Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-11
FROM over
THE ocean
Dark Tragedy in the Death
of a Prince.
SUCCESSION ITO THRONE
Gorgeous Festivities During the Past
Week. Affairs in Sweden
ard Norway.
SUCCESSION ITO THRONE

London, Feb. 11.-(Copyrighted, 1899, by
the Associated Press 1.-The bright cold
snap of January has been succeeded by
one of the muggiest Februaries on rec
ord, the thermometer during the past
week standing at IS degrees. Similar
unusual mlldness is reported from the
continent. There have been severe storms
over the south and southwest portions of
the British isles and floods in many
parts. The river Thames has risen seri-
ously, and many residents of Windsor
have been removing their furniture as a
result OF the inundatiOns. Influenza has
resumed it's sway, but it is not of a
deadly type.
There i sa dark tragedy lying behind
the death of young Prime Alfred of Sake
Coburg and Gotha, the only son of the
Duke of SaXe-Coburg and Gotha, second
son Of Queen Victoria. This add greatly
to the grief of his relatives. He was
handsome, tall and manly bearing, and
his slight, boyish figure, in a brilliant
hussar uniform. was conspicuous during
the jubilee festivities in England. Soon
after the jubilee the prince returned to
his regiment in Berlin, one of the crack
guards regiments, but he soon fell into
toti IN NNail ltNl ii Sd
scandals, and finally this resulted in his
cousin, Emperor William. dismIssing him
from the guards, and, under the guise Of
promotion, transferring him to a line
regiment at Coburg. Two officers who
We're mixed up in the gambling scandal
We're cashiered. But gambling was not
the worst feature Of the young princes
case. He INDUCED in other designations,
which undermined his health and brought
about his untimely death, as it did with
Alfonso XIII Of Spain. Early in January
specialists pronounced Prince Alfred's
state to be hopeless and his accession to
the throne Of Coburg out of the u~estion.
The prince, however, had to participate
in the silver wedding festivities of his
parents and was carried to the gala per-
formance at the COburg theater in a
sedan chair. -Four days before the
princes death the disease from which
he was suffering caused Inflammation of
the BRAIN bringing an agOnizing end. He
died without any of his relatives near
him, in a deliriun. in the s%anitarium in
tne Austrian tyrol, to which he was
side when he expired.
The state of the health of the Duke
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha will bring
into prominence the question of the sue
%cession to the throne of Coburg, which
evolves upon the Duke of Connaught,
brother of the Duke of Edinburgh and
third son of Queen Victoria. Before long
the Duke of Connaught may have to de-
eide whether he will leave his native LAND
and take up the sovereignty of SAKE
COburg. If he chooses the LATTER he will
have to his career in the British
army, in which he is the most popular
general, and has the prospect of becom-
ing commandments. The Duchess
of Connaught will have an important
voice in the question. She is a patriotic
German and a princess of Prussia, and
VIII probably throw her weight in favor
Of SaXe-Coburg. The general belief, how
ever is that the Duke of Connaught will
renounce the title and succession in favor
of his son, Prince Arthur, who was born
January Is. 1883. The death of Prince
Alfred has been a heavy blow to the Lon
don season, as black will have to be worn
up to Easter. The season began with the
opening of the parliamentary session.
The Duke of D~evonshire's political re-
ception on Tuesday evenig was a brilliant
function. The Duchess of MARLBOROUGH