Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-06-24
Representatives of All Mon
arches, at Dinner in Lon
don Last Night.
GUESTS OF KING AND QUEEN.
chamberIains Observation-Disclosures
Representative and Suite Attracted
Much acknowledgements Re-
hearsed Yesterday.

London, June 24.-King Edward
and Queen Alexandra gave grand
dinner party last night at Bucking
ham palace to 70 royal personages,
v no practically represented the SOW
ereigns of all the monarchies of the
world.
The list of their majesties guests
was headed by the Czarewitch OF
Russia who arrived in London last
evening. and included an imposing
array of princes and princesses and
all the members of the British royal
family.
Buckingham palace was beautifully
decorated and the bands of the Gren.
adler and the Coldstream guards dis.
coursed throughout the evening. The
dinner was followed by a brilliant
reception, which was attended by the
members of the suites of all the for.
elgn potentates now in London.
The chamberlains Entertained.
Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial
secretary, and Mrs. Chamberlain
(who was Miss Mary Endicott. of
Massachusetts, received the colonial
premiers and other distinguished Wis
itors from Great Britain's colonies at
their London residence last evening
A full and strictly private re
bearsal of the coronation ceremonies
to be held in Westminster abbey took
place there yesterday afternoon, in
which everybody, with the exception
of the royal personages and the par.
Elephants in the musical and religious
features of the functions, rehearsed
their respective duties. The arch.
bishop of Canterbury, the Rev. Fred.
erick Temple, and the lord chancel.
lor, the Earl of Halsbury, were among
those who were drilled in their parts
under the superintendency of the
Duke of Norfolk, the earl marshal.
After it was over the musical ser.
vice for the coronation was rehearsed
in full in the church house adjoining
the abbey.
Abyssinian Attracts Attention.
None of the special ENJOYS who
arrived here yesterday, though they
included princes of the greatest Eu
ropean dynasties, aroused as much
interest as did Ras Makonnen, the
Abyssinian general and special rep
resentative OF King Menelik In pie
turesqueness and barbarian splendol
the Ethiopian commander and his
suite paled even the brilliancy of the
Oriental princes whom London has
become accustomed to during the pas
week. Makonnen, who has blacl
curly hair and a beard, wore a cloal
Of white silk, pantaloons, a shoulder
cape of heavy white satin, bordere(
with gold, and broad brimmed fell
nat. Three native chiefs who &C
company him were scarcely less gor
goous in their apparel, while the AT
rican priest, carrying a heavy silvel
crozier, was the generals constan
companion. Ras Makonnens native
followers carried guns and spears.
Prince Henry Arrived.
Among the other arrivals yesterda.
were Prince Henry of Prussia, tn,
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, hei
presumptive to the throne Of Aus
tlia, the prince of the Asturias
Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden AM
Norway, Admiral Gervais, head of thu
Fl ench mission, and Mgr. Merry De
Val. the papal envoy,
The scenes in the streets yesterda,
were largely repetition of those o
mo af no n
they were even more crowded, man,
Ct the omnibus lines deserving tn
main thoroughfares and congeste,
districts and running through bacl
streets.
The decorations were nearing CON
pieiion yesterday, and the weather
after weeks of cold and rain, becam
sitting hot
To Sing Wherever They Are.
Among the national observances o
coronation day which have receive
tie approval of the king is the sug
gestion. evidently traeeable to tn
simultaneous stoppage of all trains
etc., in the United States for fy
minutes at 2 p. m. on the day of tn
late President McKinleys funera
that at 8 o'clock on Thursday ever
ing every British subject in tn
United Kingdom and the colonie.
whether in the street. at home, in
tneater. in church or elsewhere, sha
uncover and join in singing go
Save the King. The promoters hop
that wherever Britons are assemble
in America they will join in singin
the national anthem.
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