The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1901, Page 1

- The "VOLUME LXXXIX—N 0. 64, BAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REMAINS OF THE “QUEEN OF THE SEAS” BORNE ACR0SS THE WATER TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT F TIINUTE GUNS AND SAD TIILITARY MUSIC With Imposing corted From 2l strains ind of guns ace nor war, but t the Hi al as the Oregc till Japan's Hat s were moored in the or- mgside. of | e line of main line g at Cowes: The 598 wn, Rodng Be: row, ( ngwood, Colossus, Sans Parell, . Melampas, Severn, Galatea, Pelo Diana, Con- Minerva, Niobe, Hero, Resolution, Jupiter, , Prince George and Ma. nute guns were fired by all the ships | at Cowes, commencing left the pler. Each ship mmediately after the tail of 1 passed her. 1 had passed the s in Ports- | e guns and | the Alberts was standards were { nd union -Jacks he funeral marches No, na- On the appro procession the ships ‘were mannéd and the guards ana | bands were paraded. The officers were in | ss and the men “No. 1 rig” and | The guards presented arms a passed each ship and then arms reversed until the had passed. chment of marines and the ad- b were on board Nelson's old Victory, in Portsmouth har- 1 the sea front and dockyards were ¢ marines and sailors, while nd was manned by boys from training ship St. Vincent and from the gunnery ship Excellent. When the Majestic was left astern the | Alberta was moored for the night, To- morrow the body ‘will be taken ashore at | l Portsmouth and thence conveyed to Lon- | n end Windsor for the last tributes to | e Queen,, The ceremeony in bringing the esffin | from Osborne House to the pler at Cowes | | I | of the party, Military and Naval Display the Royal Catafalque Is Es- Cowes to Portsmouth PORTSMOUTH. DESTROYERS. THE DUKE A} was scarcely naval function. At noon the gorgeous trappin distributed. Over the coffin was thrown | riage. onation robe worn by the girl On this was placed the royal re- the co Queen. galia, wand, scepter and crown, which were scarcely used lifetime. ummy regalia wili be | her at Frogmore. REMAINS ARE BORNE TO THE WAITING SHIPS Sad Procession Headed by King and Emperor Proceeds From. Osborne to the Pier. . COWES, Feb. 1.—Cowes was astir at dawn and quickly beeame alive with vis- itors. Every whence th was rapidly filled up, while the portion of the route open to spectators was soon Long before the hour impassable. the | from Osborne was a picturesque sight. From the castle moat to the pier troops stood with elbows touching. Behind them were thousands of men, women and chil- dren. shields of black and silver upon them bearing the royal monogram or surround- ed with flags. Stands for spectators dotted the route. Innumerable cameras were posted at advantageous spots. | Hawkers were busy disposing of black- bordered memorial cards and other souve- nirs. Equerries, alds-de-camp, mounted grooms and messengers dashed hither and thither, seeing that everything was. in readiness. The guard around Osborne House was most rigid, and besides the po- lice a long, thin line of red merged Into the green and brown woods clustering around the royal residences. The Queen s Guard was drawn up in double rank be- fore the Queen’'s entrance, with heads for uneral the hilly York avenue leading | looking group in spite of the brilliancy of their uniforms. | The road was lined with poles with [ CLOSE THE FUNERAL PROCESSION. less interesting than the |robed women followed the heads of the Royal Household, in gorgeous uniforms. gs of the chapelle ardente were | The coffin was placed upon the gun-car- The pipers commenced their dirge At 1:45 a. m. sallors from the Victoria and Albert raised the precious burden andl bore it from the house. This duty was to y the Queen In | have fallen to the Highlanders, but at the rehearsal they were so awkward that it was decided that the satlors should per- form the task. Outside the royal resi- dence Grenadier Guards weredrawn up on a brilliant line. With a sharp click they presented arms, for the last time, in honor of their dead Queen. The pipers led the procession, making the woods ring with a welrd refrain. Behind them came the royal famfly. At the gate the military portion of the parade stood ready, a glit- tering medley of uniforms. The mounted grooms who headed the line wore bright scarlet. With the massed | bands were no fewer than forty muffled drums. Among the Highlanders were seven Queen's Foresters, following whom | stand, window and roof | pipers wailed the sad