The San Francisco call., 1897-06-24
VICTORIA
GROWING
FAT|GUED
The Jubilee Excitement
Telling Upon Her
Majesty.
BUT HER SUBJECTS ARE
TIRELESS.
Peers and Commoners Pay a
Visit to Buckingham
Palace.
a CEREMONY OF UNUSUAL
INTEREST.
Events of a Day In Which Ten
Thousand School Children
Play a Part.
BUT HER SUBJECTS ARE
TIRELESS.
Peers and Commoners Paw a
Visit to Buckingham
Palace.
a CEREMONY OF UNUSUAL
INTEREST.
Events of Day In Which Ten
Thousand School Children
Play a Part.

LONDON, ENG, June 23.-This day was
one of the most fatiguiug for the Queen,
the official programme demanding the re-
ception of several distinguished bodies of
official personages and the reception ad.
dresses at Slough, Eton and Windsor.
The chief event of the day and one of the
most interesting of the entire week was
the PRESERVATION to the Queen Of a con-
gratu! atory address by both houses of
Parliament, which occurred at Bucking-
ham Palace this morning.
Nearly half century has passed since
the House of Commons visited the
sovereign in body, the last occasion being
the presentation of an address acknowl-
edging the reception of the Queens
message announcing the declaration of
war against Russia, and not since the
early forties, when addresses were made
congratulating the Queen on the failure of
attem pts at assassination, has she received
the two houses together.
There were brief formalities at West
minister to-day, the two houses meeting
and the formal announcement being
made by Lord Salisbury in the
House of Lords and Mr.. Balfour in the
House OF Commons that the Queen would
proceeded in stately procession to the pal
ace. There they assembled in the ball
room of the palace, and after a brief de-
lay the doors were thrown open and the
announcement made that her MAJESTY
IVES prepared to give them audience.
Thereupon the Lord Chancellor and the
Speaker OF the House of Commons ad-
vanced side by side to the throne, each
fol nv hn kors 1F h
House. Lord Chancellor Salisbury kneIt
at the foot of the throne and read the adj
dress there on his knees.
Alter the Parliamentary ceremony the
Queen received in the same manner the
mayors and provosts of provinces and
chairmen OF county councils, who after
ward were entertained at a luncheon in
the palace They were attired in levee
dress, consisting of black knickerbockers
and stockings, black velvet coats with
steel buttons. black plumed hats and
swords. Later her Majesty inspected the
Yeomen of the Guard.
The Queen left the palace soon after
4:30 P, NJ. to-day, returning to Psddington
railroad station by the same route as was
followed on her arrival and in semi-state.
Her Majesty was greeted with the same
Constitution Hill, near the palace, where,
in grand stands used to view the process
sion yesterday, 10000 children from the
Neutrality-suspicious., Church of England
schools, Wesleyan schools, Catholic
schools and Jewish schools were inspected
by her Majesty. Each child wore special
medal and red badge and the teachers
wore blue badges and white dresses. All
/ = ha chi l6ra, Il ir,E -,
best and presented very pretty picture.
On the arrival of the Queen the children
joined in singing the national anthem,
led by band, with heartiness and fresh
ness never surpassed. The Marquis of
Londonderry, as chairman, presented her
Majesty an address in behalf of the school
board. The Bishop of London and others
did the same in behalf of the other school
bodies. Among the members of the COM
mittee present were Cardinal Vaughan
and Baron Rothschild. There was q great
burst of cheering as the Queen left. Per-
feet weather prevailed.
The final episode of the pro xress was at
the castle gates, where the addresses from
the Windsor bodies were received. AS
the Queens carriage appeared at the en-
traEce to her home the national anthem
The days festivities were brought to an
end by an illumination of the palace.
The ilIuminations in the city were re-
peated to-nis ht. Notwithstanding the
! fact that large mum bers of persons left to-
! day the crowds tonight are larger and
noisier than yesterday. This is explained
| by the fact that thousands who were de-
TERED yesterday from going into the
streets for fear of being crushed turned
! out to-day in full force.
Wheel traffic, suspended along the route
OF the royal procession yesterday, was re-
sumed to-day. This proved a mistake,
the vehicles dangerously wedging people
in immovable masses for long periods.
Many persons tainted. Hundreds of
coaches and omnibuses. loaded with sight
seers, paraded the streets until the illumi-
nations were exiting uished at late hour,
Then there was a great exodus to the
suburbs.