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SURRENDER Of BOERS.
It is Still Goinjr on With the
Greatest Good Will.
OeWet Was Surrounded By Thousands
Boer Men, Women and Children,
Who Struggled to Shake the
Hand of Their Hero.
I.ondon. June lk.—Dispatches receiv
ed here from South Africa show that
the surrenders of Hoers are proceed
ing with the greatest good will. The
total of those who have already sur
rendered numbers lk.500, and the Brit
ish are extending every possible kind
ness to the men who come in.
The appearance of Gen. DeWet at
the camp at Wiuburg was the signal
tor a great display of enthusiasm.
When he arrived at the camp. Gen. De
Wet was at once surrounded by thou
sands of Boer. men. women and c hil
dren who struggled and clamored to
shake the hand of their hero. Gen. De
Vt et mounted a table ami delivered
an address. He warmly applauded the
staunch support that the women had
*i ven the burghers during the war.
which, he said, had greatly encouraged
the men in the field. Continuing. Gen.
DeWet recommended his hearers to
be loyal to the new government, and
said:
“Perhaps it is hard for you to hear
this from my mouth, but God has de
cided thus' 1 fought until there was
no more hope of upholding our cause,
and however bitter it may be. the time
has now come to lay down our arms.
As a Christian people, God now de
mands that wo be faithful to our new
government. I.et us submit to His de
cision.”
itner Gen. D.*\Vot nor Mr. Steyn.
former president of the old Orange
Free Stale, was ever wounded during
tiie war. (}en. DeWet has not seen liia
wife for two years.
The repatriation committee, which
has been formed to assist tho Boers
in returning to their farms, has a gi
gantic task before it. The concentra
tion camps will be converted into sup
Ply depots to provide tho returning
burghers with tho means to rebuild
and restock their farms. The wives
and families of the Boers will, if de
sired, be maintained at the expense of
the government while the burghers
are preparing the farms for their re
ception. Two thousand of the na
tional scouts, who fought upon the
British side during tne war. will im
mediately be disbanded and each
scout, will be provided with a pony
ami enabled to return to his farm.
London. June 1C.—A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria. Satur
day, June 14. says tnat 2,594 Boers
have surrendered since Thursday.
June 12. and that everything is pro
ceeding most satisfactorily.
WEST VIRGINIA STRIKE.
Effort Marie to Enlist the Co-Operation
of the Railroad Men.
Clarksburg, \V. Va., June 1C.—An ef
fort is being made to induce tho rail
road men to refuse to handle coal
mined in this district. Success in this
would mean a complete suspension of
*■—' rnlru^fg. There is some little uneasi
ness among tho operators. Organ
izers left this field Monday on tho
West Virginia Central to Induce a
strike among the miners of the Davis
Elkins syndicate. Mother Jones and
others addressed 300 hundred men
Sunday at Willow Tree school house,
near Monongahela. The crowd was
largely composed of women, children
and farmers.
ROW BOAT OVERTURNED.
Three People Drowned in Lake Huron,
Near Edison Beach, Mich.
Port Huron. Mich., June 16.— During
a gale Sunday afternoon Arthur Mar
tin, aged 21, Beatrice Abraham, aged
14. and Norma Abraham, aged 7, were
drowned in l ake Huron by the over
turning of a row boat ofT Edison beach.
The accident was witnessed by a num
ber of people, but the storm was so
fierce that no help could reach the
young people. The storm blew up sud
denly w»th the wind from off the shore
Martin endeavored to get the bow of
his boat into the wind, but it swamped
In the heavy sea. All three bodies
were recovered.
LATE CONGRESSMAN CUMMING3.
The Letter Carriers of Savannah Held
Memorial Services Sunday.
Savannah. Oa., June 16.—The let
ter carriers of Savannah held memo
rial services Sunday night at St. Sto
ph"nr’ Episcopal church In honor of
the late Congressman Amos Cum
mings, the letter farriers' champion.
The services were under the auspices
of Ilraneh No. 67X of tne National As
socfatlnn of Letter Carriers. The serv
ices of Mr. Cummings and his never
farting friendship for the letter carri
ers w«’ro highly eulogized.
A "Dry” Sunday.
Dallas, Tex.. June 16.—For the first
time, since Dallas was incorporated,
nearly half a century a^o. an abso
lutely "dry” Sunday was experienced.
