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KING EDWARD'S FUNERAL FRIDAY
BRILLIANT, BUT SOLEMN SPECTACLE
King George, Queen Mary, Queen -Mother
and Many Dignitaries in Procession.
Many Thousands See the Funeral—Body
Placed in Albert Memorial Chapel.
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London Cable ea The body of Xing try, Foot Guards, Royal Engineers, gar
liaWard VI. was carried. throuh -
rison, field and horse artillery, cavalry
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of the line and regiments a household
divots of the capital to -day, in the pre- cavalry followed. The Royal marine in-
sence of incilly hundred thousands of fantry and artillery and naval repre-
oubjects eaid with the kin' of nine sentatives came next, with the military
Burepeau nations, several futuee rulers, attaches of the foreign embassies, the of -
flora of the headquarters staff of the
members of all the Royal families of army, the field "emanate and massed
the world, and a former Presideut of bands playing solemn funeral marches.
the United States following the casket The great officers of the Royal house
of England, heeded by the earl marshal,
from Westminster Hall to Paddington
the Duke of Norfolk, and followed by
Stetion. non-commissionea. officers of the House -
The cortege moved through solid lines hold Cavalry bearing the Royal stall -
of red -coated soldiers, standing with ri- derd,
flee reversed and the regimental colors KING GEORGE AND ROYALTY.
dipped to the ground. The King rode between the German
At the railway stationthe casket Emperor and the Duke of Connaught, all
avas placed in a funeral car and taken in brilliant uniforms.
*to Windsor, where, after the Church of The members of the Royal houses on
England serviee had been conducted by horseback followed in this order;
the Arclibishop of Canterbury in St. First file—The Duke of Connaught,
Ceorge's Chapel, it was entombed in the King George, Emperor William.
Second file—King Haat= of Norway,
Albert Memonal Chapel adjoining.
No Buck proeessional spectaele had King George of Greece, King Alfonso of
been witnessed in London since Queen Spain.
Victoria's jubilee. The paraele included Third file—King Ferdinand of Bun
many of the greatest men of the king- garia, King Frederick of Denmark, King
dom, with representatives of all arms of Manuel of Portugal.
athe serviee and &legations from the Fourthfile—Prince Yussiff Zyyden,
most famous regiments of the empire, the heir apparent of Turkey; King Al-
and representative groups of foreign bert of Belgium; Archduke Francis Fer-
armies Ana navies.
dinand, heir to the throne of Austria-
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Behind the casket, upon which rested Hungary.
the imperial symbols, followed the late Fifth file—Prince Sadanaru, of japan;
King's charger, while hie favorite ter- Grand Duke Michael, of Russia; the
Duke of Aosta, representing Italy; the
vier was led by a Ilighlaael soldier just
eforthe imperial ensign. Duke of Sparta, who is Crown Prince of
'be
The Royal funeral cortege started
Greece; Crown Prince Ferdinand, of Roue
from Westminster Hall at 9.50 o'clock mania.
Sixth file—Prince Henry, of Prussia,
this. morning, to the booming of minute
representing the German navy; Prince
guns. ,
King George, Emperor William and Charles, of Sweden; Prince Henry, of
Holland; the Duke of Saxe•Cobourg.
several •other members of Royalty wore
Gotha; Crown Prince of Montenegro;
the uniforms of British generals. Crown Seventh file—Prince Prince Alexander, of Servia.
'Mohammed Ala The representatives of the two great
republics, France and the United States,
were given a positirm at the rear of all
the Royalties and the princes of the
European states. Their carriage follow-
ed those carrying the royal ladies, and
they were the last in the line of the re-
presentatives of foreign governments.
The Duke of Orleans was given prece-
dance as the envoy of the French peo-
ple.
'The booming of minute guns and the
toiling of bolls accompanied the move-
ment of the procession, while the bands
in ' turn played The Dead March in
"Saul" and Chopin's "Funeral Mardi."
BRIGHT MORNING.
