The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26
AS ROYALTY PASSES
r PEOPLE of MIGHTY LONDON
MUST BOW.
KING EDWARD is ON VIEW
.xn ALL LONDON TURNS OUT TO
SEE HIM.

rhs king, in AIighting, Steps
u.aviIy From His Carriage and
plainly shows the Weakness of
Advancing Age.
7ondon. Oct. 25.-King Edward and
o,oen Alexandra started on the royal
~.ogress toward the city shortly after
.oon to-day in somewhat dull weather.
Tho rain however, kept off and the
+anonerature was sufficiently mild to
make the day enjoyable. The process
.ior moved from Buckingham Palace
.o trafalgar Square, Temple Bar, the
Mansion House and Guild Hall, where
luncheon was served. Thence the royal
,,ageant traversed several miles on the
surrey side of the Thames. There was
no special incident here, though the
beartiness of the welcome far trans
oended anything heard in the more
aristocratic portions of the route. Their
maiesties returned to the palace at $3.50
p. m.
The Sun says that George Martin,
CLERGYMAN. was remanded at the
Southwark Police Court to-day, charged
Win having a pound of gunpowder in
his possession with felonfous intent. He
was arrested near a stand on the south
side of the river.
The arrested clergyman proved to
be a religious enthusiast who objected
TO the erection of stand around St
Georges Church, in the borough, and
who purchased a small quantity OF
eunpowder, insufficient to do real dam
age He will probably be placed in an
asylum.
Rev. DR.. Martin was arrested at the
time of the coronation of King Edward
for similar escapade, and he was also
arrested at Buckingham Palace, where
he was demanding an audience with
the King on the subject of the erection
of the stand around st. Georges
Church. When taken into custody to-
day he made no secret of his intention
to cause damage with the powder
The Guild Hall caught five shortly
after their majesties left the building.
The fire was in the dome of the Guild
Hall, some distance from the part of
the building where the luncheon was
held The f1remen easily subdued the
flames The fire is said to have been
caused by fuse in the wire.
The outbreak of the fire at the Guild
Hall caused intense excitement. A
large number of engines and fire es-
capes dashed up. scattering the
crowds which still remained in the
streets. MANY members of the corDor-
alton and a number of visitors were
still in the precincts when the alarm
was given. These hurriedly departed to
make way for several hundred fire.
men, who dragged ladders over the
crimson cloth on which the King had
SO recently walked.
Several Of the firemen expressed the
belief that the fire was smouldering
while King Edward was actually at
luncheon.
The procession formed outside the
gate of buckingham Palace had already
moved ~ when the first carriages con-
tanning royal personages and members
of the household emerged therefrom.
The veteran Duke of Cambridge, who
was in carriage with Princess Vic
toria, came in for slight cheering, but
Lord Roberts and his staff passed al
most unnoticed. There was a some
what tedious interval before the APP
pearance of their majesties, who drew
forth the first real cheers of the day
as they passed through the rows of
DIue-jackets lining either side of the
main entrance to the palace. The King
Wore field marshals uniform, with
tne cloak thrown back showing his
decorations. The Queen had on a
straw colored toque and a fur collar
cite and cloak. Both the King and
queen looked extremely we'll and con-
unuously bowed their acknowledge
ments of the warm welcome extended
to them.
Partly in consequence of the length
OF the route there was nowhere a great
crush OF people, with the exception of
open spaces, like Trafalgar Square,
where the London County Council pre-
seIteu the King with an address of
Nelcome and where the Boer generals,
botha, De la Rey and DeWet were
mominent among the spectators, and
at the city boundary, Temple Bar,
%nere the lord mayor, sheriffs and
VIher city officials welcomed his majes-
sword
owing to the Kings carriage being
ue last some confusion occurred at the
ssItrance of the Guild Hall in an en-
oedVor to empty the carriages quickly
%lu avoid keeping His Majesty wait
lug; Several of the princesses were
Il ..ather unceremoniously deposited on
me Sidewalk, where they tried to throw
nell wraps in the carriages, which
s %ele being hustled off down a narrow
s5eeI' When the King arrived he look
~ lired and stepped heavily from his
Uartlage. The Queen threw off the wrap
"HiCh covered her simple straw color
.uiess. trimmed with gold. Her Ma
Ssr,S,y' who looked marvelously Youth
~ ~. ana well. accepted a bouquet from
he he iauy mayoress and the King shook
t uus with her. The procession then
r yea orr down a long picturesque
CIV S Oh beef EATERS and the equerries
tb o generals struggled in behind. Among
~ last was the Prince of Wales.
~ no was rather long in dismounting
r,s zane running up, scarcely recog-
leu and nearly shut out by the cor
The doors.
no Al the great han the seven hundred
bl as waiting about the luncheon ia
ma cheered as the King came in. His
dresty accepted the corporations adj
ro', and then the members of the
CO.. CO.. family sat down and the luncheon
dor nU ~, those present were Ambassa-
N Nhoate and Gen. Wood.
row most interesting feature of the
tbe - progress up to this point, was
5Nlhg,s reply to the address of the
Sonooh County Council on Trafalgar
tsT,ere. He said:,
ba iour confidence that my favor will
extended to every measure calcu-
sn Ie1 10 ameliorate the condition of my
nuv5Cs Is well founded. and Of the
con- gus important questions which
anna, under your consideration, none
and more strongly to my interest
tout sympathy than those directly
Sr lung upon the welfare of the poor
ss OF this and other great cities.