Everything was ‘ closed tight,” not a
saloon, beer garden or other resort
was open.
Imperial Limited Train Service.
Montreal. June 16.—The Canadian
Pacific railway Inaugurated its im
perial limited train service Sunday.
The train is to make the run from
Montreal to Vancouver in 97 hours, i
The equipment Is all ugw,
WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
The Business Portion of Alexander
City, Ala., Destroyed.
Opelika. Ala.. June 14. — The
business portion of Alexander City,
a place cf 1.500 inhabitants, was
wiped away by tire, the loss reachlug
at least $750,000, wnich the insurance
will not begin to cover.
I he flames began in the foundry
and machine works, and 7he long po
riod of hot, dry weather had well pro
pared the buildings of the little city
for the rapid spread of the flames. A
light wind was blowing, and with
fierce rapidity the fire spread from
building to building until the entire
business portion was a seething mass
of flames.
The place has no water works, and
all the terror-stricken people could do
was to save what little they could
and then, almost prostrate, flee from
the awful heat.
Dadeville was telegraphed for dyn
amite so that some of the buildings
could be destroyed and" thus check
the progress of the flames, but It ar
rived only to find the city a mass of
ashes.
The depot of the Central of Georgia
railway was burned with all its con
tents. The telegraph office, two ho
tels. post office, saloons, livery stable,
practically all the stores and eight
residences, 'together with numerous
law and other offices were destroyed
On account of the fact that the tele
graph and telephone offices having
been destroyed, it is impossible to oh
tain'exact information regarding the
Are.
The railroad has established Its tel
egraph lines under a tree, and appeals
for help and for food are going out.
The less of valuable papers will run
into tile thousands of dollars.
The tracks of the Central of Geor
gia are so badly warped that the pas
senger trains east and west Friday
night, had to transfer.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
He Recommends a Law Creating Rec
iprocity With Cuba.
Washington. Juno 14. — President
Roosevelt sent a special message to
congress, reiterating former recom
mendations for a law creating reci
procity with Cuba. No reference was
made to (»cn. Wood's appropriation of
Cuban funds to circulate reciprocity
literature. Alter quoting extracts
from the previous message on the sub
ject, the president states that Thurs
day he received through the Ameri
can minister to Cuba an earnest ap
peal from President Palma for “leg
islatlve relief before it is too late and
(his) country financially ruined.” He
says the reasons for Cuban reciprocity
outweigh those for reciprocity with
any other country, aud are consistent
with “the protective system under
which this country has thriven so mar
velously.”
He adds: “It is to our advantage
as a natioji that the growing Cuban
market should bo controlled by Ainr,ri
can producers. The events following
the war with Spain, ami the prospec
tive building of the isthmian canal
render it certain we must take in the
future a far gr ater interest thian
hitherto in what happens throughout
the West Indies, Central America and
the adjacent coasts and waters.”
GEN. LEE’S DAUGHTER ARRESTED.
She Took a Seat in a Trolley Car Re
served For Negroes.
Alexandria. Va., Juno 14.—Miss
Mary Curtis Lee. daughter of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, was taken into custody,
charged with violating the law affect
ing the Washington* Alexandr&i &
Mt. Vernon electric roan, which pro
vides for the separation of white ajid
colored passengers. Mk-s Lee was ar
rested on complaint of Conductor
Thomas S. Chauncey and was esc ci ted
to police headquarters, where, after
telling her story, she was released on
her personal bond for appearance in
court, should the railroad company de
cide to prosecute the case. Miss Lee
hoarded the car at Washington, and
without realizing, had taken a seat in
the portion reserved for colored peo
pie. She was comfortably seated, and
being encumbered with several bun
dies. d'M-lined to move to the forward
part of the car. although the conductor
explained the law' on the subject to
her and frequently requested her to
move.
Marconi’s New Invention.
London. June 14—In the course of
a lecture before the royal Institution
of Great Britain William Maroon! an
nounced that he had Invented a highly
sensitive magnetic detector of elec
trie waves by which it was possible
to read about 30 words per minute In
wireless telegraphy.
Pasturage For Mine Mules.
