The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-24
TRAGEDY IN HIS DEATH

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Gambling and Other Scandals
Which Brought Sorrow to the
House Of Saxe-Coburg.
London, Feb. 11.-There is a dark
tragedy lying behind the death Of young
Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
the only son of the Duke of SAKE Coburg
and Gotha, second son Of Queen Victoria.
This adds greatly to the grief Of his rel
ativts. He was handsome, tall and of
manly bearing. and his slight. boyish fig
ure, a brilliant Hussar uniform, was
conspicuous during the jubilee festivities
Soon after the jubilee, the prince re-
turned to his regiment, IN Berlin. one of
the crack guards regiments, but he soon
fell into bad hands, became entangled in
the gambling scandals, and, finally, this
resulted in his cousin, Emperor Viii
lam, diminishing him from the guards,
and. unlier the guise of promotion trans
ferfing him to line regiment at Coburg.
Two other officers who were mixed up i'll
the gambling scandal were cashiered
But gambling was not the worst feature
OF the young princes case. He INDUCED
IN other dissipations which undermined
his health and brought about his untime
u death, as it did with Alfonso Kill of
Spain.
Said HIS Case was Hopeless.
Early in January specialists pro-
nounced Prince Alfred's state to be 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 C0burg fileater in Sedan chair.
-Four days before the princes death the
disease from which he was suffering
ing an agOnizing end. He died without
any of his relatives near him, in a de-
lrimm, in the sanitarium in the Austri-
an Tyr0l to which he was taken. Only
two doctors were at his bedside 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
deyolyes 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 decide whether he will leave his ma
tive land and take up the sovereignty of
Sake oburg. If he chooses the latter
British army, in which he is the most
popular general, and has the prospect of
becoming cOmmander-in-chief. The
Duchess of Connaught will have an inn
portant voice in the question. She is
a patriotic German and princess OF
Prussia. and will probably throw her
weight in favor of SaXe-Coburg.
The general belief. however. is that the
Duke Of Connaught will renounce the ii
tie and succession in favor of his SON.
Prince Arthur. who was born January
-, 1883.
The death of Prince Alfred has been
a heavy blow to the London season. as
black will have to be worn up to Easter.
The season began with the opening Of
the parliamentary session.
Duchess of Marlborough Gown.
The Duke of Devonshire's political re-
ception on Tuesday evening was a brill
liant function. The Duchess of Marlbor-
ough was magnifcently gowned and Mrs
Joseph Chamberlain wore pale pink
! MORE satin and white lace Mrs. Ron
aids was dressed in black tulle and jet
Prominent among the guests was Mrs
Henry White, wife of the United States
charge daffaires, who is at present cha
peroning Lord Rosebery's daughters.
The most gorgeous festivity of the
week. however, was the ball at the Hotel
Cecil in aid of the Gordon Memorial col
lege at khartoum. There was a dazzling
| display of jewelry and embroidery. and
the Duchess of Marlborough was again
the center of attra ction, in white muslin
| with rich pink embroidery. She wore
her famous pearls. of which she had IF
| teen or sixteen rows round her neck. be-
| sides a necklace of diamonds and dou-
BILE tiara in her hair. Lady Randolph
| Churchill's pearls were almost as SpIen-
did.
London is to have another great ba-
| zaar, which is expected to eclipse the
successful press bazaar of last year. 1t
! will be held at the Niagara Skating rink
| in June, in aid of the Charing Cross hos
pital. The arrangements are on a gran
and every woman of note in London So
| ciety will aid in some way or other. Mrs.
John w. Mackay will take the American
| STALL assisted bs' her daughter. Princess
| Colonna, and Mesdames Clarence Mac
| kay, Bradley-Martin and Ronalds. \
rich American has presented a whole
American bar outfit. which will be in the
hands of Mrs. Brown Potter. The lat
ter was present at the Devonshire 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 periodi-
cally, critcising the manners of the pres
y
the columns of the Morning Post These
young men are accused of neglecting to
call after accepting hospitality. in refus-
ing to dance and in general lack of man
ners and breeding.
One of the fruits of the Hooley ex-
poSures is that Lords De la War; aud
Albemarle announced this week their in
tention of returning the i2t. 900 which
Hooley claims they received for becom-
ing directors of the French Dunlop PneU-
matte Tire company. Both. however,
repudiate Hooley's account of the mat
ter.
Rev John Watson Ian MacLaren) and
the White Star line steamer Teutonic.
which left LIVERPOOL for New York on
Wednesday. They will spend three
months in the United States.
Advices from Stockholm say that the
health Of King Oscar is far from salts
| is able to do so. at the end of the month.
! Thence he will take a trip to North Afri-
| ca. The Queen of Sweden and Norway
is still very feeble. She will go to
Honnef, Prussia, after King Oscars de-
parture for Biarritz.
ed at the United States legation at
Stockholm, by ball, which the crown
prince has promised to attend.
The well-known Polar explorer Prof
Nathorst. has issued an appeal to the
Swedish people for funds to equip an ex-
petition to East Greenland. during the
coming summer, to search for Prof. An
dree. the missing balloonist, and to en-
gage in scientific explorations. The par
ty will consist of twenty-five persons,
they will be absent four months. and the
cost of the expedition is estimated at
10000 crowns.
A Pen Picture of Damascus.
Compared with Jerusalem, Damascus