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Edward VII. Proclaimed King of Great Bri-
tain ana Ireland, and Emperor
of India.
A GREAT CONCOURSE
OF PEOPLE PRESENT
To Witness the Quaint Form
alities Attending the
Proclamation.
The Actors Appeared Like
Creatures From a Far
Off Age.
The Queen's Funeral to Take Place
February 2 It "Will be a Military
Funeral.
Ijondkm, Jan. 24. iTeaterday the
prinices, lords and tsouinidllors swore al-
leiglance to ine king. Today (his ac-
cesscion tta tlhe throne was prooliaikned
'to the joimimon! people Iby a1 quadnit old
ceremoTiy, utike raematevall times and
p'it'tui'es. Toe colleger of araias or 3iei--
aldTa college wlxich carried out the
etranee function, is aliruost an umiknown
institution to the general (paiiMic.-
Tlhere was praotitaally no notice giv
en tof ithe official ipHian and therefore.
the tformality rwa witnessed iby only
tfew thioaiaaiid. The actipoca : therein
eeetmed' to be Bonue strange creatures
ooame down; from) a iar off age. Their
marvellloua dress andl accoutrements
su gested, more than anything, else, fig
ures onrtihe court cards of a playing
pack suddenly lanimniaited. They aJmUost
daisfeed tturougib 'the foity and performed
their functions in such haste as to con
vey 'the imipressdon tlhey were anxious
to vanfiish tagain into 'the dead past from
which, they were unwillingly resurrect
ed i
The, king has returned ftk Osborne,
house It Is now (learned that tne
queen, who, above all else, loved peace,
an : 1. Abhorred war. will have, a mili
tary furiera?. she asked that her 'body
he carried to its last resting lace on
the gun carriage of a warship, such
she considiere'd to (be a fitting traibuit
to pay the sovereign of a "proud and
warlike (people."
Uondon, Jan. ,24. The proclajmation
announcing Edward VII. as king of
Great (Brtiatain and Ireland and Emper
or of Indlia was read 'In 'St. James
palace at 9 this morning by (William
Henry WeMon, king at arms sSincte 189,4
and formerly .Windsor herald. Phe
king was not present. There was a
large semMage of officials and col
lege herards. Ajmionig ithose in attend
ance were General Roberts and mem
bers w his headquarters istaff and oth
er army officer.
There Was a great (concourse of peo
Dle fromi commencement to close. Ail
t head were bared! iand as the. reading
concluded-the king at armis, raising
his "three cornered tha't, cried' toudly:
'"God tsave ;the king."
CHEERING THE KING.
The crowd took vsp the cry, while
cheers, ifanf ares of trumpets and the
band playing ftihe national antlhem
miade a chorus medley. King at Arms
Weldon read the pirOcJamlatlon in clear
tone, disitinotly heard- at a great dls-1
tance.' A third fanfare of itrumipets
vntirT he ceremony.
,nri,Tv,iKna of ttihe kinsfs househol'd
witnessed the ceremony 'from Marl
fboroughi house. .On the balcony over
looking the friary' oourft.; whence the
(proclamation! wasr read,- were the
Duke of Norfolk and other- officers of
estates : The Mcony Was draped in
crimson cldth. ' .
i-Riftideis the omciaiis am rescnucu..
runiiforms were stationed' the
Were . were Eeen
tate
imany
rar;o(rndnentirror.JAm!on(g them Sir
Henry Arthur JWhite, private solicitor
rto the queen, and other mtemibers of th,e
royal' famiily. l - , !
. ron rtodiay wais given a gMmrpse of
anedieaval tiime'.The qlDaint ceremomej
with whdoii ,King . IZ"
4: "t7iTi!iniiiis raolnts ".tf
tfSoOtoweA'.j ancient
anetTopoua
precedeiuti
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The offlcdais pntrposely arranged the
n-notion an nour aiawaxi i v-pr ..,
Z Zrk? ind the-inhfabl tiams
whr hey awoke were ed t ta j
therenitdre ay tween
palace iamd -tlie dty.lined
anddrums and (brass Intnimenrta were.
, tow, rr to tnemisellves liiade ,n
pre.
rra". "pmony'.!besra at St;
Of Tffi3.
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RECflLLMB lEiailL TIES
r -"Ef in
United Kingdoin of 'Great Britain and
Ireland nd lEmiperor of Indila.
