Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01
HONOR THEIR QUEEN.
LOYAL BRlTONS SHOW LOVE
FOR QUEEN VICTORIA.
Cheers Shake the Ground as She
Passes in the Diamond Jubilee Pa
rade-Peopie from All Parts of the
Earth Help Celebrate.
Wonderful Sight in London.


The crowning feature Of the official cell
ebration of the siXtieth anniversary of the
coronation of Victoria as Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland has come and gone, and all Lon
don is congratulating itself upon the COM
plete success of one of the greatest popu-
lar demonstrations of modern times. A
religious service of brevity and simplicity,
royal pageant of unprecedented bril-
liancy, Il mighty outburst of patriotism
and evidence of personal love-these were
the principal characteristics of the great
est day that London has ever seen.
The most stupendous pageant in his
tory, concourse of the millions from
the ends of the earth. gathered to do hon
or to the queen and to add to the glory of
her diamond jubilee parade. has filled its
part without hitch and without a flaw
in all the marvellous effect. Most impress
sive, perhaps, of all the sights of the great
day was the mighty multitude of people
spectators packed almost to the point of
suffocation into every available niche of
the siX-mile route of the great parade.
Eight million souls, representing every
civilized and almost every savage nation
on the face of the globe, shouldered and
elbowed at every point of vantage, and
the aged queen as she was borne amid
the throng was given homage such as
never Pharaoh nor Caesar received from
the myriads of the olden time. The pro-
cession itself was the greatest, most mag
nlhcent, that ever passed between the
ranks of admiring multitudes. 1t moved
IN three sections, consolidating as the di-
vision moved into Picadilly, while-ftting
order of parade-thc colonists of Eng
lands mighty empire led the van.
The procession moved from Buckng-
ham Palace nearly on time. The roar of
cheers that marked its course up Consti-
tuition Hill told the beginning of the story
OF the queen among her people, while the
artillery in Hyde Park by royal salute
of sixty guns, thundered the fact to wait
ing thousands elsewhere. The queen had
actually started.
The procession was practically in three
sections as far as st. Paurs, though the
two last, en- route 10 the cathedral were
consolidated as they moved into Picadilly.
The scores of troops and companies
were literally too numerous to mention ex-
cept as a brilliant whole. 1t seemed like
nothing so much as some stream of bur-
nished gold flowing between dark banks
of human beings gathered to witness its
passage TO land of light.
Then the first part of the sovereign's
escort rode into view, the Second Life
Guards. AS their well-known brilliant
uniforms appeared the whisper ran cleo
trically: "She's coming" The guards
were soon succeeded by the escort of
British and foreign princes. Many faces
were known, recognized and cheered.
This brilliant escort was composed of the
flower of Europe's thrones. Following
the princes came the Guard of Honor. A
cheer broke forth that seemed to shake
the ground, renewed again and again, as
her majesty's carriage approached. The
carriage in which her majesty rode now
came abreast. 1t was built about quar-
ter of century ago. The body was dark
claret, lined with vermillion, the mold
ings outlined with beads of brass Be
side her majesty rode the Princess of
Wales, opposite her majesty. her royal
hghness Princess Christian. On the left
of her majesty rode his royal highness,
the Duke of Cambridge, on the right, his
royal highness. the Prince of Wales. who
was followed by the Duke of Connaught,
the general officer commanding.
Services at st. PauI's
The great bells of st. Paul's broke out
in happy chorus as the queens carriage
started from Temple bar and only ceased
as her majesty's carriage stopped in front
of the steps of the cathedral. With the
stopping of the queens carriage the pic
ture was complete and the swelling hymn
that had risen on the summer air from
five choristers of her majesty's chapel roy
al. Westminster Abbey and st. Pauls
ceased its grand harmonies in one long
drawn soft amen The service was
about to begin. The bishop of London, in
full canonicals. read n short Collect. af-
ter which, as her majesty sat with bowed
head. the archbishop Of Canterbury an
nounced the benediction. Then, amidst
the further ringing of bells the national
anthem was sung, and the queen drove on
into other scenes.
As her majesty entered the gates of
the palace at . o'clock distant gun in
Hyde Park announced to so much Of the
world ms was not before the gates that
the great procession was over The event
so long prepared had passed into history.