San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-19
THE JUBILEE IN NEN YORK
Queens Celebration Began
There Today.
OPENED AUSPICI0USLY AND
WILL CONTINUE FOR THREE
DAYS MORE.
Big Parade By The Various SOcie-
ties This Morning At 10 O'clock.
Canada Preparing To Do
Herself Justice On The
Occasion.

New York, June 19.-The celebration
of Queen Victoria's jubilee in and
about New York was begun this morn
ing by the United British societies at
Ambrose park, South Brooklyn. and for
four days, many societies with organ
izations and associations will hold ex-
ercises BETTING the grand .anniversa-
ry.
At ten o'clock this morning at Am
brose park there was a parade of all
the societies interested. Besides the
officers of the societies and many who
took conspicuous parts in the events of
the day, there was in line the Sons of
st. George. New York Caledonian club,
New York Accotish Gaelic society,
New York Scottish society, New York
Irish Celtic society and the Order Of
Scottish Clans.
The committee ON arrangements,u I'M
der the direction of the honorary pres
ident of the Queens diamond jubilee
celebration committee, Percy Sander
son, consul general for Great Britain,
has provided a program of sports ra-
ces, including an International foot
ball match, bicycle races and tug Of
war, in which prizes will be distributed.
In the evening the grounds will be IL
Illuminated.
The money remaining after paying
| expenses will form the nuclus of a
fund to found home for aged and in
ldigent British-Americans.
Bishop Ellison Capers of South Caro-
| lima, acting for Bishop Potter, during
the latter's absence in Europe, has ap-
pointed a form of special supplication
| to be used in all of the Episcopal
churches of the diocese tomorrow.
Special services will be held at Trim
ity church tomorrow afternoon, when
the Rev. DR.. d. Parker Morgan will
preside At both the hours, morning
and evening tomorrow special services
will be held in the church of John the
Evangelist at No. 220 West Eleventh
street, in honor of victoria's accession,
coincident with the four hundreth
anniversary of the English discovery
of American by Cabot. The memo
rial window presented to the church
through st. Georges society will be un-
yelled at the morning services.
On every ship where flies the Brit
ish flag there will be special services
tomorrow and banquets with appro-
pirate ceremonies, on Tuesday, when
the great celebration is being held in
London.
The Canadian society of New York
will have a banquet and reception at
the Windsor hotel on Monday evening,
for which most elaborate preparations
have been made. Leading prominent
members in sister societies and noted
Canadians and Americans have been
invited, among them the governor gen.
eral of Canada, the lord of Aberdeen,
Sir oliver Mowat, the Hon. A. S.Blair
the Hon. F. w. Borden, Sir William
Dawson, President of McGill UNIVERSE
ty; Sir William Kingston, president of
Cornell university; tn Hon. Arthur S.
Hardy, prime minister of Ontario;
Richard White of Montreal Percy San
derson, British consul; President Seth
Low, of Columbia university; HI. L.
Burnett, president of the Ohio society;
Charles A. Deshon, president of the
Southern society; w. w. Massey, pres
ident of st. Georges society, and G.
S. Beaman of the New England society.
The British Americans of Summit,
N. J., organized themselves into a So
ciety one week ago today under the
name of the British American society
of Summit and vicinity, for the purpose
of celebrating the Queens Jubilee.
A banquet, to be followed by speech
es and music, will be given by the So
ciety at Hotel Brentwood on Tuesday
evening.