The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
King EDWARD CROWNED.
ALL LONDON CELEBRATED.
The King stood the Ceremony Well
Everything Passed OFF Smoothly
Lords Roberts and Kitchener
Cheered-Arehbisho Was a Little
Nervous WkeM PIacins the Crown

London, Aug Il.-f>d~ard VII. BY tn
grace OF God, oG the United Kingdom oi
Great Britain and ireland and The Br.tist
doInluious beyond the seas, king. defend
or OF the faith. emperor Of India, Na'
crowned without hitch or harm. and Lon
don is nois.iy celebrating the event ias
which the world has 4wa.te-t As. perhaps,
II never awaited any other eoF5nAiion-
In ali respects the Celebration was i'm
rresxiye, and was carried out with per
lection OF detail and lack C; accidents
tina, has rarely characterized similar DIS
plays. That pride Of empire whaca
marked Queen Victoria's jubilee was lsc&-
tnx, and in its stead there pervaaed al!
glasses a keen recollection that only SAX
weeks ago their king lay In danger o.
death. and Saturday produced thankful
ness and genuine sympathy for the man
rather than aduiaton for the King. TN.
feeling was voiced by the archbishop OF
Canterbury. when he inserted in one OF
the coronation prayers the words: For
whose recovery We now give thee hsart-
felt thanks" Ye, this DID no, prevent
the public from voicing appreeiauon Of
such military display as the short process
son gave them chance to s@e.
s.GooA OLE Dobs."
Earl Roberts, commander in chief Of
the forces, was once more the hero OF the
hour. and. next 10 the king himself. re-
ceiyed the hearttest welcome OF the as
sembied crowds
Here comes good old Bobs." Vas In.
var.ably the signal for ali the reserve
power of British lungs % be brought into
play. Lord Roberts rode alone and con-
ssantiy bowed and smiled acknowledge
msnt Of his greetings. Lord Kitchener
vas not 20 easily recognised. but he vas
seen - he rode with Cir Alfred GAselee
and Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Sey-
mour. and was the crowds next favos1se-
AT various points along the route OF the
PROCESSION Lord Kitchener received thun-
dsrous ovassons. which he acknowledged
neither by look nor by bow. but ~ Eng
lish crowds are used to this treatment
from Kitchener. II quite failed to suppress
the enShuxiaSm-
But II was for the king and queen
th<mselvss that the people really let
themselves loose. Throughout the day
whenever and wherever their majes,iss
were seen the cheers were loud and long.
end specially was this 10 On the return
Journey Of the king and queen to Buck
ingham palace
People Were Anxis.s.
Cnsxi the booming OF guns announced
that the crownang of King Edward and
Queen Alexandra had been achieved there
lingerrd In Thousands Of minis = nervous
apprehension that even al the last mo-
m~nt some unsoward event might once
more plunge the nation into ccnsserna-
strained jubslaticn was as much a tribute
- The kings personal popularity a. II
Vas an evidence Of relief from the ten
sion VI the last few weeks. So. while
the scenes On the streets were robbed Of
naAny Of those elements that usually ac-
company Z great pageant. they vii, long
- remembered. perhaps somewhat ten
derby. BY these who stood on the stands.
NJ windows and on the sidewalks. to see
King Edward after he had won, almos,
IT the Jaws VI death. his crown.
In Westminster abbey the scene was
nothing less than marvellous. Nearly TO
members Of the nobility. the clergy and
the gentry had gathered with foieign
princes. ambassadors, colonial rulers, In
dian potentates and leaders from the fur
thest quarter of the globe where this
Union Jack flies to do honor to the king
Two incidents In the service in the
abbey win live In the memory of all who
witnessed them. The first OF these which
almost developed into dramatic contra
temps. conferred around the aged arch
bishop Of Canterbury. From the com
mencement of the services the arch
bishop had the greatest difacuity In read
ing or remembering the prayers. Th'
book from which his blind eyes endeav
ored to read shook in his hands. ans
when he came to place the crown upoI
King Edwards head his huge frame. tow
ertng above the seated king. swayed 9.
violently that the bishop of Wincheste
had TO support him. while the dean O
Westminster put = guarding hand unde
the crown. It was evident that the arch
bishop Of Canterbury could not see HI
kings head. and after probing arounS
he was just about to complete the mos
important part Of the ceremony when q
Vas discovered that he had the crow
With the back to the front. Slowly b,
raised II. but too late to prevent tn
choir from prematurely bursting out will
. loud God Save the King" Amid
tension that had grown to a pitch o
painful nervousness. the archbishop I'm
ally managed to place the crown correct