Lanc&flter, Pa., June 14.—Pasturage
has been obtained at Coleraine, this
county, for more than 3,000 mine mules
from the Schuylkill roal region
Twelve hundred have already arrived
and 2.400 more are on the way. The
fields have been engaged for all sum
mer.
Dinner In Honor of Gov. Taft.
Rome. June 14.— Francis McNutt,
an American, who Is private chamber
lain to the pope, and who lives In the
Pamphllj palace, which belongs to
Prince I>oria, gave a dinner and re
ceptlon to Wm. H. Taft, civil governor
of the Philippines.
Safety Appliances.
Washington, June 14.—The senate
committee on interstate commerce
authorized a favorable report on the
hill extending the safety appliance law
so ns to make it applicable to locorao
tlve tenders as weil as to the cars.
CAPTURED TROOPS.
Five of tho Fifth Cavalry Ilf
ported Koloed to Death.
It Is Expected a General Amnesty Will
Ee Declared July 1—This Will Re
lease Filipino Prisoners on
Island o# Guam.
Manila. June 16.— Friendly natives
In Manila say a report is current
among their countrymen that the five
soldiers of the 5th cavalry who were
captured by the insurgents May 3<>
have been boloed to death near Teresa,
in Morong province, Luzon. This re
port has not been confirmed by the
American authorities of that district.
Twenty-five members of a hand of
insurgents who were raptured while
lighting with Gen. Lukban In Samar
took the oath of allegiance to the Unit
♦•<1 States and were subsequently re
leased. Four members of the hand
were killed in the engagement which
resulted In the rapture of their com
panions. The 25 who have sworn alle
giance have seen Gen. Chaffee and
have promised to give him all the as
sistance in their power in the work of
maintaining the present peace condi
tions in Samar.
A commission has been sent to Sa
mar to appoint Senor Llorentes gov
ernor of the Island and to establish
civil government there. It is expected
that a general amnesty will be de
elared July 1. This amnesty will re
sult In the release of the Filipino pris
oners now on tiio Island of Guam.
The prospects in the island of Leyte
for a speedy termination of the armed
resistance there are bright. Since the
ports of the island were closed sur
renders of insurgents to the native
constabulary* have occurred daily.
C»en. navis, the commander of the
Amerit an forces on the Island of Min
danao. has been Informed by Hat to
Ada that two of the three Moroa who
murdered an American soldier named
were killed in the engagement
at 11azan between Morns and Ameri
rans last May and that the oilier mur
derer has disappeared.
An American sentry belonging to
the engineers way badly rut with a
holo in the hands of a Moro while on
duty near Vicars.
Several Dattos. under the sultan of
Mindanao, have called upon Col. Frank
D. Baldwin, of the 27th Infantry, and
have asked for American flags. This
action on the part of the Dattos is con
sidered equivalent to taking the oath
of allegiance to the United States.
LOVERS’ QUARREL.
Mrs. Sahlor Killed By Harry M. Ricei
—He Is Killed By Another Woman.
Philadelphia. June 1G.—Mrs. Rachel
Sahlor, a widow, was Sunday shot a»ir.
instantly killed at Coatesville, Pa..
miles west of here, by Harry N. Ulcer,
of New Castle, Pa., who was also kill
ed by a bullet from his revolver while
struggling with another woman for
possesion of the weapon. The tragedy,
it is said, was the result of a quarrel.
Ulcer wo8 regarded as Mrs. Sahlor's
accepted suitor. Saturday night Hi
cer visited the woman and they are
said to have quarrel***!. Mrs. Sahlor
ordered him fix>m the house and sh<
went to the b me of Mrs. Mary L.
Ernest to spend the night.
Sunday Ulcer appeared at the house
and demanded an interview with Mrs
Sahlor. Site declined to receive him
ami was dismissing nim at the door
when he drew a revolver from his
pocket and shot her through the heart
H*» then, it is claimed, aimed the re
volver at .Mrs. Ernest, who grappled
with him. During the struggle the
pistol was discharged, the bullet tak
ing effect in Rieer’s head,.killing him
almost instantly. The coroner’s jury
found letters in Ricer’s pocket signed
Alma which indicate*! that he was
engaged to lie married to a young
woman In Columbus. O.
