St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05

preceded by an escort composed
of number of torpedo boats,
and followed by the ironclads,
which responded to the welcome
with salute of twenty-one guns. AS
each and every vessel having saiuting
rank fired twenty-one guns, the roar
and the smoke may be imagined If not
described. In the meanwhile the
special train from Charing Cross, bear
ing the British royal party, had arrived
at Port Victoria, and the royalties and
other high persQnages were awaiting
the young emperor on the landing
stage, which was most beautifully dec
Grated with flowers, plants and bunting
for the occasion. Finally the imperial
yacht ran safely alongside the pier, and
Amid a Strange Silence
upon the part of the assembled crowds,
and with band playing, Emperor WILL
lam stepped ashore. and, being met by
the Prince Of Wales, he graciously
kissed the heir apparent to the throne
Of Great Britain, and then cordially re-
ceved the greetings of the other mem
bers Of the royal family, and also bowed
to the welcome of the diplomatic corps
and others. The Prince of Wales, with
his usual gallantry, gracefully kissed
the hand which the empress of Ger
many extended to him upon landing,
and after pleasant exchange of COM
plimentary phrases, the emperor asked
the royal party to step OH board the
Hohenzollern This offer was promptly
accepted, and the emperor showed his
royal guests over the imperial yacht
After luncheon, the emperor, before
leaving the jetty for Windsor, in
spected the guard of honor. and
uttered aloud his compliments upon the
SOldierly bearing of the men. During
short halt at Waterloo the emperor, re-
spending to incessant volleys of cheers.
stepped out upon the platform of his
carriage and repeatedly saluted. Upon
the arrival of the train the Princess of
Wales stepped out of the waiting room
and greeted the emperor and empress.
After all-rOund handShakingS and kiss
ing, the procession, which consisted of
twelve carriages, was formed. The first,
drawn by four of the queens cream
cOlored horses. was occupied by the
emperor, the Prince of Wales, the Duke
of Edinburgh and the Duke of Con-
naught. In the second were the EN-
press, the Princess of Wales and Prin-
cesseS Beatrice and Christian. The
third was occupied by the Duchess of
Connaught, Princess Victoria of Wales
aud the Dukes of Clarence and Cam
bridge. TO
The Unccnsing Ovation
accompanying their progress the Ger
man emperor and empress replied with
SaluteS. Upon the procession hating
at the Guild-hall the town clerk read an
address of welcome. The address eX-
pressed the trust that the alliance be-
tween the imperial and royal families
would guarantee a lasting friendship
between kindred peoples, and conduce
to the maintenance of the peace OF
Europe and the general advancement
of civilization. The mayor, stepping
forward, then made a short ELUSIVE
speech to which the emperor made q
laconIc reply. The procession then
started toward the quadrangle Of the
castle. The emperor's carriage stopped
beneath the portico of the Water
loo door. On alighting the EN-.
peror entered the hall, preceded
by the lord chamberlain. The queen
met him at the threshold and affection
ately embraced him. All the royalties
followed the emperOo, and the door was
closed upon the favored few who had
been privileged to see thus far. Some
minutes afttrward the emperor reap
peared in the quadrangle, accompanied
by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of
Edinburgh, the Duke OF Cambridge,
and proceeded as usual to inspect the
troops. lie shook hands and chatted
with the officers and watched the men
detile out OF the gates, and then retired
TO his apartments. After short rest
the emperor and empress diued with
the queen. Other royalties were pres
cnt, but ii was purely a family dinner.
Count Won HatzfeIdt formed through
hn Huv'c fnnnfinnc nhia0f Of
attraction TO all eyes, sparkling with
rows of diamonds orders over tunic
which was mass of gold braiding and
begirt with the ribbon of the Black
Eagle.
On TO windsor.
Upon the arrival of the train ut
Windsor it was seen that this structure
was Superbly decorated and that
guard of honor, furnished by the Scots
Fusilier guards, was mounted at the
depot. Here the Princess of Wales and
the other royal princesSes were assem-
bled. The emperor was greeted by The
princeSSes in the most cordial manner,
after which, in reply to an address, the
emperor, in good English, said: II am
very much obliged to you for your kind
ness in coming here to welcome me to
your old town again. am very much
pleased to find myself here"
After some further exchange Of COM
pliments the most important members
of the imperial party, together with the
royal princes and princesseS, entered
state carriages and the emperors
carriage, in which the Prince and
Princess Of Wales were also seated,
leading the procession, which was COM
posed of about a dozen splendid turn
outs, and drove slowly toward Windsor
castle, escorted by detachment of the
life guards. A halt was made at the
Guildha!l. where the mayor of Windsor
presented the emperor with an address
upon the part of the municipal authori-
ties. 10 this address the emperor re-
piled: II am very much obliged for
your kind address, and for the alluSion
to my grandmother, who has been very
kind to us both before and since we as
cended the throne" The emperor was
enthusiastically receivee by the crowds
of people who had assembled to greet
him. Upon their arrival at the castle,
the emperor and empress were received
by Queen Victoria at the state entrance,
with mech pomp and ceremony. The
queen warmly embraced both her visl
tors.