The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-23

growth OF empire that had met the
| eye In painted and gilded notices, de-
vices of paper and bunting and SPAN
| gled cloth were now reflected for miles
led cloth were now reflected for miles
In lines of faring 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 brllliancy. SPARKLE.
color, at many points q dazzling radi-
Gncy under the mild summer sky.
With iluminations which were 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 ilu-
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 1t be-
fore another fared 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 Litchtield, Worcester Ripon,
Lincoln and Durham, from Skiddaw to
ST. Heliers, from Hastings to Cader
Iris and across the water to Donegal
and Dublin, a thousand beacon tires
blazed up their message of loyalty to
the sovereign. Half an hour later the
loWands 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 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 Himilayans-
to China, to Australia, to Canada, to
the West indies, the empire torch
shed its radiance over the universe.
The jubilee was celebrated In all the
British provinces. including almost all
parts of Ireland, with enthusiasm, by
public official fetes, professions, decor
ations, illuminations and bonfires. The
Parnellites, however, We're very busy
with counter demonstrations. In Dub
lin procession went through the
streets carrying a black flag .and a
coffin labeled "rhe British Empire" and
smashing the windows of Illuminated
houses. The city has not been SO
thoroughly excited since the death of |
Parnell. In the evening a large meet
ing was held in Dublin town hall in |
memory of the rebellion of '0S, and |
speeches were made gorifying the men
who were the heroes of that move
ment.
At Cork the National society hung
out black flags and attempted to hoist
one on the municipal flagstaff, but the
police interfcred. At night the hilltops
were all ablaze with bonfires.
AT Limerick the police removed black
flags from the town hall and from
number Of public monuments. During
the evening John DAILY addressed a
small hostile demonstration. AS against
this the Royal Irish regiment held a
military tattoo, and there We're several
torchisht uaradcs, in all of which
large numbers of citizens participated
Throughout the United Kingdom and
he colonies, and in the principal Euro
pean cities, according to telegrams,
here were enthusiastic celebrations of
he event, and no untoWard incident is
reported from any quarter
The Times, referring editOrially to
lie presence Of United States troops at
he jubilee review in Ottawa, says
1.-THE news of this incident will be
lailed with satisfaction throughout the
ength and breadth Of the empire. They,
90. are of our blood, speak our tongue
Ind understand, as We understand, tho
blessing of civil and religious liberty
lnder strong, Intelligent government.
they have attained it by means diff
erent from ours, but that does not
prevent them from joining US, at the
bottom of their hearts, in the prayer
God Save the Queen"