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Show Coronation WetvOtties t ojfBoy KJng of Spain out the Uible, at the king ai d the same time keeping op; u u book containing t.u formula of the oath. His majesty, placing his right hand c.u the ltible, then uttered the following words: "I swear, by God, upon the holy Uible. to maintain the constitution and laws. If so do may God reward me. If I do not may I be called to account." The president of the chamber returned to tlie table and from there, addressing the king, said: The cortes has received the oath your majesty has taken to maintain the constitution and laws. At the same moment the boomirg of twenty-onguus was again heard, announcing to the city that the king hail taken the oath. King Alfonso, the queen regent and the prince and princess of the Asturias withdrew from the chamber of deputies with the same ceremonial that marked their entry into the building, and tlie procession was reformed and proceeded to the San Francisco church. King Alfonso was met at the portal of the church by t.ie primate of Spain and the Cardinal Arcnhjshop of Santiago de Compostela and twenty bishops, all in the magnificent robes which are worn only on great occasions. Kight priests bore a canopy over the king as he advanced up the central nave and took his seat on a throne placed beside a crimson velvet covered altar, specially erected in front of tlie grand altar. A Te Deum was then chanted, accompanied by a grand orchestra. Tlie king left the church with the In-i- 1 A IVi The nil ; Ii t 1.' X rcr llnllnw. Irvb'B ln(.l In M tiiii'i-l- Whl'-il'.'- il.-il,;, k v nil fr ,i t. tile SUnllx poll I..-- rnnf. t h g.nvi'x in itriflx an- Inst Tin- icy pninl a. cl iiiimil mill lae i:i i he iiinni.c.y i:i whi'.i- and rtlil. SI.uwk ull Jli'i--p - !., r wit - VC-- - tint lie What was believed at first to be an attempt to take the life of the boy King took place when Spain's new ruler was on his way to the Cortes to take the oath of office. A man who broke through the police lines and opened the door of the royal carrlc go was roughly treated by the guards, who thought him an assassin. The arrest in the crowd of four men, each of whom had in his possession dynamite cartridges, added to the alarm, and for a time it was feared a plot lo assassinate Alfonso was to be carried out. Aside from these lnciuents the ceremonies marking the formal taking up of the reins of government by Alfonso XIII. were rarned out as arranged. Through them all the young monarch was cool and collected ami showed himself well fitted for his exalted position. The royal procession was formed on the Plaza du Armas, in ."rout of the palace, and proceeded to the Chamber of Deputies, where, in the presence of the senators ami deputies, the King took the oath to uphold the constitu- f detachment of the royal rode in front of the massively termed the "royal gilded chariot crown." having gilt, allegorical figures standing out in relief from the panels and whose roof was surmounted by a heavy, gilded crown. Tne molded lamps of this carriage were especially striking, being set with imitation jewels. The hammer cloth, a wonderful piece of embroidery work, is valued at (I8.UO0. The king and the queen regent were seated side by side in the royal coach and were accompanied by the Infanta .Maria Teresa, youngest sister of his Majesty. This coach was drawn oy eight fine speckled grays, in dark red harness having heavy ormolu ornamentation. Immense