The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-23

;y. The royal procession proper was In
movement with crowds of waiting dignl-
| tarios OF ali sorts. First came the aides
tie camp to the queen, these being beaded
hv the Prince of Wuics and The Dukes OF
Cambridge and Cupnaught Tho lord lien
tenant Of London, the Duke of NesImn
ster, was followed by a glutoriug calNacadc
OF officers the headquarters staff 10 them
succeeded file marshal next came a hrll-
! liant lot Of gentlemen With GliuerlnE
| array Of titles, uniformed IN the dresses
| of all the courts Of Europe and half us
| crack regiments and wearing all It's stars
! Then Il complement from The kaiser. dep
| ntaflon from the First Prussau Dragon
Guards. the Queen oi Grcs, Britain anu
| IrelaHd's own"
| After the Germans came the most bril-
| liant OF all the soldiory. the pfRcors ot thH
| imperial troops from ludia in their uni
| forms mixture OF the British regular
| army and native dress,
Then the nrst part VI the cortrEe came
| into view the Second Lhc Guards Ab
| their well known briliiRnt uniforms an
| pcalcd the whisper ran: shes coming
| the guards were soon auceoeded ny tue
| escort Of British and foreign princes Man!
| faces were known. recognized aud oheorea
! This brilliant escort s'aS eOinposeu 81 ihe
| flower OF Eurnpo's Lhrnres
Following the princes caiuc INC Enafu
of honor twenty two officers Of the native
Indian cavalry corps itni for these mo
crowd, had iow eyes, Ter the commander IN
! chief. WHO foilowef ~ 80 hen i'pne.
| Incy could see the dueen horses u was
the queen al last
A cheer broke forth that seemed TO snake
| The ground as her mAjcsty rode pns' ~
| side hcr majesty rode the frln''ss OF
! Wales; opposite her majesty SAT princess
Christian. on the LETT rode the l'uNe oi
| Cambridge, on the right the lfnce OF
| Wales who was followed by he l)hhe u
+ st .auarnl officer t0flt1aNA@
| lng. -, -,
The lord mayor and the city officials on
| horseback were there ten minutes l'ts!o
the queen was due.
GA the arrival OF the queen lh' luI1
mayor uncovered. Approaching the carri
AIS of her majesty. his lordship, vim al
due obeiSancc presented The nil ~ we
! oItv's nearl sword The queen hrhly
touched II and returned i, and conn h'el
The lord mayor and sheriff. to procseu auu
| the procession moved toward 81 fauI
| amid ronrs OF cheers mat seemed lll lIie
narroyy strcrts 20 be echoed and re-ecn9ea.
| The bells Of St, paui's broke out IN nap,
| ny chorus AS the queens carriage sOl"N
from Temple Bar aud Increased as "rr ~!
| esty stopped in front of the steps ~ Nv
| civ cathedral. with the stopping o. 'ne
| nnecn's carriage the picture was compete
| and no swelling hymn that had risen on
| Inc summer air from five ohorisinfs VI he'
tnnicsty'n chapel royal, Westnlu'c'r hU-
hov md tho 81 Pauls ceased its grahn
harmonics IN ono long drawn soft Alnen.
The ecclesiAstcs who had issued IRON ny
great wes, door as tho queen npproachen
| standing beside the lnproVised h'''i' """
began the simple service. ,a
| As the snnorous Amen" died away ivy
voices Of the cathedral clergy Wore heh, y
| chanting 20, Lord, shfc the au"elL ~ ~.
meanwhile a distant band struck UP lhe
| National anthem and the crowd loiutH ~
| "a
sung nv tho thousands NJ voices surround
fnr nor majesty until she was out Of feh'
"A her majesty entered the gates OF me
palacn AT 2 p m a distant gun III ~"
park announced TO so much OF the Wofiu
ms was not before the gates that the sF""I
nroee salon was over, The events OF W.
long prepared royal progress had passed
,nto history This sound of the royal Sa-
lute was answered still by cheering, us
e. the loyal subjects who caine 10 chees
had not YET satisfied their ambition anu
then tho crowd faded away as II had CONF
The queen reached the palace on her re-
turn from the procession at lao p m shso
WAS very much pleased and smiling, ana
was not over fatl2utd
Tho whole affair passed off without o
hitch.
An the perplsxing arrangements IN con-
nectlon with ioday's festivities worked tt
perfcction Tho weather waA also perfect.
There was no empty seats along the route
followed by the procession, but the spoen-
latorr sold the 10 guinea seats for guinea
and In many cases speculators gave their
eeats away. Evidently the crowd was not
go large as expected.
on her return to Buckingham palace the
queen and all tho royal family expressed
tho creates. delight and satisfaction at tho
fact that everything had passed so SUGGEST
fully.
There were many expressions OF salts.
faction that the carriage Of the United
states special envoy, Mr. Reid. had beer
so warmly received. II was considered
largely due 10 President McKinley's cor
dial letter 10 congraiulating her Dates',
upon thu sixtieth anniversary OF her acces-
sion to the throne Every Intention =
honor tho special envoy has been displayed
For this reason Mr. Reid took the Princess
Victoria Of Wales into dinner last even
Ing, sitting at the table Of and opposite
the Duke OF SAKE coburg- Gotha. In add.
ton, Queen Yictnria received Mrs. Reid
most cordially. and at the reception Ia the
ballroom she gave the wife OF thf United
States speeial envoy her hand to kiss
The Canadian premier, Mr.. Wiifred I4au-
rier. met with an exceptionally warm re-
reption at the colonial stands opposite the
| Horse Guards. He afterward said 70 q
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