The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-24

Elizabeth. No other atty years IN the
histo<y Of England and possibly of any
ether country can show a. brilliant results
virgin queen and tbs half century stncs
the Mite Princess Drina." - she wss
aRectionAfsly called. became queen sf
E0gianA- 30 far - that natien - con-
esrnsa. her popu1attoa end wealth have
snornously Increased. and the same ex-
pansien has besa witnessed IN IN the
great colonies u Australia. Canada. asA
her othR eoionaai possessions. leaving
out the vast IsAtan empire. the people over
whom she rsigns 10 nov about lso.eeo.ooo.
- compared with 40.aoo0oo Of between nfty
and sixty years ago Her father drove her
mother In an oId-fashioned travelling coach
in order that she might have the greater
care: now there are Thousands Of miles OF
railroads. Sperm candles have been sue
ossded by coal Oh. gas and electricity. each
great Atlantic iiners and war vessels such
- the Oregon. Iowa and Indiana. have
taken the placs e Tulton's little expert
msnt aad the old clumsy wooden msn-of-
war. typewriter. bicycles. sewing ma
chinsa tslsphonss. represent In their way
thswonderful advance that has beer made:
and the vast improvements In teiegraphy.
printing presses. all the methods Of type
setting. street transportation. weaving.
firearms. agricultural implements and the
~ srbt In ma
vel almost all the previous productions Of
ingenuity.
No sovereign on thfons at the time Of
her accession now lives. and she had been
. queen eleven years before the present
emperor Of Austria. who II next In senior
ny. assumed the crown. The king Of Dem
mark was born one year before her. but
az mo- attain sovereignty for more than
. quarter Of . century Afterwards. Pope
Lee the Kill vas born nine years before
ysars before he attained his present dig
ntty. she has seen four monarchs succsed
- the crown Of Prussia. and as many to
the empire Of Russia The queen has had
ssvsnty-one descendants, Of whom axty-
two are living and nina are dead.
How far hack the beginning Of this reign
extends can perhaps be best appreciated
by review Of impr rant historical events
which took place about that time. She was
. child OF when John Quincy Adams
became president Of the United States.
john Adams and Thomas Jefferson were
yet alive. end the United States and Great
Britain were discussing the claim OF this
country to Oregon. Tho country was dis
turbsd by the war which Garrison was
wasing on slavery and by Jackson's nulli-
1cation proclamation The New England
Anti-slavsry Society and anti-Mason party
had only recently begun their campaign.
When the queen assembled the throne. Van
Buren, had but recently taken Office as
president Of the United States. The ter
ritory Of Wisconsin had but lately been
created, Michigan had not been admitted.
nor had the territory OF Iowa been created.
Gen. Harrison. of whom We think as be-
longing TO the long buried past. had not
yet become president. nor had the earliest
cCn8rtS
II was not until the fourth year OF Vie
toriAs reign that the Hudson Bay Conn
pany colonixcd Vancouver island. and the
ro-called Aroostook war IN Maine took
place. Victoria was an experienced queen
Of nearly ten years service when Caiifor-
MIA was made q territory Of the United
States.
Among notable people identified with the
early onscial life Of the queen were Edward
Everett, the brilliant minister 10 the Britt
ish court fran this country: Lewis cass.
minister 10 France: William r. King. min
ister TO France. ssterwari vice president.
and IN whose honor King county was
named. Washington Irving. minister 10
Spain. Daniel Webster. secretary Of state.
Louis PHILIPPE was king of the French.
Nicholas l. ear OF al the nus.,ss. ara
Isabel VI queen ef spaia. OF tire great
ministers Of her youth. lord Aberdeen,
Lord Melbourne a,- Ronsr. Ped. Lord
paimer.tcn. Lord John Russell, Earl Of
Darby have inre since passed away.
n hss fallen 10 the lot Of Queen We
tcr,s 20 I've q NE more port-ntou. with
events thar that of any other known his-
tsrtesl character. She was only is year.
81 age when she was aroused sruv her
steep ~ early dawn 81 Jure -. 1877. &, re-
es,v. the announcement that she was IN.
queen 81 tire greatest nation In TIE world
Attsrsa In = loose white nisAtsre=s ard
wrapped IN a shawl. her hair falling upo,
hef shoulders. her feet IN slippers. she
listened 70 tire news, n T. said tAs. h.-
rrst act was 20 write 70 her ee-eaved
ann.. cne.n Adelaide. . tender letter OF
ccrsslence she addressed n. .Ts Her
Majesty. TIE oueen" She was tnia "a.
ought 20 write . 'cueen-eowsEer." 10
which che r-ri'ets Il Am aware Of that.
but VII no, - ths ar~t 10 remind hsr Of
her si;sr.s rcsi,,c-."
sss has IRE rrc<t fortune 90 possess a
mother gifted with remarkable capacity,
Who foresAs the possibility 80 her eaurh-
ter. elevation. ana although keeplnr n
from sAs young sirr. knowledge. took
rroat rain. 70 ~ her for .h- r~xpons,-
esifty that was likely 70 devoive upcn he-
II fell 70 her lot to have 20 propose mar
r.ars 20 ,he man who Afterwards became
her husband. eoars etiquette requiring
thss On. her inferior N rank should rot
address Tire sovereign lazy on suffice.
which was to ec 80 raech TO hi. advan-
tsxe.
rns young queen Rad tnhers,ea..crss er
~. nerv srnrer % her race sns coon
after Ner accession she addressed a letter