Show FUNERAL SERVICES HELD AT WINDSOR Windsor Windier r Feb i Windsor or was throng I ed Thousands upon thousands have been beeR Seeking flocking all aU the forenoon by bj every railway way route By noon many in full ull uniform had arrived and the streets were jammed The scarlet cloaks of the life Ufe guards guard the busbies of oC the grenadiers and the infantry lined the streets street The courtyard of the castle was WitS filed with privileged spectators Ex Ue wreaths were ere placed outside the chapel walls ansi and almost covered the steps Mops t lp ip p which the coffin wa was brought Inside people e in gorgeous 8 uniforms and in deep Cl k black were r taking up u their places 8 Pages Pases wearing wring the dress of the George lit itt pe pa period period clod with big lace ruffles collies broad b d red redcoats I coats coatI and breeches and s stockings I flitted IU d here and there and the court at t In black and gold KOld were moving about There was a slight e during the morning which served to discourage somewhat the waiting wafting crowds who had nad I taken their places in the stands pre pm prepared i pared for tor a King long wait The troops troupe Md the police pollee poured In steadily lining the route and guarding the station Mild excitement was aroused in the crowd when the beefeaters from the th tower of London arrived and entered the castle The officers in gay court uniform r and the life guards with w l their rr flowing plum u a galloped through the streets One Woman Drops Dead i One well woman fell down in inI the street and was picked up dead the avlas excitement I t having killed her before she eke shei i had the opportunity to II ze o the pageant St Georges George s chapel wi wa ii e a magnificent CiD I sight ht and aRd divided attention with the dae Gi i tIala and college of heralds KOtaI In quaint mances manuea with and nd in 0 insignia gRilL signia and the medieval looking yeomen J of the guard carrying the halberds at t the slope JI The great eat east windows of the chapel with their t lr faint taint stained figures threw a soft light over oer the burial and worship worshiping p sag ing place pla e of oC kings king Before each oaken stall a glimmered g the waxen taper that b i or nG I Iship burns when Knights Ig of the Garter wor worship worship ship there Above their heads resting upon the carved sabres of the stalls I were the special insignia of each ascii hanging ov w this were the mo mu motionless Unless banners bearing the strange de do devices cleric vices ric of the members of C this most m pow powerful end erful order cn On each side of the chancel flamed two to ro rowe row of o candles In sombre contrast with these theae row rows of f lights and color mior MM sit the long tong line of princesses and ladies s in waiting lUng making a foreground I of deepest black On the altar two ta is tapers pers burned horned and within the rail on each i it Hide alOe t e stood two large largo candelabra i On the chancel only a few lilies and the live most delicate green gr ferns were used fo to for the altar decorations There was w no crepe c pe anywhere where Ministers and Diplomats Arrive Among mi the early arrivals a were minis mime i tr t and ex ministers m t in full I state t util uni t forms The members of the cabinet took t k their seats In a row Lord Salisbury tel tol wring wearing a velvet elvet skull cap and wrapped In an ordinary black coat When n this wa was taken off it revealed the plain pl n I court uniform Th The ladles ladies in welting wafting I v yelled as the princesses were yesterday teak teok their seats se ta on a long tong bench below the stalls taA I The first t member of the diplomatic corps cerpa to arrive was WN the Turkish I Isador Isador Long Lo before the stalls were n led the nave ft was WItS packed Lord Rosebery came in about 1 I 15 The members t of t f he the diplomatic corps occupied nearly two rn n It t tire re rows row of stalls taU on the tile right of t the chancel he most notable b by reason of Ills his brilliant robe was the Chinese nun min ister trIer I Rayon Karon I the giant of the i diplomatic corps cor who wa Wh In attendance upon Count von VOIl the German ambassador towered hove all others other in the magnificent t white Ie and ond sold gold uniform of the th T German arm army The T 1 minister with his black face formed form a severe severt contrast to von who sat next to him The ambassadors ambassador cabinet et ministers t g of r the Garter t rca and noble n congregation wafted patiently the th gentlemen Ir m nat al alarms arms erase took up Ut their stand tand at the hancel I immediately lately In front of the pitiful t use ne neof of mourners In n their right hands lacy carried halberts halberta and even against again nt t the brilliant background of the stalls these hugo huge scarlet figures stood out conspicuously conspicuously I Train Reaches Beaches Station I IA As A the rhe time for the arrival ef at the fu funeral 1 ner train approached the vicinity of 0 tm tw station w we wa occupied o b a brilliant gath gathering gathering ering of diplomats privy councilors and URfa faSl U i military dud And naval officers in uniforms of endless endle variety Lord Salisbury with the cabinet minis ministers tars Mr Ir Che ute with the ambassadors on Lord Lord and other oth distinguished men no by scores including U I his highness the t of o were ware present presentA A gun carriage similar adm to the one used in London was drawn up and at Z 2 o clock the funeral train arrived Immediately after Its Us arrival Queen Alexandra and r the princesses drove ve off o to the chapel Cba in a closed carriages As tile the coffin n was waa lifted bv by b grenadiers grenadier th the diplomat and r clued tood at the salute Coffin Nearly Overturned Hardly had bad the coffin reached the t gun carriage when a II dramatic incident occur occurred occurred red The Tiro order r had Just jUlit been given to start the muffled drums rolled and end to the strains of 0 Chopin s funeral march the head of the procession had actually moved off on when it was found impossible to Induce the artillery homes to move They had bad grown Krown cold from long waiting In the die biting wind became botanic restive UVE and andI narrowly V missed