The morning was clear, and a hot sun
beat upon the great masa of humanity
that lined the route of the procession. It
is doubtful if eo many people were ever
before seen in London. At the Mall, in
,ate James street, and at Hyde Park the
throng almost overwhelmed the proces-
sion. The ponce and soldiers had to
fight to prevent the lines being swept
uway by the crush. - There were many
broken limbs, and other iejuries were
received. Hundreds of persons faint -ed,
and, especially among the women who
had been etanding on the pevenient for
hours before the proceseion left West-
minster Hall.
KAISER KISSED QUEEN-MOnHER.
King George, the Queen -Mother Alex-
andra and the Princes Victoria entered
Westminster Hall before the procession
omit spent some minutes before the coa-
1 ket. Emperor William, who was at the
entrance as they appearea, dismounted,
and, waving the lackeys aside, opened
the door of the Queen -Mother's cerriage,
helped her out, and then kissed her upon
the cheek.
Bible to evect thene, except through
Hyde Park. Many shop fronts have
been tekee out and eeplaced by tiers
of timber. Conspicuoue advertise-
ments and prime aro displayed. In-
deed, on tome parts of the route emu -
=mallow, is ineongruonsly, not to
nay jarringly, dominant. The bid for
the harvest expected by the owners,
of the stands nell not, however, ma-
terialize te the extent that was san-
guinely calculates!. The public have
not been wilting to meet their ex-
oruitant -demands and they have been
eompelled to reduce their prices.
Seets for which $45 was asked Mon-
day could easily be obtained to -night
for 315. Other seats in an excellent
corner position, connuauding a pro-
longed view, dropped glom 420 to 310.
Perhaps ono stand in ten is tieketed as
sold out. Some few stand owners an-
nounced that their reeeipts will be
given to charity. One coal merchant
who owns a amid stated that the
money obtained for seats will be given -
en to those who suffered through the
late mining disaster at Whitelia.ven.
Sueh generosity, however, is excep-
tional, the general spirit being to
make the most of the golden oppor-
tunity. Probably many seats will be
sold to -morrow for what they will
bring.
VERY LITTLE BLACK TO BE SEEN -
The prevailing tones of the decora-
tions are purple, green and white,
There is very little black. Venetian
masts along much of the route display
British, Canadian, Australian and
other colonial flags at half-mast. Up-
on the masts and lamp posts are hung
wreaths of evergreens. There are
probably quite 5,000 of these, all being
personal tributes of affection. They
have been sent from everywhere in
Great Britain in response to a sugges-
tion from a London committee of loyal
women. Each wreath is ticketed with the
name of the sender, Those who have giv-
en the wreaths belong to every social
rank. Many come from schools. The in-
scriptions are often touchingly worded.
The fronts of several clubs and hotels
are draped with purple and white, re-
lieved by green wreaths. Along Park
Lame, overlooking the Hyde Park sec-
tion of the route, many of the house
fronts are shrouded with purple. Con-
spicuous- here is a great American flag
at halfenast, flying over Dorchester
House, the residence of the American
Said Pasha Zulfikar, Watsen Paths of Ambassador.
Egypt, the Sultan of Zanzibar, Prince HOTELS OVERCROWDED,
Tsa Tao of China. Thousands of persons are spending the
Then followed the princely and ducal night along the route in order te secure
representatives of a dozen German places from which to view the proees-
States, the members of the English sion. The suburban trains coming to
London carried an unusual number of
passengers, all wearing mourning and
miming baskets and bags of provisions.
Trains also brought numbers from the
Provinces this evening. The cabmen are
coining money. There is an incessant
stream of taxi ancle horse cabs from the
railway termini in the direction of the
route. Large brakes brought many mote
from the outlying suburbs.
There is a constant stream of applica-
tions at hotels and boarding houses from
persons arriving from the Provinces. One
hotel on the Strand refused 500 would-
be guests before 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The manager of the Savoy Hotel says
that to -day was the busiest one he ever
remembered. The story is the same
throughout central London. The ap-
proaches to the hotels are choked with
cabs, the officee are continuously besieg-
ed, and the clerks are almost demented.
