The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-01-23
WEDNESDAY, JAN. %. 1901.
ENp OF The VICTORIAN eRA.


END or THE VICTORIAN ERA.
Queen Victoria is dead Her long
and benefcent reign is ended
Victoria Of the united kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland and Of the
colonies and dependencies thereof in
Europe. Asia, Africa, America and
Australada queen, defender OF the
faith; empress OF India, was born at
Kensington palace May "a. 1919 bap-
tized on June "a following by the name
Alexan6rina.victori ond ascended
the throne Of England on the death OF
King william w. her paternal uncle.
June 20. 1897 She was the only child
OF Prince Edward, duke OF Kent.
fourth son Of King George H., and Of
Princess Neutrality-suspicious.. fourth
daughter Of Francis-Frederick-An.
thony cduke OF saxe-C -Coburg- g-saolfeld).
sister tf King Leopold !. Of Belgium
and widow Of Emich- Charles. prince Of
Leiningen.
The young queen was crowned at
Westminster abbey June IS, 1898. and
proclaimed empress Of India at Deli
jan. /, 1887 On Feb. 10, 1870, at the
royal chapel Of st. James palace the
only love afrair Of her life happily cul
minated in her marriage with Prince
Francis Albert Augustus Charles
Emanuel duke Of Saxony, prince of
coburg and Gotha. second son OF Ern-
est Frederick Anthony Charles Louis,
sometime reignlng duke OF saxe-Co-
burg and Gotha. or this union, even
happier than that OF most less-eminent
n.ortals, nine children were born
viz:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, born
Nov. 2l, 1870; married, Jan. %, 1858,
Frederick william Nicholas Charles.
imperial prince OF Germany; now the
dowager empress OF Germany Albert
Edward. prince OF Wales and duke OF
Cornwall. Nov 3, 1871 Princess Alice
MaudMary. born April 25. 1913; died
in 1878, sixteen years after her marri-
age TO Prince Frederick Of Hesse
Prince Alfred d-Ernest-Aibsrt. duke Of
Edinburgh, prince Of the united king
dom ot Great Britain aad ireland, Aug.
G, 1914.
Princess Helena Augusta-vietoria,
May 90, 1896
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta,
March rs. ls4e. Prince Arthur WIN
iam-Patrick-Albert, duke OF Connaught.
prince Of the united kingdom Of Great
Britain and ireland. duke of saxony
and prince OF coburg aud Gotha, May
!, 1850 Prince Leopold. George Dun
can-Albert prince Of the united king
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland duke
OF saxony and prince Of Coburg and
Gotha. April z. 1863; died in 1884.
Princess Beatrice Mary -Victoria-Feo-
core, April IA, 1857 The prince CON
SORT. eminent as scholar and mu-
siclan reputod g most tender husband
and father and universally beloved by
the subjects of his queen, died at
Windsor castle Dec. IA. 1861. the 42d
year Of his age and the twentyhrst Of
his matrimonial alliance The Chica-
so Record in an article touching the
life and work az Victoria says Il aas
been the especial merit OF the queen
so to M the functions Of rulership ass
se exercise a positive influence. by
precept and example, by her eminent
qualities OF good sense and lindlness.
by her strength OF character and her
love Of peace she has done much to
make the nation great and to secure
the advancement Of the world at large.
It is a noteworthy fact that while
the changing conditions since she was
crowned In 1897 have tended 70 reduce
greatly the specific powers OF sover
eighty she has accepted the natural
trend OF events with equanimity
steadily gaining in esteem and affec
tion as the years passed, Never has
she been more sincerely reyered and
loyd than during the decade just clos
ed; never has the quiet force OF her
Influence been nore generally rcogniz
ed The whole period embraced ia the
Victorian era has been the period Of
Great Britain's greatest imperial de
velopment. The statesmen who wers
her advisers when she came to the
throne a girl Of is, seem now to hav,
belonged 70 an entirely different
eroch, so great has been the change
10 che political world ana ID the cur
rents and tendencies of Intellectual