Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-30
PLANS FOR The CORONATION
PREPARATIONS.
GRAND
Many disbursements Have Been Made
Regarding Expenses of Visitors
King Prepares n Dinner for o.
900 Children Description OF
Whole Ceremony.


dents Of London are suffering from
the efforts being made by the city for
the coronation. There is scarcely a
street through which the procession
will pass but has been torn up.
The newspapers, both here and in
America, are full Of misstatements
concerning the cost of seats to view
the coronation professions and as to
what the hotels will charge visitors.
Spectators and those having seats
to sell are giving the impression that
there is a tremendous demand on the
part of rich Americans and other for
eigners, who are said to be paying any
price asked in order to see the show.
Ridiculous statements as to the prices
paid for certain windows or seats in
Piccadilly or elsewhere have been con
stantly published.
To get accurate information on
these points representative of the
Associated Press has made a careful
canvass, inquiring at various points
along the route. He ascertained that
seats in the best positions in Piccadil-
ly, the most sought after situations.
could now be had for from to 20
guineas, according to the room. This
was for the first days procession. For
he second day the prices asked were
from three to seven guineas. In Pail
Mall where the buildings are mostly
clubs and very few windows are to
let, the prices are slightly higher. Fol
he second days procession along The
Strand the seats cost four to seven
guineas. At st. Paurs four huge
stands stands will be erected and the
prices are from three to seven guineas
On the south side of the river the best
seats cost five to seven guineas.
The hotel situation, however, is less
encouraging for intending visitors
The managers of the Cecil, Carleton
and Berkeley all said that they did not
have a single room for the coronation
Thanks perhaps to the kings exam
pie, the poor are not being forgotten
The residents at Harrington have sup
olemented the royal dinner to the poor
Of that section by arranging a dinner
for $4,000 children resident in thai
borough, and in many places members
Of the aristocracy are offering to sim
llarly entertain the poor Of the vicin-
ity of their country places.
The pope has granted the Catholics
Of the British empire a dispensation
from abstinence on Friday, June 81
| (the day after the coronation), and
also on Saturday, June rs, which is the
yigil of All Saints day. in order that
hey may participate in the national
cejoicings.
The form CT the coronation service
as finally amended and approved by
the king was announced Sunday. II
consists of 2G distinct sections. The
king and queen will enter the grea
west door Of Westminster Abbey, to
which a large canopied approach is
already being erected. They will be
met by the shouts of the kings schol
ars of Westminster school and by the
anthem, 81 Was Glad When They Said
the Lord"
Instead of going direct to their
thrones, the royal pair will kneel in
private prayer on the stools in front
of their chairs.
Then the archbishop of Canterbury,
the Most Rev. Frederick Temple; the
lord high chancellor, Earl Halsoury;
the lord high chamberlain, the marquis
of Cholmondely, and the king of arms,
Sir Albert Woods, each in turn will
formally present the king. The lords
carrying the regalia will step up and
the dean of Westminster, Very Rev
George Granville Bradley, will place
the regalia on the altar. The abbre-
Waited litany and part of the common
communion service will follow. Then
the archbishop will recite the Nicene
creed and the bishop of London, Right
Rev. Arthur Wilmington Ingram, will
preach short sermon. Just before the
sermon the king, who to that stage of
the ceremony will have been uncov
cred, will put on cap of crimson and
veil trimmed with ermine.
Then comes the oath taking, after
which the king will be anointed. Then
the kings cap and crimson robe will
be removed and four garter knights
will hold over him a rich pail of silk
or cloth of gold; the dean Of Westmin.
ster will pour oil into a spoon and then
the archbishop Of Canterbury will
anoint the king, making the sign of
the cross on top of his majesty's head,
thus consecrating him king over this
people, whom the Lord. your God, hath
given you to rule and govern"
The king will then kneel and the
dean of Westminster will invest him
with the supertunica.
Next will come the ceremonies
/. which caused so much discussion, in
Guiding the presentation of the sword
of state, the standards, and then the
sword will be placed in the kings
right hand. He will again be Invested
of the crimson robe and will be envel
oped in purple robe of state. and the
archbishop of Canterbury will give the
sceptre to the king, while the lord of
the manor of Worksop supports the
kings right hand and ring is placed
on his majestys fourth finger.
Then will come the actual crown
ing. The prelate will take the crown
from the altar and place it on King
Edwards head; fanfare of trumpets