The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-06-23
THE DIAMOND
JUBILEE DAY.
Remarkable OutpOurlngS in Honor Of
England'S Queen.
BUT The PAREELLITES OBJECT
In Dublin and other Irish Cities the oppon.
ents of the Government Display
Black Flags Brilliant Decor
ations at Night

London, June 23.-The last stroke Of
u had not died away on Mondays
midnight air when from some metro
politan belfries a tumultuous peal of
bells announced Diamond Jubilee Day.
The vast crowd that filled the miles Of
streets and squares answered with
ringing cheers, and here and there the
singing of God Save the l.ueen."
In many places the crowds were very
noisy, blowing horns and cornets.
playing mouth organs and concertinas
and altogether vociferous. At the
music halls every popular ditty was
greeted with shouts and cheers.
Everybody flung about confections;
everywhere hawkers vended fruit, and
the street stalls where coffee, hot po-
tatoes and edibles were on sale did a
roaring trade
Early in the morning the work OF
clearing the streets for the great pro-
cession was begun, and it was a her
cluean task, for the people persisted
in crowding into the gayly decorated
streets DESPITE the efforts of the po-
lice. BY the time the procession ap-
pearcd, however, a semblance of order
had been secured.
The route was kept by troops in re-
view order standards and colors car
ried, infantry of the line carrying rolled
capes, volunteers, in addition, haVer-
sacks and water bottles. The men took
position one foot in front Of the curb
stone. Turning first to the Senior Ser
vice, i'm addition to the Naval Guard of
Honor 500 B'uejackets with 400 men OF
the Royal Marine Light Infantry lined
the route in Trafalgar Square; 300 Blue
jackets and 800 marines were stationed
in st. Georges circus on the Surrey
side. These, with the naval gun de-
tachment, i'm the procession, and a de-
tachment of the Royal Naval Reserve.
completed the naval demonstration,
which, if it seemed to be lost in the
magnitude of the part assigned to the
Junior Service, was none the less in
teresting to those in the neighborhood
where the navy gave tone to the show.
The army, in the various arms of the
service, presented an imposing array
of almost 10000 men, which, with those
in the procession, formed the flower
of the British soldiery-infantry, cav
airy, artillery, engineers, ordnance
men, men of the army service, militia,
yeomanry, volunteersy-cadets- and men
of the medical staff. A description of
lllt ullllullll6 MOulu HI a IdlE SIZED
book, so varied were they.
The procession was practically in
three sections as far as st. PauTs,
though the two last en- route to the
cathedral We're consolidated as they
moved into Piccadiuy The first to
take up the position was the colonial
procession formed on the embank-
ment, and moved via the Mall, thence
past the palace, where her majesty
viewed it from a window, over the
route to ST. Paurs Then came the
troops of the crown colonies, and final
ly the royal procession proper, escort
ing her majesty. Cheers broke forth
that seemed to shake the ground re-
newed again and again as her ma
/ iesty's carriage passed, and every
/ where along the route was shown the
/ love of Englshmen for England's s
| queen.
| The pageant was dramatic and his
toric. The lord mayor, in his robes of
office, meeting the sovereign at the city
| gates, recalled the early suggestion of
| liberty in the privileges won from
kings by free cities, and the sheriff, in
medieval costume escorting the mon
arch within his bailiwick, gave q
| glimpse of the origin and recognition
of civil rights by the throne. The mon
arch. escorted by princes and guarded
| by the military forces of the realm,
/ both regulars and volunteers, national
and colonial evidenced the strength
| and permanency of the monarchical
! system with this people
White, yellow and black soldiers
/ trooped by, each acceleraung and in
| creasing the tidal wave of enthusiasm
/ and presenting a panorama of power
/ unequaled in history.
The concentrated and irrepressible
/ joy and pride which preceded, accom-
| panied and followed the queen like a
| resistless torrent surpassed anything
| ever witnessed before. Though many
races and many tongues participated.
| the dominant absorbing expression
was English and the glory was Eng
lands, Peers and commoners, mas
ters and worlImen, millionaires and
the multitude We're welded by a tre-
| mendous force, The enthusiasm and
shouting We're far different from those
| evoked by the triumphal procession of
a Roman conqueror. Men and women
eagerly expressed to each other, ana
emphasized to foreigners, as the col
onials marched by that they were not
conqueror, but willing subjects. free
citizens Of the worldwide empire fol-
lowing their sovereign
The Canadians easily took the lead
among the colonials. The fact that the
province OF Quebec was in rebellion
when Victoria came to the throne. and
that her premier, now here is a
Frenchman and a Catholic appealed
to English imagination. That the de-
cendant Of Montcalm and his country.
men should vie with the children OF
Wolfe and his soldiers in their loyalty
and that Canada has made a begin
ming by favorinE Great Britain as
against other nations I'm her tariff, hav,
touched both the British heart anC
pocket
No Rcdmonites and only some hall
dozen Dillonites We're to be seen i'm tn,
official stands at Westminster. MIR
and Mrs Gladstone passed the day al
Haward2n, whore Mr.. Gladstone de
livered a patriotic address i'm connec
tion with a chldren's fete.