The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-11
Celebrations of the Great Event of
Saturday Continue at Various
Points In the Empire.
KINGS GIFT TO HIS PEOPLE
OSBORNE HOUSE TO BE A HOME FOR
CoNvALEsCENT OFFICERS.
All Except Queen victoria's Private
Apartments to BE Accessible to the
PubIic-The Kings Letter.

LONDON Aug. 1O-The festivities in
London were continued to-day There were
considerable crowds almost all day long
in the vicinity Of Buckingham Palace and
along the route OF yesterdays procession.
viewing the decorations and watching the
flow OF notable personages TO and from the
various thanksgiving services. In the
evening the Canadian arch. which, as an
exceptional novelty for Sunday, was bril-
1iantly illuminated. was a great center of
attraction and served TO bring an immense
concourse Of people into the neighborhood.
In spite of the welcome announcement
made last night that King Edward had
borne the fatigues Of coronation day well,
to-day's bulletin concerning his health was
awaited with a certain degre Of anxiety.
Perhaps this is the reason that his Ma
jesty's physicians issued the bulletin at the
rather unusually early hour of half past
o'clock. Because OF the early hour very
few people were about when it was posted
at the gates of the palace. The bulletin is
as follows:
His Majesty bore the strain OF the cor
onation ceremony perfectly well and ex-
perienced but little fatigue. The King had
a good night and his condition is in every
way satisfactory. No further bulletin will
be issued"
was still some doubt as TO whether his
Majesty would drive out to-day. but the
small crowd which remained at Bucking-
ham Palace. hopeful TO see the sovereign.
was finally rewarded by the appearance of
the King and Queen. Their Majesties were
accompanied by Princess Victoria, Prince
Charles of Denmark, Prince and Princess
Henry Of Prussia and the Crown Prince of
Denmark, and were attended by a large
following of the royal household.
The procession drove along the Mall to
st. James palace without receiving any
notable demonstration from the people.
Tickets to the chapel royal had been spar
ingly granted. The choir boys who took
part I'm the services in the chapel were
clad in quaint gowns of crimson and gold
lace. The service was very simple and there
was no sermon; special prayers for the oc-
casion, however. were read. The service
lasted about one hour and was brought to
close by the congregation. still on it's
knees, singing slowly and softly the first
verse of the national anthem.
An almost identical service to the one
held at the. chapel royal OF St James was
conducted at MARLBOROUGH House chapel
and attended by the Prince of Wales and
his family and other royal personages. An
other official service attended by William
Court Gully. speaker of the House of Com
mons members or the House and the min
listers was held at St Margarets Church.
Westminster. The mayor and corporation
OF Westminster in their official robes, were
present at this service.
The most interesting of all the services
was that held at St. Pauls Cathedral This
was essentially peoples service in graft
tude and thankfulness that the sovereign
had been restored to his health and ii pre-
sented a striking contrast TO the sad serv-
ice OF supplcation held there in June on
1aN fFaa fffnrn falr1
place. To-day the public was freely ad-
mitted 10 the cathedral. The lord mayor
of London and the corporation of the city
attended In state. and In the choir were
seated Princess Henry of Battenberg, the
Duchess of Fife. the Duchess Of Albany
with the royal children and a large number
OF diplomats The very elaborate and pro
lOnged service included several of the
musical numbers which were performed at
celebration Of holy communion The SER
mon was preached by the Bishop of Lon
don. the Rev. Arthur F. w. Ingram The
scene was especially impressive when at
the close OF the service the vast gathering
Joined in singing the national anthem.
The newspapers to-day have been rather
ridiculous in some of their comments upon
the events OF yesterday. To read these
papers one would imagine that no one had
ever looked to be in better health than King
Edward. One exception TO the foregoing is
found in Reinold's Weekly Newspaper
which. whatever its standing, has never
theless, tremendous circulation among
the masses. and at least on this occasion II
had a good foundation for its description
of and attitude on the crowd Of yesterday
The paper acknowledges that O.. a mighty
greeting" was accorded King Edward and
Queen Alexandra, but says: THE one man
the populous knew and desired 10 cheer
above them all was Lord Kitchener. He
was no gilded peer, because he was de-
scended on the left-hand side from the
harem of seventeenth century Onarch.
He set his horse like a centaur, a grim,
stern and never smiling figure: a man who
had accomplished something History may
rate his achievements poor. but history
Will have 10 say he worked The crowd
was not repelled by Lord Kitchener's cold
and almost CallOus indifference.
Il wonder, continues the writer. what
these mighty personages who. for all the
crowd cared. might have been feures in
wax work, thought OF the conduct OF the
multitude. The crowd would nave naught
10 do with your pinch-back half dozen roy
aliSts, your Mechlenburg-St g-StreitZes, your
Schleswig-Hols nor even your dukes
OF Sparta Crown princesses OF Germany
were passed by as though they Dick.
Tom and Harry. Even the Prince and
Princess Of Wales passed by with little more
than a murmur OF appreciation. Perhaps
the most satisfactory feature Of the occa-
sion Was the general refusal OF the demOc-
racy 10 make themselves absurd BY over
effusive demonstrations. OF the thirty or
forty royal persOnages not more than half
dozen aroused what could be called en-
thusiasm. Queen Alexandra's popularity
was proved. but some Of the princesscs
were seen TO be bowling gracefully in re-
EpOnse TO no salutatiOns whatever"
Tomorrow will be celebrated throughout
the nation as day Of thanksgiving for the