The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-06-25
ADDRESSES TO QUEEN.
Members Of Parliament Pre-
sented Them This Morning.
GARDEN PARTY THIS AFTERNOON.
BEACON Light. Flashed Around the world
Last Night In Every British Province
Grand ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS hiteisw heio
Took Princes. Victoria TO Dinner.

LOHDoN. June 23.-The queen re-
csived addresses from the houses OF
parliament this morning. This after
noon the queen attended the garden
partv at Buckingham palace for whlch
s 900 invitations had been issued Ihis
evening the queen will attend royal
BANQUET at the palace. Home and Tor
elgn ROYALTIES will attend Lady sans
bury's bail at the foreign office.
The illuminatIons of London and the
British empire in honor OF the queen
occurred last night The illumlnatlons
were achieved more artistically than
the decorations by day. Last night
those of the metropolis were like every
thing that had previously transpireo
during the morning hours, greater ana
more resplendant than anything IN hef
history The symbols of royalty ana
affection, OF imperial grandeur ano the
growth of empire that had met the eye
in painted and gilded notices devices
of paper and bunting and spangled
cloth were now reflected for miles IN
lines of fiaring gas, ,glowworm oil lamps.
opal globes, paper lanterns and trans
parencies, incandescent lamps, cellu-
ioid flowers, and hundreds OF devices
in thousands of colored crystals. Every
thing was brilliancy, sparkle, color.
With illuminatlOns which were uni
yeTSal In every CllNs lO"h AoAA4ANt
of England, Wales and Scotland. and
in some parts of Ireland. with fireworks
in countless places, with illumlnatlons
following the fall of night in every part
of the empire where the queen has
sway, there yet remains to be men.
toned the final touch-the lighting of
the empires torch-the ancient form OF
giving warning or sending Joy, the
beacon fires AS 10 clock struck at
H.. q rI, nbsarrarnrV "a tnnUnp of
fame shot upward from Great Malvern.
THE backbone of the midlands. Ii
was the Jubilee beacon fire.
Hardly had the spectator time to
lOok on II before another tared IN the
distance on the right. then again on the
left, on the north. south, east and west.
Peak answered TO peak until from Ber-
wick on-Tweed TO Rough Tor and
Brown Willie in Cornwall. from the
cathedral towers of Ltchfield, WOrces-
ter, RipOn, Lincoln and Durham. from
Skiddaw to st. Hellers, from Hastings
10 Cader Iris and across the water 70
Donegal and Dublin. 1000 beacon fires
blaZed on their messages of loyalty tC
the sovereign.
Half an hour later the lowlands. the
highlands, the wild hebrides even to
NetIma Thule sent answering signals TO
the sky. And then slowly. as the light
failed from day to evening around the
world, the empire torch was lit. From
ST Helers the signal leaped TO Glbral-
tar, to Malta. TO Cyprus. TO CeylOn. to
India. where II blaZed trlumphantly on
the HimiIayans-to China. 10 Australia.
to Canada to the West Indles-the EN-
pire's torch shed its radiance over the
universe.
At the special open air services at st
PauIs cathedral Rear Admiral J. n.
Miller, u. :. N. had a seat assigned
next to Mrs. Reid, the wife of the
United States special envoy and just
opposite the spot where the queen
stopped, but at the last moment Ad-
mIral Miller was prevented by the serl-
Gus illness of his daughter from attend
ing. Commander Emery OF the United
States cruiser Brooklyn was present in
full uniform, as We're all the members
of the special embassy except Genera!
Nelson y. Miles and his aide de- camp
Captain Max p. Maus, who rode in IN G
procession.
Whitelaw Reid. the United States
special envoy, when questioned on the
subject of the jubilee, said:
Etiquette forbids me from discuss.
ing the jubilee ceremonial but ven
may say II was extraordinarily success
ful in every way"
At the lord chamberlain's Office your
representative was informed that on
her return to Buckingham palace. after
the procession, the queen and all the
royal family expressed the greatest de
light and satisfaction at the fact that
everything had passed 80 successfully
There were many expressions of sat
isfactIOn thar the carriage of the Unite q
States special envoy. Mr.. Reid. hsa
been 20 warmly received. IL was con
sIdered largely due TO President Nc
KInleys cordial letter in coIgratu!at
ing her majesty upon the sixtIeth ami
veT-ary OF her accession 20 the throne
Every intention to honor the Unite d
States special am baSSadOI has beeE dis
played For this reason Mr.. Relc took
the Princess Victoria Of Wales IN TO
dinner Monday evening. sitting at the
table of and opposite the Duke of
SAKE -COhurg and Gotha
In addition, Queen Victoria received
Mr. Reid most cordially and. at the re-
cepuOn IN the ballroom, she gave the
wife Of the United States special envoy
her hand 10 kiss.