The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-22

! sovereign's entrance, facing the long
entrance, and traversed part of the
High Thames street of Windsor or
her way to the railway station. Hel
majesty's carriage was drawn by a paii
! of grays. with Positions and outriders
The queen was accompanied by her ED
est daughter ex-Empress Frederick OF
Germany, and by Princess Christian OF
Schleswig- HOistein. and Princess Henry
of Battenburg. who occupied a carriage
preceding that of her majesty. The
queen on arriving at the railway sta
ton at Windsor, walked through the
private waiting room, leaning on the
arm of an Indian attendant, and by a
sloping gangway entered her salon
carriage.
The early hours were enlivened by
the pealing of bells and in the morning
breeze everywhere fioated the royal
standard The first point of interest
was Windsor, where by O'Clock the
short route leading from the castle 10
the Great Western railway station
was lined by mass of people gathered
TO see the queen start. Flags and
flowers were everywhere, and the order
Of the day, God Save the Queen APP
peared on houses and banners with
cut end. The seatue-ef- tile-aueen- near
the castle was decorated and gorgeous
ly canopied in the renaissance style
and tall Venetian masts with their
fiuttering pennons lined both sides of
the route. AT II O'clock the queen left
the castle. The railway station was
beautifully decorated in scarlet and
gold, flowers in bloom, and tall artistic
palms. The queen was received by
the directors of the railway.
THE oT-IL-N--c rrp AIN
THE queens train-used for the
first time today-was drawn I'D close
TO the entrance door. The magnificent
engine Queen Empress" beautifully
painted and ornamented with gold leaf
carried the royal arms emblazoned in
gold and colOrs in front and royal
heraldic devices over the splashboards
of the driving wheels. The train was
composed of six carriages built on the
American system and connected by the
rubber covered passages so common IN
the states The queens carriage, which
is "a feet long, occupied the center of
the train. 1t weighs % tons and is
mounted on two boyle trucks swung
under double-hung suspension guides
The start for London was made at
12:1O a. m. and for almost the entire
distance the train passed between scat
tered groups of loyal people. Every sta
ton of the Great Western between
Windsor and Paddington had been dec
Grated The railway employees every
where stood at the salute. while the
platforms were crowded with cheering
people.
Paddlngton was reached at 1890 D.
M The weather was fine and warm.
Here the immense terminus had been
transformed on the up side" into
hall Of Respondent crimson, garlanded
with fronge gold; fragrant with the
odor of countless blossoms. walled on
either side by numbers of people. The
state carriages from Buckingham pal
ace were al the end of the covered way.
As soon as the queen had taken her
seat the life guards drew up in front
and rear as a roar of cheers proclaimed
to waiting thousands beyond that she
had arrived. Before starting a LOYAL
address was presented by the Rev.
Walter Abbott, vicar of Paddington
and chairman of Paddington vestrv.
who was accompanied by the two mem
bers Of parliament for Paddington.
HER GRATITUDE.
The queen graciously received the
address presented to her by the vicar
OF Paddington and handed back TO him
a written reply, expressing gratifica-
ton at the generous instincts of her
with fringe gold; fragrant with the
young and : which had produced
such remarkable results. The late
prince consort, like herself. the
reply OF her majesty continued.
manifested great interest in char
liable institutions and her chill
dren shared that feeling which
formed not the weakest tie between
herself and the people.
Hha frs frir ,1,ol
handsome. castellated structure in
imitation of gray stone, covered with
ivy and bore the motto: Thy Hearts
Are Our Throne
The second triumphal arch was az
the bottom of the Edgeware road and
not at the Marble arch. II was coy
cred with crimson cloth, flowers and
flags, and bore the motto: God
Bless Our Queen"
Next to Paddington the crowds Sc
lected the buckingham palace as the
most interesting point to view the pro-
ceedings as the gathering of the en-
VOWS and their suites and the Indian
officers invited to luncheon. to be after
wards presented. had already began at
noon and many were the speculations
relative to the identity of the bejeweled
and order decorated officers as they
drove up in royal carriages or
smart royal hansoms hired for
the occasion. In the latter case
the drivers wore cockades and had
badges on their left arms. and
velvet pads with the letters ~. r."
embroidered in gold.
POLICE KEPT BUSY.
The police were kept busy attending
to fainting women. but the crowds
were in the best of humor and chaffed