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Show CROWN ARRIVES FOR CEREMONY Gift to Rumanian Queen Is of Solid Gold and Weighs Four Pounds. ALBAJULIA Transylvania. Oct 14. The crown of solid gold, weighing nearly four pounds to be worn by tjueen Marie of Rumania, at the coronation coro-nation ceremony of the Rumanian sovereigns n-xt Monday, arrived here I od a v a rid i a s .;ic j in exhibition under heavy guard at the royal palace. pal-ace. The crown was made in Paris irom !gold mined in Transylvania It is the 'gift of the Rumanian people to the "! o,ucen and has been fitteu to the queen's head it is oval in form and , long ear pieces connected by a fine I chain work ar' suspended from it. The I chains ate made as ornaments, surrounding sur-rounding the crown, ami represent grains of wheat, emblematic of Ku-manla's Ku-manla's principal wealth. The Byzantine design of the crown is enriched by precious gems. Large colored turquoises, several rubles and emeralds and some deep hued amethysts, ame-thysts, combined with moonstones, the queen's favorite gem, to make a dazzling array. An ancient oriental cross, which is made in four equal branches, following the movement of the- sun. j on the right ear piece the arnior-lal arnior-lal bearings of the king are engraved, engrav-ed, while those of the queen appear on the left. |