overturning the gun car carriage I The king looked terribly distress distressed ed Sd and Dd nd the marshal mar Ial of the procession ion was ws when the naval guard of I honor of M 1 blue bine Jackets jacke l came callie to tu the re reCH re CH cue and removed the refractory y hors f improvised traces and d started ri the gnu I carriage with Its precious burden towards toward the rhe chapel The coffin with the i same me insignia cur ur 11 mounting it as in London was followed 01 lowed b by an escort of o life guards then of or Heralds Herald college coll Lord Roberts with his headquarters staff stair deputations from th tM time regiments regiment etc Me King Emperor William WOllam and the Ute Duke of Connaught followed the bier closely cl eltI el I x er tI them walked the princes fore representatives and yeomen Y of the th guard guaM with the military and court bringing up the tas th rear I The start of the cortege corteg was bj by b minute salutes HW lutes find 1 b by guns In pt i tf i OI i n the long I g walk wePt which were Continued continued nn un lit III shots shot otoo had been firM fired one ODe for each completed year ot of the dead queens quests are Without further incident the procession pawed panted beneath the dead clead queens qUeeR favorite rooms DUi aad and on to St SI Genes Ceteras Scenes at the Chapel The TIle crowd inside ln ide the nepal chapel had been having R a trying walL wait From the court courtyard courtyard yard came e the sounds oC of sharp z commands n nas as the troops came to attention and were shifted d i to sops some better position po Two p clock had come and the congregation oon wee waa coughing COUgh ng unceasingly l At 2 15 ii o 0 clock Sir Walter Valter Parrot organist of St I Georges chapel and private t organist i of the iSle HUe queen q lc commenced playing Men march in K JI minor from front the 4 Songs Without Words The Tile castle struck the half near hoer end and the organ ceped c P Quietly with no heraldry the Ute l I op of Canterbury the bishop of Winches Winchester ter tm and the rite deaR of Window or walked from front Hie the vestry down to the chancel The no nobles bles hiss rose ro to their feet feat and remains remained Mt Behind the tho tam earns the tb choir lr The Tho seven guns saluting was heard h and silence tl fell on the assemblage Ten minutes paused and Sir Walter Waiter V Iter Parrott played softly The white haired states statesmen statesmen men one by b one dropped into their seats mats The strain was ivas too much muck bud and nd the diplo diplomats diplomats mats followed The Th music of the band bauda playing could cook cookI b be heard faintly and then nearer I and nearer until tint the majestic roll of the funeral march penetrated every corner of tile the chapel eM For fifteen minutes the congregation listened to military bands outside At J n p 1 m in the doors swung open I 1 IAm IAm Am the Resurrection Re was sung Bun g by rh itt choir Slowly the boys made madeI madee their way up the aisle After e the archbIshop a p of 01 o Canterbury came the then the Ute coSta coffin and then the he e equerries carrying the pall and fJ regalia Grenadiers Grenadier tN carried ft the coffin Walking together came caine the king Em Emperor William and the Duke of or Con Coo Connaught naught Beside them t were the King of i tet te the Belgians the King Kine of Greece and the King of of Pert and after them came caIRe the royal who OHM fined the chancel and aisles and whose suites mites tee crowded Into the save nave va Ambassador Choate ChoateE Enters r Mr Choate in evening drees s entered with the pr procession lon and sat Bat Ht at t the corner cornu peer near r the die master ma ter of ceremonies Lord oro Thou Hast Ha St Been Our Refuge to Felton s Setting was waa next sung by bythe bythe the choir which had bad now taken II lOt place In the lisa transcript tran to the right of oC the al altar alJ altar tar The coffin ne rested reeled upon a catafalque rO placed J at 1 the steps of the tn altar r The cress croas over the communion aulon table tab was covered with white flowers The ll p stood at the alter altar steps directly before the roSin coffin On his left 8 was the e bishop p of Winchester clad in scarlet mariet robes robe who ho reed read re d the regular lesson lemon for the th dead The Duke of Cambridge C J had uti tot to be e help helped ed pd to tOr a stall tall being unable to stand am any longer The bishop of Winchester read the tee lee lesson leegon son gon from the he Fifteenth nth Corinthians Man what is I Born of o Woman n was chanted by hY Ibe e eh choir h ro to Wesley s music uC followed by Thou Lord the Secrets of Our Hearts The dean of Windsor read I Heard a Voice and the choir sang the Lord Lorda s sPrayer Prayer te to the music composed especial especially ly for the dead queen by Gounod Once more mere the toe strains of ot the tho choir welled up through the die ancient chapel with the m of r How hewed Bleated Are They y That Die b by The archbishop of Canterbury read reed the and ani with quavering voice pro pronounced bounced the benediction There wee was wasa a solemn pause while white all alt heeds heads bowed A few sole sobs were beard heard The choir o then broke the oppressive stillness with the sweet harmony of the Dresden Amen Then the loud tones of No y King of Arm Arms William llam W Henry Weldon proclaimed lm d the dead monarchs monarch mo s title hUe titleD The Tha anthem Blessed Are the Departed D rt followed Jn and the service ri Z was concluded by b the playing of funeral march by Sir Walter Valter Parrot ParrotS Aa As S the benediction was pronounced the Wn hI audi and Cit all present bent t their r heads low lowAn lowAn An Impressive feature t was the rhe king Oi of arm arms pronouncement pronoun ment of the title of the die diec c MItt Standing before befort the altar alt t he be went through the old formula ormula ending with God Ond Save the Kin King delivered so 80 forcefully and dramatically that his hie hear hearers hearers ers era started tart At 4 I e deck the service MICke was over The of f Canterbury t bowed his head headon on the altar end and prayed j and the th kings k and princes to the left of the altar tr ft rhe leaving the and passing I into the castS castle |