The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-01-30
The Last Sad Scenes Around
the Bedside Of England's
Grand and Weli. Beloved
Queen.

by any woman In the worlds history,
came in . simply furnished room in
Osborne house at Cowes, Isle Of Wight,
on Tuesday evening Of last week. This
most respected Of all women, living or
dead, 10y In q great four posted bed and
made Q shruuken atom, whose aged
face and figure were u cruel mockery OF
tho fair girl who in 1897 began to rule
over Epgland. Arounu her were gath
cred almost every descendant of her
limo.
Well within in view of her dying
eyes there hung portrait Of the primo,
eonsort. II was he who designed tn,
room and every part Of the castle. IL
scarcely audible words the white
haired bishop of Winchester prayed be
side her, ~ he had often prayed with
his sovereign, for he was her chaplain
NJ Windsor. With bowed heads the im
perious ru.er of the German empire
and tho man who now is king of Eag
land, the woman who has succeeded
to the title of queen, the princes and
princesses and those of less than royai
desigpation, listened to the bishops
eeaseless prayer.
Six clock passed. The bishop con
tinued his intercession. One of the
younger children asked question in a
shrill childish treble and was ahmed.
istely silenced. The women of the
royal family sobbed family and the
men shufflsd uneasily.
THE END.
At exactly $40 Sir James Reid held
up his hand, ana The people in the room
knew that England had lost her queen
The bishop pronounced d the benedIctlon.
The queen passed away quite peaceful
ly. She suffered no pain. Those who
Were now mOurners went to their rooms
A few minutes later the inevitable ele
nent of materiAlism stepped into this
pathetic ehaptef of international his
tory, for the court ladies went busily to
Dni ordering their mourning from
The SheeIlss 81 Of sss -sss--w world were Jared
when the announcement caple, but in
this palace At Osborne everything pur
sued the usual course. Down ia the
kitchen they were cooking . huge din.
ner for an assemblsge, the like Of
which has seldom been known Ia Eng
land, and the dinner preparations pro
cee0ed just as if nothing had happened.
The booy of Queen Victoria was em
balmed and will probably be taken to
Windsor Saturday.
HER THoUHTFULNEss.
An incident characteristic of the
queens solioltude Tor others occurred
two days ago, when In one of the In
tefVales Of Consciousness, she summooed
strength 10 suggest TO her dressers,
who had been acting as nurses, to take
the opportunity Of getting some fresh
air. Monday afternoon she asked that
her little P,meranian spaniel be
brought to her BE- dside.
Ii was feared that the queen was dy.
ing about 8 clock In the moroing aud
carriages were sent to Osborne cot
tsge and the rectory to bring all the
Prices and prince. ses aud the bishop
OF Winchester to her bedside. l.
seemed then very near the end, but,
when things looked the worst, the
que. q bad one OF ihe rallies due to her
wonderful consIit q ion, opened her e, es
and recognized the rrince OF Wales
the Princess and Emperor William.
She asked 10 see one IF her faithful Der
wants, member Of the u,ehoId. Hc
FASTENED to the room, but before he
got there the queen had passed into a
6tfuI sleep.
-Four clock marked he beginning OF
the end. Again the family were sun.
mon,d and This ume the relapse WAS
not followed by recovery. The Primo,
OF Wales Was very much affected when
the doctors at last informed HIM that
his mother had breathed her last.
EMPEROR AND KING.
Emperor William, himself deeply
Affected, did his best to minister com
fort TO his sorrow stricken uncle, whose
new dignity he wss The first to ac-
knowledge. Ffom all paris Of the wor d
there are still pouring into Cowes mes
ssges of coincidence. they came from
crowned heads, miIliop aires, tradesmen
and paupeIs and are vario usly addressed
to the Prince of Wales and the king
of England.
Emperor Williams arrap genents are
not settled. His yacht will arrive here
today "wednesday, but it is belle wed
that he will not depart until after the
funeral. Several other royal Ierson.
SeSp eiO iihO'y W 10 NJ TIC
funeral, which probably WI! be cere-
nony never to be tqualied in this cen-
tury.
THE LAST DAYS.
The record of the last days Of the
reign Of Victoria is not easy to tell.
The correspondent of tne Aaocist, d
Press was the only correspo spondent nd
nitied TO the O.torno house and his in
tsTyiew with Sir. Arthur John Riggs
private secretary to tho late queen, W,s
the only official statement that had
been given out For several weeks the
queen had been failing. On Monday
week she summond Lord Roberts and
ssked him some very searching ques
tions regarding the war in South AZ
TicA. O1 Tuesday she went for drive,
but was visibly affected. On Wednes
day she suffered q paralytic stroke,
accompanied by intense physical weak.
ness. Ii was her first illness In all
her 81 years ard she would not admit
H. Then her condition grew so serious
that, sgAinst her wishes, the family
were summoned. When they arrived
hsr reason has practically SuCsOmbed