The Saint Paul globe., 1902-06-03
STRING ON LONDON JOY

Continued From First Paee
hour for chance to cheer members op
the royal family, bound for buckingham
palace.
Was 1t ominouss
At the height of the rejoicing a hearse
passed through Piccadilly, and even the
undertaker's assistants, who are known.
as mutes, waved Union Jacks.
throughout the evening the crowds ex-
hlDited the utmost good hurnor, and
Whl!e some Of the worst elements in Lon
don took advantage of the oppor+unit1, ~
disgrace themselves, the annonnce1SSan{ ~
or peace, on the whole was received
with merely wild demonstration. This
was somewhat atoned for by the uproar-
lous scenes in the fashionable restau
rants % u
M1shap to King Edward.
King Edward narrowly escaped what
might have been a Serious accident +bf
morning. His majesty was driving n
ot. James palace, when a cab coIIide1
@ iti MS carriage The cab horse fell
ana lay struggling under the rova1 We
hicle. The king alighted and stood mon
'ne pavement until matters were rigbte5
ne KING and Queen Alexandria with
IFlncess Victoria and Prince and Princaes
CharIes Of Denmark, attended tha nro
auction of Wagner's 'VaIkvrfe" ~ 90
vent Garden tonight. Their ma aiestjes re-
celVed an ovation from the audience ami
wIFn they entered the opera house the
0'0i'e''ia d prayed COD Save the King" !
Patriotic Programme
special patriotic peace programmes
Were provided at all the leading nnsic
MANS ana az these places the enthusiastic
spectators demanded that the Orchestra
NAV
pioy t Uou save the King" after every
turn on the stage.
That London's hilaritv wac no+ a,4;ro,,,
cohhned to the lower classes of the rfty
IS shown by the fact that Lord I,ang-
uoWhe' the foreign secretary, who is
probably one Of the most sedate members
OF the cabinet, had secured a box at the
AIhambra Music hall AS the foreign
secretary, with his wife and a partv of
Iflends entered his box, he was cheered
by the people present. Several members
OF the house of commons who were in the
stalls and number of society men pres
ent, cheered for the popular generals and
joined Justify in singing patriotic cho-
ruses.
Relic of the Field.
AT the Alhambra the display of Union
Jack riddled with bullets and other such
Incidents gave occasion for repeated
bursts of cheering, and Lord Lansdowne
and his party thoroughly entered into the
contagious spirit of the affair
All the cities and towns of the United
Kingdom are giving vent to their joy by
demonstrations, bonfires and illumina-
tons, and considering the crowds, re-
markably few accidents have been re-
ported.
King Edward has received a message
from the pope which conveys the pontiffs
sincere ha u
Iishment Of peace in South Africa
Field Marshal Earl Roberts, speaking
at a military luncheon at Althorp today,
paid this graceful tribute to Lord Kftch-
ener: 20
1.-THE country ought to be grateful to
Lord Kitchener and to the army for what
they have achieved.g When Lord Kitch-
ener assumed command things were in a
critical state and he has accomplished
what no other man could have done"
How COnsueIa Heard the News.
The news cf peace was transmitted this
morning to the inhabitants of Blenheim
palace the county seat of the Duke Of
Marlborough, who married Consuelo Nan-
berbilt, of New York, in manner that
had a favor Of American progressive
ness.
An immense phonograph, with a mon
ster horn attached, had been hoisted to
the top of the church, tower. The phono-
graph was operated by Rev. Aylmer
Scott, the local vicar, and it transmitted
the peace dispatches, word for word, so
loudly that they could be heard in ra-
dius of half mile from the tower. After
this had been done the Union Jack was
run up on the tower flagstaff and the
phonograph sang the national anthem in
xxsbi TpiOhh0ThOO1 IOINe0
ClamoroUsly.