New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13

Nited on the occasion. Mr. Skrinc Co,or,,s-
I'm" ,h OF he Chittag"nS Division was dapmtc1
! mant ma hhrSthtatlVe OF the British Govern
/ If ,,n;,v 80 we wa received with all the horors
20 u i,ritlSh r, representative in an Indian t,.nd.
/ Ia ,ccr',,,, - coronation pandal. large enough
Iy,s cnr..r an"ut one thousand persons
was constructed, and it was tastefuIIv dec
ana ha Win exec It pictures. foliage fcs,oons
/ ~ ,r iii an immense crowd from all parts
pi ne division. and from Dacca Nvmeniiin,h
,nn,, 90 ,iSS'iilnci To sac the interesting cere-
~ % the installation of Hindoo I,ai,b
mere was large collection of uro,.is;,,,' . ~
as ois fnr ahf indian guests of the Maharajah
% 'is' lor feeding the crowd The Nob,r,job,,,
,,'"ich1useS We're open To all who had snne ~
were mos, On rnI occasion. and articles Of food
w, "i"s1 itVishly distributed among the snnc-
tators. The streets were lincI viz nI go
beauiv anu an, nags and festoons added 10 their
10 make the little capital of Hill Tin, p',eu
Tb a." appearance of rejoicing and festivitv
- ne rush of people was great about siv,v
thousand people assembled and in sni, StN 10y
posslpie sanitary arrangements made cbnlsrn
mac Its appearance among the crowd ,nI 10
less than about fifty persons reu vic,ir anu no
asta'N every day. in spite of the medical rcIcT
not disneyyss ms HlShnesS Stiil. the crowd did
.ccah'e 50 great that on the third d,v q e.
the coronation it was nrocIsi,nnu "'y after
drums that the crowd must iaa1e nS beat OF
uiSPersc The European guests began ~ i. .,'..
practically closed '' cd'hp was
THE CEREMONY
49,, ne coronation hour was fixed at I:IJ D. r,
ana half an hour before that time tho s.a, ~ a.,
On" nall were occupied by the guests ana nihr: -
30. iinlSSloner was accommodated in ~.
= iticai AGENTS bungalow and SOM, Of ~.
- i.ciIai officers of the Maharajah had com.
l" escort nm To the coronation nnvjIirr
a. me entrance OF which two guards Of homer |
~ Su''Pi'ed by the comilli Police battalion ,ot
~ o'i"r by The Maharajahs troops w.. /
- Meanwhile the Maharajah accom-
Pat'u ny some or the mobiles and prjncin,l IN
Ceis OF the state came walking 10 tha napdaI /
soon after the Commiss Toner acronr,ri;a, a.
enc i"Iltlcal Agent ana the .laharaiaI's on
rtIS sent To IS tprt him. came. each on an 30
Phiit' loiioWcd by string Of thirty rI.nh,,,e
As me commissioners aliShted from his .Ianbart
a. ."c entrance or the pavilion the two o,,,rJs
"o,ioi pi''Ccd near II presented arms Thor.
- lithiSSiohcr was received 10y The Ma,,a-
iaJ'i ana conducted To the daTS i'm tho randall
anu ne ana the Maharajah occupied The trvn
seats, while the Political Agent ,Isn
eooh ms seat close by. The Maharajah thrr rosn /
iHu handed over to the Commissioner tba "a. I
.ciPt Tor ID gold mohurs paid to the ComiIU
treasurer for the Khilat. The Commiss;,,nnr |
then presented the Ehilat to Tho Nahn";n, !
VINO. escorted by the Political Agent wrnt ~ an !
iuJoilihS robinS room. where His Hiyhncss mn !
On 'he ofhclal robes presented To him Inv ,ba |
government OF India. As His UirhnosS p |
turned To the daIS the Commissioner nIacot , |
Deafi necklace around the Mabaraiab.s n.ck |
ne commissioner then got uD and read tho |
rnSiish Sanad. which was follows:
Il hereby declare that under the orders of He
txcellency the Viceroy and Governor General
II INDIA communicated by His Honor the Lien
ehaht-Governor OF Bengal I DO install His
fi;hness Raiha Kishore Deb Burman Manikva
Sahadur Ratah OF Hin Tipperah on the thronc
u ms ancestors. and further declare that he il
hereby invested with all titles rights and .