The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-21
KING PETER WAS TO-DAY
CROWNED AS RULER or PERSIA
OFFICERS INSTRUMENTAL N AS
= sAssINATIoN ID lSt NC ND s
QUEEN SPECIALITY PRO M
EN- T.sssS
KING PEERED INTO CRoN9ps
EAGERLY AS 81 TO JUDGE E
PEOPLES FEELiM G. q 5ssss
WARD HIM.

BELGRADE. sept. 2 as
!, crowned King Of seryia 'THa2
), L ceremony went off smooth u, VI ithout3
an unusual incidentss ssS
Special trains on servia' one rail-
s 5Eroad, steamers on the Danube and.
II ferries from the & Hungarian cityof
zemIin, opposite, at II an earl 81 hour
brought great crowds to see the cere-s
mony. The townspeop1e and foreigB
i visitors We're in ordinars European
4 dress. but the countrynaen wore their
national costumes. great nun her
i Of Servian peasants In viii g, TIL
4 .undyed sheepsl1in5 caps. croats and
! montenegrins In pink pie caps ands
clothes in all the co1ors OF the rain
bow, and Turks and Nc oiiammedanss
in fezes of turbans gave an extraor-s
binary picturesqueness to the great
assemblage.
The soldiers We're In dull blue buEss
| their officers had enough stars 81 and
gold braid for General Kuropatki
T he Off GERS of the Sixth reginent,sa
which was ssinstrumelta15in IN a great sdsss
gree in bringing about The assassfna
1 tion of King .A1exande der and Queen
5Draga, were especial q oninent.s hesS
crowd was curious but unenthusi sticsg
and toward these officers preservad b
lstolid silence The garrison sausrnent-
led by troops from the oYinces,in III al II
about 25,o00 men, lined the Streets
through which the royal procession
would pass before O'Clock. IInfYef
sity students and merch ant sui lids tnaIass
ST. Michael street at an early hot1r
Space in the Cathedral vas reserved
for members Of Parli lianaent, foreign
ministers and invited guests, He
stands for the general publ we're
placed at advantageous points near
the palace and cathedral.
At s o'clock a salute Eof tWrsnty y-one
guns announced that the King was
about to go to the palace. The caval.a
cade emerged from he gate The g
new palace and there was lourS cheer s
ing, chiefly led by government en-
ployes apd members Of the police, who
swarmed everywhere. First OF al
came the police prefect Of the eli
the marshal of the court and several
officers, all mounted, followed Al ssS
military band hen came
squadron of the King guard il. sh
Eastern-looking uniform and t he bisssss
cross bearing the royal standard.GA nar
them, closely fanked BY members of
MS staff, rode King Peter. His Maiegts
'ecognized the cheering with al IRE
luent military tesand peereds eager
y and nervous1y right and left 1ltG s2
he crowd, as if to Judge ftsss feeling
oward him. ssss
The crowd in turn strained ON tintos
. see the King. They saw an exeep4
onally thin man, in a blue and gold sssss
inform and fez Of white sheepsk IA
n the fez was al great jeweled star
+ the highest Servian military order
nd on his breast were half q dozen
ther stars The face was fwrinkled
nd the heavy lines converged about
1e mouth, whichswas partly hid den ny
brstIing white nlustache. The KiIls
as aged greatly since the days yrhen s
g was in exile in a governmen II board
g house and to-day looked an old
AN, who concealed his feehfeness
z iron resolution.