The proclamatiorn, , wihidhi was read by
WatUiam Henry Wteldon, . king at arms
since 1894 and formerly Windsor her
ald, was as follows N
"Whereas, It (has pleased Almighty
God' to call to 'his mercy our sovereign
lady, Queen Victoria, of blessed and
gJorious memory, by whose decease the
imperial crown of the United Kintgdom
of Great GBriltain and Ireland is solely
and rfightfulily come to Ithe ihigh!- and
mdghty Prince Albert Edward; we
therefore, the lord ' spiritual and t)em
peral of 'this realm, beinlg (here assisted
with those of her Hate majesty's privy
council, with nwmbers of other princi
pal gentternn of quality, the lord may
or, aldermen and citizens of London,
whta do now (hereby and with one voice,
consent of tongue and (heart, to publish
and proclaim that the higih and oniglhty.
Prince Albert Edward is now, by the
death of our laitle sovereign, of happy
imemory, become our only lawffuli and
rightful liege lord, Edward VH., by
the grace of God, kirug of the United
Kingdom of Great 'Britain and Ireland,
defender of the .fafflth, emperor of India,
to whom! we acknowledge attl faltih and
consstantt oibedience with all hearty and ;
(humble affection, beseeching God, by
whom all kings anduieens do resign, to
bless the rfOTr1PTi.tce Edward VII.
Witb Ooaganld happy year to reigin
over
The procession itjhen iformied escorting"
ithe ofBicials presenit at the proclama
tion to the city and the gorgeous cav
alcade moved' elowly out of St. Jaime.
The contingent (from the collet e of
arms was com'posed of three - kmg at
arms, four iheraldls and eight pursttiy
ants. The costumes of the latter were
gorgeous beyond compare. They were
Tarbardis,, a garment irelsembling. . the
costumes of kings as depicted on play
ing cards.
The bHare of trumpets anounnced
the progress of the cavalcade as it
proceeded trough Trafalgar square
and the .Strand . The gray minarets of
law courts and the 'tall spires of the
Strand churches', loomied phiantomi like,
out of the fog while a long double
line of overcoated troops i&ttood, chill ed
land motionless, along the half de
serted iFJt'reet'S.
The 'clocks in the law courts and St.
Duncan' tolled out mournfully the
quarter hours till 9:15, when out of
Ithe gray imdst, WiitMn the city fbtoun-.
dary, appeared the processiion of car
riages, forming the lord mayor's en
tourage. It was tnere itnai xwq proues
siionis were to mere in kaeidscopic
granduer. The (lord mayor, sheriffs,
aldermen!, land imace-bearers, in scar-let,
tfTr-rtT-imrmieifi robes, cocked hats, ruf
fled' shirits Silk knee breeches andl low
buckled shbes peered out from 'Cin-derella-Mke
coa'clhes.
As the clock struck the time, 'the of
ficer in command of troops cried "At
tention!" 'Rifle isociks came down with
a cUick and two gold-laced trumpterers
appeared. The loM1 miayor and sherr
IfBs, mace-lbearers, , chtapliain, remem
.brancer, and white-wigged judges of
the -city courts left the carriages and
grouped 'themselves together between
the lines of drawnup troops.
Then 'the city -marshal on horseback,
wearing a uniform of scarlet, gold
laced, with scarlet plumies, rode ulp to
the barr'ier and the narrow 'king of
arms, whose green and .gold tabard
outelhone (those of bis colleagues, ap
peared at ithe H'maigiwary ntjar. His
trumpeter blew a shrill blast and the
city -marshal' demanded, "Wh'o goes
ithere?" The king- at arms answered
that it was the king's herald, opme to
read the proclamation.
"Enter, herald," . said the mlairshal,
and the iherald thten read tbe proclam
Won,' to iwbich the mayor and aldermen
replied :' " "We, wMi one voice, consent,
tongue and (heart, pledge our loyalty
to King Edward VII . " 1
The trriimpetJe'r blew 'al blast, while
the wondering crowd stood barebJaded
and silenced, not knowing what to do
till iWrniMtiary band in the procession
struck up "'God' Save the King."
