The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-24
TRAGEDY IN HIS DEATH
Which Brought Sorrow to the
House of Saxe-Cobur9.


Which Brought Sorrow to the
House of Saxe-Coburg.
London, Feb 11.-Therc is Il dark
tragedy lying behind the death Of young
Prince Alfred Of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
the only son Of the Duke Of Sax.-Coburg
and Gotha, second son Of Queen Victoria
This adds greatly to the grief Of his rel
atiy.s. He was handsome, tall and Of
manly bearing. and hi. slight, boyish fig
ure, ii brilliant Hussar uniform. was
conspicuous during the jubilee festivities
in England.
Soon after the jubilee, the prince
turned to his regiment, in Berlin, one Of
the crack guards regiments, but he SOON
fell into bad hands, becam" cntangled III
the gambling scandals, and. finally, this
resulted in his cousin. Emperor Viii
liam, dismissing him from the guards.
and, under the gui,. Of promotion trans
ferr1ng him 10 line regiment at COburg.
Two other officers who were mixed up III
the gambling scandal were "asiiiered.
But gambling was not the worst feature
Of the young princess case. he indnlGeh
in other dissipations which undermined
his health and brought about his nntiI,'-
ly death, as it did with Alfonso XII. Of
Spain.
Said His Case was Hopeless.
Early in January specialists pro-
nounced Prince Aifred's state to bc hope
less and his succession to the throne Of
Coburg out of the question. The prince.
however, had to participate in the silver
wedding festivities of his parents. and
was carried to the gala performance at
the Coburg theater in Il Sedan rhar
-Four days before the princess death the
disease from which be was suffering
sv,As k,r;,,
ing an agonizing end. He died without
any Of his relatives near him. i'll a de-
lirimm, in the sanitarium in the -Austrl-
an Tyrol to which he was taken. Only
two doctors were at his bedside when be
expired.
The state Of the health of tn" Duke
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha will bring
into prominence the question of the sue
cession TO the throne OF Cnlnirg. which
devolves upon the Duke of C"nnanght.
brother of the Duke of Edinburgh and
third son Of Queen Victoria. Rrfor"
long the Duke Of Connaught may have
to decide whether he will leave his ma
tive land and take up the sovereignty Of
Saxe-Coburg. If he chooses the latter
he will have to abandon his career III the
British army, in which he is the most
popular general. and has the prospect Of
becoming commander-in-chlrf. Th"
Duchess of C"nnaught will have an i'm
pOrtant voice in the question. She Is
a patriotic German and princess Of
Prussia and viii! probably throw her
| weight in favor of SaxeCoburg.
The general belief however, is that tn"
Duke Of Cpnnaught will rrnounce the IL
tie and succession in favor Of his son.
Prince Arthur. who was born January
Is. 1883.
The death of Prince Alfred has been
heavy blow to the London season. as
black will hay" to he worn up t" Easter.
The season began with the opening Of
the parliamentary session.
Duchess of Marlborou.h's Gown.
The Duke Of Drv"nshirc's political re-
| cclJtion on Tuesday evening was a brill
liant function. The Duchess Of Marlfnr
ough was magnitirrntly gowned and Mrs.
| Joseph Chamberlain Wore pale pink
| MORE satin and white lace. Mrs. Rom
| aids was dressed in black tulle and jet.
| Prominent among the guests was Mrs.
Henry White. wife of the United States
| charge d'affaires. who is at present cha
pcroning Lord Rosebery'S daughters.
The most gorgeous fcstivity of the
week. however. was the bal! at he Hotel
| Cecil in aid Of the Gordon Memorial col
| lege at khartoum. There was dazzling
| display Of jewelry and embroidery. and
the Duchess of Marlborough was again
the center of attraction. in white muslin
with rich pink embroidery. She wore
her famous pearls. of which she had tif
| teen or sixteen rows round her neck be
sides necklace of diamonds and a dou-
BILE tiara in her hair. Lady Randolph
| Churchills pearls were almost Us SPLEEN
| did.
London is to have another great ha
zaar, which is expected to eclipse the
successful press bazaar Of last wear. 1t
will he held at the Niagara Skating rink
in June, in aid of the Charins Cross hos
dose scale. Practically every duchess
and every woman of note in London So
! ciety will lid in some way or other. Mrs.
John w. Mackay will take the American
stall. assisted h,- her daughter. Princess
Colonna, and MesdameS Clarence Mae
kay. Bradley-Martin and Ronali>. \
rich American has presented whole
American bar outfit. which will he in the.
hands of Mrs. Brown Potter. The lat
ter was present at the DcvonShire recel,-
ton on Tuesday and it is whispered that
| the invitation waS sent at the Instance of
the Prince of Wales.
! Young Men of the Day.
Correspondence which appears pcriodi
cally critciSing the manners of the pres
| ent day young men, is again :lSitating in
| the columns of the Morning Post. These
| young men are accused of ntCecting to
call after accepting hospitality. in rcfu>
| ing to dance and in general lack Of man
ncrs and breeding.
| One Of the fruits of the Hoolev eX-
,oSures is that Lords De In War; and
Alm.marle announced this week their in
tcntion of returning tine 1T 900 which
| Hooley claims they received for becom-
ing directors Of the French Dunlop pneu-
| matte Tire company. both. however.
| repudiatc HooleyS account Of the mat
! ter.
Rev. John Watson lIan MarLartn' and
| Mrs. Watson at" passengers on board
the White Star line steamer Teut"nic
which left Liverpool for New York on
| Wednesday. They will spend thrv,
months in the United States
Advicps from Stockholm say that the
health Of King Oscar is far from salts,
factory He will 60 to Riarritz, If he
is able t" do 81. at the end nf the month.
| Thence he will take Il trip I" North -Afri
ca. The Queen of Sweden and Norway
is still very feeble. She will =" to
Honnef, Prussia. after King Oscars de-
parture for Riarritz.
Wa ShingtonS birthday will I've celehrat-
ed at the United States legation at
| Stockholm. by a ball, which the crown
| prince has promised to attend.
The wcll-known Polar explorer. Prof.
.\itltTSt. HIS lSSutal all 'ifENHl W tNt'
| Swedish people for funds t" equip an cN-
| petition to East Greenland. during the
| coming summer. to search for Prof. An
lree the missing hallooni>t. and to en-
gage in scientific explorations. The par
ty will consist Of twenty-five persons.
| they will he absent four months. and the
| cost of the expedition is estimated at
10000 crowns.
A Pen Picture of Damascus.
L..