El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-22
HON0RING THE QUEEN.
Victoria Has Reigned for Six
ty Years.
GRAND STREET PARADE.
The Long Talked of Street Pagea ut in
Honor of Queen VictOra Has Oc-
Cured and Many Other Ceremonies
Will Follow Through the Week.

LONDON, June 22.-The imperia
idea is the keynote of today's celebra
tion. Every feature of the proceeding
accentuates it. The places of honor
were given to the heads of great CO
lonies, troops of distant frontiers have
the right of way. ProvinCials and lit
tie Englanders were forgotten and
scientific attainments ard growth Of
liberty in England herself was scarcely
mentioned. The display was entirely
military and naval, the two arms OF
mother England that have embraced
globe. When Disreali gave Victoria
the new title of empress he little
! imagined she would be more of an en-
press than she was queen. The
colonies were made to feel their i'm
portdnce.
Since an early hour this morning,
congratulatory kilograms have been
pouring into Buckingh b am palace from
every court in Europe aud the remOtest
part of the British empire. Queen
rose early and breakfasted with her
family. Her majesty before leaving
Buckingham palace for ST. Pauls
caused the following telegram to pass
over the wire from the palace into the
central telegraph Office and thence
ent to every part of the vast British
empire. ''From my heart 1 thank my
beloved people. May God bless them
r. and l."
The queen returned to Blu ,kingham
palace at 1 40 o'clock. Toe entire pro-
gram was grand success and passed
off without single hitch.
The crowning feaGure of the official
celebration of the siXtieth anniversary
Of the coronation of Victoria as queen
of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland has come and gone,
and all London is congratulating itself
this afternoon upon the complete sue
cess of one of the greatest popular
demonstrations of modern times. A
religious SCI vice of brevity and sim
plicity, royal pageant of unpreced-
ented brilliancy, a mighty outburst of
patriotism and evidence of personal
love, these were the principal char
acteristics of the greatest day that
London has ever seen. For the few
hours between daybreak this morning g
and suudown tonight, political, reIig-
ious and all other differences are by
common consent fO-gOtten. Legisla-
tors and constituents have sunk their
tor yism and their radicalism, arch
bishops and bishops of the state church
have for the first time on record sat
side by side with the accre dited rep
res-ntatives OF the much-denOunced,
and of ten times despised, dissenting
denominations. The chosen d elegates
of organized labor, some of them rad
icals of the deepest dye, rubbed shonl-
ders with princelings and mobiles as
they circled their way to the location
assigned them in the tiers of seats sur
rounding St. Paul's. Pride of country
and of race was the one animating
thought of the millions of British men
and women that crowded London to-
day, and the cheering that went to the
skies from Buckingham Palace to
Ludgate Hill 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 SO wisely and 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. Paul's, and as early
as six O'Clock tens of thousands of peo-
pie were on hand to claim their reserv-
ed seats on the stands erected along
Ludgate Hill, Fleet street, the Strand
and thence on to Constitution Hill. An
hour later the detachments of military
began to make their appearance, and
in less time than 1T takes to write il
the entire route was lined with red
coats. At the same hour all carriage
traffic along the route was stopped and
ali the bridges communicating north
and south within the area of the route
| we're closed to prevent rushes and dan.
ger.
The queens procession was headed by
| regiments of the royal India guard
the tirst and second life guards, the
Scots Grays, contingents of the colonia
| repr csc ntatlve troops to a total of sever
hundred, and a special escort of native
Officers from every crack regiment ir
India. Next in line was the he .dquar
ters staff of the army, including the
commanderin-cni Lord Wolsely
al d the Duke of Connaught, the latter
being in supreme command of tn,
troops for the day. Behind these cam,
the princesses of The royal family ant
a magnificent cavalcade OF princes OF
horseback. The Prince of Wales
astride a magnificent black charger
immed. lately preceded the quesn's car
riage. Glorious in color aad decora
tions as were some of the vehicles tha