St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-23
PRINCE IS STRICKEN
HENRY OF BATTENBURG FALLS A
VICTIM TO SWAMP
FAV0RITE WITH VICTORIA,
WHO, WITH HIS WIFE, PRINCESS
BEATRICE, FEELS DEEPEST
GRIEF.
GREAT SORROW IS MANIFESTED
For the Loss of One Who Was n
Butt for RidicuIe While
Alive.
FAV0RITE WITH VICTORIA,
GREAT SORROW IS MANIFESTED

LONDON, Jan. 22.-News has been
received at Osborne that Prince Henry
of Battenburg, who went to Ashantee
in special capacity and who contract
ed swamp fever there, is dead.
Prince Henry was third son of Prince
Alexander of Battenburg, uncle of Lud-
wig ~, grand duke of Hesse. He
married the Princess Beatrice in 1885.
They have four children. He was
born Oct 8, 1858, and was governor of
the Isle of Wight and of Carisbrook
Castle.
The remains will be brought to En-
gland on the government steamer
Blonde. The greatest sorrow is mani
tested throughout the Isle of Wight at
the death of Prince Henry, and the
flags everywhere are at half-mast
Prince Henry, 1t appears, was greatly
upset at the speedy death of his friend,
Maj. Ferguson, who was attacked with
fever while out walking with the prince.
The latter, however, continued on the
march until within thirty miles of
Coomassie, where he became so seri-
ously Ill all of a sudden, that the Of
ficer in command insisted that he
should be Immediately conveyed back
to Pronsu. Wher the prince reached
there, his condition was desperate, and
the doctors almost despaired of being
able to get him back to the coast.
Prince Henry, however, rallied slight
ly before reaching Cape Coast Castle.
Once there, although sick unto death.
the prince did everything possible to
| prevail upon his medical attendants
and the commanding officers to allow
him to remain until the news reached
cape Coast of the entry of the British
into Coomassie. But his condition was
so desperate that all
HIS APPEALS WE'RE N VAIN
and he was finally induced, very much
! against his will, to consent to embark
| on board the Blonde for the island of
| Madeira. This, it now appears. was on
Friday last. The prince was in a very
| weak condition when he went on board
| of the cruiser; but the cooler sea air
had an invigorating effect on him, and
| he again rallied. In fact SATURDAY.
| he became quite cheerful, and hopes
We're entertained of his recovery. Sun
| day, however, there was decided
change for the worse. The prince grew
weaker and weaker until he expired
| Monday evening, it is announced, at
| $40.
The Princess Beatrice his wife, was
upon the point of starting for the
island of Madeira, in order to nurse
her husband, when the news of his
death reached Osborne house and
plunged the royal family into the deep
est grief.
The death of Prince Henry is the
one great topic of comment in the
press and in public today The review
Of the flying squadron, now at Spit
head, which was to have taken place
today off Osborne, has been postponed
on account Of the death of the prince,
and all the naval and military sta
lions throughout the country are fly
| ing flags at half-mast
On the government buildings and
| clubs the flags were half-masted, the
| church bells were tolled and the am
| bassadorS and ministers and all the
representative public bodies of London
and other cities of the country sent tel
| egraphic messages of sympathy.
The newspapers of the city announce
| the princes death with inverted rules,
| and 1T is said today that even those
| who have been the most active in ridi-
! culing Prince Henry now recognize
| the fact that he probably died in an at
tempt to prove that he was not unwor-
thy of the esteem of her majesty's sub
jects.
The period Of mourning by the court