The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-23

London, June 22.-The last stroke of
nad not died away in the midnight
r when from a hundred METROPOLITAN
steeples a tumultous peal announced
Jubilee Day.
The vast crowd that filed the miles
of streets ard squares answered with
ringing cheers and here and there the
singing of God Save the Queen.
The crowds that DeoDled the streets
and squares all night in the hope of a
good view Of the procession today were
amazing in their sublime patience.
Waiting for u Il, and 16 hours. as
many of those people are doing,
damned together, is a feat of endur-
ance that could only be sustained by
some overmastering desire. Quite half
of these jubilee walters were women.
many OF them with the pale, care
worn look of the London worker. yet
all enduring the back breaking tedious
ness with the utmost good mature.
Some had camp stools, some sat on pro-
jectioins of buildings, on curbstones or
leaned in doorways. and the angles
made by stands. Refreshments We're IN
order everywhere. and the police had
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the note of the night. During the long
hours snatches of song and occasional
bursts of cheering SOLVED that the
people were determined 10 enjoy the
FESTIVAL OF PATRIOTISM AND
LOYALTY
10 the utmost \ clear starlit sky and
cool air kent the spirits OF the crowd
a. the tonmost point throughout the
vigil. With the dawn. the hone of
queens weather merged in certainty
and The world here prepared itself in
fullest confidence for a day of pleasure.
The earliest active indications Of the
great event-aDart from the DeOnle
waiting twas shortly before o clock
the arrival of vestry carts to freshly
gravel the rcadways after the fashion
which prevailed in The good old days
of Sam Pepys. Then a little later the
inevitable precursor of any procession.
the police, began to arrive in great
numbers. 5000 being distributed along
the line of march
The streets in the north side of the
Thames were closed to ordinary
vehicles and traffic al $50 on the south
side al a. m. London bridge had been
closed to all traffic a midnight and
Westminster bridge and other bridges
between > this morning at which hour
all persons were removed from West
The first great difficulty of the police
was assisting owners of seats on stands
and houses 10 get to them. they being
permitted 10 drive 10 them w to 10
o'clock. for there was a vast interval
bet%een a title 10 a seat ana actual.
possession. The crowds on the side
walks We're quite willing to give pas
sage to the favored mortals who owned
seats. but TO do so was difficult 1t was
an attempt 10 divide six into four with
no remainder. And the difficulty was
further increased by the arrival Of The
troops. after $50. taking up their az
pointed places The wise. however.
had reached their seats in stands or
obtained access to houses where thev
had bought windows by O'clock TO
7:30, it was Only the inevitably late
callers who had 10 push and struggle.
in the case of ladies much TO the dam
age Of their toilettes At length order
was evolved ont Of chaos. many of the
extreme late corners were .PeTemptoriiy
shut out and everybody settled down TO
wait. The picture was complete. The
last touches of decorator. u9nolsterer
and Tourist had been given. the fine
effect of the decorations could be
viewed, the faces were in their places.