white ostrich plumes waved from the heads of these horses. The officers of the king's military household and three squadrons :v ot the royal bodyguard closed the parade. Thu procession proceeded at u walking pace through the stieets. gay with color, and festoons of evergreen, which at some parts of the route formed veritable vaults of tion. foliage and Hovers, to tile chamber of The procession was a spectacle of deputies, before llie s'eps of which medieval magnificance. (treat grooms had been rected a purple anopy. on horseback opened the march. They A dclegntion-Lj1 jr twelve A "t i senators and tWi.W 'fp-!- i s. received ( V" their majesties at the steps and. preceded by the tnareliearers, they wpro t'. conducted through the antechambers, filled wit.i courtiers and others who were unable to find aceommodation in the ehamber itself. The king, queen regent and the prinee and princess of thp Asturias ascended a platform, specially constructed. facing the gilded hall, around which the benches were filled to their capacity by senaDr. J. L H. Carry. tors, deputies, courtiers and minissame ceremonial as on his entry and ters. As the royal party entered the hall returned to the palace. A manifesto proclaiming the right every one present rose. The president of the ehamber. Senor of Don Carlos to the throne of Spain Vega Arntio, who approached the ta- was received with conteSpt by tho ble on which the Uible rested, then people. aid. antfd impressive silence: "Senor, the cortex, convoked ChllilrenH Vnm A fTerteil. by your august mother, is assembled to In the canton of Zurich, according receive from your majesty the oath, to the official school report for the which, in accordance with the consti- year I8!'H and lfum, ln$,2'.)7 children tution. yon emne to take, to maintain were medically examined, and tho the constitution and laws. ears wore found to he in some way Urgent nf Spain, Senor Armijo then drew near to affected in 117 per l.heu. were followed by four buglers and syinbal players from the royal stables, whose horses were led by grooms on foot ; four mace bearers on four LEADING EVENTS IN SPAIN horses, with orentel trappings, led l two the in hand; King's riding horse.,, OS-- ALPHONSO XIII DURING ready saddled, led by grooms, and sir other royal horses, covered with hand some velvet cloths of red. blue, green IT. I"-A'!'". s! ; fil'i, , .l.- n;,. and yellow, embroidered with arinni-ia- l '. I"'N II I. li'l. nil i j'.i.losi.x .igiiii-- i ) Iiign'ii 1'.'. Si i,:i .M.i ,1.. .n i: n jil. gold and silver. bearings i: Si M. !: : i: i: !! j. .i i. ci 1' n I Uv nf Then cann twelve or the principal i.ict. ii. i i;' ; nliiislitil. .is; ioxi,:.. i.r shiv.-i-I. IT K I.t'.u i;; !.. outriders, who directly preceiled a Ii.i s r I, March iniiiii y i;: i.t guvern- ili'!n;inirr ,i mi line of quaint, historical coaches emlli 1:1. L". lk liMivin revolution blazoned with armorial hearings and SigSitiug Seville :it .. Madrid: embellished with massive gilt ornaM.iv 1!'. Tm.iI t iurv i" In fmvi-mentation. J:iii. 1. Ivi serious nf homiis. ski.Mm nf wnikuiit n. xuiri-il r:i The coachmen and footmen wore imli! Mi y K1 XVI ii l.ouis ' I'lMiiii-iN l!,,l brillinnt !; : liveries, and the im i licyins :il m Scjil. It. 1MU - inli iit slni.ns hniiic- imir ilnvstrappings of tile horses were of the most gorgeous description. The first : t r. i : , Jim. I. tv: An.'irchi.