The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-02
QUEENS BUSY DAY
LORDS AND COMMONS RECEIVED BY
HER MAJESTY.
The First Time I'm Fifty Years That
These Houses Have Called ON the
sovereign-The Queen Returns to
Windsor-Day's Festivities Close
With an illumination.


manding the reception of several dis
tinguished bodies Of official personages
and the reception of addresses Mt
Slough, Elton and Windsor. The chief
event Of the day and one of the most
interesting of the week, was the pre-
sentation to the queen Of congratula-
tory addresses by both the houses Of
parliament. which occurred ut Buck
ingham palace.
Nearly half a century has passed
since the house of commons visited the
sovereign in a body. The last &C.
casion was the presentation of IN I'D
dress acknowledging the reception of
the queens message announcing the
declaration of war AGAINST Russia, and
not since the early forties, when adj
dresses were made congratulating the
queen on the failure of attempts ut as
sassination, has she received the two
houses together. There were brief
f0rlnalities Mt Westminster, the two
houses meeting and the formal an
nouncement being made by Lord Sails
bury in the house Of lords and Mr..
BalfOur in the house of commons,
that the queen would be pleased to re-
cefve the two houses, they proceeded
in stately procession to the palace.
There they assembled in the ball room
Of the palace, and :sSter brief delay
the doors were thrown open and the
announcement made that her majesty
was prepared to give them audience.
The queen was wheeled into the ball
room by an Indian attendant. The lord
chamberlain, the earl of Lathom, first
escorted in the lord chancellor, Lord
Halsbury, who was gorgeOusly robed,
the members of the house of lords fol-
lowing him. The lord chancellor then
knelt before the queen and read the
address from the house of lords. at the
end of which the queen bowed,
thanked their lordships and the peers
retired in q body. The lord chamber
lain afterward left the room and, re-
turning, ushered into her majesty's
presence the members of the house of
commons. The latter advanced be-
tween two lines of gentlemen-at-arms
brilliantly uniformed. The common
ers were headed by Speaker Gully,
who stood while he read to her mai
esty the address from the house of
commons. At the conclusion of the
reading the queen bowed and the
commoners retired in body.
Both addresses were officially de-
scribed as humble expression Of
duty and wishes for long life for her
majesty.
After the parliamentary ceremony
the queen received in the same manner
the mayors and provosts of provinces
and chairmen of county councils. who
afterward were entertained at lunch
con in the palace. In the afternoon
the queen returned to Windsor and
her progress was q triumphal process
sion. On the route the royal party
made stops at Slough, Elton college
and Windsor, where they were re-
ceived by the local authorities with
impre ssive formalities and most en-
Enthusiastically welcomed by the popu-
lace. The progress was repetition of
the one from Buckingham palace to
Windsor in 1887, but vastly more i'm
posing. Triumphal arches were erect
ed at the stopping places. In Slough
addresses We're rendered to her mai
esty by several local official bodies,
and at Elton by the organizations of
the colleges. The Thames conserv-
ency, the body which controls the .riv-
CAs OASASl ASo 1Oy Ut
Windsor bridge. The final episode of
the progress was at the castle gates,
where the addresses from the Wind
sor bodies were received. When the
queens carriage appeared at the en-
trance to her home the national an
them was chanted by 300 voices. The
days festivities were brought to an
end by an illumination of the palace.
Pleased With McKinley's Letter.
London, June 25.-The Times. com
menting editorially on President Nc
Kinley's letter of congratulation to the
queen, says: st will be read with
pride and satisfaction throughout the
empire as an official token of the par
ticular friendship and esteem in which
the English monarchy and the great
English-speaking republic hold each
other"
London Papers Gratifed.
London, June 25. - All the London
newspapers, from the Times down,
express the greatest qualification Mt
the kindly comments of the American
newspapers on the queens jubilee and
at the vivid accounts of the celebra-
ton contained in the newspapers of
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