The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-08-22
THE COURIER

succession to the throne. Between her
and the throne there are the precsrious
lives OF her puny and delicate brother.
the Duke Of York, and his two fraiI
children; her eldest sister, the Duchess
OF Fife. and her two quail, delicate
babies. 40 further family being expected
in the dpcal household By reason OF the
dukes ever steadily failing health. for
his spine is seriously affected. King
George Ill. had an enormous family,
yet the daughter Of his sixth son now
occupies the throne Of Great Britain
and Ireland. 1t is. therefore. quite on
the cards that Princess Victoria Of
Wales may succeed to the throne as
Queen Of Great Britain and Ireland and
Empress OF India, in which event Mr..
William Waldorf Aston would ipee facto
become prince consort, would occupy
the chair Of state to the left OF the SOW
ereign's throne, while his son by the
Princess. should he happen to have one.
would become the Prince OF Wales. The
victories that Americans have won over
England are not yet forgotten. To think
that q representative Of the country she
once owned ant tiled to beat into sub
mission should aspire to the position Of
prince consort is an impertinence they
re-rert. The other exciting topic is the
report that the queen has decided to
abdicate, which is based on the
fact that she looked unusually feeble
when she appeared at the wedding OF
Princess Maud, and that she is reported
to have said it was the last time she
should ever be in London. What she
actually said was, that she wondered il
it would be the last time she would be
there. She is such managing woman
that the politicians of London place TO
reliance on the rumors Of abdication or
Of a regency under control If the queer.
Abdication and regency combined have
not caused the huttering that Astor's
astral aspirations have caused. The
London correspondent OF Town Topics
sends the following of the queens ap-
pearance in London at the time of the
royal wedding: "As a rule, when she
comes up, she drives about informally;
indeed, she may be met in Regent street
or Oxford street. just like any private
lady, behind pair Of horses, in an I'M
pretentious open carriage, without any
special traffic arrangements. On Wednes-
day, however, the crush was so great in
Piccadilly. near Hyde Park corner-al-
ways the most crowded thoroughfare in
the seasoL-that the police were COM
PEELED to stop the traffic in order to
allow her carriage to cross. So the
heterogeneous mass OF omnibuses, cabe,
carriages. brewers drays and big wag-
ons halted. compact phalanx on either
side. We made out an open landau
not at all smart containing an old lady
In black with lovely now white hair
All at once rough man, an omnibus
driver, called out, Its the Queen; God
bless her. and then an electric thrill
seemed to go round. Passengers irside
and outside the vehicles sprang up; the
prim coachmen and footmen on the phi
vate carriages. usually as stolid as wax
dolls. rose to their feet and shouted like
schoolbOys; the foot passengers swell: d
the cheering; such a cheer! London
has not heard the like since Jubilee
day. 1t was a sight would not have
missed for worlds. that forest OF waving
hats and handkerchiefs and the faces Of
the people, startled for once out of their