Every hotel billiard room and smoking
room is filled with sleepers. The night is
still and sultry, like one in August, with
an occasional burst of thunder. There
is every prospect at this hour of heavy
rain.
HALF MILLION VIEWED COFFIN.
Royal family, the Duke D'Alencon and
Prince Bovarj of Siam.
The mounted group was followed by
twelve state carriages. The first was
occupied by the Queen -Mother Alexan-
dra, the Russian Dowager Empress
Marie, the Princess Royal and the Prin-
cess Victoria.
The second carriage contained Queen
Mary of Great Britain, Queen Maude
of Norway, the Duke of Cornwall, heir
to the British throne, and Princess
Mary.
The next four earriages carried royal
ladies and ladies in waiting.
The seventh carriage careied Prince
Tsai Tao of China and his suite.
The eighth carriage was shared by
special American Ambassador Theodore
Roosevelt, M. Pichon, French Foreign
Minister and Sanad Khan Montaz Es
Sultaneh, of Persia. The ninth carriage
was occupied by Lord Strathcona, Lord
Hight Commissioner for Canada; Sir
George Reid and William Paul Jones.
The two carriages following carried
persons in waiting.
PROCESSION sums.
The procession started from the hall
at 9.50 o'elock, just as the first minute
gun boomed. The precedent afforded by
' the funeral of Queen Victoria nine year-
ago was closely followed. The oaken
eaaket with the crown and madden, re-
galia, and insignia or the, Order of the
elarter, thereon, ivas borne on a gun air.
riage, the seine as was used at the fun-
eral of the late Queen.
The procession proceeded through Par.
liniment street, and Whitehall. The pub,
lie buildings were heavily draped with
Week end purple througheut the route.
Leaving the district of officialdom
the cortege passed through the Horse
Guards parade and thence along the
Moll.. The Embassies and private resi-
deneee on Carlton House Terrace over-
looking the Mall woo. heavily draped
with mourniug. The Terrace was crowd-
ed with enloekere.
From the Mall the procession' passed
Marlborough House, emerging in Si.
James street, proceeding to Piccadilly,
and along that thoroughfare to Hyde
Park corner where it entered the park
and passed along the popular drive to
Mathle Arch.
IN FUNERAL CAR.
Arriving at Paddington Station, the
casket was placed in the funeral car
which carried the funeral party to
Windsor. The Royal Saloon was uphol-
stered in purple and white silk and a
catafalque -erected in the Centre support-
ed the casket. The car was occupied by
King. George, Queen Mary, the Queen -
Mother Alexandra, eight othersover-
eigns and near relatives. Special traps
followed with the high officials, foreign
representatives and special enVoye.
itotrirE OF PROCESSION.
Emerging from the eiark the »vices -
don followed Edgeware Road to Oxford
and Cambridge Terreces, and turned up'
these wide thoroughfares on either side
of throughout their length of half a
Wile were unbroken stretches of tem-
porarily erected stands, filled to their
eapacity with Week garbed aumanity.
By arrangement, between the West-
minster City Council and. the Padding-
ton Borough Council the offitial gigue
of mourning Along the rendes were WA.
foam. Venetian mete with laurel
weeathe at their tolis had been erected
at interests. The public showed leas un-
animity in their eelectioe of signs of
grid.
. The route was lined with thoutiandst
of troops, behind whom were massed
countless thousands of people in deep
black, on the pavements below, and the
house fronts above, with the Weenies,
Windows and roofs crowded.
FORCES OF THE EMPIRE.
Every branch of the defensive forces
of the Empire was represented on the
long column Which pteeeded the goat ear-
riege. An offieer of the headquarters
daft mounted, headed the protessiou,
with the bands of the Hounehola Cavia-
✓ ry. The Territorials and Coloniels came
just behind the bands, then other vain -
tette cheeps the Honorable Artillery Com-
pany, officers of the InalAn regiment.;
in their picturesque uniforms and tur-
ban., followed by detachments of inhale
AT WINDSOR.