-wjih ih:mmU,.; niiiTiv nn in. (American Special Envoy to Spain.) A nn rdii. Kk iviii-vMnri'ii ( !. mi , I ii i i. vi i i.; drawn by four w vehicle, i r nf i.pii:.. anil April l pin! m iilPtT puli. - liiiil.li-.'.black horses, was occupied by four i i. c. fnui'tb Is'g Aug. i ..r uii ..f ruilii.n '...iiuiiii .. n.Uioiwil ii.i;,. After it came tlio in ; mi ; .. . t. ill I'll : iillllviUK !' .V Paris" coadi, occupied by the WiiM Ort. 0. Iv:' Will' n; nil i; court chamlieriains, and twelve state b. if S:ui' j LU. l i ill;' l in 1'i.ii.i !. nil s chariots, belong ir., grandees of .'ii'.x nti'iin in i: "li i1 Auk. 1. Ag.iiu s "ated palace Spain. In them n i y mile ivi iu.V n St.iy IT. I'i'T il ex- i.;ii,:;, s i,i;ln-l i i m .ink. The next functionaries of ' I .i .Ii n. 'fi s mill it. .luin- ii. iT i ii carriage, having six salde burses atI'l'T .';.uii .i'ii. illN"V llipi.Mn ii ,... - Bi :. Spain. r. ,i, .i r; ' tached to it. was occupied by the la 'ill 1'. Sill.V ii! Slari-lii1'fn:ii!.i i: ;.t Uni! Th, w.ir i.ij... fnntas Isabella and Kulaiic. i ii.ii'-.Si.iiwilli .i ... A detachment of horse guards sep; in .! Spcin i.v April 1. I:ui;'. stolen. !'(. nimi ni !'!' S.:ii,i u r f.r rn,.... April arated the foregoing carriages from i. !' !! ini .i's a tortoise shell coach in which were A pi :l II. I'1 J ln:nl Inpnlir- Mil.'.x rii ,..!! x I,. r. A n li. vi'' i l il S: seated the Prince and Princess of the ami sister Asturias, the hmther of the King. The entire body of this vehicle was veneered a dark, tortoiseshell color, except for a border of snl.l In ilinniny. paintings Illustrating the story oT SolLSniiiiuli. In r s.m. Imni Pi Xo- in heir tiu'.im?. lu VClliber t'le omon. It wus drawn by six chestnut fnllnwi'ig, horses. A bady-guari- gold-plate- . W i V Ei-IJna- -'E 'i:. : V-i- i.' I i Is-'- - il-- ; 1) i . s y- , I i Il-c- . h lsv-io-- 1 ii-1- . - I'1-:- " 1C i -i Si . 1 i I: i i I'.nr-i-lnn.- .1 ( ; : :i'-- .T I I !" 1 i I'-- i 1 i 1. . : : I f IVi-- . I I . i hi-:- - IN-- I I j i i I yi i s d . ; l. fi-pt- -- hi;-.:- - : i . lli-l- . ;"-ri- .' i I'l-- i l.--l 1:1 .V.I-IH-- Ss.- - I rt . ; I i i hii-.i- i '.i:--- . I ! i ;i : u.---. St-.l- i ; i - i i i i I ix - I . I'l-i!.- I p-- I - . I : I i !.ll-i- ; i - : v.;-- i . , . : . I J i I 1 - I i . p.--il . i .1 . i , in-la- I ; IP-iii- bronze-colored- ac-oun- V'i'A L'niixu r , , "I if ii'.'V . I h; v. r . "p'; jep-'i- ' 'f semi-circula- i ir X , 'I : . V-- . J Vt v' .1 A mipii-in- (bean. - , f - Ier.il l.mpi nl li'itf, nrc. t i i iiinalu To no i.Ts;;.:.d ti :i;l';o1. rly tile fl'htin e,i:i:i,,ie.- - of (lie min ami tie orgr.niraiioii of onr armies. one must ii.ke the cold figures of the i iilage nf les-- , s in killed ami wctitiileil anil compare tlicin with Kiini-lresults in other wars and in troop j of other nations, says Maj. Gen. St. Clair A. Mtilhollaml. in a graphic t of the battle of Gettysburg, written for the Philadelphia Public The Third Westphalian, at Mara La Tour, lost 4'.l.4 per cent killed and wounded. The (lari at Metz, lost 46.1 per cent. The Light Hrigade at nalaklav.i, lost 20.7 per cent. This is the story of brave men and splendid organizations anil, if I mistake not. tells of the greatest loss on reeord in single engagements in European wars. Not one of them lost fit) per eent in killed ami wotindpil in single engagements. Without fear of euntradictioii, I ausert tKt In tho union army alone at least tixty-thre- e regiments loxt more than lit) per cent killed and wounded in single engagements, ami more than 120 regiments lost more than 3C