Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-08-16
KING EDWARD CROWNED
ALL LONDON CELEBRATED.
The King stood the Ceremony Well
Everything Passed Off Smoothly
Lords Roberts and Kitchener
Observation-Disclosures Was n Little
Nervous When Placing the Crown.

Great Britain and Ireland and the British
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 inn
pressive, and was carried out with a per-
lection of detail and lack of accidents
that has rarely characterized similar dis
plays. That pride of empire which
marked Queen Victoria's jubilee was lack
ing, and in it's 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 crowning of King Edward and
Queen Alexandra had been achieved there
fingered in thousands of minds 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 jublation was as much tribute
to the kings personal popularity as II
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 1905
members of the nobility, the clergy and
the gentry had gathered with foreign
princes, ambassadors, colonial rulers, In
dian potentates and leaders from the fur
thest quarter of the globe where the
Union Jack flies to do honor to the king
| n Ia n
abbey will live in the memory of all who
witnessed them. The first of these, which
almost developed into dramatic contra
temps. centered around the aged arch
bishop of Canterbury. From the com
mencement of the services the arch
bishop had the greatest difficulty in read
ing or remembering the prayers. The
book from which his blind eyes endeav-
ored to read shook in his hands, and
| when he came to place the crown upon
King Edwards head his huge frame, tow
ering above the seated king, swayed so
violently that the bishop of Winchester
had to support him, while the dean of
Westminster put a guarding hand under
the crown. 1t was evident that the arch
bishop of Canterbury could not see his
! kings head and after probing around
he was just about to complete the most
! important part of the ceremony when it
was discovered that he had the crown
with the back to the front. Slowly he
raised it, but too late to prevent the
choir from prematurely bursting out with
loud God Save the King" Amid a
tension that had grown to a pitch of
painful nervousness, the archbishop fin
ally managed to place the crown correct
ly upon the kings head.
Climax of FeebIeness.
A few minutes later came the climax
of his feebleness. He was kneellng to