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VOL hV; ,0. 300 A8HEVJLLB, N.rC. WEDNESDAY. HORNING JANUARY 23, laoi PRICE 6 CENTS a, o s a If we have it t te tke tet. We bave just received a carload oC COLUIIBUS BUGGY GO'S VEHICLES Whick imclude NEW" AND ATTRACT IVE lines dn Open and TP Bttg es, C?r riages, Suxriee and Ttejxs. We will be atylia to display to sliiort time, and tavite otur call IT you ar in need of amyithins to HIGH CliAOS WORK. . . . . " . ' . ASHEVI LIE HARDWARE CO s E. Oar. Comrt Square. .Pmom 7. i BEFORE HAVING ANT J2UEXJTB.I CAXi W K DONE AILi AND SEEL ' HUSTON. ELEOTltlCAIi CHNTRACTORS, 37 " fbrary Building, in basement. AGENTS FOB TRtUiMPH MOTOOEl, W.P;r WESTERN! MASSEUR. , ; Watson' & irrLLOATf, nrvra 9i vrswn-mnTi'P rOTLCSD. J 3 H 13 S -' ' r? J r-j , - ri g o w?- , & Z S "o a 2 5s S O fi o S 3 CO o S r g - g g. g g -s " rj Q. 8 5 .2 2 ; -s 1 1 s I I;.-1 S 1 lis" S-y 9 5 o 2 v es o - 5 HART -J Her Death 1 ng, After. Some Hours of Con- sciousness, During Which She' Spoke to Her Children. Termination of ; Life Was Quiet, Peaceful And 7 Kinor Edward VU, to Meet the Privy Council at London Today. Victoria Will ba Buried Beside Her Husband Faneral Will be Dalayed a Week. Bast Ooiwes, Jain. 22. Pbe queen 4s no more. iShe -passed a'way ut Osborne House at 6:30 this evenihiig' without pain or suffering. "King Edward VII rules in her Bteiad. England la sOent with grief. In a sense the personal .bereavement. Is so overwhelming that Englishmen twill be unable for a season to join in the loyal cry of "Long live the king." It -was when the cold gray of day dawn that the renewed decline of the queen's vital powers warne'd the "watch ers tlheir struggle against nature could not mfudh Ixxnger sudeeed. The queen was then completely unconscious. Shortly after -nine . 'the doctors sent sumononses to all the imemlbers of the family ateo to the' rector of the royal chapter. Before their arrival there took place " that providential pfhenomenen Which nature sometimes grants to the dying. The ..queen (became conscious and frefixMnr all suffering. fit was ' under tihe circumstances of precdious oniemiory that tihe last Inter views Vwith ; Jher "childreni and grand The worid will never knowj what-then occurred; . The queen received tfiettn all- singy and Iby twios and threes .with. he ne four (hours, he reciogndzed most of hemf Then ithe curtain of uncon ssciousniess feli if or the last time and her (physicians imade known- that the queen was dying. All assembled and remained by (her bedside to the very end. It, was eo quiet and peaceful and gentle it -Was difficult to realize (that the shadow of death iwaa present. 'Nothing more can ibe said of these last momenta. ;Even 'the dazzling dight which 'beats upon a throne did not pen etrate that chamber," and. the tender memeories of the last (hours belong to those who mourn Victoria not as queen, tout in the dearer relationship of family tie. ' H;!f, The ciirculation of all' manner of im aginative reports' durinig the past few days led the authorities at Osborne House to authorize the publication of these simple facts: The queen was nourished throughout (her illness' on on only warm milk, invalids' prepared food, champagne and brandy. She was never fed artificially.- The "doors of the wing of the ipalace where the .queen lay were kept locked durin" her illness Ela he was entirely isolated from the rest of tthe establishment. The altrlciketsit paiecautioiis were taken Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights that in case of sudden death no unau tfiofized person should communicate the-facit to the Prince of Wales in vi olation of istridt traditions. The Earl sat .Clarendon, .Iiord iChamiberlain and first -lord if the treasury uairour ar rived just in time to perform the duty . : East Oowes, Jan. v 22. While .the court is not (prepared for .the great ipub Mc - functions attendant upon the cbane of sovereigns i t as of , course set tled thattbe remainisvwill be taken to Windsor - and buried beside those of the Prince Corasort, .i&t JPi?9eniI.re The funeral certainly will not be? de layed imlore, than a week. It has not been decided twhether, tbe body will lie in .state at Osborne House, or be removed o St. Geforge's CbapeJ- at Wand'sor:" The king will go; to London early tomorrow mkarning wbere a ameet ing of the privy council will 'be held. " Somie doubt about be -designation of the king has been caused bis first sig nature since bis acces3knrattalchedto a-brief mtesage' to he -Lord Mayor of London, annofue&ng the death of the queen.- It was, signed - "Albert Ed ward." It is'of course within his pow er. ,tjo adopt any designation he cboioses," but 4t bas always fben uaidertood that he, will be Edward VIT All doubt oh this'ipoint will be settled by. the proc lamation' to be issued tomorrow.