The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-22
BANQUET FOR THE KAISER.
An UNUSUALLY BRILLIANT AND
PICTURESQUE AFFAIR.
mated Value Of Ten Million Dol
Iars-Ambassado dor and Mrs. Choafe
Among Guests Of the Occasion.

WINDSOR. England, Nov. N4-Enperor
William Of Germany and his suite roce OUT
this morning and returned TO the casue
for breakfast. Then, accompanied oy the
Prince of Wales. the Duke of York, the
Duke OF Connaught and Prince CHRISTIAN
OF Schleswig- Holste.n. the emperor shos
In the Windsor preserve park ard lunched
at Cranborne tower.
The Empress of Germany went out Tor a
walk in the forenoon with her sons and
Princess Henry of Battenberg. and visited
St George and Albert chapels.
In todays shooting the kaiser bagged Is
pheasants one partridge and So rabbits
with Mauser magazine rife.
The state banquet held this evening In
ST. Georges hall was an unusually bril-
liant affair. Queen Victoria sat at the
center Of long table, at each end OF which
was specially constructed sideooard. on
which was piled gold plate against GRIM
son background TO height of fifteen feet.
A special train conveyed the guests to
Windsor. arriving here at Z O'Clock In the
evening and returning after the banquet.
Mrs. Joseph Choate. wife Of the Ameri-
can ambassador, was the only diplomat 8
wife at the function. Lord Salisbury could
not attend, owing to the death Of mis- wife
yesterday.
The guests numbered forty persons. In
GLIDING all the members Of the British roy
al family and the visiting royalty. the
United States and other ambassadors,
Count Won Bueiow and the whole OF En-
peror Williams suite: all the members OF
the German embassy In London. with the
exception of Count Won Hatzfeldt- Widen
burg, the German ambassador, who Is Ill;
the members of the British cabinet, Lord
Rosebery and the other members OF his
late cabinet. the officers OF the German
imperial yacht Hohenzollern and the Ger
man battleshp Kaiser Friedrich ILL.,. and
the German cruiser Hela: Lord Wolseley.
Lord Roberts and Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood.
After the banquet the queens private
band played in the Waterloo chamber.
The massive gold plate used at tonight S
banquet Is estimated to be worth I2.000. 600.
Her majesty received her guests IN the
Kings Guard chamber, famous for its
Gohelin tapestries. Troops of the House
hold cavalry, bearing lances, lined the
grand staircase, while in the banaueting
hall beefeaters and royal yeomen Termed a
picturesque fringe.
The queen sat at the center OF the long
table facing the Prince Of Wales. On her
right was Emperor William. and on her
left the Duke of Connaught. Mrs. Choate
had sixth place, sitting next to the Italian
ambassador, Baron De Ranzie Montanero.
Empress Augusta Victoria sat on the right
of the Prince Of Wales. with Amba ssador
Choate in the sixth place. and on this side
of the table next to the Princess Aribert
OF Anhalt.
The toasts were very formal The Prince
OF Wales rose first, saying:
by command of the queen. the Ger
man emperor and empress"
This was followed by the German nation
al anthem.
Emperor William then raised his glass TO
the simple words, The queen" after which
the British national anthem was played.
AS IL was her birthday. the Prince Of
Wales toasted the Empress Frederick and
the German national anthem was played
Arthur j. Balfour was unable to be pres
ent.