The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-25
QUEEN VlCTORIA'S BIRTHDAY
.BRLLLIANT CELEBRATIONS MARK HER EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
Hundreds of fCongratuIatory TeIegrams from All Parts of the Civilized World The Rejoicing UntversaI-Recep Given by the British Ambassadors Throughout Europe.

London, May 24,-The eightieth birth
 day of Queen Victoria to-day was
 marked by most brilliant celebrations
 throughout the United Kingdom From
 the hundreds of congratulatory tele-
 grams that poured in from all parts of
 the civilized world it was evident that
 the rejoicing was universal. Although it rained hard, the exercises at Windsor
 Castle were carried out in full. That the queen is in good health is shown by the fact that during the afternoon she planted an oak sapling on the east lawn of Windsor Castle. She drove along Kenneth Drive to the spot, and was as sisted in the planting by the Duke of Saxe- -Coburg and Gotha. All the mem- bers of the royal family witnessed the ceremony. She then continued her drive in the direction of Frogmore. Ban- quets and receptions were given by the British ambassadors and ministers at all the leading capitals in Europe in honor of the day, and rulers in various countries called personally at the Brit ish embassies to extend their congratu- 1ations.
 An interesting feature of the celebra- tion in London was the attendance of the boys of the naval and military schools at a matinee given by Herbert Berrbohm and company at Her Majes- tvs theater, where the entire audience sang the national anthem, to which the queen listened by electrophone at Wind sor Castle. Her majesty telegraphed an expression of her pleasure. The birthday banquet given at the Hotel Cecil tonight was attended by many members of the American society in London. Lord Rosebery, who presided, referred to the American guests as rep resenting a great commonwealth of states once part of the British empire, but now nearer than than any country except the colonies.
 Colonel Taylor of the society, in re- spending for the Americans, paid a trib- ute to the queen and read cablegrams that had been exchanged with the citi- zens of Tampa, Fla. His speech brought out further response from Lord Rosebery, after which the orches- tra played "Hail Columbia" amid lively demonstration. Among the Amer jeans at the banquet were the United States consul general, William Mckin- lev Osborne Hiram Maxim, Isaac Selig- man, F. c. Van Duzen, F. B. Blake and B. F. Stevens
 Others present were Sir Walter Be- sant. Mr. Holman Hunt, the painter, Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, rep resenting Canada, and the lord mayor of London, Sir John Voce Moore. Her majesty is said to shave stood the fa- tigue of the day admirably. All Who saw her thought she looked extremely well. and it was noted that her bonnet was relieved with a little display of white and cream colored trimmings. | During the performance of "Lohengrin'. 1 at Windsor Castle, this evening the l queen and the royal family occupied dais behind which were arranged tiers | of seats for the household. The prosce 1 nium was surmounted with the royal | coat of arms, and the hangings were in | crimson and gold. Her majesty's copy | of the libretto was printed on white | satin, bound in blue with gilt edges. Her majesty has received a telegram of | congra tulation from Pope Leo XIII