The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
And the Other How to Get Seats to
View the Procession.
A Storm ON Tuesday Would Almost
Amount to a Calamity, and Spoil
the Entire Show, as the Majority
of the Immense Stands Along the
Route Are Quite Uncovered by
Awnings.
Awnings.

LONDON, June 1.-TWO questions
are agitating London: The prospective
weather of the jubilee days-the pro
cession day, Tuesday, especially-and
how to get to the seats from which tC
view the procession.
A storm on Tuesday would almost
amount to a calamity, and would spoil
the entire show. The majority of the
immense stands along the route are
quite uncovered, and even the House OF
Commons stands do not boast of avn
ings. In many cases seat owners have
been notified that they will not be al
lowed to use umbrellas.
There is an absolute corner in al
kinds of vehicles, and it will cost more
to drive to the seats than it has cost
to purchase the seats themselves.
Since early morning shoals of royal
personages and foreign special mis-
sions have been pouring into London
this being the date from which they are
the guests of the Government. The
principal railway stations of the Con-
tinental lines present an animated APP
pearance. Their platforms are COW
cred with red carpets, and royal car
riages are continually arriving and
departing with bland officials and brill
iantly uniformed officers. The situa-
ton is complicated by a furious gale
in the channel which is upsetting al,
calculat tons.
Americans generally are to the fore
in the jubilee, though vast numbers,
after few days in London, fled to the
country. United States ambassador
Colonel John Hay, the staff of the
United States Embassy, Rear Admiral
j. N. Miller, Commander w. H. En-
DRY, chief of Admiral Miller's staff. and
Captain Cook of the United States
cruiser Brooklyn, have been given seats
in the St. Paul's churchyard for the
ceremony on Wednesday.
Lieutenant j. c. CoIwen, United
States navy. naval attache of the
United States Embassy, will ride in
the procession with the Queens eouer-
rieS.
After the procession Colonel Hay will
entertain the prominent Americans.
His official dinner to Whitelaw Reid
the United States special envoy to the
jubilee, is fixed for June both.
Many prominent English people and
Americans have been invited, and in
Vitations have also been sent to sew
eral foreign ENJOYS. Rear-Admiral
Miller gave reception to-day on board
the United States steamship Brooklyn
Admiral Sir Newell Salmon, the British
naval commander at Portsmouth. and
many other British and foreign Admit
rals ana commanders We're present
General Nelson A. Miles, who repre-
sents the United States army at the
jubilee and his -de-camp. CAPTAIN
Maus, took up their quarters at the
buckingham Palace Hotel to-day.
The Queen has written a letter IN
the people, which will shortly be pub
lished
The military invasion of London be-
gan this morning, camps having been
formed in Hyde Park, Battersea Park
and elsewhere.
The popular side of the celebration,
opened this afternoon with a march
through the East End of London nj
all the attachments of the Colonia,
troops now in this city from various
parts OF the world. The Colonials wera
escorted by detachments of the Rova1
Artillery and Life Guards. Severa,
bands of music took part in the dis
play.