Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-18
BEACON FIRES
 ID PROCLAIM
 THE BROWNING
Every High Peak in the British Islands Will Be Abiaze On Evening Of
 June p,
OTHER INTERESTING FACTS


 LONDON, June I7.--f3eacon fires built of 2500 Of the most prominent points or the British Isles, in Eng iand, Wales. Scotland and Ireland, will on the evening of Junee 22 flash the tidings of the coronation Of { hing George V. to the remotesI re cessss of the country. At ten o'clock n 5he evening magnesium rockets ~lll be fired rom all the points se- iecJed n England. Wales and Ireland, followed by . shower of colored rockets. Then the fires will be light =u' and the people gathered round i s1li sing the national anthem.
 The same program will be ob- serveu Tn Scotland half an hour lat CT. the delay arising from the fact luac daylight lasts longer in the [ northern regions. The ancient bea- con hlrls. used in oideu times to warn the inhabitants of the approach of enemies. are to be utilized on 'hls . occasion.
 i Royal Carriage.
 The state carriage in which King George will proceed to the corona ton has earned i've Of his predeces- sors to the Abbey on a similar mis- sion. It was built 150 years ago. in lT6l, for King George III. and it's 5oay which weighs over four tons. Is of fine oak with alIegorical paint tngs by Cipriani on the panels It's initial cost was S35. 5.000. George w. William N. Victoria and Edward I'll. also drove in it to their cOro- ! nations.
 II will be drawn in the procession 10 the Abbey by eight of the celebrat. | ed cream horses from the royal sta 5les, and a groom in state livery Ulll walk at each horses head The 1. harness, which is covered with red morocco leather with gold plated metal facings. will be the same as vas used at Queen VictoTia's dia- monu jubilee and at Edward VII s coronation in 1902
 Many Of the foreign ambassadors snd peers will use elaborate state . rarriages richly upholstered and Brilliantly emDlazoned with coats of arms in which to drive to the cere- mcr.-, but no person except those be 5ongIug to the royal family may nave more than a pair of horses at. tached 10 hIs carriage.
 Crown is Modern.
 The imperial crown which will be placed on King Georges head at the coronation is not yet a century cd. aud in .ts present form has never ceen worn by any sovereign. IL was irst made for Queen Victoria in 1898 and King Edward VII wore 1t un- changed at his coronation, but since that occasion it had been enlarged and embellished. It it's front has now been set the great Cullinan diamond. the Star of Africa" which takes the place of the magnificent broad spread sapphires. now placed at the back.
 Besides these enormous precious stones. whose value is inestima 5le, many hundreds of glorious diamonds, pearls. rubies, emeralds. brilliants and smaller sapphires adorn it- These are set together in the shape of Maltese crosses, fieurs de lis, oak leaves and acorns, roses, thistles and shamrocks. Altogether it contain eyer 5000 diamonds and 300 pearls, with smaller numbers of the otber stones.
 Some of these are of great historic interest. For instance the sapphire ln the cross at the top of the crown was formerly worn by Edward the Confessor in a ring. while huge un' cgt spiuet ruby in the center of a Maltese cross of diamonds in the front. bears the name of Edward the Black Prince, and the same stone was set in the helmet of Henry V at the battle of Agincourt- The bread spread sapphire which has ius' been moved to the back formed part of the regalia of the Scottish kings and was be0ueathed by the last oi the unfortunate Stuarts to George " Many of the other stones which ornament the new kings crown have formed part of the regalia belonging to the English kings since the per icd Of the Norman conquest in 1066
 Famous Koh-i-nur.
 The queens crown, in accordance with precedent dating from the re turn of Charles II. to his crown. Il ! ortspayv ra~ Tf tc 0ruamapfad fsuIy