The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-03
NEW REHEARSALS UNDER WAY
LITTLE CHANGE FROM THE PRO-
GRAMME AS FIRST ARRANGED.
Exercises at Westminster Abbey Cur
tailed, hut Otherwise the Full Ger
emOny VIII Be Carried Out.

1t is certain he will be able to stand the
strain of the coronation ceremonies next
Saturday arrangements for the function
are being completed. The preparations,
however, are proceeding rather mechan-
ically. The erection of the familiar street
barriers. the cleansing and decorating of
the stands and the re-hanging of decora-
tions attracts little attention. Public in
terest in the actual proceedings, However,
is rekindled by official assurance that the
King is getting on finely and that his
Majesty will be able TO bear the fatigue of
being crowned. The publication of the Off
cial programme of the procession shows no
special changes from the original pro-
gramme, but the ceremonies in Westmin-
ster Abbey have been curtailed by the
omission of the litany and sermon and by
the recital of the recognition once instead
of four times. A new series of rehearsals
have begun at the Abbey with dignifed
movements and recitals, and these are far
more impressive than anything connected
with the street spectacle.
The City Council of Westminster in COM
pliance with the Kings wishes. has voted
that no further expenditures be incurred
in replacing the street decorations. The
clubhouses which line a considerable por-
tion of the route and most of the other
buildings are being redecorated the Cana
dian arch is being redres5ed with fresh
specimens of Canada S agricultural prod
ucts, and the Indian contingent is erect
ing an arch on Parliament street The il
luminations on coronation night will be
largely as originally planned The vicinity
OF the Bank of England the Royal Ex-
change and Mansion House will be bze
of electric lights, and the Strand, Trafalgar
| square. Pail Mall, St. Jamess square and
tlOns, many of which will be displayed on
Kitchener night, Aug. 6, also
The beautiful weather that prevailed on
| the Solent to-day brought out scores of
| yachts to Cowes preliminary to the royal
| yacht squadron regatta, which will take
place next week. During the day King
| Endward was on deck of the Albert and
! Victoria, where the yacht club officials
| visited his Majesty and displayed before
him the special prizes of plate for the re-
| gatta, offered by Emperor William and
! others His Majestey was greatly pleased
/ King Edward held an nvestiture on the
royal yacht to-day, and conferred distinc-
onation honors. His Majesty now proposes
to return to London next Wednesday,
King King Edward personally conferred the
| Henry Herbert, the British ambassador TO
the United States. who was subsequently
granted an audience by his Majesty and
| kissed his hand on his appointment to the
| Washington embassy.
| j. p. Morgan has just purchased from
| Georgiana, Countess of Dudley, her hand
some house at No. 90 Grosvenor street. The
house stands at the corner of Davies street
and is most conveniently situated Lady
| Dudley had her house beautifully decorated
and finished at a cost of nearly 5000 OOO
! Grosvenor street is in the heart of fashion
| able Mayfair, while Mr.. Morgan's present
| house at No. 13 Princess Gate, is merely on
| fringe
| house will enable him to display to perfec-
| t1on his great store of exquisite art treas
ures, the decorative possibilities of which
are lost at Princess Gate, where they are
! heaped together because there is not suffi-
| cient room to show them off properly Idr
| Morgan's purchases recently are said to
| have reached an enormous sum. The Asso-
| ciated Press is authorized to give most
| emphatic contradiction to the report that
| Mr.. Morgan intends to retire from active
| business life on his return from Europe to
| the United States.
| The confessed inefficiency of the postoffice
telegraph service is revealed in a circular
of instruction to the effect that a consider
able percentage of the 5000 operators en-
ployed in the central office at London are
| inexperienced and inefficient and directing
| operators at outside offices to adapt their
| rate of working to the capacity of the re-
! ceivers in the central office. Austen Cham
| Derlain, financial secretary to the treasury,
! endeavOred TO explain the matter in the
| House of Commons on the theory that there
| must always be many recruits EMPLOYED.
| but older telegraphists deny this. and point
| out that years of instruction were required
formerly, while now only three months
| preparation is eXacted before actual service
is begun. The inefficiency, it is claimed is
due wholly to new economies undertaken in
| the department. since plenty of efficient en-
| ployes are available. 1t is considered ex-
traordinary that in the entire telegraph
service no typewriters are used except for
a few in the foreign departments.
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There was an interesting ceremony at
Windsor Castle to-day. where the Duke
of Marlborough had forwarded banner
TO be placed over the bust of his famous
ancestor. John Churchill, the first Duke
| of Marlborough. This ceremony is neces-
sary each year, and by carrying it out
the head of the Churchill family retains
! possession of Blenheim Palace which was
granted by Parliament to the great mill
tary leader.
Calmer estimates of the significance of
the unprecedented Liberal victory in this
weeks parliamentary election in Leeds in
dicates little real basis for the renewed
hopes that the Liberals are gaining con-
troll of the government. The government
has been soundly lectured and solennIv
warned this week, not only by lis onno-
nenlS, out also Dy some or Its journalistic
supporters, but the opposition's enthusias-
tic prophecies about early getting together
of all branches of the opposition vara
pretty effectually squelched by Lord Rose
berys dispassonate reiteration that he ha c
no intention of abandoning the imperiaIis-
tic platform and the equally stubborn CON
tention of the Radicals that they will NOT
relinquish home rule as q standard marty
issue. In politely deploring Lord Rose
bery's utterances the chief Liberal organ
disappOintedly remarks: I'VE do not think
Lord Rosebery quite realizes the passion
ate desire for unity that exists among
/ passionate desire 10 arrive at Ii with or
without leaders" The paper scolds tho
Liberal leaders for their folly i'm splittine
hairs at a time when the government Is
fiOundering in the labyrinths OF the
patched up education bill and is s.reveaIed
TO the country to be without aim or policy .
Surgeon General Hamilton before n
meeting OF the British Medical Associa-
tion at Manchester yesterday definitely
charged that Gen Sir Redvers H Butler
during the Boer war of 1851 used army
medical wagons with the Red Cross there
on TOR taking ammunition TO the front
and armed the bearer companies. using
them as escorts" The SURGEON general
declared his authority for the Statement
was the principal medical officer 10 whom
the orders were issued and he added that