The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-06-23
THE DIAMOND
JUBILEE DAY.
lcontinaed iron First rage

ed more erusucgc,y than the decura-
tions by day. Those of the metropolis
were, like everything that had pre-
viously transpired, greater and more
resplendant than anything in her his
tory. The symbols of loyalty and af-
fection, Of imperial grandeur and tho
growth Of empire that had met the
eve in painted and gilded notices, de-
vices of paper and bunting and SPAN
rleI cloth were now reflected for miles
led cloth were now reflected for miles
in lines of 1aring gas, glowworm oil
lamps, opal globes, paper lanterns and
transparencies, incandescent lamps
celluloid flowers and hundreds of de-
vices in thousands of colored crystals
Everywhere was brilliancy, sparkle,
color, at many points a dazzling radi-
ancy under the mild summer sky.
with illuminauons which We're uni
versal in every city town and ham
let of England, Wales and Scotland,
and in some parts of Ireland with fire
works in countless places, with illu-
limitations following the fall of night in
every part of that empire where the
queen has sway, there yet remains to
be mentioned the final touch-the light
ing of the empires torCh-the ancient
form of giving warning or sending joy,
the beacon fires. AS 10 o'clock struck
at the Greenwich observatory a tongue
OF flame shot upward from Great Nal
vern, "the backbone of the Midlands.'
1t was the jubilee beacon fire. Hardly
had the spectator time to look on it be-
fore another hared in the distance on
the right, then again on the left, on
the north, south, east and west. Peak
answered to peak until from Berwick
on-Tweed to Rough Tor and Brown
Willie in Cornwall, from the cathedral
towers in Litchfeld Worcester, Ripon
Lincoln and Durham, from Sdddaw to
st. Heliers, from Hastings to Cader
Iris and across the water to Donegal
and Dublin, a thousand beacon nres
blazed up their message of loyalty to
the sovereign. Half an hour later the
lowlands, the highlands, the wild Heb
rides even to Netima Thule, sent an
swering signals to the sky. And then
slowly as the light failed from day to
evening round the world, the empire S
torch was lit. From st. Helier's the
signal leaped to Gibraltar, to Malta, to
| Cyrrus, to Ceylon, to India, where ii
blazed triumphant on the Himilayans-
to China, to australia, to Canada tC
| the West Indies, the empire torch
shed it's radiance over the universe.
The jubilee was celebrated in all tn,
| British provinces, including almost al
| parts of Ireland, with enthusiasm, b!
| public official fetes, professions, decor
/ ations, illuminations and bonfres. TIL
| Parnelites, however, We're very bus!
/ with counter demonstrations. In Dub
/ lin q procession went through tn
streets carrying a black flag and
! coffin labeled THE British Empire AM
smashing the windows of illuminatet
houses. The city has not been s.
thoroughly excited since the death o
ParnelI In the evening a large meet
ing was held in Dublin town hall II
memory of the rebellion of '9S an,
speeches were made glorlfying the mel
who were the heroes of that move
ment.
At Cc~k the National society hum
out black flags and attempted to hois
one on the municipal flagstaff but tn
police interfered. At night the hilltop
were ell ablaZe with bonfires.
At Limerick the police removed blac
flags from the town hall and from
number Of public monuments. Durin
the evening John DAILY addressed
small hostile demonstration. As agains
this the Royal Irish regiment held
military tattoo and there We're severe
torchIight parades, in all of whic
large numbers of citizens participated
Throughout the United Kingdom an
the colonies, and in the principal Euro
pean cities, according to telegram
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