Show t. DEATH OF A ROYAL PRINCE I 4 T The he Duke of darence Clarence and ad Avondale Heir to the English Throne Dies i Prince Alpert Victor oldest son sen of tho h o Prince of ot W Wales tiles es died at a a. a m. m on one th tha tho e at ham palace He lie le had hada a severe attack atack o ot la is grIppe grippo which wont went to tos t hi his s lungs luns lun's and nd ca caused sed his death Prince Albert had always been beene th the tho e queens queen's favorite grandson and Slid his hs untimely un un- un- un ti timely mely death was a most severe severo blow to t h her er She immediately tele telegraphed a lon long m message to the and Princess of ot Wales Vales Sh She did di hot forget torget in her hor own sorrow orrow sorow s the sorrow sorow that had come to the tho l' l Princess Prncess Mary whose whoso love dream had hd hadeen b been Deen een shattered b by the hand ol of death To h her er the tho queen se sent t a message condoling w with ith her in her and distress wih bel sorrow sorow and the he t loving words expressing her sympathy She Sho at once ordered the Duke of ot Con- Con p Caught aught to proceed to Sandringham to rep represent rep rep- tep r resent her there She also alo ordered that t tho he court go into full mourning f lot for l three m months and canceled cancelled all ail al the drawing rooms and levees Her majesty a announced an an- fl that the funeral of ot the tho duke duhe w would be bo a state statiS affair atair and that It i would b be e held In Georges St-George's chapel Windsor palace p alace It I was In this chapel that the tho m marriage arriage of ot the tho t duke ko to Princess Victoria M Mary ary was to have hav taken place on February February ary a 27 next The condition f t Princess Mary is b ble le She wanders from room to room w we weeping ping bitterly She Sho cannot be made to s stay tay in one place for tor two to together a and nd she sho appears to lo to be dazed at the sudden t taking aking off ot of ot her hel Betrothed husband She r refuses altogether to touch food and her t terrible distress nd ad wordless s sorrow is fore 5 her er 27 years old I e vaa as tat tI of ot the Prince and consequently I in n the tho direct lne lino ino of ot succession to the throne thione thone By Dy the tho death eath- of oX th Duke ot Clarence and Avondale the he next person to the Prince of Wales in ha the line lino lne of ot direct suo suo- cession Is Princ Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert Abert of ot Wales Vales brother of ot the deceased He was born June 3 1805 1865 He soon displayed displayed displayed dis dis- dis- dis played a for tOI naval affairs and after serving in minor capacities was appointed in March 1690 to the command of the new gunboat Thrush and while on 01 this vessel he was was attached to the tho British British- Drish North American squadron In August 1691 1591 he was appointed to the rank of ot commander commander com corn mander mandor of her majesty's fleet feet |