- 'Wfceri .the Lord "(Miyor received the messeage of' the king arnibunoiog the death cf his mother be .stepped out on 'the balcony of -the 'mansion house and read the. message to the immentee crowd "Which 4iad surrounded the man sion bouse all' day. M Having ' nnisbed In"-tbeMtelegrafthe-lo nSaypr 1 withdrew.,; A subdued tmirmur of ysn-1 - oatheticf exrfamatlonstie!- fromi -4. : rV1U T o ef ejt j iV LlUVl, jlcij fc "I lr. - perse . 'Meatawhlile tne ilord mayor tel egraphed indolence to the king. 'After sending this despatch (the lord mayor directed' that (the bell at St; Paul's cathedral .be tolled, and soon it deep tones werevsouding at intervals of a minute. Many flags were placed at (half - mast, and narrow biack boards were fastened dn the centres of win dows of offices and shops. . Ijondonv Jan. 22. An unofficial vn nouncement made tonight stated! that in consequence of tbe death of the queeh! parliament wis assemble Wednew day for the purpose tof -enabling- the peers and members to take the oatih! of allegiance.. It is known, tbat the queen will be buried at Frogmiere beside her hus band. ! Cowes, Jan. 22, 7 P. M The queen Is dead. The end came at5:55. She is-said to have bade farewell in a feeble monosyllable to the family and those assembled at the bedside at midday. She first "recognized the Prince of "Wales, to whom she spoke a few words, of great moment. Emperor William, with others, filed past and heard a whispered goodbye. All those in the .bedroom were in tears. The following bulletin has just been Issued: "Osborne House, 6:45 P. M. Her majesty the queen breathed her last at 6:30 p. m., surrounded by her children and grandchildren. (Signed.) "JAMES REID. "R. DOUGIASS POWELL. "THOMAS BARTOW." FROM THE PRINCE. . London, Jan. 22, 7:30 P. M. A tele gram from the Prince of Wales to the lord mayor, timed at Osborne 6:fe p. m., says the queen has passed away, The text of his message to the lord mayor follows: "Osborne, 6:45 P. M. My beloved mother has just passed away, sur rounded by her children and grand children. , (Signed.) ,.v;, "ALBERT;, EDWARf Paris, Jan. 22. The dispatches from Osborne have . been eagerly followed Here. The English papers publish more frequent editions, which are quickly sold. The articles In the pa pers are sympathetic, though they give evidence of the anti-British feel ing aroused by the South African war. Many of the writers ascribe Queen Victoria's collapse to. the cloud of mel ancholy enshrouding her on account of the trouble in South Africa and the ever-Increasing death roll. Sir Joseph Chamberlain is spoken of as the evil spirit responsible for the painful cir cumstances of her end. Anglophobe writers, like Drumont and Millevoye, publish, however, in Libre Parole and Patrie respectively ruthless excoria tions of the dying queen. - , Bulletins posted at the British em bassy and the British consulates have been read by a large number of visi tors. Many potable people called at the British embassy and inscribed their names. St. Petersburg, Jan, 22. In the com ment on Queen Victoria's illness the personal note dominates the political. The czar's subjects freely admit that her majesty has been one of the prin cipal bulwarks of peace. The Rossia and the Novosti alone touch a political chords ' The .Rossia says: "EJngland's pres tige is largely due to the queen. To spare" Queen Victprfst -much has been forgiven her" ministers: With, her will depart Britannia's good genius." ' The Novosti says: "England is dis contented with the situation and this dissatisfaction Will possibly be ex pressed more plainly if Victoria dies. Her successor wil probably entertain different views on many, questions. He is credited with strong French symp athies." . . Berlin, Jan. 22. The correspondent of the Associated Press here learns from an official source that Queen Vic-r toria recognized Emperor William when the latter went to her bedside yesterday by giving a sign of joy. She was unable to converse with him. It is not known how long the em peror will stay in 'England. VICTORIA'SlRAITS AS WOMAN AND QUEEN Outlived the Friends of Her Youth and Happiness Went With Them. Although it isim possible to say tb;i? Queen Victoria outlived her usefulursH, yes sha may be said Vo hafre butlived - her bap oiness. -- During her ions and eventful' reign almost the longest on record and exj sending considerably over half a century-f she had seen all her oldest, friends and .ao juaintances as well as numerous members if her immediate family disappear into th Travel until at last' she. felt herself quit e ;;Uoue in.thewqrldVXota single neof fceY -rmer associates to whom she could tin innlou ber mind, discuss the earlier events T he5 reign, or with whom she could enjoy jveltualinteiursef-waa left, -'r '" 3k!aTnito& tajwentirelyoneexclalmed . . . . ta. fMin now AiY-fsTi-riTTifiTT-iniB ruiiv i I sa4ltisr?F ner' belong taa youn- cr generation and. have different thought: and sentiments, many of which she , can neither understand nor azmreciatk Everv one of her C(5htemporarie8 and friends lias passed away; and with them have vanished all her old Lme associations; There is no oneTremainnig. to whom she can really talk about jaatters." . ' , . , : . The Oneen'g Sense of the X.ndiroiij(.' " This -remark of Princess Christian goes far toward elaining the unnappy and eveh morose expression that pervaded the queen'S features during the last 80 years of her reign,' gave when something extraor dinary otctUTed to excite r her keen senBe of the ludicrous. On such occasions as these she. would lauoh with a degree of heartiness andieyen -violence that would have com pletely ataggered those who had never seen her, without, that half sad4 half- sour droop! of tlie corners of her mouth. I remember especially one case where she laughed sa. much that she almost had a fit of apoplexy in consequence. The incident Which excised her risibility was the'misad venture of a photographer who had been summoned from London to Windsor to take pictures of her majesty and of her childrenJt was the first time in his life that the Man had ever found himself in the presence of . royalty, and he was very nerv- j ous. Scr great indeed was his trepidation i that on "putting his hand beneath the cloth ! for the purpose of getting the right focus he suddejdy upset the mera, , The sigh of the lattfer, with its three legs sticking up into the A$r, while the frightened photog rapher stood stock still, well nigh certified with feaHand with the black cloth still hanging over his head and face, struck both the queen jpaid Prince Leopold, duke of Al bany, as s-intensely funny that they both burst ihto 'peals of the most immoderate laughter.; The little great lady fairly shook with merriment:, as she lay back on the sofa where she-was sitting, while Prince Leo pold threw himself on the floor and fairly shrieked with delight. The scene, however, was brought to a sudden and somewhat tragical conclusion, for the prince laughed sohard.tfiat he broke a bloodvessel and brought oil a fit, from the effects of which he almost died at the time. This senia of the ridiculous constituted a remarkable feature of the queen's charac ter throughout her life and is noticeable, moreover, the books which she published concerning her life in the highlands. Even ;ittjer childhood and girlhood pre vious to ber accession to the throne in 1837 Queen Victoria seems to have given evi dence pftjj' deriving current of merri ment andffun in the constitution of her character. True, everything was done that could be done to-"check it by her mother, the Duchess 'of Kent, whose severity and even harshness toward the young princess called forth on one memorable occasion, at astate bftrnjuet at Windsor?Ja violent and public relfrSm King William IY."-'--Personal Traits. Queen Victoria was small in stature and J during the latter part of her life very stout This, however, did not prevent her from re taining a most remarkable grace and maj esty of deportment. It was impossible to conceive anything more captivating and winning than her- smile. Always plainly and even shabbily dressed in black gowns that were often rusty, it was impossible not to Ueel when in her presence that that little old woman had ruled for -more than half a century over the greatest and most exten sive empire of the civilized globe, and with all that a true, warm hearted woman', full of tenderness, a broad minded, unaffected piety and sincere sympathy for all that are in trouble or distressed, a thoroughly hu man" empress in fact, whose affections, thoughts and utterances were understood and appreciated at their true value by her subjects. Coming to a throne tarnished by the im moralities of her predecessors, Queen Vic toria completely reformed the moral atmos phere of the court, and to a certain extent also of the entire British peoples for not withstanding all the epithets that are hurled against it British society is today infinitely superior in morals as well as in honor to what it was previous to 18S7. Vice there is and always will be in a metropolis so large as London, in a society so elastic and ac cessible as that of England, but vice is no longer so rampant, so unblushing and so public as in days of yore That Queen Victoria fostered, the fine arts is best shown by the fact that a large proportion of