A, few street f ucrthler on the procla
trniaitioTi was read again and the pro
cession advanced by way of Dudg'ate
Mia tothe Royail, exchange: Again the
proclamation was read The proces
fiiion again moved on, the prpclamaJtioh
being made general during the miorn-
ng. . , 4 i
Dondon, Jam. 24., 12:55 p. m'. King
Edward, escorted by a isqiuadron of the
Horse, Guards ,and accompanied (by the
Diiike i: wf - Torkl Prince Christian,, 'of :
SchleswigHWLstjei n, the Duke of Saxe-
Coburg' and Gothia and, others, iexi
Qifarlborougb, - Ihouse. &t 11 Vclock; ;t
take, the train for, Osborne. .t ;
A. royal salute, in tteaebration- 'tof h3s
majesty's' accessiotni was , fired at noon
in; amepark; ' I V; "-i : ; bl
fTthe vasaries of an appai inuy inarm-!
Icte3 lun-iXJC: occasioneu. sonue, yxuwe.
Victoria Etotion.., DcTing the entralntng
cf the -IdR'S-'a- v7tl enirii Isclvldual
P3
jeaty waS'fpermtited itoriaisB tbe bar
raers. v He JhurrSed to an equerry and
said he wished to present the letter
to the king .personally.. The man: was
(handed over to the police.- The envel
op fdanitalned only a telegraph form,
on whichfwere the words:
" I wishi to see my beloved queen." '
KIH6 ROYALLY RECEIVED
Oil RETURN TO COWES
- Ooytes, Jan; 24. An expectant crowd
lines Trinity pier as the royal yacht
Alberta- with King "Edward on board
turned thai point and ithe finsit glum of
uiie royaj,,eai.ute thundered from the
British. TViarship Aulstralia. All the
flags hdtlherto (half (masited: -were hauled
down, onarking the suspension of,
mourninig until the king had landed.
The -depressing rroundings were
somewbajt 'lightened by the presence of
the niavial and mdlitary istaff s in bril
liant ttnorms.-
The kJiig OBanded aitr2:45 p. m . In ac
knCfwledgemenit of the silent' greetings
of the people (he frequently rattsed his
'hat. H'came ashore with the Duke
of sOonuight attd drove to Osborne
Ihobse.a'where EOTperor Wttlliaani met
him ait tjhe gates aaid warmly greeted
himi. ,
. Immedjattenyer the king had; land
ed the flags ijrfere again htaM anasted.
His maestyiwas somewhiat careworn,
tout other wiiae appeared to be in excel
lent (health. 'During' the crossing he
was IbjusUy eogaiged witbJ taite de
!tpatcihels"aind' teiegramls of sympathy
and indn'repliies., Emperor Will
lianVa movements are not settled!. He
HwJSI i.iatte!nd ftthe funeral, but perbaps
ihe will, firsfc return to Germany.
i fl!he imperial yaJdbit Hohenzollern.
Witlithie crown prince of 'Germany,
Frederi(qfc WUMatmi, on; board, arrives
tomorAw.
3pwel ; Jam. 24. A naval safl-ute of
wnty -i-.-pe gruawwas fired here at noon
uuuszy in wwxjt'wl ji-mg jifctwara vii;
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fUIIERAL AT WINDSOR
ON FEBRUARY 2
Bast Oowes, Jan, 24. While' the
sovereign rank and title were being
conferred on the king preparations for
honoring the 'body of Queen Vfflctoria
absorbed the household here.
'None of her subjects lhave yet been
allowed in the presence of her body.
Flowers arrived in profusion today
which were used in. decorating
V.n
Villi 1 JLt A VllI V :j.lliV.liJU ilKltO 1.1 C!-JJOJ.U'i i It.
ed into a mortuary chapel. The coffin
iwili be placed in the center of the mor- !
tuary chapel.
It lis now settled that the body will
be borne on the warship between two
Bines of warships to Portmouthi, where
i't will be met by a military guard and
escorted to Windsor castle where the
f unerail takes place February 2.
Several officials arrived from Windsor
itihis imoming bringing the .state regajlia
It iwas leasrried in a baize bag.
The military tribute will be as grand
as possible. The queeni took the great
est interest in the welfare of the army.
When ithe prince sought to soothe her
deep concern in the suffering, - of the
soldiers she would reply: "I am my
self a soldier daughter."
