The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-10

late In October, where he met Presi.
dent Buchanan and spent several days
in the White House. lie visited other
places Of interest In tue east and sail.
cd for home from Portland, Me. The
following year he again travelled on the
continent of Europe and later spent
some time in Egypt and the Holy Land.
While on his visit to Europe the
Prince Of Wales met the Princess
Alexandra Of Denmark, and their be-.
trothal was announced September 2,
1862. The wedding ceremony took
place in st. Georges chapel at Wind.
sor March 10 Of the following year
aud the prince and his wife furnished
an establishment at Sandringham. AL.
bert Victor, Duke of Clarence, was
the first child, born in 1854. He died
in 1892. The other children In the
order named were Prince George of
/ Wales, born in 1865; Princess Louise,
Duchess Of Fife, born 1867; Princess
Victoria, born 1865; Princess Maud,
Queen of Norway, born 1869, and Prince
Alexandra who was born in 1871 and
died the anne year.
Ireland received a visit from the
Prince Of Wales and his wife Eve years
after they were married, and in 1868
they travelled extensively through the
east, returning through Russia. The
Prince made his memorial visit TO In.
dia in 1875.
The death of William l Of Germany
caused the celebration of the Prince
and Princess, silver anniversary TO be
a quiet one. The eldest daughter, Prin.
cess Louise, was married to the Earl
of Fife in 1889. The Prince figured
AS a witness in the famous Baccarat
case in 1891. The Princess Maud OF
Wales was married to Prince Charles
of Denmark in 1894 and in 1906 they be.
came King and Queen of Norway.
Upon the death of Queen Victoria
in 1901 the Prince of Wales assumed
the title OF King Edward VII. With
Queen Alexandra he was crowned with
great ceremony in Westminster Abbey
August >, 1902. On the eve Of the date
originally fixed for the coronation,
which was earlier in the summer the
King suffered an attack Of illness and
was obliged TO undergo a serious opera
ton. For a time it was feared his life
| Vsa No In az Az "a .alA Nha .a. III
played the same tact and political saga.
city that had distinguished him for Sc
many years AS Prince of Wales.
All his life long his Majesty was q
champion of outdoor sport, and each
year his stable carried away a list
Of the most costly prizes offered by the
English turf. In 1900, while still
Prince Of Wales, he headed the list OF
winning owners, gaining the cripple
crew" by capturing the derby, the 81,
Leger and the Two Thousand Guineas
races. His winnings for the season
amounted to $l4s.000. Horse racing
was one of his principal pastimes and
his influence did mucn to make the
English turf freer from fraud than that
of any other racing country in the
world.
That the king was deeply interested
in both domestic and foreign politics
every one knew. AS Prince of Wales
he frequently visited the House OF
Lords and there were few more atten.
tive listeners to the debates. But whe
Their he leaned toward the conservatives
or toward the liberals, whether he fav,
ored the nationalist cause in Ireland OF
that or Orsngemen, whether he prefer
red an understanding with France TO on,
with Germany, or vice versa, few could
say positively. This was because his at
titude on public questions was so rare
ly expressed. When he believed 1t wis,
and for the public good to make his in
f%luence felt in affairs Of state he went
about the business 80 quietly that few
were aware that he had anything what
ever to do with bringing about the re
suits. He took no pains, however, t,
conceal his belief in an understanding
between Great Britain and the United
States, which friendly feeling for Amer
lea and tho Americans 10 inherited
from his mother.
King Edward was the most promin
ent living Free Mason. For NOR,
! than thirty.hve years he was ideuti
fed with the order, ,lufing which tim,
he served as grand master Of the Crane
lodges of England, Ireland, Scotland anC
Wales, and also grand prior to the or
der Of Kninhta Tamnlar In Ennlanl