Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-08
The CORONATION
Decorations Are Profuse and
People Anxiously Waiting.
PALLmALL DEcoRATIoNLAvIsH

Austen Chamberlain, Son of the Co
| Ionia1 Secretary, Goes Into the Cab
inet-No Agreement Yet Between
the Admiralty and the Morgan Ship
ping Combine-Co Commission Appoint
ed to Inquire Into the Conduct of
the Boer War;
New York, Aug S.-AIons enc .oro-
nation route decoration is in its final
stage for to-morrow's fete, cables the
London correspondent of the Tribune.
Constitutional hill is fanked with a
continuous line of stands fronting up
on Green park. Piccadilly, from Hyde
park corner to st James street is
lined on each side with red poles tips
ped with gilt, and connected up and
down and across the roadway with
festoons, flags and streamers of all
colors. Private residences, hotels and
shops are heavily decorated with
crimson, blue and purple hangings, bor-
dered with gold. The colors do not
harmonic at times, but for hastily
improyised scheme at diminished cost
the municipal decorations are not in
effective. Solid white columns
wreathed with green ornaments in tis-
sue paper and surmounted. with gilt
crowns, are the chief decorative fea-
tuEe of st James street. There will
be green WreathS overhead and med
ley of strongly contrasted colors on
the fronts of the buildings on each
side Red poles and many colored
streamers are continued through club
land and white hall to the timber yard
surrounding the abbey.
Pail Mall is 1ayishly but not arti-
ficially decorated, heavy masses of con-
fiieting color killing one another. The
war office is ingeniousIy and tastefuliy
trimmed, but several club houses are
most wantonly disfgured at high ex-'
pense. The stands remain IN Waterloo
place and Trafalgar square, but there
is little decoration. Whitehall, below
the Horse Guards old banqueting hall,
is afame with red, and the Duke of
Buecleuch's stand and other platforms
above Whitehall gardens are decorated
in blue and gold. The Canadian arch
is the best decorative feature of the
route, and with its new French trim,
ming and the use of fresh supply of
grains. it is handsome and highly eff
fectiye. THE coronation decoration
would be commonplace with this mon
ument of colonial enterprise and good
taste
There was a marked increase of ami
nation insthe streets Thursday, al
though the day was showery. Pressure
for seats in the abbey is tremendous,
but the earl marshal and other officials
are SO cautious in allotting them that
probably there viii be vacant places.
Civil service officials are profting by
personal friendship and obtaining en-
trance in large numbers Americans
are less fortunate, but seats have been
procured for Justice Brown of the
United States supreme court and ex-
Acknowledgement Griggs. J. Pierpont
Morgan also has obtained seats. al.
though it was brusquely intfmated in
June that no foreign millionaire could
enter and that no Americans uncon-
nected with one or the other embassy
could get in.
London, Aug 8-Oficial announce
ment was made to-day that Austen
chamberlain, son of the colonial seere
fary, has been appointed postmaster
general. vice the Marquis of London
derry, resigned.
xWalrond to be chancellor of the
games of Hereford. resigned because
of i'll health, also was officially an
nounced to-day.
London. Aug 8.-As intimated in
these dispatches yesterday the an
nouncement made in Belfast that an
"a agreement had been reached between
the admiralty and the Morgan ship
ping combine, was premature Nego-
Nations on details of the agreement are
still proceeding, and, it is believed,
with every promise of success. In the
Mouse of commons this afternoon the
premier A. ]. Balfour, said the gov
ernment had been engaged in negotia-
fions connected with and arising from
fhe circumstances connected with the
formation of the shipping co1nbines~
unfortunately, we are not yet in a.
position to make statement to the
house" said Mr. Balfour, tsthe accident
to the colonial secretary, Mr. Chamber
lain, having caused some delay, but
am confident that when the house
meets again we shall be in position
to take it into our confidence
London, Aug 8.-As Austen Cham
%berlain will have seat in the cabinet
the rare spectacle will be furnished
lsDf both father and son holding cabinet
frank simultaneously. 1t is stated that
ha new Office. that of minister of edu-
cation, has ben created, to which the
TIdarquis Of Londonderry has been ap-
pointed
London, Aug S-The premier, A. J.
Ralfour, announced to-day the APP
lBointment of the following commits
sion of inquiry into the conduct of
sfhe Boer war: The Earl of Elgin,
.-chairman; Sir Henry Norman, Sir
John Hopkins, Lord Esher and Sir
Holm Edge.
RECOVERED FROM LoCKJAW.
New York, Aug S.-Physicians con-
mected with Harlem hospital have an