music of the Black procession could be viewed | Watch's dirge. The King, Emperor Wil- llam and the Duke of Connaught walkel abreast, followed by the Princes. They stepped slowly and mournfully, a sad- The pipers had followed the first dirge by the touching lament, “The Flowers of the Forest,” which represents the wither- ng of the last and best of them. As they reached the Queen’s gate and wailed their closing strain, the muffled drums rolled out with oft-recurring rhyming beats and the bands burst forth into the magnifi- cent strains of Chopin's “Funeral March,” Off went every hat, every woman court- esled low, the troops reversed arms and leaned their bowed heads over them, still as statues. Down hill went the sad pro- cession, through the still and silent ranks of the people. No sound but that of the mournful march could be heard: but that was re-echoed far away to the spectators | on the neighboring hills and to the ships far out at sea. Down hill the procession slowly wound bowed over thelr arms, as in the death | it8 Way in the following order: Mounted chamber. At 1:30 p. m. the bars of the main door of Osborne House creaked and the petty officers of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert then doffed their hats and entered. King Edward came from a side entrance, accompanied by Emperor Willlam of Ger- | many. They both wore admiral's uni- torms. The Grenadlers momentarily raised their heads and came to the salute, whi-h the King returned, and (he men agail. became mute figures. THen through the glass door could be seen the coffin coming, carried by the sall- ors who but a few moments previous had entered. It was preceded by pipers and was covertd with the royal robes and re- galla and ascompanied on either side by equerries. Immediately behind the King took his place wn the right of the Bmperor of Germany. Thre King's head was bowed, | The Emperor wis erect, his face expres- sionless. Then folowed the royal princes, A few seconds later emerged Queen Alex~ andra and elght royal princesses, all afoot and dressed In the wmplest blaclk, their faces entirely vellad with crape, Beveral &nd ewpecially Princess Beatrice, were sobbing bitterly, In striking contrast with the black- | | grooms: the deputy assistant adjutant general of the Southern District: a de- tachment of the Hampshire Carbineers; the Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Wight and staff of the SBouthern District; the staff of the commander in chief at Portsmouth; the general commanding the Southern District: the naval commander in chief; massed bands and drums of the | Royal Marine Artillery and of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, who played a fun- eral march as they pgssed out of the Queen’s gate; the Queen's Highlanders: the Queen's pipers; the gun carriage, drawn by eight horses and preceded and followed by her late Majesty’s equerries and alds de camp, escorted by the Queen's company of Grenadler Guards, with the coffin; King Edward, Emperor William, the Duke of Connaught, the Crown Princa of Germany, Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince Christian of Schieswig-Holstein, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Queen Alexandra, the Duchess of York, the Duchess of Baxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Chris- tian of Bchieswig-Hoistein, Princess Louise (Duchess of Argyll), Princess Beat- rice (Princess Henry of Battenberg), the Duchess of Connaught, the Duchess of NEXT IS THE ROYAL YACHT VICTORIA'AND ALBERT, HAVING ON BOABD THE ROYAL YACHT OSBORNE WITH OTHER ROYAL PERSONAGES. THE IMPERIAL YA¢ JT'f* Bt Albany, Princess Victoria of Wales; Prin- cess Charles of Denmark; Her late Ma. Jesty’s ladies in waiting, her iite Majes- ty’s household: the household of the King, the household of the Queen, the household of Emperor William, the house- hold of the royal family, military officers, elght abreast; the royal servants and ten- ants, The roadway from the gate to the pler was lined with troops in close order; the troops remained in position until the min- ute guns from the fleet commenced to fire. Thousands stood bareheaded and watched the strange sight. After leaving Osborne House the mourn- ing procession of Kings and Princes ar- rived néar the pler without incident. The strains of 'Chopin’s funeral march gave warning to the naval officers on the pier that the coffin was drawing near.. The surrounding quays were black with ex- pectant thousands. Through the court archway came the few staff