New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-23

dome were picked out In white. and there were
horizontal lines Of light over each floor. with
lines vertically on the Bridge and Parliament
st. fronts. In large letters OF white light. with
the initials In ruby. the words. Longest. Mo-
blest. Wisest Reign" stretched around both
frontages. Enormous gas flares over the para
pet OF each frontage completed the scheme.
Out Of the professional streets there were
thousands of devices scattered through London
OF every kind and description. from the gor-
Geous electric and gas glorles In cut crystals or
West End squares. to row OF tallow dips IN
Deptford slums or among the laundry colonies
Of Acton. The railway stations were well cared
FOR. all the royal tradesmen were Tit up as
usual. and hotels were equally to the front.
Victoria-st. notable for the illumination
OF the United States Embassy and the offices or
the Coleman Agents-General. The most prom-
nent and successful Of these was that erected by
Sir Donald Smith at the Canadian Office, In
which the shield and armorial bearings OF the
Dominion were surrounded by the names OF the
provinces painted white glass and illumi-
mated so as to show bouquet Of color.
All the stately houses in Carlton House Ter
race-Mrs. Mackays. the Duchess OF Marlbor-
ough's. the German Embassy and William wal
dorf Astors-were blaze of light the TWO
splendid mansions occupied by Americas Am
bassadors Colonel Hays house on one side and
Mr.. Red's on the other. were especially brilliant
and called forth many approving comments.
The two houses were Illuminated in the same
crown and the dates "1s3I-lSo7." On either side
OF the central figure Of the design was a large
American Snlpll suTmOunleN ny an anu
with the significant number OF thirteen stars In
the field. From both houses large American
flags hung.
THE TORCH OF THE EMPIRE.
With Examinations which were universal In
every city, town and hamlet Of England Wales
and Scotland. and IN some parts Of Ireland.
with fireworks in countless places with Hum-
nations following the fall Of night in every part
OF that Empire where the Queen has sway,
there yet remains to be mentioned the nnal
touch-the lighting 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 Malvern. the backbone or
the Midlands" 1t was the Jubilee beacon fre.
Hardly had the spectator time to look at 1t be-
fore another hared 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 Tor and Brown
Willie in Cornwall, from the Cathedral towers OF
Lichheld Worcester. Ripon, Lincoln and Dur
ham from Sklddaw to st. Heliers. from Hast
ings 10 Cader Iris, and across the water TO
Donegal and Dublin. a thousand beacon flres
blazed I'D their message Of loyalty 70 the Sow
ereign Half an hour later the Lowlands, the
Highlands the wild Hebrides sent answering
signals TO the sky. And then slowly as the
light failed from day 10 evening round the world,
the EMPIRES Torch was lit From st. Heliers
the signal leaped TO Gibraltar. TO Malta, TO
cyprus TO Ceylon. to India-where It blazed
triumphant on the Himalayas-to China, TO
Australia, to Canada. TO the West lndies-the
Frpire's Torch shed its radiance over the uni