Columbus, O. June 16.—Miss Clara
Alma I.owrey, said to have been en
gaged to Harry N. Ulcer, the murderer
of Mrs. Sahlor. at Coatesville. Pa .
was prostrated Sunday night when sh«>
learned of the tragedy. She said she
was not engaged to Hirer, but had
known him for two years and corre
sponded with him. She knew nothing
of Mrs. Sahlor and had never heard
Ulcer refer to her.
THE PRINTERS’ KICK.
Those in the Employ of the Govern
ment at Manila Want Pay in Gold.
Manila. June 16.— Henry C. Ide. the
member of the Philippine commission
who was assigned to the department of
finance and Justice, has received a pe
tition from the printers in the employ
of the government asking that their
salaries be paid in gold or In some
other established and (ton fluctuating
currency. in reply to this petition
Mr. Ide said ho thought that the con
dltions of which the printers com
plained would probably be relieved.
They are now paid in Mexican silver.
Alleged Counterfeiters Arrested.
Paltimore. June 16.- United States
secret service men, aided by local po
lice, raptured eight I'allans, supposed
to be members of a gang of counter
feiters who have operated in several
parts of the country during the pas*
few month:*.
Resolutions Presented to Gen. Chaffee.
Manila, June 16,—The chamber of
commerce has presented to Oen. Chaf
fee a set of resolutions which express
the regard with which Oen. Chaffee
and the aimy in the Philiopines are
held by toe business men of Manila.
FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Washington. Juno 10.—Senate—The
isthmian canal project was discussed
in the senate Monday.
House—The house passed the bill to
protect the president, vice president,
members of the cabinet and fort-ign
ministers and ambassadors and to sup
press the teaching of anarchy by a
vote of 175 to 38. It is a substitute
tor the senate measure which con
tained no anti-anarchy provisions, but
which did contain a provision omitted
from the substitute for a body guard
tor the president. The substitute con
sists of 13 sections. It provides that
any person who shall unlawfully, pur
posely and knowingly kill the preal
«b*nt. vice president or any officer en
titled b> law to succeed to the presi
dency, any foreign ambassador oi
minister accredited to this country
while engaged in the performance ol
bis official duties or because of his offi
rial chat aider or because of any of his
acts or omissions," shall suffer deuth
Any person who attempts to commit
any of the above offenses shall he itn
prisoned not less than ion years. Any
person while engaged in unlawful at
tempt to inflict grievous bodily hartr
upon tlte president or any person en
titled to succeed him, if lie inflicts in
Juries which shall cause death, aha!
be imprlsoued for life; if such injuries
do not cause, death such offender shall
be Imprisoned not less than fivi
years.
Any person who nids, abets or con
spires with another to commit any ol
the above offenses shall be deemed s
principal. Any person who knowing!)
harbors, conceals or aids with intent
tHat niay avoid arrest or punish
ment any person who lias committer
one of the above offenses shall ho Im
prisoned from one to 25 years. An)
person who advocates tho unlnwfu
killing ot an officer of the government
or the government of any civilized nn
tlon because of his character or whe
openly justifies such killing with In
tent to secure the commission or an)
of the above offenses shall be filled
In.m $">oo to $5.oo0 and imprisonment
from one to 20 years. Any pernor
wno conspires or advises any person
t«> assault or kill, within or’ without
the United States, the chief magistrate
of a foreign country because of hi*
character, shall be punished as fol
lows: If the attempt is made anc
death results such offender shall snf
fer death. If such attempt docs not re
suit in death the punishment shall be
a tine of $500 to $5,000 and Imprison
mont from live to 25 years. If such
attempt is not made tho punishment
shall be a similar fino nnd Imprison
ment from one to tlvo years. Section
2 provides that no person who is op
posed to all organized government or
is a member of any organization en
iertaining or teaching such opposition
shall not be admitted Into the United
States, and that any person who aids
such person to enter shall lie fined
from $5t)() to $5,000 nnd imprisoned
from one to five years. Section 12
prohibits naturalization of anarchists.
Washington. Juno 11.— Senate—An
other of the big supply bills of the
government was disposed of by the
tenate Tuesday, the naval hill carry
ing more than $78,000,000 being pass
cd. It includes provisions for two
first-class battleships, two first-class
f.rmored cruisers and two gunboats;
but strikes out the house provision
that one of each shall be built at gov
ernment yards.
