Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17

| appeared. then a mounted band, the
| diummer's horse lea ing the van, { irry-
ing his rider proudly. who beat time oil
the march upon the silv kettle drums
slune On either side OF his charger.
| Detachment a ter detachment OF cavalry
| passed. each rePm ut in diff rent SPLEEN
| did uniiorms--lhe guards on their
| splendid black noises, the Stoich rreys,
! the queens tays, hell or glory boys
tG7,h lancefs) The prince Il Nales
Own, artillery, dragons, cic the CO ors
OF each regiment bearing such wei =
| known, historical names us Waterloo,
| lnkerman Lucknow, Victoria, Aim,
and these Of other well-kuown b OOdy
battles. 1t was a stirring SIGHT never -
be orgt ten. Then followed the vari-
| Gus to ps OF each British colony, iorn-
ing guard Of honor for tic respec i've
prcmiers, who rode in state carriages,
preceded by mounted bands Australia,
Canada, the Cape, were oil repre- scented
The lcreign repr, seniatives came next
Whitclaw Reid sat opposite the Spanish
minister (who looked as though he were
coeitatiug regarding CIba) had the
proud distinction OF being the sole mem
Der OF The entire procession who was
not in state uniform Our little band
raised war whoop Ct Whats the maj
t-r with America shes all right
Whiielaw looked slightly nonplus sed,
but rose 10 the occasion and d fed his
silk tile with the grace OF an American
gentleman. More bands, the Papal
lePate and other grandeees galore; the
nava brigade, with fighting Bill Beres-
lord. the idol Of the British navy and
public; then the tro p5 lining
The streets presented arms, and royalty
was upon us; p.inces and princssses in
shoals, the late Empress Of Germany
mother Of the present emretor, tue
Prince Of Naples, crown Princess Of
Roumania Ell al. Thsn the cry Of 'the
Queen, the Queen" ana eight cream
slalions, led by the royal grooms. hove
in sight, Her majesty bowed right and
left and seemed 10 be greatly moved by
the outburSt of loyalty Owing ID
hitch in the pro!re,s OF the pageant she
most accomodauugIy stopped Tor some
three minutes thry feet in front oil ~.
AS guard OF honor she had the life
guards, the colonial troops aud some
ioriy princes, all mounted, including the
Dukes OF Cambridge York, Conn iught,
and the Prince OF Wales, til. latter rid
ing an Immense black h rse iur0ished
with an elegant tli and maue. Thereby
hangs a tale. A month ago we boys
obiained a permit to visit the royal
stables from the American embassy,
Whist Their. one of the royal grooms
became very communicative. 1t
appears that this horss, that is the finest
ia England is curse d with tail that is as
bald as a billiard bal. however that OBJ
lection Is ovtr,o ONE, as ha is supple
with an elegant lllse queue that is the
admiration oil all b.holdsfs. We
imagined at the time that tue groo II was
INDUCING in the p's inc II What is
d si2nlted in the st tss o. "pulling our
leg" a personal investig alton OF the
Princes charger in heparade developed
the fict tina the straps were IN position
all right. More t'oop' aud squad Of
mounted police who were greeted with
should auld acquaintance he forgot"
and the long expected jubilee was over,
at least for us.
THE LAMENTATIONS,
Like the decorations, the iluminations
DEFY description. London was simply
blaze OF glory. That is hackneyed
phrase but it is the only one | can tliuk
OF to do the subj CT justice. For two
nights thousand Of pounds have been
spent every minute IN 6 rs, electtic light.
and candles. II is a generally conceded
fact that nothing like II has been al
tempted before in the worlds history.
At9 p. III. huge bonfi'es were lighted
all over the British Isles, at the anne
me the Princess OF Wales touched a
button at tie Marlborough House at St.
Thames sire ct b came fairy bower OF
tees OF thousan oil cJlored lgh S. Pic
cadily and the strand had lights and
devices strung across the street at stated
intervals. Pail mall resemb ed Arcadia
while in the city the Mansion House,
Royal Exchange and the Bank of Eng
| land were re iplendant. St. PIul's
dome was Illuminated by search lights
at the cot Of LAOo pounds or 5000,
Every building was illuminated; some
were furnished with designs 81 by 20
feet, com sed of thousands vi varied
| color, d small glass lustres that had
most dazzling effect Others went in for
| Mathematics and illustrated lit lie sums
in subtraction: 1887 from 1897 leaves %.
| Sir John Bennet, the Matchmaker, con-
! cluded to do little advertising 50 in
formed The public, THE Que has
beaten time, we can only Ike. p it, Ii
was fortunate that all the shop keepers
boarded up hair plate glass, Tor the
crowds that were abroad Jubilee night
and the night st,er were appalling.
Police liued the streets OF route down
the center dividing the up and down 60
ing pedestrians, VINO flowed in sold
stream OF humanity SO tightly packed on
the principal streets that one could not
ra,se his hand to adult his hat There
were several ugly ru,hes and swayings
as the police would fight their way to
rescue some fainiing woman VINO il not
rescued would have gene down to her