officers, then the Highlanders, their pipes silent and all heads bared. Eight bronzed and bearded tars were drawn up waiting to receive their burden. Then came the Grenadlers, resplendent in their busbies and scarlet and quickly formed a circle around the court. The artillery horses were restless from their long walk and pranced under the gateway, drawing the gun carriage with the coffin. A second later the King and the Em- peror and their suites appeared. As the carriage stopped before the gangway of the Alberta loud orders rang out, a sharp movement ran through the stalwart line of Grenadiers, thelr arms were instantly reversed up to their hats and with equal precision came the hands of the Emperor, King and the Duke of Connaught in state 1y salute. The King was tired from the walk. The equerries removed the regalia, the royal- tles still standing at salute, while behind them the Princesses bowed. their heads, visibly fatigued. The light oak of the coffin shone out as the sailors grasped the handles. Tho young Crown Prince of Germany could scarcely keep his hand at the salute for emotion. With perfect precision the coffin was lifted oft the gun carriage on board the royal yacht Alberta, Once more the Grenadlers came to the ‘‘present as the King, followed by the relatives, stepped down the gangway and regalia and rohes were replaced on the coffin, GREAT FLEET SALUTES THE CATAFALQUE Solemn Naval Ceremonies as Royal Remains Are Borne From Cowes to Ports- mouth. SRS PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 1.—Not since the dfamond jubilee has this town held such a crowd as poured In to-day. The bas- tions and promontories overlooking the sea and harbor and every polnt of vant- age was black with spectators. Conspicu- ous in the spacious harbor was the old battleship Victory, on the old-fashioned poop of which a guard of royal marines was mounted and where the admiral's the XN | | | h | | | | - THE REMAINS OF THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA WERE STARTED YESTERDAY ON THEIR JOURNEY FROM OSBORNE TO FROGMORE. THE ABOVE SCENE, MADE FROM A TELE- GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE YACHTS FORMING THE FUNERAL CORTEGE, SHOWS THEIR POSITIONS STEAMING BETWEEN THE TEN-MILE LINE OF BATTLESHIPS FROM COWES TO THE ALBERTA, BEEARING THE MORTAL CLAY OF THE DEAD QUEEN, I SHOWN IN THE MIDDLE FOREGROUND, STEAMING AFTER THE LAST OF THE TORPEDO-BOAT g ’EDWARD VII, HIS QUEEN AND MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. FOLLOWING IS LBAN FOLLOWS WITH EMPEROR WILLIAM IT OF GERMANY, ‘HIS SUITE AND D DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT. THE ADMIRALTY YACHT ENCHANTRESS AND THE TRINITY HOUSE YACHT, EACH CARRYING OFFICTALS UF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLDS, — band played the funeral marches by Chopin and Beethoven. Darting up and down the sunlit harbor, a fleet of launches kept open a roadway for the expected fleet. Thousands of visitors spent the early morning on yachts and tugs, to get a closer glimpse of the great line of war- ships which stretched from the opposite south sea. The sun shone brightly over the headlands, a gray mist hung over the sea and the great flect seemed life- | less, Sgarcely a small boat was afloat and except for the white ensigns which | hung listlessly half-mast and the occa- sional flutter of a signal bunting from the flagship, there was no glimpse of color to relieve the monotonous grayness of the | scene. The big bell of the Town Hall com- menced ringing a funeral knell on the arrival of the Alberta and continued to | toll for two hours. The Majestic and the German flagship were the last of the fleet to salute the cortege. The pageant was witnessed by thou- | sands of persons afloat and ashore. The Alberta entered the harbor at 4:40 p. m., and at once moved alongside the land- ing place. The royal yachts Victoria and Albert and the Osborne were secured to | buoys in the harbor, while the imperial vacht Hohenzollern was berthed by the side of the jetty. Three special trains tock down the members of the House of Lords and of the House of Commons and diplomatic corps and other officials and the corre- spondents from Victoria station to Ports- mouth early this morning. A snowy frost was sprinkled over. the green flelds under a glistening sun, whose rays were sifted through a typical English mist, while half-masted Union Jacks were hung from many buildings In the town along the road. A great royal standard dropped from the staff above the anclent tower of