The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-18
1880 BEACON
FIRES WILL BURN
IN CELEBRATION OF CORONA
TloN OF KING GEORGE AND
QUEEN MARY
ANCIENT STATE CARRIAGE
Wti Convey Monarch TO Scene Q
Ceremony Kings Crown Made
for Victoria-~Beafs Great
Cullinan Diamond

| 0allt on 2,9VW OF the most llfOmileHt
points OF me British Isles, IN Eng,
land. Wales, Scotland and Ireland
VIII on the evening Of June - flash
the tidngs OF the coronation of King
George V. TO the remotest recesses
of the country AT ten o'clock In the
evening magnesium rockets will be
red from all the points selected in
England. Wales and Ireland, followed
by a shower OF colored rockets Then
The fires will be lighted ana the PEG.
Pie gathered round viii sing the MAJ
tional anthem.
The same programme wiz be ob.
served in Scotland half aa Gonr laier.
the delay arising from the taca tlat
daylight lasts longer in the northern
regions. The ancient beacon hills
rsed in olden times to warn the in.
habitants Of the approach OF enemies
are to be utilized
CdlIldSG 10y 1GdfS Gti'
The state carriage in which King
George will proceed to the Coronation
has carried five Of his predecessors
TO the Abbey on a similar mission
II was built $50 years ago. in l7Ct.
Tor King George IT,, and its holy
which weighs over four tons, is OF
ne oak with allegorical paintings by
Clpriani on the panels It's initial
cost was $4,000 George ~, vii
liam w. Victoria and Edward VII
also drove in it TO their coronations.
Il will be drawn in the procession
to the Abbey by eight Of the cele-
brated cream horses from the royal
stables, and a groom in state livery
viii walk at each horses head The
harness, which is covered with red
morocco leather With gold1plated
metal facings, viii be the same as
was used at Queen Fistorias ala
moud Jubilee aud at Edward VII S
coronation IN 1902
Many of the foreign ambassadors
and peers viii use elaborate state
Carriages richly upholstered and bril-
liantly emblazoneJ with coats Of
arms in which 10 drive to the cera.
mony. but no person except those be.
longing to the royal family may have
more than pair OF horses attached
TO his carriage.
5000 Diamonds in crown.
The imperial crown which win he
placed on King Georges head AZ Che
coronation is rot vet century Old
ANA in it's present form has never
bee nworn by any sovereign II was
| first made for Queen Victoria in 1898
and King Edward VII. wore it M
changed al his coronation but since
that occasion it has been enlarged
and embelished. In its front has
now been set the great Cullinan dia.
mond, the Star Of Africa" which
takes the place Of The magnificent
broad-spread sapphire. now placed
az the back.
Besides these enormous praciop.
stones. whose value is inestimablc
many hundreds of glorions diai
I
moads, pearls. iubies. emera3d4
Grilliants ana smaller sa1ohuc.
adoyl it, These are set together IN
.he shane Of Maltese crosses aenr.
de lis. oakleaves and acorps roses
thistles ana sbamrocIts Altogatbe,
it contains over 9noo diamond. am,
500 pearls. with smaller nnntors n
he Other stonas
Some Of these arc NJ great histori,
interest For instance tho saoopbir,
| in the cross at the ton Of the crow,
was formerly worn nv Edward IN,
nonfessor in ring wbila tba mo,
! uncut spinet ruhv in tho cantar If
Maltese cross oe diamonds II n,
! front bears tba nana of r-dward N.
i Black prince ana thn sana eto,,
was set in tho baIr,at of tra,r,, y q
The battle If Aginconr Tho hroa5
, spread sapphire which haze met hoo,