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Show iuini MAY BE QUEEN Princess Christopher. Once Wife of R. R. President, Held Candidate i GENEVA. Oct. 28. The possibility of a former American woman becom 1 hp; Hi queen ol Greece Is bein? much, commented 6n in Geneva. The wo-! man is Priuccss Christopher ofj Greece. Before she married the broih-; or of former King Constantine nrl in the present she was Mr. Wm. B. ; Leeds, widow ot" the former president, of the Rock Island railroad. li I ; said that the Greek constitu ilon would permit Constantine'-. broth I en io po:c as candidates for tbc Greek I throne If Consiautlne should block the accession of his son, Prince Paul. Mass was iI this mornlug in the I chapel adjoining the Hotel National j n.t Lucerne by tbv members of Kin? Alexander's family. Former Kins Constantino and Prince Paul attended the ceremony Que n Mother Sopbi;i was not present, being confined to her room by UlneSB, Constantine s brother. Prince Nicholas find Princess Nicholas I have arrived in Lucerne. Constpnltne is said to have cx-prea cx-prea Sd thS with that the Creek elec-tion elec-tion to be held November ' would decide de-cide between republic and a mon larch) and the hope; that it would re-'sult re-'sult in his lavor. SCENE AT 5EDCIOF.. ATHENS, uc 27 Kins Alexander dicJ at 4: lu o'clock in the afternoon :nis wife was at the bedside and th-j military staff of the king was iu the i, .in Hope had been abandoned lor two das, and the kins lived culy with the aid of oxyxeV Exireme unction Wa given .in bom before he passed i away . Madame Manos. ibe kin? v.ifc, her .beautiful liico showing the ravages of 'grief, sal the left Of the bed. weep i ,ng. Her Borrow w?.3 the Greater be cui.-c, .-Ik i.-- expecting motherhood soon There was deep disappointment nd surprise that the queen mother Sophia did not come, for family sentiment Is deep in Greece CONSCIOUS AT DEATH. VI .100UI 1 O ClUCS. in'J IHBI UKIOI9 uvi curred and death followed v.ithin a I a minntes. The king died fully con-J scious. but v. onricd to utter exhaus-1 lion by the lone agon He seemed to j be making extreme eiiorts to -peaK j but could not fmmedately after tbo king's death the metropolitan of Atb ens tunic to Tatoi to recite prayers for the dead. The body of tbo king liej in the uni iurni of B generalissimo. His four aide de-camps in full dress uniform watch af the bedside Premier Venlzeloa :ind the member? of his cabinet came to Tatoi yestcrda , to ofi'er the widow the government's respect and condolence. Dowager Queen Olga. who has spent much time i in the seclusion of a nunnery, arrived alone in Palms and came -at once to Tatoi. The body of Ale.Cundcr will He In stale today and tomorrow in the e:a thedral at theus Tlv funeral will take place Friday, the. interment being be-ing at Tatoi. where King George. Al-exander'e Al-exander'e grandfaib er, Is buneil. MONKEY not infected. LoNLioN 'ct 28 Scientific examl nation of the blood of the monkey which bit King Alexander according lo an Athens dispatch to tbc London l imee shbw no signs of hydrophobia or other iniect.on The animal was alive and in sood health on October 22 on which date il was reported by a Rome newspaper that the monk; which attacked the b.-ol beeu ar-tificiall ar-tificiall inoculated -with rabies. |