The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
JUBILEE FETES ENDED
COLONIAL TROOPS INSPECTED by
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
London DOfIins Its Holiday Garb-
General Miles and Admiral Miller
-ChamberIain's Fiasco.
Csnecial Gable Letter.l

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LONDON. July 3.-The jubilee functions
are ended and London is reluctantly doffing
its holiday garb. But the undressing ap-
parently takes as long as the dressing
Carpenters are still slowly tearing down
the stands. Most of the princes and special
ENJOYS have departed.
The Prince Of Wales to-day inspected the
colonial troops at Buckingham Palace and
bestowed medal commemorative of the
jubilee on each man present. The entire
force passed the prince in single file Ar
irving in front of the prince and several
PAGES away the colonial soldiers saluted
singly and then turned toward the prince.
advanced, halted in front of him, saluted
again and received the medal The medals
of the officers are of silver and those given
TO the nohcommissioned officers and pri-
Yates are of bronze. AT the conclusion of
the ceremony the Prince of Wales called
for three cheers for the Queen and they
were given in the heartiest manner posi-
BILE. The Prince of Wales, Princess Chris
tian of Schleswig- Holstein, the Duchess of
Connaught. Princess Victoria of Schleswig-
Hosten all the colonial premiers, the sec
rotary Of state for the colonies Joseph
Chamberlain, the Duke of Connaught, Lord
WOlseley and Lord Roberts, of Kandahar,
were among those present at the ceremony.
During the presentation of the medals the
Princess of Wales held a reception beneath
a great elm tree in front of the terrace.
All the colonial premiers and their wives
and daughters were separately introduced
. to the princess, who received them most
cordially. -
Her Majesty to-day entertained the mem
bers of the House of Commons at garden
party at Windsor. Each member of Parlia-
ment was allowed to bring his wife and one
daughter, if his daughter had made her
debut or his sister This invitation was
issued when her Majesty read the London
i newspapers that the members OF the Com
mons were indignant at the manner IN
winch they were treated at the Bucking-
ham Palace reception, which fact had been
carefully suppressed by the palace officials,
. tactful act of the Queen in including the
wives OF the members of Parliament in her
invitation to Windsor Castle was received
with the greatest enthusiasm, the wives of
me Liberals and Radicals, who daily abuse
4 widest eagerness to be present.
The special embassy of the Hon. White
law Reid ended yesterday with continued
marks of gratitude from the British gov
eminent for the manner in which the
United States has been represented. While
ar. ana Mrs: Reids official task is over.
their personal engagements promise to be
almost as important and numerous.
General Nelson A Miles. U. S. A, has
been a. rather embarrassing element in
the United States special mission, and to
the British government, as he insisted upon
taking more than they intended him to
do. The government had provided rooms,
servants and carriage at the Alexandria
Hotel for Rear Admiral j. n. Miller, u.
> N, and General Miles, but the invita-
To, fhafN N1riTr Con
Miles arrived first with his wife and occu-
pled Doth rooms, leaving Admiral Miller
the room the court officials had intended
13 1I tIe servants accompanying the two
officers. Admiral Miller thereupon declined
to remain a the hotel, and repaired to
lodgings in Half Moon street where his
family was installed. The court officials
We're generally distressed. and wished to
take a suite of rooms at the Victoria Hotel
for Admiral Miller, but the latter declined
The British naval officials are greatly
disturbed at the Brooklyn leaving Spit
head on Sunday, thus preventing the
American officers from taking part in the
festivities which occurred all the week at
Portsmouth. On Wednesday, while the
Brooklyn was at Southampton, Sir Will
liam White, Great Britain's naval construc-
Tor, with party came up on the new
torpedo boat Turbina Sir William was
SHOWN over the ship, and examined every
thing with the greatest interest. He was
especially complimentary of all the ar
for the protection of the engines.
The secretary of state for the colonies.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, provided royalty
with a new sensation on Wednesday. WISH
ing to have an overwhelming social show.
Mr. Chamberlain took the late Sir Julian
Goldschmidt's big house in Piccadilly and
invited 1000 guests to a banquet, and recep-
ton following it, all of whom, apparently.
. accented in
. London remembers. The sudden bringing
OF hundreds of carriages quite upset the
police and made an interminable jam in
the midst OF which the Prince and Princess
/ OF Wales drove up st. James street The
prince, ilndlng that the police were unable
To- 10 Immediately clear his royal way, ordered
MS COdCnlnan TO drive back TO Marlborough
House and for the first time in the life of
their hlghneSseS, their progress to honor a
commOner was barred. Inside the house
/ the crush was terrible. Mr. and Mrs
. Chamberlain Vainly tried to edge their way
TO the foot of the stairs. in order 20 re-
GelVe the Prince and Princess of Wales
+. Hundreds were unable to get in at all and
the Duke and Duchess of York We're obliged
! TO make their exit by way of the kitcnen
ana the rear steps. The tiascO is the talk
or the town, and many bitter remarks are
circulating in society. The old Tories are
delighted at what they call Mr.. Chamber
lains bad breeding" want OF taste" etc
and predictions are made that the Prince
q and Princess of Wales will never again ac-
The sensational stories circulated by a
New York newspaper regarding Queen Vic
toria's alleged blindness and her alleged
intention to abdicate in favor of the Prince
OF Wales. after the jubilee festivities which
have just reached here by mail, are excit-
ing great derison among the few news
papers which have deigned to notice the
cruel and utterly unfounded reports
Truth, referring to the abdication 'sensa-
llCn, says: This very, very ancient finn
liam has been imposed upon cTedulous
prints at regular intervals during the last
thirty-tour years. The Queen has no more
idea Of abdicating than she has of touring
central Africa" Re -arding the "sensa-
ton cruelty engendeled by the New York
newspaper on the subject of the Queens
eyesiSht a high official. who is in daily
contact with the Queen, informs the AS
soclated Press that the statement to the
effect that Queen Victoria is almost totally
blind is an absolute untruth.
Three things have grown out of the pres
ence of the colonial premiers in England
for the jubilee which interest the United
states. One is the proposition for penny
postage to all parts of the empire; another
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