The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-12
CROWNED HEADS
At KING s BURIAL
Unprecedented Gather
ing to be Present at
Christians Funeral.
MANY INTERESTING
EVENTS THIS WEEK
King Edward Opens Parliament.
France Changes Rulers-The
White House Wedding.
Coal Strike Confer
ence-Statehood

The ceremonies attendant upon the as
sembling of tho new British Parliament
will be somewhat clouded by the fact
Christian, of Denmark. whose burial is
to take place on Sunday, February 18th.
To- morrow tho House OF Commons will
assemble for the election Of a Speaker,
and the remainder of tho week will be
given up to administering the oath Of
office and other preliminaries. King Ed
ward will formally open Parliament on
Tuesday of next week.
An almost unprecedented gathering OF
the crowned heads of Europe will be
present at tho burial of King Christian
Among the more than 500 distinguished
persons who will be present at the burial
are Queen Alexandra, of England; King
George OF Greece; Emperor William. Of
Germany; King Haakon, Of Norway;
Archduke Franz Frederick, OF Austria,
and tho Duchess of Brunswick. The
King will be buried in the chapel OF
Frederick VI, OF tho cathedral OF Ros
Roskde. formerly the capital OF Dem
mark. where tho body of Queen Louisa
lies.
New Ruler for France.
Clement Armand Fallieres, eighth Presi-
dent Of the third republic, will take over
tho rcins of government. becoming the
ruling executive in Franco on February
18th. NJ. Loubet will leave the palace
on February l7th and at 4 o'clock on
the following day. the precise hour on
which his seven-year term will expire,
he will await the coming OF NJ. Fallieres,
who will arrive attended by full mill
tary escort.
The dedication of the battle monument
at Ell Caney, Cuba. will take place on
February 14th, A party of distinguished
officers of the United States army and
navy left New York on February sth to
participate in the exercises attending the
dedication. The Cuban government will
play an active part in the ceremonies.
The White House Wedding.
The wedding of Miss Alice Lee Roose-
welt, daughter OF the President, to Repre-
sentative Nicholas Longworth, will take
place at the White House at noon on
Saturday. February nth. The ceremony.
which will be performed in tile historic
East Room. will be solemnzed by tho
Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of Washington
There will be no bridesmaids. Tho
groom's best man will be Thomas Nelson
Perkins, OF Boston, a classmnte and long
time friend. Three of MIR. Longworth's
classmates and a college mate at Har-
ward, F.. a. Walingford, r.,4of Cincin-
natl, who married Mr. Lorgworth's oldest
sister; Larz Anderson, OF Washington,
great-grnndson of Nicholas Longworth,
the founder of the Longworth family for
tune; Vlscount Charles De Chambrun.
brother of Count Adelbert De Chnmbrun,
who married the groom's youngest sister,
and Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. the Oldest
son of the President. Ono thousand invi-
tations to the wedding have been sent
out.
Those who have been invited, exclusive
of the wedding party. include: The mem
bers Of the Cabinets and their wives. for
mer members Of the Cabinet, who are
now in the United States Senate. and
| their wives; the heads of the foreign en-
bassics and missions and their wives; the
Justices of the United States Supreme
Court and their wives; the official mem-
| bers Of the party which accompanied Sec
retnry Taft to the Orient: the Ohio dele
CATION in Congress and the New York del
egntion in Congress. Late In the after
noon Mr. Longworth and his bride VIII
travelling In a special car. After the ad-
iournment of Congress they expect to
make a trip to Europe.
Coal Strike Conference.
A meeting of the operators to discuss
the threatened coal strike Will be held
in New York on February 14th and on
February 10th there will be joint con-
ference of the miners and operators,
| Great interest attaches to these meetings
as both the operators and miners arc
reported as firmly adherng to their re-
| spective positions.
| Understhe agreement reached last Mon
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