| Show OUST DUST TO DUST OUST ASHES TO ASHES AS lIES Requiem Services Over the tho Late Dowager Empress SPECIAL WRITTEN N iu nm V ER Choir ii Snug UI I 11 rIots I I I U 1111 ii I Ii Cronberg Aug 11 People flocked Into Cronberg from an houx hoU to today toda today day da to see the tho august personages per who would attend th tite requiem services over th the Min of at thu Dowager Frederick Throughout the night urn and again today the of ot the reel regi mints mInt of ot which time the tl deceased l was W S hon honorary honorary oral colonel hind had stood Blood guard over the coln Front From Irl 11 1 U a m in 1 there was an nn unbroken of ot carrl carriages c a arriving front from Crol Homber Frankfort and other points bringing those Invited Invite to the thc ceremony bodies of oC troops both Infantry and am cavalry also arrived ye At 2 fa p II m at the Eightieth I regiment formed up UI along the streets and the lie hunt band of ot the hussars took Its Ita stand opposite the church Every window balcony and amid housetop Wail waH tilled filled with awaIting the tho arrival of or the tho Ito Imperial personages Baron you von val court marshal of oC the dow ilow low ag r empress emple l superintended the ar or Sir Prank Frank Lascelles the British am ambassador was IS among the hit first to ar or arrive orrIse rive rIse Ho lie lo took n a 1 teat scat facing the tho coln which was covered coer ll with wreaths On either side sile of or the tho coma coffin were four tour 01 cora cors cOle the standards of oC the em empire empire pire of Prussia and of ot tho the deceased Between D them and nl the coln were other rigid and bearing bearinG drawn swords awards Gradually the tIme church filled tied with wih 01 curs Clr In II uniform and anti ladles ladies wearing deep mourning mourninG She Die congre congregation gallon gation included d the Duke of at Connaught Connaught time the Duke Vuko of et Cambridge and several members membern of the h royal house hOe household household hold Count von Buelow Count von van Waldersee Dr Dc and und Dr von 01 At 4 the roll of or drums announced thu the arrival of ot Emperor VII WI limit Ham lam and King Kin Edward l who had hiatt driven together from Homburg Hamburg The TIte em emit el perer wearing the black uniform of at atthe the time Own Posen hussars led Alexandra Into litto the time church hurch while King l In lit the blue uniform of oC time the King Edward Prussian dragoons conducted Empress Augusta Victoria Princess Victoria with wih Crown Prince Frederick William and a n numerous ule followed Their majesties occupied A n pew nets to the loft left ht of ot the chancel time the one In which the tue deceased used to sit ett while grouped around the tho chancel stood tho tue other Imperial and royal 0 11 personages men mentioned together with wih Prince Adelbert I or of Prussia Prince and Princes t tIle ie hereditary Prince of ot n Prince and anil Princess Charles of ot Hesse lesse the tho Grand Orand Duke of at linden the tho Crown Prince and an of ot Greece with wih their children tind the Prince of oC Reuse together with wih the tint suites of all ni Baron Daton von on stood tood at the right and ammil all Count you von Seckendorf who Wil the tile grand chamberlain of ot the tho de censed at the left lett of at the coln As 9 the organ o an played 1181 the funeral march Dr Dryander advanced to the head heal of ot the colfIn oln The Time choir trout tram the cathedral sanS sony I Know Inow That My I Re Hc Redeemer deemer Illmer Liveth and Dr Dryander rend read n Ii 1 specially 1 1 I written prayer pryer after aCtor Which Emperor l Williams four eldest sons sona stepped t forward with drawn swords and stood clo 1011 close e to tile the coflin coOn Dr lr Dryander DrA then delivered nn an ora oration orAton tion ton extolling the virtues of ot the dow dowager dowager ager acer empress and dwelling t I 1 I upon her trials and Borrows This was followed by h the words of ot the tho burial service Dust Dunt to dust ashes to ashes ns s Tho The choir then thou sang the anthem The Tue Spirit They May Ia Rest Hest Front From Their Then followed the tIle magnificent ma hymn Wena Ich Rio 1 ln mimI Soil tol and ant a beautiful rendition of He ne Thou hol Faithful Unto Death D ath As 1 the lost last straIns died away awn King I Ing Edward and Ind Queen Alexandra ad advanced ansi and laid lall a I wreath upon tho the coln The king remained for a 1 few tel moments alone nione beside the thE colln and then turned tur and loft left ler this the which emptied empted slowly The Th service Ice owed much touch of oC Us Its Is Im lot to the historic a lone r recalled by the th medieval edifice edice In which It I was held Itoh hel At Its ls conclusion Empress Augusta Victoria Icloria 1111 Queen Alexandra Alexandr drove droe In to homburg r the emperor anti King KinK following In a 1 Time The str ft were score Im congested with wih sigh seers long Ions Ion after the Imperial and royal personages departed |
