Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-07
SIGNS OF PUBLIC SORROW.
Death Of Empress Frederick Causes
Mourning in Finland.

London, Aug. 7.-Signs of public sor-
row We're general in the West End yes
terday and preparations were making at
court for a reyersion from half to full
mourning, on account Of the death of the
Dowager Empress Frederick The re-
,narkable series of bereavements which
have overwhelmed royalty have excited
public compassion and also created de-
sire for brighter inside court functions
The coronation will be welcomed by
the national and by society as a sign
that the period of mourning has ended
and that .Merrie England" is not an OBJ
solete phrase. Preparations for the cere-
monial are in progress, and many i'm
portant points have been settled. The
attendance at the. Abbey will be limited
in every possible way SO that the func-
ton will be witnessed only by those who
can establish a right to be there. The
king has decided that peers with his
toric privileges at the coronation are not
entitled to have more than one page.
This ruling will reduce the number of
costumed figures in the royal procession
and will relieve the pressure upon the
peers for the appointment of pages.
The hereditary claims of the various
peers to render some slight service IN
the coronation ceremony are pressed be-
fore the privy council at great expense.
since their validity must be established
by historic evidence, produced after pro-
tracted Investigations by experts.
The fact that the coronation audience
will be the most brilliant and exclusive
enc ever gathered in the Abbey makes it
important for those having any claim
BASED upon heredity or tradition to enl-
ploy solicitors and experts, and to work
up a case to the best possible advan-
tage.
The kings time is largely taken up
with the settlement of details relating to
the corona ton. He decides every point
offhand, but never changes his mind nor
leaves anything open to double con-
struction.
When the king arrived in London lost
evening from Cowes he must have been
strongly reminded of the sad days fol-
lowing the death of his mother last
january. Thousands of people had as
sembled In the vicinity OF the railway
station and as his majesty, accompanied
by the queen and Princess Victoria,
drove by on the way TO Marlborough
House every man in the crowd removed
his hat in token of sympathy with the
royal mourners. 1t is understood the
king will not now leave London for
Cronberg until Friday. The funeral of
the empress will probably take place
carly next week.
The one thing needed for the develop
ment of public Unrest in the pageants
OF tn new reign is peace in South Africa.
lSitchener's summary of the weeks OPP
erations shows decline in the number
of Beers accounted for. but this reduc-
ton Is fully explained by the thinning
out of commanders still in the field The
general trend of the report is highly fa-
1orable to British hopes, since as many
az thirteen British columns are men
toned as marrying the Beers simultane-
ously. Kitchener and French are clear
y encouraged by the results Of the ex-
lausting campaign which is now In
progress.
Miners return will be followed. un-
less all signs fail, by the reopening OF
the Johannesburg mining industry on a
large scale. and important changes in
the political policy.