The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-24
CORONATION
WEEK IN LONDON
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The Worlds Metropolis Crowded
With Tourists.
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COLONIAL PREMlERS SORE
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KING AND QUEEN GIVE DINNER
FOR ROYAL VISITORS.
COLONIAL pREAlERS SORE

ONDON, June 23-The Prince OF
Wales had busy day yesterday
in receiving the royal guests re-
lated 10 his family who arrived in
London. He paid three separate visits
to the Victoria station for this purpose.
where a special reception room, gay
with palms and flowers, had been ar
ranged. The last guest to be received
by the prince was the czarowich Of
Russia, who had arrived on one of the
Russian imperial yachts and landed at
Gravesend. The enormous and daily
growing crowds and the babel Of for
eign tongues in London may perhaps
be considered, so far, the most striking
feature of the coronation ceremonies.
Early morning sees crowds of cyclists,
mostly women, wheeling along the
routes Of the professions to view the
decorations. Later in the day there
begins an endless stream of vehicles
Of every conceivable description, from
the aristocraic equipages of the
wealthy TO humble costermonger or
market carts containing entire families
seated on chairs and stools.
Brakes crowded with tourists OF
every nationality are driven over the
side seats on OmnibUses, and on the
side seats on Omnibusses, and on the
sidewalks are dense masses Of slowly
moving pedestrians.
The commissioner Of police has issued
an explanatory notice saying that the
barriers which have been erected along
re routes viii not necessarily be closed
frsA
ent appearances such a course will be
absolutely imperative to prevent seri-
Gus accidents.
Royal Dinner Party.
King Edward and Queen Alexandria
gave a grand dinner party tonight at
buckingham palace to seventy royal
persOnages, who practically represented
the sOveTeigns Of all the mOnarchies OF
the world.
The list of their majesties' guests
was headed by the czarowich OF Rus
STA, who arrived in London this even
ing, 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 Grena-
der and the Coldstream Guards dis
cOursed throughout the evening. The
dinner was followed by a brilliant re-
cep1on, which was attended by the
members Of the suites of all the for
eign pOtentates now in London.
Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial sec
rotary, and Mrs. Chamberlain received
the colonial premiers and other distin
guished visitors from Great Britain.
colonies at their London residence to-
night.
Rehearse Coronation.
A full and strictly private rehearsal
Of the coronation ceremonies to be hell
in Westminster abbey took place Their,
this afternoon, IN which everybody
with the exception Of the royal person
ages and the participants in the mu
steal and religious features Of the fUnc
tons rehearsed their respective duties
The archbishop of Canterbury, Rev
Frederick Temple, and the lord chan
cellor. the Earl OF Halsbury, wer
among those who were drilled in thei
parts under the superintendency of tn
Duke Of Norfolk, the earl marshal.
The rehearsal lasted for two hours
and after il was over the musical ser
vices FOR the coronation was rehearse
IN full in the church adjoining the alb
hey.
The crowds were so great tonight Il
Trafalgar square and in the variou
thorOughfares leading from this poin
that the Omnibuses found il almOs
impossible 10 proceed. The congeste
condition Of traffic above ground wa
practically repeated in the various I'm
derground routes. and the travel re
sources Of the two penny tube and tn
steam underground lines We're heavil
taxed. Passengers on these lines ha
10 wait long before they were able t
board the OveTCTOwded trains.
Colonial Premiers Wrathy.
Speaking at a luncheon given to tn
colonial premiers by the North Stat
fordshire chamber of commerce tOda!
r.. J. Seldom. premier minister Of Me-
Zealsnd, complained that an attemT
had been made to prejudice the pos
;iOn of the premiers before they AT
rived in England. He said the cOlOnie
had no desire to raise the fiscal Ques
ton; that they wished to bind the en-
pire together, not to disrupt it. VIII
could they not help the mother countr
with her colonies. he asked. by follow
ing the example of foreign nations j
Substituting the steamers which carrie
their goods? Such action. he sal,
would not interfere with fiscal relg
tionship.