House—Tho house defeated the bill
io transfer certain forest reserves to
the agricultural department nnd to au
thorize the president to establish game
and fish preserves. Its death was ac
complished by striking out the enact
ing clause. The house then adopted
a special order for the consideration
of tho Corliss Pacific cable hill by a
vote of 108 to 73.
Washington, Juno 12.—Senate—Just
before adjournment Wednesday tin
senate agreed to vote finally on tks
Nicaragua canal hill and ail pending
amendments on Thursday, June 19,
the voting to begin at 2 p. m.
Hons: The house dispatched the
Corliss Pacific rablo bill by the sarn*
method It adopted Tuesday in the rni;j
of the forest r serve bill. It struck
out the enacting clause of the meas
ure by a vote ct 11*5 to 77, thus giving
no opportunity to test the strength of
the Dal/.ell substitute which author
ized the president to contract with a
private company .or the laying of a
cab.*.
Washington. Juno H.—Senate—Aft
er considering the j.ondon dock
charges hill for an hour and a half
Thursday without completing It. th.i
senate resumed cons' deration of the
isthmian canal ouestio.i. Mr. Morgan
(Ala.) occupied the floor for three
hours and a half.
Mouse The house adopted a ape
rli'l rule for the consideration of
irrigation hill which passed the senate
some time ago and devoted the day to
general debate of the measure. Fri
day the Mill will tie rend for amend
ment under the five minute rule.
Washington, June 14.—Senate D\ir
ing the greater part of Friday the sen
ate was in executive session. th > nom
ination of Capt. Crozler to he chief or
ordnance of the army being the partic
ular subjf't under 0 nsideratlon. The
president's message urging the estsb
llshment of reciprocity relations b ••
tween tin* 1 nlted States and C ;bn
was rereived after th« senate lad
rone into secret session. The do >rs
were opened, (lie message was read
and tile sc' n t session was resumed.
Mouse The brume passed the Irriga
tion bill by a vote of 1 Id to f»S. Many
amendments were offered, but only
one except wore offered by the com
mittee, was adopted. It was of a ml
tior character. The b.d already has
fiassed th«* senate. The friends of
the measure greeted th<* announce
m»*rit r»f its passage with a round of
applause.
Milling F’lant Destioyed.
Atlanta. Oa . June 14.— Fire totally
destroyed the plant of the \. DpFoaeh
Milling Co., situated cast of tins city,
entailing a loss estimated at $.*flood,
partially covered by insurance. Five
thousand feet of lumber, the propertj'
of the company, was also destroyed.
Given the Decision.
Denver, June 14.— Marry Forbes, of
Chicago, was gtven the derision over
“Young** Devauey, of Denver, at the
end of t«m rounds before the Flyrla
AthPtld club. Forbes had tho better
of the fight from the start
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1 V
Apropos of the CORONATION
Something Abovit the Great Ceremonial
Event That Is to Occur In London on
Thursday, June 26.
Ah th»» ilziv fur <)><• ..r . >i .
King Edward \IL and his consort.
Queen Alexandra, draws near, inter*
'st in the elaborate ceremonies that
is to make of it one of the gorgeous
show feature of the century in
•.reases. This inverest attaches to
everything connected with the event;
it attaches t«. historic old Westmins
ter Abbey, to the coronation, chairs,
to the people who will manage the
T«*eat show, and to the crowns and
robes. For that reason we give be
low a dest riptiou of these things.
WKSTMimr.ll AII It ICY.
tome Wonder* of the Structure
a here trflw n! nu \\ til Take Place.
I lie coronation sill occur in West minster
abbey it about tlie only o|»en chapel in that
wonderful structure. Tint chape! is railed
•bout live feet frem the surrounding iloor ot
the abbey, ami is at least 50 feet square. It i»
approached by live stone steps rutin mg the
full length of the chapel. A railing of a
half dozen long, rounded wooden bar* and
•bout four feet in height prevents entrance
except through low wooden double gates.
At the hack is a long altar. An immense :
antique valuable nig covers the altar steps.
