Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09

Francis Charles Augustus Albert Enman-
uel-such was the full name of the prince
consort-was second son of Ernest, duke of
| Saxe-C oburg-Saalfela. and he was three
months and three days younger than his royal
spouse. 1t is worth noting, perhaps, that the
same aecoucheuse Nine. Siebold, ofhciated
! at the birth Of both. AT first the popular
feeling toward the prince was not cordial,
| but he lived to be the best loved man in Eng
land
Her majesty was born May "a, 1919, be
came queen in 1887, though not formally
crowned till June 2S. 1888, and was married
! Feb. 10, 1910; but who would imagine now
that the first notable events of her career
were tragic IN the highest degreef Yet 50 it
was. Lady Flora Hastings of the queens
| Immediate household, died of grief and shame
over baseless scandal, and q series of at
| tempts were made upon her majesty's life.
On June 10, 1910, Edward Oxford fired two
shots at the queen Us she and the prince were
driving up Constitution hill, narrowly missing
| them The excitement was, Of course, great;
| but the Jury finally decided that Oxford was Of
unsound n1ind-a fact on which medical men
| differed widely. Then a strange thing hap
pened- Oxford himself said that the leniency
shown him was nistake-'soine other man
viii try it now" he said-and on May 30,
1S42, one John Francis fired once at the
queen ON the same spot ON Constitution hill
aAhar' said Oxford when told of it in the
asylum, If they had hanged me there would
lave been no more shooting at the queen
Erancis put on the airs Of a mailman or
bravo, but when sentence was pronounced,
Of death for high treason, he fell in a swoon
Of mortal terror
Eer majesty committed the sentence TO i'm
prisonnent fUr life, and on the very day this
communication was published in tie papers O
hunchbacked boy named Bean made an at
tempt 20 shoot the queen, but as he presented
the pistol courageous boy seized bis hand
and held op TIL both were dragged down II
was found that Beams pistol vas loaded only
with paper and fragments on pipe; the
privy council decided that it was the best
policy 10 treat his act as that Of siliy,
drunken boy, 80 be was publicly whipped and
sentenced 70 eighteen months labor In the
Milbank penftensiary.
Both tbs Queen and the prince insisted that
vindictive punishment never had made mon
archs more secure, and the prince edded tina.
an oRense % the feelings Of tbs common peo-
PIE would be thousand times more danger
Gus than She Nnacy OF al the nadnen a,
large. A sort Of epidemic see1nAd to st II,
and rnAnytpesons were suspected of evil de-
signs as they attempted 70 force thar waJ 70
toe royal osviage. On the same hll, Nay
70 1873 an Irish iaoors- named Hamilton
cred a pistol, charged With powder oniy, q.
the queen, fnr which be received seven years
transportation On the 2Tth Of Eay. Is6o.
Robert Psta, Ee1tenans who bad lost lis
souauisina. struck the G.sea vtoieut,y across
the face xish cane as she was catering her
carriage. BE also was transported for scven
years sad died 81 ir,beciIe
Many years q exemption pssassd, and On
the .9rh OF February. 1872, Arthur O'Cooror,
aged II, pointed at bar majesty pistol
which proved 20 be ua4oa6ed, az the sane
time holding Up IN his othe- hand a pesatbou
for the release ~ re Psuian p<lz1ns<z He
was severely whipped and iznp-ts7ned for
year And thus s-sd@d rAts remarkable and
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