the former enormous imports of art objects from France into England have now ceased. Britain has learned to supply her own demand for art objects Her majesty's interest in such matters as these was only natural, for she was one of the most accomplished women of hijr do minions, being a painter of consumable merit, a musician of rare talent, a cUj ver writer, as shown by her, "Highland Leaves," and a remarkable linguist. Not content with knowing German, French and Italian, she set herself -down when past the age of 80 to study Hindoo, and was able at the time of he death to converse freely with her two or three Indian body servants. Moreover, her long experience as a ruler and the profound knowledge whichshc p;r sessed of international politics were almest without parallel among the European sov ereigns and statesmen, and endowed her with great prestige and influence. The lat ter, exercised with much caution and fore sight, proved sufficient on several occasions to avert continental warsranditisnosecret that Emperor William of Germany and Alexander 1 IH of Russia were restrained from fighting for years by nothing but the wduse intervention of Queen Victoria. , Ex-Attache. FEATURES OF HER LIFE. The papers - devoie colujtiris of, space to historical ; and pergonal 'reminis cences and scenes and Incidents In the queen's life. Emphasis Is laid 6nthe fact that her majesty paid the penalty for her devotion to .the affaIrs'iof state. It Is generally recognized that , until a . few; days ;agostfcere? was 'no harder worker in the kingdom. Roughly esti mated, she Bigned 60,000 documents yearly. No dispatch orany-gravity was ever issued-from the foreign office , uni til seen by the queenr and some- Idea of Trork thus entailed; r'la h gathered from the tact tluut the foreign oGce; kandles. considerably over 1000 dis patches weekly. After every sitting ot the house of commons w the govern ment secretary in the house was in this habit of forwarding to the queen an .uHiraci oi tne ousiness.done. She per sonally attended to these notes and frequently returned them witb margl nal notes asking explanations. It was singularly fortunate for the monarchy and for the people of Eng land that the successor of the obnox ious William IV was- to be a -woman witbout personal ambition', without moral' taint with ia. sweet and kindly disposition and with an earnest de sire to win the love of her people. The Prince Consort lived tongt enough, and tthe queen was therefore, at the head of the active sort of social life- long enough to bring "about a complete rev olution in the shameful) and scanda olua characteristic of 'the court life of the queen's immediate predecessors on the throne She surrounded , herself with the most worthy nobles, morally and socially in the kingdom. She drove the unclean from her presence merci lessly as soon as she discovered Uhem for what they were. It was through this most wholesome severity that Lady Flora Hastings was unfortunate. ' ly sacrificed. ,This honorable young woman fell under a mistaken suspi cion and was so conspiciously marked for rebuke that the sense of shame and unmerited disgrace drove her to her death. The result of these changes In the standard of the court life were apparent almiost immediately. The people testified their appreciation of the cleansed atmosphere by giving tihe queen that love and admiration which they had not (been able to afford a overergra since the days of the Stuarts. Tthe first conspicuous episode ia the progress of the new order of things was the (marriage of the queen and Prince Albert Edward. The story of their true and 'happy love is one such as is seHdopi! found in the records of royal unions. Prince Albert Edward of Saxe-3oburg, visited England' for the second 'time in October, 1839, and enter ed upon his suit for the band of Queen Victoria. There could be no doubt of bis success. Of all the eligible young men there were none so worthy as he. Within a week of his arrival hMwaa accepted . It was necessary that - the first word must come fromi the queeni. He was summoned to her private re ception roomi.