Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-23

churchyard, and then to the right across
| the front OF the edifice, drawn up in open
| order between the statue of Queen Ann and
| the cathedral steps.
| Her matesty's carriage then came be-
| tween, hating opposite the platform on
! which awaiting her were the archbishop or
| Canterbury, the lord bishop of London,
the bishops of Marlborough and Stapney,
| the Very Rev. Dean Gregory and the clergy
Of st. Pauls. In the surrounding disni,I
| taries were leading representatives OF all
| the faiths OF England.
With the stopping of the queens carriage
| the picture was complete, and the hymn
| that had risen from five choristers OF her
| ma1estys chapel at Westminster ABBEY
| and st. Paufs ceased its grand harmonies
in one long drawn soft Amen.
| Nowhere on the route already travers cd
| were the slopes Of faces carried to such
| great height All around, like some vast
| amphitheater, walls of people stretched up
| wards as II TO climb TO the sky.
The ecclesiastics who had issued from the
| great west door as the queen approached,
| standing beside the improvised altar. now
| began the simple service A Te 9leum by
| Dr. Martin, organist of st. Paufs. com
| posed for the occasion, was first sung. As
| the sonorous Amen" died away the voices
| of the cathedral clergy were heard chant
| ing 20 Lord, Save the Queen" to which
the great choir in a volume Of harmonious
| sound, responded, And mercifully hear US
| when we call upon Thee"
| The bishop of London, in full canonical
then read a short collect. after which, as
| her majesty sat with bowed head, the
| archbishop of Canterbury announced the
| benediction. Then amid the further ring
I ing of bells the national anthem was sung,
| and the queen drove on into other scenes.
| She shook the Queens Hand.
/ At the law courts, the queen was met by
the lady mayoress. who presented her ma
| jesty with orchids in a silver fligree bas-
| ket. the handles being surmounted by a
| lovers knot, on which was engraved: To
4 Her Majesty. Queen Victoria, presented by
Helen Faudel-Phillips, Lady Mayoress:"
] In presenting the flowers Lady Phillips,
In, 1fr,ur md QRr
| with powdered hair. said: Might 1 be
permitted TO present this basket of flowers
\ The queen twice replied: 81 am deeply
| grateful
Her majesty smiled was evidently great
| ly pleased and looked fresh and bright.
She wore no specatcles, took the flowers,
| passed them to the Princess of Wales and
put out her hand to the lady mayoress to
| her majesty's hand instead of kissing it.
Meanwhile distant band had struck up
the national anthem and thousands joined
in singing God Save the Queen which
4 was continued until her majesty was out
1 of sight. Before leaving the Prince of
Wales turned his horse and waved his
hand to the lord mayors party.
AS her majesty entered the gates of
buckingham palace on her return at 2
nounced to so much OF the world was
| not before the gates that the great process
sion was Pyer The events It's long Pregarsd re-
4 bells was answered by cheering, as II the
| loyal subjects who came to cheer had not
yet satisfied their ambition, and the crowd
faded away as it came.
| The queen was very much pleased, land
smiling and was not overfatigued.
| The whole AFFAIR passed on Without a
| hitch. There was no serious accidents, al
| though a number of women tainted and
man fell out of tree on the Mall. The
queen witnessed this and promptly sent one
of her. equerries to inquire as to the mans
| condition. F.- go
Procession in Three Sections.
The great procession was practically In
| three sections as far as st. Paul's though
| the two last on the way to the cathedral
| were consolidated as they moved into Pic
| cadilly. The first to take up position, the
| Colonial procession. formed on the en-
| bankment and moved via the Mall past the
| palace where her majesty viewed 1t from a
| window over the route TO st. Pauls. The
march began at S:45 O'Clock and the great
| waiting multitude. The procession was
| headed by al advance party of the Royal
| Horse Guards. Then followed the band Of
! the same corps playing the washington
| Post March" Close up on the band came
a portion of the picturesque Northwest
mounted police as escort to the premier
| of Canada, the Hon. Wilfred Laurier. The
| Northwest police made a striking appear
| anCe. quite as brave and serviceable looking
as the New South Wales mounted rifles
| with their gray semi-sombreros and black
| cock-plumes who succeeded them, escort
| ing the premier Of New South Wales. the
| Hon. S. II. Reid. The Victorian mounted
! troops followed, weatherbeaten, men in un-
attractive brownish uniforms, succeeded
| by the New Zealand mounted contingent,
| fine looking sunburned lot, drawn from
almost every town of any Importance in
| the colony. displaying uniforms intended
! for the conflict rather than the parade
| ground. Then came New Zealands premier,
| Richard ]. Seddon. The Cape of Good Hope
| mounted rifles, wearing the scarlet. with
| white helmets, next rode by 70 herald the
| Sprigg, X. G. NJ. G. Then attention was
| claimed for the yellowish brown kharkee,
lit with bright scarlet from the blazing
| puggaree on the spiked helmets to the
| double stripes down the seams Of tightly
| fitting corduroy trousers with large chain
/ ois leather patches, where the knee gripped
| Australian mounted troops. They passed
on TO give place to the premier OF New
| Newfoundland one was transported to Ma
| tai by the Natal mounted troops. a con-
tingent similar in model and equipment to
| their Cape brothers in arms. Sir II. N. Nell
| son, X. c. NJ. c., rode after them.
| The premers being disposed of, mounted
| troops OF the crown colonies, the Rhode
| sian horse. the colonial infantry, broken
by three bands, typical of the United King
| dom, those of St. Georges, the London
Scottish and the London Irish rifle volun-
Then passed a contingent from Canada $
| infantry, 175 strong, uniformed somewhat
like the regular. service infantry, with
was bestowed on the fine marching of these
men.
Following came the real oddities In the
| eyes of Londoners, OF which the Zaptiehs
| from Cyprus divided the honors with the
| Dyaks of BorneO. Both are military po-
lice The Zaptiehs were mounted on island
| ponies and naturally wore the Turkish feZ
with a Jacket somewhat suggestive of Con-
stantinople and the minarets Of Stamboul.
The Borneo Dyaks, yellow colored, small
men, were eagerly expected by the crowd.
owing TO their head-hunting proclivities
| The Trinidad field artillery, the Sierra
Leone militia. with their small blue tur-
bockers the British Guiana police. with
their white curtained caps; the haussas, in
| the familiar zOuave costumes of long ago,
and the Royal Niger haussas-men who
fought at IOrin and Bida-in uniforms of
| kharkil cloth, trousers exposing the leg
| and shaved heads, were all blacks. The
| haussas the blaCkest of the blacks wear
| ing the FURNISHED livery of the sum-" were
most enthusiastically greeted.
The second or regular military procession
passed the palace fifty minutes after the
I colonials had climbed Constitution hill
| Scarlet and blue and gold. white and vel
| low, shining cuirasses and polished he'll
NETS plumes and tassels, flrs and gold
| and silver spangled cloths bullion embroid-
cries and accoutrements. sashes and stars
| crosses and medals for the Crimea, Indian
! Seringapatam, the Nile, Ashanti. Afghan
istan Chitral South Africa. China and 9th.
! er campaigns. and here and there the Vic.
| toria cross, death dealing weapons bat.
teries of artillery, men OF splendid physique
| and horses with rare action, the colors for
, | which these men would die-the sight was
one to stir the blood only soldiers have
| stirred IL since the dawn of time. But the
scores of troops and companies were liter
| ally too numerous to mention except as
| brilliant whole. 1t seemed like nothing sc
much as some stream Of FURNISHED gold
/ flowing between dark banks of human be
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