A REMARKABLE INCIDENT.
(Received May 20th. 12.35 a.m.) LONDON, May 19. Strange scenes were witnessed outside of Westminster Hall just before ten o'clock last night. Perceiving the certainty of disappointment, the queue suddenly broke ranks, and a hysterical crowd surged into tho Palace yard. The police promptly barred the doors, and finally persuaded the crowd of 25,000, many of whom had waited for five hours, to disperse. Women wept for disappointment, while many formed a queue and remained all night, despite the fact that heavy rain was falling.
THE FUNERAL GUESTS
Among those arriving to-day for the funeral were the King of Portugal, the King of Belgium and the King of Bulgaria, the Maharajah of Kapurthala, the Duke d'Aosta, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Prince Charles of Sweden, the Crown Prince and Princess of Roumania, Prince Philip and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Crown Prince of Turkey and the Crown Prince ol Servia, the Chinese delegation, the Grand Duke of Hesse, Prince Maximilian of Baden, tho Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strclitz, M. Pithon, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, .-.nd a deputation from the residents of Biarritz.
The Kaiser embarked on his yacht Hohcnzollern at Flushing, and will arrive in London to-morrow, us will also the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, Prince Albrecht of Wurtemberg, and Prince John and Prince George of Saxony. Thc Sultan of Zanzibar has fallen ill in London, and has Ireen ordered to a watering place on the Continent. He has sent a wreath fourteen feet in dia\ncter, which inehides 500 mauve orchids. (Received May 19th. 11.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 19. Many passengers by steamers due to arrive from America aro booking seats for the funeral procession by wireless telegraphy. The Kaiser has arrived at Sheemess, escorted by two German warships and four British destroyers. Prince Fushimi has arrived in I/ondon.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13738, 20 May 1910, Page 7
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