The herald., 1897-06-23

building. significant Of % much Of the
empire. were the well chosen words Of
England's last poet laureate burning in
undisturbed glare as II forever "she
wrought her people lasting good"
Old sishtseers pronounced the scene
one OF artistic brilliancy in illumina-
ton. unsurpassed even by the fetes for
the Csar in Paris, or for him at Moscow
Father Thames tonight furnished an
impressionist color scene. The sweep
seaward from the pool, myriad lights
here and there just touching into
ghostly form the shipping. the tower.
the heavy lines beyond on the Ions
neckless Of shimmering hens. away to-
wards Westminster, with st. Paurs
shadows on the silent waters, the small
strings of colored lamps on some wan
dering tug or cumbrous barges. lines of
color on nearby bridges. the streaming
rays darting skyward from the daz-
zling streets. made more marked the
gloomy warehouses, dark patches of al
most impenetrable shadows that on the
rivers edge seemed to fringe the glory
Of 1t all.
Out of the professional streets there
were thousands of devices scattered
through Greater London of every kind
and description, from the gorgeous
4 electric and gas glories in cut crystals
of west end squares, to a row Of tallow
dips in Deptford street slums, or the
laundry colonies of Acton.
| Victoria street was notable for the
illumination Of the United States en-
tbassy and the offlces of the colonial
agents generally. The most prominent
and successful of these was that erect
ed by Sir Donald Smith at the Canada
office in which the shield and armorial
bearings of the Dominion were sur
rounded by the names of the provinces
painted on white glass and illuminated
so as to show a bouquet of color.
All the stately houses in Carlton
House terrace, including Mrs. Mackay's
and Mr.. William Waldorf Astor's. are
a blaze of light, but the two splendid
mansions occupied by Americas two
ambassadors, Col. Hays house on one
side and Mr. Reid's on the other, were
ESPECIALLY brilliant and called forth
many approving comments.
With illuminations universal in every
town and hamlet Of England, Scotland
and Wales and in some parts OF Ireland,
with fireworks in countless places. with
liiluminations following the fall OF night
| in every part of the empire where the
queen has sway, there still remains to
/ be mentioned the final touch-the light
| ing Of the empires torch--the ancient
form of giving warning or sending joy
the beacon fires. AS 10 o'clock struck
at the Greenwich observatory tongue
of flame shot upward from Great NAL
vern, 1.-The backbone Of the militantS"
1t was the jubilee beacon fire. Hardly
had the spectator time to look at 1t be-
fore it f1ared in the distance on the right.
then again on the left, on the north.
south, east and west. Peak answered
to peak, until from Berwick -on-Tweed
to Rough Tore and Brown Willie III
Cornwall, from the cathedral towers of
Ltchfield, Worcester. Ripon, Lincoln
and Durham, from Skiddaw to st. He
lier's, from Hastings to Caderiris and
across the water to Donegal and Dublin.
thousand beacon fires blazed up their
message of loyalty to the sovereign.
Half an hour later the 1owlands, tha
highlands, the wild Hebrides even to
Ultima Thule, sent answering signals
to the sky. And then slowly as the light
world, the empires torch was lit.
From St. Helier's the signal leaped to
Gibraltar, to Malta. to Cyprus. to Cyp-
ron. the India. where it blazed trium-
phant on the Himalayas. to China. to
Australia. to Canada, to the West In
dieS-the empires torch shed its radi-
ance over the universe.
COUNTER DEMONSTRATIONS
The jubilee was celebrated in almost
all parts of the land with enthusiasm by
public official fetes, decorations. illum-
nations and bonfires. The Parnellites,
however, were very busy with counter
demonstrations.
In Dublin a procession went through
the streets carrying black flag and a
coffin labeled 1.-The British Empire"
and smashing the windows of illuminat-
ed houses The city has not been SO
thoroughly excited since the death of
Parnell.
This'evening large meeting was held
in the Dublin town hall in memory Of the
rebellion of '9S, and speeches were made
glorifying the men who were the heroes
of that movement.
At Cork the National society hung out
black flags and attempted to hoist one
on the municipal Flagstaff. but the police
interfered. Tonight the hilltops are all
ablaze with bonfires.
At Limerick the police removed black
flags from the town hall and from a
number of public monuments During
the evening John Daily addressed
small hostile demonstration. AZ
against this, the Royal Irish regiment
held a military tattoo and there were
several torchlight professions, in all of
which large numbers of citizens partic-
ipated. Throughout the United King
dom and the colonies and the principal
European cities, according to today's
kilograms, there were enthusiastic Gel
ebrations of the event and no untoward
incident is reported from any quarter.
DEPEW'S IMPRESSIONS
Dr. Chauncey NJ. Depew has kindly
written for the Associated Press his i'm
preston of the jubilee. He says:
1.-THE diamond Jubilee procession has
passed and has left lasting impress
sion. Its preparation required sixty
years and it was over in sixty minutes.
Pride, power and alteration were its
characteristics. Pride in the imperial
position of Great Britain in the world
and exhibition of power which inspires
this national exultation and fervid 10y
alty in exDressiou and thought for the