Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-05-15
THE NEW DYNASTY
c IN OLD ENGLAND
FIRST SOVEREIGN OF THE HOUSE
OF sAxE-cosURe-eoTHA.
GOSSIP FROM ENGLAND
Baroness Burdett-Coutts One of
Very Few SneIishwomen livinq
Who Attended the Corona
ton of the Late Queen Vic
toria.

ZION OF the Late Queen Vic
toria.
In the person of King Edward
VII, says the London Daily Chron-
lcle, have we the first member of a
new British dynasty. or have we not
Are We still ruled by the house of
Hanover, or by that of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, whose editors ought to know
the latter is the case; though in Mr..
Stead's Kings and Queens of England
Edward VII. is put down as a mepiper
of the house of Hanover. There are
few genealogical authorities who
argue stoutly that he is right. main
tanning that sovereignty swamps pa
ternity' and that no case can he
quoted. out of our own history at least
of the son of a female reigning
sovereign who did not belong to the
dynasty of his mother. and that tn.
blood relationship between a new
monarch and his predecessor must he
mucn more remote before it can be
said that he establishes a new race of
rulers. We notice that in the catal.
ogue of royal portraits at the New
Gallery, Edward VII. is given as the
first sovereign of the house of SAKE
Coburg, or Victim"
The Baroness Burdette-Coutts. who
has entered on her eighty-ninth year.
Is one of the very few of those present
at the coronation of Queen Victoria
who have survived to see the similar
great event of the ensuing June. She
is certainly the only survivor of tho
numerous notable personages men
toned in Mr.. Barney Maguire's Ac.
count OF the Coronation. in lAe In.
goldsby Legends, In the third stanza
OF that rollicking poem in the
Hibernian dialect. she figures ae
that swate charmer the female
heiress, Miss Anjaly Coutts." The
baroness may fairly claim to be a
pioneer OF practical imperialism. Ior
moro than half century ago she
generously endowed bishoprics in the
three main divisions of the empire
Adelaide, in Australia: Cape Town. in
south Africa, and British Columbia.
in Canada.
Liberal Terms of Peace.
That popular writer Dagonet, gives
in the Referee the following as the
terms of peace propounded by the
leaders of English liberals:
Mr.. Kruger and Mr.. Steyn to be
restored to the presidentships of the
Transvaal and the Orange Free state.
A war indemnity of one hundre
millions to be paid to the south
African republics within one month
of the signing the articles Of peace.
The Right Hon. Joseph Chamber.
lain and Lord Miner to be surrender
ed to, stand their trial at Pretoria for
conspiracy their estates confscatcd.
and the proceeds of the sale to be
paid to Mr.. Kruger as moral and in
tellectual damages.
Lord Kitchener to be tried at the
old Bailey by mixed jury of Dutch,
Irish. and English pro-boers for the
murder of Commandant Scheepers.
The Dutch language to be made
compulsory in Natal. Cape Colony ana
Rhodesia.
DR.. Leyds to be accredited ambas-
sador of the south African republics
to the court of st. James
The republics to undertake to grant
a full and complete amnesty to all
British subjects who fought with hts
forces in south Africa.
In the event of any dispute arising
at any time under the terms of this
convention, the matter to be referred
to the prince consort of Holland.
whose decision shall be final.
Another Peerless IN Trade.
The countess of Essex and Mrs
Hwfa pronounced Hoofa) Williams
have astonished London society by |
the announcement of their intention 70 |
start a high-class private laundry |
This adds two more names to the long |
list of London fashionables who have !
embarked in trade.
The city has need of a modern |
for the present ones are |
wretched. It has been
the custom of the fashionables to send |
LHe1f linen 10 GbIlS 10 De hammered. |
The idea of the laundry originated
took it up and the women became |
partners. Capital was easily raised
and patronage promised. The laundry |
will be established at Coombe in The
London suburbs.
Recently there died at Carabanc |
four miles from Castlerea. in the west |
of ireland, woman named Mrs. Ellen |
Fgan. who had attained the remark
able age of 113 years. The deceased. |
who belonged to an ancient and re-
spected family. was of strong and |
robust constitution, and was able to |
perform household work, even milk
cow. up to a few weeks previous % |
her death Excepting that her eye
sight failed about two years ago, she
retained all her faculties to the last.
and could relate many stirring events
Of the latter part of the eighteenth
and the early days of the ninteentn
Centur:
She could repeat with rather vivid
MANY fpnfdapfs ~ .Ln.