The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-08
Tragedies of Royal Life.

IL uYOuiOS VI MUyOI ZItO.
Endowed with every quality OF heass
and intellect that might 1T her 10 be the
Wise eonsort of a great emperor. Victoria.
1 crown princess OF England and empress
~ SStuldny IN the dispensation OF Prov
,s-SsS,S was not permitted 10 tulnh that
Whlcn seemed her destiny. The cup OF
ii,tgeIial power was bur paced TO her lips
anu udsneo away after mere taste OF
the olttereSt of draughts During that
great crisis OF her lie she was exposed
/ 10 the active hostility of Statesmen who
hao long been jealous of her influence
with her husband. Their dependents gave
tongue 70 the III viii and even mahce
Mhlch mac been snlouldering for many
years against the crown pfincess. woo
was not OF German birth and was accuss 4
German sympathies-
The tragedy OF Emperor Frederick s
/ last year may IN time to come be taken
as MS theme by some great playwright.
Imagination cannot so beyond the truth.
/ IN the unfolding OF the human drama
Empress Frederick was the PRINCIPAL
heroine. 1t was in January, 1897. that
! uer husband, then In his 56th year, Was
! seized with mysterious illness. mt
/ mate friends OF the crown prince had for
| some years previously noticed his increas-
/ ing apathy. a waning of his energy. They
/ ton for his great powers. Freytag states
3 that his sense OF dissatisfaction grew ever
! greater. and even the crown princess
/ tailed 10 Danish the overmastering de1ec-
ton.
/ Suddenly it became known that sur
geons had been employed i'm cauterizine-
/ the crown princes throat. a visit 10
/ Ems brought no relief. The growth re-
/ appeared, and doctors pronounced il can
Ger. In May an operation was decided
on. but Dr. Morell Mackenzie. who had
/ neen urgently summoned as a throat spa
10 1ilS s, 81 tHe nrst european rank, with
/ ne lull assent OF the court physicians.
declared the origin OF the malady to be 4
Mart on the vocal cords. which alone u
! was necessary to remove. The case was
/ Entrusted to Mackenzie, and the crown
/ prince visited England to be treated by
/ him there. lie rode in the Queens ju-
I bilee procession. Afterward he sought IN
| vain relief for his breathing in the Isle
/ OF Wight. on Deeside in Scotland in the
/ at San Reno. Even DR.. Mackenzie now
agreed with the other specialists that the
malay was cancer and incurable. AMI
| that II would be necessary to resort 10
/ tracheotomy 10 afford relief.
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AT once a storm OF resentment against
1ne English doctor swept over Germany.
1 The nOnagenarian emperor had sem
/ Prince William to San Reno on a spe-
riousiy affected him. The winter was a
/ oitter one in Berlin. and the dynaStic
crisis was accompanied BY struggle in
/ the reichstag over the army bill and IN
/ easiness as to Russia's policy. besides
4 family misfortunes in other branches Of
the Hohenzolierns The END came Cor
Fritz, neber Fritz, being almost his
The Emperor Frederick. as he had now
become, lett San Reno the next day and
arrived at Berlin in a binding snow
storm Invalid as he was, he could take
! no part IN the funeral ceremonies. With
/ IN a fortnight serious differences arose
I between the new emperor and his iron
chancellor. Ihere was little compatible
/ lty OF temperament between them, ana
I the minister was impatient of the liber-
| alizing Tenderness of the sovereign who
/ he was well aware was stronsl- sIinr,ort
( ed in them by the empress. Bismarck
nad long been opposed TO projected mar
daughter of the Empress Frederick. to
| Prince Alexander of Battenberg. the
I now urged the prosecution of the match,
disregarded all the political reasons
| against 1t and only after hard struggle,
4 Wnich LETT ranking wounds on both
I sides, and parity owing to her mother 5
| mediation between her and the chancellor,
| did she consent to sacrifice her daugh-
! ter'S happiness on the altar of the father
| With Bismarck it was not unnatural
/ that she should entertain a bitter feud
/ Tor had the iron chancellor had his way
the Crown Prince Frederick would have
| been excluded from the throne had his
throat nlaiady been pronounced incur
able while the Emperor William still
/ lived, The imperial rank and revenues CT
/ the Empress Frederick would in that
1 case have been wanting. Under her hus-
: bands Will however. she was amply pro-
vided for. while by the gift OF the Ouch
I ess Galliera another fortune was placed
at her disposal
During this brief spell of fruitless pow
I
I family sorrow at the marriage Of the
: sailor Prince Henry, the second son of
/ the Emperor and Empress Frederick, with
: the Princess Irene OF HesSe, IN MAY, Duc
! the excitement proved too great for the
emperor. and he was removed to Pots
| dam, his birthplace. TO die, on June 10,
having reigned exactly ninety-nine days.
The widow bore the blow unfliuching-
| y. At the moment of her bereavement
this was the message she sent to the
aged Empress Augusta: She who was
so proud and happy to be the wife of your
D 1,
No mother ever had such a son. Be
strong and proud in your grief. Even
this morning he sent you greeting "
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| Even for several years after the fatal
hundred days of her CeaSeless vigil by
the bedside OF Frederick the Noble his
widow was pursued with what amounted
to almost a relentless persecution. There
were those who harped upon the riff
and the young emperor. They magnified
differences OF temperament which IN
doUbtedly marked the strong individuality
of the mother from the no less active
personality OF the son.
Imperious and intolerant of stupidity,
she had frequently made enemies IN the
early part Of her life in Germany But
time healed many of these wounds. The
Empress Frederick, if she had traducerS.
had also A wide circle OF personal Friends
warmly attached to her. Her dignified
retirement and effacement from public
continuance of the work she had in hap
pier days inaugurated for the advance
uEnL OF women IN AL the careers lot
which nature and strength specially fit
them was appreciated at its true vaius.
he nursing profession was one of the
chief objects of her support AT the time
of the FrancO-Russion war she threw
herself into the task of organizing hos
pitfalls with all the energy at her com
mand. With the help of an assistant OF
Miss Florence Nightingale she eStab-
lished a model hospital at Homb burg, and
from The nurses she banded together
sprang the Victoria SisterhOod, which Al
hospitals, clinics and in private families
has been of incalCulable service in minis
terius to the sick Other Similar Organs
izations due to her initiation or patron
age were the Association for the Care Of
the Health at Home, Vacation Colonies,
with branches in eighty cities; the Fred
eTick institute the Home for Daughters
of the Better Classes and the Victoria
lyceum.
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The latter years of the dowager EN-
press life were passed between Berlin
and the home which she built for herself
in the Taurus mountains. In the early
days of her married life the crown
princess. with her husband. inhabited a
Potsdam, or a wing of the royal castle
in Berlin. After the birth OF their son
they went to live at the new palace OF
Potsdam- Though in winter the empress
dowager has spent few months in Ber-
lin. F'riedrichShOf. her castle near HON.
burg. has been the abode for which she
entertained the strongest affection. The
estate. situated near CrOnberg and with
in easy reach OF Homburg. was purchased
I by her, and beautiful chateau erected
( under her superintendent. The name
I flesrff TO me hsa al