Another rug, smaller, yet a very large one j
at that, is laid just inside the entrance. On i
this w ill he placed the coronation chair* in ]
which the king and queen will he seated, i
l’o one side arc stalls, the same, with cush- •
ioned benches much after the style of cozy
corners, living the side of the chapel. From
nil sides on the floor of the abbey in that
•cction of the building, save from the back,
where is the ultar, it would he possible to
obtain an alirost unobstructed view of the
coronation ceremonies. The railing at the
hack of the altnr separates this chapel from
the chapel of Kdwnrd the Confessor, who
reigned ahou*. 1042. The ceremony of coro
nation will be performed by the archbishop
I
•'''*« Vl \iuniiis me pir^riu BOiuiif
the crown jewel* in tho iron-barred place
of safekeeping in Waketield tower, which
i* one of the building* that helps make the
Tower of I,ondon. From out any one of
several windows in Waketield tower tho
visitor may look down upon the pnrado
where soldiers are drilling mostvof the day.
At the further cud of the parade is Tower
(been, a green spot in the middle of which
Queen Anne Bolcyn, Margaret, ('ounte*s of
Salisbury, Queen Katherine Howard, Jane,
\ iseountes* Koch ford, lady Jane CJrey,
Robert Devrreux, Karl of K<«ex, and many
others were beheaded. 8t. Kdward’s crown
was made for the coronation of ('harles II.
in Ititil. There ha* never been any attempt
to arrive at us value, which i* roughly es
timated at £385,000 sterling. Two good
sized pear shaped pearl pendant^ on the top
of the crown are known to be worth £0,000.
1 lua crown and that of Queen Victoria
rest among crown jewels valued at more
than £7,000,000. ’They rest in a grout case
inside the iron-barred affair at the top of
Waketield tower in a room which is said t®
have been used by Henry VII. for his devo
tions while a prisoner in the tower nml
where he was murdered. 'The intrinsic value
of the crown of Queen Victoria is something
over £3,000,000. It rest* at the top of thn
case and was made in 1838 for the oorona
tion of the queen. Its chief jewels were
taken from older crowns and from the royal
collection. Among these is an enormous
ruby which came, into the possession of
Kngland from Spain in 13(17. Its history io
dated back to a much earlier period. With
75 brilliant and large diamonds it forms a
Maltese cross on the front of the diadem.
Below it is a magnificent sapphire. There
ate seven other large sapphire*, eight large
emeralds and many hundreds of diamond*
decorating the band and arches. A crus*
at the top of the crown is mude up of a rose
eut sapphire and four large diamonds. In
all there are 1!,700 diamonds and ninny other
jewels in the crown, which weigh over 3®
ounce*. In this collection, too, are the orb*
J i
WEST END OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
of Canterbury. The king and queen will
then ascend a raised throne erected for the
occasion, where they will receive the
homage of the peers
The first coronation in this chapel, which
is commonly called the choir, was that of
William the Conqueror in lOfHi. Since then
this plain and ancient looking raised plut
form or chapel has witnessed all corona
tions. The floor of the chapel is a mosaic
pavement of curious design. The materials
for the pavement were brought from Ib»me
tnd laid about 1208. The pavement is com
poser! of various kinds of marbles and
porphyry interspersed with Latin inscrip
tion* in bronzed letters. The groundwork
is Knglish marble and the whole has been
greatly injured.
THE CORONATION CHAIR*.
The Onr to Re Occupied Uy (tie Kind
AA'm* Mmle for Kdnoril I.
The chairs on which the king and queen
will rest are known as the coronation
chairs. That to be occupied bf the king
wa« last u-ed by Queen Victoria at the
jubilee, and yet bears the color* of that oc
casion. This chair was made for Kdward
I. to inclose in its sent tne famous stone of
Scone. Tradition identifies this stone with
the one on which Jacob rested his head at
Itethel. His sons carried it to Kgypt, nnd
from thence it found its way to Spain with
King (inthe]us. son of (.'e< rops, the builder
»f Athens. About 7<i() 15 ('. it appeared in
Ireland, where it was carried by a Spanish
king * son upon an invasion of the tight lit
tle isle. There it was placed upon the sa j
tied hill of iar-i. ami hr came known as the I
‘stone of destiny,” It u.is claimed that
when the Irish king* were seated upon it
at coronations the stone groaned aloud if
the claimant hu of royal rar e, but remained
silent if a pre'ender.
