The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-03
BLIzzARDY WEATHER IN oLD WORLD
Coolest and Stormiest November in
"a Years in Enolnn1 s

Coolest and Stormiest November in
Years i'll England.
London, Nov. 2s.-(Copyright, 1898,
by the Associated Press.)-The recent
comparatively mild weather which has
prevailed in Great Britain has been in
terrupted by a thorough blizzard in
many parts of the country, especially
in the north, where the snow drifts
have been several feet deep. Three
men persisted in the snow in the high
lands, a train was blown Off the rails
near Tralee. Ireland, numbers of fish
ing boats have been lost, many fisher
men have persisted and the Irish mail
boats and cross channel mail service
were interrupted or seriously delayed.
Trains have been showed up at several
places, and generally the snowstorm is
considered to have been the worst for
many years. Severe weather is re-
ranean, where n French transport,
bound for Tunis, was obliged to re-
turn to I'oulon in a damaged condition.
She also reported that some of the re-
cruits on board of her We're killed or
injured during the storm.
Wilhelrnina's Bctrothal.
The young queen of Holland. who re-
Gently displayed her strong will by re-
calling whole issue of postage stamps
because her portrait on them made her
look too girlish, is again showing her
spirit in the question of her betrothnl
to Prince William of Wicdc, an officer
in the German army, which has been
practically settled upon. The official
announcement of the bctrothal has
been kept back on account of certain
difficulties in the protocol, the ques-
ton being whether the prince should
be invested with the rights and pre-
negatives of prince consort or retain
his present rank. Unless the former
plan is adopted neither the laws Of
Holland nor the foreign courts will
recognize him as a member of the
Dutch royal family. The Wiedc fami-
ly insist upon the title of prince on
sort, but Queen Wilhelmina demands
that Queen Nictoria's precent be fol-
lowed and that the title of prince con-
sort be not conferred until eighteen
months after the marriage. 1t is eX.
pected, however, that the difficulty will
he overcome before long. The we'd
ding has already been fixed to taIke
place in The Hague next spring
Mllysshe Chasd Prince Williams.
1t has leaked out that the betrothal
of the young queen to the prince of
Wiede is of romantic origin. The
princes older brother married the
Princess Pauline, of W~urtemburg,
who was Wilhelmina's intimate girl
hood friend. Once, when they We're
staying together and indulging i'll
dreams of the future, they vowed. ac-
cording to the story, that they would
wed two brothers. The Princess
Pauline afterwards married the older
prince of Wiede, Prince Frederick,
and Wilhelmina determined to keep
her VOW and we'd his brother, Prince
William, who is four years younger
than Prince Frederick. This, it is add
ed, explains Queen Wilhelmina's indif-
ference to other suitors, which has
caused SO much comment.
Other reports, however, say that the
real reason for the selection Of Prince
William of Wiede as a husband for
Queen Willelmina is that his mother
is n princess of the Netherlands and
that, therefore, he is likely TO be more
acceptable to the people of Holland
than an entirely foreign prince.