The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-23


sty Of the seat holders had 20 leave their
homes before o'clock this morning
Whiseiaw Reid. the United States special
envoy. when questioned On the subject OF
the Jubilee. said
Etiquette forbids my discussing the
jubilee ceremonies. but you may say it
was extraordinarily successful in every
way"
AL the lord chamoerlain's office this
Afternoon representative of the Asso-
ciated Press was informed that on her
return TO the palace after the procession
tbs queen and all the royal family ex-
pressed the greatest delight and salts.
faction at the fact that everything had
passed so successfully
There were many expressions of salts
faction that the carriage Of the United
States special envoy. Mr., Reid, had been
so warmly received. 1t was considered
largely due to President McKinley's warm
Ieu.r in congratulating her majesty upon
the sixtleth anniversary of her accession
10 the throne. Every intention to honor
the United States special envoy has been
GisDaayea. For this reason Mr. Reid took
the Princess Victoria of Wales In to din
ner last evening. sitting at the table OPP
posste the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. In ao-
cirion. Queen Victoria received Mrs Reid
most cordially. and at the reception IN
United States special envoy her hand TO
kiss.
The Canadian premier. Mr.. Wilfred
I.aur.er met with an especially warm re-
ceptlon at the colonial stands, opposite
the Horse Guards. He aftsrwaFd said to
the representative of the Associated
Press: Il was greatly Impressed by the
splendor of the days ceremonies and ny
the enthusiastic ovations from the
crowds"
Uahering In the Day.
The last stro Se of II had not died away
In the midnight air when from hundred
metronolitan sseeples a tun1uitucus peal
of bells announced the diamond jubilee
day. The vast crowd that filed the miles OF
streets and squares answered win rHs-
ing cheers. and here and there the singing
OF God Save the Queen.
The crowds that peopled the streets ana
squares all night in the hope Oh soou
view of the procession today we're amazing
in their sublime patience. Waiting for 4,
IL and Is hours, as many OF these people
did, jammed together, is feat OF
endurance that could only be sustained by
some oyermastering desire.
Decorations by Day.
Decoration has been universal ana wlth-
out stint Could the queen have passed
this morning through some of the wretch
ed streets Of hs- London, some OF those
narrow. il!-favored alleys. where pale
faced children come TO believe the SKY IS
only a yard wide, where there Is want
and hunger and disease the year roun !.
she could have found no more striking
evidence of her abiding place In tha
hearts O. her people. The respiendsnt
West end with It's crimson glory, great
banners, triumphant arches, parferres OF
costly blossoms. meant no more. II hair
so much. as the tiny paper iiag, the yard
or so of narrow red. white and blue
stretched along a window sill and round
a common flower pot With its single rose.
modest decorations. which formed today $
shrines for the children OF the shadows
in the whltechanei, Spitalfeids. Hexton
or Shoredi,ch alieyways.
The Procession.
The great procession. In three divisions.
had passed, and the head of ii all was to
come. her majesty Queen Victoria A
cheer broke forth. renewed again and
again. as her carriage approached. Be-
side her rode the Prince of Wales and
opposite her the Princess hristian; on
her lSft was the Duke of Cambridge and
on her right the Princess OF Wales, who
was followed by the Duke of Connaught.
commanding.
c-hauneey NJ Depew witnessed the pro-
casslon as the guest OF the baroness Bur-
6ett-{Soutts. George Gould. Mrs. Gould and
the members of their family from the Sa-
voy hotel while Mark Twain. N. II. de
Young and Mrs. de Young, with Mrs and
Miss Dean. of San Francisco. looked on
from the Hotel Cecil. This evening her
majesty gave family dinner tn the sup
per room Of buckingham palace at quar-
ter 10 .line All the members of the royal
family were present, as we'll as all the
rcvai guests Their suites 4ined in the
garden vestibule-
Decorations by Night.
With the coming of night the crowds
which had filtered out the procession
streets after the show wedged back again
20 view London aIIght- The iileminaIions
achieved more success artIsticaily than the
decorations by dag. Tonight those OF the
metropolis are, like everything that had
previously transpired during the morning
hours greater and more respondent than
anything IN flcr history
The symbols az loyalty and affection, of
imperial grandeur ard the growth OF the
empire that had met the aye IN painted
and aiidrd rmottoes. devices of paper and
bunting and snansled cloth were now
reflected for miles in lines OF aaring gas.
glow .orm oil lamps. opal globes, paner
lanterns and trarsparencies, incandeScsnt
lamps. eeliuIoIi flowers and hundreds Of
devices in thousands OF colored crystals.
Everywhere VAS hriIhancy. sparkle aud
color.
AS was the case with the drap@Fies. the
decorations 10y day. the Illumination was
confined principally 10 the route taken
lyv her majesty this morning. and may ba
said 70 have begun at Hyde Park corner.
Every house showed light IA some Nay.
ard where IL was sufficiently brilliant the
effect wss decidedly ENLARGED by the day
he Fs-z
81 rather a weird effect Leaving the
mark ire flrst noble Illumination VAS tAat
ef TIE bachelors Club where a large
medallion. surmounted by 3 crown the
renter hssaring tie ~. r Il ell I'm coi-
cred crystal ar& the efuhi&Scsed words.
.'ta+ssf save the Queer" marked the front
ef tiae clyab. every window of which poer-
81 aat a stream q Hight Other clubs fol-
}svyesi s7stt wtfh many coiorga devices.
X whHs the private residences fac{n1 Green
Park wvre for a moment cBtciass@s. All
;he stately houses IN Carlton house ter
rsre {nela3sms AIRS 1aekay's And Mr
Wgliarn wzitio-f Astars ara a blaze Of
Wchf. hat The Gwe splendid mansions o<s-
essrsfts hv America : two ambassadors
col Hays house on e2e s33~ and Mr..
E1ss'< en- me ether were especially bril-
/ itant And called forth nany approving
comments
Wsth fiwz2inatsens universal in every
tsur ara hsuafet - England. Wales ard
Scotland ard IN sorse parts of Ire}aue,
~g5fh fireworks IN countless places wfTh
denominations following the fan ~ n5rat
Ia every psrr 90 tire empire where the
suasn Aas sway there sifi3 remains go -
mentioned sne fnaI toUeh ths 5;Sh5ing os
she empires fosea, thE ancient form ef
warning ar ICY. ire bescas arsS AZ u
o'clock struck AZ tho Greenwich osaserYa