Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-08-15
king EDWARD CROWNED
ALL LONDON CELEBRATED.
The King Stood the Ceremony we'll
Everything Passed Off sunoethIy-l
Cheered-ArchbishO Was a Little
Nervous When Placing the Crown.

Lords Roberts and Kitchener
Observation-Disclosures Was a Little
Nervous When Placing the Crown
grace of God, of the United Kingdom oil
Great Britain and Ireland and the British
dominions beyond the SEAS king, defend.
er of the faith, emperor of India, was
crowned without hitch or harm, and Lon
don Is noisily celebrating the event for
which the world has awaited as, perhaps
1t never awaited any other coronation.
/ In all respects the celebration was i'm
pressive. and was carried out with per-
lection of detail and lack of accidents
that has rarely characterized similar dis
plays. That pride of empire which
marked Queen Victorias jubilee was lack
ing. and in Its stead there pervaded all
classes a keen recollection that only six
weeks ago their king lay in danger of
death, and Saturday produced thankful
ness and genuine sympathy for the man
rather than adulation for the king. This
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 heart
felt thanks" Yet this did not prevent
the public from voicing appreciation of
| such military display as the short process
sion gave them chance to see.
"GOOd Old Bobs."
Earl Roberts, commander in chief of
the forces, was once more the hero of the
hour, and, next to the king himself, re-
ceived the heartiest welcome of the as
sembled crowds.
Here comes good old Bobs," was in
/ variably the signal for all the reserve
power of British lungs to be brought into
play. Lord Roberts rode alone and con-
stantly bowed and smiled acknowledge
ment of his greetings. Lord Kitchener
was not SO easily recognized, but he was
seen as he rode with Sir Alfred Gaselee
and Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Sey-
mour, and was the crowds next favorite.
At various points along the route of the
procession Lord Kitchener received thun-
derous ovations, which he acknowledged
neither by look nor by bow, but as Eng
fish crowds are used to this treatment
from Kitchener, it quite failed to suppress
the enthusiasm.
But it was for the king and queen
themselves that the people really let
themselves loose. Throughout the day
whenever and wherever their majesties
were seen the cheers were loud and long,
and specially was this so on the return
journey of the king and queen to Buck
ingham palace.
People Were Anxious,
Until the booming of guns announced
that the browning of King Edward and
Queen Alexandra had been achieved there
fingered in thousands of minds a nervous
apprehension that even at the last mo-
ment some untoward event might once
more plunge the nation into consterna-
ton. When this was passed the unre- |
strained jubilation was as much a tribute |
to the kings personal popularity as it |
was an evidence of relief from the ten
sion of the last few weeks. So, while
the scenes on the streets were robbed of
many OF those elements that usually ac-
company great pageant, they will long
be remembered, perhaps somewhat ten
derby, by those who stood on the stands.
at windows and on the sidewalks. to see
King Edward after he had won, almost
at the jaws of death, his crown.
In Westminster abbey the scene was
nothing less than marvellous. Nearly 1000
members of the nobility, the clergy and
me gentry had gathered with foreign
princes, ambassadors, colonial rulers, In
nan potentates and leaders from the fur
hest quarter of the globe where the
Union Jack flies to do honor to the king
Two Incidents in the service in the
lbbey will live in the memory of all who
witnessed them. The first of these which
Almost developed into a dramatic CONTRA
emps. conferred around the aged arch
bishop of Canterbury. From the COM
nencement of the services the arch
bishop had the greatest difficulty in read
ng or remembering the prayers. The
book from which his blind eyes endeav-
red to read shook in his hands. and
when he came to place the crown upon
>lng Edwards head his huge frame, tow
ring above the seated king, swayed SO
loientiy that the bishop of Winchester
ad to support him, while the dean of
westminster put guarding hand under
ne crown. 1t was evident that the arch
bishop of Canterbury could not see his
1ng's head. and after probing around
e was just about to complete the most
Important part of the ceremony when II
'as discovered that he had the crown
nth the back to the front Slowly he
aised it. but too late to prevent the
hoir from prematurely bursting out with
loud God Save the King" Amid a
ension that had grown to a pitch of
ainful nervousness, the archbishop fin :
lily managed to place the crown correct
upon the kings head.
Climax of FeebIeness.
A few minutes later came the climax
I his feebleness. He was kneeling to
the first homage of all the subjects of
lie king. when suddenly he almost faint
!, and would have fallen upon his SOW
reign's knees had not the king tenderly.
ut firmly grasped both the prelate's
ands and lifted him IN his faat mr.