The age-herald., 1900-04-04
QUEEN ARRIVES
 OFF KINGSFOWN
Thousands Game Regardless of
 the PeIting Rain.
DECORATIONS WERE SOAKED
When the Showers Ceased Illumina-
 tions Such as Were Never Seen s Before in Ireland Lit Up the Streets

Dublin. April 4.-d2.2e a. 1n.o-In spite of
 the rain that was falling and the huge pnd-
 dles of water unuerfoot, the arrival of
 Queen Victoria in the royal yacht Victoria
 and Albert off KingstoBn WAS the occasion
 for much enthusiasm. although this did not
 take an organized form, owing to the fact
 that her majesty came several hours ahead
 of schedule time.
 The passage of the channel was smooth
 and the queen suffered no discomfort, al
 though she expressed regret that the pre- mature departure from Holyhead, owing to threatening weather conditions should l cause her Irish subjects disappointment. It had been officially announced that she l would reach Kngstown a 5:30 D. m. instead l of 2 D. m but at the latter hour the Victor l Brand Albert loomed up through the haze and rain and was greeted with the thunder
 of twenty-one guns from each ship of the | British channel squadron.
 l Thousands had poured into Kingstown,
 regardless of the pelting rain, which luckily
 ceased about o'clock, and they braved the
 cold winds and mud until midnight. The 1 celebrations were confined to an Ilumina-
 lion of the war vessels and to a few fire
 
 rock stood out against the blackness of l Dublin bay, and from the Jackies clustered on the decks of the squadron came strains of "God Save the Queen," which were
 taken up with a will by the patient crowd
 on shore, and when "Sodies of the Queen"
 floated across the quiet waters, the specta-
 tors on Kingstown pier joined in with equal
 fervor.
 Although all political conditions are rep
 resented in Kingstown there was no att
 tempt at counter-demonstrati tion. In
 fact the evenings fireworks, singing and
 cheering were not mnrred tby any hostile
 mote and the entry of the queen into Dub-
 lin today Wednesday, will probably be a
 repetition of similar friendly conditions. Dear, Dirty Dublin | In Dublin ttself several miles from 1 Kingston the epithet 'dDear Dirty Dublin' l was mover before presumably better jusu- | fled tfan yesterday. Dublin was bedrag- | gled, its finery, which rivaled Lomdons l jubilee decorations, dropping sadly in the rain, which according to the weather | prophets will be repeated today. However, | last evening when the showers ceased il- | Nominations such as Ireland had never
 seen Lit up the streets and were viewed by | crowds 50 dense in the tiheroughfares that | traffic was impossible
 The castle was gay with dinner party, l Including the leaddng Irish mobility and
 a spirit of good natured revelry prevailed l over every quarter of IreIand's capital. I The queen wdll disembark some time be l fore noon today and will drive from King ston through the city, reaching the vice
 regal lodge about o'clock in the after noon. Another sword bearer has been se-
 cured in the place of James Egan, and if the universal wishes for fair weather should be granted the progress of the queen promises to be one of the most re-
 markable occasions in the history of Ire | land.
 Political Feeling | By the exercise of tact, political consid- | erations have been either kept entirely in | the background or baHished entirely Of | the Dublin evening papers, yesterday tae | Telegraph, which belongs to the Free I mans Journal, alone strikes note which | approaches the discordant. It says: l Political conditions must not chill to- l morrow's reception The nationalist have | too much respect for the rights of mineri- l ties to interfere with individual exores- | sions of opinion but anti-British passion l Wlu never die out until the aspirations Of l Ireland are satisfied by reparration for the
 draud and wrong perpetrated a century 1 ago"
 I John Redmonds Independence says th1s | morning:
 | while deprecatfEg any manifestations | or disrespect, it must be known that those who do make demonstration in honor of | the queens visit are not in any way what ever Irish nationalists and do moi renra I sent Irish nationalists' sentiment"
 Coming from the organ Of the leader of | the national party, this is rather rough on | the lord mayor of Dublin. l --------