The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
4 GRAND PAGEANT.
Climax Of the Queens Jubilee
Celebration.
GREAT CITY OF LONDON BRIL-
.ii LIANT WITH DECORATIONS.


III History-Troops From All Over the
Empire Represented - Everything
Passed Off With Machine-LilSe Smooth
ness.
London; June 22-The last stroke of 10
had not died away on the midnight air
when from the metropolitan belfries a
tu1nultueus- peal of bells announced Dia-
mond Jubilee day The vast crowds that
filled the miles of streets and squares an
swered With ringing cheers and here and
there the singing of GOD Save the
Queen"
r. The streets on the north side of the
Thames were closed to ordinary vehicular
,traffioat 30, on the south side at &
a. m. London bridge had been closed to
all traffic at midnight and Westminster
ssnd other bridges between, at 5 this
morning. at which time all persons were
removed from Westminster and London
bridges, &, ..es..s....4.ess
Decoration for Her Majesty Jubilee
has been universal and without stint
. Could the Queen have passed through
some of the wretched streets of her great
London this morning, some Of the i'll
favored alleys where the children have
come to believe the sky is only yard
wide, where there is hunger and disease
the year round, she could have found mo-
more striking evidence of her abiding
place in the hearts of her people. The
resplendent West End with its crimson
sglory,.T great banners, triumphal arches,
more, if half SO much as the tiny paper
flag, the yard or so of narrow red, white
and blue stretched around q window sill
or % common flower pot with its single
rose, modest decorations, which formed
today shfines for the children of the shad-
'ows in Whitechapel Spitalfelds, Hoxton
OF Shoreditch alleyways.
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| Buckingham palace itself was undeco-
rated save for the royal standard, which
foated above it. All the houses and clubs
of Picadilly from Hyde Park corner to
St. James street were ablaze with multi
colored draperies relieved with hundred
weights of flowers.
The Griffin-the site of old Temple Bar
WAS so covered with decorations for
both night and day as to be almost I'M
Fleet street was purple and gold. As
cending Ludgate hill the scene was most
attractive. High walls of color and i'm
mense seas of faces sloping up to the
great grey wall. of Christopher Wren's
masterpiece (St. Pauls cathedral) which
really seemed to rise out of the hearts of
the people, was a sight tremendously
impressive. Turning into Cheapside there
was plenty of color, plenty of money
spent but no effect that was noteworthy
until, passing out of it the Mansion
> house stood revealed, perhaps the most
gorgeous and artistic piece of decoration
on the entire route.
The Bank of England was notably
decorated, though chiefly for illumina-
ton.
The procession was practically in three
sections as far as st. Paul S, though the
two last en- route to the cathedral were
consolidated as they moved into Piccadil-
sF. The first to take up position was the
Colonial procession, formed on the en-
.bankment which moved via the Mall
thence to the palace, where Her Majesty
viewed 1T from a window, over the route
To st. PauPs.
The march began at 3.45 and the great
cortege proved a welcome relief to the
waiting multitude. For the colonies
were living pictures, presenting in tangi-
BILE shape the growth of the empire and
the far reaching extent of the Queen s
sway.
The procession after some police, was
headed by an advance party of the Royal
Horse guards. Then followed the band
Of the same corps playing the inspiring
Washington Post March" Next came
Lord Frederick Roberts commanding the
colonial troops, with Col. Ivor Herbert
of the Grenadier Guards, the second in
command, then the Canadian Hussars
and the Dragons of the Northwest police.
AThe Victorian mounted troops followed,
smart weather beaten fellow in unattrac-
tive brownish uniforms, succeeded by the
New Zealand mounted contingent, a fine
looking sunburned lot, drawn from al
the colony, displaying uniforms designed
for the conflict rather than the parade
ground
Then came New Zealand's premier,
Hon. Richard j. Seldom. For the mo-
ll1ert Australia gave way, Africa was al
Hope mounted rifles, well set up men
wearing the scarlet, with white helmet
rode by to herald the coming of the pre-
mier, the Hon. Sir John Sprfggs, K C.,
NJ. g., and the; South Australian mount
ed troops. Lean, long specimens of wiry
'frsts and passed on to give place to the
premier of New Foundland, Hon. Sir
W. V. Whiteway. From New Found
land one was transported to Natal by the
Natal mounted troops, contingent SIM
liar in model and equipment to their
Cape brothers in arms. Hon Sir H. NJ.
Nelson, K. c. M. G., rode after them,
the. official personification of Western
Australia.
The premiers being disposed of there
succeeded a really most attractive display
mounted troops of the crown coloni 8,
the Rhodesian horse, the Colonial infall
try, broken by three bands typical of the
United Kingdom, those of St. Georges,
the; Lodon Scottish and the London Irish
Rife Volunteer corps. The colonial con-
tingent were "a varied lot from lot OF
varied places, local militia of Hong Kong,
Singapore, lCeylon, Maurius, Jamaica,
S. - Lucia, Bermuda, and the Royal
Mala Artillery corps; Hong Kong, Sing
apore, Ceylon, Maurius, Jamaica, and
Royal Mala submarine mining companies
of the royal engineers; The West Indian
fortress company of royal engineers, West
India infantry company, the Hong Kong
regiment and the Royal Mala regiment OF
militia.
Then there passed the splendid contin-
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