Arundel, the Duke of Norfolk's seat. The members of Parllament and corres- pondents representing every nation em- barked on a small steamer and were en- tertained at luncheon as guests of the admiralty. A fog has settled over the still waters of the Solent, through which warships appeared llke great shapeless | black rocks. The fleet stretched from Portsmouth to Cowes, the turrets of Os- borne standing above the purple hills. Abreast were the battleships Benbow and Collingwood. These emblems of Bri- tain’s imperial power were the policemen guarding the avenue ten miles - long through which the Queen's body was to pass to the mainland of the kingdom. There were nineteen British battleships, eleven cruisers and eight gunboats, not even the full strength of the channel squadron. Eight naval embassadors of friendly powers were ranged along the Portsmouth end, while gunboats and steamers with officlal spectators formed the remainder of the southern ifne. The British ships were an imposing sight with their uniform decorations, coal black hulls. with a line of red just above the water, white upper works and yellow{ smokestacks. All displayed the jack at the foremast and the white ensigh at half- mast at thelr sterns. The forelgn ships attracted most of the attention of the English spectators. Glant of the whole fleet was the Japanese bat- tleship Hatsus, the largest war machine afloat, a fortress of clay-colored steel witn the scarlet sun on a white fleld hangiag at her stern, the fighting emblem of the voungest world-power. Emperor William's navy was represent- ed by the Nymphe, Victoria Luise, Hagen and Baden, all with blue gray upper works. The Hagen was flying Prince Henry of Prussia’s flag, yellow arms on a white fleld. The Dupuy de Lome, under France's tr'- color, was a fine 'sight.” She Is built w'ith a prow-fronted long ram, high out of the water. Portugal was represented by the crutser Don Carlos. The ill-fortune of Spain's navy asserted itself at the last moment, for word came that the Emperador Carlos V had turned back from her cruise to the port with crippled engines. The pathway between the ships was a quarter of a mile avenue of clear water. Behind the lines of the warships hovered a few yachts and channe! steamers. Black torpedo boats and torpedo-boat destroyers were skirmishing about and offigors’ gigs and launches swarmed everywhere. Bugle calls came over the water and gaudy sig- nal flags burst out and disappeared. The British ships were also lighted with gleams of the scarlet coats of the marines. The black muzzles of the huge guns swung from thelr ports looked very im- posing. “‘Queen’s weather” came at noon in a burst of sunshine and the clouds cleared away from the channel and Ilingered above the tree tops along the crest of hills on either side. The police boat ushered the merchant shipping and crowded ex- cursion craft back to their anchorages under the shelter of the shore. 3 Through the whole length of the chan- nel there were only a long double file of warships with black messenger boats dashing among them. For nearly three hours the fleet watched for the coming of the funeral. The officers on the bridges, in the most gorgeous uniforms, with all their decorations and medals, scanned the Cowes shore docks through their glasses. An occasional brilliant burst of sunshine showed tens of thousands of spectators, subjects of the dead Queen, assembled to | witness her last passage from Cowes to Portsmouth. Bhortly before 3 o'clock white smoke broke from the Majestic’s side and a sec- ond later a report cracked over the har- bor and echoed to the hills, announcing the starting of the Alberta from Trinity | pier. From ship to ship the salute was | passed down the line. Each vessel of the | fleet was firing minute guns. They all employed their shore side batteries, so that on the channel sides were silhouettes of huils, spars and iron work, before | backgrounds of dease gray smoke. The | sound was that of a great battle. The | funeral fleet was just well under way | when it came abreast of the press boat. Torpedo-boat desty crept ahead, moving in pairs, like silent pallbearers marching before a hearse. They were the | Portsmouth squadron, all of exactly the | same’ size, every inch of hull and ma- chinery paintéd a dull black, with an offi- | cer standing like a statue at each bow, each of the crews aligned at “attention' like sentries on their decks. Hardly a ripple came from their bows, their speed Millions in London Will To-Day Ren. der Tribute to Sovereign Who De.