Show QUEEN VICTORIA DEAD ENGLAND S LOVED RULER SUCCUMBS 5 UC TO OLD AGE overwork induced by sooth south african war probably hastened her iler death much beloved by her subjects queen victoria queen of england and rd empress of india died tuesday evening at 6 30 at osborne house isle isis of wight where she had gone fo rest and recuperation alarming rumors for several days had been circulated but the queen would not permit it to be said that she was seriously ill saturday she suf a paralytic stroke and those abound a aund her knew the and t nd was near beveral time times she was near death but her asplend d constitution and iron will sustained her 1 all the immediate members of tl ti e royal family could be summoned emperor william of ger nany arrived and was at her beds de when the summons came bhe she lecog nihed hini him although she could not speak the end of this career never equaled by any woman in the world s history came in a si at f furnished room in osborne house tl 13 most respected of women living or dead lay in a great four posted bed and made a shrunken atom whose aged face and figure were a cruel mod moel ery cry of the fair girl who in 1837 began to rule over england in scarcely audible words the white haired bishop of winchester prayed aside hep her as he had often prayed for the sovereign for he be was her chapla n all a windsor with bowed heads beads the imperious ruler of the german empire and the man who is now king of eng land the woman who has succeeded to the title of queen the princess and princesses and those of less than royal designation listened to the bishops ceaseless praying six 0 clock passed the bishop con tinned his intercession one of the younger children asked a question la in shrill childish treble and was immedi abely silenced the women of the royal family sobbed faintly and the men shuffled uneasily at exactly half past 6 S r james reid held up his head and tl U e people then knew that augland had lost her queen the bishop pronounced the benediction the queen passed away quietly and peacefully she suffered no pain those who were not mourners went to their rooms the prince of wales was very much affected when the doctors at last in formed him that his mother had breathed her last E will am was alsol deeply affected but d d his best to in nister co contort anfort to his sorrow borrow stricken uncle whose new dignity he WAS the first to acknowledge london papers devoted columns of space to historical and personal re and the scenes and inci dents of the queen s life emphasis is laid on the fact that her majesty has paid the penalty for her devotion to affairs of state it is generally lecog nihed that until a few da days y I 1 ago there was no harder worked person p e r son in the kingdon King ilott roughly es estimated t i m ted ahe she 8 ened 50 documents yearly no dispatch of any gravity was ever issued from the fore agn office until seen by the queen and some idea of the work is by the fact that the for e agn office handles over I 1 dispatches weekly after every sitting of the house of commons the government leaders in the house were in the habit babit of for or warding to the queen an abstract of the business done she personally attended to these and frequently re turned them with marginal notes ask ing for explanations in washington the news was received with profound regret and the flag on the executive mansion was raised at half mast the first time in history for the death of a foreign mon arch president mckinley and score secre tary hay sent messages of condolence the senate passed resolutions of re to and the house aej adjourned burned as a mark of respect the principal events in the queen a career are as follows born at kens agton palace may 24 1819 ascended the throne june 20 1837 married to prince albert of saxe coburg gotha feb 10 1840 first daughter empress frederick of germany born NOT nov I 1 1840 first son prince of wales born NOT nov 9 1841 death of prince consort dec dee 14 1861 proclaimed empress of india may 1 1875 celebrates her golden jubilee june 00 0 O 1887 celebrates her diamond jubilee june 20 1897 Vict victorias orlas relation to royalty is in as follens a mother of albert edward now king of england mother of victoria do vager empress of germany grandmother of Wil wilhelm belin emperor of germany grandmother of victoria alice czar ina of russia grandmother of mane marie princess of roumania grandmother of victoria grand duchess of hesse grandmother of sophia duchess of sparta wife of heir apparent t of greece grandmother of elizabeth grand duchess serge of russia gi grandmother Giand and mother of ernest grand duke of clesse great grandmother of the crown prince of russia heir apparent to ger man empire great grandmother of olga grand duchess of russ a heiress apparent 0 russian emp re |