Daily inter mountain., 1899-05-25
Stars and Stripes and Union
Jack IntertWined
THE PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES
Made by Men of Various Nation
alilies-.A Memorable Event,
III Butte

creed or nationality, joined hands at the
Auditorium last night in honoring Queen
Victoria on the occasion of her SOth
birthday. 1t was an event long to be re-
membered by those present and spon-
| taneous tribute Of respect to one of the
mobiles of living monarchs.
The celebration was under the auspices
| of the Sons of st. George, and was splen-
didly managed, much credit being due
| william Bartle and the committee on ar
rangements for the painstaking manner
in which they performed their task. The
hall was beautifully decorated for the
occasion. The Stars and Stripes and
Union Jack We're intertwined, behind the
! speakers platform and the American
Eagle and British Lion stood on pedes-
| tails side by side, while pictures of good
Queen Victoria and President Mckinley
decorated the walls.
| Plates were laid for nearly 500 people
I! at the banquet which preceded the
speechmaking. The tables looked very
inviting with their loads of tempting
delicacies and potted plants and cut
| flowers. The service was good, too, ana
| the small army of walters in natty white
coats had their hands full waiting upon
| the immense throng.
Among the guests We're Henry Mueller,
! John Forbis. j. H. Durstan, M. J. Con-
nell, F. Aug Heinze, A. J. Davis, Judge
| Clancy, Joseph Richards, Charles Lane,
| S. c. Blackiston, w. w. Walsworth, John
MacGinnis, F. T. Courtney, Joseph
Lutey. Fayette Harrington, William
! Lutey, Thomas Kilgallon, DR.. Forsythe,
DR.. Loeb, J. H. Martin, w. A. McCon-
nick JJ Haggerty, John Carkeek, Col.
| p. r. Dolman, Thomas Jewell, T. M.
| Hodgens, Arthur Atkins, r. w. Rodda,
1 1iovy, Go Dot
Pat Mullins, Frank Shaw, Rev. E. J.
Groeneveld, Or. Wells, Harry Carlyon,
| Philip Wiseman, William Thomas, John
Poad, T. J. Flavin, G. Williams, Al Orr,
John Corette, r. F. Pearce, James Trem
| bath, Fitz Butler. George Tippett,
Wethey, r. H. Dave, r. James, H.
James, AL Penaluna, w. Trengave, David
Prout, William Carkeek w. Gavin, w.
Bawden, j. v. Long, Ed Reese, c. B.
! Hoskin, J. Hambly, E. A. Bruce, William
| Sultzer, James Greenaway, D. ]. Hen
messy, Judge Lindsay, J. w. Cotter,
D'Gay Stivers, w. j. Scallon, Captain T.
w. Buzzo, Thomas Bryant, James
| Brown, T. H. Dunstan, r. j. Oates, F. c.
! Churchill, Mr.. Law, w. Dover, Arthur
| Mueller, Robert Coombs, J. r. Toole,
Rev. E. o. Tilburn, Rev. and Mrs J. L.
Albritton, Rev. w. w. Van Orsdel, DR..
| Fred Albritton: Misses Anna Thierman,
SHIlSIlAcl DIcU1tI, XMdItud Z 1871, JeIIlIc
| Sullivan, Agnes Holland, Kathryn Sulli-
van, Josie Laird, Genevieve Davis, Clara
! McTucker, Mamie Drscoll, Ella Driscoll;
Mesdames Hill, Featherly.
| After a prayer by the Rev. S. C. Black
iston, the chairman of the evening,
William Bartle, addressed the gathering
as follows:
| Ladies' and Gentlemen: Tt is with
pleasure I welcome you on this auspic-
| ious occasion. This being the 8Oth ami
versary of the birth of Queen Victoria,
der Sons Of st. George, thought it we'll
| to- celebrate: not that we forget for
| moment the oath we took to this, our
| adopted country. But the chain of
love and sympathy that has been linked
| so close by the blood of our friends
and brothers during the past year and
the close relationship which has been
formed between the mother country
| and her fair daughter makes us lay
! aside all other feelings that we might
do honor to her, whose whole life has
been given to the advancement of
peace and civilization. At this time the
whole civilized world have their eyes
turned to this one object of doing honor
to her gracious majesty, Queen Victoria,
and as I look around tonight my heart
beats with emotion: to see so MANY Of
our fellow citizens Of all class meeting
with us and laying all national preiu-
dices aside and rallying around the
grand old union jack and the star
spangled banner, the emblems of liberty
and civilization; and again in behalf of
Victoria lodge. I bid you thrice welcome,
and may we in after years look back on
this time and place when all national
prejudice has been buried so deep that IT