The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-08-14
CORONATION
CEREMONIES
Edward VII Crowned King Of
England.
BRILLIANT SCENES
Nearly Seven Thousand OF the
Nobility Gather in Westmins-
ter Abbey to Honor the King.

London. Edward VII, r. l., by
the grace of God. OF the United
Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ire
land and the British dominions be.
yond the sea, defender of the faith
and emperor of India, was crowned
without hitch or harm and London
noisily celebrated the event for which
the world has waited as perhaps it,
never waited for auy other corona
tion.
WAR HEROES CHEERED.
Earl Roberts, commander in -ohie
of the forces, was once more the hero
Of the hour aud next to the king him
self received the heartiest welcome Of
the assembled crowds. "Here comes
good old Bobs" was invariably the
signal for all the reserve power of
British lungs to be brought into play.
Lord Roberts rode alone and con-
family bowed and smiled acknowl-
edgements Of his greeting. Lord
Kitchener was not so easily reoog
nized, but he was seen as he rode
with Gen. Sir Alfred Gaselee and
Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Sey.
mour, and was the crowds next ia
vorite. At various points along the
route of the procession Lord Kitch-
ner received thundrous ovations
which he acknowledged neither by
look nor bow, but as English crowds
are used to this treatment from Lord
Kitc hener, it quite failed to suppress
the enthusiasm.
But it was for the king and queer
themselves that the people really le
themselves loose. Throughout the day
wherever their majesties were seen,
tho cheers were loud and long
specially was this so on the return
journey of the king and queen to
Buckingham palace.
Until the booming of guns an
nounced that the orownling of King
Edward and Queen Alexandra had
been aoh ieved, there fingered in thou
sands of minds a nervous apr chen
sion that even at the last momen
some untoward event might onoe
! NOR plunge the nation into contserna
tion.
IN WEST MINISTER ABBEY.
In Westmi nster Abbey the scen'
was nothing less than marvellous
| Nearly seven thousand members OF
the nobility, the clergy and the gen.
try had gathered, with foreign
princes, ambassado RS, colonial rulers
Indian potentates and leSders from
the furtherest quarter Of the glob,
where the union jack flies to do homo
to the king.
Two incidents in tho service in the
Abbey will live in the memory of all
who witnessed them The first of
these, which almost developed into a
dramatic contretemps, conferred around
the aged Archbishop of Canterbury
From the commencement of the ser
vice the archbishop had the greatest
difficulty in reading or remembering
the prayers. The book from which
his almost blind eyes endeavored tt
read shook in his hands and when he
came to place the crown upon King
Edwards head his huge frame, tow
erlng above the seated king, swayed
so violently that the Bishop of Win
chester had to support him, while the
dean of Westminster put guarding
hand under the crown. It was evi
dent that the Archbishop Of Canter-
bury GOULD not see his kings head
and after grouping around he was
| just about to, complete the most i'm
portant part of the ceremony when il
| was discovered that he had the Grown
with the back to the 'front.' Slowly
he raised it, but too late to prevent
the choir from prematurely bursting
out with a loud "God Save the
King" Amid a tension that had
grown to pitch of painful nervous.
ness, the archbishop finally managed
to place the crown correctly on the
kings head
AGED ARCHBIsHOP'S COLLAPSE
A few minutes later came the
| climax of his feebleness. He was
kneeling to do the first homage Of all
the subjects of the king, when sud
denly he almost tainted and would
have fallen upon his sovereign s
knees had not King Edward tenderlv
but firmly grasped both the prelate 8
hands and lifted him to his feet. The
PEARCE RODT.Ev