The sun., 1901-09-23
OTTAWA GREETS YORK
Duke and Duchess Enthusiastically
Received In Canada's Capital.
THE VICTORIA MONUMENT.
Impressive Csremony nj It's UnveiI-
Ing = Special Orders of KniEht-
hood Conferred by visitor--yic-
toriR Gross For War Hero.

Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 22.-A day of
pretty ceremonial marked the visit to
the Canadian capital of the Duke and
- Duchess of York. 1t began with the
Investment with the decorations of
their orders of the knights created in
honor of the visit of the duke and
duchess. The great ballroom at Rideau
/. hall was the scene of the investure,
and those upon whom the honor was
bestowed were as follows:
Commanders Of the Bath-Colonel w.
@. Drury, Colonel w. d. Otter and
Colonel Il. L. Lossard.
Knight Commander Of st. Michael
and st. George Lieutenant Governor
Jette of Quebec.
Commanders of st. Michael and st.
George-Joseph Pope, undersecretary
Of state: Principal Peterson OF McGill
university, Rev. Oliver Matthew, rector
of Laval university; Mayor Rowland,
Major Maude, military secretary to the
governor general; Colonel Buchanan
and Major Denison.
Knight observation-disclosures G. Shaugh-
messy, president of the Canadian Pa
cific railway.
The scene at Rideau hall when the
new knights presented themselves be-
fore the brilliantly uniformed duke and
his court with its action copied from
another age was picturesque one.
Sir John Anderson read the royal
warrant making the rare grant of pow
4 er, and Niscount Crickton bearing the
K insignia of the orders, escorted the
knights forward In groups. They knelt
. before the duke, who in succession
touched each upon the shoulder with
his sword and commanded them to
arise.
of loyalty to the crown and their par.
ticular orders to them, and the duke
offered each his congratulations.
Unveiling of the Victoria Statue.
After the inyesture ceremony the
duke and duchess, escorted by de-
& tachment of the Royal Canadian dra-
goons and attended by his personal
staff. drove through the city of Hull
and then on to Parliament hill to un-
veil a statue of Queen Victoria. The
4 statue, from the design of Philip He
bert. the French-Canadian sculptor.
\ stands on a commanding site on n
knoll Just east of the handsome COM
4 mons building. Scarlet and blue coat
ed foot troops and hussars and dra-
goons in their red and yellow sIashed
uniforms We're grouped about 1t, and
in the sunshine of the bright morning
the picture was an inspiring one.
Outside the police and military lines
surged n crowd that filled Parliament
square and overflowed into Wellington
! street, and there was n mighty cheer
when the strains of "God Save the
King announced the coming of the
duke and duchess and the governor
general and the Countess of Mimic.
"A Premier Laurier and the duke spoke
a few words of tribute to the dead
queen, and the latter pulled cord that
4 drew down the drapings from the pile
h of granite and bronze.
i& The unvelling of the statue was i'm
mediately followed by the presenta.
tion of South African medals. The vet
4 eran colonials disobeyed direct order
of their commanders by appearing In
the khaki which they wore at the front
Instead of the uniforms of their corps,
but their appearance in fighting clothes
made them more interesting.
MI Greeting of Hero.
S Lieutenant Eddy Holland of Ottawa.
M who got tho Victoria cross for saving
ga rapid fire gun in sharp fight near
Belfast, headed the line and was given
the greeting of a hero. His mother and
grandmother We're admitted to the in,
closure beside the duke and duchess to
witness the presentation.
S& At the end of the line of 135 men
sfalteringly walked Trooper l.. w. X.
Mulloy, young lawyer, who had
both eyes shot out at Witpoort. A com
# rade led him up to the duke to receive
.M his medal and the crowd lost its light.
heartedness ut sight Of him. He had
been visited in an English hospital by
the Duchess of Teck, sister of the
Duchess of Cornwall, and the latter.
walking up to him, recalled the in
icident Mulloy expressed his thanks
and was led away.
The duke and his staff We're later the
guests of the Rideau club at luncheon
and with the duchess attended gar.
den party at Rldeau hall. The grounds
were handsomely decorated, and sew
eral hundred specially invited guests
attended. Mourning is still worn by
the court, but despite the rule many of
the ladies were in handsome gowns of
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