Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-24

their welfare which she Invariably
manifested, as well as by the many sig
nal virtues which marked and adorned
her character.
Then follows the proclamation OF Ed
ward VII, the acknowledgement OF all
legiance by the privy council and the
kings speech at the accession.
The following Is the full text of his
majesty 8 accession speech:
Your royal hignesses. my lords and
gentlemen: This is the most painful
occasion on which shah ever be called
upon to address you. My first and mel
ancholy duty Isl to announce to you the
death of my beloved mother. the queen: !:
II know how deeply you and the whole
nation, and think I may say, the
whole world, sympathize with me in the
trreparable loss we have sustained I
need hardly say that my constant en-
deavor VIII be always to walk in her
footsteps.
In undertaking the heavy load which
now devolves upon me. i am fully de-
termined to be a constitutional SOW
ereign in the strictest sense of the word,
and 80 long as there is breath in my
body, to work for the good and the
ameiforation of my people.
am resolved to be known by the
name Edward, which has been borne by
s'ix of my ancestors. In doing 50. do
not undervalue the name Albert, which
inherit from my ever to be lamented,
great and Wise father, who by universal
consent is, think, deservedly known
by the name of Albert the Good, and 1
desire that his name should stand
alone
In conclusions trust to the parlia-
ment and the nation to support me in
the arduous duties which now devolve
upon me by Inheritance and to which
am determined to devote my whole
strength during tthe remainder Of my
life
After giving list of those who at
tended the council the Gazette an
nounces the king subscribed to the oath
relating to the security of the church of
Scotland.
1t concludes with the kings formal
proclamation ordering all ofTicers and
persons in authority thruout the domin-
ions to continue TO exercise their offices
during the royal pleasure, exhorting the
subjects to aid and assist such officers
in the performance and execution of
their duties
The sorrow felt thruout the empire is
described in a constant succession of
telegrams arriving from every impor-
tant town in the colonies, all telling Of
the suspension of business. closing OF
the theaters, the display of mourning
emblefns and arrangements for meulor-
iaI services.
Queen Was w ealthy.
London, Jan. 24.When Queen VIC
storia came to the throne she was abso-
slutely destitute, pensioner upon the
charity of her uncle, King George Nv.
Her father, the duke of Kent, had been
summariiS removed in disgrace from
the command OF the British garrison at
Gibraltar and found his way TO Paris.
where he lived for a time in a precari-
ous and seandalouS manner untilshe was
rescued by a RICH London alderman.
Who loaned him the moneyto pay his
fare back to England just in time to
prevent the future queen and empress,
from being born on foreign soil. George
Nv. gave him chilly reception He was
particularly severe and selfish toward
sFis poor relations, and begrudgingly
gave the duke and his Wife apartments
in the old palace at kensngton. After
the death of the duke of Kent his widow
and Alexandra Victoria. her only child,
We're permitted to reside there in Sc
clusion, and it was the lonely home of
Queen Victoria during her childhood
and girlhood.
AT the moment sl1e and her mother.
the duchess OF Kent, were notified Of
her accession to the throne. they did not
have money enough to pay cab fare to
the palace, but, after sixty years upon
the throne, the daughter died worth
sl5o,oCo,0o0. This fortune was acquired
by the practice of economy and busi-
ness methods which furnish an example
TO the humble as well as the proud. 1t
is oelieved the queen made will. but
this ls not known for certainty.