Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-15
EDWARD IS CROWNED KING.
WHOLE CEREMONIAL OF MAGNIFICENT
DECORATIVE CHARACTER.
Foreign Princes, ambassadors, Colonial
Rulers and Indian Potentates Wit
ness the Ceremony.

! King Edward and Queen Alexander
were crowned in Westminster abbey
shortly after noon Saturday. Though
| the ceremony was bereft of some OF
the elaboration and pageantry or
! iginally contemplated, ii lacked little
in the way of spectacular perfection.
The whole ceremonial was OF a mag
ni6cently decorative character and
presented constantly changing pan
Drama round the two central figures
enthroned in their robes of velvet, err.
mine and cloth Of gold, amidst the dis
tinguished assem- blage of actors, the
ful6llment of whose various roles ne.
cessitated constant movement Each
stage Of the ceremony, with its old
world usages, furnished its quota OF
interest, while the interior of the
church, filed as it was with officiating
prelates in vari-colored capes, with
princes and diplomats, officers in gold
laced uniforms, with heralds, PURSUIT.
ants and other officers of state in me-
diaeval costumes, with peers and peer
esses in rich robes, with Orienta po-
tentates in nany-hued raiment, with
men Of all types and all shades Of COM
plexion from distant points of the new.
crowned monarch's empire, with its
dazzling display of jewels and wealth
OF color, presented picture which in
its combined brilIiaucy and distinction
has seldom been excelled
The king looked pale and rather
drawn, and was by no means as strong
and robust as previous reports had led
one to expect, and while punctiliously
bowling from side to side, he did so
with gravity very unusual to him.
He seemed to sit rather far back in
the carriage and moved his body very
little. His crimson robes and cape |
doubtless gave him the unusual ap-
pearance. The queen, beside him,
was radiant. She never looked better.
rhe cheers which greeted the pair
we're loud and Enthusiastically genuine
ind very different from the perfunctory
applause which usually greets the ap-
)earance of members of the royal
amily.
The king was crowned at 1899 p. m,
he queen at 1885 p. m.
The head of the procession reached
he abbey at 1880 a. m. The bells
we're pealed and the bands played
God Save the King"
The Prince of Wales took his place
q the abbey, in chair directly in
ront OF the peers, at 11:l9 a. m.
The king and queen entered the west
DOR of the abbey at 1894 a. M, the
hoir singing, II Was Glad When They
aid Unto Me-
The king and queen, who brought ,
p almost the rear of the procession !
1T the palace gates at a, m. amidst ,
lid cheers, which their majesties &C s
by repeatedly bowling. i,
Their nlajesties arrived at the abbey .
mex at 11:15 a.. m.
The amounting in the abbey was con-
ncted at 1927 p. m.
The news of the browning was an /
ounced by an official outside the alb !,
~. 1t was received by signal through
ondon and was received with cheers |
hich spread through ont the stands v
I'd crowds far up the streets, as the c
Ills pealed joyfully. .
AS their majesties were leaving the :"
,bey rain commenced to fall and they
'ferred their departure until the rain
ased. They left at 2:06 p. m. The S
turn journey, which was slow, was
arked by scenes of enthusiasm.