The herald., 1896-04-22
proved to be of SURPRISING interest, and
was as follows,

proved to be of surprising interest, and
was as follows;
"It has pleaeea her gracious majesty,
our queen, to co nmand her prime min
lister that he make a proclamation to
her loyal subjects of this. her most fav-
ored province, and it's charming capt.
tai, that she has been highly pleased at
observing upon this, her yearly visit to
her city, the evidence of wonderful
advance in all the fortunes and con-
Germs of her beloved people. Her maj
esty has caused inquiry to be made by
her servants into causes which can pro-
duce a condition of affairs so gratifying
to herself and so favorable to the happi-
ness of her subjects. She has been in
formed that there are among you vari-
Gus companies and persons, who, dur
ing the period of her absence from
your midst, have, at much cost to them
selves, devoted their time and means
to advancing the welfare Of her people.
ITO express the pleasure which this
information has brought her. and to
reward some of her pubic-spirited citi-
zens most conspicuous for such patriotic
services rendered to her realm, it has
pleased her majesty to found and con-
stitute an order of knightly merit to be
named and forever known as the Or
der of La Fiesta. Her majesty has
caused the artisans of her court, cum
ming and skilled in the working of pre-
cious metals, to design and execute in
gold the decoration of this order, and
upon each of her yearly visits to her
capital it is her majesty's intention to
confer this decoration upon two or three
of her subjects, who during the year
passing before each visit, shall have
made themselves most conspicuous by
their efforts to promote the welfare of
her people. and to name such as receive
her decoration her loyal knights of her
Order of La Fiesta
1t has further pleased her majesty to
inaugurate the existence Of this order
by tonight comforting this decoration
upon three of her subjects, who, during
the past twelve months of her absence
from her favored realm. have been
among the most conspicuous in eXpend"
ing their fortunes and their talents
in thus serving her people. Inquiry
among her subjects has given her
names of three of them who stand the
most conspicuous in different lines OF
public service. One has devoted HIM
self, his time and his fortune in many
way to the happiness and comfort ot
her people, and especially to preparing
for their enjoyment upon the annual
visit of their queen. Another has pre-
sided with marked ability over one of
those companies of her citizens who
have banded themselves together to
promote the general public veal, and
has in many other ways given most law
ishly his time and means to advancing
the interests of her realm. The third
has. by the investments of much of his
private fortune. added to the attrac"
tians of her most charming province d
wonderful agency by means of which
it's most varied and extensive beauties
can be encompassed at a glance. and
by so doing has attracted multitudes OF
strangers to her majesty's favored pro-
vince. 1t is these worthy citizens AMI
eminent gentlemen whom her majesty
upon this visit. desires to especially
honor by comforting upon them the
decoration of her knightly order, a dec
oration which should be deemed more
precious, and which her gracious ma
iesty desires shall be held in the eyes
of mankind to confer higher honor than
anything that can be won in the tented