The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
DIGNITARIES TAKE HUMBLE POSITIONS Prince of Wales and Fairbanks Depart from Church Ar.
 engagements,
ONE TAKES PRIVATE PEW
And the Other Attends Methodist Church Instead of English
 Cathedral.

Quebec, July 26-The Prince of Wales had a comparatively quiet Sun day after the round of ceremonies of the past few days. He attended church at the English Cathedral, driving from the Cathedral in an open carriage and raising his silk hat as the crowds sa- luted him along the way. A royal pew at the church had been elaborately decorated, but the Prince preferred to occupy a less ornate position at the central aisle. He walked part of the way back from church. his morning suit hardly distinguishing him from the throng, and then took his carriage up to the steep hill to the citadel.
 Vce-Presdent Fairbanks was ln- vited to be present at the Cathedral, but selected the church of hIs own de- nomination, the Methodist.
 "on the Plains of Abraham" an lm- presslve solemn mass, was celebrated in the open air by the Catholic arch bishop of Quebec. with the Duke of Norfolk and large assemblage pres ent.
 Earl Grey's dinner to the colonal representative last night brought two speeches from the Prince. one very happy and rather facetlous.
 Your eXcellency has referred to the fact" said the prince, that this | ia u,v qtxtt, ,,iatt to f,a,ato ,oa not, I regret to say, hope to rival the hero of these celebrations. the founder of Quebec, who crossed the Atlantic no less than twenty times, and even made something of record passage for those times, passing from Hon lleuer to Tadosac in eighteen days.
 There Is one difference, however, on which l cannot but congratulate myself and my companions of the voyage, Champain's vessels were from sixty to eighty tons, our ship was nearer twenty thousand tons. and l suspect rather more comfortable.
 "I am confident that Champlaln and others like him, thought less of present successes or failure than of the results which he and they foresaw would follow from their energy and enterprise l was much struck. for instance, Co find that Champlaln had in fact recommended the linking of the two oceans by the construction of canal across the Isthmus of Panama
 "We in the Indomitable, that splendid ship. the largest and most modern of cruisers, were tossed about in a North Atlantic gale, but even if the voyage entaled some discomfort, 1t was more than compensated by the welcome which awaited me on my arrival As the representative of our king, I knew that an enthusiastic greeting awaited me but the marked affection of that greeting has touched me most deeply.
 "The 300th birthday of Quebec has been made the occasion, not of paro- chial or provincial but of national and imperial importance and we rejoice that all quarters of the globe have talk en an interest In Quebecs anniver- sary"
 The prince handed Earl Grey a check for 10000 pounds to be used in main- tainlng the Plains of Abraham as a permanent memorial, the title deeds of which he had turned over earlier in the day.
 l. Premier Iauricr said in the course of | his speech:
 Tt Is q source of great satisfaction to have our powerful neighbor, tho | United States, represented at this ma tional commemoratlon and represented by no less a person than thlr vice president I wish 10 thank Mir. Fair banks for the kind words he has spok. l en.