Archbishops of Canterbury, York and
Winchester Officiate in Chapel.
Windsor, Eng., Cable was a
bitter winter day when the body of
Queen Victoria was borne up the
hill to the medieval chapel . of St.
George's. To -day the castle gates at
Windsor opened to receive the casket
of the Seventh Edward with the green
of an English spring on the trees and
grass within the massive walls. The
gray towers and battlements over
which, the Union jack was flying at
hall mast, never appeared more im-
pressive.
In the streets below was a seething
mass of people in black with a bine
kept open by two .solid lines of sole
diets for the cortege to pass through.
When the Royal train arrived at
the station the body of the monarch
was again placed on a gun carriage
and the procession was reformed with
the addition of the Ambassadors,
Ministers and other representatives
of foreign states. Thus it passed
through the purple -draped streets to
the castle and into St. George's
clutpeL
lin= the railway station to the
chapel the gun carriage was drawn
by a squad of bluejackets. Immed-
iately behind walked the Xing wear-
ing the uniform of a general and
eash of the Garter, with the Ger-
man Ihriperor on his right and the
late Xing's brother, the Duke of Con -
taught, oil his left.
The clergy who were to conduct the
service were in the chapel whert the
eartege arrived. They were the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Arehbishop of
York and the Bishope of Wincheeter end
Oxford, and the Dean of 'Windsor, the
three latter respectively the white, ellen-
teller and registrar of the garter,
THE NIGHT 'BEFORE
The queue exhausted itself almost on
the stroke of 10, which was the final
dosing time. Not a single person waited
in vain. The rear was brought up by
about 400 police, who had been employed
in directing the people during the last
hours of this memorable popular de-
monstration. It is estimated that 15,000
persons passed the catafalque during the
last hour. It is estimated that a total
of half a million people walked past the
coffin.
The officials at Windsor give 6,000 as
the approximate number of wreaths re-
ceived et the castle, or half as many
again as were received on the ocasion of
Queen Vietoria's funeral. Nearly half
the lawn on the north side of St.
George's Chapel is eovered with those
exquisite blooms, which are protected by
tarpaulin covers. The offerings range
from immense artistie constructions of
exotic blooms, costing large sums, to
humble sprays of wild flowers of Com:
mon garden blossoms sent by the poorest
people and by children.
GREAT NUMBER OF VISITORS.
London Cable— Nine crowned heads
of Europe and several heirs to thrones
sat down at Buckingham Palace to -night
at a dinner at which King George gave
ItA7 all his eminent guests assembled in
London for the funeral of Ring Edward
ito-morrow. After the dinner the mem-
hers of all the suites were introduced
to the King.
It is noteworthy that though the pres-
ence of so many rulers and Princes must
'necessarily throw a great smite of te-
sponsibility upon the authorities and the
pollee, all move stbout quite freely, and
no word is heard in the press or the
.public places of any apprehension of
untoward incidents.
London to -day filled rapidly with pee -
pie from the provinces and foreigners.
'The whole line of the foneral route late
been from early waning until late at
night a surging ihe.se nI people. The
.seart,stand business has been gteatlY
.overdone, and seats for which $25 to
$50 were iisaed a few daya ago are now
keine hawked for from $5 to $10.
Thirty thousand soldiers from Alder -
hob and other military shaken's are
eamping in the parks to -eight. The
weather is hot, and thunderstorm are
not improbable. Many thousands of
people will pose the night ftt the steeets
in order to stem* points, of vantage
front whieli to view tile eortege.
