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Show BURIAL OF A KINQ. H Danish Monarch Placed In Chapel HJ With Ancestors of Past Thou- aand Years. HJ ' Rokllde, Denmark, Feb. 18. In the HJ (magnificent old Gothic church hero Sunday aftornoon tho body of King Christian IX, amid the thunder ot HJ 'guns, tho sonorous tones of tho organ HJ kind the blnro of trumpets, wore laid HJ jto rest with the long lino of his prode- HJ tccssors on tho Danish throno whoso .HJ ircmnlns ropose In tho chapel In Roa-jklldo's Roa-jklldo's stono fane. HJ '. Tho coffin lay In the chancel bo- HJ ncath a black and gold bladachln aup-ported aup-ported by high officers In full drcsa uniforms. Tho only decoration on It HJ was a golden branch, a tribute from "the children of Denmark. Leaning ugalnst tho altar rails were floral trlb-utcs trlb-utcs from foreign monnrchs and mam-Tjora mam-Tjora of the Danish royal famUy. Tha choir was filled with members of the Iclergy, whose quaint black gowns and white ruffs formed a striking back-(ground back-(ground to the blazo of gold-laced unl-Iforms unl-Iforms ot tho diplomatic body occupy ;ing tho corner ot the choir. Here Mr. p'Brlen, tho American minister, In simple evening dress, was a remark- , jible exception. As Mr. O'Brien was Ipcrsonally rcpreaentlng President Roosevelt, the Danish government had HJ given him an attache ot honor, M. lScavcnlus of tho foreign ofllco. |