Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-04-14
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ing scheme for decorating the streets
through which the coronation process
sion will pass.
At Hyde Park corner a triumphal
arch will be erected. Piccadilfy is to
he a vista of Venetian masts, Joined
bv wreaths of evergreens and red
roses. At the center of each flower
will be placed small electric lamp.
This scheme of decoration is to be
1rried out along Piccadilly. st.
James street. Pail Mall, Duncannon
. street and the Strand to T4mple Bar.
The most striking part of the decor
ations will be royal triumphal arch
opposite the houses of parliament.
which is to represent the British Isles.
1t will consist of central arch and
side arches. constructed in the Gothic
style. On top of the arches will be
figures of ST. George. st. Andrew and
St. Patrick.
The entire route of the procession
in the neighborhood of Westminster
Abbey will be lined on both sides with
countless white standards upon tall
masts.
Coronation preparations are now be
ginning in earnest. This is particular
ly to be noticed at Westminster Alb
hey, where van leads upon van loads
of timber are being deposited at the
entrance.
There will be at least 1000 people
present inside the abbey. Quite two
thirds OF them will see nothing of the
coronation ceremonies, whatever,
though. of course. all will hear the mu-
sic and see the professions.
Only three coronets will be present
at the ceremony, including the prem
ier baronet of England. Sir Hickman
Beckett Bacon.
At Portsmouth, great number of
, American speculators have been going
about chartering vessels of all descrlD-
ton. which they intend to bring ont
for> review day. An official, however,
SAYS it is considered next to impossi-
BILE for any great number of people to
'-ret to the railway stations Friday
night. let alone reach Portsmouth. for
millions of people will be in the
streets to see the coronation illumi-
nations, and those who have had eX
rerience of shows like this know The
streets will be impossible except at n
snail's pace.
Many parties are being made up al
ready by society people to leave Lon
don altogether for coronation week,
as they don't intend to lose the ma
val review Houses are letting fast
and furious on the Isle of Wright, from
the end of May. or about six weeks
earlier than usual.
AS the time advances it becomes
more apparent than ever that there is
going to be big slump in the busi-
ness of letting houses, seats and grand
stands unless the owners of these get
into a more reasonable frame of mind.
One would think the failures of some
of those who erected stands on the
occasion of the diamond jubilee would
be too fresh in memory for such spec
ulators to risk a repetition of disas-
ter. Stands are appearing all along
the route where the professions of
both days will pass but the prices
asked are so high that those in charge
of the box offices say business s
hanging fire.
1t is the same with houses. Here
is one instance of what owners are
doing: According to the statement of
a certain house agent an owner wrote
to him, saying that his house usually
let for the season for $l,500, but. as
this was coronation year he would
take nothing less than $4,000.
CHICAGO, Ills, April l0.--American
farmers seeded last fall 32,000.0O0
acres of winter wheat an area 4,000,-
900 acres in excess of that which they
reaped in the summer
This great planting, far surprising
any other in the history of American
farming, will offset the damage done
to the wheat crop by the long drought
of the fall and winter. and careful in
qury into the wheat producing states
gives reason to believe that the crop
of this year will be as large if not a
trifle larger than the record making
crop of last year, despite all the
losses that have been suffered.
If the two elements in making fore
casts of the crop prospect had been
put together last December-namely,
the acreage and condition of the crop
"a wheat yield far in advance of even
last years would have been predicted.
The Washington authorities announc-
ed then that the condition of winter
wheat was S670 per cent, and with a
$4,000, 900 acreage this would have
meant a crop approaching 45S.OO0,OOO
bushels. as against from 4OO0OO,O 900 to
425, 900, ,00O0 bushels harvested last
year. All hope for such large yield,
has, however, passed.
The drought of the fall and early
winter had even then damaged the
prospects very noticeaby. AS against
the $3.50 which represented the condi-
ton then. December, 1900, showed
917, and December, 1899, showed the
same figure.
= The drought continued throughout
January and February, but was broken
in March. and the last four weeks
have been ideal weather in the whole
vest.
A painstaking survey of the present
wheat situation indicates that nature
. has made amends in these last four
weeks for the earlier drought, and
that the imperiled wheat prospects are