The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-25
QUEEN VICTORIA
SEVEHTY-E|CHT
Loyal Subjects Duly
Celebrate All Over
the World.
Much Rejoicing Throughout
Great Britain and the
Colonies.
Coun tless Messages of CongratuIa-
ton Received by the Gracious
Sovereign.

LONDON, Eng, May 24-To-day is the
Queen Victoria, and the occasion was cele-
brated throughout the United Kingdom
and the colonies with the ringing of church
bells and the firing OIL salutes.
The formal exercises in this city will not
take place until Wednesday, the Queen
having expressly requested this postpone
ment in order that she might gain an ad-
ditional days rest at Balmoral
In the remaining cities OF Great Britain
however, patriotic exercises were held in
the schools, and receptions and banuuets
were given in the evening under the aus
pices of the various municipal corpora.
tions.
The Queen herself spent the day quietly
at her Old castle, her advancing yea
rendering it inadvisable, if not i'm possible.
for her to take an active part in these an
nual observances, as has been her custom
in years gone by.
Countless messages of congratulation
have been received by her Maj jesty during
the past twenty-four hours from the
heads OF almost every Government, as
well as from the representatives of the
court of ST. James.
Several of the members of the Cabinet
gave full dress dinners and receptions
this evening in honor of the anniversary,
and during the afternoon there were mill
lary parades throughout the kingdom.
the near approach of the diamond jubilee
festivities in no way serving to over
shadow the orllliancy OF the events.
MONTREAL. CANADA, May "a - The
birthday of Qoeen Victoria was generally
observed throughout the Dominion. Busi-
ness was generally suspended, and the re-
llglous services of the morning were fol-
lowed by all manner of spring festivities.
and concluded with brilliant fireworks in
he evening. This anniversary is regarded
as marking in measure the opening of
the summer season, and so, apart from it's
original significance, has come TO be a
period OF general merrymaking and re-
Ioiclng, being possibly more enthusiast
| lcaliy observed than in the mother coun-
try.
NEW YORK, N. Y, May M.-The
Queens birthday was celebrated tonight
at the Holland House by the British
schools and universities club with a din
ner attended by most of the prominent
| Va sIiS city. heV. HarKer
Morgan, VINO pres ided, responded to the
toaet, 1.-THE Queen.n
%No kinder woman" said Morgan ..ever
relsned. She was the first to sympathize
WITH this country when Garfield was shot
and among the first to send a message of
coincidence to the widow of Grant. Such
little actions have won for her the love
and respect of the entire world. If the
Queen had been on the throne the revolu-
ton and separation between this country
and England would not have occurred.
She would have prevented the words from
being uttered which created the bitter
feeling whichcould not be allayed.".
PORT TAMPA, FLA. May "A The cell
ebration of Queen Victoria's birthday
drew thousands. The British warsn;r
Pallas and American cruiser Montgomery
are here. All the shipping in the harbor
is decorated in gay colors By special
permission af President Mckinley 100
armed men from the Palias were permit.
ted to land and take part in the parade.
CHICAGO, Ill. May 24-The British.
born residents of Chicago did honor to the
sovereign of their native land by a BAN
quet at the Victoria Hotelthis evening in
recognition of the fact that day was the
seventy.eighth anniversary of the birth