Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-24
The Queen of England in a Dying
Condition.
LONG AND ILLUSTRI0US REIGN.
Has Ruled For More Than Sixty
Years-Her Life and Family-Tne
Succession.

the bulletins for news of her death
which has been hourly expected. A
cablegTam fsom Comes late Tuesday
morning gives the following: An
other day in the Victorian era, now SO
rapidly drawing to a close, passed
without any great change in the con-
dition of Queen Victoria. The slight
improvement so frequently mentioned
In the official bulletins merely indi-
rates a pOstponement of the inevitable.
The end may be a matter of days or
only hours; but the members of the
royal family who are dragging out a
weary visit at Osborne House know
that the death of Her Majesty is mere
~ a question of a short time
Victoria's Life and Family.
Queen Victoria was born May "a,
1919. On June Goth, 1887, she became
queen Of England. succeeding her I'M
Gle, King William ". On Feb 10th
1870, she married Prince Albert OF
SAKE COburg-Goth who died Dec. Il,
1916.
Victoria has been the mother OF
nine children. as follows:
!. Victoria Adelaide, Princess Royal,
who married Emperor Frederick Will
Aiam of Germany. She is the mother
OF che present emperor of Germany.
2. Albert Edward. Prince of Wales,
and heir to the throne
8. Alice Maud Mary. Grand Duchess
OF Hesse. Deceased 1878
4. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-
GOtha, Duke Of Edinburgh Married
Grand Duchess Marie, daughter Of
Alexander H., Emperor of Russia.
ried Prince Frederick Christian OF
Schles burg H olsten.
6. Louise. Warehouses of Lone.
z. Arthur, Duke of Connaught
8. Leopold. Duke Of Albany.
9. Beatrice Mary Victoria FeodOre
Married Prince Henry of Battenburg.
to whom the queen was greatly at
tached
The Prince Of Wales was born in
1871, and is therefore 80 years old In
1863 he married Princess Alexandra
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duchess OF Hesse- By other marriages.
Inc queen or Great BRAIN is con-
nected with all the powerful reignng
,d4iiii'es ol EUROPE. lnfough these re-
ihtlNeS she mas oiten eGerted her IN
nuence IN international affairs. es-
pe'iaiiS lor peace.
The Throne Never Vacant
The theory Of the English cn,s+it,
iion is that the throne Of Crea3 r.;
tain is never vacant In o+bar words
the sovereian never .es ,ha Succec
sion of an cir being instantaneous
Hence. as Debrett EXPLAINS il the cere-
nony OF coronation is matolv q SOLEMN
recoenitton and co,sruo+ior - ro1.,t
descent and tho ronsenent ri,h+ af ~
ression 20 Tho throne and is unnaoas
nary for tho security or tho +;,1a ~ ~
crown.
II is customary on the death OF the