The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-01
DENNRk'S QUEEN IS DEAD.
She Was Called the Mother-in-Law
of All Europe.
HAD BEEN ILLSEVERAL MONTHS
In the Palace Near Copenhagen the Roy
atty of the Continent Has Gathered
Every Year-Some of the Queens
Famous Matches.

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 80. - Queen
Louise of Denmark died at half past
o'clock this morning. At her bedside
were the king of Denmark, the dowa-
ger empress of Russia, and king and
queen of Greece, the Princess of Wales,
the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland,
the Crown Prince and Crown Princess
of Denmark and the other members OF
the royal family.
The queen had been dangerously i'll
for several months, but an effort had
been made to keep the news OF her
condition from the public Her daugh-
ter, the Princess of Wales, was sum-
moned to Denmark in haste few
weeks ago. Queen Louise was 81 years
old just three weeks ago.
The ''mother-in-law of Europe was
the title of the Danish queen. The
sultan of Turkey, in spite of his huge
harem, is one of the few ruling sover-
eigns who escaped an alliance with
her family. But the sultan is Mos
lem. She was the mother of the king
of Greece, the grandmother of the czar
of Russia the motherin-law of the
duke Of Cumberland and the mother
in-law of theprince of Wales, who, in
his turn. is the uncle of the emperor
of Germany Of her daughters, one,
Alexandra, is the wife of the
Prince of Wales; another, Dagmar, is
the widow of the late czar of Russia;
third Thyra, is the wife of the Duke
of Cumberland cousin to Queen Vic
toria and formerly claimant to the
throne Of Hanover and to the Duchy
of Brunswick and the actual posses
sor of enormous estates. Of her sons
the eldest, Christian, heir appa-
rent to the throne of Denmark,
is the husband of Princess
Louise, daughter of Charles XIV
of Sweden; the second, King George of
Greece, is the husband of the Grand
Duchess Olga of Russia, niece of the
late czar of Russia; the third, Waide-
mar. is the husband of Princess Marie,
daughter of the Due de Chartres, and,
consequently member of the princely
house of Orleans, which claims the dl-
vine right to govern France and revels
in the possession of millions.
| church Queen Louise allowed no mar
| row bigotry to interfere with the
| worldly advancement of her offspring,
Herself devout Lutheran, three o1
! her children are married to as many
varieties of Protestants, one to Cath
| olic, with the promise that the daugh-
! ters shall be brought up in the Roman
! church, and two to members of the
| orthodox Greek church, in which faith
| all the children have been reared.
The Danish castle of Fredensborg
| each year has accommodated some 400
people during the great family gath
| erings, for the queen Of Denmark had
forty eight children and grandchil-
| dren, and an increasing number of
! great-grandchildren The Prince of
| Wales is the only one of the relatives
by marriage who pays his mother-in-
| law short, heeting visit; nearly all
! the others remain a full month. These
meetings at the palace of Denmark
! had much to do with maintaining the
peace of Europe.
Queen Louise's ability commanded
| the admiration of the kings of Europe
| and they constantly went to her for
| advice She was especially close to
! her son-in-law, the czar Of Russia, and
he consulted her frequently. In her
| position of mother -in-law" of Europe
she was able to know what was the
real attitude of many of the rulers
and this extensive information as we'll
as her good judgment made her advice
| of snecial value
LONDON, Sept. ga dispatch to the
London Times from Copenhagen gives
the following description of the death
| of the queen of Denmark: The kings
| of Denmark and Greece and the Prin-
cess of Wales, alternately, during
many hours, held the hands of the
dying queen, who for few moments
recovered consciousness but could
not speak Her husband wept and
the physicians requested him to re-
tire to rest, but he replied: II will
stay at least while the queen is con-
scious'' Everywhere the flags are at
halfmast. The queen did not die of
any special illness, but of increasing
decreptitude.