'London, Jkn. 25. The coffin of Queen
Victoria will be of iBn-glislh oak, lined
with satin;. Iti was ordered here this
afternoon and will toe delivered at Os
borne tondgblt. The outer casket will
be a reproduction of that rused at the
funeral of the Duchess of Kent, the
queen's mother.
A magnificent satin pall, with the
royal arms Sm eachi corner, is being
made.
WJherever it traverses roads, 'the body
will ibe iborme on a gun carriage..
Emperor William decided this after.
noon not to leave Osborne until after
the, funeral.
Prof. Hubert Herkemer, R. A., made
a", water color sketch tods afternoon of
the queen, for the king.
SHDUSTEIAL POSSIBILITIES
OF THE SOUTH
Senator Hanna Writes in Manufact
ures Record cf Them.
Baltimore, Jaav 24.-r-Senator Hannai
in a conitrfbution to -the (Manufacturers
(Record of tomorrow-, deals with- the in
dustrial possibilities of th Stoiitb. i
I" He says the viVa1 n.f t:Tv-, impniiit
marine anay work great jchanges there
land that the seat of our i)mmeroiai em
pire may be established in that part of
the country v He says the South once
strongly favored the. plan,; for subsides.
VAHT CIViL.nOVERtir.1EHT
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ESTADLISIIED
Federal Party Thinks itis" ITecesgary
. . ; - in Eahaif f Peace 1 .
JMiaaiilagaxiJ.; t4.--The federal , party
ilpetitiohed .psnpplnes.ooaxfflnisi
'sion' to octr'irii'itev t CynzTess: the
exlaremetneceity, Inf balf of peace,
of authorisina CcHinley . to- cctablisJi
idvili OYermeat ttt3 ear2Irtcr2ri
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NO ;CflAN6S , NAVAL -APPROPRIATION
BILL
House Yesterday Practically
Completed Consideration
of the Measure.
INLrlAjN AiPEPEOPRIFATIONS BIUL IN
THE ' .SENATSPETT!lX3RjE!W DE
iNOUNiOES POWEIS -.CKWVUMISSION
OEFIER1S AN AMENDIMMNT .
Washington, Jan. 24. The senate,
sdon after 4t met today adopted the
resolution otf Mr. Petltigrew, concern
ting the reported deportation1 of A.
IMabini, a citizen of the Philippines, to
Gufami..
At 2 o'clock the ship subsidy bill was
laid flaefore the senate, tout it : was laid
aside teimpbrartiily while consideration
of -the 'Indian appropriatSoni was taken
up..
The jndian appropriation bill entgross
edl most of the "attention of the senate
at today's session. In discussing the
i'tems for Indian school Butler asserted
that many students educated at these
sclaiools twere not Indians.
A the discussion progressed' it showed
tihe senators generally were of the opin
ion that it was incumbent on the gov
ernment 4o educate the children of In
dian women; even, if! ithey were born
wath undeniable traces of white blood.
such as blue eyes, pale faces and red
nair. As Thurston nut it. enuaws
shouild not be made to suffer !ffr hwvin&
iuorne - tae wnite manrs -imnrflen,."
Petti-grew denotmced -the eirxnrnnri-
tion and offered! an amendment which
agred to the calling for an itemized ac
count or expenditures of the' commis
sion. AM; the committee amendments,
none of which were viitally important.
mere agreed to, and the senate adjou-rni.
u icr iibck or a auorum.
IN THE HOUSE
The bouse practically camroJeted' Its
consideration of the naval appropriation
bill. No substantial W-np-
in its provisions.
Efforts to reduce the frxronosefl Iti-
crease of the navy by itwo battleshdos
ama dwo cruisers were defeated.
sy.a (pairty vote of 9 to fi. itihe ihimis
cornandttee on coinage today ordered a
irajvoraoie report on the bilJ to "ma'ii
tain' the silver dollar at a oarity wi'A
gold."
IThis was done after the committer
had refused to defer actioni on th
pending bill to permfit tihe minority
members of 'tihe committee to be hear !
and' a commuinicaition from) W. J. Bry
an to be received1. Th,i. Jimvflp
fwiithouit purpose to exclude Mir. Bryan's
xmiLuiiUiCTEunmii!, wuiocn. will ibe received
and printed' as a part of the hearing
Ohadrmian .Southard! resented a de
spatch received from lM!r. iRrvan nt Tin.
coin, Neb., saying:
"Inconvenient to viwit mfnfn
a. m n. . , - """6lu".
