The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-23
DIAMOND JUBILEE DAY.
1t Will Long BE Remembered by All
Who Saw the Pageant.

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lands who viewed the great procession in
honor of Queen Victorias diamond jubilee.
There was nothing to mar the ceremonies
and festivities, and the weather was per-
fect-almost what might be called a rare
day in June" Although the great military
pageant, comprising representatives of the
soldiery of all lands over which the banner
of the British empire floats, was the fea-
ture of Diamond Jubilee day. there were
other ceremonies and fetes which aroused
much interest, notably the illumination of
the city at night and the huge brush and
furse bonfires that were kept burning till
nearly sunup on nearly all the hilltops of
England, Scotland and Ireland. The events
of the day. in brief, were: The great pro-
cession, when the Queen proceeded in
state from Buckingham Palace to St. Paurs
Cathedral under escort of princes, special
ambassadors, colonial premiers and imperial
military guards. returning through the
borough to Buckingham Palace;
the reception of the colonial
premiers at court; the state banquet at the
palace; the illumination of the city; the
Venetian fete at Windsor and the jubilee
bonfires on seven hundred hilltops in the
United Kingdom.
Her Majesty breakfasted at o'clock
! this morning in her apartments at Bucking-
ham Palace and informed her physician that
she was not fatigued by yesterdays cere-
monies. Already at this hour, in the great
! quadrangle of the palace, there were many
| signs of the coming ceremonial Gorgeous
| ly attired servants gathered near the scar
! let carpeted staircase, which was lined by
rare flowers, while the strains of the ma
| tional anthem as a band passed-th palace
announced the colonial part of the process
| sion had started. At the same time the
| special ENJOYS who were to take part in
| the procession began arriving in the great
| quadrangle.
ARRIVAL OF ENVOY REID.
United States special envoy, the Hon.
| Wbitelaw Reid, was the first to appear
| He drove in accompanied by one of the
| royal equerries, the latter being all gold,
scarlet and feathers, while Mr.. Reid was
| quietly attired, wearing an Inverness coat,
an opera hat and a white tie. He drove up
to the great door of the palace where he
was saluted in passing by dozen men in
gold, and was escorted to the waiting room
by the master of ceremonies, Colonel the
Hon. Sir William James Colville. A minute
or two later General Nelson A. Miles rep
TeseEting' the UniLed states army rode up
on a splendid horse in full uniform He
fingered for moment there without any
one attending to him, and then rode out.
The minor royalties next dropped in, fol-
lowed by richly caparisoned Steeds intended
for the use of the princes.
The arrival of the princes who were to
take part in the escort formed a splendid
picture full of color. The quaint-looking
Crown Prince Danilo of Montenegro, with
black, glossy hair under a dull crimson
cap and wearing crimson jacket heavily
embroidered with gold and with full, short
pale blue skirts, was greeted by the Ger
man princes, who were in fine military uni
forms, evidently donned for the first time
The Grand Duke Sergius of Russia, a man
of the heavy Romanoff type was not artis-
tically uniformed and was completely
eclipsed in appearance by the gorgeous
Austrians and Hugarians in scarlet and
gold, with white Hussar Jackets lined with
pale blue and fastened to their left shou-
ders, their striking attire being completed
by high fur caps and stiff plumes. The
brother of the Khedive of Egypt, Moham-
med Ali Khan, was mounted on a pure
white Arabian charger, which was greatly
admired. The Duke of Cambridge carry
ing his field marshars baton and wearing
| the ribbon of the garter across his portly
| person, next arrived, and after him came
the lord chamberlain, the Earl of Lanthom,
and a score Of white wand chamberlains,
attired in the darkest of blue smothered
with gold. They mingled with the others
and later passed up the stairway
THE ROYAL LANDAUS.
Eleven royal landaus then arrived and
were mustered in the center of the quad
! rangle Each carriage was a show in
itself forming with it's brilliant assembly
of escorting horsemen and footmen a most
gorgeous display. preliminary glimpse
Of the sun pierced the clouds at this hour,
touching everything with bright light and
making the scene as grand a feast of color
as was ever witnessed. BY 1920 a. M the
ENJOYS carriages were loaded and took up
their position in the center of the quad
rangle Shortly afterward a huge superb
coach arrived and it had hardly come to
standstilI when the landaus with the la
dies and lords in waiting and the prin-
| cesses were in their allotted positions All
the ladies wore light toilets of blue green
lilac and pink the latest Partisan novelties
| Then the envoys' landaus started The
princes next mounted their horses and
ranged themselves in groups of threes. The
carriage of the eX-Empress Frederick of
Germany, who was dressed in lilac and
who carried a white sunshade, waited until
after the others had gone.
In the meanwhile platoon of the royal
servants lined up on each side of the great
door and an inclined platform from the
foot of the stairs to the place to be occu-
pied by the Queens coach was placed in
position and carefully tested by a Scotch
gilie. After momentary wait a hoarse
roar of cheers quickly started by the royal
anthem played by the band outside an
raanced the arrival of the Prince and
Princess of Wales The Prince of Wales
mounted by the scarlet-covered steps to
the entrance of the palace and then the
Hanoverian steeds slowly drew the Queens
carriage into position. At 1ll0 a. IN. n
hustle on the main staircase announced the
coming of her Majesty Queen Victoria
slowly descended the stairs, assisted by a
scarlet-clad and white-turbaned Indian at
tendant She was dressed in black. wore a
black bonnet trimmed with white and car
ried a white sunshade. AT the foot of the
stairway her Majesty paused for a minute
and touched an electric button connected
with all the telegraphic systems through
out the British empire, and 1t flashed
around the world the message: From NV
heart / thank my beloved people. Nav
God bless them"
Her Majesty then slowly seated herself in
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