Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-23
QUEEN ON PARADE
Splendid Pageant Winds Through
london's Streets.
SIGNIFICANT ACT AT THE START
Victoria Presses q Button and Girdles
the Earth with Message
to Britons.

Her Escort the Flower of European No
bility and Troops That Came from All
Parts of the Empire-SOme of the Sol
diers Briefly observation-disclosures All
Represented-T Tremendous Enthusiasm
for Her Majesty-Torch of the Empire,
the Beacon Fires.
London. June 23.-London was ablaze
last night as climax to the greatest
day the city has ever known. There
were miles of Examinations, varied and
beautiful. but there was an illumination
far greater in significance than that, or
those in every city, town or hamlet in
England, Scotland and Wales. as well
as many in Ireland and every part of
the empire in fact, and that was the
lighting of the empires torch - the
ancient form of giving warning or send
ing joy-hte beacon fires. As 10 o'clock
struck at the Greenwich Observatory q
tongue of flame shot upward from
Great Malvern, 1.-THE backbone Of the
Midlands." It was the jubilee beacon
look on it before another fiared in the
distance on the right, then again on the
left-on the north, south, east and west.
Torch of the Empire Ablaze.
Peak answered to peak until from
Berwick -on-Tweed to rough Tor and
Brown Willie in Cornwall; from the
cathedral towers of Litchfield. Wor-
cester. RiSon, Lincoln and Durham;
from Skiddaw to st. Heliers. from
Hastings to Cader Iris. and across the
water to Donegal and Dublin. a thou
sand beacon fires blaZed up their mes
sage of loyalty to the sovereign. Half
an hour later the lowlands. the high
lands, the wild Hebrides. even to Ultima
Thule, sent answering signals to the
sky. And then slowly as the light
failed from day to evening, round the
world the empires torch was lit. From
st. Heliers the signal leaped to Gibraltar,
to Malta. to Cyrus, to Ceylon, to India
where it blazed triumphant on the
Hfmalayas-to China, to Australia, to
Canada, to the West Indies-the en-
pires torch shed it's radiance over the
universe.
Examinations In London.
When night had come the crowds which
had filtered out Of the procession streets
after the great show wedged back again
to view London a-light. The illumina-
tons were achieved more artistically
than the decorations by day. Those
Of the metropolis. like everything th@e
had previously transpired during thS
morning hours. were greater and more
respondent than anything in her his
tory. The symbols f loyalty and az
lection. of imperial grandeur and the
| growth of empire had met the
eye in painted and gilded mot
toes. devices. OF paper and bunt-
ing and spangled cloth. were
| now reflected for miles In lines Of flar-
| ing gas. glow-worm OF lamps. opal
| globes, paper lanterns and transpaf-
encies. incandescent lamps. celluloaa
flowers and hundreds Of devices in thou
sands OF colored crystals. Everywhere
was brillianoy. sparkle. color.
| One Point of Great Brilliance.
Nothing in all London or elsewhere
exceeded in artistic beautyand brilliancy
of display the scene from the yelling
ton statue, with the Bank of England
on one side and the Mansion House on
| the other. The official home OF the
lord mayor was bathed in so much light
| tnat all the peauueS OF the oay seemed
to fit in and charmingly mingle with
that Of the night. On the top of the
| pediment a splendid star Of India
burned it's brilliant points into the sky
Prismatic gas globes outlined the facade
and a portion of the side, while theroyal
crown encircled by a wreath Of laurels
in incandescent lamps stood out prom
inently in front Of the building. Thai
was one display; there were hundreds
as beautiful or nearly so.
QUEENS START THROUGH LONDON
She Sends . Message Round the World
Welcomed by the Sun.
London. June 23.-The great dayof the
queens Jubilee has passed and tht
pageant that wound through the street!
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