5 being the lowest sum at which it is possible to get a place The house householders householders householders holders overlooking Trafalgar Square have sent a protest to the lord cham chamberlain chamberlain chamberlain against changing the line of ot march which deprives them of eagerly expected profits King George being so closely Identified identified fied fled with the navy the naval contingents contin contingents contingents gents will take a prominent part in the I ceremonies will draw the gun carriages to Windsor as they did the tho carriage which bore the body of Victoria although on that occasion they did so because the tha horses became res restive restive tive Queen Selects Hymns The hymns which will be sung at atthe atthe atthe the service at Windsor are all of the choice They are My Iy God My Father While I Stray Now the Laborers Task Is Ia Oer I Heard Hearda a Voice From Heaven Soldiers from the kings company Grenadier guards are keeping sentry watch over the body In the throne room at Buckingham palace They are re relieved tiered each Hour With simple cere ceremony ceremony ceremony mony some one of the visiting royalties who are daily dally arriving enters the room every now and then and the widowed queen goes there frequently Scotland Yard has all its detectives on duty and these are reinforced by a hundred more from continental cities All visitors are being watched but there Is little real r l fear tea of anarchistic attempts as it is I known that every ono under surveillance would be deported from England If any trouble was caused on this occasion and It Is lanot not likely that the persons of the anarchist type would give up voluntarily their safest refuge in Europe