The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-19
A NOTABLE GATHERING
Royalties at Dinner in the Throne
Room at Ooburg,
ARRIVAL OF EMPEROR WILLIAM.

EEONehnlOn
Groom-Prsoautions Against Anarchists.
CoBURa, April 10 The marriage Of
Queen Victoria's grandchildren, inadver-
tently announced to have taken place yes
terday, was solemnized today amid scene
of royal splendor. The central figure
among the royalties assem- bled aside from
the bride and groom and the German EN-.
peror, is the venerable queen Of Great
Britain, who is received with enthusiasm
whenever she appears in public Twice .
yesterday she drove out During her /
majesty's second outing she visited the |
statue erected to the memory OF the late /
prince consort.
Last evening there was a family dinner |
In the throne room Of the ducal palace. |
Queen Victoria sat in the center of the |
table, between the Russian czarowitz and !
Empress Frederick her daughter, and the .
Prince of Wales. Opposite the queen sat
the Duchess of Coburg, between Emperor /
William and the bridegroom and bride. |
The royal dinner party was a most bril- !
liant affair and remarkable from histor-
ical point of view, when the conflicts OF
European policy are taken into considera-
ton.
Emperor William arrived here at 5;55
D. m. and was welcomed by grand mill
tary display The Duke of Coburg and
his son, the czarowitz, the Duke Of Con-
naught and the Prince Of Wales, who
were among those who greeted the EN-
| peror upon his arrival, all wore German
uniforms, and, with their military stafTs,
awaited his coming upon the platform OF
the railway station. guard of honor
and the band of the Thuringian regiment
was also present, and the German anthem
was played as the train b caring his inn
| perial majesty drew up at the railway
station.
The emperor wore the uniform of Queen
Victoria's Dragon regiment. He sue
cessively embraced the Duke Of Coburg
and the other distinguished imperial and
royal representatives and afterwards wit
messed the march past of the troops. After
the military display he proceeded to the
ducal schloss. The route from the rail-
way station tos the palace was lined
with troops, and behind the soldiers from
thirty to forty thousand spectators were
gathered. The emperor was heartily
cheered.
The Schloss platz, the great open space
in front of the ducal palace, last night
was packed with humanity to witness an
enormous torchlight procession given in
honor of the betrothed couple. The whole
center of the platz was mass of flaming
torches and lanterns of every conceivable
color. Those taking part in the procession
executed series of figures under the win
dows of the palace. They were headed by
the Co burg Bicycle club, the members of
which carried lanterns showing the colors
Of Sake Coburg and Gotha and of Hesse.
Then followed hundreds of townsfolks
and students bearing ball Oon lanterns
and torches. The scene was a fairy like one.
The beautiful Rosenau Schloss, where
the young couple will spend the honey
moon, and which is only four miles from
Coburg, was the birthplace of Prince AL
bert, the husband of Queen Victoria, and
in 1S45 Queen Victoria spent about fort
night there
While the procession was passing a choir
composed of men of Coburg serenaded the
royal personages in the palace. Upon the
con clusion of the singing the burgomaster
of the city,with his head barred, read an ad-
dress of congratulation to the bridal
couple The celebration ended with a fine
display of fireworks. The old castle of
Coburg, which stands over 500 feet above
the town, presented a most beautiful ap.
pearance, being bril- liantly Illuminated
from bottom to top.
The most perfect precautionary meas
ures against an attempt upon the life of
some meIcb Der of the reigning families as
sembled here have been taken, and hun
dreds of detectives Of all nations are here
ana min9ing with the crowds
This action has been taken in conse-
quence of II intimation received by the
police some time ago that an anarchist
plot existed, the object of which was to
take the life of Emperor William and the
Czarowitz of Russia.
Not only Emperor William and the
czarowitz, but Queen Victoria and the
Prince of Wales are constantly guarded
by picked men, and the ducal palace and
all other buildings where the royal and
imperial personages are quartered ara
guarded night and day by uniformed po-
lice, troaps and detectives, and it is not
believed hat any stranger could succeed
In getting near enough to the buildings TO
do harm to the occupants.
In addition to these precautions the po-
lice have required hotel and lodging house
keepers and the proprietOrs of other places
where strangers are entertained to furnish
the authorities with the names and de,
scriptions of their guests
1t is asserted that a plot to kill Emperor
William while in Venice was discovered
and prevented by the police of that city.
As a mark of recognition Of the loyalty
and good wishes of his subjects and also
20 commemorate his marriage the Grand
Duke of Hesse has given 1000 marks each
TO twenty deserving betrothed couples in
his grand duchy.
Murderer Confssses.
NEW YORK, April 1g-Charles Miller,
aged 25 years, a candy maker has been ar