Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1897-06-24
A MIGHTY PAGEANT.
The First in Position Was the
Colonial Procession.
ROYAL HORSE GUARDS
Was in Advance of the Won
derful Process
sion.

II
sixtieth anniversary of the coronation
OF Victoria as Q leen of the Uoiteo
Kingdom OF Great Britain and Icslano
has come and gone, and ell London if
congrstulating itself this afternoon
upon the complete success OF one OF the
greatest popular demonstration OF mod
srn times. A reglious service OF brew
ity and simplicity, royal pageant OF
unprecedented brlIlisncy, mighty out
burst Of patriotism aud evidence of
personal love.-these were the principal
charsc terlstios oe the greatest day thes
London has ever seen.
For the few hours between dsybresk
this morning snd snndown tonight,
political, religious and all other differ
snces are by common consent forgotten.
Legislators and constituents have sunk
their Toryism aud their RAdicslism,
arch bishops and bishops Of the State
church have for the frss time on record
sst side by side with tie accredited
Pspreeeu tetivee of the much denounced,
and oftentines despised, d sseDting de-
nominations. Toe chosen delegates Of
organized labor, some of them r adiosls
OF the deepest dye, rubbed shoulders
with princelings aud mobiles as they
crcled their way to the location assign
sd them 10 the tiers of seats surround
ing St. Paul's. Pride OF country and OF
race was the one Rnimstiog thought of
the millions of B ritish men and women
that crowded London today, and the
cheering that went TO the skies from
Buckingham Palace 80 Lndgate Hui
and back again echoed the Loyalty aud
devotion of an empire upon which the
sun never sets, for the venerable woman
Who for six decades has ruled 80 wisely
.ud SO we'll.
The state passage through the city
was carried out according to program
and without hitch. All night long
there were big crowds in the principal
streets west of st. PsuPs, end as early
IS O'Clock tens OF thousands OF people
we're on hand to claim their reserved
seats on the stands erected along Lud-
gate hill, Fleet street, the Strand and
hence on to Constitution hill. An
hour later the military detachments be-
gan to make their appearance and in
ess time than it takes to write it the
sntire route was lined with redcoste.
Az the same hour all carriage traffic
along the route was stopped and all the
bridges communicating north ard
south within the area of the route were
closed to prevent rushes and danger.
Meanwhile the populsoe poured into
ohe favored area In q steady stream,
seized upon every position OF vantage
IN pavements, window sills and steps
back of the line Of troops until between
she innum srable stands the windows
and housetops and the masses below
5he route resem bled lane cut through
4 noun tain of 0ungn beings. Experts
% crowds, who followed in the wake of
she pageant from the @ leen's departure
from Buckingham Palace to her return,
variously estimated the throng at from
i've to seven millions. At II O'Clock
so the minute the booming of cannon
announced the departure of the colo
oial premiers snd troops procession
rom Constitution hill, and Is minutes
Iater another booming of artillery an
proper, and which formed the second
iivision, was on the move from Buck
nghem Palace. The military coutin-
gent, infantry end cavalry, numbering
nearly $4,000 men, including detach-
nents OF all branches OF the home ser
sckets and contingents OF the military !
service In India, South Africa, New |
Z ssland and other of the Queens do |
ninions. Tue Q1sep's procession was |
headed by reg ments OF the Royal |
Horse Guards, the First and S-cord |
cents of the colonial representative |
troops to a total OF 700, and special |
sscort of native officers from every crack |
-egiment in India. Next in line was |
,he headquarters staff of the army, in
, uding the mapder-in- chief Lord |
Nolseley, and the Duke of Connsught, |
be latter being in supreme command |
II the troops OF the day. Behind these
,sme the princ9ees OF the royal family
and mag fcsnt cavalcade of princes
IN horseback.
The Prince of Wales, sstrlde a msgni-
icent black charger. Immediately pre-
,eded the Qleen's carriage. Glorious
a color and dsc rations as we're some
If the vehicles thas preceded it, the
oyal state carriage outehone them sll.
q was triumph of tbe coachmskers'
decor ators' art in enamel and gold, with
lsrdesa to match, the cost of the bar
less alone, the first manufactured for
oysl carriage since the days of George
he Four5h, being tsn thoussnd dollars.
A footman in red and white livery
walked at the head of each of the six
horses with hand upon
he bride. Her Msj .sty, who appear
ID TO be in the best of spirits, and in de-
idedly fair physic4l condition, repeat
dly bowed her eckno0l56 l56gemeuts to
he tempests Of greeting that started
rom the moment she entered the state
srrisge, and grew into a tornado as the
econd division passed along Pail Mall.
be Strand and other of the most CLOSE
= packed points of the route. The pro-
sssson moved at slow pace, and abun