"'lALlll'g '1 i V Ll IV 'ill Otll'v . JH C
Pnain-g ; measure . " .
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NORWAY VISITED RY
TERRIFFIC HURRICANE
Thirty-Five Persons KiUed and Much
Damage Wrouarht.
Trondhjem-, iNonway. Jan. 24. A hur
riicane in the Herro district last Tuesday
razed eight houses, sank sixty boats,
milled 65 persons and injured
others.
many
TENNESSEE EDITORS
MEET IN CONVENTION
He8tingdf Importance to-Industrial
Interests of State.
Nashville, Jan. 24. A convention of
editors is in session today for nhe pur
pose of devising- ways and means to
advertise and advance the industrial in
terests of the state. The question of
calling a constitutional convenion will
toe Submitted, with, a view to securing
the endorsement and practically .unani
mous support of the state press. The
meeting is well attended and a Ibanquet I
.ill . . S - ,1N .... .. .
win iuo given Tne visators tonagnt.
Something nice for little (folks. Bu
tb.3 baby a go cart from Mrs. jj. A.
J Mi .-Ma. A new and handsome line Ju s t
reoeivied.
ValuaWe Bnllding Lot
At a Sacrifice.
We cure offering: a v ry
table residenee Sot at considerably
less thaa Its value 'ta o ter to'
make a quick Bale." Xt'ts ' to-'
ttto on Ji tfutteet. xnesx. iter-":
inliais of Cbastnut
street, size
94x422.,
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BOLD
PROPOSITION
Wants to Increase Duties So
Foreigners Will Pay the
Indemnity. A
Also Desires Privilege of
Importing Arms and Mu
nitions of War,
EMPRESS ANXIOUS ABOUT
VON KETTELER INSCRIPTION
EVHDENTLT AFRAID XT -WILIi
DOWER HER IN THE ESTilMA
TION OF THE PEOPIJISTOF
NOTE RECEIVED IBY 1M0DNISTERS,
jPekin, Jam 24. The Chinese mlnidtera
today sent signed copies of the prelim
inary demand! and a note to the forelgni
ministers. They adsa sent a long mem.
orandum in whiich they admitted the
justice totf most of the demands but re
quest the fixinig of the day for- the
withdrawal of foreign troops and that
all expedfttions ceaae.
They ipromise to consult about Jndem
nities, ak the return of all property
removed from the places occupied by
the allies and fixing of the exact 'loca
tion! of legation concessions. They
promise that China wdiil protect all for
eigners and maintain! communioaition'
between mliniSters and their countries
In regard (to prohibiting importa
tion of munitTons oi war tliey say that
tilme liimdt should be set oni that pro-
vision in jorder that arms can be im
ported at-the expiration of the period
fired. -
In regard to ithe new commiercial
treaties they say 'China will consent to
negotiate them. .
An -edict iwaj3 received today from the
empress asking aa to the nature of the
incrdlption to be placed on the monu
ment to be erected where von Kettler
was billed. iShe evidently was afraid
the inisoription woudd lower her lin the
estimation of -the peopfle.
Pekin, Jan. 20. The Chinese commis
sioners in memorandum say that-OM-na
cannot protect foreigners in the
interior from the attacks of bandits,
who are armed, unless the authorities
are allowed to import arms.
They also ask the nations to consent
'to Ohm, increasing the Cus'toro tariff,
ra.'.'n-n'ar mirinsr duties and i -rvnosins
& duties :n u-:-cler to ipy in-u em ni
ties. This reposal is a bold one and
is simply intended .'to make foreigners
ipay the indemnities.
FLASH LIGHT.
Last evening a quick flash, was seem
on Patton avenlue, it was the flash of
a match to light a Benjamin Franklin
cigar sold only at Well's, 14 Patton ave
nue. Kingston, Jam., Jan. 23. The govern
or of Jamaica has appointed a commis
sion to proceed to Ecuador for the pur
pose of -inquiring into the shooting of
Jamaican railway -laborers by American
overseers.
BUSINESS IN CUBA. '
Havana, Jan. 15. The Havana to
bacco market was decreased today by
a cargo billed to the manufacturer
of Ko-We-iBa cigars. These high
grade ciga are soid oniy Dv Wells,
14 Patton avenue.
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