Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1900 — OVATION FOR THE QUEEN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OVATION FOR THE QUEEN.

Victoria Seta Foot on Irish Soil After Nearly Forty Years. Queen Victoria set foot on Irish soil Wednesday for the first time in almost forty years. Dublin was resplendent. The decorations in the city and along the route which the Queen took from Kingstown were lavish and more magnificent than those of London at the time of the diamond jubilee. The streets were spanned in a hundred places by elaborate arches bearing mottoes of welcome and expressions of loyalty. The entrance to the city at Leeson street bridge was marked by a huge triumphal arch of flags, flowers and evergreen on which was emblazoned a welcome to Dublin in gold letters. The streets were jammed with people at an early hour, irishmen had gathered from the ends of the island, and hundreds of Englishmen were in the throng. The entire route from Kingstown to Dublia was lined with spectators. The Queen was received by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Cadogan, the Duke of Connaught, commander of the forces in Ireland. Lord Mayor Talton of Dublin and a number of other nota-

bles, all in full dress aud robes of state. The Queen drove the ten miles to Dublin in a carriage drawn by four horses with outriders and escorted by the Life Guards. The royal procession passed through a lane of thousands of people, who cheered her Majesty continuously. The Queen arrived at Leeson street bridge early in the afternoou. Here a platform had been erected for the ceremony of presenting Victoria with the keys of the city. The keys were presented to her Majesty on the same cushion that was used on the occasion of her previous visit.

KANSAS CITY'S CONVENTION HALL.