The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-01-23
END WAS CALM
AND PEACEFUL
Surrounded by Her Family
Suiie, She Sweetly Passed
To the Other Shore

cowes. lsle Of Wight Jan 2s-
Queen victoria b. dead and Edward Vli
reigns The greatest event So the memor'
of this genemuon the most stupendous
change Ia existing conditions that could
possibly be imagined has taken place
quietly. aluost gently upon the anniver-
sary n he death Of queen yietoria
issher tas Duke of Kent
The end Of This career never e1ualied
by any won,sa in the worids- history
came 30 i simply furnished room in os-
borne house This most respected Of ml
women uvlDs Or dead iay in q great four
posted bed and made shrunken atom
whose aged face md aguco were cruel
mocl,ery Of ihe fair girl vEp 90 1856 began
,he rule over England Around her
were gathered almost every descendant OF
her line Wen within view Of her dying
eys there hung ihe portrait OF the Prince
consort II was ne who designed the room
ana part fihe castle IN scracely audi-
bic words the white haired bishop Of
winchester prayed beside her as she mad
OFTEN prayed with his sovereign for he
was her chqplain at Windsor With bow
I'd heads ine imperioua ruler OF the aer-
man Empire ana the man who Is now
King OF England the man who has sue-
cedcd TO the title Of king, the Princess
and Princesses and those Of less royal
designation listened to the bishops cease
less prayer
Six o'clock passed me bishop continued
his interecssion. one of the Younger chill
dren asked quesiions IN shrll childish
treble ana was Immediately snenced. The
women Of ehis royal family sobbcd faint.
ly and the men sbanicd uneaslly
Al exactly hair past slx o'clock Sir
James Reid held up his hand ana the peo-
ine IN the room knew chat England hae
lost her queen. The bishop pronounced
the bcnediction The queen passed away
quite peacefully She suffered no pain.
ale Pomerannn spaniel be brought 10 her
The wheels Of me world were Jared
when the announcement came but in thls
pe.re everything pursued the usual course
Down ~ me kitchen they were cooking
husp dinner for an assemblage the lnse
OF which has seldom hren known Ia Eng
land and HE dinner preparations proceed
ed Just az e nothing had happened
The body Of Queen Victoria was cm-
baimed ana win probably be taken 10
Windsor. Saturday The cofin arrived
last night from LONDON.
Monday afternoon she asked that her lIt-
bedside. It was Thought that the queen
was dying about o'clock In the after
noon and carriages were sent 10 Osborne
house and the reotory TO bring an tie
princes ana princesses and bishop OF win-
chester TO her bedside Il seemed ther
very near the end but when things look.
Cd the worsrtho queen had one OF the ral-
lies due to her wonderful constitution
openel her eyes and recognized the Prime,
Of Wales, the Princess and Emperor WI
Ham She asked to see one OF her faith
fu servants. a member Of the household
he hastened to the room. but before h.
got there the queen had passed into a htfu
sleep
-Four o'aock marked the beginning o
the END Again the family were summon
ed and this time ,he rolnpse was NOT fol
iowed by recovery The Prince OF wale
was very much affected when the doctor
informed him that his mother had breath
ed her last Emperor william. himself az
fected did his best TO n'nister comfort &
mis- sorrow-slrolsen uncle whose new dis
nity 10 was the first 10 acknowledge.
From an parts Of the world there ar
sun pouring into cowes messages OF con
dolence. They come from crowned head.
miliionaires ,radsemen. paupers, ana va
riously addressed to Prince OF wales an
the king Of Ensund.
Emperor Williams arrangements are n,
settled Ills yacht win arrive ere /,
day "wednesday but IL Is thought ne ei
not depart antli after ,he funeral Sc,
eral other royal personages are likely {
be present at the function
The record 81 the lust days Of the rels
oi oaeeu victoria Is not easy to ten m