Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-02-14
gQuEEN is OVERLOOKED
ARDS Greatness Throws
HIS Wife In the Shade.
HEALTH IS NOT OF THE BEST
afflicted With a Growing
Deafness.
Ines the Duties oflIer New Position
fi Dread --Prisoners Hope the King
d be Liberal with Pardons -Insur-
tes ON Edwards Life.

$hehted, isotiby The Associated Press. li.,g
1ndon, Eng, Feb. 9.--lb all the
nlSRe paid 10 King Edward, QHaen
6t1ndra is,little heard of. ]" Procta.
stion BY the King" Id big, black
sespnrades itself cpriously. on The
nQph btnidings. and the young blood
119Gland Ia iusensibly fired by the
A'that manly, almost martial,
&x once more controls their destinies.
An exists mething Of that feeling
which the London apprentices
He'd the accession OF the last Edward,
t4ere 10 little wonder that Queen
4xhndra, for the present, comes in
HIT y small part Of this yirile on
asiasm.
" diplomat thoroughly conversant
NJ court details informed repre-
Native OF The Associated Press that
h fnaiostS assumed her ipcreas d
5fonsibilities with 10 feeling almost
Ia to regret. IL am growing SO
3T' she said the other day, "that i
asost feel unable to face the ardu
ties before me. !"
The queens appearance bellies her
bids. IL is her growing deafness
Rich is likely to prove her greatest
ndicap. Before long, it is feared,
will have to use nm car trumpet.
BOTHER ways she is not SO strong hs
rmerly. The ruinor that King Edward
tpffering from cancer promptly de-
va through The Associated Press by
Felix Sem0h, physician for diseases
the throat 10 tbs National Hospital
\ Epilepsy and Paralysisl, probably
3Ae from the faot that Sir Felix
Bmon is attending Queen Alexandra
2.sore throat, 60 which recently she
been extremely susceptible, though
HfH are no traces of serious disease.
l would, the informant says, be- only
$lad II destiny had permitted her
Hhish her days in England as
tinress Of Wales, the creator freedom
Va Nimplicity Of the minor title beng
U6h preferable to this woman, who,
her kindness and goodness has en-
lAYpd herself to her adopted people.
Ejaculation is rife ms to the date OF
Hill Edwards coronation, some people
h5ntaining that it will occur as early
&fptember. But, probably, the year
,pourt mourning will be strictly
33stved, the coronation not occurring
afH February or later in 1902.
The fact Of the kings birthday Co
355ding with the Lord Mayors Day,
6Yember 9th, may cause an alteration
the date OF one or the other of these
3l6hrations in the immediate future.
King Edwards time is busily taken
BIZ The most important event, oil
1ufse, is the opening, Of Parliament
February 18th, which, next to the
3fonation, is likely TO BIZ the most
rdJIiant spectacle OF his reign
6ofssses and others are clamoring fol
lRdsa In the House Of Loros, whosC
AAting capacity is so limited that onl,
{8w can hope to be successful. When
W. the king las previously appeared
3fhe upper house 1t was as an at
aAxive auditor of the debates, sitting
n#kthe ordinary benches. The onl,
|f0ehe voted was in favor of legalizini
ha marriage of deceased wife's sister
Witch he has consistently, but futilely
imported.
A1Sery prison In the United Kingdom
30tains mel, In a state of keen ex
S4sRrion, for the inmates hope th
{n& will signalize his accession b.
H9U2pg some psrdons. The friends o
4Ks Florence Maybrick are takin
8&Sbeart.
OH giving up the duchy of Cornwall
d his son, King Edward SACRIFICED a
nuuhae of over Ell, QUO week, thong
10 now receives what is estimated I
ID about E1, 900 day.
Queen Victoria has not been dead
$Qftnight, yet advertisement are ar
Barring in the papers advising til
8nblic to guard themselves againt
&Seible loes by insuring against th
ie6th OF the king. 1t is said the ir
.ufsnce mpanies are rapidly az
pf0Aching the limit Of the risk til 9
BIH accent on King Edwards life.