The little town of Windsor elle Re-
gulated a purple hue. From the station
to the entrance to the castle every buila-
ing iseeveredwith a mourning pall of
.royal purple. Throughout the day hun-
dreds of people come to 'Windsor Irene
London and the surrounding distritte
eatrying floral rnemorftele to the dead
Xing. Tho cloisters of the chapel are
alremly filled with flowers, and seem;
of extra Tacks beve been erected on
!which to plaee the others. On the lawns
there is Another great rel584 of flowers,
burediee of deieies or buttereupe
from the villAge ehiMre nlying .eide by
Funeral Route 'Looks Like a fair—
Lined With Stands,
London Cableeek walk along the
three tidies of the provision route to-
night 'suggested a crowded pleasure
fair. Ile sidevetaks were to crowded
with people viewing the ¢ime
and dickering for teats that it was
difficult to reeve at an ordinary pare.
The *anal route is lined with *and*,
me each side whireror it his been pe. -
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anents of the world. Among the callers
at Buckingham Palace to -day were the
Xing of Denmark, the Xing of Greece,
Priniee Henry of Prussia'the Lord Chief
*Justice of England and Theodore Reese'
velt. The funeral services will be con-
dueted in St. George's chapel at Wind-
sor, where EdwareVII. will be tempor-
arily sepulchered among the tombs of
his fathers.
London. May 10. --The Xing is send-
ing n, royal carriage to -morrow for Lord
Stratheone. Mr. Miles, of Montreal, rep.
resents the Boar& of Trade, and Mr.
Cockshutt represents Brantford Board of
Trade.
Col. Burt has sent a wreath on behalf
of the Prince of Wales' Fusiliers of
Montreal. A wreath will be sent from
the Tuberculosis Hoepital, Montreal,
recently opened by the
The Canadian office is doing all pea.
eible to 'furnish seats for visitors, but
it has only 60 seats at its disposal, and
there are 400 applications.
The matter of costume has been die
-
missed. It was first proposed that
oversea representatives be required to
don levee dress, but it was finally de -
tided that morning attire would be
sufficient.
The Mayor of Winnipeg, speaking to
the Canadian Associated Press, express-
ed pleasure at hearing of Winnipeg's
six-foot wreath being .described as the
most magnificent wreath sent to Wind -
or.
chances of a camera being carried by
unauthorized and unidentified persons.
The authorities are quietly using their
influence to prevent the gathering of
enormous crowds in London to -morrow.
The railways have adopted whet is
called the Sunday schedule, which means
that the regular trains will be reduced
to a minimum and no excursion trains
will be run to London. Instead of the
railways inducing the Provincial public
to come to London they have arranged
a service which will make the trip high-
ly -undesirable, and the Provincial cities
will hold special services, which will in-
duce people to remain at home instead
of flocking here. The authorities and
the police beat, done everything possible
to reduce Friday's croWa to a minimum.
Greater London's eight millions are cap-
able of supplying a crowd which will
tax the abilities of the military and
police to manage without unhappy incl.
dents,
GUARDING KINGS.
Scotland Yard is Taking Extraordin-
ary Precautions for Their Safety.
London Cable—Scotlaud Yard is ex-
traordinarily active to -night perfecting
details for the protection of the remark-
able group of European Sovereigns who
will ride on horseback throughout the
three miles of streets will& to -morrow's
cortege will tneveree. Nine of them are
Kings, one of whom is an Emperor, while
two are objects of hatred to the Radi-
cals in Spain and Portugal.
While it is known that eontinental an-
archists do not care to "work" in Lon-
don beeause 15 13 the only political haven
left to them in the world, Scotland
Ystra's protective measures are adopted
• to prevent an outbreak by a casual fan-
atic who does not work with :ma who in
not recognizea by the organized eonti-
mental anarehists and revolutionrery
esteems. Detectives from Madrid and
Lisbon lutve been to -operating with the
• London aeteetives for the past ten days
ire lotting suspieloue Spanish end Pot-
ttipese visitors to London, while a
RWarIll of Berlin encl. St. Petersburg de-
tectives have been here for a week. 'For
some mewl the detectives were in-
etrtteted to -night to centre their replete-
• fulness at the afterbie Arch, one of the
•points the eortege will pass, which be-
eatiee of HA opetinese might offer the
lest strategieal opportunity to foreign
"Reas."
