The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

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Last at Buckingham Palace the
Most Largely Attended and Nest
Brilliant Which the Queen Has
Held Since ISS7-The Queen Es-
pecially Gracious to Mrs. Hay,
Wife of the United States EN-
bassador.
LONDON. May 15.-(Copyrighted
| 1897, by the Associated Press)-The
few days which Queen Victoria passed
in town gave a great impetus to the
season. The crowds which assembled
| whenever her majesty drove out ex-
ceeded all records in point of numbers.
| The Queen seems remarkably well and
! takes the greatest interest in the prep
| aratiOns being made to celebrate her
diamond jubilee Her majesty's outings
| were not confined to drives in the parks,
but in an open landau with Positions
and an equerry on either side of her
| carriage, she drove down the Thames
| embankment almost to the city ana
| through Trafalgar Square, the Hay
! market and other streets not often ire
quented by the sovereign. During her
drives the Queen wore dark spectacles.
The drawing-room on Wednesday last
| at Buckingham Palace was the most
largely attended and the most brilliant
| which the Queen has held since 1881.
Contrary TO her custom for years past,
| Queen Victoria not only received the
! members of the diplomatic corps, but
| remained for over an hour receiving the
general crowd. All the Americans pres
ented, much to their delight, were per-
sonally received by the Queen. and her
majesty was especially gracious TO Mrs.
| Hay, wife of the United States EN-
bassador Colonel John Hay and to Miss
Hay.
| The festivities mapped out for the
jubilee have now received the Queens
sanction They will begin on June 10th.
the date of her majesty's accession to
the throne sixty years ago. with re-
lgious service at Frogmore, Windsor,
| the site of the mausoleum erected to
! the memory of the Prince ConsoTt and
| the Queens mother, the late Duchess OF
| Kent The Queen and the royal family
will be present.
on the Monday following, June 2lst,
the court will move in semi-state TO
London, and that evening there will be
| a banquet at buckingham Palace IN
honor of the royal guests. 1t will be
| followed by a reception for the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and the
! special ENJOYS.
On Tuesday, June odd the royal pro-
| cession through the streets of London
will be the great feature of the day,
| and it will be followed by illumnina-
lions at night.
On Wednesday there will be a garden
party at Buckingham Palace, to which
| thousands have been invited.
The court on Thursday, June 24th.
| will move in semi-state to Windsor.
Troops will line the route to Paddington
Station. Her majesty will leave the
| train at Slough, and will drive with an
escort of the Life Guards, by way OF
Elton, to Windsor, taking this route IN
order to enable the boys of the Elton
public school to receive her majesty
On Friday there will be another ban
| quet at Windsor, and on Saturday VIII
| take place the naval review at Spitheau,
which the Queen will not attend.
The Sultan of Turkey is now rivaling
| Emperor William of Germany as
sender of kilograms and as a patron of
the arts Abdul Hamid sent a dispatch
| to President Faure expressing sympa-
| thy with the families of the victims of
the Charity Bazaar fire, and the Sultan
has now instructed Edhem Pasha, the
| Turkish Commander in Thessaly, to
take special care of the works of anti
| guilty in Greece and to prevent his SOL
ders from doing any damage to them.
The Turkish General was further in
| structed to dispatch all the movable
| articles of value Immediately to the
Ottoman Museum at Copstantinople.
The Sultan of Turkey proposed to
send his son, MohemmedS elim Effendi,
to represent him at the Queens jubilee.
| If his majesty carries out his intention
it is more than likely that there will be
| some exciting scenes during the pro-
| cession through the streets OF London.
| The Liberal newspapers are furious at
| the suggestion and the Daily Chrom-
Gle" protests against the dissertation
of the Queens peaceful FESTIVAL by the
presence of the representative of muir
der"
The star" is flooding London with
startling placards announcing coming
articles on THE Standard Oil Trust
and says: 1.-The Paris horrors are sur
passed Men, women and children are
roasted alive in order to put money into
| the pockets of the American trust.
Rockefeller has obtained absolute con-
troll of the oil trade of Great Britain by
forcing retailers to sell the refuse oils
prohibited in America, and is response
BILE for the terrible series of lamp eX-
| plosions" The Star urges the Gov
eminent to legislate in the matter.
The Prince of Wales has been busy
| during the week. His visit to Mr..
Gladstone at Hawarden, with the Prin-
csss of Wales and Princess Victoria, on
Monday, has attracted much approving
| comment The Daily News" remarks:
1t is but one more sign of the gener-
Gus sense of the duties of their position
which has endeared the royal pair to all
classes
Consular Agent Clark's Troubles.
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