The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-03
VICTORIA IN OLD ERIN.
Every Precauilon Taken 10 Make Her Trip
Pleasant One.
MERRY ENGLAND SEES the QUEEN OFF
Contains n Great Many of the
Queens Intimate Associates.

London, April 3, 1910 a. m.-Queen VIC
toria left Windsor at $3.50 o'clock last
evening en- route for Ireland Her majesty
Is accompanied by Princess Christian and
Princess Henry OF Battenberg and 10 at
tended by the countess OF Antrim, Hon
Harriet Phipps Sir Arthur Biggs, private
secretary to the queen Sir Fleetwood Ed
wards. keeper OF her majesty's privy
purse, and Captain Ponsonby. The queen
had driven out to Frogmore during the
afternoon amid considerable enthusiasm on
the part OF the townspeople and her de-
parture from the station was comparatively
quiet, although quite crowd had as
sembled to cheer the outgoing train.
I Not In the history Of the Great Western
and London and Northwestern railways
have greater precautions ever been OBJ
served to prevent accident and protect the
royal train than those which had been per-
fected when her majesty started northward
tonight. The officials who have superin-
tended the transportation of cars, kaiser;
and the princes of all nations In and out
of Windsor, have exerted themselves be.
yond precedent to insure the safety OF the
head
I Royal trains seldom run at night, but
the queen. who is especially adverse u
fast travel, stipulated that he trip should
occupy twelve hours, although 1t Is usually
covered In six. This slowness at u time
when the traffic Is the Iightest was one o!
the reasons for deciding upon night run.
The preparations for the trip had been In
hand for weeks and the train had already
of
particle Of the apparatus of the train and
the track had been subjected 10 the most
careful Inspection
Leaving Windsor, the royal train was in
the hands of the Great Western officials 10
Bushberry where the London and North
western company officials resumed re-
sponsibllty at midnight. when the journey
by way OF Crewe and Chester to Hollyhead
began.
The officials of the latter line will have
little sleep ionight. Station masters, OPP
orators and track Inspectors at every sta
ton along the route, no matter how small
are imperatively required to be on duty
half an hour before the royal train was
due so signals and switches were set right
and to see that all was In proper working
order, The pilot engine, named Prince of
Wales, ran quarter OF an hour ahead of
the royal train and in its passage all
tracks were kept clear
The royal train was drawn by two loco
motives with expert engineers and com
plete STAFF of railway experts and electrl-
clans accompanied the train for action in
case anything should so wrong.
Dublin, April All Dublin and in fact
all Ireland is on the qui viye in anticlpa-
ton OF the queens coming Crowds are
pouring in and It is expected that the
normal population OF Dublin. about $780,
000. will by Wednesday have swollen to
100000 Rooms are at premium
From every town comes throngs anxious
TO share in the galety that now promises
to be unmarried. From Belfast alone
10000 are expected. BY the exercise o..
the greatest possible tact the government
officials have practically destroyed Sec
tional feeling and there is no longer any
doubt that her majesty will be wei omei
with an enthusiasm eqaul to II not greater
than that which was displayed during her
recent visit to London.
Representative nationallsts here whoa
questioned today by a corresponde1t OF
the Associated Press regarding the p.acard
inviting citizens TO join a pro,es lon OF
nationalist societies on the night of the
queens arrival. as protest against 1t
disowned all knowledge Of the attempt
at counter attraction.
Apparently any such scheme will not
be coantenanced, even by the so-ealiei
revolutionary party, but the p-liCe have
received instructions not to give import
auce or notorety to such a nattempt
or suppress It or otherwise interfere
The motion of Timothy HARRINGTON,
NJ, p, for the harbor division of Dublin
deprecatlng the misinterpre;ation OF the
Dublin corporations address OF welcome
on the part OF the British press and
maintaining the long standing hostility
to the active union, carried by the COR
poration by ~ votes to o. merely voices
the predominant feeling 1t was voted
for by every nationalist member OF the
corporation. including the lord mayor.
who had so boldly stood out for the pre-
sensation OF the address. A mere hand
tul In the gallery made few remarks.
but On the whole today's municipal pro-
ceedinss helped to heal the local breach.