The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-27
The Queens Jubilee Celebration Was Car
ried Out According to Ills Direction.
Not Step of Importance Taken With
out His Approval.
The United States Embassy Easily
the Most Prominent and the Most
Honored Throughout the Whole
Week of Jubilee Events.

losSal pageant, one of the greatest the
world has ever seen, has been complet-
ed without a cOntretempS to mar its
success. This has been an anxious week
for those in authority, but the whole
scheme for the celebration of the
Queens jubilee was largely planned,
carefully carried out, and has been a
triumph for the management and an
object lesson in unity for the hosts of
the guests. 1t is an open secret that the
Prince of Wales wasa mong the hard
est workers. Not a single step of i'm
portance was taken without his APP
prevail, and much of the praiseworthy
work done is directly due to his atten-
tiveness A notable exception to this
state of affairs was the religious serv-
ice outside st. Paul's Cathedral, which
was the Queens idea. When it was
suggested it filled the officials with dis
may, and disaster was feared as re-
suit of the rush of sightseerS into that
narrow neck part of London, but the
courage and resource accomplished the
Queens wishes, and the task of manag-
ing the hosts, numbering a couple OF
million people, within that exceedingly
limited space, and amid the scenes of
extraordinary excitement, was carried
out in a marvellous manner, thanks to
the skill of the police and their STRAIT
egg in preventing the possibility of
rushes, and also thanks to the Admira-
BILE demeanor of the crowds.
Unqualified and generous approval of
the festivities has been bestowed by the
pess and people of all nations and COM
munities. The evident disposition of
the whole people to share in the jubi-
lee and extend it has caused the live
lest satisfaction, and added to the
geieral rejoicing. The naval review
was a fitting termination of the week S
ceremonies.
pleasant feature of the week was
the Americans complete success. The
United States speial embassy was cas-
lily the most prominent and the most
honored throughout the celebrations
by ALL 1t is almost needless to add
that Colonel John Hay, the United
States ambassador, Is equally graft
fed Both he and the rest of the reg
ular embassy have done all in their
power to insure Mr. Reds success.
The feeling in the press is indicated
by the editorial of the STANDARD" of
Friday, which said: TT would be a
most ungracio omission to forget to
offer sincere thanks to all foreign
countries that have participated
| in the Jubilee. They have added ma
| terially to the pleasure of the Queen
and her people by their never-to-be-
| forgotten kindness. So far as the
Americans are concerned, we believe
they are almost as pleased and proud
4 ~
In short, nothing is too good for
Americans in London to-day. The
British are thoroughly pleased with the
way the Americans opened their houses
| to jubilee day. Their design on the
residences of Whitelaw Reid, Colonel
John Hay, Henry White, Secretary of
the United States Embassy, and J. NJ.
Carter We're identical, being the famil-
lar ''V r." surmounted by crown and
the dates "1S37-1S97." On either side
of the central figure of the design was a
| large American shield. surmounted by
| the eagle, and with thirteen stars in
the field These Examinations were
paid for by the United States Govern
| ment.
! At the state banquet on Monday at
buckingham Palace, Whitelaw Reid
| led in Princess Victoria of Wales; on
Tuesday Mr. Reid lunched at Bucking-
ham Palace, sitting between Prince
Christian of Schleswig- Holstein and the
Duke of Cambridge. On Wednesday
both Mr.. Reid and Colonel Hay had
boxes at the opera, but Mr.. Reid him
self was a guest in the royal box, when
Mrs Reid arrived at the opera she was
escorted by a royal equerry to her box.
General Nelson A Miles, U. S. A, and
Mr.. and Mrs Ogden Mills, accompanied
| her.
Mr.. and Mrs Reid on Thursday gave
! a luncheon to Lady Lytton and Lady
Emily Lytton. The former is the wild
ow of Mr.. Reds British colleague at
Paris and is now lady in waiting to the
| Queen. The same evening Mr. Reid
dined with the Prince of Wales at MARI
borough House, and went later to the
state party at Buckingham Palace,
where he was Joined by Mrs. Reid who
was escorted by military equerry and
by Rear Admiral j. N. Miller, U. S. N,
General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A, Mrs.
Miles and Mr., and Mrs Ogden Mills.
On Friday, besides attending the Lord
Mayors luncheon to the royal Princes
and others at the Mansion House, Mr..
Reid and Mrs. Reid dined with the Sec
rotary of State for War, the Marquis
| of Lansdowne, in the famous sculpture
gallery of LonsdoWne House, at which
banquet Prince and Princess of Wales,
| Colonel Hay and Mrs. Hay, almost all
| the special ENJOYS and foreign Princes
now in London, the Duke and Duchess
| of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess
of Marlborough, the Marquis and Mar
chioness of Londonderry, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Salisbury, Earl
Rosebery and Lord and Lady Wolsley
and other persons of high rank were
present. Later in the evening the
guests, including the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, attended a brilliant ball
given in an immense marquee by the
Duke of Westminster. Mr.. Reid to-
day was present at the naval review on
board the vessel assigned to the use of
the diplomatic corps, and Mr.. Reds
children were the guests of Rear Ad-
n1iral Miller on board the United States
cruiser Brooklyn.
Colonel John Hay gives a grand din
ner on Tuesday next in honor of Mr..
Reid. General Miles and Admiral Mil
| Ter, at which the guests will include
/ the Marquis of Salisbury, the British
Premier, A. j. Balfour Joseph Cham