The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

TO be visited by the prince, the crowds
were so dense that the royal party
could not reach it's hotel through the
main streets. and had to be smuggled
ir. at a side entrance.
Royal Visitor in Chicago.
Even greater interest was manifested
when the king, who in his unofficial ca
pacity was travelling as Lord Renfrew
came to Chicago Over $4,000 people
met him, and here for the first time the
king broke down from sheer fatigue.
The Duke of Newcastle decided that
it would be better to break the trip
from Chicago to ST. Louis by stopping
at Dwight, Ill, a village which in those
days was noted for the good shooting
to be obtained in its neighborhood. One
days hunting was enjoyed by the king.
his record being tWenty-eight qua1lS
and four rabbits.
An incident of the day chronicled at
the time was afforded when the royal
party approached a farm house. intend
ing to ask permission to hunt on the
farm. The farmer was an English
man who had lost some of his regard
for royalty on settling in the United
States. He invited every one except the
Duke of Newcastle to enter his door.
Not you. Newcastle" he shouted. az
have been a tenant of yours, and have
sworn that you shall never set foot
on my land"
Accordingly the party passed on, and
the farmer was obliged to forego the
pleasure of entertaining the prince
On Oct. 80 the king reached Wash
ington and was presented to President
Buchanan by the British minister. He
was the guest of White House five
days, during which time he visited the
tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon
and planted a chestnut on the historic
spot. He made short tour to Rich
mond on the invitation of some repre-
sentative southerners and then con-
tinued his journey by visiting New
York. Albany, Philadelphia, Baltimore.
and Boston, leaving the United States
to return to England at Portland. Me
Marriage of the King.
| The king was welded to Princess
| Alexandra, daughter of the king of
Denmark, in the spring of 1863. The
marriage was brought about in ro-
| mantle fashion, photograph of the
princess arousing the interest of the
king some time before he met his flu
| ture wife. The formal betrothal took
place in 1852, but it was not until the
evening before he became of legal age
/ that his engagement was formally an
nounced. The ceremony took place in
| st. Georges chapel on March 10. 1863.
The young couple began housekeeping
with an income of over 100000 a
| year, the house of commons being lib
/ eral in it's grant.
| The queen shares in the popularity
of her husband with the English peo-
ple,- Notwithstanding her foreign birth.
| She is looked on as thoroughly Brit
| ish. The king, it is declared, owes
not little of his popularity to his
wife's charming qualities of mind and
| manner It is said by those who best
| know the queen that she has the same
charm of face as had her mother,
Queen Louise of the Danes and
the same exceptional brightness. She
is Jealous churchwoman and is de-
voted to many charities in an unos-
| tentatious way.
| The queen comes from one of the
| most remarkable of royal families, that
| of Denmark which has been described
| as a nursery of kings and queens. 1t
| has furnished q czarina for the Rus
slams, a consort for the king of Great
Britain and a ruling monarch for the
| Greeks.
Five children have been born TO the
| couple-Albert Victor. who died in his
| youth: George Frederick. horn in 1865,
now king; Princess Louise Victoria.
Princess Victoria Alexandra, and
Princess Maud.
Her majesty is fond of horses, as
was her husband. 1t has been her Gus
tom for years to pay a daily visit to
her pony stable, which is considered
the most perfect building of the kind
in the world. At one time she was es-
pecially fond of driving tandem, and
had one of the best tandem teams in
Great Britain. For many years her
royal highness rode a Hungarian
best riders in Norfolk. The queen also
is fond of dogs, cats and other pet ami
mails. At Sandringham she has num-
per of fine cats, a flock of doves de-
scended from a single pair presented
to her during her first visit to Ireland
her Australian pigeons, some fine wa
terfowl and Cookie" cockatoo said
| to be over 100 years old. She owns
some of the most valuable dogs in the
world and is the patron of the Ladies'
Kennel association
Both the king and queen on many