Photoprepliere, for the first time in
tendert. will lie teempellea to exhibit en -
side with greet wreaths of reehels and lice pews littering their photograplie.
roots vent by officials and overa• The pollee are unwi rig to e
ha talc the
QUEEN -MOTHER
Says Good-bye to Many of the Royal
and Noble Mourners,
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King George Thanks the Army, Navy
and Public for Services,
London Cable — Most of the mem-
bers of royalty, special envoys and dep-
utations who came to attend the fune-
ral of Ring Edward have left or at
leaving to -day for their home. Xing
Alfonso oI pain Is hurrying his depar-
ture, as a consequence of the disappoint-
ing news from Madrid of Queen Vie-
toria's premature accouchement.
Emperor William will remain two
days more at Buckingham Palace.
This morning Queen -Mother Alexan-
dra received in farewell -eudienee in the
throne room of Buckingham Palace the
deputations to the funeral, the officers
of the German and other visiting regi-
ments and foreign civic bodies, thank-
ing them air their presence yesterday.
THANKS OF THE RING.
London Cable —Ring George has is-
sued messngee thanking the army, navy
and police for their sham in the cere-
mony, tura expressing great apprecia-
tion -of the manner in which they eel'•
ried ont their antics. To the police he
reraerks that their task was made eas-
ier by the reverent -demeanor and or -
aptly spirit aisplayeei by the enormous
=MPS of people.
It is estimated that Altogether 15,000
persons were either Nemecl ar overeome
• in the crush during the funeral proms -
!
lion. Several patients still remain in
the hoepitals.
Omul eesolutift would improve with
Star.
MOURNING AT
THE CAPITAL
Lord and Lady Grey, Premier and
Cabinet Ministers Present.
When Bells Tolled All On Streets
Stopped and Uncovered.
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Ottawa despatch: "Ring's weather"
graced the beautiful memorial service
held on Parliament Hill this afternoon
itt honor of the dead King. The sun
shone With vivid brightness upon the
stately buildings, draped in purple and
black; upon the great plaza crowded
with people; upon the broad swards of
living green, contrasting brightly with
the brilliant uniforms of nearly 2,000
officers and men. The troops in line
comprised the Royal Dragoons, the Gov-
ernor -General's Foot Guards, the 43rd
Regiment, the Cadet Corps, the Boy
Scoutand the Army Medical Corps,
The troops were stationed on either
side of the broad thoroughfare which
leads to the main entrance of the Parlia-
ment buildings. From this portal iseued
his Excellency Earl Grey and Countess
'Grey, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Lady
Laurier, Hon. Wm. Pugsley and Lady
Sybil Grey, the other Cabinet Ministera
cold their wives, Sir Elzear Ta.schereau
and Lady Taschereaus and his Worship
the Mayor and the corporation of the
city of Ottawa.
The Cabinet Ministers wore their
Windsor uniforms, and her Excellency
and the other ladies of the party were
• in deep mourning. When they had. tak-
en their positions on the btoad steps of
She centre walk, the massed military
bands stationed in the hollow square
forinea by the troops, played Chopin'a
funeral mar& As the last strains (lied
away the church bells began to toll. All
noiee and motion ecasea; the ears stood
mothinless on their tracks, and all Who
were upon the street stopped and stood
uncovered 'heads until the tolling of
the great belle ceased. After this rever-
ent pause in the reernionice on Parlia-
ment Hill, the bends rendered the delta
march in "Saul," The erepe was then re-
moved from the drums and colors, the
'Royal &abate was given and the bands
played"Coa SAW the Xing."
To -night 68 minute guns were fired.
from Nepeau Point, eoneluding at Ma-
sk. When oil the half-utast& it flap in the
city NWT., hauled daWn.
