Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10
QUEEN eIrrs no MoYALr..
Queen VictoTIa's subjects Have Pre-.
scented Her with Peculiar Things.

One OF the peculiar things In
Queen Victorla's life Is the number
and variety Of things bequeathed TO
her by subjects,
On one occasion she was beqneath'
ed n racehorse, for which $4,000 had
been refused in It's younger days, AZ
far rs the writer knows, the animal
was afterwards sold, and the proceeds
given to II well known charity. More
over she can always be sure OF u tinal
resting place, for an eccentric OLD
Scotch woman named McWilliam upon
whom Her Majesty had frequently be-
slowed iayors while ut Balmoral, dled
few years ago and left her bencfac'
tress a family vault in neighborlng
klrkyard, Az first the authorities
thought fit to inquire into the case
which they naturally believed 10 be O
bogus one, before acqualnting the
Queen with the facts,
Investigations, however, only went
to prove that the old lady's will was
correct, and that she had purchased
and gorgeously fitted up large
vault at the place in question. Need
less TO say, her trouble was in vain
for sovereign like her could neSer be
permitted to rest In such obscurlty.
The Prince and Princess Of Wales
have also come In for their share OF
peculiar legacies, among which, OF
course, pets figure prominently. Sew
eral OF the dogs on the Sandringhan
estate huyc been the final requests Of
their donors, and the Princess, whose
love for animals Is proyerbial, has
caused them TO be carefully looked
after as those more closely connected
wit hher Among other things, she
once received a pair of cage birds OF
an almost extinct variety, left her by
an old gentleman who mad brought
them home from abroad, and they
were valued at more than 500 guneas
Among the many requests which
have fallen to the lot of the Emperor
Franz Joseph Of Austria is q hotel al
Brunn, left him by the proprietor
some years ago, II was on a sound
tinaroi0l basis and, therefore, valua'
Bile property The Emperor accepted
the bequest, and although he did not
employ for his own benefit, but sole
II for nm enormous sum, which he
gave In its entirety to q popular chill
! hospital.
I 1t is not generally known that the
German Emperor draws an income
from a line Of steamships, besides
that dericed from us rcghl position
The origin Of this rather curious. The
late Kaiser Milliam |, while Crown
Prince went out OF his way to do {
good turn for n man, who eventually
became celebrity in the shipping
world being chief partner in line Of
vessels plying between Hamburg ant
the French and British coasts.
A few years before the death Of the
Emperor the man in question died and
left the whole Of his property, con
I sisting Of the share in the business. tc
his old benernctor then the Kaiser
! The bequest Of course was n valuable
as well MS an acceptable one and Is
likely to be handed down for many
generations,
! Another gift which came into the
possession Of the ermnn Emperor the
other day took the form Of three enor
nous elephants Of great value, which
were bequeathed by a managerie pro
prietor. TO the Emperor, of course
the gift was useless, but il was ac
cepted and he presented the animals
to the Geological Gardens OF Berlin.
! 1t is generally believed that the
head of the Russian Empire is never
n popular man with the majority OF
his subjects, and yet the large number
of legaceS the present Car has re-
ceiyed rather goes TO belle the state
ment. They are, Of course, at various
as they are numerous, but among the
better known is large white Polar
bear--a fitting gift for n Czar-which
Is kept in captivity at the Winter Pal
ac' Where Bru" originally came
from, and by whom he was sent, is a
mystery, for letter Was received one
day stating that the beast was on the
road, and was a legacy from a loyal
subject,
But this is not the legacy to which
the Ear and Czarina, and rs the latter
took n fancy to it, and admired its
magnificent coat of exquisite white.
ness, the Emperor had no alternative
but to order home to be fitted up
and Brun duly installed therein.