Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-30
India Celebrates the Growing
Of King Edward.
GRAND FETes Of GORGEOUS EAST
Ohio Woman Fatally Injured BY an
Explosion Of Natural Gas.
DEATH OF Ex-coNsaEssMAM MoaEs

London, Dec. 30.--Under date OF yes
terday a dispatch from Delhi says.
Gray-haired veterans OF the Indian ser
vice declare that the present week will
add to their stock OF recollections the
memory of the greatest scenes Of pop
ular enthusiasm they have ever known.
The curtain was rung up today on the
gorgeous functions which are to be
held in celebration of King Edwards
coronation and for a week to come the
ancient city of Delhi win be the thea
ter for pageant of unparalleled mag
nificence.
Today's contribution to the Durbar
program was the state entry into Delhi
of the viceroy and the ruling chiefs.
The route of the pageant extended
from the station distance of six miles
through the principal thoroughfares OF
the capital to the great camp which
has been established on the plain out
side the city walls and which Is to be
the scene of grand review and other
leading features of the celebration.
The procession was truly oriental in
its dazzling color and glittering splen-
dor. The viceregal party, the tur-
banned chiefs. the officials of state and
military officers of high degree were
included In the line, some ON ele
phapts, some on shorsebaca spd, ofhers
in carriages. To'an American the pro-
oession would suggest nothing SO much
as circus parade of the good old
fashioned sort and 1t is just possible
the minds of some of the American
women present--perhaps of Lady Cur-
zon herself, the central figure in the
great show.
The line of march lay beneath seas
of flags and bunting and wound under
magnificent arches adorned with flow
ers. Every housetop and window along
the way was occupied and temporary
stands, swathed with bunting and
filed with people. occupied all the
available spaces commanding a view
of the procession. Large numbers of
mounted and unmounted troops drawn
from every part Of India pitted their
strength against the masses of specta-
tors who struggled for positions in the
streets.
The people have entered into the
celebration with an ethusiasm almost
foreign to their race and spirit. Their
mood increased as the ancient capital
took on fresh accessions of color, and
finally everybody appears to be lending
his voice and presence to the popular
revelry. The city is filed early and
late with the crash and babble Of
voices. 1t is like great circus, huge
picnic and an endless succession of
street fairs. Whenever Lord and Lady
Curzon or the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught appear one sees repeated
acts of the passionate homage which
distinguishes the whole festival.
Tomorrow Lord Curzon will open the
Indian Arts exhibition with pomp and
ceremony. For months the bazaars
from Peshawar to Cape Comorin have
been ransacked, so that nothing
worthy of a place in the great exhibi-
ton should escape.
New Years day will be the great day
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seats 5000 people, Edward VII. of Eng
land will be proclaimed emperor of
India. At the stated hour Lord and
Lady Curzon will enter the arena to a
fanfare of trumpets and take their
seats on the golden thrones in the CEN
ter of the crimson dais. To the right
of the vlceroy will be seated the Duke
and Duchess of Connaught and to the
left the leading princes in India. in
cluding the Nizam of Hyerabad, the
Gaekwar of Baroda, and the Maharajas
Of Jaipur, Mysore and Travancore. The
ceremonies will include the reading of
a proclamation in Hindustanee an
nouncing thhe kings coronation and
an address by the viceroy assuring the
lprinces and people Of India that he
will ever uphold their rights and rule
them in justice and equity. Ine days
program will conclude with a grand
military review in the afternoon.
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