• TH. one month 0 eateepillar will de -
Your 6,000 timee its own weight an
- food.
FATAL TORNADO
Oklahoma Towns Wiped Out
Storm—Persons Killed,
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Great Gathering in Queens PaIt Pay
Tribute to Late Xing.
Lieutenant -Governor, Clergy an Mil-
itary Unite in 'Service.
Toronto despatch: .Impressive be-
yond all description was the cere-
mony, memorial of his late istaie8W
Xing Edward VII., which Wad held
in the Queen's Park yesterday at-
ternoon. No larger erowd et people
ever gathered in Toronto at one time
before, and it is doubtful 1 one more
person could have been crowded into
that portion of the park contiguous
to the Parliament Buildings and on
University Avenue, inmatichately at
the entrance and • as tar south as
College street,
Crushed •together so closely that it
was impossible to move, and scarce-
ly possilale to ehange froiu one foot
to the other, the people struggled and
strained to get nearer the massed
bands and choirs. The result was
that weimen and children fainted by
the score.
Lieut. -Col. O. A. Denison wea in
commend of the cavalry brigade, with
a staft of five, and Chg. Sir Henry
Ponta was in charge of theelivision-
al staff, with two officers.
Immediately fronting the steps of
the main entrance to the Parliament
Buildings the various bands united
in one organization, each with its in-
dividual bandmaster at its head while
Bandmaster Waldron, the senior, was
provided with a stand draped, in
purple, from which he conducted the
massed bands. In the forefront the
united trainei choir of 650 voices.
composed of representatives frona. all
the city churches, filed to their post,
tion, under the baton of Dr. Albert
Ham, choirmaster of $t. James'
Cathedral.
On the front steps were assembled.
the Cabinet Ministers, members of
Parliament and Legislature, leading
clergy and educationists, members of
the Toronto City Council, and official
representativee of various municipal.
Ries. throughout the Province.
The servile commenced at 3 o'clock,
Escorted by Chief Grassett and Cap-
tain Doagins Young, his Honor the
Lieutenant -Governor, who was ac-
companied by Sir James Whitney, as-
cended the small, draped platform,
from which the proceedings were con-
ducted.
Following the solemn rendering of
the Dead Xerch in Saul by the mass-
ed bends. the Premier, on the request
of the Liet tenant -Governor, read the
following sympathetic letter from his
Grace Archbishop McEvoy, addressed
' to the Governor:
"Your kind invitation to the religious,
civil and military celebration in meniory
of his Majesty the late Ring Edward
VII. was received and duly appreciated.
"For the reasons previously mentioned
to you I find I cannot be present on
Friday afternoon.
"As Catholic citizens of this prosper-
ous country we will always remember
with gratitude and pleasure the peaceful
reign of His Majesty Edward VII., who
desired that his Catholic alibied& should
enjoy their full rights as free citizens in
Canada.
"We expect the same treatment under
his Royal Highness Georaa Albert, hence-
forth George V., who some years age
visited this country and made many
warm friends among all gasses of the
people.
"The authority of a legitimate civil
ruler comes from God, and hence the ob-
ligation of subjects to obey just laws,
to respect public officers, and to uphold
the power of those appointed to govern
in their respective spheres of action. It
is also our duty to pray—tis St. Nut
commanded Timothy—for Kings and for
all in high stations that we may lead a
quiet and peaeeful life. And as your
Honor is the representative of the Ring
in Ole Province, we ask you to assure
his Majesty Ring George V. that we
wish hiin a long and peaceful reign, and
our prayer f or him will be that of the
Catholic Church, as follows:
"We beseech Thee, 0 Almighty God,
that Thy servant George V,, our Ring,
who through Thy mercy hath under-
taken the government of these realms,
may also receive an increase of all Vir-
tues; wherewith being adorned he may
avoid the enormity of sin, vanquish his
enemies, and, being rendered Acceptable
in Thy sight, may come at length to
Thee, who art the way, the truth mid
the life. 'Through Christ our Lord:"
Sir James Whitney then briefly de-
clared the object of the service; The
desire of the people of Ontario to do
honor to the memory uf their worthy
King, Edwerd the Peatemaker.
