Queen Victor A’s Funeral Pageant Planned Overseas
The article previews a grand funeral procession with uniforms of many nations and a two mile long military march. It notes a prolonged period of mourning causing official consternation.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
2
The article previews a grand funeral procession with uniforms of many nations and a two mile long military march. It notes a prolonged period of mourning causing official consternation.
London preparations for the queen’s funeral include a two mile procession with detachments from 40 regiments and world army uniforms. Markets, railways, and dining establishments will close Friday through Monday, with crowds and high window rents creating intense disruption and security concerns.
At Cowes Isle of Wight on January 30, preparations for the royal funeral proceed on the queenly yacht Al bert with guards rehearsing movements and bearers testing a coffin bier. Emperor William, King Edward and other royals mingle with tight security as ships gather at Spithead and Osborne house. public spaces close Friday 12 to 4.
London reports extreme demand for seats along the funeral procession route. Window seats fetch up to 50 pounds, top floor windows 50 pounds, stores and hotels list prices from 10 to 200 pounds. Attendees include royalty the king of Greece and others arriving at Victoria station. The Pelayo sails as Spain's funeral representative with Captain Diaz Moreno. Major Edward B. Cassett will ride with U.S. HQ staff in the procession.
King Carlos I of Portugal and his suite arrived at Dover at 10 this morning, received with a royal salute and military honors. The party boarded a train for London and reached Victoria station at noon, met by the Portugal minister Senor Pintor de Soveral and staff, and by Prince.
The Senate spent the day on the shipping bill with Turley and Jones opposing, arguing favors to subsidy recipients. Hawley explained the army conference report as the conference report on reorganization moved slowly. A temporary adjournment left the subsidy bill in doubt while a fish hatchery bill passed in Idaho before adjournment at 5:55 p.m.
Debate in the House during the agricultural bill consideration centers on Landis amendment barring Utah college funds unless no trustee or teacher practices polygamy. Fight includes Senatorial and local figures, with 50 000 for farmers bulletins, and verdict on Indiana Landis proposal.
State assessors meeting in Helena adopted the livestock valuation report after discussion. Beeft cattle valuations, sheep rates set. beef cattle at assessor discretion challenged by opponents. Next meeting slated for January 1902 in Butte with emphasis on new tax laws and road tax shifts.
G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry topped imports in 1900 with 119,441 cases, beating its own prior high and outpacing all other brands by 79,293 cases. The record reflects a dominant position in champagne imports.
Washington announces the day the president proclaimed a new extradition treaty between the United States and Peru.
Peace among warring Creeks appears to hold with a preliminary hearing planned for Chitto Harjo the Snake and deportation to Muskogee for treason. Cavalry under Lieutenant Dixon to stay a few days as signal fires flare and Indians abstain from depredations. Indian Agent Schoenfelt joins U S Marshal Bennett for talks with the Creeks. Commissions from the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations led by Governors Duke and Johnson arrive to seal treaties with the Dawes commission and to finalize enrollment lists.
Berlin purchases the Treptow electric street railway from Konan & Co. for 10,000,000 marks and will operate it municipally. The Grosse Berliner Strassenbahn company reports an 11 percent dividend, up from 10 percent last year.
Surgeon General Wyman received a dispatch from London via Glasgow reporting 385 smallpox cases and spreading illness. The note adds that two deaths from plague occurred among the crew of the steamship Friary at Hull.
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