The gold leaf., 1901-08-08
EMPRESS FREDERICK DEAD.
Victim of a Cancer from Which She
Had Been a Sufferer for Some Time
She Was Daughter of Queen and
Empress Wife of One Emperor
and nother of Another Ed
wards Sister

Empress - WIG Vi OuC LHpCioi
and nother of Another King Ed
wards Sister.
Cologne, Aug. 5.-Empress Ereder-
ick died at Cron berg at 6:20 this even
ing, the Kaiser and many members OF
the royal family being in attendance
when the end came.
The Empress passed restless
night, but was able TO see Emperor
William, Empress Augusta Victoria
and the crown prince when they
arrived early this evening.
The death of Empress Frederick,
the mother of the Kaiser, was expect
ed at any time today, and the royal
family were prepared for the end.
A number Of relatives arrived at
Cronberg this morning. These in
cluded the Empress oldest daughter
and her sister, Princess Christian.
Emperor William, Empress Augusta
Victoria and the Crown Prince Fred
erick William arrived at $50 O'Clock.
They drove from Homburg at 3:15 to
Freidrichshof. The Emperor went to
his mothers bedside Immediately
after his arrival.
Her royal and imperial highness,
the Dowager Empress Frederick, was
the widow Of Emperor Frederick Will
liam Of Germany, and mother of the
reigning Kaiser William IL. She was
the eldest daughter or the late Queen
Victoria of England and was born
Princess Royal of Great Britain and
Ireland and Duchess Of SAKE, Novem-
ber 81, 1910. She was christened
Victoria Adelaide. She was eleven
months and twelve days older than
her brother, Albert Edwaad, now King
Edward VII of England. Her other
living brothers and sisters are Prin-
cess Helena of Schleswig Holstein,
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyle,
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
and Princess Beatrice, Duchess o1
Hesse.
Princess Victoria was married Janu.
ary %, 1853, to Prince Frederick vii.
liam of Prussia, then crown prince Of
Germany, by whom she had sever
children, of whom the following five
besides the present Emperor. sur
vive:
Princess Charlotte, born in 1860
wife of the hereditary prince of SAKE
Menningen; Prince Henry, born ir
1862; Princess Victoria, born in 1866
wife of Prince Adolph of Schaumbe berg
Lippe; Princess Sophia Dorathea, borr
in 1870, wife of Crown Prince Con
stantine of Greece; Princess Margaret
born in 1872. wife of Prince Fred
erick Charles of Hesse. Crown Prince
Frederick became Emperor Of Ger
many on the death of his father il
March 1888, but he was then slowl,
dying of cancer of the throat, and ht
died June ID. 1888, after 4 nomina
reign of three months, every momen
of which was full Of agony. botl
mental and physical. His Empires:
remained by his side and devoted
herself to alleviate his sufferings. A
his death she became the Dowagel
Empress and her. son became En-
| peror.
Empress Victoria Frederick wa
thus the daughter of a Queen ant
| Empress, the mother of an Emperor
the wife and widow of an Empero
! and the sister of King and En-
| peror.
Empress Frederick's health hat
been steadily declining for severa
years, and for eight months past sh
had been regarded as slowly dying
Queen Victoria's last days wer
darkened by the knowledge that tn
Empress malady had been pronounce
cancerous. She insisted upon having
detailed reports of medical examina
tion and was unable to dismiss tn
subject from her mind. When Queel
Victoria died, January 22nd last
Empress Frederick was regarded a
being likely to pass away within
twenty-four hours, and the Kaiser wa
hurriedly summoned from Englan'
to his mothers bedside.
The Empress. like her mother be
| fore her, wished to have her condi
tion pass as far as possible withou
observation, but she steadily los
strength with the progress of he
terrible malady. The bad news wa
kept back from week to week, as wa
done when Queen Victoria was a
Osborne after her first stroke of. pa,
alysis, and public announcement wa
made only when the situation becam
serious.