The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-31
COwEs, Isle of Wright, January 23.--Queen
Victoria is dead ana Edward VII retgns.

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Victoria is dead ana Edward VII reigns.
The greatest event in the memory Of
this generation, the most stupendous
change in existing conditions that could
possibly be imagined, has taken place
quietly, almost gently, upon the anniver
sary Of the death Of Queen Victoria's
father, the Duke of Kent. E
The end Of this career, never equalled
by any woman in the worlds history,
came in a simply furnished room in
Osborne house This most respected
OF all women, living or dead, lay in a
great four-posted bed and made q
shrunken atom, whose aged face and
figure were q cruel mockery Of tho fair
girl who in 1887 began to rule over
England.
Around her were gathered almost
every descendant Of her limo. Well
within in view Of her dying eyes there
hung portrait of tho prince consort,
It was he who designed the room and
eyery part Of tho castle. In scarcely
audible words the white haired bishop
Of Winchester prayed beside her, as he
had often prayed with his sovereign, for
he was her chaplain at Windsor. With
bowed heads the imperious ruler OF the
German empire and tho man who now
succeeded to the title of queen, the
princes and those Of less than royal
designation, listened to the bishops
ceaseless prayer.
Six O'Clock passed. Tho bishop con.
tinued his intercession. One of the
Youngest children asked question in a
shrill childish treble and was immediate
ly silenced. The women of the royal
family sobbed family and the men shut
fed uneasily. At exactly G:3O Sir
James Reid held up his hand, and the
people in the room knew that England
has lost her queen. The bishop pro-
nounced the benedictiOn.
The queen passed away quite peace
fully. She suffered no pain. Those
who were now mourners went to their
rooms. A few minutes later the in
evitable element of materialism stepped
into this pathetic chapter Of inferno
tional history, for the court ladies went
busily to work ordering their mourning
from London.
The wheels of tho world were Jared
when the announcement came, but in
this palace at Osborne everything pur-
sued the usual course. Down in the
kitchen they were cooking a huge din
ner for an assen,blage, the like OF
which has seldom been known in Eng
Ceeded just as If nothing had happened
vICToRIA's LIFE AND FAMILY.
Queen Victoria was born May "a, 1919
On June 10th, 1897, she became queer
Of England, succeeding her uncle. King
William ~. On Feb. 10th, 1910, she
married Prince Albert Of SAKE Coburg
Gotha, who died Dec. Ia, 1861.
Victoria has been the mother Of nine
children as follows:
/. Victoria A Adelaide, Princess Royal,
who married Emperor Frederick Viii,
liam Of Germany. She is the mother OF
the present emperor of Germany.
.. Albert Edward, Prince Of Wales,
and heir to the throne.
3. Alice Maud Mary, Grand Duchess
Of Hesse. Deceased 1878.
4. Alfred, Duke of SAKE. Coburg-
Gothe, Duke Of Edinburgh. Married
Grand Duchess Marie, daughter Of Alex
ander H., Emperor of Russia.
S. Helena, Princess Christian. Mar
ried Prince Frederick Christian of
Schlesburg Holstein.
9. Louise, Marchioness of Lorne
z. Arthur, Duke OF Connaught
8. Leopold, Duke Of Albany.
.. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore
Married Prince Henry of Battenburg,
to whom the queen was greatly attached
The Prince Of Wales was born in 1841
and is therefore 90 years old. In 1858
he married Princess Alexandra of Den
mark. Their eldest child, Albert Victor,
Duke Of Clarence, born 1864, died in
1899. At the time Of his death he was
engaged to Princess Mary Victoria Of
Teck, who afterwards married his broth.
or, George Frederick, Duke Of York,
the second Oldest living child of the
Pr!ace and Princess Of Wales. The
Duke of York Is next to his father in
succession to the throne of the most
powerful kingdom Of modern times. He
was born in 1866, and has two sons and
one daughter.
The other children Of the Prince and
Princess OF Wales are: Louise Victoria,
1867; married the Duke of Fife; Victoria
alexandra. 1868, and Maude Charlotte,
1859, who are unmarried, and Alexander,
born 1871 and died in infancy.
The Czarina Of Russia is the grand.
daughter OF Queen Victoria, being Vic
toria Alice, daughter Of tho Grand
Duchess Of Hesse. By other marriages
tho queen of Great Britain is connocted
with all the powerful reigning families
OF Europe. Through these relatives she
has often exerted her influence in inter
national affairs, especially for peace.
WONDERS OF THE VICTORIAN ERA.
Atlanta Constitution.
Whom the young girl of eighteen came
to a throne tainted by tho Georges it re-.
quired nothing short Of tho presence of
o pure woman for tho disinfection of
English society. The Tudors were the
elimination OF the English monarchy ;
the Stuarts united the whole island
under one flag; under the Georges the
assumptions Of an irresponsible aristo.
cracy spent themselves, and the England
Of to-day was evolved. Elizabeth
Whetted the pride and enterprise Of the
Englishman, Cromwell gave him a seri.
ousness OF purpose, and William OF
Orange served as a buffer between the
old monarchical claimants and tho new.
The Georges lost the bost of the colonies,
through which England learned The
valuable lesson as to how to treat her
dependencies. The literary glories OF
the Elizabethan era had been reinforced
by those OF the eighteenth century.
When Victoria came she placed the
evil record Of tho Georges behind her.
she found the united country of the
Stnarts loyal, the sturdiness OF Cromwell