- sired Burial as a Soldier’s Daughter e ONDON, Fe 2-—Half a million of the late Queen Victorfa's devoted subjects lining the shores of the Solent yesterday witnessed a majestic and awe-inspir- ing pageant and bade a last farewell to their beloved ruler, happy in the circum- stance of her death, sovereign of the greatest naval power in the world, and fortunate in thé manner of her obsequies. Yesterday’s ceremonles were a fitting tribute from a nation owning Nelson for its hero to its dead monarch. All who were witnesses of the function testify to the profound emotion it inspired and agree that the spectacle could not have been surpassed for splendor and solemn effect. The dominant note In the whole scene was {ts grand simplicity, and, so far as hu- man utterance was concerned, its silence. The sad procession glided along In beau- tiful order and precision as though moved by some hidden power. No incident of any kind occurred to mar fits stately beauty. There was no accident of any kind, ashore or afloat. The weather was traditional “Queen’s weather.” “The Queen of the Seas” was carried across the waters to the actom- paniment of minute guns and military music—a picture which will live in his- tory. If the elements should prove equally favorable to-day, which, at the moment of cabling (3 a. m.), seems somewhat doubtful, the millions of the metropolis will render their even grander military tribute to the Queen, who desired to be burfed as & soldler's daughter. Thou- sands of troops are now marching into London to brezkfast hurriedly, prepara- tory to taking their places on the line of march. With this peaceful military in- vasion is an equally large civiltan in- vasion _from the provinces and abroad. It was next to impossible last evening to obtain a bedroom in any West End hotel and until quite a late hour visitors were eagerly searching all along the route for windows and seats, held at exorbitant prices, to view the procession. Crowds- of people are standing in the early hours of the morning watching the army of workmen who are putting the final touches to the somber decorations and the other preparations. DELEGATES FROM FOREIGN LANDS PRESENT Last of the Royal and Other Repre- sentatives to Be Present at the Queen’s Funeral Reach London. —_— LONDON, Feb. 1.—The last of the royal and other representatives to be present at the Queen’s funeral reached London in the course of the morning. From the Czarowitch, representing the Czar of. all the Russias, to the Korean Minister at St. Petersburg, sent by the Emperor of far-away Korea, they come from all courts and principalities, far or near. Each delegation has to be met on its ar- rival by representatives of the King and the Government and the constant coming and going of notables proved to be a source of interest to the immense crowds of spectators. The rehearsal of the ceremonial im- mediately connected with the handling of the coffin containing the body of Queen Victorla on its arrival in and departure from London occurred this morning with the gun carriage, surmounted by a plat- form, which will be used in the funeral train. It was drawn by the eight cream- colored horses selected to draw the car- riage in to-morrow’s funeral pageant and they performed all the evolutions which will be seen to-morrow. The gun carriage forms part of the seven new patterned fleld batterles which have just been com- pleted. The muzzle of a 15-poundsr pro- Jjects in front, while the breech and trun- nion portion is covered by a platform of the size and shape of the coffin. The total weight. of the lumber, gun carriage and coffin will be about two and a quarter tons. From' daybreak workmen have been busy hanging laurel wreaths of a uniform size and pattern to the lamp posts along the entire route. From each wreath de- pend broad purple streamers._ ——— Edward Proud of Colonelcy. BERLIN, Feb. 1.—King Edward, aftcr replying to the congratulations on his ap- pointment, as commander of the First Prussian Guards, has written: “It affords me great pleasure that the Emperor has appoint2d me coloneljn chiet of the regiment which for many years has been In such close relations with my beloved miother. I teg to inform the reg- | iment that the fnterest which the Queen always evidenced in her regiment Is also felt by myself. It ives me especial satis- faction to be colonzl of your proud regi- ment.” —_—— Duke Is LONDON, Feb. 1.—The Court Cireular announces that the Duke of Cornwall and York is progressing satisfactorily.