Led by the great choir, and accent -
panted by the music of the lAnds, the
vast assembly engaged in the service of
song, the hymns being those that were
loved by the dead Xing.
The Clergy on the platform conducted
the service, 131shop Reeve read Scrip-
tural passages from John xi., 25-26; Job
xix., 26-27, and Timothy vi., 7, while
Bishop Sweeny recited Psalm xxxix.
This was in turn followed by the reading
of L Thessalonians, iv,, 13 to 18, and
again the choir led the multitude in the
impressive hymn:
"Now the laborer's task is o'er;
Now the battle -day is past;
Now upon the further shore
Lancia the voyager at last.
Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping."
Following the furteral prayers the
gathering in united murmuring eolume
of voice recited the Lord's Prayer, There
was then a pause, broken by the throb-
bing tones of the massed bands in Cha -
pin's Funeral aiterch. As the AGUild died
away hats were removed and the vest
assemblage stood for A full tninute in
Absolute silence. The Bishop then step-
ped forwerd and engaged he prayer
for the new Xing and the Royal
Nothing Was More impreei5ive in the
AMA serviee then its ending. The band -
muter tensed his baton, eta the multi-
tude with oleo voice broke into the sing-
ing of the 'elatiorial Anthem, not the per-
funetory eontribution of a timetloeel
valedictory, but the patriotic prayer of
• sorrowing subjeets.
The ptintipta of ell the memorial
cerernotice vete tient promoted by his
Honor the Lietitenat-Governor in
Queen's Park, The :service was utedoubt-
etlly one elf the most impreetive thet it
Is poseible t.t toneeive. Prior to march -
hie to the Perk, the Men of the Toroeto
Garrison had ;Armlet at the Amami 4,
,where an offieial Annonteement of the
se:evasion el Xing George Wei made.
by
Peals lTalley, Okla., May 23.—Torna-
does and hail and rainstorms traversed
parts of Garvin, McClain and Pontiac
Counties last night, kililng one person,
injuring 20 others and devastating
large rural area.
The village of McCarthy, eleven miles
southwest. was wiped out. Mrs. Geo.
Bradford, wife of a preeeher, was fatal-
ly injured. The towu of Maysville was
reported blown away, and communica-
tion with n, point has not been establish,
ed. Considerable damagewas done at
Paoli, seven miles north of Paula Valley,
and a report said the town was blown
away. A report from Madill that one
num was killed and several houses were
wrecked was later denied.
WOMAN'S TALE.
By Threatening to Shoot Man Forced
lie Into Improper Relations.
Petethoro' despatch: Harvey Wind.
over was convicted at the County
Police Court this morning of having,
on April 21, assaulted the wife of
Nelson Windoyer, who resides in
Cavendish township, by pointing a
loaded rifle at her breast. Judgment
was reserved. The wife of Nelson
Windover, in her evidence, stated that
impeoper relations had existed be-
tween her lira the prisoner for sev-
eral months previous to April 21, and
these had been brought about beeause
she was afraid of the prisonet, who
had threatened to shoot het if she
did tot eonsent.
FEARED COMET.
Alabama Farmer Takes Poison to Es-
cape Conflagration of World.
Ikeetur, Ala., despatch: Frightened
from trading newspaper aecounts say-
ing that lbelley's comet woula set the
world on fire toinotroW, %lac Cowan
committed suicide to -day in the pre-
senee of his wife and six ehildren at his
home in Lawrence County, near Moul-
ton, the county seat. After kissing his
wife and ehildren it fona goodbye, he
took a large dose of etryeliteine and died
in pent agony shifty efterwardm.
Mt. row.an was GRP of the most pro-
minent tend, 'best known tamers of
Lawrence county.
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