It is claimed for this remarkable piece
which u* really Scotch sandstone, fiat m
Cf) B, (’, Feigns, tne founder of the Scot
tish monarchy, and who was of Ireland's
ro>al blood, received it in Scotland, where
King Kenneth, In 8.V) A. I)., deposited it
m tne monastery of Scone. It is certain
that .the stone was for centuries an object
of vent ration to the people of Scotland.
They fancied that while it remained in their
country Scots would be monarch* of that
realm \S lien Kdward I. overran Scotland
he seized the *tnne and f/>ok it to Kngland
where, in 1297, it w»v placed and kept in
Westminster Abbey, notwithstanding the
repeated efforts of the Scots *o reclaim it.
Kvcr since the sovereign- of Kngland have
be*-n crowned upon thi* chair. The chair
np<«n which ti.e queen will rc*t was made
for tne coronation of William and Mary.
nniTI*M CROWN JEWEL*.
TSpy Are A nlncri lit fl’.S.OO ,nc« by Ks
perts In I'rerlnn* Stones.
These arcient chairs are not the only eu
rou* thing* with which King Kdward will
have to do during the coronation ceromo
n;e*. He will lir-t of ail near St. Kdward’a
crown, the modei by winch all latter-day
crowns have been fashioned. At the con
elusion of the cere monies us will have placed
viper- b a 9Cs-i th* crow u oi *iw*eu \ Gloria
and the royal scepter which the king and
quern will hold and which are of very great
value.
KING F.DWAltD’S HOIIF.S.
1 t"*r Are KrrlrsGcnl Gnrnients nnil
Worn Ouly on Tlila Occasion.
I he robes which King I'ldwatd will wear
while being crowned, and afterward white
receiving the sacrament, are ecclesiastical
vestments, and worn only upon this occa*
**i^n l»y the sovereign. Ttiey ure assumed its
Westminster abbey, and taken olf there,
after w hich the robe of state of purple velvet
is put on. When the king enters the abbey
be wears a crimson velvet eloak. The cor
onation robe* proper, then, arc the priestly
vestments, and consist of a dalmatic, stole
and maniple. I he dalmatic is a long robe
or super tunic, partly open at the sides, of
cloth^of gold richly embroidered in colors,
with Tudor roses, shamrocks, thistles, fleur
de lis and royal coronets, and lined with
crimson; the stole of bu'lion embroidery,
with floral designs, has the cross of St.
(tcorge worked at each end; it is lined with
crimson silk. The stole is worn dcacon
wi«e that is, while a priest would wear it
crossed over his breast, a deacon fastens it
on his left shoulder, and crossing it over hie
breast secures the end under his right arm.
The maniple, which much resembles th*
stole, only smaller, is worn over the left
arm.
Tne reason given for attiring a lajmnn
in vestments worn only by the clergy is
that the monarch represent* the church,
and is the protector of its privileges. lie
fore the anointing the k>ng is conducted
into ht. kdward * chapel and vested in
these ecclesiastical garments, and after the
act of homage they arc laid aside.
TilK lit KK OK KGRFOI.K,
*• *he Sisgr Mnimuer of All (he
rornnnllnn 1C vents.
liy hereditary right, the ihike of Norfolk
is earl marshal, and he also holds the office
of chief butler, which entitles him to re
ceive a gold l a tin and ewer. Tr» lord mayor
of London offers a gold cup of wine to the
king, ar.d receive* th< cup for a fee; with 12
citizens of l.oudon, the mayor also claims
the right to sit at a table next tbe cupboard,
on the left side of the banqueting hall.
The privilege of dining at a table on the
king s rigi t hand belongs to the barons of
the < inque I’ >rts, who hold the casw»|*y over
the king during some part of the ceremony.
They also carry a canopy over the queen.
Of the noblemen and a».S*rs who ere. so
to -peak, stage managing r he coronal ion, the
Duke of Norfolk take* premier position. Ae
carl marshal it falls to his lot to supervise
practically all the preliminary arrange
ments and that fos*i]i^« t institution, the
Herald's college, of which he is the head, is
for a year being woiked at top speed. It ie
his grace :>f Norfolk who will receive the ap
plualion* of peers and prerr»*e* who con
sider themselves entitled to t<? present at
the coronat ion. It waahisgrAce who gave or
ders the other day regarding how the iar.es
of title shall be attired n..ff wmi, si all oe tne
number of g It nobs in th* Oorotieis of tr*
brother peers.