Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-01-24

India.
The ceremony WIS interesting and
according TO precedent. The king
was in separate apartment from
the prfyy councillors. To the hitter
the Duke of Deyoashire, lord presf-
dent of the council, formally com-
municlIed the death Of Queen Vie
toria and the succession II the tbr9ne
of her son, the aince Of Wales. The
roval ffi'.ag. WITH certain lords Of tIie
council. were item directed to repair
to flse king presence to acqHailit bin.
with the terms of fhe lord presidents
Placement. Shortly afterward hts
majesty enferaa the roem in which
the councillors were assembled aad
addressed them IN Il brief speech.
The lord chancellor lord IIalshra.Fi
then administered the oath OF Tie
king. Afterward the various mee4.
bers Of the council took the oath e
allegiGi &c and then passed ia turn
before iiis majesty, AS Mt a leyee. f%-
cepting that each paused aud kissed
the kings hand before pasin~ ont O.
the CHAMBER This brought the Core
monF to n close.
BY about $3.50 p. m. when his mn
testy returned 70 Marlhorors-'l heuee.
the crowd iii the neiehhorheed was e
immense proportions. The king
prior journey was accomplished In al
most complete silence. but on this oc-
casion he was Justify cheered all
along the lif.. Of route Immediately
opposite Marlborough house gates
tall gentleman. in front of the crowd.
waved his hat and shouted: Long
live the king" whereupon the crowd
cheered with redoublcd yigor.
Took the oath of Allegiance.
The house of lords and the house
of commons assembled about O'Clock
and took the oath of allegiance to the
new sovereign.
The attendance in the house of com
mons was large. All the members.
dressed in the deepest mourning. stood
up as Speaker Gully entered and an
nounced that. by reason of the deep
~ lamented deeease of her majesty,
Queen Victoria, 1t had become their
duty to take the oath of allegiance to
her successor. his majesty King Ed
ward VII. The speaker then admin
istered the oath and the swearing in
Of the members proceeded. Joseph
Chamberlain. the secretary of state
for the colonies; Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, the chancellor of exchequer;
Sir Harry Campbell Zimmerman, the
Liberal leader in the house, and Sir
William Vernon Harcourt, were the
first to subscribe their names on the
roll.
In the house of lords the oath was
IF 10 a
of Connaught. Earl Roberts, Lord
Roseberv, Lord Salisbury. the Duke
of Argyll Lord Lansdowne and some
others.
London. Jan. 24-The morning pa
pers record with the greatest salts
faction that the king has taken the
title of Edward VII. They are f'iea
from end to end with descriptions of
yesterdays ceremonies. and accounts
of the reception of the news of the
death throughout the kingdom and
throughout the entire world. King
Edwards first speech is also ap-
plauded
The Daily Telegraph says:
1T was admirable, resolute, touch
ing and breathing deep sincerity. 1t
does equal honor to the monarch and
the man. and will carry fresh sense
of hope and confidence to the country
in its trouble"
King Edward will return to Os-
borne Immediately after the ceremony
today.
Among the innumerable kilograms
of sympathy that con&nue pouring III
from abroad President McKinley's
gives the greatest pleasure. The
Daily Chronicle remarks:
Praise For Presidents Dispatch.
ct is believed that President Me
Kinleys dispatch was the first to
reach the Prince of Wales under his
new title, and just as Frederick the
Great was the first European sover-
eign to recognize the independence of
the United States, so now the presi-
dent of the great republic has been
the first to acknowledge the kingship
of the great grandson of the monarch
against whose authority the Ameri-
can colonists successfully rebelled
"This is very touching when one
remembers the visit of the Prince of
Wales to WaShington's tomb. Prob
ably it was some remembrance of
that incident which made President
Mckinley hasten to be the first to
salute the Prince of Wales as king
and the compliment we are told, was
most keenly appreciated
The Standard said:
1T is not for mere show that the
Americans have received the news of
the death of Queen Victoria as be-
reavement of their own and comment
ed upon it in terms such as they
would employ in the case of an hon
ored president dying in Office"
Queens Private Wealth.
London Jan. 24-The queens pri-
vate wealth yielded an income of
about 100000 yearly. This is ex-
elusive of $3.50. 900 annually from par
lament. Her private income. as gath
cred from easy available sources, was
from the Duchy of Lancaster, up
wards of 100000: from 1882 acres
IN tbn If1aayfS othaf- actatas go. 600.