The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-23

THE QUEEN AT LAST
! Following the princes came the guard of
| honor twenty-five officers of the native In
| dian cavalry corps. Men of fine physique,
| picturesque uniforms and strange faces.
| But for these the crowd had few eyes; for
| the commander-in-chief who followed be-
| hind them none. They could see the
| Queens horses-it was the Queen at last.
! A cheer broke forth that seemed to shake
the ground, renewed again and again as her
] Majestys carriage approached. The famous
| eight Hanoverian creams, cream in color,
| with long tails. white. cold almost fishlike
| eyes and pink noses. their names richly
! woven with ribbons of royal blue, were now
| passing. Gorgeous they looked in their
new state harness-saddIe cloths of royal
! blue velvet with rich fringes of bullion. the
| leather work-red morocco above and blue
! with the royal arms. The liveries of the
| Positions were in keeping with the har-
| since the prince consort's death the Queen
| permitted the mourning band to be re-
! moved from the mems arms; there was
| The carriage in which her Majesty rode
| now came abreast. 1t proved to be
riage with light running body. built about
| quarter of century ago. and of which
| her Majesty is known to be very fond. The
| body was dark clarct lined with vermillion,
! the mClding outlined with beads of brass.
Beside her Majesty rode the Princess of
! Wales opposite her Majesty II. r. II. Prin-
cess Christiana. On the left of her Maj
| esty rode H. r. II. the Duke of Cambridge:
| on the right, II. r. II. the Princess of
| Wales who followed by the Duke of
! Connaught. the general officer commanding.
! The procession reached Temple Bar at
las a.. m. The faithful city had been
| crossed by her Majesty. who was received
| with the ancient stately homage from her
| chief magistrate. The frame in which this
| picture was set was Characteristic. On one
| side the broken gray pile of the Law Courts
rose from portierres of legal luminaries.
| most of her Majesty's judges in their splen-
! did robes and full bottomed wigs, @. C.s
| galore in more sombre silk and less vol
| luminous horse hair, ladies in charming
toilet, and every window filled with eager
| faces.
AN ANCIENT CEREMONY.
| The lord mayor and the city officials on
horseback arrived ten minutes before the
| Queen was due and very striking was their
appearance. Sir Faudel-Philips wore the
earl's robe to which lord mayors are en-
| titled when crowned heads visit the city
| a cloak of ruby silk velvet lined with white
silk and edges with ermine. Sheriffs Richie
| and Rogers wore the sheriff's velvet court
dress-scaret gowns and chains. The
Verge Good Bye sword" known as
| Queen Elizabeth's pearl sword" presented
| to the corporation by the maiden Queen
| at the opening of a royal exchange A. d.
/ 1870 was carried by the lord mayor. The
sword is three feet eleven inches long with
| a fine Damascus blade
On the arrival of the Queen the lord
| mayor uncovered. Approaching the car
rage of her Majesty his lordship, with all
| due obedience, presented the hilt of the
| city's pearl sword which was undrawn.
| This was the ancient ceremony of dutfful
| thus returning it to the lord mayor in token
/ that his submission was graciously ac-
cepted by his sovereign. The lady mayoress
presented her Majesty with basket OF
flowers. The flowers were gorgeous orchids
| in a silver filagree basket, the handles be-
ing surmounted by lovers oyer knot on S Thieh
Philips hip g. Lady Mayoress.' In presenting the
and attired in black, with powdered hair,
' said: Might be permitted to present this
| basket of flowers to your Majesty? The
| Queen twice replied Il am deeply crate
/ full
Her Majesty smiled was evidently greatly
pleased and looked fresh and bright. She
/ wore no spectaces, took the flowers passed
| them to the Princess of Wales and put
| out her hand to the lady mayoress to kiss.
spiendor Of the occasion shook her Mai
| esty's hand instead of kissing 1t. der
Majesty then commanded the lord mayor
and sheriffs to proceed and the procession
moved towards st. Paurs amid. roars of
| cheers that seemed in the narrow streets TO
be echoed and re-echoed. In the mean
anthem and the crowd joined in singing
God Save the Queen" which was sung by
Majesty until she was out of sight. Before
| leaving the Prince of Wales turned ms
| horse and waved ms nanu 10 the loiu
mayors party.
AT THE CATHEDRAL
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 Majestys carriage stopped in front
of the steps of the City Cathedral. AS the
| Queens procession arrived the carriages
| containing the ENJOYS and the princesses
| drew up en- echalon on the ordinary
| roadway on the right, SO as to face the
cathedral The escort of thirty princes
i turned to the left on reaching the church
yard and then to the right across the front
of the edifce, drawn up in open order be-
| tween the statue of the Queen on the ca
| thedral steps. Her Majesty's carriage then
| came between, saluting the platform on
which We're awaiting the, Arcnolshop OF
| the bishops of Marlborough and Stapnelck,
| the Very Rev. Dean Gregory ana the cier-
| CIV of ST Pauls In the surrounding dig
| nftaries were leading representatives of all
the faiths of England.
With the stopping OF the queen carriage
! the picture was completed, and the swelling
| hymn that had risen on the summer air
| from five choristers of her Majesty's chap
| eli royal, Westminster Abbey and st. Paul s
| ceased it's grand harmonies in one long
| drawn soft "amen." The service was about
to begin. Nowhere else on the route al
| ready trayersed were the slopes of faces
! carried to so great height All around,
like some vast amphitheater, walls OF peo-
pie stretched upwards as IL 10 -cLnip tie
In the cathedral Rear Admiral J. N. Mill
| err United States navy, had seat assigned
| next to Mrs Reid, the wife OF the United
| States special envoy and just opposite the
| SPOT where the Queen stopped, but at the
! last moment Admiral Miller was preVenteo
by the serious illness of his daughter from
| attending Commander Emery of the United
| states cruiser Brooklyn, was present IN full
| uniform as were all the members or the
sneciaI embassy, except General Nelson A.
Miles and his aid-de-camp, captain n
Mans who rode in the procession.
| me ecclesiastics who had issued from the
great west door of the cathedral as the
| Queen approached, standing BESIDE the I'M
| nrovised altar, now began the simple SerV-
ZEE 4 re Deum by DIR. Martin, organlst OF
| 81 Paul's composed for the occasion, was
sung AS the sonorous amen" died away
the sweet voices of the catheoral cleIgy
a we're heard chanting, 20 Lord, save the
T Oueen" to which che great choir, IN
wondrous volume of harmonious sound re,
mon Thee" The Bishop of London, IN ful
canonicals, then read snort conect, after
which as her Majesty sat with bowed neau
the Archbishop of Canterbury arose 10 an
! noTnce the benediction. Then amldst the
further ringing of bells, the ndll S al,
into other scenes on her return To Tie
AS her Majesty entered the gates OF the
naIace at 2 O'Clock a distant gun IN 1yQt
Park announced to so much OF the woIlo
as was not before the gates that the Sreal
+ nrocession was over. The event so lone
prepared had passed off into history. Iht
sson1d of the royal salute was answered
still nv cheering, as If the loyal suDJeets
who came to cheer had not yet satisIeG5
their ambition, and then inc olOWr chez ched
away as it had come. The queen reacneu
The 9aIace on her return from the process