The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
ENeLAND'S COURT IN SORROW.
PRINCE HENRY OF BATTENBERG
DIES OF SWAMP FEVER.

The Fatal Illness Contracted While
He Was a Member Of the Ashantce
Expedition-Queen Victoria and
Princess Beatrice Greatly Pros
trated by the shock-The Remains
TO BE Brought Home on n War
ship.
London. Jan 22-The Standard an
nounces that Prince Henry of Battenbers.
who was taken i'll while accompanying
the British expedition against Ashantee.
died Of COAST fever on his return voyage
from Cape Coast Castle to Sierra Leone
Prince Henry died on the night OF Jan.
% on board the British cruiser Blonde. It
had been his intention TO recruit his health
al MADEIRA. After Prince Henry died the
cruiser Blonde put into Sierra Leone and
news Of his death was Immediately cabled
20 the queen and Princess Beatrice at
Osborne. and also 10 the admiralty and
war Office.
The queen is intensely agitated upon
the receipt Of the news and Princess Beat
rice is almost crazed with grief.
The queens review Of the flying squad
ron of the Isle of Wight, which was post
poned yesterday on account Of feg, has
now been abandoned in consequence OF
Prince Henry's death.
All Of the war ships in the Solent, the
Royal Yacht Squadron, are flying their
flags at half-mast as a mark of respect
10 the memory OF Prince Henry, and flags
are at half-mast upon public and private
buildings in London and all of the great
towns, in which the chufch bells were
tolled when the news of Prince Henry s
death was received. At the desire of the
queen. George J. GOschen. first lord of the
admiralty. has cabled instructions 10 COM
mander Henry NJ. Estiug. commanding the
British cruiser Blonde, TO bring the body
n Prince n q
possible delay.
Manifestations Of sororw at the death
of Prince Henry are everywhere visible
and expressions of sympathy with the
queen and Princess Beatrice are heard
upon all sides.
In November last Prince Henry Joined
the British Ashantee expedition in a. spec
sal capacity and sailed on Dec. Z. Col.
Sir Francis Scott, commanding the eXDe-
dition, appointed him his military secrc-
1ary. In the early part Of the present
month he was attacked with swamp fever
at NyiSa and returned to Cape Coast cas-
lie in charge of a surgeon though 1t was
announced that his illness was not Sc
rious.
The court circular, referring to the
death Of Prince Henry Of Battenberg says
a terrible blow has fallen upon her ma
Jesty and Princess Beatrice. Then fol-
lows brief details of the princes illness
and death, after which the circular says:
ne queen Is most deeply affected 10y
seeing her beloved daughters happy life
crushed and by losing a most amable
anu dAAbtAAbHdtt NOAl-lll-l1W 10 whom SlG
was much devoted
THE Princess Beatrice is bearing the
awful shock with great fortitude and res
1gnation."
The Daily Chronicle tomorrow will say
that Emperor William of Germany was
almost the first to send message Of con-
dolence over the death of Prince Henry
OF Battenberg TO the queen and Princess
Beatrice Emperor Williams message
was couched in the most kindly terms.
Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg
was son of Prince Alexander of Batten-
berg (Hesse) and the Countess Won Lauck
daughter of former Polish minister OF
war, who was raised to the rank of prn-
cess on her morganatic marriage with
the ruler of Hesse He was born Oct B.
1858, and married on July o, 1856, Princess
Beatrice Mary Victoria Fedora, the ninth
and youngest child of Queen Victoria. ON
the day of his marriage he received the
rank of royal highness" by letters patent
from the queen He was later appointed
governor of the Isle Of Wight and OF
Carisbrooke Castle, and although not
really an officer of the regular army of
Great Britain, he was indicated as a
colonel on the army list.