Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-06

which he was received. October 8. 1860.
the Prince OF Wales arrived in WashElg-
ton.
III. was accompanied through Ameri-
can territory By Lord Lyons, the BRUSH
minister. and was welcomed TO the zap
ital by Gen. Cass He was driven 10 the
White House, where state IevePioh
was given i'm his honor. The 1oilowing
day the President held leyee. TO Wnlcn
many persons were invited to met LoFo
Renfrew. The next day the prince
President Buchanan. his niece MIes
Harriet Lane. many members OF inc
American cabinet and of the diplomatic
CORPS the Duke Of Newcastle and Lofo
Lyon visited Mount Vernon. Here the
young Prince OF Wales. as the descendant
of George III. stood with uncovered head
same evening the British minister gave
q state dinner in honor of the prince
Welcomed by Gen. Scott.
From Washington the prince visited
Richmond and Philadelphia, and heard
Patti and others sing at a concert IN ire
opera house Philadelphia. On his ar
riva, at New York he was welcomed by
Gen. Winfield Scott. He attended the
University of New York and listened With
much interest to an address on telegrapoy
by Prof. Morse.
The Governor of Massachusetts met him
as he arrived at Boston. where he was
welcomed. also, by Edward Everett and
William III. Seward. In Boston he met
Oliver Wendell Holmes Longfellow and
Emerson. He also visited Harvard Uni
versity.
The reception given to the young
Prince of Wales in America made a deep
impression on the queen and the Eng
/ lish people. Through Lord Lyons, the
British minister, Queen Victoria sent a
communication to President Buchanan,
/ in which she expressed her great app-e-
citation at the feeling of confidence and
ffsaof inn, chr f1n in
States. The visit of the Prince of Wales
was said at the time to have done much
to cement the good feeling between Eng
| land and America. In 1862 the be-
Princess Alexandra Caroline Marie Char
f, lotte Louise Julia of Denmark, daughter
| of King Christian TX.
Date of His Marriage.
After the princes return from the east
he was introduced at the privy council and
| in 1853 took his seat in the house of
| lords. About the same time he formally
gave up his right to succeed to the Duchy
of Saxe-Coburg-Goth March 40, 1853.
at st. Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle,
| he was married to the Princess Alexa ndra.
From that time on the prince discharged
many important public ceremonial func-
tions in various parts of the United King
dom.
/ In the fall of 1871 the Prince of Wales
was attacked by typhoid fever and for
time it seemed as if his death were i'm
minent but he had completely recovered
early in 1872. and in February Of that
year his recovery was made the occasion
of special thanksgiving service in st.
Paul's Cathedral, London.
! In October 1875. he started on a jour-
ney through India. Upon his arrival
at Bombay he was greeted with much
/ enthusiasm and while in the Indian en-
pire he visited all the chief provinces,
being received everywhere with the ut
most cordfaifty- ana respect. In 1885 he
made an extended tour through Ireland.
Three years later his silver wedding was
tcelebrated.
/ In 1893 he sat on the poor law commits
sion and in 1896 was appointed chancel-
! lor of the newly created University OF
Wales. In the diamond jubilee year. 1897
he established the Prince of Wales Hos
ptal fund for the better financial support
OF the London hospitals. At the great
naval review of that year he represented
Queen Victoria.
| Upon the death Of his mother. January
%, 1901, he became King of Great Brit
ain and Ireland and Emperor of India
He elected to be known as Edward VII.
Opens Parliament in State.
On February II he and Queen Alex
| andra opened parliament in state for
the first time. Elaborate national and
! international preparations were made
for the coronation ceremony in West
minister Abbey, June 26, 1902, but two
days before that date all festivities and
, ceremonies were suspended in conse-
quence of a sudden illness Of the king,
requiring an immediate surgical oper-
alton: The fear was general through
out England at that time that the of
fetal coronation of the new king would
never take place. The king. however,
fully recovered and August 9, 1902, the
coronation ceremony in a greatly modi-
| fed form took place.
| To King Edward and Queen Alex
andra have been born Albert Victor
Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence
and Avondale, born January s, 1864,
who died January IA. 1892; George
Frederick Ernest Albert, Duke of Corn
wall and York, and now King of Eng
land. born June 8, 1865, and married to
| the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck
Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra
Dagmar. born February %. 1867,
| and married to the Duke of Fife;
Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary.
born February 6, 1868. and Princess
| Maude Charlotte Mary Victoria, born
November g. 1859. and married to
Prince Charles. second son Of the Crown
Prince of Denmark.