Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-15
RECEIVED CROWNS
EDWARD AND ALEXANDRIA NOW
KING AND QUEEN.
Scene in Westminster Abbey was Marvellous
Aged Archbishop of Canterbury Nearly
Overcome, and 1t was with Difficulty
That He Completed the Ceremony Of the
Coronation.

overcome, ana It was. with Dnfcuitf
That lie Completed the Ceremony Of the
Coronation.
London, Aug. 9.-Edward VII, R. l.,
by the grace of God, OF the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
and the British Dominions Beyond the
Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, EN-
peror of India, was today crowned with
out hitch or harm, and tonight London
is noisily celebrating the event for
which the world has awaited as, per-
haps, it never awaited any other coro-
nation.
In all respects the coronation was i'm
pressive. That pride of empire which
marked Queen Victoria's jubilee was
lacking; and in its stead there pre-
vailed among all classes keen recollec-
tion that onlx six weeks ago their king
lay in danger of death, and this today
produced thankfulness and genuine SYM
pathv for the man rather than adula-
tion for the king. This, however, did
not prevent the public from voicing
appreciation of such military display
as the short military procession gave
them chance to see.
| Until the booming of the guns an
| nounced that the crowning of King
| Edward had been. achieved, there lin
gered in the minds of thousands a
nervous apprehension that even at the
| last moment some untoward event
| might once more plunge the nation
into CONSERVATION. When this was
passed the unrestrained jubilation was
as much a tribute to the kings per-
sonal popularity as it was an evidence
of relief from the tension of the last
| few weeks. So while the scenes on the
streets were robbed of many of those
elements that usually accompany a
great pageant, they will long be re-
membered, perhaps somewhat tenderly
by those who stood on the stands, at
windows and on the sidewalks to see
King Edward after he had won almost
from the jaws of death his crown.
i In Westminster Abbey.
In Westminster Abbey the scene was
nothing less than marvellous. Nearly
1000 members of the nobility, the
clergy and the gentry had gathered
with foreign princes, ambas -adors,
colonial rulers, Indian potentates, and
leaders from the farthest quarters Of
the globe to where the union jack flies,
to do honor to the king. Two Incl
! dents of the service in the Abbey will
live in the memory of many who wit.
messed them. Tie first of these
!, which almost developed into dramatic
contretemps, centered around the ageG
Archbishop of Canterbury. From the
commencement of the service the arch
bishop had the greatest difficulty il
2 reading or remembering the prayers
The book from which his almost blinC
: eyes endeavored to read shook in hi
hands, and when he came to place thu
crown upon King Edwards head his huge
frame, towering above the seated king
/. swayed so violently that the Bishop o
e Winchester had to support him, whil'
: the Dean of Westminster put guard
= ing hand under the crown. 1t was evi
y dent that the Archbishop OF Canterbur.
i could not see his sovereign's head
g and, after probing around, he was jus
9 about to complete the most importan
9 part of the ceremony when it was dis
It covered that he had the crown the bac
e tot he front. Slowly he raised it, bu
II too late to prevent the choir from pre-
n maturely bursting out with lou
r "God Save the King" Amid a tensio
that had grown to pitch of painfr
nervousness the archbishop fnall
managed to place the crown corrrectl
upon the kings head. A few moment
later came the climax of his feeblenes
~ He was kneeling to do the first homas
of all the subjects of the king, whe
j. suddenly he almost tainted, and woul
ID have fallen upon his sovereign's kne'
,e had not King Edward tenderly b1
st firmly grasped both the prelate's han'
be and lifted him to his feet. The bisl
TX OBS of London, Winchester and Du
it ham claeped their arms around Ii
III archbishop, the king kissed his wrin
sc led hand, the archbishop's head fe
n back. his feet moved slowly and II
a. chanically, and thus he was more ca
ke lried than led from the throne to Xii
n Edwards chapel. where he was 1
,al vived.
He, Majesty's appearance won e
travagant enconiums, especially fro
the women, many of whom declar
that Queen Alexandra did not look
day over 35. The queens own crow
ing was brief and simple. When t
four duchesses went to hold cano
NJ over her majesty's 8 head, the Duch'
.th of Marlborough and the Duchess
I'd. Portland led the way. They perform
in their duties excellently. At the {
ch proach of the crucial period for whi
las the peeresses had long practiced, nan
ich ly, the putting on of their coronets
in moment the queen was crowned
YER autter of nervousness ran throu
bly, their ranks, coronets were pulled
and pinched into shape, their ia
hardened with anxiety, and then