The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-07
issued: 1910-05-19
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nelsondaily/items/1.0383445/source.json
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note: Classified Ads 1 Gent Per Word i 4tt Eight Pages—50c Per Month VOL.9 NELSON B. C THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 19, l.in Ntt 25 HIGEJMWD Thousands Gaze at Dead King's. Bier Waiting Queue Six Miles in Length Kipling's Poem in London Standard LONDON, May 18—The greatest crowd ever formed in Hue in this city waited patiently under oppressive atmospheric conditions today to pay a tribute to the memory of King Edward, whose body Is lying In state in Westminster hall. The queue extended nearly six miles from the entrance of the hall through adjacent streets at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and was being constantly lengthened, the sun shone brightly after a night of rain, and the beat was oppressive. Ambulances Busy. Many persons, men as well aa women fainted and ambulances were busy along stream of humanity. When the doors of the hall were opened at 6 o'clock, many thousands were already in line and by noon the total number who had passed the bier including those who secured entrance yesterday bad exceeded 100,000. Some of them moved silently through the hall every hour, but the waiting lines grew more rapidly. West End Animated. The arrival of a score of royal personages with their suites made the west end a scene of animation today. Buckingham Palace where most of the members of royalty are staying, Marlborough House, still tbe residence of King George and Queen Mary, and other royal homes opened their doors again and again throughout the day as calls of courtesy were exchanged. Canada's Representatives. LONDON, May 18—Canada will be represented at St. George's chapel at Windsor on Friday by Lord Strathcona and the Hon, Messrs. Aylesworth, Fisher and Marcll and ' Sir Charles , Fitzpatrtck as well as the mayors of ' Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg. The following Canadian officers will march In the funeral procession: Colonel Dur- land and Major Campbell Stewart, Montreal; Major Thatcher, Ottawa, and Major Saunders, Edmonton; Sir Daniel H. McMillan, the lieutenant governor of Manitoba …
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0383445
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https://touchstonesnelson.ca
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text