per cent tinder like On the soil of our circumstances. own state, at glorious Gettysburg, regi-m- i there were at least twenty-thre- e nts1 that lo:.t more limn f.i) per cent in killed and wounded during the three sanguinary days of the battle, and nine nf tluse wine Pi nusylvanl.i oiganizatinns. Limit ntlnr mu them states New Jersey . Nf w Hampshire. New York. Indiana. Wisionein, Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts were also Included in this splendid roll of honor. Truly, "there was glory enough to go all around." is . VW i w from c ! - lie IP. lb. the Central High ill July. IS.Tii. and a.l.n'.tt.'d t.) the bar April Hi. IviO. lie cnii.xnd at thp outbreak of the war as piivate in Company D. liray Itcscries (nsw Flii't Ilegimctit. National (iuar.l) April 1!). 1SC1 ; appointed liciitcnanl Company (. One Hundred and Nineteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers Aufirst lieugust 4, ISO:!; eominissioiied tenant Company E, Sepi'1 tuber 1, 1S0U. anil captain of Company 1! March 4. 1SC4. and specially selected front the Sixth Army Corps as assistant adjutant genera of volunteers and so commissioned. with thn rank of captain, April 20. 1864. He participated In the battles of Fredericksburg, Salem Church. GettysMine burg, Happahannoek Station, Run, Wilderness, Fpottsylvanla, Cold Harbor, Winchester, Petcistburg. Fort Stevens, Ebenezer Church and Columbus (Ga.). and other affairs of lesser moment; was brevetted major for gallant conduct at Winchester. Va., ami lieutenant colonel for meritorious ser- i;iiti!uati d y.' M.-i- lie. inr ii 1 1 i.gn l.atli was born in & , e masters-at-arms- ( t . i e n'a 1 y. - A IVi.iMV.v of S.'.il . Put in the wondluiiirK Mmwy lnait A little bronk I caiitinl r.'e Alllnng the stihly frnxen lee.lx. Still keeps lt mi rry trie. A ini wllti a at rail fart faUh subli:r.e Sii.i of tin- Juvs nf hiiiiiinerttme. - .Minna Irving in the liri. (b n. Jiinics V. 1liihnUlphiu Aprii ::.ii p;orS Cn ;.ir ami i.j.--kiiv- willnwa. who I'ml,. ,y night i trvi .i ni.irlilimiw. Tin- - wiu,iii'.)i r..im in aiini ;;! i. lulu The bushi-- :det . it apt'i-lcr)ia!e In Slci'py Iliiliuw'H liauiitid vale. t i,.ti h.'uc - I it:: Jp.i.l !y wt ;.! ilb'd-.io- ai'i-iiii- In-id- iif'd ruse Ip st.i- like o usar. age khinls ta.iii1:' tligot. "he scci.e wus i,.;l u tihaMy iun-pt was disturhi; g. ami r jk' yeiii: g m u. ixer, lo Id u:i for life, and Ike null s. lurni: g tail, bolted for tbe woods IVo or ;'u i yards In annu g the tries they aay. 111 i stared ilivr. s leildirp their duik ail they v.f t. The dacame back in the cou'se of two or M I'ays. but not more than fifty of 'lie Millies were I accounted for. Tl. Icrnsas'er prclerred charges against tin- engircr. and it risied i art- - The Tile I liniil nf , niiilos' heels I1. ni i '&' I'l'iiftinn Drrtiiliiii. 1 The secieiury of the interior, has jit: t reversed a decision of the commissioner of pensions in a ease which is of general interest, especially to veterans of the war. The ease is that or A. A. Daniels of Grand Forks, N. D. Through an error on the part of a clerk in the pension bureau Daniels was paid several hundred dollars in excess of an allowance granted. In U!t:i he was grunted a pension of (12 a month. Later it was reduced to (ti. hut the higher rate was- paid for some years, owing to the loss in the mails of instructions to the agent at Milwaukee. When the error was discovered Commissiori'T Evans that lie would withhold Daniels' pension until