Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-22
The Death of Prince Albert Victor
Causes Universal Mourning
in England.
Though Death Was Expected, the
End Came Suddenly and
Quietly.
His Father, Mother and Betrothed
Were With Him When
he Died.
The DeNth of q Duke.

The Death of a Duke.
LONDON, Jan. 15.--The news of the
death of the Duke of Clarence created a
great sensation throughout the empire.
The lord mayors first knowledge of it
was a telegram from the Prince of
Wales.
On receipt of the news, the Lord may
or at once gave orders to have the greet
bell in St. Paul's cathedral tolled and
also sent the following message to the
Prince of Wales: 1--WE are profoundly
moved by the sad event and have COM
municated it to our fellow citizens. We
tender our deep and respectful sympa-
thy with your royal highnees in this
great sorrow and national calamity"
Queen Victoria was Immediately no
titled at Osborne of the death Of her
grandson. She at once telegraphed the
Prince and Princess of Wales her deep
grief and heartfelt share in their loss.
At II o'clock the mayor Of London re-
ceived a dispatch from the Prince and
Princess of Wales. 1t only said: sat
a quarter past nine this morning our be-
loved O passed away" The great bell
of St. Paul's tolled forth the news to
the waiting city and the announcement
vas Immediately posted at the Mansion
house. The flags on the tower of Lon
don and on all public buildings were
placed at half mast, while at Windsor
castle the half-masted flag also gave no.
tice to the people of the royal borough
of the calamity that had befallen the
royal house. The whole country is in
mourning. The news came with a
shock upon the people as the early morn
ing bulletin had encouraged the hope Of
a berter result. The news was posted
at the Marlborough house, the London
residence Of the Prince Of Wales
at 9:25, just ten minutes
at <er the death of the duke. The crow
in waiting, largely composed of working
people, gave ven to loud expressions of
grief, and Of pity and loyalty for the
queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales
and Princess May. The Pail Mall and
adjoining streets were %thronged. Hun
dreds of we'll dressed women and men,
evidently of the nobility and gentry,
crowded along with ommon people, the
sidewalk and roadways, and these were
jam1ned with carriages. The news
spread rapidly through the West End,
and everywhere there was the same ex-
preston Of grief and sympathy and 10y
atty. A dispatch from Sandringham
says that when the last moments came
the Prince and Princess of Wales, the
Prince and Princess of Teck. and the
Princess Victoria Mary, commonly
known as the Princess May, betrothed
of the dying prince, were grouped at the
bedside.
The Princess May had passed a Sleep
less night but she bore herself with
courage in the face of her terrible afdic-
ton. Her eyes red with weeping and
her heaving breast told of her broken
heart. The Princess of Wales was ap-
parently overwhelmed by the sense of
her privation. There was a marked i'm
provement during the early part Of the
night, but the dukes strength suddenly
failed at about 2 o'clock a. m. and he
gradually sank until he died.
Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward,
duke of Clarence and Avondale, was the
eldest son of the Prince of Wales, and the
heir presumptive to the throne of England.
He was born on Jan. 8, 1864, and was
created duke of Clarence and Avondale,
and earl of Athlone in 1890. The dead
prince was educated at Trinity college,
Cambridge, and Heidelberg university.
Previous to entering college Prince Albert
Victor and his brother, Prince George,
passed their examinations for the royal
navy, and they both served the two years
term as naval cadets on board H. M. S..
Britannia, the cadet training ship for the
royal navy. In 1879 the two princes went
on a tour round the world. The line of
succession, owing to the death of Prince
Albert Victor, descends through the
Prince of Wales to his second son, Prince
George of Wales. The latter's constitu-
ton, though not strong, is said not to be
as feeble as that of his elder brother.
Among his familiars he was known as
Prince Eddie, to the people he was more
generally known by his nickname of
"Collars and Cuffs"