- He found her alone,' Mrs. Oliphant has suggested that the queen's first . glance must have been all the advance necessary for her to make. . Heretter to King Leopold,; her unclei, tells of ero --v-'JQlhese last few days have passed Jfke a dream," she says, '"and I am so much bewildered by it all that I hardly know how to write. But I do feel very hap py." The story of the communication of the news to the privy council as it is written in the queen's journal is an other bit of evidence, were any needed, of the simplicity and sweetness of the emotion which Ithe queen was privileg ed to share as queens seldom are, with the humblest maid in all! her domin ions. ' "Preteeisly at 2 o'clock," she wrote In the journal, "went in. The rotoimi was full ibut I hardly knew who was there. Lord Melbourne I saw looking 'kindly at me "with tears in his eyes, but be was not near me; I then read my short declaration. : I felt, that my .bands shook, but I did not make one mistake. I felt most happy and thankful when It was over. Lord Lansdowne thehft rose, and in the name of the privy council, asked that this imost gracious and! most welcome comimunicationi might be printed.' I then left the room, the whole.thing not taking above two or three minutes. The Duke of Cambridge "came into -the small libra- (Continued on fifth pageO Something nice for-little folks. Bu the baby a go cart from Mrs. L. A. Johnponi. A new and handsome line just receirved. . TOBACCO SHIPMENT. ' Havana, Jan. 15. The Havana tobac co market was decreased today by a cargo billed to the manufacturers of Ko-We-Ba cigars. These high grade goods are sold only by Wells, 14 Pat ton avenue. . -EXPLOSION. Last evening a quick flash was seen ob Patton avenue. It was the flash of a match to light a Ko-We-Bia cigar sold only at Well's, 14 Patton avenue. Valuable Building Lot At a Sacrifice. We are offering a v ry desir able residence lot at considerably less than Its value In o er to . make a quick sae. It is to aattem on izue gjseet. near ter mlmus of Cbastnut street, size - ! s LaBARBE, ',&TOslL Bctttc Brcicrs - tf"1 A " .X " 1 -1 T "t 9Yi ARE ELECTED the Legislature in aHumber of States Held Elections -Yesterday. F. M. Simmons Chosen sto Succeed Marion Butler By Democrats at Baleigh. CONGRh'SSMAN PEARSON " VOTED FOR BY REPUBLICANS ALSO BY POPULISTS NELSON OLAPP ELECTED IN MINNESOTA "NO CHOICE (IN DELAWARE NOR IN NEBRASKA . 'Raleigb, JN. C, Jan. 22. At noon, to. dlay the election of a United States sen ator ocurred. . ; . i tBrougb'tom. of Wake. nomiina:tvl .nr.. ISiimanians. H. A. Fuocsef. and 'Warren. of Janes, made speeches seconding the nomin'a'tion. iPinnix nominated Rdchmond Pearson who was seconded bv DtjiIu. Senatr iMUller asked the populists to be ex cused! (from voting, but afterwards changed bis mind and (voted for Pear son). s The ballot was iSimimons 35; Pearson 8. A bill was introduced in the senate by Henderson, 'txKjnake a North CairoJina exhibit at the Pam-American exposition. At noon in the house White nominated; Simmoais and! "Gattis seconded the mom in'a'tion. Bembow nomiaated! Pearson and Blytbe seconded 'the nomination. Dun, can of Sampson, Marion IBu'tler, 'but he was no voted for. Simmons received 88 votes and' Pearson' 18. LA. bill was introduced to impose a gracL, uaited tax on railway earnings. Also a bill providing home rule for North Car ol in'a cities. There was considerable discussion over tLe resolution inviting .Tr J. L. -M. Cufrry, the well known educator and treasurer Of the Peabody funoi, to ad dress the legisilature. The debate was participhated in by tCraig and Ourtisof Buncombe, who charged Dr. iCurry; with' having worked to unseat W J T.' IOrarwtfold) and seat Ricbmand Pearwit. a rhe discussion took on an acrimonU ous poltitical ;turpu fWlhitaker, ofFor syth miade,a motioh. to table the resolfP tion. ; Th?s motion was lost by-a rot? of 13 to 85. - . , - The members of the legislature have engagements for Wednesday and Thurs day nights this week, the addresses. 'on textile instruction on the former and the entertainment at the Instituion for the Blind1 on the latter . iCarson, republican) of Alexander, yes terday introduced an 'amendmenit to the consltlitution to provide f or itflie elimina tion of the negro and Indian -in making up ithe senatorial and judicial' appor tionment. IMcKethan's insurance bill, Jinitiroduced yesterday, provides that when property dnsured shall be totally destroyed with out crimiinal fault on the part of the in sured, the amount of insurance written in sucb policy shall be taken cohclusi ve to be the true value of the property when insured and the true amount of loss and measure of (damage when de stroyed:. CARMACK VOTED FOR. Nashville Jan. 22. The senate and house , .today voted for Uuited States senator the democrats voting for Hon. E. W. Carmack' and the republicans for Hon. Thomas N. Burkett the vote in 'the senate was 25 for Carmack and 4 four Burkett, and in the house, 71 for iCarmaok and 20 for Burkett.- But lit- (Cbntinued on fourth page.)- flllllllHIMHIIHIUIIinHIIIIIUUIIIlUlt LA GRIPPE. Beware f La. Grinue. It is S a dangerous disease. Take GHAUT'S HO. 24 It will beep down the fever and 5 pain. At store ox by jriafl 25c. S Gn3PS:.;;:: s PHONE 10. - for Wvo&'Ca. i I. ..... t V , i 1! 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