the amount of the error was paid the government. The secretary of the interior decided that the claimant should not Miffir through a blunder oil the bureau. part of the pi Thu pension committees of are at work in t (Torts to oring about cher.Rcs in the pension laws to mai-- the work of the penriun - Janirii XV. I. it I to. flee In the cavalry engagements of Ebenezer Church and Columbus. His service carried him as far west as the military district of Colorado. He declined an appointment in the regular army, and was hom.ra'.ily discharged and miiLtered out Jan. 20. lSHii. He resumed the Israelite of hi profession (the law), ami again inured his obi regiment, the First Ii.famry. as adjutant. anil su!iscr;uf ntl.v became major, from lieulriiai'.t coloi'.i i ami uthim-Iwlii'h rar.k Le was sdr.-- d by Gov. ral of Haitranft to lie ndjumut i lie Cu'iimnuv.ca.lii of I, Tbipo.-.-ii ion lie n iuiii.-iuad.r t!;c two administration.- - of 'lev. ll.iiTranti a:.'! one of Gov. Hoyt. lie s:c i' ; it y of t'te municip.t' civil set vliv ); i'll, limit i the new (Sen- - . geii-Tu- l i i gi-- : an.-ylvan-ia. l;ure:i,i easier. l JIo iiiuii'iil to i!ihn llurt'.x. w:-- riii'aJidphin clmi i iiti.'!i x 1. 1 r i ' i; ii.is j.i.-- l tat' of in the open . lie is a pr.:t eomtitander of Pennsylvania. Crr ml Army of the Ilopubii;', a comrade of Pom 2 of Philadelphia, and of the Military Order of the Loya1 I.c;,:.on of the i'liiicil Ftaiis-- te in". iu;.. nt A :'.!.-- o t l.i- .le.i.n I le i.i b'C.i 1 1 Duma, tho ef tivltsy-ii'ii- incl"d g. by tha It is situated i.h "- ar H jiioils ridge of the first w;', here that John ,i:ii:i. ii- - - the i il.iy's ticll. Hums won renown. t shows a bi'cnnr 11, The iii, of l.cioic si'ii standing on a great ", field i'ouliItT of granite, tin the Ktainpi-'li- ' the Mu'ex. tillis the followin'; l.'l- ..li'.ie Ilf f'lei When Gen. William Sony said the Captain, "was propurii g b r f'ci pi inn: "My thanks arc specially duo to a his raid in I SC I. a vcr funny thing i ii of iuti'g iiatut d John happen'd at Giaml .lunriimi. liors 's Hunts', who. lba!;tty.luimli over 7't years of and nn.los were soi l to this point tor remounts and for pack trains, iiiui a ;e, ; hou'ili .Cl! !iis musket ar.d Offert l'.d. Wintr One hundreds of men wire held there to ed his scrvi'is Fiftieth Hundred ami lciitisylvuni 1 horses nr the 'limit put through pn Col. rs. Voluntii advised him training. One dev 2.'o mules were un- :o in the woods us there was loaded from a train that was sups'osi-ito tain only horses, and then win li'oie slicltei tlu"c. Hut lie prcforieit (i join o'lr line of skimiishi'i's in the much swearing and joking over "poll tieM s. Win u tin1 trooiis retired ! Iron Hi,i,;;n!i'. Ho "T.ie men assigned to lo k after the he ruii.!.: with in thfee places.- - Gettys-hut- v was wu'iudid horses were to tackle the ltcpctt of M.joi- tba. Ihuiblo-ikiy.- " pinion, ami hundreds of darkies ve untec red to ride the mules to (amp. were Finally 23') delighted darki'-mounted on 230 mules ami were arPrime nt 1oata, This name is sometimes given to ranged lu line awaiting the orders of the quartermaster in charge. lWnre Edmund Spencer, tlie admired author any instructions could In given, the ef the "Faery (Juei n." He is ko termed engineer of the waiting train gam in the in.-- i rltion on hiu monument in two sharp toots on Ills locomotive WPBtmirtdc!' Abbey. wood;- - .n wi'.-tc-i.i . ! ! g-l- ae . : i I - ! t Ri.-.it'i.- - r- V.'i-t- er iit I - s i . i |