The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-30
THE QUEEN IS DEAD.
Victoria's Long Lie and svsnt-
fui 2eieo Erdsd.
KING EDWARD TIE SEVENTH,
The Last Sad Scenes Around
4hs 8sdsics Of Englard's
Grand and Well. Bsiovs6
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memory Of this generation, the most
stupendous change in existing coDdi
tions that could possibly be imagined,
has taken place quietly, almost gently
upon the anniversary Of the death o.
Queen VIctoria father, the Duke Of
Kent.
The end Of this csreer, never equ ,lleo
by any woman n the worlds history,
came in a simply furnished room ID
OsoorDe house at Cowss, Isle Of Wight,
or tuesday evening Of last week. This
most respected Ct sll women, living or
dead, lay In gcea, four posted bed sno
made . shruuAen atom, whose aged
face and figure we're cruel mockery o.
the fair g,1i who In 1887 began to rule
over Englsod Arounu her were gath
cred almost every descendant Of hel
line.
Well within in view Of her dyiag
eyes there hung pcIIals OF the prlnc'
consor,. l. was be who designed the
room and every part of the castle. IL
scarcely auolole words the white
haired bishop Of Winchester prayed be
eide her, IS he had often prayed with
hls sovereign, for be Wss her chaplaln
.. Windsor. With bowed heads the lin
psr:ous ru er Of the German en- plre
and the man who now Is king OF Els
.and, the woman who has succeedso
TO tbs title of queen, the princes ano
cc1ncesses and those of less than roya
designation, listened to the bishops
ceaseless prayer.
SIX o'clock passed. The bishop COZ
tiuued his lntercession. Ooe Of the
younger children asked question IN a
shrlll childish treble and vas lmned
iately sllenced. The women Of the
royal family sobbed family snd the
men shuf8od uneaslly.
TIE END.
At exactly $50 Sir James Reid held
up his hand, ana The people IN the roou
knew shs, Egg gland had lost her queen.
The bishop pronounced the benedlotlon.
The queen passed sSay quite peaceful
". She suffered no pain. Those who
we're now nourne1s went to their rooms
A few minutes later the inevitable ele-
nens of nate:ialism stepped into this
pathetic enaptei of in,ernatlonsl his
tory, for the court ladies went buslly to
work ordering their mourning from
London.
The wheels Of the world were Jared
when the announcement came, but IL
this palace az Osborne everything pur
sued the usual course. DJsn II the
kitchen they were cooking huge din
ner for an assembisge, the like of
which has seldom been known IN Eog
land, and the dinner preparations pro
ceeced just IS if nothing had happened.
The bocy Of Q leen Victoria was en-
balmed and Will probably be taken TO
Windsor Saturday.
HEB THoUHTTULNEss
An incident characteristics OF the
.aeen's soiicltuoe Tor others occurred
two Gays sgo, when IN one Of the IN
ter7ales of consciousness, she summoneo
suength TO suggest 70 her dressers,
who had been sc,lng as nurses, TO take
the opportunity Of getting some frssh
alc. Mondsy afternoon she asked that
her little P>mcranisn spaniel be
brought to her BEDSIDE.
Il was feared that the queen was dy.
ing ab,Ds 8 o CLOCK IN the morning aud
carriages were sent to O,oorne cot
tsge and the yecsory to BRING ali the
princes snd prlnoesses and the bishop
of Winchester to her bedside. i
seemed then Very near the end, but,
when things looked the worst, the
que, n bad OLE OF the rallies due to hei
wonderful cons.i,u ion, opened her e> e.
and Recognized the Srince OF Wales
the PrlDcess and Emperor Wlihau.
She asked 10 see one # her faithful ser
wants, . mem Der Of the hou ehold. Il,
FASTENED to the room, but b-fUre he
got there the queen Lad passed into q
6lfut sleep.
Fur clock marked he beginning Of
the ED A.alu the family we're sun
uon,o and this uue the relapse WAS
not followed uy recovery. The Prime.
Of " alss Was Very nucn affected Hh=n
tie doctors 1t last informed HIM tnst
his mother hao breathed her last.
EMPEROR AND KING.
Epp.yor M.l.lam, himself deeply
aSsc.ed, old his best to nlpister com
fort TO his sorros- stricken nncl-, whose
new dignity be wss The first to &C.
knowledge. F.,n all paris Of the Eor. q
there ale still pouring Into Cowes mes
ssses of confidence They came frvn
crowned heads, nilliooaires, trsdesmer
and paupels aid are 7aroasly addressed
70 the Prince Of Wales and the kin.
Of EDglsnd.
Emp.roi Williams arrangements are
no, settled Hi. yacht will arrive + er'
today (Wedne.dAy), bat It Is ,, levs'
ahnL he will, not eepart until after tn
funeral. Several other royal Ierson
ages are Likely to be present at ,h'
funeral, which probably will be cere
0oDy never 10 be ,eualied in this cen
&ury.
TIE LAST DAYS.
The record Of the last days Of tn
reign of Victoria is not easy to tel
The correspondent Of the Associate
Press was the only correspondent 50
ni,,sd TO the Ostolne house and his II
Aer,isv With SIR. Aa,hur John RsE;
Driysse sec!et sry to tie late QussD, rs
The only o6cial statement chat ha
besn given out For several weeks n
queen had been failing. On Moooa
Seek she suunond Lord Roberts Sd
asked him some very searching Qu.'
Eions regarding tae war IL scuih A
yica. O. Tuesdsv she went for drive
bat was s,bly Affected. De Wedne'
day she suffered parslTtle strcke
accompanied BY intense physical WeaE
ness. 1t vas her irst iiLess IN