Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-25
THE NEW RULER.
Preparations Already Under Way for
His Coronation.


His Coronation.
London. JAN 23.-At the Office of the
| lord chamberlain. al st. James palace;
| of the city remembrancer. at the
Guild hall. and at the College of Her.
aids. the officials were busy Tuesday
even before the death of the queen was
announced, preparing for the formali-
ties which will attend the proclaiming
OF new ruler of the United Kingdom
and India. All the ancient gazettes.
court circulars and other papers which
describe the ceremonial Of 1897 had
been taken from the libraries. that the
officials may famliarize themselves
with the forms of pageantry whereby
a sovereign is proclaimed. The city re-
membrancer said:
1T will depend on the pleasure of the
new monarch to decide how far the an
cient customs will be modified to suit
| modern methods. but in a country where
| precedents are SO firmly adhered to as
| England II may be anticipated that we
shall follow closely on the acts which
prevailed when the queen assembled the
throne. The priyy council, which is a
very large body. will meet at once at
St James palace. where the form of
proclamation declaring that We etc,
with one voice and consent Of tongue ami
heart declare and proclaim the high,
mighty Prince Albert Edward ETC., who,
by the death of the monarch has become
our only lawful and right liege, etc.
This proclamation will give the new
title the king may assume, but this is
not yet announced 10 rs, The procama-
ton Will then be sent 20 HE Heralds
college and the following day tie earl
marshal, the garter king al arms, The
Heralds pursuivants and other officials. |
the college members. with the household ;
troops, will proceed from the palace, clad
in their spieaaid surcoats. and proceed
to Trafalgar square. There the king at
1EIp9s y jll halt command siieuea and read
Strand to Temple BAR a halt viii again /,
be made to demand an entrance into the
city to proclaim the king. There the lord
mayor, eheriffs In their state carriages,
will form great procession and when
the ear! marshals party comes Just
within the city boundary the procama-
ton win be read again and the procession
will pass down Ludgate hill and Cheap
side to the Royal exchange, where sim
ilar ceremonies will close the spectacle"
sole Topic of Conversation.
Everywhere the one ,opic of CONVEX
sation is what will happen under the
new reign. Much interest was evinced
in the way in which the enormous for
| tune of the dead qneen you'd be dis
| tributed the general notion being that
Osborne house would go TO Princess
Beatrice and that she and Princess
| Christian would come into consider
able portion of Nictoriu's wealth. The
probability that King Edward viii
| take up practically permanent resi-
dence in buckingham palace was much
| canyassed. This is question that
comes very much home TO Londoners.
Queen Nictorin's preference for Bal
moral castle and Osborne house has
been complaint of long standing in
the metropolis, and tits hoped that the
new reign will see p change in this re,
spect. The presence of the court in
London would give brightness and
gayety which have long been absent.