Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-21
b STORY Of 9!,,,,,.
| QUEENS ILLNESS.
Y Macy Months
(pr,rrIrD OVER AFRICA.
vg d., slI ,s ''n''' Decay

y, i ~, bouion says. ~. obtained
Ior ON y, within court ',, ,a, se-
n s. .-.s and actual ,sa, has as
,.,, a., 4 b ''''n.' illness
IN e,s ut ,,,ce the illness Of
u h.1 |, 7, Startling light, ,osn
b c. q. . hat her mind III has ,. IoJo
ne =. ,e'l many months. s even b e,l1' a
II, ,I 70 li ior months. w "ao, .se
SIS ,.s 91Sn, responses to speeches pee. og
a. .i i,.' junction, it is matte, ra 4.
's ~, hat he poor old queen ..y yt to
4 7. ,st Ia . iale that all she '0''' '-'
\, cnsanlon' was
Where s aln :, when she has appe a,gni
s s.5llc during the past sln u
I gIy,'s .se mas fallen aslecp INIT the
roaIls, !! ~ Zen any one else pu' have
Had II Vseh ~ o,d II would nav
sash ,, ~ long ago that the ,e.,,,tiib pll
lssa p,Iin Ssc6y And that tEu''
, Ts,t AFFECTS Victoria Ling ND Of
BaI ~ week =" an attack Of pal o 9o IS.
p pa ~. va .iSs Il would have been pos-
DE lel ~ ~ r6,,rt and the royal hou se-
~ ,s Ins I Eept from the British Per iOr
ID ,io,n nasS 81 her mental decay ,,d .Or
al Ssss,ts period. For the CUNT Snt
4 lI l..ia ~ Intellectual yigor' go r
J. '1 asre more distressing sc. 20 H''
b, her periods Of mental u'"'''''
'T /, * HER BRAIN WAS CLEAR
H v,., nor brain was clear she imm me-
WV ..ly rsyerted 70 the horrors OF Wy,
I, IN, n south Africa. Again ana! ana agar s|ar
4. .,rped upon the war. inns wa 80
~ ~ ,ss streye with all her power "
pa - made the last hours OF Eu l,5,,
,Fs queen which reigned hap ,,io.t
FL. W, Kan most men i've mos
49,, ~ and miserable. In nsr luO'u
,., ',,-' il haunted her incessanuy'
ny mems strong constitution lh ,,.,,.
~, .a he drst symptoms Of serious
Jew ''T- airing the stay Of the court a,
49, in November and Decemoe.lI
4, lS5 when evil udings Of the s ,,,l',
go war which began the pIeVlou
4 ', ''iaD beg.n 10 arrive In rapid sue
'.ss Jo me queen did not look 10
mn serious disaster 70 her army aI
rpected nothing but series Of qui g.S
Nv victories. Instead disaster lol
nwed disaster every few days. ,..i
Gen Butler, before leaving hhslan,,
Ior The south African campaign. assured i,s
he queen that the war would DC uil'
lcult but not dangerous
IN consequence the news OF the many
teyerses came to her with added seVerl'
N. She felt that she had been de-
teiyed and never forgaye Butler
when his name was submitted 10
fer ior a visit to Windsor, after bis re-
hum from South Africa, she stroked II
Through with her pen.
Il was al this time that the queen
fai the fits Of crying IN an aggravated
iOm which Immediately preceded her
present critical Illness.
ASSASSINATION OF UMBERTo.
The assassination Of the king Of Italy
laN July shocked her deeply.
Ths news Of the illness Of her eldest |
thlld, Empress Frederick, added great |
h % her distress, and the fact that she |
'as physically unable 10 visit the en- |
Ife:; ani see her before either died |
'lade htf nervous and excitable.
Later came the death OF her second |
I1n. ihs Duke Of SAKE Coburg Gotha |
Bdllbgrgl, which In a few weeks was
o-loFsi by The death Of her grandson. |
'rlnts Christian Victor son OF her |
irghia. Helena wife Of Prince Chris.
q Of Scheswlg-HolsteIn.
The prospect Of an indefinite pro.
lgatl0n 81 the war was a trial under
lich her health again began TO sink
November last
isT spirIi remained undaunted. and
en I. was reported that President
iger had said the war would claim
as one Of lis victims the queen de.
ne" WV"
FEEBLENESs INCREASED.
December her feebleness rapidly
,-sea. sleepless nights were passed
,,e!eI and tears, causing the most
.4al anxiety to her encourage.