The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23

All the perplexing arrangements in con,
nection with today's festivities worked
to perfection, rejecting greatly credit upon
court officers, especially upon Lord Ed
ward Pelharn-C Clinton, groom in waiting
to the Queen; the Duke of Portland mas
ter of the horse, and Lord Pembroke, lord
steward of her Majesty's household. ahe
weather was also perfect. It was clouAty
in the morning., but there was suns sr
the palace, gates. The sky was cloudlesS
and the weather was just warm enough
to be pleasant
| There were no empty seats long the
route followed by the procession, but the
spectators sold the 10 guinea seats Tor
one guinea, and in many cases spectlis-
tors gave their seats away. Evidently the
crowd was not SO large as was expected.
Many people were frightened away py
the stories of possible accidents, the dan,
ger OF fire, and by the startling stories Oh
the prices which would be charged to
enable people to reach their sestts. But as
a matter of fact there was no serious Gill
Guilty in reaching the spots selected from
which to view the procession, aluhough
the majority of seat holders had to leave
! their homes before O'Clock this morning.
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, the United States
| special envoy, when cushioned on the sub
jectyof the jubilee said:
. Etiquette forbids me from discussing
| the jubilee ceremonial but you may say
! that it was extraordinary successful IN
every way"
/ AT the lord chamberlain's office this af-
ternoon representative of the Associated
Press was Informed that on her return to
Buckingham palace, after the procession,
the Queen and all the royal family ex-
pressed the greatest delight and satisfac-
| tion at the fact that everything had
pasSed SO SUCCESSFULLY
There were many expressions OF satls-
| faction that the carriage of the United
States special envoy, Mr.. Whitelaw Reid,
thad been SO warmly received. This was
considered to be largely due to President
| McKinley's cordial letter congratulating
Her Majesty upon the Goth anniversary
of her accession to the throne. Every IN
tention to honor the United States special
envoy has been displayed. For this rea-
i son Mr.. Reid took the Princess Victoria
of Wales to dinner yesterday evening,
| sitting opposite to and at the table OF the
Duke of Sake Coburg and Gotha-
| In addition Queen Victoria received
Mrs. Reid most cordially and at the re-
ception in the ball room she gave the wife
of the United States special envoy her
hand to kiss.
The Canadian premier, Mr. Wilfred
Lartrier, with an especially warm recep-
| ton at the colonial stands, opposite the
horse guards. He afterwards said to a re-
preventative of the Associated Press.
II was greatly impressed by the splen-
dor of the days ceremony and by the en-
thusiastic ovations received from the i'm
meEse crowds.
The Hon. Chauncey M. Depew wit
messed the procession as the guest of the
Baroness Burdette Coutts; George Gould,
Mrs. Gould and the members of their
family from the SayOy hotel
This evening Her Majesty gave a full
dinner party in the state supper room off
Buckingham palace at S.45. All the mem
bers of the royal family were present as
we'll as all the royal guests. Their suites
dined in the garden yestibule