Evening journal., 1896-06-09
MAGNIFICENT PAGEANT.
Budapest's Parliament Houses
Formally Opened.
SURPASSED MOSCOW IN sPLEEDoR.

Francis Joseph the Recipient OF the En-
thnsiastic Homage of the Ma9yars.
Grown OF st. Stephen and Royal Insignia
Escorted by Ministers and Maenates.
BUDAPEST, June 9. Tho most gorgeous
ceremonies In connection with the Hun
garian miliennial celebration comprised
the formal opening OF the new houses OF
parliament In the presence OF the mem
bers OF both cham bers, upon which occa-
sion the ministers and parliamentary rep
rosentatives, preceded by cavnlcades OF all
the municipalities. presented 20 the king
the homage OF the nation. The city was
decorated profusely with Gags, bunting,
flowers and every conceivable bit OF bright
colorinR. The weather was perfect, and
the streets were crowded with people.
The procession was gorgeous beyond
description. the pageant consisting of the
Austro- Hungarian ministers, the MEM
bers Of both houses Of parliament. mag
mates and deputies, the district delegates
and other oflicials, headed by long line
Of troops, all acting as an escort to the
srown OF ST. Stephen and other royal in
signia. The procession marched from st.
Matthew's church 70 the parliament build
occupied two hours in passing the castle.
The new parliament was inaugurated,
and the law relating to the millennium
was promulgated.
Some OF the distinguished visitors who
have arrived here from Moscow, whittier
they went TO attend the coronation OF tho
czar, declare that the celebration here
eclipses the Moscow celebration. The
pomp OF the Esterhazy, Andrassy, Karolyi
and other notable families In tho process
sion viod with the gorgeousnoss OF the
orient. The gala dresses of the riders and
tho trappings Of the horses of the mag
mates flashed with hundreds OF thousands
of dollnrs worth of jewels. Tho carriage
in which rode Cardinal Vaszary, primate
OF Hungary, was similar to the state car
riage OF the car.
The emperor king received the MEM
bers OF tho lower house of the diet at the
palace. Dr. Won Szilagyi, president Of
the chamber. made a speech, to which
the king replied
Among tho foreigners who witnessed
the ceremonies were Mr.. Lawrence Town
end, secretary of tho American legation
at Vienna; Mr.. Edward p. H. Hammond,
American consul here; Mrs. and Miss
Kirk White and Mrs. and Misses Dwight.
The scheme,of the millennium celebra-
tion has been gradually developed. Years
ago Count Eugene Zichy suggested that
there should be national exhibition in
1896. The late minister of commerce. M.
Gabriel Baross, was the first to couple the
question with that of the celebration of
tho one thousnndth anniversary OF the o.
oupation of Hungary by the Magyafs. An
inquiry as to the correct date was under
taken by committee of tho Hungarian
academy, and the present year was event
ually fixed upon 1t appears certain that,
although the invasion of the Magyars
commenced as far back as the year S62
and the conquest Of the country had be-
gun by 892, tho Magyars, under their
loader, Arpad, mad only completed their
settlement throughout Hungary in S9b.
Thus the realm OF Hungary has existed
and occupied the same territory, within
nearly the same limits and with the same
people. for exactly 1000 years.
Tho idea rapidly became popular as Ii
wos bound to do with so patriotic a ma
tion as the HungarianA 1t was eagerly
taken up by all classes OF the community.
Each succeeding ministry, that OF Count
Szapary. DIR. Wekerle and Baron Banffy,
was carried away by the popular enthu-
sinsm.
Tho exhibition itself is by no means the
only project that has boon realized with
tlo ebjeet OF commemorating the millen-
MUM. Tho new house of parliament at
budapest, one OF the finest in existence,
has been completed, rs also the palace Of
justice and the.new iron bridge across the
Danube The vast werks at the Iron
Gatos which have opened a canal deep
enough to admit of the passage of large
ships through the cataraots of the lower
Danube, were accelerated so that they
should be finished for the present festival.
/ Four huzdrBd government schools are to
bo opened in tho poorest Villages where
none had previously existed. As historical
museum OF fins art Is to bo inaugurated,
| TO be collected.