St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-11
Gold and Glitter, Troops and
Trappings Mark the Kali
sep'S Progress.
London's High and Low, Ma
hobs and Navvies, Unite
in the Show.
The Sporting Heir Apparent
Did Not Escape a Hot
Hooting.
Ministers Fear That William
May Get Top-Heavy and
Stop Over.

LONDON, July 10.-The Inhabitants OF
London and vicinity. from the earliest
hours of the morning, literally poured
towards Buckingham palace. st. James
park, the Strand. Fleet street, Ludgate
Hill and the city generally in order to
take up some position where they could
get as good sight of the imperial pro-
cessiOn as it was possible for them to
get by grim determination and good
elbow work.
From the earliest hours also, in addi-
ton to the crowds of pedestrians flock
ing cityward, there were large bodies of
regular troops and volunteers to be met
marching towards the positions they
had been assigned to occupy along
the route; and, besides the soldiers,
there were fully 5000 policemen in mo-
tion with the same object in view.
Precisely at noon the royal carriage left
Buckingham palace, sparkling with
gold Ornamentation and drawn by eight
superb, pOstiliOn-ridden horses, ianked
by mounted life guardsmen and
mounted police. and conducted by white
be-wigged foOtmen and coachmen of
immense size. The royal carriage
passed towards Marlborough gate,
through lines OF Grenadier guards and
police, backed up by the huge, swaying
cheering crowds of people. AS the pro-
cession left the palace, from every
quarter within and without the city
boundaries
PeaIs of Bells
rang out from the church steeples and
announced jOytully to the eXpectant
masses that the imperial pageant had
commenced. Though there were great
crowds at every point, the real density
of the masses of SpectatOry commenced
at Charing Cross, ana about the streets
debouching there. Up the Strand the
decorations were superb, not through
unity of design, at which there was no
attempt. but through sheer plenitude
of display. Every inch of the way from
the Strand to Guildhall abounded in
color. The fronts of the buildings were
everywhere draped with flowers; in
Vulnerable lines hung i'll feStOonS or
arching the streets. Flags. of course,
were also everywhere to be seen, and
the bunting of almost every nation was
displayed. The union jack, the Stand
ard and various German 1agS were the
most in favor, but the most conspicuous
among them sWere hundreds of
American flags. These appeared at
intervals along the line followed by
the procession. and were specially prom
inent in the Strand. At Trafalgar square
a mighty roar of reclamation filed the
air as the emperOr'S carriage drew near.
This wave of welcome was taken up and
passed along from street to street with
the passage of the state carriages into
the Strand. From that point to Guild
hail there was an incesSant series of
OvatiOns, and all doubt as to the popular
character of the reception was dispelled
long before the imperial guests entered
Cheapside. The reception which the
Prince of Wales met with was of
mixed character, and must have graft
fed him, at points, by It's unStinted cor
duality. At other points, however. the
loud ''bOOingS" which quite dominated
the cheers must have given him some
Tweaking of Conscience
and qualms of pain. The emperor must
also occasionally have heard the boot
ings amidst the cheers. Yet, ON COM
pairing accounts from various positions.
the Prince of Wales reception, OIL the
whole, was favorable. The lord mayor
received the guests at the GuildhaIl en-
trance, and the recorder of the city of
London read an address to his majesty
declaring the lord mayor and corpora
ton desired to offer him sincere wei
come, declaring his visit to tine
queen to be a happy augury of the
continuance of the friendly and atfec
Tomato relations so long existing be
tween the two nations; also welcoming
the empress. declaring that they heart
lily appreciated her presence and pray
ing that his majesty might long be
spared to reign. The address was pre-
scented in a splendid gold caSket richly
enameleG and decorated with pre-
cious stones. The emperor replied
to the lord mayors address
in appropriate terms, stating espe-
cially that his aim is, above all, to main
tain peace with all nations, and to ell
courage progress. friendly intercourse
and the advancement OF civilization.
Dinner in the Guildhall followed the
presentation formalities on the journey
back. Along that really admirable
thOroughfare. bordering "Old Father
Thames as the river is atfectiOnately
termed, the scenes of the morning were
repeated. On the waytO the Thames
embankment. at Ludgate circus, where
the rOugher element of the city was
packed in all the numerous thorough
fares branching into that mueh-fre
quented center, there were
Some Exciting Incidents.
This rowdv element had been getting
up steam on beer and gin for many
hours past and had worked itself into a
frame of mind we'll adapted to giving
the Prince of Wales or anybody else a
deseryedly warm reception. While
waiting for the heir-apparent there were
number of lively and decidedly inter-
esting free fights and scrimmages be-
tween these London hoodlums and the
police. in which the latter generally
managed to come out ahead. and which
ended in one or more ruffians being
relegated to the rear and thence escort
ed to the nearest police station. All this
had been the tuning up OF the mob, as it
were, so that when the Prince of Wales
carriage appeared it was in a condition
to do unpleasant things. The authori-
ties. it is understood, received an
intimation that the roughs were
preparing to give him a distinctly hos
tile reception. In any case, when the
carriage containing the Prince and
Princess of Wales passed through Lud-
gate circus it Was driven at decidedly
rapid pace, so much so that the carriage
had passed the dangerous spot before
the main body of the crowd was aware
that the prince was in its midst. As
it was. however. in spite of the pres
ence OF the Princess of Wales beside
him, the prince was greeted with re-
peated outbursts of jeering and ''bOo-
ings," which were only slightly set of
by few faint cheers. In face of this
hostile demonstration the Prince OF
Wales, apparently unmoved. looked
straight to his front, and he passed the
excited crowd and made no attempt to
reply by salute to the weak cheering
which broke out in opposition to the
"booings," etc. The reception ae-
corded to the Prince of Wales was in
strong contrast to the