The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-05-10
ANCIENT RITUAL
IS CARRIED out
Medieval Ceremonies Mark
King Georges Accession.
BANDS PLAY LIVELY TUNES.

Mourning Are Permitted and Flags
Fly From Masthead on All Public
Buildings Except the One Contain
ing the Body of the Late King Ed
ward-Immense Crowds Gather De-
spite Heavy Downpour.
London, May 10.-With the time
,honored ceremony of brilliant and
impressive character George V. pub
licly was proclaimed king of the Unit
Cd Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land and the British dominions be-
You'd the seas, defender of the faith
and emperor of India.
Sharply at the strike of four her
aids, arrayed in medieval uniforms
of scarlet, heavily braided with gold.
mounted the balcony of Friary court
at st. James palace, where Queen Vic
Ioria presented herself to the people
upon the opening of her memorable
reign, and blew fanfare through
their long silver trumpets.
The precincts of the palace by this
time were great mass Of people,
many of whom could obtain but the
briefest glimpse of the proceedings.
The balconies and roofs of the ancient
palace, which had been draped with
red cloth, were reserved for the nota-
bles, all of whom were in the deepest
mourning. Members of the royal
household, the ministers and their
wives and high officers of state, all in
brilliant uniforms, were gathered
around the court. General Sir John
D. P. French, with the headquarters
staff in full dress uniform, stood sur
| rounded by troop of horse guards in
their red tunics and breastplates of
polished steel. From the windows of
Marlborough House, Immediately op-
posite, the Duke of Cornwall, the
young heir to the throne, the younger
heir and Princess Mary watched the
ceremony. -
Throngs Uncover in Rain.
| The heralds having concluded their
duties the officers of arms, chief of
| whom is the Duke of Norfolk, the
hereditary earl marshal and chief but
{ Ter of England, took their places on
the balcony forming the great heraldic
company. None wore mourning, this
having been, removed for the occasion.
Sir Alfred tScott-Gatty, garter princi-
! pal king of arms, with the Duke of
Norfolk and two officers bearing the
slaves of Office, stepped to the front
of the balcony and in voice which
could be heard across the court and in
the streets adjoining read the procla-
nation while great throngs stood un-
covered in drizzling rain.
The.duke and Sir Alfred then called
for three cheers for the king and the
people responded with fairly deafen-
ing hurrahs, which were silenced only
by the temperance Of the heralds,
who sounded another fanfare.
The last note hardly had died away
when the band of the Cold Stream
guards, which had taken up position
in the square, struck up God Save
the King" The young princes from
their point of vantage in the windows
of Marlborough House stood with their
hands at salute and the officers and
troops stood at attention.
People Sing National Anthem.
As the national anthem was con-
cluded the first gun of the battery in
St. James park belched forth a royal
salute and the people in the square
and streets at the same moment took
up the refrain, God Save the King. !"
This was probably the most impress
sive part of the ceremony, the fervent
singing of the crowds growing in vol
ume as more and more singers joined
In, while at the minute intervals the
! gun half drowned the chorus Mean
! while the royal standard had been
J hoisted over Marlborough House, in
dicating that the King was in the royal
residence, and flags upon the public
offices throughout this city were raised
to the mastheads.
The royal standard on Buckingham
palace Acne remained at half mast.
The flags will remain at masthead
until sunset and again will be lowered
to half mast.
The Duke of Norfolk and Sir Alfred
EisScott Scott atty, the officers Of state
land others Of the distinguished com
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