The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-20
JUBILEE BEGINS TO-DAY
ALL THE BRITISH EMPIRE Pre-
PARED 10 HONOR VICTORIA.
ENJOYS from All Lands Gathered i'm
London 10 Congratulate Her Maies-
ty-PrOgramme of the Week.

LONDON, June 19.-Never in the bistorv
of England has London so strikingly shown
itself the heart of the world as it does TO-
night-the eve OF the jubilee AT all
times the busiest hive of the human race
tonight London is crowded to it's inner
most door by a stupendous gathering of
strangers representing nearly, every race
under the sun and nearly every country
found upon the map. The common object
of this crowd-participatio in the greatest
historical pageant yet witnessed in the his
tory of the British empire-gives tone and
complexion to every minute of time. to ev-
cry thought and action. There is nothing
in mems minds at this hour, from the high
est prince in the palaces to the lowest
sneak thief in the streets, but the jubilee.
1t is impossible to pass along any Of the
crowded thoroughfares without everywhere
remarking the two predominant notes of
the occasion-the worlds desire to honor
Queen Victoria and the proud wish of her
subjects in doing so to impressively demon
strate the strength and vastness of her en-
pre. The streets, hotels and stately man
sions of the West End are crowded with
the gr, t who have already come to honor
the Queen, while barracks and bivouacs in
and around the metropolis are thronged
with soldiers in every uniform known to
British administration-from the head
hunting Dyacks of the Borneo police the
mounted men of Australia India and At
RIGA, fort soldiers from the West Indies,
Zaptichs from Cyprus. to the stalwart rep
resentatives of military government under
"our lady of the SHOWS SUCCESSFULLY it
is a rare Kaleidoscope picture of races,
men and creeds, a vivid panorama Of the
march Of that empire upon which, as Dan
Tel Webster said, the sun never sets. The
air is alive with expectancy, thousands
upon thousands of flags and banners float
in the evening breeze, the decorations
which have easily cost a million of English
money are in place, myriads of lights are
glowing or stand ready for their flame
London smiles in self-content.
SPECIAL FOREIGN ENJOYS
The list OF notabilities, guests of the
Queen, who are gathered in London to-
night to offer congratulations from the ma
tions of the earth, is long and imposing
1t includes, on behalf of the United States
Mr. Whitelaw Reid, proprietor of the New
York Tribune, with Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
to represent the army, and Rear Admiral
]. N. Miller the navy, with their aids The
sister republic, France, has sent an ex-
traordinary mission, headed by General
Davoust, duke of Auerstadt, grand chan
cellor Of the Legion of Honor and grand
nephew OF Napoleons famous general Mar
shall Davoust. Two generals of division ac-
company the marshal, one of whom espe-
cially represents President Faure, together
with SIAN or brilliantly uniformed officers
and NJ: Crozier, chief of the protocol.
Monarch1cal Europe has accredited special
representatives of its sovereigns accom-
a nTin dl1Ira oVod
titled people. The Emperor of Germany
has for his after ego Prince Albert of Prus-
STA prince regent of Brunswick with a
staff of eight general officers Integral por-
tons OF the Kaiser's empire are represent ed
by Duke Albert of Wurtemberg, Prince
rupert or Bavaria, grandson of the prince
regent and lineaI descendant of the
Stuart dynasty, Prince Frederick Augustus
duke of Saxony; the Duke and Duchess of
SaXe-Coburg and Gotha accompanied nv
the hereditary Prince and Princess Be
atrice; the grand dukes and duchesses of
hereditary prince and princess of Hohen-
!ohe-LangenbUrg. Russia has delegated
her compliments to their imperial high
nesseS the Grand Duke Sergius and the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodrowna who
nave brought with them a large suite of
habitues of the Cars court The Austro-
hungarian empire is present in the person
OF the Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir
presumptive to the throne. He is accom-
panied by prfncely encourage. and Italy
contributes their royal highnesses the
Pnnce and Princess of Naples and suite
u tSll all Oh WHOM are Tonight at Chester
ned house-that house of famous memories
turning to the minor powers and coun-
trles further afeld, Sweden and Norway
nave an interesting representative in tail
6rlnce Eugene, fourth son of King Oscar
h2unanla appears in the person of it's
LLqIer Prlnce ferdinand, accompanied by
MS princess and their suite Bulgaria its
prince and princess; Montenegro its Crown
Prlnce Danilo, and Servia, NJ. Mijatovich.
the United Netherlands the Counts Van
LINDEN and Bylandt, and tiny, trivial Lux
eInburg its hereditary grand duke, Adolph
william charles Augustus Frederick, ac-
companied by Baron Won Grunstein the
Grand ducal chamberlain. From the Iberi-
an peninsula there has arrived his ROYAL
Highness the Duke of Oporto, brother of
klng Carlos and from Spain the Duke of
Sotomayer Switzerlands sympathy in the
rejoicing is, too shown by M. Boucart
former President of the republic.
Inc Orient, loving pageant as Orientals
nancy of the occasion in ENJOYS whose ev-
cry appearance is a delight to the throng-
ing crowds: Turkey, flushed with the wine
or Greek defeat, has intrusted Ottoman
homage to the hands of a noted pasha.
Egypt sends the KhediVeS brother. Prince
Mohammed Ali Khan who is accompanied
by Tigrano Pasha: Persia, the Emir Khan;
Slam, the Crown Prince Mahit; Japan, his
Imperial Highress, Prince Arisugwa, and
Der of which is the Marquis Ito; Corea,
his Excellency, Min Yong Hoan, and
suite of yellow-faced gentlemen with al
most unspellable names. China closes the
Eastern list with an imposing array of
nineteen Celestials, led by Chang Ting
Huen, the Emperor's envoy. The Hawaii
an islands are represented by Mr.. S. NJ.
Damon.
Countries to the south of the United
States do not swell the list of the titled,
but they are eminently represented. Presi-
dent Diaz has deputed Don Antonio Mier
y Oelis, Mexican minister to France, to
attend on behalf of the republic; the great
er Republic of Central America has APP
pointed Sgnor Medina; Guatema1a's rep
resentative is DR.. Cruz. South America
leads off with NJ. De Souza Correa, the
Brazilian minister to Great Britain, as rep
resenting the erstwhile empire; Peru,
Signor Canevara, Peruvian minister at the
court of st. James; Chile, NJ. Ramon Su-
bercaseaux, and Uruguay, DR.. Alberto Min.
Most of these gentlemen have suites in at
tendance.
Finally, though no longer a temporal SOW
ereign, Leo XIII has sent to represent the
Holy Roman See Monsignor Cesaro Sam
bucetti, titular Archbishop of Corinth and
canon of st. Mary Majoris.
THE EMPIRES ENJOYS.
Turning from those tonight in London
who have come to testify the homage of the
werld beyond British boundary line to those
who represent that empire within them, the
array OF ENJOYS is no less imposing, no less
picturesque, while far more pregnant with
meaning to the man in the street-for they