Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-12
WORLD EVENTS OF
COMING WEEK
ROYALTY TO ATTEND KING
CHRISTIANS FUNERAL
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representa-.
tive Nicholas Lonqworth TO Be
Married February II at
the White House
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
WASHINGTON Feb. 1.-THE cere-
monies attendant upon the assembling
of the new British parliament will be
somewhat clouded by the fact that the
court is in mourning for King Christian
of Denmark. whose burial is to take
place on Sunday, February IA. Tomor-
row the house OF commons will assem-
BILE for the election of q speaker and
the remainder of the week will be given
up to administering the oath of office
and other preliminaries. King Edward
will formally open parliament on Tues
day of next week.
An almost unprecedented gathering
Of the crowned heads of Europe will
be present at the burial of King Chris
tian. The deep feeling of sorrow at
his death has found expression in every
language and the nations will send rep
resentatives to pay their last respects.
Among the more than 500 distinguished
persons who will be present at the
burial are Queen Alexandra of Eng
land, King George OF Greece, Emperor
William of Germany, King Haakon of
Norway, Archduke Franz Frederick of
Austria and the Duchess of Brunswick,
The king will be buried i'm the chapel
Of Frederick V in the Cathedral of Ros-
Ride formerly the capital of Denmark,
where the body of Queen Louisa lies.
Clement Armand Fallieres, eighth
president of the third French republic,
will take over the reins Of government
becoming ruling executive in France on
February 49, On Monday the Elysee
palace will be the scene Of great pomp
and festiVity. NJ. Loubet will leave the
palace on February H. and at o'clock
the following day, the precise hour on
which his seven-year term viii expire,
he will await the coming of NJ. Fall
Heres, who will arrive attended by al
full military escort. Premier RouvierI
will present the outgoing and incoming
presidents, when there will be an ex-
change of complimentary addresses.
A promenade through the various
apartments of the official palace will be
followed by a reception to the diplo- |
matte corps and state officials.
Dedication at Ell Caney
The dedication of the monument at
FL Caney, Cuba, will take place on
February IA. A party of distinguished |
officers of the United States army and |
navy left New York on February to |
participate in the exercises attending
the dedication. The Cuban govern
ment will play an active part in the
ceremonies AillOlS lllOSt W llO W III at
tend are Webb c. Hayes chairman of
the Battlefield commission: Leuten-
ant General Chaffee, president of the
Society of the Army of Santiago dc
Cuba; Lieutenant General Young, who
attends as the especial representative
of President Roosevelt, and Rear Ad- |
miral Higginson, representing the |
American fleet in the naval battle
The wedding of Miss Alice Lee
Roosevelt. daughter of the president. !
TO Representative LOngWOrth will take |
place at the White House a noon on
Saturday, February II. The cere-
mony, which will be performed in the
historic east room, will be solemnized
by the Right Rev. Henry Y Satter-
lee. Protestant Episcopal bishop of
Washington There will be no brides
maids The grooms best man will be
Thomas Nelson Perkins of Boston,
cassmate and lifelong friend. Three
of Mr.. LongWorth's classmates and a
college mate at Harvard. b. A. Wall
lngtord, of Cincinnati, who married
Mr.. Longworths oldest sister; Larz
Anderson of Washington, great grand
son of Nicholas Longworth the
founder of the Longworth family
fortune; Viscounte Charles de Cham
brun, brother of Count Adelbert de
Chambrun, who married the grooms
youngest sister and Theodore Roose-
Yelt, Jr., the Oldest son of the presi-
dent, Will be the ushers one thous-
and invitations to the wedding have
been issued. Those invited exclusive
of the wedding party include:
The members Of the cabinet and
their wives, former members of the
cabinet who are now in the United
States senate and their wives. the ms
tees of the United States supreme
court and their wives, the official
members of the party which acco,, I